Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
It was in February 2003 that Diamond-NA changed their monthly sales figures from reporting pre-order form retailers to actual copies shipped to retailers. This means that we can now make an apples-to-apples comparison in comparing the sales of long-running titles to include fifteen years ago, and you’ll see this reflected in the sales charts below.
One note on this: While these days the estimated sales figures from ICV2 & Comichron are largely in sync with each other, fifteen years ago they didn’t always agree. They weren’t usually off by too much, but since I’ve gathered old sales figures from a large number of sources, what you see here may not agree precisely with your chosen comic sales figure source.
In other news, DC has announced their latest plan to salvage Vertigo will be to turn it into a Neil Gaiman-blessed Sandman universe; which considering that the only recent sales success for the imprint was Sandman Overture is probably their only remaining shot for turning Vertigo around. And while these series will follow the traditional format of individual comics to be collected in trades, unlike the previous DC Ink & DC Zoom imprints which will be mostly OGNs, this is another move towards the larger mainstream book market and (in IMHO) an acknowledgment that the future of comics is not in the direct market.
That’s not to say that DC will be ignoring the old super-hero based monthly comics; along with the Bendis-led Superman soft-reboot, there’s also the Scott Snyder-led Justice League soft-reboot on the horizon. But over the next couple of years we’ll see two DC Comics emerge: one focused on monthly comics and tight in-universe continuity, and one that is neither of those things. And it won’t surprise me at all if the latter takes on more and more of the company’s resources and eventually eclipses the former.
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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01 - METAL one-shots ($4.99)
09/2017: Batman Red Death #1 -- 81,904 [108,521]
09/2017: Batman Murder Machine #1 -- 78,202 (- 12.0%) [95,516]
10/2017: Batman Dawnbreaker #1 -- 89,427 (+ 1.1%) [96,613]
10/2017: Batman Drowned #1 -- 89,861 (- 1.4%) [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 (+ 20.1%) [127,646]
12/2017: Hawkman Found #1 -- 64,617 (- 31.9%) [86,906]
01/2018: --
02/2018: DKR The Wild Hunt #1 -- 101,373 (+ 16.6%)
Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt was the top-selling comic through Diamond-NA in February (but even at $5 it still was just the #2 dollar comic, behind Marvel’s $6 Peter Parker #300...) This appears to be the last of the Metal tie-in one-shots, which let’s face it if DC had only known how well these were going to sell they might have planned a few others. There was also re-order activity for the previous one-shots as well, which as usual have been rolled in in the [bracketed] numbers above.
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3, 4 - BATMAN ($2.99)
02/2003: Batman #612 -- 125,095
02/2008: Batman #673 -- 68,208
02/2013: Batman #17 -- 150,684
02/2014: Batman #28 -- 114,089 [115,891]
02/2015: Batman #39 -- 118,106 [128,627]
02/2016: Batman #49 -- 102,689
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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 (+ 7.8%) [102,548]
01/2018: Batman #39 -- 94,325 (- 7.4%) [94,998]
02/2018: Batman #40 -- 95,541 (+ 0.6%)
02/2018: Batman #41 -- 93,889 (- 1.7%)
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6 months: - 7.8%
1 year : - 6.1%
2 years : - 7.8%
5 years : - 37.1%
10 years: + 39.9%
15 years: - 24.3%
Batman seems to have settled in to the mid-90K range, which as we’ve stated before any other long-running comic would still love to have those kinds of numbers on a twice-monthly basis. There are re-orders for last month’s issues, with #38 getting enough to push it comfortably over the 100K line.
This is also our first glimpse of a sales comparison from fifteen years ago. Batman was in the midst of the Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee “Hush” storyline, which at the time was giving Batman its best sales in years.
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6 - BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT ($3.99)
10/2017: White Knight #1 of 8 -- 86,791 [99,701]
11/2017: White Knight #2 of 8 -- 69,668 (- 17.1%) [82,696]
12/2017: White Knight #3 of 8 -- 72,679 (+ 3.4%) [85,536]
01/2018: White Knight #4 of 8 -- 73,043 (- 10.0%) [76,993]
02/2018: White Knight #5 of 8 -- 77,373 (+ 0.5%)
White Knight keeps on giving, with re-orders/reprints on all previous four issues, and this month’s issue coming in above the previous issue even when counting the re-orders. White Knight has improved on its first-month sales numbers for each of the previous three issues, which is quite an anomaly these days. You can be sure that DC are already trying to lock down Sean Murphy for a follow-up Batman project...
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15, 14 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99)
02/2003: Detective Comics #779 -- 37,616
02/2008: Detective Comics #841 -- 50,535
02/2013: Detective Comics #17 -- 85,824
02/2014: Detective Comics #28 -- 56,619
02/2015: Detective Comics #39 -- 54,698 [55,457]
02/2016: Detective Comics #49 -- 45,300
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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%)
02/2018: Detective Comics #974 -- 51,189 (- 3.5%)
02/2018: Detective Comics #975 -- 51,856 (+ 1.3%)
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6 months: - 3.9%
1 year : - 15.7%
2 years : + 13.7%
5 years : - 40.0%
10 years: + 2.0%
15 years: + 37.0%
Another comic that appears to have settled in, as Detective has been comfortably in the low-50K range for several months. There’s a shake-up on the horizon though, as a new creative team is set to take over in June.
