by Kate Reynolds
One of the stranger trends this month is the release of several comics based on 80’s and 90’s cult properties. The best of these, Jem and the Holograms (written by Kelley Thompson with art by Sophie Campbell) ranked in the top ten indie comics this month, and number seventy-seven on the total list. For those interested in male-led cult properties, check out Bill and Ted’s Most Triumphant Return from Boom! and Miami Vice from IDW.
This month 144 titles hit the top 300 list, which is a bit up from last month’s total of 138. Without the near ludacris sales of Orphan Black #1, sales dropped 12.5%. Overall there were 1,723,032 sales in March compared to 1,969,396 in February. This brings the average number of comics sold to 11,966 which is also down from last month’s average of 14,271. Considering the Loot Crate aided numbers of February, March still seems to be holding its own.
In terms of individual publishers, Image is in the lead with a 11.39% retail market share and a 12.98% unit market share. IDW manages to snag second place this month with a 6.51% retail market share and a 5.16% unit market share while Dark Horse rounds up third place with a 3.90% retail market share and a 3.07% unit market share. Boom! Studios manages to win out over Dynamite Entertainment this month with 2.41% retail market share and a 2.44% unit market share. Dynamite Entertainment only had a 2.37% retail market share and a 1.99% unit market share.
UK and European Sales from Diamond UK are not represented in this chart.
Thanks to icv2.com and Milton Grepp for permission to use these numbers, which are estimates only.
13 & 15.) The Walking Dead #138 & #139; (Image)
10/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #133 (MR) 69,561 (-78.7%)
11/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #134 (MR) 68,093 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #135 (MR) 67,361 (-1.1%)
1/1/2015 WALKING DEAD #136 (MR) 66,097 (-1.9%)
2/1/2015 WALKING DEAD #137 (MR) 65,620 (-0.7%)
3/1/2015 WALKING DEAD #138 (MR) 66,778 (+1.8%)
3/1/2015 WALKING DEAD #139 (MR) 67,349 (+0.9%)
The Walking Dead regains its rightful place at the top of the indie chart this month. It even had a nice little bump to celebrate.
17.) Descender #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 DESCENDER #1 (MR) 61,910
Is it any surprise that this book, written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen, has a stellar debut? I’m more interested in what the second issue brings us.
21.)Saga #26 (Image)
6/1/2014 Saga #20 (MR) 56,497 (+1.9%)
7/1/2014 Saga #21 (MR) 55,893 (-1.1%)
8/1/2014 Saga #22 (MR) 55,803 (-0.2%)
9/1/2014 Saga #23 (MR) 56,162 (+.6%)
10/1/2014 Saga #24 (MR) 55,534 (-1.1%)
2/1/2015 Saga #25 (MR) 55,972 (+0.8%)
3/1/2015 Saga #26 (MR) 54,892 (-1.9%)
Standard attrition as this story arc gets in the swing of things.
36.) Chrononauts #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 CHRONONAUTS #1 (MR) 43,272
This time-travelling bromance nabs the second largest debut for the month. Mark Millar and Sean Murphy should be proud.
51.) Outcast #7 (Image)
6/1/2014 OUTCAST #1 71,788
7/1/2014 OUTCAST #2 55,126 (-23.2%)
8/1/2014 OUTCAST #3 46,717 (-15.2%)
9/1/2014 OUTCAST #4 45,401 (-2.8%)
11/1/2014 OUTCAST #5 39,967 (-12.0%)
12/1/2014 OUTCAST #6 36,354 (-9.0%)
3/1/2015 OUTCAST #7 38,077 (+4.7%)
The title sees a nice jump this month.
53.)Wytches #5 (Image)
WYTCHES #1 (MR) 67,996
WYTCHES #2 (MR) 58,345 (-14.2%)
WYTCHES #3 (MR) 43,240 (-25.9%)
WYTCHES #4 (MR) 41,827 (-3.3%)
WYTCHES #5 (MR) 37,182 (-11.1%)
Still looking for this title to find its pattern. The next issue is the finale of the first arc, so we’ll see what that tells us next month.
67.) Spawn Resurrection #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 SPAWN RESURRECTION #1 29,787
A sizeable debut after the recently celebrated Spawn #250. We’ll see how future numbers reflect the new creative team on the scene.
68.) Southern Cross #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 SOUTHERN CROSS #1 29,658
As long as the second issue drop is on the lower side, this sci-fi mystery lands on solid ground.
77.) Jem and the Holograms #1 (IDW)
3/1/2015 JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #1 29,015
This is a strong debut for a comic based on an 80’s cartoon. Kelley Thompson’s enthusiastic
writing and Sophie Campbell’s art definitely don’t hurt.
82.) Nameless #2 (Image)
2/1/2015 NAMELESS #1 (MR) 43,785
3/1/2015 NAMELESS #2 (MR) 27,364 (-37.5%)
This is definitely on the high-end of second issue drops. This appears to be becoming more normal for some of Image’s larger debuts.
92.)Black Science #12 (Image)
4/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #6 (MR) 24,892 (-2.3%)
7/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #7 (MR) 28,147 (+13.1%)
9/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #8 (MR) 22,429 (-20.3%)
10/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #9 (MR) 21,639 (-3.5%)
10/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #10 (MR) 21,125 (-2.4%)
12/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #11 (MR) 19,688 (-6.8%)
3/1/2015 BLACK SCIENCE #12 (MR) 26,112 (+32.8%)
The second year of Black Science brings about a horde of new readers.
97.) Ninjak #1 (Valiant)
3/1/2015 NINJAK #1 24,351
Pretty strong debut for a Valiant title.
102.)East of West #18 (Image)
3/1/2013 East Of West #10 28,853 (-3.4%)
4/1/2014 East Of West #11 28,090 (-2.6%)
6/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #12 27,056 (-3.7%)
7/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #13 26,531 (-1.9%)
7/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #14 26,361 (-0.6%)
9/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #15 25,593 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #16 35,920 (+40.3%)
2/1/2015 EAST OF WEST #17 23,482 (-12.4%)
3/1/2015 EAST OF WEST #18 23,080 (-1.7%)
Settling back down into normal patterns.
103.)Invisible Republic #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #1 (MR) 22,974
A mid-sized debut for a relatively new creative team.
106.)Red One #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 RED ONE #1 (MR) 22,486
This is just another of several Image debuts in this readership range. Second issues should tell us which are hits and which are misses.
108.) The Surface #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 SURFACE #1 (MR) 21,742
Yay, another mid-sized debut for a niche science fiction comic.
112.) The Wicked and the Divine #9 (Image)
6/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #1 (MR) 42,948
7/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #2 (MR) 27,962 (-34.9%)
8/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #3 (MR) 27,208 (-2.7%)
9/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #4 (MR) 25,668 (-5.7%)
10/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #5 (MR) 25,424 (-1.0%)
12/1/2014 WICKED & DIVINE #6 (MR) 22,159 (-12.2%)
1/1/2015 WICKED & DIVINE #7 (MR) 20,893 (-5.7%)
2/1/2015 WICKED & DIVINE #8 (MR) 20,515 (-1.8%)
3/1/2015 WICKED & DIVINE #9 (MR) 20,360 (-0.8%)
This title also seems to be settling into its second story arc.
113 & 130.)My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #28 & #29 (IDW)
6/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #20 20,711 (-9.2%)
7/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #21 20,871 (+0.8%)
8/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #22 21,642 (+3.7%)
9/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #23 19,491 (-9.9%)
10/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #24 20,762 (+6.5%)
11/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #25 26,619 (+28.2%)
12/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #26 17,454 (-34.4%)
1/1/2015 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #27 18,128 (+3.9%)
3/1/2015 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #28 20,236 (+11.1%)
3/1/2015 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #29 16,726 (-17.3%)
These numbers would make a good rollercoaster.
132.)Big Man Plans #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 BIG MAN PLANS #1 (MR) 16,371
We’ll see how these plans pan out in the future.
134.) Autumnlands Tooth and Claw #5 (Image)
11/1/2014 TOOTH & CLAW #1 41,181
12/1/2014 AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #2 33,272 (-19.2%)
1/1/2015 AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #3 20,173 (-39.4%)
2/1/2015 AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #4 17,700 (-12.3%)
3/1/2015 AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #5 16,054 (-9.3%)
This title has finally opened its parachute and it’s starting to seriously slow down.
136.)Frankenstein Underground #1 (Dark Horse)
3/1/2015 FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND #1 15,915
Mike Mignola’s take on Frankenstein draws in a niche audience. We’ve had quite a bit of Frankenstein stories in the past few years, so we’re nearing over-saturation.
138.)Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #13
11/1/2014 BTVS SEASON 10 #9 17,067 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 BTVS SEASON 10 #10 16,448 (-3.6%)
1/1/2015 BTVS SEASON 10 #11 16,493 (+0.3%)
2/1/2015 BTVS SEASON 10 #12 15,840 (-4.0%)
3/1/2015 BTVS SEASON 10 #13 15,565 (-1.7%)
140.) Hellboy and the BPRD #4 1952 (Dark Horse)
12/1/2014 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD #11952 22,368
1/1/2015 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD #2 1952 16,725 (-25.2%)
2/1/2015 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD #3 1952 15,779 (-5.7%)
3/1/2015 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD #4 1952 15,416 (-2.3%)
Heading for extremely solid ground.
142.) Lady Mechanika #5 (Benitez Productions)
10/1/2010 Lady Mechanika #0 10,185
12/1/2010 Lady Mechanika #1 20,034 (+96.7%)
7/1/2011 Lady Mechanika #2 20,760 (+3.6%)
12/1/2011 Lady Mechanika #3 21,358 (+2.9%)
2/1/2015 Lady Mechanika #4 16,924 (-20.8%)
3/1/2015 Lady Mechanika #5 15,168 (-10.4%)
Not a bad drop when you consider this is only the second issue released in the past four years.
144 & 150.)>My Little Pony Friends Forever #14 & #15 (IDW)
10/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #10 16,587 (-1.3%)
11/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #11 15,630 (-5.8%)
12/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #12 15,202 (-2.7%)
1/1/2015 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #13 14,706 (-3.3%)
3/1/2015 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #14 14,883 (+1.2%)
3/1/2015 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #15 14,374 (-3.4%)
More standard attrition for the ponies.
146.)TMNT Ongoing #44 (IDW)
7/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #36 15,415 (+1.6%)
8/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #37 15,470 (+0.4%)
10/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #38 15,498 (+0.2%)
10/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #39 15,235 (-1.7%)
11/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #40 14,734 (-3.3%)
12/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #41 14,970 (+1.6%)
1/1/2015 TMNT ONGOING #42 14,286 (-4.6%)
2/1/2015 TMNT ONGOING #43 14,551 (+1.9%)
3/1/2015 TMNT ONGOING #44 14,604 (+0.4%)
This title is just absolutely determined not to dip below 14k.
149.) Rat Queens #9 (Image)
9/1/2013 Rat Queens #1 21,745
10/1/2013 Rat Queens #2 12,335 (-43.3%)
11/1/2013 Rat Queens #3 11,967 (-3.0%)
1/1/2014 Rat Queens #4 11,553 (-3.5%)
2/1/2014 Rat Queens #5 11,121 (-3.7%)
5/1/2014 Rat Queens #6 11,476 (+3.2%)
7/1/2014 Rat Queens #7 12,903 (+12.4%)
10/1/2014 RAT QUEENS #8 14,726 (+14.1%)
3/1/2015 RAT QUEENS #9 14,425 (-2.0%)
We’re starting to see some minor attrition start again.
152.) Manhattan Projects Sun Beyond the Stars #1 (Image)
3/1/2015 MANHATTAN PROJECTS SUN BEYOND THE STARS #1 14,221
The initial Manhattan Projects debuted to 17,955 readers in 2012. Three years later, that -20.8% drop in readers feels like a standard second issue drop. This series has managed to hold strong, a testament to the quality.
153.) Hellbreak #1 (Oni Press)
3/1/2015 HELLBREAK #1 (MR) 14,068
To help sell this new title, Oni Press sold it at $1.00 for the first issue. As a fan of Cullen Bunn, I think this would have sold well without the discount. That said, it’s been a long time since I last saw an Oni Press title make the top 300 list.
<strong160.) Doctor Who 10th #8 (Titan)
7/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #1 39,707
8/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #2 10,410 (-73.8%)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #3 14,608 (-40.30)%
11/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #4 14,296 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #5 13,743 (-3.9%)
1/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #6 13,703 (-0.3%)
2/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #7 13,296 (-3.0%)
3/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #8 13,301 (0.00%)
Breaking even is never bad!
162 & 173.) Doctor Who 11th #9 & #10 (Titan)
8/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #1 41,068
9/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #2 15,947 (-61.2)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 14,854 (-6.9%)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #4 13,411 (-9.7%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #5 13,477 (+0.5%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #6 14,538 (+7.9%)
1/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #7 15,614 (+7.4%)
2/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #8 13,135 (-15.9%)
3/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #9 12,279 (-6.5%)
3/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #10 11,622 (-5.4%)
This title isn’t hasn’t managed to hit the same holding pattern the 10th Doctor has.
164.) Wayward #6 (Image)
8/1/2014 WAYWARD #1 (MR) 29,240
9/1/2014 WAYWARD #2 (MR) 15,053 (-48.5%)
10/1/2014 WAYWARD #3 (MR) 10,795 (-28.3%)
11/1/2014 WAYWARD #4 (MR) 10,318 (-2.3%)
12/1/2014 WAYWARD #5 (MR) 10,009 (-3.0%)
3/1/2015 WAYWARD #6 (MR) 12,247 (+22.4%)
New story arc, new interest, new readers.
165 & 176.) Star Trek Planet of the Apes #3 & #4 (IDW)
12/1/2014 STAR TREK PLANET OF THE APES #1 17,307
1/1/2015 STAR TREK PLANET OF THE APES #2 13,460 (-22.2%)
3/1/2015 STAR TREK PLANET OF THE APES #3 11,960 (-11.1%)
3/1/2015 STAR TREK PLANET OF THE APES #4 11,410 (-4.6%)
Picture perfect.
<strong167.) >PS Black Cross #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
3/1/2015 PS BLACKCROSS #1 11,891
Any debut over 10k readers is something to be celebrated.
171.)Doctor Who 12th #6 (Titan)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 33,891
11/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 15,277 (-54.9%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #3 14,144 (-7.4%)
1/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #4 13,214 (-6.6%)
2/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #5 12,140 (-8.1%)
3/1/2015 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #6 11,643 (-4.1%)
The 12th doctor’s numbers aren’t quite as high as the others.
174.) Conan Red Sonja #3 (Dark Horse)
1/1/2015 CONAN RED SONJA #1 15,398
2/1/2015 CONAN RED SONJA #2 12,073 (-21.6%)
3/1/2015 CONAN RED SONJA #3 11,523 (-4.6%)
Incredibly quick cooldown.
190.)Red Sonja #15 (Dynamite Entertainment)
6/1/2014 RED SONJA #10 11,685 (-1.4%)
8/1/2014 RED SONJA #11 11,298 (-3.4%)
9/1/2014 RED SONJA #12 11,431 (+1.3)
11/1/2014 RED SONJA #13 10,600 (-7.3%)
1/1/2015 RED SONJA #14 10,542 (-0.5%)
3/1/2015 RED SONJA #15 10,685 (+1.4%)
Refusing to dip below 10k.
181.) Orphan Black #2 (IDW)
2/1/2015 ORPHAN BLACK #1 497,002
3/1/2015 ORPHAN BLACK #2 10,652 (-97.9%)
Well, this shows us exactly how much impact Loot Crate can have on a comic title.
182.) Transformers #39 Opening War Salvo (IDW)
10/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS #34 9,418 (-12.9%)
11/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS #35 9,354 (-0.7%)
11/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS #35 9,354 0.00%
12/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS #36 8,964 (-4.2%)
1/1/2015 TRANSFORMERS #37 8,686 (-3.1%)
3/1/2015 TRANSFORMERS #38 8,623 (-0.7%)
3/1/2015 TRANSFORMERS #39 10,644 (+23.7%)
The beginning of the Opening War Salvo arc has brought in some new readers.
183.)Pastaways #1 (Dark Horse)
3/1/2015 PASTAWAYS #1 $3.99 DAR 10,625
This new series from Matt Kindt draws in a middling debut, thought not too bad for Dark Horse
.
184.)Bill and Ted's Most Triumphant Return #1 (Boom! Studios)
3/1/2015 BILL & TED MOST TRIUMPHANT RETURN #1 10,396
I wouldn’t call this triumphant, but it’s not too bad.
185.)Angel and Faith Season 10 #12 (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #5 11,957 (-4.1%)
9/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #6 11,593 (-3.5%)
10/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #7 11,457 (-1.2%)
11/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #8 11,129 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #9 10,946 (-1.6%)
1/1/2015 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #10 11,029 (+0.7%)
2/1/2015 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #11 10,397 (-5.7%)
3/1/2015 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #12 10,296 (-1.0%)
Angel and Faith have been around for 10 seasons, and over ten thousand people are still interested. Just let that sink in.
186.) Spread #6 (Image)
7/1/2014 SPREAD #1 (MR) 21,150
8/1/2014 SPREAD #2 (MR) 15,244 (-27.9%)
9/1/2014 SPREAD #3 (MR) 15,691 (+2.9%)
11/1/2014 SPREAD #4 (MR) 13,288 (-15.3%)
1/1/2015 SPREAD #5 (MR) 11,115 (-16.4%)
3/1/2015 SPREAD #6 (MR) 10,203 (-8.2%)
This appears to be settling in for the long haul.
188.)Transformers Windblade Combiner Wars #1 (IDW)
3/1/2015 TRANSFORMERS WINDBLADE COMBINER WARS #1 10,154
The previous Windblade series debuted to 9,855 readers. So, interest appears to have grown in the lady transformer.
