Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
This column is being written very late, so no doubt by now you all know of the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic is playing with comic book distribution. Diamond stopped shipping any comics at all during the month of April, and doesn’t plan to resume until mid- to late-May. Meanwhile, DC has started to bypass Diamond, offering select comics to stores via a couple of regional distributors starting the last week of April. Which means that if we get sales numbers post-March, they will be even more unreliable than usual. And expect many comics to be delayed, and for stores to cut back on their orders as the country plunges into a deep recession.
So while February has the look of normalcy (though it is not a terribly good month for DC), dark clouds are on the horizon. It’s hard to say exactly what things will look like for the comics market on the other side of this, but expect there to be major changes. What those changes will look like at DC are obviously unknown, but DC were already slowly shifting their publishing strategy away from the direct market (with their line of kids and YA graphic novels and the Walmart Giants) so this may accelerate that process. The Generation Five reboot/realignment/rewhatever was already on shaky ground after DiDio’s departure—is it now DOA? It may be a while before we get any clarity.
As for the fate of this column, the March figures were just released, so we’ll go ahead and do a March month-to-month analysis at some point. After that, things are less sure.
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, as it explains several things about how these charts are compiled.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders including reorder activity.)
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8/102, 10/108 - BATMAN ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Batman #637 -- 58,034 [60,246]
02/2010: Batman #696 -- 61,290
02/2015: Batman #39 -- 118,106 [128,627]
02/2016: Batman #49 -- 102,689
02/2017: Batman #16 -- 102,096 [102,772]
02/2017: Batman #17 -- 99,637 [102,256]
02/2018: Batman #40 -- 95,541 [95,741]
02/2018: Batman #41 -- 93,889 [94,841]
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02/2019: Batman #64 -- 93,400 (+ 10.9%) [94,169]
02/2019: Batman #65 -- 89,123 (- 3.9%) [90,494]
03/2019: Batman #66 -- 83,102 (- 8.1%) [83,138]
03/2019: Batman #67 -- 84,463 (+ 0.5%) [83,551]
04/2019: Batman #68 -- 87,557 (+ 5.1%) [87,787]
04/2019: Batman #69 -- 88,666 (+ 1.6%) [89,150]
05/2019: Batman #70 -- 83,518 (- 6.0%) [83,824]
05/2019: Batman #71 -- 82,704 (- 0.9%) [83,101]
06/2019: Batman #72 -- 80,585 (- 2.7%) [80,857]
06/2019: Batman #73 -- 81,919 (+ 2.1%) [82,583]
07/2019: Batman #74 -- 78,544 (- 5.1%) [78,385]
07/2019: Batman #75 -- 100,161 (+ 29.7%) [101,650]
08/2019: Batman #76 -- 84,879 (- 14.2%) [87,181]
08/2019: Batman #77 -- 81,215 (+ 7.3%) [93,575]
09/2019: Batman #78 -- 80,979 (- 11.4%) [82,874]
09/2019: Batman #79 -- 84,117 (+ 1.5%)
10/2019: Batman #80 -- 86,677 (+ 3.0%)
10/2019: Batman #81 -- 84,620 (- 2.4%)
11/2019: Batman #82 -- 89,532 (+ 5.8%)
11/2019: Batman #83 -- 81,927 (- 8.5%)
12/2019: Batman #84 -- 79,179 (- 3.4%)
12/2019: Batman #85 -- 80,472 (+ 1.6%) [81,931]
01/2020: Batman #86 -- 80,053 (- 2.2%)
01/2020: Batman #87 -- 74,126 (- 7.4%) [75,001]
02/2020: Batman #88 -- 74,423 (- 0.8%)
02/2020: Batman #89 -- 73,390 (- 1.4%)
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6 months: - 18.2%
1 year : - 20.0%
2 years : - 22.4%
5 years : - 42.5%
10 years: + 20.6%
15 years: + 22.7%
Issue #88: Regular: 56,992. Cardstock: 17,431. (3.3:1)
Issue #89: Regular: 56,409. Cardstock: 16,981. (3.3:1)
Sales continue to slip, despite the new creative team. You may have heard that Batman #89 was a hot comic, due to the first cameo appearance of new character Punchline, but that wasn’t reflected in initial sales to comic stores who wouldn’t have had any idea that she would be the Hot New Character Find of 2020. Issue #89 has gone into a second and third printing, so we’ll likely see those numbers rise when re-orders come in for March. Issue #92, featuring Punchline’s origin, supposedly has an initial print run of over 200,000, but has been delayed due to COVID-19 so who knows when that will show up (and if things will have cooled off such that retailers will revise down their orders...)
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28/45 - DCEASED: UNKILLABLES ($4.99/$5.99)
05/2019: DCeased #1 of 6 -- 242,365 [249,146]
06/2019: DCeased #2 of 6 -- 152,407 (- 37.9%) [154,625]
07/2019: DCeased #3 of 6 -- 132,072 (- 13.9%) [133,118]
08/2019: DCeased #4 of 6 -- 119,786 (- 10.0%)
09/2019: Good Day to Die -- 90,017 (- 24.9%)
10/2019: DCeased #5 of 6 -- 107,472 (+ 19.4%)
10/2019: DCeased #6 of 6 -- 93,310 (- 13.2%)
11/2019: --
12/2019: --
01/2020: --
02/2020: Unkillables #1 of 3 -- 72,170 (- 26.8%)
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6 months: - 39.8%
Regular: 40,337. Cardstock: 31,833. (1.3:1)
Given the stellar sales of the original DCeased series it was inevitable that DC would produce a sequel. Unfortunately, retailers don’t seem to be as confident that the follow-up will be as popular (and surely the higher price isn’t helping here), but these sales are only disappointing when compared to those of the first series.
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11 - BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT (Black Label) ($4.99)
02/2018: White Knight #5 of 8 -- 77,373 [79,041]
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07/2019: Curse Knight #1 of 8 -- 91,205 (+ 29.6%) [96,446]
08/2019: Curse Knight #2 of 8 -- 74,838 (- 20.1%) [77,071]
09/2019: Curse Knight #3 of 8 -- 67,840 (- 11.2%) [68,434]
10/2019: Curse Knight #4 of 8 -- 63,819 (- 5.3%) [64,775]
11/2019: Presents Von Freeze -- 51,975 (- 18.5%) [52,824]
12/2019: Curse Knight #5 of 8 -- 58,839 (+ 11.4%)
01/2020: Curse Knight #6 of 8 -- 55,270 (- 6.1%)
02/2020: Curse Knight #7 of 8 -- 54,255 (- 1.8%)
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6 months: - 29.6%
2 years : - 31.4%
Sales are finally starting to stabilize as the follow-up series nears its end.
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40/174, 22 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($3.99/$4,99, $3.99)
02/2015: Justice League #39 -- 72,904 [75,492]
02/2016: Justice League #48 -- 72,704
02/2017: Justice League #14 -- 65,458 [65,672]
02/2017: Justice League #15 -- 64,230 [64,956]
02/2018: Justice League #38 -- 45,314 [45,352]
02/2018: Justice League #39 -- 44,148 [44,692]
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02/2019: Justice League #17 -- 57,105 (- 4.1%) [57,241]
02/2019: Justice League #18 -- 55,988 (- 1.2%) [56,559]
03/2019: Justice League #19 -- 57,733 (+ 2.3%) [57,791]
03/2019: Justice League #20 -- 64,675 (+ 14.4%) [66,194]
04/2019: Justice League #21 -- 55,245 (- 16.9%) [55,340]
04/2019: Justice League #22 -- 56,094 (+ 1.5%) [56,790]
05/2019: Justice League #23 -- 55,077 (- 1.8%) [55,375]
05/2019: Justice League #24 -- 54,862 (- 0.4%) [55,279]
06/2019: Justice League #25 -- 57,023 (+ 3.9%) [57,334]
06/2019: Justice League #26 -- 54,862 (- 7.5%) [53,375]
07/2019: Justice League #27 -- 56,717 (+ 7.6%)
07/2019: Justice League #28 -- 55,538 (- 2.1%) [55,824]
08/2019: Justice League #29 -- 52,641 (- 5.2%) [52,835]
08/2019: Justice League #30 -- 53,432 (+ 1.5%)
09/2019: Justice League #31 -- 52,329 (- 2.1%) [52,371]
09/2019: Justice League #32 -- 51,112 (- 2.3%)
10/2019: Justice League #33 -- 50,194 (- 1.8%)
10/2019: Justice League #34 -- 50,958 (+ 1.5%)
11/2019: Justice League #35 -- 55,411 (+ 8.7%) [55,499]
11/2019: Justice League #36 -- 48,522 (- 12.4%) [48,747]
12/2019: Justice League #37 -- 47,669 (- 2.2%)
12/2019: Justice League #38 -- 46,800 (+ 0.2%) [47,755]
01/2020: Justice League #39 -- 44,559 (- 6.7%)
02/2020: Justice League #40 -- 44,170 (- 0.9%)
02/2020: Justice League #41 -- 42,682 (- 3.4%)
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6 months: - 18.3%
1 year : - 23.7%
2 years : - 3.5%
5 years : - 42.5%
Issue #40: Regular: 34,151. Cardstock: 10,019. (3.4:1)
A new creative team, who gather to tell a story that completely ignores the cliffhanger at the end of issue #39 (which will supposedly be resolved in the upcoming Death Metal event series, but who knows when that will come out?) Sales continue on like nothing has happened either.
