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Dark Knights: Metal and Paper Girls top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of August 2017

September 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the bestselling titles for the month of August 2017, with Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal #1 topping the comic book chart, and Image’s Paper Girls Vol. 3 leading the way on the graphic novel front.

Despite having the top three titles in the comic book top ten, DC has to settle for second place behind Marvel once again in terms of publisher unit and dollar share. Check out the charts below…

Top 10 Comic Books of August 2017

1. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #1
2. BATMAN #28
3. BATMAN #29
4. SECRET EMPIRE #10
5. GENERATIONS: ALL-NEW WOLVERINE/WOLVERINE #1
6. SECRET EMPIRE #8
7. SECRET EMPIRE #9
8. GENERATIONS: THE MIGHTY THOR/UNWORTHY THOR #1
9. STAR WARS #34
10. STAR WARS #35

Top 10 Graphic Novels of August 2017

1. PAPER GIRLS VOL. 3
2. BATMAN VOLUME 3: I AM BANE
3. GOD COUNTRY
4. KILL OR BE KILLED VOLUME 2
5. WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 3: THE TRUTH
6. X-MEN GOLD VOLUME 1: BACK TO BASICS
7. REBORN
8. SUPERMAN VOLUME 3: MULTIPLICITY
9. OLD GUARD BOOK 1: OPENING FIRE
10. X-MEN BLUE VOLUME 1: STRANGEST

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share

1. MARVEL COMICS – 35.01% dollar share; 39.52% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 28.18% dollar share; 31.09% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 10.06% dollar share; 9.23% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.81% dollar share; 3.69% unit share
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.16% dollar share; 2.18% unit share
6. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.50% dollar share; 3.58% unit share
7. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.19% dollar share; 1.88% unit share
8. TITAN COMICS – 1.48% dollar share; 1.25% unit share
9. VIZ MEDIA – 1.42% dollar share; 0.52% unit share
10. ONI PRESS INC. – 1.28% dollar share; 0.82% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 9.91% dollar share; 6.23% unit share

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

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, and the founder and editor-in-chief Flickering Myth. As a producer, his work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and he is also the author of the book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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