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The Batman Who Laughs and Paper Girls lead December 2018’s bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts

January 21, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Diamond Comic Distributors have announced details of the top comic book and graphic novel sales for December 2018, with DC’s Dark Knights: Metal spinoff The Batman Who Laughs leading the comic book chart for the month and Images Comics’ Paper Girls Vol. 5 emerging as the bestselling graphic novel title.

SEE ALSO: Action Comics #1000 and The Infinity Gauntlet top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2018

Bestselling Comic Books of December 2018:

1. THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #1
2. BATMAN: DAMNED #2
3. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #8
4. FANTASTIC FOUR #5
5. BATMAN #60
6. BATMAN #61
7. BATMAN ANNUAL #3
8. SHAZAM #1
9. INFINITY WARS #6
10. FANTASTIC FOUR WEDDING SPECIAL #1

Bestselling Graphic Novels of December 2018:

1. PAPER GIRLS VOLUME 5
2. BATMAN VOLUME 8: COLD DAYS
3. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER: IMBALANCE PART ONE
4. SABAN’S POWER RANGERS: SOUL DRAGON
5. STAR WARS VOLUME 9: HOPE DIES
6. THE FLASH VOLUME 8: FLASH WAR
7. MY HERO ACADEMIA VOLUME 16
8. THOR VOLUME 1: GOD OF THUNDER REBORN
9. VENOM: FIRST HOST
10. BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 8: ON THE OUTSIDE

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share:

1. MARVEL COMICS – 38.57% dollar share; 44.09% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 31.51% dollar share; 30.75% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 8.73% dollar share; 9.06% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.10% dollar share; 3.66% unit share
5. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.98% dollar share; 2.38% unit share
6. DARK HORSE COMICS – 2.82% dollar share; 2.37% unit share
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.11% dollar share; 2.10% unit share
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.03% dollar share; 0.38% unit share
9. TITAN COMICS – 0.82% dollar share; 0.59% unit share
10. VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT – 0.71% dollar share; 0.78% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 6.62% dollar share; 3.85% unit share

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

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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