189.) Rumble #4 (Image)
12/1/2014 RUMBLE #1 (MR) 22,527
1/1/2015 RUMBLE #2 (MR) 14,580 (-35.3%)
2/1/2015 RUMBLE #3 (MR) 11,084 (-24.0%)
3/1/2015 RUMBLE #4 (MR) 10,138 (-8.5%)
Nearing stabilization.
191.) Chew #47 (Image)
2/1/2014 CHEW #40 (MR) 11,193 (-2.6%)
4/1/2014 CHEW #41 (MR) 10,835 (-3.2%)
6/1/2014 CHEW #42 (MR) 10,981 (-1.3%)
9/1/2014 CHEW #43 (MR) 10,777 (-1.9%)
11/1/2014 CHEW #44 (MR) 10,526 (-2.3%)
12/1/2014 CHEW #45 (MR) 10,407 (-1.1%)
2/1/2015 CHEW #46 (MR) 15,073 (+44.8%)
3/1/2015 CHEW #47 (MR) 9,785 (-35.1%)
Back to normal business as usual.
192.) Adventure Time #38 (Boom! Studios)
7/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #30 14,487 (+5.1%)
8/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #31 14,099 (-2.7%)
10/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #32 12,632 (-10.4%)
10/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #33 11,929 (-5.6%)
12/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #34 11,442 (-4.1%)
12/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #35 11,138 (-2.7%)
1/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME #36 10,170 (-8.7%)
2/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME #37 9,978 (-1.9%)
3/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME #38 9,763 (-2.2%)
While most of this has been attrition, the Adventure Time comic has taken a few big hits in the six months.
193.) Munchkin #3 (Boom! Studios)
1/1/2015 MUNCHKIN #1 16,234
2/1/2015 MUNCHKIN #2 10,382 (-36.0%)
3/1/2015 MUNCHKIN #3 9,702 (-6.5%)
After a slightly large second issue drop, it’s good to see Munchkin finding its footing this month.
195.)Lady Killer #3 (Dark Horse)
1/1/2015 LADY KILLER #1 8,431
2/1/2015 LADY KILLER #2 6,804 (-19.3%)
3/1/2015 LADY KILLER #3 9,594 (+41.0%)
It looks like word of mouth (my mouth included) has finally paid off big for Lady Killer. In case you were wondering, Lady Killer is about 1950’s housewives assassins and it is amazing.
196.) Divinity #2 (Valiant)
2/1/2015 DIVINITY #1 12,079
3/1/2015 DIVINITY #2 9,384 (-22.3%)
A low second issue drop.
197.) Star Trek Ongoing #43 (IDW)
11/1/2014 Star Trek ONGOING #38 10,150 (+2.6%)
12/1/2014 Star Trek ONGOING #39 9,931 (-2.2%)
1/1/2015 Star Trek ONGOING #40 9,819 (-1.1%)
2/1/2015 Star Trek ONGOING #41 9,632 (-1.9%)
2/1/2015 Star Trek ONGOING #42 9,138 (-5.1%)
3/1/2015 Star Trek ONGOING #43 9,383 (+2.7%)
A slight uptick this month.
198.) Casanova Acedia #2 (Image)
1/1/2015 CASANOVA ACEDIA #1 (MR) 16,780
3/1/2015 CASANOVA ACEDIA #2 (MR) 9,373 (-44.1%)
A rather large second issue drop.
200.) Ragnarok #4 (IDW)
7/1/2014 RAGNAROK #1 15,598
10/1/2014 RAGNAROK #2 12,941 (-17.0%)
12/1/2014 RAGNAROK #3 9,940 (-23.2%)
3/1/2015 RAGNAROK #4 9,347 (-6.0%)
201.) Big Trouble in Little China #9 (Boom! Studios)
6/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #1 24,160 --
7/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #2 14,838 (-38.6%)
8/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #3 14,076 (-5.1%)
9/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #4 13,370 (-5.0%)
10/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #5 12,598 (-5.8%)
11/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #6 11,483 (-8.9%)
12/1/2014 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #7 10,482 (-8.7%)
1/1/2015 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #8 9,699 (-7.4%)
3/1/2015 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #9 9,265 (-4.5%)
We’re officially nearing attrition level numbers again…if this holds steady for another month or so.
202.) They're Not Like Us #4 (Image)
12/1/2014 THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #1 (MR) 18,015
1/1/2015 THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #2 (MR) 10,028 (-44.3%)
2/1/2015 THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #3 (MR) 9,424 (-6.0%)
3/1/2015 THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #4 (MR) 9,255 (-1.8%)
This title got off to a rough start, but it looks like things are leveling off.
204.) Crossed Plus 100 #3 (Avatar)
12/1/2014 CROSSED PLUS 100 #1 (MR) 12,666
1/1/2015 CROSSED PLUS 100 #2 (MR) 10,440 (-17.6%)
3/1/2015 CROSSED PLUS 100 #3 (MR) 9,122 (-12.6%)
Still finding its way.
208.) TMNT Mutanimals #2 (IDW)
2/1/2015 TMNT MUTANIMALS #1 10,274
3/1/2015 TMNT MUTANIMALS #2 8,980 (-12.6%)
Smallest second issue drop on this list. It may not have started out very high, but it probably won’t go too much lower.
209.)Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #38 (IDW)
11/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #35 9,390 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #36 9,159 (-2.5%)
2/1/2015 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #37 9,138 (-0.2%)
3/1/2015 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #38 8,864 (-3.0%)
Only minor attrition for the Days of Deception story arc.
210.) The Valiant #4 (Valiant)
12/1/2014 THE VALIANT #1 21,364
1/1/2015 THE VALIANT #2 11,649 (-45.5%)
2/1/2015 THE VALIANT #3 9,870 (-15.3%)
3/1/2015 THE VALIANT #4 8,795 (-10.9%)
212.) Empty #2 (Image)
2/1/2015 EMPTY #1 11,623
3/1/2015 EMPTY #2 8,619 (-17.2%)
Not a bad second issue drop.
213.) X-Files Season 10 #21 (IDW)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #10 12,252 (-6.7%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #11 13,210 (+7.8%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #12 11,773 (-10.9%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #13 11,497 (-2.3%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #14 10,850 (-5.6%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #15 10,581 (-2.5%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #16 10,067 (-4.9%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #17 9,865 (-2.0%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #18 9,915 (+0.5%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #19 9,121 (-8.0%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #20 8,708 (-4.5%)
X-FILES SEASON 10 #21 8,598 (-1.3%)
In the past year the series has lost roughly four thousand readers (roughly a 29% drop).
214.) Postal #2 (Image)
2/1/2015 POSTAL #1 13,967
3/1/2015 POSTAL #2 8,464 (-39.4%)
Sizeable second issue drop, for an already low debut.
215.) Django Zorro #5 (Dynamite Entertainment)
11/1/2014 DJANGO ZORRO #1 15,468
12/1/2014 DJANGO ZORRO #2 11,001 (-28.9%)
2/1/2015 DJANGO ZORRO #3 9,659 (-12.1%)
2/1/2015 DJANGO ZORRO #4 9,212 (-4.6%)
3/1/2015 DJANGO ZORRO #5 8,454 (-8.2%)
This may be close to attrition for a Dynamite title, but it will still need to slow down to stay on the chart the rest of the year.
216.) Lumberjanes #12 (Boom! Studios)
4/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #1 13,129 --
5/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #2 9,904 (-24.6%)
6/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #3 9,150 (-7.6%)
7/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #4 9,988 (+9.2%)
9/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #5 10,099 (+1.1%)
9/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #6 10,029 (-0.7%)
10/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #7 9,999 (-.3%)
11/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #8 9,543 (-4.6%)
12/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #9 8,917 (-6.6%)
1/1/2015 LUMBERJANES #10 8,539 (-4.2%)
2/1/2015 LUMBERJANES #11 8,472 (-0.8%)
3/1/2015 LUMBERJANES #12 8,394 (-0.9%)
Minor attrition.
217.) Alex + Ada #13 (Image)
3/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #5 9,761 (-1.0%)
5/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #6 9,869 (+1.1%)
6/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #7 9,579 (-2.9%)
8/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #8 9,453 (-1.3%)
10/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #9 9,370 (-0.9%)
11/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #10 8,946 (-4.5%)
12/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #11 8,619 (-3.7%)
1/1/2015 ALEX + ADA #12 8,373 (-2.9%)
3/1/2015 ALEX + ADA #13 8,306 (-0.8%)
Viron minor attrition for the majority of this run so far.
218.) Supreme Blue Rose #8 (Image)
7/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #1 (MR) 26,100 --
8/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #2 (MR) 16,268 (-37.7%)
9/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #3 (MR) 13,603 (-16.38%)
10/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #4 (MR) 12,147 (-10.7%)
12/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #5 (MR) 9,783 (-19.5%)
1/1/2015 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #6 (MR) 8,893 (-9.1%)
3/1/2015 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #7 (MR) 8,256 (-7.2%)
219.)Conan the Avenger #12 (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #5 8,941 (-2.6%)
9/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #6 8,820 (-1.4%)
10/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #7 8,547 (-3.1%)
11/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #8 8,250 (-3.5%)
12/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #9 8,105 (-1.8%)
1/1/2015 CONAN THE AVENGER #10 8,024 (-1.0%)
2/1/2015 CONAN THE AVENGER #11 7,995 (-0.4%)
3/1/2015 CONAN THE AVENGER #12 7,978 (-0.2%)
More minor attrition to Conan. At least his muscles don’t atrophy according to readers numbers.
220.) Revival #28 (Image)
5/1/2014 REVIVAL #20 (MR) 10,341 (-0.4%)
6/1/2014 REVIVAL #21 (MR) 9,808 (-5.2%)
7/1/2014 REVIVAL #22 (MR) 9,931 (-1.9%)
8/1/2014 REVIVAL #23 (MR) 9,425 (-5.9%)
10/1/2014 REVIVAL #24 (MR) 9,019 (-4.7%)
11/1/2014 REVIVAL #25 (MR) 9,535 (+5.7%)
12/1/2014 REVIVAL #26 (MR) 8,696 (-8.8%)
1/1/2015 REVIVAL #27 (MR) 8,057 (-7.3%)
3/1/2015 REVIVAL #28 (MR) 7,913 (-1.8%)
This title just keep chugging along.
222.) Mouse Guard Vol. 3 #1 (Boom! Studios)
3/1/2015 MOUSE GUARD LEGENDS OF GUARD VOL 03 #1 7,869
Maybe the Mouse Guard story in the Boom! Free Comic Book Day offering will bring in more fans.
224.) Sonic The Hedgehog #270 (Archie Comics)
10/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #265 8,869 (-1.7%)
11/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #266 8,822 (-0.5%)
12/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #267 8,608 (-2.4%)
1/1/2015 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #268 8,383 (-2.6%)
2/1/2015 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #269 8,078 (-3.6%)
3/1/2015 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #270 7,798 (-3.5%)
This comic has over 250 issues. Nothing much is likely to chance in the numbers anytime soon.
225.) Sheltered #15 (Image)
4/1/2014 Sheltered #8 6,013 --
5/1/2014 Sheltered #9 6,047 (+0.6%)
7/1/2014 Sheltered #10 -- --
9/1/2014 Sheltered #11 -- --
10/1/2014 Sheltered #12 -- --
11/1/2014 Sheltered #13 -- --
2/1/2015 Sheltered #14 -- --
3/1/2015 Sheltered #15 7,794 --
It appears as if Sheltered has taken quite a leap in readership to jump back onto the chart.
226.) Secret Identities #2 (Image)
2/1/2015 SECRET IDENTITIES #1 24,848
3/1/2015 SECRET IDENTITIES #2 7,781 (-68.7%)
That’s a serious hit.
227.) Drifter #5 (Image)
11/1/2014 DRIFTER #1 (MR) 20,887
12/1/2014 DRIFTER #2 (MR) 10,443 (-50.0%)
1/1/2015 DRIFTER #3 (MR) 8,924 (-14.5%)
2/1/2015 DRIFTER #4 (MR) 8,111 (-9.1%)
3/1/2015 DRIFTER #5 (MR) 7,712 (-5.0%)
After a steep second issue dive it seems like Drifter has found its niche.
228.) Goon Once Upon a Hard Time (Dark Horse)
2/1/2015 GOON ONCE UPON A HARD TIME #1 9,602
3/1/2015 GOON ONCE UPON A HARD TIME #2 7,4
44 (-22.5%)
A low second issue drop.
229.) Adventure Time Marceline Gone Adrift #3 (Boom! Studios)
1/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME Marceline Gone Adrift #1 9,493
2/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME Marceline Gone Adrift #2 7,613 (-19.8%)
3/1/2015 ADVENTURE TIME Marceline Gone Adrift #3 7,419 (-2.5%)
Hopefully we’ll continue to see numbers like these for the rest of this mini-series.
231.) BPRD Hell on Earth #129 (Dark Horse)
6/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #120 8,127 (-2.2%)
7/2/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #121 8,092 (-0.4%)
8/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #122 8,004 (-1.1%)
9/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #123 7,762 (-3.0%)
10/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #124 7,759 0%
11/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #125 7,534 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #126 7,535 0%
1/1/2015 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #127 7,275 (-3.5%)
2/1/2015 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #128 7,341 (+0.9%)
3/1/2015 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #129 7,294 (-0.6%)
Minor attrition. Bound to happen with a comic this lengthy.
232.) X-O Manowar #34 (Valiant)
11/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #30 8,354 (-2.5%)
12/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #31 7,398 (-11.4%)
1/1/2015 X-O MANOWAR #32 7,042 (-4.8%)
2/1/2015 X-O MANOWAR #33 7,056 (+0.2%)
3/1/2015 X-O MANOWAR #34 7,265 (+2.9%)
This is one of Valiant’s longest running series that’s still regularly on the chart. Nice to see a tiny upswing.
233.) Fly Outbreak #1 (IDW)
3/1/2015 FLY OUTBREAK #1 7,206
A low debut.
234.) Imperium #2 (Valiant)
2/1/2015 IMPERIUM #1 12,028
3/1/2015 IMPERIUM #2 7,202 (-40.1%)
A giant-sized second issue drop at a time when this title really needed a small one.
236.) Thief of Thieves #27 (Image)
5/1/2014 THIEF OF THIEVES #21 (MR) 9,625 (-2.5%)
7/1/2014 THIEF OF THIEVES #22 (MR) 9,457 (-1.7%)
8/1/2014 THIEF OF THIEVES #23 (MR) 9,069 (-4.1%)
10/1/2014 THIEF OF THIEVES #24 (MR) 8,731 (-3.7%)
11/1/2014 THIEF OF THIEVES #25 (MR) 8,336 (-4.2%)
2/1/2015 THIEF OF THIEVES #26 (MR) 7,428 (-10.9%)
3/1/2015 THIEF OF THIEVES #27 (MR) 7,099 (-4.4%)
If this title manages to get back to attrition numbers, it should maintain its presence on the chart.
237.) Satellite Sam #9(Image)
7/1/2013 Satellite Sam #1 32452 --
8/1/2013 Satellite Sam #2 20,752 (-36.1%)
9/1/2013 Satellite Sam #3 16,909 (-18.5%)
10/1/2013 Satellite Sam #4 14,666 (-13.3%)
12/1/2013 Satellite Sam #5 13,060 (-11.0%)
2/1/2014 Satellite Sam #6 10,797 (-17.3%)
3/1/2014 Satellite Sam #7 10,210 (-5.4%)
5/1/2014 Satellite Sam #8 9,997 (-2.1%)
7/1/2014 Satellite Sam #9 9,271 (-7.3%)
9/1/2014 Satellite Sam #10 8,655 (-6.5%)
2/1/2015 Satellite Sam #11 7,211 (-16.7%)
3/1/2015 Satellite Sam #12 7,036 (-2.4%)
This title has had a few bumps in the road, but only a minor one this month.
238.) Escape from New York #4 (Boom! Studios)
12/1/2014 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #1 15,450
1/1/2015 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #2 9,221 (-40.3%)
2/1/2015 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #3 7,761 (-15.8%)
3/1/2015 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #4 7,007 (-9.7%)
This book is finally escaping some large drop.
239.) Tomb Raider #14 (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #6 10,149 (-3.7%)
8/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #7 9,429 (-7.1%)
9/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #8 9,125 (-3.2%)
10/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #9 8,748 (-4.1%)
11/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #10 8,153 (-6.8%)
12/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #11 7,730 (-5.2%)
1/1/2015 TOMB RAIDER #12 7,407 (-4.2%)
2/1/2015 TOMB RAIDER #13 7,160 (-3.3%)
3/1/2015 TOMB RAIDER #14 7,000 (-2.2%)
Still falling to attrition.
240.) Neverboy #1 (Dark Horse)
3/1/2015 NEVERBOY #1 $3.99 DAR 6,961
A low debut for this tale of an imaginary friend turned real (with the help of medication).
242.) Rat God #2 (Dark Horse)
2/1/2015 RAT GOD #1 8,744
3/1/2015 RAT GOD #2 6,928 (-20.8%)
A standard drop.
243.) Groo Friend and Foes #3 (Dark Horse)
1/1/2015 GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #1 8,446
2/1/2015 GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #2 6,986 (-17.3%)
3/1/2015 GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #3 6,807 (-2.6%)
A positive sign for this series.
245.) EI8GHT #2 (Dark Horse)
207 2/1/2015 EI8HT #1 8,663
245 3/1/2015 EI8HT #2 6,779 (-21.7%)
A low-end drop.
246.) Rachel Rising #32 (Abstract Studios)
4/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #25 7,378 --
6/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #26 7,260 (-1.6%)
8/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #27 7,319 (+.8%)
9/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #28 7,188 (-1.8%)
10/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #29 7,036 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #30 6,952 (-1.2%)
2/1/2015 RACHEL RISING #31 6,819 (-1.9%)
3/1/2015 RACHEL RISING #32 6,707 (-1.6%)
This comic still has life in it yet.
