DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: December
2015 - And Lo, There Shall Be a Rebirth…
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time
once again to look at DC's sales figures.
December was a mixed bag for DC,
sales-wise. They published a whopping 94 different comics, up from 75 in
November and tying the most comics in a month since I took over the charts 2
years ago. October 2014 also had 94 comics (and December 2014 had 93). However,
this month they sold 300K units fewer than in October 2014, which is kind of a
sign of the times.
Variant covers still drive sales, and
this month gave us a glimpse into how much. Due to the nature of this month's
Freely-orderable variants (f.o.v.s), a good number of books that have had
f.o.v.s in the past months did not get one this month. Most of those books
dropped in sales between 5K and 7K, which gives us a good idea of how much the
lower-selling titles sales are being propped up by the f.o.v. program. In some
cases it's 20-25% of their total sales.
The other big influence on this month’s
sales is the “Robin War” crossover. The lower-tier titles joining in saw fairly
large boosts of around 6K. So yeah, crossovers still work for short-term sales
gains.
Oh, and then there's Rebirth…
As reported here at The Beat and
elsewhere in recent days, DC is planing some kind of line-wide
realignment/refresh/reboot this summer. We don't know much about it, other than
what it is called, and what's been rumored. So as is typical for this column
I'm going to engage in some mostly-baseless speculation as to what Rebirth will
entail.
(Note: I'm writing this based on what's
currently known about Rebirth at the time of writing this column; there may be
additional information put out there in between when I submit the column and
when it is published. Then you can all make fun of how wrong I am in the
comments section below!)
From reading between the lines of DC's
April Solicitations, it would appear that May will see the final issues of all
of the regular DCU books (as well as most of the currently running miniseries).
This will coincide with the 52nd issues of the remaining New 52 launch titles
(except for Justice League, which will be on issue 51…) and also with the 12th
issues of most of the remaining DCYou titles (which will give those books two
trade collections worth of issues). Which means that something it happening in
June.
My guess is that we'll see a bunch of
six-issue, twice-monthly miniseries, all subtitled 'Rebirth', that will be
presented as new, accessible versions of DC's characters. This won't be a
reboot as such, but the line will be that these are versions of the characters
that bring together all of the 'best' versions. So they're not throwing away
completely the New 52 versions, or bringing back the pre-Flashpoint versions,
or completely rebooting from scratch again. (If you care about strict
continuity, it'll be a big mess…)
There's also been some rumblings about
aligning the comics more with their movie and/or television counterparts. No,
these new versions won't be direct copies of the other-media versions, but I
wouldn't be surprised to see, for example, Jimmy Olsen as part of the
supporting cast of Supergirl, and Kara either working with the DEO and/or her
origin re-written so that she gains adoptive parents and a sibling and/or
taking on a secret identity and going to work for Cat Grant.
My guess as to what the Rebirth minis
will be?: Batman: Rebirth, Superman: Rebirth, Wonder Woman: Rebirth, Flash:
Rebirth, Green Arrow: Rebirth, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Harley Quinn: Rebirth,
Justice League: Rebirth, Titans: Rebirth, Cyborg: Rebirth, Hawkman: Rebirth,
Robin: Rebirth, Suicide Squad: Rebirth, Supergirl: Rebirth, Swamp Thing:
Rebirth, Legion: Rebirth.
There will likely also be a biweekly (or
even weekly?) series, titled simply Rebirth, running through the three months,
that will provide in some way, shape or form provide an in-continuity reason
for the change. Done in the style of DC's recent weekly books, it will be
plotted by Geoff Johns and written and drawn by a rotating roster of writers
and artists. It will spin out of some big cosmic event in Justice League #52,
which will go on sale the first week of May, providing a nice bookend to the
New 52 (which was kicked-off by Justice League #1 a week before the rest of the
New 52 debuted).
Once the 6-issue Rebirth minis finish in
August, we'll get all new #1 issues for the new ongoing titles in September
(exactly 5 years form the debut of the New 52 in September 2011). We'll get
ongoings for all of the Rebirth minis, plus maybe a couple extra for Batman
& Superman (and maybe a Batman team-up book, Brave and the Bold style?),
and then also Action Comics and Detective Comics (which may instead of launch
with new #1s go back to their original numberings). Action & Detective will
be over-sized books, with lead regular features (featuring Superman and Batman,
respectively), and then rotating second features featuring members of their
respective families, like perhaps Batgirl in Detective.
Expect to see new creative teams on all
of the titles, but likely more in a shuffling-the-deck-chairs sort of way, with
titles switching editors who bring along the people they regularly work with.
Though there's an outside chance that at least one or more creators normally
associated with Marvel will make a jump over to DC for Rebirth. There are
rumors that Marc Silvestri will take over the main Batman title, which would
make sense as they'll need a high-profile creator on Batman with the departure
of Snyder & Capullo (who are rumored to be taking on something else at DC
together--my money would be on either Justice League or Superman).
Anyway, as I said, this is all just
speculation on my part, and I have no inside information whatsoever. So take it
for what it is worth (which is pretty much nil). Feel free to engage in your
own speculation in the comments below.
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.)
---
2
- DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE ($5.99)
11/2015:
Dark Knight III #1 of 8 -- 440,234
[449,099]
12/2015:
Dark Knight III #2 of 8 -- 158,188 (- 64.8%)
After a
Marvel-style variant-enhanced first issue, you get a Marvel-style second-issue
massive drop-off.
And the first
issue charts another nearly 9K issues this month; I'm guessing a late-shipping
variant as opposed to there not being enough copies out there.
---
4
- BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ($3.99)
12/2015:
Batman/TMNT #1 of 6 -- 134,526
Well huh.
Who'd've thunk it? Oh wait, once again we get a bunch of retailer incentive
covers on the first issue of a Batman mini-series.
Y'know, sometimes
I wonder why they even bother making up insides for these things; why not just
sell a bunch of collectable covers?
---
5
- BATMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Batman #648 -- 63,151
[64,760]
12/2010:
Batman #705 -- 63,262
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 (- 1.7%)
01/2015:
Batman #38 -- 110,232 (- 2.7%)
02/2015:
Batman #39 -- 118,106 (+ 7.1%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Batman #40 -- 131,128 (+ 39.3%)
[164,574]
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Batman #41 -- 142,155 (- 13.6%)
07/2015:
Batman #42 -- 117,441 (- 17.4%)
08/2015:
Batman #43 -- 124,697 (+ 6.2%)
09/2015:
Batman #44 -- 114,409 (- 8.3%)
10/2015:
Batman #45 -- 109,367 (- 4.4%)
11/2015:
Batman #46 -- 106,989 (- 2.2%)
12/2015:
Batman #47 -- 127,201 (+ 18.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 10.5%
1
year : + 12.3%
2
years : + 6.5%
5
years : +101.1%
10
years: + 96.4%
This month,
instead of offering standard issue freely-orderable variants, DC decided to
offer on some of their titles freely-orderable polybagged Harley Quinn
variants, with one of three different versions of the variant cove hidden
inside the polybag. Which as I said back in August's column "…takes all
the fun out of a typical f.o.v. and throws it on the ground and beats it with a
stick until it is a pulp of depression and greed."
So there's good
news/bad news/good news/bad news: The good news, for DC at least, is that those
with the polybagged variants showed a rather sizable increase over their
previous issues sporting regular variants. The bad news is that those comics
which normally sport f.o.v.s but didn't this month saw their sales drop by a
few thousand. The good news on that is that for those titles we finally get a
picture as to the 'normal' sales level sans variants.
The other bad
news is that because this was successful from a sales standpoint, we get the
trick again in March when DC offers polybagged variants on a number of titles,
tying in to the Batman vs. Superman movie. You only have yourselves to blame.
---
8
- HARLEY'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK ($4.99)
12/2015:
Harley's LBB #1 -- 92,266
New bi-monthly
Harley Quinn team-up series, with the first issue enchanted by polbagged
f.o.v.s. But good numbers for the debut; we'll see what kind of drop-off it
gets going forward, and what happens to it when Rebirth arrives.
---
18,
11 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($3.99)
12/2005:
JLA #123 -- 76,899
12/2010:
JL of America #52 -- 48,501
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 (- 3.6%)
01/2015:
Justice League #38 -- 68,989 (- 4.3%)
02/2015:
Justice League #39 -- 72,904 (+ 5.7%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Justice League #40 -- 78,388 (+ 7.5%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Justice League #41 -- 97,584 (+ 31.9%)
[103,398]
07/2015:
Justice League #42 -- 81,291 (- 21.4%)
08/2015:
Justice League #43 -- 82,304 (+ 1.2%)
09/2015:
Justice League #44 -- 76,752 (- 6.7%)
10/2015:
Justice League #45 -- 77,192 (+ 0.6%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Justice League #46 -- 75,660 (- 2.0%)
12/2015:
Justice League #47 -- 84,970 (+ 12.3%)
-----------------
6
months: - 22.3%
1
year : + 11.4%
2
years : - 13.0%
5
years : + 65.6%
10
years: + 4.4%
Two issues
shipped in December as #46 slipped from November. The polybadded f.o.v. is good
for another 9K over the Looney Tunes f.o.v.
---
22
- HARLEY QUINN ($3.99)
12/2013:
Harley Quinn #1 -- 92,153 [120,312]
------------------------------------
12/2014:
Harley Quinn #13 -- 68,102 (- 4.4%)
01/2015:
Harley Quinn #14 -- 64,735 (- 4.9%)
02/2015:
--
03/2015:
Harley Quinn #15 -- 66,904 (+ 3.4%)
04/2015:
Harley Quinn #16 -- 72,055 (+ 7.7%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Harley Quinn #17 -- 68,243 (- 5.3%)
07/2015:
Harley Quinn #18 -- 59,566 (- 12.7%)
08/2015:
Harley Quinn #19 -- 64,223 (+ 7.8%)
09/2015:
Harley Quinn #20 -- 56,836 (- 11.5%)
10/2015:
Harley Quinn #21 -- 55,272 (- 2.8%)
11/2015:
Harley Quinn #22 -- 58,344 (+ 5.6%)
12/2015:
Harley Quinn #23 -- 69,168 (+ 18.6%)
-----------------
6 months:
+ 1.4%
1
year : +
1.6%
2
years : - 42.5%
The HQ-themed
polybag month is worth nearly 11K more for the regular Harley Quinn.
