Here are the sales numbers for DC for June. This month, I'm leaving in issue numbers, so it's more clear which comics are #1 and which are continued from a previous series.

2 Batman 1* 280,360
3 Batman Rebirth 1* 199,807

Beaten by Civil War II, Batman and Batman are still some of DC's highest sellers. The sales bump is significant this month, as previously Batman was selling at slightly over 100,000.

6 Dark Knight III Master Race 139,919
7 Dark Knight Returns The Last Crusade 122,305

And after Batman and Batman, we have Batman and Batman filling out the next few slots in the sales chart.

8 Superman Rebirth 1 118,434
9 Wonder Woman 1 107,737
10 Superman 1 105,380
11 Flash 1 100,392

Last month, DC had two books selling over 100k. This month, they have eight. These sales levels are huge increases over what the books had previously been selling. Of course, some of this is "new #1" syndrome as well as "big event" syndrome, possibly mixed in with "decent writing".

12 Green Lanterns Rebirth 1 99,504
13 Detective Comics 934 96,581

Detective Comics (at issue #934) seems to have reverted to a previous numbering system, but is still selling well regardless.

15 Wonder Woman Rebirth 1 94,458
16 Detective Comics 935 94,015
17 Flash Rebirth 1 89,618
18 Green Lanterns 1 84,910
19 Green Arrow Rebirth 1 81,760

Not much to say, everything is selling like crazy. Even Green Arrow Rebirth is over 80k when the normal Green Arrow comic previously struggled to stay slightly above 20k.

24 Aquaman 1 77,041
25 Action Comics 958 75,661
26 Action Comics 957 75,349

Action also seems to have reverted to a previous numbering system which doesn't seem to have hurt it. In fact, the higher numbered issue (#958) sells slightly better than the previous issue. Again, huge sales increases everywhere.

29 Justice League 52 72,413
30 Titans Rebirth 1 72,086
32 Justice League 51 70,059

One of the last remnants of the new52, Justice League loses about 20k sales after gaining about that much in the previous month.

33 Green Arrow 1 69,833

Again, Green Arrow doesn't usually sell this well.

35 Aquaman Rebirth 1 68,369
44 Harley Quinn 29 55,774
58 Dc Universe Rebirth 1 2nd Ptg 42,748
73 Wacky Raceland 1 34,065

Wacky Raceland doesn't seem to be selling as well as the other Hanna Barbera revivals, at least on the first issue. It is beating the other second issue sales levels though.


74 Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys 3 34,009
82 Scooby Apocalypse 2 29,812
94 New Suicide Squad 21 23,887
99 Poison Ivy Cycle of Life and Death 6 21,806
100 Robin Son of Batman 13 21,658
101 Deathstroke 19 21,094
103 Grayson Annual 3 20,972
104 Adventures of Supergirl 3 20,741
107 Superman The Coming of the Supermen 5 20,416

-------20k cancellation line--------------

113 Teen Titans 21 18,766
116 DC Comics Bombshells 14 18,492
117 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 6 18,459
120 Deathstroke Annual 2 18,254
126 Swamp Thing 6 17,778
128 Earth 2 Society 13 17,430
133 Teen Titans Annual 2 16,624
136 Red Hood Arsenal 13 16,389
142 Legend of Wonder Woman 7 15,820
144 Constantine The Hellblazer 13 15,697
156 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 11 13,682
160 Adventures of Supergirl 4 13,454
163 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 12 13,318
166 Batman Beyond 13 13,025
171 Suicide Squad Most Wanted Deadshot Katana 6 12,584
173 Cyborg 12 12,411
179 Black Canary 12 12,046
190 Lucifer 7 10,382

---------10k sales line----------------

198 Astro City 36 9,960
203 Legends of Tomorrow 4 9,677
210 Teen Titans Go 16 9,324
215 Doctor Fate 13 9,067
247 Bloodlines 3 7,371
277 Clean Room 9 6,335
278 Batman Europa Directors Cut 1 6,327
296 Sheriff of Babylon 7 5,714



Not much to say this month. Naturally, with Rebirth, sales are high pretty much across the board. The real proof will be how these books are selling in a year's time, or a year after that.

