Friday, July 29, 2016

Amazon Top 50 - July 29, 2016

Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
2 (+5). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
3 (-2). Saga Volume 6
4 (+4). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4: A New Class
5 (-1). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
6 (-3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (-2). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
8 (+2). The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1 (Kindle)
9 (+1). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
10 (+8). Preacher Book One
11 (N). Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF
12 (-3). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
13 (N). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump (Kindle)
14 (+8). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
15 (-1). Lick-It Man (Kindle)
16 (+16). The Complete Persepolis
17 (+7). Me Without You
18 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition (Kindle)
19 (+20). Saga Volume 5
20 (+28). Preacher Book Two
21 (+7). You're Mine Vol. 2 (Kindle)
22 (+7). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
23 (+3). Watchmen
24 (-12). The Cross and the Switchblade (Kindle)
25 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #32 (Kindle)
26 (N). Titans (2016-) #1 (Kindle)
27 (-7). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
28 (+21). American Born Chinese
29 (+5). The Walking Dead Volume 26: Call To Arms *
30 (R). March Book Two
31 (R). DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis
32 (+4). Maus, Vol.1: My Father Bleeds History
33 (-8). Saga Volume 1
34 (+9). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
35 (+11). The Walking Dead Volume 25: No Turning Back
36 (N). My Hero Academia, Vol. 5 *
37 (-14). The Walking Dead Compendium One
38 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
39 (+2). Batman: Year One
40 (-). Preacher Book Three
41 (N). The Flash (2016-) #3 *
42 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
43 (-24). Fight Club 2
44 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
45 (R). V for Vendetta
46 (N). Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel *
47 (N). Beautiful: A girl's trip through the looking glass (Kindle)
48 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
49 (R). Saga Volume 4
50 (R). Batman: Hush


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks

Commentary:
  • Batman: The Killing Joke returns to the top for the Amazon chart for the first time since May, likely fueled by the release of the trailer for the animate movie (and the attending controversy) this past weekend at ComicCon.
  • The top debut this week is the first Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur collection. Could Marvel have another Ms. Marvel on their hands?
  • Tis the season for politics: Yuge, the collection of Trump-related Doonesbury strips, moves to #2 on the chart, and the Kindle edition debuts as well. Down near the bottom of the chart, Clinton Cash, Check Dixon & Brett Smith's adaptation of the Peter Schweizer book, makes its debut.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Amazon Top 50 - July 22, 2016

Saga Volume 6
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). Saga Volume 6
2 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
3 (+6). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
4 (+4). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
5 (+1). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
6 (-1). The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1 (Kindle)
7 (-4). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
8 (+5). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4: A New Class *
9 (+2). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
10 (-). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
11 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card #6 (Kindle) *
12 (+9). The Cross and the Switchblade (Kindle)
13 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card #1 (Kindle)
14 (-). Lick-It Man (Kindle)
15 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card #4 (Kindle)
16 (N). Batman (2016-) #3 (Kindle)
17 (+3). Dark Night: A True Batman Story
18 (-2). Preacher Book One
19 (-7). Fight Club 2
20 (+3). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
21 (N). Action Comics (1938-2011) #1 (Kindle)
22 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
23 (+13). The Walking Dead Compendium One
24 (+2). Me Without You
25 (+5). Saga Volume 1
26 (+7). Watchmen
27 (N). Justice League (2016-) #1 (Kindle)
28 (+1). You're Mine Vol. 2 (Kindle)
29 (+20). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
30 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #31 (Kindle)
31 (N). Superman (2016-) #3 (Kindle)
32 (-). The Complete Persepolis
33 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card #2 (Kindle)
34 (-19). The Walking Dead Volume 26: Call To Arms *
35 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card #3 (Kindle)
36 (-2). Maus, Vol.1: My Father Bleeds History
37 (+3). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
38 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
39 (-20). Saga Volume 5
40 (-2). Preacher Book Three
41 (R). Batman: Year One
42 (N). Angry Birds #1: Mini-Comic #2 (Kindle)
43 (+3). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
44 (N). One-Punch Man, Vol. 7
45 (N). Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin
46 (-15). The Walking Dead Volume 25: No Turning Back
47 (-3). Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1
48 (-21). Preacher Book Two
49 (-24). American Born Chinese
50 (N). Minecraft Comics: Flash and Bones and the Purging of the Station (Kindle)


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks

Commentary:
  • The sixth Saga collection remains on top for the fifth straight week.
  • A lot of Kindle comics on the chart this week (seventeen in all), mostly due to sales, and also the continued popularity of DC's Rebirth.
  • The big Kindle winner this week is Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, with five of the six issues of the Wild Card series charting. The first three are sales priced, but not the others, and #6 doesn't even release until September. Very odd.
  • Non-Kindle debuts this week are the new One-Punch Man volume, and the Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin collection.

Friday, July 15, 2016

Amazon Top 50 - July 15, 2016

Saga Volume 6
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). Saga Volume 6
2 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
3 (-1). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
4 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift (hardcover)
5 (+6). The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1 (Kindle)
6 (+1). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
7 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise (hardcover)
8 (N). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
9 (-1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
10 (+5). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
11 (+2). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
12 (-8). Fight Club 2
13 (+3). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4: A New Class *
14 (+18). Lick-It Man (Kindle)
15 (+13). The Walking Dead Volume 26: Call To Arms *
16 (-6). Preacher Book One
17 (N). Snoopy the Literary Ace (Kindle)
18 (N). Nightwing: Rebirth (2016-) #1 (Kindle)
19 (+12). Saga Volume 5
20 (+18). Dark Night: A True Batman Story
21 (+9). The Cross and the Switchblade (Kindle)
22 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
23 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
24 (N). The Flash (2016-) #2 (Kindle)
25 (+12). American Born Chinese
26 (-1). Me Without You
27 (+6). Preacher Book Two
28 (-1). Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1 (Kindle)
29 (+15). You're Mine Vol. 2 (Kindle)
30 (-11). Saga Volume 1
31 (+10). The Walking Dead Volume 25: No Turning Back
32 (-18). The Complete Persepolis
33 (+2). Watchmen
34 (-16). Maus, Vol.1: My Father Bleeds History
35 (+12). Saga Volume 4
36 (-15). The Walking Dead Compendium One
37 (+8). Civil War
38 (R). Preacher Book Three
39 (-22). DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis
40 (+6). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
41 (N). Vision Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man
42 (N). Civil War II (2016-) #3 (of 7) (Kindle)
43 (-38). Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes
44 (-18). Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1
45 (-9). Darth Vader and Son
46 (R). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
47 (N). Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps: Rebirth (2016-) #1 (Kindle)
48 (-9). Vader's Little Princess
49 (-9). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
50 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks

Commentary:

  • The sixth Saga collection remains on top for the fourth straight week. Go Saga go!
  • I have no idea why the two Avatar: The Last Airbender hardcover collections suddenly jumped into the top ten this week.
  • Also debuting in the top ten is the first collection of Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda's Monstress. Will this be the next breakout hit from Image comics?
  • DC Rebirth Kindle issues making the chart his week are the Rebirth issues of Nightwing & Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps, along with the second issue of The Flash.
  • Not to be completely outdone, the new Kindle issue of Marvel's Civil War II makes the chart. 
  • And rounding out this week's debuts are a Kindle collection of Snoopy-themed Peanuts cartoons, and the first collection of Marvel's new Vision series.

Friday, July 08, 2016

Amazon Top 50 - July 8, 2016

Saga Volume 6
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). Saga Volume 6
2 (+7). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
3 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
4 (-1). Fight Club 2
5 (N). Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes
6 (N). Justice League: Rebirth (2016-) #1 (Kindle)
7 (-). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
8 (+4). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
9 (+10). One-Punch Man, Vol. 7
10 (-2). Preacher Book One
11 (-5). The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1 (Kindle)
12 (N). Batman (2016-) #2 (Kindle)
13 (-2). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
14 (+7). The Complete Persepolis
15 (-1). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
16 (+1). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4: A New Class *
17 (N). DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis
18 (+7). Maus, Vol.1: My Father Bleeds History
19 (+23). Saga Volume 1
20 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
21 (+5). The Walking Dead Compendium One
22 (R). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
23 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #29 (Kindle)
24 (N). Superman (2016-) #2
25 (+6). Me Without You
26 (-24). Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1
27 (-23). Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1 (Kindle)
28 (+8). The Walking Dead Volume 26: Call To Arms *
29 (N). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump (Kindle)
30 (-10). The Cross and the Switchblade (Kindle)
31 (-4). Saga Volume 5
32 (-14). Lick-It Man (Kindle)
33 (-17). Preacher Book Two
34 (N). The Walking Dead #156 (Kindle)
35 (-11). Watchmen
36 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
37 (+4). American Born Chinese
38 (-28). Dark Night: A True Batman Story
39 (+6). Vader's Little Princess
40 (-17). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
41 (-9). The Walking Dead Volume 25: No Turning Back
42 (R). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
43 (-15). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
44 (-15). You're Mine Vol. 2 (Kindle)
45 (-12). Civil War
46 (-33). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
47 (R). Saga Volume 4
48 (-18). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 7
49 (-1). Marvel Encyclopedia
50 (R). Goodnight Darth Vader


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks

Commentary:
  • The sixth Saga collection remains on top for the third week. People like the Saga!
  • Coming on strong into second place is Yuge, a collection of Trump-related Doonesbury strips. The Kindle edition also debuts in the middle of the chart.
  • No fear of a DC Rebirth flame-out, as the Kindle edition of Justice League Rebirth debuts in the top ten, and the second issues of Batman and Superman make the chart as well.
  • The top debut this week is Robin Ha's Cook Korean! I'd expect to see more comic-style cookbooks showing up in a few months...
  • The first OGN for DC Super Hero Girls debuts. This will likely end up outselling most of the New 52 collections, but nearly all of those sales will be in non-comic shop channels (bookstores, online, school book fairs...) so you won't hear much about it in the comics press

Friday, July 01, 2016

DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: May 2016 - It's a Rebirth Apocalypse!

