Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
Two major happenings in April for DC: "The Button" crossover between
Batman and
The Flash that ties into the Rebirth über-plot; and the price
increase of the DC Rebirth monthly titles from $2.99 to $3.99.
"The Button" obviously had a huge impact on sales for the two titles
affected, and continues into next month as well (more on this the
entires for the affected titles below).
The price increase has, at least for the moment, had little affect on
sales. Retailers as a group, at least at the outset, did not drop their
orders precipitously. It remains to be seen how readers will react, and
thus we could see a delayed reaction. But seeing as they're already
conditioned to spending $3.99 on a comic, it doesn't seem like it'll
take too much of a bite out of sales, and should keep some of the
marginal titles going a bit longer. Again, more on this below).
Warning: The commentary below may contain reasoned analysis,
speculation (unfounded and otherwise), opinion, and/or snark. Those
looking for a more straightforward analysis are directed to John Jackson
Miller's excellent Comichron analysis, posted earlier this month
over at Comichron!
Please consider the fine print at the end of the column.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders
including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders as was the
practice of this column under the previous administration.)
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6, 2, 7 - BATMAN ($2.99/$3.99)
04/2007: --
04/2012: Batman #8 -- 130,602 [136,218]
04/2013: Batman #19 -- 132,147
04/2014: Batman #30 -- 108,998 [111,778]
04/2015: Batman #40 -- 131,128 (+ 20.3%) [154,764]
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04/2016: Batman #51 -- 101,922 (- 40.8%)
05/2016: Batman #52 -- 102,197 (+ 0.3%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 219,788 (+124.3%) [229,267]
06/2016: Batman #1 -- 308,396 (+ 44.9%) [332,281]
07/2016: Batman #2 -- 194,816 (- 41.4%)
07/2016: Batman #3 -- 185,833 (- 4.6%)
08/2016: Batman #4 -- 168,284 (- 9.4%)
08/2016: Batman #5 -- 156,356 (- 7.1%)
09/2016: Batman #6 -- 138,853 (- 11.2%)
09/2016: Batman #7 -- 135,585 (- 2.4%)
10/2016: Batman #8 -- 129,837 (- 4.2%)
10/2016: Batman #9 -- 126,090 (- 2.9%)
11/2016: Batman #10 -- 120,901 (- 4.1%)
11/2016: Batman #11 -- 116,690 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Batman #12 -- 111,391 (- 4.5%)
12/2016: Batman #13 -- 108,407 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Batman #14 -- 106,816 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Batman #15 -- 102,802 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Batman #16 -- 102,096 (- 0.7%)
02/2017: Batman #17 -- 99,637 (- 2.4%)
03/2017: Batman #18 -- 98,100 (- 1.5%)
03/2017: Batman #19 -- 97,501 (- 0.6%)
04/2017: Batman #20 -- 97,544 (+ 0.0%)
04/2017: Batman #21 -- 219,472 (+125.0%)
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6 months: + 23.9%
1 year : + 55.5%
2 years : + 2.4%
5 years : + 16.4%
10 years: n.a.
Batman #21 kicked off "The Button" crossover with
The Flash,
promising to advance the Rebirth über-plot. DC was confident that the
comics would sell well based on the strength of the story and art and
thus kept the number of gimmicks and variants to a minimum.
Hah, no! They gimmicked it up, bringing back the lenticular cover
shenanigans that paid dividends with huge sales a couple of times in the
New 52 era (Villains Month and Futures End). Because the lenticular
variants were priced differently, they received their own separate
entires in Diamond-NA's Top 300 for the month, resulting in the sales
being split across the two price points (note that the two different
$2.99 covers were combined into the same entry). Thus
Batman #21 was the best-selling comic of the month, despite its appearing below Marvel's
Secret Empire #0 on the Top 300.
Buried in all the hubbub about issue #21 is the fact that sales on
issue #20 were ever so slightly above those of the previous issue. Given
the concern over
Batman's slide below the 100K mark this is good news and an indication that perhaps things have finally settled in for the Rebirthed
Batman title (though we won't really know until after "The Button" is over).
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25, 5, 11 - FLASH ($2.99/$3.99)
04/2007: Flash FMA #11 -- 46,963
04/2012: Flash #8 -- 63,702
04/2013: Flash #19 -- 42,079
04/2014: Flash #30 -- 33,300 [35,798]
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Flash #50 -- 35,160 (+ 2.2%)
05/2016: Flash #51 -- 33,878 (- 3.6%)
05/2016: Flash #52 -- 32,831 (- 3.1%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 98,580 (+275.0%) [123,115]
06/2016: Flash #1 -- 110,431 (+ 2.7%) [126,429]
07/2016: Flash #2 -- 113,639 (- 10.1%)
07/2016: Flash #3 -- 107,067 (- 5.8%)
08/2016: Flash #4 -- 102,208 (- 4.5%)
08/2016: Flash #5 -- 91,830 (- 10.2%)
09/2016: Flash #6 -- 82,930 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Flash #7 -- 78,057 (- 5.9%)
10/2016: Flash #8 -- 76,749 (- 1.7%)
10/2016: Flash #9 -- 74,311 (- 3.2%)
11/2016: Flash #10 -- 70,681 (- 4.9%)
11/2016: Flash #11 -- 68,304 (- 3.4%)
12/2016: Flash #12 -- 64,476 (- 5.6%)
12/2016: Flash #13 -- 62,800 (- 2.6%)
01/2017: Flash #14 -- 60,732 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Flash #15 -- 58,402 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Flash #16 -- 57,039 (- 2.3%)
02/2017: Flash #17 -- 55,234 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Flash #18 -- 54,959 (- 0.5%)
03/2017: Flash #19 -- 53,918 (- 1.9%)
04/2017: Flash #20 -- 53,828 (- 0.2%)
04/2017: Flash #21 -- 174,803 (+224.7%)
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6 months: + 51.4%
1 year : +225.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 79.5%
10 years: +143.4%
The Flash #21 featured the second installment of "The Button" crossover, and as with
Batman
there were multiple covers at multiple price points, so we've combined
them in these charts. While sales weren't quite as high as for
Batman (it was Part 2, and also Not Titled
Batman), percentage-wise the gains for
The Flash are much higher. And like
Batman, there is a negligible difference in the sales from issue #19 to issue #20 as well.
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12 - ALL STAR BATMAN ($4.99)
04/2007: --
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08/2016: All Star Batman #1 -- 318,283 (+238.5%)
09/2016: All Star Batman #2 -- 151,523 (- 52.4%)
10/2016: All Star Batman #3 -- 117,596 (- 22.4%)
11/2016: All Star Batman #4 -- 99,064 (- 15.8%)
12/2016: All Star Batman #5 -- 87,422 (- 11.8%)
01/2017: All Star Batman #6 -- 84,296 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: All Star Batman #7 -- 77,096 (- 8.5%)
03/2017: All Star Batman #8 -- 71,809 (- 6.9%)
04/2017: All Star Batman #9 -- 67,632 (- 5.8%)
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6 months: - 42.5%
10 years: n.a.
Still not stabilizing. Snyder is leaving the title after issue #15,
which may be a good time for DC to regroup and end the title. Not to
imply that this sales level for a $5 book is bad at all, but if DC wants
to continue with a monthly continuity-adjacent series a relaunch would
give things a boost.
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17, 20 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($2.99)
04/2012: Justice League #8 -- 133,240
04/2013: Justice League #19 -- 100,943
04/2014: Justice League #29 -- 78,912 [78,495]
04/2015: Justice League #40 -- 78,388 [82,316]
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04/2016: Justice League #49 -- 71,131 (- 2.2%)
05/2016: Justice League #50 -- 92,423 (+ 29.9%) [100,106]
06/2016: Justice League #51 -- 70,059 (- 30.0%)
06/2016: Justice League #52 -- 72,413 (+ 3.4%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,402 (+178.4%) [201,613]
07/2016: Justice League #1 -- 230,106 (+ 14.1%)
08/2016: Justice League #2 -- 140,142 (- 39.1%)
08/2016: Justice League #3 -- 121,812 (- 13.1%)
09/2016: Justice League #4 -- 104,003 (- 14.6%)
09/2016: Justice League #5 -- 98,276 (- 5.5%)
10/2016: Justice League #6 -- 89,073 (- 9.4%)
10/2016: Justice League #7 -- 85,789 (- 3.7%)
11/2016: Justice League #8 -- 80,696 (- 5.9%)
11/2016: Justice League #9 -- 77,905 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Justice League #10 -- 73,652 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Justice League #11 -- 71,527 (- 2.9%)
01/2017: Justice League #12 -- 72,598 (+ 1.5%)
01/2017: Justice League #13 -- 70,437 (- 3.0%)
02/2017: Justice League #14 -- 65,458 (- 7.1%)
02/2017: Justice League #15 -- 64,230 (- 1.9%)
03/2017: Justice League #16 -- 62,515 (- 2.7%)
03/2017: Justice League #17 -- 61,165 (- 2.2%)
04/2017: Justice League #18 -- 58,737 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Justice League #19 -- 57,647 (- 1.9%)
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6 months: - 33.4%
1 year : - 18.2%
2 years : - 29.3%
5 years : - 56.3%
My prescription for
Justice League would be to take advantage of the
fact that since you can't really do continuity-heavy with these
characters all having their own titles, bring in different creative
teams to do two- to four-issue arcs.