Fifteen years ago Detective was extra-sized and in a bit of a sales slump, with Ed Brubaker writing the main story and Michel Gagné drawing a back-up story.
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18, 19 - FLASH ($2.99)
02/2003: Flash #195 -- 27,258
02/2008: Flash #237 -- 37,719
02/2013: Flash #17 -- 42,936
02/2014: Flash #28 -- 33,853 [34,561]
02/2015: Flash #39 -- 43,635 [46,855]
02/2016: Flash #48 -- 34,903
02/2016: Flash #49 -- 34,407
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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%)
02/2018: Flash #40 -- 46,149 (- 6.9%)
02/2018: Flash #41 -- 46,040 (- 0.2%)
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6 months: - 13.8%
1 year : - 17.9%
2 years : + 33.0%
5 years : + 7.4%
10 years: + 22.2%
15 years: + 69.1%
Looks like January’s sales boosts were just an anomaly, as the drop right back down in February.
Fifteen years ago Flash was right smack in the middle of Geoff John’s long-running tenure on the title, as sales were just starting to slowly climb up from their nadir but wouldn’t really take off until issue #200.
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20 - THE TERRIFICS ($2.99)
02/2018: Terrifics #1 -- 45,493
Taken by itself this ins’t a terribly great debut, but in the context of the last month’s New Age of Heroes debuts, it’s a downright success. There are no variant covers, but it’s placement on the dollar chart (at 65th, compared to Flash #41 placing 40th and Justice League #38 placing 42nd) means that there was some discounting for retailers.
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21, 22 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99)
02/2013: Justice League #17 -- 105,304
02/2014: Justice League #28 -- 80,901 [82,335]
02/2015: Justice League #39 -- 72,904 [75,492]
02/2016: Justice League #48 -- 72,704
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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%)
02/2018: Justice League #38 -- 45,314 (+ 0.0%)
02/2018: Justice League #39 -- 44,148 (- 2.6%)
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6 months: - 11.5%
1 year : - 31.0%
2 years : - 38.5%
5 years : - 57.5%
Yes, that’s an increase of a single copy from #37 to #38! Basically Justice League is just marking time until the Snyder-led revamp arrives in May.
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26, 24 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99)
02/2003: Action Comics #800 -- 40,318
02/2008: Action Comics #862 -- 55,658
02/2013: Action Comics #17 -- 57,189
02/2014: Action Comics #28 -- 35,305 [35,847]
02/2015: Action Comics #39 -- 38,070 [38,519]
02/2016: Action Comics #49 -- 31,496
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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 (- 0.0%) [41,978]
02/2018: Action Comics #997 -- 43,509 (+ 3.6%)
02/2018: Action Comics #998 -- 43,810 (+ 0.7%)
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6 months: + 7.0%
1 year : + 3.0%
2 years : + 38.6%
5 years : - 29.0%
10 years: - 21.6%
15 years: + 8.3%
A couple of increases as Action ramps up to the big 1K.
And speaking of anniversary issues, fifteen years ago Action had its 800th issue, boosting sales up to 40K from its usual low-30K range.
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25, 27 - SUPERMAN ($2.99)
02/2003: Superman #190 -- 31,937 [40,331]
02/2008: Superman #673 -- 41,580
02/2013: --
02/2014: Superman #28 -- 34,296 [34,400]
02/2015: Superman #38 -- 48,987 [53,740]
02/2016: Superman #49 -- 36,318
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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%)
02/2018: Superman #40 -- 43,776 (- 1.4%)
02/2018: Superman #41 -- 42,694 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 12.0%
1 year : - 21.9%
2 years : + 19.0%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: + 4.0%
15 years: + 7.2%
Fifteen years ago Seven T. Seagle and Scott McDaniel began their run on Superman. It would only last for eleven issues though, when after a couple of fill-ins Jim Lee & Brian Azzarello would take the reins.
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28 - THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: BATMAN & WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
02/2008: The Brave & The Bold #10 -- 39,100
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02/2018: Batman & Wonder Woman #1 of 6 -- 42,087
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10 years: + 7.6%
Liam Sharpe’s Batman/Wonder Woman team-up does okay, though considering that Batman is DC’s biggest comic book star and Wonder Woman is DC’s biggest movie star, it could have been better.
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40 - BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL ($3.99)
01/2018: The Signal #1 of 3 -- 62,394
02/2018: The Signal #2 of 3 -- 37,758 (- 39.5%)
Right on the upper bounds of what we consider to be a standard second issue drop.
