Sorry this column is a bit late; I was waiting for Diamond to release the year-end figures for 2016, but as of this writing they haven't yet materialized. Hopefully they'll be out soon and I'll roll those revised numbers into the January 2017 column.
December was not a great month for DC. While yes, they did have four of the top five comics this month, the market as a whole was down 7% from December 2015, and at under 4K the floor of the Top 300 was lower than we've seen in quite some time.
More troubling is that the Rebirth titles are having a hard time stabilizing; most of the twice-monthly titles saw drops of 5-6% for the first issue of the month and 2-3% for the second issue of the month (there are exceptions, of course). The monthly titles are also dropping too much; DC have to be a bit worried that things are not yet stabilizing.
But on the bright side, things are still better than before Rebirth, with DC still moving a million more comics in December than they did in May (the month before Rebirth started).
The other point of interest this month are the 6-month percentage numbers for the Rebirth launch-month titles, most of which are in the minus 50-60% range.
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. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com's estimates can be found here.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are now 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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1, 12 - JUSTICE LEAGUE VS SUICIDE SQUAD ($3.99) 12/2016: JL Vs SS #1 of 6 -- 179,643 12/2016: JL Vs SS #2 of 6 -- 82,475 (- 54.1%)The Rebirth era's first event series ropes in just two titles, but they're two of DC"s more high-profile titles and things kick off nicely. There were oodles of retailer customizable incentive variants for the first issue which led to an overinflated sales number, which you can see as things drop way back to closer to normal with the second issue (which had just a regular f.o.v. and an incentive cover). It's also weekly at $3.99, which may somewhat limit its appeal to consumers but will at least get things over with quickly.
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3 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE ($5.99) 12/2015: Dark Knight III #2 of 8 -- 158,188 (- 62.5%) [168,590] 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Dark Knight III #3 of 8 -- 146,044 (- 10.6%) [150,665] 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Dark Knight III #4 of 8 -- 143,055 (- 5.1%) 05/2016: -- 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 14.9% 1 year : - 29.3%
DK3 takes a bit of a tumble as the irregular schedule starts to catch up with it. And DC announced that it would be a nine-issue series, not eight. I'm so glad I'm not buying this in single issues; my experience with the delays on the previous two Dark Knight series was enough to warn me away.
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4, 5 - BATMAN ($2.99) 12/2006: Batman #660 -- 76,967 12/2006: Batman #661 -- 75,512 12/2011: Batman #4 -- 133,781 [144,777] 12/2012: Batman #15 -- 151,568 12/2013: Batman #26 -- 119,443 12/2014: Batman #37 -- 113,255 ---------------------------------- 12/2015: Batman #47 -- 127,201 (+ 18.0%) 01/2016: Batman #48 -- 100,962 (- 20.6%) 02/2016: Batman #49 -- 102,689 (+ 1.7%) 03/2016: Batman #50 -- 163,406 (+ 67.7%) [172,256] 04/2016: Batman #51 -- 101,922 (- 40.8%) 05/2016: Batman #52 -- 102,197 (+ 0.3%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 60.9% 1 year : - 13.6% 2 years : - 3.0% 5 years : - 24.1% 10 years: + 44.1%
Like most of the Rebirth titles, Batman is still looking for its level; a drop of over 7% for the month is more than you want to see six months in.
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10 - ALL STAR BATMAN ($4.99) 12/2006: -- --------------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 10 years: n.a.
Dollar sales-wise this ranks just ahead of the two Batman books, due to its $4.99 cover price. But on the dark cloud size a Batman comic by Scott Snyder has never sold this low since the start of the New 52 era.
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14, 15 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99) 12/2011: Justice League #4 -- 149,314 [152,340] 12/2012: Justice League #15 -- 115,074 12/2013: Justice League #25 -- 94,004 12/2013: Justice League #26 -- 90,592 12/2014: Justice League #37 -- 72,081 -------------------------------------- 12/2015: Justice League #46 -- 75,660 (- 3.5%) 12/2015: Justice League #47 -- 84,970 (+ 21.2%) [91,688] 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Justice League #48 -- 72,704 (- 20.7%) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Justice League #49 -- 71,131 (- 2.2%) 05/2016: Justice League #50 -- 92,423 (+ 29.9%) [100,106] 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%) ----------------- 6 months: + 1.9% 1 year : - 13.2% 2 years : + 0.7% 5 years : - 52.4%
At this point Justice League is pretty much back where it was at the end of the New 52 version. The JL/SS crossover issues don't hit the streets until January.
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17, 18 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99) 12/2006: Detective Comics #826 -- 59,657 12/2006: Detective Comics #827 -- 55,031 12/2011: Detective Comics #4 -- 99,366 12/2012: Detective Comics #15 -- 106,395 12/2013: Detective Comics #26 -- 56,538 12/2014: Detective Comics #37 -- 54,953 ----------------------------------------- 12/2015: Detective Comics #47 -- 45,867 (- 3.0%) 01/2016: Detective Comics #48 -- 45,111 (- 1.6%) 02/2016: Detective Comics #49 -- 45,300 (+ 0.4%) 03/2016: Detective Comics #50 -- 52,373 (+ 15.6%) 04/2016: Detective Comics #51 -- 43,190 (- 17.5%) 05/2016: Detective Comics #52 -- 43,961 (+ 1.8%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 43.9% 1 year : + 43.3% 2 years : + 19.6% 5 years : - 33.8% 10 years: + 14.6%
Tracking below its New 52 counterpart, but still selling significantly better than that title's end point.
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20, 24 - FLASH ($2.99) 12/2006: Flash FMA #7 -- 53,600 12/2011: Flash #4 -- 77,336 12/2012: Flash #15 -- 45,925 12/2013: Flash #26 -- 36,601 12/2014: Flash #37 -- 37,026 --------------------------------- 12/2015: Flash #47 -- 42,129 (+ 14.8%) 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Flash #48 -- 34,903 (- 17.2%) 02/2016: Flash #49 -- 34,407 (- 1.4%) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Flash #50 -- 35,160 (+ 2.2%) 05/2016: Flash #51 -- 33,878 (- 3.6%) 05/2016: Flash #52 -- 32,831 (- 3.1%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 49.0% 1 year : + 51.1% 2 years : + 71.9% 5 years : - 17.7% 10 years: + 18.7%
Still dropping a bit more than one would like, but also doing better than the New 52 version on an issue-by-issue basis, and almost identical on a month-by-month basis. There's a Batman crossover coming up in April to boost things up a bit.
