DC Comics Month-to Month
Sales: January 2015 - Flash Drop
Greetings, sales charts
fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
This month, nearly all of
the comics with freely-orderable variants (Flash 75th anniversary) saw a drop
of 3-4K. We've seen drops on these in the past months, but they were so uniform
this month that I thought that maybe something else was going on. But the more
I looked at it, I became convinced that it was the case the retailers as a
whole just dropped their orders on these.
Why? Likely a combination
of figuring that The Flash wasn't as big of a draw as the past cover themes
(LEGO and Darwyn Cooke in the recent two months); retailers adjusting orders as
a whole based on sales history, not necessarily ordering less of the variants
but ordering less of the regular covers; and retailers adjusting down their
orders this month to be able to order massive quantities of Marvel's Star Wars #1
to get those incentive variants.
For a high selling title
like Batman this 3-4K drop fits in with expected standard attrition, but for
the lower-selling titles the drop can be a rather significant percentage drop.
The lone title with a
freely-orderable variant that doesn't see this drop if Batgirl, which sees a
slight boost. The logical conclusion here is that the variant drop was
cancelled out by a growth in readership based on the new direction.
(But I suspect that for
February numbers we'll see a bit of a rebound, as that month's freely-orderable
variant theme is the ever-popular Harley Quinn.)
As a result of the above,
combined with a non-Sandman month for Vertigo, average sales for DC dropped in
the three tracked categories (DCU, Vertigo, and DC as a whole) to their lowest
levels since the New 52 began in September 2011.
But never fear,
Divergence is coming!
In June,
post-Convergence, DC is dropping the New 52 branding and launching an
impressive number of new series: 24 in total, including relaunches, min-series,
and new ongoing series. While a few of these new series clearly fit in with the
New 52 ethos (I'm looking at you, Doomed…) many show a wider variety of styles,
such as Bat-Mite, Bizarro, Black Canary, and Prez; and a lesser grip of
continuity. It's the largest number of new titles in a month since the New 52.
It is a bit worrisome that they'll be launching so many at once; it will be
very hard to capture lightning in the bottle a second time. But I believe that DC
is offering retailers favorable incentives to up their orders, and the new
books will be promoted with both their Free Comic Book Day offering and
previews in May's Convergence books.
Most importunity, as a
whole these new books look to be going after a wide variety of different
readers, as DC is starting to make steps to expand out from what they
previously saw as their core audience. Many (heck, most) of these new titles
likely won't be huge sellers, but if DC can establish a solid and consistent midlist
because all of their titles aren't competing for the same type of customer,
that will be good for their line overall.
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 - BATMAN ($3.99)
01/2005: Batman #636 --
58,630 [60,528]
01/2010: Batman #695 --
63,467
01/2011: Batman #706 --
60,231
01/2012: Batman #5 -- 135,145 [142,499]
01/2013: Batman #16 -- 145,923
-------------------------------
01/2014: Batman #27 -- 115,492 (- 1.7%) [117,395]
02/2014: Batman #28 -- 114,089 (- 1.3%) [115,891]
03/2014: Batman #29 -- 116,926 (+ 0.9%)
04/2014: Batman #30 -- 108,998 (- 6.8%)
05/2014: Batman #31 -- 107,499 (+ 0.2%) [109,170]
06/2014: Batman #32 -- 130,077 (+ 19.2%)
07/2014: Batman #33 -- 117,996 (- 9.3%)
08/2014: Batman #34 -- 112,186 (- 4.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 142,980 (+ 27.4%)
10/2014: Batman #35 -- 118,860 (- 16.9%)
11/2014: Batman #36 -- 115,183 (- 3.1%)
12/2014: Batman #37 -- 113,255 (- 1.7%)
01/2015: Batman #38 -- 110,232 (- 2.7%)
-----------------
6 months: -
6.6%
1 year :
- 6.1%
2 years : - 24.5%
5 years : + 73.7%
10 years: + 82.1%
Since #1: - 50.6%
Batman slips down to #2 this month under the
onslaught that was the million-selling Star Wars #1. The 3K drop from December
doesn't look as bad percentage wise for Batman as it does for the books lower
down on the chart.
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9 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($3.99)
01/2005: JLA #110 --
64,094
01/2010: JL of America #41 --
62,262
01/2011: JL of America #53 --
47,093
01/2012: Justice League #5 -- 144,670 [148,117]
01/2013: Justice League #16 -- 117,719
---------------------------------------
01/2014: Justice League #27 --
84,674 (- 6.5%)
02/2014: Justice League #28 --
80,901 (- 4.5%)
03/2014: --
04/2014: Justice League #29 --
78,912 (- 2.5%)
05/2014: Justice League #30 --
77,456 (- 1.8%)
06/2014: Justice League #31 --
75,803 (- 2.1%)
07/2014: Justice League #32 --
88,179 (+ 16.3%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Justice League #33 --
79,447 (- 9.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 104,246 (+ 31.2%)
10/2014: Justice League #34 --
75,400 (- 27.7%)
10/2014: Justice League #35 --
75,264 (- 0.2%)
11/2014: Justice League #36 --
74,796 (- 0.6%)
12/2014: Justice League #37 --
72,081 (- 3.6%)
01/2015: Justice League #38 --
68,989 (- 4.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.8%
1 year : -
18.5%
2 years : - 41.4%
5 years : + 10.8%
10 years: +
7.6%
Since #1: - 74.6%
There won't be much to say this month for a lot
of the DCU titles; whatever is causing that across-the-board 3-4K drop is
masking any other effects that might be otherwise apparent.
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11 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
01/2014: Harley Quinn #2 --
66,363 (- 26.9%) [ 82,031]
02/2014: Harley Quinn #3 --
63,967 (- 18.6%) [ 72,820]
03/2014: Harley Quinn #4 --
63,120 (- 5.5%)
04/2014: Harley Quinn #5 --
63,155 (+ 0.1%)
05/2014: Harley Quinn #6 --
62,467 (- 1.1%)
06/2014: Harley Quinn #7 --
93,266 (+ 49.3%)
07/2014: Harley Quinn #8 --
76,827 (- 17.6%)
08/2014: Harley Quinn #9 --
71,522 (- 6.9%)
08/2014: Harley Quinn #10 -- 58,500 (- 18.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 119,180 (+103.7%)
10/2014: Harley Quinn #11 -- 68,557 (- 42.5%)
11/2014: Harley Quinn #12 -- 71,245 (+
3.9%)
12/2014: Harley Quinn #13 -- 68,102 (-
4.4%)
01/2015: Harley Quinn #14 -- 64,735 (-
4.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 15.7%
1 year : -
21.1%
Since #0: - 54.3%
Only a single issue of Harley Quinn this month;
no Annuals, Specials or double-shipping.
---
14 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99)
01/2005: Detective Comics #802 -- 40,842
01/2010: Detective Comics #861 -- 45,937
01/2011: Detective Comics #873 -- 38,417
01/2012: Detective Comics #5 -- 99,342
01/2013: Detective Comics #16 -- 92,300
-----------------------------------------
01/2014: Detective Comics #27 -- 88,702 (+ 59.8%) [90,335]
02/2014: Detective Comics #28 -- 56,619 (- 37.3%)
03/2014: Detective Comics #29 -- 55,486 (-
2.0%)
04/2014: Detective Comics #30 -- 56,149 (+
1.2%)
05/2014: Detective Comics #31 -- 54,518 (-
2.9%)
06/2014: Detective Comics #32 -- 72,988 (+ 33.9%)
07/2014: Detective Comics #33 -- 62,856 (- 13.9%)
08/2014: Detective Comics #34 -- 58,812 (-
6.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 96,081 (+ 63.4%)
10/2014: Detective Comics #35 -- 57,385 (- 40.3%)
11/2014: Detective Comics #36 -- 58,171 (+
1.4%)
12/2014: Detective Comics #37 -- 54,953 (-
5.5%)
01/2015: Detective Comics #38 -- 51,301 (-
6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 18.4%
1 year : -
43.2%
2 years : - 44.4%
5 years : + 11.7%
10 years: + 25.6%
Since #1: - 67.5%
While it is the secondary Batman title, its
sales are less than half of Batman and presumably one would hope for better.
The current team of Buccelato & Manapul are sticking around
post-Convergence.
---
15 - BATMAN AND ROBIN ($2.99)
01/2010: Batman and Robin #7 -- 87,780
01/2011: Batman and Robin #19 -- 61,785
01/2012: Batman and Robin #5 -- 72,786
01/2013: Batman and Robin #16 -- 81,494
---------------------------------------
01/2014: and Two-Face #27 -- 45,462 (- 2.5%)
02/2014: and Two-Face #28 -- 43,380 (- 4.6%)
03/2014: and Aquaman #29 -- 43,295 (- 0.2%)
04/2014: and Wonder Woman #30 -- 44,832 (+ 3.6%)
05/2014: and Frankenstein #31 -- 42,150 (- 6.0%)
06/2014: and Ra's al Ghul #32 -- 56,311 (+ 33.6%)
07/2014: Batman and Robin #33 -- 56,269 (- 0.1%)
08/2014: Batman and Robin #34 -- 53,403 (- 5.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 83,783 (+ 56.9%)
10/2014: Batman and Robin #35 -- 54,616 (- 34.8%)
11/2014: Batman and Robin #36 -- 55,289 (+ 1.2%)
12/2014: Batman and Robin #37 -- 53,543 (- 3.2%)
01/2015: Batman and Robin #38 -- 50,993 (- 4.8%)
----------------
6 months: -
9.4%
1 year : +
12.2%
2 years : - 37.4%
5 years : - 41.9%
Since #1: - 56.1%
The tertiary Batman title will be ending in
March, to be relaunched as a solo Robin title in Divergence. Certainly it's not
sales alone that is driving this change, so its likely a combination of story
reasons and a desire to have fewer books that headline Batman (even while
expanding the Batman line as a whole).
---
20, 21, 22, 23 - BATMAN ETERNAL ($2.99)
04/2014: Batman Eternal #1 -- 105,754 [110,916]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #2 --
84,566 (- 20.2%) [ 88,468]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #3 --
79,703 (- 4.8%) [ 84,183]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #4 --
78,009 (- 1.7%) [ 82,743]
05/2014: Batman Eternal #5 --
73,475 (- 11.2%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #6 --
70,983 (- 3.4%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #7 --
68,251 (- 3.8%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #8 --
68,523 (+ 0.4%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #9 --
68,295 (- 0.3%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #10 -- 67,203 (-
1.6%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #11 -- 65,770 (-
2.1%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #12 -- 65,374 (-
0.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #13 -- 63,828 (-
2.4%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #14 -- 63,138 (-
1.1%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #15 -- 62,137 (- 1.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #16 -- 61,149 (-
1.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #17 -- 60,013 (-
1.9%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #18 -- 58,998 (-
1.7%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #19 -- 58,368 (-
1.1%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #20 -- 57,906 (-
0.8%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #21 -- 57,525 (-
0.7%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #22 -- 56,793 (-
1.3%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #23 -- 56,152 (-
1.1%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #24 -- 56,002 (-
0.3%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #25 -- 55,662 (-
0.6%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #26 -- 54,199 (-
2.6%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #27 -- 53,511 (-
1.3%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #28 -- 52,918 (-
1.1%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #29 -- 52,284 (-
1.2%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #30 -- 52,438 (+
0.3%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #31 -- 51,133 (-
2.5%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #32 -- 50,709 (-
0.8%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #33 -- 50,230 (-
0.9%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #34 -- 49,748 (-
1.0%)
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%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.1%
Since #1: - 58.6%
Exhibits the same basic sales pattern as
previous months.
