1602 Over 150,000
Most Top Books Down
September 16, 2003
1602, Marvel's new Neil Gaiman miniseries, was Diamond's top book in August, selling over 150,000 copies. Batman was up slightly over last month, as were Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, and Daredevil. All the rest of the top 25 comic titles were down, as is fairly typical for late summer. Also having an impact was the fact that there were only four of Diamond's shipping weeks in August, vs. five in July, which meant there was one less week of reorders for titles from early in the month.
DC's Batman and Superman Batman were the only non-Marvels in the top 15 titles. Dreamwave's Transformers Generation One Volume 2 was the only non-premier title in the top 25.
DC and Dark Horse had more books near the top of the graphic novel list, where DC's second Y The Last Man trade paperback topped the graphic novel list, with around 7,900 sold by Diamond. Dark Horse had the #3 graphic novel with its Book of Hauntings. DC had six of the top ten graphic novels, Dark Horse two, and Marvel two.
The top 25 comics, with our estimates of the quantity sold by Diamond during August, are:
150,569 1602 #1
147,126 Batman #618
134,135 Superman Batman #1
110,492 Ultimate X-Men #36
102,429 Ultimate Spider-Man #44
100,619 Ultimate Spider-Man #45
99,737 New X-Men #44
93,866 Uncanny X-Men #429
93,469 Amazing Spider-Man #57
92,277 Amazing Spider-Man #56
78,080 Spectacular Spider-Man #3
69,914 Supreme Power #1
68,472 Wolverine #4
65,398 Daredevil #50
64,765 X-Treme X-Men #30
64,500 X-Treme X-Men #31
61,587 Transformers Generation One Vol. 2 #5
61,528 Teen Titans #2
59,336 Incredible Hulk #59
59,130 JLA #84
58,380 JLA #85
57,850 Avengers #69
54,084 Fantastic Four #502
53,789 Fantastic Four #503
52,951 Spider-Man & Wolverine #3 |
