Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
After some amount of delays, DC’s New Age of Heroes mini-line makes its debut in January, and the results are underwhelming. The first issue of the flagship title, Damage, comes in at just 37K (and the other title in the line so far, The Silencer, debuts at 30K). Were it to stay at that level, that would be a solid performer, but we know by now how these things work, and if it follows standard attrition for new titles it’ll be down in the 20K range fairly soon. Given that the New Age of Heroes titles are allegedly spinning out of the hit Metal series, this can only be seen as disappointing. Maybe DC should have gone with making the first few issues returnable instead of fancy cover gimmicks?
(It may be worth noting that there have been comics recently, Mister Miracle chief among them, that have bucked the regular pattern for new titles. If retailers underestimated the demand for the New Age of Heroes titles, we’ll know soon enough; though so far no second printings of either title have been offered...)
Perhaps better news for DC as of late is the announcement of their new OGN lines DC Ink and DC Zoom, targeted at the young adult and kids markets respectively. All of the announced titles will go straight to being original graphic novels (with the notable exception of Gene Yang’s Superman Smashes the Klan), and will all be free of regular DCU continuity. This is the effect of the success of the DC Super-Hero Girls series of OGNs. Of course we haven’t seen one lick of DC Super-Hero Girls on the monthly comics charts; although they do fairly well on the Diamond graphic novel chart, one supposes (and there’s some evidence to back this up) that they sell really well in the book, library and school book fair markets. Should DC Ink/Zoom succeed, what will the role of the traditional comics become within DCE? Not that I expect it to go away anytime soon, and I find it likely that the two will co-exist together for quite some time. But are we five or ten years away from the end of this month-to-month column? (Probably not, but it is a non-zero possibility…)
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 (there are some minor changes in the fine print this month, to further clarify a few things). We also commend to you our analysis of cumulative DC Rebirth trade collection sales.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders including reorder activity.)
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1 - DOOMSDAY CLOCK ($4.99)
11/2017: Doomsday Clock #1 of 12 -- 238,643 [267,487]
12/2017: Doomsday Clock #2 of 12 -- 158,603 (- 39.3%) [171,969]
01/2018: Doomsday Clock #3 of 12 -- 157,714 (- 8.3%)
The good news for DC here is that sales on Doomsday Clock remain strong, with first month sales of the third issue down fewer than 900 copies from the second issue, and an additional 6K and 13K in reorders/reprints of the first two issues respectively.
The bad news for DC is that Doomsday Clock is switching to a bi-monthly schedule, with issue #4 pushed back to March and each subsequent issue coming out eight or nine weeks later. And with Metal ending soon, that’s gonna put some holes in DC’s sales...
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2 - DARK NIGHTS: METAL ($3.99)
06/2017: The Forge #1 -- 130,651 [139,088]
07/2017: The Casting #1 -- 128,261 (- 7.8%)
08/2017: Metal #1 of 6 -- 261,997 (+126.5%) [290,534]
09/2017: Metal #2 of 6 -- 149,487 (- 41.6%) [169,668]
10/2017: Metal #3 of 6 -- 158,698 (- 2.0%) [166,270]
11/2007: --
12/2017: Metal #4 of 6 -- 152,567 (- 5.6%) [157,035]
01/2018: Metal #5 of 6 -- 149,076 (- 5.1%)
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6 months: + 16.2%
Metal also continues to sell well, falling just 3.5K in first month sales, and all four extant issues getting reorders/reprints on the chart.
There weren’t any Metal-related one-shots this month, but there as plenty of reorder/reprint activity for the previous Metal one-shots, including a whopping 22K for last month’s Hawkman Found. Here’s an updated chart of those:
METAL one-shots ($3.99)
09/2017: Batman Red Death #1 -- 81,904 [107,519]
09/2017: Batman Murder Machine #1 -- 78,202 (- 11.8%) [94,830]
10/2017: Batman Dawnbreaker #1 -- 89,427 (+ 1.1%) [95,912]
10/2017: Batman Drowned #1 -- 89,861 (- 0.7%) [95,219]
10/2017: Batman Merciless #1 -- 87,920 (+ 4.1%) [99,110]
11/2017: Batman Devastator #1 -- 94,496 (- 2.6%) [96,519]
11/2017: Batman Lost #1 -- 101,267 (+ 10.1%) [106,315]
11/2017: Batman Who Laughs #1 -- 105,183 (+ 12.4%) [119,456]
12/2017: Hawkman Found #1 -- 64,617 (- 27.2%) [86,906]
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3, 4 - BATMAN ($2.99)
01/2008: Batman #672 -- 69,234
01/2013: Batman #16 -- 145,923
01/2014: Batman #27 -- 115,492 [117,395]
01/2015: Batman #38 -- 110,232 [120,385]
01/2016: Batman #48 -- 100,962
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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%)
04/2017: Batman #20 -- 97,544 (+ 0.0%)
04/2017: Batman #21 -- 219,472 (+134.1%) [228,310]
05/2017: Batman #22 -- 186,914 (- 18.1%)
05/2017: Batman #23 -- 96,542 (- 48.3%)
06/2017: Batman #24 -- 116,037 (+ 36.7%) [131,939]
06/2017: Batman #25 -- 102,798 (- 17.6%) [108,749]
07/2017: Batman #26 -- 107,071 (- 1.5%)
07/2017: Batman #27 -- 102,335 (- 4.4%)
08/2017: Batman #28 -- 104,666 (+ 2.3%)
08/2017: Batman #29 -- 100,787 (- 3.7%)
09/2017: Batman #30 -- 100,083 (- 0.7%)
09/2017: Batman #31 -- 98,594 (- 1.5%)
10/2017: Batman #32 -- 108,945 (+ 10.5%)
10/2017: Batman #33 -- 97,839 (- 10.2%)
11/2017: Batman #34 -- 96,676 (- 1.2%)
11/2017: Batman #35 -- 97,459 (+ 0.8%)
12/2017: Batman #36 -- 94,385 (- 1.7%) [95,765]
12/2017: Batman #37 -- 92,902 (- 0.6%) [95,163]
01/2018: Batman #38 -- 98,440 (+ 3.4%)
01/2018: Batman #39 -- 94,325 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: - 7.9%
1 year : - 8.0%
2 years : - 4.5%
5 years : - 33.9%
10 years: + 39.2%
A rebound for Batman this month, plus reorder activity for last month’s issues, signifies that, while Batman may not get back above 100K, it may be content to live in the mid-90K range.
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7 - BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT ($3.99)
10/2017: White Knight #1 of 8 -- 86,791 [98,565]
11/2017: White Knight #2 of 8 -- 69,668 (- 17.4%) [81,378]
12/2017: White Knight #3 of 8 -- 72,679 (- 0.3%) [81,113]
01/2018: White Knight #4 of 8 -- 73,043 (- 9.9%)
First month sales for issue #4 were up a smidge from those of the third issue, and more reorder/reprint activity on the first three issues. Another Bat-success!
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9 - BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL ($3.99)
01/2018: The Signal #1 of 3 -- 62,394
Billed as a Metal spin-off. Right now someone is kicking themselves for not making this longer than three issues, but I’d expect to see some sort of follow-up series announced pretty soon...
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15, 14 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99)
01/2008: Detective Comics #840 -- 51,579
01/2013: Detective Comics #16 -- 92,300
01/2014: Detective Comics #27 -- 88,702 [90,335]
01/2015: Detective Comics #38 -- 51,301
01/2016: Detective Comics #48 -- 45,111
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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%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #954 -- 58,187 (- 1.6%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #955 -- 57,666 (- 0.9%)
05/2017: Detective Comics #956 -- 57,178 (- 0.8%)
05/2017: Detective Comics #957 -- 56,344 (- 1.5%)
06/2017: Detective Comics #958 -- 56,226 (- 0.2%)
06/2017: Detective Comics #959 -- 55,449 (- 1.4%)
07/2017: Detective Comics #960 -- 55,074 (- 0.7%)
07/2017: Detective Comics #961 -- 54,407 (- 1.2%)
08/2017: Detective Comics #962 -- 54,259 (- 0.3%)
08/2017: Detective Comics #963 -- 52,975 (- 2.4%)
09/2017: Detective Comics #964 -- 53,552 (+ 1.1%)
09/2017: Detective Comics #965 -- 57,102 (+ 6.6%)
10/2017: Detective Comics #966 -- 56,801 (- 0.5%)
10/2017: Detective Comics #967 -- 55,556 (- 2.2%)
11/2017: Detective Comics #968 -- 56,948 (+ 2.5%)
11/2017: Detective Comics #969 -- 52,855 (- 7.2%)
12/2017: Detective Comics #970 -- 52,560 (- 0.6%)
12/2017: Detective Comics #971 -- 51,727 (- 1.6%)
01/2018: Detective Comics #972 -- 51,694 (- 0.1%)
01/2018: Detective Comics #973 -- 53,024 (+ 2.6%)
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6 months: - 4.4%
1 year : - 16.6%
2 years : + 16.1%
5 years : - 43.3%
10 years: + 1.5%
More good news for Detective Comics Comics, with barely a dip for issue #972 and a rise for issue #973.
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21, 19 - FLASH ($2.99)
01/2008: Flash #236 -- 41,464
01/2013: Flash #16 -- 44,093
01/2014: Flash #27 -- 34,902 [35,598]
01/2015: Flash #38 -- 35,180 [36,575]
01/2016: --
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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%)
04/2017: Flash #20 -- 53,828 (- 0.2%)
04/2017: Flash #21 -- 174,803 (+251.3%) [189,108]
05/2017: Flash #22 -- 163,767 (- 13.4%)
05/2017: Flash #23 -- 54,640 (- 66.6%)
06/2017: Flash #24 -- 54,275 (- 0.7%)
06/2017: Flash #25 -- 54,632 (+ 0.7%)
07/2017: Flash #26 -- 54,237 (- 0.7%)
07/2017: Flash #27 -- 53,806 (- 0.8%)
08/2017: Flash #28 -- 54,076 (+ 0.5%)
08/2017: Flash #29 -- 52,819 (- 2.3%)
09/2017: Flash #30 -- 52,905 (+ 0.2%)
09/2017: Flash #31 -- 52,412 (- 0.9%)
10/2017: Flash #32 -- 51,775 (- 1.2%)
10/2017: Flash #33 -- 69,679 (+ 34.6%)
11/2017: Flash #34 -- 50,364 (- 27.7%)
11/2017: Flash #35 -- 48,496 (- 2.5%) [49,127]
12/2017: Flash #36 -- 47,998 (- 2.3%)
12/2017: Flash #37 -- 46,881 (- 2.3%)
01/2018: Flash #38 -- 48,279 (+ 3.0%)
01/2018: Flash #39 -- 49,595 (+ 2.7%)
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6 months: - 9.4%
1 year : - 17.8%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 11.0%
10 years: + 18.0%
Upticks for both issues this month—the sign of a correction?
