DC moved a total of 2.71 million comics through Diamond-NA in March over 89 different titles, up about 50K from the previous month (though on seven more titles), and more than one million more than March 2016.
Did you know that, in addition to doing these month-by-month DC and Image columns at The Beat, your humble columnist also does sales chart columns here on Yet Another Comics Blog? I've been doing weekly snapshots of Amazon comics best sellers for several years, and just recently I've started a monthly look at the sales of DC's Rebirth collected editions (here's the one for March). Check them out!
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.
(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 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE ($5.99) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Dark Knight III #4 of 8 -- 143,055 (- 5.1%) 05/2016: -- 06/2016: Dark Knight III #5 of 8 -- 139,919 (- 2.2%) 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Dark Knight III #6 of 8 -- 133,642 (- 4.5%) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Dark Knight III #7 of 9 -- 119,114 (- 10.9%) 01/2017: -- 02/2017: -- 03/2017: Dark Knight III #8 of 9 -- 107,892 (- 9.4%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : n.a.DK3 is DC's top seller and at $6 its top moneymaker for March, but I think it's fair to say that the multiple delays have taken a bit of a toll on the sales figures. But DC have added an extra issue to the end of the series (currently scheduled for May, but yeah we'll see) and the collected edition(s) will no doubt sell for years to come, so I don't think anyone is too sad.
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3, 4 - BATMAN ($2.99) 03/2007: Batman #664 -- 80,497 [82,107] 03/2012: Batman #7 -- 131,091 03/2013: Batman #18 -- 137,893 03/2014: Batman #29 -- 116,926 [119,745] 03/2015: -- ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Batman #50 -- 163,406 (+ 67.7%) [172,256] 04/2016: Batman #51 -- 101,922 (- 40.8%) 05/2016: Batman #52 -- 102,197 (+ 0.3%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 219,788 (+124.3%) [229,267] 06/2016: Batman #1 -- 308,396 (+ 44.9%) [332,281] 07/2016: Batman #2 -- 194,816 (- 41.4%) 07/2016: Batman #3 -- 185,833 (- 4.6%) 08/2016: Batman #4 -- 168,284 (- 9.4%) 08/2016: Batman #5 -- 156,356 (- 7.1%) 09/2016: Batman #6 -- 138,853 (- 11.2%) 09/2016: Batman #7 -- 135,585 (- 2.4%) 10/2016: Batman #8 -- 129,837 (- 4.2%) 10/2016: Batman #9 -- 126,090 (- 2.9%) 11/2016: Batman #10 -- 120,901 (- 4.1%) 11/2016: Batman #11 -- 116,690 (- 3.5%) 12/2016: Batman #12 -- 111,391 (- 4.5%) 12/2016: Batman #13 -- 108,407 (- 2.7%) 01/2017: Batman #14 -- 106,816 (- 1.5%) 01/2017: Batman #15 -- 102,802 (- 3.8%) 02/2017: Batman #16 -- 102,096 (- 0.7%) 02/2017: Batman #17 -- 99,637 (- 2.4%) 03/2017: Batman #18 -- 98,100 (- 1.5%) 03/2017: Batman #19 -- 97,501 (- 0.6%) ----------------- 6 months: - 28.7% 1 year : - 43.2% 2 years : n.a. 5 years : - 25.4% 10 years: + 19.1%If you were hoping tat last month's dip below 100K was an aberration, March is here to tell you that sub-100K is the new normal for Batman. But on the bright side the percentage drops, like most of the twice-monthly Rebirth books this month, are quite mild. And next month "The Button" crossover and its lenticular covers will show up to give a sales boost.
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8 - ALL STAR BATMAN ($4.99) 03/2007: -- --------------------------------------- 08/2016: All Star Batman #1 -- 318,283 (+238.5%) 09/2016: All Star Batman #2 -- 151,523 (- 52.4%) 10/2016: All Star Batman #3 -- 117,596 (- 22.4%) 11/2016: All Star Batman #4 -- 99,064 (- 15.8%) 12/2016: All Star Batman #5 -- 87,422 (- 11.8%) 01/2017: All Star Batman #6 -- 84,296 (- 3.8%) 02/2017: All Star Batman #7 -- 77,096 (- 8.5%) 03/2017: All Star Batman #8 -- 71,809 (- 6.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 52.6% 10 years: n.a.ASB is still dropping though, losing another 5K+ copies this month. It's hard to be too upset with a monthly $5 book selling at this level, but I'm sure DC would like things to stabilize soon please, okay?
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10, 11 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99) 03/2012: Justice League #7 -- 136,436 03/2013: Justice League #18 -- 102,494 03/2014: -- 03/2015: -- -------------------------------------- 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Justice League #49 -- 71,131 (- 2.2%) 05/2016: Justice League #50 -- 92,423 (+ 29.9%) [100,106] 06/2016: Justice League #51 -- 70,059 (- 30.0%) 06/2016: Justice League #52 -- 72,413 (+ 3.4%) 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,402 (+178.4%) [201,613] 07/2016: Justice League #1 -- 230,106 (+ 14.1%) 08/2016: Justice League #2 -- 140,142 (- 39.1%) 08/2016: Justice League #3 -- 121,812 (- 13.1%) 09/2016: Justice League #4 -- 104,003 (- 14.6%) 09/2016: Justice League #5 -- 98,276 (- 5.5%) 10/2016: Justice League #6 -- 89,073 (- 9.4%) 10/2016: Justice League #7 -- 85,789 (- 3.7%) 11/2016: Justice League #8 -- 80,696 (- 5.9%) 11/2016: Justice League #9 -- 77,905 (- 3.5%) 12/2016: Justice League #10 -- 73,652 (- 5.5%) 12/2016: Justice League #11 -- 71,527 (- 2.9%) 01/2017: Justice League #12 -- 72,598 (+ 1.5%) 01/2017: Justice League #13 -- 70,437 (- 3.0%) 02/2017: Justice League #14 -- 65,458 (- 7.1%) 02/2017: Justice League #15 -- 64,230 (- 1.9%) 03/2017: Justice League #16 -- 62,515 (- 2.7%) 03/2017: Justice League #17 -- 61,165 (- 2.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 38.9% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : n.a. 5 years : - 54.7%Odd fact that probably doesn't mean much of anything: This is a first time since 2013 that an issue of Justice League was published in the month of March.
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20 - BATWOMAN ($2.99) 03/2012: Batwoman #7 -- 49,227 03/2013: Batwoman #18 -- 31,381 03/2014: Batwoman #29 -- 19,750 03/2015: Batwoman #40 -- 13,827 -------------------------------- 02/2017: Rebirth #1 -- 57,915 (+318.9%) 03/2017: Batwoman #1 -- 60,334 (+ 4.2%) ----------------- 2 years : +336.3% 5 years : + 22.6%Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation of why this is done.
Like many of the Rebirth titles before it, Batwoman sees a slight increase for the actual #1 issue. And if it follows suit, we'll like see sales for the second issue drop a lot—like around 50%—and Batwoman will have the added disadvantage of a price increase to deal with...
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14, 15 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99) 03/2007: Detective Comics #829 -- 52,943 03/2007: Detective Comics #830 -- 52,395 03/2012: Detective Comics #7 -- 89,981 03/2013: Detective Comics #18 -- 76,237 03/2014: Detective Comics #29 -- 55,486 [55,999] 03/2015: Detective Comics #40 -- 56,126 [56,742] ----------------------------------------- 03/2016: Detective Comics #50 -- 52,373 (+ 15.6%) 04/2016: Detective Comics #51 -- 43,190 (- 17.5%) 05/2016: Detective Comics #52 -- 43,961 (+ 1.8%) 06/2016: Detective Comics #934 -- 106,239 (+176.0%) [121,314] 06/2016: Detective Comics #935 -- 103,417 (- 6.9%) [112,965] 07/2016: Detective Comics #936 -- 110,689 (- 2.0%) 07/2016: Detective Comics #937 -- 101,389 (- 8.4%) 08/2016: Detective Comics #938 -- 97,829 (- 3.5%) 08/2016: Detective Comics #939 -- 89,612 (- 8.4%) 09/2016: Detective Comics #940 -- 80,897 (- 9.7%) 09/2016: Detective Comics #941 -- 82,953 (+ 2.5%) 10/2016: Detective Comics #942 -- 81,432 (- 1.8%) 10/2016: Detective Comics #943 -- 74,340 (- 8.7%) 11/2016: Detective Comics #944 -- 71,923 (- 3.3%) 11/2016: Detective Comics #945 -- 69,942 (- 2.8%) 12/2016: Detective Comics #946 -- 66,374 (- 5.1%) 12/2016: Detective Comics #947 -- 65,090 (- 1.9%) 01/2017: Detective Comics #948 -- 64,090 (- 1.5%) 01/2017: Detective Comics #949 -- 61,543 (- 4.0%) 02/2017: Detective Comics #950 -- 62,628 (+ 1.8%) 02/2017: Detective Comics #951 -- 59,630 (- 4.8%) 03/2017: Detective Comics #952 -- 59,722 (+ 0.2%) 03/2017: Detective Comics #953 -- 59,160 (- 0.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 27.4% 1 year : + 13.5% 2 years : + 4.8% 5 years : - 33.9% 10 years: + 12.9%Stabilizing? Too early to tell, but a month with nearly flat sales is always a good thing these days.
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21, 25 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99) 03/2007: JL of America #6 -- 130,099 [131,754] 03/2013: JL of America #1 -- 307,734 [326,959] 03/2014: JL of America #13 -- 54,349 [54,814] -------------------------------------- 03/2016: JL of America #8 -- 45,500 (- 4.9%) 04/2016: -- 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: JL of America #9 -- 44,700 (- 1.8%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: -- 11/2016: JL of America #10 -- 39,766 (- 11.0%) 12/2016: -- 01/2017: Atom Rebirth #1 -- 29,639 (- 25.5%) 01/2017: Vixen Rebirth #1 -- 29,435 (- 0.7%) 01/2017: The Ray Rebirth #1 -- 27,749 (- 5.7%) 01/2017: K Frost Rebirth #1 -- 29,932 (+ 7.9%) 02/2017: JLA Rebirth #1 -- 80,737 (+ 59.0%) 02/2017: JL of America #1 -- 102,843 (+ 27.4%) 03/2017: JL of America #2 -- 58,684 (- 42.9%) 03/2017: JL of America #3 -- 53,354 (- 9.1%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : + 23.1% 10 years: - 57.5%Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation of why this is done.
See what I mean? Already tracking below the previous three iterations of JLA. Maybe because people are realizing that this is really Batman and the Outsiders with a Justice League name attached?