Side note: I find it amusing that your 'DCNu52' sales thread managed to actually end on page 52.

At least, my settings made it end on Page 52, so it may just be me.

getting down with Batman and Hal Jordan so far.

Updating for July sales:

1 Justice League #1 209,187
2 Justice League Rebirth #1 177,638
3 Batman #2 177,105
5 Batman #3 168,939
6 Nightwing Rebirth #1 127,846

So, here we have three more "number one" issues along with two issues of Batman. And while sales are great, Batman (last month's top-selling DC book) has dropped by 110k sales from issue #1 to #3. So, obviously these crazy-high sales levels won't last forever.

And notice, as usual, the top books are Batman and Justice League.


8 New Super Man #1 117,684
9 Nightwing #1 114,787
10 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Rebirth #1 113,965
11 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 108,708
12 Wonder Woman #2 103,759
13 Flash #2 103,308
14 Titans #1 102,433
15 Superman #2 101,953
16 Detective Comics #936 100,626

There's not much to say about all these new "number ones". Wonder Woman has only lost 4k sales since last month, while Superman has lost over 3k. Detective has actually gone up by 6k and Flash has gone up by 3k.

And these are all of DC's books selling over 100k... which is still a lot (14 books), certainly more than before Rebirth (2 books).


17 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Rebirth #1 99,151
18 Superman #3 97,606
19 Flash #3 97,334
20 Batgirl #1 96,177
21 Wonder Woman #3 94,465
22 Detective Comics #937 92,172

Superman loses another 4k (after losing 3k just earlier). Flash loses another 6k (after gaining 3k just earlier). Wonder Woman loses 9k after losing 4k just earlier.


24 Red Hood and the Outlaws Rebirth #1 88,838
27 Action Comics #959 83,337
28 Green Lanterns #2 82,062
29 Green Lanterns #3 78,708

Action actually continues to gain sales, gaining 8k. Green Lanterns loses 7k from #1 to #3.

31 Hellblazer Rebirth #1 76,731
33 Action Comics #960 75,710
34 Green Arrow #3 72,864
35 Green Arrow #2 72,849
38 Aquaman #2 70,500
39 Aquaman #3 68,360

You know those 8k sales Action gained for #2? It just lost 8k sales from #2 to #3.

Green Arrow continues to gain sales, gaining about 3k from #1 to #3.

Aquaman plummets, falling 9k from #1 to #3.

Those are all the DC books selling 68k or above. Then, we have a bit of a gap...


59 Harley Quinn #30 45,443
61 Flintstones #1 43,996

And those are all the DC books selling 40k or more. And then we have another gap as we jump down to 30k sales...

77 Future Quest #2 30,710
78 Scooby Apocalypse #3 29,494
84 Future Quest #3 27,786

There's not much DC Universe stuff here at this sales level...

93 New Suicide Squad #22 25,162
112 Deathstroke #20 20,562

------------20k cancellation line--------------------

115 Superman The Coming of the Supermen #6 20,069
120 Teen Titans #22 19,005
122 Dark Knight III Master Race #5 18,525
126 Batman Beyond #14 18,001
127 Wacky Raceland #2 18,001
128 DC Comics Bombshells #15 17,956

Things not related to Rebirth seem to not be doing so well.

135 Earth 2 Society #14 16,960
145 Legend of Wonder Woman #8 15,945
161 Batman '66 Meets Steed And Mrs Peel #1 13,921
163 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five #13 13,590
166 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five #14 13,418
182 Adventures of Supergirl #5 11,573
186 Adventures of Supergirl #6 10,982

----------10k "This is just sad" line-------------------

191 Lucifer #8 9,968
192 Astro City #37 9,953
209 Doctor Fate #14 8,762
212 Legends of Tomorrow #5 8,681
229 Scooby Doo Team Up #17 7,892
255 Bloodlines #4 6,282
260 Clean Room #10 6,069
271 Sheriff of Babylon #8 5,680
291 Scooby Doo Where Are You #71 5,254

I havent picked up my books from the store in a while (a good few months) and it has been at least a year since I read any of them.

