Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
June 2017 is the one-year anniversary of DC Rebirth proper, so the
one-year comparisons on a lot of titles and DC sales overall are going
to look pretty bad. But in most cases, comparing to where things were
right before Rebirth, things are better. Average sales for the Rebirthed
DCU one year in are down slightly from where they were for the New 52
one year in (37.8K compared to 39.4K).
But of course individual comic issue sales are just one part of the
story of the total sales picture. There are also digital sales,
collection sales, and foreign sales. While we'll never get digital sales
numbers, and foreign sales numbers are very hard to come by, we can get
a good peek at collection sales.
A lot of collection sales happen in the bookstore market, and the
Bookscan numbers won't be out until early 2018, but Diamond does release
collection sales monthly as part of their Top 300 Graphic Novels chart.
Here on
Yet Another Comics Blog I've been tracking the
cumulative sales for the Rebirth collections; you'll find the latest
figures here:
DC Rebirth Collection Sales - June 2017.
The cumulative part is important, because as you'll see if you click
over to the chart is that several of the collections have seen as many
or more sales in the months following their first month as they did
during their first month of sales. The first volumes of
Flash,
Superman,
Nightwing,
Wonder Woman, and (almost)
Batman fall into this category.
And after a couple more months I expect we'll see several other
collections fall into that category as well.
The Top Ten selling Rebirth collections (through Diamond-NA), cumulative through June, are:
- Batman vol. 1 (17.8K)
- Flash vol. 1 (14.5K)
- Wonder Woman vol. 1 (11.5K) *
- Superman vol. 1 (11.1K)
- Detective Comics vol. 1 (9.9K) *
- Batman vol. 2 (9.1K) ***
- Justice League vol. 1 (9.0K)
- Nightwing vol. 1 (8.7K)
- Green Arrow vol. 1 (8.2K)
- Harley Quinn vol. 1 (7.9K) **
For most of those this represents six months worth of sales (The
first Rebirth collections came out in January), with the number of
asterisks after a title indicating the number of fewer months of sales a
collection had if it debuted in a later month.
No surprises here;
Batman leads the way in collections like it does
in issues.
Wonder Woman is doing particularly strong, with the first
collection seeing a large increase in sales in May & June, no doubt
due to the popularity of the movie.
Keep in mind that the Diamond numbers are only part of the picture;
we'll get a better picture of collection sales when the Bookscan numbers
eventually arrive, and we'll never see most of the sales through
libraries or book fairs. So this is just a taste of additional sales
through the collected editions.
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 in June
over at Comichron!
Please consider the fine print at the end of the column.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders
including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders as was the
practice of this column under the previous administration.)
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2 - DARK DAYS: THE FORGE ($4.99)
06/2017: The Forge #1 -- 130,651
DC kicks-off the first line-wide crossover of the Rebirth era with
the first of two
Dark Days one-shots. The event is being helmed by the
former New 52
Batman team of Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo and is
Batman-centric, and thus hopes are high. Sales on this kick-off are...
good? It's over-sized and over-priced, has a cardstock cover with shiny
foil (yes, if there was any doubt about the 90s being back, those are
hereby erased!) and has multiple variant covers. How on Earth were
retailers supposed to know how to order this thing? A second printing
was due out in July, so it appears that most retailers ordered a bit on
the conservative side; but can you blame them?
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4, 6 - BATMAN ($2.99/$3.99)
06/2007: Batman #666 -- 83,781
06/2012: Batman #10 -- 130,265
06/2013: Batman #21 -- 142,088 [156,845]
06/2014: Batman #32 -- 130,077 [132,695]
06/2015: Batman #41 -- 142,155 [145,305]
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06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 219,788 (+124.3%) [229,267]
06/2016: Batman #1 -- 308,396 (+ 44.9%) [332,281]
07/2016: Batman #2 -- 194,816 (- 41.4%)
07/2016: Batman #3 -- 185,833 (- 4.6%)
08/2016: Batman #4 -- 168,284 (- 9.4%)
08/2016: Batman #5 -- 156,356 (- 7.1%)
09/2016: Batman #6 -- 138,853 (- 11.2%)
09/2016: Batman #7 -- 135,585 (- 2.4%)
10/2016: Batman #8 -- 129,837 (- 4.2%)
10/2016: Batman #9 -- 126,090 (- 2.9%)
11/2016: Batman #10 -- 120,901 (- 4.1%)
11/2016: Batman #11 -- 116,690 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Batman #12 -- 111,391 (- 4.5%)
12/2016: Batman #13 -- 108,407 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Batman #14 -- 106,816 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Batman #15 -- 102,802 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Batman #16 -- 102,096 (- 0.7%)
02/2017: Batman #17 -- 99,637 (- 2.4%)
03/2017: Batman #18 -- 98,100 (- 1.5%)
03/2017: Batman #19 -- 97,501 (- 0.6%)
04/2017: Batman #20 -- 97,544 (+ 0.0%)
04/2017: Batman #21 -- 219,472 (+134.1%) [228,310]
05/2017: Batman #22 -- 186,914 (- 18.1%)
05/2017: Batman #23 -- 96,542 (- 48.3%)
06/2017: Batman #24 -- 116,037 (+ 20.2%)
06/2017: Batman #25 -- 102,798 (- 11.4%)
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6 months: - 0.4%
1 year : - 61.0%
2 years : - 24.7%
5 years : - 16.0%
10 years: + 30.6%
Nothing like a marriage proposal to boost sales! There have been
multiple printings of #24, and as the 2nd printing also came out in June
I assume those numbers were already rolled in to its sales on the
Diamond chart. Issue #25 was over-sized and -priced and kicked off "The
War of Jokes and Riddles" flashback story, and also stays above the 100K
line.
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5 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE ($5.99)
06/2016: Dark Knight III #5 of 8 -- 139,919 (- 2.2%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: --
10/2016: Dark Knight III #6 of 8 -- 133,642 (- 4.5%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: Dark Knight III #7 of 9 -- 119,114 (- 10.9%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: --
03/2017: Dark Knight III #8 of 9 -- 107,892 (- 9.4%)
04/2017: --
05/2017: --
06/2017: Dark Knight III #9 of 9 -- 103,319 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: - 9.4%
1 year : - 22.9%
The final issue, finally. While it hasn't been the runaway sales
success that DC was perhaps hoping for, it still sold well, especially
for a $6 comic (and likely would have sold better if not for the
delays). It will also continue to sell well into the future in its
collected editions, which is where many (most?) people will eventually
end up reading it. (Including myself—I learned my lessons from the long
delays in the first two
Dark Knight series!)
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14 - ALL STAR BATMAN ($4.99)
06/2007: --
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08/2016: All Star Batman #1 -- 318,283 (+238.5%)
09/2016: All Star Batman #2 -- 151,523 (- 52.4%)
10/2016: All Star Batman #3 -- 117,596 (- 22.4%)
11/2016: All Star Batman #4 -- 99,064 (- 15.8%)
12/2016: All Star Batman #5 -- 87,422 (- 11.8%)
01/2017: All Star Batman #6 -- 84,296 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: All Star Batman #7 -- 77,096 (- 8.5%)
03/2017: All Star Batman #8 -- 71,809 (- 6.9%)
04/2017: All Star Batman #9 -- 67,632 (- 5.8%)
05/2017: All Star Batman #10 -- 66,018 (- 2.4%)
06/2017: All Star Batman #11 -- 62,689 (- 5.0%)
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6 months: - 28.3%
10 years: n.a.
Ending with issue #14, to be replaced by... something? It will
involve Snyder & Batman, and maybe be in a different format? I'm
unclear on the whole thing.
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18, 19 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99)
06/2007: Detective Comics #833 -- 54,104
06/2012: Detective Comics #10 -- 83,317
06/2013: Detective Comics #21 -- 65,200
06/2014: Detective Comics #32 -- 72,988 [73,597]
06/2015: Detective Comics #41 -- 57,648 [58,361]
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06/2016: Detective Comics #934 -- 106,239 (+176.0%) [121,314]
06/2016: Detective Comics #935 -- 103,417 (- 6.9%) [112,965]
07/2016: Detective Comics #936 -- 110,689 (- 2.0%)
07/2016: Detective Comics #937 -- 101,389 (- 8.4%)
08/2016: Detective Comics #938 -- 97,829 (- 3.5%)
08/2016: Detective Comics #939 -- 89,612 (- 8.4%)
09/2016: Detective Comics #940 -- 80,897 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Detective Comics #941 -- 82,953 (+ 2.5%)
10/2016: Detective Comics #942 -- 81,432 (- 1.8%)
10/2016: Detective Comics #943 -- 74,340 (- 8.7%)
11/2016: Detective Comics #944 -- 71,923 (- 3.3%)
11/2016: Detective Comics #945 -- 69,942 (- 2.8%)
12/2016: Detective Comics #946 -- 66,374 (- 5.1%)
12/2016: Detective Comics #947 -- 65,090 (- 1.9%)
01/2017: Detective Comics #948 -- 64,090 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Detective Comics #949 -- 61,543 (- 4.0%)
02/2017: Detective Comics #950 -- 62,628 (+ 1.8%)
02/2017: Detective Comics #951 -- 59,630 (- 4.8%)
03/2017: Detective Comics #952 -- 59,722 (+ 0.2%)
03/2017: Detective Comics #953 -- 59,160 (- 0.9%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #954 -- 58,187 (- 1.6%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #955 -- 57,666 (- 0.9%)
05/2017: Detective Comics #956 -- 57,178 (- 0.8%)
05/2017: Detective Comics #957 -- 56,344 (- 1.5%)
06/2017: Detective Comics #958 -- 56,226 (- 0.2%)
06/2017: Detective Comics #959 -- 55,449 (- 1.4%)
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6 months: - 15.1%
1 year : - 52.3%
2 years : - 4.3%
5 years : - 33.0%
10 years: + 3.2%
DC's top seven sellers this month are all Batman comics (or very
Batman-adjacent, like
Dark Days). That could be seen as a problem, with
DC unable to get any long-term sales traction with any of their other
characters.
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22, 21 - FLASH ($2.99/$3.99)
05/2007: Flash FMA #13 -- 76,860 [82,767]
06/2012: Flash #10 -- 55,681
06/2013: Flash #21 -- 38,848
06/2014: Flash #32 -- 47,188 [48,604]
06/2015: Flash #41 -- 41,256 [42,891]
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06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 98,580 (+275.0%) [123,115]
06/2016: Flash #1 -- 110,431 (+ 2.7%) [126,429]
07/2016: Flash #2 -- 113,639 (- 10.1%)
07/2016: Flash #3 -- 107,067 (- 5.8%)
08/2016: Flash #4 -- 102,208 (- 4.5%)
08/2016: Flash #5 -- 91,830 (- 10.2%)
09/2016: Flash #6 -- 82,930 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Flash #7 -- 78,057 (- 5.9%)
10/2016: Flash #8 -- 76,749 (- 1.7%)
10/2016: Flash #9 -- 74,311 (- 3.2%)
11/2016: Flash #10 -- 70,681 (- 4.9%)
11/2016: Flash #11 -- 68,304 (- 3.4%)
12/2016: Flash #12 -- 64,476 (- 5.6%)
12/2016: Flash #13 -- 62,800 (- 2.6%)
01/2017: Flash #14 -- 60,732 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Flash #15 -- 58,402 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Flash #16 -- 57,039 (- 2.3%)
02/2017: Flash #17 -- 55,234 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Flash #18 -- 54,959 (- 0.5%)
03/2017: Flash #19 -- 53,918 (- 1.9%)
04/2017: Flash #20 -- 53,828 (- 0.2%)
04/2017: Flash #21 -- 174,803 (+251.3%) [189,108]
05/2017: Flash #22 -- 163,767 (- 13.4%)
05/2017: Flash #23 -- 54,640 (- 66.6%)
06/2017: Flash #24 -- 54,275 (- 0.7%)
06/2017: Flash #25 -- 54,632 (+ 0.7%)
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6 months: - 14.4%
1 year : - 56.4%
2 years : + 27.0%
5 years : - 2.2%
10 years: - 34.2%
Flash is the best-selling non-Batman comic of June. He also happens
to have a hit television show (well, a hit by The CW standards...) and
recently completed a crossover with... um,
Batman.