DC Universe Rebirth #1

Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.

So as the New 52 era ends, the Rebirth era begins.

While the Rebirth relaunches don’t hit until June, the end of May sees the publication of the DC Universe Rebirth kick-off one-shot. It moves an impressive reported 235,791 copies, and there’s a second print on the way, so DC is likely pretty happy with that. And early reports are that the June launches are selling pretty well too. But more on that next month when we actually see the numbers.

May also sees the final issues of many DCU titles, including several New 52 launch titles that made it all the way to issue #52: Batman, Superman, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Catwoman, Batgirl, and Aquaman. (Justice League also makes it to #52, but not until June; because lateness.) Which if you’re a glass-half-empty type means that forty of the fifty-two New 52 launch titles did not make it to the finish line.

All eleven of the #52 issues in May had freely-orderable variants (f.o.v.s), the theme being re-drawings of their issue #1 covers. The only other f.o.v.s this month were Justice League #50’s Batman v. Superman cover and the load of variants for the two Hanna-Barbera relaunch books. Most (though not all ) of the #52s saw a small bump over their issue #51s.

And yet, even with DC Universe Rebirth one-shot and some final-issue boosts, overall the DCU books saw a slight decline in the average sales for the line, which I attribute to the many other titles that did not have f.o.v.s this month.

Also deceptive is the average sales for Vertigo this month. If you look down near the end of this column you’ll see that there’s actually a slight rise, but don’t you believe that. Seven of the twelve Vertigo titles released in May did not make the Top 300, and when I’m estimating those sales for purposes of the charts I err on the side of more sales, which is quite likely making the estimates higher than they actually are.

On the positive side, the first two of DC’s Hanna-Barbera relaunch titles, Scooby Apocalypse and Future Quest, came it at levels unseen for licensed cartoon books in quite some time. And yes, those numbers were boosted by many variant covers (as well as perhaps some curiosity), but given the inevitable drop-offs and settling in they should provide for a sustainable level of sales for a bit. (As long as they can keep to a schedule…)



Warning: The commentary below may contain reasoned analysis, speculation (unfounded and otherwise), opinion, and/or snark. Those looking for a more straightforward analysis are directed to John Jackson Miller's excellent Comichron analysis, posted earlier this month over at Comichron!

Please consider the fine print at the end of the column. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com‘s estimates can be found here.

(Note that the percentage comparisons are now done with total orders including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders as was the practice of this column under the previous administration.)


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1 - DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH ($2.99)
05/2016: DC Universe Rebirth #1 -- 235,791

May's top seller is DC Universe Rebirth, the extra-sized one-shot setting up their Rebirth "not a relaunch" that goes into full swing next month. This is going into a second printing, and there are reports of high sales and sell-outs so far for the June Rebirth books, so it looks like Rebirth may be just the shot in the arm that the DCU needs.

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4 - BATMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: Batman #652   --  77,257  [78,435]
05/2011: Batman #710   --  55,086
05/2012: Batman #9     -- 134,605
05/2013: Batman #20    -- 129,039
05/2014: Batman #31    -- 107,499 [109,343]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Batman #41    -- 142,155 (-  6.1%) [145,305]
07/2015: Batman #42    -- 117,441 (- 18.3%) [118,702]
08/2015: Batman #43    -- 124,697 (+  7.8%) [127,996]
09/2015: Batman #44    -- 114,409 (-  9.9%) [115,351]
10/2015: Batman #45    -- 109,367 (-  4.6%) [110,031]
11/2015: Batman #46    -- 106,989 (-  2.1%) [107,758]
12/2015: Batman #47    -- 127,201 (+ 18.0%)
01/2016: Batman #48    -- 100,962 (- 20.6%)
02/2016: Batman #49    -- 102,689 (+  1.7%)
03/2016: Batman #50    -- 163,406 (+ 67.7%) [172,256]
04/2016: Batman #51    -- 101,922 (- 40.8%)
05/2016: Batman #52    -- 102,197 (+  0.3%)
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6 months: -  5.2%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : -  6.5%
5 years : + 85.5%
10 years: + 30.3%

No Snyder or Capullo for the final issue, yet it adds a couple hundred more copies over last month to rise a smidge in sales. Like all the other titles that hit issue #52 this month, there's a New 52 f.o.v. cover.

Batman was undeniably the big success story of the New 52. All 58 issues (that includes the #0 issue, the Future's End one-shot, and the Forever Evil 23.* issues) sold over 100K. I can't think of any comic in the modern Diamond era that has sustained sales that high for that long.


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7 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($5.99)
05/2012: Justice League #9  -- 131,332
05/2013: Justice League #20 --  97,676
05/2014: Justice League #30 --  77,456  [78,419]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Justice League #41 --  97,584 (+ 17.2%) [96,464]
07/2015: Justice League #42 --  81,291 (- 12.7%) [84,202]
08/2015: Justice League #43 --  82,304 (+  1.1%) [85,119]
09/2015: Justice League #44 --  76,752 (-  5.3%) [80,630]
10/2015: Justice League #45 --  77,192 (-  2.7%) [78,416]
11/2015: --
12/2015: Justice League #46 --  75,660 (-  3.5%)
12/2015: Justice League #47 --  84,970 (+ 21.2%) [91,688]
01/2016: --
02/2016: Justice League #48 --  72,704 (- 20.7%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: Justice League #49 --  71,131 (-  2.2%)
05/2016: Justice League #50 --  92,423 (+ 29.9%)
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : + 17.9%

Justice League is running behind, but that doesn't stop retailers from ordering large on the extra-sized conclusion to the (seemingly never-ending) "Darkseid War" story. There's a Batman v Superman (unbagged) f.o.v.

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11 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE ($3.99)
05/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #1  -- 69,520

I reckon that this is the most copies a comic starring Scooby-Doo has sold since the 1970s. There were oodles of variants; still, even if this drops to 25% of initial issue sales it will be a hit by modern Scooby-Doo comic standards.

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14 - BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ($3.99)
12/2015: Batman/TMNT #1 of 6 -- 134,526           [164,941]
01/2016: Batman/TMNT #2 of 6 --  52,337 (- 58.8%)  [67,898]
02/2016: Batman/TMNT #3 of 6 --  64,444 (+  2.3%)  [69,444]
03/2016: Batman/TMNT #4 of 6 --  65,132 (-  6.2%)
04/2016: Batman/TMNT #5 of 6 --  65,616 (+  0.7%)
05/2016: Batman/TMNT #6 of 6 --  64,911 (-  1.1%)

This leveled out quickly, and at a sales point that likely makes all concerned very happy. DC needs more successes like this. If a sequel hasn't been announced yet, expect one any day now.

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19 - SUPERMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: Superman #652 --  70,458
05/2011: Superman #711 --  38,471
05/2012: Superman #9   --  62,232
05/2013: Superman #20  --  45,458
05/2014: Superman #31  --  40,534  [44,774]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Superman #41  --  53,393 (+  3.0%) [55,368]
07/2015: Superman #42  --  46,691 (- 12.5%) [48,442]
08/2015: Superman #43  --  49,825 (+  4.5%) [50,637]
09/2015: Superman #44  --  43,921 (- 11.3%) [44,908]
10/2015: Superman #45  --  42,693 (-  4.1%) [43,069]
11/2015: Superman #46  --  41,657 (-  3.0%) [41,765]
12/2015: Superman #47  --  47,377 (+ 13.4%)
01/2015: Superman #48  --  37,690 (- 20.4%)
02/2015: Superman #49  --  36,318 (-  3.6%)
03/2015: Superman #50  --  91,396 (+151.7%)
04/2015: Superman #51  --  38,103 (- 58.3%)
05/2015: Superman #52  --  54,317 (+ 42.6%)
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6 months: + 30.1%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : + 21.3%
5 years : + 41.2%
10 years: - 22.9%

A good-sized boost for the final issue and conclusion of "The Last Days of Superman." There was also a 2nd printing of issue #51, but we'll have to wait for the end-of-the-year numbers to see how many copies it moved as it didn't make the May chart.

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29 - FUTURE QUEST ($3.99)
05/2016: Future Quest #1  -- 48,627

Not quite the sales level of Scooby, but still a rather good debut. There were oodles of variants here as well. So far, the Hanna-Barbera reboot is looking like it was a good idea.

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33 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99)
05/2006: Detective Comics #819 -- 65,800
05/2011: Detective Comics #877 -- 39,609
05/2012: Detective Comics #9   -- 96,016
05/2013: Detective Comics #20  -- 78,252
05/2014: Detective Comics #31  -- 54,518  [55,451]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Detective Comics #41  -- 57,648 (+  2.9%) [58,361]
07/2015: Detective Comics #42  -- 50,743 (- 12.5%) [51,055]
08/2015: Detective Comics #43  -- 53,576 (+  5.4%) [53,797]
09/2015: Detective Comics #44  -- 55,871 (+  4.4%) [56,177]
10/2015: Detective Comics #45  -- 47,972 (- 14.2%) [48,220]
11/2015: Detective Comics #46  -- 47,256 (-  1.9%) [47,280]
12/2015: Detective Comics #47  -- 45,867 (-  3.0%)
01/2016: Detective Comics #48  -- 45,111 (-  1.6%)
02/2016: Detective Comics #49  -- 45,300 (+  0.4%)
03/2016: Detective Comics #50  -- 52,373 (+ 15.6%)
04/2016: Detective Comics #51  -- 43,190 (- 17.5%)
05/2016: Detective Comics #52  -- 43,961 (+  1.8%)
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6 months: -  4.2%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 20.7%
5 years : + 11.0%
10 years: - 33.2%

Final issue. Returns to its original numbering next month as it goes twice-monthly.

