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1 Justice League Suicide Squad #1 179,643
3 Dark Knight III Master Race #7 119,114
4 Batman #12 111,391
5 Batman #13 108,407
10 All Star Batman #5 87,422
12 Justice League Suicide Squad #2 82,485
No big surprise. The JL/SS cross-over starts with great sales and then drops dramatically, losing nearly 97,000 which is well over half of its sales.
And everything else is Batman. Batman's main comic loses 5k sales and then another 3k sales.
14 Justice League #10 73,652
15 Justice League #11 71,527
What does DC publish besides Batman? Oh, right, Justice League. Justice League loses over 4k sales and then over 2k sales.
Trinity loses 8k sales. Harley loses 4k sales and then another 1.5k sales. Nightwing loses 3.5k sales and then another 1.5k sales. Titans loses about 4k sales. Action loses 2.5k sales and then over 500 more.
47 Teen Titans #3 44,116
51 Green Lanterns #12 42,241
53 Harleys Little Black Book #5 41,785
54 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #10 41,234
55 Green Lanterns #13 $2.99 DC 41,090
57 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #11 40,111
Teen Titans loses 8.5k sales, Green Lanterns loses 2.5k sales, then another 1k. Hal Jordan loses 2k and then another 1k.
66 Green Arrow #12 38,515
70 Green Arrow #13 37,365
Green Arrow loses 3k sales and then nearly another 1k.
76 Aquaman #12 35,571
79 Aquaman #13 34,619
84 Batman Beyond #3 32,916
85 Red Hood and the Outlaws #5 32,860
86 Deathstroke #8 32,530
89 Deathstroke #9 31,519
Aquaman loses 2.5k sales and then nearly another 1k. Batman Beyond loses about 8k sales. Red Hood loses nearly 4k sales. Deathstroke loses 5k sales and then another 1k.
91 Batgirl #6 31,294
92 Supergirl #4 31,040
99 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #5 28,846
101 Hellblazer #5 25,780
Batgirl loses 4k sales. Batgirl and the BOP loses over 2k sales. Supergirl loses over 6k sales (perhaps having a successful TV show does not translate into having a successful comic?). Hellblazer loses about 3k sales.
104 Superwoman #5 24,761
106 DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1 23,601
111 Supergirl Being Super #1 21,491
113 Cyborg #6 21,287
115 New Super Man #6 21,000
118 Blue Beetle #4 20,811
119 Scooby Apocalypse #8 20,126
Superwoman drops over 5k. Cyborg loses 4.5k sales. New Super Man loses over 4k sales. Blue Beetle loses 4.5k sales. Scooby loses nearly 2k sales.
Cyborg loses nearly 1.5k sales from the last paragraph to put this title in dangerous territory. Mother Panic loses over 22k sales, well over half its sales. Future Quest loses over 1.5k sales and is cancelled as of issue #12. Raven loses after 1k sales.
145 Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #3* 15,232
150 DC Comics Bombshells #20 14,428
151 Shade The Changing Girl #3* 14,397
152 Earth 2 Society #19 14,366
154 Scooby Doo Team Up #21 14,270
Cave Carson drops 5k from last month which is rather significant at this point. Shade loses 4.5k sales, also not a good sign. Earath 2, OTOH, loses less than 1k sales. Scooby Doo Team Up actually nearly doubles its sales this month.
157 Death of Hawkman #3 13,607
158 Injustice Ground Zero #2 13,406
180 Midnighter and Apollo #3 10,773
182 Flintstones #6 10,617
183 Deadman Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #2 10,232
185 Super Powers #2 10,094
Death of Hawkman loses about 3.5k sales. M&A drop over 2k. Flintstones only drops about 1k.
------------10k what are they thinking? line--------------
191 Gotham Academy Second Semester #4 9,751
196 Suicide Squad Most Wanted #5 8,819
198 Teen Titans Go #19 8,748
200 Batman 66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel #6 8,675
205 Lost Boys #3 8,442
218 Lucifer #13 7,739
229 Frostbite #4 7,152
237 Everafter From The Pages of Fables #4 6,192
246 Vigilante Southland #3 5,801 -- cancelled
255 Clean Room #14 5,312
265 Sixpack & Dogwelder Hard-Travelin Heroz #5 5,132
267 Clean Room #15 5,107
272 Scooby Doo Where Are You #76 4,805
While Clean Room and Sixpack try to fight it out for lowest-selling DC book, nothing can sell fewer copies than Scooby Doo Where Are You.