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42, 46 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99)
02/2003: Wonder Woman #189 -- 26,320
02/2008: Wonder Woman #17 -- 41,948
02/2013: Wonder Woman #17 -- 39,110
02/2014: Wonder Woman #28 -- 31,464 [32,710]
02/2015: Wonder Woman #39 -- 42,634 [44,330]
02/2016: Wonder Woman #49 -- 35,398
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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%)
02/2018: Wonder Woman #40 -- 36,464 (+ 0.5%)
02/2018: Wonder Woman #41 -- 35,572 (- 2.4%)
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6 months: - 13.1%
1 year : - 26.9%
2 years : + 1.8%
5 years : - 7.9%
10 years: - 14.1%
15 years: + 36.8%
Wonder Woman—the star of 2017’s most popular super-hero movie—should be moving more comics than this. Maybe if the comic more resembled to tone of the movie...?
Fifteen years ago, Phil Jimenez had just ended his Wonder Woman run the month before, and Walt Simonsson & Jerry Ordway kicked off their six-part fill-in “Game of the Gods” ahead of Greg Rucka coming on board in August 2003.
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45 - MERA: QUEEN OF ATLANTIS ($3.99)
02/2018: Mera Queen #1 of 6 -- 35,701
Quite likely done as a trademark protection miniseries ahead of Mera appearing in the Aquaman movie later this year, this actually does as well as could be expected, outselling Aquaman by more that 10K for the first issue, no doubt helped by the Artgerm variant cover.
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48 - SIDEWAYS ($2.99)
02/2018: Sideways #1 -- 35,086
This month’s other New Age of Heroes debut is more in line with those from last month, making The Terrifics’ debut all that more impressive.
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52 - BATMAN: SINS OF THE FATHER (Digital First) ($3.99)
02/2018: Batman Sins #1 of 6 -- 32,487
A digital first adaptation of the Telltale Batman video game, with sales about where one would expect such a thing to be.
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51 - BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II ($3.99)
02/2016: Batman/TMNT #3 of 6 -- 64,444 [69,444]
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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%)
02/2018: Batman/TMNT II #4 of 6 -- 32,128 (- 8.3%)
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2 years : - 53.7%
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56 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99)
02/2003: Supergirl #79 -- 23,931
02/2008: Supergirl #26 -- 34,186
02/2013: Supergirl #17 -- 30,146
02/2014: Supergirl #28 -- 23,567
02/2015: Supergirl #39 -- 26,304
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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%)
02/2018: Supergirl #18 -- 31,675 (+ 19.7%)
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6 months: + 16.9%
1 year : + 20.7%
5 years : + 5.1%
10 years: - 7.3%
15 years: + 32.4%
More sales chart whiplash from Supergirl.
Fifteen years ago, Supergirl published its penultimate issue of the Matrix version of the character before being cancelled with issue #80.
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57, 58 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
02/2003: Harley Quinn #29 -- 16,563
02/2014: Harley Quinn #3 -- 63,967 [81,514]
02/2015: --
02/2016: Harley Quinn #25 -- 51,495
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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%)
02/2018: Harley Quinn #37 -- 31,619 (+ 0.1%)
02/2018: Harley Quinn #38 -- 31,314 (- 1.0%)
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6 months: - 17.6%
1 year : - 29.4%
2 years : - 38.9%
15 years: + 90.0%
Kinda sorta stabilizing, for this month at least, though a(nother) new writer is set to take over with issue #43.
Fifteen years ago, the sliding and not nearly as popular HQ had recently been taken over by A.J. Lieberman.
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59 - TITANS ($3.99)
02/2003: Titans #50 -- 22,653
02/2016: Titans Hunt #5 of 8 -- 22,678
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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%)
02/2018: Titans #20 -- 30,686 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 17.7%
1 year : - 30.3%
2 years : + 35.3%
15 years: + 35.5%
Fifteen yeas ago, Titans’ first series published its final issue.
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The Swamp Thing Winter Special comes in at #64 with 29,727 copies sold to retailers. At $7.99 a pop it’s the #10 dollar book for February. The previous Swamp Thing mini-series started at 29K and ended just below 18K, so this is a pretty good showing, especially at that price.
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65 - 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%)
02/2018: Super Sons #13 -- 29,625 (- 15.5%)
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6 months: - 13.3%
1 year : - 70.2%
Back to normal after the crossover. Final issue is #16 in May, a casualty of the Bendification.
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68, 69 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
02/2008: Green Lantern Corps #21 -- 47,582
02/2013: Green Lantern Corps #17 -- 44,497
02/2014: Green Lantern Corps #28 -- 29,142 [29,320]
02/2015: Green Lantern Corps #39 -- 29,825 [30,860]
02/2016: Edge of Oblivion #2 of 6 -- 21,265
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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%)
02/2018: Hal Jordan & GLC #38 -- 28,613 (- 0.1%)
02/2018: Hal Jordan & GLC #39 -- 28,340 (- 1.0%)
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6 months: - 9.2%
1 year : - 22.9%
2 years : + 33.9%
5 years : - 36.0%
10 years: - 40.2%
Stabilizing, for this month at least...
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71 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
02/2008: Teen Titans #56 -- 50,283
02/2013: Teen Titans #17 -- 39,186
02/2014: Teen Titans #28 -- 26,732
02/2015: Teen Titans #7 -- 34,051 [35,304]
02/2016: Teen Titans #17 -- 23,566
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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%)
02/2018: Teen Titans #17 -- 27,828 (- 3.6%)
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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 standard attrition.