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18, 19 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99)
03/2007: Detective Comics #831 -- 56,284
04/2012: Detective Comics #8 -- 87,675
04/2013: Detective Comics #19 -- 77,922
04/2014: Detective Comics #30 -- 56,149 [56,110]
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Detective Comics #51 -- 43,190 (- 17.5%)
05/2016: Detective Comics #52 -- 43,961 (+ 1.8%)
06/2016: Detective Comics #934 -- 106,239 (+176.0%) [121,314]
06/2016: Detective Comics #935 -- 103,417 (- 6.9%) [112,965]
07/2016: Detective Comics #936 -- 110,689 (- 2.0%)
07/2016: Detective Comics #937 -- 101,389 (- 8.4%)
08/2016: Detective Comics #938 -- 97,829 (- 3.5%)
08/2016: Detective Comics #939 -- 89,612 (- 8.4%)
09/2016: Detective Comics #940 -- 80,897 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Detective Comics #941 -- 82,953 (+ 2.5%)
10/2016: Detective Comics #942 -- 81,432 (- 1.8%)
10/2016: Detective Comics #943 -- 74,340 (- 8.7%)
11/2016: Detective Comics #944 -- 71,923 (- 3.3%)
11/2016: Detective Comics #945 -- 69,942 (- 2.8%)
12/2016: Detective Comics #946 -- 66,374 (- 5.1%)
12/2016: Detective Comics #947 -- 65,090 (- 1.9%)
01/2017: Detective Comics #948 -- 64,090 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Detective Comics #949 -- 61,543 (- 4.0%)
02/2017: Detective Comics #950 -- 62,628 (+ 1.8%)
02/2017: Detective Comics #951 -- 59,630 (- 4.8%)
03/2017: Detective Comics #952 -- 59,722 (+ 0.2%)
03/2017: Detective Comics #953 -- 59,160 (- 0.9%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #954 -- 58,187 (- 1.6%)
04/2017: Detective Comics #955 -- 57,666 (- 0.9%)
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6 months: - 25.6%
1 year : + 34.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 33.9%
10 years: + 2.9%
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22 - BATMAN/THE SHADOW ($3.99)
04/2017: Batman/Shadow #1 of 6 -- 55,920
Co-published with Dynamite, Scott Snyder, Steve Orlando & Riley
Rossmo team up to bring a team-up of Batman with one of his immediate
forebears. While The Shadow isn't exactly on the minds of the kids these
days, there's always a market for a Snyder-penned Batman story. And
multiple covers, don't forget those!
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26, 28 - SUPERMAN ($2.99)
04/2007: Superman #661 -- 55,738
04/2012: Superman #8 -- 64,486
04/2013: Superman #19 -- 48,598
04/2014: Superman #30 -- 37,316 [38,429]
04/2015: Superman #40 -- 52,666 [53,756]
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04/2016: Superman #51 -- 38,103 (- 58.3%)
05/2016: Superman #52 -- 54,317 (+ 67.9%) [63,989]
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 130,277 (+115.7%) [138,031]
06/2016: Superman #1 -- 115,918 (- 4.3%) [132,050]
07/2016: Superman #2 -- 112,148 (- 15.1%)
07/2016: Superman #3 -- 107,367 (- 4.3%)
08/2016: Superman #4 -- 96,969 (- 9.7%)
08/2016: Superman #5 -- 89,473 (- 7.7%)
09/2016: Superman #6 -- 76,124 (- 14.9%)
09/2016: Superman #7 -- 72,867 (- 4.3%)
10/2016: Superman #8 -- 69,905 (- 4.1%)
10/2016: Superman #9 -- 67,321 (- 3.7%)
11/2016: Superman #10 -- 66,956 (- 0.5%)
11/2016: Superman #11 -- 63,686 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Superman #12 -- 60,992 (- 4.2%)
12/2016: Superman #13 -- 59,393 (- 2.6%)
01/2017: Superman #14 -- 60,409 (+ 1.7%)
01/2017: Superman #15 -- 57,412 (- 5.0%)
02/2017: Superman #16 -- 56,105 (- 2.3%)
02/2017: Superman #17 -- 54,561 (- 2.8%)
03/2017: Superman #18 -- 57,879 (+ 6.1%)
03/2017: Superman #19 -- 56,439 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Superman #20 -- 53,373 (- 5.4%)
04/2017: Superman #21 -- 51,373 (- 3.7%)
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6 months: - 19.6%
1 year : + 37.5%
2 years : - 2.6%
5 years : - 18.8%
10 years: - 6.0%
Back to normal after last month's crossover.
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36, 41 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ($2.99)
04/2007: JL of America #7 -- 154,984
04/2007: JL of America #8 -- 130,365
04/2013: --
04/2014: --
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04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: JL of America #9 -- 44,700 (- 1.8%)
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: JL of America #10 -- 39,766 (- 11.0%)
12/2016: --
01/2017: Atom Rebirth #1 -- 29,639 (- 25.5%)
01/2017: Vixen Rebirth #1 -- 29,435 (- 0.7%)
01/2017: The Ray Rebirth #1 -- 27,749 (- 5.7%)
01/2017: K Frost Rebirth #1 -- 29,932 (+ 7.9%)
02/2017: JLA Rebirth #1 -- 80,737 (+ 59.0%)
02/2017: JL of America #1 -- 102,843 (+ 27.4%)
03/2017: JL of America #2 -- 58,684 (- 42.9%)
03/2017: JL of America #3 -- 53,354 (- 9.1%)
04/2017: JL of America #4 -- 47,696 (- 10.6%)
04/2017: JL of America #5 -- 45,697 (- 4.2%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
10 years: - 67.3%
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported
numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation
of why this is done.
The brand dilution continues.
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30, 32 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99)
04/2007: Wonder Woman #7 -- 60,168
04/2007: Wonder Woman #8 -- 58,772
04/2012: Wonder Woman #8 -- 50,450
04/2013: Wonder Woman #19 -- 46,492
04/2014: Wonder Woman #30 -- 31,094 [31,669]
04/2015: Wonder Woman #40 -- 45,172 [45,457]
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04/2016: Wonder Woman #51 -- 29,787 (- 18.0%)
05/2016: Wonder Woman #52 -- 29,673 (- 0.4%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 103,904 (+316.6%) [123,624]
06/2016: Wonder Woman #1 -- 118,511 (+ 5.5%) [130,381]
07/2016: Wonder Woman #2 -- 114,135 (- 12.5%)
07/2016: Wonder Woman #3 -- 103,912 (- 9.0%)
08/2016: Wonder Woman #4 -- 93,862 (- 9.7%)
08/2016: Wonder Woman #5 -- 85,646 (- 8.8%)
09/2016: Wonder Woman #6 -- 74,856 (- 12.6%)
09/2016: Wonder Woman #7 -- 70,118 (- 6.3%)
10/2016: Wonder Woman #8 -- 66,405 (- 5.3%)
10/2016: Wonder Woman #9 -- 64,555 (- 2.8%)
11/2016: Wonder Woman #10 -- 60,185 (- 5.8%)
11/2016: Wonder Woman #11 -- 58,692 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Wonder Woman #12 -- 55,639 (- 5.2%)
12/2016: Wonder Woman #13 -- 54,589 (- 1.9%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #14 -- 52,784 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #15 -- 50,978 (- 3.4%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #16 -- 49,921 (- 2.1%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #17 -- 48,662 (- 2.5%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #18 -- 47,484 (- 2.4%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #19 -- 46,745 (- 1.6%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #20 -- 45,266 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #21 -- 44,597 (- 1.5%)
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6 months: - 31.4%
1 year : + 50.8%
2 years : - 1.2%
5 years : - 10.9%
10 years: - 24.4%
Still doing relatively well for a
Wonder Woman series at this stage
of the game. Will the movie (due out in early June) have any affect on
the sales of the comic single issues? History says its not likely, but
who knows...?
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45 - 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%)
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported
numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation
of why this is done.
Price increase; a 14% drop is right in line with what one would expect for the third issue of a monthly title.
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34, 35 - ACTION COMICS ($2.99)
04/2007: Action Comics #848 -- 62,216
04/2012: Action Comics #8 -- 87,980
04/2013: Action Comics #19 -- 52,007
04/2014: Action Comics #30 -- 37,809 [39,088]
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Action Comics #51 -- 32,167 (- 19.6%)
05/2016: Action Comics #52 -- 40,623 (+ 26.3%)
06/2016: Action Comics #957 -- 82,884 (+136.1%) [95,893]
06/2016: Action Comics #958 -- 83,227 (- 4.6%) [91,462]
07/2016: Action Comics #959 -- 91,671 (+ 0.2%)
07/2016: Action Comics #960 -- 83,281 (- 9.2%)
08/2016: Action Comics #961 -- 79,003 (- 5.1%)
08/2016: Action Comics #962 -- 70,761 (- 10.4%)
09/2016: Action Comics #963 -- 60,824 (- 14.0%)
09/2016: Action Comics #964 -- 58,439 (- 3.9%)
10/2016: Action Comics #965 -- 55,678 (- 4.7%)
10/2016: Action Comics #966 -- 53,467 (- 4.0%)
11/2016: Action Comics #967 -- 50,611 (- 5.3%)
11/2016: Action Comics #968 -- 48,931 (- 3.3%)
12/2016: Action Comics #969 -- 46,573 (- 4.8%)
12/2016: Action Comics #970 -- 45,856 (- 1.5%)
01/2017: Action Comics #971 -- 44,894 (- 2.1%)
01/2017: Action Comics #972 -- 43,110 (- 4.0%)
02/2017: Action Comics #973 -- 43,047 (- 0.1%)
02/2017: Action Comics #974 -- 41,712 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Action Comics #975 -- 47,382 (+ 13.6%)
03/2017: Action Comics #976 -- 46,846 (- 1.1%)
04/2017: Action Comics #977 -- 43,865 (- 6.4%)
04/2017: Action Comics #978 -- 43,555 (- 0.7%)
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6 months: - 19.9%
1 year : + 35.9%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 50.3%
10 years: - 29.7%
Actually up a bit from where it was before the crossover.
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37, 39 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
04/2014: Harley Quinn #5 -- 63,155 [71,478]
04/2015: Harley Quinn #16 -- 72,055 [73,976]
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04/2016: Harley Quinn #27 -- 54,864 (+ 6.7%)
05/2016: Harley Quinn #28 -- 43,858 (- 20.1%)
06/2016: Harley Quinn #29 -- 55,774 (+ 27.2%)
07/2016: Harley Quinn #30 -- 45,443 (- 18.5%)
08/2016: Harley Quinn #1 -- 395,953 (+784.9%) [402,106]
08/2016: Harley Quinn #2 -- 128,316 (- 68.1%)
09/2016: Harley Quinn #3 -- 89,799 (- 30.0%)
09/2016: Harley Quinn #4 -- 81,046 (- 9.7%)
10/2016: Harley Quinn #5 -- 69,237 (- 14.6%)
10/2016: Harley Quinn #6 -- 64,710 (- 6.5%)
11/2016: Harley Quinn #7 -- 56,878 (- 12.1%)
11/2016: Harley Quinn #8 -- 54,111 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Harley Quinn #9 -- 49,871 (- 4.9%)
12/2016: Harley Quinn #10 -- 48,380 (- 4.9%)
01/2017: Harley Quinn #11 -- 47,308 (- 2.2%)
01/2017: Harley Quinn #12 -- 45,599 (- 3.6%)
02/2017: Harley Quinn #13 -- 45,400 (- 0.4%)
02/2017: Harley Quinn #14 -- 43,798 (- 3.5%)
03/2017: Harley Quinn #15 -- 43,264 (- 1.2%)
03/2017: Harley Quinn #16 -- 42,797 (- 1.1%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #17 -- 43,263 (+ 1.2%)
04/2017: Harley Quinn #18 -- 41,645 (- 3.7%)
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6 months: - 36.6%
1 year : - 22.6%
2 years : - 42.6%
Harley's co-creator comes on board for back-up stories with issue #17, which is likely the reason for the slight boost.
