Top 100 Comics: June 2012



Possessing the power of the Phoenix Force, Cyclops and his allies began to remake the world in their image in Jonathan Hickman and Olivier Coipel's Avengers Vs. X-Men #6, the latest chapter of Marvel Comics' 2012 event and the best-selling comic book to comics retailers in June.

In total, Marvel Comics had four the month's top-selling books. Avengers Vs. X-Men #5 ranked #2; Spider-Men #1, the first part of Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli's Marvel Universe/Ultimate Universe crossover story for Spider-Man's fiftieth anniversary, ranked #9; and AVX Vs. #3, an Avengers Vs. X-Men tie-in comics, rannked #10.

DC Comics had six books in the top ten, led by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman #10, part of the "Night of the Owls" event, at #10. Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League #10 was #4. DC Comics' other four titles in the top ten were part of the Before Watchmen project — Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 ranked #5, Before Watchmen: The Comedian #1 ranked #6, Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 ranked #7, and Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1 ranked #8.

Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's best-selling series from Image Comics, The walking Dead, continued its march to its hundredth issue with June's The Walking Dead #99. The zombie comic ranked #30 for June.

IDW Publishing brought Topps' fan-favorite Mars Attacks trading cards back to comics with Mars Attacks #1 from John Layman (Chew) and John McCrea (Hitman); the book ranked #44 for the month.

Rounding out the premier publishers, the adventures of Joss Whedon's Slayer, Buffy Summers, continued in June's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #10 which ranked #89.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS

Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2012

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RANK DOLLAR

RANK INDEX ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR 1 2 146.40 APR120575-M AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 $3.99 MAR 2 1 143.21 APR120569-M AVENGERS VS X-MEN #5 $3.99 MAR 3 3 100.00 APR120193-M BATMAN #10 $3.99 DC 4 4 97.56 APR120161-M JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 $3.99 DC 5 5 82.54 APR120137-M BEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #1 (MR) [*] $3.99 DC 6 6 79.95 APR120149-M BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #1 (MR) [*] $3.99 DC 7 7 79.04 APR120143-M BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #1 (MR) [*] $3.99 DC 8 8 77.76 APR120155-M BEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL #1 (MR) [*] $3.99 DC 9 9 72.58 APR120603-M SPIDER-MEN #1 $3.99 MAR 10 10 72.57 APR120567-M AVX VS #3 $3.99 MAR 11 11 63.96 APR120197-M DETECTIVE COMICS #10 $3.99 DC 12 15 63.45 APR120665-M ASTONISHING X-MEN #51 $3.99 MAR 13 12 61.99 APR120181-M ACTION COMICS #10 $3.99 DC 14 21 61.89 APR120211-M GREEN LANTERN #10 $2.99 DC 15 24 56.54 APR120189-M BATMAN INCORPORATED #2 $2.99 DC 16 25 55.02 APR120200-M BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #10 $2.99 DC 17 14 54.14 APR120588 UNCANNY X-MEN #13 $3.99 MAR 18 17 52.88 APR120581 AVENGERS #27 $3.99 MAR 19 23 52.46 APR120166-M EARTH 2 #2 [*] $2.99 DC 20 13 52.42 APR120606-M SPIDER-MEN #2 $3.99 MAR 21 16 52.04 APR120589 UNCANNY X-MEN #14 $3.99 MAR 22 27 51.35 APR120202 BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99 DC 23 20 49.84 APR120590 NEW AVENGERS #27 $3.99 MAR 24 19 49.77 APR120591 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #12 $3.99 MAR 25 18 48.12 APR120609-M AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #687 $3.99 MAR 26 30 46.37 FEB128208-M HIT-GIRL #1 (MR) $2.99 MAR 27 22 45.67 APR120615-M AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #688 $3.99 MAR 28 32 45.51 APR120170-M AQUAMAN #10 $2.99 DC 29 31 45.35 APR120185-M SUPERMAN #10 $2.99 DC 30 34 42.77 APR120563 WALKING DEAD #99 (MR) $2.99 IMA 31 36 42.74 APR120176-M FLASH #10 $2.99 DC 32 26 39.59 APR120592-M SECRET AVENGERS #28 $3.99 MAR 33 42 38.83 APR120209 NIGHTWING #10 $2.99 DC 34 45 37.74 APR120585-M X-MEN LEGACY #268 $2.99 MAR 35 28 36.48 APR120669 UNCANNY X-FORCE #26 $3.99 MAR 36 46 36.46 APR120235-M TEEN TITANS #10 $2.99 DC 37 49 36.26 APR120172-M WONDER WOMAN #10 $2.99 DC 38 50 36.12 APR120206 BATGIRL #10 $2.99 DC 39 52 36.02 APR120587 X-MEN LEGACY #269 $2.99 MAR 40 40 35.59 APR120168-M WORLDS FINEST #2 [*] $2.99 DC 41 53 34.25 APR120214 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10 $2.99 DC 42 55 34.09 APR120215-M GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #10 $2.99 DC 43 56 33.67 APR120652-M DAREDEVIL #14 $2.99 MAR 44 29 33.40 APR120315-M MARS ATTACKS #1 $3.99 IDW 45 33 33.03 APR120594-M AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #4 $3.99 MAR 46 35 32.66 APR120600 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #11 $3.99 MAR 47 60 31.58 APR120555 SAGA #4 (MR) $2.99 IMA 48 61 31.49 APR120203-M BATWOMAN #10 $2.99 DC 49 37 31.07 APR120639-M INCREDIBLE HULK #9 $3.99 MAR 50 64 31.05 APR120642-M FANTASTIC FOUR #607 $2.99 MAR 51 38 30.60 APR120612 AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99 MAR 52 65 30.35 APR120597-M DARK AVENGERS #175 $2.99 MAR 53 39 30.29 APR120624-M CAPTAIN AMERICA #13 $3.99 MAR 54 41 29.26 APR120641 INCREDIBLE HULK #10 $3.99 MAR 55 67 29.18 APR120217 RED LANTERNS #10 $2.99 DC 56 43 28.93 APR120675-M X-MEN #30 $3.99 MAR 57 68 28.70 APR120221 SWAMP THING #10 $2.99 DC 58 69 28.52 APR120208 CATWOMAN #10 $2.99 DC 59 70 28.44 APR120210 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #10 $2.99 DC 60 47 27.47 APR120677 X-MEN #31 $3.99 MAR 61 51 26.98 APR120670-M WOLVERINE #308 $3.99 MAR 62 71 26.86 APR120220 ANIMAL MAN #10 $2.99 DC 63 72 26.57 APR120599 DARK AVENGERS #176 $2.99 MAR 64 73 26.30 APR120644-M FF #19 $2.99 MAR 65 75 26.13 APR120582-M AVENGERS ACADEMY #31 $2.99 MAR 66 54 25.85 APR120631-M MIGHTY THOR #15 $3.99 MAR 67 76 25.57 APR120188 SUPERGIRL #10 $2.99 DC 68 77 25.52 APR120219 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #10 $2.99 DC 69 57 24.99 APR120646 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #518 $3.99 MAR 70 58 24.96 APR120647 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #519 $3.99 MAR 71 79 24.75 APR120584 AVENGERS ACADEMY #32 $2.99 MAR 72 48 24.65 APR121252-M HARBINGER #1 $3.99 VAL 73 59 24.41 APR120633 MIGHTY THOR #16 $3.99 MAR 74 80 24.24 APR120230 SUICIDE SQUAD #10 $2.99 DC 75 82 24.07 APR120187 SUPERBOY #10 $2.99 DC 76 84 23.81 APR120165 JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #10 $2.99 DC 77 62 23.68 APR120601 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #12 $3.99 MAR 78 88 23.67 APR120626-M WINTER SOLDIER #6 $2.99 MAR 79 86 23.58 APR120617 SCARLET SPIDER #6 $2.99 MAR 80 90 23.39 APR120663-M AGE OF APOCALYPSE #4 $2.99 MAR 81 63 23.13 APR120409-M SPAWN #220 $3.99 IMA 82 44 23.06 APR120629-M MIGHTY THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99 MAR 83 93 22.66 APR120678 DEADPOOL #56 $2.99 MAR 84 66 22.38 APR120602-M ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #13 $3.99 MAR 85 96 22.25 APR120628 WINTER SOLDIER #7 $2.99 MAR 86 97 22.03 APR120618-M VENOM #19 $2.99 MAR 87 99 21.85 APR120207 BIRDS OF PREY #10 $2.99 DC 88 85 21.51 APR120233 RAVAGERS #2 [*] $2.99 DC 89 101 21.39 APR120018-M BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #10 $2.99 DAR 90 87 21.15 APR120218 DIAL H #2 [*] $2.99 DC 91 104 19.78 APR120179 GREEN ARROW #10 $2.99 DC 92 74 19.45 APR120232 ALL STAR WESTERN #10 $3.99 DC 93 107 19.08 APR120672-M X-FACTOR #237 $2.99 MAR 94 78 18.47 APR120240 BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #5 $3.99 DC 95 110 18.12 APR120674 X-FACTOR #238 $2.99 MAR 96 83 18.10 APR120648 DEFENDERS #7 $3.99 MAR 97 111 17.91 APR120655 PUNISHER #12 $2.99 MAR 98 109 17.90 APR120241 BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #3 $2.99 DC 99 91 17.25 APR120239 SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #2 $3.99 DC 100 115 17.18 APR120637 HULK #53 $2.99 MAR

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