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34 - HARLEY QUINN ($3.99)
05/2014: Harley Quinn #6  --  62,467  [66,742]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Harley Quinn #17 --  68,243 (-  6.2%) [69,406]
07/2015: Harley Quinn #18 --  59,566 (- 13.1%) [60,292]
08/2015: Harley Quinn #19 --  64,223 (+  8.1%) [65,155]
09/2015: Harley Quinn #20 --  56,836 (- 10.0%) [58,652]
10/2015: Harley Quinn #21 --  55,272 (-  5.7%) [55,282]
11/2015: Harley Quinn #22 --  58,344 (+  6.2%) [58,734]
12/2015: Harley Quinn #23 --  69,168 (+ 17.8%)
01/2016: Harley Quinn #24 --  44,967 (- 35.0%)
02/2016: Harley Quinn #25 --  51,495 (+ 14.5%)
03/2016: Harley Quinn #26 --  51,420 (-  0.1%)
04/2016: Harley Quinn #27 --  54,864 (+  6.7%)
05/2016: Harley Quinn #28 --  43,858 (- 20.1%)
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6 months: - 25.3%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 34.3%

No f.o.v. this time out, which results in more than 10K fewer copies being sold. There was an incentive variant (1:25), though those obviously don't have the same level of a sales effect as the f.o.v.s.

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39 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
05/2006: Action Comics #838 -- 62,702
05/2011: Action Comics #901 -- 44,143
05/2012: Action Comics #9   -- 88,796
05/2013: Action Comics #20  -- 48,324
05/2014: Action Comics #31  -- 41,081  [46,325]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Action Comics #41  -- 44,083 (+ 12.7%) [44,456]
07/2015: Action Comics #42  -- 37,956 (- 13.5%) [38,434]
08/2015: Action Comics #43  -- 41,883 (+  9.7%) [42,149]
09/2015: Action Comics #44  -- 37,927 (-  9.5%) [38,130]
10/2015: Action Comics #45  -- 36,560 (-  3.8%) [36,694]
11/2015: Action Comics #46  -- 35,569 (-  2.2%) [35,898]
12/2015: Action Comics #47  -- 29,021 (- 19.2%)
01/2016: Action Comics #48  -- 31,958 (+ 10.1%)
02/2016: Action Comics #49  -- 31,496 (-  1.4%)
03/2016: Action Comics #50  -- 40,025 (+ 27.1%)
04/2016: Action Comics #51  -- 32,167 (- 19.6%)
05/2016: Action Comics #52  -- 40,623 (+ 26.3%)
-----------------
6 months: + 13.2%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 12.3%
5 years : -  8.0%
10 years: - 35.2%

Part of "The Final Days of Superman," and the final issue, which combine to give Action a nice sales boost. Like Detective, Action returns to its original numbering in June and goes to twice-monthly.

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46 - HARLEY QUINN & HER GANG OF HARLEYS ($3.99)
06/2015: HQ & PG #1 of 6   -- 71,402           [65,876]
07/2015: HQ & PG #2 of 6   -- 44,974 (- 30.1%) [46,044]
08/2015: HQ & PG #3 of 6   -- 38,853 (- 14.0%) [39,582]
09/2015: HQ & PG #4 of 6   -- 36,031 (-  7.7%) [36,525]
10/2015: --
11/2015: HQ & PG #5 of 6   -- 34,127 (-  6.3%) [34,221]
12/2015: HQ & PG #6 of 6   -- 31,375 (-  8.3%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: HQ & Gang #1 of 6 -- 52,659 (+ 67.8%)
05/2016: HQ & Gang #2 of 6 -- 37,846 (- 28.1%)
-----------------
6 months: + 10.6%

A typical second issue drop.

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51, 55 - FLASH ($3.99)
05/2006: --
05/2011: Flash #12  --  54,914
05/2012: Flash #9   --  62,807
05/2013: Flash #20  --  39,667
05/2014: Flash #31  --  34,240  [35,615]
------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Flash #41  --  41,256 (+  6.8%) [42,891]
07/2015: Flash #42  --  37,956 (- 12.8%) [37,399]
08/2015: Flash #43  --  40,542 (+ 10.1%) [41,189]
09/2015: Flash #44  --  36,111 (- 11.0%) [36,657]
10/2015: Flash #45  --  35,485 (-  1.8%) [36,011]
11/2015: Flash #46  --  36,153 (+  1.9%) [36,701]
12/2015: Flash #47  --  42,129 (+ 14.8%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: Flash #48  --  34,903 (- 17.2%)
02/2016: Flash #49  --  34,407 (-  1.4%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: Flash #50  --  35,160 (+  2.2%)
05/2016: Flash #51  --  33,878 (-  3.6%)
05/2016: Flash #52  --  32,831 (-  3.1%)
-----------------
6 months: -  8.1%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : -  5.3%
5 years : - 38.6%
10 years:    n.a.

The Flash finally catches up in time for its final issue (before being relaunched in Rebirth, of course). Unlike other issue #52s, most of which saw a small bounce up, Flash's final issue is its lowest-selling issue of the New 52 era.

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53 - BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: Superman/Batman #25 -- 103,702 [110,845]
05/2006: Superman/Batman #26 -- 118,821 [130,077]
05/2011: Superman/Batman #83 --  28,403
05/2014: Batman/Superman #10 --  54,844  [52,857]
05/2014: Batman/Superman #11 --  53,504  [54,557]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Batman/Superman #21 --  49,204 (+ 11.0%) [49,946]
07/2015: Batman/Superman #22 --  41,672 (- 15.9%) [41,985]
08/2015: Batman/Superman #23 --  44,259 (+  6.5%) [44,704]
09/2015: Batman/Superman #24 --  40,132 (- 10.2%) [40,271]
10/2015: Batman/Superman #25 --  37,566 (-  6.4%) [37,782]
11/2015: Batman/Superman #26 --  38,056 (+  1.3%) [38,181]
12/2015: Batman/Superman #27 --  30,021 (- 21.1%)
01/2016: Batman/Superman #28 --  34,507 (+ 14.9%)
02/2016: Batman/Superman #29 --  33,662 (-  2.4%)
03/2016: Batman/Superman #30 --  44,644 (+ 32.6%)
04/2016: Batman/Superman #31 --  34,459 (- 22.8%)
05/2016: Batman/Superman #32 --  32,991 (-  4.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 13.6%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 year  : - 38.6%
5 years : + 16.2%
10 years: - 72.6%

Part of "The Final Days of Superman," and the final issue. Being replaced (eventually) in the Rebirth line-up by Trinity.

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54 - GREEN LANTERN ($3.99)
05/2006: Green Lantern #11  --  78,926
05/2011: Green Lantern #66  --  75,371
05/2012: Green Lantern #9   --  87,601
05/2013: Green Lantern #20  --  67,414
05/2014: Green Lantern #31  --  43,769  [44,092]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Green Lantern #41  --  45,704 (+  6.7%) [46,109]
07/2015: Green Lantern #42  --  39,290 (- 13.9%) [39,708]
08/2015: Green Lantern #43  --  42,482 (+  7.7%) [42,750]
09/2015: Green Lantern #44  --  39,371 (-  7.6%) [39,501]
10/2015: Green Lantern #45  --  38,406 (-  2.5%) [38,519]
11/2015: Green Lantern #46  --  38,976 (+  1.4%) [39,053]
12/2015: Green Lantern #47  --  45,706 (+ 17.0%)
01/2015: Green Lantern #48  --  36,068 (- 21.1%)
02/2015: Green Lantern #49  --  35,237 (-  2.3%)
03/2015: Green Lantern #50  --  36,242 (+  2.9%)
04/2015: Green Lantern #51  --  32,862 (-  9.3%)
05/2015: Green Lantern #52  --  32,936 (+  0.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 15.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 25.3%
5 years : - 56.3%
10 years: - 58.3%

A slight rise for the final issue.

There will be two new GL series launching with Rebirth, neither of which is an exact match for the current series. I'm leaning towards tracking Green Lanterns with this title, and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps with GLC. But maybe you have different thoughts?

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61 - WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: --
05/2011: --
05/2012: Wonder Woman #9   --  48,750
05/2013: Wonder Woman #20  --  37,132 (- 20.1%)
05/2014: Wonder Woman #31  --  30,655 (-  1.4%)
------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Wonder Woman #41  -- 45,284 (+  0.6%) [45,740]
07/2015: Wonder Woman #42  -- 36,668 (- 18.7%) [37,183]
08/2015: Wonder Woman #43  -- 39,646 (+  7.9%) [40,128]
09/2015: Wonder Woman #44  -- 36,151 (-  9.1%) [36,478]
10/2015: Wonder Woman #45  -- 33,885 (-  6.1%) [34,251]
11/2015: Wonder Woman #46  -- 34,042 (+  0.6%) [34,454]
12/2015: Wonder Woman #47  -- 40,123 (+ 16.5%)
01/2016: Wonder Woman #48  -- 32,687 (- 18.5%)
02/2016: Wonder Woman #49  -- 35,398 (+  8.3%)
03/2016: Wonder Woman #50  -- 36,328 (+  2.6%)
04/2016: Wonder Woman #51  -- 29,787 (- 18.0%)
05/2016: Wonder Woman #52  -- 29,673 (-  0.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 13.9%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : -  3.2%
5 years :    n.a.
10 years:    n.a.

Wonder Woman ends its New 52 run with its lowest-selling issue of the series. In fact, it's only a few hundred copies higher than where the pre-New 52 series ended. Relaunches with Rebirth as a twice-monthly, with alternating issues telling a different story.

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63 - SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
05/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #8  -- 47,803  [52,524]
--------------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #18 -- 39,787 (+  2.3%) [41,077]
07/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #19 -- 36,666 (-  8.3%) [37,676]
08/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #20 -- 38,834 (+  4.5%) [39,381]
09/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #21 -- 34,349 (- 12.0%) [34,636]
10/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #22 -- 32,044 (-  6.8%) [32,262]
11/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #23 -- 31,315 (-  1.9%) [31,641]
12/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #24 -- 25,000 (- 21.0%)
01/2016: Superman/Wonder Woman #25 -- 29,087 (+ 16.3%)
02/2016: Superman/Wonder Woman #26 -- 32,108 (+ 10.4%)
03/2016: Superman/Wonder Woman #27 -- 32,707 (+  1.9%)
04/2016: Superman/Wonder Woman #28 -- 28,812 (- 11.9%)
05/2016: Superman/Wonder Woman #29 -- 28,569 (-  0.8%)
-----------------
6 months: -  9.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 45.6%

Part of "The Final Days of Superman," and the final issue. Being replaced (eventually) in the Rebirth line-up by Trinity.