Like many of the Rebirth launch books,
Flash this month has an
over-sized and -priced issue #25 which slightly outsells its
twenty-fourth issue.
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23, 24 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99)
06/2012: Justice League #10 -- 130,502
06/2013: Justice League #21 -- 94,054
06/2014: Justice League #31 -- 75,803 [76,749]
06/2015: Justice League #41 -- 97,584 [96,464]
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06/2016: Justice League #51 -- 70,059 (- 30.0%)
06/2016: Justice League #52 -- 72,413 (+ 3.4%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,402 (+178.4%) [201,613]
07/2016: Justice League #1 -- 230,106 (+ 14.1%)
08/2016: Justice League #2 -- 140,142 (- 39.1%)
08/2016: Justice League #3 -- 121,812 (- 13.1%)
09/2016: Justice League #4 -- 104,003 (- 14.6%)
09/2016: Justice League #5 -- 98,276 (- 5.5%)
10/2016: Justice League #6 -- 89,073 (- 9.4%)
10/2016: Justice League #7 -- 85,789 (- 3.7%)
11/2016: Justice League #8 -- 80,696 (- 5.9%)
11/2016: Justice League #9 -- 77,905 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Justice League #10 -- 73,652 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Justice League #11 -- 71,527 (- 2.9%)
01/2017: Justice League #12 -- 72,598 (+ 1.5%)
01/2017: Justice League #13 -- 70,437 (- 3.0%)
02/2017: Justice League #14 -- 65,458 (- 7.1%)
02/2017: Justice League #15 -- 64,230 (- 1.9%)
03/2017: Justice League #16 -- 62,515 (- 2.7%)
03/2017: Justice League #17 -- 61,165 (- 2.2%)
04/2017: Justice League #18 -- 58,737 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Justice League #19 -- 57,647 (- 1.9%)
05/2017: Justice League #20 -- 56,119 (- 2.7%)
05/2017: Justice League #21 -- 55,351 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Justice League #22 -- 54,047 (- 2.4%)
06/2017: Justice League #23 -- 53,283 (- 1.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 26.1%
1 year : - 24.7%
2 years : - 44.4%
5 years : - 42.9%
A couple of fill-in issues (though I don't recall if they were solicited as such).
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28, 27 - SUPERMAN ($2.99, $3.99)
06/2007: Superman #663 -- 53,384
06/2012: Superman #10 -- 59,081
06/2013: Superman #21 -- 44,285
06/2014: Superman #32 -- 89,140 [103,508]
06/2015: Superman #41 -- 53,393 [55,368]
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06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 130,277 (+115.7%) [138,031]
06/2016: Superman #1 -- 115,918 (- 4.3%) [132,050]
07/2016: Superman #2 -- 112,148 (- 15.1%)
07/2016: Superman #3 -- 107,367 (- 4.3%)
08/2016: Superman #4 -- 96,969 (- 9.7%)
08/2016: Superman #5 -- 89,473 (- 7.7%)
09/2016: Superman #6 -- 76,124 (- 14.9%)
09/2016: Superman #7 -- 72,867 (- 4.3%)
10/2016: Superman #8 -- 69,905 (- 4.1%)
10/2016: Superman #9 -- 67,321 (- 3.7%)
11/2016: Superman #10 -- 66,956 (- 0.5%)
11/2016: Superman #11 -- 63,686 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Superman #12 -- 60,992 (- 4.2%)
12/2016: Superman #13 -- 59,393 (- 2.6%)
01/2017: Superman #14 -- 60,409 (+ 1.7%)
01/2017: Superman #15 -- 57,412 (- 5.0%)
02/2017: Superman #16 -- 56,105 (- 2.3%)
02/2017: Superman #17 -- 54,561 (- 2.8%)
03/2017: Superman #18 -- 57,879 (+ 6.1%)
03/2017: Superman #19 -- 56,439 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Superman #20 -- 53,373 (- 5.4%)
04/2017: Superman #21 -- 51,373 (- 3.7%)
05/2017: Superman #22 -- 51,938 (+ 1.1%)
05/2017: Superman #23 -- 51,264 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Superman #24 -- 50,762 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Superman #25 -- 50,873 (+ 0.2%)
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6 months: - 15.6%
1 year : - 62.4%
2 years : - 8.2%
5 years : - 14.0%
10 years: - 4.8%
With an over-sized & -priced twenty-fifth issue, giving a tiny
bump. There have been many times in the past fifteen years where
Superman has sold in the 30K & 40K range, so these are decent enough
numbers (especially considering the continuity whiplash that Superman
has been on in the Rebirth era).
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38, 37 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99, $3.99)
06/2007: Wonder Woman #10 -- 54,472
06/2012: Wonder Woman #10 -- 47,229
06/2013: Wonder Woman #21 -- 35,999
06/2014: Wonder Woman #32 -- 48,235 [49,616]
06/2015: Wonder Woman #41 -- 45,284 [45,740]
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06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 103,904 (+316.6%) [123,624]
06/2016: Wonder Woman #1 -- 118,511 (+ 5.5%) [130,381]
07/2016: Wonder Woman #2 -- 114,135 (- 12.5%)
07/2016: Wonder Woman #3 -- 103,912 (- 9.0%)
08/2016: Wonder Woman #4 -- 93,862 (- 9.7%)
08/2016: Wonder Woman #5 -- 85,646 (- 8.8%)
09/2016: Wonder Woman #6 -- 74,856 (- 12.6%)
09/2016: Wonder Woman #7 -- 70,118 (- 6.3%)
10/2016: Wonder Woman #8 -- 66,405 (- 5.3%)
10/2016: Wonder Woman #9 -- 64,555 (- 2.8%)
11/2016: Wonder Woman #10 -- 60,185 (- 5.8%)
11/2016: Wonder Woman #11 -- 58,692 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Wonder Woman #12 -- 55,639 (- 5.2%)
12/2016: Wonder Woman #13 -- 54,589 (- 1.9%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #14 -- 52,784 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #15 -- 50,978 (- 3.4%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #16 -- 49,921 (- 2.1%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #17 -- 48,662 (- 2.5%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #18 -- 47,484 (- 2.4%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #19 -- 46,745 (- 1.6%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #20 -- 45,266 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #21 -- 44,597 (- 1.5%)
05/2017: Wonder Woman #22 -- 44,114 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Wonder Woman #23 -- 43,704 (- 0.9%)
06/2017: Wonder Woman #24 -- 43,371 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Wonder Woman #25 -- 44,106 (+ 1.7%)
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6 months: - 20.6%
1 year : - 65.6%
2 years : - 4.4%
5 years : - 7.4%
10 years: - 19.7%
The blockbuster movie still hasn't had any noticeable affect on
single issue sales, though there was a spike in interest in the first
two Rebirth trades through Amazon and the bookstore market.
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42, 43 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99)
06/2007: --
06/2012: Action Comics #10 -- 80,751
06/2013: Action Comics #21 -- 46,475
06/2014: Action Comics #32 -- 55,400 [55,415]
06/2015: Action Comics #41 -- 44,083 [44,456]
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06/2016: Action Comics #957 -- 82,884 (+136.1%) [95,893]
06/2016: Action Comics #958 -- 83,227 (- 4.6%) [91,462]
07/2016: Action Comics #959 -- 91,671 (+ 0.2%)
07/2016: Action Comics #960 -- 83,281 (- 9.2%)
08/2016: Action Comics #961 -- 79,003 (- 5.1%)
08/2016: Action Comics #962 -- 70,761 (- 10.4%)
09/2016: Action Comics #963 -- 60,824 (- 14.0%)
09/2016: Action Comics #964 -- 58,439 (- 3.9%)
10/2016: Action Comics #965 -- 55,678 (- 4.7%)
10/2016: Action Comics #966 -- 53,467 (- 4.0%)
11/2016: Action Comics #967 -- 50,611 (- 5.3%)
11/2016: Action Comics #968 -- 48,931 (- 3.3%)
12/2016: Action Comics #969 -- 46,573 (- 4.8%)
12/2016: Action Comics #970 -- 45,856 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Action Comics #971 -- 44,894 (- 2.1%)
01/2017: Action Comics #972 -- 43,110 (- 4.0%)
02/2017: Action Comics #973 -- 43,047 (- 0.1%)
02/2017: Action Comics #974 -- 41,712 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Action Comics #975 -- 47,382 (+ 13.6%)
03/2017: Action Comics #976 -- 46,846 (- 1.1%)
04/2017: Action Comics #977 -- 43,865 (- 6.4%)
04/2017: Action Comics #978 -- 43,555 (- 0.7%)
05/2017: Action Comics #979 -- 43,336 (- 0.5%)
05/2017: Action Comics #980 -- 42,811 (- 1.2%)
06/2017: Action Comics #981 -- 42,520 (- 0.7%)
06/2017: Action Comics #982 -- 41,799 (- 1.7%)
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6 months: - 8.8%
1 year : - 55.0%
2 years : - 5.2%
5 years : - 47.8%
10 years: n.a.
Five straight issues of lenticular covers are on their way, starting
in September, to save
Action from the onslaught of standard attrition.
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45, 47 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
06/2014: Harley Quinn #7 -- 93,266 [100,119]
06/2015: Harley Quinn #17 -- 68,243 [69,406]
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06/2016: Harley Quinn #29 -- 55,774 (+ 27.2%)
07/2016: Harley Quinn #30 -- 45,443 (- 18.5%)
08/2016: Harley Quinn #1 -- 395,953 (+784.9%) [402,106]
08/2016: Harley Quinn #2 -- 128,316 (- 68.1%)
09/2016: Harley Quinn #3 -- 89,799 (- 30.0%)
09/2016: Harley Quinn #4 -- 81,046 (- 9.7%)
10/2016: Harley Quinn #5 -- 69,237 (- 14.6%)
10/2016: Harley Quinn #6 -- 64,710 (- 6.5%)
11/2016: Harley Quinn #7 -- 56,878 (- 12.1%)
11/2016: Harley Quinn #8 -- 54,111 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Harley Quinn #9 -- 49,871 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Harley Quinn #10 -- 48,380 (- 4.9%)
01/2017: Harley Quinn #11 -- 47,308 (- 2.2%)
01/2017: Harley Quinn #12 -- 45,599 (- 3.6%)
02/2017: Harley Quinn #13 -- 45,400 (- 0.4%)
02/2017: Harley Quinn #14 -- 43,798 (- 3.5%)
03/2017: Harley Quinn #15 -- 43,264 (- 1.2%)
03/2017: Harley Quinn #16 -- 42,797 (- 1.1%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #17 -- 43,263 (+ 1.2%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #18 -- 41,645 (- 3.7%)
05/2017: Harley Quinn #19 -- 41,552 (- 0.2%)
05/2017: Harley Quinn #20 -- 40,596 (- 2.3%)
06/2017: Harley Quinn #21 -- 40,272 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Harley Quinn #22 -- 39,389 (- 2.2%)
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6 months: - 26.0%
1 year : - 6.3%
2 years : n.a.