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26, 28 - SUPERMAN ($2.99) 12/2006: -- 12/2011: Superman #4 -- 76,532 12/2012: Superman #15 -- 51,225 12/2013: Superman #26 -- 36,877 12/2014: Superman #37 -- 50,383 ---------------------------------- 12/2015: Superman #47 -- 47,377 (+ 13.4%) 01/2016: Superman #48 -- 37,690 (- 20.4%) 02/2016: Superman #49 -- 36,318 (- 3.6%) 03/2016: Superman #50 -- 91,396 (+151.7%) 04/2016: Superman #51 -- 38,103 (- 58.3%) 05/2016: Superman #52 -- 54,317 (+ 67.9%) [63,989] 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 55.4% 1 year : + 27.1% 2 years : + 19.5% 5 years : - 21.3% 10 years: n.a.
More or less in the same boat as The Flash, as far as comparisons with the New 52 version go. There's a Superman title crossover coming up in March which could boost things up a bit.
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27 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99) 12/2011: Suicide Squad #4 -- 34,550 12/2012: Suicide Squad #15 -- 57,132 12/2013: Suicide Squad #26 -- 25,346 12/2014: New Suicide Squad #5 -- 32,834 ----------------------------------------- 12/2015: New Suicide Squad #15 -- 26,449 (- 20.4%) 01/2016: New Suicide Squad #16 -- 24,870 (- 6.0%) 02/2016: New Suicide Squad #17 -- 23,687 (- 4.8%) 03/2016: New Suicide Squad #18 -- 28,243 (+ 19.2%) 04/2016: New Suicide Squad #19 -- 23,799 (- 15.7%) 05/2016: New Suicide Squad #20 -- 23,425 (- 1.6%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: +151.0% 1 year : +126.7% 2 years : + 82.6% 5 years : + 73.6%
Only one issue this month for some reason, and it's a JL vs SS tie-in, so it doesn't suffer the drops that other Rebirth books are seeing.
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32, 33 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99) 12/2006: -- 12/2011: Wonder Woman #4 -- 57,675 12/2012: Wonder Woman #15 -- 41,641 12/2013: Wonder Woman #26 -- 32,773 12/2014: Wonder Woman #37 -- 43,066 (- 27.0%) ------------------------------------- 12/2015: Wonder Woman #47 -- 40,123 (+ 16.5%) 01/2016: Wonder Woman #48 -- 32,687 (- 18.5%) 02/2016: Wonder Woman #49 -- 35,398 (+ 8.3%) 03/2016: Wonder Woman #50 -- 36,328 (+ 2.6%) 04/2016: Wonder Woman #51 -- 29,787 (- 18.0%) 05/2016: Wonder Woman #52 -- 29,673 (- 0.4%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 56.6% 1 year : + 37.4% 2 years : + 28.0% 5 years : - 4.4% 10 years: n.a.
Despite it's unorthodox alternating storylines, Wonder Woman is pretty much in the same sales comparison boat as Superman & The Flash.
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37 - TRINITY ($2.99) 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%)
A smidge more than you'd like to see in a fourth issue drop.
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38, 41 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99) 12/2013: Harley Quinn #1 -- 92,153 [120,312] 12/2014: Harley Quinn #13 -- 68,102 ------------------------------------ 12/2015: Harley Quinn #23 -- 69,168 (+ 17.8%) 01/2016: Harley Quinn #24 -- 44,967 (- 35.0%) 02/2016: Harley Quinn #25 -- 51,495 (+ 14.5%) 03/2016: Harley Quinn #26 -- 51,420 (- 0.1%) 04/2016: Harley Quinn #27 -- 54,864 (+ 6.7%) 05/2016: Harley Quinn #28 -- 43,858 (- 20.1%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 11.9% 1 year : - 29.0% 2 years : - 27.9%
Pretty much back to where it was before Rebirth.
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39, 42 - NIGHTWING ($2.99) 12/2006: Nightwing #126 -- 34,889 12/2011: Nightwing #4 -- 57,409 12/2012: Nightwing #15 -- 74,407 12/2013: Nightwing #26 -- 38,452 12/2014: Grayson #5 -- 42,611 [42,648] ---------------------------------- 12/2015: Grayson #15 -- 35,765 (+ 11.1%) 01/2016: Grayson #16 -- 30,420 (- 14.9%) 02/2016: Grayson #17 -- 30,257 (- 0.5%) 03/2016: Grayson #18 -- 33,550 (+ 10.9%) 04/2016: Grayson #19 -- 27,378 (- 18.4%) 05/2016: Grayson #20 -- 23,762 (- 13.2%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : + 35.9% 2 years : + 14.0% 5 years : - 15.3% 10 years: + 39.3%
Tracking pretty much on par with the New 52 series.
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40 - TITANS ($2.99) 12/2015: Titans Hunt #3 of 12 -- 20,918 (- 6.9%) 01/2016: Titans Hunt #4 of 8 -- 23,578 (+ 12.7%) 02/2016: Titans Hunt #5 of 8 -- 22,678 (- 3.8%) 03/2016: Titans Hunt #6 of 8 -- 18,493 (- 18.5%) 04/2016: Titans Hunt #7 of 8 -- 20,079 (+ 8.6%) 05/2016: Titans Hunt #8 of 8 -- 17,412 (- 13.3%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 51.7% 1 year : +132.4%
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44, 45 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99) 12/2006: -- 12/2011: Action Comics #4 -- 112,839 12/2012: Action Comics #15 -- 61,298 12/2013: Action Comics #26 -- 37,489 12/2014: Action Comics #37 -- 39,168 -------------------------------------- 12/2015: Action Comics #47 -- 29,021 (- 19.2%) 01/2016: Action Comics #48 -- 31,958 (+ 10.1%) 02/2016: Action Comics #49 -- 31,496 (- 1.4%) 03/2016: Action Comics #50 -- 40,025 (+ 27.1%) 04/2016: Action Comics #51 -- 32,167 (- 19.6%) 05/2016: Action Comics #52 -- 40,623 (+ 26.3%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 50.7% 1 year : + 59.2% 2 years : + 18.0% 5 years : - 59.0% 10 years: n.a.