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22, 29 - SUPERMAN ($2.99)
01/2008: Superman #672 -- 44,656
01/2013: Superman #16 -- 50,621
01/2014: Superman #27 -- 35,266 [34,749]
01/2015: --
01/2016: Superman #48 -- 37,690
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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%)
04/2017: Superman #20 -- 53,373 (- 5.4%)
04/2017: Superman #21 -- 51,373 (- 3.7%)
05/2017: Superman #22 -- 51,938 (+ 1.1%)
05/2017: Superman #23 -- 51,264 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Superman #24 -- 50,762 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Superman #25 -- 50,873 (+ 0.2%)
07/2017: Superman #26 -- 50,173 (- 1.4%)
07/2017: Superman #27 -- 48,953 (- 2.4%)
08/2017: Superman #28 -- 48,922 (- 0.1%)
08/2017: Superman #29 -- 49,294 (+ 0.8%)
09/2017: Superman #30 -- 47,664 (- 3.3%)
09/2017: Superman #31 -- 46,868 (- 1.7%)
10/2017: Superman #32 -- 46,571 (- 0.6%)
10/2017: Superman #33 -- 45,544 (- 2.2%)
11/2017: Superman #34 -- 47,844 (+ 5.1%)
11/2017: Superman #35 -- 45,447 (- 5.0%)
12/2017: Superman #36 -- 44,281 (- 2.6%)
12/2017: Superman #37 -- 48,591 (+ 9.7%)
01/2018: Superman #38 -- 47,261 (- 4.6%)
01/2018: Superman #39 -- 44,402 (- 6.0%)
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6 months: - 7.5%
1 year : - 22.2%
2 years : + 21.6%
5 years : - 9.5%
10 years: + 2.6%
Issue #38 was the penultimate chapter of the “Super Sons of Tomorrow” crossover, while sales went back to normal with issue #39, a wonderful, heartwarming done-in-one co-starring the Justice League.
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22, 24 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99)
01/2013: Justice League #16 -- 117,719
01/2014: Justice League #27 -- 84,674 [85,571]
01/2015: Justice League #38 -- 68,989 [71,202]
01/2016: --
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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%)
04/2017: Justice League #18 -- 58,737 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Justice League #19 -- 57,647 (- 1.9%)
05/2017: Justice League #20 -- 56,119 (- 2.7%)
05/2017: Justice League #21 -- 55,351 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Justice League #22 -- 54,047 (- 2.4%)
06/2017: Justice League #23 -- 53,283 (- 1.4%)
07/2017: Justice League #24 -- 52,700 (- 1.1%)
07/2017: Justice League #25 -- 51,507 (- 2.3%)
08/2017: Justice League #26 -- 51,048 (- 0.9%)
08/2017: Justice League #27 -- 50,023 (- 2.0%)
09/2017: Justice League #28 -- 49,298 (- 1.4%)
09/2017: Justice League #29 -- 48,425 (- 1.8%)
10/2017: Justice League #30 -- 48,477 (+ 0.1%)
10/2017: Justice League #31 -- 47,541 (- 1.9%)
11/2017: Justice League #32 -- 73,839 (+ 55.3%)
11/2017: Justice League #33 -- 71,769 (- 1.2%) [72,959]
12/2017: Justice League #34 -- 46,958 (- 35.6%)
12/2017: Justice League #35 -- 46,228 (- 2.8%)
01/2018: Justice League #36 -- 46,043 (- 0.4%)
01/2018: Justice League #37 -- 45,313 (- 1.6%)
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6 months: - 13.2%
1 year : - 35.8%
2 years : - 38.4%
5 years : - 59.5%
Scott Snyder’s next project for DC will be a Justice League revamp, coming this summer. Which should supercharge a title that’s (Metal crossover notwithstanding) been wallowing in middling standard attrition, even with the recent creative team change.
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27 - FLASH ANNUAL ($4.99)
08/2012: Flash Annual #1 -- 44,206
07/2013: Flash Annual #2 -- 34,114 (- 22.8%)
04/2014: Flash Annual #3 -- 32,447 (+ 0.6%) [34,333]
07/2015: Flash Annual #4 -- 29,204 (- 14.9%)
01/2018: Flash Annual #1 -- 44,946 (+ 49.3%)
28 - DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL ($4.99)
08/2012: Detective Annual #1 -- 62,571
07/2013: Detective Annual #2 -- 52,245 (- 16.5%)
07/2014: Detective Annual #3 -- 44,128 (- 15.5%)
01/2018: Detective Annual #1 -- 44,882 (- 0.1%)
DC finally does a couple of annuals for titles that can actually support them. The Flash Annual is off about 4.5K from the parent title, while the Detective Annual is off by around 8K.
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33, 34 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99)
01/2008: Action Comics #861 -- 56,093
01/2013: Action Comics #16 -- 58,645
01/2014: Action Comics #27 -- 36,042 [36,448]
01/2015: Action Comics #38 -- 35,018
01/2016: Action Comics #48 -- 31,958
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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%)
04/2017: Action Comics #977 -- 43,865 (- 6.4%)
04/2017: Action Comics #978 -- 43,555 (- 0.7%)
05/2017: Action Comics #979 -- 43,336 (- 0.5%)
05/2017: Action Comics #980 -- 42,811 (- 1.2%)
06/2017: Action Comics #981 -- 42,520 (- 0.7%)
06/2017: Action Comics #982 -- 41,799 (- 1.7%)
07/2017: Action Comics #983 -- 41,764 (- 0.1%)
07/2017: Action Comics #984 -- 40,957 (- 1.9%)
08/2017: Action Comics #985 -- 41,014 (+ 0.1%)
08/2017: Action Comics #986 -- 40,607 (- 1.0%)
09/2017: Action Comics #987 -- 96,867 (+138.5%)
09/2017: Action Comics #988 -- 91,303 (- 5.7%)
10/2017: Action Comics #989 -- 88,083 (- 3.5%)
10/2017: Action Comics #990 -- 80,955 (- 8.1%)
11/2017: Action Comics #991 -- 78,461 (- 3.1%)
11/2017: Action Comics #992 -- 41,955 (- 45.7%) [42,586]
12/2017: Action Comics #993 -- 42,016 (- 1.3%)
12/2017: Action Comics #994 -- 41,495 (+ 2.0%) [42,838]
01/2018: Action Comics #995 -- 41,987 (- 2.0%)
01/2018: Action Comics #996 -- 41,331 (- 1.6%)
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6 months: + 0.7%
1 year : - 5.3%
2 years : + 30.4%
5 years : - 29.0%
10 years: - 25.7%
Marking time until issue #1000 with a time travel caper co-starring Booster Gold.
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38 - MISTER MIRACLE ($3.99)
08/2017: Mr. Miracle #1 of 12 -- 33,493 [48,175]
09/2017: Mr. Miracle #2 of 12 -- 41,575 (- 13.7%)
10/2017: Mr. Miracle #3 of 12 -- 40,488 (- 2.6%)
11/2017: Mr. Miracle #4 of 12 -- 39,202 (- 1.7%) [39,786]
12/2017: Mr. Miracle #5 of 12 -- 37,693 (- 2.4%) [38,844]
01/2018: Mr. Miracle #6 of 12 -- 38,655 (- 0.5%)
A correction to last month’s correction, as over 1000 in reorder activity bumps up the numbers of issue #5, and this month’s issue #6 is off fewer than 200 copies from #5’s revised numbers. Readers seem to be sticking with Mr. Miracle!
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44 - DAMAGE ($2.99)
01/2018: Damage #1 -- 37,001
DC’s big publishing initiative spinning out of Metal is the New Age of Heroes, for which Damage is the lead-off title. After a few delays it finally appears in January, and the results are underwhelming. Only one cover (with no variants!) and priced to sell at $2.99, but that is not a good figure to start from, and does not bode well. Maybe they should have foregone the fancy gatefold cover gimmick and instead made it returnable, so that more retailers would have taken a chance on an unknown quantity.
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46, 48 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99)
01/2008: Wonder Woman #16 -- 42,897
01/2013: Wonder Woman #16 -- 40,105
01/2014: Wonder Woman #27 -- 32,035 [32,769]
01/2015: Wonder Woman #38 -- 39,669 [42,214]
01/2016: Wonder Woman #48 -- 32,687
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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%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #20 -- 45,266 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #21 -- 44,597 (- 1.5%)
05/2017: Wonder Woman #22 -- 44,114 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Wonder Woman #23 -- 43,704 (- 0.9%)
06/2017: Wonder Woman #24 -- 43,371 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Wonder Woman #25 -- 44,106 (+ 1.7%)
07/2017: Wonder Woman #26 -- 43,042 (- 2.4%)
07/2017: Wonder Woman #27 -- 42,371 (- 1.6%)
08/2017: Wonder Woman #28 -- 41,837 (- 1.3%)
08/2017: Wonder Woman #29 -- 41,077 (- 1.8%)
09/2017: Wonder Woman #30 -- 40,955 (- 0.3%)
09/2017: Wonder Woman #31 -- 41,647 (+ 1.7%)
10/2017: Wonder Woman #32 -- 39,694 (- 4.7%)
10/2017: Wonder Woman #33 -- 39,920 (+ 0.6%)
11/2017: Wonder Woman #34 -- 41,185 (+ 3.2%)
11/2017: Wonder Woman #35 -- 38,637 (- 6.2%)
12/2017: Wonder Woman #36 -- 37,647 (- 2.6%)
12/2017: Wonder Woman #37 -- 36,970 (+ 1.5%) [38,227]
01/2018: Wonder Woman #38 -- 36,828 (- 3.7%)
01/2018: Wonder Woman #39 -- 36,269 (- 1.5%)
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6 months: - 14.4%
1 year : - 29.6%
2 years : + 11.8%
5 years : - 8.9%
10 years: - 14.8%
Seems to be stabilizing, but Wonder Woman—the star of 2017’s most popular super-hero movie—should be moving more comics than this.
