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Absolute Carnage and The Walking Dead lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of August 2019

September 15, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Marvel enjoyed another big month in August, with the publisher topping the Diamonc Comic Distributors direct sales chart with Absolute Carnage #1, followed closely by its 80th anniversary celebration Marvel Comics #1000. Meanwnile, The Walking Dead Vol. 32 – the final collection in the long-running zombie series – proved unsurprisingly to be the bestselling graphic novel of the month. Check out the full charts here…

Bestselling comic books of August 2019:

1. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1
2. MARVEL COMICS #1000
3. BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1 [*]
4. HOUSE OF X #3
5. POWERS OF X #2
6. HOUSE OF X #2
7. POWERS OF X #3
8. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #2
9. BATMAN #77
10. BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #2

Bestselling graphic novels of August 2019:

1. THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 32
2. THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS
3. HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS
4. WATCHMEN
5. WAR OF THE REALMS
6. MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. DECLASSIFIED SLIPCASE
7. STAR WARS: VADER: DARK VISIONS
8. MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR SEASON 2 VOL. 4: NO EVIL DOING
9. DISNEY DESCENDANTS: EVIE’S WICKED RUNWAY VOL. 2
10. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1: FINAL GAUNTLET

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share

1. MARVEL COMICS – 46.15% dollar share; 49.96% unit share
2. DC – 24.86% dollar share; 25.96% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 6.32% dollar share; 6.26% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.00% dollar share; 4.18% unit share
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.27% dollar share; 2.65% unit share
6. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.51% dollar share; 2.13% unit share
7. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.50% dollar share; 2.34% unit share
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.33% dollar share; 0.53% unit share
9. TITAN COMICS – 0.72% dollar share; 0.64% unit share
10. VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT – 0.53% dollar share; 0.56% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.81% dollar share; 4.79% unit share

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, DC, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW, Image, Marvel, titan comics, Valiant Entertainment, Viz Media

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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