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16, 17 - SUPERMAN ($2.99) 03/2007: Superman #660 -- 57,169 03/2012: Superman #7 -- 66,588 03/2013: Superman #17 -- 49,666 03/2014: Superman #29 -- 33,633 [33,517] 03/2015: Superman #39 -- 50,260 [51,637] ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Superman #50 -- 91,396 (+151.7%) 04/2016: Superman #51 -- 38,103 (- 58.3%) 05/2016: Superman #52 -- 54,317 (+ 67.9%) [63,989] 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 130,277 (+115.7%) [138,031] 06/2016: Superman #1 -- 115,918 (- 4.3%) [132,050] 07/2016: Superman #2 -- 112,148 (- 15.1%) 07/2016: Superman #3 -- 107,367 (- 4.3%) 08/2016: Superman #4 -- 96,969 (- 9.7%) 08/2016: Superman #5 -- 89,473 (- 7.7%) 09/2016: Superman #6 -- 76,124 (- 14.9%) 09/2016: Superman #7 -- 72,867 (- 4.3%) 10/2016: Superman #8 -- 69,905 (- 4.1%) 10/2016: Superman #9 -- 67,321 (- 3.7%) 11/2016: Superman #10 -- 66,956 (- 0.5%) 11/2016: Superman #11 -- 63,686 (- 4.9%) 12/2016: Superman #12 -- 60,992 (- 4.2%) 12/2016: Superman #13 -- 59,393 (- 2.6%) 01/2017: Superman #14 -- 60,409 (+ 1.7%) 01/2017: Superman #15 -- 57,412 (- 5.0%) 02/2017: Superman #16 -- 56,105 (- 2.3%) 02/2017: Superman #17 -- 54,561 (- 2.8%) 03/2017: Superman #18 -- 57,879 (+ 6.1%) 03/2017: Superman #19 -- 56,439 (- 2.5%) ----------------- 6 months: - 23.3% 1 year : - 37.5% 2 years : + 10.7% 5 years : - 14.2% 10 years: - 0.0%Parts 1 & 3 of the "Superman: Reborn" crossover with Action Comics this month, which tied in to the Rebirth über-plot. Frankly I was expecting more of a sales boost.
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18, 20 - FLASH ($2.99) 03/2007: Flash FMA #10 -- 46,133 03/2012: Flash #7 -- 64,975 03/2013: Flash #18 -- 41,659 03/2014: Flash #29 -- 33,241 03/2015: Flash #40 -- 38,382 --------------------------------- 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Flash #50 -- 35,160 (+ 2.2%) 05/2016: Flash #51 -- 33,878 (- 3.6%) 05/2016: Flash #52 -- 32,831 (- 3.1%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 98,580 (+275.0%) [123,115] 06/2016: Flash #1 -- 110,431 (+ 2.7%) [126,429] 07/2016: Flash #2 -- 113,639 (- 10.1%) 07/2016: Flash #3 -- 107,067 (- 5.8%) 08/2016: Flash #4 -- 102,208 (- 4.5%) 08/2016: Flash #5 -- 91,830 (- 10.2%) 09/2016: Flash #6 -- 82,930 (- 9.7%) 09/2016: Flash #7 -- 78,057 (- 5.9%) 10/2016: Flash #8 -- 76,749 (- 1.7%) 10/2016: Flash #9 -- 74,311 (- 3.2%) 11/2016: Flash #10 -- 70,681 (- 4.9%) 11/2016: Flash #11 -- 68,304 (- 3.4%) 12/2016: Flash #12 -- 64,476 (- 5.6%) 12/2016: Flash #13 -- 62,800 (- 2.6%) 01/2017: Flash #14 -- 60,732 (- 3.3%) 01/2017: Flash #15 -- 58,402 (- 3.8%) 02/2017: Flash #16 -- 57,039 (- 2.3%) 02/2017: Flash #17 -- 55,234 (- 3.2%) 03/2017: Flash #18 -- 54,959 (- 0.5%) 03/2017: Flash #19 -- 53,918 (- 1.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 32.4% 1 year : n.a. 2 years : + 41.8% 5 years : - 16.2% 10 years: + 18.0%The percentage drops, like most of the twice-monthly Rebirth books this month, are quite mild. And next month "The Button" crossover and its lenticular covers will show up to give a sales boost.
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30 - SUPER SONS ($2.99) 02/2017: Super Sons #1 -- 99,380 03/2017: Super Sons #2 -- 51,723 (- 48.0%)Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation of why this is done.
Launching big and then dropping quickly has been a pattern with the second-tier Superman titles during Rebirth.
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26, 32 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99) 03/2007: Wonder Woman #5 -- 64,414 03/2007: Wonder Woman #6 -- 62,458 03/2012: Wonder Woman #7 -- 51,314 03/2013: Wonder Woman #18 -- 38,406 03/2014: Wonder Woman #29 -- 30,989 [31,852] 03/2015: -- ------------------------------------- 03/2016: Wonder Woman #50 -- 36,328 (+ 2.6%) 04/2016: Wonder Woman #51 -- 29,787 (- 18.0%) 05/2016: Wonder Woman #52 -- 29,673 (- 0.4%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 103,904 (+316.6%) [123,624] 06/2016: Wonder Woman #1 -- 118,511 (+ 5.5%) [130,381] 07/2016: Wonder Woman #2 -- 114,135 (- 12.5%) 07/2016: Wonder Woman #3 -- 103,912 (- 9.0%) 08/2016: Wonder Woman #4 -- 93,862 (- 9.7%) 08/2016: Wonder Woman #5 -- 85,646 (- 8.8%) 09/2016: Wonder Woman #6 -- 74,856 (- 12.6%) 09/2016: Wonder Woman #7 -- 70,118 (- 6.3%) 10/2016: Wonder Woman #8 -- 66,405 (- 5.3%) 10/2016: Wonder Woman #9 -- 64,555 (- 2.8%) 11/2016: Wonder Woman #10 -- 60,185 (- 5.8%) 11/2016: Wonder Woman #11 -- 58,692 (- 3.5%) 12/2016: Wonder Woman #12 -- 55,639 (- 5.2%) 12/2016: Wonder Woman #13 -- 54,589 (- 1.9%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #14 -- 52,784 (- 3.3%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #15 -- 50,978 (- 3.4%) 02/2017: Wonder Woman #16 -- 49,921 (- 2.1%) 02/2017: Wonder Woman #17 -- 48,662 (- 2.5%) 03/2017: Wonder Woman #18 -- 47,484 (- 2.4%) 03/2017: Wonder Woman #19 -- 46,745 (- 1.6%) ----------------- 6 months: - 35.0% 1 year : + 29.7% 2 years : n.a. 5 years : - 8.2% 10 years: - 25.7%Still doing relatively well for a Wonder Woman series at this stage of the game. Will the movie (due out in early June) have any affect on the sales of the comic single issues? History says its not likely, but who knows...?
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35, 38 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99/$2.99) 03/2007: Action Comics #847 -- 64,679 03/2012: Action Comics #7 -- 91,822 03/2013: Action Comics #18 -- 61,879 03/2014: Action Comics #29 -- 34,231 [34,532] 03/2015: Action Comics #40 -- 38,216 [39,451] -------------------------------------- 03/2016: Action Comics #50 -- 40,025 (+ 27.1%) 04/2016: Action Comics #51 -- 32,167 (- 19.6%) 05/2016: Action Comics #52 -- 40,623 (+ 26.3%) 06/2016: Action Comics #957 -- 82,884 (+136.1%) [95,893] 06/2016: Action Comics #958 -- 83,227 (- 4.6%) [91,462] 07/2016: Action Comics #959 -- 91,671 (+ 0.2%) 07/2016: Action Comics #960 -- 83,281 (- 9.2%) 08/2016: Action Comics #961 -- 79,003 (- 5.1%) 08/2016: Action Comics #962 -- 70,761 (- 10.4%) 09/2016: Action Comics #963 -- 60,824 (- 14.0%) 09/2016: Action Comics #964 -- 58,439 (- 3.9%) 10/2016: Action Comics #965 -- 55,678 (- 4.7%) 10/2016: Action Comics #966 -- 53,467 (- 4.0%) 11/2016: Action Comics #967 -- 50,611 (- 5.3%) 11/2016: Action Comics #968 -- 48,931 (- 3.3%) 12/2016: Action Comics #969 -- 46,573 (- 4.8%) 12/2016: Action Comics #970 -- 45,856 (- 1.5%) 01/2017: Action Comics #971 -- 44,894 (- 2.1%) 01/2017: Action Comics #972 -- 43,110 (- 4.0%) 02/2017: Action Comics #973 -- 43,047 (- 0.1%) 02/2017: Action Comics #974 -- 41,712 (- 3.1%) 03/2017: Action Comics #975 -- 47,382 (+ 13.6%) 03/2017: Action Comics #976 -- 46,846 (- 1.1%) ----------------- 6 months: - 21.0% 1 year : + 17.7% 2 years : + 19.4% 5 years : - 48.7% 10 years: - 27.2%Parts 2 & 4 of the "Superman: Reborn" crossover with Superman this month, which tied in to the Rebirth über-plot, and the parts that contained the big revelations. Frankly I was expecting more of a sales boost. (Issue #975 was over-sized and -priced.)
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35, 38 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99) 03/2012: Suicide Squad #7 -- 32,908 03/2013: Suicide Squad #18 -- 25,232 03/2014: Suicide Squad #29 -- 22,162 03/2015: New Suicide Squad #8 -- 30,443 [31,882] ----------------------------------------- 03/2016: New Suicide Squad #18 -- 28,243 (+ 19.2%) 04/2016: New Suicide Squad #19 -- 23,799 (- 15.7%) 05/2016: New Suicide Squad #20 -- 23,425 (- 1.6%) 06/2016: New Suicide Squad #21 -- 23,887 (+ 2.0%) 07/2016: New Suicide Squad #22 -- 25,162 (+ 5.3%) 08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,587 (+677.3%) 08/2016: Suicide Squad #1 -- 239,439 (+ 22.4%) 09/2016: Suicide Squad #2 -- 98,533 (- 58.8%) 09/2016: Suicide Squad #3 -- 90,885 (- 7.8%) 10/2016: Suicide Squad #4 -- 76,324 (- 16.0%) 10/2016: Suicide Squad #5 -- 69,819 (- 8.5%) 11/2016: Suicide Squad #6 -- 61,973 (- 11.2%) 11/2016: Suicide Squad #7 -- 59,452 (- 4.1%) 12/2016: Suicide Squad #8 -- 59,967 (+ 0.9%) 01/2017: Suicide Squad #9 -- 54,010 (- 9.9%) 01/2017: Suicide Squad #10 -- 53,649 (- 0.7%) 02/2017: Suicide Squad #11 -- 48,723 (- 9.2%) 02/2017: Suicide Squad #12 -- 46,860 (- 3.8%) 03/2017: Suicide Squad #13 -- 45,064 (- 3.8%) 03/2017: Suicide Squad #14 -- 43,388 (- 3.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 53.3% 1 year : + 56.6% 2 years : + 38.7% 5 years : + 34.4%Dropping a bit more quickly than most of the other maturing Rebirth titles as it searches for its post-Jim Lee level.