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50 - SUPER SONS ($3.99)
02/2017: Super Sons #1 -- 99,380
03/2017: Super Sons #2 -- 51,723 (- 48.0%)
04/2017: Super Sons #3 -- 44,561 (- 13.8%)
05/2017: Super Sons #4 -- 39,412 (- 11.6%)
06/2017: Super Sons #5 -- 37,022 (- 6.1%)
07/2017: Super Sons #6 -- 35,461 (- 4.2%)
08/2017: Super Sons #7 -- 34,165 (- 3.7%)
09/2017: Super Sons #8 -- 32,615 (- 4.5%)
10/2017: Super Sons #9 -- 31,677 (- 2.9%)
11/2017: Super Sons #10 -- 30,051 (- 5.1%)
12/2017: Super Sons #11 -- 37,356 (+ 30.1%) [39,095]
01/2018: Super Sons #12 -- 35,068 (- 10.3%)
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6 months: - 1.1%
The “Super Sons of Tomorrow” finale. Super Sons will be ending with issue #16 in May (paving the way for Bendis’s Super-plans...) though there will be a Super Sons OGN series as part of DC Zoom.
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51 - BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II ($3.99)
01/2016: Batman/TMNT #2 of 6 -- 52,337 [67,898]
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12/2017: Batman/TMNT II #1 of 6 -- 50,213 (- 22.6%)
12/2017: Batman/TMNT II #2 of 6 -- 41,791 (- 14.9%) [42,730]
01/2018: Batman/TMNT II #3 of 6 -- 35,028 (- 18.0%)
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2 years : - 48.4%
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54, 58, 60 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
01/2014: Harley Quinn #2 -- 66,363 [82,031]
01/2015: Harley Quinn #14 -- 64,735 [67,900]
01/2016: Harley Quinn #24 -- 44,967
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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%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #17 -- 43,263 (+ 1.2%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #18 -- 41,645 (- 3.7%)
05/2017: Harley Quinn #19 -- 41,552 (- 0.2%)
05/2017: Harley Quinn #20 -- 40,596 (- 2.3%)
06/2017: Harley Quinn #21 -- 40,272 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Harley Quinn #22 -- 39,389 (- 2.2%)
07/2017: Harley Quinn #23 -- 39,480 (+ 0.2%)
07/2017: Harley Quinn #24 -- 38,124 (- 3.4%)
08/2017: Harley Quinn #25 -- 39,093 (+ 2.5%)
08/2017: Harley Quinn #26 -- 37,283 (- 4.6%)
09/2017: Harley Quinn #27 -- 37,087 (- 0.5%)
09/2017: Harley Quinn #28 -- 36,193 (- 2.4%)
10/2017: Harley Quinn #29 -- 36,113 (- 0.2%)
10/2017: Harley Quinn #30 -- 38,403 (+ 6.3%)
11/2017: Harley Quinn #31 -- 34,688 (- 9.7%)
11/2017: Harley Quinn #32 -- 34,366 (- 0.9%)
12/2017: Harley Quinn #33 -- 33,694 (- 2.0%)
01/2018: Harley Quinn #34 -- 33,222 (- 1.4%)
01/2018: Harley Quinn #35 -- 32,183 (- 3.1%)
01/2018: Harley Quinn #36 -- 31,602 (- 1.8%)
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6 months: - 16.7%
1 year : - 30.4%
2 years : - 28.1%
59 - HARLEY QUINN BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR ($4.99)
07/2014: Harley Quinn Comic Con #1 -- 64,978 [68,667]
12/2014: Harley Quinn Holiday Sp #1 -- 63,465 (- 7.6%)
02/2015: Harley Quinn Valentines #1 -- 68,611 (+ 19.4%) [75,747]
09/2015: Harley Quinn Road Trip #1 -- 51,135 (- 31.8%) [51,668]
04/2016: Harley & SS April Fools #1 -- 75,354 (+ 45.8%)
09/2017: Harley Quinn 25th Anniv #1 -- 97,211 (+ 29.1%)
01/2018: Harley Be Careful What #1 -- 32,137 (- 66.9%)
Three issues of the regular HQ series this month, as last month’s Palmiotti/Connor swan song was delayed until January, and the first two Tieri-helmed issues come out. Those three are joined by another Harley Quinn Special, this one a reprint of a comic previously only available in a Loot Crate.
It would appear that we’ve reached a Harley Quinn saturation point. The change in creative teams would have been a good opportunity to switch to being a monthly, but Harley will continue to come you way twice a month for the foreseeable future. (Though in May the regular Harley series is being replaced on the schedule by a two-issue HQ mini-series...)
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61 - TITANS ($3.99)
01/2016: Titans Hunt #4 of 8 -- 23,578
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01/2017: Titans #7 -- 46,998 (- 3.3%)
02/2017: Titans #8 -- 44,028 (- 6.3%)
03/2017: Titans #9 -- 42,557 (- 3.3%)
04/2017: Titans #10 -- 40,893 (- 3.9%)
05/2017: Titans #11 -- 45,889 (+ 12.2%)
06/2017: Titans #12 -- 40,204 (- 12.4%)
07/2017: Titans #13 -- 39,272 (- 2.3%)
08/2017: Titans #14 -- 37,283 (- 5.1%)
09/2017: Titans #15 -- 35,858 (- 3.8%)
10/2017: Titans #16 -- 34,570 (- 3.6%)
11/2017: Titans #17 -- 33,960 (- 1.8%)
12/2017: Titans #18 -- 32,276 (- 5.0%)
01/2018: Titans #19 -- 31,478 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 19.8%
1 year : - 33.0%
2 years : + 33.5%
Possibly getting a reboot this summer as part of the Justice League of Snyder.
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65 - THE SILENCER ($2.99)
01/2018: The Silencer #1 -- 30,131
The second of DC’s New Age of Heroes books, and what was said for Damage above obviously applies even more to The Silencer.
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67, 71 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
01/2008: Green Lantern Corps #20 -- 44,607 [48,577]
01/2013: Green Lantern Corps #16 -- 45,387
01/2014: Green Lantern Corps #27 -- 31,447 [31,555]
01/2015: Green Lantern Corps #38 -- 27,765
01/2016: Edge of Oblivion #1 of 6 -- 26,819
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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%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #18 -- 34,507 (- 2.0%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #19 -- 34,140 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #20 -- 33,721 (- 1.2%)
05/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #21 -- 33,259 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #22 -- 33,116 (- 0.4%)
06/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #23 -- 32,517 (- 1.8%)
07/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #24 -- 32,210 (- 0.9%)
07/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #25 -- 31,838 (- 1.2%)
08/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #26 -- 31,481 (- 1.1%)
08/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #27 -- 31,251 (- 0.7%)
09/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #28 -- 30,911 (- 1.1%)
09/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #29 -- 30,864 (- 0.2%)
10/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #30 -- 31,268 (+ 1.3%)
10/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #31 -- 30,586 (- 2.2%)
11/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #32 -- 57,000 (+ 86.4%)
11/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #33 -- 33,624 (- 41.0%)
12/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #34 -- 29,474 (- 12.3%)
12/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #35 -- 29,203 (- 0.9%)
01/2018: Hal Jordan & GLC #36 -- 29,065 (- 0.5%)
01/2018: Hal Jordan & GLC #37 -- 28,655 (- 1.4%)
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6 months: - 9.9%
1 year : - 25.2%
2 years : + 7.6%
5 years : - 36.4%
10 years: - 40.6%
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73, 68 - NIGHTWING ($2.99)
01/2008: Nightwing #140 -- 32,305
01/2013: Nightwing #16 -- 69,643
01/2014: Nightwing #27 -- 38,325 [38,669]
01/2015: Grayson #6 -- 38,505 [39,816]
01/2016: Grayson #16 -- 30,420
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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%)
04/2017: Nightwing #18 -- 38,858 (- 1.5%)
04/2017: Nightwing #19 -- 38,230 (- 1.6%)
05/2017: Nightwing #20 -- 37,646 (- 1.5%)
05/2017: Nightwing #21 -- 37,309 (- 0.9%)
06/2017: Nightwing #22 -- 36,343 (- 2.6%)
06/2017: Nightwing #23 -- 36,055 (- 0.8%)
07/2017: Nightwing #24 -- 35,370 (- 1.9%)
07/2017: Nightwing #25 -- 34,587 (- 2.2%)
08/2017: Nightwing #26 -- 34,020 (- 1.6%)
08/2017: Nightwing #27 -- 33,250 (- 2.3%)
09/2017: Nightwing #28 -- 32,874 (- 1.1%)
09/2017: Nightwing #29 -- 51,102 (+ 55.4%)
10/2017: Nightwing #30 -- 31,978 (- 37.4%)
10/2017: Nightwing #31 -- 31,762 (- 0.7%)
11/2017: Nightwing #32 -- 31,215 (- 1.7%)
11/2017: Nightwing #33 -- 30,418 (- 2.6%)
12/2017: Nightwing #34 -- 29,426 (- 3.3%)
12/2017: Nightwing #35 -- 29,310 (- 0.4%)
01/2018: Nightwing #36 -- 28,493 (- 2.8%)
01/2018: Nightwing #37 -- 28,873 (+ 1.3%)
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6 months: - 19.7%
1 year : - 36.6%
2 years : - 5.7%
5 years : - 58.8%
10 years: - 11.2%
Is Nightwing bouncing back from rock-bottom, or are the added 400 copies of issue #37 just a blip? Regardless, Nightwing is finally switching to monthly with issue #44 in May.
