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by Xavier Lancel
Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m the French guy who took over Jason for this column. Less figures, a comparaison with the issue#2 sales and some TPB sales at the end are the only big differences you could notice.
Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn’t mean it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy.
It’s a little hard to be sure what the fate of each title will be after Secret wars: Marvel did release a list of the titles that will come back after the event, and confirmed that The Last Days banner was for titles that will stop publication. But, frankly, it’s hard to believe the list, and seeing that a title can be cancelled to be relaunched one month later with no differences, the word “cancellation” can lose some of its meaning. I’m pretty sure they will change their mind on the way and that, in fact, they are not sure yet which titles will come back, waiting for how many copies those Battleword titles will sell before taking their real decisions.
I’ll have a better idea of what I want to do with the TPB sales. You’ll see it next month. Meanwhile, you’ll find at the bottom the sales of every new collection that was featured in the 2015 Marvel catalogs and which sold some copies in February 2015.
So far, this month, the most noticeable things are that Marvel is expanding successfully (so far) its Star Wars line, and has found, among all the Spider-Women, one who is way more popular with buyers than the others!
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.
2, 7- DARTH VADER
02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 264,449
02/15 Darth Vader #2 – 100,010 (-62.2%)
With 9 variant covers, the fall could have been worse. After Star Wars and its mindboggling 1,000,000 copies, let’s go back to reality. We are starting to see a little more clearly what Marvel is gonna do with the Star Wars license. The Dark Horse ongoing series was focused on different timelines or factions. The Marvel ongoing series seem to be focused on characters. Marvel is giving to Star Wars fans what Dark Horse never did: an ongoing Darth Vader series. Clever! Any series that steadily sells more than 50k would be the proof that the move from Dark Horse to Marvel was the right one. 100K for issue #2 of the 2nd launched ongoing Star Wars series seems like a good sign. Issue #1 was slightly bigger than usual with a $4.99 cover price: will we see more of this in the future, seeing that it doesn’t seem to frighten customers?
3- SPIDER-GWEN
02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 254,074
Wow! That’s a surprise, and it’s not due to a variant cover frenzy (only 3 for this one). Jason Latour and Robbie Rodriguez are no comic book superstars so what happened? That’s the 2nd title starring a Spider-Woman, and putting Gwen Stacy in the costume seems to have made it! There was already a Spider-Woman character from an alternate Earth who had its little success, that was Spider-Girl, the “losJ” baby of Mary jane and Peter. With Spider-Gwen, Marvel brings back another beloved character from the Spider-Man mythos and this time attracts way more readers. Let’s see if this one will be able to keep more than 100k, that would be pretty amazing.
4,53- STAR WARS
01/15 Stars Wars #1 - 1,019,121 [+33.145]
02/15 Stars Wars #2 - 162,042 (-84.1%)
The first issue is selling again (no surprise here), making it reach one million copies. That’s an amazing number. More than 160k for the second issue is a very good base on which to keep readers, making hope that the ongoing Star Wars series could stay above 100k during its run. John Cassaday is leaving with issue 7, letting Stuart Immonen take his place. Nobody was really expecting John Cassaday to stay, seeing how slow he is.
6, 8- Amazing SPIDER-MAN
04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
06/14 Amazing v3 #3 - 109,029 ( -12.0%)
07/14 Amazing v3 #4 - 117,917 ( 8.2%)O.Sin
08/14 Amazing v3 #5 - 101,655 ( -13.8%)O.Sin
09/14 Amazing v3 #6 - 93,564 ( -8.0%)
10/14 Amazing v3 #7 - 116,051 ( 24.0%)
10/14 Amazing v3 #8 - 99,549 ( -14.2%)
11/14 Amazing v3 #9 - 135,280
11/14 Amazing v3 #10 – 100,899
12/14 Amazing v3 #11 – 104,739 ( +3.8%)
01/15 Amazing v3 #12 – 105,458 ( +0.6%)
01/15 Amazing v3 #13 – 103,093 ( -2.2%)
02/15 Amazing v3 #14 – 106,778 ( +3.6%)
02/15 Amazing v3 #15 - 99,660 ( -6.7%)
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Since issue #2: -19.6%
#14 is the conclusion of the Spider-verse storyline, #15 its epilogue, each with two/one variant cover. Sales go back to the level they were at before the event. The series still have to find its level after that.
9- SILK
02/15 Silk #1 - 74,501
Third Spider-Woman series! You can’t say that Marvel is not putting all his efforts into making a female Spider-Man character stick! This one debuts lower than Spider-Woman and more than 3 times lower than Spider-Gwen! Only 2 variant covers and a creative team (Robbie Thompson & Stacey Lee) mostly unknown to comics readers. I doubt there will room for 3 Spider-Woman characters series. Spider-Gwen is clearly the winner.
11- THOR
12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
Since issue #2: -22,0%
A Phil Noto variant cover can’t be the only explanation for this nice stagnation. More than 65k would be amazing numbers for a Thor series to stay above!
14- GOTG AND X-MEN BLACK VORTEX ALPHA
02/15 Gotg & X-Men Black Vortex Alpha #1 - 60,412
The Guardians of Galaxy brand is called to try to attract readers to an agonizing X-Men family of titles. This $4.99 Black Vortex starting point is selling more than X-Men or GotG titles, so the job is done, at a more than decent sales level, seeing all that is going on in the Marvel universe at the moment.
16- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
04/13 Guardians v3 #2 - 88,184
...
12/13 Guardians v3 #9 - 57,665 ( -9.2%)
12/13 Guardians v3 #10 - 53,527 ( -7.2%)
01/14 Guardian #11.NOW - 61,111 ( 14.7%)
02/14 Guardians v3 #12 - 55,454 ( -9.3%)
03/14 Guardians v3 #13 - 56,764 ( 2.4%)
04/14 Guardians v3 #14 - 53,976 ( -4.9%)
05/14 Guardians v3 #15 - 54,332 ( 0.7%)
06/14 Guardians v3 #16 - 54,827 ( 0.9%)
07/14 Guardians v3 #17 - 62,986 ( 14.9%)
08/14 Guardians v3 #18 - 60,657 ( -3.7%) O.Sin
09/14 Guardians v3 #19 - 55,891 ( -7.9%) O.Sin
10/14 Guardians v3 #20 - 61,072 ( 9.3%)
11/14 Guardians v3 #21 - 62,387 ( 2.2%)
12/14 Guardians v3 #22 - 52,470 ( -15.9%)
01/15 Guardians v3 #23 - 51,466 ( -1.9%)
02/15 Guardians v3 #24 - 60,046 (+16.7%) B.Vortex
Since issue #2: -31.9%
Black Vortex is attracting more readers (from the X-Men titles?), bringing this issue to the exact same level than Black Vortex Alpha.
17- THOR ANNUAL
02/15 Thor Annual #1 - 58.664
That’s amazing numbers for a Thor Annual, only 10k below the ongoing series. CM Punk, the hunky-sexy WWF superstar is writing one of the three stories. I would be glad to say that’s the factor explaining the success of this annual but it’s probably only because the Thor brand is strong at the moment. Let’s hope that Marvel will not flood us with Thor titles and disgust us with him/her in less than a year!
18,24- ALL-NEW X-MEN
11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
02/14 All-New X-Men #23 - 64,625 (-15.6%)
03/14 All-New X-Men #24 - 63,739 ( -1.4%)
04/14 All-New X-Men #25 - 63,827 ( 0.1%)
04/14 All-New X-Men #26 - 58,918 ( -7.7%)
05/14 All-New X-Men #27 - 62,269 ( 5.7%)
06/14 All-New X-Men #28 - 57,135 ( -8.2%)
07/14 All-New X-Men #29 - 58,817 ( 2.9%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
since issue #2: -42.5%
I know, it’s weird: issue #38 is out before issue #37. Did the Hawkeye virus spread out? In fact, that’s because, even if #37 is not ready, #38 had to go out in time because it contains the 4th chapter of Black Vortex. Of course, thanks to it, sales jump back almost to 60k.
22- UNCANNY AVENGERS
03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven & X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
Despite 2 variant covers, this one is already below the sales level it reached before the relaunch. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will learn a terrible truth in this issue: that they have the most convoluted lineage tree of the Marvel Universe and that every writer wants to complicate it!
26- AVENGERS
12/12 Avengers v5 #2 - 93,894
...
12/13 Avengers#24.NOW - 127,466 ( +91.7%)
01/14 Avengers v5 #25 - 65,591 ( -48.5%)
02/14 Avengers v5 #26 – 59,775 ( -8.9%)
03/14 Avengers v5 #27 - 53,966 ( -9.7%)
04/14 Avengers v5 #28 - 52,808 ( -2.1%)
05/14 Avengers v5 #29 - 58,661 ( 11.1%)
05/14 Avengers v5 #30 - 57,099 ( -2.7%)
06/14 Avengers v5 #31 - 53,933 ( -5.5%) O.Sin
07/14 Avengers v5 #32 - 56,595 ( 4.9%) O.Sin
07/14 Avengers v5 #33 - 51,874 ( -8.3%) O.Sin
08/14 Avengers v5 #34 - 54,413 ( 4.9%) O.Sin
09/14 Avengers v5 #35 - 50,629 ( 10.2%)
10/14 Avengers v5 #36 - 56,771 ( 12.1%)
10/14 Avengers v5 #37 - 49,430 ( -12.9%)
11/14 Avengers v5 #38 - 54,368 ( 4.3%)
12/14 Avengers v5 #39 - 47,062 ( -13.4%)
01/15 Avengers v5 #40 - 47,483 ( +0.9%) (SW prelude)
02/15 Avengers v5 #41 - 48,437 ( +2.0%) (SW prelude)
Since issue #2: -48.6%
Am I the only one feeling cheated when Marvel sells me the same cover they used on Ultimates #1? It’s a wink, an homage but I have another: wouldn’t it be neat to pay homage to the Ultimates by selling the issue at the same price The Ultimates #1 was? There is one Phil Noto variant cover for this one.
27- UNCANNY X-MEN
02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #2 - 94,615
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03/14 U X-Men #19.NOW - 64,514 ( 17.5%)
04/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #20 - 55,359 (-14.2%)
05/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #21 - 54,747 ( -1.1%)
06/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #22 - 52,731 ( -3.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #23 - 55,738 ( 5.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #24 - 53,677 ( 5.7%)O.Sin
08/14 ---
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #25 - 58,062 ( 8.2%)
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #26 - 51,862 (-10.7%)
10/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #27 - 57,908 ( 11.7%)
11/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #28 - 55,939 ( -3.4%)
12/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #29 - 53,502 ( -4.4%)
01/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #30 - 48,824 (-8.7%)
02/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #31 - 46,993 (-3.8%)
Since issue #2: -50.3%
Still in search of its sales level. There is a Phil Noto variant cover.
28- DEADPOOL
11/12 Deadpool v4 #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 D'pool #25.NOW - 48,775 ( 18.6%)
03/14 Deadpool v4 #26 - 44,141 ( -9.5%)
04/14 Deadpool v4 #27 - 62,037 ( 40.5%)[1,992]
05/14 Deadpool v4 #28 - 45,858 ( 26.1%)
05/14 Deadpool v4 #29 - 52,403 ( 14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
06/14 Deadpool v4 #30 - 54,072 ( 14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Deadpool v4 #31 - 49,930 ( -7.7%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Deadpool v4 #32 - 46,829 ( -6.2%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14 Deadpool v4 #33 - 50,023 ( 6.8%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14 Deadpool v4 #34 - 58,034 ( 16.0%)
09/14 Deadpool v4 #35 - 43,554 ( -25.0%)
10/14 Deadpool v4 #36 - 46,600 ( 7.0%)(Axis)
11/14 Deadpool v4 #37 - 51,579 ( -20.8%)(Axis)
12/14 Deadpool v4 #38 - 43,433 ( -15.8%)(Axis)
12/14 Deadpool v4 #39 - 42,198 ( -2.8%)(Axis)
01/15 Deadpool v4 #40 - 42,467 (+0.6%)
01/15 Deadpool v4 #41 - 39,848 (-6.2%)
02/15 Deadpool v4 #42 - 46,104 (+15.7%)
Since issue #2: -39.7%
We certainly can’t blame the Phil Noto cover for such a boost, nor the appearance of Omega Red. If only those crossovers would stop disrupting the numbers, we could see the real trend here. Still, incredible numbers of course. Wolverine, on the other hand, is old news.
30- NEW AVENGERS
01/13 New Avengers v3 # 2 - 79,433
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
04/14 New Avengers v3 #17 - 45,885 ( -5.8%)
05/14 New Avengers v3 #18 - 43,668 ( -4.8%)
06/14 New Avengers v3 #19 - 41,989 ( -3.8%)
06/14 New Avengers v3 #20 - 43,962 ( -0.1%)
07/14 New Avengers v3 #21 - 42,699 ( 1.8%)
08/14 New Avengers v3 #22 - 42,797 ( 0.2%)
08/14 New Avengers v3 #23 - 40,018 ( -6.3%)
09/14 New Avengers v3 #24 - 45,123 (-12.8%)
10/14 New Avengers v3 #25 - 42,979 ( -4.8%)
11/14 New Avengers v3 #26 - 46,318 ( 7.8%)
11/14 New Avengers v3 #27 - 40,408 (-12.8%)
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
Since issue #2: -46.1%
People really seems excited by this Secret Wars stuff, and ready to pay for it!
39- RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL Ltd
02/15 Return of Living Deadpool #1 of - 41,911
Once again, the proof that Deadpool is able to support several titles, whenever Marvel don’t overdue it and keeps a certain quality to it. At the same level as the ongoing series, which is fantastic!
41- CAPTAIN AMERICA
02/14 Capt America V7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
Since issue #2: -17.6%
Ouch, victory was called too soon! The change to Sam Wilson as the new Captain America is not a failure, but will perhaps not bring the extra readers we hoped if it continues to fall. One Phil Noto variant on this one.
44- ANT-MAN
01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
I have tons of funny jokes about Ant-Man ready to use… Sales are shrinking (ih ih!) as they usually do after a first issue, even if a little more than usual. There are 2 variant covers left. This title will stay alive no matter what until the movie is released and forgotten.
45- ROCKET RACCOON
07/14 Rocket Raccoon #1 - 293,913 ( --- )[7,738]
08/14 Rocket Raccoon #2 - 56,597 (-80.7%)
09/14 Rocket Raccoon #3 - 52,288 ( -7.6%)
10/14 Rocket Raccoon #4 - 57,830 ( 10.6%)
11/14 Rocket Raccoon #5 - 52,979 ( -8.4%)
12/14 Rocket Raccoon #6 - 41,154 (-22.3%)
01/15 Rocket Raccoon #7 - 39,342 ( -4.4%)
02/15 Rocket Raccoon #8 - 38,769 (-1.5%)
Since issue #2: -31,5%
Not sure if Rocket Raccoon has found its level yet, as there are two variant covers on this issue. Anyway, no matter what, those are still good numbers, especially when you see Star Lord way lower.
46- LEGENDARY STAR LORD
07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
Since issue #2: +4.2%
The Black Vortex crossover with the X-Men is bringing at least 13k readers to a Star Lord title who was in dire need of that! It does not reach the same level as the previous chapter in Guardians of Galaxy, meaning that more than 2/3 of the readers of Black Vortex Alpha or Guardians of The Galaxy will miss this chapter of the crossover and don’t seem to care.
49- SPIDER-WOMAN
11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
Since issue #2: -19.2%%
That’s a Spider-verse epilogue. Next month will be decisive. The series doesn’t have a lot of rope left, it needs to stabilize at more than 25k.
50- SUPERIOR IRON MAN
03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
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06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
Since issue #2: -17.7%
While Iron Man is not in danger of being cancelled, this is clearly a disappointment sales wise. In this issue, we learn the origin of Teen Abomination (yes, that’s who you think it is!).
51- SPIDER-MAN 2099
07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )[6,461]
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
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01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
Since issue #2: -27.7%
Despite showing Spider-Man 2099 visiting the Future Imperfect storyline, this issue shows a huge drop in sales. It seems that readers of the series want their Spider-Man 2099 in the Marvel Universe, not the year 2099. Yep, that’s weird.
54,60,64,68. WOLVERINES
01/15 Wolverines #1 – 73,650
01/15 Wolverines #2 – 43,573 (-41.8%)
01/15 Wolverines #3 – 42,051 (- 3.5%)
01/15 Wolverines #4 – 39,790 (- 5.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #5 – 32,953 (-17.2%)
02/15 Wolverines #6 – 31,710 (-3.8%)
02/15 Wolverines #7 – 30,617 (-3.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #8 – 29,923 (-2.3%)
Since issue #2: -31.3%
The cutback to real customer numbers with issue #5 is harsh, the rest of the fall is due to standard attrition. Will this one end with issue#20, as the solicitation for future paperback collections seems to imply? It would seems logical, as it will be just under 20k if it keeps following this trend.
56- HAWKEYE
09/12 Hawkeye v4 #2 - 33,563
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09/13 ---
10/13 Hawkeye v4 #13 - 40,476 ( -0.9%)
11/13 Hawkeye v4 #14 - 39,863 ( -1.5%)
11/13 Hawkeye v4 #15 – 39,546 ( -0.8%)
12/13 ---
01/14 Hawkeye v4 #16 - 37,074 ( -6.3%)
02/14 ---
03/14 Hawkeye v4 #17 – 35,545 ( -4.1%)
04/14 Hawkeye v4 #18 – 35,045 ( -1.4%)
05/14 ---
06/14 ---
07/14 Hawkeye v4 #19 – 34,131 ( -2.6%)
08/14 ---
09/14 Hawkeye v4 #20 – 34,169 ( 0.1%)
10/14 ---
11/14 ---
12/14 ---
01/15 ---
02/15 Hawkeye v4 #21 – 32,607 (- 4.6%) END
Since issue #2: -2,8%
Hawkeye has been both a fantastic success for Marvel (one of their best TPB sellers and a non super-hero approach to one of their character, praised by critics) and a laughing stock concerning its schedule, especially for the last 18 months. The way the floppy issues have gone out makes simply no sense at all. Marvel quickly understood that Hawkeye couldn’t ship monthly, so they decided to order another parallel storyline about the female Hawkeye, drawn by Annie Wu and to run it at the same time as the David Aja Hawkeye storyline about his building. Yet, it didn’t work out and both were late. Not only did the issues not come out in time, but sometimes in reverse order, making no sense and transforming a long final arc into a never ending storyline. And they made people who made the effort to buy the floppy issues pay 1$ more for each, after they placed their pre-order! Was Marvel in such a hurry to gain even more $ on such a poorly scheduled project? The best way to be disgusted to buy floppy issues instead of TPB was to buy Hawkeye. The new series will have to make us forget this disaster. Still, check that awesome “since issue #2” percentage: -2,8%! Marvel would kill to have another steady seller like that again.