(In case you are wondering, the Geoff Johns-helmed Teen Titans series started in July 2003, so no fifteen-year comparisons yet for TT.)
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74, 72 - NIGHTWING ($2.99)
02/2003: Nightwing #78 -- 28,809
02/2008: Nightwing #141 -- 30,980
02/2013: Nightwing #17 -- 62,107
02/2014: Nightwing #28 -- 36,940 [37,616]
02/2015: Grayson #7 -- 41,164 [41,313]
02/2016: Grayson #17 -- 30,257
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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%)
02/2018: Nightwing #38 -- 27,188 (- 5.8%)
02/2018: Nightwing #39 -- 27,731 (+ 2.0%)
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6 months: - 18.4%
1 year : - 34.7%
2 years : - 9.2%
5 years : - 55.8%
10 years: - 11.4%
15 years: - 4.7%
Some kinda wild-ish swings going on here... Converting to monthly in May.
Fifteen years ago, Nightwing had transitioned from longtime writer Chuck Dixon to the stewardship of Devin K. Grayson a few issues earlier. Grayson would stay on the title (excepting for some fill-ins) until One Year Later in 2006.
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75 - DAMAGE ($2.99)
01/2018: Damage #1 -- 37,001 [41,076]
02/2018: Damage #2 -- 27,044 (- 34.3%)
A little missed messaging here, with a fairly standard second issue drop drop from its unimpressive debut numbers, but also 4K in re-orders for the first issue. Those reorders are likely due to some load mis-matching in some stores and not an overall higher demand.
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76, 81 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
02/2008: Raise the Flag #6 of 8 -- 16,152
02/2013: Suicide Squad #17 -- 26,370
02/2014: Suicide Squad #28 -- 22,882
02/2015: New Suicide Squad #7 -- 30,537 [31,884]
02/2016: New Suicide Squad #17 -- 23,687
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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%)
02/2018: Suicide Squad #35 -- 26,798 (+ 1.1%)
02/2018: Suicide Squad #36 -- 25,531 (- 4.7%)
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6 months: - 25.9%
1 year : - 50.6%
2 years : + 7.0%
5 years : - 1.6%
10 years: + 56.7%
Finally converting to monthly in June.
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78, 82 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99/$3.99)
02/2003: JLA #78 -- 60,183
02/2008: JL of America #18 -- 89,803
02/2013: JL of America #1 -- 307,734 [326,959]
02/2014: JL of America #12 -- 56,259 [56,812]
02/2016: --
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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%)
02/2018: JL of America #24 -- 26,543 (+ 1.9%)
02/2018: JL of America #25 -- 25,303 (- 4.7%)
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6 months: - 21.9%
1 year : - 71.8%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 92.1%
10 years: - 71.1%
15 years: - 56.9%
Issue #25 was over-sized and -priced. Ending with issue #29 in April, to make room for the Snyder-fied Justice League relaunch.
Fifteen year ago JLA was in the middle of the Joe Kelly/Doug Mahnke run.
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80, 101, 107, 96 - MILK WARS specials (Young Animal) ($4.99)
01/2018: JLA/Doom Patrol #1 -- 25,090
02/2018: Batman/Mother Panic #1 -- 26,198 (+ 4.4%)
02/2018: Wonder Woman/Shade #1 -- 21,668 (- 17.3%)
02/2018: Cave Carson/Swamp Thing #1 -- 20,756 (- 4.2%)
02/2018: Doom Patrol/JLA #1 -- 23,254 (+ 12.0%)
All sold in the good-for-Young-Animal-meh-for-DCU range; no surprise that the special with Batman in the title sold best. As to whether these did their duty in reinvigorating interest in the Young Animal line, we’ll have to wait and see over the next few months as the YA relaunch begins in March.
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89, 84 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99)
02/2003: Green Lantern #159 -- 35,990
02/2008: --
02/2013: Green Lantern #17 -- 71,060
02/2014: GL/Red Lanterns#28 -- 49,200 [52,891]
02/2015: Green Lantern #39 -- 41,997 [42,459]
02/2016: Green Lantern #49 -- 35,237
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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%)
02/2018: Green Lanterns #40 -- 24,807 (- 2.9%)
02/2018: Green Lanterns #41 -- 25,155 (+ 1.4%)
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6 months: - 16.0%
1 year : - 32.9%
2 years : - 29.1%
5 years : - 64.8%
10 years: - n.a.
15 years: - 30.6%
A year ago Green Lanterns was a bit ahead of it sister book (Hal & GLC), but now it’s a good 3K+ below.
Fifteen years ago Judd Winick & Dale Eaglesham were shepherding Green Lantern as Kyle Raynor was the star player.