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43, 39 - SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
04/2012: Suicide Squad #8 -- 32,789
04/2013: Suicide Squad #19 -- 24,300
04/2014: --
04/2015: --
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04/2016: New Suicide Squad #19 -- 23,799 (- 15.7%)
05/2016: New Suicide Squad #20 -- 23,425 (- 1.6%)
06/2016: New Suicide Squad #21 -- 23,887 (+ 2.0%)
07/2016: New Suicide Squad #22 -- 25,162 (+ 5.3%)
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 195,587 (+677.3%)
08/2016: Suicide Squad #1 -- 239,439 (+ 22.4%)
09/2016: Suicide Squad #2 -- 98,533 (- 58.8%)
09/2016: Suicide Squad #3 -- 90,885 (- 7.8%)
10/2016: Suicide Squad #4 -- 76,324 (- 16.0%)
10/2016: Suicide Squad #5 -- 69,819 (- 8.5%)
11/2016: Suicide Squad #6 -- 61,973 (- 11.2%)
11/2016: Suicide Squad #7 -- 59,452 (- 4.1%)
12/2016: Suicide Squad #8 -- 59,967 (+ 0.9%)
01/2017: Suicide Squad #9 -- 54,010 (- 9.9%)
01/2017: Suicide Squad #10 -- 53,649 (- 0.7%)
02/2017: Suicide Squad #11 -- 48,723 (- 9.2%)
02/2017: Suicide Squad #12 -- 46,860 (- 3.8%)
03/2017: Suicide Squad #13 -- 45,064 (- 3.8%)
03/2017: Suicide Squad #14 -- 43,388 (- 3.7%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #15 -- 40,940 (- 5.6%)
04/2017: Suicide Squad #16 -- 41,929 (+ 2.4%)
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6 months: - 43.3%
1 year : + 74.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 26.4%
Issue #16 get's a small bump up with Tony Daniel coming on board to draw.
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44 - TITANS ($3.99)
04/2016: Titans Hunt #7 of 8 -- 20,079 (+ 8.6%)
05/2016: Titans Hunt #8 of 8 -- 17,412 (- 13.3%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 79,295 (+477.8%) [100,610]
07/2016: Titans #1 -- 112,676 (+ 12.0%)
08/2016: Titans #2 -- 80,079 (- 28.9%)
09/2016: Titans #3 -- 70,673 (- 11.7%)
10/2016: Titans #4 -- 58,342 (- 17.4%)
11/2016: Titans #5 -- 52,511 (- 10.0%)
12/2016: Titans #6 -- 48,612 (- 7.4%)
01/2017: Titans #7 -- 46,998 (- 3.3%)
02/2017: Titans #8 -- 44,028 (- 6.3%)
03/2017: Titans #9 -- 42,557 (- 3.3%)
04/2017: Titans #10 -- 40,893 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: - 29.9%
1 year : +103.7%
Price increase.
Let's do the math:
Titans #9: 42,557 * $2.99 = $127,245.43 retail.
Titans #10: 40,893 * $3.99 = $163,163,07 retail.
An increase of nearly $36K in retail.
Now granted these are sales to retailers, not to customers. It's
possible that there will be a mass rejection by customers to the $1
price increase on the monthlies. But at least on the outset, retailers
(as a group) don't see this as likely. And I like to think that most
retailers have a good idea as to how their customers will react.
Sales on
Titans will have to drop to 31,891 to equal the same retail
dollar as the last $2.99 issue (which at a standard attrition rate of
3.5% will take seven months).
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48, 49 - NIGHTWING ($2.99)
03/2007: Nightwing #130 -- 31,788
04/2012: Nightwing #8 -- 52,063 [61,711]
04/2013: Nightwing #19 -- 46,978
04/2014: --
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Grayson #19 -- 27,378 (- 18.4%)
05/2016: Grayson #20 -- 23,762 (- 13.2%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 140,631 (+491.8%)
07/2016: Nightwing #1 -- 126,266 (- 10.2%)
08/2016: Nightwing #2 -- 102,444 (- 18.9%)
08/2016: Nightwing #3 -- 89,711 (- 12.4%)
09/2016: Nightwing #4 -- 70,652 (- 21.2%)
09/2016: Nightwing #5 -- 76,932 (+ 8.9%)
10/2016: Nightwing #6 -- 69,246 (- 10.0%)
10/2016: Nightwing #7 -- 58,402 (- 15.7%)
11/2016: Nightwing #8 -- 56,091 (- 4.0%)
11/2016: Nightwing #9 -- 52,984 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Nightwing #10 -- 49,436 (- 6.7%)
12/2016: Nightwing #11 -- 47,781 (- 3.3%)
01/2017: Nightwing #12 -- 46,057 (- 3.6%)
01/2017: Nightwing #13 -- 44,462 (- 3.5%)
02/2017: Nightwing #14 -- 42,656 (- 4.1%)
02/2017: Nightwing #15 -- 41,423 (- 2.9%)
03/2017: Nightwing #16 -- 40,289 (- 2.7%)
03/2017: Nightwing #17 -- 39,467 (- 2.0%)
04/2017: Nightwing #18 -- 38,858 (- 1.5%)
04/2017: Nightwing #19 -- 38,230 (- 1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 39.6%
1 year : + 40.8%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 37.5%
10 years: + 21.3%
---
53 - TRINITY ($3.99)
09/2016: Trinity #1 -- 103,177 (+217.3%)
10/2016: Trinity #2 -- 71,617 (- 30.6%)
11/2016: Trinity #3 -- 58,253 (- 18.7%)
12/2016: Trinity #4 -- 50,270 (- 13.7%)
01/2017: Trinity #5 -- 46,204 (- 8.1%)
02/2017: Trinity #6 -- 42,001 (- 9.1%)
03/2017: Trinity #7 -- 39,380 (- 6.2%)
04/2017: Trinity #8 -- 36,803 (- 6.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 48.6%
Price increase.
---
65 - BATWOMAN ($3.99)
04/2012: Batwoman #8 -- 45,341
04/2013: Batwoman #19 -- 31,538
04/2014: Batwoman #30 -- 19,204
--------------------------------
02/2017: Rebirth #1 -- 57,915 (+318.9%)
03/2017: Batwoman #1 -- 60,334 (+ 4.2%)
04/2017: Batwoman #2 -- 36,563 (- 39.4%)
-----------------
5 years : - 19.4%
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from what the Diamond-reported
numbers. See the fine print at the end of the column for an explanation
of why this is done.
Price increase. A bit of a steep drop, but not out of line with what we've seen from other recent second issues.
---
55 - TEEN TITANS ($3.99)
04/2007: Teen Titans #45 -- 61,051
04/2012: Teen Titans #8 -- 50,814
04/2013: Teen Titans #19 -- 39,532
04/2014: Teen Titans #30 -- 25,709
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Teen Titans #19 -- 21,989 (- 4.6%)
05/2016: Teen Titans #20 -- 18,593 (- 15.4%)
06/2016: Teen Titans #21 -- 18,766 (+ 0.9%)
07/2016: Teen Titans #22 -- 19,005 (+ 1.3%)
08/2016: Teen Titans #23 -- 19,118 (+ 0.6%)
09/2016: Teen Titans #24 -- 19,540 (+ 2.2%)
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 93,411 (+378.0%)
10/2016: Teen Titans #1 -- 71,459 (- 23.5%)
11/2016: Teen Titans #2 -- 52,877 (- 26.0%)
12/2016: Teen Titans #3 -- 44,116 (- 16.6%)
01/2017: Teen Titans #4 -- 41,304 (- 6.4%)
02/2017: Teen Titans #5 -- 39,028 (- 5.5%)
03/2017: Teen Titans #6 -- 37,572 (- 3.7%)
04/2017: Teen Titans #7 -- 36,056 (- 4.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 49.5%
1 year : + 64.0%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 29.0%
10 years: - 40.9%
Price increase.
