Amazon Top 50 - May 26, 2017

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 (-). Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1 *
2 (-). Saga Volume 7
3 (N). The Lost Fleet: Corsair #1 (Kindle) *
4 (R). The Infinity Gauntlet (Kindle)
5 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Kindle)
6 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (+23). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
8 (R). Hulk: Planet Hulk (Kindle)
9 (N). Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection (Kindle)
10 (+6). American Gods: Shadows #1 (Kindle)
11 (+34). Valerian: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 *
12 (-7). Saga Book Two
13 (R). Infinity War (Kindle)
14 (-10). Injustice: Gods Among Us Year One: The Complete Collection
15 (-5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
16 (+2). Darth Vader and Son
17 (-11). My Favorite Thing is Monsters
18 (+22). Vader's Little Princess
19 (-10). Night Night, Groot
20 (+11). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
21 (-10). I Am Pusheen the Cat
22 (-10). Marvel Encyclopedia
23 (-9). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two The Complete Collection
24 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
25 (-2). March Book One
26 (N). Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition (Rebirth) *
27 (R). Uzumaki (3-in-1, Deluxe Edition)
28 (N). Injustice 2 (2017-) #7 (Kindle)
29 (-8). Creepshow
30 (R). Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Lies (Rebirth)
31 (R). World War Hulk (Kindle)
32 (-12). The Walking Dead Volume 27: The Whisperer War
33 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
34 (+10). DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition
35 (-20). My Hero Academia, Vol. 8
36 (-). American Born Chinese
37 (+4). The Infinity Gauntlet
38 (+4). Saga Volume 1
39 (-13). Goodnight Darth Vader
40 (R). The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One *
41 (R). Watchmen
42 (-17). The Complete Persepolis
43 (-5). The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5) *
44 (N). The Lost Fleet: Corsair #2 (Kindle) *
45 (-166). Saga Volume 6
46 (N). The Flash Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness (Rebirth)
47 (R). American Gods: Shadows #2 (Kindle)
48 (R). My Friend Dammer
49 (R). Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One (Rebirth)
50 (R). Understanding Comics


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 pre-order for the Overwatch: Anthology stays on top for a second week. Will it stay on top until its release in October? Probably not, but even two straight weeks at #1 is pretty impressive for a pre-order book not due out for another five months.
• Apparently The Lost Fleet is a thing? Must be, because the pre-orders for the Kindle comics issues show up this week, with the first issue at the #3 spot.
• There's a Kindle Marvel sale going on right now, with books like Planet Hulk, Wolverine: Old Man Logan and Warlock by Jim Starlin going for just $3, and pushing them up on the chart. (There are actually a lot of Marvel Kindle editions on Amazon's chart, but most of those are there due to being on KindleUnlimited, so we remove them from these sales charts.)
• The only physical debuts this week are a couple of DC Rebirth collections: Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition; and The Flash Vol. 2.
• The two extant Rebirth Wonder Woman collections appear on the chart again, do doubt due somewhat to next week's movie. I should imagine that the collection labeled Volume 1 ("The Lies") will be pretty impenetrable to anyone not versed in recent Wonder Woman comics lore, while the collection labeled Volume 2 ("Year One") would be a much better introduction to those civilians looking for something to read because they are excited by the movie. Too bad about the numbering then.

Amazon Top 50 - May 19, 2017

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 (N). Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1 *
2 (-1). Saga Volume 7
3 (N). Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Dog Men #1 (Kindle) *
4 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us Year One: The Complete Collection
5 (-). Saga Book Two
6 (+4). My Favorite Thing is Monsters
7 (N). The Flash (2016-) #22 (Kindle)
8 (+4). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
9 (-3). Night Night, Groot
10 (-3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
11 (+7). I Am Pusheen the Cat
12 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (+2). Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 1
14 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two The Complete Collection
15 (-4). My Hero Academia, Vol. 8
16 (-7). American Gods: Shadows #1 (Kindle)
17 (N). Comics for a Strange World: A Book of Poorly Drawn Lines *
18 (+29). Darth Vader and Son
19 (R). The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
20 (-7). The Walking Dead Volume 27: The Whisperer War
21 (-19). Creepshow
22 (-19). Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares #1 (Kindle)
23 (+11). March Book One
24 (+1). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
25 (-8). The Complete Persepolis
26 (+3). Goodnight Darth Vader
27 (R). Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham (Rebirth)
28 (N). Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate (Rebirth)
29 (+6). Saga Volume 6
30 (-26). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
31 (+8). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
32 (R). DC Comics Encyclopedia All-New Edition
33 (R). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 4: End of Games (Kindle)
34 (-12). The Walking Dead Compendium One
35 (-14). Attack on Titan 21
36 (-8). American Born Chinese
37 (+12). Adulthood is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection
38 (N). The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5) *
39 (R). Hilo Book 3: The Great Big Boom
40 (+6). Vader's Little Princess
41 (-1). The Infinity Gauntlet
42 (+2). Saga Volume 1
43 (N). Injustice 2 (2017-) #6 (Kindle)
44 (N). DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition
45 (N). Valerian: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 *
46 (N). Deadpool: Bad Blood
47 (R). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
48 (R). Batman Vol. 2: I Am Suicide (Rebirth)
49 (-11). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
50 (R). Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1



