Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
The big sales story this month of course is Detective Comics #1000, which betters the sales of Action Comics #1000 eleven months ago and at $10 a pop gives DC the lead in dollar market share for March (though with its reduced output level of number of titles DC were unable to topple Marvel for unit market share). DC took the top six spots on the Diamond chart for March.
The sales success of ’Tec 1K help to mask failures further down the chart; the old refrains of: the abysmal sales of the remaining New Age of Heroes titles (all of which, besides The Terrifics, have had their final issues announced); DC’s penchant for launching limited series featuring C- and D-list characters with little chance of success (e.g. Female Furies, Freedom Fighters & Electric Warriors); and the failure for the latest batch of non-Sandman Vertigo launches to gain any traction. (The Sandman Universe titles, while not setting the sales chart on fire, are at least doing a far sight better than any other Vertigo series of the past several years.)
Warning: The commentary below may contain reasoned analysis, speculation (unfounded and otherwise), opinion, and/or snark. Those looking for a more straightforward analysis are directed to John Jackson Miller's excellent Comichron analysis, posted earlier this month
over at Comichron!
Please consider the fine print at the end of the column, as it explains several things about how these charts are compiled.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders including reorder activity.)
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1 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($9.99)
03/2004: Detective Comics #792 -- 34,899
03/2009: --
03/2014: Detective Comics #29 -- 55,486 [55,999]
03/2015: Detective Comics #40 -- 56,126 [56,742]
03/2016: Detective Comics #50 -- 52,373
03/2017: Detective Comics #952 -- 59,722 [60,034]
03/2017: Detective Comics #953 -- 59,160 [59,375]
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03/2018: Detective Comics #976 -- 51,341 (- 1.6%) [51,807]
03/2018: Detective Comics #977 -- 50,556 (- 1.1%) [51,247]
04/2018: Detective Comics #978 -- 51,083 (+ 0.2%) [51,356]
04/2018: Detective Comics #979 -- 50,049 (- 1.2%) [50,757]
05/2018: Detective Comics #980 -- 51,162 (+ 1.0%) [51,263]
05/2018: Detective Comics #981 -- 50,757 (+ 0.4%) [51,477]
06/2018: Detective Comics #982 -- 51,763 (+ 0.8%) [51,904]
06/2018: Detective Comics #983 -- 52,016 (+ 1.0%) [52,399]
07/2018: Detective Comics #984 -- 51,879 (- 0.4%) [52,185]
07/2018: Detective Comics #985 -- 51,750 (+ 1.2%) [52,830]
08/2018: Detective Comics #986 -- 53,346 (+ 1.5%) [53,611]
08/2018: Detective Comics #987 -- 51,362 (- 4.4%) [51,248]
09/2018: Detective Comics #988 -- 51,405 (+ 1.1%) [51,817]
09/2018: Detective Comics #989 -- 50,479 (- 1.2%) [51,176]
10/2018: Detective Comics #990 -- 61,040 (+ 19.5%) [61,149]
10/2018: Detective Comics #991 -- 50,318 (- 16.8%) [50,891]
11/2018: Detective Comics #992 -- 51,002 (+ 0.8%) [51,285]
11/2018: Detective Comics #993 -- 48,971 (- 3.5%) [49,510]
12/2018: Detective Comics #994 -- 51,772 (+ 16.1%) [57,468]
01/2019: Detective Comics #995 -- 51,246 (- 4.7%) [54,772]
01/2019: Detective Comics #996 -- 52,263 (+ 1.6%) [55,645]
01/2019: Detective Comics #997 -- 53,071 (- 1.5%) [54,830]
02/2019: Detective Comics #998 -- 60,447 (+ 11.5%) [61,113]
02/2019: Detective Comics #999 -- 62,953 (+ 6.5%) [65,064]
03/2019: Detective Comics #1000 -- 526,941 (+709.9%)
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6 months: + 923.2%
1 year : + 922.7%
2 years : + 782.6%
5 years : + 841.0%
10 years: n.a.
15 years: +1409.9%
No surprises here. Batman + Anniversary + Oodles of Variants = big big sales, even at $10 a pop.
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2 - THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS ($4.99)
12/2018: Batman Who Laughs #1 of 6 -- 220,055 [244,062]
01/2019: Batman Who Laughs #2 of 6 -- 116,827 (- 51.5%) [118,373]
02/2019: Batman Who Laughs #3 of 6 -- 101,771 (- 12.9%) [103,125]
03/2019: BWL: The Grimm Knight #1 -- 133,656 (+ 29.6%)
A fill-in one-shot, and leave it to the Batman Who Laughs to have a fill-in that sells better than the previous two issues. You can’t go wrong with slapping a #1 on a Batman comic!
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3 - DOOMSDAY CLOCK ($4.99)
03/2018: Doomsday Clock #4 of 12 -- 149,581 (- 7.7%) [162,766]
04/2018: --
05/2018: Doomsday Clock #5 of 12 -- 146,817 (- 4.0%) [156,235]
06/2018: --
07/2018: Doomsday Clock #6 of 12 -- 135,155 (- 9.2%) [141,847]
08/2018: --
09/2018: Doomsday Clock #7 of 12 -- 130,973 (- 5.3%) [134,390]
10/2018: --
11/2018: --
12/2018: Doomsday Clock #8 of 12 -- 123,768 (- 6.0%) [126,262]
01/2019: --
02/2019: --
03/2019: Doomsday Clock #9 of 12 -- 120,079 (- 4.9%)
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6 months: - 10.6%
1 year : - 26.2%
DC continues to slip on its schedule, and is now not even able to keep up with it’s supposed bi-monthly schedule.
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5, 4 - BATMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Batman #625 -- 83,371 [84,753]
03/2009: Battle Cowl #1 -- 91,619 [103,913]
03/2014: Batman #29 -- 116,926 [119,745]
03/2015: --
03/2016: Batman #50 -- 163,406 [172,256]
03/2017: Batman #18 -- 98,100
03/2017: Batman #19 -- 97,501 [98,245]
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03/2018: Batman #42 -- 93,825 (- 0.6%) [94,257]
03/2018: Batman #43 -- 91,649 (- 1.8%) [92,538]
04/2018: Batman #44 -- 125,849 (+ 45.6%) [134,747]
04/2018: Batman #45 -- 96,448 (- 22.3%) [104,685]
05/2018: Batman #46 -- 100,140 (- 4.0%) [100,512]
05/2018: Batman #47 -- 101,566 (+ 2.2%) [102,740]
06/2018: Batman #48 -- 112,122 (+ 9.6%) [112,617]
06/2018: Batman #49 -- 121,836 (+ 9.3%) [123,047]
07/2018: Batman #50 -- 440,819 (+235.3%) [412,541]
07/2018: Batman #51 -- 111,549 (- 72.6%) [113,142]
08/2018: Batman #52 -- 102,344 (- 9.2%) [102,712]
08/2018: Batman #53 -- 99,191 (- 2.7%) [99,920]
09/2018: Batman #54 -- 94,985 (- 5.0%) [94,921]
09/2018: Batman #55 -- 105,609 (+ 12.5%) [106,808]
10/2018: Batman #56 -- 107,578 (+ 5.2%) [112,329]
10/2018: Batman #57 -- 95,296 (- 15.0%) [95,465]
11/2018: Batman #58 -- 94,930 (- 0.5%) [94,975]
11/2018: Batman #59 -- 93,029 (- 1.5%) [93,545]
12/2018: Batman #60 -- 91,275 (- 2.4%)
12/2018: Batman #61 -- 88,428 (- 0.5%) [90,830]
01/2019: Batman #62 -- 90,634 (- 0.2%)
01/2019: Batman #63 -- 83,659 (- 6.6%) [84,682]
02/2019: Batman #64 -- 93,400 (+ 10.8%) [93,863]
02/2019: Batman #65 -- 89,123 (- 4.0%) [90,125]
03/2019: Batman #66 -- 83,102 (- 7.8%)
03/2019: Batman #67 -- 84,463 (+ 1.6%)
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6 months: - 16.9%
1 year : - 10.3%
2 years : - 14.7%
5 years : - 30.0%
10 years: - 36.0%
15 years: - 1.1%
Post-crossover and Batman is back in the mid-80Ks. Issue #66 is a post-New 52 low. It’ll probably take something major (like a relaunch or an variant cover stunt) to push Batman back over the 100K line.
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6 - HEROES IN CRISIS ($3.99)
09/2018: Heroes in Crisis #1 of 9 -- 140,699 [153,265]
10/2018: Heroes in Crisis #2 of 9 -- 88,547 (- 36.0%) [97,826]
11/2018: Heroes in Crisis #3 of 9 -- 83,794 (- 10.2%) [87,828]
12/2018: --
01/2019: Heroes in Crisis #4 of 9 -- 82,151 (- 4.9%) [83,539]
01/2019: Heroes in Crisis #5 of 9 -- 79,087 (- 3.2%) [81,638]
02/2019: Heroes in Crisis #6 of 9 -- 79,006 (- 2.3%) [80,263]
03/2019: Heroes in Crisis #7 of 9 -- 78,587 (- 2.3%)
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6 months: - 48.7%
Those who kept up with the series after the first issue seem to be keeping with it.