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47 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99) 12/2006: Teen Titans #42 -- 60,165 12/2011: Teen Titans #4 -- 54,929 12/2012: Teen Titans #15 -- 68,707 12/2013: Teen Titans #26 -- 29,149 12/2014: Teen Titans #5 -- 34,101 ---------------------------------- 12/2015: Teen Titans #14 -- 26,239 (- 1.0%) 12/2015: Teen Titans #15 -- 27,201 (+ 3.7%) 01/2016: Teen Titans #16 -- 24,201 (- 11.0%) 02/2016: Teen Titans #17 -- 23,566 (- 2.6%) 03/2016: Teen Titans #18 -- 23,056 (- 2.2%) 04/2016: Teen Titans #19 -- 21,989 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Teen Titans #20 -- 18,593 (- 15.4%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: +135.1% 1 year : + 68.1% 2 years : + 29.4% 5 years : - 19.7% 10 years: - 26.7%
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51, 55 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99) 12/2006: -- 12/2011: Green Lantern #4 -- 104,199 12/2012: Green Lantern #15 -- 74,363 12/2013: Green Lantern #26 -- 51,420 12/2014: Green Lantern #37 -- 44,033 -------------------------------------- 12/2015: Green Lantern #47 -- 45,706 (+ 17.0%) 01/2016: Green Lantern #48 -- 36,068 (- 21.1%) 02/2016: Green Lantern #49 -- 35,237 (- 2.3%) 03/2016: Green Lantern #50 -- 36,242 (+ 2.9%) 04/2016: Green Lantern #51 -- 32,862 (- 9.3%) 05/2016: Green Lantern #52 -- 32,936 (+ 0.2%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 61.6% 1 year : - 8.8% 2 years : - 5.4% 5 years : - 60.0% 10 years: n.a.
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53 - HARLEY'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK ($4.99) 12/2015: Harley's LBB #1 -- 92,266 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Harley's LBB #2 -- 45,030 (-51.2%) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Harley's LBB #3 -- 41,444 (- 8.0%) 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: Harley's LBB #4 -- 38,545 (- 7.0%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: -- 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Harley's LBB #5 -- 41,785 (+ 8.4%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 54.7%
You: "Gee, I know that issue #4 was a couple of months late, but since each issue is a done-in-one by a different artist, surely that means that the next issue will be on time since it's already completed, right?"
DC: "Ha ha, no. And don't call us Shirley."
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54, 57 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99) 12/2006: Green Lantern Corps #7 -- 38,737 12/2011: Green Lantern Corps #4 -- 57,180 12/2012: Green Lantern Corps #15 -- 47,841 12/2013: Green Lantern Corps #26 -- 32,797 12/2014: Green Lantern Corps #37 -- 32,860 -------------------------------------------- 12/2015: -- 01/2016: Edge of Oblivion #1 of 6 -- 26,819 (- 10.7%) 02/2016: Edge of Oblivion #2 of 6 -- 21,265 (- 20.7%) 03/2016: Edge of Oblivion #3 of 6 -- 20,096 (- 5.5%) 04/2016: Edge of Oblivion #4 of 6 -- 19,434 (- 3.3%) 05/2016: Edge of Oblivion #5 of 6 -- 18,699 (- 3.8%) 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%) ---------------- 6 months: +126.4% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : + 27.2% 5 years : - 26.9% 10 years: + 7.9%
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66, 70 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99) 12/2006: Green Arrow #69 -- 32,234 12/2011: Green Arrow #4 -- 37,116 12/2012: Green Arrow #15 -- 20,672 12/2013: Green Arrow #26 -- 24,687 12/2014: Green Arrow #37 -- 20,904 ---------------------------------- 12/2015: Green Arrow #47 -- 30,834 (+ 26.4%) 01/2016: Green Arrow #48 -- 22,117 (- 28.3%) 02/2016: Green Arrow #49 -- 22,096 (- 0.1%) 03/2016: Green Arrow #50 -- 22,977 (+ 4.0%) 04/2016: Green Arrow #51 -- 21,168 (- 7.9%) 05/2016: Green Arrow #52 -- 20,559 (- 2.9%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 60.1% 1 year : + 23.0% 2 years : + 91.5% 5 years : + 2.2% 10 years: + 17.7%
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76, 79 - AQUAMAN ($2.99) 12/2006: Aquaman #47 -- 21,197 12/2011: Aquaman #4 -- 64,961 12/2012: Aquaman #15 -- 75,947 12/2013: Aquaman #26 -- 38,841 12/2014: Aquaman #37 -- 31,198 ------------------------------ 12/2015: Aquaman #47 -- 20,251 (- 22.0%) 01/2016: Aquaman #48 -- 23,373 (+ 15.4%) 02/2016: Aquaman #49 -- 23,546 (+ 0.7%) 03/2016: Aquaman #50 -- 24,487 (+ 4.0%) 04/2016: Aquaman #51 -- 21,959 (- 10.3%) 05/2016: Aquaman #52 -- 22,246 (+ 1.3%) 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%) 13/2016: Aquaman #13 -- 34,619 (- 2.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 61.9% 1 year : + 73.3% 2 years : + 12.5% 5 years : - 46.0% 10 years: + 65.6%
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84 - BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99) 12/2012: Unlimited #11 -- 18,089 12/2013: Universe #5 -- 15,857 12/2014: -- ------------------------------------ 12/2015: Batman Beyond #7 -- 21,946 (- 21.0%) 01/2016: Batman Beyond #8 -- 20,342 (- 7.3%) 02/2016: Batman Beyond #9 -- 19,449 (- 4.4%) 03/2016: Batman Beyond #10 -- 21,578 (+ 10.9%) 04/2016: Batman Beyond #11 -- 18,061 (- 16.3%) 05/2016: Batman Beyond #12 -- 18,133 (+ 0.4%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: +152.7% 1 year : + 50.0% 2 years : n.a.
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85 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($2.99) 12/2011: Red Hood & Outlaws #4 -- 44,278 12/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #15 -- 64,103 12/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #26 -- 25,382 12/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #37 -- 18,723 ----------------------------------------- 12/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #7 -- 25,789 (+ 29.9%) 01/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #8 -- 22,900 (- 11.2%) 02/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #9 -- 22,341 (- 2.4%) 03/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #10 -- 17,707 (- 20.7%) 04/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #11 -- 19,711 (+ 11.3%) 05/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #12 -- 16,402 (- 16.8%) 06/2015: 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%) ----------------- 6 months: +100.5% 1 year : + 27.4% 2 years : + 75.5% 5 years : - 25.8%
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86, 89 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99) 12/2011: Deathstroke #4 -- 26,367 12/2012: Deathstroke #15 -- 13,528 12/2014: Deathstroke #3 -- 34,010 ----------------------------------- 12/2015: Deathstroke #13 -- 25,344 (- 20.6%) 01/2016: Deathstroke #14 -- 27,648 (+ 9.1%) 02/2016: Deathstroke #15 -- 26,534 (- 4.0%) 03/2016: Deathstroke #16 -- 25,390 (- 4.3%) 04/2016: Deathstroke #17 -- 24,858 (- 2.1%) 05/2016: Deathstroke #18 -- 21,087 (- 15.2%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: + 51.8% 1 year : + 26.4% 2 years : - 5.8% 5 years : + 21.5%
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91 - BATGIRL ($2.99) 12/2011: Batgirl #4 -- 59,972 12/2012: Batgirl #15 -- 75,341 12/2013: Batgirl #26 -- 34,885 12/2014: Batgirl #37 -- 45,060 ------------------------------- 12/2015: Batgirl #46 -- 27,591 (- 7.1%) 01/2016: Batgirl #47 -- 26,905 (- 2.5%) 02/2016: Batgirl #48 -- 25,625 (- 4.8%) 03/2016: Batgirl #49 -- 24,730 (- 3.5%) 04/2016: Batgirl #50 -- 34,632 (+ 40.0%) 04/2016: Batgirl #51 -- 23,280 (- 32.8%) 05/2016: Batgirl #52 -- 26,492 (+ 13.8%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : + 13.4% 2 years : - 30.6% 5 years : - 47.8%
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92 - SUPERGIRL ($2.99) 12/2006: Supergirl #12 -- 59,819 12/2006: Supergirl #13 -- 56,648 12/2011: Supergirl #4 -- 44,180 12/2012: Supergirl #15 -- 30,814 12/2013: Supergirl #26 -- 22,646 12/2014: Supergirl #37 -- 26,272 ---------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 2 years : + 18.1% 5 years : - 29.7% 10 years: - 46.7%
Has dropped over 90K from the Rebirth issue. Not a good trajectory.
