DC and Dark Horse had more books near the top of the graphic novel list, where DC's second Y The Last Man trade paperback topped the graphic novel list, with around 7,900 sold by Diamond. Dark Horse had the #3 graphic novel with its Book of Hauntings. DC had six of the top ten graphic novels, Dark Horse two, and Marvel two.
The top 25 comics, with our estimates of the quantity sold by Diamond during August, are:
150,569 1602 #1
147,126 Batman #618
134,135 Superman Batman #1
110,492 Ultimate X-Men #36
102,429 Ultimate Spider-Man #44
100,619 Ultimate Spider-Man #45
99,737 New X-Men #44
93,866 Uncanny X-Men #429
93,469 Amazing Spider-Man #57
92,277 Amazing Spider-Man #56
78,080 Spectacular Spider-Man #3
69,914 Supreme Power #1
68,472 Wolverine #4
65,398 Daredevil #50
64,765 X-Treme X-Men #30
64,500 X-Treme X-Men #31
61,587 Transformers Generation One Vol. 2 #5
61,528 Teen Titans #2
59,336 Incredible Hulk #59
59,130 JLA #84
58,380 JLA #85
57,850 Avengers #69
54,084 Fantastic Four #502
53,789 Fantastic Four #503
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books scheduled to ship during August, see 'Top 300 Comics Actual--August 2003.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels scheduled to ship during August, see 'Top 50 Graphic Novels Actual--August 2003.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books scheduled to ship during July, see 'Top 300 Comics Actual -- July 2003.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels scheduled to ship during July, see 'Top 50 Graphic Novels Actual--July 2003.'
For our index to our reports on the top comic and graphic novel preorders for January 2000 through August 2003, see 'ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 50 GNs Index.'