Dips below 40K for the first time. DC have much larger problems to
deal with further on down the chart, but this should be starting to get a
wee bit disconcerting for them...
---
46 - TITANS ($3.99)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 79,295 (+477.8%) [100,610]
07/2016: Titans #1 -- 112,676 (+ 12.0%)
08/2016: Titans #2 -- 80,079 (- 28.9%)
09/2016: Titans #3 -- 70,673 (- 11.7%)
10/2016: Titans #4 -- 58,342 (- 17.4%)
11/2016: Titans #5 -- 52,511 (- 10.0%)
12/2016: Titans #6 -- 48,612 (- 7.4%)
01/2017: Titans #7 -- 46,998 (- 3.3%)
02/2017: Titans #8 -- 44,028 (- 6.3%)
03/2017: Titans #9 -- 42,557 (- 3.3%)
04/2017: Titans #10 -- 40,893 (- 3.9%)
05/2017: Titans #11 -- 45,889 (+ 12.2%)
06/2017: Titans #12 -- 40,204 (- 12.4%)
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6 months: - 17.3%
1 year : - 60.0%
Post-crossover dip.
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49, 52 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99)
06/2007: JL of America #10 -- 129,265
06/2013: JL of America #5 -- 71,793
06/2015: JL of America #1 -- 150,845 [148,624]
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06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: JL of America #9 -- 44,700 (- 1.8%)
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: JL of America #10 -- 39,766 (- 11.0%)
12/2016: --
01/2017: Atom Rebirth #1 -- 29,639 (- 25.5%)
01/2017: Vixen Rebirth #1 -- 29,435 (- 0.7%)
01/2017: The Ray Rebirth #1 -- 27,749 (- 5.7%)
01/2017: K Frost Rebirth #1 -- 29,932 (+ 7.9%)
02/2017: JLA Rebirth #1 -- 80,737 (+ 59.0%)
02/2017: JL of America #1 -- 102,843 (+ 27.4%)
03/2017: JL of America #2 -- 58,684 (- 42.9%)
03/2017: JL of America #3 -- 53,354 (- 9.1%)
04/2017: JL of America #4 -- 47,696 (- 10.6%)
04/2017: JL of America #5 -- 45,697 (- 4.2%)
05/2017: JL of America #6 -- 42,182 (- 7.7%)
05/2017: JL of America #7 -- 40,970 (- 2.9%)
06/2017: JL of America #8 -- 38,567 (- 5.3%)
06/2017: JL of America #9 -- 37,567 (- 3.2%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 74.3%
10 years: - 70.5%
Batman! Black Canary! Vixen! The Ray! The Atom! Killer Frost!?
Lobo???!??!!! Gee, with an intergalactic homicidal alien bounty hunter
on the team it's hard to understand why readers are rejecting this as a
Justice League comic...
---
51, 53 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
06/2012: Suicide Squad #10 -- 29,809
06/2013: Suicide Squad #21 -- 22,907
06/2014: --
06/2015: New Suicide Squad #9 -- 42,225 [43,224]
-----------------------------------------
06/2016: New Suicide Squad #21 -- 23,887 (+ 2.0%)
07/2016: New Suicide Squad #22 -- 25,162 (+ 5.3%)
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,587 (+677.3%)
08/2016: Suicide Squad #1 -- 239,439 (+ 22.4%)
09/2016: Suicide Squad #2 -- 98,533 (- 58.8%)
09/2016: Suicide Squad #3 -- 90,885 (- 7.8%)
10/2016: Suicide Squad #4 -- 76,324 (- 16.0%)
10/2016: Suicide Squad #5 -- 69,819 (- 8.5%)
11/2016: Suicide Squad #6 -- 61,973 (- 11.2%)
11/2016: Suicide Squad #7 -- 59,452 (- 4.1%)
12/2016: Suicide Squad #8 -- 59,967 (+ 0.9%)
01/2017: Suicide Squad #9 -- 54,010 (- 9.9%)
01/2017: Suicide Squad #10 -- 53,649 (- 0.7%)
02/2017: Suicide Squad #11 -- 48,723 (- 9.2%)
02/2017: Suicide Squad #12 -- 46,860 (- 3.8%)
03/2017: Suicide Squad #13 -- 45,064 (- 3.8%)
03/2017: Suicide Squad #14 -- 43,388 (- 3.7%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #15 -- 40,940 (- 5.6%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #16 -- 41,929 (+ 2.4%)
05/2017: Suicide Squad #17 -- 38,719 (- 7.7%)
05/2017: Suicide Squad #18 -- 38,401 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Suicide Squad #19 -- 37,642 (- 2.0%)
06/2017: Suicide Squad #20 -- 37,532 (- 0.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 37.3%
1 year : + 57.4%
2 years : - 13.0%
5 years : + 26.1%
Looks like it's going to take more than just a new artist to arrest the inevitability of standard attrition.
---
54 - SUPER SONS ($3.99)
02/2017: Super Sons #1 -- 99,380
03/2017: Super Sons #2 -- 51,723 (- 48.0%)
04/2017: Super Sons #3 -- 44,561 (- 13.8%)
05/2017: Super Sons #4 -- 39,412 (- 11.6%)
06/2017: Super Sons #5 -- 37,022 (- 6.1%)
Following a predictable pattern.
---
55, 57 - NIGHTWING ($2.99)
06/2007: Nightwing #133 -- 30,623
06/2012: Nightwing #10 -- 50,585
06/2013: Nightwing #21 -- 43,353
06/2014: --
06/2015: Grayson #9 -- 39,610 [40,478]
----------------------------------
06/2016: --
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 140,631 (+491.8%)
07/2016: Nightwing #1 -- 126,266 (- 10.2%)
08/2016: Nightwing #2 -- 102,444 (- 18.9%)
08/2016: Nightwing #3 -- 89,711 (- 12.4%)
09/2016: Nightwing #4 -- 70,652 (- 21.2%)
09/2016: Nightwing #5 -- 76,932 (+ 8.9%)
10/2016: Nightwing #6 -- 69,246 (- 10.0%)
10/2016: Nightwing #7 -- 58,402 (- 15.7%)
11/2016: Nightwing #8 -- 56,091 (- 4.0%)
11/2016: Nightwing #9 -- 52,984 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Nightwing #10 -- 49,436 (- 6.7%)
12/2016: Nightwing #11 -- 47,781 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Nightwing #12 -- 46,057 (- 3.6%)
01/2017: Nightwing #13 -- 44,462 (- 3.5%)
02/2017: Nightwing #14 -- 42,656 (- 4.1%)
02/2017: Nightwing #15 -- 41,423 (- 2.9%)
03/2017: Nightwing #16 -- 40,289 (- 2.7%)
03/2017: Nightwing #17 -- 39,467 (- 2.0%)
04/2017: Nightwing #18 -- 38,858 (- 1.5%)
04/2017: Nightwing #19 -- 38,230 (- 1.6%)
05/2017: Nightwing #20 -- 37,646 (- 1.5%)
05/2017: Nightwing #21 -- 37,309 (- 0.9%)
06/2017: Nightwing #22 -- 36,343 (- 2.6%)
06/2017: Nightwing #23 -- 36,055 (- 0.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.5%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 10.6%
5 years : - 28.4%
10 years: + 18.2%
There are a couple of issues coming up that will crossover with
"Metal," but after that it's time to consider moving
Nightwing to
monthly.
---
56 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
06/2007: Teen Titans #48 -- 60,786
06/2012: Teen Titans #10 -- 47,491
06/2013: Teen Titans #21 -- 34,710
06/2014: --
06/2015: Teen Titans #9 -- 33,412 [33,804]
----------------------------------
06/2016: Teen Titans #21 -- 18,766 (+ 0.9%)
07/2016: Teen Titans #22 -- 19,005 (+ 1.3%)
08/2016: Teen Titans #23 -- 19,118 (+ 0.6%)
09/2016: Teen Titans #24 -- 19,540 (+ 2.2%)
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 93,411 (+378.0%)
10/2016: Teen Titans #1 -- 71,459 (- 23.5%)
11/2016: Teen Titans #2 -- 52,877 (- 26.0%)
12/2016: Teen Titans #3 -- 44,116 (- 16.6%)
01/2017: Teen Titans #4 -- 41,304 (- 6.4%)
02/2017: Teen Titans #5 -- 39,028 (- 5.5%)
03/2017: Teen Titans #6 -- 37,572 (- 3.7%)
04/2017: Teen Titans #7 -- 36,056 (- 4.0%)
05/2017: Teen Titans #8 -- 43,385 (+ 20.3%)
06/2017: Teen Titans #9 -- 36,058 (- 16.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 18.3%
1 year : + 92.1%
2 years : + 6.7%
5 years : - 24.1%
10 years: - 40.7%
Post crossover blues.
---
66, 69 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
06/2007: Green Lantern Corps #13 -- 32,792
06/2012: Green Lantern Corps #10 -- 44,615
06/2013: Green Lantern Corps #21 -- 45,423
06/2014: Green Lantern Corps #32 -- 40,734 [41,365]
06/2015: --
--------------------------------------------
06/2016: Edge of Oblivion #6 of 6 -- 18,459 (- 1.3%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 125,362 (+579.1%)
07/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #1 -- 119,579 (- 4.6%)
08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #2 -- 85,769 (- 28.3%)
08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #3 -- 71,211 (- 17.0%)
09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #4 -- 60,297 (- 15.3%)
09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #5 -- 56,029 (- 7.1%)
10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #6 -- 49,988 (- 10.8%)
10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #7 -- 48,064 (- 3.8%)
11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #8 -- 45,194 (- 6.0%)
11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #9 -- 43,486 (- 3.8%)
12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #10 -- 41,234 (- 5.2%)
12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #11 -- 40,111 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #12 -- 39,148 (- 2.4%)
01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #13 -- 38,053 (- 2.8%)
02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #14 -- 37,504 (- 1.4%)
02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #15 -- 36,331 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #16 -- 35,996 (- 0.9%)
03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #17 -- 35,205 (- 2.2%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #18 -- 34,507 (- 2.0%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #19 -- 34,140 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #20 -- 33,721 (- 1.2%)
05/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #21 -- 33,259 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #22 -- 33,116 (- 0.4%)
06/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #23 -- 32,517 (- 1.8%)
----------------
6 months: - 19.3%
1 year : + 77.3%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 26.4%
10 years: + 0.1%
In the absence of Geoff Johns (which has been for quite a while
now...) the market just cannot sustain four issues of Green
Lantern-related titles each month. It was true before Rebirth, and it's
true now. They need to either make the two GL titles monthly, or just
have one twice-monthly GL title.