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39, 41 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99) 03/2014: Harley Quinn #4 -- 63,120 [73,968] 03/2015: Harley Quinn #15 -- 66,904 [68,445] ------------------------------------ 03/2016: Harley Quinn #26 -- 51,420 (- 0.1%) 04/2016: Harley Quinn #27 -- 54,864 (+ 6.7%) 05/2016: Harley Quinn #28 -- 43,858 (- 20.1%) 06/2016: Harley Quinn #29 -- 55,774 (+ 27.2%) 07/2016: Harley Quinn #30 -- 45,443 (- 18.5%) 08/2016: Harley Quinn #1 -- 395,953 (+784.9%) [402,106] 08/2016: Harley Quinn #2 -- 128,316 (- 68.1%) 09/2016: Harley Quinn #3 -- 89,799 (- 30.0%) 09/2016: Harley Quinn #4 -- 81,046 (- 9.7%) 10/2016: Harley Quinn #5 -- 69,237 (- 14.6%) 10/2016: Harley Quinn #6 -- 64,710 (- 6.5%) 11/2016: Harley Quinn #7 -- 56,878 (- 12.1%) 11/2016: Harley Quinn #8 -- 54,111 (- 4.9%) 12/2016: Harley Quinn #9 -- 49,871 (- 4.9%) 12/2016: Harley Quinn #10 -- 48,380 (- 4.9%) 01/2017: Harley Quinn #11 -- 47,308 (- 2.2%) 01/2017: Harley Quinn #12 -- 45,599 (- 3.6%) 02/2017: Harley Quinn #13 -- 45,400 (- 0.4%) 02/2017: Harley Quinn #14 -- 43,798 (- 3.5%) 03/2017: Harley Quinn #15 -- 43,264 (- 1.2%) 03/2017: Harley Quinn #16 -- 42,797 (- 1.1%) ----------------- 6 months: - 49.6% 1 year : - 16.3% 2 years : - 37.2%---
42 - TITANS ($2.99) 03/2016: Titans Hunt #6 of 8 -- 18,493 (- 18.5%) 04/2016: Titans Hunt #7 of 8 -- 20,079 (+ 8.6%) 05/2016: Titans Hunt #8 of 8 -- 17,412 (- 13.3%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 79,295 (+477.8%) [100,610] 07/2016: Titans #1 -- 112,676 (+ 12.0%) 08/2016: Titans #2 -- 80,079 (- 28.9%) 09/2016: Titans #3 -- 70,673 (- 11.7%) 10/2016: Titans #4 -- 58,342 (- 17.4%) 11/2016: Titans #5 -- 52,511 (- 10.0%) 12/2016: Titans #6 -- 48,612 (- 7.4%) 01/2017: Titans #7 -- 46,998 (- 3.3%) 02/2017: Titans #8 -- 44,028 (- 6.3%) 03/2017: Titans #9 -- 42,557 (- 3.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 39.8% 1 year : +130.1%Titans is the top-selling of the mature Rebirth monthlies, which could mean that the twice-monthlies selling below it on the chart could be targeted for demotion to monthly.
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46, 47 - NIGHTWING ($2.99) 03/2007: Nightwing #130 -- 31,788 03/2012: Nightwing #7 -- 50,489 03/2013: Nightwing #18 -- 48,223 [53,978] 03/2014: Nightwing #29 -- 36,814 [37,679] 03/2015: Grayson #8 -- 40,859 [41,911] ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Grayson #18 -- 33,550 (+ 10.9%) 04/2016: Grayson #19 -- 27,378 (- 18.4%) 05/2016: Grayson #20 -- 23,762 (- 13.2%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 140,631 (+491.8%) 07/2016: Nightwing #1 -- 126,266 (- 10.2%) 08/2016: Nightwing #2 -- 102,444 (- 18.9%) 08/2016: Nightwing #3 -- 89,711 (- 12.4%) 09/2016: Nightwing #4 -- 70,652 (- 21.2%) 09/2016: Nightwing #5 -- 76,932 (+ 8.9%) 10/2016: Nightwing #6 -- 69,246 (- 10.0%) 10/2016: Nightwing #7 -- 58,402 (- 15.7%) 11/2016: Nightwing #8 -- 56,091 (- 4.0%) 11/2016: Nightwing #9 -- 52,984 (- 5.5%) 12/2016: Nightwing #10 -- 49,436 (- 6.7%) 12/2016: Nightwing #11 -- 47,781 (- 3.3%) 01/2017: Nightwing #12 -- 46,057 (- 3.6%) 01/2017: Nightwing #13 -- 44,462 (- 3.5%) 02/2017: Nightwing #14 -- 42,656 (- 4.1%) 02/2017: Nightwing #15 -- 41,423 (- 2.9%) 03/2017: Nightwing #16 -- 40,289 (- 2.7%) 03/2017: Nightwing #17 -- 39,467 (- 2.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 46.0% 1 year : + 18.9% 2 years : - 2.4% 5 years : - 21.0% 10 years: + 25.4%Drops below 40K for the first time in the Rebirth era. If you're wondering, the lowest that the New 52 Nightwing's first-month sales ever hit (before being relaunched as Grayson) was 36,814, which at the rate Nightwing is going it'll be at in a couple of months.
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49 - TRINITY ($2.99) 09/2016: Trinity #1 -- 103,177 (+217.3%) 10/2016: Trinity #2 -- 71,617 (- 30.6%) 11/2016: Trinity #3 -- 58,253 (- 18.7%) 12/2016: Trinity #4 -- 50,270 (- 13.7%) 01/2017: Trinity #5 -- 46,204 (- 8.1%) 02/2017: Trinity #6 -- 42,001 (- 9.1%) 03/2017: Trinity #7 -- 39,380 (- 6.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 61.8%Superman + Batman + Wonder Woman at under 40K? Could it be that there's just too much Superman and too much Batman and too much Wonder Woman already?
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66 - THE WILD STORM ($3.99) 02/2017: The Wild Storm #1 -- 54,442 03/2017: The Wild Storm #2 -- 37,818 (- 30.5%)Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the Diamond-reported numbers. Plenty of variant covers too.
A 30% drop off from the first to the second issue is fully in line with expectations, so no worries here.
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55 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99) 03/2007: Teen Titans #44 -- 61,572 03/2012: Teen Titans #7 -- 51,402 03/2013: Teen Titans #18 -- 42,055 03/2014: Teen Titans #29 -- 25,969 03/2015: Teen Titans #8 -- 38,363 [39,993] ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Teen Titans #18 -- 23,056 (- 2.2%) 04/2016: Teen Titans #19 -- 21,989 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Teen Titans #20 -- 18,593 (- 15.4%) 06/2016: Teen Titans #21 -- 18,766 (+ 0.9%) 07/2016: Teen Titans #22 -- 19,005 (+ 1.3%) 08/2016: Teen Titans #23 -- 19,118 (+ 0.6%) 09/2016: Teen Titans #24 -- 19,540 (+ 2.2%) 09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 93,411 (+378.0%) 10/2016: Teen Titans #1 -- 71,459 (- 23.5%) 11/2016: Teen Titans #2 -- 52,877 (- 26.0%) 12/2016: Teen Titans #3 -- 44,116 (- 16.6%) 01/2017: Teen Titans #4 -- 41,304 (- 6.4%) 02/2017: Teen Titans #5 -- 39,028 (- 5.5%) 03/2017: Teen Titans #6 -- 37,572 (- 3.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 33.5% 1 year : + 63.0% 2 years : - 6.1% 5 years : - 26.9% 10 years: - 39.0%---
58, 61 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99) 03/2007: Green Lantern Corps #10 -- 34,227 03/2012: Green Lantern Corps #7 -- 48,692 03/2013: Green Lantern Corps #18 -- 44,215 03/2014: Green Lantern Corps #29 -- 27,754 03/2015: Green Lantern Corps #40 -- 29,412 [30,029] -------------------------------------------- 03/2016: Edge of Oblivion #3 of 6 -- 20,096 (- 5.5%) 04/2016: Edge of Oblivion #4 of 6 -- 19,434 (- 3.3%) 05/2016: Edge of Oblivion #5 of 6 -- 18,699 (- 3.8%) 06/2016: Edge of Oblivion #6 of 6 -- 18,459 (- 1.3%) 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 125,362 (+579.1%) 07/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #1 -- 119,579 (- 4.6%) 08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #2 -- 85,769 (- 28.3%) 08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #3 -- 71,211 (- 17.0%) 09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #4 -- 60,297 (- 15.3%) 09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #5 -- 56,029 (- 7.1%) 10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #6 -- 49,988 (- 10.8%) 10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #7 -- 48,064 (- 3.8%) 11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #8 -- 45,194 (- 6.0%) 11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #9 -- 43,486 (- 3.8%) 12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #10 -- 41,234 (- 5.2%) 12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #11 -- 40,111 (- 2.7%) 01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #12 -- 39,148 (- 2.4%) 01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #13 -- 38,053 (- 2.8%) 02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #14 -- 37,504 (- 1.4%) 02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #15 -- 36,331 (- 3.1%) 03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #16 -- 35,996 (- 0.9%) 03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #17 -- 35,205 (- 2.2%) ---------------- 6 months: - 38.8% 1 year : + 77.2% 2 years : + 18.6% 5 years : - 26.9% 10 years: + 4.0%
59, 60 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99) 03/2007: Green Lantern #18 -- 61,661 03/2012: Green Lantern #7 -- 90,232 03/2013: Green Lantern #18 -- 69,801 03/2014: Green Lantern #29 -- 45,797 [45,970] 03/2015: Green Lantern #40 -- 42,334 [43,232] -------------------------------------- 03/2016: Green Lantern #50 -- 36,242 (+ 2.9%) 04/2016: Green Lantern #51 -- 32,862 (- 9.3%) 05/2016: Green Lantern #52 -- 32,936 (+ 0.2%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,454 (+232.2%) 06/2016: Green Lanterns #1 -- 93,401 (- 1.5%) [107,767] 07/2016: Green Lanterns #2 -- 90,268 (- 16.2%) 07/2016: Green Lanterns #3 -- 86,579 (- 4.1%) 08/2016: Green Lanterns #4 -- 78,254 (- 9.6%) 08/2016: Green Lanterns #5 -- 70,677 (- 9.7%) 09/2016: Green Lanterns #6 -- 58,346 (- 17.4%) 09/2016: Green Lanterns #7 -- 55,367 (- 5.1%) 10/2016: Green Lanterns #8 -- 52,025 (- 6.0%) 10/2016: Green Lanterns #9 -- 49,434 (- 5.0%) 11/2016: Green Lanterns #10 -- 46,306 (- 6.3%) 11/2016: Green Lanterns #11 -- 44,703 (- 3.5%) 12/2016: Green Lanterns #12 -- 42,241 (- 5.5%) 12/2016: Green Lanterns #13 -- 41,090 (- 2.7%) 01/2017: Green Lanterns #14 -- 39,854 (- 3.0%) 01/2017: Green Lanterns #15 -- 38,571 (- 3.2%) 02/2017: Green Lanterns #16 -- 37,845 (- 1.9%) 02/2017: Green Lanterns #17 -- 36,636 (- 3.2%) 03/2017: Green Lanterns #18 -- 35,824 (- 2.2%) 03/2017: Green Lanterns #19 -- 35,368 (- 1.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 37.4% 1 year : - 1.8% 2 years : - 17.7% 5 years : - 60.6% 10 years: - 42.3%The four Green Lantern comics come in right next to each other on the chart.
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64 - TITANS ANNUAL ($4.99) 07/2011: Titans Annual #1 -- 18,013 03/2017: Titans Annual #1 -- 34,878 (+ 93.6%)A five Wednesday Month means Annuals! None are setting the world on fire, but this year's iteration of a Titans Annual is a far cry better than the last time it had one (back in the waning pre-New 52 days). It sells 8K fewer units than the regular title, but at a higher cover price it brings in a lot more dollars (dollar rank 30 for the Annual, compared to 65 for the regular issue).