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70 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
01/2008: Teen Titans #55 -- 52,376
01/2013: Teen Titans #16 -- 63,726
01/2014: Teen Titans #27 -- 27,558
01/2015: Teen Titans #6 -- 30,955 [31,779]
01/2016: Teen Titans #16 -- 24,201
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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%)
04/2017: Teen Titans #7 -- 36,056 (- 4.0%)
05/2017: Teen Titans #8 -- 43,385 (+ 20.3%)
06/2017: Teen Titans #9 -- 36,058 (- 16.9%)
07/2017: Teen Titans #10 -- 35,308 (- 2.1%)
08/2017: Teen Titans #11 -- 33,434 (- 5.3%)
09/2017: Teen Titans #12 -- 57,359 (+ 94.3%) [64,952]
10/2017: Teen Titans #13 -- 32,058 (- 50.6%)
11/2017: Teen Titans #14 -- 30,596 (- 4.6%)
12/2017: Teen Titans #15 -- 38,745 (+ 33.2%) [40,747]
01/2018: Teen Titans #16 -- 28,873 (- 29.1%)
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6 months: - 18.2%
1 year : - 30.1%
2 years : + 19.3%
5 years : - 54.7%
10 years: - 44.9%
Back to normal (well, actually a little worse than normal) after the latest crossover. But there’s a second printing of the Metal crossover issue and a good deal of re-orders for last month’s “Super Sons of Tomorrow” installment, so that’s something.
Possibly getting a reboot this summer as part of the Justice League of Snyder.
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75, 77 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
01/2008: Raise the Flag #5 of 8 -- 17,094
01/2013: Suicide Squad #16 -- 27,061
01/2014: Suicide Squad #27 -- 24,175
01/2015: New Suicide Squad #6 -- 32,304 [34,002]
01/2016: New Suicide Squad #16 -- 24,870
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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%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #15 -- 40,940 (- 5.6%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #16 -- 41,929 (+ 2.4%)
05/2017: Suicide Squad #17 -- 38,719 (- 7.7%)
05/2017: Suicide Squad #18 -- 38,401 (- 0.8%)
06/2017: Suicide Squad #19 -- 37,642 (- 2.0%)
06/2017: Suicide Squad #20 -- 37,532 (- 0.3%)
07/2017: Suicide Squad #21 -- 36,077 (- 3.9%)
07/2017: Suicide Squad #22 -- 35,719 (- 1.0%)
08/2017: Suicide Squad #23 -- 34,209 (- 4.2%)
08/2017: Suicide Squad #24 -- 33,674 (- 1.6%)
09/2017: Suicide Squad #25 -- 33,553 (- 0.4%)
09/2017: Suicide Squad #26 -- 50,527 (+ 50.6%)
10/2017: Suicide Squad #27 -- 31,754 (- 37.2%)
10/2017: Suicide Squad #28 -- 31,633 (- 0.4%)
11/2017: Suicide Squad #29 -- 30,113 (- 4.8%)
11/2017: Suicide Squad #30 -- 29,301 (- 2.7%)
12/2017: Suicide Squad #31 -- 28,229 (- 3.7%)
12/2017: Suicide Squad #32 -- 27,631 (- 2.1%)
01/2018: Suicide Squad #33 -- 26,715 (- 3.3%)
01/2018: Suicide Squad #34 -- 26,515 (- 0.7%)
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6 months: - 25.9%
1 year : - 50.6%
2 years : + 7.0%
5 years : - 1.6%
10 years: + 56.7%
Tune in next month for our next exciting installment of “Why is this still a twice-monthly?”
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78 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99)
01/2008: Supergirl #25 -- 36,459
01/2013: Supergirl #16 -- 30,350
01/2014: Supergirl #27 -- 21,954
01/2015: Supergirl #38 -- 22,677
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01/2017: Supergirl #5 -- 29,030 (- 6.5%)
02/2017: Supergirl #6 -- 26,240 (- 9.6%)
03/2017: Supergirl #7 -- 24,592 (- 6.3%)
04/2017: Supergirl #8 -- 23,814 (- 3.2%)
05/2017: Supergirl #9 -- 22,605 (- 5.1%)
06/2017: Supergirl #10 -- 22,093 (- 2.3%)
07/2017: Supergirl #11 -- 21,319 (- 3.5%)
08/2017: Supergirl #12 -- 27,104 (+ 27.1%)
09/2017: Supergirl #13 -- 33,750 (+ 24.5%)
10/2017: Supergirl #14 -- 31,720 (- 6.0%)
11/2017: Supergirl #15 -- 34,314 (+ 8.2%)
12/2017: Supergirl #16 -- 28,450 (- 17.1%)
01/2018: Supergirl #17 -- 26,466 (- 7.0%)
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6 months: + 24.1%
1 year : - 8.8%
5 years : - 12.8%
10 years: - 27.4%
A good number (over 17K) copies of last month’s Supergirl #16 also showed up on the January chart, but I’ve been informed by JJM that those were likely due to replacements for damaged copies. So we’re leaving them off the chart.
Oh, and it looks as though the final issue will be #20 in April (paving the way for Bendis’s Super-plans...)
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79, 83 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99)
01/2008: JL of America #17 -- 94,712
01/2014: JL of America #11 -- 65,365 [66,039]
01/2016: JL of America #7 -- 47,835
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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%)
04/2017: JL of America #4 -- 47,696 (- 10.6%)
04/2017: JL of America #5 -- 45,697 (- 4.2%)
05/2017: JL of America #6 -- 42,182 (- 7.7%)
05/2017: JL of America #7 -- 40,970 (- 2.9%)
06/2017: JL of America #8 -- 38,567 (- 5.3%)
06/2017: JL of America #9 -- 37,567 (- 3.2%)
07/2017: JL of America #10 -- 35,951 (- 4.3%)
07/2017: JL of America #11 -- 35,164 (- 2.2%)
08/2017: JL of America #12 -- 33,770 (- 4.0%)
08/2017: JL of America #13 -- 32,602 (- 3.5%)
09/2017: JL of America #14 -- 31,322 (- 3.9%)
09/2017: JL of America #15 -- 30,900 (- 1.3%)
10/2017: JL of America #16 -- 30,406 (- 1.6%)
10/2017: JL of America #17 -- 29,825 (- 1.9%)
11/2017: JL of America #18 -- 28,852 (- 3.3%)
11/2017: JL of America #19 -- 28,092 (- 2.6%)
12/2017: JL of America #20 -- 27,153 (- 3.3%)
12/2017: JL of America #21 -- 26,892 (- 1.0%)
01/2018: JL of America #22 -- 26,416 (- 1.9%)
01/2018: JL of America #23 -- 26,060 (- 1.3%)
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6 months: - 26.2%
1 year : - 10.1%
2 years : - 45.1%
10 years: - 72.3%
I made cracks before out this really being Batman and the Outsiders, but now it doesn’t even have Batman, so it’s just The Outsiders.
Ending with issue #29 in April, to make room for the Snyder-fied Justice League reboot.
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81 - RAVEN: DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS ($3.99)
01/2017: Raven #5 of 6 -- 17,342 (- 3.5%)
02/2017: Raven #6 of 6 -- 15,922 (- 8.2%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: --
05/2017: --
06/2017: --
07/2017: --
08/2017: --
09/2017: --
10/2017: --
11/2017: --
12/2017: --
01/2008: Daughter #1 of 12 -- 26,192 (+ 58.4%)
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1 year : + 51.1%
The previous Raven mini-series debuted at a bit over 28K, so you can probably see where this is heading...
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86, 90 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99)
01/2008: Green Lantern #27 -- 67,600
01/2013: Green Lantern #16 -- 72,884
01/2014: Green Lantern #27 -- 48,831 [49,099]
01/2015: Green Lantern #38 -- 39,342
01/2016: Green Lantern #48 -- 36,068
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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%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #20 -- 34,224 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #21 -- 33,556 (- 2.0%)
05/2017: Green Lanterns #22 -- 32,686 (- 2.6%)
05/2017: Green Lanterns #23 -- 32,251 (- 1.3%)
06/2017: Green Lanterns #24 -- 31,683 (- 1.8%)
06/2017: Green Lanterns #25 -- 31,413 (- 0.9%)
07/2017: Green Lanterns #26 -- 31,045 (- 1.2%)
07/2017: Green Lanterns #27 -- 30,278 (- 2.5%)
08/2017: Green Lanterns #28 -- 30,024 (- 0.8%)
08/2017: Green Lanterns #29 -- 29,451 (- 1.9%)
09/2017: Green Lanterns #30 -- 29,462 (+ 0.0%)
09/2017: Green Lanterns #31 -- 28,997 (- 1.6%)
10/2017: Green Lanterns #32 -- 28,775 (- 0.8%)
10/2017: Green Lanterns #33 -- 28,238 (- 1.9%)
11/2017: Green Lanterns #34 -- 27,959 (- 1.0%)
11/2017: Green Lanterns #35 -- 27,338 (- 2.2%)
12/2017: Green Lanterns #36 -- 26,436 (- 3.3%)
12/2017: Green Lanterns #37 -- 26,055 (- 1.4%)
01/2018: Green Lanterns #38 -- 25,172 (- 3.4%)
01/2018: Green Lanterns #39 -- 25,551 (+ 1.5%)
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6 months: - 17.3%
1 year : - 35.3%
2 years : - 29.7%
5 years : - 65.2%
10 years: - 62.5%
How is this still a twice-monthly? How?
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89 - AQUAMAN ($3.99)
01/2013: Aquaman #16 -- 62,153
01/2014: Aquaman #27 -- 36,610 [37,132]
01/2015: Aquaman #38 -- 28,356 [29,030]
01/2016: Aquaman #48 -- 23,373
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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%)
04/2017: Aquaman #20 -- 28,452 (- 2.8%)
04/2017: Aquaman #21 -- 27,837 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Aquaman #22 -- 27,215 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Aquaman #23 -- 26,841 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Aquaman #24 -- 26,455 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: Aquaman #25 -- 27,793 (+ 5.1%)
07/2017: Aquaman #26 -- 27,702 (- 0.3%)
08/2017: Aquaman #27 -- 28,677 (+ 3.5%)
09/2017: Aquaman #28 -- 28,081 (- 2.1%)
10/2017: Aquaman #29 -- 27,559 (- 1.9%)
11/2017: Aquaman #30 -- 27,243 (- 1.1%)
12/2017: Aquaman #31 -- 25,474 (- 6.5%)
01/2018: Aquaman #32 -- 25,232 (- 0.9%)
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6 months: - 8.9%
1 year : - 23.3%
2 years : + 8.0%
5 years : - 59.4%
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91 - MILK WARS specials (Young Animal) ($4.99)
01/2018: JLA/Doom Patrol #1 -- 25,090
Kick-off of the DCU/Young Animal crossover “Milk Wars,” an attempt to reinvigorate the Young Animal line ahead of its relaunch in March. The regular Doom Patrol (the best-selling if often late YA title) sells 15.5K this month, so 25K is an improvement. We’ll have to see how the other Specials hold up in February.