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12, 10 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($3.99)
03/2014: --
03/2015: --
03/2016: --
03/2017: Justice League #16 -- 62,515 [62,713]
03/2017: Justice League #17 -- 61,165 [61,508]
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03/2018: Justice League #40 -- 44,562 (+ 0.2%) [44,787]
03/2018: Justice League #41 -- 43,675 (- 1.0%) [44,353]
04/2018: Justice League #42 -- 43,423 (- 1.7%) [43,611]
04/2018: Justice League #43 -- 42,959 (- 0.2%) [43,543]
05/2018: No Justice #1 of 4 -- 86,775 (+106.5%) [89,909]
05/2018: No Justice #2 of 4 -- 68,812 (- 18.9%) [72,916]
05/2018: No Justice #3 of 4 -- 65,916 (- 4.6%) [69,584]
05/2018: No Justice #4 of 4 -- 64,342 (+ 1.3%) [70,513]
06/2018: Justice League #1 -- 200,235 (+188.6%) [203,492]
06/2018: Justice League #2 -- 86,001 (- 54.6%) [92,463]
07/2018: Justice League #3 -- 80,669 (- 12.4%) [81,002]
07/2018: Justice League #4 -- 77,023 (- 1.2%) [80,019]
08/2018: Justice League #5 -- 76,592 (- 3.3%) [77,340]
08/2018: Justice League #6 -- 75,156 (- 1.4%) [76,286]
09/2018: Justice League #7 -- 74,393 (- 1.9%) [74,820]
09/2018: Justice League #8 -- 76,360 (+ 4.3%) [78,012]
10/2018: Justice League #9 -- 72,687 (- 6.4%) [72,991]
10/2018: Justice League #10 -- 84,179 (+ 16.2%) [84,788]
11/2018: Justice League #11 -- 74,204 (- 12.3%) [74,385]
11/2018: Justice League #12 -- 70,105 (- 4.9%) [70,774]
12/2018: Justice League #13 -- 66,852 (- 5.5%)
12/2018: Justice League #14 -- 61,940 (- 5.5%) [63,198]
01/2019: Justice League #15 -- 60,326 (- 4.5%)
01/2019: Justice League #16 -- 59,577 (- 1.2%)
02/2019: Justice League #17 -- 57,105 (- 4.1%)
02/2019: Justice League #18 -- 55,988 (- 1.2%) [56,432]
03/2019: Justice League #19 -- 57,733 (+ 2.3%)
03/2019: Justice League #20 -- 64,675 (+ 12.0%)
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6 months: - 19.9%
1 year : + 37.3%
2 years : - 1.5%
5 years : n.a.
The first two chapters of “The Sixth Dimension,” but variants may be the story here: Issue #19 had a Rob Liefeld variant, and issue #20 had two variants which formed a tryptic with the main cover.
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22 - SUPERMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Superman #203 -- 83,096
03/2009: Superman #686 -- 44,976
03/2014: Superman #29 -- 33,633 [33,517]
03/2015: Superman #39 -- 50,260 [51,637]
03/2016: Superman #50 -- 91,396
03/2017: Superman #18 -- 57,879 [58,108]
03/2017: Superman #19 -- 56,439 [57,121]
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03/2018: Superman #42 -- 43,799 (+ 2.9%) [44,423]
03/2018: Superman #43 -- 42,291 (- 3.7%) [42,799]
04/2018: Superman #44 -- 42,493 (- 0.2%) [42,729]
04/2018: Superman #45 -- 41,927 (+ 0.1%) [42,758]
05/2018: Special #1 -- 43,378 (+ 2.5%) [43,824]
06/2018: --
07/2018: Superman #1 -- 133,703 (+212.1%) [136,777]
08/2018: Superman #2 -- 77,464 (- 42.8%) [78,282]
09/2018: Superman #3 -- 67,405 (- 12.8%) [68,240]
10/2018: Superman #4 -- 67,197 (- 1.0%) [67,553]
11/2018: Superman #5 -- 54,727 (- 18.0%) [55,378]
12/2018: Superman #6 -- 52,414 (- 3.5%) [53,428]
01/2019: Superman #7 -- 50,713 (- 5.1%)
02/2019: Superman #8 -- 50,475 (- 0.5%)
03/2019: Superman #9 -- 48,919 (- 3.1%)
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6 months: - 28.3%
1 year : + 12.2%
2 years : - 15.1%
5 years : + 46.0%
10 years: + 8.8%
15 years: - 41.1%
Last month’s Liefeld variant may have held things off, but Superman is back to standard attrition in March, dipping below 50K
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25 - THE GREEN LANTERN ($3.99)
03/2004: Green Lantern #175 -- 29,780 [30,730]
03/2009: --
03/2014: Green Lantern #29 -- 45,797 [45,970]
03/2015: Green Lantern #40 -- 42,334 [43,232]
03/2016: Green Lantern #50 -- 36,242
03/2017: Green Lanterns #18 -- 35,824 [35,946]
03/2017: Green Lanterns #19 -- 35,368 [35,583]
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03/2018: Green Lanterns #42 -- 25,092 (- 0.3%)
03/2018: Green Lanterns #43 -- 24,780 (- 1.2%)
04/2018: Green Lanterns #44 -- 24,528 (- 1.0%)
04/2018: Green Lanterns #45 -- 24,173 (- 1.4%)
05/2018: Green Lanterns #46 -- 23,727 (- 1.8%)
05/2018: Green Lanterns #47 -- 23,789 (+ 0.3%)
06/2018: Green Lanterns #48 -- 23,994 (+ 0.9%)
06/2018: Green Lanterns #49 -- 24,157 (+ 0.7%)
07/2018: Green Lanterns #50 -- 25,389 (+ 5.1%)
07/2018: Green Lanterns #51 -- 24,316 (- 4.2%)
08/2018: Green Lanterns #52 -- 24,301 (- 0.1%)
08/2018: Green Lanterns #53 -- 23,923 (- 1.6%)
09/2018: Green Lanterns #54 -- 23,821 (- 0.4%)
09/2018: Green Lanterns #55 -- 23,444 (- 1.6%)
10/2018: Green Lanterns #56 -- 33,156 (+ 41.4%)
10/2018: Green Lanterns #57 -- 24,512 (- 26.1%)
11/2018: The Green Lantern #1 -- 113,651 (+317.5%) [102,343]
12/2018: The Green Lantern #2 -- 64,127 (- 36.0%) [65,522]
01/2019: The Green Lantern #3 -- 54,398 (- 17.0%)
02/2019: The Green Lantern #4 -- 50,176 (- 7.8%)
03/2019: The Green Lantern #5 -- 47,325 (- 5.7%)
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6 months: +100.2%
1 year : + 89.8%
2 years : + 32.3%
5 years : + 2.9%
10 years: n.a.
15 years: + 54.0%
Pretty much following the new series attrition script.
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28 - HARLEY QUINN ($3.99)
03/2014: Harley Quinn #4 -- 63,120 [73,968]
03/2015: Harley Quinn #15 -- 66,904 [68,445]
03/2016: Harley Quinn #26 -- 51,420
03/2017: Harley Quinn #15 -- 43,264 [43,977]
03/2017: Harley Quinn #16 -- 42,797 [43,204]
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03/2018: Harley Quinn #39 -- 30,593 (- 3.1%) [30,774]
03/2018: Harley Quinn #40 -- 30,318 (- 0.0%) [30,773]
04/2018: Harley Quinn #41 -- 30,229 (- 1.3%) [30,366]
04/2018: Harley Quinn #42 -- 30,838 (+ 3.4%) [31,407]
05/2018: Harley <3 Joker #1 -- 41,247 (+ 31.4%) [41,278]
05/2018: Harley <3 Joker #2 -- 37,012 (- 9.6%) [37,309]
06/2018: Harley Quinn #43 -- 29,948 (- 19.7%) [29,945]
06/2018: Harley Quinn #44 -- 29,545 (- 2.8%) [29,112]
07/2018: Harley Quinn #45 -- 30,518 (+ 5.2%) [30,622]
07/2018: Harley Quinn #46 -- 29,343 (- 2.8%) [29,764]
08/2018: Harley Quinn #47 -- 29,144 (- 1.5%) [29,315]
08/2018: Harley Quinn #48 -- 28,705 (- 1.6%) [28,841]
09/2018: Harley Quinn #49 -- 29,293 (+ 1.7%) [29,343]
09/2018: Harley Quinn #50 -- 30,059 (+ 3.5%) [30,364]
10/2018: Harley Quinn #51 -- 30,709 (+ 1.3%) [30,755]
10/2018: Harley Quinn #52 -- 41,301 (+ 35.9%) [41,796]
11/2018: Harley Quinn #53 -- 27,903 (- 33.0%) [27,985]
11/2018: Harley Quinn #54 -- 28,028 (+ 1.4%) [28,386]
12/2018: Harley Quinn #55 -- 27,742 (- 2.3%)
12/2018: Harley Quinn #56 -- 26,491 (- 4.5%)
01/2019: Harley Quinn #57 -- 26,407 (- 0.3%)
02/2019: Harley Quinn #58 -- 36,010 (+ 36.4%)
03/2019: Harley Quinn #59 -- 44,298 (+ 23.0%)
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6 months: + 48.4%
1 year : + 43.9%
2 years : + 1.6%
5 years : - 40.1%
Another Derrick Chew variant this month, which seems to be the driving force in Harley’s recent sales uptick.