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As a point of interest, the first issue of Dynamite's Wonder Woman 77 Meets the Bionic Woman
crossover (and its nine different covers) clocks in at position #97 with 29,276 copies.
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99 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($2.99) 12/2006: Birds of Prey #101 -- 29,825 12/2011: Birds of Prey #4 -- 34,460 12/2012: Birds of Prey #15 -- 24,026 12/2013: Birds of Prey #26 -- 17,497 -------------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 5 years : - 16.3% 10 years: - 3.3%
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101 - HELLBLAZER ($2.99) 12/2006: Hellblazer #227 -- 13,231 12/2011: Hellblazer #286 -- 9,404 12/2012: Hellblazer #298 -- 9,132 12/2013: Constantine #9 -- 22,403 12/2014: Constantine #20 -- 15,574 ------------------------------------- 12/2015: The Hellblazer #7 -- 18,601 (- 3.8%) 01/2016: The Hellblazer #8 -- 17,853 (- 4.0%) 02/2016: The Hellblazer #9 -- 17,178 (- 3.8%) 03/2016: The Hellblazer #10 -- 16,755 (- 2.5%) 04/2016: The Hellblazer #11 -- 16,248 (- 3.0%) 05/2016: The Hellblazer #12 -- 15,904 (- 2.1%) 06/2016: The Hellblazer #13 -- 15,697 (- 1.3%) 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 84,404 (+437.7%) 08/2016: Hellblazer #1 -- 65,707 (- 22.2%) 09/2016: Hellblazer #2 -- 44,824 (- 31.8%) 10/2016: Hellblazer #3 -- 33,596 (- 25.0%) 11/2016: Hellblazer #4 -- 28,882 (- 14.0%) 12/2016: Hellblazer #5 -- 25,780 (- 10.7%) ----------------- 6 months: + 64.2% 1 year : + 38.6% 2 years : + 65.5% 5 years : +174.1% 10 years: + 94.8%
Tracking about 5K ahead of the previous series.
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104 - SUPERWOMAN ($2.99) 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%)
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106 - DC REBIRTH HOLIDAY SPECIAL ($9.99) 12/2016: Rebirth Holiday 2016 -- 23,601
The last time DC did a line-wide Holiday special was in 2010. It paid off this year, as the high cover price makes this the #15 title this month in dollar sales.
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111 - SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER ($5.99) 12/2016: Being Super #1 of 4 -- 21,491
Another bi-monthly prestige format mini-series. Sales are decent for a $6 comic, though the real end game here is as a collected edition aimed at the YA market, so any sales through Diamond are really just gravy.
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113, 124 - CYBORG ($2.99) 12/2015: Cyborg #5 -- 23,618 (- 8.9%) 12/2015: Cyborg #6 -- 17,864 (- 24.4%) 01/2016: Cyborg #7 -- 18,975 (+ 6.2%) 02/2016: Cyborg #8 -- 18,092 (- 4.7%) 03/2016: Cyborg #9 -- 13,578 (- 25.0%) 04/2016: Cyborg #10 -- 15,256 (+ 12.4%) 05/2016: Cyborg #11 -- 12,425 (- 18.6%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: + 59.4% 1 year : - 16.2%
The last of the twice-monthly issues before going monthly in 2017. DC really needs to consider doing the same with Deathstroke, Aquaman & Green Arrow too.
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115 - NEW SUPER-MAN ($2.99) 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%)
Has already dropped more than 100K from its first issue. DC is trying to publish seven comics a month in the Superman Family, and that's just too darn many.
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118 - BLUE BEETLE ($2.99) 12/2006: Blue Beetle #10 -- 21,358 12/2011: Blue Beetle #4 -- 21,408 12/2012: Blue Beetle #15 -- 11,744 ---------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 5 years : - 2.8% 10 years: - 2.6%
The direct market has long been hostile to a Blue Beetle solo series, and things are no exception under the Rebirth banner.
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126 - MOTHER PANIC (Young Animal) ($3.99) 11/2016: Mother Panic #1 -- 45,089 12/2016: Mother Panic #2 -- 20,506 (- 54.5%)
Returnable, so the numbers have been adjusted up 10% from those derived from the Diamond-supplied figures. See the fine print at the end of the column for why this is done.
That's a fairly large drop for a second issue, but it's on par with the second issue sales for Cave Carson & Shade. Doom Patrol missed its ship date this month, so Mother Panic is the top Young Animal book for December.
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119 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE ($3.99) 05/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #1 -- 69,520 [77,409] 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 32.5%
The top-selling non-DCU title for December, but still dropping too much each month.
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122 - HE-MAN/THUNDERCATS ($3.99) 12/2012: He-Man & MotU #5 -- 16,858 12/2013: He-Man & MotU #9 -- 14,465 12/2014: He-Man Eternity #1 -- 18,884 ---------------------------------------- 12/2015: He-Man Eternity #13 -- 10,096 (- 2.8%) 01/2016: He-Man Eternity #14 -- 9,714 (- 3.8%) 02/2016: He-Man Eternity #15 -- 9,493 (- 2.3%) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: -- 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: -- 10/2016: He-Man/T'cats #1 of 6 -- 32,936 (+247.0%) 11/2016: He-Man/T'cats #2 of 6 -- 21,991 (- 33.2%) 12/2016: He-Man/T'cats #3 of 6 -- 19,902 (- 9.5%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : + 97.1% 2 years : + 5.4%
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127 - FUTURE QUEST ($3.99) 05/2016: Future Quest #1 -- 48,627 [56,756] 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Future Quest #2 -- 30,170 (- 45.9%) 07/2016: Future Quest #3 -- 27,786 (- 9.5%) 08/2016: Future Quest #4 -- 25,472 (- 8.3%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Future Quest #5 -- 23,975 (- 5.9%) 10/2016: Future Quest #6 -- 22,131 (- 7.7%) 11/2016: Future Quest #7 -- 19,910 (- 10.0%) 12/2016: Future Quest #8 -- 18,296 (- 8.1%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a.