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72, 75 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99) 03/2007: Green Arrow #72 -- 31,144 03/2012: Green Arrow #7 -- 29,004 03/2013: Green Arrow #18 -- 28,080 03/2014: Green Arrow #29 -- 23,698 03/2015: Green Arrow #40 -- 19,792 ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Green Arrow #50 -- 22,977 (+ 4.0%) 04/2016: Green Arrow #51 -- 21,168 (- 7.9%) 05/2016: Green Arrow #52 -- 20,559 (- 2.9%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 89,936 (+373.0%) [97,243] 06/2016: Green Arrow #1 -- 76,816 (- 4.4%) [92,931] 07/2016: Green Arrow #2 -- 80,134 (- 13.8%) 07/2016: Green Arrow #3 -- 80,150 (+ 0.0%) 08/2016: Green Arrow #4 -- 74,335 (- 7.3%) 08/2016: Green Arrow #5 -- 69,530 (- 6.5%) 09/2016: Green Arrow #6 -- 55,330 (- 20.4%) 09/2016: Green Arrow #7 -- 52,794 (- 4.6%) 10/2016: Green Arrow #8 -- 49,904 (- 7.4%) 10/2016: Green Arrow #9 -- 46,606 (- 4.7%) 11/2016: Green Arrow #10 -- 43,355 (- 7.0%) 11/2016: Green Arrow #11 -- 41,576 (- 4.1%) 12/2016: Green Arrow #12 -- 38,515 (- 7.4%) 12/2016: Green Arrow #13 -- 37,365 (- 3.0%) 01/2017: Green Arrow #14 -- 35,733 (- 4.4%) 01/2017: Green Arrow #15 -- 34,590 (- 3.2%) 02/2017: Green Arrow #16 -- 33,371 (- 3.5%) 02/2017: Green Arrow #17 -- 32,392 (- 2.9%) 03/2017: Green Arrow #18 -- 31,838 (- 1.7%) 03/2017: Green Arrow #19 -- 30,984 (- 2.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 41.9% 1 year : + 36.7% 2 years : + 58.7% 5 years : + 8.3% 10 years: + 0.9%---
74 - HARLEY'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK ($4.99) 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Harley's LBB #3 -- 41,444 (- 8.0%) 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: Harley's LBB #4 -- 38,545 (- 7.0%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: -- 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Harley's LBB #5 -- 41,785 (+ 8.4%) 01/2017: -- 02/2017: -- 03/2017: Harley's LBB #6 -- 31,311 (- 25.1%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : n.a.Final issue, as the book's erratic shipping schedule takes a toll. (This issue was originally solicited for October.)
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79, 80 - AQUAMAN ($2.99) 03/2007: Aquaman SoA #50 -- 18,997 03/2012: Aquaman #7 -- 62,345 03/2013: Aquaman #18 -- 53,337 03/2014: Aquaman #29 -- 33,907 [34,331] 03/2015: Aquaman #40 -- 32,404 [33,941] ---------------------------------- 03/2016: Aquaman #50 -- 24,487 (+ 4.0%) 04/2016: Aquaman #51 -- 21,959 (- 10.3%) 05/2016: Aquaman #52 -- 22,246 (+ 1.3%) 06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 75,206 (+308.3%) [90,841] 06/2016: Aquaman #1 -- 84,745 (+ 2.8%) [93,339] 07/2016: Aquaman #2 -- 77,550 (- 16.9%) 07/2016: Aquaman #3 -- 75,196 (- 3.0%) 08/2016: Aquaman #4 -- 67,641 (- 10.0%) 08/2016: Aquaman #5 -- 60,422 (- 10.7%) 09/2016: Aquaman #6 -- 49,903 (- 17.4%) 09/2016: Aquaman #7 -- 47,005 (- 5.8%) 10/2016: Aquaman #8 -- 44,551 (- 5.2%) 10/2016: Aquaman #9 -- 42,695 (- 4.2%) 11/2016: Aquaman #10 -- 39,816 (- 6.7%) 11/2016: Aquaman #11 -- 38,109 (- 4.3%) 12/2016: Aquaman #12 -- 35,571 (- 6.7%) 12/2016: Aquaman #13 -- 34,619 (- 2.7%) 01/2017: Aquaman #14 -- 33,377 (- 3.6%) 01/2017: Aquaman #15 -- 32,424 (- 2.9%) 02/2017: Aquaman #16 -- 31,408 (- 3.1%) 02/2017: Aquaman #17 -- 30,584 (- 2.6%) 03/2017: Aquaman #18 -- 30,044 (- 1.8%) 03/2017: Aquaman #19 -- 29,279 (- 2.5%) ----------------- 6 months: - 38.8% 1 year : + 21.1% 2 years : - 12.6% 5 years : - 52.4% 10 years: + 56.1%Switching to monthly in July, so we have a pretty good idea on where the dividing line is for the trigger being pulled: around 30K.
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85 - JUSTICE LEAGUE/POWER RANGERS ($3.99) 01/2017: JL/Power Rangers #1 of 6 -- 86,589 [93,443] 02/2017: JL/Power Rangers #2 of 6 -- 32,835 (- 64.9%) 03/2017: JL/Power Rangers #3 of 6 -- 28,254 (- 14.0%)A much softer drop for the third issue.
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87 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($2.99) 03/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 38,630 03/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #18 -- 37,731 [42,901] 03/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #29 -- 22,316 03/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #40 -- 17,110 ----------------------------------------- 03/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #10 -- 17,707 (- 20.7%) 04/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #11 -- 19,711 (+ 11.3%) 05/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #12 -- 16,402 (- 16.8%) 06/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #13 -- 16,389 (- 0.1%) 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 97,722 (+496.3%) 08/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #1 -- 92,234 (- 5.6%) 09/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #2 -- 54,937 (- 40.4%) 10/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #3 -- 41,971 (- 23.6%) 11/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #4 -- 36,740 (- 12.5%) 12/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #5 -- 32,860 (- 10.6%) 01/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #6 -- 31,321 (- 4.7%) 02/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 28,753 (- 8.2%) 03/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #8 -- 27,894 (- 3.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 49.2% 1 year : + 57.5% 2 years : + 63.0% 5 years : - 27.8%---
93 - BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99) 03/2012: Unlimited #2 -- 23,570 03/2013: Unlimited #14 -- 16,456 03/2014: Universe #8 -- 14,097 03/2015: -- ------------------------------------ 03/2016: Batman Beyond #10 -- 21,578 (+ 10.9%) 04/2016: Batman Beyond #11 -- 18,061 (- 16.3%) 05/2016: Batman Beyond #12 -- 18,133 (+ 0.4%) 06/2016: Batman Beyond #13 -- 13,025 (- 28.2%) 07/2016: Batman Beyond #14 -- 18,001 (+ 38.2%) 08/2016: Batman Beyond #15 -- 17,882 (- 0.7%) 09/2016: Batman Beyond #16 -- 17,799 (- 0.5%) 09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 74,722 (+319.8%) 10/2016: Batman Beyond #1 -- 66,591 (- 10.0%) 11/2016: Batman Beyond #2 -- 41,313 (- 38.0%) 12/2016: Batman Beyond #3 -- 32,916 (- 20.3%) 01/2017: Batman Beyond #4 -- 29,767 (- 9.6%) 02/2017: Batman Beyond #5 -- 27,495 (- 7.6%) 03/2017: Batman Beyond #6 -- 26,261 (- 4.5%) ----------------- 6 months: - 43.2% 1 year : + 21.7% 2 years : n.a. 5 years : + 11.4%---
94, 100 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99) 03/2012: Deathstroke #7 -- 19,744 03/2013: Deathstroke #18 -- 12,306 03/2015: Deathstroke #6 -- 31,666 [33,923] ----------------------------------- 03/2016: Deathstroke #16 -- 25,390 (- 4.3%) 04/2016: Deathstroke #17 -- 24,858 (- 2.1%) 05/2016: Deathstroke #18 -- 21,087 (- 15.2%) 06/2016: Deathstroke #19 -- 21,094 (+ 0.0%) 07/2016: Deathstroke #20 -- 20,562 (- 2.5%) 08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,250 (+431.3%) 08/2016: Deathstroke #1 -- 91,962 (- 15.8%) 09/2016: Deathstroke #2 -- 60,877 (- 33.8%) 09/2016: Deathstroke #3 -- 54,908 (- 9.8%) 10/2016: Deathstroke #4 -- 46,773 (- 14.8%) 10/2016: Deathstroke #5 -- 43,058 (- 7.9%) 11/2016: Deathstroke #6 -- 37,177 (- 13.7%) 11/2016: Deathstroke #7 -- 35,782 (- 3.8%) 12/2016: Deathstroke #8 -- 32,530 (- 9.1%) 12/2016: Deathstroke #9 -- 31,519 (- 3.1%) 01/2017: Deathstroke #10 -- 29,864 (- 5.3%) 01/2017: Deathstroke #11 -- 28,625 (- 4.1%) 02/2017: Deathstroke #12 -- 27,226 (- 4.9%) 02/2017: Deathstroke #13 -- 26,328 (- 3.3%) 03/2017: Deathstroke #14 -- 25,493 (- 3.2%) 03/2017: Deathstroke #15 -- 24,746 (- 2.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 56.6% 1 year : - 1.1% 2 years : - 25.9% 5 years : + 27.2%Going monthly in June.
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95 - BATGIRL ($2.99) 03/2012: Batgirl #7 -- 50,791 03/2013: Batgirl #18 -- 51,677 03/2014: Batgirl #29 -- 33,223 [33,648] 03/2015: Batgirl #40 -- 41,729 [43,772] ------------------------------- 03/2016: Batgirl #49 -- 24,730 (- 3.5%) 04/2016: Batgirl #50 -- 34,632 (+ 40.0%) 04/2016: Batgirl #51 -- 23,280 (- 32.8%) 05/2016: Batgirl #52 -- 26,492 (+ 13.8%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Batgirl #1 -- 105,795 (+299.3%) 08/2016: Batgirl #2 -- 68,611 (- 35.1%) 09/2016: Batgirl #3 -- 51,580 (- 24.8%) 10/2016: Batgirl #4 -- 40,778 (- 20.9%) 11/2016: Batgirl #5 -- 35,210 (- 13.7%) 12/2016: Batgirl #6 -- 31,294 (- 11.1%) 01/2017: Batgirl #7 -- 28,712 (- 8.3%) 02/2017: Batgirl #8 -- 26,539 (- 7.6%) 03/2017: Batgirl #9 -- 25,469 (- 4.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 50.6% 1 year : + 3.0% 2 years : - 41.8% 5 years : - 49.9%---
97, 98, 126, 147 - HANNA-BARBERA CROSSOVER SPECIALS ($4.99) 03/2017: Green Lantern/Space Ghost #1 -- 25,149 03/2017: Suicide Squad/Banana Splits #1 -- 24,834 03/2017: Adam Strange/Future Quest #1 -- 18,134 03/2017: Booster Gold/Flintstones #1 -- 14,795At $5 a pop these did decently dollar-wise. Not too surprising that the two specials featuring current DC comic properties did better than the two featuring current HB comic properties.
DC must've been pleased enough in that they have a bunch of specials closing over with Looney Tunes scheduled for June. (Kind of surprised they're not waiting for another five-Wednesday month on those...)
(These are being tracked with 'Other' in the summary statistics at the end of the column.)