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29 - CATWOMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Catwoman #29 -- 23,811
03/2014: Catwoman #29 -- 22,236
03/2015: Catwoman #40 -- 26,534
03/2016: Catwoman #50 -- 14,260
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07/2018: Catwoman #1 -- 121,056 (+649.8%) [117,842]
08/2018: Catwoman #2 -- 64,721 (- 47.3%) [65,553]
09/2018: Catwoman #3 -- 55,068 (- 14.9%) [55,830]
10/2018: Catwoman #4 -- 72,130 (+ 31.0%) [72,244]
11/2018: Catwoman #5 -- 50,131 (- 30.5%) [50,313]
12/2018: Catwoman #6 -- 48,014 (- 2.0%) [49,326]
01/2019: Catwoman #7 -- 35,490 (- 28.1%)
02/2019: Catwoman #8 -- 32,360 (- 8.8%)
03/2019: Catwoman #9 -- 43,952 (+ 35.8%)
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6 months: - 21.3%
5 years : + 97.7%
15 years: + 84.6%
After a couple of months away, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau returns to do the variant cover, with a resulting sales uptick.
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31 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
03/2004: Action Comics #813 -- 66,038
03/2009: Action Comics #875 -- 47,079
03/2014: Action Comics #29 -- 34,231 [34,532]
03/2015: Action Comics #40 -- 38,216 [39,451]
03/2016: Action Comics #50 -- 40,025
03/2017: Action Comics #975 -- 47,382 [47,320]
03/2017: Action Comics #976 -- 46,846 [47,586]
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03/2018: Action Comics #999 -- 51,534 (+ 18.2%) [52,151]
04/2018: Action Comics #1000 -- 449,787 (+858.0%) [504,243]
05/2018: Action Special #1 -- 47,236 (- 90.6%) [47,323]
06/2018: --
07/2018: Action Comics #1001 -- 79,327 (+ 72.2%) [81,646]
08/2018: Action Comics #1002 -- 61,916 (- 23.9%) [62,645]
09/2018: Action Comics #1003 -- 57,865 (- 7.4%) [58,555]
10/2018: Action Comics #1004 -- 60,420 (+ 4.4%) [61,281]
11/2018: Action Comics #1005 -- 49,149 (- 19.6%) [49,601]
12/2018: --
01/2019: Action Comics #1006 -- 46,140 (- 7.0%)
01/2019: Action Comics #1007 -- 44,405 (- 3.8%)
02/2019: Action Comics #1008 -- 44,084 (+ 0.5%) [44,622]
03/2019: Action Comics #1009 -- 43,014 (- 3.6%)
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6 months: - 26.5%
1 year : - 17.5%
2 years : - 9.4%
5 years : + 24.6%
10 years: - 8.6%
15 years: - 34.9%
Also back to standard attrition, though there were some reorders on last month’s issue.
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36, 37 - FLASH ($3.99)
03/2004: Flash #208 -- 42,386 [44,679]
03/2009: --
03/2014: Flash #29 -- 33,241
03/2015: Flash #40 -- 38,382
03/2016: --
03/2017: Flash #18 -- 54,959 [54,991]
03/2017: Flash #19 -- 53,918 [54,659]
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03/2018: Flash #42 -- 46,170 (- 2.9%) [45,494]
03/2018: Flash #43 -- 45,616 (+ 1.8%) [46,294]
04/2018: Flash #44 -- 45,626 (- 0.6%) [46,035]
04/2018: Flash #45 -- 45,402 (+ 0.4%) [46,219]
05/2018: Flash #46 -- 52,255 (+ 13.1%) [52,266]
05/2018: Flash #47 -- 53,222 (+ 9.8%) [57,401]
06/2018: Flash #48 -- 53,686 (- 6.4%) [53,718]
06/2018: Flash #49 -- 54,265 (+ 2.0%) [54,797]
07/2018: Flash #50 -- 58,311 (+ 6.8%) [58,541]
07/2018: Flash #51 -- 53,616 (- 5.4%) [55,355]
08/2018: Flash #52 -- 54,588 (- 0.8%) [54,924]
08/2018: Flash #53 -- 48,992 (- 10.1%) [49,357]
09/2018: Flash #54 -- 46,677 (- 5.2%) [46,770]
09/2018: Flash #55 -- 45,729 (- 2.0%) [45,822]
10/2018: Flash #56 -- 57,439 (+ 25.1%) [57,304]
10/2018: Flash #57 -- 44,251 (- 22.4%) [44,466]
11/2018: Flash #58 -- 43,008 (- 3.2%) [43,046]
11/2018: Flash #59 -- 42,020 (- 2.1%) [42,133]
12/2018: Flash #60 -- 42,212 (+ 0.2%)
01/2019: Flash #61 -- 40,596 (- 3.8%)
01/2019: Flash #62 -- 39,349 (- 3.1%)
01/2019: Flash #63 -- 38,263 (- 2.8%) [39,099]
02/2019: Flash #64 -- 67,712 (+ 76.5%) [69,029]
02/2019: Flash #65 -- 60,031 (- 9.7%) [62,360]
03/2019: Flash #66 -- 39,144 (- 37.2%)
03/2019: Flash #67 -- 38,520 (- 1.6%)
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6 months: - 16.1%
1 year : - 15.4%
2 years : - 29.2%
5 years : + 16.8%
10 years: n.a.
15 years: - 13.1%
Flash comes crashing back down to normal after last month’s Batman crossover.
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38 - SHAZAM! ($3.99)
12/2018: Shazam! #1 -- 66,950 [69,670]
01/2018: Shazam! #2 -- 43,607 (- 35.6%) [44,892]
02/2018: Shazam! #3 -- 37,905 (- 14.0%) [38,605]
03/2018: Shazam! #4 -- 38,420 (- 0.5%)
With first month sales slightly above those of the previous issue, perhaps Shazam! is already stabilizing? If so, that’s a bit earlier than normal in the standard new issue sales pattern.
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42, 47 - WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Wonder Woman #201 -- 28,646
03/2009: Wonder Woman #30 -- 33,365
03/2014: Wonder Woman #29 -- 30,989 [31,852]
03/2015: --
03/2016: Wonder Woman #50 -- 36,328
03/2017: Wonder Woman #18 -- 47,484 [47,647]
03/2017: Wonder Woman #19 -- 46,745 [47,211]
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03/2018: Wonder Woman #42 -- 35,358 (- 1.6%) [35,594]
03/2018: Wonder Woman #43 -- 35,043 (- 0.3%) [35,502]
04/2018: Wonder Woman #44 -- 34,606 (- 1.4%) [34,990]
04/2018: Wonder Woman #45 -- 34,296 (- 0.7%) [34,740]
05/2018: Wonder Woman #46 -- 34,430 (- 0.9%)
05/2018: Wonder Woman #47 -- 33,848 (- 0.6%) [34,234]
06/2018: Wonder Woman #48 -- 34,418 (+ 0.9%) [34,545]
06/2018: Wonder Woman #49 -- 34,129 (- 0.4%) [34,424]
07/2018: Wonder Woman #50 -- 38,375 (+ 11.8%) [38,472]
07/2018: Wonder Woman #51 -- 50,901 (+ 39.9%) [53,808]
08/2018: Wonder Woman #52 -- 36,259 (- 32.1%) [36,514]
08/2018: Wonder Woman #53 -- 34,900 (- 2.6%) [35,553]
09/2018: Wonder Woman #54 -- 34,966 (- 1.0%) [35,191]
09/2018: Wonder Woman #55 -- 33,851 (- 2.9%) [34,162]
10/2018: Wonder Woman #56 -- 55,178 (+ 61.6%) [55,214]
10/2018: Wonder Woman #57 -- 42,217 (- 22.9%) [42,566]
11/2018: Wonder Woman #58 -- 44,467 (+ 6.2%) [45,188]
11/2018: Wonder Woman #59 -- 37,418 (- 15.5%) [38,212]
12/2018: Wonder Woman #60 -- 36,966 (- 3.2%)
01/2019: Wonder Woman #61 -- 36,413 (- 1.5%)
01/2019: Wonder Woman #62 -- 33,780 (- 7.0%)
01/2019: Wonder Woman #63 -- 34,963 (+ 3.2%)
02/2019: Wonder Woman #64 -- 45,866 (+ 31.2%)
02/2019: Wonder Woman #65 -- 46,007 (+ 2.6%) [47,052]
03/2019: Wonder Woman #66 -- 35,547 (- 24.5%)
03/2019: Wonder Woman #67 -- 33,665 (- 5.3%)
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6 months: - 0.2%
1 year : - 2.6%
2 years : - 27.1%
5 years : + 8.6%
10 years: + 3.7%
15 years: + 20.8%
Last month saw a couple of Artgerm variants; this month not.
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46 - YOUNG JUSTICE ($3.99)
01/2019: Young Justice #1 -- 73,952 (+974,2%) [76,654]
02/2019: Young Justice #2 -- 37,081 (- 51.6%)
03/2019: Young Justice #3 -- 33,683 (- 9.2%)
If last month’s percentage drop was relatively steep for a second issue, this month sees a somewhat mild third issue drop.