---
35
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($3.99)
12/2005:
JLA #123 -- 76,899
12/2010:
JL of America #52 -- 48,501
12/2011:
--
12/2012:
--
12/2013:
JL of America #10 -- 65,678
-------------------------------------
06/2015:
JL of America #1 -- 150,845 (+193.8%)
07/2015:
JL of America #2 -- 70,979 (- 52.9%)
08/2015:
JL of America #3 -- 67,118 (-
5.4%)
09/2015:
--
10/2015:
JL of America #4 -- 56,543 (- 15.8%)
11/2015:
JL of America #5 -- 52,604 (-
7.0%)
12/2015:
JL of America #6 -- 55,410 (+
5.3%)
-----------------
6
months: - 63.3%
2
years : - 15.6%
5
years : + 14.2%
10
years: - 27.9%
We now return to
our regularly-scheduled program, as the polybagged f.o.v. gain is less than 3K
due to the title's fighting off of the declines due to scheduling mishaps.
---
40,
44 - BATMAN: EUROPA ($4.99)
11/2015:
Eurpoa #1 of 4 -- 80,721
12/2015:
Eurpoa #2 of 4 -- 52,235 (- 35.3%)
12/2015:
Eurpoa #3 of 4 -- 49,474 (- 5.3%)
Two issues in
December, with a typical second issue drop and a slightly softer than normal
third issue drop. Both are Jim Lee-less, as issue two was drawn by Giuseppe
Camuncoli, and issue #3 was by Camuncoli with Diego Latorre.
---
47
- SUPERMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Superman #224 -- 63,719
[65,300]
12/2010:
Superman #706 -- 43,027
12/2011:
Superman #4 -- 76,532
12/2012:
Superman #15 -- 51,225
12/2013:
Superman #26 -- 36,877
----------------------------------
12/2014:
Superman #37 -- 50,383 (-
3.6%)
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
Superman #38 -- 48,987 (-
2.8%)
03/2015:
Superman #39 -- 50,260 (+
2.6%)
04/2015:
Superman #40 -- 52,666 (+
4.8%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Superman #41 -- 53,393 (+
1.4%)
07/2015:
Superman #42 -- 46,691 (- 12.6%)
08/2015:
Superman #43 -- 49,825 (+
6.7%)
09/2015:
Superman #44 -- 43,921 (- 11.8%)
10/2015:
Superman #45 -- 42,693 (-
2.8%)
11/2015:
Superman #46 -- 41,657 (-
2.4%)
12/2015:
Superman #47 -- 47,377 (+ 13.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 11.3%
1
year : -
6.0%
2
years : + 28.5%
5
years : + 10.1%
10
years: - 27.4%
I wonder how many
of those extra 5K+ polybagged f.o.v.s are sitting around unopened? What could
be inside...?
---
50
- DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99)
12/2005:
Detective Comics #814 -- 37,145
12/2010:
Detective Comics #872 -- 37,961
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 (-
5.5%)
01/2015:
Detective Comics #38 -- 51,301 (-
6.6%)
02/2015:
Detective Comics #39 -- 54,698 (+
6.6%)
03/2015:
Detective Comics #40 -- 56,126 (+
2.6%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Detective Comics #41 -- 57,648 (+
2.7%)
07/2015:
Detective Comics #42 -- 50,743 (- 12.0%)
08/2015:
Detective Comics #43 -- 53,576 (+
5.6%)
09/2015:
Detective Comics #44 -- 55,871 (+
4.3%)
10/2015:
Detective Comics #45 -- 47,972 (- 14.1%)
11/2015:
Detective Comics #46 -- 47,256 (-
1.5%)
12/2015:
Detective Comics #47 -- 45,867 (-
2.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 20.4%
1
year : - 16.5%
2
years : - 18.9%
5
years : + 20.8%
10
years: + 23.5%
No variant for
Detective this month, but it is a Robin War crossover issue, which mitigates
the drop-off.
---
51
- GREEN LANTERN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Green Lantern #6 -- 88,437
12/2010:
Green Lantern #60 -- 76,360
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 (-
4.6%)
01/2015:
Green Lantern #38 -- 39,342 (- 10.7%)
02/2015:
Green Lantern #39 -- 41,997 (+
6.7%)
03/2015:
Green Lantern #40 -- 42,334 (+
0.8%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Green Lantern #41 -- 45,704 (+
8.0%)
07/2015:
Green Lantern #42 -- 39,290 (- 14.0%)
08/2015:
Green Lantern #43 -- 42,482 (+
8.1%)
09/2015:
Green Lantern #44 -- 39,371 (-
7.3%)
10/2015:
Green Lantern #45 -- 38,406 (-
2.5%)
11/2015:
Green Lantern #46 -- 38,976 (+
1.5%)
12/2015:
Green Lantern #47 -- 45,706 (+ 17.3%)
-----------------
6
months: + 0.0%
1
year : +
3.8%
2
years : - 11.1%
5
years : - 40.1%
10
years: - 48.3%
Maybe one of the
unopened polybags contains a treasure map...!
---
52
- ROBIN WAR ($4.99)
12/2015:
Robin War #1 of 2 -- 45,058
DC kicks off a
month-long crossover among the secondary Bat-books. Decent sales for the first
of the spine books, and the crossover gives the individual books a healthy
boost. Expect to see more things like this in the future.
---
56
- FLASH ($3.99)
12/2005:
Flash #229 -- 41,459
12/2010:
Flash #8 -- 53,975
12/2011:
Flash #4 -- 77,336
12/2012:
Flash #15 -- 45,925
12/2013:
Flash #26 -- 36,601
------------------------------
12/2014:
Flash #37 -- 37,026 (-
2.9%)
01/2015:
Flash #38 -- 35,180 (-
5.0%)
02/2015:
Flash #39 -- 43,635 (+ 24.0%)
03/2015:
Flash #40 -- 38,382 (- 12.0%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Flash #41 -- 41,256 (+
7.5%)
07/2015:
Flash #42 -- 37,956 (-
8.0%)
08/2015:
Flash #43 -- 40,542 (+
6.8%)
09/2015:
Flash #44 -- 36,111 (- 10.9%)
10/2015:
Flash #45 -- 35,485 (-
1.7%)
11/2015:
Flash #46 -- 36,153 (+
1.9%)
12/2015:
Flash #47 -- 42,129 (+ 16.5%)
-----------------
6
months: + 2.1%
1
year : + 13.8%
2
years : + 15.1%
5
years : - 21.9%
10
years: + 2.1%
…Or maybe there's
a winning lottery ticket stuffed inside!
---
57,
58, 60, 61, 63 - BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL ($2.99)
12/2014:
Batman Eternal #35 -- 48,999 (- 1.5%)
12/2014:
Batman Eternal #36 -- 48,683 (- 0.6%)
12/2014:
Batman Eternal #37 -- 48,083 (- 1.2%)
12/2014:
Batman Eternal #38 -- 48,035 (- 0.1%)
12/2014:
Batman Eternal #39 -- 47,782 (- 0.5%)
01/2015:
Batman Eternal #40 -- 46,832 (- 2.0%)
01/2015:
Batman Eternal #41 -- 46,648 (- 0.4%)
01/2015:
Batman Eternal #42 -- 46,516 (- 0.3%)
01/2015:
Batman Eternal #43 -- 45,912 (- 1.3%)
02/2015:
Batman Eternal #44 -- 45,391 (- 1.1%)
02/2015:
Batman Eternal #45 -- 45,199 (- 0.4%)
02/2015:
Batman Eternal #46 -- 44,763 (- 1.0%)
02/2015:
Batman Eternal #47 -- 44,699 (- 0.1%)
03/2015:
Batman Eternal #48 -- 44,505 (- 0.4%)
03/2015:
Batman Eternal #49 -- 44,277 (- 0.5%)
03/2015:
Batman Eternal #50 -- 43,982 (- 0.7%)
03/2015:
Batman Eternal #51 -- 44,065 (+ 0.2%)
04/2015:
Batman Eternal #52 -- 47,359 (+ 7.5%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
--
07/2015:
--
08/2015:
--
09/2015:
--
10/2014:
Batman & Robin #1 -- 76,882 (+ 62.3%)
10/2014:
Batman & Robin #2 -- 54,267 (- 29.4%)
10/2014:
Batman & Robin #3 -- 53,626 (-
1.2%)
10/2014:
Batman & Robin #4 -- 49,985 (-
6.8%)
11/2014:
Batman & Robin #5 -- 46,545 (-
6.9%)
11/2014:
Batman & Robin #6 -- 45,081 (-
3.1%)
11/2014:
Batman & Robin #7 -- 43,825 (-
2.8%)
11/2014:
Batman & Robin #8 -- 42,763 (-
2.4%)
12/2014:
Batman & Robin #9 -- 41,943 (-
1.9%)
12/2014:
Batman & Robin #10 -- 41,505 (- 1.0%)
12/2014:
Batman & Robin #11 -- 40,557 (- 2.3%)
12/2014:
Batman & Robin #12 -- 40,297 (- 0.6%)
12/2014:
Batman & Robin #13 -- 39,613 (- 1.7%)
-----------------
6
months: n.a.
1
year : - 15.6%
Five issues this
month as the weekly Bat-series hits its halfway point.
Also, this is
DC's top-selling $3 title.
---
62
- WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Wonder Woman #224 -- 47,224
12/2010:
Wonder Woman #605 -- 35,495
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%)
01/2015:
Wonder Woman #38 -- 39,669 (- 7.9%)
02/2015:
Wonder Woman #39 -- 42,634 (+ 7.5%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Wonder Woman #40 -- 45,172 (+ 6.0%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Wonder Woman #41 -- 45,284 (+ 0.2%)
07/2015:
Wonder Woman #42 -- 36,668 (- 19.0%)
08/2015:
Wonder Woman #43 -- 39,646 (+ 8.1%)
09/2015:
Wonder Woman #44 -- 36,151 (- 8.8%)
10/2015:
Wonder Woman #45 -- 33,885 (- 6.3%)
11/2015:
Wonder Woman #46 -- 34,042 (+ 0.5%)
12/2015:
Wonder Woman #47 -- 40,123 (+ 17.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 11.4%
1
year : -
6.8%
2
years : + 22.4%
5
years : + 13.0%
10
years: - 15.0%
But seriously,
apparently a select few of the polybagged comics contained rare hand-drawn
sketch covers. So you could be sitting on a goldmine and not even know it!