247.) Godzilla Rulers of the Earth #22(IDW)
8/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #15 7,156 (+0.2%)
9/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #16 7,181 (+0.3%)
10/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #17 7,167 (-0.2%)
11/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #18 7,065 (-1.4%)
12/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #19 6,964 (-1.4%)
1/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #20 6,588 (-5.4%)
3/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #21 6,694 (+1.6%)
3/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #22 6,447 (-3.7%)
More attrition at play.
248.) Lady Death Apocalypse #2 (Avatar)
2/1/2015 LADY DEATH APOCALYPSE #1 8,202
3/1/2015 LADY DEATH APOCALYPSE #2 6,674 (-18.6%)
Color me impressed, a second issue drop under twenty percent. One of few this month.
249.) New Vampirella #10 (Dynamite Entertainment)
>6/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #1 22,864
7/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #2 9,445 (-58.7%)
8/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #3 8,732 (-7.5%)
9/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #4 8,287 (-5.1%)
10/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #5 7,784 (-6.1%)
11/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #6 7,378 (-5.2%)
12/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #7 7,417 (+0.5%)
1/1/2015 NEW VAMPIRELLA #8 6,715 (-9.5%)
2/1/2015 NEW VAMPIRELLA #9 6,695 (-0.3%)
3/1/2015 NEW VAMPIRELLA #10 6,659 (-0.5%)
Is anyone else feeling like we’re drowning in Vampirella books? This is the third one on the list.
250.)Simpsons Comic #219 (Bongo)
6/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #212 6,619 (-3.6%)
7/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMIC #213 ???? ----
8/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #214 7,079 ----
10/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #215 6,818 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #216 6,758 (-0.8%)
1/1/2015 SIMPSONS COMICS #217 6,583 (-2.6%)
2/1/2015 SIMPSONS COMICS #218 6,905 (+4.9%)
3/1/2015 SIMPSONS COMICS #219 6,653 (-3.4%)
A bit of a flip from last month.
251.) Elfquest Final Quest #8 (Dark Horse)
1/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #1 9,861
3/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #2 8,390 (-14.9%)
5/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #3 7,967 (-5.0%)
7/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #4 7,622 (-3.7%)
9/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #5 7,364 (-3.4%)
11/1/2014 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #6 6,961 (-5.5%)
1/1/2015 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #7 6,710 (-3.6%)
3/1/2015 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #8 6,648 (-0.9%)
252.) GI Joe (2014) #6 (IDW)
9/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #1 16,848
10/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #2 9,708 (-42.4%)
11/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #3 8,602 (-11.4%)
12/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #4 8,282 (-3.7%)
2/1/2015 GI JOE (2014) #5 7,385 (-10.8%)
3/1/2015 GI JOE (2014) #6 6,578 (-10.9%)
253.) Giant Days #1 (Boom! Studios)
3/1/2015 GIANT DAYS #1 6,541
254.) GI Joe a Real American Hero #211 (IDW)
4/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #201 8,294 (-29.6%)
5/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #202 6,781 (-18.2%)
6/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #203 6,791 (+0.1%)
7/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #204 6,706 (-1.3%)
8/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #205 6,562 (-2.1%)
9/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #204 7,651 (+16.6%)
10/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #207 6,494 (-16.1%)
11/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #208 7,810 (+20.3%)
12/1/2014 Gi Joe Real American Hero #209 6,344 (-18.8%)
1/1/2015 Gi Joe Real American Hero #210 6,216 (-2.0%)
3/1/2015 Gi Joe Real American Hero #211 6,500 (+4.6%)
255.) Sonic Universe #74 (Archie Comics)
11/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #70 7,161 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #71 6,998 (-2.3%)
2/1/2015 SONIC UNIVERSE #72 6,741 (-3.7%)
2/1/2015 SONIC UNIVERSE #73 6,366 (-5.6%)
3/1/2015 SONIC UNIVERSE #74 6,456 (+1.4%)
256.) Red Sonja Vultures Circle #3 (Dynamite Entertainment)
1/1/2015 RED SONJA VULTURES CIRCLE #1 7,888
2/1/2015 RED SONJA VULTURES CIRCLE #2 6,650 (-15.7%)
3/1/2015 RED SONJA VULTURES CIRCLE #3 6,450 (-3.0%)
257.) Godzilla Rulers of the Earth #22 (IDW)
8/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #15 7,156 (+0.2%)
9/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #16 7,181 (+0.3%)
10/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #17 7,167 (-0.2%)
11/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #18 7,065 (-1.4%)
12/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #19 6,964 (-1.4%)
1/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #20 6,588 (-5.4%)
3/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #21 6,694 (+1.6%)
3/1/2015 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #22 6,447 (-3.7%)
258.) Sonic Boom (Archie Comics)
10/1/2014 SONIC BOOM #1 17,228
12/1/2014 SONIC BOOM #2 8,216 (-52.3)
1/1/2015 SONIC BOOM #3 7,474 (-9.0%)
1/1/2015 SONIC BOOM #4 6,957 (-6.9%)
3/1/2015 SONIC BOOM #5 6,442 (-7.4%)
259.)Ivar Timewalker #3 (Valiant)
1/1/2015 IVAR TIMEWALKER #1 15,784
2/1/2015 IVAR TIMEWALKER #2 6,667 (-57.8%)
3/1/2015 IVAR TIMEWALKER #3 6,409 (-3.9%)
260.)Abe Sapien #21 (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #15 7,244 (-3.0%)
9/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #16 7,143 (-1.4%)
10/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #17 6,998 (-2.0%)
12/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #18 6,652 (-4.9%)
1/1/2015 ABE SAPIEN #19 6,453 (-3.0%)
2/1/2015 ABE SAPIEN #20 6,381 (-1.1%)
3/1/2015 ABE SAPIEN #21 6,361 (-0.3%)
261.) Miami Vice Remix (IDW)
3/1/2015 MIAMI VICE REMIX #1 6,304
262.) Cowl #9 (Image)
5/1/2014 COWL #1 (MR) 20,851 --
6/1/2014 COWL #2 (MR) 13,569 (-34.9%)
7/1/2014 COWL #3 (MR) 11,604 (-14.5%)
8/1/2014 COWL #4 (MR) 10,893 (-6.1%)
9/1/2014 COWL #5 (MR) 9,852 (-9.6%)
11/1/2014 COWL #6 (MR) 8,208 (-16.7%)
12/1/2014 COWL #7 (MR) 7,343 (-10.5%)
2/1/2015 COWL #8 (MR) 6,747 (-8.1%)
3/1/2015 COWL #9 (MR) 6,276 (-7.0%)
263.) Millennium #2 (IDW)
1/1/2015 MILLENNIUM #1 8,505
3/1/2015 MILLENNIUM #2 6,273 (-26.2%)
265.) Edward Scissorhands #5 (IDW)
10/1/2014 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #1 13,533
11/1/2014 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #2 10,121 (-25.2%)
1/1/2015 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #3 7,823 (-22.7%)
2/1/2015 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #4 8,714 (+11.4%)
3/1/2015 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #5 6,135 (-29.6%)
266.) Legenderry Red Sonja #2 (Dynamite Entertainment)
2/1/2015 LEGENDERRY RED SONJA #1 8,854
3/1/2015 LEGENDERRY RED SONJA #2 6,084 (-31.2%)
268.) Big Con Job #1 (Boom! Studios)
3/1/2015 BIG CON JOB #1 6,039
269.) GI Joe Snake Eyes Agent of Cobra #3 (IDW)
1/1/2015 GI JOE SNAKE EYES AGENT OF COBRA #1 9,539
2/1/2015 GI JOE SNAKE EYES AGENT OF COBRA #2 6,451 (-32.4%)
3/1/2015 GI JOE SNAKE EYES AGENT OF COBRA #3 6,036 (-6.4%)
270.)Mega Man #47 (Archie Comics)
8/1/2014 MEGA MAN #40 6,924 (-4.7%)
10/1/2014 MEGA MAN #41 6,899 (-0.4%)
10/1/2014 MEGA MAN #42 6,946 (+0.7%)
11/1/2014 MEGA MAN #43 6,771 (-2.5%)
12/1/2014 MEGA MAN #44 6,531 (-3.5%)
2/1/2015 MEGA MAN #45 6,325 (-3.2%)
2/1/2015 MEGA MAN #46 5,987 (-5.3%)
3/1/2015 MEGA MAN #47 6,016 (+0.4%)
271.) War Stories #6 (Avatar Press)
10/1/2014 WAR STORIES #1 (MR) 9,487
10/1/2014 WAR STORIES #2 (MR) 6,723 (-29.1%)
12/1/2014 WAR STORIES #3 (MR) 6,865 (+2.1%)
1/1/2015 WAR STORIES #4 (MR) 6,575 (-4.2%)
2/1/2015 WAR STORIES #5 (MR) 6,252 (-4.9%)
3/1/2015 WAR STORIES #6 (MR) 5,982 (-4.3%)
272.) Witchblade #181 (Image)
10/1/2013 Witchblade #170 7,990 (+9.9%)
12/1/2013 Witchblade #171 7,263 (-9.1%)
1/1/2014 Witchblade #172 6,221 (-14.3%)
3/1/2014 Witchblade #173 6,109 (-1.8%)
4/1/2014 Witchblade #174 6,049 (-0.9%)
6/1/2014 Witchblade #175 7,843 (+29.7%)
7/1/2014 Witchblade #176 ???? ????
7/1/2014 Witchblade #177 ???? ????
10/1/2014 Witchblade #178 ???? ????
11/1/2014 Witchblade #179 6,041 ????
2/1/2015 Witchblade #180 5,985 (-0,9%)
3/1/2015 Witchblade #181 5,964 (+0.4%)
273.) Black Hood #2 (Archie Comics)
2/1/2015 BLACK HOOD #1 (MR) 10,386
3/1/2015 BLACK HOOD #2 (MR) 5,960 (-42.6%)
274.)TMNT New Animated Adventures #21 (IDW)
9/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #15 7,589 (+18.2%)
10/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #16 ???? ????
11/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #17 6,228 ????
12/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #18 6,084 (-2.1%)
1/1/2015 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #19 5,227 (-14.1%)
2/1/2015 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #20 6,049 (+15.7%)
3/1/2015 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #21 5,949 (-1.7%)
275.) Spongebob Comics #42 (Universal)
7/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #34 ???? ????
8/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #35 6,491 ????
9/1/2014 SPONgEBOB COMICS #36 6,405 (-1.3%)
10/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #37 6,417 0.00%
11/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #38 6,201 (-3.4%)
12/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #39 6,007 (-3.1%)
1/1/2015 SPONGEBOB COMICS #40 5,851 (-2.6%)
2/1/2015 SPONGEBOB COMICS #41 5,828 (-0.4%)
3/1/2015 SPONGEBOB COMICS #42 5,884 (+1.0%)
278.) Uber #23 (Avatar Press)
7/1/2014 UBER #15 (MR) 7,456 (-0.5%)
8/1/2014 UBER #16 (MR) 7,082 (-5.0%)
9/1/2014 UBER #17 (MR) 6,934 (-2.1%)
10/1/2014 UBER #18 (MR) 6,684 (-3.6%)
10/1/2014 UBER #19 (MR) 6,436 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 UBER #20 (MR) 6,303 (-2.1%)
1/1/2015 UBER #21 (MR) 5,858 (-7.0%)
2/1/2015 UBER #22 (MR) 5,915 (+1.0%)
3/1/2015 UBER #23 (MR) 5,747 (-2.8%)
279.) Stray Bullets Sunshine & Roses #2 (Image)
2/1/2015 STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #1 14,122
3/1/2015 STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #2 5,688 (-59.9%)
280.) Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #91 (Broadsword Comics)
3/1/2014 Tarot Witch of The Black Rose #85 6,075
5/1/2014 Tarot Witch of The Black Rose #86 6,078
8/1/2014 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #87 ????
10/1/2014 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #88 ????
11/1/2014 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #89 5,773
1/1/2015 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #90 5,593
3/1/2015 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #91 5,594
281.) Unity #16 (Valiant)
8/1/2014 UNITY #10 8,491 0%
9/1/2014 UNITY #11 7,602 (-10.5%)
11/1/2014 UNITY #12 6,508 (-14.4%)
12/1/2014 UNITY #13 6,066 (-6.8%)
1/1/2015 UNITY #14 5,722 (-5.7%)
2/1/2015 UNITY #15 5,636 (-2.4%)
3/1/2015 UNITY #16 5,548 (-1.6%)
282.) Shutter #10 (Image)
4/1/2014 SHUTTER #1 18,984
5/1/2014 SHUTTER #2 12,267 (-35.4%)
6/1/2014 SHUTTER #3 9,887 (-19.4%)
7/1/2014 SHUTTER #4 9,107 (-7.9%)
8/1/2014 SHUTTER #5 8,140 (-10.6%)
9/1/2014 SHUTTER #6 7,499 (-7.9%)
12/1/2014 SHUTTER #7 10,669 (+42.2%)
1/1/2015 SHUTTER #8 6,587 (-38.4%)
2/1/2015 SHUTTER #9 5,881 (-10.7%)
3/1/2015 SHUTTER #10 5,497 (-6.5%)
283.) Legenderry Vampirella #2 (Dynamite Entertainment)
2/1/2015 LEGENDERRY VAMPIRELLA #1 8,629
3/1/2015 LEGENDERRY VAMPIRELLA #2 5,489 (-36.3%)
284.) Samurai Jack #17 (IDW)
7/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #10 6,741 (-20.4%)
8/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #11 7,489 (+11.1%)
9/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #12 7,135 (-4.7%)
10/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #13 6,657 (-6.7%)
11/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #14 6,245 (-6.2%)
12/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #15 6,023 (-3.6%)
1/1/2015 SAMURAI JACK #16 5,510 (-8.5%)
3/1/2015 SAMURAI JACK #17 5,407 (-1.9%)
285.) God Hates Astronauts #6 (Image)
9/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #1 16,689
10/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #2 10,178 (-39.0%)
11/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #3 8,017 (-21.2%)
12/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #4 7,008 (-12.6%)
1/1/2015 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #5 6,071 (-13.4%)
3/1/2015 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #6 5,394 (-11.2%)
286.)Sons of Anarchy #19 (Boom! Studios)
6/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #10 (MR) 7,875 (-7.7%)
7/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #11 (MR) 7,394 (-5.9%)
8/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #12 (MR) 6,955 (-5.9%)
9/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #13 (MR) 6,506 (-6.5%)
10/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #14 (MR) 6,537 (0.00%)
11/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #15 (MR) 6,271 (-4.1%)
12/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #16 (MR) 5,930 (-5.4%)
1/1/2015 SONS OF ANARCHY #17 (MR) 5,626 (-5.1%)
2/1/2015 SONS OF ANARCHY #18 (MR) 5,485 (-2.5%)
3/1/2015 SONS OF ANARCHY #19 (MR) 5,355 (-2.4%)
287.) Little Nemo Return to SLumberland #4 (IDW)
8/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #1 11,883
10/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #2 8,130 (-31.6%)
12/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #3 6,320 (-22.3%)
3/1/2015 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #4 5,321 (-15.8%)
289.)Shaper #1 (Dark Horse)
289 3/1/2015 SHAPER #1 5,156
291.) Bart Simpson Comics #95 (Bongo)
1/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #88 5,020 (-3.7%)
3/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #89 4,940 (-1.6%)
5/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #90 ???? ????
7/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #91 ???? ????
9/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #92 ???? ????
11/1/2014 BART SIMPSON COMICS #93 5,220 ????
1/1/2015 BART SIMPSON COMICS #94 4,972 (-4.8%)
3/1/2015 BART SIMPSON COMICS #95 5,115 (+2.9%)
293.) GFT Grimm Fairy Tales #108 (Zenescope)
7/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #100 11,722 (+56.9%)
8/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #101 6,740 (-42.5%)
9/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #102 6,462 (-4.1%)
10/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #103 ???? ????
11/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 5,341 ????
12/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #105 5,166 (-3.3%)
1/1/2015 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #106 5,031 (-2.6%)
2/1/2015 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #107 4,996 (-0.7%)
3/1/2015 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #108 5,067 (+1.4%)
294.) Woods #11 (Boom! Studios)
5/1/2014 WOODS #1 13,916 --
6/1/2014 WOODS #2 9,352 (-32.8%)
7/1/2014 WOODS #3 8,852 (-5.3%)
8/1/3014 WOODS #4 8,272 (-6.6%)
9/1/2014 WOODS #5 7,649 (-7.5%)
10/1/2014 WOODS #6 7,103 (-7.1%)
11/1/2014 WOODS #7 6,554 (-7.7%)
12/1/2014 WOODS #8 6,067 -7.4%)
1/1/2015 WOODS #9 5,558 (-8.3%)
2/1/2015 WOODS #10 5,295 (-4.7%)
3/1/2015 WOODS #11 5,032 (-5.0%)
295.) Dungeons and Dragons Legends of Baldurs Gate #5 (IDW)
10/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #1 9,341
11/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #2 7,642 (-18.2%)
12/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #3 5,563 (-27.2%)
1/1/2015 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #4 4,602 (-17.3%)
3/1/2015 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #5 4,958 (+7.7%)
296.)GFT Wonderland #33 Well Dreams (Zenescope)
6/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #22 (MR) 5,261 (-1.0%)
7/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #25 (MR) 7,030 (+33.6%)
8/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #26 (MR) ???? ????
9/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #27 (MR) ???? ????
10/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #28 (MR) ???? ????
11/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #29 (MR) ???? ????
12/1/2014 GFT WONDERLAND #30 (MR) ???? ????
1/1/2015 GFT WONDERLAND #31 (MR) 4,475 ????
2/1/2015 GFT WONDERLAND #32 (MR) ???? ????
