February 2016 Diamond charts available

The February 2016 Diamond charts are now available, here at Comichron and see the sidebar for the other usual sources.

The Graphic Novel chart has around 129 new entries and 171 backlist, which is more heavy on the backlist than normal. This is mostly due to Marvel providing heavy discounts on some older books to clear out the inventory, which meant that no less than 43 old ESSENTIAL black and white volumes placed on the top 300, as well as a few high priced OMNIBUS volumes.  This was also the case last month with the OMNIBUS books, and partly explains the atypically high Marvel market share in recent months.

Interesting trio at #12 - #14 on the GN chart:

STUMPTOWN HC VOL 02
ALICE COOPER HC VOL 01 WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
PUT THE BOOK BACK ON SHELF BELLE & SEBASTIAN ANTHOLOGY GN

These are all backlist books (though the ALICE COOPER one didn't seem to have made it to the Top 300 the month it was first published), and this month each sold around 3000 copies (3009, 3002 and 3000 respectively, by the Comichron estimates). Their retail rankings indicate that they were sold at a high discount, probably to the Comics Bento subscription box service (that can be verified in a few weeks), which gives us a good idea of what their sales are. There have been a number of older books showing up on the chart in the last year with several thousand in sales, probably due to this Diamond account.

On the comic chart, second issue drops are still big and getting bigger, especially at Marvel, where a 50% drop from #1 to #2 is almost becoming the rule. Expect things to be unsettled for the next few months, as DC's lead-in to the "Rebirth" event, and subsequent double shipping of many titles, distorts the market. 

Observations on the Diamond 2014 Charts

Sorry I haven't been able to update much here, for those few who might still be following. I have some ideas for things to post, but haven't gotten around to doing the grunt work in getting the data ready.

The year-end 2015 numbers from Diamond did come out recently. Here are the Top 1000 charts at ComiChron, which has the best formatted version, follow the links in sidebar to see them at the other usual sites.

As usual, no real surprises on the Comics side, just the stuff that's in the Top 100 every month, with a few things drifting up or down a few places based on reorders or returns, and possibly some overships from Marvel (it's hard to figure out the Marvel numbers, since they're now relaunching books with the same title in the same calendar year). The only real news is the 25 cent issue of INVINCIBLE, which Diamond didn't include in the monthly numbers under their "promotional items" exemption, but did include in the year-end, so we know it shipped 46.3k, almost four times the normal sales for the book. And had almost no impact on sales of the ongoing book, which jumped up just a bit over normal sales on the next issue, then drifted down and currently sells less than it did before the 25 cent issue.

Much more new information in the Graphic Novels chart. As I noted on both the 2013 and 2014 charts, it's quite possible for a book to make the Top 1000 for the year but never make the Top 300 for any given month. With a cut-off of 1778 copies for the year, average sales of 148 copies a month would suffice. Taking out a few category errors, I come up with 147 such books on the chart, the highest being HULK: WORLD WAR HULK at #333 with 3600 copies, or 300 a month.

DC has the most, with 70 such entries. A mix of stuff, quite a few Vertigo (FABLES, SANDMAN, single volumes of other series), lots of the early New 52 collections and some collections of earlier stuff.

Marvel has 30 books on the list, with over a quarter being DEADPOOL books, plus various old crossovers, single volumes of some series and old standbys like THE PHOENIX SAGA and DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.

Image has 15, including five middle volumes of CHEW, several MANHATTAN PROJECT volumes and a few WALKING DEAD hardcovers.

12 from Dark Horse, most of the them AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER, plus a few HELLBOY books and some single volumes.

IDW has 9, LOCKE AND KEY representing 5 of them (all but the first book, which does make the Top 300 more often than not), plus MY LITTLE PONY twice and a few others.

A few other publishers had a handful of books in this category, usually one volume of a longer series, titles like ATTACK ON TITAN, BONE, CROSSED, SCOTT PILGRIM and others.

For those curious, here's the full list:

#333 - Hulk WWH (Marvel) - 3600
#368 - Deadpool By Daniel Way Complete Coll Vol. 3 (Marvel) - 3381
#377 - Sandman Vol. 4 Season of Mists (DC) - 3325
#395 - Batgirl Vol. 1 The Darkest Reflection (DC) - 3213
#403 - Wonder Woman Vol. 2 Guts (DC) - 3188
#410 - Justice League Vol. 4 The Grid (DC) - 3145
#417 - Green Lantern Vol. 1 Sinestro (DC) - 3103
#426 - Batman The Man Who Laughs (DC) - 3043
#428 - American Vampire Vol. 1 (DC) - 3038
#432 - Locke & Key Vol. 2 Head Games (IDW) - 3027
#441 - Deadpool Classic Vol. 2 (Marvel) - 2992
#456 - Infinity War (Marvel) - 2952
#480 - Death of Superman (DC) - 2838
#486 - Harley Quinn Welcome To Metropolis (DC) - 2819
#490 - Deadpool By Daniel Way Complete Coll Vol. 4 (Marvel) - 2805
#496 - Harley Quinn Night And Day (DC) - 2778
#505 - Batman Rip (DC) - 2758
#514 - Aquaman Vol. 2 The Others (DC) - 2720
#518 - Fables Vol. 4 March of the Wooden Soldiers (DC) - 2716
#535 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 5 Search Part 2 (Dark Horse) - 2686
#537 - Civil War Captain America (Marvel) - 2682
#547 - Fables Vol. 20 Camelot (DC) - 2661
#551 - Batman HC Vol. 3 Death of the Family (DC) - 2652
#553 - Nightwing Vol. 2 Night of the Owls (DC) - 2641
#562 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 7 Rift Part 1 (Dark Horse) - 2604
#568 - Teen Titans Vol. 1 Its Our Right To Fight (DC) - 2593
#575 - True Lives of Fabulous Killjoys (Dark Horse) - 2575
#577 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 9 Rift Part 3 (Dark Horse) - 2572
#581 - Deadpool Vs. Marvel Universe (Marvel) - 2568
#582 - Batman Dark Knight Vol. 1 Knight Terrors (DC) - 2567
#591 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 6 Search Part 3 (Dark Horse) - 2535
#592 - Harley Quinn Vengeance Unlimited (DC) - 2534
#598 - Manhattan Projects Vol. 2 (Image) - 2515
#599 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 2 Promise Part 2 (Dark Horse) - 2514
#609 - Justice League Trinity War (DC) - 2487
#612 - Chew Vol. 8 Family Recipes (Image) - 2480
#613 - Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 2 Starfire (DC) - 2479
#621 - Crossed Vol. 1 (Avatar) - 2457
#628 - Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 Revival (Marvel) - 2439
#630 - Superman Earth One Vol. 1 (DC) - 2437
#632 - Life After Vol. 1 (Oni) - 1924
#633 - Thor God of Thunder Vol. 1 God Butcher (Marvel) - 2429
#634 - New Teen Titans Vol. 1 (DC) - 2428
#635 - Bone Color Ed Sc Vol. 1 Out Boneville (Scholastic) - 2427
#636 - Sandman Vol. 5 A Game of You (DC) - 2425
#638 - Chew Vol. 4 Flambe (Image) - 2411
#641 - Inhuman Vol. 1 Genesis (Marvel) - 2407
#648 - X-Men Days of Future Past (Marvel) - 2381
#649 - Deathstroke Vol. 1 Legacy (DC) - 2378
#650 - Marvel Zombies Vol. 1 Complete Collection (Marvel) - 2378
#651 - Locke & Key Vol. 3 Crown of Shadows (IDW) - 2377
#659 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 8 Rift Part 2 (Dark Horse) - 2362
#667 - Civil War Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel) - 2340
#670 - Batman HC Vol. 1 The Court of Owls (DC) - 2332
#671 - Flashpoint World of Flashpoint Batman (DC) - 2324
#677 - Avatar Last Airbender Vol. 3 Promise Part 3 (Dark Horse) - 2311
#679 - Captain Marvel Vol. 1 In Pursuit of Flight (Marvel) - 2307
#683 - Attack On Titan Vol. 3 (Random House) - 2290
#684 - Teen Titans Go Titans Together New Ptg (DC) - 2290
#688 - Preacher Book 6 (DC) - 2284
#693 - Sandman Vol. 6 Fables And Reflections (DC) - 2273
#695 - Wonder Woman Vol. 3 Iron (DC) - 2272
#696 - TMNT Ongoing Vol. 1 (IDW) - 2271
#713 - Venom Vs. Carnage (Marvel) - 2238
#719 - All New X-Men Vol. 1 Yesterdays X-Men (Marvel) - 2226
#721 - Avengers Vol. 1 Avengers World (Marvel) - 2219
#724 - Fables Vol. 5 The Mean Seasons (DC) - 2217
#725 - Locke & Key Vol. 6 Alpha & Omega (IDW) - 2217
#732 - Batman Detective Comics Vol. 2 Scare Tactics (DC) - 2202
#734 - Prophet Vol. 1 Remission (Image) - 2201
#738 - Phonogram Vol. 1 Rue Britanna (Image) - 2191
#746 - Aquaman Vol. 3 Throne of Atlantis (DC) - 2180
#751 - Nightwing Vol. 1 Bludhaven (DC) - 2170
#753 - Nightwing Vol. 3 Death of the Family (DC) - 2168
#754 - Batman & Robin Vol. 2 Pearl (DC) - 2155
#756 - Batman Superman Vol. 1 Cross World (DC) - 2153
#758 - Chew Vol. 5 Major League Chew (Image) - 2147
#760 - Green Lantern Rebirth New Edition (DC) - 2143
#764 - Locke & Key Vol. 4 Keys To The Kingdom (IDW) - 2136
#766 - Chew Vol. 7 Bad Apples (Image) - 2135
#769 - Manhattan Projects Vol. 3 (Image) - 2128
#770 - Manhattan Projects Vol. 4 Four Disciplines (Image) - 2128
#773 - Legend of Zelda Vol. 3 Majoras Mask (Viz) - 2122
#783 - She-Hulk Vol. 1 Law And Disorder (Marvel) - 2093
#788 - Game of Thrones HC Vol. 1 (Random House) - 2080
#791 - Green Lantern Vol. 2 Revenge of Black Hand (DC) - 2075
#798 - Justice League Dark Vol. 1 In The Dark (DC) - 2068
#800 - Walking Dead HC Vol. 2 (Image) - 2067
#802 - Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 3 Death of Family (DC) - 2066
#803 - Revival Vol. 2 Live Like You Mean It (Image) - 2064
#808 - Transmetropolitan Vol. 2 Lust For Life (DC) - 2054
#809 - Wolverine Origin (Marvel) - 2053
#810 - Green Arrow Vol. 4 The Kill Machine (DC) - 2050
#811 - I Kill Giants Fifth Annv Ed (Image) - 2046
#814 - Green Arrow Vol. 2 Triple Threat (DC) - 2038
#815 - Batman And Robin Vol. 1 Batman Reborn (DC) - 2037
#816 - Civil War Road To Civil War (Marvel) - 2036
#818 - Locke & Key Vol. 5 Clockworks (IDW) - 2035
#820 - Sandman Vol. 7 Brief Lives (DC) - 2033
#821 - Superman Action Comics Vol. 1 Superman Men of Steel (DC) - 2033
#822 - JLA Vol. 1 (DC) - 2032
#823 - Wonder Woman Vol. 4 War (DC) - 2032
#825 - Black Butler Vol. 1 New Ptg (Hachette) - 2027
#826 - Chew Vol. 6 Space Cakes (Image) - 2026
#829 - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus (DC) - 2022
#837 - Nightwing Vol. 5 Setting Son (DC) - 2014
#852 - God Is Disappointed In You HC (IDW) - 1996
#853 - Hellboy In Hell Vol. 1 Descent (Dark Horse) - 1993
#858 - Fables Vol. 6 Homelands (DC) - 1991
#861 - Batgirl Vol. 2 Knightfall Descends (DC) - 1985
#863 - Princeless Vol. 1 New Ptg (Action Lab) - 1981
#876 - Batman & Robin Vol. 3 Death of the Family (DC) - 1954
#877 - Nightwing Vol. 4 Second City (DC) - 1953
#883 - New Avengers Vol. 1 Everything Dies (Marvel) - 1941
#884 - Scott Pilgrim Color HC Vol. 2 (Oni) - 1941
#889 - Deadpool Vs. X-Force (Marvel) - 1934
#891 - Spider-Man Maximum Carnage (Marvel) - 1929
#892 - Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 2 (DC) - 1927
#893 - Avatar Last Airbender Lost Adventures Vol. 1 (Dark Horse) - 1926
#896 - Batman Knightfall Vol. 2 Knightquest (DC) - 1925
#898 - Deadpool Classic Vol. 3 (Marvel) - 1924
#902 - Batman HC Vol. 2 The City of Owls (DC) - 1916
#904 - My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Vol. 2 (IDW) - 1916
#910 - Deadpool By Posehn And Duggan HC Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1908
#911 - X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel) - 1908
#917 - Earth 2 Vol. 1 The Gathering (DC) - 1894
#921 - Attack On Titan No Regrets Vol. 1 (Random House) - 1888
#926 - My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Vol. 3 (IDW) - 1882
#932 - Superman Vol. 1 What Price Tomorrow (DC) - 1877
#938 - Daredevil By Mark Waid Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1864
#939 - Sandman Vol. 9 The Kindly Ones (DC) - 1863
#940 - Blacksad HC (Dark Horse) - 1859
#944 - 100 Bullets Book 1 (DC) - 1850
#946 - Hellboy Vol. 2 Wake The Devil (Dark Horse) - 1848
#952 - Aquaman Vol. 4 Death of A King (DC) - 1844
#957 - Izombie Vol. 3 Six Feet Under And Rising (DC) - 1838
#958 - Fables Deluxe Edition HC Vol. 1 (DC) - 1836
#966 - Superior Spider-Man Vol. 2 Troubled Mind Now (Marvel) - 1827
#967 - Morning Glories Vol. 1 For A Better Future (Image) - 1825
#968 - Astonishing X-Men Whedon Cassaday Ult Coll Book 1 (Marvel) - 1823
#969 - Walking Dead HC Vol. 10 (Image) - 1822
#975 - Shazam Vol. 1 (DC) - 1811
#976 - Joker Death of the Family HC (DC) - 1810
#978 - Green Arrow Vol. 5 Outsiders War (DC) - 1809
#980 - Legend of Zelda Vol. 2 Ocarina Time Pt 2 (Viz) - 1807
#992 - Deadpool Vol. 4 Monkey Business (Marvel) - 1786
#998 - Fables Vol. 19 Snow White (DC) - 1780

