Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual--August 2004

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

Published: 09/20/2004
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during August 2004.
 
For an overview and analysis of comic sales in August, see 'Astonishing X-Men #4 Over 145k.'
 
For an analysis of the dollar trends in August, see 'August Comics and GNs Up 10% Over '03.'
 
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 2004.'
 

QtyRank

Index

Title

Price

Pub

 

Est.Qty

1

14.03

LOEG VOL 2 TP

$14.95

DC

 

10,142

2

10.38

ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 8 NEW MUTANTS TP

$12.99

MAR

 

7,503

3

9.19

SANDMAN ENDLESS NIGHTS TP (MR)

$17.95

DC

 

6,643

4

8.2

JLA/AVENGERS COLL ED OVERSIZED SLIPCASED HC

$75.00

DC

 

5,928

5

7.81

TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOL 2 DEATH BLUE TP (MR)

$9.95

DAR

 

5,646

6

7.42

TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL 11 TALES O/HUMAN WASTE TP

$9.95

DC

 

5,364

7

7.28

SUPERMAN GODFALL HC

$19.95

DC

 

5,262

8

7.2

RUROUNI KENSHIN VOL 6 GN

$7.95

VIZ

 

5,205

9

6.03

ESSENTIAL AVENGERS VOL 4 TP

$16.99

MAR

 

4,359

10

5.84

NARUTO VOL 4 TP SHONEN J ED

$7.95

VIZ

 

4,222

11

5.75

PUNISHER MAX VOL 1 I/T BEGINNING TP (MR)

$14.99

MAR

 

4,157

12

5.52

ESSENTIAL IRON FIST VOL 1 TP

$16.99

MAR

 

3,990

13

5.43

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL 7 BOOK O/EZEKIEL TP

$12.99

MAR

 

3,925

14

5.26

BLADE O/T IMMORTAL VOL 13 MIRROR O/T SOUL TP

$17.95

DAR

 

3,802

15

5.21

X-MEN DAYS O/FUTURE PAST TP

$19.99

MAR

 

3,766

16

5.13

LUCIFER VOL 6 MANSIONS O/T SILENCE TP (MR)

$14.95

DC

 

3,708

17

4.85

STAR WARS INFINITIES RETURN O/T JEDI TP

$12.95

DAR

 

3,506

18

4.64

BATMAN DEATH & MAIDENS TP

$19.95

DC

 

3,354

19

4.6

MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 VOL 1 WOLF A/T DOOR TP

$16.99

MAR

 

3,325

20

4.32

ROBIN UNMASKED TP

$12.95

DC

 

3,123

21

4.27

SAMURAI EXECUTIONER VOL 1 TP (MR)

$9.95

DAR

 

3,087

22

4.23

DONALD DUCK ADVS VOL 7 TP

$7.95

GEM

 

3,058

23

4.05

FLIGHT GN

$19.95

IMA

 

2,928

24

3.94

SUPERMAN GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TP

$19.95

DC

 

2,848

25

3.82

NEW X-MEN VOL 3 HC

$29.99

MAR

 

2,761

26

3.66

MARVEL AGE EMMA FROST VOL 1 HIGHER LEARNING DIG TP

$7.99

MAR

 

2,646

27

3.66

TRANSFORMERS/GI JOE VOL 1 TP

$17.95

DRE

 

2,646

28

3.5

MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN VOL 3 DIG TP

$5.99

MAR

 

2,530

29

3.4

WIZARD BEST O/WOLVERINE LTD DLX HC

$29.99

WIZ

 

2,458

30

3.34

NEGIMA VOL 2 GN

$10.95

RAN

 

2,414

31

3.3

WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL 14 HC

$49.95

DC

 

2,385

32

3.25

SUPERMAN ADVS VOL 1 UP UP & AWAY TP

$6.95

DC

 

2,349

33

3.24

GREEN LANTERN PASSING TORCH TP

$12.95

DC

 

2,342

34

3.12

SUPERMAN ADVS VOL 2 NEVER ENDING BATTLE

$6.95

DC

 

2,255

35

3.02

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL 3 HERE THERE BE MONSTERS TP

$9.99

MAR

 

2,183

36

3

ELFQUEST GRAND QUEST VOL 4 TP

$9.95

DC

 

2,169

37

2.97

LEGION FOUNDATIONS TP

$19.95

DC

 

2,147

38

2.95

BATMAN HUSH VOL 1 TP

$12.95

DC

 

2,132

39

2.92

GREEN ARROW ARCHERS QUEST TP

$14.95

DC

 

2,111

40

2.9

RING VOL 3 SPIRAL TP (MR)

$12.95

DAR

 

2,096

41

2.89

TOMMYSAURUS REX GN

$11.95

IMA

 

2,089

42

2.84

THOR VOL 6 GODS & MEN TP

$13.99

MAR

 

2,053

43

2.84

ACTION HERO ARCHIVE VOLUME 1 HC

$49.95

DC

 

2,053

44

2.76

CROW FLESH & BLOOD TP DH ED

$9.95

DAR

 

1,995

45

2.67

SILENT HILL DYING INSIDE TP (MR)

$19.99

IDW

 

1,930

46

2.6

DRAGONBALL VOL 16 TP SHONEN J ED

$7.95

VIZ

 

1,879

47

2.59

STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 1 DEFENSE O/KAMINO TP

$14.95

DAR

 

1,872

48

2.53

STAR TREK KEY COLL VOL 1 TP

$22.95

CHE

 

1,829

49

2.51

NAJICA BLITZ TACTICS MANGA VOL 1 TP (MR)

$9.99

ADV

 

1,814

50

2.51

VENOM VOL 2 RUN TP

$19.99

MAR

 