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24 - BATGIRL ($2.99)
01/2005: Batgirl #60 -- 29,227
01/2010: Batgirl #6 -- 30,403
01/2011: Batgirl #17 -- 25,189
01/2012: Batgirl #5 -- 57,030
01/2013: Batgirl #16 -- 72,470
----------------------------------
01/2014: Batgirl #27 -- 37,226 (+ 6.7%)
02/2014: Batgirl #28 -- 34,567 (- 7.1%)
03/2014: Batgirl #29 -- 33,223 (- 3.9%)
04/2014: Batgirl #30 -- 32,698 (- 1.6%)
05/2014: Batgirl #31 -- 31,522 (- 3.6%)
06/2014: Batgirl #32 -- 47,304 (+ 50.1%)
07/2014: Batgirl #33 -- 37,186 (- 21.4%)
08/2014: Batgirl #34 -- 34,590 (- 7.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 67,933 (+ 96.4%)
10/2014: Batgirl #35 -- 62,644 (- 7.8%)
11/2014: Batgirl #36 -- 50,247 (- 19.8%)
12/2014: Batgirl #37 -- 45,060 (- 10.3%)
01/2015: Batgirl #38 -- 45,096 (+ 0.1%)
-----------------
6 months: + 21.3%
1 year : +
21.1%
2 years : - 37.8%
5 years : + 48.3%
10 years: + 54.3%
Since #1: - 57.9%
An increase of just 36 copies isn't very much,
but in a month when most other DCU titles are seeing sizable decreases that is
definitely good news for the new direction on Batgirl. I would also expect that
there is reorder activity (and a second printing for #35) that are significant
but not enough to appear above the #300 level of the Diamond chart.
---
28 - BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99)
01/2005: --
01/2010: Superman/Batman #68 -- 33,869
01/2011: Superman/Batman #80 -- 30,363
--------------------------------------
01/2014: Batman/Superman #7 -- 61,074 (- 11.3%)
02/2014: Batman/Superman #8 -- 59,138 (-
3.2%)
03/2014: --
04/2014: Batman/Superman #9 -- 56,223 (-
4.9%)
05/2014: Batman/Superman #10 -- 54,844 (- 4.9%)
05/2014: Batman/Superman #11 -- 53,504 (- 4.9%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Batman/Superman #12 -- 68,345 (+ 27.7%)
08/2014: Batman/Superman #13 -- 55,954 (- 18.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 87,339 (+ 56.1%)
10/2014: Batman/Superman #14 -- 52,270 (- 40.2%)
10/2014: Batman/Superman #15 -- 50,226 (- 3.9%)
11/2014: Batman/Superman #16 -- 48,581 (- 3.3%)
12/2014: Batman/Superman #17 -- 44,714 (- 8.0%)
01/2015: Batman/Superman #18 -- 41,750 (- 6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 38.9%
1 year : -
31.6%
5 years : + 23.3%
10 years:
n.a.
Since #1: - 72.4%
A 3K drop.
(The regular Superman title missed its January
on sale date.)
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33 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99)
01/2005: Wonder Woman #212 -- 25,610
01/2010: Wonder Woman #40 -- 25,156
01/2011: Wonder Woman #606 -- 33,601
01/2012: Wonder Woman #5 -- 57,626
01/2013: Wonder Woman #16 -- 40,105
-------------------------------------
01/2014: Wonder Woman #27 -- 32,035 (-
2.3%)
02/2014: Wonder Woman #28 -- 31,464 (-
1.8%)
03/2014: Wonder Woman #29 -- 30,989 (-
1.5%)
04/2014: Wonder Woman #30 -- 31,094 (+
0.3%)
05/2014: Wonder Woman #31 -- 30,655 (-
1.4%)
06/2014: Wonder Woman #32 -- 48,235 (+ 57.3%)
07/2014: Wonder Woman #33 -- 37,431 (- 22.4%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 69,497 (+ 85.7%)
10/2014: Wonder Woman #34 -- 35,774 (- 48.5%)
10/2014: Wonder Woman #35 -- 35,968 (+
0.5%)
11/2014: Wonder Woman #36 -- 58,965 (+ 63.9%)
12/2014: Wonder Woman #37 -- 43,066 (- 27.0%)
01/2015: Wonder Woman #38 -- 39,669 (-
7.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 10.7%
1 year : +
31.4%
2 years : +
3.4%
5 years : + 64.7%
10 years: + 73.5%
Since #1: - 55.1%
Wonder Woman is the top-selling DC book this
month that isn't related to Batman (or features him, as is the case with Justice
League), though it should be noted that Batman does make a guest appearance in
this issue.
Drops about 3.5K, which is right in line with
the 3-4K drop we're seeing in this months titles, but also is in line with a
typical third issue drop (as it's the third issue of the new direction &
creative team). Is one effect masking the other?
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35 - GREEN LANTERN ($2.99)
01/2005: --
01/2010: Green Lantern #50 -- 106,444
01/2011: --
01/2012: Green Lantern #5 --
97,878
01/2013: Green Lantern #16 --
72,884
--------------------------------------
01/2014: Green Lantern #27 --
48,831 (- 5.0%)
02/2014: GL/Red Lanterns#28 -- 49,200 (+
5.6%) [51,548]
03/2014: Green Lantern #29 --
45,797 (- 11.2%)
04/2014: Green Lantern #30 --
44,483 (- 2.9%)
05/2014: Green Lantern #31 --
43,769 (- 1.6%)
06/2014: Green Lantern #32 --
56,315 (+ 28.7%)
07/2014: Green Lantern #33 --
47,279 (- 16.0%)
08/2014: Green Lantern #34 --
43,846 (- 7.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 --
77,372 (+ 76.5%)
10/2014: Green Lantern #35 --
45,893 (- 40.7%)
11/2014: Green Lantern #36 --
46,157 (+ 0.6%)
12/2014: Green Lantern #37 --
44,033 (- 4.6%)
01/2015: Green Lantern #38 --
39,342 (- 10.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 16.8%
1 year : -
19.4%
2 years : - 46.0%
5 years : - 63.0%
10 years:
n.a.
Since #1: - 76.7%
Drop below 40K for the first time since back in
2004, when Kyle Raynor starred in the book.
Writer Venditti is sticking around
post-Convergence, with Billy Tan coming on as artist.
---
36 - THE MULTIVERSITY ($7.99)
08/2014: The Multiversity #1 -- 90,551
09/2014: SoS-H: CotC-W #1
-- 65,022 (- 28.2%)
10/2014: The Just #1
-- 53,301 (- 18.0%)
11/2014: Pax Americana #1
-- 51,490 (- 3.4%)
12/2014: Thunderworld #1
-- 47,714 (- 7.3%)
01/2015: Guidebook #1
-- 38,672 (- 19.0%)
-----------------
Since #1: - 57.3%
That's a hefty drop, but not surprising given
that this was an over-sized $8 issue. It may have been under ordered, as
retailers and readers may not have been aware that there was a full comic story
(featuring not just one but two Batmans) in addition to the guidebook pages.
(Of course I've been thinking that all of the Multiversity issues have been
under ordered, so I'm maybe not the best judge here…)
---
38 - GRAYSON ($2.99)
01/2005: Nightwing #101 -- 38,098 [41,243]
01/2005: Nightwing #102 -- 36,096 [40,271]
01/2012: Nightwing #5 -- 56,040
01/2013: Nightwing #16 -- 69,643
---------------------------------
01/2014: Nightwing #27 -- 38,325 (-
0.3%)
02/2014: Nightwing #28 -- 36,940 (-
3.6%)
03/2014: Nightwing #29 -- 36,814 (-
0.3%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Nightwing #30 -- 43,923 (+ 19.3%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Grayson #1 -- 81,433 (+ 85.4%)
08/2014: Grayson #2 -- 56,486 (- 30.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 76,551 (+ 52.7%)
10/2014: Grayson #3 -- 52,849 (- 31.0%)
11/2014: Grayson #4 -- 47,590 (- 10.0%)
12/2014: Grayson #5 -- 42,611 (- 10.5%)
01/2014: Grayson #6 -- 38,505 (- 9.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 52.7%
1 year :
+ 0.5%
2 years : - 44.7%
10 years: -
5.5%
Since #1: - 52.7%
Grayson is now almost exactly where Nightwing
was a year ago.
---
44 - SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
01/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #4 -- 47,350 (-
7.8%)
02/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #5 -- 44,847 (-
5.3%)
03/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #6 -- 43,308 (-
3.4%)
04/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #7 -- 45,157 (+
4.3%)
05/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #8 -- 47,803 (+
5.9%)
06/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #9 -- 62,659 (+ 31.1%)
07/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #10 -- 50,254 (-
19.8%)
08/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #11 -- 50,550
(+ 0.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,169 (+ 52.7%)
10/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #12 -- 47,885 (-
37.9%)
11/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #13 -- 44,013
(- 8.1%)
12/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #14 -- 41,231
(- 6.3%)
01/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #15 -- 36,877 (-
10.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 34.2%
1 year : -
19.7%
Since #1: - 56.5%
Drops about 4.5K this month.
---
47 - FLASH ($2.99)
01/2005: Flash #217 --
49,771
01/2005: Flash #218 --
41,668 [43,914]
01/2010: --
01/2011: --
01/2012: Flash #5 --
71,611
01/2013: Flash #16 --
44,093
-----------------------------------
01/2014: Flash #27 --
34,902 (- 4.6%)
02/2014: Flash #28 --
33,853 (- 3.0%)
03/2014: Flash #29 --
33,241 (- 1.8%)
04/2014: Flash #30 --
33,300 (+ 5.8%) [35,157]
05/2014: Flash #31 --
34,240 (- 2.6%)
06/2014: Flash #32 --
47,188 (+ 37.8%)
07/2014: Flash #33 --
39,669 (- 15.9%)
08/2014: Flash #34 --
37,109 (- 6.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 --
70,368 (+ 89.6%)
10/2014: Flash #35 --
37,484 (- 46.7%)
11/2014: Flash #36 --
38,145 (+ 1.8%)
12/2014: Flash #37 --
37,026 (- 2.9%)
01/2015: Flash #38 --
35,180 (- 5.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.3%
1 year :
+ 0.8%
2 years : - 20.2%
5 years :
n.a.
10 years: - 24.9%
Since #1: - 76.2%
Flash drops less than 2K copies this month,
which is better than the 3-4K drops that other titles are seeing. Maybe because
the variant this month was a Flash variant? Or an effect of the television
show?