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93 - TRINITY ($3.99)
01/2017: Trinity #5 -- 46,204 (- 8.1%)
02/2017: Trinity #6 -- 42,001 (- 9.1%)
03/2017: Trinity #7 -- 39,380 (- 6.2%)
04/2017: Trinity #8 -- 36,803 (- 6.5%)
05/2017: Trinity #9 -- 34,317 (- 6.8%)
06/2017: Trinity #10 -- 32,654 (- 4.8%)
07/2017: Trinity #11 -- 31,274 (- 4.2%)
08/2017: Trinity #12 -- 30,215 (- 3.4%)
09/2017: Trinity #13 -- 29,106 (- 3.7%)
10/2017: Trinity #14 -- 27,968 (- 3.9%)
11/2017: Trinity #15 -- 27,694 (- 1.0%)
12/2017: Trinity #16 -- 25,178 (- 9.1%)
01/2018: Trinity #17 -- 24,530 (- 2.6%)
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6 months: - 21.6%
1 year : - 46.9%
Ending with issue #22 in April.
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96 - HARLEY & IVY MEET BETTY & VERONICA ($3.99)
10/2017: H&I meet B&V #1 of 6 -- 52,610
11/2017: H&I meet B&V #2 of 6 -- 29,491 (- 43.9%)
12/2017: H&I meet B&V #3 of 6 -- 24,356 (- 17.4%)
01/2018: H&I meet B&V #4 of 6 -- 23,286 (- 4.4%)
Following the standard sales pattern.
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97 - GREEN ARROW ($3.99)
01/2008: Green Arrow/BC #4 -- 35,039
01/2013: Green Arrow #16 -- 19,888
01/2014: Green Arrow #27 -- 23,785
01/2015: Green Arrow #38 -- 20,207
01/2016: Green Arrow #48 -- 22,117
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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%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #20 -- 30,216 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #21 -- 29,993 (- 0.7%)
05/2017: Green Arrow #22 -- 28,931 (- 3.5%)
05/2017: Green Arrow #23 -- 28,291 (- 2.2%)
06/2017: Green Arrow #24 -- 27,737 (- 2.0%)
06/2017: Green Arrow #25 -- 27,388 (- 1.3%)
07/2017: Green Arrow #26 -- 27,285 (- 0.4%)
07/2017: Green Arrow #27 -- 26,715 (- 2.1%)
08/2017: Green Arrow #28 -- 26,572 (- 0.5%)
08/2017: Green Arrow #29 -- 26,455 (- 0.4%)
09/2017: Green Arrow #30 -- 26,429 (- 0.1%)
09/2017: Green Arrow #31 -- 25,742 (- 2.6%)
10/2017: Green Arrow #32 -- 48,898 (+ 90.0%)
10/2017: Green Arrow #33 -- 25,963 (- 46.9%)
11/2017: Green Arrow #34 -- 25,181 (- 3.0%)
12/2017: Green Arrow #35 -- 23,682 (- 6.0%)
01/2018: Green Arrow #36 -- 23,012 (- 2.8%)
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6 months: - 14.8%
1 year : - 34.6%
2 years : + 4.0%
5 years : + 15.7%
10 years: - 34.3%
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105 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($3.99)
01/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #16 -- 59,621
01/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #27 -- 24,813
01/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #38 -- 18,014
01/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #8 -- 22,900
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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%)
04/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #9 -- 26,410 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #10 -- 25,977 (- 1.6%)
06/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #11 -- 25,185 (- 3.0%)
07/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #12 -- 26,251 (+ 4.2%)
08/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #13 -- 25,073 (- 4.5%)
09/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #14 -- 24,376 (- 2.8%)
10/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #15 -- 23,680 (- 2.9%)
11/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #16 -- 23,610 (- 0.3%)
12/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #17 -- 21,838 (- 7.5%)
01/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #18 -- 21,385 (- 2.1%)
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6 months: - 18.5%
1 year : - 31.7%
2 years : - 6.6%
5 years : - 64.1%
At this level, standard attrition is just a few hundred copies.
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107 - NIGHTWING: THE NEW ORDER ($3.99)
08/2017: NW New Order #1 of 6 -- 32,515
09/2017: NW New Order #2 of 6 -- 25,027 (- 23.0%)
10/2017: NW New Order #3 of 6 -- 23,506 (- 6.1%)
11/2017: NW New Order #4 of 6 -- 22,488 (- 4.3%)
12/2017: NW New Order #5 of 6 -- 21,319 (- 5.2%)
01/2017: NW New Order #6 of 6 -- 21,010 (- 1.4%)
Why can’t we be ourselves like we were yesterday?
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115 - BATGIRL ($3.99)
01/2013: Batgirl #16 -- 72,470
01/2014: Batgirl #27 -- 37,226 [37,305]
01/2015: Batgirl #38 -- 45,096 [48,003]
01/2016: Batgirl #47 -- 26,905
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01/2017: Batgirl #7 -- 28,712 (- 8.3%)
02/2017: Batgirl #8 -- 26,539 (- 7.6%)
03/2017: Batgirl #9 -- 25,469 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Batgirl #10 -- 24,117 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: Batgirl #11 -- 23,338 (- 3.2%)
06/2017: Batgirl #12 -- 22,473 (- 3.7%)
07/2017: Batgirl #13 -- 22,356 (- 0.5%)
08/2017: Batgirl #14 -- 22,593 (+ 1.1%)
09/2017: Batgirl #15 -- 22,752 (+ 0.7%)
10/2017: Batgirl #16 -- 21,314 (- 6.3%)
11/2017: Batgirl #17 -- 20,337 (- 4.6%)
12/2017: Batgirl #18 -- 20,056 (- 1.4%)
01/2018: Batgirl #19 -- 18,887 (- 5.8%)
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6 months: - 15.5%
1 year : - 34.2%
2 years : - 29.8%
5 years : - 73.9%
Making up for last month’s smaller-than-normal percentage drop.
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116 - DEATHSTROKE ($3.99)
01/2013: Deathstroke #16 -- 12,758
01/2015: Deathstroke #4 -- 33,011 [38,454]
01/2016: Deathstroke #14 -- 27,648
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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%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #16 -- 23,712 (- 4.2%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #17 -- 23,449 (- 1.1%)
05/2017: Deathstroke #18 -- 22,742 (- 3.0%)
05/2017: Deathstroke #19 -- 34,772 (+ 52.9%)
06/2017: Deathstroke #20 -- 24,743 (- 28.8%)
07/2017: Deathstroke #21 -- 24,956 (+ 0.9%)
08/2017: Deathstroke #22 -- 23,713 (- 5.0%)
09/2017: Deathstroke #23 -- 22,811 (- 3.8%)
10/2017: Deathstroke #24 -- 21,970 (- 3.7%)
11/2017: Deathstroke #25 -- 20,899 (- 4.9%)
12/2017: Deathstroke #26 -- 19,432 (- 7.0%)
01/2018: Deathstroke #27 -- 18,746 (- 3.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.9%
1 year : - 35.9%
2 years : - 32.2%
5 years : + 46.9%
---
117 - WONDER WOMAN/CONAN ($3.99)
09/2017: WW/Conan #1 of 6 -- 32,439
10/2017: WW/Conan #2 of 6 -- 22,195 (- 31.6%)
11/2017: WW/Conan #3 of 6 -- 20,103 (- 9.4%)
12/2017: WW/Conan #4 of 6 -- 18,499 (- 8.0%)
01/2018: WW/Conan #5 of 6 -- 18,281 (- 1.2%)
Settling in near the end.
---
114 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
01/2013: Unlimited #12 -- 17,446
01/2014: Universe #6 -- 15,070
01/2015: --
01/2016: Batman Beyond #8 -- 20,342
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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%)
04/2017: Batman Beyond #7 -- 24,789 (- 5.6%)
05/2017: Batman Beyond #8 -- 24,093 (- 2.8%)
06/2017: Batman Beyond #9 -- 23,370 (- 3.0%)
07/2017: Batman Beyond #10 -- 22,871 (- 2.1%)
08/2017: Batman Beyond #11 -- 21,640 (- 5.4%)
09/2017: Batman Beyond #12 -- 21,866 (+ 1.0%)
10/2017: Batman Beyond #13 -- 20,464 (- 6.4%)
11/2017: Batman Beyond #14 -- 19,181 (- 6.3%)
12/2017: Batman Beyond #15 -- 18,336 (- 4.4%)
01/2018: Batman Beyond #16 -- 17,946 (- 2.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.5%
1 year : - 39.7%
2 years : - 11.8%
5 years : + 2.9%
---
124 - BATWOMAN ($3.99)
01/2013: Batwoman #16 -- 34,103
01/2014: Batwoman #27 -- 22.461
01/2015: Batwoman #38 -- 14,656
-------------------------------
02/2017: Rebirth #1 -- 57,915 (+318.9%)
03/2017: Batwoman #1 -- 60,334 (+ 4.2%)
04/2017: Batwoman #2 -- 36,563 (- 39.4%)
05/2017: Batwoman #3 -- 29,664 (- 18.9%)
06/2017: Batwoman #4 -- 26,782 (- 9.7%)
07/2017: Batwoman #5 -- 24,843 (- 7.2%)
08/2017: Batwoman #6 -- 22,362 (- 10.0%)
09/2017: Batwoman #7 -- 21,415 (- 4.2%)
10/2017: Batwoman #8 -- 20,364 (- 4.9%)
11/2017: Batwoman #9 -- 18,976 (- 6.8%)
12/2017: Batwoman #10 -- 17,746 (- 6.5%)
01/2018: Batwoman #11 -- 17,183 (- 3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 30.8%
5 years : - 49.6%
---
125 - THE WILD STORM (WildStorm) ($3.99)
02/2017: The Wild Storm #1 -- 54,442
03/2017: The Wild Storm #2 -- 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: The Wild Storm #3 -- 30,595 (- 19.1%)
05/2017: The Wild Storm #4 -- 25,571 (- 16.4%)
06/2017: The Wild Storm #5 -- 24,206 (- 5.3%)
07/2017: The Wild Storm #6 -- 22,640 (- 6.5%)
08/2017: --
09/2017: The Wild Storm #7 -- 20,027 (- 11.5%)
10/2017: The Wild Storm #8 -- 19,041 (- 4.9%)
11/2017: The Wild Storm #9 -- 18,608 (- 2.3%)
12/2017: The Wild Storm #10 -- 17,599 (- 5.4%)
01/2018: The Wild Storm #11 -- 17,152 (- 2.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.2%
Probably not how DC was hoping the WildStorm relaunch would go.
