Still no sign of the Diamond end-of-year numbers for 2016; according to comics sales figures guru John Jackson Miller they are still forthcoming, though indefinitely delayed. One they are (finally) made available I'll adjust the figures in the next month-to-month column.
DC had exactly as many comics for sale in January as they did in December (83) but sold about 70K fewer total comics (2.85 million), which is actually a pretty small drop considering that some Rebirth titles are still shaking out. And that's till a whopping 1.2 million more comics than they moved in January 2016.
Why are DC doing so much better? Rebirth, yes; but what Rebirth has really given DC is an actual midlist. In January 2016 only five comics sold over 40K, and only two comics over 50K; in January 2017 there are twenty-eight comics selling over 40K, and twenty comics over 50K!
Now if only we could convince DC to stop publishing those low-selling mini-series starring c-list characters...
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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2, 3 - BATMAN ($2.99) 01/2007: Batman #662 -- 72,499 01/2012: Batman #5 -- 135,145 [142,499] 01/2013: Batman #16 -- 145,923 01/2014: Batman #27 -- 115,492 [117,395] 01/2015: Batman #38 -- 110,232 [120,385] ---------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Batman #14 -- 106,816 (- 1.5%) 01/2017: Batman #15 -- 102,802 (- 3.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 44.9% 1 year : + 3.8% 2 years : - 12.9% 5 years : - 26.4% 10 years: + 44.6%Batman is back on top for January, though it is now closely approaching where the New 52 series ended. Will Batman drop below 100K for the first time since the New 52 started? Tune in next month to find out...
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4 - JUSTICE LEAGUE/POWER RANGERS ($3.99) 01/2017: JL/Power Rangers #1 of 6 -- 86,589Bolstered by a s#!t-ton of variant covers (actually just six, plus a blank variant), the crossover that no-one asked for does surprisingly well. Expect to see that number drop at least in half for issue number two, but even 40K would be respectable for such a thing. Good on DC & Boom!
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6 - ALL STAR BATMAN ($4.99) 01/2007: -- --------------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 10 years: n.a.The #1 dollar book for January, due to its $5 price tag. So for retailers complaining that the regular Batman book has a cover price of just $3 and they cannot make as much money form each issue of Batman as they could for the $4 New 52 Batman comic, here you go. (And it's by the same writer as that New 52 Batman too!)
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7, 12, 13, 14 - JUSTICE LEAGUE VS SUICIDE SQUAD ($3.99) 12/2016: JL Vs SS #1 of 6 -- 179,643 [184,519] 12/2016: JL Vs SS #2 of 6 -- 82,475 (- 54.1%) [87,110] 01/2017: JL Vs SS #3 of 6 -- 74,299 (- 14.7%) 01/2017: JL Vs SS #4 of 6 -- 71,450 (- 3.8%) 01/2017: JL Vs SS #5 of 6 -- 71,213 (- 0.3%) 01/2017: JL Vs SS #6 of 6 -- 70,489 (- 1.0%)There's a lot of good news in these numbers, including the fact that it stabilized quickly and right at the level of the regular Justice League title, and that the first two issues saw reorders high enough to appear on the January chart. (But there were some downsides too, which will become apparent a bit further down on the chart...)
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10, 15 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99) 01/2012: Justice League #5 -- 144,670 [148,117] 01/2013: Justice League #16 -- 117,719 01/2014: Justice League #27 -- 84,674 [85,571] 01/2015: Justice League #38 -- 68,989 [71,202] -------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Justice League #12 -- 72,598 (+ 1.5%) 01/2017: Justice League #13 -- 70,437 (- 3.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 66.9% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : + 0.4% 5 years : - 51.7%Two JL vs. SS tie-in issues keep sales stabilized for January, despite the issues having been done by fill-in creative teams.
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16, 19 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99) 01/2007: -- 01/2012: Detective Comics #5 -- 99,342 01/2013: Detective Comics #16 -- 92,300 01/2014: Detective Comics #27 -- 88,702 [90,335] 01/2015: Detective Comics #38 -- 51,301 ----------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Detective Comics #948 -- 64,090 (- 1.5%) 01/2017: Detective Comics #949 -- 61,543 (- 4.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 40.8% 1 year : + 39.2% 2 years : + 22.4% 5 years : - 36.8% 10 years: n.a.Tracking below its New 52 counterpart, but still selling significantly better than that title's end point.