---
48 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
01/2005: Action Comics #823 -- 36,638
01/2010: Action Comics #885 -- 30,678
01/2011: Action Comics #897 -- 32,134
01/2012: Action Comics #5 -- 109,350
01/2013: Action Comics #16 --
58,645
--------------------------------------
01/2014: Action Comics #27 --
36,042 (- 3.9%)
02/2014: Action Comics #28 --
35,305 (- 2.0%)
03/2014: Action Comics #29 --
34,231 (- 3.0%)
04/2014: Action Comics #30 --
37,809 (+ 10.5%)
05/2014: Action Comics #31 --
41,081 (+ 8.7%)
06/2014: Action Comics #32 --
55,400 (+ 34.9%)
07/2014: Action Comics #33 --
49,457 (- 10.7%)
08/2014: Action Comics #34 --
46,746 (- 5.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 --
74,497 (+ 59.4%)
10/2014: Action Comics #35 --
45,152 (- 39.4%)
11/2014: Action Comics #36 --
41,835 (- 7.3%)
12/2014: Action Comics #37 -- 39,168
(- 6.4%)
01/2015: Action Comics #38 --
35,018 (- 10.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 29.2%
1 year :
- 2.8%
2 years : - 40.3%
5 years : + 14.1%
10 years: -
4.4%
Since #1: - 80.5%
Here's a fun (and likely useless) fact: In
January 2014 Action Comics was ranked #48 on the Diamond chart, this same as it
is this month (though selling about 1K fewer copies).
Pak & Kuder are staying on
post-Convergence.
---
52 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
01/2012: Deathstroke #5 -- 23,872
01/2013: Deathstroke #16 -- 12,758
----------------------------------------
10/2014: Deathstroke #1 -- 54,059 (+359.4%)
11/2014: Deathstroke #2 -- 36,356 (- 32.7%)
12/2014: Deathstroke #3 -- 34,010 (-
6.5%)
01/2015: Deathstroke #4 -- 33,011 (-
2.9%)
-----------------
2 years : +158.7%
Since #1: - 38.9%
Appears to have settled in to standard
attrition, right on schedule.
Deathstroke has had variants, but none of the
freely-orderable ones since its first issue, leading credence to my supposition
that whatever is going on with the big drops this month has something to do
with the freely-orderable variants.
---
54 - NEW SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
01/2010: Suicide Squad #67 -- 37,818
01/2012: Suicide Squad #5 -- 32,726
01/2013: Suicide Squad #16 -- 27,061
-----------------------------------------
01/2014: Suicide Squad #27 -- 24,175 (- 4.6%)
02/2014: Suicide Squad #28 -- 22,882 (- 5.3%)
03/2014: Suicide Squad #29 --
22,162 (- 3.1%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Suicide Squad #30 -- 22,063 (- 0.4%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: New Suicide Squad #1 -- 49,260 (+123.3%)
08/2014: New Suicide Squad #2 -- 38,477 (- 21.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 73,599 (+ 91.3%)
10/2014: New Suicide Squad #3 -- 39,498 (- 46.3%)
11/2014: New Suicide Squad #4 -- 34,920 (- 11.6%)
12/2014: New Suicide Squad #5 -- 32,834 (-
6.0%)
01/2015: New Suicide Squad #6 -- 32,304 (-
1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 34.4%
1 year : +
33.6%
2 years : + 19.4%
5 years : - 14.6%
Since #1: - 34.4%
Settling in the lower 30K range. So far keeping
pace with how the previous series tracked.
--
57, 58, 59, 62 - THE NEW 52 – FUTURES END ($2.99)
05/2014: Futures End #0 -- ??????
05/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,867
05/2014: Futures End #2 -- 62,862 (- 19.3%)
05/2014: Futures End #3 -- 59,148 (-
5.9%)
05/2014: Futures End #4 -- 58,496 (-
1.1%)
06/2014: Futures End #5 -- 53,645 (-
8.3%)
06/2014: Futures End #6 -- 51,543 (-
3.9%)
06/2014: Futures End #7 -- 50,266 (-
2.5%)
06/2014: Futures End #8 -- 49,138 (-
2.2%)
07/2014: Futures End #9 -- 52,083 (+
6.0%)
07/2014: Futures End #10 -- 46,001 (- 11.7%)
07/2014: Futures End #11 -- 45,222 (- 1.7%)
07/2014: Futures End #12 -- 43,228 (- 4.4%)
07/2014: Futures End #13 -- 42,803 (- 1.0%)
08/2014: Futures End #14 -- 41,185 (- 3.8%)
08/2014: Futures End #15 -- 40,541 (- 1.6%)
08/2014: Futures End #16 -- 40,077 (- 1.1%)
08/2014: Futures End #17 -- 39,750 (- 0.8%)
09/2014: Futures End #18 -- 38,778 (- 2.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #19 -- 38,377 (- 1.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #20 -- 37,990 (- 1.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #21 -- 37,861 (- 0.3%)
10/2014: Futures End #22 -- 36,468 (- 3.7%)
10/2014: Futures End #23 -- 36,120 (- 1.0%)
10/2014: Futures End #24 -- 35,937 (- 0.5%)
10/2014: Futures End #25 -- 35,585 (- 1.0%)
10/2014: Futures End #26 -- 35,452 (- 0.4%)
11/2014: Futures End #27 -- 34,692 (- 2.1%)
11/2014: Futures End #28 -- 34,601 (- 0.3%)
11/2014: Futures End #29 -- 34,202 (- 1.2%)
11/2014: Futures End #30 -- 33,942 (- 0.8%)
12/2014: Futures End #31 -- 33,025 (- 2.7%)
12/2014: Futures End #32 -- 32,878 (- 0.4%)
12/2014: Futures End #33 -- 32,409 (- 1.4%)
12/2014: Futures End #34 -- 32,414 (+ 0.0%)
12/2014: Futures End #35 -- 32,233 (- 0.6%)
01/2015: Futures End #36 -- 31,338 (- 2.8%)
01/2015: Futures End #37 -- 31,202 (- 0.4%)
01/2015: Futures End #38 -- 30,992 (- 0.7%)
01/2015: Futures End #39 -- 30,510 (- 1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 32.4%
Since #1: - 60.8%
The typical sales pattern continues. Still over
30K, but that will change next month unless there's a turnaround.
---
60 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99)
01/2005: Teen Titans #20 -- 65,953 [67,781]
01/2010: Teen Titans #79 -- 27,790
01/2011: Teen Titans #91 -- 25,443
01/2012: Teen Titans #5 -- 54,606
01/2013: Teen Titans #16 -- 63,726
-----------------------------------
01/2014: Teen Titans #27 -- 27,558 (-
5.5%)
02/2014: Teen Titans #28 -- 26,732 (-
3.0%)
03/2014: Teen Titans #29 -- 25,969 (-
2.9%)
04/2014: Teen Titans #30 -- 25,709 (-
1.0%)
05/2014: --
06/2014: --
07/2014: Teen Titans #1 -- 52,358 (+103.7%)
08/2014: Teen Titans #2 -- 40,687 (- 22.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 62,915 (+ 54.6%)
10/2014: Teen Titans #3 -- 39,198 (- 37.7%)
11/2014: Teen Titans #4 -- 36,364 (-
7.2%)
12/2014: Teen Titans #5 -- 34,101 (-
6.2%)
01/2015: Teen Titans #6 -- 30,955 (-
9.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 40.9%
1 year : +
12.3%
2 years : - 51.4%
5 years : + 11.4%
10 years: - 54.3%
Since #1: - 40.9%
Another stiff 3K drop due to whatever is going
on with the freely-orderable variants.
It's too bad that DC didn't wait to relaunch
this post-Convergence, as this is a title that could have really benefitted
from the Divergence approach.
---
69 - JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED ($3.99)
04/2014: Justice League United #0 -- 68,431
05/2014: Justice League United #1 -- 64,209 (-
6.2%)
06/2014: Justice League United #2 -- 62,928 (-
2.0%)
07/2014: Justice League United #3 -- 47,919 (- 23.9%)
08/2014: Justice League United #4 -- 42,504 (- 11.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 72,839 (+ 71.4%)
10/2014: Justice League United #5 -- 38,066 (- 47.7%)
11/2014: Justice League United #6 -- 34,610 (-
9.1%)
12/2014: Justice League United #7 -- 31,904 (-
7.8%)
01/2015: Justice League United #8 -- 28,720 (- 10.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 40.1%
Since #0: - 58.0%
Getting a new creative team post-Convergence.
---
70 - EARTH 2 ($2.99)
01/2013: Earth 2 #8 -- 50,860
------------------------------
01/2014: Earth 2 #19 -- 36,103 (- 2.8%)
02/2014: Earth 2 #20 -- 35,732 (- 1.0%)
03/2014: Earth 2 #21 -- 35,295 (- 1.2%)
04/2014: Earth 2 #22 -- 34,970 (- 0.9%)
05/2014: Earth 2 #23 -- 34,531 (- 1.3%)
06/2014: Earth 2 #24 -- 47,277 (+ 36.9%)
07/2014: Earth 2 #25 -- 39,726 (- 16.0%)
08/2014: Earth 2 #26 -- 37,396 (- 5.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 65,212 (+ 73.7%)
10/2014: Earth 2 #27 -- 37,925 (- 41.6%)
11/2014: Earth 2 #28 -- 31,722 (- 16.4%)
12/2014: Earth 2 #29 -- 30,273 (- 4.6%)
01/2015: Earth 2 #30 -- 28,618 (- 5.5%)
----------------
6 months: - 28.0%
1 year : -
20.7%
2 years : - 43.7%
Since #1: - 72.1%
Relaunching post-Convergence as Earth 2:
Society.
---
72 - AQUAMAN ($2.99)
01/2005: Aquaman #26 -- 20,374
01/2012: Aquaman #5 -- 63,450
01/2013: Aquaman #16 -- 62,153
------------------------------
01/2014: Aquaman #27 -- 36,610 (- 5.7%)
02/2014: Aquaman #28 -- 34,939 (- 4.6%)
03/2014: Aquaman #29 -- 33,907 (- 3.0%)
04/2014: Aquaman #30 -- 32,859 (- 3.1%)
05/2014: Aquaman #31 -- 32,076 (- 2.4%)
06/2014: Aquaman #32 -- 44,853 (+ 39.8%)
07/2014: Aquaman #33 -- 36,140 (- 19.4%)
08/2014: Aquaman #34 -- 33,380 (- 7.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 65,212 (+ 95.4%)
10/2014: Aquaman #35 -- 32,238 (- 50.6%)
11/2014: Aquaman #36 -- 32,838 (+ 1.9%)
12/2014: Aquaman #37 -- 31,198 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: Aquaman #38 -- 28,356 (- 9.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.5%
1 year : -
22.5%
2 years : - 54.4%
10 years: + 39.2%
Since #1: - 73.9%
Getting a new creative team post-Convergence.