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 Top debut and top item this week is the pre-order for the first Overwatch: Anthology. Gamers & comic fans are eager to get their hands on this (and its 40% Amazon discount), even though it isn't due out until October.
• Plenty of other pre-order items debut this week, including the first Kindle issue of a new Dresden Files comic, Reza Farazmand's Comics for a Strange World, the fifth entry in Jeffry Brown's Star Wars: Jedi Academy series, and the first Valerian collection.
• Non-pre-orders debuting this week include the Kindle edition of The Flash #22 (the final issue of "The Button"), two Injustice: Gods Among Us collections, DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition hardcover, and Rob Liefeld's Deadpool: Bad Blood OGN.

Amazon Top 50 - May 12, 2017

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 (+5). Saga Volume 7
2 (N). Creepshow
3 (+45). Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares #1 (Kindle)
4 (+38). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
5 (+13). Saga Book Two
6 (+19). Night Night, Groot
7 (+19). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
8 (N). Man, I Hate Cursive: Cartoons for People and Advanced Bears
9 (+5). American Gods: Shadows #1 (Kindle)
10 (+7). My Favorite Thing is Monsters
11 (+1). My Hero Academia, Vol. 8
12 (+20). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
13 (+9). The Walking Dead Volume 27: The Whisperer War
14 (+5). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Vader
15 (-7). Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 1
16 (-11). Goodnight Darth Vader (Kindle)
17 (R). The Complete Persepolis
18 (+11). I Am Pusheen the Cat
19 (+1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (hardcover)
20 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender—North and South Part Three
21 (+14). Attack on Titan 21
22 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium One
23 (R). Uzumaki (3-in-1, Deluxe Edition)
24 (N). Injustice 2 (2017-) #5 (Kindle)
25 (+16). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
26 (R). My Hero Academia, Vol. 2
27 (R). American Gods: Shadows #2 (Kindle)
28 (R). American Born Chinese
29 (-13). Goodnight Darth Vader
30 (N). Injustice 2 (2017-) #4 (Kindle)
31 (N). Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy *
32 (-31). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 3: The Shu-Torun War (Kindle)
33 (N). Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One (Rebirth)
34 (R). March Book One
35 (-3). Saga Volume 6
36 (+8). The Complete Maus
37 (R). My Hero Academia, Vol. 1
38 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
39 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
40 (R). The Infinity Gauntlet
41 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
42 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
43 (R). Big Mushy Happy Lump: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection
44 (-1). Saga Volume 1
45 (N). The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One *
46 (-10). Vader's Little Princess
47 (-20). Darth Vader and Son
48 (R). Hyperbole and a Half
49 (R). Adulthood is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection
50 (-40). The Walking Dead #167 (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:

• After a few weeks of being displaced by various Kindle sales, Saga Volume 7 returns to the top spot this week.
• There are a lot of returns to the chart this week, as last week's Star Wars sale fades into the distance.
• The Top debut this week is Creepshow, a re-issue of the 1980s adaptation of the Stephen King/George Romero horror anthology film, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson.
• Also debuting this week are Man, I Hate Cursive, a collection of Jim Benton cartoons; a new Avatar: The Last Airbender GN; pre-orders for Heretics! and a new Legend of Korra GN; and the two most recent Kindle issues of Injustice 2.

Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: March 2017 - Independent Women

Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at Image Comics's sales figures.
Please refer to the July 2015 column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards for Image books are likely to be different than those for DC or Marvel.

Image shipped a whopping 59 comics in March, compared to 49 in February, 45 in January, 47 in December, 48 in November, 55 in October and 52 in September. They shipped 52 in March 2016.