March 2015 Diamond Charts available

The March 2015 Diamond numbers are up. Here's John Mayo's version at CBR, see the sidebar for links to other charts and columns.

The Graphic Books chart has 147 new items and 153 backlist items, give or take, depending on whether you choose to count the movie cover edition of KINGSMAN or the new edition of DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES (previously from Devil's Due, now from IDW) as new or backlist. I counted both of those as new.

The top 10 backlist items were:

SAGA TP VOL 04
SAGA TP VOL 01
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE
CIVIL WAR TP
SAGA TP VOL 02
SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01
YU-GI-OH 5DS GN VOL 07
BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52)
SAGA TP VOL 03
WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT

Over on the Comics chart, a few anomalies with Star Wars still having a big effect with its recent publisher shift, now accounting for four of the top 10. Presumably this will continue through the year as the hype machine for the the next movie grinds on and more comics directly dealing with the movie (preludes, adaptations and probably eventually follow-ups) come out. DC had kind of an odd month, with several of their top books (most notably BATMAN and JUSTICE LEAGUE) running late and missing the month. It'll be quite a while before there's anything approaching a normal month again, with DC's CONVERGENCE and subsequent launch of almost two dozen new books and Marvel's SECRET WARS and whatever comes after that both taking up the next few months.

Second issues averaged a drop of 37%, although that somewhat unfairly includes the 97.9% drop of ORPHAN BLACK #2 after the Loot Crate propelled half-million sales of #1. Without that the #2 drop was around 34%, which is close to normal.

Various new charts

Brian Hibbs has his analysis of the 2014 Bookscan charts in his Tilting at Windmills column, including a link to a spreadsheet of the top 750 comics.

ICV2 has their Bookscan Top 20 for February up now. Note for those comparing past charts, this particular chart was recently changed to include non-fiction, so now includes several books (those by Roz Chast and John Lewis this month) which wouldn't have been included before.

The February 2015 Diamond numbers are also up at the usual places, including Comichron. See sidebar for links to the other usual charts and articles.

A few quick notes on the Diamond numbers, since I probably won't get around to any longer post this month. Obviously, as noted everywhere, the ORPHAN BLACK debut at #1 with 497k is almost entirely due to it being included in Loot Crate. For comparison, the previous highest selling IDW book was MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #1 in 2012, at 80k. Also, note that it only ranked #3 in Diamond's Dollar Rank, indicating a higher than normal discount off cover price (previous Loot Crate propelled #1 books outsold the other books that month by such a margin that a higher discount wouldn't be evident).

It would be incredibly surprising if #2 sells more than 10% of what #1 did. Which means the 84% drop that STAR WARS #2 posted probably won't last as the highwater mark for second issue drops (if you ignore books with promotionally priced $1 first issues). Second issues as a whole dropped an average of 35%.

The Top 300 Graphic Novels chart was almost evenly split, 152 new items, 148 backlist, which seems to be about normal now in months where there's no evidence of massive backlist sales from Marvel or DC. There are around 90 books which you can count on to chart almost every month (I'll try to update that list this month), not too many surprises overall.

January 2015 Diamond Charts

Diamond has up the preliminary January 2015 numbers, Top 100 Comics here, Top 100 Graphic Novels here and Top Charts here. The usual sources should have the full Top 300 charts and estimates up tomorrow.

The index value should wind up being around 1120-1140. That should mean that STAR WARS #1 will just make it over 1 million copies (it needs the index value to be over 1118 to hit that mark).

Looks like I guessed on the high side, with the numbers at Comichron coming in with an index of 1102.32, putting STAR WARS just 14k shy of 1 million. It probably makes that up with Diamond UK numbers, and the second printing in February will put it over for Diamond US.

November Diamond Books Chart, color-coded

Playing around with a different way to present the Diamond book chart, here are the November numbers. New books are listed in white, relist books which also charted in October are listed in green (with their October ranking noted), and relist books last appearing September or earlier are listed in orange, with the number of months since their last appearance on the Top 300 noted. Also listed for each book is the price, publisher, estimated November sales and the year-to-date sales (only counting months where the book appeared on the Diamond charts).

Let me know if there's anything that can be done to improve the readability of this, and any other information you think it might be good to include. I'm thinking of learning enough coding to turn this into a table you can sort and filter, so for example you could isolate all the Dark Horse books listed.

