Hoknes Comics Analysis of January 2015 sales

As always each month there are some surprises
Once in a while a comic is much bigger than we expected
Its more normal to find that retailers did not take enough of a chance on a new title
or didn’t see the surprise interest in a new character
Here are my picks for books that stand out for different reasons noted.
NEW #1’s fairly low print runs for what they are
249 Feathers 1 #1 Boom 5781
29 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 1 #1 Marvel 41693
237 King the Phantom 1 #1 Dynamite 6267
282 Lady Death 26 #1 low print Avatar 4865
FANTOMELLE
the hot new Marvel female character of 2015 had modest print run – lower than Silk and Spider-Girl.
25 Wolverines 2 Fantomelle Marvel 43573
27 Wolverines 3 Fantomelle Marvel 42051
32 Wolverines 4 Fantomelle Marvel 39790
HULK HOGAN
376 Wwe Superstars Ongoing 11 Hulk Hogan NBM 2451
MARVEL IGNORED BY MOST RETAILERS
49 Spider-Man and X-Men 2 ignored Marvel 34329
281 Marvel Universe Ult Spider-Man Web Warriors 3 ignored Marvel 4873
295 Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble Season Two 3 ignored Marvel 4503
IMAGE – NEW #1’S
Note that Reyn had a crazy low print run for a new series.
53 Dying and the Dead 1 Image #1 Image 32612
127 Casanova Acedia 1 Image #1 Image 16780
214 Reyn #1 Image #1 super low Image 7797
205 IXth Generation 1 Witchblade Darkness Image 8145
IMAGE TITLES OF NOTE
Zero is now the smallest print run of any ongoing Image title at only 4,500 copies
77 Bitch Planet 2 Image #2 Image 26508
102 ODYC 2* Image #2 Image 21316
244 Humans 3 Image low print Image 5870
261 Intersect 3 Image low print Image 5407
294 Zero 14 Image low print Image 4567
IMAGE BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE SELLING MORE DUE TO HYPE
169 Nailbiter 9 small print for the hype Image 11222
170 Spread 5 small print for the hype Image 11115
TV & MOVIE TIE-IN IGNORED
50 Shield 2 low for TV Marvel 33965
274 Strain Night Eternal 5 low for TV Dark Horse 5209
197 Millennium 1 low for TV tie-in IDW 8505
389 Charmed Season 10 4 low for TV tie-in Zenescope 2111
192 Zombies Vs Robots 1 new movie IDW 8725
MARVEL #1
76 Operation Sin 1 Marvel #1 Marvel 26732
131 Powers 1 Marvel #1 Marvel 16467
HOT BOOKS SOLD OUT QUICKLY DUE TO SMALL PRINT RUNS
33 Wonder Woman 38 New story DC 39669
65 Fantastic Four 642 Secret Wars Marvel 30118
104 Mortal Kombat X 1 sold out quick DC 21062
134 Munchkin 1 sold out quick Boom 16234
199 Lady Killer 1 sold out quickly Dark Horse 8431
364 13 Coins 4 super low Titan 2692
397 Holy F*ck 1 super low for #1 Action Lab 1934
So far the big winners profit wise in the back issue market are
Lady Killer #1, Fantastic Four #642, Mortal Kombat X #1 and Wonder Woman #38 1:100 variant
If retailers had ordered more than would these be hot books ?