---
68 - TRINITY ($3.99)
09/2016: Trinity #1 -- 103,177 (+217.3%)
10/2016: Trinity #2 -- 71,617 (- 30.6%)
11/2016: Trinity #3 -- 58,253 (- 18.7%)
12/2016: Trinity #4 -- 50,270 (- 13.7%)
01/2017: Trinity #5 -- 46,204 (- 8.1%)
02/2017: Trinity #6 -- 42,001 (- 9.1%)
03/2017: Trinity #7 -- 39,380 (- 6.2%)
04/2017: Trinity #8 -- 36,803 (- 6.5%)
05/2017: Trinity #9 -- 34,317 (- 6.8%)
06/2017: Trinity #10 -- 32,654 (- 4.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 35.0%
In a couple of months this is going to drop below 30K, which is not good for a comic that stars DC's three biggest characters.
---
70, 107, 116, 121, 127, 131 - LOONEY TUNES CROSSOVER SPECIALS ($4.99)
06/2017: Batman/Elmer Fudd #1 -- 31,971
06/2017: W Woman/Taz Devil #1 -- 24,392
06/2017: Lobo/Road Runner #1 -- 22,593
06/2017: M Manh/Marvin Mart #1 -- 22,211
06/2017: Legion/Bugs Bunny #1 -- 21,479
06/2017: J Hex/Yosemite Sam #1 -- 20,044
Following up on their Hanna Barbera crossovers from March, DC this
month fill out their schedule with a slate of one-shots featuring
crossovers with various Looney Tunes characters. Given that the regular
bi-monthly Looney Tunes comic never even makes the Top 300 chart, these
are fine numbers for this sort of thing. Obviously the
Batman/Elmer Fudd
one-shot was going to sell the best—because Batman—but apparently it
was also quite well received and is going into a second printing. The
other one-shots fell into a fairly narrow range in the low- to mid-20Ks,
Which is pretty much where this sort of thing gets ordered when
retailers are kind of shooting in the dark.
---
71 - BATMAN/THE SHADOW ($3.99)
04/2017: Batman/Shadow #1 of 6 -- 55,920
05/2017: Batman/Shadow #2 of 6 -- 34,956 (- 37.5%)
06/2017: Batman/Shadow #3 of 6 -- 31,717 (- 9.3%)
A typical third issue drop.
---
72, 76 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99)
06/2007: --
06/2012: Green Lantern #10 -- 80,615
06/2013: Green Lantern #21 -- 71,870
06/2014: Green Lantern #32 -- 56,315 [56,510]
06/2015: Green Lantern #41 -- 45,704 [46,109]
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06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,454 (+232.2%)
06/2016: Green Lanterns #1 -- 93,401 (- 1.5%) [107,767]
07/2016: Green Lanterns #2 -- 90,268 (- 16.2%)
07/2016: Green Lanterns #3 -- 86,579 (- 4.1%)
08/2016: Green Lanterns #4 -- 78,254 (- 9.6%)
08/2016: Green Lanterns #5 -- 70,677 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Green Lanterns #6 -- 58,346 (- 17.4%)
09/2016: Green Lanterns #7 -- 55,367 (- 5.1%)
10/2016: Green Lanterns #8 -- 52,025 (- 6.0%)
10/2016: Green Lanterns #9 -- 49,434 (- 5.0%)
11/2016: Green Lanterns #10 -- 46,306 (- 6.3%)
11/2016: Green Lanterns #11 -- 44,703 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Green Lanterns #12 -- 42,241 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Green Lanterns #13 -- 41,090 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Green Lanterns #14 -- 39,854 (- 3.0%)
01/2017: Green Lanterns #15 -- 38,571 (- 3.2%)
02/2017: Green Lanterns #16 -- 37,845 (- 1.9%)
02/2017: Green Lanterns #17 -- 36,636 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Green Lanterns #18 -- 35,824 (- 2.2%)
03/2017: Green Lanterns #19 -- 35,368 (- 1.3%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #20 -- 34,224 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #21 -- 33,556 (- 2.0%)
05/2017: Green Lanterns #22 -- 32,686 (- 2.6%)
05/2017: Green Lanterns #23 -- 32,251 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Green Lanterns #24 -- 31,683 (- 1.8%)
07/2017: Green Lanterns #25 -- 31,413 (- 0.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.3%
1 year : - 71.0%
2 years : - 31.6%
5 years : - 60.9%
10 years: n.a.
For the past several months
HJ&GLC and
GLs have been next to each
other in this column, but this month the space between them is becoming
more apparent. Presumably hardcore GL fans are buying both titles, but
are there a large number who are just following one or the other?
---
93, 84 - AQUAMAN ($2.99, $3.99)
06/2007: Aquaman SoA #53 -- 15,913
06/2012: Aquaman #10 -- 59,288
06/2013: Aquaman #21 -- 46,832
06/2014: Aquaman #32 -- 44,853 [46,345]
06/2015: Aquaman #41 -- 33,629 [34,131]
----------------------------------
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 75,206 (+308.3%) [90,841]
06/2016: Aquaman #1 -- 84,745 (+ 2.8%) [93,339]
07/2016: Aquaman #2 -- 77,550 (- 16.9%)
07/2016: Aquaman #3 -- 75,196 (- 3.0%)
08/2016: Aquaman #4 -- 67,641 (- 10.0%)
08/2016: Aquaman #5 -- 60,422 (- 10.7%)
09/2016: Aquaman #6 -- 49,903 (- 17.4%)
09/2016: Aquaman #7 -- 47,005 (- 5.8%)
10/2016: Aquaman #8 -- 44,551 (- 5.2%)
10/2016: Aquaman #9 -- 42,695 (- 4.2%)
11/2016: Aquaman #10 -- 39,816 (- 6.7%)
11/2016: Aquaman #11 -- 38,109 (- 4.3%)
12/2016: Aquaman #12 -- 35,571 (- 6.7%)
12/2016: Aquaman #13 -- 34,619 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Aquaman #14 -- 33,377 (- 3.6%)
01/2017: Aquaman #15 -- 32,424 (- 2.9%)
02/2017: Aquaman #16 -- 31,408 (- 3.1%)
02/2017: Aquaman #17 -- 30,584 (- 2.6%)
03/2017: Aquaman #18 -- 30,044 (- 1.8%)
03/2017: Aquaman #19 -- 29,279 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Aquaman #20 -- 28,452 (- 2.8%)
04/2017: Aquaman #21 -- 27,837 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Aquaman #22 -- 27,215 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Aquaman #23 -- 26,841 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Aquaman #24 -- 26,455 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Aquaman #25 -- 27,793 (+ 5.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.7%
1 year : - 70.5%
2 years : - 20.5%
5 years : - 54.3%
10 years: + 70.5%
Issue #25 of
Aquaman saw a bit larger bump than the other #25 issues
this month, perhaps due to the debut of new artist Stjepan Sejic?
Aquaman goes monthly next month.
---
85, 87 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99, $3.99)
06/2007: Green Arrow #75 -- 35,022
06/2012: Green Arrow #10 -- 25,769
06/2013: Green Arrow #21 -- 26,924
06/2014: Green Arrow #32 -- 23,602
06/2015: Green Arrow #41 -- 29,545 [30,098]
----------------------------------
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 89,936 (+373.0%) [97,243]
06/2016: Green Arrow #1 -- 76,816 (- 4.4%) [92,931]
07/2016: Green Arrow #2 -- 80,134 (- 13.8%)
07/2016: Green Arrow #3 -- 80,150 (+ 0.0%)
08/2016: Green Arrow #4 -- 74,335 (- 7.3%)
08/2016: Green Arrow #5 -- 69,530 (- 6.5%)
09/2016: Green Arrow #6 -- 55,330 (- 20.4%)
09/2016: Green Arrow #7 -- 52,794 (- 4.6%)
10/2016: Green Arrow #8 -- 49,904 (- 7.4%)
10/2016: Green Arrow #9 -- 46,606 (- 4.7%)
11/2016: Green Arrow #10 -- 43,355 (- 7.0%)
11/2016: Green Arrow #11 -- 41,576 (- 4.1%)
12/2016: Green Arrow #12 -- 38,515 (- 7.4%)
12/2016: Green Arrow #13 -- 37,365 (- 3.0%)
01/2017: Green Arrow #14 -- 35,733 (- 4.4%)
01/2017: Green Arrow #15 -- 34,590 (- 3.2%)
02/2017: Green Arrow #16 -- 33,371 (- 3.5%)
02/2017: Green Arrow #17 -- 32,392 (- 2.9%)
03/2017: Green Arrow #18 -- 31,838 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: Green Arrow #19 -- 30,984 (- 2.7%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #20 -- 30,216 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #21 -- 29,993 (- 0.7%)
05/2017: Green Arrow #22 -- 28,931 (- 3.5%)
05/2017: Green Arrow #23 -- 28,291 (- 2.2%)
06/2017: Green Arrow #24 -- 27,737 (- 2.0%)
06/2017: Green Arrow #25 -- 27,388 (- 1.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 27.4%
1 year : - 71.0%
2 years : - 8.4%
5 years : + 7.0%
10 years: - 21.3%
Unlike other 25th issues,
Green Arrow's seems to have no effect on
sales. I'm a bit surprised that
GA continues to be a twice-monthly
comic.
---
90 - BATWOMAN ($3.99)
06/2012: Batwoman #10 -- 41,014
06/2013: Batwoman #21 -- 28,173
06/2014: Batwoman #32 -- 33.538 [34,314]
--------------------------------
02/2017: Rebirth #1 -- 57,915 (+318.9%)
03/2017: Batwoman #1 -- 60,334 (+ 4.2%)
04/2017: Batwoman #2 -- 36,563 (- 39.4%)
05/2017: Batwoman #3 -- 29,664 (- 18.9%)
06/2017: Batwoman #4 -- 26,782 (- 9.7%)
-----------------
5 years : - 34.7%
Back in 2012,
Batwoman's sales figure was a palindrome!
---
101 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($3.99)
06/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #10 -- 37,044
06/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #21 -- 32,416
06/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #32 -- 33,081
06/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #1 -- 44,078 [40,597]
-----------------------------------------
06/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #13 -- 16,389 (- 0.1%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 97,722 (+496.3%)
08/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #1 -- 92,234 (- 5.6%)
09/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #2 -- 54,937 (- 40.4%)
10/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #3 -- 41,971 (- 23.6%)
11/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #4 -- 36,740 (- 12.5%)
12/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #5 -- 32,860 (- 10.6%)
01/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #6 -- 31,321 (- 4.7%)
02/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 28,753 (- 8.2%)
03/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #8 -- 27,894 (- 3.0%)
04/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #9 -- 26,410 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #10 -- 25,977 (- 1.6%)
05/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #11 -- 25,185 (- 3.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 23.4%
1 year : + 53.7%
2 years : - 38.0%
5 years : - 32.0%
---
102 - BANE: CONQUEST ($3.99)
05/2017: Bane Conq #1 of 12 -- 41,709
06/2017: Bane Conq #2 of 12 -- 25,142 {- 39.7%)
That's a bit on the high side for a second issue drop.