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85 - AQUAMAN ($3.99)
02/2003: Aquaman #3 -- 36,215
02/2013: Aquaman #17 -- 58,578
02/2014: Aquaman #28 -- 34,939 [35,478]
02/2015: Aquaman #39 -- 32,162 [33,267]
02/2016: Aquaman #49 -- 23,546
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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%)
02/2018: Aquaman #33 -- 24,974 (- 1.0%)
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6 months: - 12.9%
1 year : - 19.4%
2 years : + 6.1%
5 years : - 57.4%
15 years: - 31.0%
Stjepan Sejic hasn’t drawn an issue since #30, so it looks like there were a couple thousand people buying Aquaman because of his art. And I don’t think he’s coming back, as he’s been tapped to drawn one of the books in the Snyderfied Justice League.
Fifteen years ago Aquaman had recently begun a new series, with Rick Vetch & Yvel Guichet at the reins.
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95 - TRINITY ($3.99)
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%)
02/2018: Trinity #18 -- 23,503 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: - 22.2%
1 year : - 44.0%
Ending with issue #22 in April.
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98 - GREEN ARROW ($3.99)
02/2003: Green Arrow #21 -- 52,554
02/2008: Green Arrow/BC #5 -- 36,662
02/2013: Green Arrow #17 -- 36,043
02/2014: Green Arrow #28 -- 26,725
02/2015: Green Arrow #39 -- 19,651
02/2016: Green Arrow #49 -- 22,096
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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%)
02/2018: Green Arrow #37 -- 22,425 (- 2.6%)
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6 months: - 15.4%
1 year : - 31.8%
2 years : + 1.5%
5 years : - 37.8%
10 years: - 38.8%
15 years: - 57.3%
Green Arrow continues along with standard attrition.
Fifteen years ago Green Arrow featured the conclusion of Brad Meltzer & Phil Hester’s “Archer’s Quest” six-parter.
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103 - 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%)
02/2018: H&I meet B&V #5 of 6 -- 21,105 (- 9.8%)
A precipitous drop for the penultimate issue of a mini.
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104 - THE SILENCER ($2.99)
01/2018: The Silencer #1 -- 30,131 [33,101]
02/2018: The Silencer #2 -- 21,003 (- 36.5%)
Similar to fellow New Age of Heroes title Damage, but starting at a lower sales level. In my experience, a DCU title selling at 21K for its second issue probably isn’t long for the world.
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108 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($3.99)
02/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #17 -- 53,076
02/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #28 -- 23,236
02/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #39 -- 17,270
02/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #9 -- 22,341
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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%)
02/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #19 -- 20,744 (- 3.0%)
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6 months: - 17.3%
1 year : - 27.9%
2 years : - 7.1%
5 years : - 60.9%
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115 - 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%)
02/2018: WW/Conan #6 of 6 -- 18,912 (+ 3.5%)
A little correction for the final issue.
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116 - BATGIRL ($3.99)
02/2003: Batgirl #37 -- 29,835
02/2013: Batgirl #17 -- 65,751
02/2014: Batgirl #28 -- 34,567 [34,981]
02/2015: Batgirl #39 -- 40,880 [43,024]
02/2016: Batgirl #48 -- 25,625
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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%)
02/2018: Batgirl #20 -- 18,729 (- 0.8%)
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6 months: - 17.1%
1 year : - 29.4%
2 years : - 56.1%
5 years : - 71.5%
15 years: - 37.2%
There’s no longer a movie on the horizon, so who knows if DC will want Batgirl to continue at this level...?
Fifteen years ago Batgirl features the Cassandra Cain version of the character, chronicled by Kelley Puckett & Damion Scott.
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122 - DEATHSTROKE ($3.99)
02/2013: Deathstroke #17 -- 12,626
02/2015: Deathstroke #5 -- 32,863 [37,315]
02/2016: Deathstroke #15 -- 26,534
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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%)
02/2018: Deathstroke #28 -- 17,672 (- 5.7%)
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6 months: - 25.5%
1 year : - 34.0%
2 years : - 33.4%
5 years : + 40.0%
These drop-offs are not sustainable.
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124 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
02/2013: Unlimited #13 -- 17,025
02/2014: Universe #7 -- 14,435
02/2015: --
02/2016: Batman Beyond #9 -- 19,449
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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%)
02/2018: Batman Beyond #17 -- 17,197 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: - 20.5%
1 year : - 37.5%
2 years : - 11.6%
5 years : + 1.0%
Another month in which I’m surprised that Batman Beyond is still being published.
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129 - RAVEN: DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS ($3.99)
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%)
02/2008: Daughter #2 of 12 -- 16,496 (- 37.0%)
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1 year : + 3.6%
How on Earth do DC think this is going to last for twelve issues?
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131 - BATWOMAN ($3.99)
02/2013: Batwoman #17 -- 32,041
02/2014: Batwoman #28 -- 20,672
02/2015: Batwoman #39 -- 13,987
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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%)
02/2018: Batwoman #12 -- 16,228 (- 3.2%)
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6 months: - 27.4%
1 year : - 72.0%
5 years : - 49.6%
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133 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($3.99)
02/2003: Birds of Prey #52 -- 24,406
02/2008: Birds of Prey #115 -- 23,157
02/2013: Birds of Prey #17 -- 22,112
02/2014: Birds of Prey #28 -- 18,092
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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%)
02/2018: Batgirl & BoP #19 -- 15,628 (- 2.8%)
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6 months: - 17.4%
1 year : - 36.1%
5 years : - 29.3%
10 years: - 32.5%
15 years: - 36.0%
Ending in May with issue #22.