---
70
- GRAYSON ($3.99)
12/2005:
Nightwing #115 -- 35,674
12/2011:
Nightwing #4 -- 57,409
12/2012:
Nightwing #15 -- 74,407
12/2013:
Nightwing #26 -- 38,452
---------------------------------
12/2014:
Grayson #5 -- 42,611 (- 10.5%)
01/2015:
Grayson #6 -- 38,505 (- 9.6%)
02/2015:
Grayson #7 -- 41,164 (+ 6.9%)
03/2015:
Grayson #8 -- 40,859 (- 0.7%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Grayson #9 -- 39,610 (- 3.1%)
07/2015:
Grayson #10 -- 33,990 (- 14.2%)
08/2015:
Grayson #11 -- 36,538 (+ 7.5%)
09/2015:
Grayson #12 -- 32,284 (- 11.6%)
10/2015:
Grayson #13 -- 32,260 (- 0.1%)
11/2015:
Grayson #14 -- 31,831 (- 1.3%)
12/2015:
Grayson #15 -- 35,765 (+ 12.4%)
-----------------
6
months: - 9.7%
1
year : - 16.1%
2
years : - 7.0%
10
years: + 0.3%
Loses its f.o.v.,
but gains anyway due to the Robin War cross-over.
---
68
- ROBIN, SON OF BATMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Robin #145 -- 28,532
--------------------------------
06/2015:
Robin SoB #1 -- 70,505 (+122.5%)
07/2015:
Robin SoB #2 -- 44,232 (- 37.3%)
08/2015:
Robin SoB #3 -- 38,413 (- 13.2%)
09/2015:
Robin SoB #4 -- 38,162 (- 0.7%)
10/2015:
Robin SoB #5 -- 35,619 (- 6.7%)
11/2015:
Robin SoB #6 -- 35,633 (+ 0.0%)
12/2015:
Robin SoB #7 -- 34,815 (- 2.3%)
-----------------
6
months: - 50.6%
10
years: + 22.0%
Also loses an
f.o.v. but drops even with the Robin War crossover, likely because retailers
anticipated that most people interested in the crossover were already buying
the main Robin title, so the crossover gains weren't enough to offset the loss
of the f.o.v.
---
78
- JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR ($3.99)
10/2015:
JLDW Batman #1 -- 37,657
11/2015:
JLDW Superman #1 -- 33,584
11/2015:
JLDW Flash #1 -- 34,313
11/2015:
JLDW Green Lantern #1 -- 33,104
11/2015:
JLDW Shazam! #1 -- 31,087
12/2015:
JLDW Lex Luthor #1 -- 32,226
Final issue of
the mis-marketed one-shot Justice League tie-ins. Though it looks like there
are 2nd prints of the previous Darkseid War one-shots, so maybe Justice League
readers are looking for the stories they missed?
---
82
- HARLEY QUINN & POWER GIRL ($3.99)
06/2015:
HQ & PG #1 of 6 -- 71,402
07/2015:
HQ & PG #2 of 6 -- 44,974 (- 37.0%)
08/2015:
HQ & PG #3 of 6 -- 38,853 (- 13.6%)
09/2015:
HQ & PG #4 of 6 -- 36,031 (- 7.3%)
10/2015:
--
11/2015:
HQ & PG #5 of 6 -- 34,127 (- 5.3%)
12/2015:
HQ & PG #6 of 6 -- 31,375 (- 8.1%)
-----------------
6
months: - 56.1%
Final issue. I
look forward to reading the trade.
A new Harley Quinn
mini-series kicks off in April.
---
83
- SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN ($3.99)
11/2015:
American Alien #1 of 7 -- 41,441
12/2015:
American Alien #2 of 7 -- 31,025 (- 25.1%)
The second issue
is drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards and Doc Shaner. Not a bad drop-off for a second
issue, percentage-wise.
---
84
- GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
12/2005:
Green Arrow #57 -- 31,778
12/2010:
Green Arrow #7 -- 36,835
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 (- 4.3%)
01/2015:
Green Arrow #38 -- 20,207 (- 3.3%)
02/2015:
Green Arrow #39 -- 19,651 (- 2.8%)
03/2015:
Green Arrow #40 -- 19,792 (+ 0.7%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Green Arrow #41 -- 29,545 (+ 49.3%)
07/2015:
Green Arrow #42 -- 24,921 (- 15.7%)
08/2015:
Green Arrow #43 -- 29,998 (+ 20.4%)
09/2015:
Green Arrow #44 -- 25,620 (- 14.6%)
10/2015:
Green Arrow #45 -- 23,614 (- 7.8%)
11/2015:
Green Arrow #46 -- 24,393 (+ 3.3%)
12/2015:
Green Arrow #47 -- 30,834 (+ 26.4%)
-----------------
6
months: + 4.4%
1
year : + 47.5%
2
years : + 24.9%
5
years : - 16.3%
10
years: - 3.0%
So go ahead: rip
open those polybags and see what you find inside. Who knows, maybe you'll even
find a comic book to read!
---
87
- BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Superman/Batman #23 -- 102,248 [103,726]
12/2010:
Superman/Batman #79 -- 30,586
12/2013:
Batman/Superman #6 -- 68,857
---------------------------------------
12/2014:
Batman/Superman #17 -- 44,714 (- 8.0%)
01/2015:
Batman/Superman #18 -- 41,750 (- 6.6%)
02/2015:
Batman/Superman #19 -- 44,134 (+ 5.7%)
03/2015:
Batman/Superman #20 -- 43,428 (- 1.6%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Batman/Superman #21 -- 49,204 (+ 13.3%)
07/2015:
Batman/Superman #22 -- 41,672 (- 15.3%)
08/2015:
Batman/Superman #23 -- 44,259 (+ 6.2%)
09/2015:
Batman/Superman #24 -- 40,132 (- 9.3%)
10/2015:
Batman/Superman #25 -- 37,566 (- 6.4%)
11/2015:
Batman/Superman #26 -- 38,056 (+ 1.3%)
12/2015:
Batman/Superman #27 -- 30,021 (- 21.1%)
-----------------
6
months: - 39.0%
1
year : - 32.9%
2
year : - 56.4%
5
years : - 1.8%
10
years: - 71.1%
Goodbye f.o.v.,
goodbye 8,000 copies.
---
91
- ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
12/2005:
Action Comics #834 -- 42,425
12/2010:
Action Comics #896 -- 32,357
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 (-
6.4%)
01/2015:
Action Comics #38 -- 35,018 (- 10.6%)
02/2015:
Action Comics #39 -- 38,070 (+
8.7%)
03/2015:
Action Comics #40 -- 38,216 (+
0.4%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Action Comics #41 -- 44,083 (+ 15.4%)
07/2015:
Action Comics #42 -- 37,956 (- 13.9%)
08/2015:
Action Comics #43 -- 41,883 (+ 10.3%)
09/2015:
Action Comics #44 -- 37,927 (-
9.4%)
10/2015:
Action Comics #45 -- 36,560 (-
3.6%)
11/2015:
Action Comics #46 -- 35,569 (-
2.7%)
12/2015:
Action Comics #47 -- 29,021 (- 18.4%)
-----------------
6
months: - 34.2%
1
year : - 25.9%
2
years : - 22.6%
5
years : - 10.3%
10
years: - 31.6%
WIthout a f.o.v.
Action is a sub-30K title.
---
92
- SUPERMAN ANNUAL ($4.99)
08/2012:
Annual #1 -- 44,438
07/2013:
Annual #2 -- 36,943 (- 16.9%)
12/2015:
Annual #3 -- 28,802 (- 22.0%)
Stretching the
definition of 'Annual'…
---
93
- WE ARE ROBIN ($3.99)
06/2015:
We Are Robin #1 -- 57,137
07/2015:
We Are Robin #2 -- 31,209 (- 45.4%)
08/2015:
We Are Robin #3 -- 26,830 (- 14.0%)
09/2015:
We Are Robin #4 -- 22,893 (- 14.7%)
10/2015:
We Are Robin #5 -- 21,243 (- 7.2%)
11/2015:
We Are Robin #6 -- 19,210 (- 9.6%)
12/2015:
We Are Robin #7 -- 28,181 (+ 46.7%)
-----------------
6 months:
- 50.7%
The Robin War
crossover provides a sizable boost.
---
99
- BATGIRL ($2.99)
12/2005:
Batgirl #71 -- 26,378
12/2010:
Batgirl #16 -- 25,225
12/2011:
Batgirl #4 -- 59,972
12/2012:
Batgirl #15 -- 75,341
12/2013:
Batgirl #26 -- 34,885
---------------------------------
12/2014:
Batgirl #37 -- 45,060 (- 10.3%)
01/2015:
Batgirl #38 -- 45,096 (+ 0.1%)
02/2015:
Batgirl #39 -- 40,880 (- 9.3%)
03/2015:
Batgirl #40 -- 41,729 (+ 2.1%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Batgirl #41 -- 33,220 (- 20.4%)
07/2015:
Batgirl #42 -- 33,168 (- 0.2%)
08/2015:
Batgirl #43 -- 32,079 (- 3.3%)
09/2015:
Batgirl #44 -- 30,654 (- 4.4%)
10/2015:
Batgirl #45 -- 29,276 (- 4.5%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Batgirl #46 -- 27,591 (- 5.8%)
-----------------
6
months: - 16.9%
1
year : - 38.8%
2
years : - 20.9%
5
years : + 9.4%
10
years: + 4.6%
Slipped a month.
The current (as of this writing) shipping schedule shows it will make up it's
missing issue in February in order to be a part of the big 50th issue bonanza
in March.
---
105,
100 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99)
12/2005:
Teen Titans #30 -- 67,155
12/2010:
Teen Titans #90 -- 25,997
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 (- 6.2%)
01/2015:
Teen Titans #6 -- 30,955 (- 9.2%)
02/2015:
Teen Titans #7 -- 34,051 (+ 10.0%)
03/2015:
Teen Titans #8 -- 38,363 (+ 12.7%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Teen Titans #9 -- 33,412 (- 12.9%)
07/2015:
Teen Titans #10 -- 28,547 (- 14.6%)
08/2015:
Teen Titans #11 -- 32,112 (+ 12.5%)
09/2015:
--
10/2015:
Teen Titans #12 -- 26,796 (- 16.6%)
11/2015:
Teen Titans #13 -- 26,511 (- 1.1%)
12/2015:
Teen Titans #14 -- 26,239 (- 1.0%)
12/2015:
Teen Titans #15 -- 27,201 (+ 3.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 20.0%
1
year : - 21.6%
2
years : - 8.3%
5
years : + 2.8%
10
years: - 60.2%
Playing catch-up
this month: #14 is the Looney Tunes f.o.v. (I erred in last month's column, as
#13 was actuality the Monsters of the Month f.o.v.), while #15 is the
variant-less Robin War tie-in (not part of the actual crossover sequence).