Action loses 1k sales and then over 1.5k more. Nightwing loses 1.5k sales since the last paragraph.
53 Teen Titans #4 41,304
59 Green Lanterns #14 39,854
60 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #12 39,148
62 Green Lanterns #15 38,571
63 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #13 38,053
Teen Titans loses nearly 3k sales. Green Lanterns loses over 1k sales and then over another 1k. Hal Jordan loses 1k and then over another 1k.
70 Green Arrow #14 35,733
75 Green Arrow #15 34,590
79 Aquaman #14 33,377
84 Aquaman #15 32,424
Green Arrow loses 1.5k sales and then over another 1k. Aquaman loses about 1.3k sales and then nearly another 1k.
86 Red Hood and the Outlaws #6 31,321
89 Justice League of America Killer Frost Rebirth #1 29,932
90 Deathstroke #10 29,864
92 Batman Beyond #4 29,767
93 Justice League of America The Atom Rebirth #1 29,639
95 Justice League of America Vixen Rebirth #1 29,435
96 Supergirl #5 29,030
97 Batgirl #7 28,712
98 Deathstroke #11 28,625
100 Justice League of America The Ray Rebirth #1 27,749
103 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #6 26,618
105 Doom Patrol #4 26,261
112 Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 #1 23,687
114 Kamandi Challenge #1 23,576
118 Superwoman #6 23,065
126 Odyssey of the Amazons #1 21,811
Deathstroke loses over 1k since the last paragraph. Superwoman loses over 1.5k sales. And Kamandi Challenge begins at a very low level of sales.
---------20k cancellation line-----------------
134 Scooby Apocalypse #9 19,208
135 He Man Thundercats #4 19,115
136 New Super Man #7 18,959
140 Fall And Rise of Captain Atom #1 18,728
141 Cyborg #8 18,562
Cyborg drops over 1k. New Superman loses 2k. Captain Atom starts off even lower than Kamandi.
146 Blue Beetle #5 18,104
149 Raven #5 17,342
163 Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #4 14,183
165 Earth 2 Society #20 14,073
167 DC Comics Bombshells #21 13,748
169 Shade The Changing Girl #4 13,536
170 Death of Hawkman #4 12,670
174 Injustice Ground Zero #3 11,980
175 Injustice Ground Zero #4 11,927
193 Flintstones #7 10,099
194 Midnighter And Apollo #4 10,023
More stuff. Blah blah blah.
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197 Gotham Academy Second Semester #5 9,453
206 Super Powers #3 8,313
210 Suicide Squad Most Wanted #6 8,215
219 Lucifer #14 7,442
222 Lost Boys #4 7,383
231 Frostbite #5 6,578
233 Scooby Doo Team Up #22 6,521
248 Everafter from the Pages of Fables #5 5,877
255 Kamandi Challenge Special #1 5,722
280 Sixpack & Dogwelder Hard-Travelin Heroz #6 4,758
286 Scooby Doo Where Are You #77 4,557
Oh, Scooby Doo, you need to stay further away from Dogwelder!
2 Batman #16 102,096
3 Batman #17 99,637
4 Justice League of America #1* 93,494
5 Super Sons #1* 90,345
7 All Star Batman #7 77,096
9 Justice League of America Rebirth #1* 73,397
10 Justice League #14 65,458
11 Justice League #15 64,230
12 Detective Comics #950 62,628
14 Detective Comics #951 59,630
Batman loses about 800 sales then nearly 2500. All Star Batman loses more than 7k. Justice League loses about 5k then over another 1k. Detective Comics *gains* 1k but then loses about 3k.
Harley loses only 199 sales but then about 1.5k sales. Titans loses 3k. Action loses only 63 sales, but then loses over 1k. Nightwing loses nearly 2k then another 1k. Trinity loses over 4k. Teen Titans loses over 2k.
50 Green Lanterns #16 37,845
52 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14 37,504
54 Green Lanterns #17 36,626
57 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #15 36,331
Green Lanterns loses about 700 sales, then over another 1k. Hal Jordan loses 500 sales and then over another 1k.