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43/158 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Detective Comics #803 -- 40,014
02/2010: --
02/2015: Detective Comics #39 -- 54,698 [55,457]
02/2016: Detective Comics #49 -- 45,300
02/2017: Detective Comics #950 -- 62,628 [63,553]
02/2017: Detective Comics #951 -- 59,630 [61,006]
02/2018: Detective Comics #974 -- 51,189 [51,577]
02/2018: Detective Comics #975 -- 51,856 [52,626]
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02/2019: Detective Comics #998 -- 60,447 (+ 11.6%) [61,344]
02/2019: Detective Comics #999 -- 62,953 (+ 6.3%) [65,181]
03/2019: Detective Comics #1000 -- 526,941 (+781.7%) [574,705]
04/2019: Detective Comics #1001 -- 66,743 (- 87.6%) [71,061]
04/2019: Detective Comics #1002 -- 61,007 (- 11.4%) [62,941]
05/2019: Detective Comics #1003 -- 65,709 (+ 5.1%) [66,130]
05/2019: Detective Comics #1004 -- 63,161 (- 2.7%) [64,358]
06/2019: Detective Comics #1005 -- 60,389 (- 5.7%) [60,659]
06/2019: Detective Comics #1006 -- 59,309 (- 1.0%) [60,072]
07/2019: Detective Comics #1007 -- 56,586 (- 5.5%) [56,758]
07/2019: Detective Comics #1008 -- 57,311 (+ 2.2%) [57,990]
08/2019: Detective Comics #1009 -- 53,070 (- 8.0%) [53,367]
08/2019: Detective Comics #1010 -- 52,563 (- 0.8%) [52,926]
09/2019: Detective Comics #1011 -- 50,416 (- 4.5%) [50,570]
09/2019: Detective Comics #1012 -- 50,034 (- 0.4%) [50,375]
10/2019: Detective Comics #1013 -- 50,166 (- 0.3%) [50,225]
10/2019: Detective Comics #1014 -- 48,337 (- 2.6%) [48,923]
11/2019: Detective Comics #1015 -- 55,337 (+ 13.1%)
11/2019: Detective Comics #1016 -- 47,827 (- 13.6%)
12/2019: Detective Comics #1017 -- 47,355 (- 1.0%)
01/2020: Detective Comics #1018 -- 45,660 (- 3.6%)
01/2020: Detective Comics #1019 -- 45,263 (- 0.9%)
02/2020: Detective Comics #1020 -- 43,336 (- 4.3%)
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6 months: - 18.5%
1 year : - 31.5%
2 years : - 16.8%
5 years : - 21.9%
10 years: n.a.
15 years: + 8.3%
Regular: 32,363. Cardstock: 10,973. (2.9:1)
Now a monthly series.
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23 - JOKER: KILLER SMILE (Black Label) ($5.99)
10/2019: Killer Smile #1 of 3 -- 77,410 [79,867]
11/2019: --
12/2019: Killer Smile #2 of 3 -- 51,512 (- 35.5%) [52,906]
01/2020: --
02/2020: Killer Smile #3 of 3 -- 42,249 (- 20.1%)
Unlike the fist two issues, this final issue was not returnable. Not the smash sales success that retailer orders on the first issue would have indicated, but still decent sales for a $6 comic.
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25 - THE GREEN LANTERN SEASON 2 ($4.99)
02/2005: GL Rebirth #4 of 6 -- 108,077 [121,581]
02/2010: Green Lantern #51 -- 95,509
02/2015: Green Lantern #39 -- 41,997 [42,459]
02/2016: Green Lantern #49 -- 35,237
02/2017: Green Lanterns #16 -- 37,845 [38,026]
02/2017: Green Lanterns #17 -- 36,636 [37,227]
02/2018: Green Lanterns #40 -- 24,807
02/2018: Green Lanterns #41 -- 25,155
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02/2019: The Green Lantern #4 -- 50,176 (- 7.2%) [50,899]
03/2019: The Green Lantern #5 -- 47,325 (- 5.9%) [47,891]
04/2019: The Green Lantern #6 -- 49,256 (+ 4.0%) [49,817]
05/2019: The Green Lantern #7 -- 45,338 (- 8.3%) [45,663]
06/2019: The Green Lantern #8 -- 44,066 (- 2.9%) [44,336]
07/2019: The Green Lantern #9 -- 43,401 (- 1.8%) [43,550]
08/2019: The Green Lantern #10 -- 43,132 (- 1.0%)
09/2019: The Green Lantern #11 -- 41,044 (- 4.7%) [41,090]
10/2019: The Green Lantern #12 -- 40,437 (- 1.4%) [40,522]
11/2019: GL Blackstars #1 of 3 -- 42,145 (+ 4.4%) [42,307]
12/2019: GL Blackstars #2 of 3 -- 34,172 (- 19.2%)
01/2020: GL Blackstars #3 of 3 -- 29,884 (- 12.5%)
02/2020: The GL Season 2 #1 -- 41,242 (+ 38.0%)
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6 months: - 4.4%
1 year : - 19.0%
2 years : + 65.1%
5 years : - 2.9%
10 years: - 56.8%
15 years: - 66.1%
Liam Sharp is back, and sales pick up right where they left off at the end of the first Morrison/Sharp series.
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46/182 - BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Superman/Batman #17 -- 116,637 [118,126]
02/2010: Superman/Batman #69 -- 33,224
02/2015: Batman/Superman #19 -- 44,134 [45,546]
02/2016: Batman/Superman #29 -- 33,662
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08/2019: Batman/Superman #1 -- 172,271 (+422.2%) [171,248]
09/2019: Batman/Superman #2 -- 62,050 (- 63.3%) [64,022]
10/2019: Batman/Superman #3 -- 55,334 (- 12.0%) [56,671]
11/2019: Batman/Superman #4 -- 59,646 (+ 5.9%) [60,644]
12/2019: Batman/Superman #5 -- 48,734 (- 19.6%)
01/2020: Batman/Superman #6 -- 46,422 (- 4.7%)
02/2020: Batman/Superman #7 -- 41,179 (- 11.3%)
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6 months: - 76.0%
5 years : - 9.6%
10 years: + 23.9%
15 years: - 65.1%
Regular: 31,519. Cardstock: 9,660. (3.3:1)
New storyline, no longer tied-in to the Year of the Villain.
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47/214 - SUPERMAN ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Superman #213 -- 101,258
02/2010: Superman #697 -- 31,504
02/2015: Superman #38 -- 48,987 [53,740]
02/2016: Superman #49 -- 36,318
02/2017: Superman #16 -- 56,105 [56,512]
02/2017: Superman #17 -- 54,561 [55,219]
02/2018: Superman #40 -- 43,776 [43,834]
02/2018: Superman #41 -- 42,694 [43,192]
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02/2019: Superman #8 -- 50,475 (- 0.7%) [50,992]
03/2019: Superman #9 -- 48,919 (- 3.1%) [49,408]
04/2019: Superman #10 -- 48,802 (- 0.3%) [49,243]
05/2019: Superman #11 -- 47,933 (- 2.3%) [48,103]
06/2019: Superman #12 -- 47,199 (- 1.4%) [47,446]
07/2019: Superman #13 -- 51,944 (+ 9.5%)
08/2019: Superman #14 -- 46,099 (- 9.6%) [46,973]
09/2019: Superman #15 -- 47,857 (+ 3.1%) [48,409]
10/2019: Superman #16 -- 43,717 (- 9.6%) [43,748]
11/2019: Superman #17 -- 46,132 (+ 5.7%) [46,244]
12/2019: Superman #18 -- 66,684 (+ 49.3%) [69,043]
01/2020: Superman #19 -- 43,364 (- 37.2%)
02/2020: Superman #20 -- 39,255 (- 9.5%)
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6 months: - 16.5%
1 year : - 15.6%
2 years : - 5.5%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: + 35.8%
15 years: n.a.
Regular: 31,497. Cardstock: 7,758. (4.1:1)
Looks like the bloom of “The Truth” is completely off the rose, as this is the lowest-selling issue of Superman since the end of the New 52 era. Also, I think this is the first time a Regular:Cardstock cover ratio has been over 4?
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33 - JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY (Black Label) ($5.99)
10/2019: Criminal Sanity #1 of 9 -- 89,667 [90,979]
11/2019: --
12/2019: --
01/2020: Criminal Sanity #2 of 9 -- 51,069 (- 43.9%)
02/2020: Criminal Sanity #3 of 9 -- 38,531 (- 24.6%)
Unlike the fist two issues, this third issue was not returnable. Add in C19 delays to the already bi-monthly schedule and this could easily take two years to finish.
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Coming in at #34 on the February chart is Batman: Pennyworth RIP #1, a one-shot dedicated to Batman’s late butler. (Um, spoiler maybe?—but it’s right there in the title!) Sales of 38,004 are perfectly fine for this sort of thing, especially at a cover price of $5.99.)
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36 - YEAR OF THE VILLAIN: HELL ARISEN ($4.99)
12/2019: Hell Arisen #1 of 4 -- 50,573 [51,658]
01/2020: Hell Arisen #2 of 4 -- 35,493 (- 31.1%)
02/2020: Hell Arisen #3 of 4 -- 36,250 (+ 2.1%)
Unlike the fist two issues, this penultimate issue was not returnable. A Punchline appearance, which may explain the slight uptick, though again retailers had no idea she would be the Hot New Character Find of 2020. Like Batman #89 this is going into multiple printings, so expect the sales to rise in the coming months.
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37 - HARLEY QUINN AND THE BIRDS OF PREY (Black Label) ($5.99)
02/2020: Harley & Birds #1 of 4 -- 35,549
Black Label Prestige Plus mini-series from Palmiotti & Conner, clearly hoping to capitalize on buzz from the movie that never really materialized.
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127/92 - HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2018: H&I meet B&V #5 of 6 -- 21,015
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09/2019: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #1 of 6 -- 110,326 (+432.2%) [114,143]
10/2019: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #2 of 6 -- 55,678 (- 49.5%)
11/2019: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #3 of 6 -- 45,826 (- 17.7%)
12/2019: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #4 of 6 -- 33,838 (- 26.2%)
01/2020: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #5 of 6 -- 35,018 (+ 3.5%)
02/2020: H. Quinn & P. Ivy #6 of 6 -- 34,454 (- 1.6%)
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2 years : + 63.9%
Regular: 14,140. Cardstocks: 20,314. (0.7:1)
Like with the previous issues, this final issue of the mini-series has dueling dual cardstock covers to go along with the regular cover.
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63/222 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Action Comics #824 -- 37,432
02/2010: Action Comics #886 -- 29,845
02/2015: Action Comics #39 -- 38,070 [38,519]
02/2016: Action Comics #49 -- 31,496
02/2017: Action Comics #973 -- 43,047 [43,895]
02/2017: Action Comics #974 -- 41,712 [42,739]
02/2018: Action Comics #997 -- 43,509 [43,887]
02/2018: Action Comics #998 -- 43,810 [44,686]
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02/2019: Action Comics #1008 -- 44,084 (- 0.5%) [45,008]
03/2019: Action Comics #1009 -- 43,014 (- 2.8%) [43,767]
04/2019: Action Comics #1010 -- 42,317 (- 2.3%) [42,763]
05/2019: Action Comics #1011 -- 42,207 (+ 0.5%) [42,938]
06/2019: Action Comics #1012 -- 43,893 (+ 3.4%) [44,439]
07/2019: Action Comics #1013 -- 43,763 (- 1.5%)
08/2019: Action Comics #1014 -- 41,801 (- 3.0%) [42,429]
09/2019: Action Comics #1015 -- 51,165 (+ 20.6%)
10/2019: Action Comics #1016 -- 40,812 (- 19.8%) [41,015]
11/2019: Action Comics #1017 -- 46,740 (+ 14.0%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Action Comics #1018 -- 38,402 (- 17.8%)
01/2020: Action Comics #1019 -- 35,842 (- 6.7%)
02/2020: Action Comics #1020 -- 34,162 (- 4.7%)
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6 months: - 19.5%
1 year : - 24.1%
2 years : - 22.9%
5 years : - 11.3%
10 years: + 14.5%
15 years: - 8.7%
Regular: 26,799. Cardstock: 7,363. (3.6:1)
Another Year of the Villain tie-in, even though it’s not labelled as such. The lowest-selling issue of Action in the Rebirth era.