---
103
- NEW 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 (- 6.0%)
01/2015:
New Suicide Squad #6 -- 32,304 (- 1.6%)
02/2015:
New Suicide Squad #7 -- 30,537 (- 5.5%)
03/2015:
New Suicide Squad #8 -- 30,443 (- 0.3%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
New Suicide Squad #9 -- 42,225 (+ 38.7%)
07/2015:
New Suicide Squad #10 -- 35,365 (- 16.2%)
08/2015:
New Suicide Squad #11 -- 37,915 (+ 7.2%)
09/2015:
New Suicide Squad #12 -- 34,622 (- 8.7%)
10/2015:
New Suicide Squad #13 -- 33,260 (- 3.9%)
11/2015:
New Suicide Squad #14 -- 32,925 (- 1.0%)
12/2015:
New Suicide Squad #15 -- 26,449 (- 19.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 37.4%
1
year : - 19.4%
2
years : + 4.4%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
107
- RED HOOD/ARSENAL ($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 (- 17.1%)
-----------------------------------------
12/2014:
Red Hood & Outlaws #37 -- 18,723 (-
2.7%)
01/2015:
Red Hood & Outlaws #38 -- 18,014 (-
3.8%)
02/2015:
Red Hood & Outlaws #39 -- 17,270 (-
4.1%)
03/2015:
Red Hood & Outlaws #40 -- 17,110 (-
0.9%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #1 -- 44,078
(+157.6%)
07/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #2 -- 26,829 (-
39.1%)
08/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #3 -- 23,841 (-
11.1%)
09/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #4 -- 22,113 (- 7.2%)
10/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #5 -- 21,025 (-
4.9%)
11/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #6 -- 19,857 (- 5.6%)
12/2015:
Red Hood/Arsenal #7 -- 25,789 (+
29.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 41.5%
1
year : + 37.7%
2
years : + 1.6%
Robin War
crossover.
---
109
- DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
12/2011:
Deathstroke #4 -- 26,367
12/2012:
Deathstroke #15 -- 13,528
----------------------------------
12/2014:
Deathstroke #3 -- 34,010 (- 6.5%)
01/2015:
Deathstroke #4 -- 33,011 (- 2.9%)
02/2015:
Deathstroke #5 -- 32,863 (- 0.4%)
03/2015:
Deathstroke #6 -- 31,666 (- 3.6%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Deathstroke #7 -- 38,807 (+ 22.6%)
07/2015:
Deathstroke #8 -- 33,648 (- 13.3%)
08/2015:
Deathstroke #9 -- 36,583 (+ 8.7%)
09/2015:
Deathstroke #10 -- 31,241 (- 14.6%)
10/2015:
Deathstroke #11 -- 31,121 (- 0.4%)
11/2015:
Deathstroke #12 -- 31,939 (+ 2.6%)
12/2015:
Deathstroke #13 -- 25,344 (- 20.6%)
-----------------
6
months: - 34.7%
1
year : - 25.5%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
110
- SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
12/2013:
Superman/Wonder Woman #3 -- 51,357
--------------------------------------------
12/2014:
Superman/Wonder Woman #14 -- 41,231 (-
6.3%)
01/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #15 -- 36,877 (- 10.6%)
02/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #16 -- 38,550 (+
4.5%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #17 -- 39,868 (+
3.4%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #18 -- 39,787 (-
0.2%)
07/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #19 -- 36,666 (-
7.8%)
08/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #20 -- 38,834 (+
5.9%)
09/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #21 -- 34,349 (- 11.5%)
10/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #22 -- 32,044 (-
6.7%)
11/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #23 -- 31,315 (-
2.3%)
12/2015:
Superman/Wonder Woman #24 -- 25,000 (- 20.2%)
-----------------
6
months: - 37.2%
1
year : - 39.4%
2
years : - 51.3%
No f.o.v. this
month. Nice round number though.
---
113
- DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE COLLECTORS' EDITION ($12.99)
12/2015:
Dark Knight III Coll #1 of 8 -- 24,005
As with the
Sandman Overture Special Editions, I'm tracking these Collectors' Editions for
DK3 as separate items. (If you disagree, feel free to add the numbers in and do
the math yourself.) These are over-sized editions with paper board covers and
cost over twice as much as the regular editions. 24K for a $13 comic is not
bad.
---
114,
119 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99)
08/2015:
Bombshells #1 -- 59,253
09/2015:
Bombshells #2 -- 37,136 (- 37.3%)
10/2015:
Bombshells #3 -- 32,147 (- 13.4%)
11/2015:
Bombshells #4 -- 27,239 (- 15.3%)
11/2015:
Bombshells #5 -- 25,335 (-
7.0%)
12/2015:
Bombshells #6 -- 23,679 (-
6.5%)
12/2015:
Bombshells #7 -- 23,014 (-
2.8%)
Two issues again
this month. The novelty is wearing off, but these are still quite good print
sales for a digital first comic. Sales continue to track around where Batman
'66 was at this point in its run.
---
115,
154 - CYBORG ($2.99)
07/2015:
Cyborg #1 -- 45,187
08/2015:
Cyborg #2 -- 29,167 (- 35.5%)
09/2015:
--
10/2015:
Cyborg #3 -- 27,550 (- 5.5%)
10/2015:
Cyborg #4 -- 25,926 (- 5.9%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Cyborg #5 -- 23,618 (- 8.9%)
12/2015:
Cyborg #6 -- 17,864 (- 24.4%)
Two issue again
this month to play catch-up again. Issue #5 is a looney Tunes f.o.v., while
issue #6 has no variants.
---
157,
120 - GOTHAM ACADEMY ($2.99)
12/2014:
Gotham Academy #3 -- 26,509 (- 14.8%)
01/2015:
Gotham Academy #4 -- 22,576 (- 14.8%)
02/2015:
Gotham Academy #5 -- 20,844 (- 7.7%)
03/2015:
Gotham Academy #6 -- 20,361 (- 2.3%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Gotham Academy #7 -- 26,594 (+ 30.6%)
07/2015:
Gotham Academy #8 -- 22,359 (- 15.9%)
08/2015:
Gotham Academy #9 -- 18,048 (- 19.3%)
09/2015:
Gotham Academy #10 -- 17,292 (- 4.2%)
10/2015:
Gotham Academy #11 -- 16,560 (- 4.2%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Gotham Academy #12 -- 15,865 (- 4.2%)
12/2015:
Gotham Academy #13 -- 22,947 (+ 44.6%)
----------------
6
months: - 27.0%
1
year : - 26.8%
Also playing
catch-up this month. No variants here, but issue #13 is a Robin War tie-in.
—–
122
- SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL ($4.99)
08/2014:
Superman/WW Annual #1 -- 42,094
12/2015:
Superman/WW Annual #2 -- 22,414 (- 46.8%)
---
124
- BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99)
12/2012:
Unlimited #11 -- 18,089
12/2013:
Universe #5 -- 15,857
------------------------------------
12/2014:
--
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
--
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Batman Beyond #1 -- 59,151 (+347.7%)
07/2015:
Batman Beyond #2 -- 35,000 (- 40.8%)
08/2015:
Batman Beyond #3 -- 30,806 (- 12.0%)
09/2015:
Batman Beyond #4 -- 31,202 (+ 1.3%)
10/2015:
Batman Beyond #5 -- 29,409 (- 5.7%)
11/2015:
Batman Beyond #6 -- 27,778 (- 5.5%)
12/2015:
Batman Beyond #7 -- 21,946 (- 21.0%)
-----------------
6
months: - 62.9%
1
year :
n.a.
2
years : + 38.4%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
126
- BLACK CANARY ($2.99)
06/2015:
Black Canary #1 -- 44,865 (+ 52.6%)
07/2015:
Black Canary #2 -- 27,512 (- 38.7%)
08/2015:
Black Canary #3 -- 23,253 (- 15.5%)
09/2015:
Black Canary #4 -- 23,678 (+ 1.8%)
10/2015:
Black Canary #5 -- 22,215 (- 6.2%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Black Canary #6 -- 21,666 (- 2.5%)
-----------------
6
months: - 51.7%
Running behind,
so this is the Looney Tunes f.o.v.
---
127
- SUPERMAN: LOIS AND CLARK ($3.99)
10/2015:
Lois & Clark #1 -- 35,009
11/2015:
Lois & Clark #2 -- 22,898 (- 34.6%)
12/2015:
Lois & Clark #3 -- 21,630 (- 5.5%)
So sometime in
the past month DC announced that this was always intended to be a limited
series and is ending (with issue #8, I believe). Yeah, right. Believe me, if
this was selling in the 40K range or higher, it would not be ending. Of course,
if a lot of the series here were selling in the 40Ks, there wouldn't be a need
for Rebirth.
---
129
- STARFIRE ($2.99)
06/2015:
Starfire #1 -- 50,928
07/2015:
Starfire #2 -- 33,659 (- 33.9%)
08/2015:
Starfire #3 -- 30,207 (- 10.3%)
09/2015:
Starfire #4 -- 30,485 (+ 0.9%)
10/2015:
Starfire #5 -- 28,714 (- 5.8%)
11/2015:
Starfire #6 -- 27,941 (- 2.7%)
12/2015:
Starfire #7 -- 21,230 (- 23.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 58.3%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
112
- 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 (- 4.6%)
01/2015:
Earth 2 #30 -- 28,618 (- 5.5%)
02/2015:
Earth 2 #31 -- 27,513 (- 3.9%)
03/2015:
Earth 2 #32 -- 27,361 (- 0.6%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
E2 Society #1 -- 45,102 (+ 64.8%)
07/2015:
E2 Society #2 -- 31,663 (- 29.8%)
08/2015:
E2 Society #3 -- 28,381 (- 10.4%)
09/2015:
E2 Society #4 -- 25,443 (- 10.4%)
10/2015:
E2 Society #5 -- 23,459 (- 7.8%)
11/2015:
E2 Society #6 -- 21,948 (- 6.4%)
12/2015:
E2 Society #7 -- 21,059 (- 4.1%)
----------------
6
months: - 53.3%
1
year : - 30.4%
2
years : - 43.3%
No variant
shenanigans.