A few stats:

• In the Top 300, 161 books are new releases, 139 were on the charts before.
• The average new item that charted shipped 1729 copies, although without that outlier at #1 it's closer to 1600 copies. Note, though, that many books never make the Top 300, probably around 140 new books this month shipping fewer than 445 copies, so the actual average new book sold somewhere in the 900 to 1100 copies range.
• Of the 139 backlist items, 87 were also on the October chart. Another 13 were on the chart at least once earlier this year. The remaining 39 hit the charts for the first time in 2014 in November. A few of those are new printings of books which had been out of print or evergreen titles which usually just miss the Top 300 but had a small blip last month, but the majority appear to be books that were liquidated at massive discounts (for example, AVENGERS ORIGIN HC at #96 shipped more copies last month than it did when published in November 2010, the only other month it hit the Top 300. Tellingly, the retail rank is way down at #466 and you can find multiple copies for sale on-line for as little as $3, meaning the wholesale price was even less than that).

#001 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 22 A NEW BEGINNING - $15 - IMA - 22.92k - new book
#002 - TEEN TITANS EARTH ONE HC VOL 01 - $23 - DC - 8.85k - new book
#003 - SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 01 - $50 - IMA - 8.38k - new book
#004 - WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT - $10 - IMA - 7.7k - new book
#005 - SAGA TP VOL 01 - $10 - IMA - 7.29k - last month rank 13 - 51.45k YTD
#006 - SERENITY LEAVES ON WIND HC - $20 - DAR - 6.67k - new book
#007 - AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 09 RIFT PART 3 - $11 - DAR - 6.13k - new book
#008 - BATMAN ETERNAL TP VOL 01 (N52) - $40 - DC - 5.03k - new book
#009 - WAKE HC - $25 - DC - 5.02k - new book
#010 - DEADPOOL TP VOL 06 ORIGINAL SIN - $18 - MAR - 4.74k - new book
#011 - MOUSE GUARD BALDWIN BRAVE OTHER TALES HC - $15 - BOO - 4.2k - new book
#012 - GOTG BY ABNETT AND LANNING COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 02 - $35 - MAR - 3.9k - new book
#013 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE - $15 - IMA - 3.73k - last month rank 36 - 33.63k YTD
#014 - DISNEY FROZEN CINESTORY - $15 - JOE - 3.69k - new book
#015 - INVINCIBLE TP VOL 20 FRIENDS - $17 - IMA - 3.68k - new book
#016 - CIVIL WAR TP - $25 - MAR - 3.67k - last month rank 85 - 13.04k YTD
#017 - DEADPOOL VS X-FORCE TP - $16 - MAR - 3.6k - new book
#018 - GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC VOL 03 GUARDIANS DISASSEMBLED - $25 - MAR - 3.51k - new book
#019 - JUSTICE LEAGUE TRINITY WAR TP - $20 - DC - 3.45k - new book
#020 - ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 04 BITTER SWEETS - $13 - BOO - 3.38k - new book
#021 - BATMAN SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 CROSS WORLD (N52) - $15 - DC - 3.35k - new book
#022 - MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 REVIVAL - $18 - MAR - 3.23k - new book
#023 - BATMAN & ROBIN TP VOL 04 REQUIEM FOR DAMON (N52) - $17 - DC - 3.1k - new book
#024 - FAIREST IN ALL THE LAND TP - $15 - DC - 3.04k - new book
#025 - BATMAN ADVENTURES TP VOL 01 - $20 - DC - 2.93k - new book
#026 - BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 04 THE WRATH (N52) - $18 - DC - 2.88k - new book
#027 - ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 14 - $11 - RAN - 2.87k - new book
#028 - BTVS SEASON 10 TP VOL 01 - $19 - DAR - 2.84k - new book
#029 - SAGA TP VOL 03 - $15 - IMA - 2.83k - last month rank 17 - 59.99k YTD
#030 - SHUTTER TP VOL 01 WANDERLOST - $10 - IMA - 2.74k - new book
#031 - ORIGINAL SIN TP THOR AND LOKI TENTH REALM - $17 - MAR - 2.7k - new book
#032 - WOLVERINE TP BOOK 02 THREE MONTHS TO DIE - $20 - MAR - 2.63k - new book
#033 - BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM 25TH ANNIV DLX ED TP - $20 - DC - 2.63k - new book
#034 - AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 06 - $15 - DC - 2.6k - new book
#035 - SAGA TP VOL 02 - $15 - IMA - 2.59k - last month rank 21 - 37.69k YTD
#036 - DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 10 - $30 - MAR - 2.55k - new book
#037 - BATMAN SUPERMAN HC VOL 02 GAME OVER - $25 - DC - 2.54k - new book
#038 - AQUAMAN TP VOL 04 DEATH OF A KING (N52) - $17 - DC - 2.54k - new book
#039 - THOR GOD OF THUNDER TP VOL 03 ACCURSED - $20 - MAR - 2.48k - new book
#040 - BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 05 GOTHTOPIA (N52) - $25 - DC - 2.46k - new book
#041 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US - $15 - IMA - 2.4k - last month rank 79 - 19.55k YTD
#042 - MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER TP VOL 02 - $18 - IDW - 2.39k - new book
#043 - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN LEARNING TO CRAWL TP VOL 01 - $18 - MAR - 2.39k - new book
#044 - INHUMAN TP VOL 01 GENESIS - $18 - MAR - 2.27k - new book
#045 - IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON TP VOL 01 RAGE - $18 - MAR - 2.27k - new book
#046 - ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 05 EVOLVE OR DIE (N52) - $15 - DC - 2.09k - new book
#047 - ELEKTRA TP VOL 01 BLOODLINES - $17 - MAR - 2.08k - new book
#048 - MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL - $16 - MAR - 2.05k - last month rank 1 - 9.84k YTD
#049 - ASTONISHING X-MEN GIFTED GN HC W/MOTION COMIC DVD - $25 - MAR - 2.02k - return after 27 months - 2.02k YTD
#050 - BATWOMAN TP VOL 05 WEBS (N52) - $20 - DC - 1.94k - new book
#051 - CATWOMAN TP VOL 05 RACE OF THIEVES (N52) - $18 - DC - 1.94k - new book
#052 - BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM 25TH ANNIV DLX ED HC - $30 - DC - 1.92k - new book
#053 - BATMAN BEYOND 2.0 TP REWIRED - $17 - DC - 1.89k - new book
#054 - AQUAMAN HC VOL 05 SEA OF STORMS (N52) - $25 - DC - 1.88k - new book
#055 - THOR GOD OF THUNDER PREM HC VOL 04 LAST DAYS MIDGARD - $25 - MAR - 1.85k - new book
#056 - NIGHTCRAWLER TP HOMECOMING VOL 01 - $17 - MAR - 1.83k - new book
#057 - HINTERKIND TP VOL 02 - $15 - DC - 1.67k - new book
#058 - SILVER SURFER EPIC COLLECTION TP WHEN CALLS GALACTUS - $35 - MAR - 1.66k - new book
#059 - ZENITH HC PHASE ONE - $25 - POC - 1.65k - new book
#060 - BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) - $17 - DC - 1.65k - last month rank 72 - 22.95k YTD
#061 - TOMB RAIDER TP VOL 01 SEASON OF WITCH - $20 - DAR - 1.62k - new book
#062 - FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 02 ORIGINAL SIN - $16 - MAR - 1.61k - new book
#063 - AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 06 INFINITE AVENGERS - $25 - MAR - 1.6k - new book
#064 - HELLBOY WEIRD TALES HC - $25 - DAR - 1.57k - new book
#065 - SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01 - $10 - IMA - 1.57k - last month rank 67 - 27.97k YTD
#066 - THOR GOD OF THUNDER HC VOL 01 - $35 - MAR - 1.55k - new book
#067 - RUNAWAYS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 02 - $35 - MAR - 1.54k - new book
#068 - BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC - $18 - DC - 1.53k - last month rank 78 - 21.31k YTD
#069 - DAY MEN TP VOL 01 - $10 - BOO - 1.52k - new book
#070 - BLEACH GN VOL 62 - $10 - VIZ - 1.52k - new book
#071 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 21 ALL OUT WAR PT 2 - $15 - IMA - 1.51k - last month rank 103 - 30.38k YTD
#072 - NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 04 PERFECT WORLD - $25 - MAR - 1.5k - new book
#073 - MIND MGMT HC VOL 04 MAGICIAN - $20 - DAR - 1.5k - new book
#074 - BATMAN TP VOL 02 THE CITY OF OWLS (N52) - $17 - DC - 1.48k - last month rank 81 - 17.11k YTD
#075 - AVENGERS WORLD TP VOL 02 ASCENSION - $17 - MAR - 1.44k - new book
#076 - ATTACK ON TITAN JUNIOR HIGH GN VOL 02 - $17 - RAN - 1.43k - new book
#077 - AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES - $35 - MAR - 1.38k - new book
#078 - REALM OF KINGS TP - $35 - MAR - 1.37k - return after 48 months - 1.37k YTD
#079 - AGE OF ULTRON TP - $35 - MAR - 1.35k - last month rank 230 - 8.09k YTD
#080 - BATMAN TP VOL 03 DEATH OF THE FAMILY (N52) - $17 - DC - 1.33k - last month rank 87 - 16.08k YTD
#081 - BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 01 HOW TO FALL FOREVER - $10 - IMA - 1.32k - last month rank 120 - 16.07k YTD
#082 - LAZARUS HC VOL 01 - $35 - IMA - 1.32k - new book
#083 - INFINITY GAUNTLET TP - $25 - MAR - 1.28k - last month rank 136 - 8.46k YTD
#084 - MARVEL UNIVERSE VS PUNISHER HC - $20 - MAR - 1.27k - return after 47 months - 1.27k YTD
#085 - CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION TP CAPTAIN LIVES AGAIN - $35 - MAR - 1.26k - new book
#086 - BATMAN DEATH OF THE FAMILY BOOK & JOKER MASK SET (N52) - $40 - DC - 1.23k - last month rank 10 - 20.03k YTD
#087 - SIEGE PREM HC - $25 - MAR - 1.23k - return after 46 months - 1.23k YTD
#088 - ALL NEW INVADERS TP VOL 02 ORIGINAL SIN - $17 - MAR - 1.2k - new book
#089 - GOD IS DEAD TP VOL 03 - $20 - AVA - 1.2k - new book
#090 - GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 01 COSMIC AVENGERS - $20 - MAR - 1.19k - last month rank 27 - 22.92k YTD
#091 - MMW INCREDIBLE HULK HC VOL 08 - $70 - MAR - 1.19k - new book
#092 - WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 - $60 - IMA - 1.18k - last month rank 193 - 9.07k YTD
#093 - OZ TP ROAD TO OZ - $18 - MAR - 1.17k - new book
#094 - AVENGERS UNDERCOVER TP VOL 02 GOING NATIVE - $15 - MAR - 1.17k - new book
#095 - ARCHIE THE MARRIED LIFE TP VOL 06 - $20 - ARC - 1.16k - new book
#096 - AVENGERS ORIGIN HC - $25 - MAR - 1.16k - return after 48 months - 1.16k YTD