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77/220 - LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Legion of S-H #3 -- 39,969 [44,836]
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09/2019: Millennium #1 of 2 -- 48,389 (+231.4%)
10/2019: Millennium #2 of 2 -- 39,489 (- 18.4%)
11/2019: Legion of S-H #1 -- 75,611 (+ 91.5%)
12/2019: Legion of S-H #2 -- 39,218 (- 48.1%)
01/2020: Legion of S-H #3 -- 34,732 (- 11.4%)
02/2020: Legion of S-H #4 -- 30,675 (- 11.7%)
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15 years: - 31.6%
Regular: 23,075. Cardstock: 7,600. (3.0:1)
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51 - FLASH FORWARD ($3.99)
09/2019: Flash Forward #1 of 6 -- 46,176 [47,186]
10/2019: Flash Forward #2 of 6 -- 33,646 (- 27.6%) [34,172]
11/2019: Flash Forward #3 of 6 -- 28,854 (- 14.8%) [29,110]
12/2019: Flash Forward #4 of 6 -- 26,210 (- 10.0%)
01/2020: Flash Forward #5 of 6 -- 24,830 (- 5.3%)
02/2020: Flash Forward #6 of 6 -- 30,234 (+ 21.8%)
A sizable uptick for the final issue, possibly because it appears that this will be tying into DC’s Generation Five. Or rather, it would have—now, who knows what is happening on that front?
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74/255 - FLASH ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Flash #219 -- 44,071 [46,188]
02/2010: Rebirth #6 -- 70,824
02/2015: Flash #39 -- 43,635 [46,855]
02/2016: Flash #48 -- 34,903
02/2016: Flash #49 -- 34,407
02/2017: Flash #16 -- 57,039 [57,790]
02/2017: Flash #17 -- 55,234 [56,812]
02/2018: Flash #40 -- 46,149 [46,566]
02/2018: Flash #41 -- 46,040 [46,853]
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02/2019: Flash #64 -- 67,712 (+ 78.5%) [69,127]
02/2019: Flash #65 -- 60,031 (- 8.9%) [62,962]
03/2019: Flash #66 -- 39,144 (- 37.6%) [39,319]
03/2019: Flash #67 -- 38,520 (- 1.0%) [38,909]
04/2019: Flash #68 -- 38,064 (- 1.6%) [38,303]
04/2019: Flash #69 -- 37,484 (- 1.7%) [37,651]
05/2019: Flash #70 -- 41,746 (+ 12.7%) [42,433]
05/2019: Flash #71 -- 40,701 (- 0.1%) [42,397]
06/2019: Flash #72 -- 40,956 (- 2.3%) [41,411]
06/2019: Flash #73 -- 38,853 (- 4.6%) [39,506]
07/2019: Flash #74 -- 38,436 (- 2.3%) [38,581]
07/2019: Flash #75 -- 41,571 (+ 9.1%) [42,078]
08/2019: Flash #76 -- 38,952 (- 7.4%)
08/2019: Flash #77 -- 38,019 (- 2.4%)
09/2019: Flash #78 -- 36,673 (- 3.1%) [36,833]
09/2019: Flash #79 -- 35,660 (- 2.2%) [36,020]
10/2019: Flash #80 -- 35,151 (- 2.4%)
10/2019: Flash #81 -- 34,063 (- 2.5%) [34,279]
11/2019: Flash #82 -- 39,710 (+ 16.0%) [39,769]
11/2019: Flash #83 -- 32,608 (- 17.5%) [32,808]
12/2019: Flash #84 -- 31,472 (- 4.1%)
01/2020: Flash #85 -- 31,237 (- 0.7%)
01/2020: Flash #86 -- 29,951 (- 4.1%)
01/2020: Flash #87 -- 29,620 (- 1.1%)
02/2020: Flash #88 -- 29,671 (+ 0.2%)
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6 months: - 22.9%
1 year : - 55.1%
2 years : - 36.5%
5 years : - 36.7%
10 years: - 58.1%
15 years: - 35.8%
Regular: 23,395. Cardstock: 6,276. (3.7:1)
Just one issue in February as the big #750 80th anniversary issue slipped into March. But hey, you got three issues of Flash in March!
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56 - THE BATMAN’S GRAVE ($3.99)
10/2019: Batman’s Grave #1 of 12 -- 65,412
11/2019: Batman’s Grave #2 of 12 -- 43,583 (- 33.4%) [44,302]
12/2019: Batman’s Grave #3 of 12 -- 34,855 (- 33.4%)
01/2020: Batman’s Grave #4 of 12 -- 30,726 (- 11.8%)
02/2020: Batman’s Grave #5 of 12 -- 28,817 (- 6.2%)
Starting to settle down.
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59 - LEVIATHAN DAWN ($4.99)
05/2019: Superman Leviathan #1 -- 32,549 [36,499]
06/2019: Event Leviathan #1 of 6 -- 81,408 (+104.3%) [75,506]
07/2019: Event Leviathan #2 of 6 -- 58,667 (- 24.5%) [56,998]
08/2019: Event Leviathan #3 of 6 -- 49,885 (- 10.5%) [51,027]
09/2019: Event Leviathan #4 of 6 -- 47,364 (- 7.2%)
10/2019: Event Leviathan #5 of 6 -- 45,057 (- 4.3%) [45,339]
11/2019: Event Leviathan #6 of 6 -- 42,092 (- 6.6%) [42,331]
12/2019: --
01/2020: --
02/2020: Leviathan Dawn #1 of 1 -- 28,149 (- 33.5%)
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6 months: - 44.8%
A one-shot to tide you over until the next Leviathan series starts (originally in April, but now?)
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62 - SUPERMAN HEROES ($5.99)
02/2020: Superman Heroes #1 -- 28,149
One-shot tying into “The Truth”; the Villains special arrives in March.
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68 - WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH (Black Label) ($6.99)
12/2019: Dead Earth #1 of 4 -- 39,096 [41,053]
01/2020: --
02/2020: Dead Earth #2 of 4 -- 27,474 (- 33.1%)
Returnable, so we’ve adjusted the estimated sales numbers derived from the Diamond-supplied sales index by 10%. For why we do this, please see the fine print at the end of the column.
A typical second-issue percentage drop.
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64, 65 - WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Wonder Woman #213 -- 24,728
02/2010: Wonder Woman #41 -- 25,354
02/2015: Wonder Woman #39 -- 42,634 [44,330]
02/2016: Wonder Woman #49 -- 35,398
02/2017: Wonder Woman #16 -- 49,921 [50,474]
02/2017: Wonder Woman #17 -- 48,662 [49,668]
02/2018: Wonder Woman #40 -- 36,464 [36,625]
02/2018: Wonder Woman #41 -- 35,572 [36,170]
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02/2019: Wonder Woman #64 -- 45,866 (+ 31.6%) [46,024]
02/2019: Wonder Woman #65 -- 46,007 (+ 2.5%) [47,173]
03/2019: Wonder Woman #66 -- 35,547 (- 24.6%)
03/2019: Wonder Woman #67 -- 33,665 (+ 16.6%) [41,434]
04/2019: Wonder Woman #68 -- 37,676 (- 9.1%)
04/2019: Wonder Woman #69 -- 34,990 (- 7.1%)
05/2019: Wonder Woman #70 -- 34,503 (- 1.4%)
05/2019: Wonder Woman #71 -- 32,792 (- 5.0%)
06/2019: Wonder Woman #72 -- 32,604 (- 0.6%)
06/2019: Wonder Woman #73 -- 31,459 (- 3.5%)
07/2019: Wonder Woman #74 -- 31,334 (- 0.4%)
07/2019: Wonder Woman #75 -- 32,823 (+ 4.8%)
08/2019: Wonder Woman #76 -- 31,526 (- 4.0%)
08/2019: Wonder Woman #77 -- 31,561 (+ 0.1%)
09/2019: Wonder Woman #78 -- 30,139 (- 4.5%)
09/2019: Wonder Woman #79 -- 30,103 (- 0.1%)
10/2019: Wonder Woman #80 -- 28,112 (- 6.6%)
10/2019: Wonder Woman #81 -- 28,711 (+ 2.1%)
11/2019: Wonder Woman #82 -- 34,520 (+ 20.2%)
12/2019: Wonder Woman #83 -- 27,775 (- 19.5%)
01/2020: Wonder Woman #750 -- 167,377 (+507.1%) [168,632]
02/2020: Wonder Woman #751 -- 26,624 (- 84.2%)
02/2020: Wonder Woman #752 -- 26,342 (- 1.1%)
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6 months: - 16.0%
1 year : - 43.2%
2 years : - 27.2%
5 years : - 40.3%
10 years: + 4.5%
15 years: + 7.1%
Absolutely no residual sales bump from last month’s Anniversary issue. These are the lowest first-month sales for issues of Wonder Woman in nearly ten years.
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112/237 - PLUNGE (Hill House) (Black Label) ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2020: Plunge #1 of 6 -- 25,681
Regular: 16,528*. Cardstock: 6,818. (2.4:1)
According to the Diamond chart, the regular cover was returnable but the cardstock cover was not. So we’ve adjusted the estimated sales numbers derived from the Diamond-supplied sales index by 10%. For why we do this, please see the fine print at the end of the column.
The top-selling non-DCU comic for February. The fifth Hill House title, and this one is written by Hill himself so it debuts a bit higher than last month’s Daphne Byrne (though not nearly as high as Hill’s Basketful of Heads).
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69 - CATWOMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Catwoman #40 -- 23,103
02/2015: Catwoman #39 -- 26,450 [28,608]
02/2016: Catwoman #49 -- 13,659
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02/2019: Catwoman #8 -- 32,360 (- 8.6%) [32,777]
03/2019: Catwoman #9 -- 43,952 (+ 34.8%) [44,196]
04/2019: Catwoman #10 -- 40,857 (- 6.8%) [41,172]
05/2019: Catwoman #11 -- 38,860 (- 5.1%) [39,075]
06/2019: Catwoman #12 -- 41,167 (+ 5.7%) [41,297]
07/2019: Catwoman #13 -- 38,879 (- 5.9%)
08/2019: Catwoman #14 -- 39,170 (+ 0.7%)
09/2019: Catwoman #15 -- 42,687 (+ 9.0%)
10/2019: Catwoman #16 -- 26,744 (- 37.3%) [26,750]
11/2019: Catwoman #17 -- 35,056 (+ 31.6%) [35,213]
12/2019: Catwoman #18 -- 24,324 (- 30.9%)
01/2020: Catwoman #19 -- 25,313 (+ 4.1%)
02/2020: Catwoman #20 -- 24,768 (- 2.2%)
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6 months: - 36.8%
1 year : - 24.4%
5 years : - 13.4%
15 years: + 7.2%
Hey look: Issue #20 of Catwoman came out in 02/2020! (It doesn’t take much to amuse me...)