57- FANTASTIC FOUR
01/14 Fantastic Four v5 #16 - 28,045 ( 1.6%)
02/14 Fantastic Four v6 #1 - 65,775 ( 134.5%)
03/14 Fantastic Four v6 #2 - 37,569 ( -42.9%)
04/14 Fantastic Four v6 #3 - 34,930 ( -7.0%)
05/14 Fantastic Four v6 #4 - 33,263 ( -4.8%)
05/14 Fantastic Four v6 #5 - 33,336 ( 0.2%)
06/14 Fantastic Four v6 #6 - 33,177 ( -0.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Fantastic Four v6 #7 - 33,687 ( 1.5%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14 Fantastic Four v6 #8 - 30,674 ( -8.9%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14 Fantastic Four v6 #9 - 28,827 ( -6.0%)
09/14 Fantastic Four v6 #10 - 28,118 ( -2.5%)
10/14 Fantastic Four v6 #11 - 26,938 ( -4.2%)
10/14 Fantastic Four v6 #12 - 26,638 ( -1.1%)
11/14 Fantastic Four v6 #13 - 25,432 ( -4.5%)
12/14 Fantastic Four v6 #14 - 24,716 ( -2.8%)
01/15 Fantastic Four #642 – 30,118 ( +21,9%)
02/15 Fantastic Four #643 – 32,302 ( + 7.3%)
Since issue #2: -14.0%
2 variant covers and the continuation of the final arc of the series, with the promise of a death, continue to bring back more readers. Fantastic Four will go out with a small Bang!
61- DAREDEVIL
02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)[1,948]
04/14 Daredevil #1.50 - 48,462 (-36.2%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
05/14 Daredevil v4 #3 - 39,316 (-8.2%)
06/14 Daredevil v4 #4 - 37,902 (-3.6%)
07/14 Daredevil v4 #5 - 36,825 (-2.8%)
07/14 Daredevil v4 #6 - 37,959 ( 3.1%)
07/14 Daredevil #0.1 - 33,437
08/14 Daredevil v4 #7 - 36,785 (-3.1%)
09/14 Daredevil v4 #8 - 37,739 ( 2.6%)
10/14 Daredevil v4 #9 - 33,996 (-9.9%)
11/14 Daredevil v4 #10 - 32,438 (-4.6%)
12/14 Daredevil v4 #11 - 31,382 (-3.3%)
01/15 Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989 (+1.9%)
02/15 Daredevil v4 #13 – 31,483 (-1.6%)
Since issue #2: -26.5%
The final arc of the Waid/Samnee run is beginning, with the same numbers of readers than before the relaunch. This will probably be remembered as one of the best runs of the title. I wouldn’t want to be the next creative team to come aboard…
62- THANOS VS HULK
12/14 Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #1 - 39,862
01/15 Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #2 - 33,891 (-15.0%)
02/15 Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #3 - 31,337 (-7.5%)
Even if this mini-series is slipping down, it is still at a nice level for an old-school project like that. Featuring Blastaar!
63- ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN
12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
Since issue #2: -15.9%
We are starting to find that all this fuss about Angela was an empty shell: the audience for her ongoing series is rather small, as should be expected.
69,75- MS. MARVEL
02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- ) [15,155]
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%) [3,440]
04/14 Ms. Marvel #3 - 37,140 ( -3.2%)
05/14 Ms. Marvel #4 - 34,839 ( -6.2%)
06/14 Ms. Marvel #5 - 33,795 ( -3.0%)
07/14 Ms. Marvel #6 - 36,041 ( 6.6%)
08/14 Ms. Marvel #7 - 32,866 ( -8.8%)
09/14 Ms. Marvel #8 - 32,182 ( -2.1%)
10/14 Ms. Marvel #9 - 32,915 ( 2.3%)
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12/14 Ms. Marvel #10 - 30,282 ( -8.0%)
---
02/15 Ms. Marvel #11 – 29,851 ( -1.4%)
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
Since issue #2: -24.3%
This is the only title for whom the Last Days banner during Secret Wars makes no sense. Sales are good and the title is one of the few remaining with a $2.99 cover price. I expect a relaunch à la Daredevil: same creative team, same content, with a more expensive cover price.
71- SHIELD
12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (-64.1%)
02/15 SHIELD #3 – 29,790 (-12.3%)
Since issue #2: -12.3%
This title will probably have to struggle to stay above the cancellation line. There are still 2 variant covers so the fall could still go on.
74- MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN
04/14 Ult. Spider-Man #200 - 41,608 ( 50.5%)
05/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #1 - 45,864 ( 10.2%)
06/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #2 - 38,231 (-16.6%)
07/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #3 - 37,240 ( -2.6%)
08/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #4 - 34,836 ( -6.5%)
09/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #5 - 34,140 ( -2.0%)
10/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #6 - 33,057 ( -3.2%)
11/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #7 - 31,607 ( -4.4%)
12/14 M.M. Ult Spider-Man #8 - 31,448 ( -0.5%)
01/15 M.M. Ult Spider-man #9 – 30,135 ( -4.2%)
02/15 M.M. Ult Spider-man #10- 29,321 ( -2.7%)
Since issue #2: -23.3%
This title could easily live for another year without trouble. That’s more than half the line of Marvel books can say!
76- SPIDER-MAN and THE X-MEN
02/14 Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392 ( -1.1%)
03/14 Wolver/X-Men v2 #1 - 54,675 ( 54.5%)
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11/14 Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457 ( 1.2%)
12/14 Spider/X-Men v1 #1 - 61,952 (117.7%)
01/15 Spider/X-Men v1 #2 - 34,329 (-44.6%)
02/15 Spider/X-Men v1 #3 - 29,025 (-15.5%)
since issue #2: -15.5%
Even if it’s too early, with a sales level so low and what seems to be the beginning of an atrocious sales trajectory, I wouldn’t expect this one to last more than 12 issues.
78- X-MEN
12/12 X-Men v3 #39 - 29,326
...
06/13 X-Men v4 #2 - 73,542
...
11/13 X-Men v4 #7 - 56,968 ( -20.9%)
12/13 X-Men v4 #8 - 53,201 ( -6.6%)
01/14 X-Men v4 #9 - 49,412 ( -7.1%)
02/14 X-M #10.Now - 52,486 ( 6.2%)
02/14 X-Men v4 #11 - 47,498 ( -9.5%)
03/14 X-Men v4 #12 - 44,135 ( -7.1%)
04/14 X-Men v4 #13 - 42,065 ( -4.7%)
05/14 X-Men v4 #14 - 39,499 ( -6.1%)
06/14 X-Men v4 #15 - 38,271 ( -3.1%)
07/14 X-Men v4 #16 - 38,937 ( 1.7%)
07/14 X-Men v4 #17 - 36,255 ( -6.9%)
08/14 X-Men v4 #18 - 35,543 ( -2.0%)
09/14 X-Men v4 #19 - 33,737 ( -5.1%)
10/14 X-Men v4 #20 - 33,004 ( -2.2%)
11/14 X-Men v4 #21 - 31,468 ( -4.7%)
12/14 X-Men v4 #22 - 30,200 ( -4.0%)
01/15 X-Men v4 #23 - 29,650 ( -1.8%)
02/15 X-Men v4 #24 - 28,414 ( -4.2%)
Since issue #2: -61.4%
Probably the lowest level ever reached for the X-Men title. Something needs to be done and it’s called cutting the mass of indistinct X-Men titles!
79- AMAZING X-MEN
11/13 Amazing X-Men v2 #1 - 112,337 (+434.4%)
12/13 Amazing X-Men v2 #2 - 60,870 ( -45.8%)
01/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #3 - 51,431 ( -15.5%)
02/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #4 - 48,161 ( -6.4%)
03/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #5 - 46,242 ( -4.0%)
04/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #6 - 45,095 ( -2.5%)
05/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #7 - 42,512 ( -5.7%)
06/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #8 - 41,613 ( -2.1%)
07/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #9 - 40,562 ( -2.5%)
08/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #10 - 36,405 ( -10.2%)
09/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #11 - 34,552 ( -5.1%)
10/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #12 - 32,966 ( -4.6%)
11/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #13 - 36,338 ( 10.2%)
12/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #14 - 31,468 ( -13.4%)(Axis)
01/15 Amazing X-Men v2 #15 - 29,868 ( -5.1%)
01/15 Amazing X-Men v2 #16 - 28,416 ( -4.9%)
02/15 Amazing X-Men v2 #17 - 27,513 ( -3.2%)
Since issue #2: -54,8%
Having a rather new X-men core book selling less than 25k will probably not do it for Marvel so expect to hear the death bell soon.
81- HULK
12/12 Incred Hulk v5 #2 - 63,653
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12/13 Hulk #17.INH - 35,679 ( -0.5%)
01/14 Hulk #18.INH - 33,056 ( -7.4%)
02/14 Indestructible #19 - 31,192 ( -5.6%)
03/14 Indestructible #20 - 30,042 ( -3.7%)
04/14 Hulk v3 #1 - 73,551 ( 144.8%)
04/14 Hulk v3 #2 - 40,590 ( -44.8%)
05/14 Hulk v3 #3 - 37,639 ( -7.3%)
06/14 Hulk v3 #4 - 35,377 ( -6.0%)
08/14 Hulk v3 #5 - 34,903 ( -1.3%)
09/14 Hulk v3 #6 - 33,032 ( -5.4%)
10/14 Hulk v3 #7 - 35,084 ( 6.2%)
11/14 Hulk v3 #8 - 34,483 ( -1.7%)
12/14 Hulk v3 #9 - 27,697 ( -19.7%)
01/15 Hulk v3 #10 - 27,553 ( -0.5%)
02/15 Hulk v3 #11 - 27,317 ( -0.9%)
Since issue #2: -32,7%
Sales stabilized, with a Phil Noto variant cover. Still, it’s not fantastic for a title which relaunched less than a year ago…
86- INHUMAN
04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
08/14 Inhuman #3 - 37,159 ( -11.1%)
08/14 Inhuman #4 - 34,215 ( -7.9%)
09/14 Inhuman #5 - 32,719 ( -4.4%)
09/14 Inhuman #6 - 30,761 ( -6.0%)
10/14 Inhuman #7 - 29,903 ( -2.8%)
11/14 Inhuman #8 - 50,766 ( -15.0%)
12/14 Inhuman #9 - 25,962 ( -48.9%)
12/14 Inhuman #10- 25,445 ( -2.0%)
01/15 Inhuman #11- 24,410 (- 4.1%)
02/15 Inhuman #12- 24,689 (+ 1.1%)
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Since issue #2: -40.9%
There doesn’t seem to have any reason for this nice little boost, except a Phil Noto variant, like on almost all Marvel title with a variant cover this month. That’s a rather good sign for Marvel: they should be able to let this title live for some time, allowing them to imprint the Inhumans as major players in the Marvel universe.
87- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL
01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
Already on the verge of the cancellation zone. Yet, this one has probably more rope, seeing that Marvel probably wants to keep Ryan North on board and expects to sell copies to young readers (that means a cancellation zone way lower than usual).
91- MAGNETO
03/14 Magneto #1 – 55,337
04/14 Magneto #2 – 35,772 (-35.4%)[2,297]
05/14 Magneto #3 – 35,504 ( -0.7%)
05/14 Magneto #4 – 33,070 ( -6.9%)
06/14 Magneto #5 – 32,837 ( -0.7%)
07/14 Magneto #6 – 32,675 ( -0.5%)
07/14 Magneto #7 – 31,001 ( -5.1%)
08/14 Magneto #8 – 29,727 ( -4.1%)
09/14 Magneto #9 – 31,563 ( 6.2%)(Axis)
09/14 Magneto #10– 30,769 ( -2.5%)(Axis)
10/14 Magneto #11– 31,642 ( 2.8%)(Axis)
11/14 Magneto #12– 30,107 ( -4.9%)(Axis)
12/14 Magneto #13– 27,418 ( -8.9%)
01/15 Magneto #14- 26,306 (- 4.1%)
02/15 Magneto #15- 24,052 (- 8.6%)
Since issue #2: -32.8%
The series is supposed to end during Secret Wars, with the Last Days banner. The sales evolution of late would agree with this decision but, from all the solo X-Men titles launched recently, this is the most successful, with the most difficult subject. This one would deserve a little more rope or…sigh…a relaunch (I can’t believe I just said that!).
94- MOON KNIGHT
12/11 Moon Knight v4 #8 - 24,626
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03/14 Moon Knight v5 #1 - 58,022 ( --- ) [7,266]
04/14 Moon Knight v5 #2 - 40,885 (-29.5%) [3,621]
05/14 Moon Knight v5 #3 - 42,607 ( 4.2%)
06/14 Moon Knight v5 #4 - 40,348 ( -5.3%)
07/14 Moon Knight v5 #5 - 38,630 ( -4.3%)
08/14 Moon Knight v5 #6 - 37,646 ( -2.5%)
09/14 Moon Knight v5 #7 - 35,630 ( -5.4%)
10/14 Moon Knight v5 #8 - 32,434 ( -9.0%)
11/14 Moon Knight v5 #9 - 28,739 (-11.4%)
12/14 Moon Knight v5 #10 - 26,633 ( -7.3%)
01/15 Moon Knight v5 #11 - 24,464 ( -8.1%)
02/15 Moon Knight v5 #12 - 23,486 ( -4.0%)
---
Since issue #2: -42.6%
Changing writer every arc is not the best solution to keep your readers, especially on a character in need of a firm characterization like Moon Knight. The third arc begins next month with Cullen Bunn replacing Brian Wood : difficult in those conditions to give to this volume a clear and specific identity.
97,107,114,115- ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA FEAR HIM Ltd
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 1 of 4 – 22,451
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 2 of 4 – 19,969 (-11.1%)
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 3 of 4 – 19,090 (- 4.4%)
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 4 of 4 – 18,961 (- 0.7%)
Since issue #2: -5.0%
It’s not written in the solicitation text, but this online Infinite Comics was storyboarded by Geoffo & Mast, two very talented French artists, who are hard at work on a bunch of Infinity Comics. This print edition sells rather well, seeing that Marvel dropped this all in one month without any mention of where it comes from. In those conditions, why would people bother to buy this instead of the TPB collection? Marvel really needs to find something to advertise specifically those print editions of online comics.
98- CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE MIGHTY AVENGERS
09/14 Mighty Avengers v2 #14 - 21,516 ( -4.3%)
10/14 ---
11/14 Cap & M. Avengers #1 - 60,206 (179.8%)
11/14 Cap & M. Avengers #2 - 34,428 (-42.8%)
12/14 Cap & M. Avengers #3 - 28,744 (-16.5%)
01/15 Cap & M. Avengers #4 - 25,352 (-11.8%)
02/15 Cap & M. Avengers #5 - 22,246 (-12.3%)
---
Since issue #2: -35.4%
Still losing readers by a truckload, and an amazing cover by Sanford Greene, it’s nice to see him working at Marvel!
99- SILVER SURFER
03/14 Silver Surfer v7 #1 - 64,919 ( --- )[2,757]
04/14 Silver Surfer v7 #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer v7 #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer v7 #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer v7 #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer v7 #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer v7 #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
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01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (-9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (-7.3%)
Since issue #2: -44.5%
The trend is hella clear: with a sale trajectory like that, this title can’t survive and is scheduled to end during Secret Wars with the Last Days banner.
109- PUNISHER
02/14 Punisher v10 #1 – 54,558 ( --- )
02/14 Punisher v10 #2 – 31,709 ( -41.9%)
03/14 Punisher v10 #3 – 29,636 ( -5.6%)
04/14 Punisher v10 #4 – 28,435 ( -5.0%)
05/14 Punisher v10 #5 – 27,471 ( -3.4%)
06/14 Punisher v10 #6 – 26,606 ( -3.1%)
06/14 Punisher v10 #7 – 26,192 ( -1.6%)
07/14 Punisher v10 #8 – 25,957 ( -0.9%)
08/14 Punisher v10 #9 – 25,876 ( -0.3%)
09/14 Punisher v10 #10 – 23,680 ( -8.5%)
10/14 Punisher v10 #11 – 28,710 ( 21.2%)
11/14 Punisher v10 #12 – 21,785 ( -24.1%)
12/14 Punisher v10 #13 – 21,248 ( -2.5%)
01/15 Punisher v10 #14 – 21,382 (+ 0.4%)
02/15 Punisher v10 #15 – 19,825 (- 7.3%)
Since issue #2: -37.5%
This volume is scheduled to be cancelled during Secret Wars, with the Last Days banner. Nothing to worry about. Marvel will probably try to put someone else in the costume to bring readers back to it and attract attention.
101- BLACK WIDOW
01/14 Black Widow #1 - 53,879
01/14 Black Widow #2 - 31,260 ( -42.0%)
02/14 Black Widow #3 – 28,127 ( -10.0%)
03/14 Black Widow #4 – 27,378 ( -2.7%)
04/14 Black Widow #5 – 27,055 ( -1.2%)
05/14 Black Widow #6 – 26,136 ( -3.4%)
06/14 Black Widow #7 – 25,423 ( -2.7%)
07/14 Black Widow #8 – 24,555 ( -3.4%)
08/14 Black Widow #9 – 24,885 ( 1.3%)
09/14 Black Widow #10 – 23,687 ( -4.8%)
10/14 Black Widow #11 – 23,922 ( 1.0%)
11/14 Black Widow #12 – 22,971 ( -4.0%)
12/14 Black Widow #13 – 21,444 ( -6.6%)
01/15 Black Widow #14 – 20,292 ( - 5,4%)
02/15 Black Widow #15 – 20,581 ( + 1.4%)
Since issue #2: -34.2%
No variant cover, nothing specific that could explain this little bump. Anyway, it’s too late, the tile will stop during Secret wars, with the Last Days banner.