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52 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99)
03/2009: Supergirl #39 -- 33,713
03/2014: Supergirl #29 -- 22,883
03/2015: Supergirl #40 -- 26,528
03/2017: Supergirl #7 -- 24,592
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03/2018: Supergirl #19 -- 30,669 (- 0.1%) [31,092]
04/2018: Supergirl #20 -- 30,787 (- 0.2%) [31,044]
05/2018: --
06/2018: --
07/2018: --
08/2018: Supergirl #21 -- 28,507 (- 7.3%) [28,782]
09/2018: Supergirl #22 -- 22,113 (- 23.2%)
10/2018: Supergirl #23 -- 44,775 (+102.0%) [44,667]
11/2018: Supergirl #24 -- 21,295 (- 52.3%)
12/2018: Supergirl #25 -- 21,564 (+ 1.3%)
01/2018: Supergirl #26 -- 29,499 (+ 36.8%)
02/2019: Supergirl #27 -- 19,980 (- 32.3%)
03/2018: Supergirl #28 -- 32,370 (+ 62.0%)
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6 months: + 46.4%
1 year : + 4.1%
2 years : + 31.6%
5 years : + 41.5%
10 years: - 4.0%
Back to an Artgerm variant this month. Supergirl’s sales are so dependent on who is doing the variant cover art so as to be embarrassing.
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54 - JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ($3.99)
03/2014: Justice League Dark #29 -- 29,202
03/2015: Justice League Dark #40 -- 24,816
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07/2018: Justice League Dark #1 -- 60,318 (+160.3%) [64,590]
08/2018: Justice League Dark #2 -- 46,545 (- 25.7%) [47,986]
09/2018: Justice League Dark #3 -- 44,656 (- 4.9%) [45,632]
10/2018: Justice League Dark #4 -- 53,443 (+ 18.7%) [54,154]
11/2018: Justice League Dark #5 -- 43,953 (- 18.1%) [44,367]
12/2018: Justice League Dark #6 -- 41,720 (- 6.0%)
01/2019: Justice League Dark #7 -- 35,967 (- 13.8%)
02/2019: Justice League Dark #8 -- 33,554 (- 6.7%)
03/2019: Justice League Dark #9 -- 31,648 (- 5.7%)
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6 months: - 30.6%
5 years : + 8.4%
---
69 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
03/2004: Teen Titans #9 -- 69,056
03/2009: --
03/2014: Teen Titans #29 -- 25,969
03/2015: Teen Titans #8 -- 38,363 [39,993]
03/2016: Teen Titans #18 -- 23,056
03/2017: Teen Titans #6 -- 37,572 [38,241]
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03/2018: Teen Titans #18 -- 27,289 (- 1.9%) [27,414]
04/2018: Teen Titans #19 -- 26,124 (- 4.3%) [26,354]
05/2018: --
06/2018: TT Special #1 -- 32,702 (+ 52.4%) [40,205]
07/2018: Teen Titans #20 -- 67,978 (+ 78.5%) [71,257]
08/2018: Teen Titans #21 -- 32,095 (- 54.8%) [32,628]
09/2018: Teen Titans #22 -- 30,608 (- 4.6%) [30,765]
10/2018: Teen Titans #23 -- 36,902 (+ 20.6%) [37,016]
11/2018: Teen Titans #24 -- 27,192 (- 26.3%) [27,416]
12/2018: Teen Titans #25 -- 27,285 (- 0.5%)
01/2019: Teen Titans #26 -- 24,208 (- 11.3%)
02/2019: Teen Titans #27 -- 23,137 (- 4.4%)
03/2019: Teen Titans #28 -- 27,405 (+ 18.4%)
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6 months: - 10.9%
1 year : - 0.0%
2 years : - 28.3%
5 years : + 5.5%
10 years: n.a.
15 years: - 60.3%
Crossover with Deathstroke starts this month.
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77 - NIGHTWING ($3.99)
03/2004: Nightwing #91 -- 29,330
03/2014: Nightwing #29 -- 36,814 [37,679]
03/2015: Grayson #8 -- 40,859 [41,911]
03/2016: Grayson #18 -- 33,550
03/2017: Nightwing #16 -- 40,289 [40,341]
03/2017: Nightwing #17 -- 39,467 [39,609]
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03/2018: Nightwing #40 -- 27,202 (- 3.0%) [27,242]
03/2018: Nightwing #41 -- 26,951 (- 0.0%) [27,238]
04/2018: Nightwing #42 -- 26,323 (- 2.9%) [26,443]
04/2018: Nightwing #43 -- 25,986 (- 0.6%) [26,272]
05/2018: Nightwing #44 -- 26,229 (+ 0.0%) [26,283]
06/2018: Nightwing #45 -- 26,242 (- 0.0%) [26,270]
07/2018: Nightwing #46 -- 26,899 (+ 2.5%) [26,931]
08/2018: Nightwing #47 -- 26,467 (- 1.8%) [26,440]
09/2018: Nightwing #48 -- 25,733 (- 2.7%)
09/2018: Nightwing #49 -- 25,475 (- 1.0%)
10/2018: Nightwing #50 -- 29,450 (+ 24.6%) [31,751]
10/2018: Nightwing #51 -- 35,026 (+ 11.4%) [35,379]
11/2018: Nightwing #52 -- 26,623 (- 24.5%) [26,705]
11/2018: Nightwing #53 -- 26,442 (+ 0.5%) [26,826]
12/2018: Nightwing #54 -- 28,269 (+ 5.4%)
12/2018: Nightwing #55 -- 26,060 (- 7.8%)
01/2019: Nightwing #56 -- 25,044 (- 3.9%)
02/2019: Nightwing #57 -- 26,845 (+ 7.2%)
03/2019: Nightwing #58 -- 25,433 (- 5.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 0.7%
1 year : - 6.6%
2 years : - 36.4%
5 years : - 32.5%
15 years: - 13.3%
Is Nightwing still an amnesiac? That storyline appears to have given the title a minor reprieve, but sixth months later we’re right back to where it was before.
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80 - AQUAMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Aquaman #16 -- 22,810
03/2014: Aquaman #29 -- 33,907 [34,331]
03/2015: Aquaman #40 -- 32,404 [33,941]
03/2016: Aquaman #50 -- 24,487
03/2017: Aquaman #18 -- 30,044 [30,185]
03/2017: Aquaman #19 -- 29,279 [29,581]
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03/2018: Aquaman #34 -- 24,323 (- 2.6%)
04/2018: Aquaman #35 -- 23,594 (- 3.0%)
05/2018: Aquaman #36 -- 23,057 (- 2.3%)
06/2018: Aquaman #37 -- 24,076 (+ 4.4%)
07/2018: Aquaman #38 -- 24,836 (+ 3.2%)
08/2018: Aquaman #39 -- 30,311 (+ 22.8%) [30,490]
09/2018: Aquaman #40 -- 31,010 (+ 3.0%) [31,406]
10/2018: Aquaman #41 -- 35,121 (+ 11.9%) [35,155]
11/2018: Aquaman #42 -- 38,608 (+ 11.8%) [39,314]
12/2018: Aquaman #43 -- 30,920 (- 18.1%) [32,180]
01/2019: Aquaman #44 -- 26,416 (- 15.9%) [27,071]
02/2019: Aquaman #45 -- 26,291 (- 1.2%) [26,754]
03/2019: Aquaman #46 -- 24,566 (- 8.2%)
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6 months: - 21.8%
1 year : + 1.0%
2 years : - 17.8%
5 years : - 28.4%
15 years: + 7.7%
Another biggish percentage drop, but previous issues are still getting some reorders. So Aquaman isn’t exactly settled yet since the creative team changeover, and sales are back to where they were a year ago.
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81 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY ($3.99)
09/2018: Justice League Odyssey #1 -- 57,114 [58,286]
10/2018: Justice League Odyssey #2 -- 46,662 (- 19.0%) [47,239]
11/2018: Justice League Odyssey #3 -- 35,727 (- 23.8%) [36,011]
12/2018: --
01/2019: Justice League Odyssey #4 -- 31,696 (- 12.0%)
01/2019: Justice League Odyssey #5 -- 28,776 (- 9.2%)
02/2019: Justice League Odyssey #6 -- 26,248 (- 8.8%)
03/2019: Justice League Odyssey #7 -- 24,378 (- 7.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 58.2%
---
83 - BATGIRL ($3.99)
03/2004: Batgirl #50 -- 29,897 [31,876]
03/2014: Batgirl #29 -- 33,223 [33,648]
03/2015: Batgirl #40 -- 41,729 [43,772]
03/2016: Batgirl #49 -- 24,730
03/2017: Batgirl #9 -- 25,469
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03/2018: Batgirl #21 -- 18,217 (- 2.7%)
04/2018: Batgirl #22 -- 17,596 (- 3.4%)
05/2018: Batgirl #23 -- 19,252 (+ 9.4%)
06/2018: Batgirl #24 -- 26,457 (+ 35.9%) [26,168]
07/2018: --
08/2018: Batgirl #25 -- 37,712 (+ 43.9%) [37,668]
08/2018: Batgirl #26 -- 25,947 (- 30.2%) [26,302]
09/2018: Batgirl #27 -- 28,843 (+ 11.0%) [29,201]
10/2018: Batgirl #28 -- 37,397 (+ 34.2%) [39,185]
11/2018: Batgirl #29 -- 35,356 (- 9.0%) [35,665]
12/2018: --
01/2019: Batgirl #30 -- 31,084 (- 12.8%)
01/2019: Batgirl #31 -- 33,287 (+ 7.1%)
02/2019: Batgirl #32 -- 29,839 (- 10.4%)
03/2019: Batgirl #33 -- 24,034 (- 19.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 17.7%
1 year : + 31.9%
2 years : - 5.6%
5 years : - 28.6%
15 years: - 24.6%
Last month’s Derrick Chew variant gives way to this month’s not-Chew variant, and loses about 5K copies in the process.