---
134
- TITANS HUNT ($3.99)
10/2015:
Titans Hunt #1 of 12 -- 31,037
11/2015:
Titans Hunt #2 of 12 -- 22,466 (- 27.6%)
12/2015:
Titans Hunt #3 of 12 -- 20,918 (- 6.9%)
Not a bad
percentage drop for a third issue. But it looks like DC is dropping this from a
twelve-issue series to an eight-issue series. Maybe next time try launching new
series whose premise isn't so convoluted?
---
138
- AQUAMAN ($3.99)
12/2005:
Aquaman #37 -- 19,640
12/2011:
Aquaman #4 -- 64,961
12/2012:
Aquaman #15 -- 75,947
12/2013:
Aquaman #26 -- 38,841
------------------------------
12/2014:
Aquaman #37 -- 31,198 (- 5.0%)
01/2015:
Aquaman #38 -- 28,356 (- 9.1%)
02/2015:
Aquaman #39 -- 32,162 (+ 13.4%)
03/2015:
Aquaman #40 -- 32,404 (+ 0.8%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Aquaman #41 -- 33,629 (+ 3.8%)
07/2015:
Aquaman #42 -- 28,158 (- 16.3%)
08/2015:
Aquaman #43 -- 30,480 (+ 8.2%)
09/2015:
Aquaman #44 -- 26,396 (- 13.4%)
10/2015:
Aquaman #45 -- 25,495 (- 3.4%)
11/2015:
Aquaman #46 -- 25,962 (+ 1.8%)
12/2015:
Aquaman #47 -- 20,251 (- 22.0%)
-----------------
6
months: - 39.8%
1
year : - 35.1%
2
years : - 47.9%
10
years: + 3.1%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
141
- CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER ($2.99)
12/2005:
Hellblazer #215 -- 14,405
12/2010:
Hellblazer #274 -- 9,342
12/2011:
Hellblazer #286 -- 9,404
12/2012:
Hellblazer #298 -- 9,132
12/2013:
Constantine #9 -- 22,403
-------------------------------------
12/2014:
Constantine #20 -- 15,574 (- 0.9%)
01/2015:
Constantine #21 -- 15,209 (- 2.3%)
02/2015:
Constantine #22 -- 14,716 (- 3.2%)
03/2015:
Constantine #23 -- 14,530 (- 1.3%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
The Hellblazer #1 -- 41,888 (+188.3%)
07/2015:
The Hellblazer #2 -- 27,512 (- 34.3%)
08/2015:
The Hellblazer #3 -- 24,040 (- 12.6%)
09/2015:
The Hellblazer #4 -- 21,974 (- 8.6%)
10/2015:
The Hellblazer #5 -- 20,431 (- 7.0%)
11/2015:
The Hellblazer #6 -- 19,328 (- 5.4%)
12/2015:
The Hellblazer #7 -- 18,601 (- 3.8%)
-----------------
6
months: - 55.6%
1
year : + 19.4%
2
years : - 17.0%
5
years : + 99.1%
10
years: + 29.1%
Entering into standard attrition
territory. How long until it gets yet another relaunch?
---
148
- BATMAN '66 MEETS THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (Digital-First) ($2.99)
11/2014:
Batman 66/GH #6 of 6 -- 20,534 (- 9.2%)
------------------------------------------
12/2015:
Batman 66/UNCLE #1 of 6 -- 17,363 (- 15.4%)
New series of
mini-series to replace the regular Batman '66 series, which ends its print run
this month. Unfortunately for DC, the Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie tanked this
past summer.
---
149
- LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2005:
Lucifer #69 -- 10,881
------------------------------
06/2006:
Lucifer #75 -- 11,012
------------------------------
12/2015:
Lucifer #1 -- 17,306 (+ 57.2%)
-----------------
10
years: + 59.0%
The best-selling
launch issue of the new Vertigo titles so far. Of course, this is a Sandman
spin-off with a previous long-running series on its resumé, and there's a TV
series starting up in January, so retailers actually have a reason to expect
that some customers may want to pick this up.
Imagine that, having
a new comic series ready to go when a TV series based on one of your properties
launches! (*cough* Supergirl *cough*)
---
151
- SINESTRO ($2.99)
12/2014:
Sinestro #7 -- 33,549 (- 0.2%)
12/2014:
Sinestro #8 -- 31,509 (- 6.1%)
01/2015:
Sinestro #9 -- 26,346 (- 16.4%)
02/2015:
Sinestro #10 -- 28,698 (+ 8.9%)
03/2015:
Sinestro #11 -- 28,384 (- 1.1%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Sinestro #12 -- 28,848 (+ 1.6%)
07/2015:
Sinestro #13 -- 23,044 (- 20.1%)
08/2015:
Sinestro #14 -- 25,505 (+ 10.7%)
09/2015:
Sinestro #15 -- 22,090 (- 13.4%)
10/2015:
Sinestro #16 -- 23,179 (+ 4.9%)
11/2015:
Sinestro #17 -- 22,331 (- 3.7%)
12/2015:
Sinestro #18 -- 17,189 (- 23.0%)
-----------------
6
months: - 40.4%
1
year : - 48.8%
No f.o.v. this
month.
---
153
- BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT: GENESIS (Digital-First) ($2.99)
08/2015:
BAK Genesis #1 of 6 -- 35,652
09/2015:
BAK Genesis #2 of 6 -- 21,555 (- 41.2%)
10/2015:
BAK Genesis #3 of 6 -- 19,045 (- 11.6%)
11/2015:
BAK Genesis #4 of 6 -- 18,843 (- 1.1%)
12/2015:
BAK Genesis #5 of 6 -- 16,730 (- 11.2%)
No variant cover shenanigans here; that's
just a big drop this month. Between the regular series, this limited series and
the specials over the past couple of months, I think DC have milked the Arkham
Knight well dry.
---
154
- JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED ($3.99)
12/2014:
Justice League United #7 -- 31,904
(- 7.8%)
01/2015:
Justice League United #8 -- 28,720 (-
10.0%)
02/2015:
Justice League United #9 -- 31,932 (+
11.2%)
03/2015:
Justice League United #10 -- 31,722 (-
0.7%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
--
07/2015:
Justice League United #11 -- 23,140 (- 27.1%)
08/2015:
Justice League United #12 -- 24,360 (+
5.3%)
09/2015:
Justice League United #13 -- 20,160 (- 17.2%)
10/2015:
Justice League United #14 -- 18,865 (-
6.4%)
11/2015:
Justice League United #15 -- 17,721 (-
6.1%)
12/2015:
Justice League United #16 -- 16,665 (-
6.0%)
-----------------
6
months: n.a.
1
year : - 47.8%
Final issue. Killed by the three month
gap, a complicated premise coming out of the DCYou soft reboot, and the
existence of the new JLA series. The Justice League concept is never going to
be able to carry more than two books for very long, and since it's been trying
to carry four books with Justice League in the title, something was going to
have to give.
---
155
- MARTIAN MANHUNTER ($2.99)
06/2015:
Martian Manhunter #1 -- 40,239 (+ 81.4%)
07/2015:
Martian Manhunter #2 -- 24,957 (- 38.0%)
08/2015:
Martian Manhunter #3 -- 22,540 (- 9.7%)
09/2015:
Martian Manhunter #4 -- 19,738 (- 12.4%)
10/2015:
Martian Manhunter #5 -- 18,416 (- 6.7%)
11/2015:
Martian Manhunter #6 -- 17,038 (- 7.5%)
12/2015:
Martian Manhunter #7 -- 15,962 (- 6.3%)
-----------------
6
months: - 60.3%
Gets no boost
from last month's surprise takeover of an issue of JLA.
---
160,
163 - BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (Digital-First) ($3.99)
03/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #1 -- 73,266
04/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #2 -- 25,479 (-
65.2%)
04/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #3 -- 23,370
(- 8.3%)
05/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #4 -- 21,083
(- 9.8%)
06/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #5 -- 21,317
(+ 1.1%)
07/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #6 -- 20,324
(- 4.7%)
08/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #7 -- 19,354
(- 4.8%)
09/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #8 -- 19,641
(+ 1.5%)
10/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #9 -- 18,132
(- 7.7%)
11/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #10 -- 17,091 (-
5.7%)
12/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #11 -- 15,575 (-
8.9%)
12/2015:
Batman Arkham Knight #12 -- 15,288 (- 1.8%)
-----------------
6
months: - 27.6%
Final issues.
---
166
- CATWOMAN ($2.99)
12/2005:
Catwoman #49 -- 24,136 [26,170]
12/2011:
Catwoman #4 -- 45,581
12/2012:
Catwoman #15 -- 35,020
12/2013:
Catwoman #26 -- 26,482
---------------------------------
12/2014:
Catwoman #37 -- 25,154 (- 4.1%)
01/2015:
Catwoman #38 -- 22,386 (- 11.0%)
02/2015:
Catwoman #39 -- 26,450 (+ 18.2%)
03/2015:
Catwoman #40 -- 26,534 (+ 0.3%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Catwoman #41 -- 27,034 (+ 1.9%)
07/2015:
Catwoman #42 -- 21,983 (- 18.7%)
08/2015:
Catwoman #43 -- 26,451 (+ 20.3%)
09/2015:
Catwoman #44 -- 21,507 (- 18.7%)
10/2015:
Catwoman #45 -- 20,229 (- 18.7%)
11/2015:
Catwoman #46 -- 21,661 (+ 7.1%)
12/2015:
Catwoman #47 -- 15,038 (- 30.6%)
-----------------
6
months: - 44.4%
1
year : - 40.2%
2
years : - 43.2%
10
years: - 42.5%
First issue of
the new creative team and direction does not get the benefit of an f.o.v.
