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August 2015 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Shipped to North American Comics Shops

Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

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The third quarter of 2015 continued to be the Calm Before the Marvel Relaunch, with not a whole lot remarkable happening on the charts. Secret Wars #5 topped 200,000 copies in sales; two other titles topped 100,000 copies. The highest-ranking new series launch, House of M, placed 17th. On the other end of the charts, the 300th-place title sold a smaller number of copies than had been sold since February 2014, suggesting that the middle-tier titles weren't quite as strong in 2015 as they had been. Overall periodical unit sales were flat, up just 0.02%.



Still, the market was in significantly better shape this August relative to the August four years earlier, back before the DC relaunch. Orders for 2011 through August, including the one-day Justice League numbers, were $259 million; the market through the first two thirds of 2015 was 46% larger, amounting to nearly $120 million difference. That's much more than just inflation at work; that's increased sales.



Read more in our preliminary and final analysis posts for the month. You can also click to skip to the Top Graphic Novels for the month.



This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

Items marked with asterisks [*] had their reported orders reduced by 10% due to returnability.

The links lead to current listings for each issue on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

August 2015 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks Shipped to North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy, Manga, and Small Publisher charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

The links lead to details about each title on Amazon. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

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Graphic novels were a lot stronger, helped by a new Walking Dead volume.