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78 - SHAZAM! ($3.99)
02/2019: Shazam! #3 -- 37,905 (- 17.5%) [39,325]
03/2019: Shazam! #4 -- 38,420 (+ 0.6%) [39,579]
04/2019: --
05/2018: Shazam! #5 -- 35,337 (- 9.9%) [35,662]
06/2018: Shazam! #6 -- 34,002 (- 3.7%) [34,337]
07/2019: --
08/2019: --
09/2018: Shazam! #7 -- 31,834 (- 6.2%) [32,207]
10/2019: --
11/2019: Shazam! #8 -- 28,395 (- 11.4%) [28,545]
12/2019: Shazam! #9 -- 26,115 (- 8.5%)
01/2020: Shazam! #10 -- 24,207 (- 7.3%)
02/2020: Shazam! #11 -- 22,976 (- 5.1%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 41.6%
Four issues four months in a row!
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79 - JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ($3.99)
02/2015: Justice League Dark #39 -- 24,023
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02/2019: Justice League Dark #8 -- 33,554 (- 6.7%) [33,845]
03/2019: Justice League Dark #9 -- 31,648 (- 6.4%) [31,694]
04/2019: Justice League Dark #10 -- 32,439 (+ 1.6%) [32,206]
05/2019: Justice League Dark #11 -- 31,871 (- 0.1%) [32,185]
06/2019: Justice League Dark #12 -- 30,851 (- 4.0%) [30,904]
07/2019: Justice League Dark #13 -- 31,480 (+ 1.9%)
08/2019: Justice League Dark #14 -- 29,754 (- 4.9%) [29,946]
09/2019: Justice League Dark #15 -- 27,902 (- 6.6%) [27,979]
10/2019: Justice League Dark #16 -- 26,190 (- 5.7%) [26,379]
11/2019: Justice League Dark #17 -- 31,897 (+ 21.6%) [32,073]
12/2019: --
01/2020: Justice League Dark #18 -- 24,845 (- 22.5%)
01/2020: Justice League Dark #19 -- 23,308 (- 6.2%)
02/2020: Justice League Dark #20 -- 22,864 (- 1.9%)
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6 months: - 23.6%
1 year : - 32.4%
5 years : - 4.8%
Hey look: Issue #20 of JLD also came out in 02/2020! (See: Catwoman, re: amusement)
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81 - HARLEY QUINN ($3.99)
02/2015: --
02/2016: Harley Quinn #25 -- 51,495
02/2017: Harley Quinn #13 -- 45,400 [45,936]
02/2017: Harley Quinn #14 -- 43,798 [43,533]
02/2018: Harley Quinn #37 -- 31,619 [31,899]
02/2018: Harley Quinn #38 -- 31,314 [31,758]
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02/2019: Harley Quinn #58 -- 36,010 (+ 35.8%) [36,022]
03/2019: Harley Quinn #59 -- 44,298 (+ 23.2%) [44,393]
04/2019: Harley Quinn #60 -- 28,968 (- 34.3%) [29,155]
05/2019: Harley Quinn #61 -- 30,708 (+ 5.5%) [30,746]
06/2019: Harley Quinn #62 -- 27,547 (- 9.5%) [27,831]
07/2019: Harley Quinn #63 -- 32,268 (+ 15.9%)
08/2019: Harley Quinn #64 -- 26,973 (- 16.1%) [27,086]
09/2019: Harley Quinn #65 -- 26,082 (- 3.4%) [26,159]
10/2019: Harley Quinn #66 -- 24,206 (- 7.5%)
11/2019: Harley Quinn #67 -- 30,377 (+ 25.9%) [30,472]
12/2019: Harley Quinn #68 -- 23,583 (- 22.6%)
01/2020: Harley Quinn #69 -- 23,480 (- 0.4%)
02/2020: Harley Quinn #70 -- 22,098 (- 5.9%)
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6 months: - 18.4%
1 year : - 38.7%
2 years : - 30.6%
5 years : n.a.
Lowest sales for an issue of the regular Harley Quinn series in the post-New 52 era. Even a new movie couldn’t budge the needle.
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Coming in at #83 on the February chart is DC Crimes of Passion #1, the latest in DC’s themed anthology one-shots. At $9.99 cover price it ends up being the #10 comic on the dollar chart, but its sales of 21,930 relegate it to sit here in the middle of the units chart.
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87 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($3.99)
02/2015: New Suicide Squad #7 -- 30,537 [31,884]
02/2016: New Suicide Squad #17 -- 23,687
02/2017: Suicide Squad #11 -- 48,723 [49,154]
02/2017: Suicide Squad #12 -- 46,860 [47,596]
02/2018: Suicide Squad #35 -- 26,798 [26,834]
02/2018: Suicide Squad #36 -- 25,531
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12/2019: Suicide Squad #1 -- 59,183 (+127.3%)
01/2020: Suicide Squad #2 -- 23,741 (- 59.9%)
02/2020: Suicide Squad #3 -- 20,977 (- 11.6%)
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2 years : - 19.9%
5 years : - 34.2%
A typical third issue percentage drop, but given that sizable second issue drop there’s not a lot of rope here.
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137/267 - AMETHYST (Wonder Comics) ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2020: Amethyst #1 of 6 -- 20,804
Regular: 13,139*. Cardstock: 5,774. (2.3:1)
According to the Diamond chart, the regular cover was returnable but the cardstock cover was not. So we’ve adjusted the estimated sales numbers derived from the Diamond-supplied sales index by 10%. For why we do this, please see the fine print at the end of the column.
Amethyst was my personal most-anticipated debut comic of 2020—I wish that retailers ordering comics had felt the same.
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88 - YOUNG JUSTICE (Wonder Comics) ($3.99)
02/2019: Young Justice #2 -- 37,081 (- 52.2%) [37,074]
03/2019: Young Justice #3 -- 33,683 (- 8.2%) [34,020]
04/2019: Young Justice #4 -- 31,319 (- 6.7%) [31,732]
05/2019: Young Justice #5 -- 29,821 (- 5.2%) [30,076]
06/2019: Young Justice #6 -- 28,182 (- 5.5%) [28,420]
07/2019: Young Justice #7 -- 26,777 (- 5.2%) [26,952]
08/2019: --
09/2019: Young Justice #8 -- 26,261 (- 2.6%)
10/2019: Young Justice #9 -- 24,091 (- 8.3%)
11/2019: Young Justice #10 -- 24,162 (+ 0.3%)
12/2019: Young Justice #11 -- 22,402 (- 7.3%)
01/2020: Young Justice #12 -- 21,401 (- 4.5%)
02/2020: Young Justice #13 -- 20,701 (- 3.3%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 44.2%
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90 - BASKETFUL OF HEADS (Hill House) (Black Label) ($3.99)
10/2019: Basketful Heads #1 of 7 -- 43,230 [46,051]
11/2019: Basketful Heads #2 of 7 -- 28,720 (- 35.7%) [29,618]
12/2019: Basketful Heads #3 of 7 -- 24,445 (- 14.0%) [25,474]
01/2020: Basketful Heads #4 of 7 -- 22,244 (- 12.7%)
02/2020: Basketful Heads #5 of 7 -- 20,449 (- 8.1%)
The flagship Hill House title is holding up well, and the new imprint seems to be an improvement over Vertigo—when was the last time a Vertigo title was still selling over 20K by its fifth issue? (Sandman Overture?)
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93 - AQUAMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Aquaman #27 -- 19,459
02/2015: Aquaman #39 -- 32,162 [33,267]
02/2016: Aquaman #49 -- 23,546
02/2017: Aquaman #16 -- 31,408 [31,542]
02/2017: Aquaman #17 -- 30,584 [30,973]
02/2018: Aquaman #33 -- 24,974
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02/2019: Aquaman #45 -- 26,291 (- 1.2%) [26,826]
03/2019: Aquaman #46 -- 24,566 (- 8.4%)
04/2019: Aquaman #47 -- 25,442 (+ 4.8%) [25,753]
05/2019: Aquaman #48 -- 24,421 (- 5.2%)
06/2019: Aquaman #49 -- 23,284 (- 4.7%)
07/2019: Aquaman #50 -- 26,286 (+ 12.9%)
08/2019: Aquaman #51 -- 24,072 (- 8.4%)
09/2019: Aquaman #52 -- 22,493 (- 6.6%)
10/2019: Aquaman #53 -- 20,526 (- 8.7%)
11/2019: Aquaman #54 -- 24,896 (+ 21.3%)
12/2019: Aquaman #55 -- 17,932 (- 28.0%)
01/2020: Aquaman #56 -- 17,789 (- 0.8%)
02/2020: Aquaman #57 -- 19,601 (+ 10.2%)
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6 months: - 12.9%
1 year : - 26.9%
2 years : - 21.5%
5 years : - 41.1%
15 years: + 0.7%
This month’s sales increase of nearly 2K is brought to you by the birth of Aquababy.
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159/218 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2010: Supergirl #50 -- 33,338
02/2015: Supergirl #39 -- 26,304
02/2017: Supergirl #6 -- 26,240
02/2018: Supergirl #18 -- 31,675 [31,108]
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02/2019: Supergirl #27 -- 19,980 (- 32.4%)
03/2019: Supergirl #28 -- 32,370 (+ 63.3%) [32,620]
04/2019: Supergirl #29 -- 19,550 (- 40.1%)
05/2019: Supergirl #30 -- 18,443 (- 5.7%)
06/2019: Supergirl #31 -- 20,903 (+ 13.3%)
07/2019: Supergirl #32 -- 22,532 (+ 7.8%)
08/2019: --
09/2019: Supergirl #33 -- 24,795 (+ 10.0%)
09/2019: Supergirl #34 -- 24,209 (- 2.4%)
10/2019: Supergirl #35 -- 19,102 (- 21.1%)
11/2019: Supergirl #36 -- 29,738 (+ 59.6%) [30,494]
12/2019: Supergirl #37 -- 19,923 (- 34.7%)
01/2020: Supergirl #38 -- 19,775 (- 0.7%)
02/2020: Supergirl #39 -- 18,636 (- 5.8%)
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6 months: - 12.2%
1 year : - 33.1%
2 years : - 25.8%
5 years : - 12.8%
10 years: - 28.7%
Regular: 10,949. Cardstock: 7,687 (1.4:1)
Still dropping, even with a Derrick Chew cardstock variant cover. Ending with issue #42.