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101 - DOOM PATROL (Young Animal) ($3.99) 09/2016: Doom Patrol #1 -- 83,848 (+801.7%) 10/2016: Doom Patrol #2 -- 41,642 (- 50.3%) 11/2016: Doom Patrol #3 -- 33,154 (- 20.4%) 12/2016: -- 01/2017: Doom Patrol #4 -- 26,261 (- 20.8%) 02/2017: -- 03/2017: Doom Patrol #5 -- 24,693 (- 6.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 70.6%Tell the truth: Is anyone really surprised that Doom Patrol has run into scheduling problems?
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103 - SUPERGIRL ($2.99) 03/2007: Supergirl #15 -- 51,083 03/2012: Supergirl #7 -- 37,041 03/2013: Supergirl #18 -- 28,051 03/2014: Supergirl #29 -- 22,883 03/2015: Supergirl #40 -- 26,528 ---------------------------------- 08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 124,088 (+367.8%) 09/2016: Supergirl #1 -- 99,272 (- 20.0%) 10/2016: Supergirl #2 -- 50,261 (- 49.4%) 11/2016: Supergirl #3 -- 37,316 (- 25.8%) 12/2016: Supergirl #4 -- 31,040 (- 16.8%) 01/2017: Supergirl #5 -- 29,030 (- 6.5%) 02/2017: Supergirl #6 -- 26,240 (- 9.6%) 03/2017: Supergirl #7 -- 24,592 (- 6.3%) ----------------- 6 months: - 75.2% 2 years : - 7.3% 5 years : - 33.6% 10 years: - 51.9%Supergirl has fallen nearly 100K from the Rebirth issue.
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106 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($2.99) 03/2007: Birds of Prey #104 -- 28,462 03/2012: Birds of Prey #7 -- 30,376 03/2013: Birds of Prey #18 -- 21,957 03/2014: Birds of Prey #29 -- 16,795 -------------------------------------- 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,066 (+119.0%) 08/2016: Batgirl & BoP #1 -- 83,481 (- 23.5%) 09/2016: Batgirl & BoP #2 -- 54,083 (- 35.2%) 10/2016: Batgirl & BoP #3 -- 40,041 (- 26.0%) 11/2016: Batgirl & BoP #4 -- 33,138 (- 17.2%) 12/2016: Batgirl & BoP #5 -- 28,846 (- 13.0%) 01/2017: Batgirl & BoP #6 -- 26,618 (- 7.7%) 02/2017: Batgirl & BoP #7 -- 24,466 (- 8.1%) 03/2017: Batgirl & BoP #8 -- 22,941 (- 6.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 57.6% 5 years : - 24.5% 10 years: - 19.4%---
110 - BATGIRL ANNUAL ($4.99) 10/2012: Batgirl Annual #1 -- 39,017 04/2014: Batgirl Annual #2 -- 28,715 (- 24.0%) [29,661] 07/2015: Batgirl Annual #3 -- 28,731 (- 0.1%) [29,621] 03/2017: Batgirl Annual #1 -- 22,344 (- 24.6%)About 3K fewer than the main title, but did better than it dollar-wise thanks to the $5 cover price.
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115 - THE HELLBLAZER ($2.99) 03/2007: Hellblazer #229 -- 13,210 03/2012: Hellblazer #289 -- 9,363 03/2013: Constantine #1 -- 37,564 03/2014: Constantine #12 -- 20,051 03/2015: Constantine #23 -- 14,530 ------------------------------------- 03/2016: The Hellblazer #10 -- 16,755 (- 2.5%) 04/2016: The Hellblazer #11 -- 16,248 (- 3.0%) 05/2016: The Hellblazer #12 -- 15,904 (- 2.1%) 06/2016: The Hellblazer #13 -- 15,697 (- 1.3%) 07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 84,404 (+437.7%) 08/2016: The Hellblazer #1 -- 65,707 (- 22.2%) 09/2016: The Hellblazer #2 -- 44,824 (- 31.8%) 10/2016: The Hellblazer #3 -- 33,596 (- 25.0%) 11/2016: The Hellblazer #4 -- 28,882 (- 14.0%) 12/2016: The Hellblazer #5 -- 25,780 (- 10.7%) 01/2017: The Hellblazer #6 -- 23,349 (- 9.4%) 02/2017: The Hellblazer #7 -- 21,450 (- 8.1%) 03/2017: The Hellblazer #8 -- 20,510 (- 4.4%) ----------------- 6 months: - 54.2% 1 year : + 22.4% 2 years : + 41.2% 5 years : +119.1% 10 years: + 55.3%---
122 - SUPERWOMAN ($2.99) 08/2016: Superwoman #1 -- 101,289 09/2016: Superwoman #2 -- 55,480 (- 45.2%) 10/2016: Superwoman #3 -- 40,554 (- 26.9%) 11/2016: Superwoman #4 -- 30,070 (- 25.9%) 12/2016: Superwoman #5 -- 24,761 (- 17.7%) 01/2017: Superwoman #6 -- 23,065 (- 6.8%) 02/2017: Superwoman #7 -- 20,435 (- 11.4%) 03/2017: Superwoman #8 -- 18,857 (- 7.7%) ----------------- 6 months: - 66.0%---
124 - HE-MAN/THUNDERCATS ($3.99) 03/2013: -- 03/2014: He-Man & MotU #11 -- 13,090 03/2015: He-Man Eternity #4 -- 11,746 ---------------------------------------- 03/2016: -- 04/2016: -- 05/2016: -- 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: -- 10/2016: He-Man/T'cats #1 of 6 -- 32,936 (+247.0%) 11/2016: He-Man/T'cats #2 of 6 -- 21,991 (- 33.2%) 12/2016: He-Man/T'cats #3 of 6 -- 19,902 (- 9.5%) 01/2017: He-Man/T'cats #4 of 6 -- 19,115 (- 4.0%) 02/2017: He-Man/T'cats #5 of 6 -- 18,278 (- 4.4%) 03/2017: He-Man/T'cats #6 of 6 -- 18,424 (+ 0.8%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : n.a. 2 years : + 60.5%Will there be more He-Man in DC's future?
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136 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE ($3.99) 05/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #1 -- 69,520 [77,409] 06/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #2 -- 29,812 (- 61.5%) 07/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #3 -- 29,494 (- 1.1%) 08/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #4 -- 28,148 (- 4.6%) 09/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #5 -- 26,170 (- 7.0%) 10/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #6 -- 23,781 (- 9.1%) 11/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #7 -- 21,983 (- 7.6%) 12/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #8 -- 20,126 (- 8.4%) 01/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #9 -- 19,208 (- 4.6%) 02/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #10 -- 17,993 (- 6.3%) 03/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #11 -- 17,281 (- 4.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 34.0%Scooby Apocalypse is the only one of the Hanna-Barbera reimagination titles that is lasting past its twelfth issue.
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149 - FUTURE QUEST ($3.99) 05/2016: Future Quest #1 -- 48,627 [56,756] 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Future Quest #2 -- 30,170 (- 45.9%) 07/2016: Future Quest #3 -- 27,786 (- 9.5%) 08/2016: Future Quest #4 -- 25,472 (- 8.3%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Future Quest #5 -- 23,975 (- 5.9%) 10/2016: Future Quest #6 -- 22,131 (- 7.7%) 11/2016: Future Quest #7 -- 19,910 (- 10.0%) 12/2016: Future Quest #8 -- 18,296 (- 8.1%) 01/2017: Future Quest #9 -- 17,089 (- 6.6%) 02/2017: Future Quest #10 -- 16,246 (- 4.9%) 03/2017: Future Quest #11 -- 15,750 (- 3.1%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a.Penultimate issue.
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150 - NEW SUPER-MAN ($2.99) 07/2016: New Super-Man #1 -- 129,452 08/2016: New Super-Man #2 -- 79,774 (- 38.4%) 09/2016: New Super-Man #3 -- 45,976 (- 42.4%) 10/2016: New Super-Man #4 -- 31,689 (- 31.1%) 11/2016: New Super-Man #5 -- 25,378 (- 19.9%) 12/2016: New Super-Man #6 -- 21,000 (- 17.3%) 01/2017: New Super-Man #7 -- 18,959 (- 9.7%) 02/2017: New Super-Man #8 -- 16,962 (- 10.5%) 03/2017: New Super-Man #9 -- 15,576 (- 8.2%) ----------------- 6 months: - 78.7%---
153 - THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE ($3.99) 01/2017: Kamandi Challenge #1 of 12 -- 23,576 02/2017: Kamandi Challenge #2 of 12 -- 16,650 (- 29.4%) 03/2017: Kamandi Challenge #3 of 12 -- 15,446 (- 7.2%)---
158 - CYBORG ($2.99) 03/2016: Cyborg #9 -- 13,578 (- 25.0%) 04/2016: Cyborg #10 -- 15,256 (+ 12.4%) 05/2016: Cyborg #11 -- 12,425 (- 18.6%) 06/2016: Cyborg #12 -- 12,411 (- 0.1%) 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 70,586 (+468.7%) 09/2016: Cyborg #1 -- 61,908 (- 12.3%) 10/2016: Cyborg #2 -- 41,577 (- 32.8%) 10/2016: Cyborg #3 -- 35,756 (- 14.0%) 11/2016: Cyborg #4 -- 28,303 (- 20.8%) 11/2016: Cyborg #5 -- 25,772 (- 8.9%) 12/2016: Cyborg #6 -- 21,287 (- 17.4%) 12/2016: Cyborg #7 -- 19,788 (- 7.0%) 01/2017: Cyborg #8 -- 18,562 (- 6.2%) 02/2017: Cyborg #9 -- 16,274 (- 12.3%) 03/2017: Cyborg #10 -- 14,977 (- 8.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 77.4% 1 year : + 10.3%---
160 - BLUE BEETLE ($2.99) 03/2007: Blue Beetle #13 -- 17,653 03/2012: Blue Beetle #7 -- 17,780 ---------------------------------- 08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 80,292 (+599.0%) 09/2016: Blue Beetle #1 -- 57,454 (- 28.4%) 10/2016: Blue Beetle #2 -- 36,799 (- 35.9%) 11/2016: Blue Beetle #3 -- 25,300 (- 31.2%) 12/2016: Blue Beetle #4 -- 20,811 (- 17.7%) 01/2017: Blue Beetle #5 -- 18,104 (- 13.0%) 02/2017: Blue Beetle #6 -- 15,906 (- 12.1%) 03/2017: Blue Beetle #7 -- 14,690 (- 7.6%) ----------------- 6 months: - 74.4% 5 years : - 17.4% 10 years: - 16.8%---
162, 181 - MOTHER PANIC (Young Animal) ($3.99) 11/2016: Mother Panic #1 -- 45,089 12/2016: Mother Panic #2 -- 20,506 (- 54.5%) 01/2017: -- 02/2017: Mother Panic #3 -- 16,261 (- 20.7%) 03/2017: Mother Panic #4 -- 14,327 (- 11.9%) 03/2017: Mother Panic #5 -- 12,339 (- 13.9%)Two issues and a new artist this month in an attempt to get back on schedule, and no longer returnable.