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20, 22 - FLASH ($2.99) 01/2007: Flash FMA #8 -- 50,967 01/2012: Flash #5 -- 71,611 01/2013: Flash #16 -- 44,093 01/2014: Flash #27 -- 34,902 [35,598] 01/2015: Flash #38 -- 35,180 [36,575] --------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Flash #14 -- 60,732 (- 3.3%) 01/2017: Flash #15 -- 58,402 (- 3.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 46.0% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : + 62.9% 5 years : - 16.8% 10 years: + 16.9%And here we see the post-Rebirth twice-monthly attrition model come into focus, with many of the books dropping a total of 5-7% over the course of the two issues. The distribution of those drops may be different across the two issues (though in Flash's case they are pretty even). That does mean (as one retailer has put it) that the burn is accelerated on a monthly basis, which could lead to trouble down the line if this pattern persists.
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21, 23 - SUPERMAN ($2.99) 01/2007: Superman #658 -- 60,682 01/2012: Superman #5 -- 73,719 01/2013: Superman #16 -- 50,621 01/2014: Superman #27 -- 35,266 [34,749] 01/2015: -- ---------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Superman #14 -- 60,409 (+ 1.7%) 01/2017: Superman #15 -- 57,412 (- 5.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 46.3% 1 year : + 56.3% 2 years : n.a. 5 years : - 20.1% 10 years: - 2.9%My best guess for the slight bump up for issue #14 is that it was the start of the three-part "Multiplicity," a kinda-sorta mini-sequel to Morrison's Multiversity.
It may also speak well for Superman's post-Rebirth tendency to focus on smaller story arcs or two or three issues, something that the other DC titles may want to consider...
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26, 27 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99) 01/2012: Suicide Squad #5 -- 32,726 01/2013: Suicide Squad #16 -- 27,061 01/2014: Suicide Squad #27 -- 24,175 01/2015: New Suicide Squad #6 -- 32,304 [34,002] ----------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Suicide Squad #9 -- 54,010 (- 9.9%) 01/2017: Suicide Squad #10 -- 53,649 (- 0.7%) ----------------- 6 months: +113.9% 1 year : +116.4% 2 years : + 58.3% 5 years : + 64.5%Normally the lower-selling title in a crossover will see a sales boost, but that's not the case with Suicide Squad this month, likely because of the absence of Jim Lee on these two issues.
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29, 30 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99) 01/2007: -- 01/2012: Wonder Woman #5 -- 57,626 01/2013: Wonder Woman #16 -- 40,105 01/2014: Wonder Woman #27 -- 32,035 [32,769] 01/2015: Wonder Woman #38 -- 39,669 [42,214] ------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #14 -- 52,784 (- 3.3%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #15 -- 50,978 (- 3.4%) ----------------- 6 months: - 52.4% 1 year : + 58.7% 2 years : + 22.9% 5 years : - 10.0% 10 years: n.a.The new standard attrition.
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34, 41 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99) 01/2014: Harley Quinn #2 -- 66,363 [82,031] 01/2015: Harley Quinn #14 -- 64,735 [67,900] ------------------------------------ 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%) 01/2017: Harley Quinn #11 -- 47,308 (- 2.2%) 01/2017: Harley Quinn #12 -- 45,599 (- 3.6%) ----------------- 6 months: + 2.2% 1 year : + 3.3% 2 years : - 31.6%Pretty much back to where it was before Rebirth.
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36 - TITANS ($2.99) 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%) 01/2017: Titans #7 -- 46,998 (- 3.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 58.3% 1 year : + 99.3%Now at its standard attrition level.
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38 - 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%) 01/2017: Trinity #5 -- 46,204 (- 8.1%)---
39, 42 - NIGHTWING ($2.99) 01/2007: Nightwing #128 -- 33,930 01/2012: Nightwing #5 -- 56,040 01/2013: Nightwing #16 -- 69,643 01/2014: Nightwing #27 -- 38,325 [38,669] 01/2015: Grayson #6 -- 38,505 [39,816] ---------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Nightwing #12 -- 46,057 (- 3.6%) 01/2017: Nightwing #13 -- 44,462 (- 3.5%) ----------------- 6 months: - 66.1% 1 year : + 48.8% 2 years : + 13.7% 5 years : - 19.2% 10 years: + 33.4%Now at its standard attrition level.