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70 - BATGIRL ($2.99)
05/2011: Batgirl #21 -- 24,043
05/2012: Batgirl #9  -- 58,710
05/2013: Batgirl #20 -- 42,600
05/2014: Batgirl #31 -- 31,522  [31,369]
------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Batgirl #41 -- 33,220 (- 16.5%) [36,553]
07/2015: Batgirl #42 -- 33,168 (-  6.5%) [34,194]
08/2015: Batgirl #43 -- 32,079 (-  5.0%) [32,478]
09/2015: Batgirl #44 -- 30,654 (-  4.9%) [30,882]
10/2015: Batgirl #45 -- 29,276 (-  3.8%) [29,715]
11/2015: --
12/2015: Batgirl #46 -- 27,591 (-  7.1%)
01/2016: Batgirl #47 -- 26,905 (-  2.5%)
02/2016: Batgirl #48 -- 25,625 (-  4.8%)
03/2016: Batgirl #49 -- 24,730 (-  3.5%)
04/2016: Batgirl #50 -- 34,632 (+ 40.0%)
04/2016: Batgirl #51 -- 23,280 (- 32.8%)
05/2016: Batgirl #52 -- 26,492 (+ 13.8%)
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 15.5%
5 years : + 10.2%

Final issue. Relaunching as part of Rebirth.

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72 - SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN ($3.99)
11/2015: American Alien #1 of 7 -- 41,441           [42,842]
12/2015: American Alien #2 of 7 -- 31,025 (- 27.6%)
01/2016: American Alien #3 of 7 -- 28,828 (-  7.1%)
02/2016: American Alien #4 of 7 -- 27,313 (-  5.3%)
03/2016: American Alien #5 of 7 -- 26,339 (-  3.6%)
04/2016: American Alien #6 of 7 -- 25,449 (-  3.4%)
05/2016: American Alien #7 of 7 -- 26,271 (+  3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 38.7%

A bit of a rise for the final issue, because ???

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68 - GRAYSON ($3.99)
04/2006: Nightwing #119 -- 46,336
04/2012: Nightwing #8   -- 52,063  [61,711]
04/2013: Nightwing #19  -- 46,978
04/2014: --
---------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Grayson #9     -- 39,610 (-  3.4%) [40,478]
07/2015: Grayson #10    -- 33,990 (- 13.8%) [34,882]
08/2015: Grayson #11    -- 36,538 (+  7.2%) [37,402]
09/2015: Grayson #12    -- 32,284 (- 11.0%) [33,281]
10/2015: Grayson #13    -- 32,260 (-  1.5%) [32,786]
11/2015: Grayson #14    -- 31,831 (-  1.8%) [32,201]
12/2015: Grayson #15    -- 35,765 (+ 11.1%)
01/2016: Grayson #16    -- 30,420 (- 14.9%)
02/2016: Grayson #17    -- 30,257 (-  0.5%)
03/2016: Grayson #18    -- 33,550 (+ 10.9%)
04/2016: Grayson #19    -- 27,378 (- 18.4%)
05/2016: Grayson #20    -- 23,762 (- 13.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 16.5%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.
10 years: - 40.9%

Final issue (though there's an Annual in June to wrap things up). Coming back in Rebirth as Nightwing.

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79 - NEW SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
05/2012: Suicide Squad #9      -- 32,581
05/2013: Suicide Squad #20     -- 23,537
05/2014: Suicide Squad #30     -- 22,063
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05/2015: --
06/2015: New Suicide Squad #9  -- 42,225 (+ 35.6%) [43,224]
07/2015: New Suicide Squad #10 -- 35,365 (- 17.1%) [35,842]
08/2015: New Suicide Squad #11 -- 37,915 (+  7.2%) [38,434]
09/2015: New Suicide Squad #12 -- 34,622 (-  8.9%) [35,013]
10/2015: New Suicide Squad #13 -- 33,260 (-  4.1%) [33,584]
11/2015: New Suicide Squad #14 -- 32,925 (-  1.1%) [33,219]
12/2015: New Suicide Squad #15 -- 26,449 (- 20.4%)
01/2016: New Suicide Squad #16 -- 24,870 (-  6.0%)
02/2016: New Suicide Squad #17 -- 23,687 (-  4.8%)
03/2016: New Suicide Squad #18 -- 28,243 (+ 19.2%)
04/2016: New Suicide Squad #19 -- 23,799 (- 15.7%)
05/2016: New Suicide Squad #20 -- 23,425 (-  1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 29.5%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : +  6.2%

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81 - ROBIN, SON OF BATMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: Robin #150    -- 41,417
--------------------------------
06/2015: Robin SoB #1  -- 70,505 (+ 36.2%) [63,858]
07/2015: Robin SoB #2  -- 44,232 (- 28.5%) [45,674]
08/2015: Robin SoB #3  -- 38,413 (- 13.5%) [39,523]
09/2015: Robin SoB #4  -- 38,162 (-  1.9%) [38,777]
10/2015: Robin SoB #5  -- 35,619 (-  7.2%) [35,981]
11/2015: Robin SoB #6  -- 35,633 (-  0.2%) [35,904]
12/2015: Robin SoB #7  -- 34,815 (-  3.0%)
01/2016: Robin SoB #8  -- 31,220 (- 10.3%)
02/2016: Robin SoB #9  -- 30,125 (-  3.5%)
03/2016: Robin SoB #10 -- 32,962 (+  9.4%)
04/2016: Robin SoB #11 -- 26,366 (- 20.0%)
05/2016: Robin SoB #12 -- 22,428 (- 14.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 37.5%
10 years: - 45.8%

Penultimate issue.

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82 - AQUAMAN ($3.99)
05/2006: Aquaman SoA #41 -- 32,610
05/2012: Aquaman #9      -- 60,527
05/2013: Aquaman #19     -- 53,415
05/2014: Aquaman #31     -- 32,076
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Aquaman #41     -- 33,629 (+  0.6%) [34,131]
07/2015: Aquaman #42     -- 28,158 (- 16.6%) [28,479]
08/2015: Aquaman #43     -- 30,480 (+  8.3%) [30,835]
09/2015: Aquaman #44     -- 26,396 (- 14.4%)
10/2015: Aquaman #45     -- 25,495 (-  3.4%)
11/2015: Aquaman #46     -- 25,962 (+  1.8%)
12/2015: Aquaman #47     -- 20,251 (- 22.0%)
01/2016: Aquaman #48     -- 23,373 (+ 15.4%)
02/2016: Aquaman #49     -- 23,546 (+  0.7%)
03/2016: Aquaman #50     -- 24,487 (+  4.0%)
04/2016: Aquaman #51     -- 21,959 (- 10.3%)
05/2016: Aquaman #52     -- 22,246 (+  1.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 14.3%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 30.6%
10 years: - 31.8%

Final issue; getting Rebirthed.

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85 - POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH ($2.99)
01/2016: Poison Ivy Cycle #1 of 6 -- 31,351
02/2016: Poison Ivy Cycle #2 of 6 -- 23,452 (- 25.2%)
03/2016: Poison Ivy Cycle #3 of 6 -- 22,812 (-  2.7%)
04/2016: Poison Ivy Cycle #4 of 6 -- 22,504 (-  1.4%)
05/2016: Poison Ivy Cycle #5 of 6 -- 21,655 (-  3.8%)

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87 - SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN ($3.99)
02/2016: Supermen #1 of 6  -- 37,033
03/2016: Supermen #2 of 6  -- 27,470 (- 25.8%)
04/2016: Supermen #3 of 6  -- 24,500 (- 10.8%)
05/2016: Supermen #4 of 6  -- 21,395 (- 12.7%)

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90 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
05/2012: Deathstroke #9  -- 20,878
05/2013: Deathstroke #20 -- 11,768
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05/2015: --
06/2015: Deathstroke #7  -- 38,807 (+ 22.6%) [39,993]
07/2015: Deathstroke #8  -- 33,648 (- 13.3%) [34,754]
08/2015: Deathstroke #9  -- 36,583 (+  8.7%) [37,419]
09/2015: Deathstroke #10 -- 31,241 (- 14.6%) [31,832]
10/2015: Deathstroke #11 -- 31,121 (-  0.4%) [31,649]
11/2015: Deathstroke #12 -- 31,939 (+  2.6%) [32,568]
12/2015: Deathstroke #13 -- 25,344 (- 20.6%)
01/2016: Deathstroke #14 -- 27,648 (+  9.1%)
02/2016: Deathstroke #15 -- 26,534 (-  4.0%)
03/2016: Deathstroke #16 -- 25,390 (-  4.3%)
04/2016: Deathstroke #17 -- 24,858 (-  2.1%)
05/2016: Deathstroke #18 -- 21,087 (- 15.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 35.3%
1 year  :    n.a.

Takes a bit of a variant-less plunge.

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94 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
05/2006: Green Arrow #62  -- 39,185
05/2011: Green Arrow #12  -- 31,742
05/2012: Green Arrow #9   -- 26,966
05/2013: Green Arrow #20  -- 27,541
05/2014: Green Arrow #31  -- 23,475
-----------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Green Arrow #41  -- 29,545 (+ 52.1%) [30,098]
07/2015: Green Arrow #42  -- 24,921 (- 17.2%)
08/2015: Green Arrow #43  -- 29,998 (+ 21.6%) [30,298]
09/2015: Green Arrow #44  -- 25,620 (- 15.4%)
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%)
01/2016: Green Arrow #48  -- 22,117 (- 28.3%)
02/2016: Green Arrow #49  -- 22,096 (-  0.1%)
03/2016: Green Arrow #50  -- 22,977 (+  4.0%)
04/2016: Green Arrow #51  -- 21,168 (-  7.9%)
05/2016: Green Arrow #52  -- 20,559 (-  2.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 15.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 12.4%
5 years : - 35.2%
10 years: - 47.5%

Final issue; getting Rebirthed.