105- SHE-HULK
12/12 Red She-Hulk #60- 20,798
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02/14 She-Hulk #1 - 41,921 ( --- )[3,270]
03/14 She-Hulk #2 - 26,675 (-36.3%)
04/14 She-Hulk #3 - 27,398 ( 2.7%)
05/14 She-Hulk #4 - 25,543 ( -6.8%)
06/14 She-Hulk #5 - 24,736 ( -3.2%)
07/14 She-Hulk #6 - 23,562 ( -3.2%)
08/14 She-Hulk #7 - 22,883 ( -2.9%)
09/14 She-Hulk #8 - 21,349 ( -6.7%)
10/14 She-Hulk #9 - 21,418 ( 0.3%)
11/14 She-Hulk #10 - 20,188 ( -5.7%)
12/14 She-Hulk #11 - 19,095 ( -5.4%)
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02/15 She-Hulk #12 – 20,364 (+6.6%) END
Since issue #2: -23.7%
That’s a wrap. The Ally McBeal approach to Ms Hulk is working (people stayed with the title, check this nice -23.7% decline since issue#2) but it doesn’t attract enough people to begin with. It would be nice to see her again with this approach once every year with a mini-series.
106- AVENGERS WORLD
01/14 Avengers World #2 – 53,693
...
05/14 Avengers World #6 – 28,969 ( -6.9%)
06/14 Avengers World #7 – 27,854 ( -3.8%)
06/14 Avengers World #8 – 26,912 ( -3.4%)
07/14 Avengers World #9 – 24,771 ( -8.0%)
07/14 Avengers World #10– 24,196 ( -2.3%)
08/14 Avengers World #11– 23,493 ( -2.9%)
09/14 Avengers World #12– 22,375 ( -4.8%)
09/14 Avengers World #13– 21,599 ( -3.5%)
10/14 Avengers World #14– 21,095 ( -2.3%)
11/14 Avengers World #15– 27,139 ( 28.7%)(Axis)
12/14 Avengers World #16– 20,853 (-23.2%)(Axis)
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02/15 Avengers World #17– 20,228 (-3.0%)
Since issue #2: -62.3%
This one will probably never come back from Secret Wars. It stabilized, but way too low for an Avengers title.
112- CAPTAIN MARVEL
11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
12/13 ---
01/14 ---
02/14 ---
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
05/14 Captain Marvel v7 #3 - 26,057 ( -7.0%)
06/14 Captain Marvel v7 #4 - 24,062 ( -7.7%)
07/14 Captain Marvel v7 #5 - 23,666 ( -1.6%)
08/14 Captain Marvel v7 #6 - 21,221 (-10.3%)
09/14 Captain Marvel v7 #7 - 21,022 ( -0.9%)
10/14 Captain Marvel v7 #8 - 20,692 ( -1.6%)
11/14 Captain Marvel v7 #9 - 19,885 ( -3.9%)
12/14 Captain Marvel v7 #10 - 19,973 ( 0.4%)
01/15 Captain Marvel v7 #11 – 19,527 ( -2,2%)
02/15 Captain Marvel v7 #12 – 19,199 ( -1.7%)
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Since issue #2: -31.5%
The relaunch kept the title for one year above the cancellation zone before it reached it again. Turning it into a kind of female Blackhawk series will perhaps have the same effect, if not better.
113- NOVA
12/13 Nova v5 #11 - 27,982 (-14.5%)
01/14 Nova v5 #12 - 25,043 ( -10.5%)
02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
03/14 Nova v5 #15 – 22,996 ( -2.0%)
04/14 Nova v5 #16 – 22,020 ( -4.2%)
05/14 Nova v5 #17 – 21,652 ( -1.7%)
06/14 Nova v5 #18 – 25,875 ( 19.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Nova v5 #19 – 24,580 ( -5.0%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14 Nova v5 #20 – 24,377 ( -0.8%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14 Nova v5 #21 – 22,338 ( -8.4%)
10/14 Nova v5 #22 – 22,485 ( 0.7%)
11/14 Nova v5 #23 – 21,706 ( -3.5%)(Axis)
11/14 Nova v5 #24 – 21,575 ( -0.6%)(Axis)
12/14 Nova v5 #25 – 21,805 ( 1.1%)(Axis)
01/15 Nova v5 #26 – 19,639 ( -9.9%)
02/15 Nova v5 #27 – 19,168 ( -2.4%)
Here is a title where Marvel should perhaps ignore its cancellation zone and keep it going, seeing as it holds it sales levels quite well, especially since Marvel has been searching for a winning formula for this character for decades.
117- LOKI,AGENT OF ASGARD
02/14 Loki #1 - 41,921 ( --- )
03/14 Loki #2 - 27,968 ( -33.3%)
04/14 Loki #3 - 27,472 ( -1.8%)[2,269]
05/14 Loki #4 - 26,012 ( -7.0%)
06/14 Loki #5 - 24,794 ( -4.7%)
09/14 Loki #6 - 25,131 ( 1.4%)(Axis)
10/14 Loki #7 - 25,430 ( 1.2%)(Axis)
11/14 Loki #8 - 23,333 ( -8.2%)(Axis)
12/14 Loki #9 - 21,697 ( -7.0%)(Axis)
01/15 Loki #10- 19,856 ( - 8.5%)
02/15 Loki #11- 18,623 ( - 6.2%)
---
Since issue #2: -33.4%
Loki is scheduled to be cancelled during the Secret Wars, seeing that it will feature the Last Days banner. The series had some difficulty keeping its readers but managed to sell at a nice level for such an unusual series.
119- GUARDIANS 3000
10/14 Guardians 3000 #1 - 58,574 (---)
11/14 Guardians 3000 #2 - 34,467 (-41.2%)
12/14 Guardians 3000 #3 - 25,509 (-26.0%)
01/15 Guardians 3000 #4 - 20,318 (-20.3%)
02/15 Guardians 3000 #5 - 18,155 (-10.6%)
Since issue #2: -47.3%
One variant cover doesn’t change the fact that the title is already in the cancellation zone after only 5 issues. Seeing that the Guardians of Galaxy brand is at its maximum hype, don’t expect another Guardians of Galaxy ongoing series featuring the old cast before long, seeing how this one tanked! That’s quite sad.
122- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER
05/14 Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 - 19,930
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10/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 - 47,471
11/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 - 32,409 (-31.7%)
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01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #3 - 22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #4 - 19,280 (-12,9%)
02/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #5 - 17,647 (- 8.5%)
Since issue #2: -45.5%
This series is scheduled to be cancelled during Secret Wars (it has the Last Days banner), no surprise here.
123- Nightcrawler
12/04 Nightcrawler #3 – 31,437
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04/14 Nightcrawler #1 – 49,426
05/14 Nightcrawler #2 – 35,356 (-28.5%)
06/14 Nightcrawler #3 – 31,743 (-10.2%)
07/14 Nightcrawler #4 – 27,990 (-11.8%)
08/14 Nightcrawler #5 – 25,627 ( -8.4%)
09/14 Nightcrawler #6 – 23,921 ( -6.7%)
10/14 Nightcrawler #7 – 23,379 ( -2.3%)
11/14 Nightcrawler #8 – 21,845 ( -6.6%)
12/14 Nightcrawler #9 – 20,317 ( -7.0%)
01/15 Nightcrawler #10- 18,832 (-7.3%)
02/15 Nightcrawler #11- 17,620 (-6.4%)
Since issue #2: -50.2%
One more issue to go and Chris Claremont will once again be without a monthly at Marvel. It would have been nice to see him on Spider-Woman, seeing the awesome job he did on the tile in the 80’s.
125- X-FORCE
01/14 X-Force v5 #17 - 27,319 ( -1.4%)
02/14 X-Force v6 #1 - 47,427 ( 73.6%)
03/14 X-Force v6 #2 - 33,079 (-30.3%)
04/14 X-Force v6 #3 - 29,541 (-10.7%)
04/14 X-Force v6 #4 - 28,067 ( -5.0%)
05/14 X-Force v6 #5 - 26,215 ( -6.6%)
06/14 X-Force v6 #6 - 24,358 ( -7.1%)
07/14 X-Force v6 #7 - 23,675 ( -2.8%)
08/14 X-Force v6 #8 - 22,299 ( -5.8%)
09/14 X-Force v6 #9 - 21,263 ( -4.6%)
10/14 X-Force v6 #10 - 20,539 ( -3.4%)
10/14 X-Force v6 #11 - 20,308 ( -1.1%)
11/14 X-Force v6 #12 - 19,369 ( -4.6%)
12/14 X-Force v6 #13 - 18,759 ( -3.1%)
01/15 X-Force v6 #14 – 17,576 (-6.3%)
02/15 X-Force v6 #15 – 17,332 (-1.4%) END
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Since issue #2: -47.6%
It’s time to forget the name X-Force ever existed.
132- Iron Fist: Living Weapon
04/14 Iron Fist LW #1 - 53,613 ( --- )[2,350]
05/14 Iron Fist LW #2 - 33,643 ( -37.2%)
06/14 Iron Fist LW #3 - 29,816 ( -11.4%)
07/14 Iron Fist LW #4 - 26,147 ( -12.3%)
08/14 Iron Fist LW #5 - 24,178 ( -7.5%)
09/14 Iron Fist LW #6 - 21,926 ( -9.3%)
10/14 ---
11/14 ---
12/14 Iron Fist LW #7 - 19,526 ( -10.9%)
01/15 Iron Fist LW #8 - 17,676 ( -9.5%)
02/15 Iron Fist LW #9 - 16,413 (- 7.1%)
Since issue #2: -51.2%
More than half the people who read issue #2 are gone….Kaare Andrews graphic approach is not targeted to a large audience, it’s rather radical, but it can’t be the only explanation for this: there was probably a better way to put this maxi-series into the light, for example by selling it with a better package (quality paper on the cover for example), to make it count.
134- OPERATION SIN
01/15 Operation Sin #1 of 5 - 26,732
02/15 Operation Sin #2 of 5 - 16,240 (-39.2%)
Ouch, that’s pretty steep for a mini-series. We are back at what I would have expected a non-superhero Marvel mini-series to sell, even tied to Agent Carter
135- SECRET AVENGERS
02/14 Secret Avengers v2 #16 – 20,022 ( -0.2%)
03/14 Secret Avengers v3 #1 - 34,036 ( 70.0%)
04/14 Secret Avengers v3 #2 - 24,724 ( -27.4%)
05/14 Secret Avengers v3 #3 - 22,860 ( -7.5%)
06/14 Secret Avengers v3 #4 - 21,335 ( -6.7%)
07/14 Secret Avengers v3 #5 - 20,088 ( -5.8%)
07/14 Secret Avengers v3 #6 - 19,435 ( -3.3%)
08/14 Secret Avengers v3 #7 - 20,017 ( 3.0%)
09/14 Secret Avengers v3 #8 - 18,680 ( -6.7%)
10/14 Secret Avengers v3 #9 - 18,974 ( 1.6%)
11/14 Secret Avengers v3 #10 - 17,652 ( -7.0%)
12/14 Secret Avengers v3 #11 - 17,109 ( 16.5%)
01/15 Secret Avengers v3 #12 – 16,525 ( -3.4%)
02/15 Secret Avengers v3 #13 – 16,159 ( -2.2%)
Since issue #2: -34.6%
2 more issues to go. This one has a very funny Tradd Moore cover with M.O.D.O.K. asking for help to tie his huge headband!
143- CYCLOPS
05/14 Cyclops #1 – 47,468
06/14 Cyclops #2 – 31,132 ( -34.4%)
07/14 Cyclops #3 – 25,925 ( -16.7%)
08/14 Cyclops #4 – 23,305 ( -16.7%)
09/14 Cyclops #5 – 21,874 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Cyclops #6 – 20,115 ( -8.0%)
11/14 Cyclops #7 – 18,371 ( -8.7%)
12/14 Cyclops #8 – 17,146 ( -6.7%)
01/15 Cyclops #9 – 16,287 ( -5.0%)
02/15 Cyclops #10- 15,091 ( -7.3%)
Since issue #2: -51.5%
Marvel said that this title will only be on hiatus during Secret Wars and will come back. I can’t believe it and expect that they will forget it and never let it come back. More than half the debut readers are gone.
145 – MARVELS ANT-MAN PRELUDE
02/15 Marvels Ant-Man Prelude – 14,971
Seeing how poorly it was advertised, this prequel to the upcoming Ant-Man movie sold what it deserved. Too bad, that was one of the scarce $2.99 comics at Marvel.
150- MIRACLE MAN
01/14 Miracleman #1 - 52,313
01/14 Miracleman #2 - 36,927 ( -29.4%)
02/14 Miracleman #3 – 25,970 ( -32.6%)
03/14 Miracleman #4 – 23,557 ( -9.3%)
04/14 ---
05/14 Miracleman #5 – 22,399 ( -4.9%)
05/14 Miracleman #6 – 20,598 ( -8.0%)
06/14 Miracleman #7 – 19,123 ( -7.2%)
07/14 Miracleman #8 – 17,654 ( -7.7%)
08/14 Miracleman #9 – 16,466 ( -6.7%)
09/14 Miracleman #10 – 15,409 ( -6.4%)
10/14 Miracleman #11 – 14,824 ( -3.8%)
10/14 Miracleman #12 – 14,634 ( -1.3%)
11/14 Miracleman #13 – 14,155 ( -3.3%)
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01/15 Miracle Man #14 - 14,024 (-0.9%)
02/15 Miracle Man #15 - 14,548 (+3.7%)
Since issue #2: -60.6%
Still reprinting old material with bonuses. There are two very nice variant cover artists: Tim Sale and Bill Sienkiewicz, explaining perhaps the sales bump.
152- STORM
07/14 Storm #1 – 47,566
08/14 Storm #2 – 25,268 ( -46.9%)
09/14 Storm #3 – 22,078 ( -12.6%)
10/14 Storm #4 – 19,862 ( -10.0%)
11/14 Storm #5 – 17,999 ( - 9.4%)
12/14 Storm #6 – 17,028 ( - 5.4%)
01/15 Storm #7 – 15,784 ( - 7.3%)
02/15 Storm #8 – 14,155 ( -10.3%)
Since issue #2: -37,5%
As with Cyclops, I don’t believe in the return of this series after Secret Wars. The numbers are just too awful.
156- ALL-NEW INVADERS
12/04 Invaders #4 - 23,708
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01/14 All-New Invaders #1 - 55,167
02/14 All-New Invaders #2 – 32,293 (-41.5%)
03/14 All-New Invaders #3 – 27,329 (-15.4%)
04/14 All-New Invaders #4 – 22,927 (-16.1%)
05/14 All-New Invaders #5 – 21,843 ( -4.7%)
06/14 All-New Invaders #6 – 23,470 ( 7.4%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 All-New Invaders #7 – 22,332 ( -4.8%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14 All-New Invaders #8 – 19,865 (-11.0%)
08/14 All-New Invaders #9 – 18,666 ( -6.0%)
09/14 All-New Invaders #10 – 17,821 ( -4.5%)
10/14 All-New Invaders #11 – 16,711 ( -6.2%)
11/14 All-New Invaders #12 – 15,613 ( -6.6%)
12/14 All-New Invaders #13 – 14,697 ( -5.9%)
01/15 All-New Invaders #14 – 13,959 (-5.0%)
02/15 All-New Invaders #15 – 13,452 (-3.6%) END
Since issue #2: -58.3%
Not even the final issue or the promise to learn the final fate of Hairball the cat were able to bring more readers to this title. It was really time to pull the trigger….
169- ALL NEW GHOST RIDER
03/14 All New Ghost Rider #1 - 50,072 ( --- )[2,567]
04/14 All New Ghost Rider #2 - 29,429 (-41.2%)
05/14 All New Ghost Rider #3 - 27,756 ( -5.7%)
06/14 All New Ghost Rider #4 - 24,627 (-11.3%)
07/14 All New Ghost Rider #5 - 21,820 (-11.4%)
08/14 All New Ghost Rider #6 - 20,679 ( -5.2%)
09/14 All New Ghost Rider #7 - 18,718 ( -9.5%)
10/14 All New Ghost Rider #8 - 17,907 ( -4.3%)
11/14 All New Ghost Rider #9 - 15,566 (-13.1%)
---
01/15 All New Ghost Rider #10 - 13,866 (-10.9%)
02/15 All New Ghost Rider #11 - 12,490 (- 9.9%)
Since issue #2: -57.6%
Marvel completely failed to attract attention to this volume. Times are difficult for the old vigilante glories of the 90’s (X-force, Punisher and Ghost Rider). This title will shift to a Mad Max variation during Secret Wars.
174- DEATHLOK
12/09 Deathlok #2 – 14,059
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10/14 Deathlok #1 – 43,991
11/14 Deathlok #2 – 20,883 ( -52.5%)
12/14 Deathlok #3 – 18,112 ( -13.3%)
01/15 Deathlok #4 – 14,498 (-20.0%)
02/15 Deathlok #5 – 12,053 (-16.9%)
Since issue #2: -42.3%
The first arc draws to a close. I don’t expect the series to go further than the second arc. It has been a complete disaster sales wise. Another old vigilante from the 90’s who can’t manage to come back!
175- MU GUARDIANS OF GALAXY
02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
I’m not following Marvel TV and movie deals but this ongoing series was supposed to show comics adaptations of an upcoming Disney XD Guardians of the Galaxy anime series. But this comics adaptation is already cancelled with its 4th issue, and it’s not because of its sales level. So what happened?
191- MEN OF WRATH
10/14 Men of Wrath #1 of 5– 20,927
11/14 Men of Wrath #2 of 5– 13,484 (-35.6%)
12/14 Men of Wrath #3 of 5– 11,839 (-12.2%)
01/15 Men of Wrath #4 of 5 – 10,367 (-12.4%)
02/15 Men of Wrath #5 of 5 – 10,168 (- 1.9%)
Not bad for a title that a lot of people don’t even know is published by Marvel. There is an Alex Ross variant cover.
211- UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC
05/14 Murder Inc #1 - 18,474 ( --- )
06/14 Murder Inc #2 - 13,561 (-26.6%)
07/14 Murder Inc #3 - 11,444 (-15.6%)
08/14 Murder Inc #4 - 10,419 ( -9.0%)
09/14 Murder Inc #5 - 9,729 ( -6.6%)
---
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---
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02/15 Murder Inc #6 - 8,284 (-14.7%)
Since issue #2: -38.9%
Is Marvel really the best place for Bendis and Oeming to sell their creator owned comics? I don’t know if they have any say in the matter, but advertising the new volume of Powers and Murder Inc. as monthlies is also perhaps not the best move, as they can never keep the pace. Wouldn’t it be better to have them as bimonthly? And guess what, the new volume of Powers is already late. Issue #3 was supposed to come out in February, issue #2 was still not out in February… They would for sure sell more at any other major publisher. The competition between creator owned books is at its peak right now, any scheduling trouble can be disastrous for sales.
223- EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE
09/14 Edge of Spider-Verse #2 - 62,120 [+7,705]
Look who’s there! The first appearance of Spider-Gwen! It sold again nicely with a new printing, making this issue the best selling one of this Spider-verse mini-series (issue#1 sold 59,237 copies at the time). Will it also have the power to sell floppy collections of really old classic Gwen Stacy storylines from Amazing Spider-Man? I’m sure we’ll soon find out!
NEW TPB SALES FOR THE FEBRUARY SOLICITATIONS
I’ll put an indicator of $ cents per page, as some TPB really are a bargain, and other not. Of course, HC will have a higher price per page, but can still be compared one to another. So far, you can say that the maximum price per page for Marvel for a floppy is 19 cents a page.
Floppies are at such a poor production quality right now at Marvel (no cover, ads in the middle of the story, for mostly $4 for 20 pages of art) that I won’t bother looking back to find the total price of what was collected in each TPB. When you purchase a Marvel TPB, you have a cover, no ads and bonus content, often with some of the variant covers. So let’s them have their own value.
13.2 cents a page seems to be the standard price for small collections (under 200 p) right now.
Huge softcover collections are under 10 cents a page.
ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC
136p $25, $ per page: 18.3 cents
Since February 2015: 3,016
That's a good sign of the popularity of Rocket Raccoon and of Skottie Young cartoony approach to it.
SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL.1 TPB
120p, $18, $ per page: 15.0 cents
Since February 2015: 2,556
AVENGERS & X-MEN AXIS HC
240p, $50, $ per page: 20.8 cents
Since February 2015: 2,554
DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB
144p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 2,098
If the floppy series didn't put the charts on fire, the collections sell better and I expect them to continue to do so for a long time.
DEATH OF WOLVERINE LOGAN LEGACY TPB
160p, $18, $ per page: 11.3 cents
Since February 2015: 2,011
AXIS CARNAGE AND HOBGOBELIN TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,994
NEW AVENGERS VOL.3 TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,656
X-MEN VOL.4 TPB
112p, $18, $ per page: 16.1 cents
Since February 2015: 1,592
STORM VOL.1 TPB
112p, $16, $ per page: 14.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,542
Eh, that's actually quite good! But god, what an awful name for a Storm tpb: Make it Rain. Thank god, the series will not live long, if not I can't imagine the other funny weather titles we would have to endure!
AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT VOL.2 HC
112p, $25, $ per page: 22.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,375
INHUMANITY TPB
360p, $35, $ per page: 9.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,360
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WHO AM I HC
168p, $25, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,356
The cheapest HC of the month, by far! This is the collection of the Spider-Man Who Am I online Infinite comics, partially released during the free comic book Day. Geoffo and Mast, two French artists hard at work on a lot of Marvel online comics did the storyboard for this. Well done, guys, it sold well!
DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TPB
136p, $20: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,313
This one will sell way better in bookstores.
UNCANNY AVENGERS OMNIBUS HC
672p, $100, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,160
OZ EMERALD CITY OF OZ TPB
120p, $20, $ per page: 16.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,139
AVENGERS WORLD VOL.3 TPB
160p, $20, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,111
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK VOL.3 TPB
144 p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,099
CIVIL WAR NEW WARRIORS TPB
144p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,034
Collecting for the first time the mini-séries New Warriors sold during Civil War.
BLACK PANTHER WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER TPB
200p, $25, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,025
This collects again the first 6 issues of the old Black Panther series which launched with Romita Jr on art + some old stuff.
DEXTER TPB
120p, $20, $ per page: 16.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,020
THOR EPIC COLLECTION TO WAKE MANGOG
456p, $35, $ per page: 0,77 cents
Since February 2015: 1007
Those Epic Collection really have an amazing value per page, two times less than a classic tpb!
SAVAGE WOLVERINE VOL.3 TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 970
SPIDER-MAN 2099 CLASSIC VOL. 3 TPB
296 p, $35, $ per page: 11.8 cents
Since February 2015: 943
DEATHLOK TPB RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
$35 456P, $ per page: 7.7 cents
Since January 2015: 1 256 [+535]
Once again, best bargain of the month and it sold again at 2/3 of its first month sales, going over the 1,000 line. It collects the Joe Casey & Leonarod Manco Marvel Tech series and plenty of other stuff.
SECRET SERVICE TP
160p, $13, $ per page: 8.1 cents
Since January 2015: 1,551 [+464]
ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 5 TPB
312p, $35, $ per page: 11.2 cents
Since February 2015: 457
Thanks for reading until the end! Hope to see you next time. Feel free to comment!
by David Carter
Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at DC’s sales figures.
While DC’s top seller, Batman, slid to #5 on the Diamond chart–behind the debut issues of Orphan Black (Loot Crate-enhanced), Darth Vader, and Spider-Gwen; and the second issue of Star Wars–things were in fact a bit rosier for DC in February. Especially compared to January, as the Harley Quinn freely-orderable variant was a good deal more popular with those doing the ordering than last month’s Flash variant. In most cases adding 2K – 4K more copies for those titles with the HQ variant. (A couple, Batman & Flash, went up about 8K; while Batgirl mysteriously dropped instead.)
For the most part, DC is in a holding pattern right now, as many titles are coming to a close next month and the move-induced mega-event Convergence on the slate for April & May followed by a sizable relaunch in June. So you’ll have to forgive the brevity of many of the comments below, as their just isn’t that much to say this month that hasn’t already been said before. Don’t worry, I promise that the next few month’s DC sales charts will have plenty more excitement!
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 last month 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.)
5 - BATMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Batman #637 -- 58,034 [60,246]
02/2010: Batman #696 -- 61,290
02/2011: Batman #707 -- 58,803
02/2012: Batman #6 -- 128,459 [135,435]
02/2013: Batman #17 — 150,684
02/2014: Batman #28 -- 114,089 (- 1.3%) [115,891]
03/2014: Batman #29 -- 116,926 (+ 0.9%)
04/2014: Batman #30 -- 108,998 (- 6.8%)
05/2014: Batman #31 -- 107,499 (+ 0.2%) [109,170]
06/2014: Batman #32 -- 130,077 (+ 19.2%)
07/2014: Batman #33 -- 117,996 (- 9.3%)
08/2014: Batman #34 -- 112,186 (- 4.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 142,980 (+ 27.4%)
10/2014: Batman #35 -- 118,860 (- 16.9%)
11/2014: Batman #36 -- 115,183 (- 3.1%)
12/2014: Batman #37 -- 113,255 (- 1.7%)
01/2015: Batman #38 -- 110,232 (- 2.7%)
02/2015: Batman #39 — 118,106 (+ 7.1%)
6 months: + 5.3%
1 year : + 1.9%
2 years : - 21.6%
5 years : + 92.7%
10 years: + 96.0%
Since #1: - 47.1%
Batman slips down to #5 this month—under Star Wars, Spider-Gwen, Darth Vader, and the Loot Crate-enhanced Orphan Black—despite the fact that its sales increased by nearly 8K. This should serve to underscore the warning to not take things like chart position as indicative of actual sales.
While a good portion of the 8K growth can be attributed to the Harley Quinn freely-orderable variant, that may not be the whole story here, as Batman’s growth over January’s numbers is considerably higher than that seen of the other books with Harley variants.
10 - JUSTICE LEAGUE ($3.99)
02/2005: JLA #111 -- 64,540
02/2010: JL of America #42 -- 57,522
02/2011: JL of America #54 -- 46,269
02/2012: Justice League #6 -- 140,819
02/2013: Justice League #17 — 105,304 (- 10.6%)
02/2014: Justice League #28 -- 80,901 (- 4.5%)
03/2014: --
04/2014: Justice League #29 -- 78,912 (- 2.5%)
05/2014: Justice League #30 -- 77,456 (- 1.8%)
06/2014: Justice League #31 -- 75,803 (- 2.1%)
07/2014: Justice League #32 -- 88,179 (+ 16.3%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Justice League #33 -- 79,447 (- 9.9%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 104,246 (+ 31.2%)
10/2014: Justice League #34 -- 75,400 (- 27.7%)
10/2014: Justice League #35 -- 75,264 (- 0.2%)
11/2014: Justice League #36 -- 74,796 (- 0.6%)
12/2014: Justice League #37 -- 72,081 (- 3.6%)
01/2015: Justice League #38 -- 68,989 (- 4.3%)
02/2015: Justice League #39 — 72,904 (+ 5.7%)
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 9.9%
2 years : - 30.8%
5 years : + 26.7%
10 years: + 13.0%
Since #1: - 73.1%
Sales for Harley Quinn month jump back up 4K, on par with December.
12 - HARLEY QUINN VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL #1 ($4.99)
07/2014: Harley Quinn Comic Con #1 -- 64,978
12/2014: Harley Quinn Holiday Sp #1 -- 63,465 (- 2.3%)
02/2015: Harley Quinn Valentines #1 -- 68,611 (+ 8.1%)
Ironically, the regular Harley Quinn title missed its ship date during February’s Harley Quinn month. But the Valentine’s Day special did come in on time, selling higher than the previous two HQ specials.
20 - DETECTIVE COMICS ($3.99)
02/2005: Detective Comics #803 -- 40,014
02/2010: --
02/2011: Detective Comics #874 -- 39,106
02/2012: Detective Comics #6 -- 94,415
02/2013: Detective Comics #17 — 85,824
02/2014: Detective Comics #28 -- 56,619 (- 37.3%)
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%)
6 months: - 7.0%
1 year : - 3.4%
2 years : - 36.3%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: + 36.7%
Since #1: - 65.3%
Sales for Harley Quinn month rebound more than 3K.
21 - BATMAN AND ROBIN ($2.99)
02/2010: Batman and Robin #8 -- 87,302
02/2011: Batman and Robin #20 -- 60,642
02/2012: Batman and Robin #6 -- 68,010
02/2013: Batman and Robin #17 — 60,988
02/2014: and Two-Face #28 -- 43,380 (- 4.6%)
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%)
6 months: + 0.6%
1 year : + 23.8%
2 years : - 12.0%
5 years : - 38.5%
Since #1: - 53.7%
Sales for Harley Quinn month rebound a bit fewer than 3K.
Ending in March, but relaunched post-Convergence as a Robin solo title.
23 - 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%)
6 months: - 44.7%
Since #1: - 44.7%
Sales jump back up over 50K for the Jim Lee-drawn installment.
25 - SUPERMAN ($4.99)
02/2005: Superman #213 -- 101,258
02/2010: Superman #695 -- 32,482
02/2011: Superman #708 -- 46,261
02/2012: Superman #6 -- 69,633
02/2013: –
02/2014: Superman #28 -- 34,296 (- 2.8%)
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%)
6 months: - 13.4%
1 year : + 42.8%
2 years : n.a.
5 years : + 50.8%
10 years: - 51.6%
Since #1: - 67.4%
Superman slipped shipping from January, so this month’s numbers are for the Flash variant. Also note that this was an extra-sized (and extra-priced) issue.
29, 30, 31, 32 - 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%)
6 months: - 23.2%
Since #1: - 59.7%
Exhibits the same basic sales pattern as previous months, though the drops are a bit lower as the weekly title nears its end.
33 - BATMAN/SUPERMAN ($3.99)
02/2005: Superman/Batman #17 -- 116,637 [118,126]
02/2010: Superman/Batman #69 -- 33,224
02/2011: Superman/Batman #81 — 29,567
02/2014: Batman/Superman #8 -- 59,138 (- 3.2%)
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%)
6 months: - 21.1%
1 year : - 25.4%
5 years : + 32.8%
10 years: - 62.6%
Since #1: - 70.8%
Sales rebound about 2.5K, near December levels.
35 - FLASH ($2.99)
02/2005: Flash #219 -- 44,071 [46,188]
02/2010: Flash Rebirth #6 -- 70,824
02/2011: Flash #9 -- 55,980
02/2012: Flash #6 -- 68,061
02/2013: Flash #17 — 42,936
02/2014: Flash #28 -- 33,853 (- 3.0%)
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%)
6 months: + 17.6%
1 year : + 28.9%
2 years : + 1.6%
5 years : - 38.4%
10 years: - 5.5%
Since #1: - 70.5%
Sales jump way up this month: more than 8K, which is more than any other title except for Batman. I don’t think it’s too big of a stretch to suppose that demand is rising due to the television show.
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37 - WONDER WOMAN ($2.99)
02/2005: Wonder Woman #213 -- 24,728
02/2010: Wonder Woman #41 -- 25,354
02/2011: Wonder Woman #607 -- 33,053
02/2012: Wonder Woman #6 -- 54,190
02/2013: Wonder Woman #17 — 39,110
02/2014: Wonder Woman #28 -- 31,464 (- 1.8%)
03/2014: Wonder Woman #29 -- 30,989 (- 1.5%)
04/2014: Wonder Woman #30 -- 31,094 (+ 0.3%)
05/2014: Wonder Woman #31 -- 30,655 (- 1.4%)
06/2014: Wonder Woman #32 -- 48,235 (+ 57.3%)
07/2014: Wonder Woman #33 -- 37,431 (- 22.4%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 69,497 (+ 85.7%)
10/2014: Wonder Woman #34 -- 35,774 (- 48.5%)
10/2014: Wonder Woman #35 -- 35,968 (+ 0.5%)
11/2014: Wonder Woman #36 -- 58,965 (+ 63.9%)
12/2014: Wonder Woman #37 -- 43,066 (- 27.0%)
01/2015: Wonder Woman #38 -- 39,669 (- 7.9%)
02/2015: Wonder Woman #39 — 42,634 (+ 7.5%)
6 months: n.a.
1 year : + 35.5%
2 years : + 9.0%
5 years : + 68.2%
10 years: + 72.4%
Since #1: - 55.5%
Wonder Woman gains another 3K with its Harley Quinn variant.
38 - GREEN LANTERN ($2.99)
02/2005: GL: Rebirth #4 -- 108,077 [121,581]
02/2010: Green Lantern #51 -- 95,509
02/2011: Green Lantern #62 -- 71,517
02/2012: Green Lantern #6 -- 94,087
02/2013: Green Lantern #17 — 71,060
02/2014: GL/Red Lanterns#28 -- 49,200 (+ 5.6%) [51,548]
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%)
6 months: - 4.2%
1 year : - 18.5%
2 years : - 40.9%
5 years : - 56.0%
10 years: - 65.5%
Since #1: - 75.2%
Green Lantern gains another 2.5K with its Harley Quinn variant.
42 - GRAYSON ($2.99)
02/2005: Nightwing #103 -- 36,921
02/2005: Nightwing #104 -- 36,411
02/2012: Nightwing #6 -- 53,036
02/2013: Nightwing #17 — 62,107
02/2014: Nightwing #28 -- 36,940 (- 3.6%)
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%)
6 months: - 27.1%
1 year : + 11.4%
2 years : - 33.7%
10 years: + 12.3%
Since #1: - 49.5%
Grayson gains another 2.5K with its Harley Quinn variant.
43 - BATGIRL ($2.99)
02/2005: Batgirl #61 -- 28,796
02/2010: Batgirl #7 -- 29,524
02/2011: Batgirl #18 -- 24,390
02/2012: Batgirl #6 -- 53,151
02/2013: Batgirl #17 — 65,751
02/2014: Batgirl #28 -- 34,567 (- 7.1%)
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%)
6 months: + 18.2%
1 year : + 18.3%
2 years : - 37.8%
5 years : + 38.5%
10 years: + 42.0%
Since #1: - 61.8%
These numbers are a real head-scratcher. Last month when most titles were dropping, Batgirl stayed steady. But this month, when most titles with a Harley Quinn variant were rising, Batgirl drops more than 4K. Either retailers are still figuring out the title’s level, or a few boxes fell off the back of a truck somewhere…
47 - SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ($3.99)
02/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #5 -- 44,847 (- 5.3%)
03/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #6 -- 43,308 (- 3.4%)
04/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #7 -- 45,157 (+ 4.3%)
05/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #8 -- 47,803 (+ 5.9%)
06/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #9 -- 62,659 (+ 31.1%)
07/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #10 -- 50,254 (- 19.8%)
08/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #11 -- 50,550 (+ 0.6%)
09/2014: Futures End #1 -- 77,169 (+ 52.7%)
10/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #12 -- 47,885 (- 37.9%)
11/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #13 -- 44,013 (- 8.1%)
12/2014: Superman/Wonder Woman #14 -- 41,231 (- 6.3%)
01/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #15 -- 36,877 (- 10.6%)
02/2015: Superman/Wonder Woman #16 — 38,550 (+ 4.5%)
6 months: - 23.7%
1 year : - 14.0%
Since #1: - 59.4%
Adds fewer than 2K copies with its Harley Quinn variant. This is a case where the whole is not the sum of its parts, as both the solo Superman & Wonder Woman titles sell better than the team-up book.
48 - ACTION COMICS ($3.99)
02/2005: Action Comics #824 -- 37,432
02/2010: Action Comics #886 -- 29,845
02/2011: Action Comics #898 -- 31,935
02/2012: Action Comics #6 -- 96,592
02/2013: Action Comics #17 — 57,189
02/2014: Action Comics #28 -- 35,305 (- 2.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 18.6%
1 year : + 7.8%
2 years : - 33.4%
5 years : + 27.6%
10 years: + 1.7%
Since #1: - 81.1%
Adds another 3K copies with its Harley Quinn variant.
52 - TEEN TITANS ($2.99)
02/2005: Teen Titans #21 -- 66,861 [68,751]
02/2010: Teen Titans #80 -- 26,537
02/2011: Teen Titans #92 -- 26,170
02/2012: Teen Titans #6 -- 53,123
02/2013: Teen Titans #17 — 39,186
02/2014: Teen Titans #28 -- 26,732 (- 3.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 16.3%
1 year : + 27.4%
2 years : - 13.1%
5 years : + 28.3%
10 years: - 50.5%
Since #1: - 35.0%
Adds another 3.5K copies with its Harley Quinn variant.