Is the nu52 dead?...are my subscriptions done?...do I need to cancel them if I dont want to reboot ("again")?

What should I know before I head into the store this weekend?

Rebirth is less like a reboot than was the New 52. It is supposed to be like a mesh of the New 52 and the DCU that came before it, with some titles meshing more than others. It is fair to say that DC's commitment to the rebooted New 52 is now watered-down quite a bit.

DC Rebirth comes with a new re-shuffling of talent and relaunched titles.

Most of the relaunched titles also feature a one-shot Rebirth issue before the actual #1. Example: There was a Flash: Rebirth #1 (one-shot), which was followed up by the new Flash series, which had its own #1 issue. Yes, Flash #1 came out right after Flash: Rebirth #1.

Many of the titles have now lowered their price to $2.99. There are a couple of things to know about those: The ones that are now $2.99 have reduced the page-count of the titles from 22 pages to 20 pages. Most of them now also come out twice a month.

Example:
- Wonder Woman (New 52): One issue/month at $3.99 for 22 pages
- Wonder Woman (Rebirth): Two issues/month @$2.99 each with 20 pages each ($5.98 for 40 pages of comics, which is a better price per page-count than before).

Yes, some of this I realize is very off-putting. Hold on. Don't make any rash decisions, yet.
- Some of these titles are actually pretty good.
- Old favorites, long-missing from the New 52, are gradually returning.
- Personally, I would recommend taking each of your subscribed titles on a case-by-case basis. Maybe the Rebirth has ruined some of them. It is also possible that it has saved a few of your titles. Heck, you might find that you are now interested in a few that didn't interest you before.

Also: I'd be wary about continuing to buy comics you aren't reading. For all you know, some of those subscribed titles may have taken a turn for the worse.

Thanks for the breakdown. Last weekend was a long weekend, but I should get to the FLCS soon and sort through this all.

Updated with August Sales:

1 Harley Quinn #1 359,957
2 All Star Batman #1 289,348
3 Suicide Squad #1 217,672
5 Suicide Squad Rebirth #1 177,806

DC continues to rebirth all over the place, with more #1 issues selling well over 100k.


6 Batman #4 152,985
7 Batman #5 142,142

And then, there's Batman. A slow steady drop of about 10k per issue, but still good sales.

8 Justice League #2 127,402

And the Justice League. Still doing well, but only in a reasonable way. It's still a lot better than the pre-Rebirth comic (selling about 70k) but it's still only at issue #2.

9 Harley Quinn #2 116,651
10 Supergirl Rebirth #1 112,807
11 Justice League #3 110,738

And Justice League's sales plummet by 17k. Again, still great sales, but probably not sustainable (issue #1 had over 200k sales, for comparison). Oh, and Supergirl doesn't usually sell this well, but much like the high sales on Suicide Squad, I expect it's due to other media.


12 Deathstroke Rebirth #1 99,318
14 Nightwing #2 93,131
15 Flash #4 92,916
16 Superwoman #1 92,081
17 Detective Comics #938 88,935

Flash drops by about 10k, but is still doing well. Detective only drops by about 3k.

18 Superman #4 88,154
19 Wonder Woman #4 85,329
21 Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 83,849
23 Deathstroke #1 83,602
24 Flash #5 83,482
25 Nightwing #3 81,555
26 Detective Comics #939 81,465
27 Superman #5 81,339

Superman drops over 9k, then nearly 7k. Flash drops 9k from my previous paragraph. Detective drops 7.5k from my previous paragraph. Wonder Woman drops 9k from last month.

This is going to be a common refrain: sales are plummeting drastically. But things are still okay. Sales are still high, but they were previous *ridiculously* high and unsustainable. It will be interesting to see where things settle. For now, it's just meaningless chaos.


28 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #2 77,972
29 Wonder Woman #5 77,860
30 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1 75,892
33 Blue Beetle Rebirth #1 72,993
34 Titans #2 72,799
35 New Super Man #2 72,522

Wonder Woman drops 7.5k from my previous paragraph. Hal Jordan drops 36k! Wow! But it's still doing fine. Titans drops 30k! Wow! But it's still doing fine.