3/1/2015 GFT WONDERLAND #33 (MR) 4,941 ????
297.) Sidekick #10 (Image)
8/1/2013 Sidekick #1 27,832 --
9/1/2013 Sidekick #2 14,533 (-47.8%)
10/1/2013 Sidekick #3 11,371 (-21.8%)
11/1/2013 Sidekick #4 9,976 (-12.3%)
2/1/2014 Sidekick #5 8,943 (-10.3%)
4/1/2014 Sidekick #6 8,192 (-8.4%)
7/1/2014 Sidekick #7 6,900 (-15.8%)
9/1/2014 Sidekick #8 6,320 (-8.4%)
11/1/2014 SIDEKICK #9 5,382 (-14.8%)
3/1/2015 SIDEKICK #10 4,935 (-8.3%)
298.) October Faction #5 (IDW)
10/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #1 9,181
11/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #2 7,174 (-21.9%)
12/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #3 6,445 (-10.1%)
1/1/2015 OCTOBER FACTION #4 6,044 (-6.2%)
3/1/2015 OCTOBER FACTION #5 4,933 (-18.4%)
300.) Morning Glories #44 (Image)
4/1/2014 MORNING GLORIES #38 6,007 (-1.8%)
7/1/2014 MORNING GLORIES #39 ???? ????
9/1/2014 MORNING GLORIES #40 ???? ????
10/1/2014 MORNING GLORIES #41 ???? ????
11/1/2014 MORNING GLORIES #42 5,322 ????
2/1/2015 MORNING GLORIES #43 4,988 (-6.3%)
3/1/2015 MORNING GLORIES #44 4,917 (-1.4%)
by David Carter
Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at DC’s sales figures.
March 2015 was not a good sales month for DC in the North American direct market.
Average sales per title for the DCU books (28,559), Vertigo (7,055), and DC as a whole (23,466) were all the lowest they’ve been since the New 52 started back in September 2011.
Most of their sales problems were due to books that missed shipping in March, including their two top sellers, Batman and Justice League, and two other books that are in their top 30% (or so), Wonder Woman and Superman/Wonder Woman. A similar tune plays at the Vertigo label; with Sandman Overture MIA until May, the perpetually delayed American Vampire Second Cycle also not around, and Fables pretty much over (except for the oversized finale coming in July). That leaves Astro City as the regularly-shipping standard bearer for the imprint.
Things are exacerbated on the low end of the sales scales, with many low-selling DCU books shipping their final issues in May (including two low-selling issues of Infinity Man and the Forever People), and a whopping five Vertigo titles not making the Top 300 Diamond chart at all.
March 2015 marks the end of an era at DC: the (almost) end of the New 52 as both a label and a concept, along with the physical relocation of editorial from the east coast to the west. The ‘almost’ is because there are actually a good number of New 52 books coming in April, including the missed titles noted above, several Annuals, and the final issues of the three weekly series. I considered writing some sort of post-mortem for the New 52, but Heidi already beat me to it. You can read the numbers below and make up your own minds.
April starts the two month Convergence event/stunt/whatever, and I’m interested to see what happens with the sales numbers there. So tune in again about a month for now, as whatever happens probably won’t be dull!
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 over at Comichron!
Please consider the fine print at the end of the column. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com’s estimates can be found here.
(Note that the percentage comparisons are now 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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8 - BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (Digital-First) ($3.99)
03/2015: Batman Arkham Knight #1 -- 73,266
A big debut for a digital-first title, helped by the fact that it was included in an Arcade Block subscription box. There was also a GameStop exclusive cover, though it’s unclear whether that account was serviced by Diamond. So expect to see things come back down to reality next month, though if a number of those who received their copy in a sub box end up converting to readers that will be a swell move for DC (though it is more likely I’d think that they’d be converted to digital readers as opposed to print buyers).
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14 - HARLEY QUINN ($2.99)
03/2014: Harley Quinn #4 -- 63,120 (- 5.5%)
04/2014: Harley Quinn #5 -- 63,155 (+ 0.1%)
05/2014: Harley Quinn #6 -- 62,467 (- 1.1%)
06/2014: Harley Quinn #7 -- 93,266 (+ 49.3%)
07/2014: Harley Quinn #8 -- 76,827 (- 17.6%)
08/2014: Harley Quinn #9 -- 71,522 (- 6.9%)
08/2014: Harley Quinn #10 -- 58,500 (- 18.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 119,180 (+103.7%)
10/2014: Harley Quinn #11 -- 68,557 (- 42.5%)
11/2014: Harley Quinn #12 -- 71,245 (+ 3.9%)
12/2014: Harley Quinn #13 -- 68,102 (- 4.4%)
01/2015: Harley Quinn #14 -- 64,735 (- 4.9%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: Harley Quinn #15 -- 66,904 (+ 3.4%)
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6 months: - 43.9%
1 year : + 6.0%
Since #0: - 52.7%
Slipped from February, so this is the Harley Quinn variant cover issue of Harley Quinn.
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20 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99)
03/2005: Detective Comics #804 -- 39,388
03/2010: Detective Comics #863 -- 43,119
03/2011: Detective Comics #875 -- 40,047
03/2012: Detective Comics #7 -- 89,981
03/2013: Detective Comics #18 -- 76,237
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03/2014: Detective Comics #29 -- 55,486 (- 2.0%)
04/2014: Detective Comics #30 -- 56,149 (+ 1.2%)
05/2014: Detective Comics #31 -- 54,518 (- 2.9%)
06/2014: Detective Comics #32 -- 72,988 (+ 33.9%)
07/2014: Detective Comics #33 -- 62,856 (- 13.9%)
08/2014: Detective Comics #34 -- 58,812 (- 6.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 96,081 (+ 63.4%)
10/2014: Detective Comics #35 -- 57,385 (- 40.3%)
11/2014: Detective Comics #36 -- 58,171 (+ 1.4%)
12/2014: Detective Comics #37 -- 54,953 (- 5.5%)
01/2015: Detective Comics #38 -- 51,301 (- 6.6%)
02/2015: Detective Comics #39 -- 54,698 (+ 6.6%)
03/2015: Detective Comics #40 -- 56,126 (+ 2.6%)
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6 months: - 41.6%
1 year : + 1.2%
2 years : - 26.4%
5 years : + 30.2%
10 years: + 42.5%
Since #1: - 64.4%
The issue with the movie poster freely-orderable variant (The Matrix) sees another gain.
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22 - BATMAN AND ROBIN ($2.99)
03/2010: Batman and Robin #10 -- 85,292
03/2011: Batman and Robin #21 -- 59,818
03/2012: Batman and Robin #7 -- 68,010
03/2013: Batman and Robin #18 -- 69,614 [76,575]
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03/2014: and Aquaman #29 -- 43,295 (- 0.2%)
04/2014: and Wonder Woman #30 -- 44,832 (+ 3.6%)
05/2014: and Frankenstein #31 -- 42,150 (- 6.0%)
06/2014: and Ra's al Ghul #32 -- 56,311 (+ 33.6%)
07/2014: Batman and Robin #33 -- 56,269 (- 0.1%)
08/2014: Batman and Robin #34 -- 53,403 (- 5.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 83,783 (+ 56.9%)
10/2014: Batman and Robin #35 -- 54,616 (- 34.8%)
11/2014: Batman and Robin #36 -- 55,289 (+ 1.2%)
12/2014: Batman and Robin #37 -- 53,543 (- 3.2%)
01/2015: Batman and Robin #38 -- 50,993 (- 4.8%)
02/2015: Batman and Robin #39 -- 53,699 (+ 5.3%)
03/2015: Batman and Robin #40 -- 53,926 (+ 0.4%)
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6 months: - 35.6%
1 year : + 24.6%
2 years : - 29.6%
5 years : - 36.8%
Since #1: - 53.5%
Sees a small uptick for Movie Poster variant (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) and as the final issue.
(And by final issue I mean ‘final regular issue.’ There’s still an annual coming in April and two issues of Convergence with a Batman and Robin title. So here and any place below where I write ‘final issue’ replace it with the caveat that there may be annuals or Convergence issues still to come.)
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25 - SUPERMAN ($4.99)
03/2005: Superman #214 -- 100,943
03/2010: Superman #696 -- 31,940
03/2011: Superman #709 -- 39,846
03/2012: Superman #7 -- 66,588
03/2013: Superman #17 -- 49,666
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03/2014: Superman #29 -- 33,633 (- 1.9%)
04/2014: Superman #30 -- 37,316 (+ 11.0%)
05/2014: Superman #31 -- 40,534 (+ 8.6%)
06/2014: Superman #32 -- 89,140 (+155.4%) [103,508]
07/2014: Superman #33 -- 62,998 (- 39.1%)
08/2014: Superman #34 -- 56,568 (- 10.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,949 (+ 37.8%)
10/2014: Superman #35 -- 53,692 (- 31.1%)
11/2014: Superman #36 -- 52,272 (- 2.6%)
12/2014: Superman #37 -- 50,383 (- 3.6%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Superman #38 -- 48,987 (- 2.8%)
03/2015: Superman #39 -- 50,260 (+ 2.6%)
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6 months: - 35.5%
1 year : + 49.4%
2 years : + 26.1%
5 years : + 57.4%
10 years: - 50.2%
Since #1: - 66.5%
Still running behind, so this is the issue with the Harley Quinn variant.
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27 - THE MULTIVERSITY ($4.99)
08/2014: The Multiversity #1 -- 90,551
09/2014: SoS-H: CotC-W #1 -- 65,022 (- 28.2%)
10/2014: The Just #1 -- 53,301 (- 18.0%)
11/2014: Pax Americana #1 -- 51,490 (- 3.4%)
12/2014: Thunderworld #1 -- 47,714 (- 7.3%)
01/2015: Guidebook #1 -- 38,672 (- 19.0%)
02/2015: Mastermen #1 -- 50,091 (+ 29.5%)
03/2015: Ultra Comics #1 -- 48,938 (- 2.3%)
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6 months: - 24.7%
Since #1: - 46.0%
A bit of a drop of just over 1K copies.
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30, 32, 34, 33 - BATMAN ETERNAL ($2.99)
04/2014: Batman Eternal #1 -- 105,754 [110,916]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #2 -- 84,566 (- 20.2%) [ 88,468]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #3 -- 79,703 (- 4.8%) [ 84,183]
04/2014: Batman Eternal #4 -- 78,009 (- 1.7%) [ 82,743]
05/2014: Batman Eternal #5 -- 73,475 (- 11.2%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #6 -- 70,983 (- 3.4%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #7 -- 68,251 (- 3.8%)
05/2014: Batman Eternal #8 -- 68,523 (+ 0.4%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #9 -- 68,295 (- 0.3%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #10 -- 67,203 (- 1.6%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #11 -- 65,770 (- 2.1%)
06/2014: Batman Eternal #12 -- 65,374 (- 0.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #13 -- 63,828 (- 2.4%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #14 -- 63,138 (- 1.1%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #15 -- 62,137 (- 1.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #16 -- 61,149 (- 1.6%)
07/2014: Batman Eternal #17 -- 60,013 (- 1.9%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #18 -- 58,998 (- 1.7%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #19 -- 58,368 (- 1.1%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #20 -- 57,906 (- 0.8%)
08/2014: Batman Eternal #21 -- 57,525 (- 0.7%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #22 -- 56,793 (- 1.3%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #23 -- 56,152 (- 1.1%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #24 -- 56,002 (- 0.3%)
09/2014: Batman Eternal #25 -- 55,662 (- 0.6%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #26 -- 54,199 (- 2.6%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #27 -- 53,511 (- 1.3%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #28 -- 52,918 (- 1.1%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #29 -- 52,284 (- 1.2%)
10/2014: Batman Eternal #30 -- 52,438 (+ 0.3%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #31 -- 51,133 (- 2.5%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #32 -- 50,709 (- 0.8%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #33 -- 50,230 (- 0.9%)
11/2014: Batman Eternal #34 -- 49,748 (- 1.0%)
12/2014: Batman Eternal #35 -- 48,999 (- 1.5%)
12/2014: Batman Eternal #36 -- 48,683 (- 0.6%)
12/2014: Batman Eternal #37 -- 48,083 (- 1.2%)
12/2014: Batman Eternal #38 -- 48,035 (- 0.1%)
12/2014: Batman Eternal #39 -- 47,782 (- 0.5%)
01/2015: Batman Eternal #40 -- 46,832 (- 2.0%)
01/2015: Batman Eternal #41 -- 46,648 (- 0.4%)
01/2015: Batman Eternal #42 -- 46,516 (- 0.3%)
01/2015: Batman Eternal #43 -- 45,912 (- 1.3%)
02/2015: Batman Eternal #44 -- 45,391 (- 1.1%)
02/2015: Batman Eternal #45 -- 45,199 (- 0.4%)
02/2015: Batman Eternal #46 -- 44,763 (- 1.0%)
02/2015: Batman Eternal #47 -- 44,699 (- 0.1%)
03/2015: Batman Eternal #48 -- 44,505 (- 0.4%)
03/2015: Batman Eternal #49 -- 44,277 (- 0.5%)
03/2015: Batman Eternal #50 -- 43,982 (- 0.7%)
03/2015: Batman Eternal #51 -- 44,065 (+ 0.2%)
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6 months: - 21.3%
Since #1: - 60.3%
Well within the established parameters. Final issue in April, though it’s entirely likely that we’ll see another Batman weekly comic in the not-too-distant future.
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35 - BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99)
03/2005: --
03/2010: Superman/Batman #70 -- 32,196
03/2011: Superman/Batman #82 -- 28,913
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03/2014: --
04/2014: Batman/Superman #9 -- 56,223 (- 4.9%)
05/2014: Batman/Superman #10 -- 54,844 (- 4.9%)
05/2014: Batman/Superman #11 -- 53,504 (- 4.9%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Batman/Superman #12 -- 68,345 (+ 27.7%)
08/2014: Batman/Superman #13 -- 55,954 (- 18.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 87,339 (+ 56.1%)
10/2014: Batman/Superman #14 -- 52,270 (- 40.2%)
10/2014: Batman/Superman #15 -- 50,226 (- 3.9%)
11/2014: Batman/Superman #16 -- 48,581 (- 3.3%)
12/2014: Batman/Superman #17 -- 44,714 (- 8.0%)
01/2015: Batman/Superman #18 -- 41,750 (- 6.6%)
02/2015: Batman/Superman #19 -- 44,134 (+ 5.7%)
03/2015: Batman/Superman #20 -- 43,428 (- 1.6%)
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6 months: - 50.3%
1 year : n.a.
5 years : + 34.9%
10 years: n.a.
Since #1: - 71.3%
One of the Movie Poster variants (The Fugitive) that shows a bit of a decrease.
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37 - GREEN LANTERN ($2.99)
03/2005: --
03/2010: Green Lantern #52 -- 97,369
03/2011: Green Lantern #63 -- 75,632
03/2011: Green Lantern #64 -- 76,898
03/2012: Green Lantern #7 -- 90,232
03/2013: Green Lantern #18 -- 69,801
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03/2014: Green Lantern #29 -- 45,797 (- 11.2%)
04/2014: Green Lantern #30 -- 44,483 (- 2.9%)
05/2014: Green Lantern #31 -- 43,769 (- 1.6%)
06/2014: Green Lantern #32 -- 56,315 (+ 28.7%)
07/2014: Green Lantern #33 -- 47,279 (- 16.0%)
08/2014: Green Lantern #34 -- 43,846 (- 7.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,372 (+ 76.5%)
10/2014: Green Lantern #35 -- 45,893 (- 40.7%)
11/2014: Green Lantern #36 -- 46,157 (+ 0.6%)
12/2014: Green Lantern #37 -- 44,033 (- 4.6%)
01/2015: Green Lantern #38 -- 39,342 (- 10.7%)
02/2015: Green Lantern #39 -- 41,997 (+ 6.7%)
03/2015: Green Lantern #40 -- 42,334 (+ 0.8%)
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6 months: - 45.3%
1 year : - 7.6%
2 years : - 39.4%
5 years : - 56.5%
10 years: n.a.
Since #1: - 75.0%
The issue with the Move Poster variant (2001) shows an increase of a few hundred copies.
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38 - BATGIRL ($2.99)
03/2005: Batgirl #61 -- 28,750
03/2010: Batgirl #8 -- 30,886
03/2011: Batgirl #19 -- 24,043
03/2012: Batgirl #7 -- 50,791
03/2013: Batgirl #18 -- 51,677
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03/2014: Batgirl #29 -- 33,223 (- 3.9%)
04/2014: Batgirl #30 -- 32,698 (- 1.6%)
05/2014: Batgirl #31 -- 31,522 (- 3.6%)
06/2014: Batgirl #32 -- 47,304 (+ 50.1%)
07/2014: Batgirl #33 -- 37,186 (- 21.4%)
08/2014: Batgirl #34 -- 34,590 (- 7.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 67,933 (+ 96.4%)
10/2014: Batgirl #35 -- 62,644 (- 7.8%)
11/2014: Batgirl #36 -- 50,247 (- 19.8%)
12/2014: Batgirl #37 -- 45,060 (- 10.3%)
01/2015: Batgirl #38 -- 45,096 (+ 0.1%)
02/2015: Batgirl #39 -- 40,880 (- 9.3%)
03/2015: Batgirl #40 -- 41,729 (+ 2.1%)
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6 months: - 38.6%
1 year : + 25.6%
2 years : - 19.3%
5 years : + 35.1%
10 years: + 45.1%
Since #1: - 61.0%
Adds nearly 1000 copies for the issue with a Movie Poster variant (Purple Rain).