---
59, 61 - HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
04/2007: Green Lantern Corps #11 -- 33,506
04/2012: Green Lantern Corps #8 -- 47,584
04/2013: Green Lantern Corps #19 -- 43,903
04/2014: Green Lantern Corps #30 -- 26,640
04/2015: --
--------------------------------------------
04/2016: Edge of Oblivion #4 of 6 -- 19,434 (- 3.3%)
05/2016: Edge of Oblivion #5 of 6 -- 18,699 (- 3.8%)
06/2016: Edge of Oblivion #6 of 6 -- 18,459 (- 1.3%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 125,362 (+579.1%)
07/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #1 -- 119,579 (- 4.6%)
08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #2 -- 85,769 (- 28.3%)
08/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #3 -- 71,211 (- 17.0%)
09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #4 -- 60,297 (- 15.3%)
09/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #5 -- 56,029 (- 7.1%)
10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #6 -- 49,988 (- 10.8%)
10/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #7 -- 48,064 (- 3.8%)
11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #8 -- 45,194 (- 6.0%)
11/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #9 -- 43,486 (- 3.8%)
12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #10 -- 41,234 (- 5.2%)
12/2016: Hal Jordan & GLC #11 -- 40,111 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #12 -- 39,148 (- 2.4%)
01/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #13 -- 38,053 (- 2.8%)
02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #14 -- 37,504 (- 1.4%)
02/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #15 -- 36,331 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #16 -- 35,996 (- 0.9%)
03/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #17 -- 35,205 (- 2.2%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #18 -- 34,507 (- 2.0%)
04/2017: Hal Jordan & GLC #19 -- 34,140 (- 1.1%)
----------------
6 months: - 30.0%
1 year : + 76.6%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 27.9%
10 years: + 2.4%
60, 63 - GREEN LANTERNS ($2.99)
04/2007: --
04/2012: Green Lantern #8 -- 88,335
04/2013: Green Lantern #19 -- 71,018
04/2014: Green Lantern #30 -- 44,483 [43,612]
04/2015: --
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04/2016: Green Lantern #51 -- 32,862 (- 9.3%)
05/2016: Green Lantern #52 -- 32,936 (+ 0.2%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,454 (+232.2%)
06/2016: Green Lanterns #1 -- 93,401 (- 1.5%) [107,767]
07/2016: Green Lanterns #2 -- 90,268 (- 16.2%)
07/2016: Green Lanterns #3 -- 86,579 (- 4.1%)
08/2016: Green Lanterns #4 -- 78,254 (- 9.6%)
08/2016: Green Lanterns #5 -- 70,677 (- 9.7%)
09/2016: Green Lanterns #6 -- 58,346 (- 17.4%)
09/2016: Green Lanterns #7 -- 55,367 (- 5.1%)
10/2016: Green Lanterns #8 -- 52,025 (- 6.0%)
10/2016: Green Lanterns #9 -- 49,434 (- 5.0%)
11/2016: Green Lanterns #10 -- 46,306 (- 6.3%)
11/2016: Green Lanterns #11 -- 44,703 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Green Lanterns #12 -- 42,241 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: Green Lanterns #13 -- 41,090 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Green Lanterns #14 -- 39,854 (- 3.0%)
01/2017: Green Lanterns #15 -- 38,571 (- 3.2%)
02/2017: Green Lanterns #16 -- 37,845 (- 1.9%)
02/2017: Green Lanterns #17 -- 36,636 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Green Lanterns #18 -- 35,824 (- 2.2%)
03/2017: Green Lanterns #19 -- 35,368 (- 1.3%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #20 -- 34,224 (- 3.2%)
04/2017: Green Lanterns #21 -- 33,556 (- 2.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 33.2%
1 year : + 3.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 61.6%
10 years: n.a.
---
83 - THE WILD STORM ($3.99)
02/2017: The Wild Storm #1 -- 54,442
03/2017: The Wild Storm #2 -- 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: The Wild Storm #3 -- 30,595 (- 19.1%)
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the Diamond-reported numbers. Plenty of variant covers too.
---
72, 74 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
04/2007: Green Arrow #73 -- 30,652
04/2012: Green Arrow #8 -- 27,433
04/2013: Green Arrow #19 -- 29,922
04/2014: Green Arrow #30 -- 23,577
04/2015: --
----------------------------------
04/2016: Green Arrow #51 -- 21,168 (- 7.9%)
05/2016: Green Arrow #52 -- 20,559 (- 2.9%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 89,936 (+373.0%) [97,243]
06/2016: Green Arrow #1 -- 76,816 (- 4.4%) [92,931]
07/2016: Green Arrow #2 -- 80,134 (- 13.8%)
07/2016: Green Arrow #3 -- 80,150 (+ 0.0%)
08/2016: Green Arrow #4 -- 74,335 (- 7.3%)
08/2016: Green Arrow #5 -- 69,530 (- 6.5%)
09/2016: Green Arrow #6 -- 55,330 (- 20.4%)
09/2016: Green Arrow #7 -- 52,794 (- 4.6%)
10/2016: Green Arrow #8 -- 49,904 (- 7.4%)
10/2016: Green Arrow #9 -- 46,606 (- 4.7%)
11/2016: Green Arrow #10 -- 43,355 (- 7.0%)
11/2016: Green Arrow #11 -- 41,576 (- 4.1%)
12/2016: Green Arrow #12 -- 38,515 (- 7.4%)
12/2016: Green Arrow #13 -- 37,365 (- 3.0%)
01/2017: Green Arrow #14 -- 35,733 (- 4.4%)
01/2017: Green Arrow #15 -- 34,590 (- 3.2%)
02/2017: Green Arrow #16 -- 33,371 (- 3.5%)
02/2017: Green Arrow #17 -- 32,392 (- 2.9%)
03/2017: Green Arrow #18 -- 31,838 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: Green Arrow #19 -- 30,984 (- 2.7%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #20 -- 30,216 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Green Arrow #21 -- 29,993 (- 0.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 37.0%
1 year : + 42.2%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 9.7%
10 years: - 1.8%
---
78, 82 - AQUAMAN ($2.99)
04/2007: Aquaman SoA #51 -- 17,499
04/2012: Aquaman #8 -- 61,657
04/2013: --
04/2014: Aquaman #30 -- 32,859
04/2015: --
----------------------------------
04/2016: Aquaman #51 -- 21,959 (- 10.3%)
05/2016: Aquaman #52 -- 22,246 (+ 1.3%)
06/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 75,206 (+308.3%) [90,841]
06/2016: Aquaman #1 -- 84,745 (+ 2.8%) [93,339]
07/2016: Aquaman #2 -- 77,550 (- 16.9%)
07/2016: Aquaman #3 -- 75,196 (- 3.0%)
08/2016: Aquaman #4 -- 67,641 (- 10.0%)
08/2016: Aquaman #5 -- 60,422 (- 10.7%)
09/2016: Aquaman #6 -- 49,903 (- 17.4%)
09/2016: Aquaman #7 -- 47,005 (- 5.8%)
10/2016: Aquaman #8 -- 44,551 (- 5.2%)
10/2016: Aquaman #9 -- 42,695 (- 4.2%)
11/2016: Aquaman #10 -- 39,816 (- 6.7%)
11/2016: Aquaman #11 -- 38,109 (- 4.3%)
12/2016: Aquaman #12 -- 35,571 (- 6.7%)
12/2016: Aquaman #13 -- 34,619 (- 2.7%)
01/2017: Aquaman #14 -- 33,377 (- 3.6%)
01/2017: Aquaman #15 -- 32,424 (- 2.9%)
02/2017: Aquaman #16 -- 31,408 (- 3.1%)
02/2017: Aquaman #17 -- 30,584 (- 2.6%)
03/2017: Aquaman #18 -- 30,044 (- 1.8%)
03/2017: Aquaman #19 -- 29,279 (- 2.5%)
04/2017: Aquaman #20 -- 28,452 (- 2.8%)
04/2017: Aquaman #21 -- 27,837 (- 2.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 35.5%
1 year : + 28.2%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 54.4%
10 years: + 60.8%
Goes monthly in July.
---
89 - RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS ($3.99)
04/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #8 -- 37,974
04/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #19 -- 36,630
04/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #30 -- 21,718
04/2015: --
-----------------------------------------
04/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #11 -- 19,711 (+ 11.3%)
05/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #12 -- 16,402 (- 16.8%)
06/2016: Red Hood/Arsenal #13 -- 16,389 (- 0.1%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 97,722 (+496.3%)
08/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #1 -- 92,234 (- 5.6%)
09/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #2 -- 54,937 (- 40.4%)
10/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #3 -- 41,971 (- 23.6%)
11/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #4 -- 36,740 (- 12.5%)
12/2016: Red Hood & Outlaws #5 -- 32,860 (- 10.6%)
01/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #6 -- 31,321 (- 4.7%)
02/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 28,753 (- 8.2%)
03/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #8 -- 27,894 (- 3.0%)
04/2017: Red Hood & Outlaws #9 -- 26,410 (- 5.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 37.1%
1 year : + 34.0%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 30.5%
Price increase.
---
92 - BATMAN BEYOND ($3.99)
04/2012: Unlimited #3 -- 24,196
04/2013: Unlimited #15 -- 16,283
04/2014: Universe #9 -- 13,807
04/2015: --
------------------------------------
04/2016: Batman Beyond #11 -- 18,061 (- 16.3%)
05/2016: Batman Beyond #12 -- 18,133 (+ 0.4%)
06/2016: Batman Beyond #13 -- 13,025 (- 28.2%)
07/2016: Batman Beyond #14 -- 18,001 (+ 38.2%)
08/2016: Batman Beyond #15 -- 17,882 (- 0.7%)
09/2016: Batman Beyond #16 -- 17,799 (- 0.5%)
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 74,722 (+319.8%)
10/2016: Batman Beyond #1 -- 66,591 (- 10.0%)
11/2016: Batman Beyond #2 -- 41,313 (- 38.0%)
12/2016: Batman Beyond #3 -- 32,916 (- 20.3%)
01/2017: Batman Beyond #4 -- 29,767 (- 9.6%)
02/2017: Batman Beyond #5 -- 27,495 (- 7.6%)
03/2017: Batman Beyond #6 -- 26,261 (- 4.5%)
04/2017: Batman Beyond #7 -- 24,789 (- 5.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 62.8%
1 year : + 37.3%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 2.5%
Price increase.
---
94 - BATGIRL ($3.99)
04/2012: Batgirl #8 -- 48,878
04/2013: Batgirl #19 -- 45,939
04/2014: Batgirl #30 -- 32,698 [32,302]
04/2015: --
-------------------------------
04/2016: Batgirl #50 -- 34,632 (+ 40.0%)
04/2016: Batgirl #51 -- 23,280 (- 32.8%)
05/2016: Batgirl #52 -- 26,492 (+ 13.8%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Batgirl #1 -- 105,795 (+299.3%)
08/2016: Batgirl #2 -- 68,611 (- 35.1%)
09/2016: Batgirl #3 -- 51,580 (- 24.8%)
10/2016: Batgirl #4 -- 40,778 (- 20.9%)
11/2016: Batgirl #5 -- 35,210 (- 13.7%)
12/2016: Batgirl #6 -- 31,294 (- 11.1%)
01/2017: Batgirl #7 -- 28,712 (- 8.3%)
02/2017: Batgirl #8 -- 26,539 (- 7.6%)
03/2017: Batgirl #9 -- 25,469 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Batgirl #10 -- 24,117 (- 5.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 40.9%
1 year : - 16.7%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 50.7%
Price increase.
---
97 - SUPERGIRL ($3.99)
04/2007: Supergirl #16 -- 51,641
04/2012: Supergirl #8 -- 36,042
04/2013: Supergirl #19 -- 29,558
04/2014: Supergirl #30 -- 23,410
----------------------------------
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 124,088 (+367.8%)
09/2016: Supergirl #1 -- 99,272 (- 20.0%)
10/2016: Supergirl #2 -- 50,261 (- 49.4%)
11/2016: Supergirl #3 -- 37,316 (- 25.8%)
12/2016: Supergirl #4 -- 31,040 (- 16.8%)
01/2017: Supergirl #5 -- 29,030 (- 6.5%)
02/2017: Supergirl #6 -- 26,240 (- 9.6%)
03/2017: Supergirl #7 -- 24,592 (- 6.3%)
04/2017: Supergirl #8 -- 23,814 (- 3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 52.6%
5 years : - 33.9%
10 years: - 53.9%
Price increase.