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43, 48 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99) 01/2007: -- 01/2012: Action Comics #5 -- 109,350 01/2013: Action Comics #16 -- 58,645 01/2014: Action Comics #27 -- 36,042 [36,448] 01/2015: Action Comics #38 -- 35,018 -------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Action Comics #971 -- 44,894 (- 2.1%) 01/2017: Action Comics #972 -- 43,110 (- 4.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 49.7% 1 year : + 37.7% 2 years : + 25.7% 5 years : - 59.8% 10 years: n.a.Just hangin' out in standard attrition land.
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53 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99) 01/2006: Teen Titans #43 -- 60,290 [62,560] 01/2012: Teen Titans #5 -- 54,606 01/2013: Teen Titans #16 -- 63,726 01/2014: Teen Titans #27 -- 27,558 01/2015: Teen Titans #6 -- 30,955 [31,779] ---------------------------------- 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%) 01/2016: Teen Titans #4 -- 41,304 (- 6.4%) ----------------- 6 months: +117.3% 1 year : + 70.7% 2 years : + 30.0% 5 years : - 24.4% 10 years: - 34.0%---
59, 62 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99) 01/2007: Green Lantern #16 -- 66,105 01/2012: Green Lantern #5 -- 97,878 01/2013: Green Lantern #16 -- 72,884 01/2014: Green Lantern #27 -- 48,831 [49,099] 01/2015: Green Lantern #38 -- 39,342 -------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Green Lanterns #14 -- 39,854 (- 3.0%) 01/2017: Green Lanterns #15 -- 38,571 (- 3.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 55.7% 1 year : + 8.7% 2 years : - 0.3% 5 years : - 59.9% 10 years: - 40.7%
60, 63 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99) 01/2007: Green Lantern Corps #8 -- 36,924 01/2012: Green Lantern Corps #3 -- 65,393 01/2013: Green Lantern Corps #16 -- 45,387 01/2014: Green Lantern Corps #27 -- 31,447 [31,555] 01/2015: Green Lantern Corps #38 -- 27,765 -------------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #12 -- 39,148 (- 2.4%) 01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #13 -- 38,053 (- 2.8%) ---------------- 6 months: - 68.5% 1 year : + 43.9% 2 years : + 39.0% 5 years : - 41.0% 10 years: + 4.5%I know there's a difference between these two Green Lantern titles, but the market sure seems to act as though they're the same book...
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70, 75 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99) 01/2007: Green Arrow #70 -- 31,798 01/2012: Green Arrow #5 -- 33,593 01/2013: Green Arrow #16 -- 19,888 01/2014: Green Arrow #27 -- 23,785 01/2015: Green Arrow #38 -- 20,207 ---------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Green Arrow #14 -- 35,733 (- 4.4%) 01/2017: Green Arrow #15 -- 34,590 (- 3.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 56.1% 1 year : + 59.0% 2 years : + 74.0% 5 years : + 4.7% 10 years: + 10.6%---
79, 84 - AQUAMAN ($2.99) 01/2007: Aquaman #47 -- 21,197 01/2012: Aquaman #5 -- 63,450 01/2013: Aquaman #16 -- 62,153 01/2014: Aquaman #27 -- 36,610 [37,132] 01/2015: Aquaman #38 -- 28,356 [29,030] ------------------------------ 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%) 12/2016: Aquaman #13 -- 34,619 (- 2.7%) 01/2017: Aquaman #14 -- 33,377 (- 3.6%) 01/2017: Aquaman #15 -- 32,424 (- 2.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 56.9% 1 year : + 40.8% 2 years : + 13.3% 5 years : - 48.1% 10 years: + 55.2%---
86 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($2.99) 01/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #5 -- 42,560 01/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #16 -- 59,621 01/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #27 -- 24,813 01/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #38 -- 18,014 ----------------------------------------- 01/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #8 -- 22,900 (- 11.2%) 02/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #9 -- 22,341 (- 2.4%) 03/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #10 -- 17,707 (- 20.7%) 04/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #11 -- 19,711 (+ 11.3%) 05/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #12 -- 16,402 (- 16.8%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 67.9% 1 year : + 36.8% 2 years : + 73.9% 5 years : - 26.4%---
89, 93, 95, 100 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99) 01/2007: -- 01/2014: JL of America #11 -- 65,365 [66,039] ------------------------------------- 01/2016: JL of America #7 -- 47,835 (- 13.7%) 02/2016: -- 03/2016: JL of America #8 -- 45,500 (- 4.9%) 04/2016: -- 05/2016: -- 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%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 39.0% 10 years: n.a.Well that didn't go very well. DC went to the Rebirth well one too many times, it appears. These specials were meant to provide a bridge sorts between the Justice League vs Suicide Squad event and next month's new Justice League of America title, but what retailers saw were four one-shots featuring c-list characters. And with a good chunk of money already tied up in four weekly issues of JL vs SS, there wasn't much left over for four weekly one-shots, even with Rebirth in the title. DC have to hope that this doesn't poison the well for next month's Justice League of America Rebirth.
