Popularity and print runs are the two big things that drive up prices on comics. That is why it is important to watch the estimated sales of comics. Here is a look at the top, bottom, and interesting estimated print runs for February 2017 based of sales through Diamond Comics Distributors.
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | STAR WARS DARTH MAUL #1 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 2 | BATMAN #16 | $2.99 | DC |
| 3 | BATMAN #17 | $2.99 | DC |
| 4 | JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 [*] | $2.99 | DC |
| 5 | SUPER SONS #1 [*] | $2.99 | DC |
| 6 | WALKING DEAD #164 |
$2.99 | IMA |
| 7 | ALL STAR BATMAN #7 | $4.99 | DC |
| 8 | STAR WARS #28 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 9 | JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA REBIRTH #1 [*] | $2.99 | DC |
| 10 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #14 | $2.99 | DC |
The Bottom 10:
365 Hellina Scythe 1 Avatar 2,266
366 Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children 1 2,229
367 Evil Dead 2 Revenge of Evil Ed 1 2,189
368 Jungle Fantasy Ivory 6 2,183
369 Vampblade 98 One Shot 0 2,181
373 Knights of the Dinner Table 240 2,137
375 La Muerta Pin Ups One Shot 0 2,109
377 Hellina Scythe 1 2,065
378 Spirit Hunters 4 2,054
380 Black Eyed Kids 11 $3.99 2,027
Books of Note:
334 Heathen 1 2,913 – Surprisingly Tiny Print Run. This was an after market gem the day it came out. sub-3k print run could make this climb higher.
297 Death Be Damned 1 4,300 – Very interesting supernatural/western. Good read and tiny print run
291 Quantum Teens Are Go 1 4,541 – Small turn out for new Black Mask book.
288 Forever War 1 4,593 – Titans re-packaged version of this classic book sold like many classic books do, low.
276 Black 4 5,012 – The President Trump Donkey Kong cover did well on the after-market, wonder if the low print run will continue to help it.
275 God Country 1 Second Print 5,035 – Making this one of the more rare #1’s Each of the two #1 first print covers were in the 7,000 range.
265 Blood Blister 1 5,389 _Aftershock’s new horror book had a mild turn out.
259 Planetoid Praxis 1 5,753 – Planetoid was optioned a while back. If it makes it to the screen, this character focused book could be a hit.
206 Visitor How and Why He Stayed 1* 8,034 – Newish character that has popped up in other Mignola-verse books. Fairly low turn out.
205 Belfry 0 8,084 – About where I thought this interesting horror book would land, I expected around 10,000 copies, but the smaller the better.
125 God Country 2 17,701 – God Country #1 had a tiny print run at 14,233, this one definitely got noticed and defied the 2nd issue lower print run rule.
98 Old Guard 1 23,867 – Slightly below average print run for a top tier creative name.
42 True Believers Wolverine Vs Hulk 1 39,177 – Surprisingly huge print run for the $1 True Believers book. Still going to be a good long term to medium term flip
The odd thing about the Wolverine v Hulk reprint is that it has the 181 story and Wolverine’s one page appearance from 182, but it does not include his appearance from 180…
I haven’t sat down and read it but will need to look at it. I have earlier reprints that I read years ago.
Top Tier Creative Writer.. you make me laugh Tony! Or is it the medication I’m on.. hard to tell! 🙂
Lol. You liked that huh? Just in case he is reading.
If you are reading this Rucka.. write better stories!
If word spreads about how good Heathen #1 was, the book is gonna go berserk. In full disclosure, I bought about 5 copies of the regular + 5 color & 5 B&W variants. The metrics are too good to pass up for a book that was my favorite new read so far in 2017.
It was a really good read!
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Favorite new read in 2017 so far? Wow—impressive!
A CGC 9.8 2nd Print God Country just sold on eBay for 140+ Is it me or does that seem super high? The raw copies are going for around 10 bucks.
It seems disproportionate yes. I know the copies I pulled for the signing were NM condition. Poyo can attest to that.