Media Release -- Presenting May 2013's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, Videos, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
Data for Diamond's sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond's monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond's total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles' ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.
TOP 10 MAGAZINES
| QtyRank | RetailRank | Index | Magazine | VendName |
| 1 | 1 | 2.82 | DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #31 AZRAEL WHITE PAWN | EAG |
| 2 | 5 | 2.81 | HEAVY METAL #262 NEWSSTAND ED (MR) | HEA |
| 3 | 15 | 2.77 | BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #4 (MR) | AVA |
| 4 | 3 | 2.74 | DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #30 KILLER CROC BLACK ROOK ( | EAG |
| 5 | 14 | 2.63 | MAD MAGAZINE #521 | DC |
| 6 | 6 | 2.47 | COMIC BOOK CREATOR #1 | TWO |
| 7 | 2 | 2.25 | DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #5 DETECTIVE #400 | EAG |
| 8 | 7 | 2.06 | DR WHO MAGAZINE #459 | DIA |
| 9 | 9 | 1.90 | BACK ISSUE #64 | TWO |
| 10 | 4 | 1.68 | DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #6 DETECTIVE #156 | EAG |
TOP 10 BOOKS
| QtyRank | DollarRank | Index | Book | VendName |
| 1 | 1 | 1.61 | LEGEND OF ZELDA HYRULE HISTORIA HC | DAR |
| 2 | 2 | 0.99 | FROM HELL COMPANION SC (MR) | TOP |
| 3 | 10 | 0.77 | DOCTOR WHO DALEK COLLECTIBLE FIGURINE & BOOK KIT | RUN |
| 4 | 11 | 0.77 | DOCTOR WHO LIGHT UP TARDIS & BOOK KIT | RUN |
| 5 | 3 | 0.64 | RESURRECTIONIST LOST WORK OF DR SPENCER BLACK HC | RAN |
| 6 | 25 | 0.57 | DOCTOR WHO WHERES THE DOCTOR SC | PEN |
| 7 | 12 | 0.53 | DOCTOR WHO OFFICIAL STICKER BOOK SC | PEN |
| 8 | 9 | 0.52 | DARTH VADER AND SON HC | CHR |
| 9 | 27 | 0.48 | MICHAEL KALUTA SKETCHBOOK SERIES SC VOL 04 | IDE |
| 10 | 13 | 0.46 | WORLD WAR Z MOVIE TIE IN ED TP | RAN |
TOP 10 TRADING CARDS
| DollarRank | QtyRank | Trading Cards | VendName |
| 1 | 1 | SUPERMAN THE LEGEND T/C BOX | CRY |
| 2 | 3 | BOWMAN 2013 BASEBALL T/C JUMBO BOX | TOP |
| 3 | 2 | GAME OF THRONES SEASON TWO T/C BOX | RIT |
| 4 | 4 | MARVEL GREATEST BATTLES T/C BOX | RIT |
| 5 | 5 | BOWMAN 2013 BASEBALL T/C BOX | TOP |
| 6 | 6 | TRANSFORMERS T/C BOX | BRE |
| 7 | 8 | TOPPS 2013 ARCHIVES FOOTBALL T/C BOX | TOP |
| 8 | 7 | FRINGE SEASON 3 & 4 T/C BOX | CRY |
| 9 | 13 | TOPPS 2013 MUSEUM COLLECTION BASEBALL T/C BOX | TOP |
| 10 | 11 | STAR WARS JEDI LEGACY T/C BOX | TOP |
TOP 10 APPAREL
| DollarRank | QtyRank | Apparel | VendName |
| 1 | 4 | HEROMESH DEADPOOL STRETCH FIT CAP | NEW |
| 2 | 2 | DOCTOR WHO TARDIS LAPLANDER | ELO |
| 3 | 12 | DOCTOR WHO ELEVENTH DOCTOR COSTUME T/S MED | TIT |
| 4 | 3 | MY LITTLE PONY BETTER THAN THE REST BLK T/S MED | MIG |
| 5 | 5 | MY LITTLE PONY BETTER THAN THE REST BLK T/S SM | MIG |
| 6 | 6 | MY LITTLE PONY BETTER THAN THE REST BLK T/S LG | MIG |
| 7 | 7 | BATMAN SYMBOL I BLK T/S LG | GRA |
| 8 | 19 | HEROMESH BATMAN STRETCH FIT CAP | NEW |
| 9 | 23 | DOCTOR WHO ELEVENTH DOCTOR COSTUME T/S XL | TIT |
| 10 | 9 | CAPTAIN AMERICA NEW SHIELD NAVY HEATHER T/S LG | MAD |
TOP 10 POSTERS
| QtyRank | DollarRank | Poster | VendName |
| 1 | 2 | STORM BY MANARA POSTER | MAR |
| 2 | 4 | SHANNA BY MANARA POSTER | MAR |
| 3 | 6 | WOLVERINE BY DELLOTTO POSTER | MAR |
| 4 | 7 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN BY MARTIN POSTER | MAR |
| 5 | 1 | MICHAEL GOLDEN GI JOE ARTIST ED PORTFOLIO | IDE |
| 6 | 117 | ASTONISHING X-MEN BY WEAVER POSTER | MAR |
| 7 | 10 | CARNAGE BY CRAIN POSTER | MAR |
| 8 | 9 | WALKING DEAD #100 POSTER (MR) | IMA |
| 9 | 83 | VENOM EVENT BY STEFANO CASELLI POSTER | MAR |
| 10 | 125 | SECRET AVENGERS BY ARTHUR ADAMS POSTER | MAR |
TOP 10 COLLECTIBLES
| DollarRank | QtyRank | Collectible | VendName |
| 1 | 37 | DISNEY PIXAR MYSTERIO MINIS BB 24PC DISP | FUN |
| 2 | 3 | ST TNG COMMUNICATOR BADGE REPLICA | QUA |
| 3 | 8 | POP WALKING DEAD MICHONNE & GID PET ZOMBIES PX 3 PK | FUN |
| 4 | 1 | POP ADVENTURE TIME FINN VINYL FIG | FUN |
| 5 | 2 | POP ADVENTURE TIME JAKE VINYL FIG | FUN |
| 6 | 4 | POP ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE VINYL FIG | FUN |
| 7 | 6 | POP ADVENTURE TIME LUMPY SPACE PRINCESS VINYL FIG | FUN |
| 8 | 7 | POP ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING VINYL FIG | FUN |
| 9 | 106 | BATMAN LOGO 144 PC BUTTON ASST | ATA |
| 10 | 9 | POP IRON MAN 3 IRON MAN VINYL FIG | FUN |
TOP 10 VIDEOS
| QtyRank | DollarRank | Video | VendName |
| 1 | 2 | DCU SUPERMAN UNBOUND BD + DVD | WAR |
| 2 | 16 | MARVEL KNIGHTS INHUMANS DVD | GAI |
| 3 | 8 | DCU SUPERMAN UNBOUND DVD | WAR |
| 4 | 4 | JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT COMP SER DVD | GAI |
| 5 | 13 | BEETLEJUICE DVD SEA 01 | GAI |
| 6 | 6 | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN UNCUT DVD SET 14 | WAR |
| 7 | 19 | ULTRAMARINES WARHAMMER DVD | VPD |
| 8 | 31 | CAPTAIN AMERICA 1990 BD | GAI |
| 9 | 1 | APPLESEED XIII COMP SER BD + DVD LTD ED | FUN |
| 10 | 28 | KAMPFER FUR DIE LIEBE DVD | SEC |