#097 - PUNK ROCK JESUS DELUXE EDITION HC - $40 - DC - 1.15k - new book
#098 - CHRONICLES OF CONAN TP VOL 28 BLOOD & ICE - $20 - DAR - 1.14k - new book
#099 - ALL YOU NEED IS KILL 2IN1 MANGA GN - $15 - VIZ - 1.14k - new book
#100 - DEADPOOL BY DANIEL WAY COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 01 - $35 - MAR - 1.13k - last month rank 298 - 7.69k YTD
#101 - MASS EFFECT FOUNDATION TP VOL 03 - $17 - DAR - 1.12k - new book
#102 - KINSKI TP - $15 - IMA - 1.1k - new book
#103 - EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE - $10 - IMA - 1.07k - last month rank 108 - 17.34k YTD
#104 - DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP - $15 - MAR - 1.07k - last month rank 123 - 12.73k YTD
#105 - BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP - $20 - DC - 1.06k - last month rank 138 - 14.95k YTD
#106 - FANTASTIC FOUR BY HICKMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 - $125 - MAR - 1.06k - new book
#107 - TRINITY OF SIN PANDORA TP VOL 02 (N52) - $17 - DC - 1.06k - new book
#108 - BATGIRL HC VOL 01 THE DARKEST REFLECTION (N52) - $23 - DC - 1.05k - return after 25 months - 1.05k YTD
#109 - BLUE EXORCIST GN VOL 12 - $10 - VIZ - 1.04k - new book
#110 - ANGRY BIRDS COMICS HC VOL 01 WELCOME TO THE FLOCK - $10 - IDW - 1.04k - new book
#111 - PRINCESS UGG TP VOL 01 - $16 - ONI - 1.03k - new book
#112 - HAWKEYE TP VOL 03 LA WOMAN - $16 - MAR - 1.02k - last month rank 2 - 8.77k YTD
#113 - RAT QUEENS TP VOL 01 SASS & SORCERY - $10 - IMA - 1.01k - last month rank 53 - 18.7k YTD
#114 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS - $15 - IMA - 1k - last month rank 132 - 13.6k YTD
#115 - NEW YORK FOUR DARK HORSE ED TP - $20 - DAR - 1k - new book
#116 - BATMAN COURT OF OWLS BOOK & MASK SET (N52) - $25 - DC - 1k - return after 3 months - 3.31k YTD
#117 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE - $15 - IMA - 0.98k - last month rank 216 - 10.55k YTD
#118 - SUPER HERO SQUAD TP VOL 01 GET YER HERO ON DIGEST - $10 - MAR - 0.95k - return after 56 months - 0.95k YTD
#119 - BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP - $25 - DC - 0.95k - last month rank 131 - 15.4k YTD
#120 - DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEAD PRESIDENTS NOW - $16 - MAR - 0.94k - last month rank 121 - 11.37k YTD
#121 - RESIDENT EVIL MARHAWA DESIRE GN VOL 01 - $13 - VIZ - 0.94k - new book
#122 - TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE TP VOL 06 - $20 - IDW - 0.93k - new book
#123 - MARVEL ZOMBIES 04 HC - $20 - MAR - 0.93k - return after 28 months - 0.93k YTD
#124 - MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 HC - $25 - MAR - 0.92k - return after 49 months - 0.92k YTD
#125 - HAWKEYE TP VOL 01 MY LIFE AS WEAPON NOW - $17 - MAR - 0.91k - last month rank 149 - 11.68k YTD
#126 - FLASH TP VOL 01 MOVE FORWARD (N52) - $17 - DC - 0.9k - last month rank 166 - 7k YTD
#127 - GRANDVILLE NOEL HC - $20 - DAR - 0.9k - new book
#128 - HELLBLAZER TP VOL 01 ORIGINAL SINS NEW ED - $20 - DC - 0.9k - last month rank 225 - 4.88k YTD
#129 - BATMAN TP VOL 04 ZERO YEAR SECRET CITY (N52) - $17 - DC - 0.9k - last month rank 3 - 8.45k YTD
#130 - CASANOVA COMPLETE ED HC VOL 01 LUXURIA - $30 - IMA - 0.89k - new book
#131 - WATCHMEN TP - $20 - DC - 0.89k - last month rank 111 - 13.09k YTD
#132 - HARLEY QUINN PRELUDES AND KNOCK KNOCK JOKES TP - $20 - DC - 0.87k - return after 3 months - 4.87k YTD
#133 - WOLVERINE BY AARON COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 04 - $35 - MAR - 0.87k - new book
#134 - AXE COP TP VOL 06 AMERICAN CHOPPERS - $13 - DAR - 0.86k - new book
#135 - LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT - $20 - IDW - 0.86k - return after 2 months - 7.48k YTD
#136 - MANARA BORGIAS HC - $60 - DAR - 0.85k - new book
#137 - UNCANNY X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY TP - $25 - MAR - 0.84k - return after 61 months - 0.84k YTD
#138 - ASSASSINS CREED GN VOL 05 EL CAKR - $10 - RAN - 0.84k - new book
#139 - SATOSHI KON OPUS TP - $20 - DAR - 0.83k - new book
#140 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 20 ALL OUT WAR PT 1 - $15 - IMA - 0.83k - last month rank 106 - 39.36k YTD
#141 - DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 01 REAGAN YOUTH - $10 - IMA - 0.83k - last month rank 187 - 9.75k YTD
#142 - SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES NEW ED - $20 - DC - 0.83k - last month rank 130 - 12.12k YTD
#143 - BOUNCE TP - $25 - IMA - 0.82k - new book
#144 - JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 01 ORIGIN (N52) - $17 - DC - 0.81k - last month rank 150 - 11.34k YTD
#145 - WORST OF EERIE PUBLICATIONS HC - $28 - IDW - 0.81k - new book
#146 - STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST GN BOOK 01 - $20 - TOP - 0.8k - new book
#147 - AVENGERS PREM HC FIRST TO LAST - $35 - MAR - 0.8k - return after 42 months - 0.8k YTD
#148 - MONSTER MUSUME GN VOL 05 - $13 - STM - 0.8k - new book
#149 - LOCKE & KEY TP SLIPCASE SET HOLIDAY ED - $100 - IDW - 0.8k - new book
#150 - ARMOR HUNTERS TP VOL 01 - $15 - VAL - 0.79k - new book
#151 - BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP - $25 - DC - 0.79k - last month rank 181 - 11.7k YTD
#152 - CLAYMORE GN VOL 25 - $10 - VIZ - 0.78k - new book
#153 - PRETTY DEADLY TP VOL 01 - $10 - IMA - 0.78k - last month rank 146 - 12.5k YTD
#154 - SUPERMAN GOLDEN AGE SUNDAYS 1946-1949 HC - $50 - IDW - 0.78k - new book
#155 - TMNT LEGENDS SOULS WINTER MICHAEL ZULLI HC - $25 - IDW - 0.77k - new book
#156 - TERMINATOR SALVATION FINAL BATTLE TP VOL 01 - $20 - DAR - 0.77k - new book
#157 - EAST OF WEST TP VOL 03 THERE IS NO US - $15 - IMA - 0.76k - last month rank 4 - 8.1k YTD
#158 - MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY OMNIBUS HC - $100 - MAR - 0.76k - new book
#159 - MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS GN VOL 02 GOING GREEN - $8 - NBM - 0.76k - new book
#160 - WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02 - $60 - IMA - 0.75k - return after 2 months - 4.71k YTD
#161 - SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN - $10 - IMA - 0.75k - last month rank 6 - 7.24k YTD
#162 - FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE NEW ED - $13 - DC - 0.75k - last month rank 101 - 13.31k YTD
#163 - MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DIGEST TP VOL 03 - $10 - MAR - 0.75k - new book
#164 - ABSOLUTE BATMAN HAUNTED KNIGHT HC - $100 - DC - 0.74k - new book
#165 - TALES OF HONOR TP VOL 01 - $20 - IMA - 0.74k - new book
#166 - LITTLEST PET SHOP HC - $10 - IDW - 0.74k - new book
#167 - SAVAGE WOLVERINE PREM HC VOL 04 BEST THERE IS - $25 - MAR - 0.74k - new book
#168 - MANIFEST DESTINY TP VOL 01 - $10 - IMA - 0.74k - last month rank 286 - 9.8k YTD
#169 - VAMPIRE DIARIES TP - $25 - DC - 0.73k - new book
#170 - POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 25 FIRERED LEAFGREEN - $10 - VIZ - 0.73k - new book
#171 - DANGER GIRL MAYDAY TP - $18 - IDW - 0.73k - new book
#172 - ASTONISHING THOR HC - $25 - MAR - 0.73k - return after 38 months - 0.73k YTD
#173 - DOOMWAR HC - $25 - MAR - 0.73k - return after 49 months - 0.73k YTD
#174 - BRYAN LEE O MALLEY SECONDS GN - $25 - RAN - 0.72k - last month rank 126 - 8.83k YTD
#175 - V FOR VENDETTA BOOK AND MASK SET - $30 - DC - 0.72k - return after 2 months - 2.5k YTD
#176 - BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP PART 01 BROKEN BAT - $20 - DC - 0.71k - return after 15 months - 0.71k YTD
#177 - HELLO KITTY GN WORK OF ART - $8 - VIZ - 0.7k - new book
#178 - DC COMICS THE NEW 52 ZERO OMNIBUS HC (N52) - $150 - DC - 0.7k - return after 23 months - 0.7k YTD
#179 - FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 44 - $11 - RAN - 0.69k - new book
#180 - SANDMAN ENDLESS NIGHTS TP NEW EDITION - $20 - DC - 0.69k - return after 13 months - 0.69k YTD
#181 - MARCH GN BOOK 01 - $15 - TOP - 0.69k - last month rank 301 - 6.1k YTD
#182 - UNITY TP VOL 03 ARMOR HUNTERS - $15 - VAL - 0.68k - new book
#183 - V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP - $20 - DC - 0.68k - last month rank 189 - 8.07k YTD
#184 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 19 MARCH TO WAR - $15 - IMA - 0.68k - last month rank 168 - 14.66k YTD
#185 - CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 01 HIGHER FURTHER FASTER MORE - $18 - MAR - 0.68k - last month rank 28 - 3.58k YTD
#186 - FOREVER SMURFETTE GN - $6 - NBM - 0.67k - new book
#187 - DRAGONS RIDERS OF BERK GN VOL 02 - $7 - RAN - 0.67k - new book
#188 - INCREDIBLE CHANGE BOTS TWO POINT SOMETHING GN - $20 - TOP - 0.67k - new book
#189 - GREEN LANTERN v1 HC VOL 01 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR - $25 - DC - 0.66k - return after 67 months - 0.66k YTD
#190 - WALTER SIMONSON MANHUNTER ARTIST ED HC - $95 - IDW - 0.66k - new book
#191 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE - $15 - IMA - 0.66k - last month rank 196 - 8.79k YTD
#192 - EAST OF WEST TP VOL 02 WE ARE ALL ONE - $15 - IMA - 0.66k - last month rank 143 - 15.63k YTD
#193 - BATMAN HC VOL 05 ZERO YEAR DARK CITY (N52) - $25 - DC - 0.66k - last month rank 5 - 7.43k YTD
#194 - BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC - $15 - DC - 0.66k - last month rank 259 - 11.41k YTD
#195 - MOON KNIGHT TP VOL 01 FROM DEAD - $18 - MAR - 0.66k - last month rank 9 - 5.63k YTD
#196 - GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 02 ANGELA - $20 - MAR - 0.65k - last month rank 93 - 7.24k YTD
#197 - JOKER DEATH OF THE FAMILY TP (N52) - $25 - DC - 0.65k - last month rank 152 - 11.68k YTD
#198 - WOLVERINE OLD MAN LOGAN TP - $30 - MAR - 0.64k - last month rank 169 - 6.59k YTD
#199 - ROYAL BLOOD HC - $17 - RAN - 0.63k - new book