36 Action Comics #961 71,821
37 Green Lanterns #4 71,140
40 Green Arrow #4 67,577
42 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #3 64,737
43 Action Comics #962 64,328
44 Green Lanterns #5 64,252
45 Green Arrow #5 63,209

Action drops about 4k, then drops another 6.5k. And it's still doing fine.

Green Lanterns drop 7.5k, then drops another 7k. But it's still doing fine.

Green Arrow drops over 5k, then drops over 3k. But it's still doing fine.

Hal Jordan drops about 13k. But it's still doing fine (though these drops seem some of the largest for this month).

46 Batgirl #2 62,374
48 Aquaman #4 61,492
49 Hellblazer #1 59,734
52 Aquaman #5 54,929

Batgirl drops like 34k! OMG. But it's still doing fine.

Aquaman drops 6k, then drops 6.5k. But it's still doing fine.

Then... we don't have many DC books left at this "low" level of sales...

64 Justice League of America #9 44,700

Pre-Rebirth continuity, so it doesn't count?

76 Harleys Little Black Book #4 38,545
87 Harley Quinn And Her Gang of Harleys #4 31,727
94 Harley Quinn And Her Gang of Harleys #5 29,616

These sales aren't terrible, but they are pretty low. Could the marketplace possibly be over-saturated with Harley?

100 Scooby Apocalypse #4 28,148
105 Suicide Squad War Crimes Special #1 25,518
106 Future Quest #4 25,472

Who'd have thought we'd see the day when Harley and Hanna-Barbera were at similar sales levels?

----------20k cancellation line-------------------
128 Flintstones #2 19,612
131 Teen Titans #23 19,118
133 Suicide Squad Most Wanted El Diablo & Boomerang #1 18,660
138 Batman Beyond #15 17,882
140 DC Comics Bombshells #16 17,623
145 Earth 2 Society #15 16,884
149 DC Comics Bombshells Annual #1 16,469
159 Earth 2 Society Annual #1 15,431
160 Six Pack & Dog Welder Hard Travelin Heroez #1 15,165
162 Legend of Wonder Woman #9 14,790
170 Wacky Raceland #3 13,648

From Flintsones to Wacky Raceland, this is where I expect to see the Hanna-Barbera titles.

188 Gotham Academy Annual #1 11,505
192 DC Universe Rebirth #1 11,090
193 Batman 66 Meets Steed And Mrs Peel #2 11,079

---10k "What are they thinking?" line--------------

202 Teen Titans Go #17 9,636
204 Lucifer #9 9,554
213 Doctor Fate #15 8,663
216 Legends of Tomorrow #6 8,432
284 Clean Room #11 5,906
289 Bloodlines #5 5,767
296 Sheriff of Babylon #9 5,587

And Bloodlines misses out on being the worst selling DC comic this month by *this* much.

It is sad that the titles aimed at kids are doing so poorly. I respect DC for trying to reach that audience.

HA! I must be a sucker for lost causes. I bought 4 of the 7 titles that are below the "What Are You Thinking?" line.

That said, the lowest-selling one, Sheriff of Babylon is a remarkable title. It will probably sell much better in trade paperback, probably better than most of the titles above it on this list, because I can see it appealing to a literary bookstore crowd.


EDIT:
Also, on the subject of titles that really deserve a greater audience, The Flintstones is absolutely comic book gold.

Six Pack and Dog Welder has a really strange cover. Is the book any good?

I got the previous Six-Pack mini-series, and though I enjoyed it, I didn't really think I needed any more, so I haven't been buying the Dog Welder one. I imagine it's the same over-the-top, as crude as you can get within the confines of the DCU, style of humor. If one enjoys his humor, it is probably pretty fun. As for me, I like it, but I don't love it, so one mini-series was enough.

Updated with September sales:

1 Batman #6 138,853
2 All Star Batman #2 137,748
3 Batman #7 135,585
5 Justice League #4 94,548
7 Trinity #1 93,797
8 Supergirl #1 90,247
9 Suicide Squad #2 89,575
10 Justice League #5 89,342

DC has 8 of the top 10 books. Batman drops 4k, then 3k, and none of the new books exceed Batman's sales level. Justice League drops 16k, then 5k. Suicide Squad drops a ridiculously huge amount, 127k!