Fifteen years ago, Birds of Prey was in the middle of a short run written by, of all people, Gilbert Hernandez, along with art by Casey Jones, ahead of Gail Simone taking over with issue #56 in June 2003 and turning around sales.
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142 - DEADMAN ($3.99)
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%)
02/2018: Deadman #4 of 6 -- 14,005 (- 15.0%)
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1 year : + 61.6%
Not a good drop for the fourth issue of a miniseries.
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DC’s Valentines special Young Monsters in Love comes in at #146 with 13,218 copies sold to retailers. At $9.99 a pop it’s the #43 dollar book for February.
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147 - THE HELLBLAZER ($3.99)
02/2003: Hellblazer #181 -- 16,825
02/2008: Hellblazer #241 -- 11,998
02/2013: Hellblazer #300 -- 12,522
02/2014: Constantine #11 -- 20,385
02/2015: Constantine #22 -- 14,716
02/2016: The Hellblazer #9 -- 17,178
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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%)
02/2018: The Hellblazer #19 -- 13,065 (- 2.9%)
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6 months: - 18.9%
1 year : - 39.1%
2 years : - 23.9%
5 years : + 4.3%
10 years: + 8.9%
15 years: - 22.3%
There’s no point in doing any kind of death watch for Hellblazer; it has been published in one form or another nearly continuously since late 1987. I wouldn’t be surprised to see another relaunch soon, maybe as part of one of DC’s forthcoming, boutique pop-up imprints?
Fifteen years ago Hellblazer was a Vertigo title, in the middle of the run with Mike Carey as writer (issue #181 was a single issue story with guest illustrator Jock).
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152 - NEW SUPER-MAN AND THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CHINA ($3.99)
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%)
02/2018: New Super-Man & JLC #20 -- 11,938 (+ 18.6%)
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6 months: - 3.2%
1 year : - 29.6%
Gets a boost of nearly a couple thousand copies for the title change, though I suspect it won’t last. Of all of DC’s comics, this is the one I’d most like to see their internal sales numbers for, as there must be some market in some format where this is selling well.
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153 - BANE: CONQUEST ($3.99)
05/2017: Bane Conq #1 of 12 -- 41,709
06/2017: Bane Conq #2 of 12 -- 25,142 (- 39.7%)
07/2017: Bane Conq #3 of 12 -- 20,287 (- 19.3%)
08/2017: Bane Conq #4 of 12 -- 17,615 (- 13.2%)
09/2017: Bane Conq #5 of 12 -- 15,768 (- 10.5%)
10/2017: Bane Conq #6 of 12 -- 14,739 (- 6.5%)
11/2017: Bane Conq #7 of 12 -- 13,719 (- 6.9%)
12/2017: Bane Conq #8 of 12 -- 12,779 (- 6.9%)
01/2018: --
02/2018: Bane Conq #9 of 12 -- 11,889 (- 7.0%)
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6 months: - 32.5%
Back after a month off, still dropping at an alarming rate. It will likely limp it was to the finish line...
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154 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
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%)
02/2018: Scooby Apocalypse #22 -- 11,684 (- 3.2%)
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6 months: - 18.3%
1 year : - 35.1%
Big death issue announced for issue #25; will they get the mainstream media to bite?
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161, 168 - INJUSTICE 2 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2013: Injustice #2 -- 17,068 [29,096]
02/2014: Injustice Y2 #2 -- 22,703
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #8 -- 15,816
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #9 -- 15,345
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #10 -- 15,417
02/2016: Injustice Y5 #3 -- 14,263
02/2016: Injustice Y5 #4 -- 13,918
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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%)
02/2018: Injustice 2 #19 -- 10,584 (- 0.7%)
02/2018: Injustice 2 #20 -- 10,268 (- 3.0%)
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6 months: - 20.9%
1 year : - 5.9%
2 years : - 26.0%
5 years : - 64.2%
If I’ve counted correctly, Injustice 2 #20 is the 100th regular print issue of Injustice. Which you might think has to be some kind of record for a video game tie-in comic, until you realize that Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog ran for 290 issues!
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166 - 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%)
02/2018: Demon Hell #4 of 6 -- 10,339 (- 8.8%)
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167 - DEATHBED (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2018: Deathbed #1 of 6 -- 10,270
It’s a sad state of affairs when you can view a Vertigo book debuting over 10K as an improvement.
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170, 172 - BOMBSHELLS UNITED (Digital First) ($2.99)
02/2016: Bombshells #9 -- 20,349
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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%)
02/2018: Bomb United #11 -- 10,172 (- 2.8%)
02/2018: Bomb United #12 -- 9,780 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: - 15.9%
1 year : - 24.4%
2 years : - 51.0%
Final issue will be #19 in June.
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175 - 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)
02/2018: Ragman #5 of 6 -- 9,583 (- 7.3)
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176 - FUTURE QUEST PRESENTS (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
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%)
02/2018: FQ Presents #7 -- 9,526 (- 7.3%)
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6 months: - 45.6%
1 year : - 38.6%
Hey! Hey you! Steve Rude drew this three-issue Birdman arc! Why are you not buying the heck out of this?!
