Top 300 Comics Actual--May 2008

Sales Estimates for May Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data

Published: 06/18/2008, Last Updated: 06/25/2008 01:59am
#1 for May
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2008.

For an overview and analysis of comic sales in May, see "'Secret Invasion' on Top Again."

For an analysis of the dollar trends in May, see "Comic Sales Continue Decline in May."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during May, see "Top 100 Graphic Novel Actual--May 2008."

 

 

TOP 300 COMICS -- MAY 2008

 

 

 

Rank

Index

Title

Price

Pub

Est. Qty.

1

179.11

SECRET INVASION #2 (Of 8) SI*

$3.99

MAR

 182,443

2

142.18

FINAL CRISIS #1 (Of 7)

$3.99

DC

 144,826

3

107.19

NEW AVENGERS #41 SI

$2.99

MAR

 109,185

4

106.16

AVENGERS INVADERS #1 (Of 12)*

$2.99

MAR

 108,136

5

103.93

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1*

$2.99

MAR

 105,864

6

103.58

GIANT SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN #1*

$4.99

MAR

 105,508

7

103.12

BATMAN #676 RIP*

$2.99

DC

 105,039

8

95.12

MIGHTY AVENGERS #13 SI

$2.99

MAR

   96,890

9

94.36

BATMAN #677 RIP*

$2.99

DC

   96,116

10

93.54

MIGHTY AVENGERS #14 SI

$2.99

MAR

   95,281

11

88.39

JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #21

$2.99

DC

   90,035

12

86.03

DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #3 (Of 5)*

$3.99

MAR

   87,631

13

85.51

THOR #9

$2.99

MAR

   87,101

14

80.59

UNCANNY X-MEN #498 DWS

$2.99

MAR

   82,090

15

80.57

BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #14

$2.99

DAR

   82,069

16

78.71

X-FORCE #4 DWS*

$2.99

MAR

   80,175

17

78.36

X-MEN LEGACY #211 DWS*

$2.99

MAR

   79,818

18

77.9

CAPTAIN AMERICA #38

$2.99

MAR

   79,350

19

76.88

JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #15*

$2.99

DC

   78,311

20

75.56

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #558

$2.99

MAR

   76,966

21

72.85

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #559

$2.99

MAR

   74,206

22

72.68

X-MEN LEGACY #212 DWS

$2.99

MAR

   74,033

23

72.66

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #560

$2.99

MAR

   74,012

24

69.07

ALL STAR SUPERMAN #11

$2.99

DC

   70,355

25

64.67

GREEN LANTERN #31

$2.99

DC

   65,874

26

61.59

FANTASTIC FOUR #557

$2.99

MAR

   62,736

27

61.31

WOLVERINE #65 DWS

$2.99

MAR

   62,451

28

59.58

SECRET INVASION FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (Of 3) SI*

$2.99

MAR

   60,689

29

56.43

KING SIZE HULK #1

$4.99

MAR

   57,480