An ICv2 Release. ICv2 has updated its reporting of comic and graphic novel sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world through the end of 2022. Reporting was paused after publication of the August 2022 charts while a reporting issue was resolved. It was determined that a change in report structure related to distribution changes in the comics business beginning in October 2022 was impacting ICv2’s reports of graphic novel sales rankings. The issue affected a handful of hardcover graphic novel titles in the October 2021 through August 2022 period; those charts have now been corrected to include those titles, and steps taken to ensure that the problem does not recur. New charts reporting on sales rankings through the end of December have also been published.
The charts added today were:
Top 50 Comics – September 2022
Pro: Top 200 Comics – September 2022
Top 20 Graphic Novels – September 2022
Pro: Top 100 Graphic Novels – September 2022
Top 50 Comics – October 2022
Pro: Top 200 Comics – October 2022
Top 20 Graphic Novels – October 2022
Pro: Top 100 Graphic Novels – October 2022
Top 50 Comics – November 2022
Pro: Top 200 Comics – November 2022
Top 20 Graphic Novels – November 2022
Pro: Top 100 Graphic Novels – November 2022
Top 50 Comics – December 2022
Pro: Top 200 Comics – December 2022
Top 20 Graphic Novels – December 2022
Pro: Top 100 Graphic Novels – December 2022
For reports from August 2022 and before, see “Comic and Graphic Novel Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data Index.”
Comic publisher market share reports from 2022 were also delayed; we’ll publish those in the coming days.
During the period for which these reports were generated, there were over 100 stores using the ComicHub system. As this is a small, non-random sample of over 3,000 stores selling American comics worldwide, these rankings may not be typical for all stores, but do represent a variety of locations and store emphases.
Source: ICV2