---
98, 99 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
04/2012: Deathstroke #8 -- 18,834
04/2013: Deathstroke #19 -- 12,392
04/2015: --
-----------------------------------
04/2016: Deathstroke #17 -- 24,858 (- 2.1%)
05/2016: Deathstroke #18 -- 21,087 (- 15.2%)
06/2016: Deathstroke #19 -- 21,094 (+ 0.0%)
07/2016: Deathstroke #20 -- 20,562 (- 2.5%)
08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,250 (+431.3%)
08/2016: Deathstroke #1 -- 91,962 (- 15.8%)
09/2016: Deathstroke #2 -- 60,877 (- 33.8%)
09/2016: Deathstroke #3 -- 54,908 (- 9.8%)
10/2016: Deathstroke #4 -- 46,773 (- 14.8%)
10/2016: Deathstroke #5 -- 43,058 (- 7.9%)
11/2016: Deathstroke #6 -- 37,177 (- 13.7%)
11/2016: Deathstroke #7 -- 35,782 (- 3.8%)
12/2016: Deathstroke #8 -- 32,530 (- 9.1%)
12/2016: Deathstroke #9 -- 31,519 (- 3.1%)
01/2017: Deathstroke #10 -- 29,864 (- 5.3%)
01/2017: Deathstroke #11 -- 28,625 (- 4.1%)
02/2017: Deathstroke #12 -- 27,226 (- 4.9%)
02/2017: Deathstroke #13 -- 26,328 (- 3.3%)
03/2017: Deathstroke #14 -- 25,493 (- 3.2%)
03/2017: Deathstroke #15 -- 24,746 (- 2.9%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #16 -- 23,712 (- 4.2%)
04/2017: Deathstroke #17 -- 23,449 (- 1.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 47.5%
1 year : - 5.1%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 25.2%
Going monthly in June.
---
104 - DOOM PATROL (Young Animal) ($3.99)
09/2016: Doom Patrol #1 -- 83,848 (+801.7%)
10/2016: Doom Patrol #2 -- 41,642 (- 50.3%)
11/2016: Doom Patrol #3 -- 33,154 (- 20.4%)
12/2016: --
01/2017: Doom Patrol #4 -- 26,261 (- 20.8%)
02/2017: --
03/2017: Doom Patrol #5 -- 24,693 (- 6.0%)
04/2017: Doom Patrol #6 -- 21,954 (- 11.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 47.3%
---
106 - BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($3.99)
04/2007: Birds of Prey #105 -- 28,328
04/2012: Birds of Prey #8 -- 28,661
04/2013: Birds of Prey #19 -- 21,707
04/2014: Birds of Prey #30 -- 16,358
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07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 109,066 (+119.0%)
08/2016: Batgirl & BoP #1 -- 83,481 (- 23.5%)
09/2016: Batgirl & BoP #2 -- 54,083 (- 35.2%)
10/2016: Batgirl & BoP #3 -- 40,041 (- 26.0%)
11/2016: Batgirl & BoP #4 -- 33,138 (- 17.2%)
12/2016: Batgirl & BoP #5 -- 28,846 (- 13.0%)
01/2017: Batgirl & BoP #6 -- 26,618 (- 7.7%)
02/2017: Batgirl & BoP #7 -- 24,466 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: Batgirl & BoP #8 -- 22,941 (- 6.2%)
04/2017: Batgirl & BoP #9 -- 21,535 (- 6.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 46.2%
5 years : - 24.9%
10 years: - 24.0%
Price increase.
---
113 - THE HELLBLAZER ($3.99)
04/2007: Hellblazer #231 -- 13,142
04/2012: Hellblazer #290 -- 9,426
04/2013: Constantine #2 -- 30,789
04/2014: Constantine #13 -- 18,454
04/2015: --
-------------------------------------
04/2016: The Hellblazer #11 -- 16,248 (- 3.0%)
05/2016: The Hellblazer #12 -- 15,904 (- 2.1%)
06/2016: The Hellblazer #13 -- 15,697 (- 1.3%)
07/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 84,404 (+437.7%)
08/2016: The Hellblazer #1 -- 65,707 (- 22.2%)
09/2016: The Hellblazer #2 -- 44,824 (- 31.8%)
10/2016: The Hellblazer #3 -- 33,596 (- 25.0%)
11/2016: The Hellblazer #4 -- 28,882 (- 14.0%)
12/2016: The Hellblazer #5 -- 25,780 (- 10.7%)
01/2017: The Hellblazer #6 -- 23,349 (- 9.4%)
02/2017: The Hellblazer #7 -- 21,450 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: The Hellblazer #8 -- 20,510 (- 4.4%)
04/2017: The Hellblazer #9 -- 19,115 (- 6.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 43.1%
1 year : + 17.6%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : +102.8%
10 years: + 45.4%
Price increase.
---
119 - SUPERWOMAN ($3.99)
08/2016: Superwoman #1 -- 101,289
09/2016: Superwoman #2 -- 55,480 (- 45.2%)
10/2016: Superwoman #3 -- 40,554 (- 26.9%)
11/2016: Superwoman #4 -- 30,070 (- 25.9%)
12/2016: Superwoman #5 -- 24,761 (- 17.7%)
01/2017: Superwoman #6 -- 23,065 (- 6.8%)
02/2017: Superwoman #7 -- 20,435 (- 11.4%)
03/2017: Superwoman #8 -- 18,857 (- 7.7%)
04/2017: Superwoman #9 -- 17,836 (- 5.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 56.0%
Price increase.
---
123 - SCOOBY APOCALYPSE ($3.99)
05/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #1 -- 69,520 [77,409]
06/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #2 -- 29,812 (- 61.5%)
07/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #3 -- 29,494 (- 1.1%)
08/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #4 -- 28,148 (- 4.6%)
09/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #5 -- 26,170 (- 7.0%)
10/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #6 -- 23,781 (- 9.1%)
11/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #7 -- 21,983 (- 7.6%)
12/2016: Scooby Apocalypse #8 -- 20,126 (- 8.4%)
01/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #9 -- 19,208 (- 4.6%)
02/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #10 -- 17,993 (- 6.3%)
03/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #11 -- 17,281 (- 4.0%)
04/2017: Scooby Apocalypse #12 -- 16,492 (- 4.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 30.7%
---
136 - NEW SUPER-MAN ($3.99)
07/2016: New Super-Man #1 -- 129,452
08/2016: New Super-Man #2 -- 79,774 (- 38.4%)
09/2016: New Super-Man #3 -- 45,976 (- 42.4%)
10/2016: New Super-Man #4 -- 31,689 (- 31.1%)
11/2016: New Super-Man #5 -- 25,378 (- 19.9%)
12/2016: New Super-Man #6 -- 21,000 (- 17.3%)
01/2017: New Super-Man #7 -- 18,959 (- 9.7%)
02/2017: New Super-Man #8 -- 16,962 (- 10.5%)
03/2017: New Super-Man #9 -- 15,576 (- 8.2%)
04/2017: New Super-Man #10 -- 14,748 (- 5.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 53.5%
Price increase.
---
138 - DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE COLLECTORS' EDITION ($12.99)
04/2016: --
05/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #4 of 8 -- 18,226 (- 6.3%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #5 of 8 -- 18,525 (+ 1.6%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: --
10/2016: --
11/2016: Dark Knight III Coll #6 of 8 -- 17,506 (- 5.5%)
12/2016: --
01/2017: Dark Knight III Coll #7 of 9 -- 15,326 (- 12.5%)
02/2017: --
03/2017: --
04/2017: Dark Knight III Coll #8 of 9 -- 14,544 (- 5.1%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
Tracking these separately from the main title, since they're such a different beast.
At $13 a pop, it ranks at #22 on the dollar sales chart!
---
142 - THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE ($3.99)
01/2017: Kamandi Challenge #1 of 12 -- 23,576
02/2017: Kamandi Challenge #2 of 12 -- 16,650 (- 29.4%)
03/2017: Kamandi Challenge #3 of 12 -- 15,446 (- 7.2%)
04/2017: Kamandi Challenge #4 of 12 -- 14,205 (- 8.0%)
---
151 - CYBORG ($3.99)
04/2016: Cyborg #10 -- 15,256 (+ 12.4%)
05/2016: Cyborg #11 -- 12,425 (- 18.6%)
06/2016: Cyborg #12 -- 12,411 (- 0.1%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 70,586 (+468.7%)
09/2016: Cyborg #1 -- 61,908 (- 12.3%)
10/2016: Cyborg #2 -- 41,577 (- 32.8%)
10/2016: Cyborg #3 -- 35,756 (- 14.0%)
11/2016: Cyborg #4 -- 28,303 (- 20.8%)
11/2016: Cyborg #5 -- 25,772 (- 8.9%)
12/2016: Cyborg #6 -- 21,287 (- 17.4%)
12/2016: Cyborg #7 -- 19,788 (- 7.0%)
01/2017: Cyborg #8 -- 18,562 (- 6.2%)
02/2017: Cyborg #9 -- 16,274 (- 12.3%)
03/2017: Cyborg #10 -- 14,977 (- 8.0%)
04/2017: Cyborg #11 -- 13,677 (- 8.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 64.6%
1 year : - 10.4%
Price increase.
---
153 - BLUE BEETLE ($3.99)
04/2007: Blue Beetle #14 -- 17,167
04/2012: Blue Beetle #8 -- 15,180
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08/2016: Rebirth #1 -- 80,292 (+599.0%)
09/2016: Blue Beetle #1 -- 57,454 (- 28.4%)
10/2016: Blue Beetle #2 -- 36,799 (- 35.9%)
11/2016: Blue Beetle #3 -- 25,300 (- 31.2%)
12/2016: Blue Beetle #4 -- 20,811 (- 17.7%)
01/2017: Blue Beetle #5 -- 18,104 (- 13.0%)
02/2017: Blue Beetle #6 -- 15,906 (- 12.1%)
03/2017: Blue Beetle #7 -- 14,690 (- 7.6%)
04/2017: Blue Beetle #8 -- 13,406 (- 8.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 63.6%
5 years : - 11.7%
10 years: - 21.9%
Price increase.
