Diamond Comics Distributors has unveiled the comic book and graphic novel sales figures for October 2017, and while DC didn’t quite manage to dethrone Marvel overall, it did dominate the comic book chart with its Dark Nights: Metal event and Batman titles occupying seven of the top ten spots. Dark Nights: Metal #3 coming in as the month’s biggest seller, while Image and Skybound Entertainment’s The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan topped the graphic novel chart. Check out the full sales figures below…
Bestselling Comic Books of October 2017
1. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3
2. THE MIGHTY THOR #700
3. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #789
4. BATMAN #32
5. BATMAN #33
6. THE DESPICABLE DEADPOOL #287
7. BATMAN: THE DROWNED #1
8. BATMAN: THE DAWNBREAKER #1
9. BATMAN: THE MERCILESS #1
10. BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT #1
Bestselling Graphic Novels of October 2017
1. THE WALKING DEAD: HERE’S NEGAN HC (MR)
2. BATMAN/THE FLASH: THE BUTTON DELUXE EDITION HC
3. SEVEN TO ETERNITY VOLUME 2 TP (MR)
4. RAT QUEENS VOLUME 4: HIGH FANTASIES TP (MR)
5. SUPER SONS VOLUME 1: WHEN I GROW UP TP
6. I HATE FAIRYLAND VOLUME 3: GOOD GIRL TP (MR)
7. REDNECK TP VOL 01 DEEP IN THE HEART (MR)
8. STAR WARS: THE SCREAMING CITADEL TP
9. BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOLUME 3: LEAGUE TP
10. LOW VOL. 4: OUTER ASPECTS OF INNER ATTITUDES TP (MR)
Publisher dollar and unit share
1. MARVEL COMICS – 36.38% dollar share; 38.63% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 30.58% dollar share; 35.48% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 11.46% dollar share; 9.84% unit share
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.33% dollar share; 3.31% unit share
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 2.82% dollar share; 1.74% unit share
6. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.99% dollar share; 1.96% unit share
7. BOOM! STUDIOS – 1.96% dollar share; 1.81% unit share
8. ONI PRESS INC. – 1.08% dollar share; 0.76% unit share
9. TITAN COMICS – 1.02% dollar share; 0.85% unit share
10. ARCHIE COMICS – 0.68% dollar share; 0.57% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.70% dollar share; 5.05% unit share
