October was a good month for The Dark Knight, with Batman #56 and Batman: White Knight topping the bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts respectively according to numbers released by Diamond Comic Distributors. However, despite a strong showing from DC Comics, Marvel still edged out its rival in in terms of the publisher charts, leading the way once again in both dollar and unit share.
Top Ten Comic Books of October 2018
1. BATMAN #56
2. THE WALKING DEAD #1 15TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION
3. SPIDER-GEDDON #1
4. BATMAN #57
5. SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST-SPIDER #1
6. HEROES IN CRISIS #2
7. VENOM #7
8. JUSTICE LEAGUE #10
9. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7
10. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8
Top Ten Graphic Novels of October 2018
1. BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT
2. WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE VOLUME 2
3. MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES
4. BATMAN VOLUME 7: THE WEDDING
5. GIDEON FALLS VOLUME 1: BLACK BARN
6. ISOLA VOLUME 1
7. THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOLUME 7
8. DEATH OR GLORY VOLUME 1
9. AVENGERS BY JASON AARON VOLIME 1: FINAL HOST
10. BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA VOLUME 1
Publisher Dollar / Unit Share
1. MARVEL COMICS – 34.22% dollar share; 37.89% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 30.48% dollar share; 32.99% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 12.62% dollar share; 12.64% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.03% dollar share; 3.74% unit share
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.32% dollar share; 2.41% unit share
6. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.37% dollar share; 2.06% unit share
7. BOOM! STUDIOS – 1.86% dollar share; 1.52% unit share
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.34% dollar share; 0.48% unit share
9. TITAN COMICS – 0.87% dollar share; 0.57% unit share
10. RANDOM HOUSE – 0.78% dollar share; 0.16% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 8.11% dollar share; 5.55% unit share