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Mister Miracle has the month off, but DC released a special ‘Director’s Cut’ edition of the first issue which came in at #182 with 9,051 copies sold to retailers with a cover price of $5.99. There were also reorders of the regular editions of the previous issues as well.
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189 - BLUE BEETLE ($3.99)
02/2008: Blue Beetle #24 -- 14,378
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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%)
02/2018: Blue Beetle #18 -- 8,393 (- 3.7%)
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6 months: - 27.5%
1 year : - 47.2%
10 years: - 41.6%
Final issue.
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190 - 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%)
02/2018: Cold Dead Hands #4 of 6 -- 8,277 (- 8.2%)
Maybe it’ll sell better in collections?
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195 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2008: Teen Titans Go! #52 -- 7,496
02/2014: Teen Titans Go! #2 -- 9,038
02/2015: Teen Titans Go! #8 -- 7,917
02/2016: Teen Titans Go! #14 -- 9,142
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02/2017: Teen Titans Go! #20 -- 8,601 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: Teen Titans Go! #21 -- 8,410 (- 2.2%)
05/2017: --
06/2017: Teen Titans Go! #22 -- 8,531 (+ 1.4%)
07/2017: --
08/2017: Teen Titans Go! #23 -- 8,494 (- 0.4%)
09/2017: --
10/2017: Teen Titans Go! #24 -- 8,403 (- 1.1%)
11/2017: --
12/2017: Teen Titans Go! #25 -- 8,197 (- 2.5%)
01/2018: --
02/2018: Teen Titans Go! #26 -- 8,133 (- 0.8%)
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6 months: - 4.3%
1 year : - 5.4%
2 years : - 11.0%
10 years: + 8.5%
Did you know that there’s a big screen TTG! movie coming out later this year?
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198 - EXIT STATE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES (Hanna-Barbera) ($3.99)
01/2018: Snagglepuss Chron. #1 of 6 -- 10,912
02/2018: Snagglepuss Chron. #2 of 6 -- 7,991 (- 26.8%)
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200 - 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%)
02/2018: Michael Cray #5 -- 7,968 (- 4.8%)
The regular Wild Storm book missed this month.
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201, 206 - 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%)
02/2018: Gotham City Garage #9 of 12 -- 7,945 (- 7.6%)
02/2018: Gotham City Garage #10 of 12 -- 7,816 (- 1.6%)
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229 - 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%)
02/2018: Jetsons #4 of 6 -- 6,663 (- 19.5%)
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256 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
02/2014: --
02/2015: --
02/2016: --
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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%)
02/2018: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #35 -- 5,491 (- 16.9%)
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6 months: - 5.0%
1 Year : - 7.9%
2 Years : n.a.
Teaming up with Yogi Bear!
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262 - MOTHERLANDS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
01/2018: Motherlands #1 of 6 -- 9,711
02/2018: Motherlands #2 of 6 -- 5,419 (- 44.2%)
Ouch.
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274 - 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%)
02/2018: Imaginary Fiends #4 of 6 -- 4,910 (- 11.6%)
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281 - 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%)
02/2018: Dastardly & Muttley #6 of 6 -- 4,674 (- 5.4%)
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315 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
02/2003: Scooby-Doo #69 -- 5,892
02/2008: Scooby-Doo #129 -- 4,161
02/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #30 -- 4,752
02/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #42 -- 4,540
02/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #54 -- ?????
02/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #66 -- 4,867
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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%)
02/2018: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #90 -- 3,896 (- 2.6%)
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6 months: ????%
1 year : - 10.7%
2 years : - 20.0%
5 years : - 18.0%
10 years: - 6.4%
15 years: - 33.9%
This is the lowest recorded sales that we have for Scooby-Doo since it was relaunched as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? back in 2010 (though there were many months in there when Diamond was only reporting the top 300 and S-D:WAY? didn’t make the chart...)
Fifteen years ago, Scooby-Doo was doing its Scooby thing.
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361 - 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%)
02/2018: Ruff & Reddy #5 of 6 -- 2,920 (- 11.7%)
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405 - 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
02/2018: Those Above #6 of 6 -- 2,125 (- 8.2%)
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6 months: ????%
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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
02/2008: 27,652
02/2013: 34,711
02/2014: 27,070
02/2015: 24,537 **
02/2016: 24,611 **
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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%)
02/2018: 25,798 (- 10.0%)
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6 months: - 15.4%
1 year : - 20.6%
2 years : + 4.8%
5 years : - 25.7%
10 years: - 6.7%
DC UNIVERSE
02/2008: 35,994
02/2013: 36,838
02/2014: 33,327
02/2015: 32,403
02/2016: 31,503
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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%)
02/2018: 31,696 (- 10.9%)
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6 months: - 11.8%
1 year : - 21.6%
2 years : + 0.6%
5 years : - 14.0%
10 years: - 11.9%
WILDSTORM
02/2008: 13,155
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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%)
02/2018: 7,968 (- 37.6%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 85.4%
10 years: - 39.4%
VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL
02/2008: 10,885
02/2013: 12,019
02/2014: 13,215
02/2015: 8,612 **
02/2016: 6,274 **
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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%)
02/2018: 14,325 (+ 27.6%)
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6 months: +105.8%
1 year : + 69.8%
2 years : +128.3%
5 years : + 19.2%
10 years: + 31.6%
Young Animal average (4 comics): 22,969; Vertigo average (4 comics): 5,681
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
02/2008: 2,156,831
02/2013: 2,429,767
02/2014: 1,978,404
02/2015: 2,110,183
02/2016: 1,895,009 **
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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%)
02/2018: 2,270,180 (- 8.9%)
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6 months: - 4.5%
1 year : - 14.7%
2 years : + 19.8%
5 years : - 6.6%
10 years: + 5.3%
The source for average & total line sales that I inherited only goes back to March of 2003, so the fifteen year comparisons for the averages won’t start until next month.