63 Green Arrow #16 33,371
65 Justice League Power Rangers #2 32,835
67 Green Arrow #17 32,392
72 Aquaman #16 31,408
76 Aquaman #17 30,584
Green Arrow loses over 1k and then another 1k. Aquaman loses 1k then nearly another 1k.
82 Red Hood and the Outlaws #7 28,753
84 Batman Beyond #5 27,495
86 Deathstroke #12 27,226
88 Batgirl #8 26,539
90 Deathstroke #13 26,328
92 Supergirl #6 26,240
95 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #7 24,466
Red Hood loses about 2.5k sales. Batman Beyond loses over 2k. Deathstroke loses nearly 1.5k sales and then nearly another 1k. Supergirl loses over 2.5k sales. Batgirl loses over 2k, while Batgirl and the BoP loses over 2k.
101 Hellblazer #7 21,450
106 Superwoman #7 20,435
Superwoman loses over 2.5k sales.
------------20k cancellation line------------
118 He Man Thundercats #5 18,278
122 Scooby Apocalypse #10 17,993
131 New Super Man #8 16,962
133 Kamandi Challenge #2 16,650
136 Cyborg #9 16,274
137 Future Quest #10 16,246
138 Raven #6 15,922
139 Blue Beetle #6 15,906
Blah blah, poor sales, blah blah.
151 Mother Panic #3* 14,783
153 Supergirl Being Super #2 14,662
156 Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 #2 14,484
157 Odyssey of the Amazons #2 14,334
161 Earth 2 Society #21 13,761
162 DC Comics Bombshells #22 13,204
164 Fall and Rise of Captain Atom #2 12,671
165 Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #5 12,388
170 Death of Hawkman 5 #11,879
172 Shade The Changing Girl #5 11,670
178 Injustice Ground Zero #6 11,110
180 Injustice Ground Zero #5 11,043
187 Astro City #41 10,066
Blah blah blah, really bad sales.
----10k sales line--------------
190 Flintstones #8 9,551
191 Midnighter and Apollo #5 9,366
197 Deadman Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #3 8,669
198 Gotham Academy Second Semester #6 8,624
199 Teen Titans Go #20 8,601
207 Super Powers #4 7,770
224 Lucifer #15 7,120
239 Lost Boys #5 6,527
246 Frostbite #6 6,211
253 Scooby Doo Team Up #23 5,959
264 Everafter From The Pages of Fables #6 5,399
283 Clean Room 16 #4,741
295 Scooby Doo Where Are You #78 4,362
Are all new comics at least $ 3.99 now? If so, does anyone think this is preventing most young people from collecting them? Paying close to $ 5.00 for a single new comic just seems really expensive to me. I'd rather just get a back issue of something I know is good. Also, how are shops staying open with low sales & then most of these new comics are found in a .50 cent bin within a few months? Just some worries I have about the future of collecting. Anyone else share these concerns?
I don't buy comics anymore, partly because $4 for 1/5 or so of a story is ridiculous. I am pretty sure that the cost is a major factor in declining sales.
The availability of official online archives can't be helping. Why pay for an issue at four to six bucks for multiple issues when you can pay ten bucks a month for everything, even if it's six months behind?
The availability of official online archives can't be helping. Why pay for an issue at four to six bucks for multiple issues when you can pay ten bucks a month for everything, even if it's six months behind?
Specific to this thread, that isn't really an issue for DC. Their creator contracts make it nigh-impossible to launch an all-you-can-eat service comparable to Marvel Unlimited.
However... you do still have to take Comixology sales into consideration. If you're patient, most recent DC content will eventually turn up in a 99-cent sale (or cheaper if the "trade" is up for sale).
Then, speaking to Arsenal's broader point: It's the same reason why some people will pay a higher cost to get new Clix immediately upon release, while others will wait a couple months for them to cool off. Some people just want that new hotness right away.
Titans loses about 1.5k sales. Nightwing loses 1k sales and then another 800.