55 - DEATHSTROKE ($2.99)
02/2012: Deathstroke #6 -- 21,306
02/2013: Deathstroke #17 — 12,626
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%)
2 years : +160.3%
Since #1: - 39.2%
A tiny drop. Deathstroke has variants, but not the freely-orderable kind.
58 - AQUAMAN ($2.99)
02/2005: Aquaman #27 -- 19,459
02/2012: Aquaman #6 -- 63,450
02/2013: Aquaman #17 — 58,578
02/2014: Aquaman #28 -- 34,939 (- 4.6%)
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%)
6 months: - 3.6%
1 year : - 7.9%
2 years : - 45.1%
10 years: + 65.3%
Since #1: - 70.4%
Adds a bit fewer than 4K copies with its HQ variant to jump back over the 30K line.
59 - 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%)
6 months: - 24.9%
Since #0: - 53.3%
Also makes a HQ-variant enhanced jump back above 30K. Not in the June post-Convergence relaunches, but expected to return (maybe in July?)
65 - NEW SUICIDE SQUAD ($2.99)
02/2012: Suicide Squad #6 -- 30,834
02/2013: Suicide Squad #17 — 26,370
02/2014: Suicide Squad #28 -- 22,882 (- 5.3%)
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%)
6 months: - 20.6%
1 year : + 33.5%
2 years : + 15.8%
Since #1: - 38.0%
Not quite as settled in as we may have been led to believe last month.
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66, 67, 73, 72 - 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%)
6 months: - 26.0%
Since #1: - 61.9%
As expected, Futures End dips below the 30K mark this month. Not expected: the odd addition of six copies between #42 & #43.
70 - GREEN LANTERN CORPS ($2.99)
02/2010: Green Lantern Corps #43 -- 80,391
02/2011: Green Lantern Corps #55 -- 57,448
02/2012: Green Lantern Corps #6 -- 65,393
02/2013: Green Lantern Corps #17 — 44,497
02/2014: Green Lantern Corps #28 -- 29,142 (- 7.3%)
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%)
6 months: + 1.2%
1 year : + 2.3%
2 years : - 33.0%
5 years : - 62.9%
Since #1: - 68.5%
Adds a couple thousand copies for the HQ variant. Ending in March.
77 - 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%)
6 months: + 6.8%
Since #1: - 38.3%
Add over 2K copies with its HQ variant.
79 - EARTH 2 ($2.99)
02/2013: Earth 2 #9 — 48,208
02/2014: Earth 2 #20 -- 35,732 (- 1.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 26.4%
1 year : - 23.0%
2 years : - 42.9%
Since #1: - 73.2%
Relaunching post-Convergence as Earth 2: Society.
82 - SECRET SIX ($2.99)
02/2010: Secret Six #18 -- 37,876
02/2011: Secret Six #30 — 19,763
12/2014: Secret Six #1 — 44,065 (+130.7%)
02/2015: Secret Six #2 — 26,579 (- 39.7%)
5 years : - 29.8%
After the unusually large gap between the first two issues, the third issue has been pushed back to June. I don’t know where the problem lies, but in hindsight DC should have waited to launch this post-Convergence.
83 - CATWOMAN ($2.99)
02/2005: Catwoman #40 -- 23,103
02/2012: Catwoman #6 -- 41,447
02/2013: Catwoman #17 — 30,194
02/2014: Catwoman #28 -- 23,974 (- 3.9%)
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%)
6 months: + 12.6%
1 year : + 10.3%
2 years : - 12.4%
10 years: + 14.5%
Since #1: - 65.0%
Adds 4K copies with its Harley Quinn variant.
88, 89, 90, 92 - 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%)
Since #1: - 50.2%
Stabilizing, with just five issues to go. I guess if you’ve been in it for this long you’re likely to stick it out to the end.
93 - JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ($3.99)
02/2012: Justice League Dark #6 -- 38,360
02/2013: Justice League Dark #17 — 25,841
02/2014: Justice League Dark #28 -- 30,519 (- 6.3%)
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%)
6 months: - 4.9%
1 year : - 21.3%
2 years : - 7.0%
Since #1: - 70.7%
Adds nearly 4K copies with its Harley Quinn variant. Ending in March; to be relaunched as Dark Universe at some point post-Convergence.
100 - 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%)
Since #1: - 51.9%
Another title that might have been better served launching in June with the Divergence slate.
102 - RED LANTERNS ($2.99)
02/2012: Red Lanterns #6 -- 43,450
02/2013: Red Lanterns #17 — 35,839
02/2014: Green Lant/RL#28 -- 49,200 (+110.6%) [51,548]
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%)
6 months: - 9.7%
1 year : - 60.1%
2 years : - 42.7%
Since #1: - 77.0%
104 - GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS ($2.99)
02/2012: New Guardians #6 -- 50,319
02/2013: New Guardians #17 — 42,285
02/2014: New Guardians #28 -- 27,212 (- 4.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 7.1%
1 year : - 24.7%
2 years : - 51.5%
Since #1: - 78.8%
Both ending in March, as part of the much-need Green Lantern line pruning.
110 - GREEN ARROW ($2.99)
02/2005: Green Arrow #47 -- 31,553
02/2010: Arrow&Canary #29 -- 16,600
02/2011: Green Arrow #9 -- 33,922
02/2012: Green Arrow #6 -- 30,097
02/2013: Green Arrow #17 — 36,043
02/2014: Green Arrow #28 -- 26,725 (+ 12.4%)
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%)
6 months: - 14.3%
1 year : - 26.5%
2 years : - 45.5%
5 years : + 18.4%
10 years: - 37.7%
Since #1: - 72.8%
Drops not only below 20K, but also below the previous New 52 low (#16, 19,888).
111 - 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%)
Since #1: - 57.5%
Penultimate issue.
116 - 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%)
Since #1: - 51.5%
Still dropping, and I don’t that see where the two-month Convergence gap will help any.
118 - 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%)
6 months: - 24.1%
Since #1: - 52.7%
A slight bump up for the penultimate issue, likely for the Batgirl origin that tied-in closely with the story in the ongoing Batgirl title.
131 - SUICIDERS (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2015: Suiciders #1 -- 18,275
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column for why we make this adjustment).
The debut of writer/artist Lee Bermejo’s new Vertigo series is the top-selling Vertigo title of the month. 18K is nothing to crow too loudly about for a first issue, but it’s a better debut than most recent Vertigo titles not named Sandman.
126 - WORLDS' FINEST ($2.99)
02/2013: Worlds’ Finest #9 — 28,332
02/2014: Worlds' Finest #20 -- 25,585 (+ 31.5%) [27,613]
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%)
6 months: - 12.4%
1 year : - 37.3%
2 years : - 38.9%
Since #1: - 75.1%
Penultimate issue.
127 - RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS ($2.99)
02/2012: Red Hood & Outlaws #6 -- 39,898
02/2013: Red Hood & Outlaws #17 — 53,076
02/2014: Red Hood & Outlaws #28 -- 23,236 (- 6.4%)
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%)
6 months: - 13.9%
1 year : - 25.7%
2 years : - 67.5%
Since #1: - 75.4%
Penultimate issue. Being relaunched post-Convergence as Red Hood/Arsenal and a separate Starfire series.
130 - JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 ($2.99)
02/2014: Justice League 3K #3 -- 33,308 (-19.6%)
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%)
6 months: - 20.0%
1 year : - 49.6%
Since #1: - 70.9%
Penultimate issue—of a sort. Becomes Justice League 3001 post-Convergence.
137, 141, 139 - INJUSTICE: YEAR THREE (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2013: Injustice #2 — 17,068 [29,096]
02/2014: Injustice Y2 #2 -- 22,703 (- 8.1%)
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%)
6 months: - 14.8%
1 year : - 31.6%
2 years : - 46.6%
Since #1: - 20.1%
Three issues in February, as #8 slipped from its January date. Looks to have stabilized in the 15K range, apparently enough (combined with whatever digital sales are out there) for there to be a Year 4.
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140 - SWAMP THING ($2.99)
02/2005: Swamp Thing #12 -- 13,452
02/2012: Swamp Thing #6 -- 41,235
02/2013: Swamp Thing #17 — 31,497
02/2014: Swamp Thing #28 -- 19,146 (- 3.1%)
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%)
6 months: - 12.6%
1 year : - 19.8%
2 years : - 51.2%
10 years: + 14.2%
Since #1: - 79.2%
Standard attrition for the penultimate issue.
146 - 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%)
Since #1: - 62.2%
The lowest-selling DCU title not scheduled for cancellation or relaunch post-Convergence.
146, 151 - BATMAN '66 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2014: Batman '66 #8 -- 19,795 (- 9.2%)
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%)
6 months: - 31.7%
1 year : - 26.0%
Since #1: - 71.2%
Two issues this month, as #19 slid from January.
148 - CONSTANTINE ($2.99)
02/2005: Hellblazer #205 -- 15,158
02/2010: Hellblazer #264 -- 10,025
02/2011: Hellblazer #276 -- 9,466
02/2012: Hellblazer #288 -- 9,533
02/2013: Hellblazer #300 — 12,522
02/2014: Constantine #11 -- 20,385 (- 1.7%)
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%)
6 months: - 6.0%
1 year : - 27.8%
2 years : + 17.5%
5 years : + 46.8%
10 years: - 2.9%
Since #1: - 60.8%
To be relaunched post-Convergence as Constantine: The Hellblazer.
154 - BATWOMAN ($2.99)
02/2012: Batwoman #6 -- 49,227
02/2013: Batwoman #17 — 32,041
02/2014: Batwoman #28 -- 20,672 (- 8.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 17.3%
1 year : - 32.3%
2 years : - 56.3%
Since #1: - 84.1%
Ending in March.
157 - FABLES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
02/2005: Fables #34 -- 24,322
02/2010: --
02/2011: Fables #102 -- 19,215
02/2012: Fables #114 -- 17,374
02/2013: Fables #126 — 15,480
02/2014: Fables #138 -- 14,109 (- 0.4%)
03/2014: Fables #139 -- 13,936 (- 1.2%)
04/2014: --
05/2014: Fables #140 -- 13,977 (+ 0.3%)
06/2014: Fables #141 -- 13,997 (+ 0.1%)
07/2014: Fables #142 -- 13,831 (- 1.2%)
08/2014: Fables #143 -- 13,672 (- 1.1%)
09/2014: Fables #144 -- 13,551 (- 0.9%)
10/2014: Fables #145 -- 13,723 (+ 1.3%)
11/2014: Fables #146 -- 13,412 (- 2.3%)
12/2014: Fables #147 -- 13,302 (- 0.8%)
01/2015: Fables #148 -- 13,220 (- 0.6%)
02/2015: Fables #149 — 13,302 (+ 0.6%)
6 months: - 2.7%
1 year : - 5.7%
2 years : - 14.1%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: - 45.3%
Since #1: - 39.6%
The final issue #150—which will also double as the last trade paperback—is due out in July.
159, 168 - 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%)
Since #1: - 40.3%
No one should be surprised at the 37% drop for the second issue.
160 - AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE (Vertigo) ($2.99)
02/2011: American Vampire #12 -- 16,522
02/2012: American Vampire #24 -- 14,278
02/2013: –
02/2014: --
03/2014: American Vampire 2Cy #1 -- 20,863 (+ 64.3%)
04/2014: American Vampire 2Cy #2 -- 17,068 (- 18.2%)
05/2014: American Vampire 2Cy #3 -- 15,642 (- 8.4%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: American Vampire 2Cy #4 -- 15,400 (- 1.5%)
08/2014: --
09/2014: --
10/2014: American Vampire 2Cy #5 -- 14,621 (- 7.4%)
11/2014: --
12/2014: --
01/2015: --
02/2015: American Vampire 2Cy #6 — 13,234 (- 7.2%)
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
Since #1: - 36.6%
Now that Fables is pretty much over, this will be Vertigo’s flagship title.
171 - 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%)
6 months: - 59.1%
Since #1: - 59.1%
At this point percentage drops in the 3% range would be preferable.
177 - HE-MAN: ETERNITY WAR ($2.99)
02/2013: –
02/2014: He-Man & MotU #10 -- 13,816 (- 4.5%)
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%)
6 months: - 0.2%
1 year : - 15.3%
2 years : n.a.
Right back to standard attrition.
180 - ASTRO CITY (Vertigo) ($3.99)
02/2005: --
02/2010: --
02/2011: --
02/2012: –
02/2014: Astro City #9 -- 14,289 (- 3.7%)
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%)
6 months: - 11.2%
1 year : - 18.8%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: n.a.
Since #1: - 58.1%
More or less stable with each month having a drop of standard attrition levels or a bit less, though the long-term trend is still down.
185 - 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%)
Since #1: - 55.5%
Standard attrition.
190 - 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%)
A typical second-issue drop.
194 - 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%)
Since #1: - 57.1%
Penultimate issue.
202 - ARROW: SEASON 2.5 (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2013: Arrow #4 — 11,581
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%)
2 years : - 21.8%
Since #1: - 47.8%
Standard attrition.
215 - SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 CONTINUITY (Digital-First) ($3.99)
01/2013: Smallville S11 #10 — 17,024
02/2014: Smallville Alien #3 -- 11,061 (- 6.0%)
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%)
6 months: - 24.3%
1 year : - 26.7%
2 years : - 52.4%
Since #1: - 10.6%
Penultimate issue. Will Smallville Season 11 finish above the 8K line? tune in next month to find out!
218 - TEEN TITANS GO! (Digital-First) ($2.99)
02/2005: Teen Titans Go! #16 — 13,980
02/2014: Teen Titans Go! #2 -- 9,038 (-32.8%)
03/2014: --
04/2014: Teen Titans Go! #3 -- 8,185 (- 9.4%)
05/2014: --
06/2014: Teen Titans Go! #4 -- 8,667 (+ 5.9%)
07/2014: --
08/2014: Teen Titans Go! #5 -- 8,688 (+ 0.2%)
09/2014: --
10/2014: Teen Titans Go! #6 -- 8,677 (- 0.1%)
11/2014: --
12/2014: Teen Titans Go! #7 -- 8,254 (- 4.9%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Teen Titans Go! #8 — 7,917 (- 4.1%)
6 months: - 8.9%
1 year : - 12.4%
10 years: - 43.4%
Since #1: - 41.1%
Not returnable (unlike most of the previous issues).
236 - 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%)
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column for why we make this adjustment).
A typical third issue percentage drop.
222 - SANDMAN OVERTURE SPECIAL EDITION (Vertigo) ($4.99)
02/2014: --
03/2014: --
04/2014: --
05/2014: Sandman Overture SE #2 -- 11,499 (-20.7%)
06/2014: --
07/2014: --
08/2014: --
09/2014: Sandman Overture SE #3 -- 10,190 (-11.4%)
10/2014: --
11/2014: --
12/2014: --
01/2015: --
02/2015: Sandman Overture SE #4 — 7,714 (-24.3%)
6 months: n.a.
Since #1: - 46.8%
The regular edition sold 64,508 copies back in December.
253 - 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 (- 18.9%)
02/2015: Infinite Crisis FftM #8 — 6,498 (- 16.8%)
6 months: - 57.6%
Since #1: - 75.1%
Ending in June.
254 - BODIES (Vertigo) ($2.99)
07/2014:Bodies #1 of 8 -- 17,500
08/2014:Bodies #2 of 8 -- 11,283 (-33.8%)
09/2014:Bodies #3 of 8 -- 9,439 (-16.3%)
10/2014:Bodies #4 of 8 -- 8,828 (- 6.5%)
11/2014:Bodies #5 of 8 -- 7,926 (-10.2%)
12/2014:Bodies #6 of 8 -- 7,488 (- 5.5%)
01/2015:Bodies #7 of 8 -- 6,647 (-11.2%)
02/2015:Bodies #8 of 8 — 6,460 (- 2.8%)
6 months: - 42.7%
Since #1: - 62.1%
The final issue shows a small decline. In for a penny…
272 - EFFIGY (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2015: Effigy #1 -- 11,656
02/2015: Effigy #2 -- 6,408 (- 45.0%)
Returnable, so adjusted up 10% from the reported numbers (see the disclaimers at the end of this column for why we make this adjustment).
A large drop for the second issue, for a comic that had pretty much zero wiggle-room to begin with. Unless there are spectacular sales for the first trade collection, this comic is not long for this world.
266 - COFFIN HILL (Vertigo) ($2.99)
02/2014: Coffin Hill #5 -- 10,435 (- 7.7%)
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%)
6 months: - 23.0%
1 year : - 43.1%
Since #1: - 75.4%
Drops another 0.5K copies. It’s at the level where cancellation is imminent, but no announcement has been made as yet…
275 - 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%)
Since #1: - 73.3%
Penultimate issue.
278 - 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%)
6 months: - 53.7%
Since #1: - 71.0%
Penultimate issue.
284 - 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%)
Since #1: - 63.4%
Previous issues were returnable; this one was not.
295 - 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%)
Since #1: - 71.2%
These Vertigo mini-series aren’t doing much of anything in the single-issue market. Maybe they’ll make up for it in the trade collection?
+300 - HINTERKIND (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2014: Hinterkind #4 -- 9,693 (-16.9%)
02/2014: Hinterkind #5 -- 8,948 (- 7.7%)
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)
6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
Since #1: ????%
Ending with issue #18 in May.
+300 - FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS (Vertigo) ($2.99)
01/2014: FBP #7 -- 8,971 (- 6.0%)
02/2014: --
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)
6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
Since #1: ????%
New issues are still being solicited…
+300 - SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? (All-Ages) ($2.99)
01/2005: Scooby-Doo #92 -- 4,872
01/2010: Scooby-Doo #152 -- 3,724
01/2011: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #5 -- 4,543
01/2012: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #17 -- 4,533
01/2013: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #29 — 4,729
01/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #41 -- 4,649 (-2.2%)
02/2014: Scooby-Doo Where Are You? #42 -- 4,540 (-2.3%)
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)
6 months: ???%
1 year : ???%
2 years : ???%
5 years : ???%
10 years: ???%
Since #1: ???%
Back down under the cut-off, which was higher this month than last.
+300 - LOONEY TUNES (All-Ages) ($2.99)
02/2005: Looney Tunes #123 -- 2,838
02/2010: Looney Tunes #183 -- ?????