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98 - NIGHTWING ($3.99)
02/2005: Nightwing #103 -- 36,921
02/2005: Nightwing #104 -- 36,411
02/2015: Grayson #7 -- 41,164 [41,313]
02/2016: Grayson #17 -- 30,257
02/2017: Nightwing #14 -- 42,656 [42,871]
02/2017: Nightwing #15 -- 41,423 [42,017]
02/2018: Nightwing #38 -- 27,188 [27,237]
02/2018: Nightwing #39 -- 27,731 [28,090]
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02/2019: Nightwing #57 -- 26,845 (+ 7.8%) [27,125]
03/2019: Nightwing #58 -- 25,433 (- 5.3%) [25,698]
04/2019: Nightwing #59 -- 24,677 (- 4.0%)
05/2019: Nightwing #60 -- 24,233 (- 1.8%)
06/2019: Nightwing #61 -- 22,621 (- 6.7%)
07/2019: Nightwing #62 -- 25,753 (+ 13.8%)
08/2019: Nightwing #63 -- 22,711 (- 11.8%)
09/2019: Nightwing #64 -- 21,736 (- 4.3%)
10/2019: Nightwing #65 -- 20,834 (- 4.1%)
11/2019: Nightwing #66 -- 26,178 (+ 25.7%)
12/2019: Nightwing #67 -- 19,766 (- 24.5%)
01/2020: Nightwing #68 -- 19,164 (- 3.0%)
02/2020: Nightwing #69 -- 18,262 (- 4.7%)
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6 months: - 19.6%
1 year : - 32.7%
2 years : - 34.0%
5 years : - 55.8%
15 years: - 50.2%
The lowest-selling issue of Nightwing since at least 2001 (and possibly ever...)
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99 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
02/2015: --
02/2016: Batman Beyond #9 -- 19,449
02/2017: Batman Beyond #5 -- 27,495
02/2018: Batman Beyond #17 -- 17,197
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02/2019: Batman Beyond #29 -- 16,174 (+ 1.0%)
03/2019: Batman Beyond #30 -- 16,427 (+ 1.6%)
04/2019: Batman Beyond #31 -- 17,280 (+ 5.2%)
05/2019: Batman Beyond #32 -- 15,398 (- 10.9%)
06/2019: Batman Beyond #33 -- 14,889 (- 3.3%)
07/2019: Batman Beyond #34 -- 14,742 (- 1.0%)
08/2019: Batman Beyond #35 -- 14,094 (- 4.4%)
09/2019: Batman Beyond #36 -- 14,022 (- 0.5%)
10/2019: Batman Beyond #37 -- 18,467 (+ 42.4%) [19,963]
11/2019: Batman Beyond #38 -- 19,231 (- 3.7%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Batman Beyond #39 -- 18,176 (- 5.5%)
01/2020: Batman Beyond #40 -- 17,093 (- 6.0%)
02/2020: Batman Beyond #41 -- 18,002 (+ 5.3%)
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6 months: + 27.7%
1 year : + 11.3%
2 years : + 4.7%
5 years : n.a.
This month’s 1K jump possibly due to the promise of the revelation of Batwoman Beyond’s secret identity.
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101 - FAR SECTOR (Young Animal) ($3.99)
11/2019: Far Sector #1 of 12 -- 43,219 [45,114]
12/2019: Far Sector #2 of 12 -- 20,239 (- 55.1%)
01/2020: Far Sector #3 of 12 -- 17,928 (- 11.4%)
02/2020: Far Sector #4 of 12 -- 17,608 (- 1.8%)
Hasn’t turned the corner yet like I keep expecting it to, but that is a very mild drop for a fourth issue.
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103 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY ($3.99)
02/2019: Justice League Odyssey #6 -- 26,248 (- 8.8%) [26,534]
03/2019: Justice League Odyssey #7 -- 24,378 (- 8.1%)
04/2019: Justice League Odyssey #8 -- 23,493 (- 3.6%)
05/2019: Justice League Odyssey #9 -- 24,512 (+ 4.3%)
06/2019: Justice League Odyssey #10 -- 24,053 (- 1.9%)
07/2019: Justice League Odyssey #11 -- 23,346 (- 2.9%)
08/2019: Justice League Odyssey #12 -- 23,075 (- 1.2%)
09/2019: Justice League Odyssey #13 -- 22,012 (- 4.6%)
10/2019: Justice League Odyssey #14 -- 20,623 (- 6.3%)
11/2019: Justice League Odyssey #15 -- 25,062 (+ 21.9%) [25,134]
12/2019: Justice League Odyssey #16 -- 19,470 (- 22.5%)
01/2020: Justice League Odyssey #17 -- 17,738 (- 8.9%)
02/2020: Justice League Odyssey #18 -- 17,332 (- 2.3%)
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6 months: - 24.9%
1 year : - 34.7%
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106 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
02/2005: Teen Titans #21 -- 66,861 [68,751]
02/2010: Teen Titans #80 -- 26,537
02/2015: Teen Titans #7 -- 34,051 [35,304]
02/2016: Teen Titans #17 -- 23,566
02/2017: Teen Titans #5 -- 39,028 [39,361]
02/2018: Teen Titans #17 -- 27,828 [28,129]
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02/2019: Teen Titans #27 -- 23,137 (- 4.4%)
03/2019: Teen Titans #28 -- 27,405 (+ 19.7%) [27,704]
04/2019: Teen Titans #29 -- 27,137 (- 0.1%) [27,690]
05/2019: Teen Titans #30 -- 26,502 (- 3.5%) [26,731]
06/2019: Teen Titans #31 -- 24,208 (- 9.4%)
07/2019: Teen Titans #32 -- 27,905 (+ 15.3%)
08/2019: Teen Titans #33 -- 23,523 (- 15.7%)
09/2019: Teen Titans #34 -- 22,138 (- 5.9%)
10/2019: Teen Titans #35 -- 20,893 (- 5.6%)
11/2019: Teen Titans #36 -- 26,181 (+ 26.1%) [26,356]
12/2019: Teen Titans #37 -- 19,453 (- 26.2%)
01/2020: Teen Titans #38 -- 18,071 (- 7.1%)
02/2020: Teen Titans #39 -- 17,081 (- 5.5%)
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6 months: - 27.4%
1 year : - 26.2%
2 years : - 39.3%
5 years : - 51.6%
10 years: - 35.6%
15 years: - 75.2%
This is the lowest that an issue of Teen Titans has sold since the series returned back in 2003. A book at this sales level cannot afford to be shedding 1K copies each month.
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110 - JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER (Sandman Universe) (Black Label) ($3.99)
02/2005: Hellblazer #205 -- 15,158
02/2010: Hellblazer #264 -- 10,025
02/2015: Constantine #22 -- 14,716
02/2016: The Hellblazer #9 -- 17,178
02/2017: The Hellblazer #7 -- 21,450
02/2018: The Hellblazer #19 -- 13,065
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10/2019: Sandman Univ Pres -- 25,236 (+113.5%) [25,644]
11/2019: JC Hellblazer #1 -- 30,790 (+ 24.0%) [31,808]
12/2019: JC Hellblazer #2 -- 18,576 (- 41.6%)
01/2020: JC Hellblazer #3 -- 17,455 (- 6.0%)
02/2020: JC Hellblazer #4 -- 16,871 (- 3.3%)
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2 years : + 29.1%
5 years : + 14.6%
10 years: + 68.3%
15 years: + 11.3%
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111 - LOIS LANE ($3.99)
07/2019: Lois Lane #1 of 12 -- 40,348 [38,280]
08/2019: Lois Lane #2 of 12 -- 27,578 (- 30.9%) [26,438]
09/2019: Lois Lane #3 of 12 -- 23,728 (- 14.0%)
10/2019: Lois Lane #4 of 12 -- 21,280 (- 10.3%)
11/2019: Lois Lane #5 of 12 -- 19,559 (- 8.1%)
12/2019: Lois Lane #6 of 12 -- 18,231 (- 6.8%)
01/2020: Lois Lane #7 of 12 -- 18,694 (+ 2.5%)
02/2020: Lois Lane #8 of 12 -- 16,827 (- 10.0%)
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6 months: - 36.4%
Corrective drop.
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115 - BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS ($3.99)
02/2005: Outsiders #20 -- 39,069
02/2005: Outsiders #21 -- 40,050 [42,093]
02/2010: Outsiders #27 -- 21,167
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05/2019: Batman & Outsiders #1 -- 51,958 (+224.8%) [52,826]
06/2019: Batman & Outsiders #2 -- 34,745 (- 33.5%) [35,107]
07/2019: Batman & Outsiders #3 -- 30,639 (- 12.7%)
08/2019: Batman & Outsiders #4 -- 24,803 (- 18.2%) [25,067]
09/2019: Batman & Outsiders #5 -- 22,712 (- 9.4%)
10/2019: Batman & Outsiders #6 -- 22,607 (- 0.5%)
11/2019: Batman & Outsiders #7 -- 25,103 (+ 11.3%) [25,170]
12/2019: Batman & Outsiders #8 -- 18,337 (- 27.1%)
01/2020: Batman & Outsiders #9 -- 17,606 (- 4.0%)
02/2020: Batman & Outsiders #10 -- 15,967 (- 9.3%)
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6 months: - 36.3%
10 years: - 24.6%
15 years: - 60.7%
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165/274 - BATGIRL ($3.99/$4.99)
02/2005: Batgirl #61 -- 28,796
02/2010: Batgirl #7 -- 29,524
02/2015: Batgirl #39 -- 40,880 [43,024]
02/2016: Batgirl #48 -- 25,625
02/2017: Batgirl #8 -- 26,539
02/2018: Batgirl #20 -- 18,729
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02/2019: Batgirl #32 -- 29,839 (- 9.6%) [29,836]
03/2019: Batgirl #33 -- 24,034 (- 19.4%)
04/2019: Batgirl #34 -- 28,271 (+ 17.7%) [28,299]
05/2019: Batgirl #35 -- 26,340 (- 6.9%) [26,346]
06/2019: --
07/2019: Batgirl #36 -- 23,794 (- 9.7%)
07/2019: Batgirl #37 -- 22,430 (- 5.7%)
08/2019: Batgirl #38 -- 25,445 (+ 13.4%)
09/2019: Batgirl #39 -- 19,665 (- 22.7%)
10/2019: Batgirl #40 -- 18,076 (- 8.1%)
11/2019: Batgirl #41 -- 23,889 (+ 32.2%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Batgirl #42 -- 16,721 (- 30.0%)
01/2020: Batgirl #43 -- 16,212 (- 3.0%)
02/2020: Batgirl #44 -- 15,912 (- 1.9%)
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6 months: - 33.5%
1 year : - 43.3%
2 years : - 9.7%
5 years : - 60.7%
10 years: - 42.7%
15 years: - 41.3%
Regular: 10,538. Cardstock: 5,374. (2.0:1)
The lowest that a regular issue of Batgirl has sold in twenty years.