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166 - EARTH 2: SOCIETY ($2.99) 03/2013: Earth 2 #10 -- 46,213 03/2014: Earth 2 #21 -- 35,295 [35,836] 03/2015: Earth 2 #32 -- 27,361 --------------------------------- 03/2016: E2 Society #10 -- 18,391 (- 2.5%) 04/2016: E2 Society #11 -- 17,844 (- 3.0%) 05/2016: E2 Society #12 -- 17,492 (- 2.0%) 06/2016: E2 Society #13 -- 17,430 (- 0.4%) 07/2016: E2 Society #14 -- 16,960 (- 2.7%) 08/2016: E2 Society #15 -- 16,885 (- 0.4%) 09/2016: E2 Society #16 -- 16,025 (- 5.1%) 10/2016: E2 Society #17 -- 16,822 (+ 5.0%) 11/2016: E2 Society #18 -- 15,181 (- 9.8%) 12/2016: E2 Society #19 -- 14,366 (- 5.4%) 01/2017: E2 Society #20 -- 14,073 (- 2.0%) 02/2017: E2 Society #21 -- 13,761 (- 2.2%) 03/2017: E2 Society #22 -- 13,653 (- 0.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 14.8% 1 year : - 25.8% 2 years : - 50.1%Final issue, finally.
Thirty-six issues of the first Earth 2 series, twenty-two of Society, twenty-six issues of the interminable World's End weekly, and three annuals. That's eighty-seven issues of the New 52 Earth 2 since it began in May 2012 (plus also whichever issues of Worlds' Finest were set on Earth 2).
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170 - BATMAN '66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN '77 (Digital-First) ($3.99) 03/2016: UNCLE #4 of 6 -- 11,945 (- 6.9%) 04/2016: UNCLE #5 of 6 -- 11,187 (- 6.3%) 05/2016: UNCLE #6 of 6 -- 11,060 (- 1.1%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Avengers #1 of 6 -- 13,921 (+ 25.9%) 08/2016: Avengers #2 of 6 -- 11,079 (- 20.4%) 09/2016: Avengers #3 of 6 -- 10,082 (- 9.0%) 10/2016: Avengers #4 of 6 -- 9,556 (- 5.2%) 11/2016: Avengers #5 of 6 -- 9,223 (- 3.5%) 12/2016: Avengers #6 of 6 -- 8,675 (- 5.9%) 01/2017: Wonder Woman #1 of 6 -- 23,687 (+173.0%) 02/2017: Wonder Woman #2 of 6 -- 14,484 (- 38.9%) 03/2017: Wonder Woman #3 of 6 -- 13,277 (- 8.3%) ---------------- 6 months: + 31.7% 1 year : + 11.2%---
173 - DEATH OF HAWKMAN ($3.99) 03/2007: Hawkgirl #62 -- 16,163 03/2012: Savage Hawkman #7 -- 17,490 03/2013: Savage Hawkman #18 -- 12,021 ------------------------------------------- 10/2016: Death of Hawkman #1 of 6 -- 31,316 (+182.0%) 11/2016: Death of Hawkman #2 of 6 -- 17,061 (- 45.5%) 12/2016: Death of Hawkman #3 of 6 -- 13,607 (- 20.2%) 01/2017: Death of Hawkman #4 of 6 -- 12,670 (- 6.9%) 02/2017: Death of Hawkman #5 of 6 -- 11,879 (- 6.2%) 03/2017: Death of Hawkman #6 of 6 -- 13,053 (+ 9.9%) ----------------- 5 years : - 24.1% 10 years: - 17.9%A near 10% rise for the final issue, presumably on the assumption that it's the issue where Hawkman actually dies?
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175, 178 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($3.99) 03/2016: Bombshells #10 -- 19,820 (- 2.6%) 04/2016: Bombshells #11 -- 18,859 (- 4.8%) 05/2016: Bombshells #12 -- 18,512 (- 1.8%) 05/2016: Bombshells #13 -- 18,046 (- 2.5%) 06/2016: Bombshells #14 -- 18,492 (+ 2.5%) 07/2016: Bombshells #15 -- 17,956 (- 2.9%) 08/2016: Bombshells #16 -- 17,623 (- 1.9%) 09/2016: Bombshells #17 -- 16,685 (- 5.3%) 10/2016: Bombshells #18 -- 16,042 (- 3.9%) 11/2016: Bombshells #19 -- 15,452 (- 3.7%) 12/2016: Bombshells #20 -- 14,428 (- 6.6%) 01/2017: Bombshells #21 -- 13,748 (- 4.7%) 02/2017: Bombshells #22 -- 13,204 (- 4.0%) 03/2017: Bombshells #23 -- 12,794 (- 3.1%) 03/2017: Bombshells #24 -- 12,525 (- 2.1%) ----------------- 6 months: - 24.1% 1 year : - 36.1%Two issues in March.
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187 - THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM ($2.99) 03/2012: Captain Atom #7 -- 13,738 ---------------------------------------- 01/2017: F&R Capt Atom #1 of 6 -- 18,728 (+ 34.4%) 02/2017: F&R Capt Atom #2 of 6 -- 12,671 (- 32.3%) 03/2017: F&R Capt Atom #3 of 6 -- 11,659 (- 8.0%) ----------------- 5 years : - 15.1%---
190 - CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE (Young Animal) ($3.99) 10/2016: Cave Carson #1 -- 38,724 11/2016: Cave Carson #2 -- 22,106 (- 42.9%) 12/2016: Cave Carson #3 -- 16,755 (- 24.2%) 01/2017: Cave Carson #4 -- 14,183 (- 15.4%) 02/2017: Cave Carson #5 -- 12,388 (- 12.7%) 03/2017: Cave Carson #6 -- 11,558 (- 6.7%)---
157 - THE ODYSSEY OF THE AMAZONS ($3.99) 01/2017: Odyssey Amazons #1 of 6 -- 21,811 02/2017: Odyssey Amazons #2 of 6 -- 14,334 (- 34.3%) 03/2017: Odyssey Amazons #3 of 6 -- 11,013 (- 23.2%)---
195, 198 - INJUSTICE: GROUND ZERO (Digital-First) ($2.99) 03/2013: Injustice #3 -- 18,608 [24,469] 03/2014: Injustice Y2 #3 -- 20,693 03/2015: Injustice Y3 #11 -- 15,526 (+ 0.7%) 03/2015: Injustice Y3 #12 -- 15,322 (- 1.3%) ----------------------------------- 03/2016: Injustice Y5 #5 -- 14,094 (+ 1.3%) 03/2016: Injustice Y5 #6 -- 13,599 (- 3.5%) 04/2016: Injustice Y5 #7 -- 13,823 (+ 1.6%) 04/2016: Injustice Y5 #8 -- 13,560 (- 1.9%) 05/2016: Injustice Y5 #9 -- 13,539 (- 0.2%) 05/2016: Injustice Y5 #10 -- 13,332 (- 1.5%) 06/2016: Injustice Y5 #11 -- 13,682 (+ 2.6%) 06/2016: Injustice Y5 #12 -- 13,318 (- 2.7%) 07/2016: Injustice Y5 #13 -- 13,590 (+ 2.0%) 07/2016: Injustice Y5 #14 -- 13,418 (- 1.3%) 08/2016: Injustice Y5 #15 -- 13,258 (- 1.2%) 08/2016: Injustice Y5 #16 -- 12,914 (- 2.6%) 09/2016: Injustice Y5 #17 -- 12,782 (- 1.0%) 09/2016: Injustice Y5 #18 -- 12,740 (- 0.3%) 10/2016: Injustice Y5 #19 -- 12,262 (- 3.8%) 10/2016: Injustice Y5 #20 -- 12,313 (+ 0.4%) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Ground Zero #1 -- 17,513 (+ 42.2%) 12/2016: Ground Zero #2 -- 13,406 (- 23.5%) 01/2017: Ground Zero #3 -- 11,980 (- 10.6%) 01/2017: Ground Zero #4 -- 11,927 (- 0.4%) 02/2017: Ground Zero #5 -- 11,043 (- 7.4%) 02/2017: Ground Zero #6 -- 11,110 (+ 0.6%) 03/2017: Ground Zero #7 -- 10,920 (- 1.7%) 03/2017: Ground Zero #8 -- 10,670 (- 2.3%) ---------------- 6 months: - 15.4% 1 year : - 22.0% 2 years : - 30.0%Nope; looks like last month's stall was just an aberration.
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172 - SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL (Young Animal) ($3.99) 10/2016: Shade #1 -- 35,289 11/2016: Shade #2 -- 21,479 (- 39.1%) 12/2016: Shade #3 -- 15,837 (- 26.3%) 01/2017: Shade #4 -- 13,536 (- 14.5%) 02/2017: Shade #5 -- 11,670 (- 13.8%) 03/2017: Shade #6 -- 10,612 (- 9.1%)---
200 - SAVAGE THINGS (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2017: Savage Things #1 of 8 -- 10,568The debut issue of Savage Things is the top Vertigo title for March, but that's a very weak debut figure; more recent Vertigo minis Frostbite and Lost Boys debuted at 14K & 20K, respectively.
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205 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2007: -- 03/2012: -- 03/2013: -- 03/2014: Astro City #10 -- 14,094 03/2015: Astro City #21 -- 11,492 ---------------------------------- 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%) 06/2016: Astro City #36 -- 9,960 (- 0.4%) 07/2016: Astro City #37 -- 9,953 (- 0.1%) 08/2016: -- 09/2016: Astro City #38 -- 9,963 (- 0.9%) 09/2016: Astro City #39 -- 9,621 (- 2.5%) 10/2016: Astro City #40 -- 9,568 (- 0.6%) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: -- 01/2017: -- 02/2017: Astro City #41 -- 10,066 (+ 5.2%) 03/2017: Astro City #42 -- 9,481 (- 5.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 2.7% 1 year : - 6.4% 2 years : - 17.5% 5 years : n.a. 10 years: n.a.---
208 - THE FLINTSTONES ($3.99) 07/2016: Flintstones #1 -- 43,996 08/2016: Flintstones #2 -- 19,612 (- 55.4%) 09/2016: Flintstones #3 -- 14,910 (- 24.0%) 10/2016: Flintstones #4 -- 12,740 (- 14.6%) 11/2016: Flintstones #5 -- 11,552 (- 9.3%) 12/2016: Flintstones #6 -- 10,617 (- 8.1%) 01/2017: Flintstones #7 -- 10,099 (- 4.9%) 02/2017: Flintstones #8 -- 9,551 (- 5.4%) 03/2017: Flintstones #9 -- 9,213 (- 3.5%) ----------------- 6 months: - 38.2%Ending with issue #12. Although the first trade collection is currently DC's top-selling graphic novel on Amazon, so one can see a path for this returning someday...
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210 - MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO ($3.99) 03/2007: Midnighter #5 -- 21,452 ---------------------------------------- 03/2016: Midnighter #10 -- 9,803 (- 6.0%) 04/2016: Midnighter #11 -- 9,435 (- 3.5%) 05/2016: Midnighter #12 -- 9,354 (- 0.9%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #1 of 6 -- 20,497 (+119.1%) 11/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #2 of 6 -- 13,029 (- 36.4%) 12/2016: Mdnter & Aplo #3 of 6 -- 10,773 (- 17.3%) 01/2017: Mdnter & Aplo #4 of 6 -- 10,023 (- 7.0%) 02/2017: Mdnter & Aplo #5 of 6 -- 9,366 (- 6.6%) 03/2017: Mdnter & Aplo #6 of 6 -- 9,111 (- 2.7%) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : - 7.1% 10 years: - 57.5%I'm guessing this is the last we'll see of a Midnighter series for a while.