Ending with issue #12.
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130 - RAVEN ($2.99) 09/2016: Raven #1 of 6 -- 28,374 10/2016: Raven #2 of 6 -- 20,813 (- 26.6%) 11/2016: Raven #3 of 6 -- 19,154 (- 8.0%) 12/2016: Raven #4 of 6 -- 17,977 (- 6.1%)
There were second printings of the first two issues this month, but they didn't chart in the top 300.
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134, 158 - INJUSTICE: GROUND ZERO (Digital-First) ($2.99) 12/2013: Injustice #12 -- 21,871 (- 3.7%) 12/2014: Injustice Y3 #5 -- 16,611 (- 0.8%) 12/2014: Injustice Y3 #6 -- 16,141 (- 2.8%) ----------------------------------- 12/2015: -- 01/2016: Injustice Y5 #1 -- 17,049 (+ 14.8%) 01/2016: Injustice Y5 #2 -- 14,787 (- 13.3%) 02/2016: Injustice Y5 #3 -- 14,263 (- 3.5%) 02/2016: Injustice Y5 #4 -- 13,918 (- 2.4%) 03/2016: Injustice Y5 #5 -- 14,094 (+ 1.3%) 03/2016: Injustice Y5 #6 -- 13,599 (- 3.5%) 04/2016: Injustice Y5 #7 -- 13,823 (+ 1.6%) 04/2016: Injustice Y5 #8 -- 13,560 (- 1.9%) 05/2016: Injustice Y5 #9 -- 13,539 (- 0.2%) 05/2016: Injustice Y5 #10 -- 13,332 (- 1.5%) 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%) ---------------- 6 months: + 14.5% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : - 5.6%
A new Injustice series sees a typical bump up for the first issue, but the second issue drop is larger than has been the case for Injustice series in the past. The Injustice 2 video game is due out in May, which I would imagine will go a ways in invigorating interest in the comic.
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145 - 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%)
151 - 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%)
Both returnable; see the fine print at the end of the column. The Young Animal titles are pretty much moving in lock-step with each other.
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150 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99) 12/2015: Bombshells #6 -- 23,679 (- 6.5%) 12/2015: Bombshells #7 -- 23,014 (- 2.8%) 01/2016: Bombshells #8 -- 21,904 (- 4.8%) 02/2016: Bombshells #9 -- 20,349 (- 7.1%) 03/2016: Bombshells #10 -- 19,820 (- 2.6%) 04/2016: Bombshells #11 -- 18,859 (- 4.8%) 05/2016: Bombshells #12 -- 18,512 (- 1.8%) 05/2016: Bombshells #13 -- 18,046 (- 2.5%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 22.0% 1 year : - 38.2%
Ack, why the biggish percentage drop this month?
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152 - EARTH 2: SOCIETY ($2.99) 12/2012: Earth 2 #7 -- 54,409 12/2013: Earth 2 #18 -- 37,130 12/2014: Earth 2 #29 -- 30,273 --------------------------------- 12/2015: E2 Society #7 -- 21,059 (- 4.1%) 01/2016: E2 Society #8 -- 19,682 (- 6.5%) 02/2016: E2 Society #9 -- 18,868 (- 4.1%) 03/2016: E2 Society #10 -- 18,391 (- 2.5%) 04/2016: E2 Society #11 -- 17,844 (- 3.0%) 05/2016: E2 Society #12 -- 17,492 (- 2.0%) 06/2016: E2 Society #13 -- 17,430 (- 0.4%) 07/2016: E2 Society #14 -- 16,960 (- 2.7%) 08/2016: E2 Society #15 -- 16,885 (- 0.4%) 09/2016: E2 Society #16 -- 16,025 (- 5.1%) 10/2016: E2 Society #17 -- 16,822 (+ 5.0%) 11/2016: E2 Society #18 -- 15,181 (- 9.8%) 12/2016: E2 Society #19 -- 14,366 (- 5.4%) ----------------- 6 months: - 17.6% 1 year : - 31.8% 2 years : - 52.5%
Still hanging around, through issue #22.
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154 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99) 12/2013: -- 12/2014: -- ----------------------------------------- 12/2015: -- 01/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #14 -- 7,214 (- 9.9%) 02/2016: -- 03/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #15 -- 8,092 (+ 12.2%) 04/2016: -- 05/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16 -- 8,400 (+ 3.8%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 Year : n.a. 2 Years : n.a.
No your eyes do not deceive you; it's a team-up with Harley Quinn that gives SDTU a big bounce this month.
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157 - DEATH OF HAWKMAN ($3.99) 12/2006: Hawkgirl #59 -- 18,140 12/2011: Savage Hawkman #4 -- 25,437 12/2012: Savage Hawkman #15 -- 13,564 ------------------------------------------- 10/2016: Death of Hawkman #1 of 6 -- 31,316 (+182.0%) 11/2016: Death of Hawkman #2 of 6 -- 17,061 (- 45.5%) 12/2016: Death of Hawkman #3 of 6 -- 13,607 (- 20.2%) ----------------- 5 years : - 46.5% 10 years: - 25.0%
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180 - MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO ($3.99) 12/2006: Midnighter #2 -- 30,464 ---------------------------------------- 12/2015: Midnighter #7 -- 11,267 (- 7.5%) 01/2016: Midnighter #8 -- 10,408 (- 7.6%) 02/2016: Midnighter #9 -- 10,428 (+ 0.2%) 03/2016: Midnighter #10 -- 9,803 (- 6.0%) 04/2016: Midnighter #11 -- 9,435 (- 3.5%) 05/2016: Midnighter #12 -- 9,354 (- 0.9%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #1 of 6 -- 20,497 (+119.1%) 11/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #2 of 6 -- 13,029 (- 36.4%) 12/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #3 of 6 -- 10,773 (- 17.3%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 4.4% 10 yeas : - 64.6%
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182 - 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%)
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183 - DEADMAN: DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE ($5.99) 12/2006: Deadman #5 -- 10,113 ------------------------------------------ 10/2016: Deadman Mansion #1 of 3 -- 15,297 (+163.6%) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Deadman Mansion #2 of 3 -- 10,232 (- 33.1%) ----------------- 10 years: + 1.2%
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185 - SUPER POWERS ($2.99) 11/2016: Super Powers #1 of 6 -- 22,282 12/2016: Super Powers #2 of 6 -- 10,094 (- 54.7%)
The first issue had an f.o.v. and this issue does not, which explains the larger-than-normal second issue drop.