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39 - GRAYSON ($2.99)
03/2005: Nightwing #105 -- 38,958
03/2005: Nightwing #106 -- 38,772
03/2012: Nightwing #7 -- 50,489
03/2013: Nightwing #18 -- 48,223 [53,978]
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03/2014: Nightwing #29 -- 36,814 (- 0.3%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Nightwing #30 -- 43,923 (+ 19.3%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Grayson #1 -- 81,433 (+ 85.4%)
08/2014: Grayson #2 -- 56,486 (- 30.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 76,551 (+ 52.7%)
10/2014: Grayson #3 -- 52,849 (- 31.0%)
11/2014: Grayson #4 -- 47,590 (- 10.0%)
12/2014: Grayson #5 -- 42,611 (- 10.5%)
01/2015: Grayson #6 -- 38,505 (- 9.6%)
02/2015: Grayson #7 -- 41,164 (+ 6.9%)
03/2015: Grayson #8 -- 40,859 (- 0.7%)
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6 months: - 46.6%
1 year : + 11.0%
2 years : - 24.3%
10 years: + 5.1%
Since #1: - 49.8%
Grayson’s issue with the Movie Poster variant (Enter the Dragon) drops a few hundred copies.
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45, 61 - ENDGAME one-shots ($2.99)
03/2015: Detective Comics #1 -- 39,506
03/2015: Batgirl #1 -- 32,393
There were meant to be four of these in March, but the Arkham Manor and Gotham Academy ones slipped into April.
I suspect that these were supposed to give a boost by tying-in with the “Endgame” storyline running in the regular Batman title, but both of these game it at levels below the regular issues of the titles, meaning that those placing the orders saw these as not essential to either the “Endgame” story or the stories in the regular books. (Which is a shame because the story in Batgirl: Endgame was really good!)
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48 - FLASH ($2.99)
02/2005: Flash #220 -- 46,851 [48,659]
03/2010: --
03/2011: --
03/2012: Flash #7 -- 64,975
03/2013: Flash #18 -- 41,659
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03/2014: Flash #29 -- 33,241 (- 1.8%)
04/2014: Flash #30 -- 33,300 (+ 5.8%) [35,157]
05/2014: Flash #31 -- 34,240 (- 2.6%)
06/2014: Flash #32 -- 47,188 (+ 37.8%)
07/2014: Flash #33 -- 39,669 (- 15.9%)
08/2014: Flash #34 -- 37,109 (- 6.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 70,368 (+ 89.6%)
10/2014: Flash #35 -- 37,484 (- 46.7%)
11/2014: Flash #36 -- 38,145 (+ 1.8%)
12/2014: Flash #37 -- 37,026 (- 2.9%)
01/2015: Flash #38 -- 35,180 (- 5.0%)
02/2015: Flash #39 -- 43,635 (+ 24.0%)
03/2015: Flash #40 -- 38,382 (- 12.0%)
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6 months: - 45.5%
1 year : + 15.5%
2 years : - 7.9%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: - 21.1%
Since #1: - 74.0%
After last month’s conspicuously large rise, this month Flash sees an equally conspicuously large decline for its Movie Poster variant (North by Northwest).
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49 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99)
03/2005: Teen Titans #22 -- 67,780
03/2010: Teen Titans #81 -- 25,758
03/2011: Teen Titans #93 -- 24,957
03/2012: Teen Titans #7 -- 51,402
03/2013: Teen Titans #18 -- 42,055
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03/2014: Teen Titans #29 -- 25,969 (- 2.9%)
04/2014: Teen Titans #30 -- 25,709 (- 1.0%)
05/2014: --
06/2014: --
07/2014: Teen Titans #1 -- 52,358 (+103.7%)
08/2014: Teen Titans #2 -- 40,687 (- 22.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 62,915 (+ 54.6%)
10/2014: Teen Titans #3 -- 39,198 (- 37.7%)
11/2014: Teen Titans #4 -- 36,364 (- 7.2%)
12/2014: Teen Titans #5 -- 34,101 (- 6.2%)
01/2015: Teen Titans #6 -- 30,955 (- 9.2%)
02/2015: Teen Titans #7 -- 34,051 (+ 10.0%)
03/2015: Teen Titans #8 -- 38,363 (+ 12.7%)
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6 months: - 39.0%
1 year : + 47.7%
2 years : - 8.8%
5 years : + 48.9%
10 years: - 43.4%
Since #1: - 26.7%
Adds over 4K copies during its Movie Poster variant (The Lost Boys), which is much more than the other titles so there may be something else underlying the rise this month.
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50 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
03/2005: Action Comics #825 -- 40,877
03/2010: Action Comics #887 -- 29,460
03/2011: Action Comics #899 -- 31,808
03/2012: Action Comics #7 -- 91,822
03/2013: Action Comics #18 -- 61,879
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03/2014: Action Comics #29 -- 34,231 (- 3.0%)
04/2014: Action Comics #30 -- 37,809 (+ 10.5%)
05/2014: Action Comics #31 -- 41,081 (+ 8.7%)
06/2014: Action Comics #32 -- 55,400 (+ 34.9%)
07/2014: Action Comics #33 -- 49,457 (- 10.7%)
08/2014: Action Comics #34 -- 46,746 (- 5.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 74,497 (+ 59.4%)
10/2014: Action Comics #35 -- 45,152 (- 39.4%)
11/2014: Action Comics #36 -- 41,835 (- 7.3%)
12/2014: Action Comics #37 -- 39,168 (- 6.4%)
01/2015: Action Comics #38 -- 35,018 (- 10.6%)
02/2015: Action Comics #39 -- 38,070 (+ 8.7%)
03/2015: Action Comics #40 -- 38,216 (+ 0.4%)
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6 months: - 48.7%
1 year : + 11.6%
2 years : - 38.2%
5 years : + 29.7%
10 years: - 6.5%
Since #1: - 81.0%
Adds just a few copies for its Movie Poster variant (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure).
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60 - AQUAMAN ($2.99)
03/2005: Aquaman #28 -- 19,177
03/2012: Aquaman #6 -- 63,450
03/2013: Aquaman #18 -- 53,337
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03/2014: Aquaman #29 -- 33,907 (- 3.0%)
04/2014: Aquaman #30 -- 32,859 (- 3.1%)
05/2014: Aquaman #31 -- 32,076 (- 2.4%)
06/2014: Aquaman #32 -- 44,853 (+ 39.8%)
07/2014: Aquaman #33 -- 36,140 (- 19.4%)
08/2014: Aquaman #34 -- 33,380 (- 7.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 65,212 (+ 95.4%)
10/2014: Aquaman #35 -- 32,238 (- 50.6%)
11/2014: Aquaman #36 -- 32,838 (+ 1.9%)
12/2014: Aquaman #37 -- 31,198 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: Aquaman #38 -- 28,356 (- 9.1%)
02/2015: Aquaman #39 -- 32,162 (+ 13.4%)
03/2015: Aquaman #40 -- 32,404 (+ 0.8%)
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6 months: - 50.3%
1 year : - 4.4%
2 years : - 39.2%
10 years: + 69.0%
Since #1: - 70.1%
Adds just a couple hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (Free Willy).
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62 - JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED ($3.99)
04/2014: Justice League United #0 -- 68,431
05/2014: Justice League United #1 -- 64,209 (- 6.2%)
06/2014: Justice League United #2 -- 62,928 (- 2.0%)
07/2014: Justice League United #3 -- 47,919 (- 23.9%)
08/2014: Justice League United #4 -- 42,504 (- 11.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 72,839 (+ 71.4%)
10/2014: Justice League United #5 -- 38,066 (- 47.7%)
11/2014: Justice League United #6 -- 34,610 (- 9.1%)
12/2014: Justice League United #7 -- 31,904 (- 7.8%)
01/2015: Justice League United #8 -- 28,720 (- 10.0%)
02/2015: Justice League United #9 -- 31,932 (+ 11.2%)
03/2015: Justice League United #10 -- 31,722 (- 0.7%)
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6 months: - 56.4%
Since #0: - 53.6%
Loses just a couple hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (Mars Attacks).
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63 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
03/2012: Deathstroke #7 -- 19,744
03/2013: Deathstroke #18 -- 12,306
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10/2014: Deathstroke #1 -- 54,059 (+359.4%)
11/2014: Deathstroke #2 -- 36,356 (- 32.7%)
12/2014: Deathstroke #3 -- 34,010 (- 6.5%)
01/2015: Deathstroke #4 -- 33,011 (- 2.9%)
02/2015: Deathstroke #5 -- 32,863 (- 0.4%)
03/2015: Deathstroke #6 -- 31,666 (- 3.6%)
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2 years : +157.3%
Since #1: - 41.4%
A standard attrition-type drop, and still head-and-shoulders above the previous New 52 version of the title. (Deathstroke has variants, but not the freely-orderable kind.)
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65 - NEW SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
03/2012: Suicide Squad #7 -- 32,908
03/2013: Suicide Squad #18 -- 25,232
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03/2014: Suicide Squad #29 -- 22,162 (- 3.1%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Suicide Squad #30 -- 22,063 (- 0.4%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: New Suicide Squad #1 -- 49,260 (+123.3%)
08/2014: New Suicide Squad #2 -- 38,477 (- 21.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 73,599 (+ 91.3%)
10/2014: New Suicide Squad #3 -- 39,498 (- 46.3%)
11/2014: New Suicide Squad #4 -- 34,920 (- 11.6%)
12/2014: New Suicide Squad #5 -- 32,834 (- 6.0%)
01/2015: New Suicide Squad #6 -- 32,304 (- 1.6%)
02/2015: New Suicide Squad #7 -- 30,537 (- 5.5%)
03/2015: New Suicide Squad #8 -- 30,443 (- 0.3%)
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6 months: - 58.6%
1 year : + 37.4%
2 years : + 20.7%
Since #1: - 38.2%
Just a tiny drop of fewer than 100 copies.
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66, 69, 71, 74 - THE NEW 52 FUTURES END ($2.99)
05/2014: Futures End #0 -- ??????
05/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,867
05/2014: Futures End #2 -- 62,862 (- 19.3%)
05/2014: Futures End #3 -- 59,148 (- 5.9%)
05/2014: Futures End #4 -- 58,496 (- 1.1%)
06/2014: Futures End #5 -- 53,645 (- 8.3%)
06/2014: Futures End #6 -- 51,543 (- 3.9%)
06/2014: Futures End #7 -- 50,266 (- 2.5%)
06/2014: Futures End #8 -- 49,138 (- 2.2%)
07/2014: Futures End #9 -- 52,083 (+ 6.0%)
07/2014: Futures End #10 -- 46,001 (- 11.7%)
07/2014: Futures End #11 -- 45,222 (- 1.7%)
07/2014: Futures End #12 -- 43,228 (- 4.4%)
07/2014: Futures End #13 -- 42,803 (- 1.0%)
08/2014: Futures End #14 -- 41,185 (- 3.8%)
08/2014: Futures End #15 -- 40,541 (- 1.6%)
08/2014: Futures End #16 -- 40,077 (- 1.1%)
08/2014: Futures End #17 -- 39,750 (- 0.8%)
09/2014: Futures End #18 -- 38,778 (- 2.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #19 -- 38,377 (- 1.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #20 -- 37,990 (- 1.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #21 -- 37,861 (- 0.3%)
10/2014: Futures End #22 -- 36,468 (- 3.7%)
10/2014: Futures End #23 -- 36,120 (- 1.0%)
10/2014: Futures End #24 -- 35,937 (- 0.5%)
10/2014: Futures End #25 -- 35,585 (- 1.0%)
10/2014: Futures End #26 -- 35,452 (- 0.4%)
11/2014: Futures End #27 -- 34,692 (- 2.1%)
11/2014: Futures End #28 -- 34,601 (- 0.3%)
11/2014: Futures End #29 -- 34,202 (- 1.2%)
11/2014: Futures End #30 -- 33,942 (- 0.8%)
12/2014: Futures End #31 -- 33,025 (- 2.7%)
12/2014: Futures End #32 -- 32,878 (- 0.4%)
12/2014: Futures End #33 -- 32,409 (- 1.4%)
12/2014: Futures End #34 -- 32,414 (+ 0.0%)
12/2014: Futures End #35 -- 32,233 (- 0.6%)
01/2015: Futures End #36 -- 31,338 (- 2.8%)
01/2015: Futures End #37 -- 31,202 (- 0.4%)
01/2015: Futures End #38 -- 30,992 (- 0.7%)
01/2015: Futures End #39 -- 30,510 (- 1.6%)
02/2015: Futures End #40 -- 30,157 (- 1.2%)
02/2015: Futures End #41 -- 29,994 (- 0.5%)
02/2015: Futures End #42 -- 29,641 (- 1.2%)
02/2015: Futures End #43 -- 29,647 (+ 0.0%)
03/2015: Futures End #44 -- 29,971 (+ 1.1%)
03/2015: Futures End #45 -- 29,610 (- 1.2%)
03/2015: Futures End #46 -- 29,543 (- 0.2%)
03/2015: Futures End #47 -- 29,386 (- 0.5%)
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6 months: - 22.5%
Since #1: - 62.3%
Has settled into the 29K range for its penultimate month.
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72 - GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
03/2010: Green Lantern Corps #46 -- 76,720
03/2011: Green Lantern Corps #58 -- 60,100
03/2012: Green Lantern Corps #7 -- 48,692
03/2013: Green Lantern Corps #18 -- 44,215
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03/2014: Green Lantern Corps #29 -- 27,754 (- 4.8%)
04/2014: Green Lantern Corps #30 -- 26,640 (- 4.0%)
05/2014: Green Lantern Corps #31 -- 28,449 (+ 6.8%)
06/2014: Green Lantern Corps #32 -- 40,734 (+ 43.2%)
07/2014: Green Lantern Corps #33 -- 32,877 (- 19.3%)
08/2014: Green Lantern Corps #34 -- 29,471 (- 10.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 58,325 (+ 97.9%)
10/2014: Green Lantern Corps #35 -- 34,222 (- 41.3%)
11/2014: Green Lantern Corps #36 -- 34,109 (- 0.3%)
12/2014: Green Lantern Corps #37 -- 32,860 (- 3.7%)
01/2015: Green Lantern Corps #38 -- 27,765 (- 15.5%)
02/2015: Green Lantern Corps #39 -- 29,825 (+ 7.4%)
03/2015: Green Lantern Corps #40 -- 29,412 (- 1.4%)
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6 months: - 49.6%
1 year : + 6.0%
2 years : - 33.5%
5 years : - 61.7%
Since #1: - 69.0%
A drop of just a few hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (Forbidden Planet) sporting final issue.
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78 - SINESTRO ($2.99)
04/2014: Sinestro #1 -- 46,480
05/2014: Sinestro #2 -- 34,640 (- 25.5%)
06/2014: Sinestro #3 -- 30,422 (- 12.2%)
07/2014: Sinestro #4 -- 28,095 (- 7.6%)
08/2014: Sinestro #5 -- 26,867 (- 4.4%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 60,761 (+126.2%)
10/2014: Sinestro #6 -- 33,621 (- 44.7%)
11/2014: --
12/2014: Sinestro #7 -- 33,549 (- 0.2%)
12/2014: Sinestro #8 -- 31,509 (- 6.1%)
01/2015: Sinestro #9 -- 26,346 (- 16.4%)
02/2015: Sinestro #10 -- 28,698 (+ 8.9%)
03/2015: Sinestro #11 -- 28,384 (- 1.1%)
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6 months: - 53.3%
Since #1: - 38.9%
Also drops just a few hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (Westworld).
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83 - EARTH 2 ($2.99)
03/2013: Earth 2 #10 -- 46,213
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03/2014: Earth 2 #21 -- 35,295 (- 1.2%)
04/2014: Earth 2 #22 -- 34,970 (- 0.9%)
05/2014: Earth 2 #23 -- 34,531 (- 1.3%)
06/2014: Earth 2 #24 -- 47,277 (+ 36.9%)
07/2014: Earth 2 #25 -- 39,726 (- 16.0%)
08/2014: Earth 2 #26 -- 37,396 (- 5.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 65,212 (+ 73.7%)
10/2014: Earth 2 #27 -- 37,925 (- 41.6%)
11/2014: Earth 2 #28 -- 31,722 (- 16.4%)
12/2014: Earth 2 #29 -- 30,273 (- 4.6%)
01/2015: Earth 2 #30 -- 28,618 (- 5.5%)
02/2015: Earth 2 #31 -- 27,513 (- 3.9%)
03/2015: Earth 2 #32 -- 27,361 (- 0.6%)
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6 months: - 58.0%
1 year : - 22.5%
2 years : - 40.8%
Since #1: - 73.3%
Final issue. Relaunching post-Convergence as Earth 2: Society.
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89 - CATWOMAN ($2.99)
03/2005: Catwoman #41 -- 22,029
03/2012: Catwoman #7 -- 41,447
03/2013: Catwoman #18 -- 33,220
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03/2014: Catwoman #29 -- 22,236 (- 7.2%)
04/2014: Catwoman #30 -- 20,968 (- 5.7%)
05/2014: Catwoman #31 -- 20,144 (- 3.9%)
06/2014: Catwoman #32 -- 33,694 (+ 67.3%)
07/2014: Catwoman #33 -- 18,945 (- 43.8%)
08/2014: Catwoman #34 -- 23,497 (+ 24.0%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 56,939 (+142.3%)
10/2014: Catwoman #35 -- 25,970 (- 54.4%)
11/2014: Catwoman #36 -- 26,237 (+ 1.0%)
12/2014: Catwoman #37 -- 25,154 (- 4.1%)
01/2015: Catwoman #38 -- 22,386 (- 11.0%)
02/2015: Catwoman #39 -- 26,450 (+ 18.2%)
03/2015: Catwoman #40 -- 26,534 (+ 0.3%)
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6 months: - 53.4%
1 year : + 19.3%
2 years : - 20.1%
10 years: + 20.5%
Since #1: - 64.9%
Adds under 100 copies for its Movie Poster variant issue (Bullitt).