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 done with total orders including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders.)

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9 - THE WALKING DEAD ($2.99)
03/2007: The Walking Dead #36  --  21,291
03/2012: The Walking Dead #95  --  33,916
03/2013: The Walking Dead #108 --  67,426 
03/2014: The Walking Dead #123 --  64,460  [64,691]
03/2014: The Walking Dead #124 --  64,659  [64,712]
03/2015: The Walking Dead #138 --  66,778  [67,008]
03/2015: The Walking Dead #139 --  67,349  [69,652]
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03/2016: The Walking Dead #152 --  67,258 (-  0.2%) 
04/2016: The Walking Dead #153 --  67,358 (+  0.1%) 
05/2016: The Walking Dead #154 --  68,922 (+  2.3%) 
06/2016: The Walking Dead #155 --  71,755 (+  4.1%) 
07/2016: The Walking Dead #156 --  76,355 (+  6.4%) 
08/2016: The Walking Dead #157 --  97,689 (+ 37.0%) [104,596]
09/2016: The Walking Dead #158 --  94,316 (-  9.8%) 
10/2016: The Walking Dead #159 --  91,291 (-  3.2%) 
11/2016: The Walking Dead #160 --  88,367 (-  3.2%) 
12/2016: The Walking Dead #161 --  85,459 (-  3.3%) 
01/2017: The Walking Dead #162 --  85,395 (-  0.1%) 
02/2017: The Walking Dead #163 -- 750,000 (+778.3%) **
02/2017: The Walking Dead #164 --  83,999 (- 88.8%) 
03/2017: The Walking Dead #165 --  70,422 (- 16.2%) 
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6 months: - 25.3%
1 year  : +  4.7%
2 years : +  3.1%
5 years : +107.6%
10 years: +230.8%

Walking Dead has dropped variant covers for the time being, so this would be closer to its natural sales level, and is in line with where it was selling before it began its run of variants. In other words, while sales have been ebbing and flowing over the past year with variants and pricing stunts, actual readership in the floppies remains relatively stable.
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77 - REBORN ($3.99)
10/2016: Reborn #1  -- 74,967 
11/2016: Reborn #2  -- 41,484 (- 44.7%) 
12/2016: Reborn #3  -- 36,718 (- 11.5%) 
01/2017: Reborn #4  -- 31,102 (- 15.3%) 
02/2017: --
03/2017: Reborn #5  -- 30,721 (-  1.2%) 

Stabilizes for its final (for now) issue. There continue to be variants with each issue.
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81 - PAPER GIRLS ($2.99)
03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Paper Girls #6  -- 36,385 (-  2.2%) 
07/2016: Paper Girls #7  -- 35,392 (-  2.7%) 
08/2016: Paper Girls #8  -- 33,731 (-  4.7%) 
09/2016: Paper Girls #9  -- 32,320 (-  4.2%) 
10/2016: Paper Girls #10 -- 32,119 (-  0.6%) 
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: Paper Girls #11 -- 30,562 (-  4.8%) 
03/2017: Paper Girls #12 -- 29,047 (-  5.0%) 
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6 months: - 10.1%
1 year  :    n.a.

No need to panic, but one would like to see the percentage drops be a bit less...
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102 - ROYAL CITY ($4.99)
03/2017: Royal City #1  -- 24,597 

The new comic from Jeff Lemire has a decent debut, especially considering its $5 price tag. There was a a Women's History Month variant cover.
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105 - KILL OR BE KILLED ($3.99)
08/2016: Kill or Be Killed #1  -- 30,050 
09/2016: Kill or Be Killed #2  -- 23,812 (- 20.8%) 
10/2016: Kill or Be Killed #3  -- 23,883 (+  0.3%) 
11/2016: Kill or Be Killed #4  -- 22,889 (-  4.2%) 
12/2016: --
01/2017: Kill or Be Killed #5  -- 21,261 (-  7.1%) 
02/2017: Kill or Be Killed #6  -- 26,312 (+ 23.8%) 
03/2017: Kill or Be Killed #7  -- 22,957 (- 12.8%) 
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6 months: - 12.4%

Without last month's Image Tribute Variant cover, KobK drops back down to normal (though slightly above issue #5).
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109 - RAT QUEENS ($3.99)
03/2014: --
03/2015: Rat Queens #9  -- 14,425 
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03/2016: Rat Queens #15 -- 11,997 (-  3.8%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: Rat Queens #16 -- 12,092 (+  0.8%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: --
03/2017: Rat Queens #1  -- 22,461 (+ 85.7%)
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : + 87.2%
2 years : + 55.7%