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101 - GREEN LANTERN CORPS: EDGE OF OBLIVION ($2.99)
05/2006: --
05/2011: Green Lantern Corps #60  -- 60,964
05/2012: Green Lantern Corps #9   -- 46,336
05/2013: Green Lantern Corps #20  -- 43,026 
05/2014: Green Lantern Corps #31  -- 28,449  [29,017]
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05/2015: --
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: Edge of Oblivion #1 of 6 -- 26,819 (- 10.7%)
02/2016: Edge of Oblivion #2 of 6 -- 21,265 (- 20.7%)
03/2016: Edge of Oblivion #3 of 6 -- 20,096 (-  5.5%)
04/2016: Edge of Oblivion #4 of 6 -- 19,434 (-  3.3%)
05/2016: Edge of Oblivion #5 of 6 -- 18,699 (-  3.8%)
----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 35.6%
5 years : - 69.3%
10 years:    n.a.

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102 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99)
05/2006: Teen Titans #35 -- 72,954
05/2006: Teen Titans #36 -- 71,486
05/2011: Teen Titans #95 -- 24,738
05/2012: Teen Titans #9  -- 50,261
05/2013: Teen Titans #20 -- 36,391
05/2014: --
----------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Teen Titans #9  -- 33,412 (- 15.5%) [33,804]
07/2015: Teen Titans #10 -- 28,547 (- 14.3%) [28,963]
08/2015: Teen Titans #11 -- 32,112 (+ 12.6%) [32,621]
09/2015: --
10/2015: Teen Titans #12 -- 26,796 (- 17.9%)
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%)
01/2015: Teen Titans #16 -- 24,201 (- 11.0%)
02/2015: Teen Titans #17 -- 23,566 (-  2.6%)
03/2015: Teen Titans #18 -- 23,056 (-  2.2%)
04/2015: Teen Titans #19 -- 21,989 (-  4.6%)
05/2015: Teen Titans #20 -- 18,593 (- 15.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 29.9%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.
5 years : - 24.8%
10 years: - 74.3%

The fewest copies sold of an issue of Teen Titans in at least thirteen years.

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103, 108 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99)
08/2015: Bombshells #1  --  59,253           [61,985]
09/2015: Bombshells #2  --  37,136 (- 39.8%) [37,306]
10/2015: Bombshells #3  --  32,147 (- 11.7%) [32,939]
11/2015: Bombshells #4  --  27,239 (- 17.3%)
11/2015: Bombshells #5  --  25,335 (-  7.0%)
12/2015: Bombshells #6  --  23,679 (-  6.5%)
12/2015: Bombshells #7  --  23,014 (-  2.8%)
01/2016: Bombshells #8  --  21,904 (-  4.8%)
02/2016: Bombshells #9  --  20,349 (-  7.1%)
03/2016: Bombshells #10 --  19,820 (-  2.6%)
04/2016: Bombshells #11 --  18,859 (-  4.8%)
05/2016: Bombshells #12 --  18,512 (-  1.8%)
05/2016: Bombshells #13 --  18,046 (-  2.5%)
----------------
6 months: - 30.5%

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104 - SUPERMAN: LOIS AND CLARK ($3.99)
10/2015: Lois & Clark #1 -- 35,009           [35,991]
11/2015: Lois & Clark #2 -- 22,898 (- 36.4%)
12/2015: Lois & Clark #3 -- 21,630 (-  5.5%)
01/2016: Lois & Clark #4 -- 23,766 (+  9.9%)
02/2016: Lois & Clark #5 -- 22,775 (-  4.2%)
03/2016: Lois & Clark #6 -- 17,846 (- 21.6%)
04/2016: Lois & Clark #7 -- 20,172 (+ 13.0%)
05/2016: Lois & Clark #8 -- 18,284 (-  9.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 20.2%

Final issue. Wonder if there will be a run on these in back issues or digital now that this Superman is starring in the Rebirth?

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105 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE COLLECTORS' EDITION ($12.99)
12/2015: Dark Knight III Coll #1 of 8 -- 24,005
01/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #2 of 8 -- 19,367 (- 19.3%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #3 of 8 -- 19,445 (+  0.4%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #4 of 8 -- 18,226 (-  6.3%)

Tracking these separately from the main title, since they're such a different beast.

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106 - BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99)
05/2012: Unlimited #4      -- 24,356
05/2013: Unlimited #16     -- 15,822
05/2014: Universe #10      -- 13,869
------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Batman Beyond #1  -- 59,151 (+303.9%) [53,362]
07/2015: Batman Beyond #2  -- 35,000 (- 34.4%) [35,238]
08/2015: Batman Beyond #3  -- 30,806 (- 12.0%) [31,276]
09/2015: Batman Beyond #4  -- 31,202 (+  1.3%) [31,518]
10/2015: Batman Beyond #5  -- 29,409 (-  5.7%) [29,626]
11/2015: Batman Beyond #6  -- 27,778 (-  5.5%)
12/2015: Batman Beyond #7  -- 21,946 (- 21.0%)
01/2016: Batman Beyond #8  -- 20,342 (-  7.3%)
02/2016: Batman Beyond #9  -- 19,449 (-  4.4%)
03/2016: Batman Beyond #10 -- 21,578 (+ 10.9%)
04/2016: Batman Beyond #11 -- 18,061 (- 16.3%)
05/2016: Batman Beyond #12 -- 18,133 (+  0.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 34.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : + 30.7%

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109 - SWAMP THING ($2.99)
05/2006: Swamp Thing #27     --  7,795
05/2012: Swamp Thing #9      -- 39,385
05/2013: Swamp Thing #20     -- 27,338
05/2014: Swamp Thing #31     -- 18,249
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05/2015: --
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: Swamp Thing #1 of 6 -- 29,048 (+ 81.9%)
02/2016: Swamp Thing #2 of 6 -- 21,453 (- 26.1%)
03/2016: Swamp Thing #3 of 6 -- 20,309 (-  5.3%)
04/2016: Swamp Thing #4 of 6 -- 18,814 (-  7.4%)
05/2016: Swamp Thing #5 of 6 -- 18,021 (-  4.2%)
----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : -  1.2%
10 years: +131.2%

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111 - EARTH 2: SOCIETY ($2.99)
05/2012: Earth 2 #1     -- 95,742 [102,490]
05/2013: Earth 2 #12    -- 43,983
05/2014: Earth 2 #23    -- 34,531  [35,006]
---------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: E2 Society #1  -- 45,102 (+ 52.6%) [41,763]
07/2015: E2 Society #2  -- 31,663 (- 23.2%) [32,074]
08/2015: E2 Society #3  -- 28,381 (- 10.6%) [28,671]
09/2015: E2 Society #4  -- 25,443 (- 11.3%)
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%)
01/2015: E2 Society #8  -- 19,682 (-  6.5%)
02/2015: E2 Society #9  -- 18,868 (-  4.1%)
03/2015: E2 Society #10 -- 18,391 (-  2.5%)
04/2015: E2 Society #11 -- 17,844 (-  3.0%)
05/2015: E2 Society #12 -- 17,492 (-  2.0%)
----------------
6 months: - 20.3%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 50.0%

Hey, remember when the debut issue of the New 52 Earth 2 sold over 100K? Good times.

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112 - TITANS HUNT ($3.99)
10/2015: Titans Hunt #1 of 12 -- 31,037           [32,768]
11/2015: Titans Hunt #2 of 12 -- 22,466 (- 31.4%)
12/2015: Titans Hunt #3 of 12 -- 20,918 (-  6.9%)
01/2016: Titans Hunt #4 of 8  -- 23,578 (+ 12.7%)
02/2016: Titans Hunt #5 of 8  -- 22,678 (-  3.8%)
03/2016: Titans Hunt #6 of 8  -- 18,493 (- 18.5%)
04/2016: Titans Hunt #7 of 8  -- 20,079 (+  8.6%)
05/2016: Titans Hunt #8 of 8  -- 17,412 (- 13.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.5%

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121, 172 - ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL (Digital First) ($2.99)
05/2016: Adv Supergirl #1 of 6 -- 16,704
05/2016: Adv Supergirl #2 of 6 -- 11,494 (- 31.2%)

Originally DC was going to go straight to trade with this digital first series and bypass the physical floppies all together. But something changed their minds.

Anyway, Arrow Season 2.5 debuted at about this level (actually a bit higher), and by the end at issue #12 had fallen to half that. So probably a good thing that this is only slated for six issues. If it turns out to be a decent seller as floppies, they can always go on to make more.

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122, 129 - THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2016: Legend of WW #1 of 9 -- 25,047
02/2016: Legend of WW #2 of 9 -- 16,816 (- 32.9%)
03/2016: Legend of WW #3 of 9 -- 16,497 (-  1.9%)
04/2016: Legend of WW #4 of 9 -- 16,488 (-  0.1%)
05/2016: Legend of WW #5 of 9 -- 16,583 (+  0.6%)
05/2016: Legend of WW #6 of 9 -- 15,924 (-  4.0%)

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124 - RED HOOD/ARSENAL ($2.99)
05/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #9  -- 37,974
05/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #20 -- 35,542
05/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #31 -- 21,257
-----------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #1    -- 44,078 (+137.3%) [40,597]
07/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #2    -- 26,829 (- 33.9%)
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%)
01/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #8    -- 22,900 (- 11.2%)
02/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #9    -- 22,341 (-  2.4%)
03/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #10   -- 17,707 (- 20.7%)
04/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #11   -- 19,711 (+ 11.3%)
05/2015: Red Hood/Arsenal #12   -- 16,402 (- 16.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 17.4%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 22.8%

Final issue. Without an f.o.v., sales dip below those of the final issue of Red Hood and the Outlaws, which this title is morphing back into at some point during Rebirth. Because for whatever reason DC just can't seem to let this title go.