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116 - THE DOLLHOUSE FAMILY (Hill House) (Black Label) ($3.99)
11/2019: Dollhouse Family #1 of 6 -- 30,658
12/2019: Dollhouse Family #2 of 6 -- 19,729 (- 35.6%)
01/2020: Dollhouse Family #3 of 6 -- 17,664 (- 10.5%)
02/2020: Dollhouse Family #4 of 6 -- 15,860 (- 10.2%)
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117 - BATMAN VS. RA’S AL GHUL ($3.99)
09/2019: Batman vs. RAG #1 of 6 -- 39,374
10/2019: Batman vs. RAG #2 of 6 -- 23,088 (- 41.4%)
11/2019: Batman vs. RAG #3 of 6 -- 18,375 (- 20.4%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: --
02/2020: Batman vs. RAG #4 of 6 -- 15,733 (- 14.4%)
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124 - RED HOOD: OUTLAW ($3.99)
02/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #39 -- 17,270
02/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #9 -- 22,341
02/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 28,753 [29,131]
02/2018: Red Hood & Outlaws #19 -- 20,744
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02/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #31 -- 19,546 (- 3.5%)
03/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #32 -- 18,389 (- 5.9%)
04/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #33 -- 24,706 (+ 34.4%)
05/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #34 -- 18,389 (- 23.2%)
06/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #35 -- 18,067 (- 4.8%)
07/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #36 -- 21,308 (+ 17.9%)
08/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #37 -- 18,585 (- 12.8%)
09/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #38 -- 18,425 (- 0.9%)
10/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #39 -- 17,614 (- 4.4%)
11/2019: Red Hood: Outlaw #40 -- 21,864 (+ 24.1%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Red Hood: Outlaw #41 -- 15,835 (- 27.6%)
01/2020: Red Hood: Outlaw #42 -- 15,419 (- 2.6%)
02/2020: Red Hood: Outlaw #43 -- 15,733 (+ 2.0%)
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6 months: - 15.3%
1 year : - 19.5%
2 years : - 24.2%
5 years : - 8.9%
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125 - DAPHNE BYRNE (Hill House) (Black Label) ($3.99)
01/2020: Daphne Byrne #1 of 6 -- 24,017
02/2020: Daphne Byrne #2 of 6 -- 15,756 (- 34.4%)
Returnable, so we’ve adjusted the estimated sales numbers derived from the Diamond-supplied sales index by 10%. For why we do this, please see the fine print at the end of the column.
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250/241 - RWBY (Digital First) (Rooster Teeth) ($3.99/$4.99)
10/2019: RWBY #1 of 7 -- 23,552
11/2019: RWBY #2 of 7 -- 18,854 (- 19.9%)
12/2019: RWBY #3 of 7 -- 15,968 (- 15.3%)
01/2020: RWBY #4 of 7 -- 14,099 (- 11.7%)
02/2020: RWBY #5 of 7 -- 13,898 (- 1.4%)
Regular: 6,728. Cardstock: 7,170. (0.9:1)
The cardstock variant is by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, which explains why it sells slight higher than the regular cover.
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130 - THE LOW LOW WOODS (Hill House) (Black Label) ($3.99)
12/2019: Low Low Woods #1 of 6 -- 24,718
01/2020: Low Low Woods #2 of 6 -- 17,518 (- 29.1%)
02/2020: Low Low Woods #3 of 6 -- 13,728 (- 21.6%)
Unlike the first two issues, this third issue was not returnable.
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130 - HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE ($3.99)
02/2015: He-Man Eternity #3 -- 11,700
02/2016: He-Man Eternity #15 -- 9,493
02/2017: He-Man/T’cats #5 of 6 -- 18,278
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11/2019: He-Man & MotM #1 of 6 -- 29,254 (+ 65.0%) [30,394]
12/2019: He-Man & MotM #2 of 6 -- 17,107 (- 43.7%)
01/2020: He-Man & MotM #3 of 6 -- 15,354 (- 10.2%)
02/2020: He-Man & MotM #4 of 6 -- 13,667 (- 11.0%)
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5 years : + 16.8%
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134, 167, 187, 191, 200, 203, 210, 235 - Dollar Comics ($1.00)
09/2019: Batman #608 -- 19,610
09/2019: Crisis on ∞ Earths #1 -- 19,275
09/2019: Detective Comics #854 -- 17,014
09/2019: Harley Quinn #1 -- 15,660
10/2019: Joker #1 -- 23,869
10/2019: Watchmen #1 -- 19,156
10/2019: Swamp Thing #1 -- 17,849
10/2019: Superman #75 -- 17,139
10/2019: Batman #497 -- 16,571 [33,157]
11/2019: Flashpoint #1 -- 13,580
11/2019: Blackest Night #1 -- 13,403
11/2019: Infinite Crisis #1 -- 12,280
11/2019: Luthor #1 -- 9,900
12/2019: Birds of Prey #1 -- 10,829
12/2019: Tales Teen Titans Ann #3 -- 10,127
12/2019: The Flash #164 -- 9,068
01/2020: Batman Adventures #12 -- 28,605
01/2020: Batman #613 -- 12,478
01/2020: Brave and the Bold #197 -- 11,068
01/2020: Detective Comics #554 -- 9,373
01/2020: Batman/Huntress Cry #1 -- 9,103
02/2020: The New Titans #2 -- 13,285
02/2020: Batman #386 -- 10,483
02/2020: Flash (1987) #1 -- 9,172
02/2020: Batman #567 -- 9,055
02/2020: Flash Rebirth #1 -- 8,458
02/2020: Green Lantern Rebirth #1 -- 8,328
02/2020: Batman Shadow of Bat #1 -- 7,885
02/2020: Amethyst (1985) #1 -- 6,872
These promotionally-priced reprints won’t be included in the summary charts at the end of the column, but we present their sales here for your enjoyment!
After months of releasing one Dollar Comic reprint each week, DC upped the ante in February and doubled their output. Not sure if the results were worth it, as these were some of the lowest numbers since the program’s inception.
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135 - HAWKMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Hawkman #37 -- 19,938
02/2017: Death of #5 of 6 -- 11,879
02/2018: --
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02/2019: Hawkman #9 -- 18,829 (- 6.8%)
03/2019: Hawkman #10 -- 18,269 (- 3.0%)
04/2019: Hawkman #11 -- 18,392 (+ 0.7%)
05/2019: Hawkman #12 -- 18,135 (- 1.4%)
06/2019: Hawkman #13 -- 17,524 (- 3.4%)
07/2019: Hawkman #14 -- 19,934 (+ 13.8%)
08/2019: Hawkman #15 -- 17,865 (- 10.4%)
09/2019: Hawkman #16 -- 16,492 (- 7.7%)
10/2019: Hawkman #17 -- 15,951 (- 3.3%)
11/2019: Hawkman #18 -- 21,084 (+ 32.2%)
12/2019: Hawkman #19 -- 14,321 (- 32.1%)
01/2020: Hawkman #20 -- 14,225 (- 0.7%)
02/2020: Hawkman #21 -- 13,279 (- 6.7%)
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6 months: - 25.7%
1 year : + 11.8%
2 years : n.a.
15 years: - 33.4%
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144 - SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN ($3.99)
07/2019: Jimmy Olsen #1 of 12 -- 33,960 [30,029]
08/2019: Jimmy Olsen #2 of 12 -- 21,880 (- 27.1%)
09/2019: Jimmy Olsen #3 of 12 -- 18,120 (- 17.2%)
10/2019: Jimmy Olsen #4 of 12 -- 15,820 (- 12.7%)
11/2019: Jimmy Olsen #5 of 12 -- 14,586 (- 7.8%)
12/2019: Jimmy Olsen #6 of 12 -- 13,816 (- 5.3%)
01/2020: Jimmy Olsen #7 of 12 -- 12,730 (- 7.9%)
02/2020: Jimmy Olsen #8 of 12 -- 12,268 (- 3.6%)
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6 months: - 43.9%
A bit more than 12K of us are reading the best comics DC is currently publishing—the rest of you are missing out!
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145, 160 - Facsimile Editions ($3.99)
08/2019: Batman #232 -- 21,178
08/2019: House of Secrets #92 -- 17,271
09/2019: Batman #181 -- 20,514
10/2019: Batman #251 -- 24,115
11/2019: Green Lantern #85 -- 14,198
12/2019: Crisis ∞ Earths #1 -- 10,024
01/2020: Detective Comics #359 -- 14,620
02/2020: Flash #123 -- 11,774
02/2020: Green Lantern #1 -- 10,817
Why make new comics when you can sell reprints of old comics at today’s cover prices?
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149 - MARTIAN MANHUNTER ($3.99)
02/2016: Martian Manhunter #9 -- 17,938
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02/2019: Martian Manhunter #3 of 12 -- 22,431 (- 15.6%)
03/2019: Martian Manhunter #4 of 12 -- 19,187 (- 14.5%)
04/2019: --
05/2019: Martian Manhunter #5 of 12 -- 17,958 (- 6.5%)
06/2019: Martian Manhunter #6 of 12 -- 16,295 (- 9.3%)
07/2019: Martian Manhunter #7 of 12 -- 15,064 (- 7.6%)
08/2019: Martian Manhunter #8 of 12 -- 14,432 (- 4.2%)
09/2019: --
10/2019: Martian Manhunter #9 of 12 -- 12,994 (- 10.0%)
11/2019: Martian Manhunter #10 of 12 -- 12,395 (- 4.6%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Martian Manhunter #11 of 12 -- 12,056 (- 2.7%)
02/2020: Martian Manhunter #12 of 12 -- 11,546 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: - 20.0%
1 year : - 48.5%
Probably not the sales DC was hoping for with this limited series.
