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Fantastic Four and The Legend of Korra top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of August 2018

September 16, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Marvel’s First Family made a triumphant return to comic books last month, with Fantastic Four #1 topping the Diamond Comic Distributors sales charts for August 2018 and helping to push Marvel to a 40.87% dollar share and $43.12% unit share in terms of publishers.

Top 10 Bestselling Comic Books of August 2018

1. FANTASTIC FOUR #1
2. INFINITY WARS #1
3. BATMAN #52
4. BATMAN #53
5. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3
6. THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1 (MR)
7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4
8. SUPERMAN #2
9. JUSTICE LEAGUE #5
10. JUSTICE LEAGUE #6

Top 10 Bestselling Graphic Novels of August 2018:

1. LEGEND OF KORRA VOLUME 3 : TURF WARS PT 3
2. DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: OUT OF THE BOTTLE
3. EAST OF WEST VOLUME 8
4. BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET
5. SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL VOL. 1: ISN’T IT BROMANTIC?
6. RAT QUEENS VOL. 5: COLOSSAL MAGIC NOTHING
7. THE FLASH VOL. 1: LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
8. KILL OR BE KILLED VOLUME 4
9. I HATE FAIRYLAND VOLUME 4
10. SEX CRIMINALS VOL. 5: FIVE-FINGERED DISCOUNT

Publisher Dollar and Unit Share for August 2018:

1. MARVEL COMICS – 40.87% dollar share; 43.12% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 27.51% dollar share; 31.02% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 8.90% dollar share; 9.08% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.43% dollar share; 3.81% unit share
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.05% dollar share; 2.37% unit share
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.58% dollar share; 2.30% unit share
7. VIZ MEDIA – 1.33% dollar share; 0.54% unit share
8. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.32% dollar share; 1.12% unit share
9. TITAN COMICS – 0.98% dollar share; 0.66% unit share
10. AFTERSHOCK COMICS – 0.63% dollar share; 0.72% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 8.40% dollar share; 5.27% unit share

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: AfterShock, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, DC, dynamitre, IDW, Image, Marvel, Titan, Viz

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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