These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2019.

Sales to comic stores were up dramatically in October, with periodical sales up 21.05% over October 2018.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2019.

The two Batman books at the top of the Superhero chart really pushed the numbers up.

Image Comics' Spawn #300, the landmark issue that matched the previous longest run for a creator-owned comic, was the #1 comic in September.

Sales of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in September 2019 were up from a year ago based on NPD BookScan data for September.

This weekend’s home entertainment offerings include this summer’s stealth horror film hit, Alexander Aja’s Crawl, plus a dark comedy that claims to subvert toxic masculinity, but the best stuff for this week comes from TV in the form of the superb TV ghost story series, The Haunting of Hill House, and new Blu-ray releases of classic 1960s tokusatsu series from Eiiji Tsuburaya, Ultra Q and Ultraman.

This week’s home entertainment releases include what is perhaps, alas, the final Toy Story film, the seventh film in the Conjuring franchise, an unsettling slasher film from the creator of Heriditary , and the second season of the CW’s DC Comics-based Black Lightning .