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125 - STARFIRE ($2.99)
06/2015: Starfire #1  -- 50,928           [52,638]
07/2015: Starfire #2  -- 33,659 (- 34.7%) [34,389]
08/2015: Starfire #3  -- 30,207 (-  9.7%) [31,052]
09/2015: Starfire #4  -- 30,485 (-  0.4%) [30,930]
10/2015: Starfire #5  -- 28,714 (-  6.2%) [29,021]
11/2015: Starfire #6  -- 27,941 (-  3.7%)
12/2015: Starfire #7  -- 21,230 (- 23.9%)
01/2016: Starfire #8  -- 24,378 (+ 14.7%)
02/2016: Starfire #9  -- 22,918 (-  6.0%)
03/2016: Starfire #10 -- 18,044 (- 21.3%)
04/2016: Starfire #11 -- 20,131 (+ 11.6%)
05/2016: Starfire #12 -- 16,361 (- 18.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 41.4%

Final issue for the former Outlaw.

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127 - CATWOMAN ($2.99)
05/2006: Catwoman #55   -- 30,184 
05/2012: Catwoman #9    -- 49,726
05/2013: Catwoman #20   -- 26,886
05/2014: Catwoman #31   -- 20,144
---------------------------------
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%)
01/2016: Catwoman #48   -- 14,408 (-  4.2%)
02/2016: Catwoman #49   -- 13,659 (-  5.2%)
03/2016: Catwoman #50   -- 14,260 (+  4.4%)
04/2016: Catwoman #51   -- 13,150 (-  7.8%)
05/2016: Catwoman #52   -- 16,146 (+ 22.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 25.5%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 19.8%
10 years: - 46.5%

Final issue. Catwoman was the lowest-selling New 52 launch title to make it all the way to issue number fifty-two. There are no Rebirth plans, though I'd suspect at some point in the next five years or so DC will revisit this title.

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130 - CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER ($2.99)
05/2006: Hellblazer #220    -- 14,161
05/2011: Hellblazer #279    --  9,454
05/2012: Hellblazer #291    --  9,426
05/2013: Constantine #3     -- 29,106
05/2014: Constantine #14    -- 17,422
-------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: The Hellblazer #1  -- 41,888 (+177.6%) [40,335]
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%)
01/2016: The Hellblazer #8  -- 17,853 (-  4.0%)
02/2016: The Hellblazer #9  -- 17,178 (-  3.8%)
03/2016: The Hellblazer #10 -- 16,755 (-  2.5%)
04/2016: The Hellblazer #11 -- 16,248 (-  3.0%)
05/2016: The Hellblazer #12 -- 15,904 (-  2.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 17.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : -  8.7%
5 years : + 68.2%
10 years: + 12.3%

Penultimate issue.

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135 - SINESTRO ($2.99)
05/2014: Sinestro #2  -- 34,640  [36,343]
-------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Sinestro #12 -- 28,848 (-  0.0%) [29,156]
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%)
01/2016: Sinestro #19 -- 20,535 (+ 19.5%)
02/2016: Sinestro #20 -- 20,199 (-  1.6%)
03/2016: Sinestro #21 -- 15,928 (- 21.1%)
04/2016: Sinestro #22 -- 18,191 (+ 14.2%)
05/2016: Sinestro #23 -- 15,430 (- 15.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 30.9%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 57.5%

Final issue.

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147 - WE ARE ROBIN ($3.99)
06/2015: We Are Robin #1  -- 57,137           [49,597]
07/2015: We Are Robin #2  -- 31,209 (- 34.1%) [32,668]
08/2015: We Are Robin #3  -- 26,830 (- 17.9%)
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%)
01/2015: We Are Robin #8  -- 12,086 (- 19.8%) [22,593]
02/2015: We Are Robin #9  -- 21,323 (-  5.6%)
03/2015: We Are Robin #10 -- 16,412 (- 23.0%)
04/2015: We Are Robin #11 -- 17,655 (+  7.6%)
05/2015: We Are Robin #12 -- 14,204 (- 19.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 26.1%

Final issue.

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149, 151 - INJUSTICE: YEAR FIVE (Digital-First) ($2.99)
05/2013: Injustice #5     -- 25,215
05/2014: Injustice Y2 #5  -- 19,834
-----------------------------------
05/2015: Injustice Y4 #1  -- 17,958 (+ 17.2%)
05/2015: Injustice Y4 #2  -- 15,653 (- 12.8%)
06/2015: Injustice Y4 #3  -- 15,982 (+  2.1%)
06/2015: Injustice Y4 #4  -- 15,493 (-  3.1%)
07/2015: Injustice Y4 #5  -- 15,905 (+  2.7%)
07/2015: Injustice Y4 #6  -- 15,556 (-  2.2%)
08/2015: Injustice Y4 #7  -- 15,559 (+  0.0%)
08/2015: Injustice Y4 #8  -- 15,269 (-  1.9%)
09/2015: Injustice Y4 #9  -- 15,414 (+  0.9%)
09/2015: Injustice Y4 #10 -- 16,243 (+  5.4%)
10/2015: Injustice Y4 #11 -- 14,992 (-  7.7%)
10/2015: Injustice Y4 #12 -- 14,848 (-  1.0%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: Injustice Y5 #1  -- 17,049 (+ 14.8%)
01/2016: Injustice Y5 #2  -- 14,787 (- 13.3%)
02/2016: Injustice Y5 #3  -- 14,263 (-  3.5%)
02/2016: Injustice Y5 #4  -- 13,918 (-  2.4%)
03/2016: Injustice Y5 #5  -- 14,094 (+  1.3%)
03/2016: Injustice Y5 #6  -- 13,599 (-  3.5%)
04/2016: Injustice Y5 #7  -- 13,823 (+  1.6%)
04/2016: Injustice Y5 #8  -- 13,560 (-  1.9%)
05/2016: Injustice Y5 #9  -- 13,539 (-  0.2%)
05/2016: Injustice Y5 #10 -- 13,332 (-  1.5%)
----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : - 20.1%
2 years : - 32.3%

This is the final 'year' of Injustice, but with a sequel video game announced I'd expect there to be a companion comic series so Injustice probably won't be gone for long.

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155 - SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED: DEADSHOT/KATANA ($4.99)
01/2016: Deadshot/Katana #1 of 6 -- 21,642
02/2016: Deadshot/Katana #2 of 6 -- 16,529 (- 23.6%)
03/2016: Deadshot/Katana #3 of 6 -- 14,585 (- 11.8%)
04/2016: Deadshot/Katana #4 of 6 -- 13,452 (-  7.8%)
05/2016: Deadshot/Katana #5 of 6 -- 12,725 (-  5.4%)

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156 - MARTIAN MANHUNTER ($2.99)
06/2015: Martian Manhunter #1  -- 40,239 (+ 66.8%) [37,003]
07/2015: Martian Manhunter #2  -- 24,957 (- 32.6%)
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%)
01/2016: Martian Manhunter #8  -- 18,655 (+ 16.9%)
02/2016: Martian Manhunter #9  -- 17,938 (-  3.8%)
03/2016: Martian Manhunter #10 -- 13,761 (- 23.3%)
04/2016: Martian Manhunter #11 -- 15,269 (+ 11.0%)
05/2016: Martian Manhunter #12 -- 12,555 (- 17.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 26.3%

Final issue.

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158 - CYBORG ($2.99)
07/2015: Cyborg #1  -- 45,187           [47,357]
08/2015: Cyborg #2  -- 29,167 (- 35.5%) [30,229]
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%)
01/2016: Cyborg #7  -- 18,975 (+  6.2%)
02/2016: Cyborg #8  -- 18,092 (-  4.7%)
03/2016: Cyborg #9  -- 13,578 (- 25.0%)
04/2016: Cyborg #10 -- 15,256 (+ 12.4%)
05/2016: Cyborg #11 -- 12,425 (- 18.6%)
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.

Penultimate issue (though it's getting Rebirthed).

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159 - GOTHAM ACADEMY ($2.99)
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%)
01/2016: Gotham Academy #14 -- 15,023 (- 34.5%)
02/2016: Gotham Academy #15 -- 14,334 (-  4.6%)
03/2016: Gotham Academy #16 -- 13,363 (-  6.8%)
04/2016: Gotham Academy #17 -- 12,743 (-  4.6%)
05/2016: Gotham Academy #18 -- 12,410 (-  2.6%)
----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.

Final issue, though it's coming back post-Rebirth as GA: Second Semester. And in the meantime Boom! is publishing a crossover series with their popular Lumberjanes.

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161 - SECRET SIX ($2.99)
05/2006: Secret Six #1 of 6 -- 54,961  [57,395]
05/2011: Secret Six #33     -- 19,733
---------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Secret Six #3      -- 28,458 (+  7.1%) [28,999]
07/2015: Secret Six #4      -- 22,813 (- 19.8%)
08/2015: Secret Six #5      -- 30,418 (+ 33.3%) [30,884]
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%)
01/2016: Secret Six #10     -- 13,888 (-  5.3%)
02/2016: Secret Six #11     -- 13,160 (-  5.2%)
03/2016: Secret Six #12     -- 12,772 (-  2.9%)
04/2016: Secret Six #13     -- 12,437 (-  2.6%)
05/2016: Secret Six #14     -- 12,118 (-  2.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.2%
1 year  :    n.a.
5 years : - 38.6%
10 years: - 78.9%

Final issue.

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171 - JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 ($2.99)
05/2014: Justice League 3K #6   -- 25,738
-----------------------------------------
05/2015: --
06/2015: Justice League 3K1 #1  -- 35,391 (+ 76.7%) [29,332]
07/2015: Justice League 3K1 #2  -- 21,301 (- 27.4%)
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%)
01/2016: Justice League 3K1 #8  -- 13,283 (-  5.0%)
02/2016: Justice League 3K1 #9  -- 12,919 (-  2.7%)
03/2016: Justice League 3K1 #10 -- 12,455 (-  3.6%)
04/2016: Justice League 3K1 #11 -- 11,960 (-  4.0%)
05/2016: Justice League 3K1 #12 -- 11,623 (-  2.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 20.7%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 54.8%

Final issue.