---
104 - DEATHSTROKE ($3.99)
06/2012: Deathstroke #10 -- 19,722
06/2015: Deathstroke #7 -- 38,807 [39,993]
-----------------------------------
06/2016: Deathstroke #19 -- 21,094 (+ 0.0%)
07/2016: Deathstroke #20 -- 20,562 (- 2.5%)
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,250 (+431.3%)
08/2016: Deathstroke #1 -- 91,962 (- 15.8%)
09/2016: Deathstroke #2 -- 60,877 (- 33.8%)
09/2016: Deathstroke #3 -- 54,908 (- 9.8%)
10/2016: Deathstroke #4 -- 46,773 (- 14.8%)
10/2016: Deathstroke #5 -- 43,058 (- 7.9%)
11/2016: Deathstroke #6 -- 37,177 (- 13.7%)
11/2016: Deathstroke #7 -- 35,782 (- 3.8%)
12/2016: Deathstroke #8 -- 32,530 (- 9.1%)
12/2016: Deathstroke #9 -- 31,519 (- 3.1%)
01/2017: Deathstroke #10 -- 29,864 (- 5.3%)
01/2017: Deathstroke #11 -- 28,625 (- 4.1%)
02/2017: Deathstroke #12 -- 27,226 (- 4.9%)
02/2017: Deathstroke #13 -- 26,328 (- 3.3%)
03/2017: Deathstroke #14 -- 25,493 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Deathstroke #15 -- 24,746 (- 2.9%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #16 -- 23,712 (- 4.2%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #17 -- 23,449 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Deathstroke #18 -- 22,742 (- 3.0%)
05/2017: Deathstroke #19 -- 34,772 (+ 52.9%)
06/2017: Deathstroke #20 -- 24,743 (- 28.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.7%
1 year : + 17.3%
2 years : - 38.1%
5 years : + 25.5%
Now a monthly, and coming in at 2K higher than its last pre-crossover issue.
---
108 - THE WILD STORM ($3.99)
02/2017: The Wild Storm #1 -- 54,442
03/2017: The Wild Storm #2 -- 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: The Wild Storm #3 -- 30,595 (- 19.1%)
05/2017: The Wild Storm #4 -- 25,571 (- 16.4%)
06/2017: The Wild Storm #5 -- 24,206 (- 5.3%)
A second WildStorm title has finally been announced for starting in October.
---
The
Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor one-shot comes in at position
109 with 24,015 in sales, well below the parent title, and even below the Tasmanian Devil team-up. Sorry, Steve!
---
112 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
06/2012: Unlimited #5 -- 24,058
06/2013: Unlimited #17 -- 15,464
06/2014: Universe #11 -- 14,068
06/2015: Batman Beyond #1 -- 59,151 [53,362]
------------------------------------
06/2016: Batman Beyond #13 -- 13,025 (- 28.2%)
07/2016: Batman Beyond #14 -- 18,001 (+ 38.2%)
08/2016: Batman Beyond #15 -- 17,882 (- 0.7%)
09/2016: Batman Beyond #16 -- 17,799 (- 0.5%)
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 74,722 (+319.8%)
10/2016: Batman Beyond #1 -- 66,591 (- 10.0%)
11/2016: Batman Beyond #2 -- 41,313 (- 38.0%)
12/2016: Batman Beyond #3 -- 32,916 (- 20.3%)
01/2017: Batman Beyond #4 -- 29,767 (- 9.6%)
02/2017: Batman Beyond #5 -- 27,495 (- 7.6%)
03/2017: Batman Beyond #6 -- 26,261 (- 4.5%)
04/2017: Batman Beyond #7 -- 24,789 (- 5.6%)
05/2017: Batman Beyond #8 -- 24,093 (- 2.8%)
06/2017: Batman Beyond #9 -- 23,370 (- 3.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 29.0%
1 year : + 79.4%
2 years : - 56.2%
5 years : - 2.9%
---
117 - BATGIRL ($3.99)
06/2012: Batgirl #10 -- 47,050
06/2013: Batgirl #21 -- 40,252
06/2014: Batgirl #32 -- 47,304 [47,754]
06/2015: Batgirl #41 -- 33,220 [36,553]
-------------------------------
06/2016: --
07/2016: Batgirl #1 -- 105,795 (+299.3%)
08/2016: Batgirl #2 -- 68,611 (- 35.1%)
09/2016: Batgirl #3 -- 51,580 (- 24.8%)
10/2016: Batgirl #4 -- 40,778 (- 20.9%)
11/2016: Batgirl #5 -- 35,210 (- 13.7%)
12/2016: Batgirl #6 -- 31,294 (- 11.1%)
01/2017: Batgirl #7 -- 28,712 (- 8.3%)
02/2017: Batgirl #8 -- 26,539 (- 7.6%)
03/2017: Batgirl #9 -- 25,469 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Batgirl #10 -- 24,117 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: Batgirl #11 -- 23,338 (- 3.2%)
06/2017: Batgirl #12 -- 22,473 (- 3.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 28.2%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 38.5%
5 years : - 52.2%
122 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99)
06/2007: Supergirl #18 -- 50,279
06/2012: Supergirl #10 -- 33,309
06/2013: Supergirl #21 -- 25,856
06/2014: Supergirl #32 -- 22,481
----------------------------------
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 124,088 (+367.8%)
09/2016: Supergirl #1 -- 99,272 (- 20.0%)
10/2016: Supergirl #2 -- 50,261 (- 49.4%)
11/2016: Supergirl #3 -- 37,316 (- 25.8%)
12/2016: Supergirl #4 -- 31,040 (- 16.8%)
01/2017: Supergirl #5 -- 29,030 (- 6.5%)
02/2017: Supergirl #6 -- 26,240 (- 9.6%)
03/2017: Supergirl #7 -- 24,592 (- 6.3%)
04/2017: Supergirl #8 -- 23,814 (- 3.2%)
05/2017: Supergirl #9 -- 22,605 (- 5.1%)
06/2017: Supergirl #10 -- 22,093 (- 2.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 28.8%
5 years : - 33.7%
10 years: - 56.1%
IMHO, both
Batgirl &
Supergirl had better second story arcs than
their first. But these days it seems no one ever goes back to a title
they once dropped unless there's a major creative change or other
shake-up. Pity that.
---
132 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($3.99)
06/2007: Birds of Prey #107 -- 28,632
06/2012: Birds of Prey #10 -- 28,457
06/2013: Birds of Prey #21 -- 20,767
06/2014: Birds of Prey #32 -- 16,397
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07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,066 (+119.0%)
08/2016: Batgirl & BoP #1 -- 83,481 (- 23.5%)
09/2016: Batgirl & BoP #2 -- 54,083 (- 35.2%)
10/2016: Batgirl & BoP #3 -- 40,041 (- 26.0%)
11/2016: Batgirl & BoP #4 -- 33,138 (- 17.2%)
12/2016: Batgirl & BoP #5 -- 28,846 (- 13.0%)
01/2017: Batgirl & BoP #6 -- 26,618 (- 7.7%)
02/2017: Batgirl & BoP #7 -- 24,466 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: Batgirl & BoP #8 -- 22,941 (- 6.2%)
04/2017: Batgirl & BoP #9 -- 21,535 (- 6.1%)
05/2017: Batgirl & BoP #10 -- 20,818 (- 3.3%)
06/2017: Batgirl & BoP #11 -- 19,912 (- 4.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 31.0%
5 years : - 30.0%
10 years: - 30.5%
---
139 - THE HELLBLAZER ($3.99)
06/2007: Hellblazer #233 -- 13,201
06/2012: Hellblazer #292 -- 9,533
06/2013: Constantine #4 -- 26,417
06/2014: Constantine #15 -- 16,704
06/2015: The Hellblazer #1 -- 41,888 [40,335]
-------------------------------------
06/2016: The Hellblazer #13 -- 15,697 (- 1.3%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 84,404 (+437.7%)
08/2016: The Hellblazer #1 -- 65,707 (- 22.2%)
09/2016: The Hellblazer #2 -- 44,824 (- 31.8%)
10/2016: The Hellblazer #3 -- 33,596 (- 25.0%)
11/2016: The Hellblazer #4 -- 28,882 (- 14.0%)
12/2016: The Hellblazer #5 -- 25,780 (- 10.7%)
01/2017: The Hellblazer #6 -- 23,349 (- 9.4%)
02/2017: The Hellblazer #7 -- 21,450 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: The Hellblazer #8 -- 20,510 (- 4.4%)
04/2017: The Hellblazer #9 -- 19,115 (- 6.8%)
05/2017: The Hellblazer #10 -- 18,370 (- 3.9%)
06/2017: The Hellblazer #11 -- 17,585 (- 4.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 31.8%
1 year : + 12.0%
2 years : - 56.4%
5 years : + 84.5%
10 years: + 33.2%
Only a couple thousand above its pre-rebirth level.
---
146 - SUPERWOMAN ($3.99)
08/2016: Superwoman #1 -- 101,289
09/2016: Superwoman #2 -- 55,480 (- 45.2%)
10/2016: Superwoman #3 -- 40,554 (- 26.9%)
11/2016: Superwoman #4 -- 30,070 (- 25.9%)
12/2016: Superwoman #5 -- 24,761 (- 17.7%)
01/2017: Superwoman #6 -- 23,065 (- 6.8%)
02/2017: Superwoman #7 -- 20,435 (- 11.4%)
03/2017: Superwoman #8 -- 18,857 (- 7.7%)
04/2017: Superwoman #9 -- 17,836 (- 5.4%)
05/2017: Superwoman #10 -- 17,068 (- 4.3%)
06/2017: Superwoman #11 -- 16,137 (- 5.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 34.8%
Racing to the bottom.
---
151 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE ($3.99)
06/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #2 -- 29,812 (- 61.5%)
07/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #3 -- 29,494 (- 1.1%)
08/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #4 -- 28,148 (- 4.6%)
09/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #5 -- 26,170 (- 7.0%)
10/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #6 -- 23,781 (- 9.1%)
11/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #7 -- 21,983 (- 7.6%)
12/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #8 -- 20,126 (- 8.4%)
01/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #9 -- 19,208 (- 4.6%)
02/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #10 -- 17,993 (- 6.3%)
03/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #11 -- 17,281 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #12 -- 16,492 (- 4.6%)
05/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #13 -- 16,016 (- 2.9%)
06/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #14 -- 15,500 (- 3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 23.0%
1 year : - 48.0%
In the grips of standard attrition.
---
155 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE COLLECTORS' EDITION ($12.99)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #5 of 8 -- 18,525 (+ 1.6%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #6 of 8 -- 17,506 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: --
01/2017: Dark Knight III Coll #7 of 9 -- 15,326 (- 12.5%)
02/2017: --
03/2017: --
04/2017: Dark Knight III Coll #8 of 9 -- 14,544 (- 5.1%)
05/2017: --
06/2017: Dark Knight III Coll #9 of 9 -- 15,039 (+ 3.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
Tracking these separately from the main title, since they're such a different beast.