---
74 - GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
01/2010: Green Lantern Corps #42 -- 80,391
01/2011: Green Lantern Corps #54 -- 57,448
01/2012: Green Lantern Corps #3 -- 65,393
01/2013: Green Lantern Corps #16 -- 45,387
------------------------------------------
01/2014: Green Lantern Corps #27 -- 31,447
(- 4.1%)
02/2014: Green Lantern Corps #28 -- 29,142
(- 7.3%)
03/2014: Green Lantern Corps #29 -- 27,754
(- 4.8%)
04/2014: Green Lantern Corps #30 -- 26,640
(- 4.0%)
05/2014: Green Lantern Corps #31 -- 28,449 (+ 6.8%)
06/2014: Green Lantern Corps #32 -- 40,734 (+
43.2%)
07/2014: Green Lantern Corps #33 -- 32,877 (-
19.3%)
08/2014: Green Lantern Corps #34 -- 29,471 (-
10.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 58,325 (+ 97.9%)
10/2014: Green Lantern Corps #35 -- 34,222 (-
41.3%)
11/2014: Green Lantern Corps #36 -- 34,109
(- 0.3%)
12/2014: Green Lantern Corps #37 -- 32,860
(- 3.7%)
01/2015: Green Lantern Corps #38 -- 27,765 (-
15.5%)
----------------
6 months: - 15.5%
1 year : -
11.7%
2 years : - 38.8%
5 years : - 65.5%
Since #1: - 70.7%
Post-"Godhead" + freely-orderable
whatever = big 5K drop.
Ending in March.
---
78 - SINESTRO ($2.99)
04/2014: Sinestro #1 -- 46,480
05/2014: Sinestro #2 -- 34,640 (- 25.5%)
06/2014: Sinestro #3 -- 30,422 (- 12.2%)
07/2014: Sinestro #4 -- 28,095 (- 7.6%)
08/2014: Sinestro #5 -- 26,867 (- 4.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 60,761 (+126.2%)
10/2014: Sinestro #6 -- 33,621 (- 44.7%)
11/2014: --
12/2014: Sinestro #7 -- 33,549 (- 0.2%)
12/2014: Sinestro #8 -- 31,509 (- 6.1%)
01/2015: Sinestro #9 -- 26,346 (- 16.4%)
-----------------
6 months: -
6.2%
Since #1: - 43.3%
Post-"Godhead" + freely-orderable
whatever = big 5K drop.
---
81, 82, 84, 86 - EARTH 2 - WORLD'S END ($2.99)
10/2014: E2 World's End #1 -- 48,249
10/2014: E2 World's End #2 -- 40,190 (- 16.7%)
10/2014: E2 World's End #3 -- 38,496 (-
4.2%)
10/2014: E2 World's End #4 -- 37,874 (-
1.6%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #5 -- 36,395 (-
3.9%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #6 -- 31,248 (- 14.1%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #7 -- 30,378 (-
2.8%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #8 -- 29,636 (-
2.4%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #9 -- 28,204 (-
4.8%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #10 -- 27,893 (- 1.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #11 -- 27,297 (- 2.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #12 -- 27,256 (- 0.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #13 -- 26,942 (- 1.2%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #14 -- 25,600 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #15 -- 25,562 (- 0.1%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #16 -- 25,331 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #17 -- 24,955 (- 1.5%)
----------------
Since #1: - 48.3%
This was the first month that E2WE was
not returnable. Note how smoothly this month's non-adjusted numbers fit with
the pattern of the previous months' adjusted numbers. This is why we adjust for
returnable items.
---
92 - SUPERGIRL ($2.99)
01/2010: Supergirl #49 -- 27,728
01/2011: Supergirl #60 -- 22,568
01/2012: Supergirl #5 --
41,446
01/2013: Supergirl #16 -- 30,350
---------------------------------
01/2014: Supergirl #27 -- 21,954 (-
3.1%)
02/2014: Supergirl #28 -- 23,567 (+
7.3%)
03/2014: Supergirl #29 -- 22,883 (-
2.9%)
04/2014: Supergirl #30 -- 23,410 (+
2.3%)
05/2014: Supergirl #31 -- 22,783 (-
2.7%)
06/2014: Supergirl #32 -- 22,481 (-
1.3%)
07/2014: Supergirl #33 -- 22,802 (+
1.4%)
08/2014: Supergirl #34 -- 26,510 (+ 16.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,706 (+110.1%)
10/2014: Supergirl #35 -- 26,371 (- 52.7%)
11/2014: Supergirl #36 -- 28,373 (+
7.6%)
12/2014: Supergirl #37 -- 26,272 (-
7.4%)
01/2015: Supergirl #38 -- 22,677 (- 13.7%)
-----------------
6 months: -
0.5%
1 year :
+ 3.3%
2 years : - 25.3%
5 years : - 18.2%
Since #1: - 69.4%
Another victim of the freely-orderable variant
drop.
Ending in March (thought I'd expect to see a
relaunch fairly soon thereafter).
---
93 - GOTHAM ACADEMY ($2.99)
10/2014: Gotham Academy #1 -- 43,338
11/2014: Gotham Academy #2 -- 31,110 (- 28.2%)
12/2014: Gotham Academy #3 -- 26,509 (- 14.8%)
01/2015: Gotham Academy #4 -- 22,576 (- 14.8%)
----------------
Since #1: - 38.8%
That's an uncomfortably large drop for a fourth
issue. This needs to stabilize soon. Maybe it would have behooved DC to hold
this until June, as it would have fit in well with the Divergence approach and
might have benefitted from whatever marketing push is coming.
---
94 - CATWOMAN ($2.99)
01/2005: Catwoman #39 -- 24,161
01/2010: Catwoman #83 -- 39,239
01/2012: Catwoman #5 -- 44,034
01/2013: Catwoman #16 -- 33,915
---------------------------------
01/2014: Catwoman #27 -- 24,956 (-
5.8%)
02/2014: Catwoman #28 -- 23,974 (-
3.9%)
03/2014: Catwoman #29 -- 22,236 (-
7.2%)
04/2014: Catwoman #30 -- 20,968 (-
5.7%)
05/2014: Catwoman #31 -- 20,144 (-
3.9%)
06/2014: Catwoman #32 -- 33,694 (+ 67.3%)
07/2014: Catwoman #33 -- 18,945 (- 43.8%)
08/2014: Catwoman #34 -- 23,497 (+ 24.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 56,939 (+142.3%)
10/2014: Catwoman #35 -- 25,970 (- 54.4%)
11/2014: Catwoman #36 -- 26,237 (+
1.0%)
12/2014: Catwoman #37 -- 25,154 (-
4.1%)
01/2015: Catwoman #38 -- 22,386 (- 11.0%)
-----------------
6 months: + 18.2%
1 year : -
10.3%
2 years : - 34.0%
5 years : - 42.9%
10 years: -
7.3%
Since #1: - 70.4%
Another victim of the freely-orderable variant
drop.
---
97 - GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS ($2.99)
01/2012: New Guardians #5 -- 59,774
01/2013: New Guardians #16 -- 43,770
------------------------------------
01/2014: New Guardians #27 -- 28,346 (- 7.0%)
02/2014: New Guardians #28 -- 27,212 (- 4.0%)
03/2014: New Guardians #29 -- 25,296 (- 7.0%)
04/2014: New Guardians #30 -- 24,727 (- 2.2%)
05/2014: New Guardians #31 -- 23,886 (- 3.4%)
06/2014: New Guardians #32 -- 23,142 (- 3.1%)
07/2014: New Guardians #33 -- 22,797 (- 1.5%)
08/2014: New Guardians #34 -- 22,052 (- 3.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,863 (+153.3%)
10/2014: New Guardians #35 -- 26,702 (- 52.2%)
11/2014: New Guardians #36 -- 25,681 (- 3.8%)
12/2014: New Guardians #37 -- 25,438 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: New Guardians #38 -- 21,992 (- 13.5%)
----------------
6 months: -
3.5%
1 year : -
22.4%
2 years : - 49.8%
Since #1: - 77.2%
A sizable post-"Godhead" dip. Ending
in March.
---
98 - ARKHAM MANOR ($2.99)
10/2014: Arkham Manor #1 -- 45,922
11/2014: Arkham Manor #2 -- 30,907 (- 32.7%)
12/2014: Arkham Manor #3 -- 28,202 (-
8.8%)
01/2015: Arkham Manor #4 -- 21,617 (- 23.3%)
----------------
Since #1: - 52.9%
Ouch. Ending in March.
---
99 - RED LANTERNS ($2.99)
01/2012: Red Lanterns #5 -- 46,992
01/2013: Red Lanterns #16 -- 38,223
-----------------------------------
01/2014: Red Lanterns #27 -- 24,477 (- 6.7%)
02/2014: Green Lant/RL#28 -- 49,200 (+110.6%)
[51,548]
03/2014: Red Lanterns #29 -- 25,153 (- 51.2%)
04/2014: Red Lanterns #30 -- 24,350 (- 3.2%)
05/2014: Red Lanterns #31 -- 24,307 (- 0.2%)
06/2014: Red Lanterns #32 -- 23,720 (- 2.4%)
07/2014: Red Lanterns #33 -- 23,355 (- 1.5%)
08/2014: Red Lanterns #34 -- 22,761 (- 2.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 56,030 (+146.2%)
10/2014: Red Lanterns #35 -- 26,534 (- 52.6%)
11/2014: Red Lanterns #36 -- 25,654 (- 3.3%)
12/2014: Red Lanterns #37 -- 25,521 (- 0.5%)
01/2015: Red Lanterns #38 -- 21,573 (- 15.5%)
----------------
6 months: -
7.6%
1 year : -
11.9%
2 years : - 43.6%
Since #1: - 75.8%
A sizable post-"Godhead" dip. Ending
in March.
---
101 - GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT ($2.99)
11/2014: Gotham by Midnight #1 -- 38,436
12/2014: Gotham by Midnight #2 -- 27,849 (- 27.5%)
01/2015: Gotham by Midnight #3 -- 21,330 (- 23.4%)
----------------
Since #1: - 44.5%
That's a larger percentage drop than one would
want to see for a third issue.
---
104 - MORTAL KOMBAT X (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2015: Mortal Kombat X #3 -- 21,062
The debut print issue is also DC's top-selling
non-DCU title for January.
---
108 - JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ($3.99)
01/2012: Justice League Dark #5 -- 40,996
01/2013: Justice League Dark #16 -- 26,902
-------------------------------------------
01/2014: Justice League Dark #27 -- 32,576 (-
10.4%)
02/2014: Justice League Dark #28 -- 30,519
(- 6.3%)
03/2014: Justice League Dark #29 -- 29,202
(- 4.3%)
04/2014: Justice League Dark #30 -- 27,695
(- 5.2%)
05/2014: Justice League Dark #31 -- 25,337
(- 8.5%)
06/2014: Justice League Dark #32 -- 38,219 (+
50.8%)
07/2014: Justice League Dark #33 -- 28,297 (-
26.0%)
08/2014: Justice League Dark #34 -- 25,258 (-
10.7%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 58,529 (+131.7%)
10/2014: Justice League Dark #35 -- 24,462 (-
58.2%)
11/2014: Justice League Dark #36 -- 24,495
(+ 0.1%)
12/2014: Justice League Dark #37 -- 23,151
(- 5.5%)
01/2015: Justice League Dark #38 -- 20,222 (-
12.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 28.5%
1 year : -
37.9%
2 years : - 24.8%
Since #1: - 75.3%
To be relaunched as Dark Universe post
Convergence.