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150 - THE TERRIFICS ($3.99)
02/2018: Terrifics #1 -- 45,493 [52,540]
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02/2019: Terrifics #13 -- 15,917 (- 4.4%)
03/2019: Terrifics #14 -- 15,294 (- 3.9%)
04/2019: Terrifics #15 -- 14,598 (- 4.6%)
05/2019: Terrifics #16 -- 14,022 (- 3.9%)
06/2019: Terrifics #17 -- 13,486 (- 3.8%)
07/2019: Terrifics #18 -- 17,415 (+ 29.1%)
08/2019: Terrifics #19 -- 15,310 (- 12.1%)
09/2019: Terrifics #20 -- 14,581 (- 4.8%)
10/2019: Terrifics #21 -- 13,813 (- 5.3%)
11/2019: Terrifics #22 -- 18,375 (+ 33.0%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Terrifics #23 -- 12,412 (- 32.5%)
01/2020: Terrifics #24 -- 11,492 (- 7.4%)
02/2020: Terrifics #25 -- 11,504 (+ 0.1%)
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6 months: - 24.9%
1 year : - 27.7%
2 years : - 74.7%
Deserves points at least for being on time for two years!
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153 - THE LAST GOD (Black Label) ($4.99)
10/2019: The Last God #1 -- 27,774 [38,245]
11/2019: The Last God #2 -- 14,540 (- 62.0%)
12/2019: The Last God #3 -- 12,843 (- 11.7%)
01/2020: The Last God #4 -- 11,967 (- 6.8%)
02/2020: The Last God #5 -- 11,404 (- 4.7%)
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164 - BATMAN GIANT ($4.99)
10/2019: Batman Giant #1 -- 22,860
11/2019: Batman Giant #2 -- 15,139 (- 33.8%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: --
02/2019: Batman Giant #3 -- 10,671 (- 29.5%)
The DC Giants are Direct-market editions of comics that come out a few weeks earlier at Walmarts, and contain a mixture of new stories and reprints.
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172 - METAL MEN ($3.99)
10/2019: Metal Men #1 of 12 -- 24,723 (+ 78.4%) [25,257]
11/2019: Metal Men #2 of 12 -- 16,323 (- 34.0%)
12/2019: Metal Men #3 of 12 -- 13,114 (- 19.7%)
01/2019: Metal Men #4 of 12 -- 11,358 (- 13.4%)
02/2019: Metal Men #5 of 12 -- 10,085 (- 11.2%)
Despite DiDio’s exit Metal Men is supposedly still running the full planned twelve issues...
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179 - THE DREAMING (Sandman Universe) (Black Label) ($3.99)
02/2019: Dreaming #6 -- 15,989 (- 6.2%)
03/2019: Dreaming #7 -- 15,046 (- 5.9%)
04/2019: Dreaming #8 -- 14,409 (- 4.2%)
05/2019: Dreaming #9 -- 13,749 (- 4.6%)
06/2019: Dreaming #10 -- 12,983 (- 5.6%)
07/2019: Dreaming #11 -- 12,501 (- 3.7%)
08/2019: Dreaming #12 -- 11,803 (- 5.6%)
09/2019: Dreaming #13 -- 11,759 (- 0.4%)
10/2019: Dreaming #14 -- 11,077 (- 5.8%)
11/2019: Dreaming #15 -- 10,745 (- 3.0%)
12/2019: Dreaming #16 -- 10,352 (- 3.7%)
01/2020: Dreaming #17 -- 10,247 (- 1.0%)
02/2020: Dreaming #18 -- 9,831 (- 4.1%)
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6 months: - 16.7%
1 year : - 38.5%
Ending with issue #20, to be followed immediately by a twelve-issue series Waking Hours by a new creative team instead of continuing on with the regular series.
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181 - CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS GIANT ($4.99)
01/2020: Crisis Giant #1 of 2 -- 12,102
02/2020: Crisis Giant #2 of 2 -- 9,722 (- 19.7%)
The lead new stories of the Walmart-first Crisis Giant tie in to the television crossover event.
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183 - SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN (All Ages) ($7.99)
10/2019: Superman Smashes #1 of 3 -- 24,375
11/2019: --
12/2019: Superman Smashes #2 of 3 -- 11,400 (- 53.2%)
01/2020: --
02/2020: Superman Smashes #3 of 3 -- 9,588 (- 15.9%)
The real market for this series is its eventual trade collection in bookstores and school book fairs, so while it would be nice to see the sales higher it really doesn’t matter.
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186 - GOTHAM CITY MONSTERS ($3.99)
09/2019: Gotham City Monsters #1 of 6 -- 28,082
10/2019: Gotham City Monsters #2 of 6 -- 15,534 (- 44.7%)
11/2019: Gotham City Monsters #3 of 6 -- 12,688 (- 18.3%)
12/2019: Gotham City Monsters #4 of 6 -- 11,043 (- 13.0%)
01/2020: Gotham City Monsters #5 of 6 -- 10,141 (- 8.2%)
02/2020: Gotham City Monsters #6 of 6 -- 9,200 (- 9.3%)
It could not.
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196 - LUCIFER (Sandman Universe) (Black Label) ($3.99)
02/2005: Lucifer #59 -- 11,989
02/2016: Lucifer #3 -- 11,614
02/2017: Lucifer #15 -- 7,120
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02/2019: Lucifer #5 -- 13,413 (- 7.3%)
03/2019: Lucifer #6 -- 12,721 (- 5.2%)
04/2019: Lucifer #7 -- 12,114 (- 4.8%)
05/2019: Lucifer #8 -- 11,611 (- 4.2%)
06/2019: Lucifer #9 -- 11,201 (- 3.5%)
07/2019: Lucifer #10 -- 10,746 (- 4.1%)
08/2019: Lucifer #11 -- 10,495 (- 2.3%)
09/2019: Lucifer #12 -- 10,206 (- 2.8%)
10/2019: Lucifer #13 -- 9,829 (- 3.7%)
11/2019: Lucifer #14 -- 9,425 (- 4.1%)
12/2019: Lucifer #15 -- 9,190 (- 2.5%)
01/2019: Lucifer #16 -- 9,002 (- 2.0%)
02/2019: Lucifer #17 -- 8,693 (- 3.4%)
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6 months: - 17.2%
1 year : - 35.2%
15 years: - 27.5%
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198 - THE BOOKS OF MAGIC (Sandman Universe) (Black Label) ($3.99)
02/2005: Life Wartime #8 -- 12,947
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02/2019: Books of Magic #5 -- 13,864 (- 4.8%)
03/2019: Books of Magic #6 -- 13,177 (- 5.1%)
04/2019: Books of Magic #7 -- 12,524 (- 5.0%)
05/2019: Books of Magic #8 -- 11,918 (- 4.8%)
06/2019: Books of Magic #9 -- 11,305 (- 5.1%)
07/2019: Books of Magic #10 -- 10,779 (- 4.7%)
08/2019: Books of Magic #11 -- 10,410 (- 3.4%)
09/2019: Books of Magic #12 -- 10,196 (- 2.1%)
10/2019: Books of Magic #13 -- 9,729 (- 4.6%)
11/2019: Books of Magic #14 -- 9,464 (- 2.7%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Books of Magic #15 -- 9,220 (- 2.6%)
01/2020: Books of Magic #16 -- 9,001 (- 2.4%)
02/2020: Books of Magic #17 -- 8,547 (- 5.0%)
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6 months: - 17.9%
1 year : - 38.4%
15 years: - 34.0%
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217 - WONDER TWINS (Wonder Comics) ($3.99)
02/2019: Wonder Twins #1 of 6 -- 27,584 [28,194]
03/2019: Wonder Twins #2 of 6 -- 19,892 (- 29.4%)
04/2019: Wonder Twins #3 of 6 -- 16,951 (- 14.8%)
05/2019: Wonder Twins #4 of 12 -- 15,643 (- 7.7%)
06/2019: Wonder Twins #5 of 12 -- 13,994 (- 10.5%)
07/2019: Wonder Twins #6 of 12 -- 13,214 (- 5.6%)
08/2019: --
09/2019: Wonder Twins #7 of 12 -- 9,055 (- 31.5%)
10/2019: Wonder Twins #8 of 12 -- 9,360 (+ 3.4%)
11/2019: Wonder Twins #9 of 12 -- 8,888 (- 5.0%)
12/2019: Wonder Twins #10 of 12 -- 8,309 (- 6.5%)
01/2020: Wonder Twins #11 of 12 -- 7,916 (- 4.7%)
02/2020: Wonder Twins #12 of 12 -- 7,689 (- 2.9%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 72.7%
Probably not the sales DC were hoping for when they extended the limited series from six to twelve issues.
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228 - FLASH GIANT ($4.99)
10/2019: Flash Giant #1 -- 14,666
11/2019: --
12/2019: Flash Giant #2 -- 9,543 (- 34.9%)
01/2020: --
02/2020: Flash Giant #3 -- 7,161 (- 25.0%)
230 - SWAMP THING GIANT ($4.99)
10/2019: Swamp Thing Giant #1 -- 12,964
11/2019: Swamp Thing Giant #2 -- 9,520 (- 26.6%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: --
02/2020: Swamp Thing Giant #3 -- 7,137 (- 25.0%)
246 - WONDER WOMAN GIANT ($4.99)
10/2019: Wonder Woman Giant #1 -- 13,254
11/2019: --
12/2019: Wonder Woman Giant #2 -- 8,873 (- 33.1%)
01/2020: --
02/2020: Wonder Woman Giant #3 -- 6,666 (- 24.9%)
Three more DC Giants to round out the month; the nearly identical percentage drops on these might lead one to think that retailers are ordering them by rote.
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240 - TITANS: BURNING RAGE ($4.99)
08/2019: Burning Rage #1 of 7 -- 14,900
09/2019: Burning Rage #2 of 7 -- 10,849 (- 27.2%)
10/2019: Burning Rage #3 of 7 -- 9,172 (- 15.5%)
11/2019: Burning Rage #4 of 7 -- 8,132 (- 11.3%)
12/2019: Burning Rage #5 of 7 -- 7,676 (- 5.6%)
01/2020: Burning Rage #6 of 7 -- 6,919 (- 9.9%)
02/2020: Burning Rage #7 of 7 -- 6,739 (- 2.6%)
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6 months: - 54.8%
Limited series reprinting the Jurgens/Eaton stories that originally appeared in the Walmart exclusive Teen Titans Giant.
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243 - HOUSE OF WHISPERS (Sandman Universe) (Black Label) ($3.99)
02/2019: House of Whispers #6 -- 11,566 (- 7.5%)
03/2019: House of Whispers #7 -- 10,874 (- 6.0%)
04/2019: House of Whispers #8 -- 10,155 (- 6.6%)
05/2019: House of Whispers #9 -- 9,646 (- 5.0%)
06/2019: House of Whispers #10 -- 9,024 (- 6.4%)
07/2019: House of Whispers #11 -- 8,658 (- 4.1%)
08/2019: House of Whispers #12 -- 8,412 (- 2.8%)
09/2019: House of Whispers #13 -- 8,078 (- 4.0%)
10/2019: House of Whispers #14 -- 7,737 (- 4.2%)
11/2019: House of Whispers #15 -- 7,405 (- 4.3%)
12/2019: House of Whispers #16 -- 7,112 (- 4.0%)
01/2020: House of Whispers #17 -- 7,052 (- 0.8%)
02/2020: House of Whispers #18 -- 6,694 (- 5.1%)
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6 months: - 20.4%
1 year : - 42.1%
Ending with issue #22, which gives us an idea of where the sales line is with the Sandman Universe titles.