At $13 a pop, it ranks at #26 on the dollar sales chart!
---
167, 170 - INJUSTICE 2 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
06/2013: Injustice #6 -- 26,011
06/2014: Injustice Y2 #6 -- 19,353
06/2015: Injustice Y4 #3 -- 15,982
06/2015: Injustice Y4 #4 -- 15,493
-----------------------------------
06/2016: Injustice Y5 #11 -- 13,682 (+ 2.6%)
06/2016: Injustice Y5 #12 -- 13,318 (- 2.7%)
07/2016: Injustice Y5 #13 -- 13,590 (+ 2.0%)
07/2016: Injustice Y5 #14 -- 13,418 (- 1.3%)
08/2016: Injustice Y5 #15 -- 13,258 (- 1.2%)
08/2016: Injustice Y5 #16 -- 12,914 (- 2.6%)
09/2016: Injustice Y5 #17 -- 12,782 (- 1.0%)
09/2016: Injustice Y5 #18 -- 12,740 (- 0.3%)
10/2016: Injustice Y5 #19 -- 12,262 (- 3.8%)
10/2016: Injustice Y5 #20 -- 12,313 (+ 0.4%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: Ground Zero #1 -- 17,513 (+ 42.2%)
12/2016: Ground Zero #2 -- 13,406 (- 23.5%)
01/2017: Ground Zero #3 -- 11,980 (- 10.6%)
01/2017: Ground Zero #4 -- 11,927 (- 0.4%)
02/2017: Ground Zero #5 -- 11,043 (- 7.4%)
02/2017: Ground Zero #6 -- 11,110 (+ 0.6%)
03/2017: Ground Zero #7 -- 10,920 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: Ground Zero #8 -- 10,670 (- 2.3%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #9 -- 10,669 (- 0.0%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #10 -- 10,466 (- 1.9%)
05/2017: Ground Zero #11 -- 10,231 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Ground Zero #12 -- 10,025 (- 2.0%)
05/2017: Injustice 2 #1 -- 24,325 (+142.6%)
05/2017: Injustice 2 #2 -- 13,557 (- 44.3%)
06/2017: Injustice 2 #3 -- 13,645 (+ 0.6%)
06/2017: Injustice 2 #4 -- 13,342 (- 2.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 12.7%
1 year : - 0.0%
2 years : - 14.3%
Injustice 2 has stabilized fairly quickly.
---
168 - NEW SUPER-MAN ($3.99)
07/2016: New Super-Man #1 -- 129,452
08/2016: New Super-Man #2 -- 79,774 (- 38.4%)
09/2016: New Super-Man #3 -- 45,976 (- 42.4%)
10/2016: New Super-Man #4 -- 31,689 (- 31.1%)
11/2016: New Super-Man #5 -- 25,378 (- 19.9%)
12/2016: New Super-Man #6 -- 21,000 (- 17.3%)
01/2017: New Super-Man #7 -- 18,959 (- 9.7%)
02/2017: New Super-Man #8 -- 16,962 (- 10.5%)
03/2017: New Super-Man #9 -- 15,576 (- 8.2%)
04/2017: New Super-Man #10 -- 14,748 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: New Super-Man #11 -- 13,995 (- 5.1%)
06/2017: New Super-Man #12 -- 13,610 (- 2.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 35.2%
First month trade sales for the first collection were only 2,334
through Diamond, so trade sales through other outlets are going to have
to be rather spectacular if
New Super-Man is to survive much longer.
---
172 - THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE ($3.99)
01/2017: Kamandi Challenge #1 of 12 -- 23,576
02/2017: Kamandi Challenge #2 of 12 -- 16,650 (- 29.4%)
03/2017: Kamandi Challenge #3 of 12 -- 15,446 (- 7.2%)
04/2017: Kamandi Challenge #4 of 12 -- 14,205 (- 8.0%)
05/2017: Kamandi Challenge #5 of 12 -- 13,504 (- 4.9%)
06/2017: Kamandi Challenge #6 of 12 -- 12,860 (- 4.8%)
Sales may not look very pretty by the end...
---
178 - BLUE BEETLE ($3.99)
06/2007: Blue Beetle #16 -- 17,016
06/2012: Blue Beetle #10 -- 14,416
----------------------------------
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 80,292 (+599.0%)
09/2016: Blue Beetle #1 -- 57,454 (- 28.4%)
10/2016: Blue Beetle #2 -- 36,799 (- 35.9%)
11/2016: Blue Beetle #3 -- 25,300 (- 31.2%)
12/2016: Blue Beetle #4 -- 20,811 (- 17.7%)
01/2017: Blue Beetle #5 -- 18,104 (- 13.0%)
02/2017: Blue Beetle #6 -- 15,906 (- 12.1%)
03/2017: Blue Beetle #7 -- 14,690 (- 7.6%)
04/2017: Blue Beetle #8 -- 13,406 (- 8.7%)
05/2017: Blue Beetle #9 -- 12,939 (- 3.5%)
06/2017: Blue Beetle #10 -- 12,399 (- 4.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 40.4%
5 years : - 14.0%
10 years: - 27.1%
Bringing on a new creative team with issue #14.
---
181 - SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER ($5.99)
12/2016: Being Super #1 of 4 -- 21,491
01/2017: --
02/2017: Being Super #2 of 4 -- 14,662 (- 31.8%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: Being Super #3 of 4 -- 13,003 (- 11.3%)
05/2017: --
06/2017: Being Super #4 of 4 -- 12,228 (- 6.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 43.1%
I recently read a piece online bemoaning the sales of this
(apparently quite good) mini-series; but as an out-of-continuity,
YA-focused comic this one had made-for-the-book-market and
wait-for-the-trade written all over it.
---
183 - CYBORG ($3.99)
06/2016: Cyborg #12 -- 12,411 (- 0.1%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 70,586 (+468.7%)
09/2016: Cyborg #1 -- 61,908 (- 12.3%)
10/2016: Cyborg #2 -- 41,577 (- 32.8%)
10/2016: Cyborg #3 -- 35,756 (- 14.0%)
11/2016: Cyborg #4 -- 28,303 (- 20.8%)
11/2016: Cyborg #5 -- 25,772 (- 8.9%)
12/2016: Cyborg #6 -- 21,287 (- 17.4%)
12/2016: Cyborg #7 -- 19,788 (- 7.0%)
01/2017: Cyborg #8 -- 18,562 (- 6.2%)
02/2017: Cyborg #9 -- 16,274 (- 12.3%)
03/2017: Cyborg #10 -- 14,977 (- 8.0%)
04/2017: Cyborg #11 -- 13,677 (- 8.7%)
05/2017: Cyborg #12 -- 12,929 (- 5.5%)
06/2017: Cyborg #13 -- 12,076 (- 6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 43.3%
1 year : - 2.7%
Sales have now fallen below those of the DCYou series. The
Cyborg
movie is presently scheduled for 2020, but I don't think the comic can
hold out that long. Certainly not in its present configuration.
---
185, 189 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99)
06/2016: Bombshells #14 -- 18,492 (+ 2.5%)
07/2016: Bombshells #15 -- 17,956 (- 2.9%)
08/2016: Bombshells #16 -- 17,623 (- 1.9%)
09/2016: Bombshells #17 -- 16,685 (- 5.3%)
10/2016: Bombshells #18 -- 16,042 (- 3.9%)
11/2016: Bombshells #19 -- 15,452 (- 3.7%)
12/2016: Bombshells #20 -- 14,428 (- 6.6%)
01/2017: Bombshells #21 -- 13,748 (- 4.7%)
02/2017: Bombshells #22 -- 13,204 (- 4.0%)
03/2017: Bombshells #23 -- 12,794 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Bombshells #24 -- 12,525 (- 2.1%)
04/2017: Bombshells #25 -- 12,499 (- 0.2%)
05/2017: Bombshells #26 -- 13,325 (+ 6.6%)
05/2017: Bombshells #27 -- 12,917 (- 3.1%)
06/2017: Bombshells #28 -- 12,011 (- 7.0%)
06/2017: Bombshells #29 -- 11,858 (- 1.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 17.3%
1 year : - 35.5%
Getting a relaunch in September.
---
186 - BATMAN '66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN '77 (Digital-First) ($3.99)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Avengers #1 of 6 -- 13,921 (+ 25.9%)
08/2016: Avengers #2 of 6 -- 11,079 (- 20.4%)
09/2016: Avengers #3 of 6 -- 10,082 (- 9.0%)
10/2016: Avengers #4 of 6 -- 9,556 (- 5.2%)
11/2016: Avengers #5 of 6 -- 9,223 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Avengers #6 of 6 -- 8,675 (- 5.9%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #1 of 6 -- 23,687 (+173.0%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #2 of 6 -- 14,484 (- 38.9%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #3 of 6 -- 13,277 (- 8.3%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #4 of 6 -- 12,537 (- 5.6%)
05/2017: Wonder Woman #5 of 6 -- 12,192 (- 2.8%)
06/2017: Wonder Woman #6 of 6 -- 11,887 (- 2.5%)
----------------
6 months: + 37.0%
1 year : n.a.
There aren't any more Batman '66 comics on the schedule, but I hear
there's an Archie crossover in the works, so we likely haven't seen the
last of The Caped Crusader.
---
188 - BUG: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER (Young Animal) ($3.99)
05/2017: Bug #1 of 6 -- 18,252
06/2017: Bug #2 of 6 -- 11,881 (- 34.9%)
In the expected range for a second-issue drop. With
Doom Patrol on
hiatus this month, the
Bug mini-series is the top Young Animal book for
June.
---
216 - MOTHER PANIC (Young Animal) ($3.99)
11/2016: Mother Panic #1 -- 45,089
12/2016: Mother Panic #2 -- 20,506 (- 54.5%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Mother Panic #3 -- 16,261 (- 20.7%)
03/2017: Mother Panic #4 -- 14,327 (- 11.9%)
03/2017: Mother Panic #5 -- 12,339 (- 13.9%)
04/2017: Mother Panic #6 -- 11,140 (- 9.7%)
05/2017: Mother Panic #7 -- 10,479 (- 5.9%)
06/2017: Mother Panic #8 -- 9,728 (- 7.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 52.6%
Things are not going well here.
---
218 - THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM ($2.99)
06/2012: Captain Atom #10 -- 11,546
----------------------------------------
01/2017: F&R Capt Atom #1 of 6 -- 18,728 (+ 34.4%)
02/2017: F&R Capt Atom #2 of 6 -- 12,671 (- 32.3%)
03/2017: F&R Capt Atom #3 of 6 -- 11,659 (- 8.0%)
04/2017: F&R Capt Atom #4 of 6 -- 10,644 (- 8.7%)
05/2017: F&R Capt Atom #5 of 6 -- 10,221 (- 4.0%)
06/2017: F&R Capt Atom #6 of 6 -- 9,660 (- 5.5%)
-----------------
5 years : - 16.3%
Well, they certainly got the 'Fall' part of the title correct...