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90, 98 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99) 01/2012: Deathstroke #5 -- 23,872 01/2013: Deathstroke #16 -- 12,758 01/2015: Deathstroke #4 -- 33,011 [38,454] ----------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Deathstroke #10 -- 29,864 (- 5.3%) 01/2017: Deathstroke #11 -- 28,625 (- 4.1%) ----------------- 6 months: + 42.2% 1 year : + 5.8% 2 years : - 23.9% 5 years : + 22.5%---
92 - BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99) 01/2013: Unlimited #12 -- 17,446 01/2014: Universe #6 -- 15,070 01/2015: -- ------------------------------------ 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%) 01/2017: Batman Beyond #4 -- 29,767 (- 9.6%) ----------------- 6 months: + 65.4% 1 year : + 46.3% 2 years : n.a.---
96 - SUPERGIRL ($2.99) 01/2007: -- 01/2012: Supergirl #5 -- 41,446 01/2013: Supergirl #16 -- 30,350 01/2014: Supergirl #27 -- 21,954 01/2015: Supergirl #38 -- 22,677 ---------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 2 years : + 28.0% 5 years : - 30.0% 10 years: n.a.---
97 - BATGIRL ($2.99) 01/2012: Batgirl #5 -- 57,030 01/2013: Batgirl #16 -- 72,470 01/2014: Batgirl #27 -- 37,226 [37,305] 01/2015: Batgirl #38 -- 45,096 [48,003] ------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Batgirl #7 -- 28,712 (- 8.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 72.9% 1 year : + 6.7% 2 years : - 40.2% 5 years : - 49.7%---
103 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($2.99) 01/2007: Birds of Prey #102 -- 29,043 01/2012: Birds of Prey #5 -- 31,700 01/2013: Birds of Prey #16 -- 23,182 01/2014: Birds of Prey #27 -- 19,387 -------------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 75.6% 5 years : - 16.0% 10 years: - 8.3%---
105 - DOOM PATROL (Young Animal) ($3.99) 09/2016: Doom Patrol #1 -- 83,848 (+801.7%) 10/2016: Doom Patrol #2 -- 41,642 (- 50.3%) 11/2016: Doom Patrol #3 -- 33,154 (- 20.4%) 12/2016: -- 01/2017: Doom Patrol #4 -- 26,261 (- 20.8%)Returning after missing a month. Doom Patrol (and the rest of the Young Animal) titles are no longer returnable.
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112 - BATMAN '66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN '77 (Digital-First) ($3.99) 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%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #1 of 6 -- 23,687 (+173.0%) ---------------- 6 months: + 70.2% 1 year : + 69.9%So that was a good idea! Not only do sales go way up by featuring a team-up character that many more people actually recognize, the price increases as well from $3 to $4.
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114 - THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE ($4.99) 01/2017: Kamandi Challenge #1 of 12 -- 23,576Was the comics world really crying out for a redux of the 80s era DC Challenge, wherein various writers and artists play exquisite corpse with an old Kirby creation? Well no. But at $5 a pop, it doesn't need to sell terribly many copies to stay afloat. It will be interesting to see if this can stay on schedule (my recollection of the DC Challenge is that it ran notoriously behind schedule...)