---
109 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
01/2005: Green Arrow #46 -- 32,469
01/2010: Arrow&Canary #28 -- 16,482
01/2011: Green Arrow #8 -- 35,307
01/2012: Green Arrow #5 -- 33,593
01/2013: Green Arrow #16 -- 19,888
-----------------------------------
01/2014: Green Arrow #27 -- 23,785 (-
3.7%)
02/2014: Green Arrow #28 -- 26,725 (+ 12.4%)
03/2014: Green Arrow #29 -- 23,698 (- 11.3%)
04/2014: Green Arrow #30 -- 23,577 (-
0.5%)
05/2014: Green Arrow #31 -- 23,475 (-
0.4%)
06/2014: Green Arrow #32 -- 23,602 (+
0.5%)
07/2014: Green Arrow #33 -- 23,452 (-
0.6%)
08/2014: Green Arrow #34 -- 22,927 (-
2.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 61,915 (+170.1%)
10/2014: Green Arrow #35 -- 23,346 (- 62.3%)
11/2014: Green Arrow #36 -- 21,842 (-
6.4%)
12/2014: Green Arrow #37 -- 20,904 (-
4.3%)
01/2015: Green Arrow #38 -- 20,207 (-
3.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 13.8%
1 year : -
15.0%
2 years : +
1.6%
5 years : + 22.6%
10 years: - 37.8%
Since #1: - 72.1%
Still hanging above the 20K line.
---
117 - WORLDS' FINEST ($2.99)
01/2013: Worlds' Finest #8 -- 30,399
-------------------------------------
01/2014: Worlds' Finest #19 -- 20,998 (- 0.2%)
02/2014: Worlds' Finest #20 -- 25,585 (+ 31.5%)
[27,613]
03/2014: Worlds' Finest #21 -- 25,676 (- 7.0%)
04/2014: Worlds' Finest #22 -- 21,485 (- 16.3%)
05/2014: Worlds' Finest #23 -- 21,118 (- 1.7%)
06/2014: Worlds' Finest #24 -- 20,900 (- 1.0%)
07/2014: Worlds' Finest #25 -- 19,957 (- 4.5%)
08/2014: Worlds' Finest #26 -- 19,772 (- 0.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,376 (+153.3%)
10/2014: Worlds' Finest #27 -- 20,234 (- 63.5%)
11/2014: Worlds' Finest #28 -- 19,709 (- 2.6%)
12/2014: Worlds' Finest #29 -- 19,001 (- 3.6%)
01/2015: Worlds' Finest #30 -- 18,470 (- 2.8%)
-----------------
6 months: -
7.5%
1 year : -
12.0%
2 years : - 39.2%
Since #1: - 73.4%
Continuing its slide of attrition on its way to
the final issue in March.
---
118 - SECRET ORIGINS ($4.99)
04/2014: Secret Origins #1 -- 38,742
05/2014: Secret Origins #2 -- 32,966 (- 14.9%)
06/2014: Secret Origins #3 -- 28,351 (- 14.0%)
07/2014: Secret Origins #4 -- 37,181 (+ 31.1%)
08/2014: Secret Origins #5 -- 24,126 (- 35.1%)
09/2004: --
10/2014: Secret Origins #6 -- 24,775 (+
2.7%)
11/2014: Secret Origins #7 -- 21,377 (- 13.7%)
12/2014: Secret Origins #8 -- 20,687 (-
3.2%)
01/2013: Secret Origins #9 -- 18,190 (- 12.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 27.0%
Since #1: - 46.6%
Another big percentage drop. Ending in March.
---
120 - RED HOOD AND 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
(- 2.2%)
02/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #28 -- 23,236
(- 6.4%)
03/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #29 -- 22,316
(- 4.0%)
04/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #30 -- 21,718
(- 2.7%)
05/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #31 -- 21,257
(- 2.1%)
06/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #32 -- 33,081 (+
55.6%)
07/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #33 -- 20,669 (-
37.5%)
08/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #34 -- 20,069
(- 2.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 54,984 (+174.0%)
10/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #35 -- 19,837 (-
63.9%)
11/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #36 -- 19,245 (- 3.0%)
12/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #37 -- 18,723
(- 2.7%)
01/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #38 -- 18,014
(- 3.8%)
----------------
6 months: - 12.8%
1 year : -
27.4%
2 years : - 69.8%
Since #1: - 74.4%
Being relaunched post-Convergence as Red
Hood/Arsenal and a separate Starfire series.
---
124 - JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 ($2.99)
01/2014: Justice League 3K #2 -- 41,423 (-28.2%)
02/2014: Justice League 3K #3 -- 33,308 (-19.6%)
03/2014: Justice League 3K #4 -- 30,127 (- 9.6%)
04/2014: Justice League 3K #5 -- 27,529 (- 8.6%)
05/2014: Justice League 3K #6 -- 25,738 (- 6.5%)
06/2014: Justice League 3K #7 -- 24,172 (- 6.1%)
07/2014: Justice League 3K #8 -- 22,604 (- 6.5%)
08/2014: Justice League 3K #9 -- 20,974 (- 7.2%)
09/2014: --
10/2014: Justice League 3K #10 -- 19,623 (- 6.4%)
11/2014: Justice League 3K #11 -- 18,642 (- 5.0%)
12/2014: Justice League 3K #12 -- 18,659 (+ 0.1%)
01/2015: Justice League 3K #13 -- 17,432 (- 6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.9%
1 year : -
57.9%
Since #1: - 69.8%
A correction after last month's reprieve.
Becomes Justice League 3001 post-Convergence.
---
126 - LOBO ($2.99)
10/2014: Lobo #1
-- 39,047 (+190.6%)
11/2014: Lobo #2
-- 25,881 (- 33.7%)
12/2014: Lobo #3
-- 20,208 (- 21.9%)
01/2015: Lobo #4
-- 16,889 (- 16.4%)
-----------------
Since #1: - 56.7%
The lowest-selling DCU title not scheduled for
cancellation or relaunch post-Convergence.
---
136 - INJUSTICE: YEAR THREE (Digital-First)
($2.99)
01/2013: Injustice #1 -- 20,733 [35,438]
-------------------------
01/2014: Injustice Y2 #1 -- 24,700 (+12.9%)
02/2014: Injustice Y2 #2 -- 22,703 (- 8.1%)
03/2014: Injustice Y2 #3 -- 20,693 (- 8.9%)
04/2014: Injustice Y2 #4 -- 20,310 (- 1.9%)
05/2014: Injustice Y2 #5 -- 19,834 (- 2.3%)
06/2014: Injustice Y2 #6 -- 19,353 (- 2.4%)
07/2014: Injustice Y2 #7 -- 19,811 (+ 2.4%)
07/2014: Injustice Y2 #8 -- 18,931 (- 4.4%)
08/2014: Injustice Y2 #9 -- 18,397 (- 2.8%)
08/2014: Injustice Y2 #10 -- 18,068 (- 1.8%)
09/2014: Injustice Y2 #11 -- 18,086 (+ 0.1%)
09/2014: Injustice Y2 #12 -- 17,829 (- 1.4%)
10/2014: Injustice Y3 #1 -- 19,307 (+ 8.3%)
10/2014: Injustice Y3 #2 -- 17,884 (- 7.4%)
11/2014: Injustice Y3 #3 -- 17,243 (- 3.6%)
11/2014: Injustice Y3 #4 -- 16,741 (- 2.9%)
12/2014: Injustice Y3 #5 -- 16,611 (- 0.8%)
12/2014: Injustice Y3 #6 -- 16,141 (- 2.8%)
01/2015: Injustice Y3 #7 -- 15,796 (- 2.1%)
----------------
6 months: - 18.6%
1 year : -
36.2%
2 years : - 55.5%
Since #1: - 18.2%
Apparently only one issue shipped in January.
--
138 - SWAMP THING ($2.99)
01/2005: Swamp Thing #11 -- 14,300
01/2012: Swamp Thing #5 -- 43,806
01/2013: Swamp Thing #16 -- 32,262
----------------------------------
01/2014: Swamp Thing #27 -- 19,755 (- 2.4%)
02/2014: Swamp Thing #28 -- 19,146 (- 3.1%)
03/2014: Swamp Thing #29 -- 18,837 (- 1.6%)
04/2014: Swamp Thing #30 -- 18,458 (- 2.0%)
05/2014: Swamp Thing #31 -- 18,249 (- 1.1%)
06/2014: Swamp Thing #32 -- 18,483 (+ 1.3%)
07/2014: Swamp Thing #33 -- 17,905 (- 3.1%)
08/2014: Swamp Thing #34 -- 17,570 (- 1.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 51,918 (+195.5%)
10/2014: Swamp Thing #35 -- 17,354 (- 66.6%)
11/2014: Swamp Thing #36 -- 16,840 (- 3.0%)
12/2014: Swamp Thing #37 -- 16,339 (- 3.0%)
01/2015: Swamp Thing #38 -- 15,751 (- 3.6%)
----------------
6 months: - 11.6%
1 year : -
19.3%
2 years : - 51.8%
10 years: +
3.1%
Since #1: - 78.6%
Standard attrition. Ending in March.
---
142 - CONSTANTINE ($2.99)
01/2005: Hellblazer #204 -- 14,523
01/2010: Hellblazer #263 -- 10,179
01/2011: Hellblazer #275 -- 9,507
01/2012: Hellblazer #287 -- 9,368
01/2013: Hellblazer #299 -- 9,329
----------------------------------
01/2014: Constantine #10 -- 20,729 (- 7.5%)
02/2014: Constantine #11 -- 20,385 (- 1.7%)
03/2014: Constantine #12 -- 20,051 (- 1.6%)
04/2014: Constantine #13 -- 18,454 (- 8.0%)
05/2014: Constantine #14 -- 17,422 (- 5.6%)
06/2014: Constantine #15 -- 16,704 (- 4.1%)
07/2014: Constantine #16 -- 16,235 (- 2.8%)
08/2014: Constantine #17 -- 15,647 (- 2.8%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 51,990 (+232.3%)
10/2014: Constantine #18 -- 15,648 (- 69.9%)
11/2014: Constantine #19 -- 15,716 (+ 0.4%)
12/2014: Constantine #20 -- 15,574 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: Constantine #21 -- 15,209 (- 2.3%)
-----------------
6 months: -
6.3%
1 year : -
26.6%
2 years : + 63.0%
5 years : + 49.4%
10 years: +
4.7%
Since #1: - 59.5%
To be relaunched post-Convergence as Constantine:
The Hellblazer.
---
145 - BATWOMAN ($2.99)
01/2012: Batwoman #5 -- 51,924
01/2013: Batwoman #16 -- 34,103
---------------------------------
01/2014: Batwoman #27 -- 22,461 (-
3.6%)
02/2014: Batwoman #28 -- 20,672 (-
8.0%)
03/2014: Batwoman #29 -- 19,750 (-
4.5%)
04/2014: Batwoman #30 -- 19,204 (-
2.8%)
05/2014: Batwoman #31 -- 18,463 (-
3.9%)
06/2014: Batwoman #32 -- 33,538 (+ 81.6%)
07/2014: Batwoman #33 -- 23,922 (- 28.7%)
08/2014: Batwoman #34 -- 16,909 (- 29.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 50,914 (+201.1%)
10/2014: Batwoman #35 -- 16,767 (- 67.1%)
11/2014: Batwoman #36 -- 15,795 (-
5.8%)
12/2014: Batwoman #37 -- 15,305 (-
3.1%)
01/2015: Batwoman #38 -- 14,656 (-
4.2%)
----------------
6 months: - 38.7%
1 year : -
34.7%
2 years : - 57.0%
Since #1: - 83.3%
Ending in March.