---
220 - CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE (Young Animal) ($3.99)
10/2016: Cave Carson #1 -- 38,724
11/2016: Cave Carson #2 -- 22,106 (- 42.9%)
12/2016: Cave Carson #3 -- 16,755 (- 24.2%)
01/2017: Cave Carson #4 -- 14,183 (- 15.4%)
02/2017: Cave Carson #5 -- 12,388 (- 12.7%)
03/2017: Cave Carson #6 -- 11,558 (- 6.7%)
04/2017: Cave Carson #7 -- 10,873 (- 5.9%)
05/2017: Cave Carson #8 -- 10,253 (- 5.7%)
06/2017: Cave Carson #9 -- 9,578 (- 6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 42.8%
Cave Carson and
Shade (see below) are going on hiatus after their twelfth issues so that Young Animal can retool.
---
225 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
06/2007: --
06/2012: --
06/2013: Astro City #1 -- 27,700
06/2014: Astro City #13 -- 13,419
06/2015: Astro City #24 -- 11,226
----------------------------------
06/2016: Astro City #36 -- 9,960 (- 0.4%)
07/2016: Astro City #37 -- 9,953 (- 0.1%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: Astro City #38 -- 9,963 (- 0.9%)
09/2016: Astro City #39 -- 9,621 (- 2.5%)
10/2016: Astro City #40 -- 9,568 (- 0.6%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: Astro City #41 -- 10,066 (+ 5.2%)
03/2017: Astro City #42 -- 9,481 (- 5.8%)
04/2017: Astro City #43 -- 9,309 (- 1.8%)
05/2017: Astro City #44 -- 9,318 (+ 0.1%)
06/2017: Astro City #45 -- 9,224 (- 1.0%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 7.4%
2 years : - 17.8%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: n.a.
The top Vertigo series for June.
---
228 - SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL (Young Animal) ($3.99)
10/2016: Shade #1 -- 35,289
11/2016: Shade #2 -- 21,479 (- 39.1%)
12/2016: Shade #3 -- 15,837 (- 26.3%)
01/2017: Shade #4 -- 13,536 (- 14.5%)
02/2017: Shade #5 -- 11,670 (- 13.8%)
03/2017: Shade #6 -- 10,612 (- 9.1%)
04/2017: Shade #7 -- 9,827 (- 7.4%)
05/2017: Shade #8 -- 9,350 (- 4.9%)
06/2017: Shade #9 -- 8,839 (- 5.5%)
----------------
6 months: - 44.2%
This is the first Young Animal title with sales below that of a Vertigo title in a given month.
---
230 - THE FLINTSTONES ($3.99)
07/2016: Flintstones #1 -- 43,996
08/2016: Flintstones #2 -- 19,612 (- 55.4%)
09/2016: Flintstones #3 -- 14,910 (- 24.0%)
10/2016: Flintstones #4 -- 12,740 (- 14.6%)
11/2016: Flintstones #5 -- 11,552 (- 9.3%)
12/2016: Flintstones #6 -- 10,617 (- 8.1%)
01/2017: Flintstones #7 -- 10,099 (- 4.9%)
02/2017: Flintstones #8 -- 9,551 (- 5.4%)
03/2017: Flintstones #9 -- 9,213 (- 3.5%)
04/2017: Flintstones #10 -- 8,994 (- 2.4%)
05/2017: Flintstones #11 -- 8,745 (- 2.8%)
06/2017: Flintstones #12 -- 8,606 (- 1.6%)
----------------
6 months: - 18.9%
Final issue; it deserved better. But then, as I'm one of those who are trade-waiting on this, I suppose I'm part of the problem?
---
231 - THE ODYSSEY OF THE AMAZONS ($3.99)
01/2017: Odyssey Amazons #1 of 6 -- 21,811
02/2017: Odyssey Amazons #2 of 6 -- 14,334 (- 34.3%)
03/2017: Odyssey Amazons #3 of 6 -- 11,013 (- 23.2%)
04/2017: Odyssey Amazons #4 of 6 -- 9,573 (- 13.1%)
05/2017: Odyssey Amazons #5 of 6 -- 8,942 (- 6.6%)
06/2017: Odyssey Amazons #6 of 6 -- 8,597 (- 3.9%)
Not exactly a smash hit mini-series. Maybe putting Wonder Woman's name in the title would have helped some?
---
232 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
06/2007: Teen Titans Go! #44 -- 8,738
06/2014: Teen Titans Go! #4 -- 8,667
06/2015: Teen Titans Go! #10 -- 8,883
--------------------------------------
06/2016: Teen Titans Go! #16 -- 9,324 (+ 1.2%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: Teen Titans Go! #17 -- 9,636 (+ 3.3%)
09/2016: --
10/2016: Teen Titans Go! #18 -- 9,506 (- 1.3%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: Teen Titans Go! #19 -- 8,748 (- 8.0%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Teen Titans Go! #20 -- 8,601 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: Teen Titans Go! #21 -- 8,410 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: --
06/2017: Teen Titans Go! #22 -- 8,531 (+ 1.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 2.5%
1 year : - 8.5%
2 years : - 4.0%
10 years: - 2.4%
---
248 - GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99)
06/2015: Gotham Academy #7 -- 26,594
--------------------------------------
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: Second Semester #1 -- 21,765 (+ 75.4%)
10/2016: Second Semester #2 -- 13,856 (- 36.3%)
11/2016: Second Semester #3 -- 12,304 (- 11.2%)
12/2016: Second Semester #4 -- 9,751 (- 20.7%)
01/2017: Second Semester #5 -- 9,453 (- 3.1%)
02/2017: Second Semester #6 -- 8,624 (- 8.8%)
03/2017: Second Semester #7 -- 8,131 (- 5.7%)
04/2017: Second Semester #8 -- 7,624 (- 6.2%)
05/2017: Second Semester #9 -- 7,402 (- 2.9%)
06/2017: Second Semester #10 -- 7,304 (- 1.3%)
----------------
6 months: - 25.1%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 72.5%
Sigh.
---
Coming in at
#254 is the
DC Looney Tines 100 Page Spectacular: 7,022 copies at $7.99 a pop. (Not included in the summary stats below.)
---
265 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
06/2016: Lucifer #7 -- 10,382 (- 3.0%)
07/2016: Lucifer #8 -- 9,968 (- 4.0%)
08/2016: Lucifer #9 -- 9,554 (- 4.2%)
09/2016: Lucifer #10 -- 8,891 (- 6.9%)
10/2016: Lucifer #11 -- 8,507 (- 4.3%)
11/2016: Lucifer #12 -- 8,133 (- 4.4%)
12/2016: Lucifer #13 -- 7,739 (- 4.8%)
01/2017: Lucifer #14 -- 7,442 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Lucifer #15 -- 7,120 (- 4.3%)
03/2017: Lucifer #16 -- 6,917 (- 2.9%)
04/2017: Lucifer #17 -- 6,703 (- 3.1%)
05/2017: Lucifer #18 -- 6,520 (- 2.7%)
06/2017: Lucifer #19 -- 6,407 (- 1.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 19.8%
1 year : - 39.1%
Final issue. One might think that DC will try to keep some kind of
Lucifer comic going while the series is on the air—perhaps a digital
first offering more tied in to the television continuity?—but so far
there's no work on such a thing.
---
271 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
06/2014: --
06/2015: --
-----------------------------------------
06/2016: --
07/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #17 -- 7,892 (- 6.0%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #18 -- 7,913 (+ 0.3%)
10/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #19 -- 7,467 (- 5.6%)
11/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #20 -- 7,708 (+ 3.2%)
12/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #21 -- 14,270 (+ 85.1%)
01/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #22 -- 6,521 (- 54.3%)
02/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #23 -- 5,959 (- 8.6%)
03/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #24 -- 6,316 (+ 6.0%)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #25 -- 6,940 (+ 9.9%)
05/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #26 -- 5,998 (- 13.6%)
06/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #27 -- 6,281 (+ 4.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 56.0%
1 Year : n.a.
2 Years : n.a.
Teaming up with Plastic Man.
SDTU always seems to do better when there's a DCU guest star.
---
300 - SAVAGE THINGS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
03/2017: Savage Things #1 of 8 -- 10,568
04/2017: Savage Things #2 of 8 -- 6,507 (- 38.4%)
05/2017: Savage Things #3 of 8 -- 5,278 (- 18.9%)
06/2017: Savage Things #4 of 8 -- 4,739 (- 10.2%)
Still on the Top 300 chart—barely...
---
+300 - EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES (Vertigo) ($3.99)
06/2007: Fables #62 -- 25,726
06/2012: Fables #118 -- 18,566
06/2013: Fables #130 -- 15,129
06/2014: Fables #141 -- 13,997
06/2015: --
--------------------------------
09/2016: Everafter #1 -- 11,421 (- 19.4%)
10/2016: Everafter #2 -- 8,414 (- 26.3%)
11/2016: Everafter #3 -- 7,182 (- 14.6%)
12/2016: Everafter #4 -- 6,192 (- 13.8%)
01/2017: Everafter #5 -- 5,877 (- 5.1%)
02/2017: Everafter #6 -- 5,399 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: Everafter #7 -- 5,819 (+ 7.8%)
04/2017: Everafter #8 -- 5,067 (- 12.9%)
05/2017: Everafter #9 -- ????? (< 5,254)
06/2017: Everafter #10 -- ????? (< 4,739)
-----------------
6 months: ????%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : ????%
10 years: ????%
We may never see
Everafter on the chart again.
---
+300 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
06/2007: Scooby-Doo #121 -- 4,415
06/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #22 -- 4,968
06/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #34 -- 4,881
06/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #46 -- ????? (< 4,560)
06/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #58 -- 5,033
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06/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #70 -- ????? (< 5,596)
07/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #71 -- 5,254
08/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #72 -- ????? (< 5,497)
09/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #73 -- 5,214
10/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #74 -- 4,972 (- 4.6%)
11/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #75 -- 4,920 (- 1.0%)
12/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #76 -- 4,805 (- 2.3%)
01/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #77 -- 4,557 (- 5.2%)
02/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,362 (- 4.3%)
03/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #79 -- ????? (< 4,812)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,416
05/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #79 -- ????? (< 5,254)
06/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #80 -- ????? (< 4,739)
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6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
2 years : ????%
5 years : ????%
10 years: ????%
Where indeed?