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116 - THE HELLBLAZER ($2.99) 01/2007: Hellblazer #228 -- 12,956 01/2012: Hellblazer #287 -- 9,368 01/2013: Hellblazer #299 -- 9,329 01/2014: Constantine #10 -- 20,729 01/2015: Constantine #21 -- 15,209 ------------------------------------- 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: 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 72.3% 1 year : + 30.8% 2 years : + 53.5% 5 years : +149.2% 10 years: + 80.2%---
118 - 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%) 01/2017: Superwoman #6 -- 23,065 (- 6.8%)---
126 - THE ODYSSEY OF THE AMAZONS ($3.99) 01/2017: Odyssey Amazons #1 of 6 -- 21,811It's a Wonder Woman comic without Wonder Woman. And it's a miniseries. And it's priced at $3.99. Honestly I'm surprised that it debuted above 20K.
(Note that most of DC's recent miniseries have had variants on their first issues, including Odyssey, but then shed them for the subsequent issues.)
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134 - 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%) 01/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #9 -- 19,208 (- 4.6%) ----------------- 6 months: - 34.9%---
135 - HE-MAN/THUNDERCATS ($3.99) 01/2013: He-Man & MotU #6 -- 16,441 01/2014: -- 01/2015: He-Man Eternity #2 -- 12,104 ---------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: He-Man/T'cats #4 of 6 -- 19,115 (- 4.0%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : + 96.8% 2 years : + 57.9%---
136 - 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%) 01/2017: New Super-Man #7 -- 18,959 (- 9.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 85.4%---
140 - THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM ($3.99) 01/2012: Captain Atom #5 -- 17,437 ---------------------------------------- 09/2012: Captain Atom #0 -- 13,934 ---------------------------------------- 01/2017: F&R Capt Atom #1 of 6 -- 18,728 (+ 34.4%) ----------------- 5 years : + 7.2%On the one hand I guess it's good to see Cary Bates back writing Captain Atom. On the other hand, that's nostalgia for a comic that came out 30 years ago, and I'm not sure there are enough of us old timers around to make a go of this. (It's even the same logo!)
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141 - CYBORG ($2.99) 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%) 01/2017: Cyborg #8 -- 18,562 (- 6.2%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 2.2%The first of the twice-monthly Rebirth titles to transition to monthly. (And probably not the last, that AFAIK no others have been announced to do so...)
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146 - BLUE BEETLE ($2.99) 01/2007: Blue Beetle #11 -- 19,865 01/2012: Blue Beetle #5 -- 19,042 01/2013: Blue Beetle #16 -- 11,487 ---------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 5 years : - 4.9% 10 years: - 8.9%---
149 - 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%) 01/2017: Raven #5 of 6 -- 17,342 (- 3.5%)---
150 - 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%) 01/2017: Future Quest #9 -- 17,089 (- 6.6%) ----------------- 6 months: - 41.6%Ending with issue #12.
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157 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE COLLECTORS' EDITION ($12.99) 01/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #2 of 8 -- 19,367 (- 19.3%) 02/2016: -- 03/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #3 of 8 -- 19,445 (+ 0.4%) 04/2016: -- 05/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #4 of 8 -- 18,226 (- 6.3%) 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%) ----------------- 6 months: - 17.3% 1 year : - 20.9%Tracking these separately from the main title, since they're such a different beast.
As with the regular edition, the erratic schedule is taking its toll here as well.
At $13 a pop, it ranks at #21 on the dollar sales chart!
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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%) 01/2017: Cave Carson #4 -- 14,183 (- 15.4%)No longer returnable. Also, Tom Scioli's "Super Powers" back-up strips are a delight.
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165 - EARTH 2: SOCIETY ($2.99) 01/2013: Earth 2 #8 -- 50,860 01/2014: Earth 2 #19 -- 36,103 01/2015: Earth 2 #30 -- 28,618 --------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: E2 Society #20 -- 14,073 (- 2.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 17.0% 1 year : - 28.5% 2 years : - 50.8%Still hanging around, though issue #22.
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167 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99) 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%) 01/2017: Bombshells #21 -- 13,748 (- 4.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 23.4% 1 year : - 37.2%---
169 - 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%)Also no longer returnable.
The fourth Young Animal title, Mother Panic, missed its January on sale date. That makes two of the four YA titles that have had scheduling hiccups in the early issues, which is not a good sign.