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191 - GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99) 12/2014: Gotham Academy #3 -- 26,509 ------------------------------------- 12/2015: Gotham Academy #12 -- 15,865 (- 4.2%) 12/2015: Gotham Academy #13 -- 22,947 (+ 44.6%) 01/2016: Gotham Academy #14 -- 15,023 (- 34.5%) 02/2016: Gotham Academy #15 -- 14,334 (- 4.6%) 03/2016: Gotham Academy #16 -- 13,363 (- 6.8%) 04/2016: Gotham Academy #17 -- 12,743 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Gotham Academy #18 -- 12,410 (- 2.6%) 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%) ---------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 49.8% 2 years : - 63.2%
If you're wondering why DC keeps Gotham Academy around, it's because the trade collections got picked up by Scholastic for their book fairs. So the single issue sales in the direct market are pretty much immaterial.
The direct comics market: the only place where they can't sell Harry Potter meets Batman.
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196 - SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED: EL DIABLO/AMANDA WALLER ($4.99) 01/2016: Deadshot/Katana #1 of 6 -- 21,642 02/2016: Deadshot/Katana #2 of 6 -- 16,529 (- 23.6%) 03/2016: Deadshot/Katana #3 of 6 -- 14,585 (- 11.8%) 04/2016: Deadshot/Katana #4 of 6 -- 13,452 (- 7.8%) 05/2016: Deadshot/Katana #5 of 6 -- 12,725 (- 5.4%) 06/2016: Deadshot/Katana #6 of 6 -- 12,584 (- 1.1%) 07/2016: -- 08/2016: El Diablo/Boom #1 of 6 -- 18,660 (+ 48.3%) 09/2016: El Diablo/Boom #2 of 6 -- 13,089 (- 29.9%) 10/2016: El Diablo/Croc #3 of 6 -- 11,468 (- 12.4%) 11/2016: El Diablo/Croc #4 of 6 -- 10,236 (- 10.7%) 12/2016: El Diablo/Am W #5 of 6 -- 8,819 (- 13.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 29.9%
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198 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99) 12/2006: Teen Titans Go! #38 -- 9,529 12/2013: Teen Titans Go! #1 -- 13,441 12/2014: Teen Titans Go! #7 -- 8,254 -------------------------------------- 12/2015: Teen Titans Go! #13 -- 9,714 (- 5.5%) 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Teen Titans Go! #14 -- 9,142 (- 5.9%) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Teen Titans Go! #15 -- 9,210 (+ 0.7%) 05/2016: -- 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 6.2% 1 year : - 9.9% 2 years : + 6.0% 10 years: - 8.2%
Not sure what to make of the largish percentage drop for TTG this month...
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204 - BATMAN '66 MEETS STEED & MRS. PEEL (Digital-First) ($2.99) 12/2015: UNCLE #1 of 6 -- 17,363 (- 15.4%) 01/2016: UNCLE #2 of 6 -- 13,940 (- 19.7%) 02/2016: UNCLE #3 of 6 -- 12,824 (- 8.0%) 03/2016: UNCLE #4 of 6 -- 11,945 (- 6.9%) 04/2016: UNCLE #5 of 6 -- 11,187 (- 6.3%) 05/2016: UNCLE #6 of 6 -- 11,060 (- 1.1%) 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%) ---------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 50.0%
Next up for the nostalgia fest: Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77.
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205 - THE LOST BOYS (Vertigo) ($3.99) 10/2016: Lost Boys #1 of 6 -- 19,812 11/2016: Lost Boys #2 of 6 -- 11,037 (- 44.3%) 12/2016: Lost Boys #3 of 6 -- 8,442 (- 23.5%)
The best-selling Vertigo book for December. At just 8,442 copies. Let that sink in...
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218 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99) 12/2015: Lucifer #1 -- 17,306 (+ 57.2%) 01/2016: Lucifer #2 -- 12,497 (- 27.8%) 02/2016: Lucifer #3 -- 11,614 (- 7.1%) 03/2016: Lucifer #4 -- 11,450 (- 1.4%) 04/2016: Lucifer #5 -- 11,049 (- 3.5%) 05/2016: Lucifer #6 -- 10,701 (- 3.1%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 25.5% 1 year : - 55.3%
A special holiday issue, with one story by the outgoing writer and one by the new incoming writer.
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229 - FROSTBITE (Vertigo) ($3.99) 09/2016: Frostbite #1 of 6 -- 13,916 10/2016: Frostbite #2 of 6 -- 9,312 (- 33.1%) 11/2016: Frostbite #3 of 6 -- 7,914 (- 15.0%) 12/2016: Frostbite #4 of 6 -- 7,152 (- 9.6%)
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Place here a Director's Cut edition of the first issue of All Star Batman at position #234 on the chart. (Not included in the summary statistics below.)
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237 - EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES (Vertigo) ($3.99) 12/2006: Fables #56 -- 25,892 12/2011: Fables #112 -- 17,602 12/2012: Fables #124 -- 16,018 12/2013: Fables #136 -- 14,220 12/2014: Fables #147 -- 13,302 -------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 2 years : - 53.5% 5 years : - 64.8% 10 years: - 76.1%
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246 - VIGILANTE: SOUTHLAND ($3.99) 10/2016: Southland #1 of 6 -- 16,264 (+152.3%) 11/2016: Southland #2 of 6 -- 7,787 (- 52.1%) 12/2016: Southland #3 of 3 -- 5,801 (- 25.5%)
The surprise final issue, as DC decided to pull the plug mid-story (they claim the final three unpublished issues will be included in the eventual trade collection). Thus ensuring that pretty much no one will ever bother buying issues of a DCU miniseries based on a C-list character ever again.
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255, 267 - CLEAN ROOM (Vertigo) ($3.99) 12/2015: Clean Room #3 -- 8,073 (- 13.7%) 01/2015: Clean Room #4 -- 7,572 (- 6.2%) 02/2016: Clean Room #5 -- 7,020 (- 7.3%) 03/2016: Clean Room #6 -- 6,832 (- 2.7%) 04/2016: Clean Room #7 -- 6,518 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Clean Room #8 -- 6,394 (- 1.9%) 06/2016: Clean Room #9 -- 6,335 (- 0.9%) 07/2016: Clean Room #10 -- 6,069 (- 4.2%) 08/2016: Clean Room #11 -- 5,906 (- 2.7%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Clean Room #12 -- 5,807 (- 1.7%) 11/2016: Clean Room #13 -- 5,658 (- 2.6%) 12/2016: Clean Room #14 -- 5,312 (- 6.1%) 12/2016: Clean Room #15 -- 5,107 (- 3.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 17.8% 1 year : - 35.5%
Two issues this month as Clean Room rockets towards its finale in issue #18.