---
127 - DEADMAN ($3.99)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Deadman Mansion #3 of 3 -- 8,669 (- 15.3%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: --
05/2017: --
06/2017: --
07/2017: --
08/2017: --
09/2017: --
10/2017: --
11/2017: Deadman #1 of 6 -- 35,127 (+305.2%)
12/2017: Deadman #2 of 6 -- 17,486 (- 50.2%)
01/2018: Deadman #3 of 6 -- 16,469 (- 5.8%)
-----------------
1 year : n.a.
---
129 - DEATHSTROKE ANNUAL ($4.99)
07/2015: Deathstroke Annual #1 -- 25,178
06/2016: Deathstroke Annual #2 -- 18,254 (- 27.5%)
01/2018: Deathstroke Annual #1 -- 16,342 (- 10.5%)
I’ll take “Comics that probably shouldn’t have an Annual” for 200, Alex.
---
131 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($3.99)
01/2008: Birds of Prey #114 -- 24,211
01/2013: Birds of Prey #16 -- 23,182
01/2014: Birds of Prey #27 -- 19,387
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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%)
04/2017: Batgirl & BoP #9 -- 21,535 (- 6.1%)
05/2017: Batgirl & BoP #10 -- 20,818 (- 3.3%)
06/2017: Batgirl & BoP #11 -- 19,912 (- 4.4%)
07/2017: Batgirl & BoP #12 -- 19,297 (- 3.1%)
08/2017: Batgirl & BoP #13 -- 18,917 (- 2.0%)
09/2017: Batgirl & BoP #14 -- 18,572 (- 1.8%)
10/2017: Batgirl & BoP #15 -- 17,949 (- 3.4%)
11/2017: Batgirl & BoP #16 -- 17,710 (- 1.3%)
12/2017: Batgirl & BoP #17 -- 16,450 (- 7.1%)
01/2018: Batgirl & BoP #18 -- 16,071 (- 2.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 16.7%
1 year : - 39.6%
5 years : - 30.7%
10 years: - 33.6%
Ending in May with issue #22.
---
133 - DOOM PATROL (Young Animal) ($3.99)
01/2017: Doom Patrol #4 -- 26,261 (- 20.8%)
02/2017: --
03/2017: Doom Patrol #5 -- 24,693 (- 6.0%)
04/2017: Doom Patrol #6 -- 21,954 (- 11.1%)
05/2017: --
06/2017: --
07/2017: Doom Patrol #7 -- 18,432 (- 16.0%)
08/2017: --
09/2017: Doom Patrol #8 -- 17,483 (- 5.1%)
10/2017: --
11/2017: Doom Patrol #9 -- 16,381 (- 6.3%)
12/2017: --
01/2018: Doom Patrol #10 -- 15,504 (- 5.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 15.9%
1 year : - 41.0%
Oh hey look: it’s Doom Patrol! You remember your old buddy Doom Patrol, right?
---
140 - THE HELLBLAZER ($3.99)
01/2008: Hellblazer #240 -- 12,213
01/2013: Hellblazer #299 -- 9,329
01/2014: Constantine #10 -- 20,729
01/2015: Constantine #21 -- 15,209
01/2016: The Hellblazer #8 -- 17,853
-------------------------------------
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%)
04/2017: The Hellblazer #9 -- 19,115 (- 6.8%)
05/2017: The Hellblazer #10 -- 18,370 (- 3.9%)
06/2017: The Hellblazer #11 -- 17,585 (- 4.3%)
07/2017: The Hellblazer #12 -- 17,111 (- 2.7%)
08/2017: The Hellblazer #13 -- 16,111 (- 5.8%)
09/2017: The Hellblazer #14 -- 15,431 (- 4.2%)
10/2017: The Hellblazer #15 -- 15,035 (- 2.6%)
11/2017: The Hellblazer #16 -- 13,988 (- 7.0%)
12/2017: The Hellblazer #17 -- 13,683 (- 2.2%)
01/2018: The Hellblazer #18 -- 13,457 (- 1.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.4%
1 year : - 42.4%
2 years : - 24.6%
5 years : + 44.2%
10 years: + 10.2%
---
148 - MYSTIK U ($5.99)
11/2017: Mystic U #1 of 3 -- 17,141 [17,792]
12/2017: --
01/2018: Mystic U #2 of 3 -- 12,253 (- 31.1%)
A typical second issue drop.
---
151 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
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%)
04/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #12 -- 16,492 (- 4.6%)
05/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #13 -- 16,016 (- 2.9%)
06/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #14 -- 15,500 (- 3.2%)
07/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #15 -- 14,931 (- 3.7%)
08/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #16 -- 14,309 (- 4.2%)
09/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #17 -- 13,866 (- 3.1%)
10/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #18 -- 13,478 (- 2.8%)
11/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #19 -- 12,974 (- 3.7%)
12/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #20 -- 12,369 (- 4.7%)
01/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #21 -- 12,072 (- 2.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 19.1%
1 year : - 37.2%
Big death issue announced for issue #25; will they get the mainstream media to bite?
---
158 - THE DEMON: HELL IS EARTH ($3.99)
11/2017: Demon Hell #1 of 6 -- 16,654
12/2017: Demon Hell #2 of 6 -- 12,123 (- 25.8%)
01/2018: Demon Hell #3 of 6 -- 11,337 (- 6.5%)
---
161 - SUPERWOMAN ($3.99)
01/2017: Superwoman #6 -- 23,065 (- 6.8%)
02/2017: Superwoman #7 -- 20,435 (- 11.4%)
03/2017: Superwoman #8 -- 18,857 (- 7.7%)
04/2017: Superwoman #9 -- 17,836 (- 5.4%)
05/2017: Superwoman #10 -- 17,068 (- 4.3%)
06/2017: Superwoman #11 -- 16,137 (- 5.5%)
07/2017: Superwoman #12 -- 15,209 (- 5.8%)
08/2017: Superwoman #13 -- 14,181 (- 6.8%)
09/2017: Superwoman #14 -- 13,343 (- 5.9%)
10/2017: Superwoman #15 -- 13,039 (- 2.3%)
11/2017: Superwoman #16 -- 12,232 (- 6.2%)
12/2017: Superwoman #17 -- 11,414 (- 6.7%)
01/2018: Superwoman #18 -- 10,921 (- 4.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 29.3%
1 year : - 53.9%
Final issue. When people talk about what a success Rebirth was, they tend to forget how DC completely botched this title. It debuted at over 100K (thanks in part to returnability...), but those turning in to read a comic about Lois Lane with super powers found a bait-and-switch, and a comic that never found its identity over a year-and-a-half.
---
162, 165 - INJUSTICE 2 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
01/2013: Injustice #1 -- 20,733 [35,438]
01/2014: Injustice Y2 #1 -- 24,700
01/2015: Injustice Y3 #7 -- 15,796
01/2016: Injustice Y5 #1 -- 17,049
01/2016: Injustice Y5 #2 -- 14,787
-----------------------------------
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%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #9 -- 10,669 (- 0.0%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #10 -- 10,466 (- 1.9%)
05/2017: Ground Zero #11 -- 10,231 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: Ground Zero #12 -- 10,025 (- 2.0%)
05/2017: Injustice 2 #1 -- 24,325 (+142.6%)
05/2017: Injustice 2 #2 -- 13,557 (- 44.3%)
06/2017: Injustice 2 #3 -- 13,645 (+ 0.6%)
06/2017: Injustice 2 #4 -- 13,342 (- 2.2%)
07/2017: Injustice 2 #5 -- 13,960 (+ 4.6%)
07/2017: Injustice 2 #6 -- 13,372 (- 4.2%)
08/2017: Injustice 2 #7 -- 13,272 (- 0.7%)
08/2017: Injustice 2 #8 -- 13,104 (- 1.3%)
09/2017: Injustice 2 #9 -- 12,783 (- 2.4%)
09/2017: Injustice 2 #10 -- 12,390 (- 3.1%)
10/2017: Injustice 2 #11 -- 12,356 (- 0.3%)
10/2017: Injustice 2 #12 -- 12,022 (- 2.7%)
11/2017: Injustice 2 #13 -- 11,899 (- 1.0%)
11/2017: Injustice 2 #14 -- 11,543 (- 3.0%)
12/2017: Injustice 2 #15 -- 11,199 (- 3.0%)
12/2017: Injustice 2 #16 -- 10,927 (- 2.4%)
01/2018: Injustice 2 #17 -- 10,916 (- 0.1%)
01/2018: Injustice 2 #18 -- 10,662 (- 2.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.1%
1 year : - 9.7%
2 years : - 32.2%
5 years : - 69.6%
Wow, Injustice has been running for five years? That’s ninety-eight issues and six annuals.
---
163 - EXIT STATE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
01/2018: Snagglepuss Chron. #1 of 6 -- 10,912
Not a great start.
---
164, 166 - BOMBSHELLS UNITED (Digital First) ($2.99)
01/2016: Bombshells #8 -- 21,904
-----------------------------------
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%)
04/2017: Bombshells #25 -- 12,499 (- 0.2%)
05/2017: Bombshells #26 -- 13,325 (+ 6.6%)
05/2017: Bombshells #27 -- 12,917 (- 3.1%)
06/2017: Bombshells #28 -- 12,011 (- 7.0%)
06/2017: Bombshells #29 -- 11,858 (- 1.3%)
07/2017: Bombshells #30 -- 11,970 (+ 0.9%)
07/2017: Bombshells #31 -- 11,869 (- 0.8%)
08/2017: Bombshells #32 -- 12,079 (+ 1.8%)
08/2017: Bombshells #33 -- 11,652 (- 3.5%)
09/2017: Bomb United #1 -- 22,177 (+ 90.3%)
09/2017: Bomb United #2 -- 14,388 (- 35.1%)
10/2017: Bomb United #3 -- 13,317 (- 7.4%)
10/2017: Bomb United #4 -- 12,874 (- 3.3%)
11/2017: Bomb United #5 -- 12,504 (- 2.9%)
11/2017: Bomb United #6 -- 12,043 (- 3.7%)
12/2017: Bomb United #7 -- 11,218 (- 6.9%)
12/2017: Bomb United #8 -- 10,996 (- 2.0%)
01/2018: Bomb United #9 -- 10,678 (- 2.9%)
01/2018: Bomb United #10 -- 10,467 (- 2.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.3%
1 year : - 23.1%
2 years : - 51.7%
Announced as ending soon, but not exactly when.