#200 - BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM MADNESS HC - $20 - DC - 0.63k - return after 52 months - 0.63k YTD
#201 - DEADPOOL TP VOL 03 GOOD BAD AND UGLY NOW - $16 - MAR - 0.63k - last month rank 96 - 6.66k YTD
#202 - SAMURAI EXECUTIONER OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 - $20 - DAR - 0.63k - new book
#203 - ARCHIE GIANT COMICS FESTIVAL TP - $8 - ARC - 0.63k - new book
#204 - WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS HC VOL 05 - $100 - IMA - 0.62k - new book
#205 - HULK GREEN HULK RED HULK HC - $40 - MAR - 0.62k - return after 50 months - 0.62k YTD
#206 - DREAM STATES THE COLLECTED DREAMING COVERS HC - $50 - DC - 0.62k - new book
#207 - SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 01 KICKED IN THE TEETH (N52) - $15 - DC - 0.62k - last month rank 294 - 3.9k YTD
#208 - REGULAR SHOW SKIPS TP - $20 - BOO - 0.62k - new book
#209 - HULK VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 01 - $25 - MAR - 0.61k - return after 78 months - 0.61k YTD
#210 - MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD INFINITY SWORD QUEST HC - $25 - MAR - 0.61k - return after 55 months - 0.61k YTD
#211 - MY LITTLE PONY DIGEST TP VOL 01 - $7 - IDW - 0.61k - return after 14 months - 0.61k YTD
#212 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE - $15 - IMA - 0.61k - last month rank 227 - 7.45k YTD
#213 - GRINDHOUSE MIDNIGHT TP VOL 02 BRIDE BLOOD FLESH DOLL - $18 - DAR - 0.61k - new book
#214 - MARVEL ADVENTURES BLACK WIDOW & AVENGERS TP DIGEST - $10 - MAR - 0.61k - return after 40 months - 0.61k YTD
#215 - MMW GOLDEN AGE ALL WINNERS TP VOL 02 - $30 - MAR - 0.61k - new book
#216 - STRAIN TP VOL 01 - $20 - DAR - 0.61k - last month rank 167 - 2.92k YTD
#217 - AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP AVX - $35 - MAR - 0.6k - last month rank 231 - 7.1k YTD
#218 - KISS OF THE ROSE PRINCESS GN VOL 01 - $10 - VIZ - 0.6k - new book
#219 - ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW TP - $18 - CAL - 0.6k - return after 23 months - 0.6k YTD
#220 - TALES O/T TMNT TP VOL 06 - $20 - IDW - 0.6k - new book
#221 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR - $15 - IMA - 0.6k - last month rank 211 - 9.07k YTD
#222 - XXXHOLIC REI GN VOL 02 - $11 - RAN - 0.6k - new book
#223 - NISEKOI FALSE LOVE GN VOL 06 - $10 - VIZ - 0.59k - new book
#224 - ATTACK ON TITAN BEGINNING BOX SET - $44 - RAN - 0.59k - new book
#225 - WALKING DEAD HC VOL 01 - $35 - IMA - 0.58k - return after 2 months - 3.31k YTD
#226 - NAILBITER TP VOL 01 THERE WILL BE BLOOD - $10 - IMA - 0.58k - last month rank 11 - 4.96k YTD
#227 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 18 WHAT COMES AFTER - $15 - IMA - 0.58k - last month rank 195 - 10.49k YTD
#228 - GOTHAM CITY SIRENS TP BOOK 01 - $25 - DC - 0.57k - last month rank 15 - 4.43k YTD
#229 - PUNISHER HC FRANKEN-CASTLE - $40 - MAR - 0.57k - return after 48 months - 0.57k YTD
#230 - WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 BLOOD (N52) - $15 - DC - 0.57k - last month rank 250 - 6.98k YTD
#231 - WHITE SUITS TP - $18 - DAR - 0.57k - new book
#232 - HAUNTED HORROR HC VOL 02 COMICS MOTHER WARNED ABOUT - $25 - IDW - 0.57k - new book
#233 - ZENITH HC PHASE TWO - $25 - POC - 0.57k - new book
#234 - BETTY & VERONICA SHOPPING SPREE TP - $10 - ARC - 0.57k - new book
#235 - CIVIL WAR HC - $40 - MAR - 0.57k - return after 71 months - 0.57k YTD
#236 - POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 05 - $10 - VIZ - 0.56k - new book
#237 - HARLEY QUINN HC VOL 01 HOT IN THE CITY - $25 - DC - 0.56k - last month rank 7 - 6.17k YTD
#238 - BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER TP - $15 - DC - 0.56k - return after 36 months - 0.56k YTD
#239 - PARADISE X TP VOL 01 - $30 - MAR - 0.56k - return after 88 months - 0.56k YTD
#240 - DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE HC VOL 06 LOST LANDS LONG AGO - $35 - FAN - 0.56k - new book
#241 - DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 01 - $30 - MAR - 0.55k - last month rank 251 - 4.43k YTD
#242 - PAINKILLER JANE 22 BRIDES TP - $18 - MAR - 0.55k - new book
#243 - TEEN TITANS A CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS HC - $40 - DC - 0.55k - new book
#244 - AVENGERS WEST COAST AVENGERS ASSEMBLE PREM HC - $30 - MAR - 0.55k - return after 51 months - 0.55k YTD
#245 - SUPERMAN RED SON TP - $18 - DC - 0.54k - last month rank 224 - 8.49k YTD
#246 - SILVER TP VOL 01 - $13 - DAR - 0.52k - new book
#247 - CONSTANTINE TP VOL 01 SPARK AND THE FLAME (N52) - $15 - DC - 0.52k - return after 9 months - 3.2k YTD
#248 - SUPERMAN EARTH ONE TP VOL 01 - $13 - DC - 0.52k - return after 5 months - 1.5k YTD
#249 - DRAGONAR ACADEMY GN VOL 04 - $13 - STM - 0.52k - new book
#250 - PREACHER TP BOOK 01 - $20 - DC - 0.52k - last month rank 218 - 7.61k YTD
#251 - IRON MAN PREM HC LEGACY OF DOOM - $20 - MAR - 0.52k - return after 42 months - 0.52k YTD
#252 - MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 01 - $18 - IDW - 0.52k - last month rank 277 - 4.08k YTD
#253 - HEROIC AGE TP - $25 - MAR - 0.52k - return after 48 months - 0.52k YTD
#254 - LEGO LEGENDS OF CHIMA GN VOL 03 CHI QUEST - $8 - NBM - 0.51k - new book
#255 - DEADPOOL VS CARNAGE TP - $17 - MAR - 0.51k - last month rank 212 - 7.36k YTD
#256 - SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM TP VOL 01 NUCLEAR FAMILY - $17 - DE - 0.51k - new book
#257 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA HC VOL 01 (N52) - $25 - DC - 0.51k - return after 12 months - 0.51k YTD
#258 - ORPHAN BLADE GN - $20 - ONI - 0.51k - new book
#259 - ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 - $11 - RAN - 0.51k - last month rank 242 - 8.92k YTD
#260 - UQ HOLDER GN VOL 03 - $11 - RAN - 0.5k - new book
#261 - X-FILES SEASON 10 HC VOL 03 - $25 - IDW - 0.5k - new book
#262 - IRON MAN TP MANY ARMORS OF IRON MAN - $25 - MAR - 0.5k - return after 81 months - 0.5k YTD
#263 - ORIGINAL SIN HC - $75 - MAR - 0.5k - last month rank 23 - 3.72k YTD
#264 - SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE NEW ED - $20 - DC - 0.49k - last month rank 300 - 6.03k YTD
#265 - DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL TP - $15 - MAR - 0.49k - last month rank 204 - 8.08k YTD
#266 - NIGHT OF LIVING DEADPOOL TP - $17 - MAR - 0.49k - last month rank 232 - 8.62k YTD
#267 - GREEN LANTERN v1 HC VOL 02 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR - $25 - DC - 0.49k - return after 67 months - 0.49k YTD
#268 - JSA OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 - $150 - DC - 0.49k - new book
#269 - INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US TP VOL 01 - $15 - DC - 0.49k - last month rank 201 - 6.53k YTD
#270 - X-MEN SECOND COMING REVELATIONS HC - $25 - MAR - 0.49k - return after 49 months - 0.49k YTD
#271 - NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 02 - $30 - MAR - 0.49k - return after 79 months - 0.49k YTD
#272 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME - $15 - IMA - 0.49k - return after 2 months - 4.53k YTD
#273 - DEADPOOL TP VOL 05 WEDDING OF DEADPOOL - $16 - MAR - 0.49k - last month rank 163 - 7.44k YTD
#274 - DEADPOOL TP VOL 02 SOUL HUNTER NOW - $16 - MAR - 0.49k - last month rank 184 - 6.92k YTD
#275 - LUCIFER AND THE BISCUIT HAMMER TP VOL 01 - $19 - STM - 0.48k - new book
#276 - AVENGERS WORLD TRUST PREM HC - $25 - MAR - 0.48k - return after 58 months - 0.48k YTD
#277 - HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION - $18 - DAR - 0.47k - return after 6 months - 2.37k YTD
#278 - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 PARKER LUCK - $18 - MAR - 0.47k - last month rank 8 - 5.47k YTD
#279 - CHEW TP VOL 01 - $10 - IMA - 0.47k - last month rank 222 - 7.46k YTD
#280 - PUNKROCKPAPERSCISSORS TP - $30 - IMA - 0.47k - new book
#281 - EC GEORGE EVANS ACES HIGH HC - $30 - FAN - 0.47k - new book
#282 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE - $15 - IMA - 0.47k - last month rank 262 - 6.26k YTD
#283 - MODESTY BLAISE TP VOL 25 GRIM JOKER - $20 - TTN - 0.47k - new book
#284 - SKY ART OF FINAL FANTASY HC VOL 03 - $25 - DAR - 0.47k - new book
#285 - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID HC VOL 09 LONG HAUL - $14 - ABR - 0.46k - new book
#286 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS - $15 - IMA - 0.46k - last month rank 297 - 3.88k YTD
#287 - SKY ART OF FINAL FANTASY HC VOL 02 - $35 - DAR - 0.46k - new book
#288 - WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER - $15 - IMA - 0.46k - last month rank 285 - 5.5k YTD
#289 - AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 04 SEARCH PART 1 - $11 - DAR - 0.46k - return after 2 months - 2.8k YTD
#290 - GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGIN HC - $20 - DC - 0.46k - return after 48 months - 0.46k YTD
#291 - JUDGE DREDD CITY LIMITS GN - $30 - IDW - 0.46k - new book
#292 - METALLICA NOTHING ELSE MATTERS GN - $20 - PUT - 0.46k - new book
#293 - SUPERMAN EARTH ONE TP VOL 02 - $15 - DC - 0.46k - return after 8 months - 3.68k YTD
#294 - AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 - $11 - DAR - 0.45k - return after 2 months - 2.43k YTD
#295 - GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO TP VOL 10 - $20 - IDW - 0.45k - new book
#296 - HIGH SCHOOL DXD GN VOL 03 - $13 - HAC - 0.45k - new book
#297 - CABLE CLASSIC TP VOL 02 - $30 - MAR - 0.45k - return after 64 months - 0.45k YTD
#298 - FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 3IN1 TP VOL 09 - $15 - VIZ - 0.45k - new book
#299 - BLACKEST NIGHT TP - $20 - DC - 0.45k - last month rank 237 - 6.45k YTD
#300 - ALICE I/T COUNTRY OF CLOVER KNIGHTS KNOWLEDGE GN VOL 03 - $14 - STM - 0.45k - new book