It's rare for an Image series to start over with a new #1, but in Rat Queens' case it seems entirely reasonable to do so. There were multiple covers, including a Women's History Month variant, and a second printing came along in April.
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123 - I HATE FAIRYLAND ($3.50)
03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: I Hate Fairyland #6  -- 26,095 (+  5.3%) 
07/2016: I Hate Fairyland #7  -- 23,742 (-  9.0%) 
08/2016: I Hate Fairyland #8  -- 22,562 (-  5.0%) 
09/2016: I Hate Fairyland #9  -- 21,265 (-  5.7%) 
10/2016: I Hate Fairyland #10 -- 20,534 (-  3.4%) 
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: --
03/2017: I Hate Fairyland #11 -- 18,606 (-  9.4%) 
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6 months: - 12.5%
1 year  :    n.a.

Returns for its third story arc, down from where the previous ended five months ago.
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128 - OLD GUARD ($3.99)
02/2017: Old Guard #1  -- 23,867 
03/2017: Old Guard #2  -- 17,991 (- 24.6%) 

A typical second issue drop, even with a Women's History Month variant. There was a 2nd printing of #1, though it didn't chart (and a 2nd printing of issue #2 dropped in early May).
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130 - EXTREMITY ($3.99)
03/2017: Extremity #1  -- 17,917 

The new series from Daniel Warren Johnson has a decent debut. There was a 2nd printing in April and a 3rd printing in May.
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131 - OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA ($2.99)
03/2015: Outcast #7  -- 38,077  [38,574] 
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03/2016: Outcast #17 -- 21,426 (-  1.7%) 
04/2016: Outcast #18 -- 21,261 (-  0.8%) 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: -- 
07/2016: Outcast #19 -- 22,167 (+  4.3%) 
08/2016: Outcast #20 -- 21,919 (-  1.1%) 
09/2016: Outcast #21 -- 20,886 (-  4.7%) 
10/2016: Outcast #22 -- 20,347 (-  2.6%) 
11/2016: Outcast #23 -- 19,556 (-  3.9%) 
12/2016: --
01/2017: Outcast #24 -- 18,520 (-  5.3%) 
02/2017: Outcast #25 -- ?????? 
03/2017: Outcast #26 -- 17,820 
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6 months: - 14.7%
1 year  : - 16.8%
2 years : - 52.8%

Last month's 25 cent stunt doesn't appear to have moved the sales needle at all going forward.
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130 - EAST OF WEST ($3.99)
03/2013: East of West #1  -- 49,518  [54,470]
03/2014: East of West #10 -- 28,853
03/2015: East of West #18 -- 23,080  
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03/2016: --
04/2016: East of West #25 -- 19,297 (+  4.5%) 
05/2016: East of West #26 -- 17,645 (-  8.6%) 
06/2016: East of West #27 -- 18,146 (+  2.8%) 
07/2016: East of West #28 -- 17,019 (-  6.2%) 
08/2016: East of West #29 -- 16,613 (-  2.4%) 
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: --
12/2016: East of West #30 -- 15,635 (-  5.9%) 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: East of West #31 -- 16,964 (+  8.5%) 
03/2017: East of West #32 -- 16,281 (-  4.0%) 
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 29.5%

There was a Women's History Month variant, mitigating the drop from last month's Image Tribute variant.
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151 - SPAWN ($2.99)
03/2007: Spawn #165      -- 24,519 
03/2012: Spawn #217      -- 12,686 
03/2013: Spawn #229      -- 16,355  
03/2014: Spawn #241      -- 11,766 
03/2015: Spawn Resurr #1 -- 29,787  [32,746] 
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03/2016: --
04/2016: Spawn #262      -- 18,775 (+ 10.8%) 
05/2016: Spawn #263      -- 16,109 (- 14.2%) 
06/2016: -- 
07/2016: Spawn #264      -- 17,157 (+  6.5%) 
08/2016: Spawn #265      -- 15,927 (-  7.2%) 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: Spawn #266      -- 22,304 (+ 40.0%) 
11/2016: Spawn #267      -- 16,976 (- 23.9%) 
12/2016: Spawn #268      -- 16,652 (-  1.9%) 
01/2017: Spawn #269      -- 16,257 (-  2.4%) 
02/2017: Spawn #270      -- 15,778 (-  2.9%) 
03/2017: Spawn #271      -- 15,517 (-  1.7%) 
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 52.6%
5 years : + 22.3%
10 years: - 36.7%