---
167 - RAGMAN ($2.99)
10/2017: Ragman #1 of 6 -- 17,220
11/2017: Ragman #2 of 6 -- 12,507 (- 27.4)
12/2017: Ragman #3 of 6 -- 10,775 (- 13.8)
01/2018: Ragman #4 of 6 -- 10,341 (- 4.0)
Following the standard sales pattern.
---
169 - FUTURE QUEST PRESENTS (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
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%)
04/2017: --
05/2017: Future Quest #12 -- 15,528 (- 1.4%)
06/2017: --
07/2017: --
08/2017: FQ Presents #1 -- 18,347 (+ 18.2%)
09/2017: FQ Presents #2 -- 13,783 (- 24.9%)
10/2017: FQ Presents #3 -- 12,788 (- 7.2%)
11/2017: FQ Presents #4 -- 11,721 (- 8.3%)
12/2017: FQ Presents #5 -- 10,657 (- 9.1%)
01/2018: FQ Presents #6 -- 10,279 (- 3.5%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 39.9%
You guys! You guys! Steve Rude is drawing this Birdman arc! Why are you not buying the heck out of this?!
---
171 - NEW SUPER-MAN ($3.99)
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%)
04/2017: New Super-Man #10 -- 14,748 (- 5.3%)
05/2017: New Super-Man #11 -- 13,995 (- 5.1%)
06/2017: New Super-Man #12 -- 13,610 (- 2.8%)
07/2017: New Super-Man #13 -- 12,951 (- 4.8%)
08/2017: New Super-Man #14 -- 12,339 (- 4.7%)
09/2017: New Super-Man #15 -- 12,431 (+ 0.7%)
10/2017: New Super-Man #16 -- 11,543 (- 7.1%)
11/2017: New Super-Man #17 -- 10,844 (- 6.1%)
12/2017: New Super-Man #18 -- 10,387 (- 4.2%)
01/2018: New Super-Man #19 -- 10,069 (- 3.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.3%
1 year : - 46.9%
Fill-in issue.
---
173 - MOTHERLANDS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
01/2018: Motherlands #1 of 6 -- 9,711
Things keep getting worse for Vertigo.
---
186 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
01/2008: --
01/2014: Astro City #8 -- 14,831
01/2015: Astro City #19 -- 11,734
01/2016: Astro City #31 -- 10,351
----------------------------------
01/2017: --
02/2017: Astro City #41 -- 10,066 (+ 5.2%)
03/2017: Astro City #42 -- 9,481 (- 5.8%)
04/2017: Astro City #43 -- 9,309 (- 1.8%)
05/2017: Astro City #44 -- 9,318 (+ 0.1%)
06/2017: Astro City #45 -- 9,224 (- 1.0%)
07/2017: --
08/2017: Astro City #46 -- 9,168 (- 0.6%)
09/2017: Astro City #47 -- 9,246 (+ 0.9%)
10/2017: Astro City #48 -- 9,140 (- 1.1%)
11/2017: Astro City #49 -- 8,938 (- 2.2%)
12/2017: --
01/2018: Astro City #50 -- 9,179 (+ 2.7%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 11.3%
10 years: n.a.
Final issue will be #52, after which Astro City will supposedly transform to a series of OGNs.
---
189 - BLACK LIGHTNING: COLD DEAD HANDS ($3.99)
11/2017: Cold Dead Hands #1 of 6 -- 18,750 (+112.6%)
12/2017: Cold Dead Hands #2 of 6 -- 10,510 (- 43.9%)
01/2018: Cold Dead Hands #3 of 6 -- 9,014 (- 14.2%)
The TV show is currently the second most popular program on The CW (after Flash), but clearly the comic is not following suit.
---
194 - BLUE BEETLE ($3.99)
01/2008: Blue Beetle #23 -- 14,961
01/2013: Blue Beetle #16 -- 11,487
----------------------------------
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%)
04/2017: Blue Beetle #8 -- 13,406 (- 8.7%)
05/2017: Blue Beetle #9 -- 12,939 (- 3.5%)
06/2017: Blue Beetle #10 -- 12,399 (- 4.2%)
07/2017: Blue Beetle #11 -- 12,075 (- 2.6%)
08/2017: Blue Beetle #12 -- 11,574 (- 4.1%)
09/2017: Blue Beetle #13 -- 10,879 (- 6.0%)
10/2017: Blue Beetle #14 -- 10,379 (- 4.6%)
11/2017: Blue Beetle #15 -- 9,667 (- 6.9%)
12/2017: Blue Beetle #16 -- 9,027 (- 6.6%)
01/2018: Blue Beetle #17 -- 8,712 (- 3.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 27.9%
1 year : - 51.9%
5 years : - 24.2%
10 years: - 41.8%
Penultimate issue.
---
195 - CYBORG ($3.99)
01/2016: Cyborg #7 -- 18,975
-----------------------------
01/2017: Cyborg #8 -- 18,562 (- 6.2%)
02/2017: Cyborg #9 -- 16,274 (- 12.3%)
03/2017: Cyborg #10 -- 14,977 (- 8.0%)
04/2017: Cyborg #11 -- 13,677 (- 8.7%)
05/2017: Cyborg #12 -- 12,929 (- 5.5%)
06/2017: Cyborg #13 -- 12,076 (- 6.6%)
07/2017: Cyborg #14 -- 11,536 (- 4.5%)
08/2017: Cyborg #15 -- 10,949 (- 5.1%)
09/2017: Cyborg #16 -- 10,385 (- 5.2%)
10/2017: Cyborg #17 -- 9,945 (- 4.2%)
11/2017: Cyborg #18 -- 10,176 (+ 2.3%)
12/2017: Cyborg #19 -- 8,970 (- 11.9%)
01/2018: Cyborg #20 -- 8,699 (- 3.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.6%
1 year : - 53.1%
2 years : - 54.2%
Not cancelled after all, but taking a hiatus for a couple of months before returning with a new creative team in April, despite being the lowest-selling DCU title currently.
---
196, 198 - GOTHAM CITY GARAGE (Digital-First) ($2.99)
10/2017: Gotham City Garage #1 of 12 -- 24,333
10/2017: Gotham City Garage #2 of 12 -- 15,418 (- 40.3%)
11/2017: Gotham City Garage #3 of 12 -- 12,765 (- 17.2%)
11/2017: Gotham City Garage #4 of 12 -- 10,689 (- 16.3%)
12/2017: Gotham City Garage #5 of 12 -- 9,855 (- 7.8%)
12/2017: Gotham City Garage #6 of 12 -- 9,232 (- 6.3%)
01/2018: Gotham City Garage #7 of 12 -- 8,692 (- 5.8%)
01/2018: Gotham City Garage #8 of 12 -- 8,603 (- 1.0%)
---
205 - THE WILD STORM: MICHAEL CRAY ($3.99)
10/2017: Michael Cray #1 -- 14,145
11/2017: Michael Cray #2 -- 10,339 (- 26.9%)
12/2017: Michael Cray #3 -- 8,804 (- 14.8%)
01/2018: Michael Cray #4 -- 8,373 (- 4.9%)
---
209 - THE JETSONS (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
11/2017: Jetsons #1 of 6 -- 16,654
12/2017: Jetsons #2 of 6 -- 9,628 (- 42.2%)
01/2018: Jetsons #3 of 6 -- 8,273 (- 14.0%)
---
234 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
01/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #2 -- 9,882
01/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #8 -- 6,678
01/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #14 -- 7,214
-----------------------------------------
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%)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #25 -- 6,940 (+ 9.9%)
05/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #26 -- 5,998 (- 13.6%)
06/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #27 -- 6,281 (+ 4.7%)
07/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #28 -- 6,028 (- 4.0%)
08/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #29 -- 5,778 (- 4.1%)
09/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #30 -- 5,760 (- 0.3%)
10/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #31 -- 5,757 (- 0.1%)
11/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #32 -- 5,207 (- 9.6%)
12/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #33 -- 5,900 (+ 13.3%)
01/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #34 -- 6,610 (+ 12.0%)
-----------------
6 months: + 9.7%
1 Year : + 1.4%
2 Years : - 8.4%
Teaming up with the Birds of Prey.
---
259 - IMAGINARY FIENDS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
11/2017: Imaginary Fiends #1 of 6 -- 9,604
12/2017: Imaginary Fiends #2 of 6 -- 5,987 (- 37.7%)
01/2018: Imaginary Fiends #3 of 6 -- 5,554 (- 7.2%)
---
273 - DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
09/2017: Dastardly & Muttley #1 of 6 -- 13,525
10/2017: Dastardly & Muttley #2 of 6 -- 8,539 (- 36.9%)
11/2017: Dastardly & Muttley #3 of 6 -- 6,416 (- 24.9%)
12/2017: Dastardly & Muttley #4 of 6 -- 5,329 (- 16.9%)
01/2018: Dastardly & Muttley #5 of 6 -- 4,942 (- 7.3%)
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307 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
01/2008: Scooby-Doo #128 -- 4,147
01/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #29 -- 4,729
01/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #41 -- 4,649
01/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #53 -- 4,703
01/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #65 -- 4,906
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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)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #80 -- 4,416
05/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #81 -- ????? (< 5,254)
06/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #82 -- ????? (< 4,739)
07/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #83 -- ????? (< 4,435)
08/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #84 -- ????? (< 5,621)
09/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #85 -- 4,209
10/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #86 -- 4,237 (+ 0.7%)
11/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #87 -- ????? (< 4,763)
12/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #88 -- 4,026
01/2018: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #89 -- 4,002 (- 0.6%)
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6 months: ????%
1 year : - 12.2%
2 years : - 18.4%
5 years : - 15.4%
10 years: - 3.5%
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304 - THE RUFF & REDDY SHOW (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
10/2017: Ruff & Reddy #1 of 6 -- 8,777
11/2017: Ruff & Reddy #2 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,763)
12/2017: Ruff & Reddy #3 of 6 -- 3,728
01/2018: Ruff & Reddy #4 of 6 -- 3,308 (- 11.3%)
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364 - LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99)
01/2008: Looney Tunes #158 -- 2,596
01/2013: --
01/2014: --
01/2015: --
01/2016: --
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01/2017: Looney Tunes #235 -- ????? (< 3,971)
02/2017: --
03/2017: Looney Tunes #236 -- ????? (< 4,812)
04/2017: --
05/2017: Looney Tunes #237 -- ????? (< 5,254)
06/2017: --
07/2017: Looney Tunes #238 -- ????? (< 4,435)
08/2017: --
09/2017: Looney Tunes #239 -- ????? (< 4,053)
10/2017: --
11/2017: Looney Tunes #240 -- ????? (< 4,763)
12/2017: --
01/2018: Looney Tunes #241 -- 2,761
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6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : n.a.