---
153 - FABLES: THE WOLF AMONG US (Vertigo)
(Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2015: Fables: TWAU #1 -- 13,620
The first Vertigo digital-first title, and a
tie-in to a video game. The top-selling Vertigo title of the month. Retailers
seem to have ordered this at almost exactly the same level as the mother title,
which would seem to be a wise thing to do. It remains to be seen if
digital-first Vertigo titles are given the same amount of sales slack as their
print-first cousins.
---
154 - AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS ($2.99)
04/2014: Aquaman & Others #1 -- 34,056
05/2014: Aquaman & Others #2 -- 26,198 (- 23.1%)
06/2014: Aquaman & Others #3 -- 23,109 (- 11.8%)
07/2014: Aquaman & Others #4 -- 20,520 (- 11.2%)
08/2014: Aquaman & Others #5 -- 18,639 (-
9.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 53,531 (+174.0%)
10/2014: Aquaman & Others #6 -- 17,086 (- 68.1%)
11/2014: Aquaman & Others #7 -- 15,859 (-
7.2%)
12/2014: Aquaman & Others #8 -- 14,822 (-
6.5%)
01/2015: Aquaman & Others #9 -- 13,586 (-
8.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 33.8%
Since #1: - 60.1%
Ending in March.
---
158 - FABLES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2005: Fables #33 -- 24,367
01/2010: Fables #92 -- 20,180
01/2011: Fables #101 -- 19,183
01/2012: Fables #113 -- 17,588
01/2013: Fables #125 -- 15,983 (- 0.2%)
------------------------------
01/2014: Fables #137 -- 14,172 (- 0.3%)
02/2014: Fables #138 -- 14,109 (- 0.4%)
03/2014: Fables #139 -- 13,936 (- 1.2%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Fables #140 -- 13,977 (+ 0.3%)
06/2014: Fables #141 -- 13,997 (+ 0.1%)
07/2014: Fables #142 -- 13,831 (- 1.2%)
08/2014: Fables #143 -- 13,672 (- 1.1%)
09/2014: Fables #144 -- 13,551 (- 0.9%)
10/2014: Fables #145 -- 13,723 (+ 1.3%)
11/2014: Fables #146 -- 13,412 (- 2.3%)
12/2014: Fables #147 -- 13,302 (- 0.8%)
01/2015: Fables #148 -- 13,220 (- 0.6%)
----------------
6 months: -
4.4%
1 year :
- 6.7%
2 years : - 17.3%
5 years : - 34.5%
10 years: - 45.7%
Since #1: - 40.0%
Tiny drops the past couple of months; at this
point I can't imagine anyone who is reading this not hanging around for the
final issue.
---
161 - SENSATION COMICS FEAT WONDER WOMAN
(Digital-First) ($3.99)
08/2014: Sensation Comics #1 -- 29,640
09/2014: Sensation Comics #2 -- 22,085 (- 25.5%)
10/2014: Sensation Comics #3 -- 17,996 (- 18.5%)
11/2014: Sensation Comics #4 -- 16,573 (- 7.9%)
12/2014: Sensation Comics #5 -- 14,323 (- 13.6%)
01/2015: Sensation Comics #6 -- 12,927 (- 9.7%)
----------------
Since #1: - 56.4%
Another uncomfortably large percentage drop. It
continues to track about 1500 copies per issue less than Adventures of
Superman did.
---
165 - HE-MAN: ETERNITY WAR ($2.99)
01/2013: He-Man & MotU #6 -- 16,441
------------------------------------
01/2014: --
02/2014: He-Man & MotU #10 -- 13,816 (-
4.5%)
03/2014: He-Man & MotU #11 -- 13,090 (-
5.3%)
04/2014: He-Man & MotU #12 -- 12,718 (-
2.8%)
05/2014: He-Man & MotU #13 -- 12,430 (-
2.3%)
06/2014: He-Man & MotU #14 -- 12,144 (-
2.3%)
07/2014: He-Man & MotU #15 -- 11,905 (-
2.0%)
08/2014: He-Man & MotU #16 -- 11,721 (-
1.5%)
09/2014: He-Man & MotU #17 -- 11,756 (+
0.3%)
10/2014: He-Man & MotU #18 -- 11,501 (-
2.2%)
11/2014: He-Man & MotU #19 -- 11,022 (-
4.2%)
12/2014: He-Man Eternity #1 -- 18,884 (+ 71.3%)
01/2015: He-Man Eternity #2 -- 12,104 (- 35.9%)
----------------
6 months: +
1.7%
1 year
: n.a.
2 years : - 26.4%
No freely-orderable variant cover this month,
so the second issue drops back down closer to the title's natural level.
---
166 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
01/2005: --
01/2010: Dark Age 4 #1 -- 13,664
01/2011: --
01/2012: --
---------------------------------------
01/2014: Astro City #8 -- 14,831 (- 3.4%)
02/2014: Astro City #9 -- 14,289 (- 3.7%)
03/2014: Astro City #10 -- 14,094 (- 1.4%)
04/2014: Astro City #11 -- 13,909 (- 1.3%)
05/2014: Astro City #12 -- 13,795 (- 0.8%)
06/2014: Astro City #13 -- 13,419 (- 2.7%)
07/2014: --
08/2014: Astro City #14 -- 13,069 (- 2.6%)
09/2014: Astro City #15 -- 12,660 (- 3.1%)
10/2014: Astro City #16 -- 12,480 (- 1.4%)
11/2014: Astro City #17 -- 12,055 (- 3.4%)
12/2014: Astro City #18 -- 11,985 (- 0.6%)
01/2015: Astro City #19 -- 11,734 (- 2.1%)
-----------------
6 months:
n.a.
1 year : -
20.9%
5 years : - 14.1%
10 years:
n.a.
Since #1: - 57.6%
Another month of standard attrition.
---
175 - EFFIGY (Vertigo) ($2.99)
12/2014: Effigy #1 -- 11,656
Returnable, so adjusted
up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column
for why we make this adjustment).
Writer Tim Seeley has
done some work for DC (including Grayson), but this is his first
creator-owned work for Vertigo. His Revival, over at Image, sold around
8K in January, but that was for its 27th issue. If Effigy falls off in the
predictable percentage pattern for its first few issues, it won't be long
before Effigy is below it.
---
172 - TRINITY OF SIN ($2.99)
10/2014: Trinity of Sin #1 -- 22,683
11/2014: Trinity of Sin #2 -- 15,097 (- 33.4%)
12/2014: Trinity of Sin #3 -- 12,939 (- 14.3%)
01/2015: Trinity of Sin #4 -- 11,016 (- 14.9%)
----------------
Since #1: - 51.4%
Ending in March.
---
173 - THE FLASH: SEASON ZERO (Digital-First)
($2.99)
10/2014: Flash Season 0 #1 -- 23,501
11/2014: Flash Season 0 #2 -- 14,287 (- 39.2%)
12/2014: Flash Season 0 #3 -- 12,247 (- 14.3%)
01/2015: Flash Season 0 #4 -- 10,806 (- 11.8%)
----------------
Since #1: - 47.9%
If this rate continues it'll be under 10K
fairly soon (like, next month…) I suspect that corporate television interests
will keep this going as a digital comic, even if print sales slide.
---
177 - FAIREST (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2013: Fairest #11 -- 16,498
------------------------------
01/2014: Fairest #22 -- 12,434 (- 2.2%)
02/2014: Fairest #23 -- 12,350 (- 0.7%)
03/2014: Fairest #24 -- 11,872 (- 3.9%)
04/2014: Fairest #25 -- 11,801 (- 0.6%)
05/2014: Fairest #26 -- 11,493 (- 2.6%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Fairest #27 -- 11,329 (- 1.4%)
08/2014: Fairest #28 -- 10,989 (- 3.0%)
09/2014: Fairest #29 -- 10,772 (- 2.0%)
10/2014: Fairest #30 -- 10,711 (- 0.6%)
11/2014: Fairest #31 -- 10,471 (- 2.2%)
12/2014: Fairest #32 -- 10,290 (- 1.7%)
01/2015: Fairest #33 -- 10,461 (+ 1.7%)
----------------
6 months: -
7.7%
1 year : -
15.9%
2 years : - 36.6%
Since #1: - 67.1%
Final issue (though the story is continued in
the previously-released Fairest OGN), and the slight boost keeps it
above the 10K line.
---
186 - ARROW: SEASON 2.5 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
01/2013: Arrow #3 -- 13,090
--------------------------------------
10/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #1 -- 17,364 (+113.1%)
11/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #2 -- 11,121 (- 36.0%)
12/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #3 -- 9,862 (- 11.3%)
01/2015: Arrow Season 2.5 #4 -- 9,302 (-
5.7%)
----------------
1 year : -
28.9%
Since #1: - 46.4%
The Vampire Diaries hit the 4K mark before they
pulled the plug on the print editions, so this still has a bit more rope...
---
209 - WOLF MOON (Vertigo) ($2.99)
12/2014: Wolf Moon #1 of 6 -- 15,865
01/2015: Wolf Moon #2 of 6 -- 8,747 (- 44.9%)
Returnable, so adjusted
up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column
for why we make this adjustment).
No matter how you look at it, that's an
unhealthy drop.
---
196 - SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 CHAOS (Digital-First)
($3.99)
01/2013: Smallville S11 #9 -- 17,845
----------------------------------------
01/2014: Smallville Alien #2 -- 11,768 (- 9.6%)
02/2014: Smallville Alien #3 -- 11,061 (- 6.0%)
03/2014: Smallville Alien #4 -- 10,570 (- 4.4%)
04/2014: Smallville Lantern #1 -- 12,391 (+17.2%)
05/2014: Smallville Lantern #2 -- 11,372 (- 8.2%)
06/2014: Smallville Lantern #3 -- 11,401 (+ 0.3%)
07/2014: Smallville Lantern #4 -- 11,243 (- 1.4%)
08/2014: Smallville Chaos #1 -- 10,716 (- 4.7%)
09/2014: Smallville Chaos #2 --
9,801 (- 8.5%)
10/2014: Smallville Chaos #3 --
9,661 (- 1.4%)
11/2014: Smallville Chaos #4 --
8,841 (- 8.5%)
12/2014: S'ville Continuity #1 -- 9,071 (+ 2.6%)
01/2015: S'ville Continuity #2 -- 8,521 (- 6.1%)
----------------
6 months: - 24.2%
1 year : -
27.6%
2 years : - 52.2%
Antepenultimate issue.