1,814

51

2.51

KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER PAIN W/OUT TEARS GN (MR)

$6.95

MNS

 

1,814

52

2.48

CAPTAIN AMERICA/FALCON VOL 1 TWO AMERICAS TP

$9.99

MAR

 

1,793

53

2.32

CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL 5 HOMELAND TP

$19.99

MAR

 

1,677

54

2.31

EXCEL SAGA VOL 8 TP

$9.95

VIZ

 

1,670

55

2.27

LIBERTY MEADOWS VOL 1 EDEN TP LANDSCAPE ED

$19.95

IMA

 

1,641

56

2.26

HANA KIMI VOL 1 GN

$9.95

VIZ

 

1,634

57

2.25

DOCTOR CYBORG OUTPATIENT GN

$9.95

IMA

 

1,626

58

2.24

STAR WARS TALES VOL 1 TP

$19.95

DAR

 

1,619

59

2.18

GI JOE REBORN VOL 1 TP

$9.95

DEV

 

1,576

60

2.14

METABARONS TP (MR)

$14.95

DC

 

1,547

61

2.11

RED STAR VOL 3 PRISON O/SOULS TP

$24.95

ARC

 

1,525

62

2.1

FUTURAMA ADVS VOL 2 TP

$14.95

BON

 

1,518

63

2.08

JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTORS CUT SC

$19.95

SLG

 

1,504

64

2.08

DAVE JOHNSON SKETCHBOOK

$6.99

ATO

 

1,504

65

2.06

ALL PURPOSE CULTURAL CAT GIRL NUKU NUKU MANGA VOL 1 TP

$14.99

ADV

 

1,489

66

2.03

BLEACH VOL 2 GN

$7.95

VIZ

 

1,467

67

2

WILDCATS CYBERFORCE KILLER INSTINCT TP

$14.95

DC

 

1,446

68

1.99

BONE VOL 9 CROWN O/HORNS HC

$26.95

CAR

 

1,439

69

1.96

WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAYS GONE BYE TP (MR)

$9.95

IMA

 

1,417

70

1.85

WATCHMEN TP

$19.95

DC

 

1,337

71

1.84

VAGABOND VOL 14 TP

$9.95

VIZ

 

1,330

72

1.82

INU YASHA VOL 1 TP 2ND ED

$8.95

VIZ

 

1,316

73

1.81

BPRD SOUL O/VENICE & OTHER STORIES TP

$17.95

DAR

 

1,308

74

1.7

ARIA VOL 3 USES O/ENCHANTMENT TP

$16.95

IMA

 

1,229

75

1.66

COMPLEAT MOONSHADOW TP

$39.95

DC

 

1,200

76

1.61

PRETEAR MANGA VOL 2 TP

$9.99

ADV

 

1,164

77

1.55

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION VOL 6 TP 2ND ED

$9.95

VIZ

 

1,120

78

1.55

HOLLOW GROUNDS TP (MR)

$19.95

DC

 

1,120

79

1.54

THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES MANGA VOL 6 TP

$9.99

ADV

 

1,113

80

1.53

SEVEN BLOCK GN (MR)

$5.99

IDW

 

1,106

81

1.53

STEEL ANGEL KURUMI MANGA VOL 7 TP (MR)

$9.99

ADV

 

1,106

82

1.51

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 9 ULTIMATE SIX TP

$17.99

MAR

 

1,092

83

1.49

KINGDOM COME TP

$14.95

DC

 

1,077

84

1.41

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOL 1 TP

$9.95

ONE

 

1,019

85

1.4

PVP ARCHIVES VOL 1 AT LARGE TP

$11.95

IMA

 

1,012

86

1.35

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 1 POWER & RESPONSIBILITY TP

$14.95

MAR

 

976

87

1.31

100 BULLETS VOL 7 SAMURAI TP (MR)

$12.95

DC

 

947

88

1.3

30 DAYS O/NIGHT TP

$17.99

IDW

 

940

89

1.25

CASE CLOSED DETECTIVE CONAN VOL 1 GN

$9.95

VIZ

 

904

90

1.25

DEICIDE VOL 1 TP (MR)

$14.95

DC

 

904

91

1.23

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 6 VENOM TP

$15.99

MAR

 

889

92

1.22

50 RULES FOR TEENAGERS MANGA VOL 1 TP

$9.99

ADV

 

882

93

1.19

POWERS SELLOUTS TP

$19.95

MAR

 

860

94

1.19

Y THE LAST MAN VOL 3 ONE SMALL STEP TP (MR)

$12.95

DC

 

860

95

1.19

Y THE LAST MAN VOL 1 TP UNMANNED

$12.95

DC

 

860

96

1.18

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 10 HOLLYWOOD TP

$12.99

MAR

 

853

97

1.16

WHY I HATE SATURN (MR)

$17.95

DC

 

839

98

1.15

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 8 CATS & KINGS TP

$17.99

MAR

 

831

99

1.15

SANDMAN VOL 1 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES TP

$19.95

DC

 

831

100

1.14

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 1 THE FANTASTIC TP

$12.99

MAR

 

824

 
Notes on this chart:
Some titles have been truncated or abbreviated for space reasons.  Publisher abbreviations have also been used:
MAR = Marvel Comics
DC = DC Comics
DAR = Dark Horse Comics
IMA = Image Comics
DRE = Dreamwave Productions
DEV = Devil's Due Publishing
ABS = Abstract Studio
AVA = Avatar Press
ADV = A.D. Vision
BON = Bongo Comics
CAR = Cartoon Books
GEM = Gemstone Publishing
FAN = Fantagraphics Books
IDW = IDW Publishing
ONI = Oni Press Inc.