11 Teen Titans Rebirth #1 84,919
12 Detective Comics #941 82,953
13 Flash # 6 82,930
14 Suicide Squad #3 82,623
16 Harley Quinn #3 81,635
17 Detective Comics #940 80,897
18 Flash #7 78,057

Detective Comics rises 1.5k then drops 2k. Flash drops 500 sales, then drops another 5k. Suicide Squad drops another 7k, but that's not much compared to the earlier drop of 127k. Harley Quinn drops a huge 35k.

19 Doom Patrol #1 76,225
20 Superman #6 76,124
21 Wonder Woman #6 74,856
22 Harley Quinn #4 73,678
23 Superman #7 72,867
25 Wonder Woman #7 70,118

Superman drops nearly 5k, then nearly 5.5k. Wonder Woman drops 3k then another 2k. Harley drops another 8k.


26 Nightwing #5 69,938
27 Batman Beyond Rebirth #1 67,929
29 Titans #3 64,248
30 Nightwing #4 64,229
31 Cyborg Rebirth #1 64,169
32 Action Comics #963 60,824
35 Action Comics #964 58,439
36 Green Lanterns #6 58,346
37 Cyborg #1 56,280
38 Green Lanterns #7 55,367

Nightwing loses 17k but then gains nearly 6k. Titans drops 8k. Action drops 3.5k, then drops nearly 2.5k. Green Lanterns drops 6k then another 3k.

39 Deathstroke #2 55,343
40 Green Arrow #6 55,330
41 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #4 54,815
43 Green Arrow #7 52,794
44 Blue Beetle #1 52,231
46 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5 50,935
48 Superwoman #2 50,436
50 Red Hood and the Outlaws #2 49,943
51 Deathstroke #3 49,916

Deathstroke drops over 28k, then over 5k. Green Arrow drops 8k, then about 2.5k. Hal Jordan drops 10k then another 4k.


52 Aquaman #6 49,903
53 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #2 49,166
58 Aquaman #7 47,005
59 Batgirl #3 46,891
67 New Super Man #3 41,796
68 Hellblazer #2 40,749

Aquaman drops 5k then another 3k. This is the last we'll see of DC comics until we get down to much lower sales levels, going from 40+ thousand down to 20+ thousand.

87 Raven #1 28,374
89 Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #6 27,922
92 Scooby Apocalypse #5 26,170
106 Gotham Academy Second Semester #1 21,765
----------20k cancellation line----------------
118 Teen Titans #24 19,540
123 Batman Beyond #16 17,799
129 DC Comics Bombshells #17 16,685
134 Earth 2 Society #16 16,025
142 Flintstones #3 14,910
151 Frostbite #1 13,916
154 Suicide Squad Most Wanted El Diablo & Boomerang #2 13,089
156 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five #17 12,782
158 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five #18 12,740
167 Everafter From the Pages of Fables #1 11,421
169 Wacky Raceland #4 11,162
170 Wonder Woman 77 Special #4 10,947
175 Dark Knight III The Master Race Drector'S Cut #1 10,475
177 Batman 66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel #3 10,082
-------10k What the heck line-------------------
182 Astro City #38 9,863
187 Astro City #39 9,621
193 Lucifer #10 8,891
195 Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Directors Cut #1 8,793
200 Doctor Fate #16 8,289
207 Scooby Doo Team Up #18 7,913
212 Sixpack & Dogwelder Hard-Travelin Heroz #2 7,647
257 Bloodlines #6 5,571
268 Sheriff of Babylon #10 5,290
272 Scooby Doo Where Are You #73 5,214

I know that quality is subjective and not something that can be accurately reflected by numbers like these. Nonetheless, when I see that 140 different comics sold better than Flintstones #3, I can't help but cringe. I highly suspect that at least 100 of those comics are not as good as Flintstones #3.

http://comicbookroundup.com/comic-bo...-flintstones/3

I haven't been following sales at all, but it looks like Rebirth has been a huge success?