55 Teen Titans #6 37,572
58 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #16 35,996
59 Green Lanterns #18 35,824
60 Green Lanterns #19 35,368
61 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #17 35,205
64 Titans Annual #1 34,878
Teen Titans loses 1.5k sales. Hal Jordan loses over 300 sales and then loses 791 sales. Green Lanterns loses about 800 sales and then less than 500.
66 Wild Storm #2* 34,380
72 Green Arrow #18 31,838
74 Harleys Little Black Book #6 31,311
75 Green Arrow #19 30,984
Green Arrow loses about 500 sales and then almost another 1k.
79 Aquaman #18 30,044
80 Aquaman #19 29,279
Aquaman loses over 500 sales and then over 700.
85 Justice League Power Rangers #3 28,254
87 Red Hood and the Outlaws #8 27,894
93 Batman Beyond #6 26,261
Red Hood loses about 1k sales.
94 Deathstroke #14 25,493
95 Batgirl #9 25,469
97 Green Lantern Space Ghost Special #1 25,149
98 Suicide Squad Banana Splits Special #1 24,834
100 Deathstroke #15 24,746
Deathstroke loses nearly 1k then over 700. Batgirl loses about 1k sales.
101 Doom Patrol #5 24,693
103 Supergirl #7 24,592
106 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #8 22,941
110 Batgirl Annual #1 22,344
115 Hellblazer #8 20,510
Supergirl loses about 1.7k sales, one of the largest drops this month. Batgirl and the BoP loses about 1.5k sales.
--------------20k cancellation line-------------------------
122 Superwoman #8 18,857
124 He Man Thundercats #6 18,424
126 Adam Strange Future Quest Special #1 18,134
136 Scooby Apocalypse #11 17,281
147 Booster Gold Flintstones Special #1 15,795
149 Future Quest #11 15,750
150 New Super Man #9 15,576
153 Kamandi Challenge #3 15,446
158 Cyborg #10 14,977
Superwoman loses about 1.5k sales, dropping below the 20k sales line. Cyborg loses about 1.2k sales.
160 Blue Beetle #7 14,690
162 Mother Panic #4 14,327
166 Earth 2 Society #22 13,653
170 Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 #3 13,277
173 Death of Hawkman #6 13,053
175 DC Comics Bombshells #23 12,794
178 DC Comics Bombshells #24 12,525
181 Mother Panic #5 12,339
187 Fall and Rise of Captain Atom #3 11,659
190 Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #6 11,558
193 Odyssey of The Amazons #3 11,013
195 Injustice Ground Zero #7 10,920
198 Injustice Ground Zero #8 10,670
199 Shade The Changing Girl #6 10,612
200 Savage Things #1 10,568
------------------10k sales line---------------------------
205 Astro City #42 9,481
208 Flintstones #9 9,213
210 Midnighter and Apollo #6 9,111
219 Gotham Academy Second Semester #7 8,131
238 Super Powers #5 7,136
241 Lucifer #16 6,917
255 Scooby Doo Team Up #24 6,316
259 Lost Boys #6 6,217
272 Everafter From The Pages of Fables #7 5,819
Overall summary: Sales are pretty constant this month, with most drops being small (JLoA being an exception) and the Superman books actually gaining sales.
Superman loses over 1k sales and then 2k sales. Wonder Woman loses 1.5k sales and then nearly 700 sales. Action loses 3k sales and then 310 sales.
36 Justice League of America #4* 43,360
37 Harley Quinn #17 43,263
39 Suicide Squad #16 41,929
40 Harley Quinn #18 41,645
41 Justice League of America #5* 41,543
43 Suicide Squad #15 40,940
JLoA loses over 5k sales and then nearly another 2k. Harley Quinn gains about 500 sales and then loses about 1.6k sales. Suicide Squad loses about 1.4k sales and then another 1k.
44 Titans #10 40,893
45 Super Sons #3* 40,510
48 Nightwing #18 38,858
49 Nightwing #19 38,230
53 Trinity #8 36,803
55 Teen Titans #7 36,056
Titans loses about 1.7k sales. Nightwing loses about 600 sales and then another 628. Teen Titans loses 1.5k sales.
59 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #18 34,507
60 Green Lanterns #20 34,224
61 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #19 34,140
63 Green Lanterns #21 33,556
Hal Jordan loses about 700 sales and then another 367. Green Lanterns loses over 1k sales and then another 700.