Top 100 Comics: May 2011
As the Serpent and his allies wage war on the Marvel Universe, Thor faces his greatest challenge in Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen's Fear Itself #2, the second chapter of Marvel Comics blockbuster summer crossover event and the best-selling comic book sold in May.
In total, Marvel Comics had six of the month's top ten best-selling comics. A Fear Itself tie-in issue, Avengers #2 from Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo was Marvel's number two book, ranking #4 for the month. Also in the top ten were Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting's FF #3 at #5; Hickman and Barry Kitson's FF #4 at #7; Bendis, Mike Deodato, and Howard Chaykin's New Avengers #12 and #9, and Christos Gage and Reilly Brown's Amazing Spider-Man #661 at #10.
DC rounded out the top ten with four books, with Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert's Flashpoint #1, the debut issue of a five-issue event that will remake the DC Universe, the publisher's top book at #2. Two chapters of the "War of the Green Lanterns" event placed in the top ten with Johns, Doug Mahnke, and Christian Alamy's Green Lantern #66 at #3 and Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham and Matt "Batt" Banning's Green Lantern Corps #60 #6. Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham's Batman Incorporated #6 closes out the top ten, ranked #8 for the month.
Among other premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: Jedi — The Dark Side #1, the first issue of a mini-series about the early days of Star wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace's Qui-Gon Jinn, ranked #92. IDW Publishing's long-awaited The Rocketeer Adventures #1, the first issue of an anthology that continued the adventures of Dave Stevens' beloved 1940's hero, ranked #89. Finally, Image Comics' The Walking Dead #85 was the publisher's top book, ranked #40.
TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in May 2011
| QTY RANK |
DOLLAR RANK |
INDEX | ITEM CODE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | 1 | 174.85 | MAR110612-M | FEAR ITSELF #2 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 2 | 2 | 157.90 | MAR110276-M | FLASHPOINT #1 | $3.99 | DC |
| 3 | 8 | 136.82 | MAR110267-M | GREEN LANTERN #66 | $2.99 | DC |
| 4 | 3 | 123.60 | MAR110620-M | AVENGERS #13 FEAR | $3.99 | MAR |
| 5 | 15 | 121.42 | MAR110682-M | FF #3 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 6 | 19 | 110.67 | MAR110269-M | GREEN LANTERN CORPS #60 | $2.99 | DC |
| 7 | 21 | 109.96 | MAR110685-M | FF #4 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 8 | 20 | 109.79 | FEB110141-M | BATMAN INCORPORATED #6 | $2.99 | DC |
| 9 | 5 | 109.52 | MAR110649-M | NEW AVENGERS #12 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 10 | 6 | 107.26 | MAR110664-M | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #661 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 11 | 7 | 105.74 | MAR110663 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #660 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 12 | 25 | 104.43 | MAR110300-M | BATMAN AND ROBIN #23 | $2.99 | DC |
| 13 | 9 | 101.45 | MAR110666 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #662 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 14 | 27 | 100.00 | MAR110299 | BATMAN #710 | $2.99 | DC |
| 15 | 28 | 99.69 | FEB110132-M | FLASH #12 | $2.99 | DC |
| 16 | 10 | 97.51 | MAR110724 | UNCANNY X-MEN #537 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 17 | 29 | 96.16 | MAR110271-M | GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #10 | $2.99 | DC |
| 18 | 4 | 94.58 | MAR110718-M | X-MEN GIANT-SIZE #1 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 19 | 11 | 94.28 | MAR110622-M | SECRET AVENGERS #13 FEAR | $3.99 | MAR |
| 20 | 12 | 93.90 | MAR110730 | UNCANNY X-FORCE #9 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 21 | 14 | 91.99 | MAR110731 | UNCANNY X-FORCE #10 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 22 | 13 | 91.63 | MAR110659-M | MIGHTY THOR #2 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 23 | 16 | 88.98 | MAR110697-M | MOON KNIGHT #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 24 | 17 | 87.03 | MAR110641-M | ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #158 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 25 | 33 | 84.83 | MAR110286-M | JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #57 | $2.99 | DC |
| 26 | 18 | 84.45 | MAR110716-M | X-MEN #11 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 27 | 35 | 83.66 | MAR110732 | X-MEN LEGACY #248 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 28 | 36 | 81.80 | MAR110733 | X-MEN LEGACY #249 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 29 | 24 | 81.31 | MAR110618-M | INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #504 FEAR | $3.99 | MAR |
| 30 | 22 | 81.23 | MAR110651-M | CAPTAIN AMERICA #618 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 31 | 23 | 81.03 | MAR110725-M | WOLVERINE #9 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 32 | 37 | 80.13 | MAR110274-M | ACTION COMICS #901 | $2.99 | DC |
| 33 | 26 | 79.34 | MAR110639-M | ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #4 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 34 | 38 | 73.76 | MAR110661-M | VENOM #3 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 35 | 39 | 71.90 | MAR110298 | DETECTIVE COMICS #877 | $2.99 | DC |
| 36 | 41 | 70.80 | MAR110616-M | JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #623 FEAR | $2.99 | MAR |
| 37 | 32 | 69.91 | FEB110606 | ASTONISHING X-MEN #37 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 38 | 40 | 69.84 | MAR110310-M | SUPERMAN #711 | $2.99 | DC |