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170 - DEATH OF HAWKMAN ($3.99) 01/2007: Hawkgirl #60 -- 17,892 01/2012: Savage Hawkman #5 -- 21,570 01/2013: Savage Hawkman #16 -- 12,852 ------------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Death of Hawkman #4 of 6 -- 12,670 (- 6.9%) ----------------- 5 years : - 41.3% 10 years: - 29.2%---
174, 175 - INJUSTICE: GROUND ZERO (Digital-First) ($2.99) 01/2013: Injustice #1 -- 20,733 [35,438] 01/2014: Injustice Y2 #1 -- 24,700 01/2015: Injustice Y3 #7 -- 15,796 ----------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Ground Zero #3 -- 11,980 (- 10.6%) 01/2017: Ground Zero #4 -- 11,927 (- 0.4%) ---------------- 6 months: - 11.5% 1 year : - 24.9% 2 years : - 24.3%Already dropped below where the previous Injustice series ended.
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193 - 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%) ---------------- 6 months: - 77.0%---
194 - MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO ($3.99) 01/2007: Midnighter #3 -- 27,564 ---------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Mdnter & Aplo #4 of 6 -- 10,023 (- 7.0%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 3.7% 10 years: - 63.6%---
197 - GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99) 01/2015: Gotham Academy #4 -- 22,576 ------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Second Semester #5 -- 9,453 (- 3.1%) ---------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 37.1% 2 years : - 58.1%---
206 - SUPER POWERS ($2.99) 11/2016: Super Powers #1 of 6 -- 22,282 12/2016: Super Powers #2 of 6 -- 10,094 (- 54.7%) 01/2017: Super Powers #3 of 6 -- 8,313 (- 17.6%)Well I'm enjoying it, even if the rest of you heathens aren't.
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210 - 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%) 01/2017: El Diablo/Am W #6 of 6 -- 8,215 (- 6.8%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 62.0%You'll note that DC wisely has not solicited a third SSMW series.
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219 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99) 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%) 01/2017: Lucifer #14 -- 7,442 (- 3.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 25.3% 1 year : - 40.4%Novelist Richard Kadrey's first full issue (he wrote half of issue #13) is the top-selling Vertigo title for January, which alas isn't saying much.
Last month I expressed a bit of wonder that Vertigo's top-seller was Lost Boys at just 8,442 copies. This month its top seller is 1000 copies fewer. How much longer can Vertigo continue?
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222 - 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%) 01/2017: Lost Boys #4 of 6 -- 7,383 (- 12.5%)---
231 - 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%) 01/2017: Frostbite #5 of 6 -- 6,578 (- 8.0%)---
233 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99) 01/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #2 -- 9,882 01/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #8 -- 6,678 ----------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #22 -- 6,521 (- 54.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 17.4% 1 Year : - 9.6% 2 Years : - 2.4%For some reason this month's team-up with Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles doesn't move quite as many copies as last month's Harley Quinn team-up. I know, you're as amazed as I am!
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248 - EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES (Vertigo) ($3.99) 01/2007: Fables #57 -- 25,744 01/2012: Fables #113 -- 17,588 01/2013: Fables #125 -- 15,983 01/2014: Fables #137 -- 14,172 01/2015: Fables #148 -- 13,220 -------------------------------- 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%) ----------------- 2 years : - 55.5% 5 years : - 66.6% 10 years: - 77.2%---
255 - THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE SPECIAL ($7.99) 01/2017: Kamandi Challenge Spc #1 -- 5,877A one-shot consisting of old Kirby reprints, going for $8. I guess any sales at all are gravy.
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280 - SIXPACK & DOGWELDER: HARD TRAVELIN' HEROZ ($3.99) 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%) 01/2017: Sixpack & Dogwelder #6 of 6 -- 4,758 (- 7.3%)Yeah, I don't see DC dipping their toe back into this well again anytime soon.
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272 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99) 01/2007: Scooby-Doo #116 -- 4,285 01/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #17 -- 4,533 01/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #29 -- 4,729 01/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #41 -- 4,649 01/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #53 -- 4,703 ----------------------------------------------- 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%) 01/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #77 -- 4,557 (- 5.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 13.3% 1 year : - 7.1% 2 years : - 3.1% 5 years : + 0.5% 10 years: + 6.3%---
+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) 01/2017: Unfollow #15 -- ????? (< 3,971) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????%Only one comic from DC doesn't make the Top 300 chart this month.
(Note: Clean Room didn't ship an issue in January.)