---
157 - SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER ($5.99)
12/2016: Being Super #1 of 4 -- 21,491
01/2017: --
02/2017: Being Super #2 of 4 -- 14,662 (- 31.8%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: Being Super #3 of 4 -- 13,003 (- 11.3%)
---
162 - BATMAN '66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN '77 (Digital-First) ($3.99)
04/2016: UNCLE #5 of 6 -- 11,187 (- 6.3%)
05/2016: UNCLE #6 of 6 -- 11,060 (- 1.1%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Avengers #1 of 6 -- 13,921 (+ 25.9%)
08/2016: Avengers #2 of 6 -- 11,079 (- 20.4%)
09/2016: Avengers #3 of 6 -- 10,082 (- 9.0%)
10/2016: Avengers #4 of 6 -- 9,556 (- 5.2%)
11/2016: Avengers #5 of 6 -- 9,223 (- 3.5%)
12/2016: Avengers #6 of 6 -- 8,675 (- 5.9%)
01/2017: Wonder Woman #1 of 6 -- 23,687 (+173.0%)
02/2017: Wonder Woman #2 of 6 -- 14,484 (- 38.9%)
03/2017: Wonder Woman #3 of 6 -- 13,277 (- 8.3%)
04/2017: Wonder Woman #4 of 6 -- 12,537 (- 5.6%)
----------------
6 months: + 31.2%
1 year : + 12.1%
---
163 - DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS (Digital First) ($4.99)
04/2016: Bombshells #11 -- 18,859 (- 4.8%)
05/2016: Bombshells #12 -- 18,512 (- 1.8%)
05/2016: Bombshells #13 -- 18,046 (- 2.5%)
06/2016: Bombshells #14 -- 18,492 (+ 2.5%)
07/2016: Bombshells #15 -- 17,956 (- 2.9%)
08/2016: Bombshells #16 -- 17,623 (- 1.9%)
09/2016: Bombshells #17 -- 16,685 (- 5.3%)
10/2016: Bombshells #18 -- 16,042 (- 3.9%)
11/2016: Bombshells #19 -- 15,452 (- 3.7%)
12/2016: Bombshells #20 -- 14,428 (- 6.6%)
01/2017: Bombshells #21 -- 13,748 (- 4.7%)
02/2017: Bombshells #22 -- 13,204 (- 4.0%)
03/2017: Bombshells #23 -- 12,794 (- 3.1%)
03/2017: Bombshells #24 -- 12,525 (- 2.1%)
04/2017: Bombshells #25 -- 12,499 (- 0.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.1%
1 year : - 33.7%
Extra-sized and -priced issue. Ending with #33, but there's some kind of relaunch in the works.
---
174 - MOTHER PANIC (Young Animal) ($3.99)
11/2016: Mother Panic #1 -- 45,089
12/2016: Mother Panic #2 -- 20,506 (- 54.5%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Mother Panic #3 -- 16,261 (- 20.7%)
03/2017: Mother Panic #4 -- 14,327 (- 11.9%)
03/2017: Mother Panic #5 -- 12,339 (- 13.9%)
04/2017: Mother Panic #6 -- 11,140 (- 9.7%)
---
177 - CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE (Young Animal) ($3.99)
10/2016: Cave Carson #1 -- 38,724
11/2016: Cave Carson #2 -- 22,106 (- 42.9%)
12/2016: Cave Carson #3 -- 16,755 (- 24.2%)
01/2017: Cave Carson #4 -- 14,183 (- 15.4%)
02/2017: Cave Carson #5 -- 12,388 (- 12.7%)
03/2017: Cave Carson #6 -- 11,558 (- 6.7%)
04/2017: Cave Carson #7 -- 10,873 (- 5.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 71.9%
---
181, 186 - INJUSTICE: GROUND ZERO (Digital-First) ($2.99)
04/2013: Injustice #4 -- 21,669 [26,739]
04/2014: Injustice Y2 #4 -- 20,310
04/2015: --
-----------------------------------
04/2016: Injustice Y5 #7 -- 13,823 (+ 1.6%)
04/2016: Injustice Y5 #8 -- 13,560 (- 1.9%)
05/2016: Injustice Y5 #9 -- 13,539 (- 0.2%)
05/2016: Injustice Y5 #10 -- 13,332 (- 1.5%)
06/2016: Injustice Y5 #11 -- 13,682 (+ 2.6%)
06/2016: Injustice Y5 #12 -- 13,318 (- 2.7%)
07/2016: Injustice Y5 #13 -- 13,590 (+ 2.0%)
07/2016: Injustice Y5 #14 -- 13,418 (- 1.3%)
08/2016: Injustice Y5 #15 -- 13,258 (- 1.2%)
08/2016: Injustice Y5 #16 -- 12,914 (- 2.6%)
09/2016: Injustice Y5 #17 -- 12,782 (- 1.0%)
09/2016: Injustice Y5 #18 -- 12,740 (- 0.3%)
10/2016: Injustice Y5 #19 -- 12,262 (- 3.8%)
10/2016: Injustice Y5 #20 -- 12,313 (+ 0.4%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: Ground Zero #1 -- 17,513 (+ 42.2%)
12/2016: Ground Zero #2 -- 13,406 (- 23.5%)
01/2017: Ground Zero #3 -- 11,980 (- 10.6%)
01/2017: Ground Zero #4 -- 11,927 (- 0.4%)
02/2017: Ground Zero #5 -- 11,043 (- 7.4%)
02/2017: Ground Zero #6 -- 11,110 (+ 0.6%)
03/2017: Ground Zero #7 -- 10,920 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: Ground Zero #8 -- 10,670 (- 2.3%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #9 -- 10,669 (- 0.0%)
04/2017: Ground Zero #10 -- 10,466 (- 1.9%)
----------------
6 months: - 14.0%
1 year : - 22.8%
2 years : n.a.
---
184 - THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM ($2.99)
04/2012: Captain Atom #8 -- 13,001
----------------------------------------
01/2017: F&R Capt Atom #1 of 6 -- 18,728 (+ 34.4%)
02/2017: F&R Capt Atom #2 of 6 -- 12,671 (- 32.3%)
03/2017: F&R Capt Atom #3 of 6 -- 11,659 (- 8.0%)
04/2017: F&R Capt Atom #4 of 6 -- 10,644 (- 8.7%)
-----------------
5 years : - 18.1%
---
195 - SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL (Young Animal) ($3.99)
10/2016: Shade #1 -- 35,289
11/2016: Shade #2 -- 21,479 (- 39.1%)
12/2016: Shade #3 -- 15,837 (- 26.3%)
01/2017: Shade #4 -- 13,536 (- 14.5%)
02/2017: Shade #5 -- 11,670 (- 13.8%)
03/2017: Shade #6 -- 10,612 (- 9.1%)
04/2017: Shade #7 -- 9,827 (- 7.4%)
----------------
6 months: - 72.2%
---
199 - THE ODYSSEY OF THE AMAZONS ($3.99)
01/2017: Odyssey Amazons #1 of 6 -- 21,811
02/2017: Odyssey Amazons #2 of 6 -- 14,334 (- 34.3%)
03/2017: Odyssey Amazons #3 of 6 -- 11,013 (- 23.2%)
04/2017: Odyssey Amazons #4 of 6 -- 9,573 (- 13.1%)
---
201 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
04/2007: Dark Age 2 #3 -- 22,727
04/2012: --
04/2013: --
04/2014: Astro City #11 -- 13,909
04/2015: Astro City #22 -- 11,359
----------------------------------
04/2016: Astro City #34 -- 10,120 (- 0.0%)
05/2016: Astro City #35 -- 9,996 (- 1.2%)
06/2016: Astro City #36 -- 9,960 (- 0.4%)
07/2016: Astro City #37 -- 9,953 (- 0.1%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: Astro City #38 -- 9,963 (- 0.9%)
09/2016: Astro City #39 -- 9,621 (- 2.5%)
10/2016: Astro City #40 -- 9,568 (- 0.6%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: --
01/2017: --
02/2017: Astro City #41 -- 10,066 (+ 5.2%)
03/2017: Astro City #42 -- 9,481 (- 5.8%)
04/2017: Astro City #43 -- 9,309 (- 1.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 2.7%
1 year : - 8.0%
2 years : - 18.0%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: - 59.0%
The top Vertigo series for April.
---
202 - THE FLINTSTONES ($3.99)
07/2016: Flintstones #1 -- 43,996
08/2016: Flintstones #2 -- 19,612 (- 55.4%)
09/2016: Flintstones #3 -- 14,910 (- 24.0%)
10/2016: Flintstones #4 -- 12,740 (- 14.6%)
11/2016: Flintstones #5 -- 11,552 (- 9.3%)
12/2016: Flintstones #6 -- 10,617 (- 8.1%)
01/2017: Flintstones #7 -- 10,099 (- 4.9%)
02/2017: Flintstones #8 -- 9,551 (- 5.4%)
03/2017: Flintstones #9 -- 9,213 (- 3.5%)
04/2017: Flintstones #10 -- 8,994 (- 2.4%)
----------------
6 months: - 29.4%
---
210 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
04/2007: Teen Titans Go! #42 -- 9,050
04/2014: Teen Titans Go! #3 -- 8,185
04/2015: Teen Titans Go! #9 -- 8,395
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04/2016: Teen Titans Go! #15 -- 9,210 (+ 0.7%)
05/2016: --
06/2016: Teen Titans Go! #16 -- 9,324 (+ 1.2%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: Teen Titans Go! #17 -- 9,636 (+ 3.3%)
09/2016: --
10/2016: Teen Titans Go! #18 -- 9,506 (- 1.3%)
11/2016: --
12/2016: Teen Titans Go! #19 -- 8,748 (- 8.0%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Teen Titans Go! #20 -- 8,601 (- 1.7%)
03/2017: --
04/2017: Teen Titans Go! #21 -- 8,410 (- 2.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.5%
1 year : - 8.7%
2 years : + 0.2%
10 years: - 7.1%
---
218 - GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99)
04/2015: --
-------------------------------------
04/2016: Gotham Academy #17 -- 12,743 (- 4.6%)
05/2016: Gotham Academy #18 -- 12,410 (- 2.6%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: --
09/2016: Second Semester #1 -- 21,765 (+ 75.4%)
10/2016: Second Semester #2 -- 13,856 (- 36.3%)
11/2016: Second Semester #3 -- 12,304 (- 11.2%)
12/2016: Second Semester #4 -- 9,751 (- 20.7%)
01/2017: Second Semester #5 -- 9,453 (- 3.1%)
02/2017: Second Semester #6 -- 8,624 (- 8.8%)
03/2017: Second Semester #7 -- 8,131 (- 5.7%)
04/2017: Second Semester #8 -- 7,624 (- 6.2%)
----------------
6 months: - 45.0%
1 year : - 40.2%
2 years : n.a.