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90 - SUPERGIRL ($2.99)
03/2010: Supergirl #51 -- 29,845
03/2011: Supergirl #62 -- 21,786
03/2012: Supergirl #7 -- 37,041
03/2013: Supergirl #18 -- 28,051
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03/2014: Supergirl #29 -- 22,883 (- 2.9%)
04/2014: Supergirl #30 -- 23,410 (+ 2.3%)
05/2014: Supergirl #31 -- 22,783 (- 2.7%)
06/2014: Supergirl #32 -- 22,481 (- 1.3%)
07/2014: Supergirl #33 -- 22,802 (+ 1.4%)
08/2014: Supergirl #34 -- 26,510 (+ 16.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,706 (+110.1%)
10/2014: Supergirl #35 -- 26,371 (- 52.7%)
11/2014: Supergirl #36 -- 28,373 (+ 7.6%)
12/2014: Supergirl #37 -- 26,272 (- 7.4%)
01/2015: Supergirl #38 -- 22,677 (- 13.7%)
02/2015: Supergirl #39 -- 26,304 (+ 16.0%)
03/2015: Supergirl #40 -- 26,528 (+ 0.9%)
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6 months: - 52.4%
1 year : + 15.9%
2 years : - 5.4%
5 years : - 11.1%
Since #1: - 64.3%
Adds a couple hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (The Wizard of Oz) sporting final issue.
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96 - JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ($3.99)
03/2012: Justice League Dark #7 -- 36,089
03/2013: Justice League Dark #18 -- 25,664
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03/2014: Justice League Dark #29 -- 29,202 (- 4.3%)
04/2014: Justice League Dark #30 -- 27,695 (- 5.2%)
05/2014: Justice League Dark #31 -- 25,337 (- 8.5%)
06/2014: Justice League Dark #32 -- 38,219 (+ 50.8%)
07/2014: Justice League Dark #33 -- 28,297 (- 26.0%)
08/2014: Justice League Dark #34 -- 25,258 (- 10.7%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 58,529 (+131.7%)
10/2014: Justice League Dark #35 -- 24,462 (- 58.2%)
11/2014: Justice League Dark #36 -- 24,495 (+ 0.1%)
12/2014: Justice League Dark #37 -- 23,151 (- 5.5%)
01/2015: Justice League Dark #38 -- 20,222 (- 12.7%)
02/2015: Justice League Dark #39 -- 24,023 (+ 18.8%)
03/2015: Justice League Dark #40 -- 24,816 (+ 3.3%)
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6 months: - 57.6%
1 year : - 15.0%
2 years : - 3.3%
Since #1: - 69.7%
Adds a few hundred copies for its Movie Poster variant (Beetlejuice) sporting final issue. The planned post-Convergence relaunch will apparently be delayed for a bit.
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98, 99, 100, 101 - EARTH 2 - WORLD'S END ($2.99)
10/2014: E2 World's End #1 -- 48,249
10/2014: E2 World's End #2 -- 40,190 (- 16.7%)
10/2014: E2 World's End #3 -- 38,496 (- 4.2%)
10/2014: E2 World's End #4 -- 37,874 (- 1.6%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #5 -- 36,395 (- 3.9%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #6 -- 31,248 (- 14.1%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #7 -- 30,378 (- 2.8%)
11/2014: E2 World's End #8 -- 29,636 (- 2.4%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #9 -- 28,204 (- 4.8%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #10 -- 27,893 (- 1.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #11 -- 27,297 (- 2.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #12 -- 27,256 (- 0.1%)
12/2014: E2 World's End #13 -- 26,942 (- 1.2%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #14 -- 25,600 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #15 -- 25,562 (- 0.1%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #16 -- 25,331 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: E2 World's End #17 -- 24,955 (- 1.5%)
02/2015: E2 World's End #18 -- 24,435 (- 2.1%)
02/2015: E2 World's End #19 -- 24,376 (- 0.2%)
02/2015: E2 World's End #20 -- 24,182 (- 0.8%)
02/2015: E2 World's End #21 -- 24,033 (- 0.6%)
03/2015: E2 World's End #22 -- 23,814 (- 0.9%)
03/2015: E2 World's End #23 -- 23,765 (- 0.2%)
03/2015: E2 World's End #24 -- 23,652 (- 0.5%)
03/2015: E2 World's End #25 -- 23,529 (- 0.5%)
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Since #1: - 51.2%
Continues its small but steady decline as the final issue approaches.
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111 - GOTHAM ACADEMY ($2.99)
10/2014: Gotham Academy #1 -- 43,338
11/2014: Gotham Academy #2 -- 31,110 (- 28.2%)
12/2014: Gotham Academy #3 -- 26,509 (- 14.8%)
01/2015: Gotham Academy #4 -- 22,576 (- 14.8%)
02/2015: Gotham Academy #5 -- 20,844 (- 7.7%)
03/2015: Gotham Academy #6 -- 20,361 (- 2.3%)
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Since #1: - 53.0%
Standard attrition, but at this level there’s not much room for such things. There’s a Damian Wayne appearance coming post-Convergence to maybe give sales a boost and perhaps entice some new readers to give it a look.
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115 - GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS ($2.99)
03/2012: New Guardians #7 -- 48,422
03/2013: New Guardians #18 -- 42,028
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03/2014: New Guardians #29 -- 25,296 (- 7.0%)
04/2014: New Guardians #30 -- 24,727 (- 2.2%)
05/2014: New Guardians #31 -- 23,886 (- 3.4%)
06/2014: New Guardians #32 -- 23,142 (- 3.1%)
07/2014: New Guardians #33 -- 22,797 (- 1.5%)
08/2014: New Guardians #34 -- 22,052 (- 3.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,863 (+153.3%)
10/2014: New Guardians #35 -- 26,702 (- 52.2%)
11/2014: New Guardians #36 -- 25,681 (- 3.8%)
12/2014: New Guardians #37 -- 25,438 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: New Guardians #38 -- 21,992 (- 13.5%)
02/2015: New Guardians #39 -- 20,494 (- 6.8%)
03/2015: New Guardians #40 -- 20,104 (- 1.9%)
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6 months: - 64.0%
1 year : - 20.5%
2 years : - 52.2%
Since #1: - 79.2%
116 - RED LANTERNS ($2.99)
03/2012: Red Lanterns #7 -- 43,450
03/2013: Red Lanterns #18 -- 35,203
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03/2014: Red Lanterns #29 -- 25,153 (- 51.2%)
04/2014: Red Lanterns #30 -- 24,350 (- 3.2%)
05/2014: Red Lanterns #31 -- 24,307 (- 0.2%)
06/2014: Red Lanterns #32 -- 23,720 (- 2.4%)
07/2014: Red Lanterns #33 -- 23,355 (- 1.5%)
08/2014: Red Lanterns #34 -- 22,761 (- 2.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 56,030 (+146.2%)
10/2014: Red Lanterns #35 -- 26,534 (- 52.6%)
11/2014: Red Lanterns #36 -- 25,654 (- 3.3%)
12/2014: Red Lanterns #37 -- 25,521 (- 0.5%)
01/2015: Red Lanterns #38 -- 21,573 (- 15.5%)
02/2015: Red Lanterns #39 -- 20,546 (- 4.8%)
03/2015: Red Lanterns #40 -- 19,996 (- 2.7%)
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6 months: - 64.3%
1 year : - 20.5%
2 years : - 43.2%
Since #1: - 77.6%
Final issues for both, straddling either side of the 20K line.
These two titles have pretty much been neck-and-neck together on the chart at the bottom of the GL group since I took over this column in early 2014, and represent the floor of interest in the franchise.
There will be three Green Lantern-related titles post-Divergence–the returning Green Lantern and Sinestro and the new GL: The Lost Army–which is probably still one too many but much more realistic.
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117 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
03/2005: Green Arrow #58 -- 31,668
03/2010: Green Arrow #31 -- 28,486
03/2011: Green Arrow #10 -- 33,085
03/2012: Green Arrow #7 -- 29,004
03/2013: Green Arrow #18 -- 28,080
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03/2014: Green Arrow #29 -- 23,698 (- 11.3%)
04/2014: Green Arrow #30 -- 23,577 (- 0.5%)
05/2014: Green Arrow #31 -- 23,475 (- 0.4%)
06/2014: Green Arrow #32 -- 23,602 (+ 0.5%)
07/2014: Green Arrow #33 -- 23,452 (- 0.6%)
08/2014: Green Arrow #34 -- 22,927 (- 2.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 61,915 (+170.1%)
10/2014: Green Arrow #35 -- 23,346 (- 62.3%)
11/2014: Green Arrow #36 -- 21,842 (- 6.4%)
12/2014: Green Arrow #37 -- 20,904 (- 4.3%)
01/2015: Green Arrow #38 -- 20,207 (- 3.3%)
02/2015: Green Arrow #39 -- 19,651 (- 2.8%)
03/2015: Green Arrow #40 -- 19,792 (+ 0.7%)
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6 months: - 68.0%
1 year : - 16.5%
2 years : - 29.5%
5 years : - 18.4%
10 years: - 37.7%
Since #1: - 72.8%
An addition of a bit more than a hundred copies. GA seems to have found its new level since the creative team change. There will likely be a Green Arrow on the slate as long as the Arrow television series is on the air, but I’m not sure if DC will be happy enough with sales at this level for very long. Certainly if they start to drop much lower they’ll have to consider another change.
(Meanwhile, former GA writer Jeff Lemire’s new book for Hawkeye, Marvel’s archer super-hero, debuts with sales over 66K. As with most Marvel debuts that’s inflated with variants and whatnot, but it will be interesting to see where that title eventually settles at. . .)
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121 - ARKHAM MANOR ($2.99)
10/2014: Arkham Manor #1 -- 45,922
11/2014: Arkham Manor #2 -- 30,907 (- 32.7%)
12/2014: Arkham Manor #3 -- 28,202 (- 8.8%)
01/2015: Arkham Manor #4 -- 21,617 (- 23.3%)
02/2015: Arkham Manor #5 -- 19,512 (- 9.7%)
03/2015: Arkham Manor #6 -- 18,538 (- 5.0%)
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Since #1: - 59.6%
Final issue. AFAIK this was not announced as a limited series, but I suspect it wasn’t meant to go beyond six issues.
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123 - GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT ($2.99)
11/2014: Gotham by Midnight #1 -- 38,436
12/2014: Gotham by Midnight #2 -- 27,849 (- 27.5%)
01/2015: Gotham by Midnight #3 -- 21,330 (- 23.4%)
02/2015: Gotham by Midnight #4 -- 18,643 (- 12.6%)
03/2015: Gotham by Midnight #5 -- 17,604 (- 5.6%)
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Since #1: - 54.2%
I don’t foresee a bright future for this supernaturally-tinged Bat-book.
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126 - WORLDS' FINEST ($2.99)
03/2013: Worlds' Finest #10 -- 28,469
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03/2014: Worlds' Finest #21 -- 25,676 (- 7.0%)
04/2014: Worlds' Finest #22 -- 21,485 (- 16.3%)
05/2014: Worlds' Finest #23 -- 21,118 (- 1.7%)
06/2014: Worlds' Finest #24 -- 20,900 (- 1.0%)
07/2014: Worlds' Finest #25 -- 19,957 (- 4.5%)
08/2014: Worlds' Finest #26 -- 19,772 (- 0.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 55,376 (+153.3%)
10/2014: Worlds' Finest #27 -- 20,234 (- 63.5%)
11/2014: Worlds' Finest #28 -- 19,709 (- 2.6%)
12/2014: Worlds' Finest #29 -- 19,001 (- 3.6%)
01/2015: Worlds' Finest #30 -- 18,470 (- 2.8%)
02/2015: Worlds' Finest #31 -- 17,314 (- 6.3%)
03/2015: Worlds' Finest #32 -- 17,389 (+ 0.4%)
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6 months: - 68.6%
1 year : - 32.3%
2 years : - 38.9%
Since #1: - 75.0%
Adds seventy-five copies for its final issue.
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127 - RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS ($2.99)
03/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #7 -- 38,630
03/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #18 -- 37,731 [42,901]
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03/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #29 -- 22,316 (- 4.0%)
04/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #30 -- 21,718 (- 2.7%)
05/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #31 -- 21,257 (- 2.1%)
06/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #32 -- 33,081 (+ 55.6%)
07/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #33 -- 20,669 (- 37.5%)
08/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #34 -- 20,069 (- 2.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 54,984 (+174.0%)
10/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #35 -- 19,837 (- 63.9%)
11/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #36 -- 19,245 (- 3.0%)
12/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #37 -- 18,723 (- 2.7%)
01/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #38 -- 18,014 (- 3.8%)
02/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #39 -- 17,270 (- 4.1%)
03/2015: Red Hood & Outlaws #40 -- 17,110 (- 0.9%)
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6 months: - 68.9%
1 year : - 23.3%
2 years : - 30.1%
Since #1: - 75.6%
Final issue. Being relaunched post-Convergence as Red Hood/Arsenal and a separate Starfire series.
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129 - SECRET ORIGINS ($4.99)
04/2014: Secret Origins #1 -- 38,742
05/2014: Secret Origins #2 -- 32,966 (- 14.9%)
06/2014: Secret Origins #3 -- 28,351 (- 14.0%)
07/2014: Secret Origins #4 -- 37,181 (+ 31.1%)
08/2014: Secret Origins #5 -- 24,126 (- 35.1%)
09/2004: --
10/2014: Secret Origins #6 -- 24,775 (+ 2.7%)
11/2014: Secret Origins #7 -- 21,377 (- 13.7%)
12/2014: Secret Origins #8 -- 20,687 (- 3.2%)
01/2013: Secret Origins #9 -- 18,190 (- 12.1%)
02/2014: Secret Origins #10 -- 18,312 (+ 0.7%)
03/2014: Secret Origins #11 -- 16,854 (- 8.0%)
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6 months: n.a.
Since #1: - 56.5%
Final issue. The previous Secret Origins series, which launched post-Crisis, lasted for fifty issues. But the interests of those buying super-hero comics are much different today than they were thirty years ago.
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131 - JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 ($2.99)
03/2014: Justice League 3K #4 -- 30,127 (- 9.6%)
04/2014: Justice League 3K #5 -- 27,529 (- 8.6%)
05/2014: Justice League 3K #6 -- 25,738 (- 6.5%)
06/2014: Justice League 3K #7 -- 24,172 (- 6.1%)
07/2014: Justice League 3K #8 -- 22,604 (- 6.5%)
08/2014: Justice League 3K #9 -- 20,974 (- 7.2%)
09/2014: --
10/2014: Justice League 3K #10 -- 19,623 (- 6.4%)
11/2014: Justice League 3K #11 -- 18,642 (- 5.0%)
12/2014: Justice League 3K #12 -- 18,659 (+ 0.1%)
01/2015: Justice League 3K #13 -- 17,432 (- 6.6%)
02/2015: Justice League 3K #14 -- 16,778 (- 3.8%)
03/2015: Justice League 3K #15 -- 16,604 (- 1.0%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 44.9%
Since #1: - 71.2%
Final issue–of a sort. Relaunched as Justice League 3001 post-Convergence.
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135 - SWAMP THING ($2.99)
03/2005: Swamp Thing #13 -- 12,707
03/2012: Swamp Thing #7 -- 40,268
03/2013: Swamp Thing #18 -- 30,716 (- 2.5%)
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03/2014: Swamp Thing #29 -- 18,837 (- 1.6%)
04/2014: Swamp Thing #30 -- 18,458 (- 2.0%)
05/2014: Swamp Thing #31 -- 18,249 (- 1.1%)
06/2014: Swamp Thing #32 -- 18,483 (+ 1.3%)
07/2014: Swamp Thing #33 -- 17,905 (- 3.1%)
08/2014: Swamp Thing #34 -- 17,570 (- 1.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 51,918 (+195.5%)
10/2014: Swamp Thing #35 -- 17,354 (- 66.6%)
11/2014: Swamp Thing #36 -- 16,840 (- 3.0%)
12/2014: Swamp Thing #37 -- 16,339 (- 3.0%)
01/2015: Swamp Thing #38 -- 15,751 (- 3.6%)
02/2015: Swamp Thing #39 -- 15,360 (- 2.5%)
03/2015: Swamp Thing #40 -- 15,966 (+ 3.9%)
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6 months: - 69.2%
1 year : - 15.2%
2 years : - 48.0%
10 years: + 25.6%
Since #1: - 78.3%
Adds a few hundred copies for its final issue. Don’t worry Swamp Thing fans–the ol’ muck monster will surely return to comics again someday.
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139, 141 - INJUSTICE: YEAR THREE (Digital-First) ($2.99)
03/2013: Injustice #3 -- 18,608 [24,469]
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03/2014: Injustice Y2 #3 -- 20,693 (- 8.9%)
04/2014: Injustice Y2 #4 -- 20,310 (- 1.9%)
05/2014: Injustice Y2 #5 -- 19,834 (- 2.3%)
06/2014: Injustice Y2 #6 -- 19,353 (- 2.4%)
07/2014: Injustice Y2 #7 -- 19,811 (+ 2.4%)
07/2014: Injustice Y2 #8 -- 18,931 (- 4.4%)
08/2014: Injustice Y2 #9 -- 18,397 (- 2.8%)
08/2014: Injustice Y2 #10 -- 18,068 (- 1.8%)
09/2014: Injustice Y2 #11 -- 18,086 (+ 0.1%)
09/2014: Injustice Y2 #12 -- 17,829 (- 1.4%)
10/2014: Injustice Y3 #1 -- 19,307 (+ 8.3%)
10/2014: Injustice Y3 #2 -- 17,884 (- 7.4%)
11/2014: Injustice Y3 #3 -- 17,243 (- 3.6%)
11/2014: Injustice Y3 #4 -- 16,741 (- 2.9%)
12/2014: Injustice Y3 #5 -- 16,611 (- 0.8%)
12/2014: Injustice Y3 #6 -- 16,141 (- 2.8%)
01/2015: Injustice Y3 #7 -- 15,796 (- 2.1%)
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #8 -- 15,816 (+ 0.1%)
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #9 -- 15,345 (- 3.0%)
02/2015: Injustice Y3 #10 -- 15,417 (+ 0.5%)
03/2015: Injustice Y3 #11 -- 15,526 (+ 0.7%)
03/2015: Injustice Y3 #12 -- 15,322 (- 1.3%)
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6 months: - 14.1%
1 year : - 25.5%
2 years : - 37.0%
Since #1: - 20.1%
Final issues of Year Three. There’s an Annual in April, then Year Four comes to print starting in May.