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174 - LEGENDS OF TOMORROW ($7.99)
03/2016: Legends of Tomorrow #1 -- 18,753
04/2016: Legends of Tomorrow #2 -- 12,728 (- 32.1%)
05/2016: Legends of Tomorrow #3 -- 11,354 (- 10.8%)

Technically wasn't announced as a mini-series, but it's only lasting six issues. For all the obvious reasons.

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180 - BATMAN '66 MEETS THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (Digital-First) ($2.99)
12/2015: Batman 66/UNCLE #1 of 6 -- 17,363 (- 15.4%)
01/2016: Batman 66/UNCLE #2 of 6 -- 13,940 (- 19.7%)
02/2016: Batman 66/UNCLE #3 of 6 -- 12,824 (-  8.0%)
03/2016: Batman 66/UNCLE #4 of 6 -- 11,945 (-  6.9%)
04/2016: Batman 66/UNCLE #5 of 6 -- 11,187 (-  6.3%)
05/2016: Batman 66/UNCLE #6 of 6 -- 11,060 (-  1.1%)

Next up is a crossover with The Avengers.

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184 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
05/2006: Lucifer #75 -- 10,395
------------------------------
12/2015: Lucifer #1  -- 17,306 (+ 57.2%)
01/2016: Lucifer #2  -- 12,497 (- 27.8%)
02/2016: Lucifer #3  -- 11,614 (-  7.1%)
03/2016: Lucifer #4  -- 11,450 (-  1.4%)
04/2016: Lucifer #5  -- 11,049 (-  3.5%)
05/2016: Lucifer #6  -- 10,701 (-  3.1%)
-----------------
10 years: +  2.9%

The top-selling Vertigo title for May.

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193 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
05/2006: --
05/2011: --
05/2012: --
05/2013: --
05/2014: Astro City #12    -- 13,795 (- 0.8%)
----------------------------------
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%)
01/2016: Astro City #31  -- 10,351 (- 1.2%)
02/2016: Astro City #32  -- 10,187 (- 1.6%)
03/2016: Astro City #33  -- 10,125 (- 0.6%)
04/2016: Astro City #34  -- 10,120 (- 0.0%)
05/2016: Astro City #35  --  9,996 (- 1.2%)
-----------------
6 months: -  7.0%
1 year  : - 10.9%
2 years : - 27.5%
5 years :    n.a.
10 years:    n.a.

Astro City finally falls below the 10K sales line (though just barely).

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197 - MIDNIGHTER ($2.99)
06/2015: Midnighter #1  -- 35,420 (+221.8%) [31,915]
07/2015: Midnighter #2  -- 19,812 (- 37.9%)
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%)
01/2016: Midnighter #8  -- 10,408 (-  7.6%)
02/2016: Midnighter #9  -- 10,428 (+  0.2%)
03/2016: Midnighter #10 --  9,803 (-  6.0%)
04/2016: Midnighter #11 --  9,435 (-  3.5%)
05/2016: Midnighter #12 --  9,354 (-  0.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 23.2%

Final issue.

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200 - DOCTOR FATE ($2.99)
06/2015: Doctor Fate #1  -- 39,558           [34,514]
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%)
01/2016: Doctor Fate #8  -- 11,109 (-  7.1%)
02/2016: Doctor Fate #9  -- 10,437 (-  6.0%)
03/2016: Doctor Fate #10 --  9,780 (-  6.0%)
04/2016: Doctor Fate #11 --  9,257 (-  5.3%)
05/2016: Doctor Fate #12 --  9,168 (-  1.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 30.0%

Ending with issue #16. I'm pretty sure. The solicitation text wasn't entirely clear; it didn't say 'Final issue,' but 'climatic concluding chapter' sure sounds like it's the end…

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204 - BLOODLINES ($2.99)
04/2016: Bloodlines #1 of 6 -- 14,941
05/2016: Bloodlines #2 of 6 --  8,959 (- 40.0%)

Oh, this is going to get ugly before it's done…

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208 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4  --  8,159
-----------------------------------------
05/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #10 --  6,566 (-  3.2%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #11 --  6,809 (+  3.7%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #12 -- 15,426 (+126.7%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #13 --  8,008 (- 48.1%)
12/2015: --
01/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #14 --  7,214 (-  9.9%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #15 --  8,092 (+ 12.2%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16 --  8,400 (+  3.8%)
-----------------
6 months: +  4.9%
1 Year  : + 27.9%
2 Years : +  3.0%

Teaming up with Shazam!

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208 - THE OMEGA MEN ($2.99)
06/2015: Omega Men #1  -- 33,174           [28,446] *
07/2015: Omega Men #2  -- 17,093 (- 39.9%)
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%)
01/2016: Omega Men #8  --  8,864 (-  4.2%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: Omega Men #9  --  8,727 (-  1.5%)
03/2016: Omega Men #10 --  8,366 (-  4.1%)
04/2016: Omega Men #11 --  8,281 (-  1.0%)
05/2016: Omega Men #12 --  8,218 (-  0.8%)
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6 months: - 15.4%

Final issue. For real this time.

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Now comes the sadness that is Vertigo…

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253 - 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%)
01/2015: Clean Room #4 --  7,572 (-  6.2%)
02/2016: Clean Room #5 --  7,020 (-  7.3%)
03/2016: Clean Room #6 --  6,832 (-  2.7%)
04/2016: Clean Room #7 --  6,518 (-  4.6%)
05/2016: Clean Room #8 --  6,394 (-  1.9%)
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6 months: - 31.6%

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274 - THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #1 of 8 -- 10,234
01/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #2 of 8 --  7,063 (- 31.0%)
02/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #3 of 8 --  6,385 (-  9.6%)
03/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #4 of 8 --  6,007 (-  5.9%)
04/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #5 of 8 --  5,810 (-  3.3%)
05/2015: Sheriff of Babylon #6 of 8 --  5,615 (-  3.4%)

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284 - SUICIDERS: KINGS OF HELL.A. (Vertigo) ($3.99)
05/2015: Suiciders #4           --  9,316 (-  5.8%)
06/2015: Suiciders #5           --  8,731 (-  6.3%)
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: Suiciders #6           --  8,546 (-  2.1%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: Kings of HelLA #1 of 6 --  8,563 (+  0.2%)
04/2016: Kings of HelLA #2 of 6 --  6,123 (- 28.5%)
05/2016: Kings of HelLA #3 of 6 --  5,375 (- 12.2%)
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : - 42.3%

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297 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
05/2006: Scooby-Doo #108               -- 4,496
05/2011: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #9  -- 4,838
05/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #21 -- 5,269
05/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #33 -- ?????
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #45 -- 4,840
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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) 
01/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #65 -- 4,906  
02/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #66 -- 4,867 (- 0.8%)  
03/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #67 -- 4,940 (+ 1.5%)  
04/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #68 -- 4,892 (- 1.0%)  
05/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #69 -- 5,040 (+ 3.0%)  
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6 months: -  3.4%
1 year  : +  5.1%
2 years : +  4.1%
5 years : +  4.2%
10 years: + 12.1%

Okay, this isn't a Vertigo title. But it's selling better than all of those below…

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+300 - UNFOLLOW (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015: Unfollow #1  -- 10,740
12/2015: Unfollow #2  --  7,082 (- 34.1%)
01/2016: Unfollow #3  --  6,510 (-  8.1%)
02/2016: Unfollow #4  --  5,667 (- 12.9%)
03/2016: Unfollow #5  --  5,149 (-  9.1%)
04/2016: Unfollow #6  --  4,815 (-  6.5%)
05/2016: Unfollow #7  --  ????? (< 4,986)
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6 months:   ????%


+300 - THE DARK AND BLOODY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2016: Dark & Bloody #1 of 6 -- 8,622
03/2016: Dark & Bloody #2 of 6 -- 5,679 (- 34.1%)
04/2016: Dark & Bloody #3 of 6 -- 4,757 (- 16.2%)
04/2016: Dark & Bloody #4 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,986)

+300 - 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%)
01/2016: Art Ops #4 --  5,772 (- 14.8%)
02/2016: Art Ops #5 --  5,297 (-  8.2%)
03/2016: Art Ops #6 --  4,908 (-  7.3%)
04/2016: Art Ops #7 --  4,564 (-  7.3%)
05/2016: Art Ops #8 --  ????? (< 4,986)
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6 months:   ????%

+300 - 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%)
01/2016: Survivors' Club #4 --  5,731 (- 14.1%)
02/2016: Survivors' Club #5 --  5,221 (-  8.9%)
03/2016: Survivors' Club #6 --  4,862 (-  6.9%)
04/2016: Survivors' Club #7 --  4,516 (-  7.1%)
05/2016: Survivors' Club #8 --  ????? (< 4,986)
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6 months:   ????%

+300 - RED THORN (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2015: Red Thorn #1  -- 11,335
12/2015: Red Thorn #2  --  6,799 (- 40.0%)
01/2016: Red Thorn #3  --  5,802 (- 14.7%)
02/2016: Red Thorn #4  --  4,867 (- 16.1%)
03/2016: Red Thorn #5  --  4,482 (-  7.9%)
04/2016: Red Thorn #6  --  ????? (< 4,309)
04/2016: Red Thorn #7  --  ????? (< 4,986)
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6 months:   ????%

+300 - NEW ROMANCER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015: New Romancer #1 of 6 -- 8,639
01/2016: New Romancer #2 of 6 -- 5,655 (- 34.5%)
02/2016: New Romancer #3 of 6 -- 3,999 (- 29.3%)
03/2016: New Romancer #4 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,269)
04/2016: New Romancer #5 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,309)
05/2016: New Romancer #6 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,986)

+300 - LAST GANG IN TOWN (Vertigo) ($3.99)
12/2015: Last Gang in Town #1 of 6 -- 8,396
01/2016: Last Gang in Town #2 of 6 -- 4,750 (- 43.4%)
02/2016: Last Gang in Town #3 of 6 -- 3,772 (- 20.6%)
03/2016: Last Gang in Town #4 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,269)
04/2016: Last Gang in Town #5 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,309)
05/2016: Last Gang in Town #6 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,986)

A whopping seven Vertigo titles don't make the Top 300 this month, which must be a record.