02/2011: Looney Tunes #195 -- ?????
02/2012: Looney Tunes #205 -- ?????
02/2013: Looney Tunes #211 — ?????
02/2014: Looney Tunes #217 -- 2,784 (- 1.3%)
03/2014: --
04/2014: Looney Tunes #218 -- ????? (< 2,823)
05/2014: --
06/2014: Looney Tunes #219 -- ????? (< 4,560)
07/2014: --
08/2014: Looney Tunes #220 -- ????? (< 5,357)
09/2014: --
10/2014: Looney Tunes #221 -- ????? (< 6,298)
11/2014: --
12/2014: Looney Tunes #222 -- ????? (< 5,053)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Looney Tunes #223 — ????? (< 4,804)
6 months: ????%
1 year : ????%
2 years : ????%
5 years : ????%
10 years: ????%
Unless Diamond goes back to releasing the Top 400 sales info, this will likely not make the chart again.
Average Periodical Sales (not counting reprints, reorders shipping after the initial month of release, and magazines)
DC COMICS
02/2005: 27,525
02/2010: 26,199
02/2011: 23,252
02/2012: 31,535
02/2013: 34,711
02/2014: 27,070 (- 2.9%)
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: 24,516 (+ 0.9%)**
6 months: - 15.3%
1 year : - 9.4%
2 years : - 29.4%
5 years : - 6.4%
10 years: - 10.9%
DC UNIVERSE
02/2005: 34,956
02/2010: 35,895
02/2011: 25,887
02/2012: 34,456
02/2013: 36,838
02/2014: 33,327 (+ 0.6%)
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: 32,514 (+ 6.0%)
6 months: - 11.3%
1 year : - 2.4%
2 years : - 11.7%
5 years : - 9.4%
10 years: - 7.0%
VERTIGO
02/2005: 13,451
02/2010: 9,956
02/2011: 10,295
02/2012: 10,252
02/2013: 12,019
02/2014: 13,215 (+ 15.2%)
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%)**
6 months: - 5.2%
1 year : - 34.8%
2 years : - 28.3%
5 years : - 13.5%
10 years: - 36.0%
6 month comparisons
- 18.2% – Batgirl
- 17.6% – Flash
- 12.6% – Catwoman
- 6.8% – Sinestro
- 5.3% – Batman
- 1.2% – Green Lantern Corps
- 0.6% – Batman and Robin
- 0.2% – He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the MotU)
- 2.7% – Fables
- 3.6% – Aquaman
- 4.2% – Green Lantern
- 4.9% – Justice League Dark
- 6.0% – Constantine
- 7.0% – Detective Comics
- 7.1% – Green Lantern: New Guardians
- 8.9% – Teen Titans Go!
- 9.7% – Red Lanterns
- 11.2% – Astro City
- 12.4% – Worlds’ Finest
- 12.6% – Swamp Thing
- 13.4% – Superman
- 13.9% – Red Hood and the Outlaws
- 14.3% – Green Arrow
- 14.8% – Injustice
- 16.3% – Teen Titans
- 17.3% – Batwoman
- 18.6% – Action Comics
- 20.0% – Justice League 3000
- 20.6% – New Suicide Squad
- 21.1% – Batman/Superman
- 23.0% – Coffin Hill
- 23.2% – Batman Eternal
- 23.7% – Superman/Wonder Woman
- 24.1% – Secret Origins
- 24.3% – Smallville Season 11
- 24.9% – Justice League United
- 26.0% – New 52 – Futures End
- 26.4% – Earth 2
- 27.1% – Grayson
- 31.7% – Batman ’66
- 42.7% – Bodies
- 44.7% – The Multiversity
- 53.7% – Star-Spangled War Stories feat. G.I. Zombie
- 57.6% – Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse
- 59.1% – Sensation Comics feat. Wonder Woman
1 year comparisons
- 42.8% – Superman
- 35.5% – Wonder Woman
- 33.5% – New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
- 28.9% – Flash
- 27.4% – Teen Titans
- 23.8% – Batman and Robin
- 18.3% – Batgirl
- 11.4% – Grayson (Nightwing)
- 10.3% – Catwoman
- 7.8% – Action Comics
- 2.3% – Green Lantern Corps
- 1.9% – Batman
- 3.4% – Detective Comics
- 5.7% – Fables
- 7.9% – Aquaman
- 9.9% – Justice League
- 12.4% – Teen Titans Go!
- 14.0% – Superman/Wonder Woman
- 15.3% – He-Man Eternity War (He-Man and the MotU)
- 18.5% – Green Lantern
- 18.8% – Astro City
- 19.8% – Swamp Thing
- 21.3% – Justice League Dark
- 23.0% – Earth 2
- 24.7% – Green Lantern: New Guardians
- 25.4% – Batman/Superman
- 25.7% – Red Hood and the Outlaws
- 26.0% – Batman ’66
- 26.5% – Green Arrow
- 26.7% – Smallville Season 11
- 27.8% – Constantine
- 31.6% – Injustice
- 32.3% – Batwoman
- 37.3% – Worlds’ Finest
- 43.1% – Coffin Hill
- 49.6% – Justice League 3000
- 60.1% – Red Lanterns
2 year comparisons
+160.3% - Deathstroke
+ 17.5% - Constantine (Hellblazer)
+ 15.8% - New Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad)
+ 9.0% - Wonder Woman
+ 1.6% - Flash
- 7.0% - Justice League Dark
- 12.0% - Batman and Robin
- 12.4% - Catwoman
- 13.1% - Teen Titans
- 14.1% - Fables
- 21.6% - Batman
- 21.8% - Arrow
- 30.8% - Justice League
- 33.0% - Green Lantern Corps
- 33.4% - Action Comics
- 33.7% - Grayson
- 36.3% - Detective Comics
- 37.8% - Batgirl
- 38.9% - Worlds' Finest
- 40.9% - Green Lantern
- 42.7% - Red Lanterns
- 42.9% - Earth 2
- 45.1% - Aquaman
- 45.5% - Green Arrow
- 46.6% - Injustice
- 51.2% - Swamp Thing
- 51.5% - Green Lantern: New Guardians
- 52.4% - Smallville Season 11
- 56.3% - Batwoman
- 67.5% - Red Hood and the Outlaws
5 year comparisons
- 92.7% – Batman
- 68.2% – Wonder Woman
- 50.8% – Superman
- 46.8% – Constantine (Hellblazer)
- 38.5% – Batgirl
- 32.8% – Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
- 28.3% – Teen Titans
- 27.6% – Action Comics
- 26.7% – Justice League (Justice League of America)
- 18.4% – Green Arrow
- 29.8% – Secret Six
- 38.4% – Flash
- 38.5% – Batman and Robin
- 56.0% – Green Lantern
- 62.9% – Green Lantern Corps
10 year comparisons
- 96.0% – Batman
- 72.4% – Wonder Woman
- 65.3% – Aquaman
- 42.0% – Batgirl
- 36.7% – Detective Comics
- 14.5% – Catwoman
- 14.2% – Swamp Thing
- 13.0% – Justice League (JLA)
- 12.3% – Grayson (Nightwing)
- 1.7% – Action Comics
- 2.9% – Constantine (Hellblazer)
- 5.5% – Flash
- 37.7% – Green Arrow
- 43.4% – Teen Titans Go!
- 45.3% – Fables
- 50.5% – Teen Titans
- 51.6% – Superman
- 62.6% – Batman/Superman (Superman/Batman)
- 65.5% – Green Lantern
Sales Indices
DCU: Average: 32,514. Median: 29,647.
3.6 - Batman
2.2 - Justice League
2.1 - Harley Quinn Special
1.7 - Detective Comics
1.7 - Batman and Robin
1.5 - The Multiversity
1.5 - Superman
1.4 - Batman Eternal
1.4 - Batman/Superman
1.3 - Flash
1.3 - Wonder Woman
1.3 - Green Lantern
1.3 - Grayson
1.3 - Batgirl
1.2 - Superman/Wonder Woman
1.2 - Action Comics
1.0 - Teen Titans
1.0 - Deathstroke
1.0 - Aquaman
1.0 - Justice League United
0.9 - New Suicide Squad
0.9 - New 52 - Futures End
0.9 - Green Lantern Corps
0.9 - Sinestro
0.8 - Earth 2
0.8 - Catwoman
0.7 - Earth 2 World's End
0.7 - Justice League Dark
0.6 - Gotham Academy
0.6 - Red Lanterns
0.6 - Green Lantern: New Guardians
0.6 - Green Arrow
0.6 - Arkham Manor
0.6 - Gotham By Midnight
0.6 - Secret Origins
0.5 - Worlds' Finest
0.5 - Red Hood and the Outlaws
0.5 - Justice League 3000
0.5 - Swamp Thing
0.5 - Lobo
0.5 - Constantine
0.4 - Batwoman
0.3 - Trinity of Sin
0.2 - Klarion
0.2 - Star-Spangled War Stories feat. GI Zombie
Vertigo: Average: 8,612. Median: 7,087
2.1 - Suiciders
1.5 - Fables
1.5 - American Vampire
1.3 - Astro City
1.2 - Fables: The Wolf Among Us
0.9 - Wolf Moon
0.9 - Sandman Overture Special Edition
0.8 - Bodies
0.7 - Effigy
0.7 - Coffin Hill
0.6 - The Kitchen
0.6 - The Names
0.6 - Hinterkind *
0.5 - FBP *
Digital First & Other: Average: 10,942. Median: 11,908
1.4 - Injustice Year 3
1.3 - Batman '66
1.1 - Mortal Kombat X
1.1 - Sensation Comics
1.1 - He-Man Eternity War
1.0 - Flash Season Zero
0.8 - Arrow Season 2.5
0.7 - Smallville Continuity
0.7 - Teen Titans Go!
0.6 - Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse
0.4 - Scooby-Doo Where Are You? *
0.3 - Looney Tunes *
—-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.
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In this, the winter of few things going according to plan, I begin to wonder: What is the point of any plan?
I'm not the only one asking this question. Oh, Boston. Oh friends in Boston. How do you do it?
Yesterday, I left the house in the cold and early dark, leaving myself five hours of extra time to get to my NYC client meeting an hour ahead of time. A six-hour cushion, in other words. But, oh, what a chase it became, as Amtrak dropped train after train and then left a single track open for trains headed into and out of Penn Station.
You go. No, you go. No, all right, you go. No, I'm happy to wait another hour. You go.
I made the meeting in time, but only after a mad dash through the train station that culminated in an encounter with a man of little means (and clear psychological demons), who turned around on the escalator leading to 31st and Eighth and (seeing I cannot imagine what in me) threatened to push me down the moving stairs. I held
the badly bruised arm of the week's earlier accident just out of reach and barely escaped the possibility of a mean tumble.
Getting home from NYC proved to be an odyssey of even greater proportions. The details don't matter. I was hardly alone (indeed, I was with my client and hundreds upon hundreds of others) as one train after another was cancelled, delayed, left on the tracks, neglected, checked in, then out of the You go, No, you go single tracking situation. Sure, I should have spent the time reading the fantastic Atticus Lish novel I recently downloaded. But at one point I gave up.
I became a simple, unexercised, bruised silly lump of Wait. A walking, mostly sitting exemplar of What is the point?
Today, believe it or not, I am headed back to New York, this time to see Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance," starring Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Lindsay Duncan, Clare Higgins, and Martha Plimpton, then to take my son out to dinner. It's my early birthday present to myself (aided by my father's Christmas gift). The play's closing weekend.
I will not be taking Amtrak.
Valiant continues to roll out some new books—this month it’s Josh Dysart’s Imperium—but I really just posted this for the Matt Kindt/Jeff Lemire variant covers.
IMPERIUM #1 [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover A (Harada) by RAUL ALLEN
Cover B (Lord Vine-99) by RAUL ALLEN
Cover C (Major Mech) by RAUL ALLEN
Valiant Next Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE & TOM MULLER
Character Design Variant by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Artist Variant by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Blank Cover also available
A daring new superhero saga from New York Times best-selling creator Joshua Dysart – writer of of the Harvey-Award nominated series HARBINGER – and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (UNITY, Justice)!
Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet.
Instead of surrendering, Harada has one last unthinkable gambit to play: to achieve more, faster, and with less, he will build a coalition of the powerful, the unscrupulous and the insane. No longer content to demand a better future, he will recruit a violent legion from the darkest corners of the Earth to fight for it. The battle for utopia begins now.
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 4
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DIVINITY #1 (of 4) [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover A by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Valiant Next Variant by BUTCH GUICE & TOM MULLER
Character Design Variant by LEWIS LAROSA
Artist Variant by LEWIS LAROSA
From New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (THE VALIANT, Mind MGMT) and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis) comes a shocking new vision of science fiction in an all-new prestige format limited series.
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union – determined to win the Space Race at any cost – green lit a dangerously advanced mission. They sent a man farther into the cosmos than anyone has gone before or since. Lost in the stars, he encountered something unknown. Something that…changed him.
Long thought lost and erased from the history books, he has suddenly returned, crash-landing in the Australian Outback. The few that have been able to reach him believe him to be a deity – one who turned the scorched desert into a lush oasis. They say he can bend matter, space, and even time to his will. Earth is about to meet a new god. And he’s a communist.
How long can it be before the first confrontation between mankind and DIVINITY begins?
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | PRESTIGE FORMAT | On sale FEBRUARY 11
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IVAR, TIMEWALKER #2 [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover A by RAUL ALLEN
Cover B by BRIAN LEVEL
Variant Cover by PERE PEREZ
Variant Cover by RAMON VILLALOBOS
From the award-winning team that brought you ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry continue a centuries-spanning race against the clock!
At this very moment in Geneva, Switzerland, history is being made. A thousand meters underground inside the Large Hadron Collider, researcher Neela Sethi is about to discover time travel – and jeopardize her life in the process. But she doesn’t know that yet. Ten minutes from now, every deadbeat chrononaut, wannabe conqueror, and misguided protector of the time stream will be banging down her door. Good thing that the legendary Ivar, Timewalker, got there first…right? Now it’s down to history’s most jaded, most tempestuous time traveler to stop the worst of everything that is, was, and will be…before time runs out!
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 18
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THE VALIANT #3 (of 4) [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT
Art & Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT
Variant Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
As the world teeters on the brink of a new Dark Age, superstar creators Jeff Lemire (Green Arrow, Animal Man), Matt Kindt (RAI, Mind MGMT), and Paolo Rivera (Daredevil) recruit each of Valiant’s most formidable heroes into the 10,000-year-old battle for the fate of all mankind!
The entire Valiant Universe faces off against the Immortal Enemy! Can they help Eternal Warrior succeed where he has failed so many times before? Civilization’s best hope against the darkness may lie in the unlikeliest of romances…
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | PRESTIGE FORMAT | On sale FEBRUARY 18
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X-O MANOWAR #33 (ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT!)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover A by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover B by RYAN LEE
Variant Cover by CHRISCROSS
X-O Manowar has beaten the Vine. Survived the Armor Hunters. Come face to face with the Armorines. Now he faces an unimaginable threat…a threat from beyond the grave.
The lesson needed to defeat them resides with his past and the greatest love of his life, Deidre of Dacia. But the last Aric knew of her, she was captured by the Roman legions and heading towards a slave camp. Her story, however, did not end there. Heavy hangs the head the that wears the crown.
Join New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, The Flash) and rising star Rafa Sandoval (X-Men: Legacy) for this special done-in-one jumping-on point issue – revisiting a mystery ripped from the pages of X-O Manowar #1!
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 4
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QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE! #2 (of 4)
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Art by STEVE LIEBER
Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
Variant Cover by JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
Variant Cover by SINA GRACE
The fix is in – and award-winning creators James Asmus (Gambit) and Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man) are about to unleash a world of hurt on the world’s worst superhero mis-adventurers!
Quantum and Woody have been hyp-mo-tized! But why? And how did these two chuckleheads suddenly become the heroes and idols of millions? A sinister puppet master lays his cards on the table and activates his Manchurian Candidates. Because when the world’s worst superhero team swoops into action…Quantum and Woody must die!
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 25
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UNITY #15 (NEW ARC!)
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by PERE PEREZ
Cover A by RAUL ALLEN
Cover B by JENNY FRISON
Variant Cover by CHRISCROSS
ALL-NEW ARC! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (THE VALIANT, RAI) and Harvey Award nominee Pere Perez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) rebuild the world’s most elite super-team one member at a time!
The United have left Unity decimated – a member lost, a terrible secret revealed, and the entire world turned against them. Not Harada, not Dr. Silk, not even the mighty Armor Hunters left the team as fractured as this! Now, Unity must decide where their place is in this new world and whether they will stand together or fall apart, beginning with the one teammate that might just be the most dangerous of all…the lethal intelligence operative called NINJAK!
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 18
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RAI #7
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover A by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover B by RAUL ALLEN
Variant Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
“Battle for New Japan” explodes with another pulse-pounding chapter by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (THE VALIANT, Mind MGMT) and featuring fully painted artwork by superstar artist Clayton Crain (X-Force)!
Romance threatens to destroy a necessary peace between Raddies and robots as Rai builds his army for the final assault on Father! Plus: a glimpse of Earth 4001 and the secret weapon hiding out on the planet’s surface that could be the key to taking back New Japan!
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 11
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Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #5 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art & Cover by MD BRIGHT
Variant Cover by RYAN LEE
Throwback Variant by MARC LAMING
It all ends here! Legendary creators Christopher Priest (Black Panther) and MD Bright (Iron Man) deliver the final chapter for a comic book milestone more than a decade in the making!
Quantum. Woody. The other Quantum has disappeared. The other Woody has been revealed. Heroes, enemies, frenemies, and armies of vicious mercenaries descend on one luxurious ballroom during a black-tie affair…they all want the secret young Woody guards, and nothing will stop them from taking it. As the bullets fly and the champagne flows, can Quantum save the life of his young ward? And just whose side is the slippery Woody finally on…?
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 11
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THE DELINQUENTS TPB
Written by JAMES ASMUS & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by KANO
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Quantum and Woody are the world’s worst superhero team. Archer & Armstrong are a mismatched pair of conspiracy-busting adventurers. When a mysterious force collides these ill-suited and irresponsible “heroes” are in for a cross-country race through the darkest corners of American mythology, all hell is bound to break loose. Can two busted pairs become four of a kind in time to defeat the Hobo King, save the day, and make it back home in time for happy hour? Let’s hope so…’cause these guys make a really, really bad team. (And you don’t even want to know about the goat.)