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156 - GOD COUNTRY ($3.99)
01/2017: God Country #1 of 6 -- 14,322           [19,357]
02/2017: God Country #2 of 6 -- 17,701 (-  8.6%)
03/2017: God Country #3 of 6 -- 15,321 (- 13.4%)

Multiple covers, and so far there have been four printings of issue #2, three of #2, and two of #3.
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157 - MOONSHINE ($2.99)
10/2016: Moonshine #1  -- 34,533           [41,012]
11/2016: Moonshine #2  -- 20,217 (- 50.7%)
12/2016: Moonshine #3  -- 17,574 (- 13.1%)
01/2017: Moonshine #4  -- 15,664 (- 10.9%)
02/2017: Moonshine #5  -- 14,561 (-  7.0%)
03/2017: Moonshine #6  -- 15,289 (+  5.0%)

In addition to the regular two covers, issue #6 adds a Women's History Month variant for a little boost.

So far no additional issues are on the schedule, though the trade collection is labelled as 'Volume 1' so Azzarello & Risso are likely planning to come back at some point.
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161 - THE WICKED + THE DIVINE ($3.99)
03/2015: Wicked + Divine #9  -- 20,360  
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03/2016: --
04/2016: Wicked + Divine #18 -- 17,722 (-  4.1%) 
05/2016: Wicked + Divine #19 -- 16,929 (-  4.4%) 
06/2016: Wicked + Divine #20 -- 17,831 (+  5.3%) 
07/2016: Wicked + Divine #21 -- 16,283 (-  8.7%) 
08/2016: Wicked + Divine #22 -- 15,969 (-  1.9%) 
09/2016: W + D 1831 one-shot -- 16,408 (+  2.7%) 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: Wicked + Divine #23 -- 15,238 (-  7.1%) 
12/2016: Wicked + Divine #24 -- 14,666 (-  3.8%) 
01/2017: Wicked + Divine #25 -- 14,164 (-  3.4%) 
02/2017: Wicked + Divine #26 -- 15,651 (+ 10.5%) 
03/2017: Wicked + Divine #27 -- 14,589 (-  6.8%) 
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6 months: - 11.1%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 28.3%

There was a Women's History Month variant (as well as a regular variant), mitigating a smidge the drop from last month's Image Tribute variant.
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165 - DESCENDER ($3.99)
03/2015: Descender #1  -- 61,910  [71,989]  
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03/2016: Descender #11 -- 18,842 (-  2.6%) 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Descender #12 -- 19,782 (+  5.0%) 
07/2016: Descender #13 -- 17,783 (- 10.1%) 
08/2016: Descender #14 -- 17,296 (-  2.7%) 
09/2016: Descender #15 -- 16,386 (-  5.3%) 
10/2016: Descender #16 -- 15,963 (-  2.6%) 
11/2016: --
12/2016: Descender #17 -- 15,296 (-  4.2%) 
01/2017: Descender #18 -- 14,526 (-  5.0%) 
02/2017: Descender #19 -- 15,753 (+  8.4%) 
03/2017: Descender #20 -- 13,974 (- 11.3%) 
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6 months: - 14.7%
1 year  : - 25.8%
2 years : - 80.6%

No variant this month.
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169 - LOW ($3.99)
03/2015: --
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03/2016: Low #12 -- 14,494 (-  3.0%) 
04/2016: Low #13 -- 13,956 (-  3.7%) 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Low #14 -- 13,903 (-  0.4%) 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: Low #15 -- 12,955 (-  6.8%) 
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: --
03/2017: Low #16 -- 13,478 (+  4.0%) 
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : -  7.0%
2 years :    n.a.

Returns from its hiatus up a bit, thanks to multiple variants, including a Women's History Month variant.
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174, 261 - SEX CRIMINALS ($3.50/$4.69)
03/2014: Sex Criminals #5  -- 22,593
03/2015: --
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03/2016: --
04/2016: Sex Criminals #15 -- 25,937 (-  1.9%) 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: -- 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: Sex Criminals #16 -- 22,494 (- 13.3%) 
03/2017: Sex Criminals #17 -- 19,020 (- 15.4%) 
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.