Elsewhere: Mayo Report podcast March Diamond Trades Chart

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Observations on March 2014 Graphic Books Chart - New Release Breakdown

So, there were 141 new releases on Diamond's March 2014 Top 300 Graphic Books chart. Just a quick overview of them this month, there's some stuff I want to get into when we have a month where there are more new books listed, not as much backlist, unless the type of liquidation sale flood we've seen the last few months is the new normal. The books that made the chart this month can be broken down into five categories for more easy mental digestion.

There are 24 manga books from the major manga publishers, Viz, Kodansha, Yen and Seven Seas. The best selling ones are the two first volumes of the ATTACK ON TITAN spin-off books. There are also a few manga books from the other publishers, like Dark Horse and Fantagraphics. I have to admit my knowledge of manga is pretty spotty, so you won't see much on this blog about these books.

Marvel had 34 entries, a bit of a heavy month for them, starting with ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 02 HERE TO STAY. Last month's breakdown has more detail on a typical Marvel month.

DC has a typical month, with 27 entries on the list, topped by the hardcover JUSTICE LEAGUE TRINITY WAR HC. You can see last month's breakdown for a more detailed look at DC's current graphic books publishing line. The top Vertigo book was AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 05.

The other three publishers that Diamond classifies as "premier publishers" form a convenient group, and they collectively have 29 entries, 10 from Dark Horse, 7 from IDW and 12 from Image. The top two are the latest volumes of WALKING DEAD and SAGA from Image, with over 25k and 21k respectively. That's a pretty unusually high sell-in for anything. WALKING DEAD has had first month sell-ins of over 20k since volume 14 (and more relevantly, since shortly after the TV show began), it's a first for SAGA. Dark Horse's top book is the latest AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER book and IDW's is a collection of Batman newspaper strips.

That leaves the ever popular "Other" as the catch-all for 27 other books, led by NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC, the latest LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN book as the top book. Here's the full list:

NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC (TOP) : 8777 copies
ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 03 SEEING RED (BOO) : 4288 copies
GAME OF THRONES HC GN VOL 03 (RAN) : 1946 copies
SONIC MEGA MAN WORLDS COLLIDE TP VOL 02 (ARC) : 1840 copies
CROSSED TP VOL 08 (AVA) : 1541 copies
UBER TP VOL 01 (AVA) : 1410 copies
UNITY TP VOL 01 TO KILL A KING (VAL) : 1237 copies
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 02 IN SECURITY (VAL) : 1092 copies
CANNON WALLY WOOD TP (FAN) : 1071 copies
GARTH ENNIS RED TEAM TP VOL 01 SEASON ONE (DE) : 1047 copies
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 15 (ZEN) : 1013 copies
HELHEIM TP VOL 01 WITCH WAR (ONI) : 965 copies
GFT WONDERLAND TP VOL 04 (ZEN) : 885 copies
OCCUPY COMICS TP (BLA) : 883 copies
PEANUTS TP VOL 03 (BOO) : 787 copies
GFT OZ HC (ZEN) : 751 copies
SIMON & KIRBY HC LIBRARY HORROR (RAN) : 746 copies
SMURFS GN VOL 17 LAZY SMURF (NBM) : 730 copies
OKKO HC VOL 04 CYCLE OF FIRE (BOO) : 727 copies
WALT KELLY POGO COMP DELL COMICS HC VOL 01 (HER) : 606 copies
LORDS OF MARS TP VOL 01 (DE) : 604 copies
SUICIDE RISK TP VOL 02 (BOO) : 584 copies
NIJIGAHARA HOLOGRAPH HC (FAN) : 574 copies
SHADOW GREEN HORNET TP VOL 01 DARK NIGHTS (DE) : 539 copies
ROBOCOP TP VOL 02 LAST STAND PT 1 (BOO) : 508 copies
BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BETTY & VERONICA TP VOL 01 (ARC) : 508 copies
SHADOW TP VOL 03 LIGHT O/T WORLD (DE) : 507 copies

Observations on March 2014 Graphic Books Chart - Noteworthy Backlist

Diamond's Top 300 Graphic Books Chart had 141 new books and 159 backlist books which had been on the charts before. Of those 159, 71 were Marvel books which seemed to be part of a big sale, including 35 different softcover Marvel Masterworks volumes, a few of which shipped more copies last month than they did in their initial month of publication. Of the remaining 88, there are 68 which have been on the charts enough over the last two years or since they've been published (whichever is shorter) that I classify them as perennials, including 36 which have been on the charts every month of their availability in that period.