---
213 - INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE
($3.99/$2.99)
06/2014: Infinity Man & FP #1 -- 24,907
07/2014: Infinity Man & FP #2 -- 15,903 (-
36.2%)
08/2014: Infinity Man & FP #3 -- 12,390 (-
22.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 45,586 (+267.9%)
10/2014: Infinity Man & FP #4 -- 10,275 (-
77.5%)
11/2014: Infinity Man & FP #5 -- 9,350 (-
9.0%)
12/2014: Infinity Man & FP #6 -- 11,261 (+
20.4%)
01/2015: Infinity Man & FP #7 -- 7,797 (- 30.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 51.0%
Since #1: - 68.7%
With "Godhead" over, Infinity Man's
sales plunge back down.
---
219 - LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 100-PAGE SUPER
SPECTACULAR (Digital-First) ($9.99)
01/2014: --
02/2014: --
03/2014: LoDK 100p Super Spect #2 --
9,926 (-10.5%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: --
06/2014: LoDK 100p Super Spect #3 --
9,109 (- 8.2%)
07/2014: --
08/2014: --
09/2014: LoDK 100p Super Spect #4 --
8,656 (- 5.0%)
10/2014: --
11/2014: --
12/2014: --
01/2015: LoDK 100p Super Spect #5 --
7,272 (-16.0%)
-----------------
6 months:
n.a.
Since #1: - 34.4%
Slipped a bit from its quarterly schedule.
Likely the final issue, as the digital comic appears to have ceased.
---
220 - INFINITE CRISIS: FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE
(Digital-First) ($3.99)
07/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #1 -- 26,096
08/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #2 -- 15,340 (-
41.2%)
09/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #3 -- 13,884
(- 9.5%)
10/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #4 -- 11,348 (-
18.3%)
11/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #5 -- 8,920 (- 21.4%)
12/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #6 -- 7,809 (- 12.5%)
01/2015: Infinite Crisis FftM #7 -- 7,231 (- 18.9%)
----------------
6 months: - 72.3%
Since #1: - 72.3%
At this level, even small drops in the number
of copies make for large percentage drops.
---
225 - KLARION ($2.99)
10/2014: Klarion #1 -- 20,870 (- 28.0%)
11/2014: Klarion #2 -- 11,413 (- 45.3%)
12/2014: Klarion #3 --
8,418 (- 26.2%)
01/2015: Klarion #4 --
6,776 (- 19.5%)
----------------
Since #1: - 67.5%
Tracking lower than The Green Team did; The
Green Team slid to around 4300 by its final issue. But Klarion will end in
March after just six issues, so on the bright side this probably won't end up
being the worst-selling New 52 title.
—–
229 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
01/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #2 --
9,882 (-31.1%)
02/2014: --
03/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #3 --
8,452 (-14.5%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4 --
8,159 (- 3.5%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #5 --
9,042 (+10.8%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #6 --
8,333 (- 7.8%)
10/2014: --
11/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #7 --
7,530 (- 9.6%)
12/2014: --
01/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #8 --
6,678 (-11.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 26.1%
1 Year : -
32.4%
Since #1: - 53.4%
This was the first issue
of SDTU that wasn't returnable. It featured the Jetsons, in a story kind
of continues from the previous issue's Flintstones pairing. Given how steady
the title was back when the Scooby Gang was teaming up with super-heroes, they
may want to go back to that approach.
(Of course, if they were
to do a joint crossover with Dark Horse and team-up with the animated version
of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, that might just break the Internet. Or at least
Tumblr…)
---
230 - BODIES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
07/2014:Bodies #1 of 8 -- 17,500
08/2014:Bodies #2 of 8 -- 11,283 (-33.8%)
09/2014:Bodies #3 of 8 -- 9,439 (-16.3%)
10/2014:Bodies #4 of 8 -- 8,828 (- 6.5%)
11/2014:Bodies #5 of 8 -- 7,926 (-10.2%)
12/2014:Bodies #6 of 8 -- 7,488 (- 5.5%)
01/2015:Bodies #7 of 8 -- 6,647 (-11.2%)
----------------
6 months: - 61.0%
Since #1: - 61.0%
The penultimate issue continues to decline.
---
252 - THE KITCHEN (Vertigo) ($2.99)
11/2014: The Kitchen #1 of 8 -- 14,066
12/2014: The Kitchen #2 of 8 -- 7,403 (- 47.4%)
01/2015: The Kitchen #3 of 8 -- 6,328 (- 15.5%)
-----------------
Since #1: - 55.0%
Returnable, and adjusted
accordingly.
These sales are pretty
much what we've come to expect from the recent slate of Vertigo limited series.
Which is why the line is in desperate need of a makeover (see last month's
column…)
---
243 - THE UNWRITTEN V2 APOCALYPSE (Vertigo)
($3.99)
01/2010: The Unwritten #8 -- 15,314
01/2011: The Unwritten #20 -- 12,273
01/2012: The Unwritten #32 -- 10,481
01/2013: The Unwritten #45 --
8,465
------------------------------------
01/2014: Unwritten vol2 #1 -- 11,975 (+35.0%)
02/2014: Unwritten vol2 #2 -- 8,291 (-30.8%)
03/2014: Unwritten vol2 #3 --
7,890 (- 4.8%)
04/2014: Unwritten vol2 #4 --
7,652 (- 3.0%)
05/2014: Unwritten vol2 #5 --
7,267 (- 5.0%)
06/2014: Unwritten vol2 #6 --
7,133 (- 1.8%)
07/2014: Unwritten vol2 #7 --
6,918 (- 3.0%)
08/2014: Unwritten vol2 #8 --
6,575 (- 5.0%)
09/2014: Unwritten vol2 #9 --
6,400 (- 2.7%)
10/2014: Unwritten vol2 #10 -- 6,407 (+ 0.1%)
11/2014: Unwritten vol2 #11 -- 6,293 (- 1.8%)
12/2014: --
01/2015: Unwritten vol2 #12 -- 5,932 (- 5.7%)
----------------
6 months: - 14.3%
1 year : -
50.5%
2 years : - 29.9%
5 years : - 61.3%
Since #1: - 50.5%
A surprisingly somewhat big percentage drop for
the final issue on a title that had been ordered fairly steady the past few
issues. I mean, who gets all the way to nearly the end and then doesn't get the
final issue?
Anyway, I hope that
people eventually discover this in the trades. It took a while early on to
solidify into what it was, but once it got there it turned out to be an
engaging comic with depth, about the nature of narrative.
---
245 - STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES FEAT GI ZOMBIE
($2.99)
07/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #1 -- 18,762
08/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #2 -- 11,724 (- 37.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 44,333 (+278.1%)
10/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #3 -- 9,228 (- 79.2%)
11/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #4 -- 7,546 (- 18.2%)
12/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #5 -- 7,173 (-
4.9%)
01/2015: SSWS GI Zombie #6 -- 5,866 (- 18.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 61.8%
Since #1: - 61.8%
This, however, may end up being the
poorest-selling New 52 comic if it continues to fall at this rate. Which is a
shame because this comic is much much better than its sales level would
suggest.
---
259 - VERTIGO QUARTERLY CMYK (Vertigo) ($7.99)
04/2014: Cyan #1 -- 9,456
05/2014: --
06/2014: --
07/2014: Magenta #1 -- 7,360 (- 22.2%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: --
10/2014: Yellow #1 -- 6,384 (- 13.3%)
11/2014: --
12/2014: --
01/2015: Black #1 -- 5,516 (- 13.6%)
----------------
6 months: - 25.1%
Since #1: - 41.7%
The final CMYK issue, but
the Vertigo Quarterly brand continues in April with SFX.
---
264 - THE NAMES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
09/2014: The Names #1 of 8 -- 17,266
10/2014: The Names #2 of 8 -- 9,056 (- 47.6%)
11/2014: The Names #3 of 8 -- 6,926 (- 23.5%)
12/2014: The Names #4 of 8 -- 5,918 (- 14.6%)
01/2015: The Names #5 of 8 -- 5,312 (- 10.2%)
-----------------
Since #1: - 69.2%
See The Kitchen above.
---
284 - HINTERKIND (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2014: Hinterkind #4 --
9,693 (-16.9%)
02/2014: Hinterkind #5 --
8,948 (- 7.7%)
03/2014: Hinterkind #6 --
8,306 (- 7.2%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Hinterkind #7 --
7,487 (- 9.9%)
06/2014: Hinterkind #8 --
7,212 (- 3.7%)
07/2014: Hinterkind #9 --
6,686 (- 7.3%)
08/2014: Hinterkind #10 -- 6,283 (- 6.0%)
09/2014: Hinterkind #11 -- ????? (< 6,262)
10/2014: Hinterkind #12 -- ????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: Hinterkind #13 -- ????? (< 5,214)
12/2014: Hinterkind #14 -- 5,080
01/2015: Hinterkind #15 -- 4,810 (- 5.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 28.1%
1 year : -
50.4%
Since #1: - 79.5%
Ending with issue #18 in
May.
---
286 - FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS (Vertigo)
($2.99)
01/2014: FBP #7 --
8,971 (- 6.0%)
02/2014: --
03/2014: FBP #8 --
7,852 (-12.5%)
04/2014: FBP #9 --
7,619 (- 3.0%)
05/2014: FBP #10 --
7,242 (- 4.9%)
06/2014: FBP #11 --
6,958 (- 3.9%)
07/2014: FBP #12 --
????? (< 6,594)
08/2014: FBP #13 --
6,189
09/2014: --
10/2014: FBP #14 --
????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: FBP #15 --
5,288
12/2014: FBP #16 --
????? (< 5,053)
01/2015: FBP #17 --
4,707
-----------------
6 months:
????%
1 year : -
47.5%
Since #1: - 73.4%
So FBP missed the Top 300
chart in December, and I missed it as well and didn't even mention it.
(I checked, and Coffin
Hill isn't on the January chart because it didn't ship an issue in January.)
---
287 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages)
($2.99)
01/2005: Scooby-Doo #92 -- 4,872
01/2010: Scooby-Doo #152 -- 3,724
01/2011: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #5 -- 4,543
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
(-2.2%)
02/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #42 -- 4,540
(-2.3%)
03/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #43 -- 4,623
(+1.8%)
04/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #44 -- 4,650
(+0.6%)
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #45 -- 4,840
(+4.1%)
06/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #46 -- ?????
(< 4,560)
07/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #47 -- ?????
(< 6,594)
08/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #48 -- ?????
(< 5,357)
09/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #49 -- ?????
(< 6,262)
10/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #50 -- ?????
(< 6,298)
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? #52 -- 4,703
-----------------
6 months:
???%
1 year :
+ 1.2%
2 years : -
0.5%
5 years : + 26.3%
10 years: -
3.5%
Since #1: - 24.0%
Not returnable, unlike
previous issues from early in 2014 when it was making the chart. One of DC's
most consistent sellers (one assumes); it's just the floor of the chart that
keeps moving around.
In fact, it would appear
that for the first time in a long time every comic that DC published in January
made the Top 300 (excepting for 2nd printings, reorders, promo-price items,
etc.)