Combined sales for the regular and XXX variants.
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179 - LAZARUS ($3.99)
03/2014: Lazarus #7  -- 20,150
03/2015: --
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03/2016: --
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2006: Lazarus #22 -- 14,177 (+  5.9%)
07/2006: Lazarus #23 -- 12,300 (- 13.2%)
08/2006: Lazarus #24 -- 12,098 (-  1.6%)
09/2016: -- 
10/2006: Lazarus #25 -- 11,922 (-  1.5%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: --
03/2017: Lazarus #26 -- 12,348 (+  3.6%)
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.

Gets a little boost from a Women's History Month variant.
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185 - CURSE WORDS ($3.99)
01/2017: Curse Words #1  -- 18,162 
02/2017: Curse Words #2  -- 15,248 (- 16.0%) 
03/2017: Curse Words #3  -- 12,116 (- 20.5%) 

Just a normal variant this time.
---

188 - INVINCIBLE ($2.99)
03/2007: --
03/2012: --
03/2013: Invincible #101 -- 15,540 
03/2014: Invincible #109 -- 12,748
03/2015: Invincible #118 -- 46,292  
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03/2016: --
04/2016: Invincible #127 -- 12,038 (-  3.2%) 
05/2016: Invincible #128 -- 11,982 (-  0.5%) 
06/2016: Invincible #129 -- 12,510 (+  4.4%) 
07/2016: --
08/2016: Invincible #130 -- 11,921 (-  4.7%) 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: Invincible #131 -- 11,579 (-  2.9%) 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: Invincible #132 -- 11,505 (-  0.6%) 
02/2017: Invincible #133 -- ?????? 
03/2017: Invincible #134 -- 11,605  
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years : - 74.9%
5 years :    n.a.
10 years:    n.a.

---

201 - UNDERWINTER ($3.99)
03/2017: Underwinter #1  -- 10,555 

The new horror series from Ray Fawkes launches with two covers.
---

207 - DEADLY CLASS ($3.99)
03/2014: Deadly Class #3  -- 18,536 
03/2015: --
-----------------------------------
03/2016: Deadly Class #19 -- 10,440 (-  0.4%) 
04/2016: Deadly Class #20 -- 10,366 (-  0.7%) 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Deadly Class #21 -- 10,892 (+  5.1%) 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: Deadly Class #22 --  9,865 (-  9.4%) 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: Deadly Class #23 --  9,215 (-  6.6%) 
11/2016: Deadly Class #24 --  8,757 (-  5.0%) 
12/2016: Deadly Class #25 --  8,567 (-  2.2%) 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: Deadly Class #26 --  9,760 (+ 13.9%) 
03/2017: Deadly Class #27 --  9,339 (-  4.3%) 
-----------------
6 months: -  5.3%
1 year  : - 10.5%
2 years :    n.a.

Start of a new story arc, with three covers!
---

211 - MOTOR CRUSH ($3.99)
12/2016: Motor Crush #1  -- 21,801 
01/2017: Motor Crush #2  -- 12,643 (- 42.0%) 
02/2017: Motor Crush #3  --  9,757 (- 22.8%) 
03/2017: Motor Crush #4  --  9,071 (-  7.0%) 

The first three issues were returnable, but this one was not. It does however sport a Women's History Month variant to go along with its other two covers.
---

212 - INJECTION ($2.99)
03/2016: Injection #8  -- 11,855 (-  4.8%) 
04/2016: Injection #9  -- 11,433 (-  3.6%) 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Injection #10 -- 11,771 (+  3.0%) 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: --
03/2017: Injection #11 --  9,052 (- 23.1%)
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6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : - 23.6%

Out of sight, out of mind.
---

225 - MAGDELENA ($3.99)
03/2012: Magdalena #11 --  5,176  
04/2012: --  
05/2012: Magdalena #12 --  4,978  
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03/2017: Magdalena #1  --  7,567 (+ 52.0%) 

The Top Shelf character returns in a new series with a Women's History Month variant. Don't get too used to seeing this in the top 300 chart...
---

237 - GREEN VALLEY ($2.99)
10/2016: Green Valley #1 of 9 -- 16,091 
11/2016: Green Valley #2 of 9 --  9,713 (- 39.6%) 
12/2016: Green Valley #3 of 9 --  8,219 (- 15.4%) 
01/2017: Green Valley #4 of 9 --  7,553 (-  8.1%) 
02/2017: Green Valley #5 of 9 --  7,187 (-  4.8%) 
03/2017: Green Valley #6 of 9 --  7,204 (+  0.2%) 