10 years: + 6.4%
The fist time we’ve gotten a look at actual sales numbers for Looney Tunes since early 2014 (when Diamond-NA was briefly releasing a Top 400). And amazingly it’s not the lowest-selling DC comic of February! That dubious honor goes to:
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383 - THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND BELOW (Vertigo) ($3.99)
07/2017: Those Above #1 of 6 -- 12,575 (+ 58.4%)
08/2017: Those Above #2 of 6 -- ????? (< 5,621)
09/2017: Those Above #3 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,053)
10/2017: --
11/2017: Those Above #4 of 6 -- ????? (< 4,763)
12/2017: --
01/2018: Those Above #5 of 6 -- 2,315
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6 months: - 81.6%
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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
01/2008: 27,033
01/2013: 31,759
01/2014: 27,881
01/2015: 24,289
01/2016: 21,845
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01/2017: 34,011 (- 3.6%) **
02/2017: 32,473 (- 4.5%) **
03/2017: 30,466 (- 6.2%) **
04/2017: 32,870 (+ 7.9%) **
05/2017: 32,122 (- 2.3%) **
06/2017: 30,480 (- 5.1%) **
07/2017: 30,743 (+ 0.9%) **
08/2017: 30,478 (- 0.9%) **
09/2017: 34,005 (+ 11.6%) **
10/2017: 34,805 (+ 2.4%) **
11/2017: 32,415 (- 6.9%) **
12/2017: 29,762 (- 8.2%)
01/2018: 28,657 (- 3.7%)
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6 months: - 6.8%
1 year : - 15.7%
2 years : + 31.2%
5 years : - 9.8%
10 years: + 6.0%
DC UNIVERSE
01/2008: 33,654
01/2013: 33,485
01/2014: 33,120
01/2015: 30,680
01/2016: 27,664
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01/2017: 40,979 (- 9.2%)
02/2017: 40,430 (- 1.3%)
03/2017: 39,458 (- 2.4%)
04/2017: 41,600 (+ 5.4%)
05/2017: 39,993 (- 3.9%)
06/2017: 37,789 (- 5.5%)
07/2017: 37,764 (- 0.1%)
08/2017: 35,921 (- 4.9%)
09/2017: 41,756 (+ 16.2%)
10/2017: 41,924 (+ 0.4%)
11/2017: 39,600 (- 5.5%)
12/2017: 35,878 (- 9.4%)
01/2018: 35,579 (- 0.8%)
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6 months: - 5.8%
1 year : - 13.2%
2 years : + 28.6%
5 years : + 6.3%
10 years: + 5.7%
WILDSTORM
01/2008: 14,033
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02/2017: 54,442
03/2017: 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: 30,595 (- 19.1%)
05/2017: 25,571 (- 16.4%)
06/2017: 24,206 (- 5.3%)
07/2017: 22,640 (- 6.5%)
08/2017: --
09/2017: 20,027 (- 11.5%)
10/2017: 16,593 (- 17.1%)
11/2017: 14,474 (- 12.8%)
12/2017: 13,202 (- 8.8%)
01/2018: 12,763 (- 3.3%)
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6 months: - 43.6%
10 years: - 9.1%
VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL
01/2008: 10,115
01/2013: 10,764
01/2014: 11,473
01/2015: 8,361
01/2016: 6,832
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01/2017: 10,652 (+ 16.1%) **
02/2017: 8,434 (- 20.8%) **
03/2017: 10,102 (+ 19.8%) **
04/2017: 8,994 (- 11.0%) **
05/2017: 9,315 (+ 3.6%) **
06/2017: 8,142 (- 12.6%) **
07/2017: 9,751 (+ 19.8%) **
08/2017: 6,959 (- 28.6%) **
09/2017: 8,577 (+ 23.3%) **
10/2017: 6,998 (- 18.4%) **
11/2017: 9,604 (+ 37.2%) **
12/2017: 6,468 (- 32.7%)
01/2018: 11,226 (+ 73.6%)
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6 months: + 15.1%
1 year : + 5.4%
2 years : + 64.3%
5 years : + 4.3%
10 years: + 11.0%
Young Animal average (2 comics): 20,297; Vertigo average (4 comics): 6,690
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
01/2008: 2,162,632
01/2013: 2,508,994
01/2014: 2,035,283
01/2015: 1,943,156
01/2016: 1,616,524 **
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01/2017: 2,856,889 (- 2.4%) **
02/2017: 2,662,746 (- 6.8%) **
03/2017: 2,711,448 (+ 1.8%) **
04/2017: 2,465,239 (- 9.1%) **
05/2017: 2,569,767 (- 9.1%) **
06/2017: 2,529,852 (- 1.6%) **
07/2017: 2,121,295 (- 16.1%) **
08/2017: 2,377,270 (+ 12.1%) **
09/2017: 2,584,383 (+ 8.7%) **
10/2017: 2,679,977 (+ 3.7%) **
11/2017: 2,917,319 (+ 8.9%) **
12/2017: 2,351,182 (- 19.4%)
01/2018: 2,493,119 (+ 6.0%)
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6 months: + 17.5%
1 year : - 12.7%
2 years : + 54.2%
5 years : - 0.6%
10 years: + 15.3%
Total sales are up in January, mainly due to it being a five-Wednesday month and DC publishing eight more comics than they did in December 2017. (November 2017 was also a five-Wednesday month, and sales are down over 400K from that month...)
Sales Indices
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The Sales Index number is the ratio of that comic’s sales to the average sales of all comics in that category.
DCU: Average: 35,579. Median: 28,873. No.: 64. Total: 2,277,064
4.4 - Doomsday Clock
4.2 - Dark Nights Metal
2.8 - Batman (38)
2.7 - Batman (39)
2.1 - Batman White Knight
1.8 - Batman and the Signal
1.5 - Detective Comics (973)
1.5 - Detective Comics (972)
1.4 - Flash (39)
1.4 - Flash (38)
1.3 - Superman (38)
1.3 - Justice League (36)
1.3 - Justice League (37)
1.3 - Flash Annual
1.3 - Detective Comics Annual
1.2 - Superman (39)
1.2 - Action Comics (995)
1.2 - Action Comics (996)
1.1 - Mister Miracle
1.0 - Damage
1.0 - Wonder Woman (38)
1.0 - Wonder Woman (39)
1.0 - Super Sons
1.0 - Batman/TMNT
0.9 - Harley Quinn (34)
0.9 - Harley Quinn (35)
0.9 - Harley Quinn Be Careful...
0.9 - Harley Quinn (36)
0.9 - Titans
0.8 - The Silencer
0.8 - Hal Jordan & GLC (36)
0.8 - Nightwing (37)
0.8 - Teen Titans
0.8 - Hal Jordan & GLC (37)
0.8 - Nightwing (36)
0.8 - Suicide Squad (33)
0.7 - Suicide Squad (34)
0.7 - Supergirl
0.7 - Raven Daughter...
0.7 - Justice League of America (22)
0.7 - Aquaman
0.7 - Green Lanterns (38)
0.7 - Trinity
0.7 - Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica
0.6 - Green Arrow
0.6 - Red Hood & Outlaws
0.6 - Nightwing New Order
0.5 - Batgirl
0.5 - Deathstroke
0.5 - Wonder Woman/Conan
0.5 - Batman Beyond
0.5 - Batwoman
0.5 - Deadman
0.5 - Deathstroke Annual
0.5 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
0.4 - The Hellblazer
0.3 - Mystik U
0.3 - Demon Hell Is Earth
0.3 - Superwoman
0.3 - Ragman
0.3 - New Super-Man
0.3 - Black Lightning Cold...
0.2 - Blue Beetle
0.2 - Cyborg
Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 11,226. Median: 9,445. No.: 6. Total: 67,353
2.2 - JLA/Doom Patrol Special
1.4 - Doom Patrol
0.9 - Motherlands
0.8 - Astro City
0.5 - Imaginary Fiends
0.2 - American Way Those Above...
WildStorm: Average: 12,763. Median: 12,763. No.: 2. Total: 25,525
1.3 - The Wild Storm
0.7 - The Wild Storm: Michael Cray
Digital First & Other: Average: 8,212. Median: 8,692. No.: 15. Total: 123,177
1.5 - Scooby Apocalypse
1.3 - Injustice 2 (17)
1.3 - Exit Stage Left Snaggletooth...
1.3 - Bombshells United (9)
1.3 - Injustice 2 (18)
1.3 - Bombshells United (10)
1.3 - Future Quest Presents
1.1 - Gotham City Garage (7)
1.0 - Gotham City Garage (8)
1.0 - The Jetsons
0.8 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.6 - Dastardly & Muttley
0.5 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
0.4 - The Ruff & Ready Show
0.3 - Looney Tunes
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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 and Comichron, according to the chart and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.
ICv2.com's and Comichron’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 many sales to bookstores, newsstands, libraries, 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. Likewise, Digital First comics are published online before print, and may do a significant amount of their sales in that arena. 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; The International Brotherhood of Magicians; 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.
This article was originally published February 28, 2018 on Yet Another Comics Blog.