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87 - TITANS ($3.99)
03/2009: Titans #11 -- 35,240
03/2016: Titans Hunt #6 of 8 -- 18,493
03/2017: Titans #9 -- 42,557 [42,401]
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03/2018: Titans #21 -- 29,674 (- 3.4%) [29,805]
04/2018: Titans #22 -- 29,018 (- 2.1%) [29,165]
05/2018: --
06/2018: Special #1 -- 31,898 (+ 9.9%) [32,064]
07/2018: Titans #23 -- 33,060 (+ 10.9%) [35,553]
08/2018: Titans #24 -- 30,889 (- 12.9%) [30,759]
09/2018: Titans #25 -- 28,654 (- 7.2%) [28,733]
09/2018: Titans #26 -- 28,240 (- 1.1%) [28,417]
10/2018: Titans #27 -- 34,857 (+ 22.9%) [34,926]
10/2018: Titans #28 -- 31,493 (- 8.8%) [31,852]
11/2018: Titans #29 -- 26,673 (- 16.0%) [26,762]
11/2018: Titans #30 -- 26,120 (- 1.6%) [26,330]
12/2018: Titans #31 -- 24,870 (- 5.5%)
01/2019: Titans #32 -- 23,843 (- 4.1%)
01/2019: Titans #33 -- 23,507 (- 1.4%)
02/2019: Titans #34 -- 22,928 (- 2.5%)
03/2019: Titans #35 -- 22,088 (- 3.7%)
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6 months: - 22.7%
1 year : - 25.9%
2 years : - 47.9%
10 years: - 37.3%
Penultimate issue.
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89 - DIAL H FOR HERO ($3.99)
08/2013: Dial H #15 -- 11,086
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03/2019: Dial H for Hero #1 of 6 -- 21,832 (+ 96.9%)
The latest Wonder Comics title debuts lower than the previous ones, but nearly twice as big as the end of the previous iteration of the title (from the New 52 days).
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92 - GREEN ARROW ($4.99)
03/2004: Green Arrow #36 -- 34,707
03/2009: Green Arrow/BC #18 -- 22,699
03/2014: Green Arrow #29 -- 23,698
03/2015: Green Arrow #40 -- 19,792
03/2016: Green Arrow #50 -- 22,977
03/2017: Green Arrow #18 -- 31,838 [31,934]
03/2017: Green Arrow #19 -- 30,984 [31,304]
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03/2018: Green Arrow #38 -- 21,935 (- 2.2%)
04/2018: Green Arrow #39 -- 21,269 (- 3.0%)
05/2018: Green Arrow #40 -- 20,995 (- 1.3%)
06/2018: Green Arrow #41 -- 20,309 (- 3.3%)
07/2018: Green Arrow #42 -- 20,107 (- 1.0%)
08/2018: Green Arrow #43 -- 20,241 (+ 0.7%)
09/2018: Green Arrow #44 -- 18,667 (- 7.8%)
10/2018: Green Arrow #45 -- 34,241 (+ 82.5%) [34,073]
11/2018: Green Arrow #46 -- 18,808 (- 43.3%) [19,313]
12/2018: Green Arrow #47 -- 18,951 (- 1.9%)
01/2019: Green Arrow #48 -- 18,989 (+ 0.2%)
02/2019: Green Arrow #49 -- 17,694 (- 6.8%)
03/2019: Green Arrow #50 -- 21,423 (_ 21.1%)
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6 months: + 14.8%
1 year : - 2.3%
2 years : - 32.2%
5 years : - 9.6%
10 years: - 5.6%
15 years: - 38.3%
Final (for now) over-sized and -priced 50th issue. A relaunch is allegedly in the works for later this year.
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93 - DEATHSTROKE ($3.99)
03/2015: Deathstroke #6 -- 31,666 [33,923]
03/2016: Deathstroke #16 -- 25,390
03/2017: Deathstroke #14 -- 25,493
03/2017: Deathstroke #15 -- 24,746
-----------------------------------
03/2018: Deathstroke #29 -- 17,677 (+ 0.0%)
04/2018: Deathstroke #30 -- 38,956 (+154.0%) [44,898]
05/2018: Deathstroke #31 -- 35,805 (- 20.1%) [35,874]
06/2018: Deathstroke #32 -- 38,535 (+ 8.3%) [38,848]
07/2018: Deathstroke #33 -- 36,092 (- 7.0%) [36,134]
08/2018: Deathstroke #34 -- 35,168 (- 4.8%) [34,405]
09/2018: Deathstroke #35 -- 31,554 (- 7.7%) [31,761]
10/2018: Deathstroke #36 -- 27,299 (- 13.8%) [27,387]
11/2018: Deathstroke #37 -- 30,734 (+ 12.2%) [30,719]
12/2018: Deathstroke #38 -- 28,803 (- 6.2%)
01/2019: Deathstroke #39 -- 21,442 (- 25.6%)
02/2019: Deathstroke #40 -- 19,608 (- 8.6%)
03/2019: Deathstroke #41 -- 21,167 (+ 8.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 33.4%
1 year : + 19.7%
2 years : - 15.7%
A crossover with Teen Titans starts this month.
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95 - WONDER TWINS ($3.99)
02/2019: Wonder Twins #1 of 6 -- 27,584 [28,154]
03/2019: Wonder Twins #2 of 6 -- 19,892 (- 29.3%)
An expected second-issue percentage drop.
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99 - MARTIAN MANHUNTER ($3.99)
03/2016: Martian Manhunter #10 -- 13,761
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12/2018: Martian Manhunter #1 of 12 -- 39,312 (+224.6%) [40,748]
01/2019: Martian Manhunter #2 of 12 -- 26,573 (- 34.8%)
02/2019: Martian Manhunter #3 of 12 -- 22,431 (- 15.6%)
03/2019: Martian Manhunter #4 of 12 -- 19,187 (- 14.5%)
Tracking on par with the previous MM series, which ended its twelve-issue run at just 12.5K.
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101 - ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS ($3.99)
03/2017: Super Sons #2 -- 51,723 [49,400]
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03/2018: Super Sons #14 -- 28,999 (- 2.1%) [29,271]
04/2018: Super Sons #15 -- 27,667 (- 4.6%) [28,018]
05/2018: Super Sons #16 -- 27,089 (- 2.1%) [27,458]
06/2018: --
07/2018: --
08/2018: Adventures #1 of 12 -- 36,795 (+ 72.3%) [47,323]
09/2018: Adventures #2 of 12 -- 26,500 (- 43.3%) [26,813]
10/2018: Adventures #3 of 12 -- 23,839 (- 11.1%)
11/2018: Adventures #4 of 12 -- 22,320 (- 6.4%)
12/2018: Adventures #5 of 12 -- 20,965 (- 6.1%)
01/2019: Adventures #6 of 12 -- 19,969 (- 4.8%)
02/2019: Adventures #7 of 12 -- 19,570 (- 2.0%)
03/2019: Adventures #8 of 12 -- 19,071 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 28.9%
1 year : - 34.8%
2 years : - 61.4%
---
105 - RED HOOD: OUTLAW ($3.99)
03/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #29 -- 22,316
03/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #40 -- 17,110
03/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #10 -- 17,707
03/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #8 -- 27,894
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03/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #20 -- 20,214 (- 2.6%)
04/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #21 -- 19,590 (- 3.1%)
05/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #22 -- 18,989 (- 3.1%)
06/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #23 -- 19,034 (+ 0.2%)
07/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #24 -- 18,829 (- 1.1%)
08/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #25 -- 21,874 (+ 16.2%)
09/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #26 -- 24,688 (+ 12.9%)
10/2018: Red Hood: Outlaw #27 -- 30,343 (+ 24.3%) [30,688]
11/2018: Red Hood: Outlaw #28 -- 24,485 (- 20.2%)
12/2018: Red Hood: Outlaw #29 -- 23,836 (- 2.7%)
01/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #30 -- 20,247 (- 15.1%)
02/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #31 -- 19,546 (- 3.5%)
03/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #32 -- 18,389 (- 5.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.5%
1 year : - 9.0%
2 years : - 34.1%
5 years : - 17.6%
The new direction gave Red Hood about a seven-month reprieve.