Stabilizing?
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240 - MANIFEST DESTINY ($2.99)
03/2014: Manifest Destiny #5  -- 14,152  
03/2015: --  
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03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: Manifest Destiny #19 --  9,900 (-  5.7%) 
06/2016: Manifest Destiny #20 --  9,399 (-  5.1%) 
07/2016: Manifest Destiny #21 --  8,763 (-  6.8%) 
08/2016: Manifest Destiny #22 --  8,526 (-  2.7%) 
09/2016: Manifest Destiny #23 --  8,039 (-  5.7%) 
10/2016: Manifest Destiny #24 --  7,815 (-  2.8%) 
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: Manifest Destiny #25 --  7,403 (-  5.3%) 
02/2017: Manifest Destiny #26 --  9,007 (+ 21.7%) 
03/2017: Manifest Destiny #27 --  7,028 (- 22.0%) 
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6 months: - 12.6%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.

No variant this month.
---

246 - BIRTHRIGHT ($2.99)
03/2015: --
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03/2016: Birthright #15 --  9,344 (-  1.8%) 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: Birthright #16 --  9,015 (-  3.5%) 
07/2016: Birthright #17 --  8,264 (-  8.3%) 
08/2016: Birthright #18 --  8,146 (-  1.4%) 
09/2016: Birthright #19 --  7,832 (-  3.9%) 
10/2016: Birthright #20 --  7,567 (-  3.4%) 
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: Birthright #21 --  7,147 (-  5.6%) 
02/2017: Birthright #22 --  7,025 (-  1.7%) 
03/2017: Birthright #23 --  6,756 (-  3.8%) 
-----------------
6 months: - 13.7%
1 year  : - 27.7%
2 years :    n.a.

---

247 - HEAD LOPPER ($5.99)
03/2016: Head Lopper #3 of 4 --  7,494 (- 14.4%) 
04/2006: -- 
05/2006: -- 
06/2016: Head Lopper #4 of 4 --  7,928 (+  5.9%) 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: --
03/2017: Head Lopper #5      --  6,736 (- 15.1%) 
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  : - 10.1%

Guess it wasn't finished after all. Maybe the trade sales were good?
---

249 - NAILBITER ($2.99)
03/2015: --  
--------------------------------
03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: Nailbiter #21 --  8,196 (-  2.1%) 
06/2016: Nailbiter #22 --  8,477 (+  3.4%) 
07/2016: Nailbiter #23 --  7,938 (-  6.4%) 
08/2016: Nailbiter #24 --  7,780 (-  2.0%) 
09/2016: Nailbiter #25 --  7,474 (-  3.9%) 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: Nailbiter #26 --  7,239 (-  3.1%) 
12/2016: Nailbiter #27 --  6,989 (-  3.5%) 
01/2017: Nailbiter #28 --  6,666 (-  4.6%) 
02/2017: Nailbiter #29 --  6,574 (-  1.4%) 
03/2017: Nailbiter #30 --  6,560 (-  0.2%) 
-----------------
6 months: - 12.2%
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.

Final issue.
---

253 - COPPERHEAD ($3.99)
03/2015: --
---------------------------------
10/2015: Copperhead #10 --  8,662 (-  4.3%) 
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03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: -- 
06/2016: -- 
07/2016: -- 
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: -- 
10/2016: -- 
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: --
03/2017: Copperhead #11 --  6,369 (- 26.5%)
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.
1 year  :    n.a.
2 years :    n.a.

Nearly a year and a half between issues means people aren't going to remember you exist.
---

265 - THE FEW ($4.99)
01/2017: The Few #1 of 6 -- 10,571 
02/2017: The Few #2 of 6 --  8,431 (- 20.2%) 
03/2017: The Few #3 of 6 --  6,067 (- 28.0%) 

No variant this month.
---

276 - THE BEAUTY ($3.99)
03/2016: -- 
04/2016: -- 
05/2016: The Beauty #7  --  9,178 (- 13.4%)
06/2016: The Beauty #8  --  9,577 (+  4.3%)
07/2016: The Beauty #9  --  8,340 (- 12.9%)
08/2016: -- 
09/2016: The Beauty #10 --  7,986 (-  4.2%)
10/2016: The Beauty #11 --  7,210 (-  9.7%)
11/2016: -- 
12/2016: -- 
01/2017: -- 
02/2017: The Beauty #12 --  6,179 (- 14.3%)
03/2017: The Beauty #13 --  6,067 (-  1.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.0%
1 year  :    n.a.

