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Best-selling comic books in North America 2018
Best-selling comic books in North America in 2018 (in thousands of units)
The graph shows the number of comic books sold by Diamond Comic Distributors to comic shops in North America in 2018. 'Action Comics #1000' came first, with 504.24 thousand copies sold to comic book stores in that year, followed by 'Amazing Spider-Man #800', with over 439 thousand copies sold.
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The graph shows the number of comic books sold by Diamond Comic Distributors to comic shops in North America in 2018. 'Action Comics #1000' came first, with 504.24 thousand copies sold to comic book stores in that year, followed by 'Amazing Spider-Man #800', with over 439 thousand copies sold.
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- January 2019
- Region
- North America
- Survey time period
- 2018
- Special properties
- includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts
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The source includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts.
Figures have been rounded.
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- Region
- North America
- Survey time period
- 2018
- Special properties
- includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts
- Supplementary notes
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The source includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts.
Figures have been rounded.
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