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258 - DIAL H FOR HERO (Wonder Comics) ($3.99)
03/2019: Dial H for Hero #1 of 6 -- 21,832 (+ 96.9%)
04/2019: Dial H for Hero #2 of 6 -- 12,896 (- 40.9%)
05/2019: Dial H for Hero #3 of 12 -- 11,000 (- 14.7%)
06/2019: Dial H for Hero #4 of 12 -- 9,963 (- 9.4%)
07/2019: Dial H for Hero #5 of 12 -- 9,277 (- 6.9%)
08/2019: Dial H for Hero #6 of 12 -- 8,743 (- 5.8%)
09/2019: Dial H for Hero #7 of 12 -- 8,096 (- 7.4%)
10/2019: Dial H for Hero #8 of 12 -- 7,421 (- 8.3%)
11/2019: Dial H for Hero #9 of 12 -- 6,998 (- 5.7%)
12/2019: --
01/2020: Dial H for Hero #10 of 12 -- 6,742 (- 3.7%)
01/2020: Dial H for Hero #11 of 12 -- 6,295 (- 6.6%)
02/2020: Dial H for Hero #12 of 12 -- 6,136 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 29.8%
A really good series about meta aspects of super-heroes that deserved many more readers than it had.
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292 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (Hanna-Barbera) (All-Ages) ($2.99)
02/2005: Scooby-Doo #93 -- 4,747
02/2010: Scooby-Doo #153 -- 3,780
02/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #54 -- ?????
02/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #66 -- 4,867
02/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,362
02/2018: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #90 -- 3,896
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02/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #97 -- 4,112 (- 2.4%)
03/2019: --
04/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #98 -- 4,332 (+ 5.4%)
05/2019: --
06/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #99 -- 4,498 (+ 3.8%)
07/2019: --
08/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #100 -- 5,955 (+ 32.4%)
09/2019: --
10/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #101 -- 4,649 (- 21.9%)
11/2019: --
12/2019: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #102 -- 4,418 (- 5.0%)
01/2020: --
02/2020: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #103 -- 4,194 (- 5.1%)
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6 months: - 29.6%
1 year : + 2.0%
2 years : + 7.6%
5 years : ?????
10 years: + 11.0%
15 years: - 11.6%
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312 - GEN:LOCK (Digital First) (Rooster Teeth) ($3.99)
11/2019: gen:Lock #1 of 7 -- 13,587
12/2019: gen:Lock #2 of 7 -- 5,777 (- 57.5%)
01/2020: gen:Lock #3 of 7 -- 4,189 (- 27.5%)
02/2020: gen:Lock #4 of 7 -- 3,542 (- 15.4%)
DC’s lowest-selling new issue for February (though granted it’s a digital first title, so technically not new material).
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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
02/2005: 27,525
02/2010: 26,199
02/2015: 24,537 **
02/2016: 24,611 **
02/2017: 32,473 **
02/2018: 25,798
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02/2019: 29,807 (+ 8.3%)
03/2019: 36,887 (+ 23.8%)
04/2019: 29,141 (- 21.0%)
05/2019: 36,909 (+ 26.7%)
06/2019: 35,745 (- 3.2%)
07/2019: 33,289 (- 6.9%)
08/2019: 33,608 (+ 1.0%)
09/2019: 32,017 (- 4.7%)
10/2019: 31,781 (- 0.7%)
11/2019: 27,135 (- 14.6%)
12/2019: 28,983 (+ 6.8%)
01/2020: 24,098 (- 16.9%)
02/2020: 22,572 (- 6.3%)
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6 months: - 32.8%
1 year : - 24.3%
2 years : - 12.5%
5 years : - 8.0%
10 years: - 13.8%
15 years: - 18.0%
DC UNIVERSE
02/2005: 34,956
02/2010: 35,895
02/2015: 32,403
02/2016: 31,503
02/2017: 40,430
02/2018: 31,696
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02/2019: 34,801 (+ 6.0%)
03/2019: 46,190 (+ 32.7%)
04/2019: 34,471 (- 25.4%)
05/2019: 43,378 (+ 25.8%)
06/2019: 41,806 (- 3.6%)
07/2019: 38,444 (- 8.0%)
08/2019: 37,680 (- 2.0%)
09/2019: 36,611 (- 2.8%)
10/2019: 34,143 (- 6.7%)
11/2019: 30,006 (- 12.1%)
12/2019: 33,463 (+ 11.5%)
01/2020: 27,585 (- 17.6%)
02/2020: 25,632 (- 6.5%)
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6 months: - 32.0%
1 year : - 26.3%
2 years : - 19.1%
5 years : - 20.9%
10 years: - 28.6%
15 years: - 26.7%
’VERTIGO’ (Young Animal, Sandman Universe, Hill House, non-DCU Black Label)
02/2005: 13,451
02/2010: 9,256
02/2015: 8,612 **
02/2016: 6,274 **
02/2017: 8,434 **
02/2018: 14,325
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02/2019: 10,732 (- 0.8%)
03/2019: 9,739 (- 9.3%)
04/2019: 9,496 (- 9.3%)
05/2019: 9,635 (+ 1.5%)
06/2019: 8,584 (+ 1.5%)
07/2019: 12,955 (+ 50.9%)
08/2019: 10,410 (- 19.6%)
09/2019: 9,788 (- 6.0%)
10/2019: 16,848 (+ 72.1%)
11/2019: 18,313 (+ 8.7%)
12/2019: 14,788 (- 19.2%)
01/2020: 14,443 (- 2.3%)
02/2020: 14,260 (- 1.3%)
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6 months: + 37.0%
1 year : + 32.9%
2 years : - 0.5%
5 years : + 65.6%
10 years: + 54.1%
15 years: + 6.0%
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DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
02/2005: 1,954,276
02/2010: 1,886,362
02/2015: 2,110,183
02/2016: 1,895,009 **
02/2017: 2,662,746 **
02/2018: 2,270,180
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02/2019: 1,758,617 (- 25.7%)
03/2019: 2,213,196 (+ 25.8%)
04/2019: 1,515,307 (- 31.5%)
05/2019: 2,177,609 (+ 43.7%)
06/2019: 1,787,229 (- 25.7%)
07/2019: 2,130,506 (+ 19.2%)
08/2019: 1,814,822 (- 14.8%)
09/2019: 2,145,167 (+ 18.2%)
10/2019: 2,764,956 (+ 28.9%)
11/2019: 2,089,383 (- 24.4%)
12/2019: 2,057,809 (- 1.5%)
01/2020: 1,855,544 (- 9.8%)
02/2020: 1,738,041 (- 6.3%)
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6 months: - 4.2%
1 year : - 1.2%
2 years : - 23.4%
5 years : - 17.6%
10 years: - 7.9%
15 years: - 11.1%
There were 77 ‘new’ comics from DC in February, exactly the same as in January despite January having several titles double-shipping with leftovers from December. Of this month’s 77 comics three were reprints and five were mixtures of reprints and new material.
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: 25,632. Median: 21,930. No.: 59. Total: 1,512,308.
2.9 - Batman (88)
2.9 - Batman (89)
2.8 - DCeased Unkillables
2.1 - Batman Curse of the White Knight
1.7 - Justice League (40)
1.7 - Detective Comics
1.7 - Justice League (41)
1.6 - Joker Killer Smile
1.6 - The Green Lantern Season 2
1.6 - Batman/Superman
1.5 - Superman
1.5 - Joker/Harley Criminal Sanity
1.4 - Year of the Villain Hell Arisen
1.4 - Harley Quinn & Birds of Prey
1.3 - Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy
1.3 - Action Comics
1.2 - Legion of Super-Heroes
1.2 - Flash Forward
1.2 - Flash
1.1 - The Batman’s Grave
1.1 - Leviathan Dawn
1.1 - Superman Heroes
1.1 - Wonder Woman Dead Earth
1.0 - Wonder Woman (751)
1.0 - Wonder Woman (752)
1.0 - Catwoman
0.9 - Shazam!
0.9 - Justice League Dark
0.9 - Harley Quinn
0.9 - DC Crimes of Passion
0.8 - Suicide Squad
0.8 - Amethyst
0.8 - Young Justice
0.8 - Aquaman
0.7 - Supergirl
0.7 - Nightwing
0.7 - Batman Beyond
0.7 - Justice League Odyssey
0.7 - Teen Titans
0.7 - Lois Lane
0.6 - Batman and the Outsiders
0.6 - Batgirl
0.6 - Batman vs. Ra’s Al Ghul
0.6 - Red Hood Outlaw
0.5 - Hawkman
0.5 - Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen
0.5 - Flash 123 Facsimile
0.5 - Martian Manhunter
0.4 - The Terrifics
0.4 - Green Lantern 1 Facsimile
0.4 - Batman Giant
0.4 - Metal Men
0.4 - Gotham City Monsters
0.3 - Wonder Twins
0.3 - Flash Giant
0.3 - Swamp Thing Giant
0.3 - Titans Burning Rage
0.3 - Wonder Woman Giant
0.2 - Dial H for Hero
‘Vertigo’ (Young Animal, Sandman Universe, Hill House, non-DCU Black Label): Average: 14,260. Median: 14,742. No.: 12. Total: 171,122.
1.8 - Plunge
1.4 - Basketful of Heads
1.2 - Far Sector
1.2 - John Constantine Hellblazer
1.1 - The Dollhouse Family
1.1 - Daphne Byrne
1.0 - The Low Low Woods
0.8 - The Last God
0.7 - The Dreaming
0.6 - Lucifer
0.6 - Books of Magic
0.5 - House of Whispers
Young Animal Average: 17,608 (1 title). Sandman Universe Average: 10,127 (5 titles). Hill House Average: 18,295 (5 titles). Other Black Label average: 11,404 (1 title).
Digital First, All Ages & Other: Average: 9,119. Median: 9,082. No.: 6. Total: 54,716.
1.5 - RWBY
1.5 - He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse
1.1 - Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant
1.1 - Superman Smashes the Klan
0.5 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
0.4 - gen:Lock
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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. DC Giants are released first to Walmarts and may receive a significant amount of sales through that outlet. For most Black Label, Young Animal, Sandman Universe, and related 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 Association of Yoga Therapists; 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 April 30, 2020 on Yet Another Comics Blog.