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106 - HAWKMAN ($3.99)
03/2004: Hawkman #26 -- 28,363
03/2017: Death of Hawkman #6 of 6 -- 13,053
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03/2018: --
04/2018: --
05/2018: --
06/2018: Hawkman #1 -- 42,123 (- 49.5%) [43,884]
07/2018: Hawkman #2 -- 30,781 (- 28.2%) [31,501]
08/2018: Hawkman #3 -- 27,331 (- 12.1%) [27,694]
09/2018: Hawkman #4 -- 24,687 (- 10.9%)
10/2018: Hawkman #5 -- 30,171 (+ 22.7%) [30,303]
11/2018: Hawkman #6 -- 21,818 (- 28.0%)
12/2018: Hawkman #7 -- 20,625 (- 5.5%)
01/2019: Hawkman #8 -- 20,198 (- 2.1%)
02/2019: Hawkman #9 -- 18,829 (- 6.8%)
03/2019: Hawkman #10 -- 18,269 (- 3.0%)
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6 months: - 26.0%
2 years : + 40.0%
15 years: - 35.6%
---
114 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
03/2014: Universe #8 -- 14,097
03/2015: --
03/2016: Batman Beyond #10 -- 21,578
03/2017: Batman Beyond #6 -- 26,261
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03/2018: Batman Beyond #18 -- 16,797 (- 2.3%)
04/2018: Batman Beyond #19 -- 16,335 (- 2.8%)
05/2018: Batman Beyond #20 -- 16,093 (- 1.5%)
06/2018: Batman Beyond #21 -- 16,049 (- 0.3%)
07/2018: Batman Beyond #22 -- 15,839 (- 1.3%)
08/2018: Batman Beyond #23 -- 15,743 (- 0.6%)
09/2018: Batman Beyond #24 -- 15,863 (+ 0.8%)
10/2018: Batman Beyond #25 -- 24,219 (+ 55.7%) [24,703]
11/2018: Batman Beyond #26 -- 18,652 (- 24.5%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Batman Beyond #27 -- 16,695 (- 10.5%)
01/2019: Batman Beyond #28 -- 16,018 (- 4.1%)
02/2019: Batman Beyond #29 -- 16,174 (+ 1.0%)
03/2019: Batman Beyond #30 -- 16,427 (+ 1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: + 3.6%
1 year : - 2.2%
2 years : - 37.4%
5 years : + 16.5%
Hey, that’s two straight months of not-dropping sales!
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121 - THE TERRIFICS ($3.99)
03/2018: Terrifics #2 -- 34,525 (- 31.2%) [36,243]
04/2018: Terrifics #3 -- 30,134 (- 13.0%) [31,147]
05/2018: Terrifics #4 -- 28,849 (- 7.1%) [29,568]
06/2018: Terrifics #5 -- 26,676 (- 7.5%) [27,029]
07/2018: Terrifics #6 -- 24,736 (- 7.3%)
08/2018: Terrifics #7 -- 22,825 (- 7.7%)
09/2018: Terrifics #8 -- 21,240 (- 6.9%)
10/2018: Terrifics #9 -- 25,545 (+ 20.3%)
11/2018: Terrifics #10 -- 19,035 (- 25.5%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Terrifics #11 -- 17,352 (- 8.8%)
01/2019: Terrifics #12 -- 16,657 (- 4.0%)
02/2019: Terrifics #13 -- 15,917 (- 4.4%)
03/2019: Terrifics #14 -- 15,294 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: - 28.0%
1 year : - 57.8%
Price increase to $3.99.
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123 - THE DREAMING (Vertigo) ($3.99)
09/2018: Dreaming #1 -- 37,258 [38,029]
10/2018: Dreaming #2 -- 21,559 (- 43.3%)
11/2018: Dreaming #3 -- 19,815 (- 8.1%)
12/2018: Dreaming #4 -- 18,185 (- 8.2%)
01/2018: Dreaming #5 -- 17,054 (- 6.2%)
02/2018: Dreaming #6 -- 15,989 (- 6.2%)
03/2018: Dreaming #7 -- 15,046 (- 5.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 60.4%
The top-selling of the Sandman Universe titles, and also the top-selling non-DCU title for March. The issue (along with the next) actually features Dream in a flashback story, so it’ll be interesting to see if there’s any re-order activity.
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126 - NAOMI ($3.99)
01/2019: Naomi #1 -- 27,777 [32,335]
02/2019: Naomi #2 -- 15,838 (- 51.0%)
03/2019: Naomi #3 -- 14,691 (- 7.2%)
Sales on Naomi are a bit more complicated than the raw sales numbers here would suggest. There have (or soon will be) second printings on the first four issues, and there is strong demand for issues on the secondary market. So there appears to be a bit of a mismatch between perceived and actual demand, at least in certain areas.
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130 - FEMALE FURIES ($3.99)
02/2019: Female Furies #1 of 6 -- 26,515
03/2019: Female Furies #2 of 6 -- 13,585 (- 48.8%)
An expected second-issue drop, but one that this title could ill-afford.
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136 - THE BOOKS OF MAGIC (Vertigo) ($3.99)
10/2018: Books of Magic #1 -- 32,284 (+197.1%)
11/2018: Books of Magic #2 -- 18,189 (- 45.0%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Books of Magic #3 -- 15,886 (- 12.7%)
01/2019: Books of Magic #4 -- 14,581 (- 8.2%)
02/2019: Books of Magic #5 -- 13,864 (- 4.8%)
03/2019: Books of Magic #6 -- 13,177 (- 5.1%)
---
137 - FREEDOM FIGHTERS ($3.99)
12/2018: Freedom Fighters #1 of 12 -- 23,826 (+199.7%) [25,248]
01/2019: Freedom Fighters #2 of 12 -- 14,091 (- 44.2%)
02/2019: Freedom Fighters #3 of 12 -- 13,619 (- 3.3%)
03/2019: Freedom Fighters #4 of 12 -- 13,130 (- 3.6%)
Standard attrition by this point is pretty good, but that’s still a lot of attrition to go until issue #12.
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142 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
03/2004: Lucifer #28 -- 12,922
03/2016: Lucifer #4 -- 11,450
03/2017: Lucifer #16 -- 7,917
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10/2018: Lucifer #1 -- 28,216 (+349.6%) [28,805]
11/2018: Lucifer #2 -- 16,871 (- 41.4%)
12/2018: Lucifer #3 -- 14,929 (- 11.5%)
01/2019: Lucifer #4 -- 14,474 (- 3.0%)
02/2019: Lucifer #5 -- 13,413 (- 7.3%)
03/2019: Lucifer #6 -- 12,721 (- 5.2%)
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2 years : + 60.7%
15 years: - 1.6%
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155 - THE WILD STORM (WildStorm) ($3.99)
03/2017: The Wild Storm #2 -- 37,818 [33,523]
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03/2018: The Wild Storm #12 -- 16,821 (- 1.9%)
04/2018: --
05/2018: The Wild Storm #13 -- 14,661 (- 12.8%)
06/2018: The Wild Storm #14 -- 14,107 (- 3.8%)
07/2018: The Wild Storm #15 -- 13,787 (- 2.3%)
08/2018: The Wild Storm #16 -- 13,712 (- 0.5%)
09/2018: The Wild Storm #17 -- 13,211 (- 3.7%)
10/2018: The Wild Storm #18 -- 13,021 (- 1.4%)
11/2018: --
12/2018: --
01/2019: The Wild Storm #19 -- 12,360 (- 5.1%)
02/2019: The Wild Storm #20 -- 12,312 (- 0.4%)
03/2019: The Wild Storm #21 -- 11,257 (- 8.6%)
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6 months: - 14.8%
1 year : - 33.1%
2 years : - 66.4%
Maybe DC should have played up the fact that The Authority had returned under the pen of their co-creator in some (any) publicity for this final stretch.
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158 - HOUSE OF WHISPERS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
09/2018: House of Whispers #1 -- 28,346 [29,282]
10/2018: House of Whispers #2 -- 16,763 (- 40.9%)
11/2018: House of Whispers #3 -- 14,943 (- 10.9%)
12/2018: House of Whispers #4 -- 13,619 (- 8.9%)
01/2019: House of Whispers #5 -- 12,505 (- 8.2%)
02/2019: House of Whispers #6 -- 11,566 (- 7.5%)
03/2019: House of Whispers #7 -- 10,874 (- 6.0%)
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6 months: - 62.9%
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163 - COVER (Jinxworld) ($3.99)
09/2018: Cover #1 of 6 -- 27,354 [27,562]
10/2018: Cover #2 of 6 -- 15,350 (- 44.3%)
11/2018: Cover #3 of 6 -- 11,848 (- 22.8%)
12/2018: Cover #4 of 6 -- 10,396 (- 12.3%)
01/2019: Cover #5 of 6 -- 9,854 (- 5.2%)
02/2019: --
03/2019: Cover #6 of 6 -- 10,360 (+ 5.1%)
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6 months: - 62.4%
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168 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
03/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #11 -- 17,281
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03/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #23 -- 12,410 (+ 6.2%)
04/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #24 -- 11,713 (- 5.6%)
05/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #25 -- 15,577 (+ 33.0%)
06/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #26 -- 13,166 (- 15.5%)
07/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #27 -- 12,221 (- 7.2%)
08/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #28 -- 12,044 (- 1.4%)
09/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #29 -- 11,615 (- 3.6%)
10/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #30 -- 11,337 (- 2.4%)
11/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #31 -- 10,906 (- 3.8%)
12/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #32 -- 10,514 (- 3.6%)
01/2019: Scooby Apocalypse #33 -- 10,242 (- 2.6%)
02/2019: Scooby Apocalypse #34 -- 9,959 (- 2.8%)
03/2019: Scooby Apocalypse #35 -- 9,878 (- 0.8%)
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6 months: - 15.0%
1 year : - 20.4%
2 years : - 42.8%
Penultimate issue..