Ending with issue #12.
---
228 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
04/2014: --
04/2015: --
-----------------------------------------
04/2016: --
05/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16 -- 8,400 (+ 3.8%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #17 -- 7,892 (- 6.0%)
08/2016: --
09/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #18 -- 7,913 (+ 0.3%)
10/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #19 -- 7,467 (- 5.6%)
11/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #20 -- 7,708 (+ 3.2%)
12/2016: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #21 -- 14,270 (+ 85.1%)
01/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #22 -- 6,521 (- 54.3%)
02/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #23 -- 5,959 (- 8.6%)
03/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #24 -- 6,316 (+ 6.0%)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #25 -- 6,940 (+ 9.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 7.1%
1 Year : n.a.
2 Years : n.a.
Teaming up with Green Lantern & Green Arrow.
---
231 - SUPER POWERS (All-Ages) ($2.99)
11/2016: Super Powers #1 of 6 -- 22,282
12/2016: Super Powers #2 of 6 -- 10,094 (- 54.7%)
01/2017: Super Powers #3 of 6 -- 8,313 (- 17.6%)
02/2017: Super Powers #4 of 6 -- 7,770 (- 6.5%)
03/2017: Super Powers #5 of 6 -- 7,136 (- 8.2%)
04/2017: Super Powers #6 of 6 -- 6,874 (- 3.7%)
Well *I* enjoyed it, even if the rest of you didn't bother.
---
235 - LUCIFER (Vertigo) ($3.99)
04/2016: Lucifer #5 -- 11,049 (- 3.5%)
05/2016: Lucifer #6 -- 10,701 (- 3.1%)
06/2016: Lucifer #7 -- 10,382 (- 3.0%)
07/2016: Lucifer #8 -- 9,968 (- 4.0%)
08/2016: Lucifer #9 -- 9,554 (- 4.2%)
09/2016: Lucifer #10 -- 8,891 (- 6.9%)
10/2016: Lucifer #11 -- 8,507 (- 4.3%)
11/2016: Lucifer #12 -- 8,133 (- 4.4%)
12/2016: Lucifer #13 -- 7,739 (- 4.8%)
01/2017: Lucifer #14 -- 7,442 (- 3.8%)
02/2017: Lucifer #15 -- 7,120 (- 4.3%)
03/2017: Lucifer #16 -- 6,917 (- 2.9%)
04/2017: Lucifer #17 -- 6,703 (- 3.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 21.2%
1 year : - 39.3%
Ending with issue #19. I shouldn't think that DC won't publish any
kind of
Lucifer comic while the television show is still airing; maybe a
digital first offering that ties in with the TV continuity is on the
way?
---
239 - SAVAGE THINGS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
03/2017: Savage Things #1 of 8 -- 10,568
04/2017: Savage Things #2 of 8 -- 6,507 (- 38.4%)
An expected second issue drop, but when you debut at just 10.5K, you
need to do better than expected to keep your head above water.
---
270 - EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES (Vertigo) ($3.99)
04/2007: Fables #60 -- 26,048
04/2012: Fables #116 -- 17,543
04/2013: Fables #128 -- 15,606
04/2014: --
04/2015: --
--------------------------------
09/2016: Everafter #1 -- 11,421 (- 19.4%)
10/2016: Everafter #2 -- 8,414 (- 26.3%)
11/2016: Everafter #3 -- 7,182 (- 14.6%)
12/2016: Everafter #4 -- 6,192 (- 13.8%)
01/2017: Everafter #5 -- 5,877 (- 5.1%)
02/2017: Everafter #6 -- 5,399 (- 8.1%)
03/2017: Everafter #7 -- 5,819 (+ 7.8%)
04/2017: Everafter #8 -- 5,067 (- 12.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 39.8%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 71.1%
10 years: - 80.5%
Final issue is #12. This only chance that
Everafter had for
continuing would have been robust trade collection sales, and apparently
those didn't materialize.
---
282 - CLEAN ROOM (Vertigo) ($3.99)
04/2016: Clean Room #7 -- 6,518 (- 4.6%)
05/2016: Clean Room #8 -- 6,394 (- 1.9%)
06/2016: Clean Room #9 -- 6,335 (- 0.9%)
07/2016: Clean Room #10 -- 6,069 (- 4.2%)
08/2016: Clean Room #11 -- 5,906 (- 2.7%)
09/2016: --
10/2016: Clean Room #12 -- 5,807 (- 1.7%)
11/2016: Clean Room #13 -- 5,658 (- 2.6%)
12/2016: Clean Room #14 -- 5,312 (- 6.1%)
12/2016: Clean Room #15 -- 5,107 (- 3.9%)
01/2017: --
02/2017: Clean Room #16 -- 4,741 (- 7.2%)
03/2017: Clean Room #17 -- ????? (< 4,812)
04/2017: Clean Room #18 -- 4,608 ( ???%)
-----------------
6 months: - 20.6%
1 year : - 29.3%
Pops its head back above water for the final issue.
---
291 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
04/2007: Scooby-Doo #119 -- 4,373
04/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #20 -- 4,752
04/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #32 -- 4,688
04/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #44 -- 4,650
04/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #56 -- ?????
-----------------------------------------------
04/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #68 -- 4,892 (- 1.0%)
05/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #69 -- 5,040 (+ 3.0%)
06/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #70 -- ????? (< 5,596)
07/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #71 -- 5,254
08/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #72 -- ????? (< 5,497)
09/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #73 -- 5,214
10/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #74 -- 4,972 (- 4.6%)
11/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #75 -- 4,920 (- 1.0%)
12/2016: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #76 -- 4,805 (- 2.3%)
01/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #77 -- 4,557 (- 5.2%)
02/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,362 (- 4.3%)
03/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #79 -- ????? (< 4,812)
04/2017: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #78 -- 4,416 (- ???%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.2%
1 year : - 9.7%
2 years : ????%
5 years : - 7.1%
10 years: + 1.0%
---
+300 - UNFOLLOW (Vertigo) ($3.99)
04/2016: Unfollow #6 -- 4,815 (- 6.5%)
05/2016: Unfollow #7 -- ????? (< 4,986)
06/2016: Unfollow #8 -- ????? (< 5,596)
07/2016: Unfollow #9 -- ????? (< 5,069)
08/2016: Unfollow #10 -- ????? (< 5,497)
09/2016: Unfollow #11 -- ????? (< 4,239)
10/2016: Unfollow #12 -- ????? (< 4,931)
11/2016: Unfollow #13 -- ????? (< 4,799)
12/2016: Unfollow #14 -- ????? (< 3,954)
01/2017: Unfollow #15 -- ????? (< 3,971)
02/2017: Unfollow #16 -- ????? (< 4,044)
03/2017: Unfollow #17 -- ????? (< 4,812)
04/2017: Unfollow #18 -- ????? (< 4,244)
-----------------
6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
Final issue.
---
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
04/2007: 39,134
04/2012: 31,319
04/2013: 29,914
04/2014: 29,202 **
04/2015: 38,318 **
---------------
04/2016: 23,187 (+ 2.5%) **
05/2016: 24,532 (+ 5.8%) **
06/2016: 48,770 (+ 98.8%) **
07/2016: 63,656 (+ 30.5%) **
08/2016: 67,257 (+ 5.7%) **
09/2016: 51,379 (- 23.6%) **
10/2016: 41,277 (- 19.7%) **
11/2016: 36,894 (- 10.6%) **
12/2016: 35,265 (- 4.4%) **
01/2017: 34,011 (- 3.6%) **
02/2017: 32,473 (- 4.5%) **
03/2017: 30,466 (- 6.2%) **
04/2017: 32,870 (+ 7.9%) **
-----------------
6 months: - 20.4%
1 year : + 41.8%
2 years : - 14.2%
5 years : + 5.0%
10 years: - 16.0%
DC UNIVERSE
04/2007: 52,768
04/2012: 35,264
04/2013: 31,426
04/2014: 36,447
04/2015: 49,845
---------------
04/2016: 30,003 (+ 4.8%)
05/2016: 29,927 (- 0.3%)
06/2016: 65,876 (+120.1%)
07/2016: 90,237 (+ 37.0%)
08/2016: 87,905 (- 2.6%)
09/2016: 64,037 (- 27.2%)
10/2016: 54,470 (- 14.9%)
11/2016: 45,659 (- 16.2%)
12/2016: 45,125 (- 1.2%)
01/2017: 40,979 (- 9.2%)
02/2017: 40,430 (- 1.3%)
03/2017: 39,458 (- 2.4%)
04/2017: 41,600 (+ 5.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 23.6%
1 year : + 38.7%
2 years : - 16.5%
5 years : + 18.0%
10 years: - 21.2%
WILDSTORM
04/2007: 13,609
---------------
02/2017: 54,442
03/2017: 37,818 (- 30.5%)
04/2017: 30,595 (- 19.1%)
-----------------
10 years: +124.8%
VERTIGO & YOUNG ANIMAL
04/2007: 12,105
04/2012: 11,595
04/2013: 11,467
04/2014: 11,214
04/2015: 7,257 **
---------------
04/2016: 5,649 (- 6.5%) **
05/2016: 5,734 (+ 1.5%) **
06/2016: 6,073 (+ 5.9%) **
07/2016: 6,328 (+ 4.2%) **
08/2016: 5,639 (- 10.9%) **
09/2016: 16,825 (+198.4%) **
10/2016: 14,526 (- 13.7%) **
11/2016: 14,623 (+ 0.7%) **
12/2016: 9,177 (- 37.2%) **
01/2017: 10,652 (+ 16.1%) **
02/2017: 8,434 (- 20.8%) **
03/2017: 10,102 (+ 19.8%) **
04/2017: 8,994 (- 11.0%) **
-----------------
6 months: - 38.1%
1 year : + 59.2%
2 years : + 23.9%
5 years : - 22.4%
10 years: - 25.7%
Without Young Animal, the Vertigo average for the month would be 6,025.
