QtyRank Index Title Price Pub Est.Qty 1 7.33 LOEG BOOK ONE TP $14.95 DC 10,562 2 3.81 MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL 3 HULK HC $19.99 MAR 5,490 3 3.68 TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL 8 DIRGE TP $14.95 DC 5,303 4 3.39 POWERS VOL 4 SUPERGROUP TP $19.95 IMA 4,885 5 3.2 SPIDER-MAN BLUE HC $21.99 MAR 4,611 6 3.17 NEW X-MEN VOL 4 RIOT AT XAVIERS TP $11.99 MAR 4,568 7 3.17 BATMAN HUSH HC $19.95 DC 4,568 8 3.17 ALAN MOORE PORTRAIT O/EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN $14.95 ABI 4,568 9 2.98 HULK MOVIE TP $12.99 MAR 4,294 10 2.85 LOVE HINA VOL 10 GN $9.99 TKP 4,107 11 2.69 DAREDEVIL VOL 6 LOWLIFE TP $13.99 MAR 3,876 12 2.63 JLA OBSIDIAN AGE BOOK ONE TP $12.95 DC 3,790 13 2.61 YU-GI-OH VOL 1 MILLENNIUM PUZZLE TP $7.95 VIZ 3,761 14 2.47 30 DAYS O/NIGHT TP $17.99 IDW 3,559 15 2.34 HELLBLAZER FREEZES OVER TP $14.95 DC 3,372 16 2.26 HEROBEAR & THE KID VOL 1 INHERITANCE TP $19.95 AST 3,256 17 2.22 OH MY GODDESS VOL 16 MYSTERY CHILD TP $18.95 DAR 3,199 18 2.18 UNCANNY X-MEN VOL 2 DOMINANT SPECIES TP $11.99 MAR 3,141 19 2.17 DAREDEVIL LEGENDS VOL 4 TYPHOID MARY TP $19.99 MAR 3,127 20 2.16 PROMETHEA BOOK THREE TP $14.95 DC 3,112 21 1.95 X-TREME X-MEN VOL 3 SCHISM TP $16.99 MAR 2,810 22 1.81 THUNDER AGENTS ARCHIVES VOL 2 HC $49.95 DC 2,608 23 1.8 SOJOURN VOL 3 TP $15.95 CRO 2,594 24 1.78 MARVEL MANGAVERSE VOL 3 SPIDER-MAN LEGEND SPIDER-CLAN TP $11.99 MAR 2,565 25 1.78 BATTLE ROYALE VOL 1 GN (OF 5) (MR) $9.99 TKP 2,565 26 1.7 ASTRO BOY VOL 15 TP $9.95 DAR 2,450 27 1.66 KARE KANO VOL 3 GN $9.99 TKP 2,392 28 1.65 ORIGIN TP $14.99 MAR 2,377 29 1.6 GTO VOL 11 GN $9.99 TKP 2,305 30 1.6 BARNUM HC $29.95 DC 2,305 31 1.59 ROBOTECH MACROSS SAGA VOL 2 TP $14.95 DC 2,291 32 1.54 BEST O/SPIDER-MAN VOL 2 HC $29.99 MAR 2,219 33 1.54 THOR VOL 3 GODS ON EARTH TP $21.99 MAR 2,219 34 1.5 CLAMP SCHOOL DETECTIVES VOL 1 GN $9.99 TKP 2,161 35 1.49 BATTLE O/T PLANETS VOL 1 KEY COMICS TP $19.99 DYN 2,147 36 1.46 BATMAN CONTAGION TP $19.95 DC 2,104 37 1.43 MARS VOL 10 GN $9.99 TKP 2,060 38 1.41 GI JOE VOL 3 MALFUNCTION TP $15.95 IMA 2,032 39 1.39 BTVS WILLOW & TARA TP $9.95 DAR 2,003 40 1.37 HOUSE O/T BORDERLAND SC $19.95 DC 1,974 41 1.34 ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 1 TOMORROW PEOPLE TP $14.95 MAR 1,931 42 1.31 JIMMY CORRIGAN SMARTEST KID ON EARTH SC $17.95 FAN 1,888 43 1.26 KODOCHA VOL 7 SANAS STAGE GN $9.99 TKP 1,816 44 1.23 PEACH GIRL CHANGE O/HEART VOL 2 TP $9.99 TKP 1,772 45 1.17 MARVEL MASTERWORKS INCREDIBLE HULK VOL 1 2ND ED HC $39.99 MAR 1,686 46 1.16 SHANG CHI MASTER O/KUNG FU VOL 1 TP $14.99 MAR 1,671 47 1.14 DRAGONBALL Z VOL 11 TP SHONEN JUMP ED $7.95 VIZ 1,643 48 1.14 DRAGONBALL VOL 11 TP SHONEN JUMP ED $7.95 VIZ 1,643 49 1.07 MAN O/MANY FACES VOL 1 GN $9.99 TKP 1,542 50 1.06 ASTRO BOY VOL 14 TP $9.95 DAR 1,527
Some titles have been truncated or abbreviated for space reasons.
Publisher abbreviations have also been used.
Mar = Marvel
Dar = Dark Horse
Dre = Dreamwave
Ima = Image
Bla = Black Bull
Car = Cartoon Books
Har = Harris
Cro = CrossGen
Bon = Bongo
Tok = Tokyo Pop
These estimates are based on ICv2 estimates of comic sales by Diamond North America during May, 2003. They do not include sales made by Diamond UK, orders on these titles placed after the end of May, or copies purchased by Diamond but held in inventory at the end of May.
Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, CrossGen, and Image distribute 100% of their comic store orders through Diamond. Some other publishers distribute directly to stores or through other distributors and as a result this analysis may underestimate their sales.
Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and CrossGen distribute some of their titles through channels other than comic specialty stores, e.g., newsstands and bookstores. These quantity estimates do not reflect distribution through those channels.
Most of the titles on this chart are also distributed to Europe by Diamond UK, which can account for significant sales for the publisher, ranging from 3-20% of the US numbers. Sales by Diamond UK are not included in the numbers above.
One other factor to consider is that sales through Diamond and other comic distributors are non-returnable to retailers. That means that there is a considerable unknown percentage of books unsold at the retailer level, probably amounting to 5-20% of sales.
For the top 300 comic actual orders in April, see 'Top 300 Comics Actual--April 2003.'
For an overview and analsysis of the actual April orders and an explanation of the transition to our new reporting, see 'April Comics Up Over March' and 'ICv2 Kicks Off New Top 300 Reporting.'
For links to all previous Top 300 Comic and Top 50 Graphic Novel articles (going back over three years, including preorder analysis through March 2003 and actual order analysis beginning March 2003) see: 'ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 50 GNs Index.'
