By The Numbers: December 2015 Comic Estimated Print Runs

Another big dollar month. The top ten comics accounted for over 1.2 million units sold. With Dark Knight III The Master Race accounting for a huge dollar share for DC, and when you throw in TMNT Batman and Harley’s Little Black Book, you have a good month for DC.
Top 10:
1 Sercret Wars #8 Marvel 169,667
2 Dark Knight III Master Race 2 DC 158,188
3 Star Wars 13 Marvel 139,918
4 Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 DC 134,526
5 Batman 47 $3.99 127,201
6 Guardians of Infinity 1 Marvel 121,407
7 Darth Vader 14 Marvel 97,457
8 Harley's Little Black Book 1 DC 92,266
9 Star Wars Annual 1 Marvel 89,635
10 Darth Vader Annual 1 Marvel 86,478
Bottom 10:
364 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland 42 Zenescope 3,806
373 Enormous V2 3 215 Ink 3,649
376 Simpsons Illustrated 20 Bongo 3,624
378 Grimm Fairy Tales Robyn Hood Ongoing 17 Zenescope 3,598
383 Grimm Fairy Tales Coven 5 Zenescope 3,459
386 Heroes Vengeance 3 Titan 3,411
388 Archie Collectors Edition Archie 3,405
392 Wes Craven Coming of Rage 3 Liquid 3,344
394 Hip Hop Family Tree 4 Fantagraphics 3,318
401 Welcome To Showside 2 Z2 3,255
Spec Books of Interest
Xed 1 Black Mask 4,798- Black Mask has been a spec darling. Print runs still remain low though.
We Can Never Go Home 5 Black Mask 4,808- See above. Last issue of the initial series.
Carver Paris Story 1 Z2 4,809- Tiny print run helped bring this one up in price.
Pacific Rim Tales From The Drift 2 Legendary 5,033- Even with a movie tie in, and potential sequel, this one still remains low.
Code Pru 1 Avatar 5,935
Grampa Simpsons Unbelievable Adventures 1 Bongo 6,314
Beauty 5 Image 11,514- really impressed with the numbers of this little book. We love it.
Monstress 2 Image 21,243- this book just keeps getting bigger and better. Solid Performance.

12 thoughts on “By The Numbers: December 2015 Comic Estimated Print Runs”

  1. I read Carver Paris Story, which I thoroughly enjoyed more than I thought I would. I pre-ordered #2 just in case my local shops didn’t get them. Yours will be coming in the mail soon Tony. 😉

    1. Yeah! I think there were three covers to it including possibly 2 Paul Pope ones. Pope of course is one of my favorite artists and signed every bit of his work I own (damn near everything). He was impressed by my collection.

      1. Yeah, with the delays, I was gonna do the same when I’m caught up on my reads. I bought the first TPB so I don’t have to touch my minty fresh #1 in the PC.

    1. Just imagine how much they are going to be worth if the T.V. show ever comes out. That’s why I get two of each cover.

    1. Nailbiter #1 1st print is at 22,746.
      Unfollow #1 1st print is at 10,740.
      Both low prints. Makes them a little harder to come by if the demand picks up for sure. 🙂

  2. Monstress 1 – 2nd printing did not even make the list so it’s quite possible that this variant cover was well below 3K printed, might be worth picking up on while on the low side.

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