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169 - PEARL (Jinxworld) ($3.99)
08/2017: Pearl #1 of 6 -- 32,701 [33,643]
09/2017: Pearl #2 -- 16,808 (- 50.0%)
10/2017: Pearl #3 -- 13,760 (- 18.1%)
11/2017: Pearl #4 -- 11,693 (- 15.0%)
12/2017: Pearl #5 -- 10,584 (- 9.5%)
01/2018: Pearl #6 -- 9,988 (- 5.6%)
02/2019: --
03/2019: Pearl #7 -- 9,798 (- 1.9%)
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6 months: - 41.7%
Originally solicited as a six-issue series, it has been extended beyond that, likely to twelve issues.
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170 - SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK FILES ($4.99)
11/2018: SS Black Files #1 of 6 -- 16,953
12/2018: SS Black Files #2 of 6 -- 13,378 (- 21.1%)
01/2019: SS Black Files #3 of 6 -- 11,326 (- 15.3%)
02/2019: SS Black Files #4 of 6 -- 10,328 (- 8.8%)
03/2019: SS Black Files #5 of 6 -- 9,587 (- 7.2%)
With the regular Suicide Squad title no longer being published, this is your only S-Squad fix.
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178 - DAMAGE ($3.99)
03/2018: Damage #3 -- 22,394 (- 21.2%)
04/2018: Damage #4 -- 20,166 (- 9.9%)
05/2018: Damage #5 -- 18,923 (- 6.2%)
06/2018: Damage #6 -- 17,308 (- 8.5%)
07/2018: Damage #7 -- 15,433 (- 10.8%)
08/2018: Damage #8 -- 13,778 (- 10.7%)
09/2018: Damage #9 -- 12,383 (- 10.1%)
10/2018: Damage #10 -- 17,230 (+ 39.1%)
11/2018: Damage #11 -- 11,501 (- 33.3%)
12/2018: Damage #12 -- 10,713 (- 6.9%)
01/2019: Damage #13 -- 9,963 (- 7.0%)
02/2019: Damage #14 -- 9,164 (- 8.0%)
03/2019: Damage #15 -- 8,667 (- 5.4%)
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6 months: - 30.0%
1 year : - 61.3%
Penultimate issue. Also a price increase.
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183 - HIGH LEVEL (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2019: High Level #1 -- 16,824 [17,492]
03/2019: High Level #2 -- 8,155 (- 53.4%)
I’ll be surprised if this lasts beyond six issues.
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185 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
03/2004: Teen Titans Go! #5 -- 15,274
03/2014: --
03/2015: --
03/2016: --
03/2017: --
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03/2018: --
04/2018: Teen Titans Go! #27 -- 8,159 (+ 0.3%)
05/2018: --
06/2018: Teen Titans Go! #28 -- 8,625 (+ 5.7%)
07/2018: --
08/2018: Teen Titans Go! #29 -- 9,049 (+ 4.9%)
09/2018: Teen Titans Go! #30 -- 8,867 (- 2.0%)
10/2018: --
11/2018: Teen Titans Go! #31 -- 8,597 (- 3.0%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Teen Titans Go! #32 -- 8,143 (- 5.3%)
02/2019: --
03/2019: Teen Titans Go! #33 -- 8,027 (- 1.4%)
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6 months: - 9.5%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
5 years : n.a.
15 years: - 47.4%
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188 - THE SILENCER ($3.99)
03/2018: The Silencer #3 -- 18,208 (- 13.3%)
04/2018: The Silencer #4 -- 16,145 (- 11.3%)
05/2018: The Silencer #5 -- 15,261 (- 5.5%)
06/2018: The Silencer #6 -- 13,868 (- 9.1%)
07/2018: The Silencer #7 -- 12,524 (- 9.7%)
08/2018: The Silencer #8 -- 11,802 (- 5.8%)
09/2018: The Silencer #9 -- 10,970 (- 7.0%)
10/2018: The Silencer #10 -- 15,439 (+ 40.7%)
11/2018: The Silencer #11 -- 10,018 (- 35.1%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: The Silencer #12 -- 9,231 (- 7.9%)
01/2019: The Silencer #13 -- 8,683 (- 5.9%)
02/2019: The Silencer #14 -- 8,302 (- 4.4%)
03/2019: The Silencer #15 -- 7,949 (- 4.3%)
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6 months: - 27.5%
1 year : - 56.3%
Ends with issue #18 in June, with a price increase this month.
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201 - THE CURSE OF BRIMSTONE ($2.99)
04/2018: Curse of Brimstone #1 -- 33,707 [34,337]
05/2018: Curse of Brimstone #2 -- 20,244 (- 39.9%)
06/2018: Curse of Brimstone #3 -- 15,949 (- 21.2%)
07/2018: Curse of Brimstone #4 -- 13,741 (- 13.8%)
08/2018: Curse of Brimstone #5 -- 11,966 (- 12.9%)
09/2018: Curse of Brimstone #6 -- 10,731 (- 10.3%)
10/2018: Curse of Brimstone #7 -- 28,525 (+168.9%) [28,854] *
11/2018: Curse of Brimstone #8 -- 9,463 (- 67.2%)
12/2018: Curse of Brimstone #9 -- 8,707 (- 8.0%)
01/2019: Curse of Brimstone #10 -- 8,074 (- 7.3%)
02/2019: Curse of Brimstone #11 -- 7,484 (- 7.3%)
03/2019: Curse of Brimstone #12 -- 7,152 (- 4.4%)
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6 months: - 33.4%
Final issue.
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208 - HEX WIVES (Vertigo) ($3.99)
10/2018: Hex Wives #1 -- 17,158 [18,101]
11/2018: Hex Wives #2 -- 9,869 (- 45.5%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Hex Wives #3 -- 8,286 (- 16.0%)
01/2019: Hex Wives #4 -- 7,157 (- 13.6%)
02/2019: Hex Wives #5 -- 6,740 (- 5.8%)
03/2019: Hex Wives #6 -- 6,372 (- 5.5%)
Final issue. It may return at some point, but I wouldn’t wager any money on that.
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224 - GODDESS MODE (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2018: Goddess Mode #1 -- 17,471
01/2019: Goddess Mode #2 -- 8,116 (- 53.5%)
02/2019: Goddess Mode #3 -- 6,231 (- 23.2%)
03/2019: Goddess Mode #4 -- 5,537 (- 11.1%)
No issues have been solicited past issue #6...
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226 - AMERICAN CARNAGE (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2018: American Carnage #1 -- 12,891 [13,436]
12/2018: American Carnage #2 -- 7,434 (- 44.7%)
01/2019: American Carnage #3 -- 6,539 (- 12.0%)
02/2019: American Carnage #4 -- 5,673 (- 13.2%)
03/2019: American Carnage #5 -- 5,350 (- 5.7%)
Ending with issue #9.
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234 - ELECTRIC WARRIORS ($3.99)
11/2018: Electric Warriors #1 of 6 -- 16,152
12/2018: Electric Warriors #2 of 6 -- 8,398 (- 48.0%)
01/2019: Electric Warriors #3 of 6 -- 6,540 (- 22.1%)
02/2019: Electric Warriors #4 of 6 -- 5,732 (- 12.4%)
03/2019: Electric Warriors #5 of 6 -- 5,172 (- 9.8%)
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236 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) (Hanna-Barbera) ($2.99)
03/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #3 -- 8,452
03/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #9 -- 6,780
03/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #15 -- 8,092
03/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #24 -- 6,316
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03/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #36 -- 5,301 (- 3.5%)
04/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #37 -- 6,237 (+ 17.7%)
05/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #38 -- 5,823 (- 6.6%)
06/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #39 -- 6,947 (+ 19.3%)
07/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #40 -- 6,526 (- 6.1%)
08/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #41 -- 5,804 (- 11.1%)
09/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #42 -- 5,879 (+ 1.3%)
10/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #43 -- 6,281 (+ 6.8%)
11/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #44 -- 5,580 (- 11.2%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #45 -- 5,814 (+ 4.2%)
01/2019: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #46 -- 5,305 (- 8.8%)
02/2019: --
03/2019: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #47 -- 5,088 (- 4.1%)
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6 months: - 13.5%
1 year : - 4.0%
2 years : - 19.4%
5 years : - 39.8&
Back to a bi-monthly title.
This month Scooby and the gang team up with Magilla Gorilla, and with a gorilla on the cover you’d think there’d be a sales boost. Do Gorillas, monkeys and apes on the cover no longer have mystical sales properties?!
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287 - LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99)
03/2004: Looney Tunes #112 -- 3,218
03/2009: Looney Tunes #172 -- 2,387
03/2014: --
03/2015: --
03/2016: --
03/2017: Looney Tunes #236 -- ????? (< 4,812)
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03/2018: Looney Tunes #242 -- 2,866 (+ 3.8%)
04/2018: --
05/2018: Looney Tunes #243 -- 3,037 (+ 6.0%)
06/2018: --
07/2018: Looney Tunes #244 -- 3,080 (+ 1.4%)
08/2018: --
09/2018: Looney Tunes #245 -- 3,346 (+ 8.6%)
10/2018: --
11/2018: Looney Tunes #246 -- 3,109 (- 7.1%)
12/2018: --
01/2019: Looney Tunes #247 -- 3,151 (+ 1.4%)
02/2019: --
03/2019: Looney Tunes #248 -- 3,027 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: + 2.2%
1 year : + 14.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : n.a.