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219 - GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99) 03/2015: Gotham Academy #6 -- 20,361 ------------------------------------- 03/2016: Gotham Academy #16 -- 13,363 (- 6.8%) 04/2016: Gotham Academy #17 -- 12,743 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Gotham Academy #18 -- 12,410 (- 2.6%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: -- 08/2016: -- 09/2016: Second Semester #1 -- 21,765 (+ 75.4%) 10/2016: Second Semester #2 -- 13,856 (- 36.3%) 11/2016: Second Semester #3 -- 12,304 (- 11.2%) 12/2016: Second Semester #4 -- 9,751 (- 20.7%) 01/2017: Second Semester #5 -- 9,453 (- 3.1%) 02/2017: Second Semester #6 -- 8,624 (- 8.8%) 03/2017: Second Semester #7 -- 8,131 (- 5.7%) ---------------- 6 months: - 62.6% 1 year : - 39.2% 2 years : - 60.1%Final issue of the second semester will be #12, and so far there are no immediate plans for a third.
As has been noted here and elsewhere, GA does have a life beyond the Diamond NA-served comic market, notably having been picked up by Scholastic for its book fairs (because it's Harry Potter in the world of Batman, for cryin' out loud!) But at this sales level it makes little sense to keep a monthly comic series going. If GA continues in some form, I'd expect it to be either youth-oriented OGNs (like the Super Hero Girls series), or a hybrid comics-prose book (like Study Hall of Justice).
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238 - SUPER POWERS (All-Ages) ($2.99) 11/2016: Super Powers #1 of 6 -- 22,282 12/2016: Super Powers #2 of 6 -- 10,094 (- 54.7%) 01/2017: Super Powers #3 of 6 -- 8,313 (- 17.6%) 02/2017: Super Powers #4 of 6 -- 7,770 (- 6.5%) 03/2017: Super Powers #5 of 6 -- 7,136 (- 8.2%)---
241 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2016: Lucifer #4 -- 11,450 (- 1.4%) 04/2016: Lucifer #5 -- 11,049 (- 3.5%) 05/2016: Lucifer #6 -- 10,701 (- 3.1%) 06/2016: Lucifer #7 -- 10,382 (- 3.0%) 07/2016: Lucifer #8 -- 9,968 (- 4.0%) 08/2016: Lucifer #9 -- 9,554 (- 4.2%) 09/2016: Lucifer #10 -- 8,891 (- 6.9%) 10/2016: Lucifer #11 -- 8,507 (- 4.3%) 11/2016: Lucifer #12 -- 8,133 (- 4.4%) 12/2016: Lucifer #13 -- 7,739 (- 4.8%) 01/2017: Lucifer #14 -- 7,442 (- 3.8%) 02/2017: Lucifer #15 -- 7,120 (- 4.3%) 03/2017: Lucifer #16 -- 6,917 (- 2.9%) ----------------- 6 months: - 22.2% 1 year : - 39.6%New writer Richard Kadrey does not seem to have changed the trajectory here. But then, neither Kadrey nor his predecessor on Lucifer, fellow popular prose writer Holly Black, have much of a following within the comic shop crowd, and their fans (as well as fans of the TV series) are much more likely to pick this up in collected format (and for those they're much more likely to be out of the Diamond direct market system as well). But how long until DC/Vertigo give up the ship on the single issue comic?
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255 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99) 03/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #3 -- 8,452 03/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #9 -- 6,780 ----------------------------------------- 03/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #15 -- 8,092 (+ 12.2%) 04/2016: -- 05/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16 -- 8,400 (+ 3.8%) 06/2016: -- 07/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #17 -- 7,892 (- 6.0%) 08/2016: -- 09/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #18 -- 7,913 (+ 0.3%) 10/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #19 -- 7,467 (- 5.6%) 11/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #20 -- 7,708 (+ 3.2%) 12/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #21 -- 14,270 (+ 85.1%) 01/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #22 -- 6,521 (- 54.3%) 02/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #23 -- 5,959 (- 8.6%) 03/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #24 -- 6,316 (+ 6.0%) ----------------- 6 months: - 20.2% 1 Year : - 21.9% 2 Years : - 6.8%Teaming up with Martian Manhunter, who while not being the most popular of DC's super-hero characters, it at least someone that the super-hero crowd is familiar with, and thus SDTU get a boost of a few hundred copies. (But it's still the second-lowest sales for an issue of SDTU...)
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259 - THE LOST BOYS (Vertigo) ($3.99) 10/2016: Lost Boys #1 of 6 -- 19,812 11/2016: Lost Boys #2 of 6 -- 11,037 (- 44.3%) 12/2016: Lost Boys #3 of 6 -- 8,442 (- 23.5%) 01/2017: Lost Boys #4 of 6 -- 7,383 (- 12.5%) 02/2017: Lost Boys #5 of 6 -- 6,527 (- 11.6%) 03/2017: Lost Boys #6 of 6 -- 6,217 (- 4.7%)Sales started out strong, but dropped precipitously over its brief run. Looks like comic book sequels to 80s cult films aren't the path for Vertigo after all.
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272 - EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2007: Fables #58 -- 26,065 03/2007: Fables #59 -- 25,815 03/2012: Fables #115 -- 17,384 03/2013: Fables #127 -- 15,529 03/2014: Fables #139 -- 13,936 03/2015: -- -------------------------------- 09/2016: Everafter #1 -- 11,421 (- 19.4%) 10/2016: Everafter #2 -- 8,414 (- 26.3%) 11/2016: Everafter #3 -- 7,182 (- 14.6%) 12/2016: Everafter #4 -- 6,192 (- 13.8%) 01/2017: Everafter #5 -- 5,877 (- 5.1%) 02/2017: Everafter #6 -- 5,399 (- 8.1%) 03/2017: Everafter #7 -- 5,819 (+ 7.8%) ----------------- 6 months: - 49.0% 2 years : n.a. 5 years : - 66.5% 10 years: - 77.6%Not a true bounce back, just a variant cover giving a boost of a few hundred copies.
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The final item from DC on the Top 300 comics chart is the director's cut edition of Suicide Squad #1 at position 290, with 5,024 copies at $5.99 a pop (not included in the summary statistics below).
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300+ - CLEAN ROOM (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2016: Clean Room #6 -- 6,832 (- 2.7%) 04/2016: Clean Room #7 -- 6,518 (- 4.6%) 05/2016: Clean Room #8 -- 6,394 (- 1.9%) 06/2016: Clean Room #9 -- 6,335 (- 0.9%) 07/2016: Clean Room #10 -- 6,069 (- 4.2%) 08/2016: Clean Room #11 -- 5,906 (- 2.7%) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Clean Room #12 -- 5,807 (- 1.7%) 11/2016: Clean Room #13 -- 5,658 (- 2.6%) 12/2016: Clean Room #14 -- 5,312 (- 6.1%) 12/2016: Clean Room #15 -- 5,107 (- 3.9%) 01/2017: -- 02/2017: Clean Room #16 -- 4,741 (- 7.2%) 03/2017: Clean Room #17 -- ????? (< 4,812) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : ????%Couldn't quite stay on the Top 300 chart for the entirety of its run (ends next issue).
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+300 - UNFOLLOW (Vertigo) ($3.99) 03/2016: Unfollow #5 -- 5,149 (- 9.1%) 04/2016: Unfollow #6 -- 4,815 (- 6.5%) 05/2016: Unfollow #7 -- ????? (< 4,986) 06/2016: Unfollow #8 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: Unfollow #9 -- ????? (< 5,069) 08/2016: Unfollow #10 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: Unfollow #11 -- ????? (< 4,239) 10/2016: Unfollow #12 -- ????? (< 4,931) 11/2016: Unfollow #13 -- ????? (< 4,799) 12/2016: Unfollow #14 -- ????? (< 3,954) 01/2017: Unfollow #15 -- ????? (< 3,971) 02/2017: Unfollow #16 -- ????? (< 4,044) 03/2017: Unfollow #17 -- ????? (< 4,812) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????%Penultimate issue.
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+300 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99) 03/2007: Scooby-Doo #118 -- 4,395 03/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #19 -- 4,677 03/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #31 -- 4,770 03/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #43 -- 4,623 03/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #55 -- ????? ----------------------------------------------- 03/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #67 -- 4,940 (+ 1.5%) 04/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #68 -- 4,892 (- 1.0%) 05/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #69 -- 5,040 (+ 3.0%) 06/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #70 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #71 -- 5,254 08/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #72 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #73 -- 5,214 10/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #74 -- 4,972 (- 4.6%) 11/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #75 -- 4,920 (- 1.0%) 12/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #76 -- 4,805 (- 2.3%) 01/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #77 -- 4,557 (- 5.2%) 02/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,362 (- 4.3%) 03/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #79 -- ????? (< 4,812) ----------------- 6 months: ????% 1 year : ????% 2 years : ????% 5 years : ????% 10 years: ????%---
+300 - LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99) 01/2007: Looney Tunes #148 -- 2,705 03/2012: -- 03/2013: -- 03/2014: -- 03/2015: -- ----------------------------------- 03/2016: -- 04/2016: Looney Tunes #230 -- ????? (< 4,309) 05/2016: -- 06/2016: Looney Tunes #231 -- ????? (< 5,596) 07/2016: -- 08/2016: Looney Tunes #232 -- ????? (< 5,497) 09/2016: -- 10/2016: Looney Tunes #233 -- ????? (< 4,931) 11/2016: -- 12/2016: Looney Tunes #234 -- ????? (< 3,954) 01/2017: Looney Tunes #235 -- ????? (< 3,971) 02/2017: -- 03/2017: Looney Tunes #236 -- ????? (< 4,812) ----------------- 6 months: n.a. 1 year : n.a. 2 years : n.a. 5 years : n.a. 10 years: ????%---
Average Periodical Sales (not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, director's cuts, and magazines; based on first-month sales only.)