So that leaves a more manageable list of 20 books which merit some greater attention.

The first group have been on the chart every month since they were published, that just wasn't long enough ago to qualify for the perennial list. Some of them will continue to appear on the list and join that list (almost certainly the WALKING DEAD and DEADPOOL books, based on past history) while others will drop off for the most part and only occasionally sell enough to make the Top 300, including the hardcovers which will eventually be replaced by softcovers by their publishers' normal marketing patterns.

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 19 MARCH TO WAR (IMA) : 1956 books
UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 01 RED SHADOW (MAR) : 1317 books
SECRET SERVICE TP (MAR) : 1094 books
LOCKE & KEY HC VOL 06 ALPHA & OMEGA (IDW) : 998 books
ZERO TP VOL 01 AN EMERGENCY (IMA) : 728 books
DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL TP (MAR) : 654 books
DEADPOOL TP VOL 03 GOOD BAD AND UGLY NOW (MAR) : 612 books
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US HC VOL 01 (DC) : 572 books
FATALE TP VOL 04 PRAY FOR RAIN (IMA) : 524 books

A few other recent books haven't made the list every month since they were published. MANHATTAN PROJECTS might continue to appear most months, like the first two books do. GUARDIANS will almost certainly fall off in this format after the softcover edition come out in a few months. HIP HOP FAMILY TREE is an interesting case. It sold out on publication last November, and the second printing came out (and sold out) in March. So there's a good chance it'll show up again in a few months when the third printing comes out. It's not the type of material that typically becomes a permanent fixture in the direct market Top 300, but then neither is John Lewis' autobiographical MARCH which has been on the chart 7 of 8 months since it was published.

MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 03 (IMA) : 649 books

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC VOL 02 ANGELA (MAR) : 743 books

HIP HOP FAMILY TREE GN VOL 01 (FAN) : 671 books

The last group are books more than a year old which show up on the list occasionally, but less than half the time. Sometimes it's obvious why they showed up in this month, like that WINTER SOLDIER book which ties in to a movie that just came out, or that DAREDEVIL book out the same month as the book relaunches with the same writer. That first ATTACK ON TITAN book is a special case, having been on the list for the last six months after being off the chart for over a year after it was first published. It's the only one of these likely to eventually fall into what I define as a perennial, the rest will show up a few times a year and sell steadily at the sub-Top 300 level the other months.

DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID TP VOL 01 (MAR) : 1376 books

ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 (RAN) : 817 books

CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP (MAR) : 1029 books

MARVEL ZOMBIES TP VOL 01 (MAR) : 678 books

FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE (DC) : 540 books

SERENITY HC VOL 01 THOSE LEFT BEHIND (DAR) : 537 books

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 01 (DC) : 666 books

ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP (DC) : 514 books

Observations on Feb. 2014 Diamond GN Chart - Backlist

So, of the Top 300 books on Diamond's February 2014 Graphic Novel chart, 122 were new items (25 DC, 28 Marvel, 69 Other) and 92 were Marvel backlist that appears to have been heavily discounted. Of the other 86 backlist listings, 64 are on the list of what I'd call perennials, books which have a 50% or better record of appearing on the Top 300 over the last two years (I might refine that definition later). That leaves another 22 that are worth a closer look.

HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION (DAR) : 1054 books
HELLBOY TP VOL 02 WAKE THE DEVIL (DAR) : 998 books
HELLBOY TP VOL 07 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS (DAR) : 444 books
HELLBOY TP VOL 11 MASKS AND MONSTERS (DAR) : 450 books
HELLBOY TP VOL 12 THE STORM AND THE FURY (DAR) : 470 books

The whole HELLBOY series seems to generally sell well but under the radar of the Top 300, though the first book makes the list every few months, and by estimates of Diamond's year-end figures sells 3-4000 copies in the direct market every year. It looks like there was a concerted effort to bring all the volumes back into print in time for the 20th anniversary of the character, which could explain the unusual presence of five scattered volumes.

BATMAN MAD LOVE AND OTHER STORIES TP (DC) : 1141 books
FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE (DC) : 442 books
FABLES TP VOL 19 SNOW WHITE (DC) : 445 books
FABLES DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01 (DC) : 483 books
PLANETARY OMNIBUS HC (DC) : 557 books
PREACHER TP BOOK 01 (DC) : 757 books

MAD LOVE has been around for a while, selling steadily but mostly outside the Top 300. The big surge here is probably due to the new HARLEY QUINN series getting some attention on the character. FABLES VOL 03 pops up occasionally, not quite as often as the first two books. FABLES VOL 19 is the latest one, and those tend to show up for a few months before falling below the Top 300 threshold. It looks like the FABLES DELUXE VOL 01 was out of print for a bit, so that's catching up to some accumulated demand. PLANETARY OMNIBUS came out in January, so this will probably be the last time it makes the list, though it's already sold very well for a $75 book. PREACHER has been getting some attention from the movement on a TV show, which would explain why the first book has been selling especially well lately, though the series has been a decent seller in one form or another since it began. If the TV show actually happens the whole series will become a fixture on the chart for a while.

CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP (MAR) : 599 books
DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL TP (MAR) : 600 books
DEADPOOL TP VOL 03 GOOD BAD AND UGLY NOW (MAR) : 580 books
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 NECESSARY EVIL (MAR) : 656 books
ULTIMATES 3 TP WHO KILLED SCARLET WITCH (MAR) : 634 books

Pretty obvious why that particular CAPTAIN AMERICA book has been selling well lately, and will probably stop selling as well soon. The previous books in the DEADPOOL KILLS, plain DEADPOOL and SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN lines have all been steady sellers, so I expect these ones to continue appearing for a while. The ULTIMATES 3 book just got a new printing, so probably won't be a regular on the list.

ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 (RAN) : 821 books
ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 02 (RAN) : 614 books
ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 03 (RAN) : 462 books

ATTACK ON TITAN was slow to catch on, but has been consistently charting for the last few months, here and on the BookScan reports of the mass-market. I'd expect at least the early books to keep showing up on a regular basis, especially once the anime is released in English.

JOHNNY HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTORS CUT SC (SLA) : 627 books
SQUEE TP (SLA) : 482 books

These two have been steady sellers for years, mostly under the Top 300 threshold. They were both relisted in the January Previews so probably picked up some extra orders from that.

NEMO HEART OF ICE HC (TOP) : 607 books

A slight surge in sales as the second volume ROSES OF BERLIN is coming in March (out now), so the first got a catalog listing in January. it'll probably make the chart a few more times this year, and again when the third book comes out.

Observations on Feb. 2014 Diamond GN Chart - Marvel

In terms of new book releases, Marvel generally has about two to three dozen books come out a month, and is usually the most prolific publisher in the direct market. February was about average, with 28 new books on Diamond's Top 300. Dividing them into a few broad groups for easy digestion (you'll find I like dividing stuff into groups)...

They're mostly committed to publishing some form of collected editions of their entire mainstream super-hero line, though sometimes an especially low selling and/or quickly cancelled book will slip between the cracks. More than half of what they publish collects recently published (within the last two years) serialized comics. The formats seem pretty chaotic to me, maybe there's a method to them, but some books get quick thin hardcovers (collecting 4-6 issues, only SAVAGE WOLVERINE this month) followed within a year by softcovers (AVENGERS tops that list this month), some books (even a few better selling ones) go straight to softcover (SUPERIOR FOES). It seems if something does especially well the softcover is eventually followed by an oversized hardcover, collecting two or more of the thinner books (DEADPOOL BY POSEHN AND DUGGAN, DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID). Big events (INFINITY this month) usually get big $75 hardcovers first, which include key crossovers, followed by smaller books which collect only the main story.

INFINITY HC : 3388 copies

AVENGERS TP VOL 01 AVENGERS WORLD : 2637 copies

DEADPOOL BY POSEHN AND DUGGAN HC VOL 01 : 2168 copies

SUPERIOR FOES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 GETTING BAND BACK : 2111 copies

IRON MAN TP VOL 01 BELIEVE : 2012 copies

CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01 CASTAWAY DIMENSION Z BOOK 1 : 1996 copies

NOVA TP VOL 01 ORIGIN NOW : 1876 copies

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP TP VERSUS : 1519 copies

SCARLET SPIDER TP VOL 04 INTO GRAVE : 1387 copies

DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID HC VOL 02 : 1286 copies

UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 01 RED SHADOW : 1267 copies

SAVAGE WOLVERINE PREM HC VOL 02 HANDS ON DEAD BODY : 1258 copies

SECRET AVENGERS TP VOL 02 ILIAD : 1242 copies

FEARLESS DEFENDERS TP VOL 02 MOST FAB FIGHTING TEAM OF ALL : 1195 copies

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY BRIAN WOOD TP VOL 03 : 1119 copies

INFINITY TP HEIST HUNT : 1059 copies

If there's still perceived demand for a book after a long run by a particular creator, they're likely to get a creator-branded (usually just the writer(s) as few Marvel comics keep consistent artists for long runs) "Complete Collection" softcover or series of softcovers generally collecting between 12 and 20 issues at a time, depending on how long the run was. These were previously branded as "Ultimate Collections" until 2013.