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147 - CONSTANTINE ($2.99)
03/2005: Hellblazer #206 -- 15,464
03/2010: Hellblazer #265 -- 10,295
03/2011: Hellblazer #277 -- 9,525
03/2012: Hellblazer #289 -- 9,363
03/2013: Constantine #1 -- 37,564
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03/2014: Constantine #12 -- 20,051 (- 1.6%)
04/2014: Constantine #13 -- 18,454 (- 8.0%)
05/2014: Constantine #14 -- 17,422 (- 5.6%)
06/2014: Constantine #15 -- 16,704 (- 4.1%)
07/2014: Constantine #16 -- 16,235 (- 2.8%)
08/2014: Constantine #17 -- 15,647 (- 2.8%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 51,990 (+232.3%)
10/2014: Constantine #18 -- 15,648 (- 69.9%)
11/2014: Constantine #19 -- 15,716 (+ 0.4%)
12/2014: Constantine #20 -- 15,574 (- 0.9%)
01/2015: Constantine #21 -- 15,209 (- 2.3%)
02/2015: Constantine #22 -- 14,716 (- 3.2%)
03/2015: Constantine #23 -- 14,530 (- 1.3%)
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6 months: - 72.1%
1 year : - 27.5%
2 years : - 61.3%
5 years : + 41.1%
10 years: - 6.0%
Since #1: - 61.3%
Final issue. Relaunching post-Convergence as Constantine: The Hellblazer.
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151 - BATMAN '66 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
03/2014: Batman '66 #9 -- 18,802 (- 5.0%)
04/2014: Batman '66 #10 -- 17,917 (- 4.7%)
05/2014: Batman '66 #11 -- 18,642 (+ 4.0%)
06/2014: Batman '66 #12 -- 17,286 (- 7.3%)
07/2014: Batman '66 #13 -- 17,264 (- 0.1%)
08/2014: Batman '66 #14 -- 21,456 (+24.3%)
09/2014: Batman '66 #15 -- 16,842 (-21.5%)
10/2014: Batman '66 #16 -- 15,923 (- 5.5%)
11/2014: Batman '66 #17 -- 15,585 (- 2.1%)
12/2014: Batman '66 #18 -- 15,409 (- 1.1%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Batman '66 #19 -- 14,770 (- 4.1%)
02/2015: Batman '66 #20 -- 14,525 (- 1.7%)
03/2015: Batman '66 #21 -- 14,238 (- 2.0%)
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6 months: - 15.5%
1 year : - 24.3%
Since #1: - 71.8%
Standard attrition.
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154 - MORTAL KOMBAT X (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2015: Mortal Kombat X #1 -- 21,062
02/2015: Mortal Kombat X #2 -- 13,277 (- 37.0%)
02/2015: Mortal Kombat X #3 -- 12,581 (- 5.2%)
03/2015: Mortal Kombat X #4 -- 14,038 (+ 11.6%)
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Since #1: - 33.3%
A non-trivial rise in the third month; perhaps retailers (as a group) were a bit too severe in their second month order cuts…
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155 - BATWOMAN ($2.99)
03/2012: Batwoman #7 -- 49,227
03/2013: Batwoman #18 -- 31,381
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03/2014: Batwoman #29 -- 19,750 (- 4.5%)
04/2014: Batwoman #30 -- 19,204 (- 2.8%)
05/2014: Batwoman #31 -- 18,463 (- 3.9%)
06/2014: Batwoman #32 -- 33,538 (+ 81.6%)
07/2014: Batwoman #33 -- 23,922 (- 28.7%)
08/2014: Batwoman #34 -- 16,909 (- 29.3%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 50,914 (+201.1%)
10/2014: Batwoman #35 -- 16,767 (- 67.1%)
11/2014: Batwoman #36 -- 15,795 (- 5.8%)
12/2014: Batwoman #37 -- 15,305 (- 3.1%)
01/2015: Batwoman #38 -- 14,656 (- 4.2%)
02/2015: Batwoman #39 -- 13,987 (- 4.6%)
03/2015: Batwoman #40 -- 13,827 (- 1.1%)
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6 months: - 72.8%
1 year : - 30.0%
2 years : - 55.9%
Since #1: - 84.3%
A fairly small drop for the final issue (though there’s an Annual in April to wrap of the story).
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157 - LOBO ($2.99)
10/2014: Lobo #1 -- 39,047 (+190.6%)
11/2014: Lobo #2 -- 25,881 (- 33.7%)
12/2014: Lobo #3 -- 20,208 (- 21.9%)
01/2015: Lobo #4 -- 16,889 (- 16.4%)
02/2015: Lobo #5 -- 14,770 (- 12.5%)
03/2015: Lobo #6 -- 13,715 (- 7.1%)
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Since #1: - 64.9%
The lowest-selling DCU title not scheduled for cancellation or relaunch post-Convergence.
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161 - AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS ($2.99)
04/2014: Aquaman & Others #1 -- 34,056
05/2014: Aquaman & Others #2 -- 26,198 (- 23.1%)
06/2014: Aquaman & Others #3 -- 23,109 (- 11.8%)
07/2014: Aquaman & Others #4 -- 20,520 (- 11.2%)
08/2014: Aquaman & Others #5 -- 18,639 (- 9.2%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 53,531 (+174.0%)
10/2014: Aquaman & Others #6 -- 17,086 (- 68.1%)
11/2014: Aquaman & Others #7 -- 15,859 (- 7.2%)
12/2014: Aquaman & Others #8 -- 14,822 (- 6.5%)
01/2015: Aquaman & Others #9 -- 13,586 (- 8.3%)
02/2015: Aquaman & Others #10 -- 12,821 (- 5.6%)
03/2015: Aquaman & Others #11 -- 12,444 (- 2.9%)
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6 months: - 76.8%
Since #1: - 63.5%
Final issue.
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170 - HE-MAN: ETERNITY WAR ($2.99)
03/2013: --
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03/2014: He-Man & MotU #11 -- 13,090 (- 5.3%)
04/2014: He-Man & MotU #12 -- 12,718 (- 2.8%)
05/2014: He-Man & MotU #13 -- 12,430 (- 2.3%)
06/2014: He-Man & MotU #14 -- 12,144 (- 2.3%)
07/2014: He-Man & MotU #15 -- 11,905 (- 2.0%)
08/2014: He-Man & MotU #16 -- 11,721 (- 1.5%)
09/2014: He-Man & MotU #17 -- 11,756 (+ 0.3%)
10/2014: He-Man & MotU #18 -- 11,501 (- 2.2%)
11/2014: He-Man & MotU #19 -- 11,022 (- 4.2%)
12/2014: He-Man Eternity #1 -- 18,884 (+ 71.3%)
01/2015: He-Man Eternity #2 -- 12,104 (- 35.9%)
02/2015: He-Man Eternity #3 -- 11,700 (- 3.3%)
03/2015: He-Man Eternity #4 -- 11,746 (+ 0.4%)
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6 months: - 0.1%
1 year : - 10.3%
2 years : n.a.
Since #1: - 37.8%
The new series seems to have found its level, and it’s pretty much where the old series was.
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175 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
03/2005: --
03/2010: Astro City DA4 #2 -- 13,118
03/2011: --
03/2012: --
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03/2014: Astro City #10 -- 14,094 (- 1.4%)
04/2014: Astro City #11 -- 13,909 (- 1.3%)
05/2014: Astro City #12 -- 13,795 (- 0.8%)
06/2014: Astro City #13 -- 13,419 (- 2.7%)
07/2014: --
08/2014: Astro City #14 -- 13,069 (- 2.6%)
09/2014: Astro City #15 -- 12,660 (- 3.1%)
10/2014: Astro City #16 -- 12,480 (- 1.4%)
11/2014: Astro City #17 -- 12,055 (- 3.4%)
12/2014: Astro City #18 -- 11,985 (- 0.6%)
01/2015: Astro City #19 -- 11,734 (- 2.1%)
02/2015: Astro City #20 -- 11,603 (- 1.1%)
03/2015: Astro City #21 -- 11,492 (- 1.0%)
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6 months: - 9.2%
1 year : - 18.5%
5 years : - 12.4%
10 years: n.a.
Since #1: - 58.5%
The top-selling Vertigo title for March.
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177 - SENSATION COMICS FEAT WONDER WOMAN (Digital-First) ($3.99)
08/2014: Sensation Comics #1 -- 29,640
09/2014: Sensation Comics #2 -- 22,085 (- 25.5%)
10/2014: Sensation Comics #3 -- 17,996 (- 18.5%)
11/2014: Sensation Comics #4 -- 16,573 (- 7.9%)
12/2014: Sensation Comics #5 -- 14,323 (- 13.6%)
01/2015: Sensation Comics #6 -- 12,927 (- 9.7%)
02/2015: Sensation Comics #7 -- 12,115 (- 6.3%)
03/2015: Sensation Comics #8 -- 11,399 (- 5.9%)
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6 months: - 48.4%
Since #1: - 61.5%
At this point percentage drops in the 3% range would be preferable.
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194 - SUICIDERS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2015: Suiciders #1 -- 18,275
03/2015: Suiciders #2 -- 10,585 (- 42.1%)
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column for why we make this adjustment).
Emblematic of Vertigo’s recent troubles, as a new series by a well-regarded talent only places around 10K copies in its second issue.
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187 - THE FLASH: SEASON ZERO (Digital-First) ($2.99)
10/2014: Flash Season 0 #1 -- 23,501
11/2014: Flash Season 0 #2 -- 14,287 (- 39.2%)
12/2014: Flash Season 0 #3 -- 12,247 (- 14.3%)
01/2015: Flash Season 0 #4 -- 10,806 (- 11.8%)
02/2015: Flash Season 0 #5 -- 10,450 (- 3.3%)
03/2015: Flash Season 0 #6 -- 10,188 (- 2.5%)
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Since #1: - 56.6%
Settling in to standard attrition.
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199 - FABLES: THE WOLF AMONG US (Vertigo) (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2015: Fables: TWAU #1 -- 13,620
02/2015: Fables: TWAU #2 -- 10,224 (- 24.9%)
03/2015: Fables: TWAU #3 -- 9,352 (- 8.5%)
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Since #1: - 31.3%
A typical third issue percentage drop.
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203 - TRINITY OF SIN ($2.99)
10/2014: Trinity of Sin #1 -- 22,683
11/2014: Trinity of Sin #2 -- 15,097 (- 33.4%)
12/2014: Trinity of Sin #3 -- 12,939 (- 14.3%)
01/2015: Trinity of Sin #4 -- 11,016 (- 14.9%)
02/2015: Trinity of Sin #5 -- 9,728 (- 11.7%)
03/2015: Trinity of Sin #6 -- 9,190 (- 5.5%)
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Since #1: - 59.5%
Final issue.
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206 - ARROW: SEASON 2.5 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
03/2013: Arrow #5 -- 10,908
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10/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #1 -- 17,364 (+113.1%)
11/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #2 -- 11,121 (- 36.0%)
12/2014: Arrow Season 2.5 #3 -- 9,862 (- 11.3%)
01/2015: Arrow Season 2.5 #4 -- 9,302 (- 5.7%)
02/2015: Arrow Season 2.5 #5 -- 9,060 (- 2.6%)
03/2015: Arrow Season 2.5 #6 -- 9,055 (- 0.1%)
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2 years : - 17.0%
Since #1: - 47.9%
Five fewer copies than last month, so it looks like Arrow has found its level, at least for now.
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207 - STRANGE SPORTS STORIES (Vertigo) ($3.99)
03/2015: Strange Sports #1 of 4 -- 9,003
A couple of months ago I suggested that anthology titles might be a way forward for Vertigo. I may have been too optimistic on that front…
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221 - SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 CONTINUITY (Digital-First) ($3.99)
03/2013: Smallville S11 #11 -- 16,502
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03/2014: Smallville Alien #4 -- 10,570 (- 4.4%)
04/2014: Smallville Lantern #1 -- 12,391 (+17.2%)
05/2014: Smallville Lantern #2 -- 11,372 (- 8.2%)
06/2014: Smallville Lantern #3 -- 11,401 (+ 0.3%)
07/2014: Smallville Lantern #4 -- 11,243 (- 1.4%)
08/2014: Smallville Chaos #1 -- 10,716 (- 4.7%)
09/2014: Smallville Chaos #2 -- 9,801 (- 8.5%)
10/2014: Smallville Chaos #3 -- 9,661 (- 1.4%)
11/2014: Smallville Chaos #4 -- 8,841 (- 8.5%)
12/2014: S'ville Continuity #1 -- 9,071 (+ 2.6%)
01/2015: S'ville Continuity #2 -- 8,521 (- 6.1%)
02/2015: S'ville Continuity #3 -- 8,107 (- 4.9%)
03/2015: S'ville Continuity #4 -- 7,901 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 19.4%
1 year : - 25.3%
2 years : - 52.1%
Since #1: - 12.9%
The final issue of Season 11 falls below the 8K line. As more and more standard DC super-hero tropes were brought in to this series, the sales kept dropping. I think they mis-judged what Smallville fans wanted from a comic continuation.
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230, 241 - INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE ($2.99)
06/2014: Infinity Man & FP #1 -- 24,907
07/2014: Infinity Man & FP #2 -- 15,903 (- 36.2%)
08/2014: Infinity Man & FP #3 -- 12,390 (- 22.1%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 45,586 (+267.9%)
10/2014: Infinity Man & FP #4 -- 10,275 (- 77.5%)
11/2014: Infinity Man & FP #5 -- 9,350 (- 9.0%)
12/2014: Infinity Man & FP #6 -- 11,261 (+ 20.4%)
01/2015: Infinity Man & FP #7 -- 7,797 (- 30.8%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: Infinity Man & FP #8 -- 7,363 (- 5.6%)
03/2015: Infinity Man & FP #9 -- 6,944 (- 5.7%)
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6 months: - 84.3%
Since #1: - 72.1%
Final issue. There were five different art teams over the course of the ten published issues.
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235 - WOLF MOON (Vertigo) ($2.99)
12/2014: Wolf Moon #1 of 6 -- 15,865
01/2015: Wolf Moon #2 of 6 -- 8,747 (- 44.9%)
02/2015: Wolf Moon #3 of 6 -- 7,789 (- 11.0%)
03/2015: Wolf Moon #4 of 6 -- 7,124 (- 8.5%)
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Since #1: - 55.1%
The first three issues were returnable, but #4 was not.
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244 - SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP (All-Ages) ($2.99)
03/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #3 -- 8,452 (-14.5%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4 -- 8,159 (- 3.5%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #5 -- 9,042 (+10.8%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #6 -- 8,333 (- 7.8%)
10/2014: --
11/2014: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #7 -- 7,530 (- 9.6%)
12/2014: --
01/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #8 -- 6,678 (-11.3%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #9 -- 6,780 (+ 1.5%)
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6 months: - 18.6%
1 Year : - 19.8%
Since #1: - 52.7%
Adds about a hundred copies along with Superman.
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264 - INFINITE CRISIS: FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE (Digital-First) ($3.99)
07/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #1 -- 26,096
08/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #2 -- 15,340 (- 41.2%)
09/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #3 -- 13,884 (- 9.5%)
10/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #4 -- 11,348 (- 18.3%)
11/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #5 -- 8,920 (- 21.4%)
12/2014: Infinite Crisis FftM #6 -- 7,809 (- 12.5%)
01/2015: Infinite Crisis FftM #7 -- 7,231 (- 7.4%)
02/2015: Infinite Crisis FftM #8 -- 6,498 (- 10.1%)
03/2015: Infinite Crisis FftM #9 -- 6,236 (- 4.0%)
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6 months: - 55.1%
Since #1: - 76.1%
Ending in June.
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267 - iZOMBIE special edition (Vertigo) ($1.00)
03/2015: iZombie SE #1 -- 6,077
Reprint of the first issue, presumably to entice those watching the new TV series to check out the trade collections.
(The original printing of issue #1 back in 2010 also had a $1 cover price.)
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277 - COFFIN HILL (Vertigo) ($2.99)
03/2014: Coffin Hill #6 -- 9,982 (- 4.3%)
04/2014: Coffin Hill #7 -- 9,547 (- 4.4%)
05/2014: --
06/2014: Coffin Hill #8 -- 8,764 (- 8.2%)
07/2014: Coffin Hill #9 -- 8,396 (- 4.2%)
08/2014: Coffin Hill #10 -- 7,710 (- 8.1%)
09/2014: Coffin Hill #11 -- 7,422 (- 3.7%)
10/2014: Coffin Hill #12 -- 7,136 (- 3.9%)
11/2014: Coffin Hill #13 -- 6,752 (- 5.4%)
12/2014: Coffin Hill #14 -- 6,410 (- 5.1%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Coffin Hill #15 -- 5,933 (- 7.4%)
03/2015: Coffin Hill #16 -- 5,785 (- 2.5%)
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6 months: - 22.0%
1 year : - 42.0%
Since #1: - 76.0%
Standard attrition.