---
167
- SECRET SIX ($2.99)
12/2010:
Secret Six #28 -- 19,587
---------------------------------
12/2014:
Secret Six #1 -- 44,065 (+130.7%)
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
Secret Six #2 -- 26,579 (- 39.7%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Secret Six #3 -- 28,458 (+ 7.1%)
07/2015:
Secret Six #4 -- 22,813 (- 19.8%)
08/2015:
Secret Six #5 -- 30,418 (+ 33.3%)
09/2015:
Secret Six #6 -- 17,376 (- 42.9%)
10/2015:
Secret Six #7 -- 16,343 (- 5.9%)
11/2015:
Secret Six #8 -- 15,375 (- 5.9%)
12/2015:
Secret Six #9 -- 14,663 (- 4.6%)
-----------------
6
months: - 48.5%
1
year : - 66.7%
5
years : - 25.1%
---
170
- BATMAN '66 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
12/2013:
Batman '66 #6 -- 24,374
---------------------------------
12/2014:
Batman '66 #18 -- 15,409 (- 1.1%)
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
Batman '66 #19 -- 14,770 (- 4.1%)
02/2015:
Batman '66 #20 -- 14,525 (- 1.7%)
03/2015:
Batman '66 #21 -- 14,238 (- 2.0%)
04/2015:
Batman '66 #22 -- 14,135 (- 0.7%)
05/2015:
Batman '66 #23 -- 20,045 (+ 41.8%)
06/2015:
Batman '66 #24 -- 13,653 (- 31.9%)
07/2015:
Batman '66 #25 -- 17,001 (+ 24.5%)
08/2015:
Batman '66 #26 -- 14,562 (- 14.3%)
09/2015:
Batman '66 #27 -- 14,315 (- 1.7%)
10/2015:
Batman '66 #28 -- 14,081 (- 1.6%)
11/2015:
Batman '66 #29 -- 13,860 (- 1.6%)
12/2015:
Batman '66 #30 -- 14,000 (+ 1.0%)
-----------------
6
months: + 2.5%
1
year : -
9.1%
2
years : - 42.6%
Final issue adds
a few copies.
---
171
- JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 ($2.99)
12/2013:
Justice League 3K #1 -- 57,726
-----------------------------------------
12/2014:
Justice League 3K #12 -- 18,659 (+ 0.1%)
01/2015:
Justice League 3K #13 -- 17,432 (- 6.6%)
02/2015:
Justice League 3K #14 -- 16,778 (- 3.8%)
03/2015:
Justice League 3K #15 -- 16,604 (- 1.0%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #1 -- 35,391
(+113.1%)
07/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #2 -- 21,301 (-
39.8%)
08/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #3 -- 18,931 (-
11.1%)
09/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #4 -- 16,704 (-
11.8%)
10/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #5 -- 15,512 (- 7.1%)
11/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #6 -- 14,659 (- 5.5%)
12/2015:
Justice League 3K1 #7 -- 13,979 (- 4.6%)
-----------------
6
months: - 60.5%
1
year : - 25.1%
2
years : - 75.8%
---
177
- INJUSTICE ANNUAL ($4.99)
11/2013:
Injustice Year 1 Annual #1 -- 21,764
10/2014:
Injustice Year 2 Annual #1 -- 17,086 (- 21.5%)
04/2015:
Injustice Year 3 Annual #1 -- 14,905 (- 12.8%)
12/2015:
Injustice Year 4 Annual #1 -- 13,372 (- 10.3%)
A reminder that
unlike the parent title, the Injustice Annual is not a digital first
title.
---
183
- DOCTOR FATE ($2.99)
06/2015:
Doctor Fate #1 -- 39,558
07/2015:
Doctor Fate #2 -- 22,967 (- 41.9%)
08/2015:
Doctor Fate #3 -- 18,951 (- 17.5%)
09/2015:
Doctor Fate #4 -- 16,258 (- 14.2%)
10/2015:
Doctor Fate #5 -- 14,560 (- 10.4%)
11/2015:
Doctor Fate #6 -- 13,090 (- 10.1%)
12/2015:
Doctor Fate #7 -- 11,954 (- 8.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 60.5%
Starting a new
story arc in January. Who knows, maybe the collection sales will be strong?
History says otherwise, but a little optimism never hurt anyone. Surely this
book deserves more than the indifference it has been receiving. I mean hey,
it's Sonny Liew daring Doctor Fate, for crying out loud!
---
195,
186 - GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT ($2.99)
12/2014:
Gotham by Midnight #2 -- 27,849 (-
27.5%)
01/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #3 -- 21,330 (-
23.4%)
02/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #4 -- 18,643 (-
12.6%)
03/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #5 -- 17,604 (- 5.6%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #6 -- 22,366 (+
26.9%)
07/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #7 -- 18,427 (-
17.5%)
08/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #8 -- 14,747 (-
20.0%)
09/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #9 -- 13,698 (- 7.1%)
10/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #10 -- 12,932 (-
5.6%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #11 -- 10,816 (- 16.4%)
12/2015:
Gotham by Midnight #12 -- 11,695 (+
8.1%)
-----------------
6
months: - 47.7%
1
year : - 58.0%
Final issues. both
of those numbers look odd—I'd guess maybe variant shenanigans but I don't' care
enough to go look to see.
---
191
- MIDNIGHTER ($2.99)
06/2015:
Midnighter #1 -- 35,420 (+257.2%)
07/2015:
Midnighter #2 -- 19,812 (- 44.1%)
08/2015:
Midnighter #3 -- 16,563 (- 16.4%)
09/2015:
Midnighter #4 -- 14,431 (- 12.9%)
10/2015:
Midnighter #5 -- 13,235 (- 8.3%)
11/2015:
Midnighter #6 -- 12,186 (- 7.9%)
12/2015:
Midnighter #7 -- 11,267 (- 7.5%)
-----------------
6
months: - 68.2%
Starting a new
story arc in January. Who knows, maybe the collection sales will be strong?
History says otherwise, but a little optimism never hurt anyone.
---
194
- THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN (Vertigo) ($4.99)
10/2015:
Twilight Children #1 of 4 -- 16,896
11/2015:
Twilight Children #2 of 4 -- 12,063 (- 28.6%)
12/2015:
Twilight Children #3 of 4 -- 10,982 (-
9.0%)
A typical third
issue percentage drop. Will it stay above 10K for the final issue? Tune in next
month and find out!
---
197
- ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2005:
--
12/2010:
--
12/2011:
--
12/2012:
--
12/2013:
Astro City #7 -- 15,360
----------------------------------
12/2014:
Astro City #18 -- 11,985 (- 0.6%)
01/2015:
Astro City #19 -- 11,734 (- 2.1%)
02/2015:
Astro City #20 -- 11,603 (- 1.1%)
03/2015:
Astro City #21 -- 11,492 (- 1.0%)
04/2015:
Astro City #22 -- 11,359 (- 1.2%)
05/2015:
Astro City #23 -- 11,215 (- 1.3%)
06/2015:
Astro City #24 -- 11,226 (+ 0.1%)
07/2015:
Astro City #25 -- 11,242 (+ 0.1%)
08/2015:
Astro City #26 -- 11,118 (- 1.1%)
09/2015:
Astro City #27 -- 11,019 (- 0.9%)
10/2015:
Astro City #28 -- 10,808 (- 1.9%)
11/2015:
Astro City #29 -- 10,748 (- 0.6%)
12/2015:
Astro City #30 -- 10,476 (- 2.5%)
-----------------
6
months: - 6.7%
1
year : - 12.6%
2
years : - 31.8%
5
years : n.a.
10
years: n.a.
A higher
percentage decline than usual.
---
200
- THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015:
Sheriff of Babylon #1 of 8 -- 10,234
Solicited as an
eight-issue series, though there's no indication of that on the cover.
---
202
- HE-MAN: ETERNITY WAR ($2.99)
12/2012:
He-Man & MotU #5 -- 16,858
12/2013:
He-Man & MotU #9 -- 14,465
--------------------------------------
12/2014:
He-Man Eternity #1 -- 18,884 (+ 71.3%)
01/2015:
He-Man Eternity #2 -- 12,104 (- 35.9%)
02/2015:
He-Man Eternity #3 -- 11,700 (- 3.3%)
03/2015:
He-Man Eternity #4 -- 11,746 (+ 0.4%)
04/2015:
He-Man Eternity #5 -- 11,625 (- 1.0%)
05/2015:
He-Man Eternity #6 -- 11,426 (- 1.7%)
06/2015:
--
07/2015:
He-Man Eternity #7 -- 11,315 (- 1.0%)
07/2015:
He-Man Eternity #8 -- 11,096 (- 1.9%)
08/2015:
He-Man Eternity #9 -- 11,053 (- 0.4%)
09/2015:
He-Man Eternity #10 -- 10,845 (- 1.9%)
10/2015:
He-Man Eternity #11 -- 10,618 (- 2.1%)
11/2015:
He-Man Eternity #12 -- 10,382 (- 2.2%)
12/2015:
He-Man Eternity #13 -- 10,096 (- 2.8%)
----------------
6
months: n.a.
1
year : - 46.5%
2
years : - 30.2%
Still clinging
above the 10K line. What will be the sales-level trigger that will finally
bring this to an end?
---
207
- LOBO ($2.99)
12/2014:
Lobo #3 -- 20,208 (- 21.9%)
01/2015:
Lobo #4 -- 16,889 (- 16.4%)
02/2015:
Lobo #5 -- 14,770 (- 12.5%)
03/2015:
Lobo #6 -- 13,715 (- 7.1%)
04/2015:
--
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Lobo #7 -- 19,281 (+ 40.6%)
07/2015:
Lobo #8 -- 12,459 (- 35.4%)
08/2015:
Lobo #9 -- 11,568 (- 7.2%)
09/2015:
Lobo #10 -- 11,328 (- 2.1%)
10/2015:
Lobo #11 -- 11,069 (- 2.3%)
11/2015:
Lobo #12 -- 10,382 (- 6.2%)
12/2015:
Lobo #13 -- 9,955 (- 4.1%)
-----------------
6
months: - 48.4%
1
year : - 50.7%
Finishes below
the 10K mark. But not the worst-selling title to end this month.
---
208
- TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
12/2005:
Teen Titans Go! #26 -- 11,790
--------------------------------------
12/2014:
Teen Titans Go! #7 -- 8,254 (- 4.9%)
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #8 -- 7,917 (- 4.1%)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #9 -- 8,395 (+ 6.0%)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #10 -- 8,883 (+ 5.8%)
07/2015:
--
08/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #11 -- 9,771 (+10.0%)
09/2015:
--
10/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #12 -- 10,283 (+ 5.2%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Teen Titans Go! #13 -- 9,714 (- 5.5%)
-----------------
6
months: + 10.0%
1
year : + 17.7%
10
years: - 17.6%
The growth spurt
has ended, at least for the time being.
---
209
- TELOS ($2.99)
10/2015:
Telos #1 -- 20,126
11/2015:
Telos #2 -- 11,202 (- 44.3%)
12/2015:
Telos #3 -- 9,619 (- 14.1%)
How low will it
drop by its final issue?
