DC Comics celebrated a milestone this past month as Action Comics reached its landmark 1000th issue, and Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed that Action Comics #1000 topped the sales chart for comic books in April 2018, while the Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman was the month’s bestselling graphic novel. However, this wasn’t enough for DC to knock Marvel from the top spot in terms of publisher dollar and unit share.
Top 10 Comics Books of April 2018
1. ACTION COMICS #1000
2. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #798
3. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #799
4. HUNT FOR WOLVERINE #1
5. BATMAN #44
6. VENOMIZED #1
7. BATMAN #45
8. DOMINO #1
9. CAPTAIN AMERICA #700
10. THE WALKING DEAD #178
Top 10 Graphic Novels of April 2018
1. ACTION COMICS: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN
2. PAPER GIRLS VOLUME 4
3. THANOS: THE INFINITY SIBLINGS
4. SAGA VOLUME 1
5. BATMAN VOL. 5: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
6. THE INFINITY GAUNTLET
7. STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 2: LEGACY’S END
8. SAGA VOLUME 8
9. PHOENIX RESURRECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY
10. PAPER GIRLS VOLUME 1
Publisher Dollar / Unit Share
1. MARVEL COMICS – 37.59% dollar; 42.21% unit
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 32.39% dollar; 33.02% unit
3. IMAGE COMICS – 9.16% dollar; 9.47% unit
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.08% dollar; 3.67% unit
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 2.36% dollar; 1.79% unit
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.20% dollar; 1.72% unit
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.60% dollar; 1.29% unit
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.19% dollar; 0.48% unit
9. ONI PRESS – 1.13% dollar; 0.61% unit
10. TITAN COMICS – 0.73% dollar; 0.55% unit
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.57% dollar; 5.20% unit