---
Average Periodical Sales
(not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release,
and magazines)
DC COMICS
01/2005: 24,650
01/2010: 25,657
01/2011: 21,922
01/2012: 33,887
01/2013: 31,759
---------------
01/2014: 27,881
02/2014: 27,070 (- 2.9%)
03/2014: 26,776 (- 1.1%)
04/2014: 29,202 (+ 9.1%)**
05/2014: 31,764 (+ 8.8%)
06/2014: 32,834 (+ 3.4%)**
07/2014: 32,760 (+ 0.2%)**
08/2014: 28,951 (- 11.6%)**
09/2014: 46,869 (+ 61.9%)**
10/2014: 31,598 (- 32.6%)**
11/2014: 28,654 (- 9.3%)**
12/2014: 29,047 (+ 1.4%)**
01/2015: 24,289 (- 16.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.9%
1 year : -
12.9%
2 years : - 23.5%
5 years : -
5.3%
10 years: -
1.5%
DC UNIVERSE
01/2005: 30,156
01/2010: 33,698
01/2011: 24,321
01/2012: 37,145
01/2013: 33,485
---------------
01/2014: 33,120
02/2014: 33,327 (+ 0.6%)
03/2014: 32,007 (- 4.0%)
04/2014: 36,447 (+ 13.9%)
05/2014: 39,555 (+ 8.5%)
06/2014: 42,733 (+ 8.0%)
07/2014: 40,945 (- 4.2%)
08/2014: 36,645 (- 10.5%)
09/2014: 63,401 (+ 73.0%)**
10/2014: 39,978 (- 36.9%)
11/2014: 36,710 (- 8.2%)
12/2014: 34,882 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: 30,680 (- 12.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.1%
1 year :
- 7.4%
2 years : -
8.4%
5 years : -
9.0%
10 years: +
1.7%
VERTIGO
01/2005: 13,262
01/2010: 11,267
01/2011: 10,145
01/2012:
9,995
01/2013: 10,764
---------------
01/2014: 11,473
02/2014: 13,215 (+ 15.2%)
03/2014: 19,179 (+ 45.1%)
04/2014: 11,214 (- 41.5%)
05/2014: 11,778 (+ 5.0%)
06/2014: 11,372 (- 3.4%)
07/2014: 15,803 (+ 39.0%)**
08/2014:
9,082 (- 42.5%)
09/2014: 10,022 (+ 10.4%)**
10/2014:
9,066 (- 9.5%)**
11/2014:
8,511 (- 6.1%)**
12/2014: 13,195 (+ 55.0%)**
01/2015:
8,361 (- 36.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 47.1%
1 year : -
27.1%
2 years : - 22.3%
5 years : - 25.8%
10 years: - 37.0%
---
6 month comparisons
===================
+ 21.3% - Batgirl
+ 18.2% - Catwoman
+ 1.7% -
He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the MotU)
- 0.5% -
Supergirl
- 3.5% - Green
Lantern: New Guardians
- 4.4% -
Fables
- 6.2% -
Sinestro
- 6.3% -
Constantine
- 6.6% -
Batman
- 7.5% -
Worlds' Finest
- 7.6% -
Red Lanterns
- 7.7% -
Fairest
- 9.4% -
Batman and Robin
- 10.7% - Wonder Woman
- 11.3% - Flash
- 11.6% - Swamp Thing
- 12.8% - Red Hood and the Outlaws
- 13.8% - Green Arrow
- 14.3% - The Unwritten Apocalypse
- 15.5% - Green Lantern Corps
- 15.7% - Harley Quinn
- 16.8% - Green Lantern
- 18.4% - Detective Comics
- 18.6% - Injustice
- 21.5% - Aquaman
- 21.8% - Justice League
- 22.9% - Justice League 3000
- 23.3% - Arkham Manor
- 24.2% - Smallville Season 11
- 25.1% - Batman Eternal
- 25.1% - Vertigo Quarterly
- 26.1% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
- 27.0% - Secret Origins
- 28.0% - Earth 2
- 28.1% - Hinterkind
- 28.5% - Justice League Dark
- 29.2% - Action Comics
- 32.4% - New 52 - Futures End
- 33.8% - Aquaman and the Others
- 34.2% - Superman/Wonder Woman
- 34.4% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
- 38.7% - Batwoman
- 38.9% - Batman/Superman
- 40.1% - Justice League United
- 40.9% - Teen Titans
- 51.0% - Infinity Man and the Forever People
- 52.7% - Grayson
- 61.0% - Bodies
- 61.8% - Star-Spangled War Stories feat. G.I.
Zombie
- 72.3% - Infinite Crisis: Fight for the
Multiverse
1 year comparisons
===================
+ 33.6% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
+ 31.4% - Wonder Woman
+ 21.1% - Batgirl
+ 12.3% - Teen Titans
+ 12.2% - Batman and Robin
+ 3.3% -
Supergirl
+ 1.2% -
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
+ 0.8% -
Flash
+ 0.5% -
Grayson (Nightwing)
- 2.8% -
Action Comics
- 6.1% -
Batman
- 6.7% -
Fables
- 10.3% - Catwoman
- 11.7% - Green Lantern Corps
- 11.9% - Red Lanterns
- 12.0% - Worlds' Finest
- 15.0% - Green Arrow
- 15.9% - Fairest
- 18.5% - Justice League
- 19.3% - Swamp Thing
- 19.4% - Green Lantern
- 19.7% - Superman/Wonder Woman
- 20.7% - Earth 2
- 20.9% - Astro City
- 21.1% - Harley Quinn
- 22.4% - Green Lantern: New Guardians
- 22.5% - Aquaman
- 26.6% - Constantine
- 27.4% - Red Hood and the Outlaws
- 27.6% - Smallville Season 11
- 28.9% - Arrow
- 31.6% - Batman/Superman
- 32.4% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
- 34.7% - Batwoman
- 36.2% - Injustice
- 37.9% - Justice League Dark
- 43.2% - Detective Comics
- 47.5% - FBP
- 50.4% - Hinterkind
- 50.5% - The Unwritten Apocalypse
- 57.9% - Justice League 3000
2 year comparisons
===================
+158.7% - Deathstroke
+ 63.0% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 19.4% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
+ 3.4% -
Wonder Woman
+ 1.6% -
Green Arrow
- 0.5% -
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- 17.3% - Fables
- 20.2% - Flash
- 24.5% - Batman
- 24.8% - Justice League Dark
- 25.3% - Supergirl
- 26.4% - He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the
MotU)
- 29.9% - The Unwritten
- 34.0% - Catwoman
- 36.6% - Fairest
- 37.4% - Batman and Robin
- 37.8% - Batgirl
- 38.8% - Green Lantern Corps
- 39.2% - Worlds' Finest
- 40.3% - Action Comics
- 41.4% - Justice League
- 43.6% - Red Lanterns
- 43.7% - Earth 2
- 44.4% - Detective Comics
- 44.7% - Grayson (Nightwing)
- 46.0% - Green Lantern
- 49.8% - Green Lantern: New Guardians
- 51.4% - Teen Titans
- 51.8% - Swamp Thing
- 52.2% - Smallville Season 11
- 54.3% - Harley Quinn
- 54.5% - Aquaman
- 55.5% - Injustice
- 57.0% - Batwoman
- 69.8% - Red Hood and the Outlaws
5 year comparisons
===================
+ 73.7% - Batman
+ 64.7% - Wonder Woman
+ 49.4% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 48.3% - Batgirl
+ 26.3% - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (Scooby-Doo)
+ 23.3% - Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
+ 22.6% - Green Arrow
+ 14.1% - Action Comics
+ 11.7% - Detective Comics
+ 11.4% - Teen Titans
+ 10.8% - Justice League (Justice League of
America)
- 14.1% - Astro City
- 14.6% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
- 18.2% - Supergirl
- 34.5% - Fables
- 41.9% - Batman and Robin
- 42.9% - Catwoman
- 61.3% - The Unwritten
- 63.0% - Green Lantern
- 65.5% - Green Lantern Corps
10 year comparisons
===================
+ 82.1% - Batman
+ 73.5% - Wonder Woman
+ 54.3% - Batgirl
+ 39.2% - Aquaman
+ 25.6% - Detective Comics
+ 7.6% -
Justice League (JLA)
+ 4.7% -
Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 3.1% -
Swamp Thing
- 3.5% -
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (Scooby-Doo)
- 4.4% -
Action Comics
- 5.5% -
Grayson
- 7.3% -
Catwoman
- 24.9% - Flash
- 37.8% - Green Arrow
- 45.7% - Fables
- 54.3% - Teen Titans
Sales Indices
=============
DCU:
Average: 30,680. Median: 28,061.
3.6 - Batman
2.2 - Justice League
2.1 - Harley Quinn
1.7 - Detective Comics
1.7 - Batman and Robin
1.5 - Batman Eternal
1.5 - Batgirl
1.4 - Batman/Superman
1.3 - Wonder Woman
1.3 - Green Lantern
1.3 - Multiversity
1.3 - Grayson
1.2 - Superman/Wonder WOman
1.1 - Flash
1.1 - Action Comics
1.1 - Deathstroke
1.1 - New Suicide Squad
1.0 - The New 52 - Futures End
1.0 - Teen Titans
0.9 - Justice League United
0.9 - Earth 2
0.9 - Aquaman
0.9 - Green Lantern Corps
0.9 - Sinestro
0.8 - Earth 2 - World's End
0.7 - Supergirl
0.7 - Gotham Academy
0.7 - Catwoman
0.7 - Green Lantern: New Guardians
0.7 - Arkham Manor
0.7 - Red Lanterns
0.7 - Gotham by Midnight
0.7 - Justice League Dark
0.7 - Green Arrow
0.6 - Worlds' Finest
0.6 - Secret Origins
0.6 - Red Hood and the Outlaws
0.6 - Justice League 3000
0.6 - Lobo
0.5 - Swamp Thing
0.5 - Constantine
0.5 - Batwoman
0.4 - Aquaman and the Others
0.4 - Trinity of Sin
0.3 - Infinity Man and the
Forever People
0.2 - Klarion
0.2 - Star-Spangled War
Stories feat. GI Zombie
Vertigo:
Average: 8,361. Median: 6,647
1.6 - Fables: The Wolf Among
Us
1.6 - Fables
1.4 - Astro City
1.4 - Effigy
1.3 - Fairest
1.0 - Wolf Moon
0.8 - Bodies
0.8 - The Kitchen
0.7 - The Unwritten
Apocalypse
0.7 - Vertigo Quarterly
0.6 - The Names
0.6 - Hinterland
0.6 - FBP
Digital First & Other:
Average: 10,582. Median: 9,302.
2.0 - Mortal Kombat X
1.5 - Injustice
1.2 - Sensation Comics
1.1 - He-Man: Eternity War
1.0 - Flash Season Zero
0.9 - Arrow Season 2.5
0.8 - Smallville Season 11
0.7 - Legends of the Dark
Knight 100 Page Super Special
0.7 - Infinite Crisis: Fight
for the Multiverse
0.6 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.4 - 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.
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 National Weather Service, or my former
neighbor's dog Miles.
The author of this column does weekly snapshots
of Amazon comic sales charts at http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/ and
tweets about comics and related subjects on Twitter at @davereadscomics (PM me
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