It was not a particularly good month for DC. February was a four-Wednesday month, compared to five Wednesdays in January, yet DC shipped one more new comic (88) in February. Despite that, their total sales fell by nearly a quarter of a million units. That disparity can pretty much be accounted for by the absence of their two best selling titles, Doomsday Clock and Metal. Looking ahead: Both Doomsday Clock and Metal will be back in March; they’ll be missing in April, but that month will see Action Comics #1000; May will see the Snyder-led Justice League: No Justice; and June brings us Bendis’s Man of Steel. So plenty of big events to prop things up on the horizon; which may not be the healthiest way to run a comic company, but it’s all the DC has at this point.
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: 31,696. Median: 27,731. No.: 63. Total: 1,996,856
3.2 - Dark Knight Rising - The Wild Hunt
3.0 - Batman (40)
3.0 - Batman (41)
2.4 - Batman White Knight
1.6 - Detective Comics (975)
1.6 - Detective Comics (974)
1.5 - Flash (40)
1.5 - Flash (41)
1.4 - The Terrifics
1.4 - Justice League (38)
1.4 - Justice League (39)
1.4 - Action Comics (998)
1.4 - Superman (40)
1.4 - Action Comics (997)
1.3 - Superman (41)
1.3 - Brave & Bold: Batman & Wonder Woman
1.2 - Batman & Signal
1.2 - Wonder Woman (40)
1.1 - Mera Queen of Atlantis
1.1 - Wonder Woman (41)
1.1 - Sideways
1.0 - Batman/TMNT
1.0 - Supergirl
1.0 - Harley Quinn (37)
1.0 - Harley Quinn (38)
1.0 - Titans
0.9 - Swamp Thing Winter Special
0.9 - Super Sons
0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (38)
0.9 - Hal Jordan & GLC (39)
0.9 - Teen Titans
0.9 - Nightwing (39)
0.9 - Nightwing (38)
0.9 - Damage
0.8 - Suicide Squad (35)
0.8 - Justice League of America (24)
0.8 - Suicide Squad (36)
0.8 - Justice League of America (25)
0.8 - Green Lanterns (41)
0.8 - Aquaman
0.8 - Green Lanterns (40)
0.7 - Trinity
0.7 - Green Arrow
0.7 - Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica
0.7 - The Silencer
0.7 - Red Hood & Outlaws
0.6 - Wonder Woman/Conan
0.6 - Batgirl
0.6 - Deathstroke
0.5 - Batman Beyond
0.5 - Raven Daughter...
0.5 - Batwoman
0.5 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
0.4 - Deadman
0.4 - Young Monsters in Love
0.4 - The Hellblazer
0.4 - New Super-Man & JLC
0.4 - Bane Conquest
0.3 - Demon Hell is Earth
0.3 - Ragman
0.3 - Mister Miracle Director’s Cut
0.3 - Blue Beetle
0.3 - Black Lightning Cold...
Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 14,325. Median: 15,513. No.: 8. Total: 114,600
1.8 - Batman/Mother Panic
1.6 - Doom Patrol/JLA
1.5 - Wonder Woman/Shade
1.4 - Cave Carson/Swamp Thing
0.7 - Deathbed
0.4 - Motherlands
0.3 - Imaginary Fiends
0.1 - American Way Those Above...
WildStorm: Average: 7,968. Median: 7,968. No.: 1. Total: 7,968
1.0 - The Wild Storm: Michael Cray
Digital First & Other: Average: 9,422. Median: 8,062. No.: 16. Total: 150,756
3.4 - Batman Sins of the Father
1.2 - Scooby Apocalypse
1.2 - Injustice 2 (19)
1.1 - Injustice 2 (20)
1.1 - Bombshells United (11)
1.0 - Bombshells United (12)
1.0 - Future Quest Presents
0.9 - Teen Titans Go!
0.8 - Exit Stage Left Snaggletooth...
0.8 - Gotham City Garage (9)
0.8 - Gotham City Garage (10)
0.7 - The Jetsons
0.6 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.5 - Dastardly & Muttley
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
0.3 - The Ruff & Reddy Show
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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 National Association of Insurance Commissioners; 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.
