Steve Rogers unleashes his plan for Hydra domination of the Earth in Nick Spencer, Daniel Acuna, and Rod Reis' Secret Empire#0 from Marvel Comics, the first chapter of Marvel's summer crossover event and April's best-selling comic book. Marvel Comics had five titles in March's top ten. In addition to Secret Empire #0, Marc Guggenheim and Ardian Syaf's X-Men Gold #1 ranked #3, Cullen Bunn and Jorge Molina's X-Men Blue #1 ranked #4, Jason Aaron and Salvador Larroca's Star Wars #30 ranked #8, and Greg Pak and Greg Land's Weapon X#1 ranked #9. DC Entertainment had four titles among the top ten: the lenticular edition of Tom King and Jason Fabok's Batman #21, the first chapter of "The Button" storyline in which Batman and the Flash investigate a mysterious and bloody smiley button, ranked #2; the lenticular edition of Joshua Willingham and Howard Porter's The Flash #21, the second chapter of "The Button," ranked #5; King and David Finch's Batman #20, the finale of "I Am Bane," ranked #6; and the regular edition of King and Fabok's Batman#21 ranked #7. Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead#166 from Image Comics ranked #10. Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's American Gods: Shadows #2 ranked #66 for the publisher's top book, and Star Trek/Green LanternVolume 2 #5 was IDW Publishing's top-ranked book for April at #158. TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2017 RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 SECRET EMPIRE #0 $4.99 FEB170758 -M MAR 2 BATMAN #21 LENTICULAR EDITION (THE BUTTON) $3.99 NOV169200 DC 3 X-MEN GOLD #1 $4.99 FEB170777 -M MAR 4 X-MEN BLUE #1 $4.99 FEB170767 -M MAR 5 FLASH #21 LENTICULAR EDITION (THE BUTTON) $3.99 NOV169204 DC 6 BATMAN #20 $2.99 FEB170191 -M DC 7 BATMAN #21 (THE BUTTON) $2.99 NOV169198 -M DC 8 STAR WARS #30 $3.99 FEB170955 -M MAR 9 WEAPON X #1 $3.99 FEB170790 -M MAR 10 WALKING DEAD #166 (MR) $2.99 FEB170686 IMA 11 FLASH #21 (THE BUTTON) $2.99 NOV169202 -M DC 12 ALL STAR BATMAN #9 $4.99 FEB170176 -M DC 13 STAR WARS ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION #1 $4.99 FEB170948 -M MAR 14 VENOM #6 $3.99 FEB170855 -M MAR 15 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26 $3.99 FEB170848 -M MAR 16 X-MEN GOLD #2 $3.99 FEB170784 -M MAR 17 JUSTICE LEAGUE #18 $2.99 FEB170229 -M DC 18 DETECTIVE COMICS #954 $2.99 FEB170203 -M DC 19 DETECTIVE COMICS #955 $2.99 FEB170205 -M DC 20 JUSTICE LEAGUE #19 $2.99 FEB170231 -M DC 21 ALL NEW WOLVERINE #19 $3.99 FEB170786 -M MAR 22 BATMAN THE SHADOW #1 $3.99 FEB170253 -M DC 23 STAR WARS DARTH MAUL #3 $3.99 FEB170958 -M MAR 24 X-MEN BLUE #2 $3.99 FEB170775 -M MAR 25 FLASH #20 $2.99 FEB170193 -M DC 26 SUPERMAN #20 $2.99 FEB170164 -M DC 27 BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #1 $3.99 FEB170798 -M MAR 28 SUPERMAN #21 $2.99 FEB170166 -M DC 29 DEADPOOL VS PUNISHER #1 $3.99 FEB170915 -M MAR 30 WONDER WOMAN #20 $2.99 FEB170249 -M DC 31 OLD MAN LOGAN #21 $3.99 FEB170929 -M MAR 32 WONDER WOMAN #21 $2.99 FEB170251 -M DC 33 OLD MAN LOGAN #22 $3.99 FEB170932 -M MAR 34 ACTION COMICS #977 $2.99 FEB170160 -M DC 35 ACTION COMICS #978 $2.99 FEB170162 -M DC 36 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #4 [*] $2.99 FEB170233 -M DC 37 HARLEY QUINN #17 $2.99 FEB170219 -M DC 38 WEAPON X #2 $3.99 FEB170796 -M MAR 39 SUICIDE SQUAD #16 $2.99 FEB170241 -M DC 40 HARLEY QUINN #18 $2.99 FEB170221 -M DC 41 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #5 [*] $2.99 FEB170235 -M DC 42 ROYALS #1 $3.99 FEB170803 -M MAR 43 SUICIDE SQUAD #15 $2.99 FEB170239 -M DC 44 TITANS #10 $3.99 FEB170247 -M DC 45 SUPER SONS #3 [*] $3.99 FEB170243 -M DC 46 SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #16 $3.99 FEB170921 -M MAR 47 STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #6 $3.99 FEB170964 -M MAR 48 NIGHTWING #18 $2.99 FEB170225 -M DC 49 NIGHTWING #19 $2.99 FEB170227 -M DC 50 MIGHTY THOR #18 $3.99 FEB170844 -M MAR 51 CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #16 $3.99 FEB170832 -M MAR 52 STAR WARS POE DAMERON #13 $3.99 FEB170962 -M MAR 53 TRINITY #8 $3.99 FEB170174 -M DC 54 DEADPOOL #29 $3.99 FEB170926 -M MAR 55 TEEN TITANS #7 $3.99 FEB170245 -M DC 56 DEADPOOL VS PUNISHER #2 $3.99 FEB170918 -M MAR 57 BLACK PANTHER CREW #1 $3.99 FEB170762 -M MAR 58 CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #15 $3.99 FEB170830 -M MAR 59 HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #18 $2.99 FEB170215 -M DC 60 GREEN LANTERNS #20 $2.99 FEB170211 -M DC 61 HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #19 $2.99 FEB170217 -M DC 62 SPIDER-MAN #15 $3.99 FEB170846 -M MAR 63 GREEN LANTERNS #21 $2.99 FEB170213 -M DC 64 DOCTOR STRANGE #19 $3.99 FEB170885 -M MAR 65 BATWOMAN #2 [*] $3.99 FEB170189 -M DC 66 NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS SHADOWS #2 (MR) [*] $3.99 FEB170013 -M DAR 67 SEVEN TO ETERNITY #5 $3.99 FEB170623 -M IMA 68 NICK FURY #1 $3.99 FEB170811 -M MAR 69 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6 $3.99 FEB170825 -M MAR 70 AVENGERS #6 $3.99 FEB170823 MAR 71 BLACK PANTHER #13 $3.99 FEB170894 -M MAR 72 GREEN ARROW #20 $2.99 FEB170207 -M DC 73 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #19 $4.99 FEB170903 -M MAR 74 GREEN ARROW #21 $2.99 FEB170209 -M DC 75 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #6 $3.99 FEB170850 -M MAR 76 DAREDEVIL #19 $3.99 FEB170876 -M MAR 77 IRON FIST #2 $3.99 FEB170869 -M MAR 78 AQUAMAN #20 $2.99 FEB170179 -M DC 79 ROYALS #2 $3.99 FEB170809 -M MAR 80 PAPER GIRLS #13 $2.99 FEB170668 IMA 81 THANOS #6 $3.99 FEB170909 -M MAR 82 AQUAMAN #21 $2.99 FEB170181 -M DC 83 WILD STORM #3 [*] $3.99 FEB170258 -M DC 84 CHAMPIONS #7 $3.99 FEB170821 -M MAR 85 UNCANNY AVENGERS #22 $3.99 FEB170843 MAR 86 MONSTERS UNLEASHED #1 $3.99 FEB170816 -M MAR 87 INFAMOUS IRON MAN #7 $3.99 FEB170824 MAR 88 SOVEREIGNS #0 $1.00 FEB171469 DE 89 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9 $3.99 FEB170237 -M DC 90 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY DREAM ON #1 $3.99 FEB170908 -M MAR 91 TRUE BELIEVERS GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 $1.00 FEB170936 MAR 92 BATMAN BEYOND #7 $3.99 FEB170187 -M DC 93 MOON KNIGHT #13 $3.99 FEB170887 MAR 94 BATGIRL #10 $3.99 FEB170183 -M DC 95 AMERICA #2 $3.99 FEB170865 -M MAR 96 PUNISHER #11 $3.99 FEB170878 MAR 97 SUPERGIRL #8 $3.99 FEB170170 -M DC 98 DEATHSTROKE #16 $2.99 FEB170199 -M DC 99 DEATHSTROKE #17 $2.99 FEB170201 -M DC 100 JESSICA JONES #7 $3.99 FEB170871 -M MAR This information may not be reproduced in any format without the express permission of Diamond Comic Distributors. 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About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable. This month, as Batman did not ship, Convergence #8 from DC Entertainment was used as the control index.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.