10 years: + 33.9%
15 years: - 1.4%
DC’s lowest-selling new issue for March.
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Average Periodical Sales (not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, director’s cuts, and magazines; based on first-month sales only.)
DC COMICS
03/2004: 32,148
03/2009: 21,792
03/2014: 26,776
03/2015: 23,466 **
03/2016: 22,620 **
03/2017: 30,466 **
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03/2018: 27,449 (+ 6.4%)
04/2018: 30,117 (+ 9.7%)
05/2018: 29,876 (- 0.8%)
06/2018: 31,374 (+ 5.0%)
07/2018: 40,199 (+ 28.1%)
08/2018: 29,661 (- 26.2%)
09/2018: 33,904 (+ 14.3%)
10/2018: 32,789 (- 3.3%)
11/2018: 29,150 (- 11.1%)
12/2018: 36,514 (+ 25.3%)
01/2019: 27,526 (- 24.6%)
02/2019: 29,807 (+ 8.3%)
03/2019: 36,887 (+ 23.8%)
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6 months: + 8.8%
1 year : + 34.4%
2 years : + 21.1%
5 years : + 37.8%
10 years: + 69.3%
15 years: + 14.7%
DC UNIVERSE
03/2004: 39,727
03/2009: 31,336
03/2014: 32,007
03/2015: 28,559
03/2016: 28,621
03/2017: 39,458
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03/2018: 34,751 (+ 9.6%)
04/2018: 37,752 (+ 8.6%)
05/2018: 37,935 (+ 0.5%)
06/2018: 39,466 (+ 4.0%)
07/2018: 50,334 (+ 27.5%)
08/2018: 33,866 (- 32.7%)
09/2018: 40,021 (+ 18.2%)
10/2018: 40,096 (+ 0.2%)
11/2018: 35,313 (- 11.9%)
12/2018: 44,269 (+ 25.4%)
01/2019: 32,835 (- 25.8%)
02/2019: 34,801 (+ 6.0%)
03/2019: 46,190 (+ 32.7%)
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6 months: + 15.4%
1 year : + 32.9%
2 years : + 17.1%
5 years : + 44.3%
10 years: + 47.4%
15 years: + 16.3%
WILDSTORM
03/2004: 16,833
03/2009: 8,954
03/2017: 37,818
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03/2018: 12,321 (+ 54.6%)
04/2018: --
05/2018: 11,091 (- 10.0%)
06/2018: 10,298 (- 7.1%)
07/2018: 10,067 (- 2.2%)
08/2018: 9,997 (- 0.7%)
09/2018: 9,671 (- 3.3%)
10/2018: 9,575 (- 1.0%)
11/2018: --
12/2018: --
01/2019: 12,360 (+ 29.1%)
02/2019: 12,312 (- 0.4%)
03/2019: 11,257 (- 8.6%)
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6 months: + 16.4%
1 year : - 8.6%
2 years : - 70.2%
10 years: + 25.7%
15 years: - 33.1%
VERTIGO & JINXWORLD
03/2004: 16,445
03/2009: 10,177
03/2014: 19,179
03/2015: 7,055 **
03/2016: 6,039 **
03/2017: 10,102 **
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03/2018: 9,990 (+ 27.6%)
04/2018: 7,430 (- 25.6%)
05/2018: 5,837 (- 21.4%)
06/2018: 5,783 (- 0.9%)
07/2018: 5,366 (- 7.2%)
08/2018: 23,104 (+330.6%)
09/2018: 22,472 (- 2.7%)
10/2018: 17,168 (- 23.6%)
11/2018: 13,012 (- 24.2%)
12/2018: 11,983 (- 7.9%)
01/2019: 10,822 (- 9.7%)
02/2019: 10,732 (- 0.8%)
03/2019: 9,739 (- 9.3%)
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6 months: - 56.7%
1 year : - 2.5%
2 years : - 3.6%
5 years : - 49.2%
10 years: - 4.3%
15 years: - 40.8%
Vertigo average (8 comics): 9,654; Jinxworld average (2 comics): 10,079.
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
03/2004: 2,057,477
03/2009: 1,394,682
03/2014: 1,954,659
03/2015: 1,877,281 **
03/2016: 1,696,506 **
03/2017: 2,711,448 **
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03/2018: 2,305,728 (+ 1.6%)
04/2018: 2,439,466 (+ 5.8%)
05/2018: 2,210,850 (- 9.4%)
06/2018: 2,321,651 (+ 5.0%)
07/2018: 2,452,128 (+ 4.5%)
08/2018: 2,135,622 (- 12.9%)
09/2018: 2,203,739 (+ 3.2%)
10/2018: 2,557,578 (+ 3.2%)
11/2018: 1,953,053 (- 23.6%)
12/2018: 1,898,752 (- 2.8%)
01/2019: 2,367,265 (+ 24.7%)
02/2019: 1,758,617 (- 25.7%)
03/2019: 2,213,196 (+ 25.8%)
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6 months: + 0.4%
1 year : - 4.0%
2 years : - 18.4%
5 years : + 13.2%
10 years: + 58.7%
15 years: + 7.6%
Sales Indices
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The Sales Index number is the ratio of that comic’s sales to the average sales of all comics in that category.
DCU: Average: 46,190. Median: 25,433. No.: 45. Total: 2,078,529.
11.4 - Detective Comics
2.9 - Batman Who Laughs Grim Knight
2.6 - Doomsday Clock
1.8 - Batman (67)
1.8 - Batman (66)
1.7 - Heroes in Crisis
1.4 - Justice League (20)
1.2 - Justice League (19)
1.1 - Superman
1.0 - The Green Lantern
1.0 - Harley Quinn
1.0 - Catwoman
0.9 - Action Comics
0.8 - Flash (66)
0.8 - Flash (67)
0.8 - Shazam!
0.8 - Wonder Woman (66)
0.7 - Young Justice
0.7 - Wonder Woman (67)
0.7 - Supergirl
0.7 - Justice League Dark
0.6 - Teen Titans
0.6 - Nightwing
0.5 - Aquaman
0.5 - Justice League Odyssey
0.5 - Batgirl
0.5 - Titans
0.5 - Dial H for Hero
0.5 - Green Arrow
0.5 - Deathstroke
0.4 - Wonder Twins
0.4 - Martian Manhunter
0.4 - Adventures of the Super Sons
0.4 - Red Hood Outlaw
0.4 - Hawkman
0.4 - Batman Beyond
0.3 - The Terrifics
0.3 - Naomi
0.3 - Female Furies
0.3 - Freedom Fighters
0.2 - Suicide Squad Black Files
0.2 - Damage
0.2 - The Silencer
0.2 - The Curse of Brimstone
0.1 - Electric Warriors
Vertigo & Jinxworld: Average: 9,739. Median: 10,079. No.: 10. Total: 97,390.
1.5 - The Dreaming
1.4 - The Books of Magic
1.3 - Lucifer
1.1 - House of Whispers
1.1 - Cover
1.0 - Pearl
0.8 - High Level
0.7 - Hex Wives
0.6 - Goddess Mode
0.5 - American Carnage
WildStorm: Average: 11,257. Median: 11,257. No.: 1. Total: 11,257
1.0 - The Wild Storm
Digital First & Other: Average: 6,505. Median: 6,558. No.: 4. Total: 26,020.
1.5 - Scooby Apocalypse
1.2 - Teen Titans Go!
0.8 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.5 - Looney Tunes
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The Fine Print (Disclaimers, et cetera)
The numbers above are estimates for comic-book sales in the North American direct market, as calculated by ICv2.com and Comichron, according to the chart and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.
ICv2.com's and Comichron’s estimates are somewhat lower than the actual numbers, but they are consistent from month to month, so the trends they show are fairly accurate. Since it's a "month-to-month" column, the comments, unless otherwise noted, are on the most recent month.
Bear in mind that the figures measure sales of physical comics to retailers, not customers. Also, these numbers do not include many sales to bookstores, newsstands, libraries, other mass-market retail chains, or the United Kingdom. Re-orders are included, so long as they either reached stores in a book's initial calendar month of release or were strong enough to make the chart again in a subsequent month; or they show up in the year-end Top 1000. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily even intended to be sold to a customer.
If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a book's initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. "[36,599]"). Likewise, any lower numbers due to returns or other factors returns will also be reflected in the brackets. Should more than one issue have shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term comparisons, the average between them will be used. Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it's a different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.
Titles released under the All-Ages line and magazines, such as Mad, mostly sell through channels other than the direct market, so direct-market sales don't tell us much about their performance. Likewise, Digital First comics are published online before print, and may do a significant amount of their sales in that arena. For most Vertigo titles, collection sales tend to be a significant factor, so the numbers for those books should be taken with a grain of salt as well.
Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.
Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales figures say.
** Two asterisks after a given month in the average charts mean that one or more periodical release did not make the Top 300 chart in that month. In those cases, it's assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer; The National Association for Gifted Chidren; or my former neighbor's dog Miles.
The author of this column does weekly snapshots of Amazon comic sales charts at http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/ and tweets about comics and related subjects on Twitter at @davereadscomics (PM me there is you need to contact me). As always, we welcome your comments and corrections below. Please try to keep things civilized.