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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 01/2007: 29,706 01/2012: 33,887 01/2013: 31,759 01/2014: 27,881 01/2015: 24,289 --------------- 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%)** 01/2017: 34,387 (- 2.5%)** ----------------- 6 months: - 46.0% 1 year : + 57.4% 2 years : + 8.3% 5 years : + 1.5% 10 years: + 15.8% DC UNIVERSE 01/2007: 38,302 01/2012: 37,145 01/2013: 33,485 01/2014: 33,120 01/2015: 30,680 --------------- 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%) 01/2017: 40,979 (- 9.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 54.6% 1 year : + 48.1% 2 years : + 33.6% 5 years : + 10.3% 10 years: + 7.0% VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL 01/2007: 13,572 01/2012: 9,995 01/2013: 10,764 01/2014: 11,473 01/2015: 8,361 --------------- 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%)** 01/2017: 10,652 (+ 16.1%)** ----------------- 6 months: + 68.3% 1 year : + 55.9% 2 years : + 27.4% 5 years : + 6.6% 10 years: - 21.5%Without Young Animal, the Vertigo average for the month would be 6,247.
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6 month comparisons =================== +117.3% - Teen Titans +113.9% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 70.2% - Batman 66 Meets... + 65.4% - Batman Beyond + 42.2% - Deathstroke + 2.2% - Harley Quinn - 11.5% - Injustice - 13.3% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? - 17.0% - Earth 2 Society - 17.3% - Dark Knight III Collectors' Edition - 17.4% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 23.4% - DC Comics Bombshells - 25.3% - Lucifer - 34.9% - Scooby Apocalypse - 40.8% - Detective Comics - 41.6% - Future Quest - 44.9% - Batman - 46.0% - Flash - 46.3% - Superman - 49.7% - Action Comics - 52.4% - Wonder Woman - 55.7% - Green Lanterns - 56.1% - Green Arrow - 56.9% - Aquaman - 58.3% - Titans - 66.1% - Nightwing - 66.9% - Justice League - 67.9% - Red Hood & Outlaws - 68.5% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps - 72.3% - Hellblazer - 72.9% - Batgirl - 75.6% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey - 77.0% - The Flintstones - 85.4% - New Super-Man 1 year comparisons =================== +116.4% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 99.3% - Titans (Titans Hunt) + 96.8% - He-Man + 70.7% - Teen Titans + 69.9% - Batman 66 Meets... + 59.0% - Green Arrow + 58.7% - Wonder Woman + 56.3% - Superman + 48.8% - Nightwing + 46.3% - Batman Beyond + 43.9% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC Edge) + 40.8% - Aquaman + 39.2% - Detective Comics + 37.7% - Action Comics + 36.8% - Red Hood & Outlaws + 30.8% - Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer) + 8.7% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) + 6.7% - Batgirl + 5.8% - Deathstroke + 3.8% - Batman + 3.3% - Harley Quinn - 2.2% - Cyborg - 3.7% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 7.1% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? - 9.6% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 20.9% - Dark Knight III Collectors' Edition - 24.9% - Injustice - 28.5% - Earth 2 Society - 37.1% - Gotham Academy - 37.2% - DC Comics Bombshells - 39.0% - Justice League of America - 40.4% - Lucifer - 62.0% - Suicide Squad Most Wanted 2 year comparisons =================== + 74.0% - Green Arrow + 73.9% - Red Hood & Outlaws + 62.9% - Flash + 58.3% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 57.9% - He-Man + 53.5% - Hellblazer (Constantine) + 39.0% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) + 30.0% - Teen Titans + 28.0% - Supergirl + 25.7% - Action Comics + 22.9% - Wonder Woman + 22.4% - Detective Comics + 13.7% - Nightwing + 13.3% - Aquaman + 0.4% - Justice League - 0.3% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 2.4% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 3.1% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? - 12.9% - Batman - 23.9% - Deathstroke - 24.3% - Injustice - 31.6% - Harley Quinn - 40.2% - Batgirl - 50.8% - Earth 2 Society (Earth 2) - 