DC COMICS 03/2007: 32,398 03/2012: 29,697 03/2013: 30,819 ** 03/2014: 26,776 03/2015: 23,466 ** --------------- 03/2016: 22,620 (- 9.6%) ** 04/2016: 23,187 (+ 2.5%) ** 05/2016: 24,532 (+ 5.8%) ** 06/2016: 48,770 (+ 98.8%) ** 07/2016: 63,656 (+ 30.5%) ** 08/2016: 67,257 (+ 5.7%) ** 09/2016: 51,379 (- 23.6%) ** 10/2016: 41,277 (- 19.7%) ** 11/2016: 36,894 (- 10.6%) ** 12/2016: 35,265 (- 4.4%) ** 01/2017: 34,011 (- 3.6%) ** 02/2017: 32,473 (- 4.5%) ** 03/2017: 30,466 (- 6.2%) ** ----------------- 6 months: - 40.7% 1 year : + 34.7% 2 years : + 29.8% 5 years : + 2.6% 10 years: - 6.0% DC UNIVERSE 03/2007: 42,634 03/2012: 33,229 03/2013: 32,294 ** 03/2014: 32,007 03/2015: 28,559 --------------- 03/2016: 28,621 (- 9.1%) 04/2016: 30,003 (+ 4.8%) 05/2016: 29,927 (- 0.3%) 06/2016: 65,876 (+120.1%) 07/2016: 90,237 (+ 37.0%) 08/2016: 87,905 (- 2.6%) 09/2016: 64,037 (- 27.2%) 10/2016: 54,470 (- 14.9%) 11/2016: 45,659 (- 16.2%) 12/2016: 45,125 (- 1.2%) 01/2017: 40,979 (- 9.2%) 02/2017: 40,430 (- 1.3%) 03/2017: 39,458 (- 2.4%) ----------------- 6 months: - 38.4% 1 year : + 37.9% 2 years : + 38.2% 5 years : + 18.7% 10 years: - 7.4% WILDSTORM 03/2007: 15,224 --------------- 02/2017: 54,442 03/2017: 37,818 (- 30.5%) ----------------- 10 years: +148.4% VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL 03/2007: 13,748 03/2012: 12,688 03/2013: 11,055 03/2014: 19,179 03/2015: 7,055 ** --------------- 03/2016: 6,039 (- 3.7%) ** 04/2016: 5,649 (- 6.5%) ** 05/2016: 5,734 (+ 1.5%) ** 06/2016: 6,073 (+ 5.9%) ** 07/2016: 6,328 (+ 4.2%) ** 08/2016: 5,639 (- 10.9%) ** 09/2016: 16,825 (+198.4%) ** 10/2016: 14,526 (- 13.7%) ** 11/2016: 14,623 (+ 0.7%) ** 12/2016: 9,177 (- 37.2%) ** 01/2017: 10,652 (+ 16.1%) ** 02/2017: 8,434 (- 20.8%) ** 03/2017: 10,102 (+ 19.8%) ** ----------------- 6 months: - 40.0% 1 year : + 67.3% 2 years : + 43.2% 5 years : - 20.4% 10 years: - 26.5%Without Young Animal, the Vertigo average for the month would be 6,814.
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES 03/2007: 2,494,665 03/2012: 2,403,984 03/2013: 2,218,973 ** 03/2014: 1,954,659 03/2015: 1,877,281 ** ------------------ 03/2016: 1,696,506 (- 10.5%) ** 04/2016: 1,808,582 (+ 6.6%) ** 05/2016: 1,815,352 (+ 0.4%) ** 06/2016: 3,267,574 (+ 80.0%) ** 07/2016: 4,010,332 (+ 22.7%) ** 08/2016: 4,977,036 (+ 24.1%) ** 09/2016: 3,802,051 (- 23.6%) ** 10/2016: 3,508,534 (- 7.7%) ** 11/2016: 3,025,276 (- 13.8%) ** 12/2016: 2,926,973 (- 3.2%) ** 01/2017: 2,856,889 (- 2.4%) ** 02/2017: 2,662,746 (- 6.8%) ** 03/2017: 2,711,448 (+ 1.8%) ** ----------------- 6 months: - 28.7% 1 year : + 59.8% 2 years : + 44.4% 5 years : + 12.8% 10 years: + 8.7%While total first-month sales for DC are obviously down quite a bit from the Rebirth heyday, they're still at a historically good level.
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6 month comparisons =================== + 31.7% - Batman 66 Meets... - 2.7% - Astro City - 15.4% - Injustice - 18.5% - Earth 2 Society - 20.2% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 21.0% - Action Comics - 22.2% - Lucifer - 23.3% - Superman - 24.1% - DC Comics Bombshells - 27.4% - Detective Comics - 28.7% - Batman - 32.4% - Flash - 33.5% - Teen Titans - 34.0% - Scooby Apocalypse - 35.0% - Wonder Woman - 37.4% - Green Lanterns - 38.2% - The Flintstones - 38.8% - Hal Jordan & GLC - 38.8% - Aquaman - 38.9% - Justice League - 41.9% - Green Arrow - 43.2% - Batman Beyond - 46.0% - Nightwing - 49.0% - Everafter - 49.2% - Red Hood & Outlaws - 49.6% - Harley Quinn - 50.6% - Batgirl - 52.6% - All Star Batman - 53.3% - Suicide Squad - 54.2% - The Hellblazer - 56.6% - Deathstroke - 57.6% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey - 61.8% - Trinity - 62.6% - Gotham Academy - 66.0% - Superwoman - 70.6% - Doom Patrol - 74.4% - Blue Beetle - 75.2% - Supergirl - 77.4% - Cyborg - 78.7% - New Super-Man 1 year comparisons =================== +130.1% - Titans (Titans Hunt) + 77.2% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC Edge) + 63.0% - Teen Titans + 57.5% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal) + 56.6% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 36.7% - Green Arrow + 29.7% - Wonder Woman + 23.1% - Justice League of America + 22.4% - Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer) + 21.7% - Batman Beyond + 18.9% - Nightwing (Grayson) + 17.7% - Action Comics + 13.5% - Detective Comics + 11.2% - Batman 66 Meets... + 10.3% - Cyborg + 3.0% - Batgirl - 1.1% - Deathstroke - 1.8% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 6.4% - Astro City - 7.1% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 16.3% - Harley Quinn - 21.9% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 22.0% - Injustice - 25.8% - Earth 2 Society - 36.1% - DC Comics Bombshells - 37.5% - Superman - 39.2% - Gotham Academy - 39.6% - Lucifer - 43.2% - Batman 2 year comparisons =================== +336.3% - Batwoman + 63.0% - Red Hood & Outlaws + 60.5% - He-Man + 58.7% - Green Arrow + 41.8% - Flash + 41.2% - Hellblazer (Constantine) + 38.7% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad) + 19.4% - Action Comics + 18.6% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) + 10.7% - Superman + 4.8% - Detective Comics - 2.4% - Nightwing - 6.1% - Teen Titans - 6.8% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up - 7.3% - Supergirl - 12.6% - Aquaman - 17.5% - Astro City - 17.7% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 25.9% - Deathstroke - 30.0% - Injustice - 37.2% - Harley Quinn - 41.8% - Batgirl - 50.1% - Earth 2 Society (Earth 2) - 60.1% - Gotham Academy 5 year comparisons =================== +119.1% - Hellblazer + 34.4% - Suicide Squad + 27.2% - Deathstroke + 22.6% - Batwoman + 11.4% - Batman Beyond + 8.3% - Green Arrow - 8.2% - Wonder Woman - 14.2% - Superman - 15.1% - Captain Atom - 16.2% - Flash - 17.4% - Blue Beetle - 21.0% - Nightwing - 24.1% - Death of Hawkman (Savage Hawkman) - 24.5% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 25.4% - Batman - 26.9% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) - 26.9% - Teen Titans - 27.8% - Red Hood & Outlaws - 33.6% - Supergirl - 33.9% - Detective Comics - 48.7% - Action Comics - 49.9% - Batgirl - 52.4% - Aquaman - 54.7% - Justice League - 60.6% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 66.5% - Everafter (Fables) 10 year comparisons =================== + 56.1% - Aquaman + 55.3% - Hellblazer + 25.4% - Nightwing + 19.1% - Batman + 18.0% - Flash + 12.9% - Detective Comics + 4.0% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) + 0.9% - Green Arrow - 0.0% - Superman - 16.8% - Blue Beetle - 17.9% - Death of Hawkman (Hawkgirl) - 19.4% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey) - 25.7% - Wonder Woman - 27.2% - Action Comics - 39.0% - Teen Titans - 42.3% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern) - 51.9% - Supergirl - 57.5% - Justice League of America - 57.5% - Midnighter & Apollo (Midnighter) - 77.6% - Everafter (Fables)Does anyone read these percentage summary charts? Or if you do, do you find them at all useful? Let me know down in the comments...
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Sales Indices ============= DCU: Average: 39,458. Median: 35,996. No.: 59. Total: 2,328,040 2.7 - Dark Knight III 2.5 - Batman (18) 2.5 - Batman (19) 1.8 - All Star Batman 1.6 - Justice League (16) 1.6 - Justice League (17) 1.5 - Batwoman 1.5 - Detective Comics (952) 1.5 - Detective Comics (953) 1.5 - Justice League of America (2) 1.5 - Superman (18) 1.4 - Superman (19) 1.4 - Justice League of America (3) 1.3 - Super Sons 1.2 - Wonder Woman (18) 1.2 - Action Comics (975) 1.2 - Action Comics (976) 1.2 - Wonder Woman (19) 1.1 - Suicide Squad (13) 1.1 - Suicide Squad (14) 1.1 - Harley Quinn (15) 1.1 - Harley Quinn (16) 1.1 - Titans 1.0 - Nightwing (16) 1.0 - Nightwing (17) 1.0 - Trinity 1.0 - Teen Titans 0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (16) 0.9 - Green Lanterns (18) 0.9 - Green Lanterns (19) 0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (17) 0.9 - Titans Annual 0.8 - Green Arrow (18) 0.8 - Harley's Little Black Book 0.8 - Green Arrow (19) 0.8 - Aquaman (18) 0.7 - Aquaman (19) 0.7 - Justice League/Power Rangers 0.7 - Red Hood & Outlaws 0.7 - Batman Beyond 0.6 - Deathstroke (14) 0.6 - Batgirl 0.6 - Supergirl 0.6 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey 0.6 - Batgirl Annual 0.5 - The Hellblazer 0.5 - Superwoman 0.4 - New Super-Man 0.4 - Kamandi Challenge 0.4 - Cyborg 0.4 - Blue Beetle 0.3 - Earth 2 Society 0.3 - Death of Hawkman 0.3 - Fall & Rise of Captain Atom 0.3 - Odyssey of the Amazons 0.2 - Midnighter & Apollo 0.2 - Gotham Academy Second Semester Wildstorm: Average: 37,818. Median: 37,818. No.: 1. Total: 37,818 1.0 - The Wild Storm Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 10,102**. Median: 10,025**. No.: 12. Total: 121,226** 2.4 - Doom Patrol 1.4 - Mother Panic (4) 1.2 - Mother Panic (5) 1.1 - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye 1.1 - Shade the Changing Girl 1.0 - Savage Things 0.9 - Astro City 0.7 - Lucifer 0.6 - The Lost Boys 0.6 - Everafter 0.5 - Clean Room ** 0.4 - Unfollow ** Digital First & Other: Average: 13,198**. Median: 12,794**. No.: 17. Total: 224,364** 1.9 - Green Lantern/Space Ghost 1.9 - Suicide Squad/Banana Splits 1.4 - He-Man/Thundercats 1.4 - Adam Strange/Future Quest 1.3 - Scooby Apocalypse 1.2 - Future Quest 1.1 - Booster Gold/Flintstones 1.0 - Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 1.0 - DC Comics Bombshells (23) 0.9 - DC Comics Bombshells (24) 0.8 - Injustice Ground Zero (7) 0.8 - Injustice Ground Zero (8) 0.7 - The Flintstones 0.5 - Super Powers 0.5 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up 0.3 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? ** 0.2 - Looney Tunes **---
The Fine Print (Disclaimers, et cetera)
(Somehow over the past several months the Fine Print for the DC column got replaced by the Fine Print for the Image column, and nobody seemed to notice! I suspect y'all aren't reading the fine print, despite several exhortations to do so in the body of the column...)
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.
Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.
Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales figures say.
** Two asterisks after a given month in the average charts mean that one or more periodical release did not make the Top 300 chart in that month. In those cases, it's assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, The National Organization of Rheumatology Managers, 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.
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