It’s an all-new superhero joyride from fan-favorite writers James Asmus (QUANTUM AND WOODY) and Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and heat-seeking artist Kano (QUANTUM AND WOODY,Immortal Iron Fist), colliding Quantum and Woody and Archer & Armstrong for the world’s most disastrous team-up adventure! Collecting THE DELINQUENTS #1–4.
$14.99 US | T+ | 112 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 4
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346513
“✮✮✮✮✮…[The Delinquents] just might be the single most entertaining comic book released in…the entire year of 2014.” – Comic Book Resources
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VALIANT MASTERS: HARBINGER VOL. 1 – CHILDREN OF THE EIGHTH DAY HC
Written by JIM SHOOTER
Art & Cover by DAVID LAPHAM
Peter Stanchek and his band of teenage runaways are harbingers of a new age, born with the power to change the world… or break it. Plagued by emerging psionic powers he hardly understands, Peter turns to Toyo Harada and his Harbinger Foundation, an organization dedicated teaching young people like Peter. But when Peter learns to what lengths Harada will go to further his secret agenda, he turns on his mentor, gathering a group of like-minded rebels. On the road and always just one step ahead of Harada and his hit-squad of super powered Eggbreakers, these renegade harbingers will have to learn how to use their powers to change the world for the better along the way.
This deluxe hardcover collects the critically acclaimed masterpiece that kicked off a whole new age of superheroes from legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars) and David Lapham (Stray Bullets). Collecting HARBINGER (1992) #0–7 in a deluxe hardcover format, complete with process art, sketches, and more rarely seen back-up material from the Valiant vault.
$39.99 US | T+ | 200 pgs. | On sale FEBRUARY 25
HARDCOVER | ISBN: 978193934648
“’Children of the Eighth Day’ deserves to be uttered in the same breath as the masterpieces of the art form: Watchmen, Maus, Dark Knight Returns…” – Sequart
February’s variant cover theme fro DC Comics will be Harley Quinn, and that should come as zero surprise. It worked for Marvel with Deadpool, a similarly anarchic fourth-wall busting character. In fact if Marvel and DC were to do a crossover, I think Deadpool vs Harley would be the Batman vs Spider-man of the day.
In addition, Harley’s new, Suicide-Girls-inspired look has definitely caught on, supplanting the sturdily iconic Bruce Timm designed onesie. I don’t know who did the redesign for the New 52, but I think it may have been the most successful of the new looks
And here are the variants for February, which are a heck of a lot of fun. Maybe that’s why people like Harley Quinn? I have to admit my favorite of the bunch is the Amanda Conner Flash cover because…cheetahs.
ACTION COMICS #39 by Nicola Scott & Danny Miki and Jeremy Cox
AQUAMAN #39 by Amanda Conner and Paul Mounts
BATGIRL #39 by Cliff Chiang
BATMAN #39 by Jill Thompson and CV Painting
BATMAN & ROBIN #39 by Emanuela Lupacchino and Tomeu Morey
BATMAN/SUPERMAN #19 by J.G. Jones and Alex Sinclair
CATWOMAN #39 by Jim Balent
DETECTIVE COMICS #39 by Dave Johnson
THE FLASH #39 by Amanda Conner and Paul Mounts
HARLEY QUINN #15 by Marco D’Alfonso
GRAYSON #7 by Dan Panosian
GREEN LANTERN #39 by Mike McKone and Dave McCaig
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #39 by Jason Pearson
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #9 by Mikel Janin and CVDL
JUSTICE LEAGUE #39 by Dustin Nguyen and CV Painting
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #39 by Joe Quinones
TEEN TITANS #7 by Sean Galloway
SINESTRO #10 by Ian Bertram and Matt Hollingsworth
SUPERGIRL #39 by Joe Benitez and Peter Steigerwald
SUPERMAN #39 by Amanda Conner and Paul Mounts
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #16 by Francis Manapul and CVDL
WONDER WOMAN #39 by Phil Jiminez and Hi–Fi
DC-s announcements for products shipping in FEbruary are out today and here’s the WHOLE thing! what will you try What will make you cry?
THE MULTIVERSITY: MASTERMEN #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
1:10 B&W Variant cover by JIM LEE
1:25 Variant cover by AARON KUDER
1:50 Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:100 Variant cover by GRANT MORRISON
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with five covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Superstar writer Grant Morrison joins legendary artist Jim Lee on Earth-10 for one of the most dynamic, action-packed issues of this entire world-shattering series – THE MULTIVERSITY: MASTERMEN!
Imagine a world where the Nazis not only won World War II but went on to direct world culture for the next 60 years with the help of an orphaned, alien super-weapon known as Overman! But hope is not lost! Rising from the ashes of oppression are a diverse band of heroes raging against the fascist regime – a band of heroes known as THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS!
What nightmarish parallel worlds haunt the dreams of Overman? Who is the mysterious figure called Uncle Sam? And when the dust settles, will the actions of Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Human Bomb, Doll Man and The Ray be enough to stop Leatherwing, Blitzen and the other “heroes” of Earth-X?
Learn all this and more in this exciting issue that acts as chapter seven of the critically acclaimed MULTIVERSITY storyline.
THE MULTIVERSITY DIRECTOR’S CUT #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and cover by IVAN REIS
On sale FEBRUARY 25• 64 pg, FC, $9.99 US • RATED T
The first monumental issue of THE MULTIVERSITY is back in this new Director’s Cut Edition, presenting Ivan Reis’s pencil artwork! This special comes polybagged with a 26.5” x 30.5” version of the sensational Map of the Multiverse poster, designed by Rian Hughes from Grant Morrison’s notes! Also included are preliminary character designs by Morrison and Reis, and more!
JUSTICE LEAGUE #39
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
1:25 Variant cover by BABS TARR
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
Retailers: This issue will ship with four covers. Please see the order form for details.
“The Amazo Virus” concludes with haunting consequences!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #9
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by NEIL EDWARDS and JAY LEISTEN
Cover by ANDREW ROBINSON
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
1:25 Variant cover by MATTEO SCALERA
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
“The Infinitus Saga” continues as the team joins the Legion of Super-Heroes, a Thanagarian war fleet and a Rannian war fleet to battle the endless forces of Infinitus!
EARTH 2: WORLD’S END #18
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON, MARGUERITE BENNETT and MIKE JOHNSON
Art by JACK HERBERT, ROBSON ROCHA, PAULO SIQUEIRA and JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
As Apokolips burns, Green Lantern falls – and the Earth is left unprotected.
EARTH 2: WORLD’S END #19
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON, MARGUERITE BENNETT and MIKE JOHNSON
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM, EDDY BARROWS, EDUARDO PANSICA and JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Superman and Power Girl team up to turn the tide in the fight with Darkseid’s Furies.
EARTH 2: WORLD’S END #20
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON, MARGUERITE BENNETT and MIKE JOHNSON
Art by JACK HERBERT, ROBSON ROCHA, EDUARDO PANSICA and JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Apokolips’s plans for Earth-2 are finally revealed, leaving the heroes in shock!
EARTH 2: WORLD’S END #21
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON, MARGUERITE BENNETT and MIKE JOHNSON
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM, EDDY BARROWS, PAULO SIQUEIRA and JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Does Oliver Queen hold the answers to saving Earth-2?
EARTH 2 #31
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON and MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by ANDY SMITH
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Dr. Fate makes his powerful presence known on Apokolips!
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #39
Written by J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art by ANDRES GUINALDO and WALDEN WONG
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JOE QUINONES
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
The JLD is reunited! But being lost in the timestream could not prepare them to confront the living embodiment of time itself. And she’s hungry…
DEATHSTROKE #5
Written by TONY S. DANIEL
Art by TONY S. DANIEL and SANDU FLOREA
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
1:25 Variant cover by LEONARDO MANCO
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Deathstroke vs. Batman – with Harley Quinn stuck in the middle! The most intense, brutal battle in the history of The New 52 takes place in this issue!
THE FLASH #39
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
Blank variant cover
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for details.
Barry Allen is trapped in the Speed Force while an impostor wreaks havoc at home! Can The Fastest Man Alive make it back in time to put things right?
GREEN ARROW #39
Written by ANDREW KREISBERG and BEN SOKOLOWSKI
Art by DANIEL SAMPERE and JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Green Arrow versus Seattle! The odds don’t look too good for Ollie in this issue!
INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE #8
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and DAN DIDIO
Art by TOM GRUMMETT and SCOTT HANNA
Cover by DANIEL HDR
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Killsandra! Enchanthrax! Thumpa! They’re the Femmes Fatales, and they’re Aagog’s revenge on Big Bear and the team! Led by Sweet Leilani, even if their attempt to capture Mark Moonrider fails, Beautiful Dreamer is still headed into their deadly clutches!
KLARION #5
Written by ANN NOCENTI
Art by TREVOR McCARTHY
Cover by RAYMOND BERMUDEZ
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Coal’s buddybots are making people happy. Happier than they’ve ever been before. So why is Klarion on a mission to destroy all buddybots? Why is Klarion willing to lose his new friends to obliterate the friendly little bots? An all-battle issue as Klarion battles Zell, Piper, Noah and Rasp!
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #14
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Beetle and Booster! Fire and Ice! The Injustice League! Etrigan the Demon! Not to mention the Justice League (no, not that one, the one we’re doing). C’mon, people, we’re bending over backward here! At least meet us halfway – maybe flip through the issue at your local comics shop?
SECRET ORIGINS #10
Written by CAMERON STEWART, BRENDEN FLETCHER, DAN JURGENS and CAITLIN KITTREDGE
Art by STJEPAN SEJIC, IRENE KOH and SEAN CHEN
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Get ready for The New 52 origins of Batgirl (written by Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher with art by Irene Koh), Firestorm (courtesy of writer Dan Jurgens and artist Sean Chen) and Poison Ivy (coming your way from writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Stjepan Sejic)!
LOBO #5
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by REILLY BROWN and ALISON BORGES
Cover by BEN OLIVER
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
As Lobo grows closer to preventing the destruction of Earth, an old foe returns and reveals Lobo’s role in the destruction of his home world.
SECRET SIX #3
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by KEN LASHLEY
Cover by DALE EAGLESHAM
1:25 Variant cover by GARRY BROWN
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
Her name is Strix. What is her secret?!
THE NEW 52: FUTURES END #40
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, JEFF LEMIRE, DAN JURGENS and KEITH GIFFEN
Art by STEPHEN THOMPSON
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
All stories converge as Brainiac and the Blood Moon arrive at the Futures End!
THE NEW 52: FUTURES END #41
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, JEFF LEMIRE, DAN JURGENS and KEITH GIFFEN
Art by SCOT EATON and SCOTT HANNA
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Justice League splits into teams to battle the dual threat of Brainiac and the Blood Moon, while the Batman team and Mr. Terrific try to take down Brother Eye – in the present and the future!
THE NEW 52: FUTURES END #42
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, JEFF LEMIRE, DAN JURGENS and KEITH GIFFEN
Art by JESUS MERINO and DAN GREEN
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Will Brainiac’s arrival be the catalyst that dooms the DCU to the future seen in issue #0? Brother Eye makes his move, and humanity may become collateral damage.
THE NEW 52: FUTURES END #43
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, JEFF LEMIRE, DAN JURGENS and KEITH GIFFEN
Art by ANDY McDONALD
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Major fallout from last issue’s shocking demise of humanity’s one hope against apocalypse!
NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #7
Written by SEAN RYAN
Art by ROB HUNTER
Cover by JUAN FERREYRA
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
As Deadshot recovers from serious injuries in Belle Reve prison, Black Manta struggles to keep the team’s current mission in China from imploding. But after they’ve awakened the country’s newest super-weapon, the whole team – including Harley Quinn and Reverse-Flash – won’t all be coming back.
STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES FEATURING G.I. ZOMBIE #7
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by SCOTT HAMPTON
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
G.I. Zombie and Carmen find themselves up against the biggest terrorist threat ever, and it’s in the heart of our country. Can two stand a chance against thousands, or is all lost as the United States of Apocalypse begins?
TEEN TITANS #7
Written by WILL PFEIFER
Art by KENNETH ROCAFORT
Cover by BENGAL
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by SEAN “CHEEKS” GALLOWAY
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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There’s a monstrous evil lurking in the bowels of S.T.A.R. Labs! Can the Titans save the day before they become another experiment?
TRINITY OF SIN #5
Written by J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art by YVEL GUICHET and JASON GORDER
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Trapped within the Box of Redemption – and on the world contained within – the Trinity makes a desperate attempt to escape before the evil Nimraa unleashes a power that will bring all reality to an end!
WONDER WOMAN #39
Written by MEREDITH FINCH
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH and BATT
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
1:50 B&W Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and BATT
1:100 Variant cover by DAVID FINCH
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island, and she’s in for a surprise: The Amazons have chosen a new queen to lead them! The identity of this new queen will send shock waves through the entire DC Universe! Guest-starring the Justice League and featuring the introduction of Diana’s craziest new cast member in, well, ever!
SUPERMAN #39
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by JOHN ROMITA, JR., and KLAUS JANSON
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
1:50 Variant cover by SHANE DAVIS
1:100 Variant cover by JOHN ROMITA, JR., and KLAUS JANSON
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
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This emotional story reveals a rarely seen side of The Man of Steel as an ordinary person, as the super-star team of Geoff Johns, John Romita, Jr. and Klaus Janson continue their epic run on the series!
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ACTION COMICS #39
Written by GREG PAK
Art and cover by AARON KUDER
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by NICOLA SCOTT and DANNY MIKI
1:25 Variant cover by JUAN JOSE RYP
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
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The terror from Smallville has spread across the globe, and now Superman must make a sacrifice to save it! Don’t miss the final chapter of “Horrorville”!
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #16
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE and JAIME MENDOZA
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
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Superman and Wonder Woman come face-to-face with the newest arrival to The New 52: MAGOG!
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SUPERGIRL #39
Written by K. PERKINS and MIKE JOHNSON
Art and cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JOE BENITEZ
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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All-out war breaks out on Crucible over the fate of Superboy, as Kara faces new and old enemies.
WORLDS’ FINEST #31
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by JED DOUGHERTY
Cover by YILDIRAY CINAR
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
“Signs” of the Apocalypse? Death and destruction are increasing on Earth-2, and only the watchful eye of Batman sees how the patterns fit. Can he persuade Superman to take precautions before the price becomes very personal?
BATMAN ETERNAL #44
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, RAY FAWKES, KYLE HIGGINS and TIM SEELEY
Art by ACO
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
One of the only people who knows what truly happened at Arkham Asylum is about to escape Gotham City…but not if Batman gets to him first!
BATMAN ETERNAL #45
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, RAY FAWKES, KYLE HIGGINS and TIM SEELEY
Art by JAVI FERNANDEZ
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Nothing in his experience with cutting-edge technology could prepare Batwing for a battle against the vengeful spirits who’ve taken control of his armor!
BATMAN ETERNAL #46
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, RAY FAWKES, KYLE HIGGINS and TIM SEELEY
Art by ALESSANDRO VITTI
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Is Batman eternal? Perhaps…but only one of the Dark Knight’s foes truly knows the meaning of the word!
BATMAN ETERNAL #47
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, RAY FAWKES, KYLE HIGGINS and TIM SEELEY
Art by JUAN FERREYRA
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
In the new order of Gotham City, Selina Kyle holds all the cards…and now it’s up to master spy Julia Pennyworth to steal them back!
BATMAN #39
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GREG CAPULLO and DANNY MIKI
Backup story art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JILL THOMPSON
1:25 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
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“Endgame” part 5. The Joker is back! The penultimate issue of the Clown Prince of Crime’s horrifying return! Plus, in the backup story, the inmates and Mahreen finally learn the truth about The Joker!
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BATMAN/SUPERMAN #19
Written by GREG PAK
Art by ARDIAN SYAF and SANDRA HOPE
Cover by ARDIAN SYAF and DANNY MIKI
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by J.G. JONES
1:25 Variant cover by JOE QUINONES
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
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Superman and Batman have learned the devastating truth behind the identity of the unseen terrorists they’ve been pursuing. But will they recover in time to stop them from killing more innocents?
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BATGIRL #39
Written by CAMERON STEWART and BRENDEN FLETCHER
Art by BABS TARR
Cover by CAMERON STEWART
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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For months, Batgirl’s been hounded by an unseen threat claiming to be the “real” Batgirl…and the truth of her enemy’s identity will shock her to her very core!
BATMAN AND ROBIN #39
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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Has Damian Wayne become something more than human? And how do you control a reckless child who now has super powers?
ARKHAM MANOR #5
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art and cover by SHAWN CRYSTAL
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The insanity of Arkham Manor floods the streets of Gotham City!
GOTHAM ACADEMY #5
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and BRENDEN FLETCHER
Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This month’s assignment: Uncover the hideous secrets of Gotham Academy’s North Hall! Also: smooching?!
GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT #4
Written by RAY FAWKES
Art and cover by BEN TEMPLESMITH
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Dr. Szandor Tarr is far from what anyone would consider social, but will it turn out he’s more at home with an insect monster savaging Gotham City than he is with the Midnight Shift?
GRAYSON #7
Written by TIM SEELEY and TOM KING
Art and cover by MIKEL JANIN
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by DAN PANOSIAN
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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Grayson and Helena must battle their old foes, the Fist of Cain!
DETECTIVE COMICS #39
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON
1:25 Variant cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
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Can Batman put an end to Anarky once and for all? Or will the citizens of Gotham City even let him try?
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HARLEY QUINN #15
Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by CHAD HARDIN
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by MARCO D’ALFONSO
1:25 Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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Harley was certain she could have it all: She could be the world’s best landlord, protect Coney Island from the scum of the Earth, woo Mason Macabre, work her day job as a psychiatrist, volunteer at the puppy shelter…but that’s a whole lot of spinning plates, and eventually they’re bound to start breaking! What happens when a psychopath cracks up? Is it possible for Harley to go even more insane?!
HARLEY QUINN VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1
Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by JOHN TIMMS
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
Blank variant cover
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will arrive in stores with three covers. Please see the order form for details.