55.5% - Everafter (Fables) - 58.1% - Gotham Academy 5 year comparisons =================== +149.2% - Hellblazer + 64.5% - Suicide Squad + 22.5% - Deathstroke + 7.2% - Captain Atom + 4.7% - Green Arrow + 0.5% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? - 4.9% - Blue Beetle - 10.0% - Wonder Woman - 16.0% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 16.8% - Flash - 19.2% - Nightwing - 20.1% - Superman - 24.4% - Teen Titans - 26.4% - Red Hood & Outlaws - 26.4% - Batman - 30.0% - Supergirl - 36.8% - Detective Comics - 41.0% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) - 41.3% - Death of Hawkman (Savage Hawkman) - 48.1% - Aquaman - 49.7% - Batgirl - 51.7% - Justice League - 59.8% - Action Comics - 59.9% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 66.6% - Everafter (Fables) 10 year comparisons =================== + 80.2% - Hellblazer + 55.5% - Aquaman + 44.6% - Batman + 33.4% - Nightwing + 16.9% - Flash + 10.6% - Green Arrow + 6.3% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? + 4.5% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) - 2.9% - Superman - 8.3% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 8.9% - Blue Beetle - 29.2% - Death of Hawkman (Hawkgirl) - 34.0% - Teen Titans - 40.7% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 63.6% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 77.2% - Everafter (Fables) Sales Indices ============= DCU: Average: 40,979. Median: 36,893. No.: 64. Total: 2,622,647 2.6 - Batman (14) 2.5 - Batman (15) 2.1 - Justice League/Power Rangers 2.1 - All Star Batman 1.8 - Justice League vs Suicide Squad (3) 1.8 - Justice League (12) 1.7 - Justice League vs Suicide Squad (4) 1.7 - Justice League vs Suicide Squad (5) 1.7 - Justice League vs Suicide Squad (6) 1.7 - Justice League (13) 1.6 - Detective Comics (948) 1.5 - Detective Comics (949) 1.5 - Flash (14) 1.5 - Superman (14) 1.4 - Flash (15) 1.4 - Superman (15) 1.3 - Suicide Squad (9) 1.3 - Suicide Squad (10) 1.3 - Wonder Woman (14) 1.2 - Wonder Woman (15) 1.2 - Harley Quinn (11) 1.1 - Titans 1.1 - Trinity 1.1 - Nightwing (12) 1.1 - Harley Quinn (12) 1.1 - Action Comics (971) 1.1 - Action Comics (972) 1.0 - Teen Titans 1.0 - Green Lanterns (14) 1.0 - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (12) 0.9 - Green Lanterns (15) 0.9 - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (13) 0.9 - Green Arrow (14) 0.8 - Green Arrow (15) 0.8 - Aquaman (14) 0.8 - Aquaman (15) 0.8 - Red Hood & Outlaws 0.7 - JLA Killer Frost Rebirth 0.7 - Deathstroke (10) 0.7 - Batman Beyond 0.7 - JLA The Atom Rebirth 0.7 - JLA Vixen Rebirth 0.7 - Supergirl 0.7 - Batgirl 0.7 - Deathstroke (11) 0.7 - JLA The Ray Rebirth 0.6 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey 0.6 - Kamandi Challenge 0.6 - The Hellblazer 0.6 - Superwoman 0.5 - Odyssey of the Amazons 0.5 - New Super-Man 0.5 - Fall & Rise of Captain Atom 0.5 - Cyborg 0.4 - Blue Beetle 0.4 - Raven 0.4 - Dark Knight III Collectors' Edition 0.3 - Earth 2 Society 0.3 - Death of Hawkman 0.2 - Midnighter & Apollo 0.2 - Gotham Academy 2nd Semester 0.1 - Kamandi Challenge Special 0.1 - Sixpack & Dogwelder Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 10,652**. Median: 7,413**. No.: 8. Total: 85,214** 2.5 - Doom Patrol 1.3 - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye 1.3 - Shade the Changing Girl 0.7 - Lucifer 0.7 - The Lost Boys 0.6 - Frostbite 0.6 - Everafter 0.4 - Unfollow** Digital First & Other: Average: 13,295. Median: 11,980. No.: 11. Total: 146,244 1.8 - Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 1.4 - Scooby Apocalypse 1.4 - He-Man/Thundercats 1.3 - Future Quest 1.0 - DC Comics Bombshells 0.9 - Injustice Ground Zero (3) 0.9 - Injustice Ground Zero (4) 0.8 - The Flintstones 0.6 - Super Powers 0.5 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up 0.3 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?---
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 Association of Home Builders, 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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