---
DC COMICS - TOTAL SALES
04/2007: 2,974,168
04/2012: 2,254,960
04/2013: 1,974,333
04/2014: 2,073,308 **
04/2015: 3,333,697 **
------------------
04/2016: 1,808,582 (+ 6.6%) **
05/2016: 1,815,352 (+ 0.4%) **
06/2016: 3,267,574 (+ 80.0%) **
07/2016: 4,010,332 (+ 22.7%) **
08/2016: 4,977,036 (+ 24.1%) **
09/2016: 3,802,051 (- 23.6%) **
10/2016: 3,508,534 (- 7.7%) **
11/2016: 3,025,276 (- 13.8%) **
12/2016: 2,926,973 (- 3.2%) **
01/2017: 2,856,889 (- 2.4%) **
02/2017: 2,662,746 (- 6.8%) **
03/2017: 2,711,448 (+ 1.8%) **
04/2017: 2,465,239 (- 9.1%) **
-----------------
6 months: - 29.7%
1 year : + 36.3%
2 years : - 26.1%
5 years : + 9.3%
10 years: - 17.1%
Total sales are down in April, but that's mainly because DC published
fourteen fewer titles than they did in March (75 vs. 89). Average sales
across the lines were up more than 2K.
---
6 month comparisons
===================
+ 51.4% - Flash
+ 31.2% - Batman 66 Meets...
+ 23.9% - Batman
- 2.7% - Astro City
- 7.1% - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
- 11.2% - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- 11.5% - Teen Titans Go!
- 14.0% - Injustice
- 19.6% - Superman
- 19.9% - Action Comics
- 20.6% - Clean Room
- 21.2% - Lucifer
- 22.1% - DC Comics Bombshells
- 25.6% - Detective Comics
- 29.4% - The Flintstones
- 29.9% - Titans
- 30.0% - Hal Jordan & GLC
- 30.7% - Scooby Apocalypse
- 31.4% - Wonder Woman
- 33.2% - Green Lanterns
- 33.4% - Justice League
- 35.5% - Aquaman
- 36.6% - Harley Quinn
- 37.0% - Green Arrow
- 37.1% - Red Hood & Outlaws
- 38.9% - Everafter
- 39.6% - Nightwing
- 40.9% - Batgirl
- 42.5% - All Star Batman
- 43.1% - The Hellblazer
- 43.3% - Suicide Squad
- 45.0% - Gotham Academy
- 46.2% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
- 47.5% - Deathstroke
- 48.6% - Trinity
- 49.5% - Teen Titans
- 52.6% - Supergirl
- 53.5% - New Super-Man
- 56.0% - Superwoman
- 62.8% - Batman Beyond
- 63.3% - Blue Beetle
- 64.6% - Cyborg
- 71.9% - Cave Carson
- 72.2% - Shade, the Changing Girl
1 year comparisons
===================
+225.1% - Flash
+103.7% - Titans (Titans Hunt)
+ 76.6% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC Edge)
+ 74.1% - Suicide Squad (New Suicide Squad)
+ 64.0% - Teen Titans
+ 55.5% - Batman
+ 50.8% - Wonder Woman
+ 42.2% - Green Arrow
+ 40.8% - Nightwing
+ 37.5% - Superman
+ 37.3% - Batman Beyond
+ 35.9% - Action Comics
+ 34.1% - Detective Comics
+ 34.0% - Red Hood & Outlaws (Red Hood/Arsenal)
+ 28.2% - Aquaman
+ 17.6% - The Hellblazer (Constantine the Hellblazer)
+ 3.1% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern)
- 5.1% - Deathstroke
- 8.0% - Astro City
- 10.4% - Cyborg
- 16.7% - Batgirl
- 18.2% - Justice League
- 22.6% - Harley Quinn
- 29.3% - Clean Room
- 39.3% - Lucifer
- 40.2% - Gotham Academy
2 year comparisons
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+ 2.4% - Batman
+ 0.2% - Teen Titans Go!
- 1.2% - Wonder Woman
- 2.6% - Superman
- 18.0% - Astro City
- 29.3% - Justice League
- 42.6% - Harley Quinn
5 year comparisons
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+102.8% - Hellblazer
+ 79.5% - Flash
+ 26.4% - Suicide Squad
+ 25.2% - Deathstroke
+ 16.4% - Batman
+ 9.7% - Green Arrow
+ 2.5% - Batman Beyond
- 7.1% - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- 10.9% - Wonder Woman
- 11.7% - Blue Beetle
- 18.1% - Captain Atom
- 18.8% - Superman
- 19.4% - Batwoman
- 24.9% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey)
- 27.9% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC)
- 29.0% - Teen Titans
- 30.5% - Red Hood & Outlaws
- 33.9% - Detective Comics
- 37.5% - Nightwing
- 50.3% - Action Comics
- 50.7% - Batgirl
- 54.4% - Aquaman
- 56.3% - Justice League
- 61.6% - Green Lanterns (Green Lantern)
- 71.8% - Everafter (Fables)
10 year comparisons
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+143.4% - Flash
+ 60.8% - Aquaman
+ 45.4% - Hellblazer
+ 21.3% - Nightwing
+ 2.9% - Detective Comics
+ 2.4% - Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (GLC)
+ 1.0% - Scooby-Doo
- 1.8% - Green Arrow
- 6.0% - Superman
- 21.9% - Blue Beetle
- 24.0% - Batgirl & Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey)
- 24.4% - Wonder Woman
- 29.7% - Action Comics
- 40.9% - Teen Titans
- 53.9% - Supergirl
- 59.0% - Astro City
- 67.3% - Justice League of America
- 80.5% - Everafter (Fables)
Sales Indices
DCU: Average: 41,297. Median: 35,056. No.: 53. Total: 2,188,739
5.3 - Batman (21)
4.2 - Flash (21)
2.3 - Batman (20)
1.6 - All Star Batman
1.4 - Justice League (18)
1.4 - Detective Comics (954)
1.4 - Detective Comics (955)
1.4 - Justice League (19)
1.3 - Batman/The Shadow
1.3 - Flash (20)
1.3 - Superman (20)
1.2 - Superman (21)
1.1 - Justice League of America (4)
1.1 - Justice League of America (5)
1.1 - Wonder Woman (20)
1.1 - Wonder Woman (21)
1.1 - Super Sons
1.1 - Action Comics (977)
1.0 - Action Comics (978)
1.0 - Harley Quinn (17)
1.0 - Suicide Squad (16)
1.0 - Harley Quinn (18)
1.0 - Suicide Squad (15)
1.0 - Titans
0.9 - Nightwing (18)
0.9 - Trinity
0.9 - Batwoman
0.8 - Teen Titans
0.8 - Hal Jordan & GLC (18)
0.8 - Green Lanterns (20)
0.8 - Hal Jordan & GLC (19)
0.8 - Green Lanterns (21)
0.7 - Green Arrow (20)
0.7 - Green Arrow (21)
0.7 - Aquaman (20)
0.7 - Aquaman (21)
0.6 - Red Hood & Outlaws
0.6 - Batman Beyond
0.6 - Batgirl
0.6 - Supergirl
0.6 - Deathstroke (16)
0.6 - Deathstroke (17)
0.5 - Batgirl & Birds of Prey
0.5 - The Hellblazer
0.4 - Superwoman
0.4 - New Super-Man
0.3 - Dark Knight III Collectors Edition
0.3 - Kamandi Challenge
0.3 - Cyborg
0.3 - Blue Beetle
0.3 - Supergirl Being Super
0.3 - Fall & Rise of Captain Atom
0.2 - Odyssey of the Amazons
0.2 - Gotham Academy Second Semester
Wildstorm: Average: 30,595. Median: 30,595. No.: 1. Total: 30,595
1.0 - The Wild Storm
Vertigo & Young Animal: Average: 8,994**. Median: 8,006**. No.: 10. Total: 89,942**
2.4 - Doom Patrol
1.2 - Mother Panic
1.2 - Cave Carson
1.1 - Shade the Changing Girl
1.0 - Astro City
0.7 - Lucifer
0.7 - Savage Things
0.6 - Everafter
0.5 - Clean Room
0.4 - Unfollow **
Digital First & Other: Average: 9,830. Median: 9,730. No.: 10. Total: 98,297
1.7 - Scooby Apocalypse
1.3 - Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77
1.3 - DC Comics Bombshells
1.1 - Injustice Ground Zero (9)
1.1 - Injustice Ground Zero (10)
0.9 - The Flintstones
0.9 - Teen Titans Go!
0.7 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.7 - Super Powers
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
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The Fine Print (Disclaimers, et cetera)
The numbers above are estimates for comic-book sales in the North
American direct market, as calculated by ICv2.com according to the chart
and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.
ICv2.com's estimates are somewhat lower than the actual numbers, but
they are consistent from month to month, so the trends they show are
fairly accurate. Since it's a "month-to-month" column, the comments,
unless otherwise noted, are on the most recent month.
Bear in mind that the figures measure sales of physical comics to
retailers, not customers. Also, these numbers do not include sales to
bookstores, newsstands, other mass-market retail chains or the United
Kingdom. Re-orders are included, so long as they either reached stores
in a book's initial calendar month of release or were strong enough to
make the chart again in a subsequent month; or they show up in the
year-end Top 1000. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include
incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily
even intended to be sold to a customer.
If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a
book's initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number
of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. "[36,599]").
Likewise, any lower numbers due to returns or other factors returns will
also be reflected in the brackets. Should more than one issue have
shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term
comparisons, the average between them will be used.
Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted
down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported
numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it's a
different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown
that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.
Titles released under the All-Ages line and magazines, such as Mad,
mostly sell through channels other than the direct market, so
direct-market sales don't tell us much about their performance. For most
Vertigo titles, collection sales tend to be a significant factor, so
the numbers for those books should be taken with a grain of salt as
well.
Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.
Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and
enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series
then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales
figures say.
** Two asterisks after a given month in the average charts mean that
one or more periodical release did not make the Top 300 chart in that
month. In those cases, it's assumed that said releases sold as many
units as the No. 300 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes
of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not
necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at
The Comics Beat, The International Organization for Standardization, 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
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