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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
06/2007: 34,017
06/2012: 37,599
06/2013: 34,517
06/2014: 32,834 **
06/2015: 35,318 **
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06/2016: 48,770 (+ 98.8%) **
07/2016: 63,656 (+ 30.5%) **
08/2016: 67,257 (+ 5.7%) **
09/2016: 51,379 (- 23.6%) **
10/2016: 41,277 (- 19.7%) **
11/2016: 36,894 (- 10.6%) **
12/2016: 35,265 (- 4.4%) **
01/2017: 34,011 (- 3.6%) **
02/2017: 32,473 (- 4.5%) **
03/2017: 30,466 (- 6.2%) **
04/2017: 32,870 (+ 7.9%) **
05/2017: 32,122 (- 2.3%) **
06/2017: 30,480 (- 5.1%) **
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6 months: - 13.6%
1 year : - 37.5%
2 years : - 13.7%
5 years : - 18.9%
10 years: - 10.4%
DC UNIVERSE
06/2007: 47,986
06/2012: 43,082
06/2013: 37,133
06/2014: 42,733
06/2015: 46,980
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06/2016: 65,876 (+120.1%)
07/2016: 90,237 (+ 37.0%)
08/2016: 87,905 (- 2.6%)
09/2016: 64,037 (- 27.2%)
10/2016: 54,470 (- 14.9%)
11/2016: 45,659 (- 16.2%)
12/2016: 45,125 (- 1.2%)
01/2017: 40,979 (- 9.2%)
02/2017: 40,430 (- 1.3%)
03/2017: 39,458 (- 2.4%)
04/2017: 41,600 (+ 5.4%)
05/2017: 39,993 (- 3.9%)
06/2017: 37,789 (- 5.5%)
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6 months: - 16.3%
1 year : - 42.6%
2 years : - 19.6%
5 years : - 12.3%
10 years: - 21.2%
WILDSTORM
06/2007: 12,272
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02/2017: 54,442
03/2017: 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: 30,595 (- 19.1%)
05/2017: 25,571 (- 16.4%)
06/2017: 24,206 (- 5.3%)
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10 years: + 97.2%
VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL
06/2007: 12,732
06/2012: 11,448
06/2013: 17,368
06/2014: 11,372
06/2015: 8,011 **
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06/2016: 6,073 (+ 5.9%) **
07/2016: 6,328 (+ 4.2%) **
08/2016: 5,639 (- 10.9%) **
09/2016: 16,825 (+198.4%) **
10/2016: 14,526 (- 13.7%) **
11/2016: 14,623 (+ 0.7%) **
12/2016: 9,177 (- 37.2%) **
01/2017: 10,652 (+ 16.1%) **
02/2017: 8,434 (- 20.8%) **
03/2017: 10,102 (+ 19.8%) **
04/2017: 8,994 (- 11.0%) **
05/2017: 9,315 (+ 3.6%) **
06/2017: 8,142 (- 12.6%) **
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6 months: - 11.3%
1 year : + 34.1%
2 years : + 1.6%
5 years : - 28.9%
10 years: - 36.1%
Without Young Animal, the Vertigo average for the month would be 6,277.
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
06/2007: 2,075,054
06/2012: 2,819,903
06/2013: 2,347,157
06/2014: 2,265,542 **
06/2015: 2,366,284 **
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06/2016: 3,267,574 (+ 80.0%) **
07/2016: 4,010,332 (+ 22.7%) **
08/2016: 4,977,036 (+ 24.1%) **
09/2016: 3,802,051 (- 23.6%) **
10/2016: 3,508,534 (- 7.7%) **
11/2016: 3,025,276 (- 13.8%) **
12/2016: 2,926,973 (- 3.2%) **
01/2017: 2,856,889 (- 2.4%) **
02/2017: 2,662,746 (- 6.8%) **
03/2017: 2,711,448 (+ 1.8%) **
04/2017: 2,465,239 (- 9.1%) **
05/2017: 2,569,767 (- 9.1%) **
06/2017: 2,529,852 (- 1.6%) **
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6 months: - 13.6%
1 year : - 22.6%
2 years : + 6.9%
5 years : - 10.3%
10 years: + 21.9%
Total sales we down about 40K from May, even though DC published three more comics this month.
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6 month comparisons
===================
+ 37.0% - Batman 66 Meets...
- 0.4% - Batman
- 2.5% - Teen Titans Go!
- 8.8% - Action Comics
- 9.4% - Dark Knight III
- 12.7% - Injustice
- 14.4% - Flash
- 15.1% - Detective Comics
- 15.6% - Superman
- 17.3% - DC Comics Bombshells
- 17.3% - Titans
- 18.3% - Teen Titans
- 18.9% - Flintstones
- 19.3% - Hal Jordan & GLC
- 19.8% - Lucifer
- 20.6% - Wonder Woman
- 22.7% - Aquaman
- 22.7% - Deathstroke
- 23.0% - Scooby Apocalypse
- 23.4% - Red Hood & Outlaws
- 24.3% - Green Lanterns
- 25.1% - Gotham Academy
- 25.5% - Nightwing
- 26.0% - Harley Quinn
- 26.1% - Justice League
- 27.4% - Green Arrow
- 28.2% - Batgirl
- 28.3% - All Star Batman
- 28.8% - Supergirl
- 29.0% - Batman Beyond
- 31.0% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
- 31.8% - The Hellblazer
- 34.8% - Superwoman
- 35.0% - Trinity
- 35.2% - New Super-Man
- 37.3% - Suicide Squad
- 40.4% - Blue Beetle
- 42.8% - Cave Carson
- 43.1% - Supergirl Being Super
- 43.3% - Cyborg
- 44.2% - Shade
- 52.6% - Mother Panic
- 56.0% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
1 year comparisons
===================
+ 92.1% - Titans (Titans Hunt)
+ 79.4% - Batman Beyond
+ 77.3% - Hal Jordan & GLC (GLC Edge)
+ 57.4% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad)
+ 53.7% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal)
+ 17.3% - Deathstroke
+ 12.0% - The Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer)
- 0.0% - Injustice
- 2.7% - Cyborg
- 6.3% - Harley Quinn
- 7.4% - Astro City
- 8.5% - Teen Titans Go!
- 22.9% - Dark Knight III
- 24.7% - Justice League
- 35.5% - DC Comics Bombshells
- 39.1% - Lucifer
- 48.0% - Scooby Apocalypse
- 52.3% - Detective Comics
- 55.0% - Action Comics
- 56.4% - Flash
- 60.0% - Titans
- 61.0% - Batman
- 62.4% - Superman
- 65.6% - Wonder Woman
- 70.5% - Aquaman
- 71.0% - Green Lanterns
- 71.0% - Green Arrow
2 year comparisons
===================
+ 27.0% - Flash
+ 6.7% - Teen Titans
- 4.0% - Teen Titans Go!
- 4.3% - Detective Comics
- 4.4% - Wonder Woman
- 5.2% - Action Comics
- 8.2% - Superman
- 8.4% - Green Arrow
- 10.6% - Nightwing
- 13.0% - Suicide Squad
- 14.3% - Injustice
- 17.8% - Astro City
- 20.5% - Aquaman
- 24.7% - Batman
- 31.6% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern)
- 38.0% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal)
- 38.1% - Deathstroke
- 38.5% - Batgirl
- 44.4% - Justice League
- 56.2% - Batman Beyond
- 56.4% - The Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer)
- 72.5% - Gotham Academy
- 74.3% - Justice League of America
5 year comparisons
===================
+ 84.5% - Hellblazer
+ 26.1% - Suicide Squad
+ 25.5% - Deathstroke
+ 7.0% - Green Arrow
- 2.2% - Flash
- 2.9% - Batman Beyond
- 7.4% - Wonder Woman
- 14.0% - Superman
- 14.0% - Blue Beetle
- 16.0% - Batman
- 16.3% - Captain Atom
- 24.1% - Teen Titans
- 26.4% - Hal Jordan & GLC (GLC)
- 28.4% - Nightwing
- 30.0% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey)
- 32.0% - Red Hood & Outlaws
- 33.0% - Detective Comics
- 33.7% - Supergirl
- 34.7% - Batwoman
- 42.9% - Justice League
- 47.8% - Action Comics
- 52.2% - Batgirl
- 54.3% - Aquaman
- 60.9% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern)
10 year comparisons
===================
+ 70.5% - Aquaman
+ 33.2% - Hellblazer
+ 30.6% - Batman
+ 18.2% - Nightwing
+ 3.2% - Detective Comics
+ 0.1% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC)
- 2.4% - Teen Titans Go!
- 4.8% - Superman
- 19.7% - Wonder Woman
- 21.3% - Green Arrow
- 27.1% - Blue Beetle
- 30.5% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey)
- 34.2% - Flash
- 40.7% - Teen Titans
- 56.1% - Supergirl
- 70.5% - Justice League of America
Sales Indices
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DCU: Average: 37,789. Median: 32,855. No.: 58. Total: 2,191,744
3.5 - Dark Days The Forge
3.1 - Batman (24)
2.9 - Dark Knight III
2.7 - Batman (25)
1.7 - All Star Batman
1.5 - Detective Comics (958)
1.5 - Detective Comics (959)
1.4 - Flash (25)
1.4 - Flash (24)
1.4 - Justice League (22)
1.4 - Justice League (23)
1.3 - Superman (25)
1.3 - Superman (24)
1.2 - Wonder Woman (25)
1.1 - Wonder Woman (24)
1.1 - Action Comics (981)
1.1 - Action Comics (982)
1.1 - Harley Quinn (21)
1.1 - Titans
1.0 - Harley Quinn (22)
1.0 - Justice League of America (8)
1.0 - Suicide Squad (19)
1.0 - Justice League of America (9)
1.0 - Suicide Squad (20)
1.0 - Super Sons
1.0 - Nightwing (22)
1.0 - Teen Titans
1.0 - Nightwing (23)
0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (22)
0.9 - Trinity
0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (23)
0.8 - Batman/The Shadow
0.8 - Green Lanterns (24)
0.8 - Green Lanterns (25)
0.7 - Aquaman (25)
0.7 - Green Arrow (24)
0.7 - Green Arrow (25)
0.7 - Batwoman
0.7 - Aquaman (24)
0.7 - Red Hood & Outlaws
0.7 - Bane Conquest
0.7 - Deathstroke
0.6 - Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor
0.6 - Batman Beyond
0.6 - Batgirl
0.6 - Supergirl
0.5 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
0.5 - The Hellblazer
0.4 - Superwoman
0.4 - Dark Knight III Coll. Ed.
0.4 - New Super-Man
0.3 - Kamandi Challenge
0.3 - Blue Beetle
0.3 - Supergirl Being Super
0.3 - Cyborg
0.3 - Fall & Rise of Capt. Atom
0.2 - Odyssey of the Amazons
0.2 - Gotham Academy 2nd Semester
WildStorm: Average: 22,206. Median: 22,206. No.: 1. Total: 22,206
1.0 - The Wild Storm
Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 8,142**. Median: 9,032**. No.: 8. Total: 65,135**
1.5 - Bug
1.2 - Mother Panic
1.2 - Cave Carson
1.1 - Astro City
1.1 - Shade the Changing Girl
0.8 - Lucifer
0.6 - Savage Things
0.6 - Everafter **
Digital First & Other: Average: 11,543**. Median: 12,192**. No.: 13. Total: 150,059
2.1 - Batman/Elmer Fudd
1.6 - Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil
1.5 - Lobo/Road Runner
1.4 - Martian Manhunter/Marvin the Martian
1.4 - Legion/Bugs Bunny
1.3 - Jonah Hex/Yosemite Sam
1.0 - Scooby Apocalypse
0.9 - Injustice 2 (3)
0.9 - Injustice 2 (4)
0.8 - DC Comics Bombshells (28)
0.8 - Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77
0.8 - DC Comics Bombshells (29)
0.6 - The Flintstones
0.5 - Teen Titans Go!
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.3 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? **
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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 according to the chart
and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.
ICv2.com'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 sales to
bookstores, newsstands, 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. 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, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at
The Comics Beat, The International Organisation of Supreme Audit
Institutions, 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
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