---
213 - THE OMEGA MEN
($2.99)
06/2015:
Omega Men #1 -- 33,174
07/2015:
Omega Men #2 -- 17,093 (- 48.5%)
08/2015:
Omega Men #3 -- 13,246 (- 22.5%)
09/2015:
Omega Men #4 -- 11,302 (- 14.7%)
10/2015:
Omega Men #5 -- 10,532 (- 6.8%)
11/2015:
Omega Men #6 -- 9,709 (-
7.8%)
12/2015:
Omega Men #7 -- 9,251 (-
4.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 72.1%
Where is that
huge demand that called for this to be extended past its initial cancellation?
It doesn't seem to be in very many comic shops…
---
215
- SENSATION COMICS FEAT WONDER WOMAN (Digital-First) ($3.99)
12/2014:
Sensation Comics #5 -- 14,323 (- 13.6%)
01/2015:
Sensation Comics #6 -- 12,927 (- 9.7%)
02/2015:
Sensation Comics #7 -- 12,115 (- 6.3%)
03/2015:
Sensation Comics #8 -- 11,399 (- 5.9%)
04/2015:
Sensation Comics #9 -- 11,007 (- 3.4%)
05/2015:
Sensation Comics #10 -- 10,565 (- 4.0%)
06/2015:
Sensation Comics #11 -- 10,761 (+ 1.9%)
07/2015:
Sensation Comics #12 -- 10,623 (- 1.3%)
08/2015:
Sensation Comics #13 -- 10,175 (- 4.2%)
09/2015:
Sensation Comics #14 -- 10,262 (+ 0.9%)
10/2015:
Sensation Comics #15 -- 10,066 (- 1.9%)
11/2015:
Sensation Comics #16 -- 9,706 (- 3.6%)
12/2015:
Sensation Comics #17 -- 9,138 (- 5.9%)
----------------
6
months: - 15.1%
1
year : - 36.2%
Final issue.
Being replaced on the schedule, more or less, by the Legend of Wonder Woman
digital-first limited series.
---
219
- ALL-STAR SECTION EIGHT ($2.99)
06/2015:
A-S Section 8 #1 of 6 -- 34,209
07/2015:
A-S Section 8 #2 of 6 -- 16,695 (- 51.2%)
08/2015:
A-S Section 8 #3 of 6 -- 13,032 (- 21.9%)
09/2015:
A-S Section 8 #4 of 6 -- 11,240 (- 13.8%)
10/2015:
A-S Section 8 #5 of 6 -- 9,787 (- 12.9%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
A-S Section 8 #6 of 6 -- 8,995 (- 8.1%)
----------------
6
months: - 73.7%
I imagine that
this sort of thing will not be tolerated after Rebirth.
---
229
- NEW ROMANCER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015:
New Romancer #1 of 6 -- 8,639
233
- LAST GANG IN TOWN (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015:
Last Gang in Town #1 of 6 -- 8,396
Two new Vertigo
minis by veteran Vertigo writers cannot crack 9K for their first issues. Sorry
DC, you splashed too much new Vertigo product out on the market and this is the
result.
---
238
- CLEAN ROOM (Vertigo) ($3.99)
10/2015:
Clean Room #1 -- 14,304
11/2015:
Clean Room #2 -- 9,351 (- 35.6%)
12/2015:
Clean Room #3 -- 8,073 (- 13.7%)
---
247
- PREZ ($2.99)
06/2015:
Prez #1 of 6 -- 31,140
07/2015:
Prez #2 of 6 -- 13,178 (- 57.7%)
08/2015:
Prez #3 of 6 -- 10,360 (- 21.4%)
09/2015:
Prez #4 of 6 -- 8,931 (- 13.8%)
10/2015:
Prez #5 of 6 -- 8,098 (- 9.3%)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Prez #6 of 6 -- 7,716 (- 4.7%)
----------------
6
months: - 75.2%
I know that DC is
claiming that this will be back for a Season Two, but unless the trade sales
are absolutely stellar, that just isn't going to happen.
---
258
- UNFOLLOW (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015:
Unfollow #1 -- 10,740
12/2015:
Unfollow #2 -- 7,082 (- 34.1%)
Seriously, why would
you name a series Unfollow? That's like asking people to drop it from their
pull lists right in the title!
---
259
- JACKED (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015:
Jacked #1 of 6 -- 11,056
12/2015:
Jacked #2 of 6 -- 7,078 (- 36.0%)
269
- RED THORN (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015:
Red Thorn #1 -- 11,335
12/2015:
Red Thorn #2 -- 6,799 (- 40.0%)
271
- ART OPS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
10/2015:
Art Ops #1 -- 12,211
11/2015:
Art Ops #2 -- 7,982 (- 34.6%)
12/2015:
Art Ops #3 -- 6,771 (- 15.2%)
274
- SURVIVORS' CLUB (Vertigo) ($3.99)
10/2015:
Survivors' Club #1 -- 13,194
11/2015:
Survivors' Club #2 -- 7,846 (- 40.5%)
12/2015:
Survivors' Club #3 -- 6,668 (- 15.0%)
Not the worst
sales for a Vertigo title this month…
---
281
- FABLES: THE WOLF AMONG US (Vertigo) (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2015:
Fables: TWAU #1 -- 13,620
02/2015:
Fables: TWAU #2 -- 10,224 (- 24.9%)
03/2015:
Fables: TWAU #3 -- 9,352 (-
8.5%)
04/2015:
Fables: TWAU #4 -- 8,793 (-
6.0%)
05/2015:
Fables: TWAU #5 -- 8,378 (-
4.7%)
06/2015:
Fables: TWAU #6 -- 8,019 (-
4.3%)
07/2015:
Fables: TWAU #7 -- 7,683 (-
4.2%)
08/2015:
Fables: TWAU #8 -- 7,398 (-
3.7%)
09/2015:
Fables: TWAU #9 -- 7,123 (-
3.7%)
10/2015:
Fables: TWAU #10 -- 6,965 (- 2.2%)
11/2015:
Fables: TWAU #11 -- 6,788 (- 2.5%)
12/2015:
Fables: TWAU #12 -- 6,470 (- 4.7%)
-----------------
6
months: - 19.3%
And no it's not
the Fables digital-first spin-off either. That honor belongs to…
---
300+
- SLASH & BURN (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015:
Slash & Burn #1 -- 9,623
12/2015:
Slash & Burn #2 -- ????? (<
5,848)
The second issue
of Slash & Burn, which doesn't even make the Top 300 chart this month. It
should come as no surprise that this is being cancelled with issue #6.
---
300+
- SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
12/2005:
Scooby-Doo #103 -- 4,490
12/2010:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #4 -- 4,802
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
-----------------------------------------------
11/2014:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #51 -- ????? (< 5,214)
12/2014:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #52 -- ????? (< 5,053)
01/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #53 -- 4,703
02/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #54 -- ????? (< 4,804)
03/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #55 -- ????? (< 4,917)
04/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #56 -- ????? (< 6,352)
05/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #57 -- 4,794
06/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #58 -- 5,033 (+ 5.0%)
07/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #59 -- ????? (< 5,446)
08/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #60 -- 5,091
09/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #61 -- 5,220 (+ 2.5%)
10/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #62 -- 5,143 (- 1.5%)
11/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #63 -- 5,215 (+ 1.4%)
12/2015:
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #64 -- ????? (< 5,848)
-----------------
6
months: ???%
1
year :
???%
2
years : ???%
5
years : ???%
10
years: ???%
Neither does
Scooby-Doo, although that's likely because the floor rose up past it's typical
sales level.
---
+300
- LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99)
12/2005:
Looney Tunes #133 -- 2,633
12/2010:
Looney Tunes #193 -- ?????
12/2011:
Looney Tunes #204 -- ?????
12/2012:
Looney Tunes #210 -- ?????
12/2013:
Looney Tunes #216 -- 2,822
-----------------------------------
12/2014:
Looney Tunes #222 -- ????? (< 5,053)
01/2015:
--
02/2015:
Looney Tunes #223 -- ????? (< 4,804)
03/2015:
--
04/2015:
Looney Tunes #224 -- ????? (< 6,352)
05/2015:
--
06/2015:
Looney Tunes #225 -- ????? (< 4,684)
07/2015:
--
08/2015:
Looney Tunes #225 -- ????? (< 4,286)
09/2015:
--
10/2015:
Looney Tunes #226 -- ????? (< 4,248)
11/2015:
--
12/2015:
Looney Tunes #227 -- ????? (< 5,848)
-----------------
6
months: ????%
1
year :
????%
2
years : ????%
5
years : ????%
10
years: ????%
And then there's
Looney Tunes, which never even comes close to being in the Top 300.
---
Average Periodical Sales (not counting
reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, and magazines)
DC
COMICS
12/2005:
36,627
12/2010:
23,869
12/2011:
35,397
12/2012:
34,272
12/2013:
??????
---------------
12/2014:
29,047 (+ 1.4%)**
01/2015:
24,289 (- 16.4%)
02/2015:
24,537 (+ 1.0%)**
03/2015:
23,466 (- 4.4%)**
04/2015:
38,318 (+ 63.3%)**
05/2015:
31,237 (- 18.5%)**
06/2015:
35,318 (+ 13.1%)**
07/2015:
27,005 (- 23.5%)**
08/2015:
27,301 (+ 1.1%)**
09/2015:
26,092 (- 4.4%)**
10/2015:
25,681 (- 0.5%)**
11/2015:
30,743 (+ 19.7%)
12/2015:
28,091 (- 8.6%)**
-----------------
6
months: - 20.5%
1
year : -
3.3%
2
years : ?????
5
years : + 17.7%
10
years: - 23.3%
DC
UNIVERSE
12/2005:
44,993
12/2010:
30,870
12/2011:
39,390
12/2012:
36,880
12/2013:
??????
---------------
12/2014:
34,882 (- 5.0%)
01/2015:
30,680 (- 12.0%)
02/2015:
32,403 (+ 5.6%)
03/2015:
28,559 (- 11.9%)
04/2015:
49,845 (+ 74.5%)
05/2015:
42,635 (- 14.5%)
06/2015:
46,980 (+ 10.2%)
07/2015:
32,688 (- 30.4%)
08/2015:
33,079 (+ 1.2%)
09/2015:
30,645 (- 7.4%)
10/2015:
30,402 (- 0.8%)
11/2015:
38,396 (+ 26.3%)
12/2015:
34,981 (- 8.9%)
-----------------
6
months: - 25.5%
1
year : +
0.3%
2
years : ?????
5
years : + 13.3%
10
years: - 22.3%
VERTIGO
12/2005:
14,520
12/2010:
11,193
12/2011:
11,082
12/2012:
11,771
12/2013:
??????