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Average Periodical Sales (not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, and magazines; based on first-month sales only.)

DC COMICS
05/2006: 44,554
05/2011: 24,561
05/2012: 38,708
05/2013: 31,412
05/2014: 31,764
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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%)**
01/2016: 21,845 (- 22.2%)**
02/2016: 24,611 (+ 12.7%)**
03/2016: 22,620 (-  9.6%)**
04/2016: 23,187 (+  2.5%)**
05/2016: 24,532 (+  5.8%)**
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6 months: - 20.2%
1 year  : - 21.5%
2 years : - 22.8%
5 years : -  0.1%
10 years: - 44.9%


DC UNIVERSE
05/2006: 59,505
05/2011: 27,745
05/2012: 35,264
05/2013: 32,015
05/2014: 39,555 
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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%)
01/2016: 27,664 (- 20.1%)
02/2016: 31,503 (+ 13.9%)
03/2016: 28,621 (-  9.1%)
04/2016: 30,003 (+  4.8%)
05/2016: 29,927 (-  0.3%)
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6 months: - 22.1%
1 year  : - 29.8%
2 years : - 24.3%
5 years : +  7.9%
10 years: - 49.7%


VERTIGO
05/2006: 15,266
05/2011: 10,668
05/2012: 11,102
05/2013: 20,860
05/2014: 11,778 
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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%)**
01/2016:  6,832 (- 20.5%)**
02/2016:  6,274 (-  8.2%)**
03/2016:  6,039 (-  3.7%)**
04/2016:  5,649 (-  6.5%)**
05/2016:  5,734 (+  1.5%)**
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6 months: - 41.4%
1 year  : - 46.0%
2 years : - 51.3%
5 years : - 46.3%
10 years: - 62.4%


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6 month comparisons
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+ 30.1% - Superman
+ 13.2% - Action Comics
+ 10.6% - Harley Quinn & Her Gang (HQ & Power Girl)
+  4.9% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
-  3.4% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
-  4.2% - Detective Comics
-  5.2% - Batman
-  7.0% - Astro City
-  8.1% - Flash
-  9.7% - Superman/Wonder Woman
- 13.6% - Batman/Superman
- 13.9% - Wonder Woman
- 14.3% - Aquaman
- 15.4% - The Omega Men
- 15.7% - Green Lantern
- 15.7% - Green Arrow
- 16.5% - Grayson
- 17.4% - Red Hood/Arsenal
- 17.7% - Constantine the Hellblazer
- 20.2% - Superman Lois & Clark
- 20.3% - Earth 2 Society
- 20.7% - Justice League 3001
- 21.2% - Secret Six
- 22.5% - Titans Hunt
- 23.2% - Midnighter
- 25.3% - Harley Quinn
- 25.5% - Catwoman
- 26.1% - We Are Robin
- 26.3% - Martian Manhunter
- 29.5% - New Suicide Squad
- 30.0% - Doctor Fate
- 30.5% - DC Comics Bombshells
- 30.9% - Sinestro
- 31.6% - Clean Room
- 34.7% - Batman Beyond
- 35.3% - Deathstroke
- 37.5% - Robin, Son of Batman
- 38.7% - Superman American Alien
- 41.4% - Starfire


1 year comparisons
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+ 27.9% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
+  5.1% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
- 10.9% - Astro City
- 20.1% - Injustice
- 42.3% - Suiciders


2 year comparisons
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+ 30.7% - Batman Beyond
+ 21.3% - Superman
+ 17.9% - Justice League
+  6.2% - Suicide Squad
+  4.1% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
+  3.0% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
-  1.2% - Swamp Thing
-  3.2% - Wonder Woman
-  5.3% - Flash
-  6.5% - Batman
-  8.7% - Constantine
- 12.3% - Action Comics
- 12.4% - Green Arrow
- 15.5% - Batgirl
- 19.8% - Catwoman
- 20.7% - Detective Comics
- 22.8% - Red Hood/Arsenal (Red Hood & the Outlaws)
- 25.3% - Green Lantern
- 27.5% - Astro City
- 30.6% - Aquaman
- 32.3% - Injustice
- 34.3% - Harley Quinn
- 35.6% - Green Lantern Corps
- 38.6% - Batman/Superman
- 45.6% - Superman/Wonder Woman
- 50.0% - Earth 2
- 54.8% - Justice League 3001 (JL3K)
- 57.5% - Sinestro


5 year comparisons
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+ 85.5% - Batman
+ 68.2% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 41.2% - Superman
+ 16.2% - Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
+ 11.0% - Detective Comics
+ 10.2% - Batgirl
+  4.2% - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
-  8.0% - Action Comics
- 24.8% - Teen Titans
- 35.2% - Green Arrow
- 38.6% - Flash
- 38.6% - Secret Six
- 56.3% - Green Lantern
- 69.3% - Green Lantern Corps


10 year comparisons
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+131.2% - Swamp Thing
+ 30.3% - Batman
+ 12.3% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 12.1% - Scooby-Doo
+  2.9% - Lucifer
- 22.9% - Superman
- 31.8% - Aquaman
- 33.2% - Detective Comics
- 35.2% - Action Comics
- 40.9% - Grayson (Nightwing)
- 45.8% - Robin
- 46.5% - Catwoman
- 47.5% - Green Arrow
- 58.3% - Green Lantern
- 72.6% - Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
- 74.3% - Teen Titans
- 78.9% - Secret Six


Sales Indices
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DCU: Average: 29,927. Median: 19,629. No.: 50. Total: 1,496,341

7.9 - DC Universe Rebirth
3.4 - Batman
3.1 - Justice League
2.2 - Batman/TMNT
1.8 - Superman
1.5 - Detective Comics
1.5 - Harley Quinn
1.4 - Action Comics
1.3 - Harley Quinn & Gang
1.1 - Flash (51)
1.1 - Batman/Superman
1.1 - Green Lantern
1.1 - Flash (52)
1.0 - Wonder Woman
1.0 - Superman/Wonder Woman
0.9 - Batgirl
0.9 - Superman American Alien
0.8 - Grayson
0.8 - New Suicide Squad
0.7 - Robin, Son of Batman
0.7 - Aquaman
0.7 - Poison Ivy Cycle
0.7 - Superman Coming of Supermen
0.7 - Deathstroke
0.7 - Green Arrow
0.6 - Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion
0.6 - Teen Titans
0.6 - Superman Lois & Clark
0.6 - Dark Knight III Collectors' Edition
0.6 - Batman Beyond
0.6 - Swamp Thing
0.6 - Earth 2 Sociey
0.6 - Titans Hunt
0.5 - Red Hood/Arsenal
0.5 - Starfie
0.5 - Catwoman
0.5 - Constantine the Hellblazer
0.5 - Sinestro
0.5 - We Are Robin
0.4 - Suicide Squad Most Wanted
0.4 - Martian Manhunter
0.4 - Cyborg
0.4 - Gotham Academy
0.4 - Secret Six
0.4 - Justice League 3001
0.4 - Legends of Tomorrow
0.3 - Midnighter
0.3 - Doctor Fate
0.3 - Bloodlines
0.3 - The Omega Men


Vertigo: Average: 5,734**. Median: 4,786**. No.: 12. Total: 68,813**

1.9 - Lucifer
1.7 - Astro City
1.1 - Clean Room
1.0 - Sheriff of Babylon
0.9 - Suiciders: HelL.A.
0.8 - Unfollow **
0.8 - Dark & Bloody **
0.8 - Art Ops **
0.8 - Survivors' Club **
0.8 - Red Thorn **
0.7 - New Romancer **
0.7 - Last Gang in Town **


Digital First & Other: Average: 20,850. Median: 14,732. No.: 12. Total: 250,198

3.3 - Scooby Apocalypse
2.3 - Future Quest
0.9 - DC Comics Bombshells (12)
0.9 - DC Comics Bombshells (13)
0.8 - Adventures of Supergirl (1)
0.8 - Legend of Wonder Woman
0.6 - Injustice Year Five (9)
0.6 - Injustice Year Five (10)
0.6 - Adventures of Supergirl (2)
0.5 - Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.2 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?



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The Fine Print (Disclaimers, et cetera)
The numbers above are estimates for comic-book sales in the North American direct market, as calculated by ICv2.com according to the chart and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.
ICv2.com‘s estimates are somewhat lower than the actual numbers, but they are consistent from month to month, so the trends they show are fairly accurate. Since it’s a “month-to-month” column, the comments, unless otherwise noted, are on the most recent month.
Bear in mind that the figures measure sales of physical comics to retailers, not customers. Also, these numbers do not include sales to bookstores, newsstands, other mass-market retail chains or the United Kingdom. Re-orders are included, so long as they either reached stores in a book’s initial calendar month of release or were strong enough to make the chart again in a subsequent month; or they show up in the year-end Top 1000. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily even intended to be sold to a customer.
If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a book’s initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. “[36,599]“). Likewise, any lower numbers due to returns or other factors returns will also be reflected in the brackets. Should more than one issue have shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term comparisons, the average between them will be used.
Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it's a different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.
Titles released under the All-Ages line and magazines, such as Mad, mostly sell through channels other than the direct market, so direct-market sales don’t tell us much about their performance. For most Vertigo titles, collection sales tend to be a significant factor, so the numbers for those books should be taken with a grain of salt as well. 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 chart in that month. In those cases, it’s assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, the Association for Professional Basketball Research, or my former neighbor's dog Miles.
The author of this column does weekly snapshots of Amazon comic sales charts at http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/ and tweets about comics and related subjects on Twitter at @davereadscomics (PM me there is you need to contact me).
As always, we welcome your comments and corrections below. Please try to keep things civilized.