---

289 - BLACK ROAD ($3.99)
04/2016: Black Road #1  -- 16,572 
05/2016: Black Road #2  -- 10,131 (- 38.9%) 
06/2016: Black Road #3  -- 10,484 (+  3.5%) 
07/2016: Black Road #4  --  7,292 (- 30.4%) 
08/2016: Black Road #5  --  6,912 (-  5.2%) 
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: Black Road #6  --  5,748 (- 16.8%) 
02/2017: Black Road #7  --  5,340 (-  7.1%) 
03/2017: Black Road #8  --  5,030 (-  5.8%) 
-----------------
6 months:    n.a.

---

297 - LOOSE ENDS ($3.99)
01/2017: Loose Ends #1 of 4 -- 10,847 
02/2017: Loose Ends #2 of 4 --  5,858 (- 46.0%) 
03/2017: Loose Ends #3 of 4 --  4,912 (- 16.1%) 

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Image titles shipping but not making the Top 300 in March (cutoff at 4,812) include: Casanova, Circuit Breaker, Eclipse, Elephantmen, Hadrian's Wall, Horizon, Invisible Republic, Island, Mayday, Mirror, No Mercy, Planetoid Praxis, Postal, Ringside, Rockstars, Savage Dragon, She Wolf, Shutter, Spread, Stray Bullets, Think Tank, Throwaways, Violent Love.

Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that any of them are in danger of being cancelled; there are many reasons that the creators of these books may desire to keep them going.
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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. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily even intended to be sold to a customer.

If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a book's initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. "[36,599]"). Should more than one issue have shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term comparisons, the average between them will be used.

Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it's a different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.

Image is not a normal comics publisher, and the typical metrics for sales success may not apply. For many titles, collection sales tend to be a significant factor, so the numbers for those books should be taken with a grain of salt as well.

Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.

Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales figures say.

** Two asterisks after a given month in the average charts mean that one or more periodical release did not make the Top 300 chart in that month. In those cases, it's assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.

Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, The National 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 if you need to contact me).

As always, we welcome your comments and corrections below. Please try to keep things civilized.

DC Rebirth Trade Sales - April 2017

Here are the trade paperback collection sales for DC Rebirth trades via Diamond-North America, cumulative through April 2017.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total
Batman vol. 1	9,122	2,017	1,821	1,443	14,403
Flash vol. 1	5,884	1,497	1,850	1,542	10,773
Superman vol. 1	5,585	1,441	1,298	872	9,196
Justice League vol. 1	5,095	1,025	921	527	7,568
Green Arrow vol. 1	4,473	925	740	655	6,793
Nightwing vol. 1	4,263	898	1,031	903	7,095
Aquaman vol. 1	3,940	743	525	426	5,634
Green Lanterns vol. 1	3,637	691	444	458	5,230
Detective Comics vol. 1		5,920	1,365	916	8,201
Wonder Woman vol. 1		5,252	1,219	906	7,377
Action Comics vol. 1		4,102	908	611	5,621
Hal Jordan & GLC vol. 1		3,743	769	604	5,116
Harley Quinn vol. 1			5,879	533	6,412
Suicide Squad vol. 1			5,801	407	6,208
Titans vol. 1			4,764	569	5,333
Deathstroke vol. 1			3,953	408	4,361
Batgirl vol. 1			3,666		3,666
Hellblazer vol. 1			2,941		2,941
Cyborg vol. 1			2,235		2,235
Batman vol. 2				6,809	6,809
Superman vol. 2				4,478	4,478
Justice League vol. 2				3,812	3,812
Red Hood & Outlaws vol. 1				3,411	3,411
Batgirl & Birds/Prey vol. 1				3,306	3,306
Green Arrow vol. 2				3,253	3,253
Action Comics vol. 2				3,095	3,095
Aquaman vol. 2				2,955	2,955
Green Lanterns vol. 2				2,868	2,868
					0
Totals	41,999	28,254	42,130	45,767	158,150

There were also 4,419 in sales for the first All Star Batman hardcover collection, but a table with just one entry on it would look pretty silly...

These sales represent only those sales reported through Diamond-North America accounts. They do not include sales through book stores, foreign sales, book clubs, or to most libraries.

Note that for those trades with no listed sales in April (Batgirl, Hellblazer, Cyborg) that just means that they didn't make the Top 300 in collection sales for the month; they may have had sales that were below the Top 300 threshold (376).

(This chart is starting to get a bit hard to read; I may reorganize it next month. Which would be better: sorting alpha-numerically, or sorting by sales?)