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265 - SIXPACK & DOGWELDER: HARD TRAVELIN' HEROZ ($3.99) 12/2015: All-Star Section 8 #6 of 6 -- 8,995 (- 8.1%) 01/2016: -- 02/2016: -- 03/2016: -- 04/2016: -- 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: Sixpack & Dogwelder #1 of 6 -- 15,431 (+ 71.6%) 09/2016: Sixpack & Dogwelder #2 of 6 -- 7,647 (- 50.4%) 10/2016: Sixpack & Dogwelder #3 of 6 -- 6,442 (- 15.8%) 11/2016: Sixpack & Dogwelder #4 of 6 -- 5,708 (- 11.4%) 12/2016: Sixpack & Dogwelder #5 of 6 -- 5,132 (- 10.1%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 Year : - 42.9%
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272 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99) 12/2006: Scooby-Doo #115 -- 4,364 12/2011: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #16 -- 4,627 12/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #28 -- 4,879 12/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #40 -- 4,754 12/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #52 -- ????? (< 5,053) ----------------------------------------------- 12/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #64 -- ????? (< 5,848) 01/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #65 -- 4,906 02/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #66 -- 4,867 (- 0.8%) 03/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #67 -- 4,940 (+ 1.5%) 04/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #68 -- 4,892 (- 1.0%) 05/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #69 -- 5,040 (+ 3.0%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: ???% 1 year : ???% 2 years : ???% 5 years : + 3.8% 10 years: + 10.1%
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+300 - UNFOLLOW (Vertigo) ($3.99) 12/2015: Unfollow #2 -- 7,082 (- 34.1%) 01/2016: Unfollow #3 -- 6,510 (- 8.1%) 02/2016: Unfollow #4 -- 5,667 (- 12.9%) 03/2016: Unfollow #5 -- 5,149 (- 9.1%) 04/2016: Unfollow #6 -- 4,815 (- 6.5%) 05/2016: Unfollow #7 -- ????? (< 4,986) 06/2016: Unfollow #8 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: Unfollow #9 -- ????? (< 5,069) 08/2016: Unfollow #10 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: Unfollow #11 -- ????? (< 4,239) 10/2016: Unfollow #12 -- ????? (< 4,931) 11/2016: Unfollow #13 -- ????? (< 4,799) 12/2016: Unfollow #14 -- ????? (< 3,954) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????%
+300 - RED THORN (Vertigo) ($3.99) 12/2015: Red Thorn #2 -- 6,799 (- 40.0%) 01/2016: Red Thorn #3 -- 5,802 (- 14.7%) 02/2016: Red Thorn #4 -- 4,867 (- 16.1%) 03/2016: Red Thorn #5 -- 4,482 (- 7.9%) 04/2016: Red Thorn #6 -- ????? (< 4,309) 05/2016: Red Thorn #7 -- ????? (< 4,986) 06/2016: Red Thorn #8 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: Red Thorn #9 -- ????? (< 5,069) 08/2016: Red Thorn #10 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: Red Thorn #11 -- ????? (< 4,239) 10/2016: -- 11/2016: Red Thorn #12 -- ????? (< 4,799) 12/2016: Red Thorn #13 -- ????? (< 3,954) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????%
Despite the floor of the Top 300 dropping below 4K, these two Vertigo series still didn't make the chart. This is the final issue of Red Thorn, while Unfollow will continue on until issue #18.
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+300 - LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99) 12/2006: Looney Tunes #145 -- 2,732 12/2011: Looney Tunes #204 -- ????? 12/2012: Looney Tunes #210 -- ????? 12/2013: Looney Tunes #216 -- 2,822 12/2014: Looney Tunes #222 -- ????? (< 5,053) ----------------------------------- 12/2015: Looney Tunes #228 -- ????? (< 5,848) 01/2016: -- 02/2016: Looney Tunes #229 -- ????? (< 3,744) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Looney Tunes #230 -- ????? (< 4,309) 05/2016: -- 06/2016: Looney Tunes #231 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: -- 08/2016: Looney Tunes #232 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Looney Tunes #233 -- ????? (< 4,931) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Looney Tunes #234 -- ????? (< 3,954) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????% 2 years : ????% 5 years : ????% 10 years: ????%
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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 12/2006: 34,418 12/2011: 35,397 12/2012: 34,272 12/2013: ?????? 12/2014: 29,047 ** --------------- 12/2015: 28,091 (- 8.6%)** 01/2016: 21,845 (- 22.2%)** 02/2016: 24,611 (+ 12.7%)** 03/2016: 22,620 (- 9.6%)** 04/2016: 23,187 (+ 2.5%)** 05/2016: 24,532 (+ 5.8%)** 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%)** ----------------- 6 months: - 27.7% 1 year : + 25.5% 2 years : + 21.4% 5 years : - 0.4% 10 years: + 2.5% DC UNIVERSE 12/2006: 44,641 12/2011: 39,390 12/2012: 36,880 12/2013: ?????? 12/2014: 34,882 --------------- 12/2015: 34,981 (- 8.9%) 01/2016: 27,664 (- 20.1%) 02/2016: 31,503 (+ 13.9%) 03/2016: 28,621 (- 9.1%) 04/2016: 30,003 (+ 4.8%) 05/2016: 29,927 (- 0.3%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 31.5% 1 year : + 29.0% 2 years : + 29.4% 5 years : + 14.6% 10 years: + 1.1% VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL 12/2006: 13,834 12/2011: 11,082 12/2012: 11,771 12/2013: ?????? 12/2014: 13,195 ** --------------- 12/2015: 8,630 (- 11.8%)** 01/2016: 6,832 (- 20.5%)** 02/2016: 6,274 (- 8.2%)** 03/2016: 6,039 (- 3.7%)** 04/2016: 5,649 (- 6.5%)** 05/2016: 5,734 (+ 1.5%)** 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%)** ----------------- 6 months: + 51.1% 1 year : + 6.3% 2 years : - 30.5% 5 years : - 17.2% 10 years: - 33.7%
Without Young Animal, the Vertigo average for the month would be 5,982.
