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Return of Wolverine and Saga lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of October 2018

October 14, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Marvel’s Return of Wolverine topped the list of Diamond Comic Distributors’ bestselling comic book titles for the month of October 2018, helping Marvel to score another impressive victory as the month’s top publisher in terms of dollar and unit share of the market. Check out the top ten sales charts for comics, graphic novels and publishers here…

Top Ten Comic Books of October 2018

1. RETURN OF WOLVERINE #1
2. HEROES IN CRISIS #1
3. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #7
4. BATMAN #55
5. BATMAN: DAMNED #1
6. BATMAN #54
7. THANOS LEGACY #1
8. FANTASTIC FOUR #2
9. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #6
10. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5


Top Ten Graphic Novels of October 2018

1. SAGA VOLUME 9
2. THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 30: NEW WORLD ORDER
3. MONSTRESS VOLUME 3
4. OBLIVION SONG BY KIRKMAN & DE FELICI VOL. 1
5. BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE WEDDING ALBUM
6. FRANKLIN RICHARDS: A FANTASTIC YEAR #1
7. DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: THE SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS
8. DESCENDER VOLUME 6: WAR MACHINE
9. STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOLUME 3: BURNING SEAS
10. ACTION COMICS #1000: THE DELUXE EDITION

Top Publishers of October 2018 by Dollar / Unit Share

1. MARVEL COMICS – 39.86% dollar share; 43.24% unit share
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 29.06% dollar share; 32.76% unit share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 10.13% dollar share; 8.74% unit share
4. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.62% dollar share; 2.91% unit share
5. IDW PUBLISHING – 3.14% dollar share; 2.84% unit share
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.12% dollar share; 1.65% unit share
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.55% dollar share; 1.38% unit share
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.11% dollar share; 0.43% unit share
9. ONI PRESS – 0.99% dollar share; 0.69% unit share
10. TITAN COMICS – 0.80% dollar share; 0.47% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.63% dollar share; 4.88% unit share

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