SHE-HULK BY SLOTT TP VOL 01 COMPLETE COLLECTION : 1256 copies

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY BY GILLEN TP VOL 01 COMPLETE COLL : 1170 copies

X-FORCE BY KYLE AND YOST COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 : 1088 copies

And then there are reprints of even older material. This list tends to be heavily influenced by whatever is on deck in the movies, so this month we get a lot of Cap books. The STAR LORD reprint ties in with the upcoming GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY movie, and is Marvel's best selling book on the list, but is also an $8 publication without an ISBN which could just as easily have been classified as Marvel's lowest book on the comics chart where it would have been #340.5 (and where, for example, the also $8 reprint DC COMICS PRESENTS HARLEY QUINN was at #124 this month, selling 15,587 copies).

Also in this category are Marvel's three regular reprint lines, the hardcover Masterworks, the softcover Masterworks and the Epic Collections, each currently publishing one volume a month (the softcover Masterworks for February seems to have shipped to at least some stores in March and didn't make the chart).

STAR LORD ANNIHILATION CONQUEST : 3430 copies

CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER HC : 1542 copies
CAPTAIN AMERICA TP LIVING LEGEND : 1526 copies

MMW DEFENDERS HC VOL 04 : 1048 copies

X-MEN HC PHALANX COVENANT : 879 copies

CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION TP DAWNS EARLY LIGHT TP : 866 copies

GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNI HC VOL 01 : 769 copies

In the "everything else" catch-all, we have the creator owned SECRET SERVICE, not doing as well as you'd expect  from the co-creators of WATCHMEN and KICK-ASS teaming up with a mildly successful director, but maybe waiting for the film release to really catch on, and the softcover release of a spin-off from the TV show CASTLE, which isn't going to sell in the direct market but might sell somewhere.

SECRET SERVICE TP (MR) : 1128 copies

CASTLE TP RICHARD CASTLES STORM SEASON : 643 copies

The Marvel Backlist Bargain Flood of Feb. 2014

Just a few words on the abnormal amount of Marvel backlist items on Diamond's February 2014 charts. That's happened a few times before, Marvel decides to liquidate vast sections of their backlist (DC has also had a few similar mass liquidations show up on the charts).  I'm not sure how they do it now, but I know a few years ago it was done through progressively higher discounts. One week retailers get an option to order from a large list of books at 70% off. Books that sell out come off the list, the next week remaining books are 75% off. Eventually everything sells, even if some of it is over 90% off. You end up seeing a lot of these books at conventions, from dealers selling paperbacks for $5, standard hardcovers for $10, oversized hardcovers for $20, with no shortage of inventory. You can find a lot of them now from on-line sellers offering them at half-price or lower. If past is prologue, if you really want any of them, now is a good time to order, you'll never get a better combination of price and availability.

It looks like discounts in that range were the order of business for 92 of the items Marvel had on the Top 300 for February. Those books fall into three groups.

39 of the books were from Marvel's ESSENTIAL line of thick black and white softcovers. The line appears to have wrapped up, at least there haven't been any books released in a few months, and none are on the schedule.

ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 02 : 520 copies
ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 03 : 556 copies
ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 04 : 498 copies
ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 05 : 474 copies
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 02 : 464 copies
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 04 : 858 copies
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 01 : 951 copies
ESSENTIAL CLASSIC X-MEN TP VOL 03 : 828 copies
ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL TP VOL 04 : 642 copies
ESSENTIAL DAZZLER TP VOL 01 : 500 copies
ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS TP VOL 04 : 467 copies
ESSENTIAL DOCTOR STRANGE TP VOL 02 : 529 copies
ESSENTIAL DOCTOR STRANGE TP VOL 03 : 690 copies
ESSENTIAL DOCTOR STRANGE TP VOL 04 : 564 copies
ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 01 : 871 copies
ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 07 : 618 copies
ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER TP VOL 02 : 653 copies
ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER TP VOL 03 : 630 copies
ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER TP VOL 04 : 445 copies
ESSENTIAL HULK TP VOL 04 : 745 copies
ESSENTIAL HULK TP VOL 05 : 770 copies
ESSENTIAL IRON MAN TP VOL 01 : 570 copies
ESSENTIAL MAN-THING TP VOL 02 : 552 copies
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TEAM-UP TP VOL 03 : 647 copies
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO IN ONE TP VOL 03 : 494 copies
ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT TP VOL 03 : 442 copies
ESSENTIAL PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 : 757 copies
ESSENTIAL PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 : 727 copies
ESSENTIAL POWER MAN AND IRON FIST TP VOL 02 : 505 copies
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 01 : 629 copies
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 03 : 778 copies
ESSENTIAL RAMPAGING HULK TP VOL 01 : 1178 copies
ESSENTIAL RAMPAGING HULK TP VOL 02 : 485 copies
ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 10 : 767 copies
ESSENTIAL WOLVERINE TP VOL 04 : 649 copies
ESSENTIAL WOLVERINE TP VOL 05 : 818 copies
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 02 : 832 copies
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 04 : 741 copies
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 05 : 1021 copies

There were also 39 books from Marvel's line of slightly smaller than standard trim size (but larger than digest size) 5 1/2-in. x 8-in softcover line, which they somewhat confusingly labelled as "graphic novel trade paperbacks", or "GN TP". That format also appears to be done, with only a few releases in 2013 wrapping up some lines and nothing on the horizon.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP OFF INDEX MARVEL UNIVERSE GN : 562 copies

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HISTORY OF EARTHS HEROES GN TP : 559 copies

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND KORVAC SAGA GN TP : 699 copies

CAPTAIN AMERICA FIGHTING AVENGER TP : 875 copies

DAREDEVIL NOIR GN TP : 473 copies

FRANKLIN RICHARDS TP SON GENIUS ULT COLL GN BOOK 01 : 1060 copies

FRANKLIN RICHARDS TP SON GENIUS ULT COLL GN BOOK 02 : 663 copies

IRON MAN & ARMOR WARS GN TP : 741 copies

IRON MAN NOIR GN TP : 552 copies

LOCKJAW AND PET AVENGERS TP GN : 540 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 01 : 980 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 02 : 824 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 03 : 802 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 04 : 804 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 05 : 815 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 06 : 760 copies

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 07 : 807 copies

OZ DOROTHY AND WIZARD IN OZ GN TP : 863 copies

OZ MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ TP : 1334 copies

OZ OZMA OF OZ GN TP : 1455 copies

OZ ROAD TO OZ GN TP : 1183 copies

PETER PORKER TP VOL 01 SPECTACULAR SPIDER-HAM GN : 577 copies

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE GN TP : 713 copies

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY GN TP : 517 copies

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-GIRL TP LAST STAND GN : 639 copies

THOR MIGHTY AVENGER GN TP VOL 01 GOD WHO FELL INTO EARTH : 838 copies

THOR MIGHTY AVENGER GN TP VOL 02 : 848 copies

UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS TP HATED AND FEARED GN : 774 copies

UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS TP KNIGHTS OF HYKON GN : 655 copies

UNCANNY X-MEN OFF INDEX MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP : 465 copies

VAMPIRE TALES GN TP VOL 01 : 517 copies

VAMPIRE TALES GN TP VOL 02 : 492 copies

VAMPIRE TALES GN TP VOL 03 : 470 copies

WOLVERINE NOIR GN TP : 485 copies

WOLVERINE TALES OF WEAPON X TP GN : 705 copies

X-BABIES CLASSIC GN TP VOL 01 : 843 copies

X-BABIES TP STARS REBORN GN : 827 copies

X-MEN FIRST CLASS GN TP CLASS PORTRAITS : 447 copies

X-MEN NOIR TP MARK OF CAIN GN : 463 copies

Lastly, there were 14 books in Marvel's "premiere hardcover" line, mostly thin collections of some of their better selling monthly comics, published quickly after each story arc ends and replaced within a year with a softcover edition with the same contents. The softcover editions of most of these books have been or soon will be released, so retailers buying them are probably spending slightly less than they would for those softcovers.

AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 01 AVENGERS WORLD : 653 copies
AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 LAST WHITE EVENT NOW : 628 copies
AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 03 PRELUDE TO INFINITY : 605 copies
CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC VOL 01 CASTAWAY DIMENSION Z BK 1 NOW : 625 copies
CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC VOL 02 CASTAWAY DIMENSION Z BK 2 : 504 copies
DEADPOOL PREM HC VOL 05 WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS : 745 copies
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK PREM HC VOL 01 AGENT OF SHIELD NOW : 597 copies
IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 01 BELIEVE : 613 copies
MARVEL UNIVERSE END PREM HC : 505 copies
NOVA PREM HC ORIGIN NOW : 574 copies
SAVAGE WOLVERINE PREM HC VOL 01 KILL ISLAND NOW : 625 copies
THOR GOD OF THUNDER PREM HC VOL 01 GOD BUTCHER : 686 copies
UNCANNY AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 01 RED SHADOW NOW : 776 copies
UNCANNY AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 APOCALYPSE TWINS : 616 copies

Now, all this brings up a few interesting points to ponder. First off, Marvel seems to be doing much better on the supply side than they were a few years ago. It used to be pretty reliable a few years ago that they'd quickly sell out of any book that there was any demand for. It seems they do invest in a generous overprint now, and have books available for a while.

Unfortunately, I think they might have problem on the demand side. Maybe they trained retailers too well to not expect continued availability, and to order whatever they needed up-front. The frequency of the liquidations might also have trained retailers and buyers to hold off on ordering older books, since they might be available at steep discounts soon enough.