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6 month comparisons =================== +152.7% - Batman Beyond +151.0% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) +135.1% - Teen Titans +126.4% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC Edge) +100.5% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal) + 64.2% - Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer) + 59.4% - Cyborg + 51.8% - Deathstroke + 14.5% - Injustice + 1.9% - Justice League - 6.2% - Teen Titans Go! - 11.9% - Harley Quinn - 17.6% - Earth 2 Society - 17.8% - Clean Room - 25.5% - Lucifer - 29.9% - Suicide Squad Most Wanted - 32.5% - Scooby Apocalypse - 43.9% - Detective Comics - 49.0% - Flash - 50.7% - Action Comics - 51.7% - Titans - 55.4% - Superman - 56.6% - Wonder Woman - 60.1% - Green Arrow - 60.9% - Batman - 61.6% - Green Lanterns - 61.9% - Aquaman 1 year comparisons ================== +132.4% - Titans (Titans Hunt) +126.7% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 97.1% - He-Man + 73.3% - Aquaman + 68.1% - Teen Titans + 59.2% - Action Comics + 51.1% - Flash + 50.0% - Batman Beyond + 43.3% - Detective Comics + 38.6% - Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer) + 37.4% - Wonder Woman + 35.9% - Nightwing (Grayson) + 27.4% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal) + 27.1% - Superman + 26.4% - Deathstroke + 23.0% - Green Arrow + 13.4% - Batgirl - 4.4% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 8.8% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 9.9% - Teen Titans Go! - 13.2% - Justice League - 13.6% - Batman - 16.2% - Cyborg - 29.0% - Harley Quinn - 31.8% - Earth 2 Society - 35.5% - Clean Room - 42.9% - Sixpack & Dogwelder (All Star Section 8) - 49.8% - Gotham Academy - 50.0% - Batman 66 Meets... - 54.7% - Harley's Little Black Book - 55.3% - Lucifer 2 year comparisons ================== + 91.5% - Green Arrow + 82.6% - Suicide Squad + 75.5% - Red Hood & Outlaws + 71.9% - Flash + 65.5% - Hellblazer (Constantine) + 29.4% - Teen Titans + 28.0% - Wonder Woman + 27.2% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) + 19.6% - Detective Comics + 19.5% - Superman + 18.1% - Supergirl + 18.0% - Action Comics + 14.0% - Nightwing (Grayson) + 12.5% - Aquaman + 6.0% - Teen Titans Go! + 5.4% - He-Man + 0.7% - Justice League - 3.0% - Batman - 5.4% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 5.6% - Injustice - 5.8% - Deathstroke - 27.9% - Harley Quinn - 30.6% - Batgirl - 52.5% - Earth 2 Society (Earth 2) - 53.5% - Everafter (Fables) - 63.2% - Gotham Academy 5 year comparisons ================== +174.1% - Hellblazer + 73.6% - Suicide Squad + 21.5% - Deathstroke + 3.8% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? + 2.2% - Green Arrow - 2.8% - Blue Beetle - 4.4% - Wonder Woman - 15.3% - Nightwing - 16.3% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 17.7% - Flash - 19.7% - Teen Titans - 21.3% - Superman - 24.1% - Batman - 25.8% - Red Hood & Outlaws - 26.9% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) - 29.7% - Supergirl - 33.8% - Detective Comics - 46.0% - Aquaman - 46.5% - Death of Hawkman (Savage Hawkman) - 47.8% - Batgirl - 52.4% - Justice League - 59.0% - Action Comics - 60.0% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 64.8% - Everafter (Fables) 10 year comparisons =================== + 94.8% - Hellblazer + 65.6% - Aquaman + 44.1% - Batman + 39.3% - Nightwing + 18.7% - Flash + 17.7% - Green Arrow + 14.6% - Detective Comics + 10.1% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? + 7.9% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) + 1.2% - Deadman - 2.6% - Blue Beetle - 3.3% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 8.2% - Teen Titans Go! - 25.0% - Death of Hawkman (Hawkgirl) - 26.7% - Teen Titans - 46.7% - Supergirl - 64.6% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 76.1% - Everafter (Fables)
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Sales Indices ============= DCU: Average: 45,125. Median: 41,090. No.: 59. Total: 2,662,359 4.0 - Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (1) 2.6 - Dark Knight III 2.5 - Batman (12) 2.4 - Batman (13) 1.9 - All Star Batman 1.8 - Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2) 1.6 - Justice League (10) 1.6 - Justice League (11) 1.5 - Detective Comics (946) 1.4 - Detective Comics (947) 1.4 - Flash (12) 1.4 - Flash (13) 1.3 - Superman (12) 1.3 - Suicide Squad 1.3 - Superman (13) 1.2 - Wonder Woman (12) 1.2 - Wonder Woman (13) 1.1 - Trinity 1.1 - Harley Quinn (9) 1.1 - Nightwing (10) 1.1 - Titans 1.1 - Harley Quinn (10) 1.1 - Nightwing (11) 1.0 - Action Comics (969) 1.0 - Action Comics (970) 1.0 - Teen Titans 0.9 - Green Lanterns (12) 0.9 - Harley's Little Black Book 0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (10) 0.9 - Green Lanterns (13) 0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (11) 0.9 - Green Arrow (12) 0.8 - Green Arrow (13) 0.8 - Aquaman (12) 0.8 - Aquaman (13) 0.7 - Batman Beyond 0.7 - Red Hood & Outlaws 0.7 - Deathstroke (8) 0.7 - Deathstroke (8) 0.7 - Batgirl 0.7 - Supergirl 0.6 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey 0.6 - Hellblazer 0.5 - Superwoman 0.5 - Dc Rebirth Holiday Special 0.5 - Supergirl Being Super 0.5 - Cyborg (6) 0.5 - New Super-Man 0.5 - Blue Beetle 0.4 - Cyborg (7) 0.4 - Raven 0.3 - Earth 2 Society 0.3 - Death of Hawkman 0.2 - Midnighter & Apollo 0.2 - Deadman Dark Mansion 0.2 - Gotham Academy 2nd Semester 0.2 - Suicide Squad Most Wanted 0.1 - Vigilante Southland 0.1 - Sixpack & Dogwelder Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 9,177**. Median: 7,152**. No.: 11. Total: 100,950** 2.2 - Mother Panic 1.8 - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye 1.7 - Shade the Changing Girl 0.9 - The Lost Boys 0.8 - Lucifer 0.8 - Frostbite 0.7 - Everafter 0.6 - Clean Room (14) 0.6 - Clean Room (15) 0.4 - Unfollow ** 0.4 - Red Thorn ** Digital First & Other: Average: 12,590**. Median: 13,406**. No.: 13. Total: 163,664** 1.6 - Scooby Apocalypse 1.6 - He-Man/Thundercats 1.5 - Future Quest 1.4 - Injustice Ground Zero (1) 1.1 - DC Comics Bombshells 1.1 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up 1.1 - Injustice Ground Zero (2) 0.8 - The Flintstones 0.8 - Super Powers 0.7 - Teen Titans Go! 0.7 - Batman 66 Meets The Avengers 0.4 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? 0.2 - 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 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. 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]"). 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.
Image is not a normal comics publisher, and the typical metrics for sales success may not apply. For many 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 National Christmas Tree Association, 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 if you need to contact me).
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