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290 - STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES FEAT GI ZOMBIE ($2.99)
07/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #1 -- 18,762
08/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #2 -- 11,724 (- 37.5%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 44,333 (+278.1%)
10/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #3 -- 9,228 (- 79.2%)
11/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #4 -- 7,546 (- 18.2%)
12/2014: SSWS GI Zombie #5 -- 7,173 (- 4.9%)
01/2015: SSWS GI Zombie #6 -- 5,866 (- 18.2%)
02/2015: SSWS GI Zombie #7 -- 5,433 (- 7.4%)
03/2015: SSWS GI Zombie #8 -- 5,125 (- 5.7%)
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6 months: - 88.4%
Since #1: - 72.7%
Final issue of a series that deserved better. The trade collection will be out in August, so give it a go if you’re looking for a solid modern espionage/special forces story (with zombies…)
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292 - KLARION ($2.99)
10/2014: Klarion #1 -- 20,870 (- 28.0%)
11/2014: Klarion #2 -- 11,413 (- 45.3%)
12/2014: Klarion #3 -- 8,418 (- 26.2%)
01/2015: Klarion #4 -- 6,776 (- 19.5%)
02/2015: Klarion #5 -- 5,575 (- 17.7%)
03/2015: Klarion #6 -- 5,091 (- 8.7%)
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Since #1: - 75.6%
Manages to stay above 5K for its final issue.
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+300 - EFFIGY (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2015: Effigy #1 -- 11,656
02/2015: Effigy #2 -- 6,408 (- 45.0%)
03/2015: Effigy #3 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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Since #1: ????%
+300 - THE KITCHEN (Vertigo) ($2.99)
11/2014: The Kitchen #1 of 8 -- 14,066
12/2014: The Kitchen #2 of 8 -- 7,403 (- 47.4%)
01/2015: The Kitchen #3 of 8 -- 6,328 (- 14.5%)
02/2015: The Kitchen #4 of 8 -- 5,153 (- 18.6%)
03/2015: The Kitchen #5 of 8 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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Since #1: ????%
+300 - THE NAMES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
09/2014: The Names #1 of 8 -- 17,266
10/2014: The Names #2 of 8 -- 9,056 (- 47.6%)
11/2014: The Names #3 of 8 -- 6,926 (- 23.5%)
12/2014: The Names #4 of 8 -- 5,918 (- 14.6%)
01/2015: The Names #5 of 8 -- 5,312 (- 10.2%)
02/2015: The Names #6 of 8 -- 4,965 (- 6.5%)
02/2015: The Names #7 of 8 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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Since #1: ????%
+300 - HINTERKIND (Vertigo) ($2.99)
03/2014: Hinterkind #6 -- 8,306 (- 7.2%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Hinterkind #7 -- 7,487 (- 9.9%)
06/2014: Hinterkind #8 -- 7,212 (- 3.7%)
07/2014: Hinterkind #9 -- 6,686 (- 7.3%)
08/2014: Hinterkind #10 -- 6,283 (- 6.0%)
09/2014: Hinterkind #11 -- ????? (< 6,262)
10/2014: Hinterkind #12 -- ????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: --
12/2014: Hinterkind #13 -- 5,080
01/2015: Hinterkind #14 -- 4,810 (- 5.3%)
02/2015: Hinterkind #15 -- ????? (< 4,804)
03/2015: Hinterkind #16 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
Since #1: ????%
+300 - FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS (Vertigo) ($2.99)
03/2014: FBP #8 -- 7,852 (-12.5%)
04/2014: FBP #9 -- 7,619 (- 3.0%)
05/2014: FBP #10 -- 7,242 (- 4.9%)
06/2014: FBP #11 -- 6,958 (- 3.9%)
07/2014: FBP #12 -- ????? (< 6,594)
08/2014: FBP #13 -- 6,189
09/2014: --
10/2014: FBP #14 -- ????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: FBP #15 -- 5,288
12/2014: FBP #16 -- ????? (< 5,053)
01/2015: FBP #17 -- 4,707
02/2015: FBP #18 -- ????? (< 4,804)
03/2015: FBP #19 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
Since #1: ????%
Five Vertigo series do not make the Top 300 cut-off this month.
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+300 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
03/2005: Scooby-Doo #94 -- 4,772
03/2010: Scooby-Doo #154 -- 3,846
03/2011: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #7 -- 4,522
03/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #19 -- 4,677
03/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #31 -- 4,770
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03/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #43 -- 4,623 (+1.8%)
04/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #44 -- 4,650 (+0.6%)
05/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #45 -- 4,840 (+4.1%)
06/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #46 -- ????? (< 4,560)
07/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #47 -- ????? (< 6,594)
08/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #48 -- ????? (< 5,357)
09/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #49 -- ????? (< 6,262)
10/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #50 -- ????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #51 -- ????? (< 5,214)
12/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #52 -- ????? (< 5,053)
01/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #53 -- 4,703
02/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #54 -- ????? (< 4,804)
03/2015: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #55 -- ????? (< 4,917)
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6 months: ???%
1 year : ???%
2 years : ???%
5 years : ???%
10 years: ???%
Since #1: ???%
And not surprisingly Scooby-Doo also misses the cut-off. (And it’s quite possible that it out-sold one or more of the Vertigo titles that was under the cut-off, though there’s no way to be sure.)
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Average Periodical Sales (not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, and magazines)
DC COMICS
03/2005: 27,349
03/2010: 23,299
03/2011: 23,976
03/2012: 29,697
03/2013: 30,819 **
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03/2014: 26,776 (- 1.1%)
04/2014: 29,202 (+ 9.1%)**
05/2014: 31,764 (+ 8.8%)
06/2014: 32,834 (+ 3.4%)**
07/2014: 32,760 (+ 0.2%)**
08/2014: 28,951 (- 11.6%)**
09/2014: 46,869 (+ 61.9%)**
10/2014: 31,598 (- 32.6%)**
11/2014: 28,654 (- 9.3%)**
12/2014: 29,047 (+ 1.4%)**
01/2015: 24,289 (- 16.4%)
02/2015: 24,537 (+ 1.0%)**
03/2015: 23,466 (- 4.4%)**
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6 months: - 49.9%
1 year : - 12.4%
2 years : - 23.9%
5 years : + 0.7%
10 years: - 14.2%
DC UNIVERSE
03/2005: 34,864
03/2010: 32,375
03/2011: 26,720
03/2012: 33,229
03/2013: 32,294**
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03/2014: 32,007 (- 4.0%)
04/2014: 36,447 (+ 13.9%)
05/2014: 39,555 (+ 8.5%)
06/2014: 42,733 (+ 8.0%)
07/2014: 40,945 (- 4.2%)
08/2014: 36,645 (- 10.5%)
09/2014: 63,401 (+ 73.0%)**
10/2014: 39,978 (- 36.9%)
11/2014: 36,710 (- 8.2%)
12/2014: 34,882 (- 5.0%)
01/2015: 30,680 (- 12.0%)
02/2015: 32,403 (+ 5.6%)
03/2015: 28,559 (- 11.9%)
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6 months: - 55.0%
1 year : - 10.8%
2 years : - 11.6%
5 years : - 11.8%
10 years: - 18.1%
VERTIGO
03/2005: 13,094
03/2010: 11,394
03/2011: 10,450
03/2012: 12,688
03/2013: 11,055
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03/2014: 19,179 (+ 45.1%)
04/2014: 11,214 (- 41.5%)
05/2014: 11,778 (+ 5.0%)
06/2014: 11,372 (- 3.4%)
07/2014: 15,803 (+ 39.0%)**
08/2014: 9,082 (- 42.5%)
09/2014: 10,022 (+ 10.4%)**
10/2014: 9,066 (- 9.5%)**
11/2014: 8,511 (- 6.1%)**
12/2014: 13,195 (+ 55.0%)**
01/2015: 8,361 (- 36.6%)
02/2015: 8,612 (+ 3.0%)**
03/2015: 7,055 (- 15.6%)**
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6 months: - 29.6%
1 year : - 63.2%
2 years : - 36.2%
5 years : - 38.1%
10 years: - 46.1%
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6 month comparisons
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– 0.1% – He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the MotU)
– 9.2% – Astro City
– 14.1% – Injustice
– 15.5% – Batman ’66
– 18.6% – Scooby-Doo Team-Up
– 19.4% – Smallville Season 11
– 21.3% – Batman Eternal
– 22.0% – Coffin Hill
– 22.5% – New 52 – Futures End
– 24.7% – The Multiversity
– 35.5% – Superman
– 35.6% – Batman and Robin
– 38.6% – Batgirl
– 39.0% – Teen Titans
– 41.6% – Detective Comics
– 43.9% – Harley Quinn
– 45.3% – Green Lantern
– 45.5% – Flash
– 46.6% – Grayson
– 48.4% – Sensation Comics feat. Wonder Woman
– 48.7% – Action Comics
– 49.6% – Green Lantern Corps
– 50.3% – BAtman/Superman
– 50.3% – Aquaman
– 52.4% – Supergirl
– 53.3% – Sinestro
– 53.4% – Catwoman
– 55.1% – Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse
– 56.4% – Justice League United
– 57.6% – Justice League Dark
– 58.0% – Earth 2
– 58.6% – New Suicide Squad
– 64.0% – Green Lantern: New Guardians
– 64.3% – Red Lanterns
– 68.0% – Green Arrow
– 68.6% – Worlds’ Finest
– 68.9% – Red Hood and the Outlaws
– 69.2% – Swamp Thing
– 72.1% – Constantine
– 72.8% – Batwoman
– 76.8% – Aquaman and the Others
– 84.3% – Infinity Man and the Forever People
– 88.4% – Star-Spangled War Stories feat. G.I. Zombie
1 year comparisons
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+ 49.4% – Superman
+ 47.7% – Teen Titans
+ 37.4% – New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
+ 25.6% – Batgirl
+ 24.6% – Batman and Robin
+ 19.3% – Catwoman
+ 15.9% – Supergirl
+ 15.5% – Flash
+ 11.6% – Action Comics
+ 11.0% – Grayson (Nightwing)
+ 6.0% – Harley Quinn
+ 6.0% – Green Lantern Corps
+ 1.2% – Detective Comics
– 4.4% – Aquaman
– 7.6% – Green Lantern
– 10.3% – He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the MotU)
– 15.0% – Justice League Dark
– 15.2% – Swamp Thing
– 16.5% – Green Arrow
– 18.5% – Astro City
– 19.8% – Scooby-Doo Team-Up
– 20.5% – Green Lantern: New Guardians
– 20.5% – Red Lanterns
– 22.5% – Earth 2
– 23.3% – Red Hood and the Outlaws
– 24.3% – Batman ’66
– 25.3% – Smallville Season 11
– 25.5% – Injustice
– 27.5% – Constantine
– 30.0% – Batwoman
– 32.3% – Worlds’ Finest
– 42.0% – Coffin Hill
– 44.9% – Justice League 3000
2 year comparisons
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+157.3% – Deathstroke
+ 26.1% – Superman
+ 20.7% – New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
– 3.3% – Justice League Dark
– 5.4% – Supergirl
– 7.9% – Flash
– 8.8% – Teen Titans
– 17.0% – Arrow
– 19.3% – Batgirl
– 20.1% – Catwoman
– 24.3% – Grayson
– 26.4% – Detective Comics
– 29.5% – Green Arrow
– 29.6% – Batman and Robin
– 30.1% – Red Hood and the Outlaws
– 33.5% – Green Lantern Corps
– 37.0% – Injustice
– 38.2% – Action Comics
– 38.9% – Worlds’ Finest
– 39.2% – Aquaman
– 40.8% – Earth 2
– 43.2% – Red Lanterns
– 48.0% – Swamp Thing
– 52.1% – Smallville Season 11
– 52.2% – Green Lantern: New Guardians
– 55.9% – Batwoman
– 61.3% – Constantine
5 year comparisons
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+ 57.4% – Superman
+ 48.9% – Teen Titans
+ 41.1% – Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 35.1% – Batgirl
+ 34.9% – Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
+ 30.2% – Detective Comics
+ 29.7% – Action Comics
– 11.1% – Supergirl
– 12.4% – Astro City
– 18.4% – Green Arrow
– 36.8% – Batman and Robin
– 56.5% – Green Lantern
– 61.7% – Green Lantern Corps
10 year comparisons
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+ 69.0% – Aquaman
+ 45.1% – Batgirl
+ 42.5% – Detective Comics
+ 25.6% – Swamp Thing
+ 20.5% – Catwoman
+ 5.1% – Grayson (Nightwing)
– 6.0% – Constantine (Hellblazer)
– 6.5% – Action Comics
– 21.1% – Flash
– 37.7% – Green Arrow
– 43.4% – Teen Titans
– 50.2% – Superman
Sales Indices
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DCU: Average: 28,559. Median: 27,873.
2.3 – Harley Quinn
2.0 – Detective Comics
1.9 – Batman and Robin
1.8 – Superman
1.7 – Multiversity
1.6 – Batman Eternal
1.5 – Batman/Superman
1.5 – Green Lantern
1.4 – Grayson
1.4 – Detective Comics Endgame
1.3 – Flash
1.3 – Teen Titans
1.3 – Action Comics
1.1 – Aquaman
1.1 – Batgirl Endgame
1.1 – Justice League United
1.1 – Deathstroke
1.1 – New Suicide Squad
1.0 – New 52 Futures End
1.0 – Green Lantern Corps
1.0 – Sinestro
1.0 – Earth 2
0.9 – Catwoman
0.9 – Supergirl
0.9 – Justice League Dark
0.8 – Earth 2 World’s End
0.7 – Gotham Academy
0.7 – Green Lantern: New Guardians
0.7 – Red Lanterns
0.7 – Green Arrow
0.6 – Arkham Manor
0.6 – Gotham By Midnight
0.6 – Worlds’ Finest
0.6 – Red Hood and the Outlaws
0.6 – Secret Origins
0.6 – Justice League 3000
0.6 – Swamp Thing
0.5 – Constantine
0.5 – Batwoman
0.5 – Lobo
0.4 – Aquaman and the Others
0.3 – Trinity of Sin
0.3 – Infinity Man and the Forever People
0.2 – Star-Spangled War Stories feat. GI Zombie
0.2 – Klarion
Vertigo: Average: 7,055*. Median: 5,785*
1.6 – Astro City
1.5 – Suiciders
1.3 – Fables: The Wolf Among Us
1.3 – Strange Sports Stories
1.0 – Wolf Moon
0.8 – Coffin Hill
0.7 – Effigy *
0.7 – The Kitchen *
0.7 – The Names *
0.7 – Hinterkind *
0.7 – FBP *
Digital First & Other: Average: 15,415*. Median: 11,399*
4.8 – Batman Arkham Knight
1.0 – Injustice
0.9 – Batman ’66
0.9 – Mortal Kombat X
0.8 – He-Man Eternity War
0.7 – Sensation Comics
0.7 – Flash Season Zero
0.6 – Arrow Season 2.5
0.5 – Smallville Continuity
0.4 – Scooby-Doo Team-Up
0.4 – Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse
0.3 – 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. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily even intended to be sold to a customer.
If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a book’s initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. “[36,599]”). Should more than one issue have shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term comparisons, the average between them will be used.
Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it’s a different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.
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. To learn (a little) more about Vertigo’s collection sales, go right here.
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 300/400 chart in that month. In those cases, it’s assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300/400 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, the National Weather Service, 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.
Given its regular nigh-dominance of the top of this chart, plus steady performance over 10% in both dollar and units shares each month, perhaps its time to have a conversation about whether Image is really an “indie” company anymore or if it should rather be thought of as part of a “Big Three” with Marvel and DC.
“ORPHAN BLACK #2 10,652 (-97.9%)”
That has to be the biggest percentage drop in the entire history of comics. If even 1% of the people who got the first issue in their Loot Crate end up trying to find the second issue at a local comic book store it’ll probably make the chart again from reorders.
“Maybe the Mouse Guard story in the Boom! Free Comic Book Day offering will bring in more fans.”
I’m honestly surprised that Mouse Guard is released in single issue form, it seems like a series that would sell much better as a complete story in those nice, big hardbacks.
Nick, I imagine that question probably is not “if Image should get a separate collumn next to DC and Marvel”, but “is anyone willing to write that column?”.
Too bad, comments stop at 250.
There are some #1 in the pack and it would be interesting to have some opinion about them and why they are not selling more ( Con Job for instance). It would also be nice to have comment about series or mini-series ending (I think that Little Nemo is only a 4-part mini-series but I might be wrong).
But of course, thanks for your work, I’m very interested in indies sales number (as I’m not reading much of the big two now …)
I’d just like to give a shout out to the first issue of Arcadia, published by Boom!, which came out a few weeks ago. Best 1st issue I’ve read in a long, long time. Smart story, nuanced characters, lots of political sci-fi (which I love)… it’s easy for titles to get lost in the crowd, but this is worth checking out.
And, no, I’m not one of the creators, or a friend of the creators… just someone who really, really enjoyed it!
If you’re interested, I’ve added a link with a brief description and some lovely, lovely art!
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/13/arcadia-set-to-give-boom-its-next-breakouts/
“Nick, I imagine that question probably is not ‘if Image should get a separate collumn next to DC and Marvel’, but ‘is anyone willing to write that column?’.”
I was thinking in more general terms than the sales analysis. People use the term “Big Two” to refer to Marvel and DC all the time and I think it has become (or is at least becoming) outdated.
Although, since you’ve raised the point, splitting Image from the indie chart really wouldn’t create more work. It’d be the same number of titles, same amount of analysis, just in two smaller posts instead of one big one.
Actually, it’s still very nice that Archaia/Boom is releasing Mouse Huard in single form. It was the outstanding success of the singles (more than doubling it’s sale sbeetween issues, a miracle!) that first helped Mouse Guard be a success. And at one point, the wait beetween single issues of the same mini-series was quite long.
Those days are behind us but it’s still very nice to have at 3.99$ single issues of Mouse Guard very well produced (perfect paper, no ads, a nice format and 50% more stories than a poor produced Marve comicsat the same price).
Thanks for these as always!