| 39 | 30 | 68.22 | MAR110721 | ASTONISHING X-MEN #38 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 40 | 46 | 68.17 | MAR110603-M | WALKING DEAD #85 (MR) | $2.99 | IMA |
| 41 | 44 | 66.44 | MAR110289-M | BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #1 | $2.99 | DC |
| 42 | 142 | 66.13 | MAR111016 | KIRBY GENESIS #0 | $1.00 | DYN |
| 43 | 48 | 63.17 | MAR110714 | X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #1 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 44 | 34 | 63.04 | MAR110734-M | NEW MUTANTS #25 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 45 | 49 | 62.72 | MAR110624 | FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #1 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 46 | 50 | 58.88 | MAR110292-M | BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #1 | $2.99 | DC |
| 47 | 52 | 58.59 | MAR110671-M | HULK #33 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 48 | 51 | 57.62 | MAR110282-M | GREEN ARROW #12 (BRIGHTEST DAY) | $2.99 | DC |
| 49 | 54 | 56.84 | MAR110715 | X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #2 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 50 | 56 | 53.90 | MAR110309 | BIRDS OF PREY #12 | $2.99 | DC |
| 51 | 58 | 52.82 | MAR110304 | RED ROBIN #23 | $2.99 | DC |
| 52 | 59 | 52.32 | MAR110674 | INCREDIBLE HULKS #628 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 53 | 43 | 51.93 | MAR110615 | FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #2 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 54 | 60 | 51.29 | MAR110325 | JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #51 | $2.99 | DC |
| 55 | 63 | 51.02 | MAR110675 | INCREDIBLE HULKS #629 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 56 | 62 | 50.83 | MAR110711 | DEADPOOL #37 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 57 | 61 | 50.81 | MAR110314 | SUPERMAN BATMAN #84 | $2.99 | DC |
| 58 | 45 | 50.09 | MAR110713 | DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 59 | 66 | 47.73 | MAR110739 | DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #9 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 60 | 47 | 47.52 | FEB110577 | DAREDEVIL REBORN #4 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 61 | 67 | 47.48 | MAR110737 | X-23 #10 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 62 | 70 | 46.79 | MAR110629 | ALPHA FLIGHT #0.1 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 63 | 69 | 46.13 | MAR110306 | BATMAN BEYOND #5 | $2.99 | DC |
| 64 | 73 | 45.50 | MAR110710 | THUNDERBOLTS #157 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 65 | 74 | 45.09 | MAR110646-M | AVENGERS ACADEMY #13 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 66 | 78 | 44.96 | MAR110743 | X-FACTOR #219 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 67 | 71 | 44.91 | MAR110331 | TEEN TITANS #95 | $2.99 | DC |
| 68 | 77 | 44.86 | MAR110625 | FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #1 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 69 | 72 | 44.70 | MAR110312 | SUPERBOY #7 | $2.99 | DC |
| 70 | 76 | 44.66 | MAR110738 | DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #9.1 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 71 | 79 | 43.65 | MAR110308 | BATGIRL #21 | $2.99 | DC |
| 72 | 53 | 42.85 | MAR110670 | ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN WOLVERINE #6 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 73 | 83 | 42.73 | MAR110648 | AVENGERS ACADEMY #14 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 74 | 81 | 42.36 | MAR110281 | BOOSTER GOLD #44 | $2.99 | DC |
| 75 | 42 | 42.02 | MAR110688-M | ANNIHILATORS #3 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 76 | 82 | 41.94 | MAR110318 | LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #13 | $2.99 | DC |
| 77 | 55 | 41.20 | MAR110727 | WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #6 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 78 | 86 | 40.43 | MAR110317 | ADVENTURE COMICS #526 | $2.99 | DC |
| 79 | 88 | 40.13 | MAR110703 | SECRET WARRIORS #27 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 80 | 94 | 39.79 | MAR110709 | SILVER SURFER #4 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 81 | 91 | 39.01 | MAR110305 | GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #23 | $2.99 | DC |
| 82 | 93 | 38.87 | MAR110313 | SUPERGIRL #64 | $2.99 | DC |
| 83 | 98 | 37.95 | MAR110689 | BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR #518 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 84 | 99 | 37.31 | MAR110332 | TITANS #35 | $2.99 | DC |
| 85 | 106 | 36.99 | MAR110741-M | GENERATION HOPE #7 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 86 | 105 | 36.89 | MAR110626 | IRON MAN 2.0 #5 FEAR | $2.99 | MAR |
| 87 | 102 | 36.42 | MAR110284 | DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #7 | $2.99 | DC |
| 88 | 109 | 36.41 | MAR110690-M | HEROES FOR HIRE #6 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 89 | 57 | 36.17 | MAR110416-M | ROCKETEER ADVENTURES #1 | $3.99 | IDW |
| 90 | 110 | 35.82 | MAR110328 | SECRET SIX #33 | $2.99 | DC |
| 91 | 111 | 35.35 | MAR110285 | DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #8 | $2.99 | DC |
| 92 | 113 | 34.40 | MAR110013 | STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #1 | $2.99 | DAR |
| 93 | 115 | 34.05 | MAR110627-M | HERC #3 FEAR | $2.99 | MAR |
| 94 | 114 | 34.04 | MAR110382 | FABLES #105 (MR) | $2.99 | DC |
| 95 | 87 | 33.93 | MAR110033 | HELLBOY BEING HUMAN ONE SHOT | $3.50 | DAR |
| 96 | 64 | 33.89 | MAR111040 | BOYS #54 (MR) | $3.99 | DYN |
| 97 | 117 | 33.89 | MAR110692 | HEROES FOR HIRE #7 | $2.99 | MAR |
| 98 | 31 | 33.66 | MAR110644-M | AVENGERS ACADEMY GIANT-SIZE #1 | $7.99 | MAR |
| 99 | 75 | 33.49 | MAR110744 | PUNISHERMAX #13 (MR) | $3.99 | MAR |
| 100 | 116 | 33.15 | MAR110334 | ZATANNA #13 | $2.99 | DC |
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