Love is in the air in New York City! The planet’s richest bachelor, Bruce Wayne, is in town for a charity auction – and the highest bidder gets a date with Mr. Tall, Dark, and Brooding! Good thing Harley Quinn just came into some money (please, whatever you do, don’t ask how). But can Bruce really spend a night with Harley without her learning how he spends his nights?
CATWOMAN #39
Written by GENEVIEVE VALENTINE
Art by GARRY BROWN
Cover by JAE LEE
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JIM BALENT
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Will Selina save Gotham City? Or will she burn it to the ground?
BATWOMAN #39
Written by MARC ANDREYKO
Art by GEORGES JEANTY
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The mystery of Red Alice! Is Batwoman’s sister truly reformed?
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #39
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art and cover by R.B. SILVA
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
As Arsenal and Red Hood confront their demons, Starfire is out for blood when she hunts down the person responsible for her recent addiction. But will her act of vengeance help her – or destroy her?
GREEN LANTERN #39
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by ADMIRA WIJAYA
Cover by BILLY TAN
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by MIKE McKONE
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
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Hal Jordan returns to Oa knowing he has to face the consequences for defying the Templar Guardians during “Godhead.” But whatever the Guardians have planned for him pales before the true threat the Corps will soon face. Hal’s about to learn that sometimes fighting for the greater good comes at an even greater personal cost.
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GREEN LANTERN CORPS #39
Written by VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BERNARD CHANG
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JASON PEARSON
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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As John Stewart and his team try to root out the criminal network that has overtaken the homeworld of Lantern Feska, they discover the planet is imperiled by a far darker, deadlier force. An enemy with an ancient hatred of the Corps. An enemy that seeks to cast all the universe into shadow.
GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #39
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Art by DIOGENES NEVES and MARC DEERING
Cover by KYLE STRAHM
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
With the Templar Guardians still on Oa, Kyle faces the very real prospect that his life may soon come to an end. The love of Carol Ferris alone can’t save him, and the foundation of the cosmos hangs in the balance.
RED LANTERNS #39
Written by LANDRY WALKER
Art by J. CALAFIORE
Cover by SCOTT HEPBURN
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The rage left behind on Earth following the Atrocitus War is spreading and in danger of erupting at any moment! Guy is determined to purge the world in order to save it, but can a man looking to die stop a primal force on a heavily populated planet?
SINESTRO #10
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art and cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by IAN BERTRAM
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
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Sinestro’s siege of Warworld has gone badly, and now Mongul is more powerful than ever. The leader of the Yellow Lanterns still may have a trick or two up his sleeve, but then, so does the planetary dictator with a grudge.
SWAMP THING #39
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
“The Machine Queen” part 5! The Swamp is dead. The machines rule the planet. Alec Holland’s greatest foes are arrayed against him, and the few allies he has left have gone into hiding. It is the end…unless the Swamp Thing can return to the beginning, to fix his greatest mistake.
DC COMICS
BATMAN ’66 #20
Written by ROB WILLIAMS
Art by RUBEN PROCOPIO
Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
Gotham City has a new hero in town: Joker Man! Can it be? Has the Clown Prince of Crime now become a comedic crimefighter? This new Joker seems to be sincere about lassoing the lawless by rounding up all the criminals, including some of his former allies! In fact, he’s so good at it that the citizenry wonders if they still need Batman and Robin at all!
MORTAL KOMBAT X #2-3
Written by SHAWN KITTELSEN
Issue #2 art by DEXTER SOY
Issue #3 art by IGOR VITORINO
Covers by IVAN REIS
#2 on sale FEBRUARY 11
#3 on sale FEBRUARY 25
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • DIGITAL FIRST
Now shipping twice monthly! In issue #2, Scorpion and his newest companion set off in deadly pursuit of Raiden! Meanwhile, as the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, Cassie Cage thinks she’s seen it all. But when she finds herself in an illegal MMA deathmatch, Cassie must decide if she’s ready for her first taste of Mortal Kombat!
Then, in issue #3, as the civil war in Outworld rages on, Kotal Kahn suffers an unimaginable loss and enlists the power of the Kamidogu to avenge his fallen ally. But will blood magic make Kotal powerful enough to take down Outworld’s champion? Enter: Goro!
ARROW SEASON 2.5 #5
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM and KETO SHIMIZU
Art by JOE BENNETT, CRAIG YEUNG and SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Photo cover
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
An old ally returns as the clash with Brother Blood reaches its climax! Plus, a new enemy rises!
THE FLASH SEASON ZERO #5
Written by ANDREW KREISBERG
Art by MARCUS TO
Photo cover
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
What’s a day in the life of the Fastest Man Alive like? Find out from the point of view of none other than Arrow’s Felicity Smoak!
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #9
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by BRUNO REDONDO, MIKE S. MILLER and others
Cover by NEIL GOOGE
On sale FEBRUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
The new Deadman tracks down The Spectre but makes a shocking discovery. Meanwhile, Trigon launches an attack on Superman, and not even the power of Wonder Woman is enough to help. Plus, the identity of Superman’s secret protector is revealed.
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #10
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by BRUNO REDONDO, MIKE S. MILLER and others
Cover by NEIL GOOGE
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
A world-shattering magical battle is under way, involving some of the most powerful beings in the universe. Batman, Constantine and the Birds of Prey launch a full out assault on Swamp Thing and his allies. And Batman has a final good-bye with the last person he’d expect.
HE-MAN: THE ETERNITY WAR #3
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art by POP MHAN
Cover by STJEPAN SEJIC
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
High above the Sands of Time, She-Ra leads Stratos and an aerial squadron in search of the Eye of Chrono. Their mission is jeopardized by the appearance of Catra, Scorpia and a Horde Army! Will the Princess of Power defeat these women from her past and retrieve the Eye? The Eternity War is just getting started!
SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #7
Written by ALEX DE CAMPI and AMY CHU
Art by NEIL GOOGE and BERNARD CHANG
Cover by SHANE DAVIS
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
In “Venus Rising,” Diana’s conflicted about her current mission: She agreed to represent the Justice League as the first space station for harvesting Venusian fuel gases is brought online. But her arrival doesn’t go smoothly – and then, kaiju attack! Plus: A combat pilot gets a little help from Wonder Woman as a routine reconnaissance mission turns deadly in “Rescue Angel.”
INFINITE CRISIS: FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #8
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art by EDUARDO FRANCISCO, SZYMON KUDRANSKI and CHRISTIAN DUCE
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
The first mission comes to an end as the battle to save Nil reaches its conclusion. Facing impossible odds against Nightmare Brainiac and his legion of Nightmare Metallos, the heroes’ only hope is to reignite the defenses of the Monitor’s tower. And the person they have to rely on to do this is none other than Lex Luthor of the Gaslight World!
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11: CONTINUITY #3
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by IG GUARA, MARCELO DI CHIARA and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover by CAT STAGGS
On sale FEBRUARY 11 • 40 pg, FC, 3 of 4, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
An alien device streaks toward Metropolis and the Watchtower. As Chloe freezes in fear, her friends rush to her side! And no man escapes the Manhunters – but will Nightwing find a loophole?
COLLECTED EDITIONS
ALL-STAR WESTERN VOL. 6: END OF THE TRAIL TP
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by CLIFF RICHARDS, STAZ JOHNSON, JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ, FABRIZIO FIORENTINO and DARWYN COOKE
Cover by DARWYN COOKE
On sale MARCH 25 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
Now back in the Old West, Hex finds readjusting to his old life a bit more difficult than he expected – especially when he finds out that there’s an impostor calling himself Jonah Hex! Collects issues #29-34.
EARTH 2 VOL. 5: THE KRYPTONIAN HC
Written by TOM TAYLOR and DANIEL H. WILSON
Art by NICOLA SCOTT, TREVOR SCOTT, EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
On sale APRIL 15 • 176 pg, FC, $24.99 US
A new super being named Val-Zod has appeared – and the heroes of Earth-2 must convince him to help them in one last, desperate attempt to stop Kal-El. Can they band together in time to prepare for Apokolips and the forces of Darkseid? And can Val-Zod become the hero they need him to be? Collects EARTH 2 #21-26 and EARTH 2: FUTURES END #1!
BATMAN VOL. 6: THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT HC
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, MARGUERITE BENNETT and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by GREG CAPULLO, DANNY MIKI, ANDY KUBERT, DUSTIN NGUYEN, DEREK FRIDOLFS, ALEX MALEEV and others
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale APRIL 29 • 224 pg, FC, $24.99 US
In these tales from BATMAN #0, 18-20, 28, 34 and BATMAN ANNUAL #2, look back to the early days of the Dark Knight, then see the impact of the wake of the death of his son Damian! Plus, has Batman’s worst foe become…Bruce Wayne? This title also includes three pivotal chapters from the epic ZERO YEAR storyline, and a chapter that ties in to BATMAN ETERNAL!
HARLEY QUINN VOL. 2: POWER OUTAGE HC
Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by AMANDA CONNER, JOHN TIMMS, DAVE JOHNSON, STEPHANE ROUX, CHAD HARDIN, PAUL POPE, MARCO FAILLA, DAMION SCOTT and others
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale APRIL 8 • 208 pg, FC, $24.99 US
The first rule of Skate Club is…you do not mess with the Mistress of Mayhem! Harley stumbles across an underground fight club where big money equals big body counts! She’s in…and she’s making Sy Borgman her agent. Plus, what would happen if the demented Clown Princess of Crime visited the most popular comic con out there? And Harley attempts to rescue Poison Ivy – with smelly results! Collects HARLEY QUINN #9-13, HARLEY QUINN: FUTURES END #1, a story from SECRET ORIGINS #4 and the star-studded HARLEY QUINN INVADES COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO #1!
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 2: SURVIVORS OF EVIL TP
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG MAHNKE, TOM DERENICK, EDDY BARROWS and others
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On sale MARCH 4 • 192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
As the smoke clears from TRINITY WAR, the JLA is dead, betrayed by one of their own. But Martian Manhunter and Stargirl live to fight another day, only to find themselves trapped on an alien world under the control of a group of Super-Villains. Collecting issues #8-14!
JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 5: FOREVER HEROES TP
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by IVAN REIS, JOE PRADO, DOUG MAHNKE, JESUS MERINO and others
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
On sale MARCH 11 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US
In these tales from JUSTICE LEAGUE #24-29, the Crime Syndicate hunts down the few heroes foolish enough to challenge them – including Dick Grayson! But Owlman has other plans for Nightwing…and Ultraman!
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN VOL. 1: POWER COUPLE TP
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art by TONY S. DANIEL, MATT BANNING, PAULO SIQUEIRA and others
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
On sale MARCH 18 • 200 pg, FC, $16.99 US
Collecting the bold new series that looks at the relationship between The Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess! Some say love is a battlefield, but where Superman and Wonder Woman are concerned – it spells Doomsday! Collects issues #1-6 of the new blockbuster series.
WONDER WOMAN VOL. 6: BONES HC
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by CLIFF CHIANG and GORAN SUDZUKA
Cover by CLIFF CHIANG
On sale APRIL 1 • 160 pg, FC, $22.99 US
In this final WONDER WOMAN volume by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang Olympus must fall, and its rightful ruler must be restored. Wonder Woman is locked in desperate battle with the First Born with the destiny of immortals at stake in these stories from WONDER WOMAN #30-35 and a story from SECRET ORIGINS #6.
DC ENTERTAINMENT GRAPHIC NOVEL ESSENTIALS AND CHRONOLOGY 2015
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale JANUARY 28 • 128 pg, FC, FREE
Get ready for the latest edition of the DC ENTERTAINMENT GRAPHIC NOVEL ESSENTIALS AND CHRONOLOGY, newly updated for 2015! This Free catalogue includes DC’s 25 Essential Graphic Novels, plus reading guides to each DC imprint, reading orders and more! Did we mention it’s FREE?
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BATMAN ‘66 VOL. 3 HC
Written by JEFF PARKER, ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO
Art by JONATHAN CASE, DARIO BRIZUELA, TED NAIFEH, DEAN HASPIEL, PAUL RIVOCHE, CRAIG ROUSSEAU and WILFREDO TORRES
Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
On sale APRIL 22 • 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US
In this third BATMAN ‘66 collection, The Dynamic Duo face The Joker, The Penguin, the Queen of Diamonds and a Bat-Robot of their own making…that may put Batman and Robin out of a job! Collects issues #11-16.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN VOL. 3 TP
Written by JIM KRUEGER, PETER MILLIGAN, MAX LANDIS and others
Art by NEIL EDWARDS, GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, JOCK, PHIL HESTER, EVAN SHANER and others
Cover by EVAN SHANER
On sale MARCH 25 • 224 pg, FC, $16.99 US
This third volume of ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN continues to feature the best creators in comics and entertainment presenting their takes on the Man of Steel in stores from issues #11-17! Includes appearances by Toyman, Lobo, The Joker, Lex Luthor and more!
BATMAN BEYOND: JUSTICE LORDS BEYOND TP
Written by KYLE HIGGINS and CHRISTOS GAGE
Art by THONY SILAS, DEXTER SOY and others
Cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
On sale MARCH 11 • 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US
Wonder Woman is back, but what secret is she hiding? Meanwhile, Batman’s journey through the dystopian world of the Justice Lords takes a deadly turn as he faces Lord Superman! Collects BATMAN BEYOND #9-12.
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There’s one more issue of Hawkeye left.
Please add the $ per page for the monthly books too. It would be informative.
I don’t think Cyclops and Storm are coming back after Secret Wars actually – weren’t they listed as two of the 33 Marvel titles that would be axed prior to the crossover?
Ooookay so what just happened? I clicked on the link for the february month-to-month sales, and it all went completely wide-screen. With my widescreen monitor, it makes things a chore to read. On a 1920×1080 monitor, having text going from one end to the other isn’t…. nice. Well, at least it fixes the problem of numbers getting cut off in the chart. But… What happened O_o
Nice idea for She-Hulk: I’d like the mini-series format too with the same light tone.
Previous version of Nova actually sold better (had longer run and didn’t drop below 20k IIRC), so I’m not sure if current version is “winning formula”.
Can’t help but detect somewhat of an anti X-Men bias in all this.
Black Vortex is the grand GotG helping out the poor ailing X-franchise? GotG and All-New X-Men have been selling close together–the real winner in this so far is Star Lord.
And the fouth(!) X-Men series selling at the level it is, is terrible, but the one Inhuman book–selling even lower–is somehow a great launchpad for what Marvel’s been trying really hard to make a big franchise?
Also, the Last Days banner has not been announced as the end for those titles. I mean, sure, the smart money is on relaunches after Secret Wars, but that goes for pretty much *every* Marvel book.
Hum, their just seems to have a trouble with the editing on the TPB comments. It should be fixed soon, sorry about that.
No, no anti X-men biasis, it seems clear that the X-men franchise is in deep trouble right now. One wouldn’t know if had been at the top of Marvel list of books for more than two decades looking at this chart.
Yep, Inhuman is in trouble to serve as a launching pad, but it’s still very early: it tooks years to make the X-men the brand it was, so we wshouldn’t expect Marvel to make it work instantly.
Marvel just made cryptic announcement I read somewhere that the Lats Days banner titile would feature the “last adventures” for their character before the end of the Marvel Universe. As I read here on the Beat in the annoucement:
“In addition, those Secret Wars banners may have been more important than we initially thought, as the books branded as having their Last Days are the ones that are coming to an end. “LAST DAYS titles are creators bringing their stories to their natural conclusions before the destruction of the Marvel Universe.”
FWIW, I accidentally failed to pre-order Legendary Star-Lord #9 – maybe it wasn’t clearly labeled as Black Vortex in Previews or something?
Terrific idea with breaking down the TPB sales, too. Good job! Really enjoyed your column.
If like me, you can’t read the TPB comments, here they are:
ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC
136p 25$, $ per page: 18.3 cents
Since February 2015: 3,016
That’s a good sign of the popularity of Rocket Racoon and of Skottie Young cartoony approach to it.
DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB
144p, 20$, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 2,098
If the floppy serie didn’t put the charts on fire, the collections sell better and I expect them to continue to do so for a long time.
STORM VOL.1 TPB
112p, 16$, $ per page: 14.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,542
Eh, that’s actually quite good! But god, what an awful name for a Storm tpb: Make it Rain. Thank god, the serie will not live long, if not I can’t imagine the other funny weather titles we would have to endure!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WHO AM I HC
168p, 25$, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,356
The cheapest HC of the month, by far! This is the collection of the Spider-Man Who Am I online Infinite comics, partially released during the free comic book Day. Geoffo and Mast, two french artists hard at work on a lot of Marvel online comics did the storyboard for this. Well done, guys, it sold well!
BLACK PANTHER WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER TPB
200p, 25$, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,025
This collects again the first 6 issues of the old Black Panther serie which lauched with Romita Jr on art + some old stuff.
THOR EPIC COLLECTION TO WAKE MANGOG
456p, 35$, $ per page: 0,77 cents
Since February 2015: 1007
Those Epic Collection really have an amazing value per page, two times less than a classic tpb!
DEATHLOK TPB RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
35$ 456P, $ per page: 7.7 cents
Since January 2015: 1 256 [+535]
Once again, best bargain of the month and it sold again at 2/3 of its first month sales, going over the 1,000 line. It collects the Joe casey & Leonarod Manco Marvel Tech series and plenty of other stuff.
Good job Xavier!
I’m so tired of the relaunches… Ms.Marvel will surely have a new #1, as it is a fan favorite and a generally awesome series. Too bad it was one of the few books still at 2,99$ and the last one I read from Marvel…
“It’s a little hard to be sure what the fate of each title will be after Secret wars: Marvel did release a list of the titles that will come back after the event”
And where would one find this list? Link? And is there some sort of scorecard out there telling us which Secret Wars/Battleworld/whatever minis are replacing which ongoings? I honestly have no clue what I’m buying if I wish to, effectively, continue buying the books that I’ve already been buying. It’s all pretty confusing.
“Something needs to be done and it’s called cutting the mass of indistinct X-Men titles!”
I’ve been saying this for years, now. Marvel seem to keep bending over backwards to try to convince us that each of the X-Men books has a distinct reason for being. And with each passing month, they just seem to get more and more interchangeable. I’m a longtime X-Men fan. The whole line of mutant books needs a serious kick in the butt. I do hope the X-books can rise back to greatness after Bendis leaves.
OOPS formatting strikes. I’ll fix the tags.