---------------
12/2014:
13,195 (+ 55.0%)**
01/2015: 8,361 (- 36.6%)
02/2015: 8,612 (+
3.0%)**
03/2015: 7,055 (- 15.6%)**
04/2015: 7,257 (+
2.9%)**
05/2015:
10,616 (+ 46.3%)**
06/2015: 8,011 (- 24.5%)**
07/2015:
15,251 (+ 90.4%)**
08/2015:
10,216 (- 33.0%)**
09/2015:
15,814 (+ 54.8%)**
10/2015:
10,771 (- 31.9%)**
11/2015: 9,780 (-
9.2%)
12/2015: 8,630 (- 11.8%)**
-----------------
6
months: + 7.7%
1
year : - 34.6%
2
years : ?????
5
years : - 22.9%
10
years: - 40.6%
---
6
month comparisons
===================
+
10.0% - Teen Titans Go!
+ 4.4% - Green Arrow
+ 2.5% - Batman '66
+ 2.1% - Flash
+ 1.4% - Harley Quinn
+ 0.0% - Green Lantern
- 6.7% - Astro City
- 9.7% - Grayson
-
10.5% - Batman
-
11.3% - Superman
-
11.4% - Wonder Woman
-
15.1% - Sensation Comics feat. Wonder Woman
-
16.9% - Batgirl
-
19.3% - Fables the Wolf Among Us
-
20.0% - Teen Titans
-
20.4% - Detective Comics
-
22.3% - Justice League
-
27.0% - Gotham Academy
-
27.6% - Batman Arkham Knight
-
34.2% - Action Comics
-
34.7% - Deathstroke
-
37.2% - Superman/Wonder Woman
-
37.4% - New Suicide Squad
-
39.0% - Batman/Superman
-
39.8% - Aquaman
-
40.4% - Sinestro
-
41.5% - Red Hood/Arsenal
-
44.4% - Catwoman
-
47.7% - Gotham by Midnight
-
48.4% - Lobo
-
48.5% - Secret Six
-
50.6% - Robin Son of Batman
-
50.7% - We Are Robin
-
51.7% - Black Canary
-
53.3% - Earth 2 Society
-
55.6% - Constantine the Hellblazer
-
56.1% - Harley Quinn & Power Girl
-
58.3% - Starfire
-
60.3% - Martian Manhunter
-
60.5% - Justice League 3001
-
60.5% - Doctor Fate
-
62.9% - Batman Beyond
-
63.3% - JLA
-
68.2% - Midnighter
-
72.1% - Omega Men
-
73.7% - All-Star Section 8
-
75.2% - Prez
1
year comparisons
===================
+
47.5% - Green Arrow
+
37.7% - Red Hood/Arsenal (Red Hood & the Outlaws)
+
19.4% - Constantine
+
17.7% - Teen Titans Go!
+
13.8% - Flash
+
12.3% - Batman
+
11.4% - Justice League
+ 3.8% - Green Lantern
+ 1.6% - Harley Quinn
- 6.0% - Superman
- 6.8% - Wonder Woman
- 9.1% - Batman '66
-
12.6% - Astro City
-
15.6% - Batman & Robin Eternal (Batman Eternal)
-
16.1% - Grayson
-
16.5% - Detective Comics
-
19.4% - New Suicide Squad
-
21.6% - Teen Titans
-
25.1% - Justice League 3001 (JL3K)
-
25.5% - Deathstroke
-
25.9% - Action Comics
-
26.8% - Gotham Academy
-
30.4% - Earth 2 Society (Earth 2)
-
32.9% - Batman/Superman
-
35.1% - Aquaman
-
36.2% - Sensation Comics feat. Wonder Woman
-
38.8% - Batgirl
-
39.4% - Superman/Wonder Woman
-
40.2% - Catwoman
-
46.5% - He-Man: Eternity War (He-Man & MotU)
-
47.8% - Justice League United
-
48.8% - Sinestro
-
50.7% - Lobo
-
58.0% - Gotham by Midnight
-
66.7% - Secret Six
2
year comparisons
===================
+
38.4% - Batman Beyond
+
28.5% - Superman
+
24.9% - Green Arrow
+
22.4% - Wonder Woman
+
15.1% - Flash
+ 6.5% - Batman
+ 4.4% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
+ 1.6% - Red Hood/Arsenal (Red Hood & the
Outlaws)
- 7.0% - Grayson (Nightwing)
- 8.3% - Teen Titans
-
11.1% - Green Lantern
-
13.0% - Justice League
-
15.6% - JLA
-
17.0% - Constantine
-
18.9% - Detective Comics
-
20.9% - Batgirl
-
22.6% - Action Comics
-
30.2% - He-Man: Eternity War (He-Man & MotU)
-
31.8% - Astro City
-
42.5% - Harley Quinn
-
42.6% - Batman '66
-
43.2% - Catwoman
-
47.9% - Aquaman
-
51.3% - Superman/Wonder Woman
-
56.4% - Batman/Superman
-
75.8% - Justice League 3001 (JL3K)
5
year comparisons
===================
+101.1%
- Batman
+
99.1% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+
65.6% - Justice League (JLA)
+
20.8% - Detective Comics
+
14.2% - Justice League of America
+
13.0% - Wonder Woman
+
10.1% - Superman
+ 9.4% - Batgirl
+ 2.8% - Teen Titans
- 1.8% - Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
-
10.3% - Action Comics
-
16.3% - Green Arrow
-
21.9% - Flash
-
25.1% - Secret Six
-
40.1% - Green Lantern
10
year comparisons
===================
+
96.4% - Batman
+
59.0% - Lucifer
+
29.1% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+
23.5% - Detective Comics
+
22.0% - Robin
+ 4.6% - Batgirl
+ 4.4% - Justice League (JLA)
+ 3.1% - Aquaman
+ 2.1% - Flash
+ 0.3% - Grayson (Nightwing)
- 3.0% - Green Arrow
-
15.0% - Wonder Woman
-
17.6% - Teen Titans Go!
-
27.4% - Superman
-
27.9% - Justice League of America
-
31.6% - Action Comics
-
42.5% - Catwoman
-
48.3% - Green Lantern
-
60.2% - Teen Titans
- 71.1%
- Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
Sales Indices
=============
DCU:
Average: 34,981. Median: 26,449. No.: 67. Total: 2,343,729
4.5 -
Dark Knight III
3.8 -
Batman/TMNT
3.6 -
Batman
2.6 -
Harley's Little Black Book
2.4 -
Justice League (47)
2.2 -
Justice League (46)
2.0 -
Harley Quinn
1.6 -
Justice League of America
1.5 -
Batman: Europa (2)
1.4 -
Batman: Europa (3)
1.4 -
Superman
1.3 -
Detective Comics
1.3 -
Green Lantern
1.3 -
Robin War
1.2 -
Flash
1.2 -
Batman & Robin Eternal (9)
1.2 -
Batman & Robin Eternal (10)
1.2 -
Batman & Robin Eternal (11)
1.2 -
Batman & Robin Eternal (12)
1.1 -
Wonder Woman
1.1 -
Batman & Robin Eternal (13)
1.0 -
Grayson
1.0 -
Robin Son of Batman
0.9 -
Justice League Darkseid War Luthor
0.9 -
Harley Quinn & Power Girl
0.9 -
Superman American Alien
0.9 -
Green Arrow
0.9 -
Batman/Superman
0.8 -
Action Comics
0.8 -
Superman Annual
0.8 -
We Are Robin
0.8 -
Batgirl
0.8 -
Teen Titans (15)
0.8 -
New Suicide Squad
0.8 -
Teen Titans (14)
0.7 -
Red Hood/Arsenal
0.7 -
Deathstroke
0.7 -
Superman/Wonder Woman
0.7 -
Dark Knight III Collectors' Ed.
0.7 -
Cyborg (5)
0.7 -
Gotham Academy (13)
0.6 -
Superman/Wonder Woman Annual
0.6 -
Batman Beyond
0.6 -
Black Canary
0.6 -
Superman Lois & Clark
0.6 -
Starfire
0.6 -
Earth 2 Society
0.6 -
Titans Hunt
0.6 -
Aquaman
0.5 -
Constantine the Hellblazer
0.5 -
Cyborg (6)
0.5 -
Sinestro
0.5 -
Justice League United
0.5 -
Martian Manhunter
0.5 -
Gotham Academy (12)
0.4 -
Catwoman
0.4 -
Secret Six
0.4 -
Justice League 3001
0.3 -
Doctor Fate
0.3 -
Gotham by Midnight (12)
0.3 -
Midnighter
0.3 -
Gotham by Midnight (11)
0.3 -
Lobo
0.3 -
Telos
0.3 -
Omega Men
0.3 -
All Star Section 8
0.2 -
Prez
Vertigo:
Average: 8,630**. Median: 7,578**. No.: 14. Total: 120,822**
2.0 -
Lucifer
1.3 -
Twilight Children
1.2 -
Astro City
1.2 -
Sheriff of Babylon
1.0 -
New Romancer
1.0 -
Last Gang in Town
0.9 -
Clean Room
0.8 -
Unfollow
0.8 -
Jacked
0.8 -
Red Thorn
0.8 -
Art Ops
0.8 -
Survivors' Club
0.7 -
Fables The Wolf Among Us
0.7 -
Slash & Burn
Digital First &
Other: Average: 13,536**. Median: 14,000**. No.: 13. Total: 175,968**
1.7 - DC Comics Bombshells
(6)
1.7 - DC Comics Bombshells
(7)
1.3 - Batman '66 Meets The
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1.2 - Batman Arkham Knight
Genesis
1.2 - Batman Arkham Knight
(11)
1.1 - Batman Arkham Knight
(12)
1.0 - Batman '66
1.0 - Injustice Annual
0.7 - He-Man Eternity War
0.7 - Teen Titans Go!
0.7 - Sensation Comics feat.
Wonder Woman
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Where Are
You?
0.2 - Looney Tunes
---
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.
Titles released under the All-Ages
line and magazines, such as Mad, mostly sell through channels other than
the direct market, so direct-market sales don’t tell us much about their
performance. For most Vertigo titles, collection sales tend to be a significant
factor, so the numbers for those books should be taken with a grain of salt as
well. To learn (a little) more about Vertigo’s collection sales, go right here.
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 300/400 chart in that month. In those cases, it’s assumed that
said releases sold as many units as the No. 300/400 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 Pro Golfers' Association, or my
former neighbor's dog Miles.
The author of this column does
weekly snapshots of Amazon comic sales charts at
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