Market report by comics historian Terry Hoknes – hoknes@hotmail.com of www.HoknesComics.com
Every month Diamond Distributors reports the top 300 best selling highest ordered new comic books of the month
Retailers order new products 2 months in advance and must predict how well new comics will sell for them.
What happens every month is some titles are over-ordered and some retailers under-order.
As a stereotypical rule most retail shops will order extra heavy on all DC and Marvel titles knowing they might have potentially longer shelf life. All other smaller publishers most retailers will NOT take the same risk with financially.
Therefore the best selling comics of the year are predictably from the “big 2″ publishers and the smallest print runs and books that sell out the quickest are from the smallest publishers.
Let’s analyze the best selling comics of the past month. In the following list I will make notes of any comics I believe stand out specifically for having higher or lower orders than might have been expected. This will strongly affect the future back issue prices of these comics.
Batman holds continuously as the best selling ongoing series but sales have been down and sales this month were so poor in comic shops that only 1 comic sold over 100,000 copies.
Harley Quinn sales stay decently strong and each issue has been selling out and going to 2nd prints. If popularity stays up the early issues could eventually become valuable for future collectors.
Walking Dead – same as Harley Quinn. Orders are quite high but issues do sell out and many go to 2nd prints. If the TV series continues for a few more years these issues are likely to see price increases for future collectors.
2014 is the year that Marvel is restarting all their series with new #1’s. This month we saw the first batch of them. None of them had crazy high orders and since Marvel only prints whats ordered they all sell out and have 2nd prints immediately.
Miracleman #1 came in with a decent 52,000 copies – not bad for a comic which is basically a reprint series.
All New X-Factor #1 had the lowest print run of the new ongoing series at only 45,000 copies. If this turns out to be popular this could be the hot new Marvel series of the month. The original ongoing series debuted in 1986 with an estimated print run of 750,000 copies. How’s that for a change in the comic industry !
I have written numerous articles lately stating my concern over the comics industry. Some of the most popular characters in comics have very small print runs. Either the quality of the books are suffering or have the readers had enough. New issues of X-Men, Wolverine, Spider-man, Spawn, Transformers etc have hit print runs as low as in the 9,000 to 13,000 range each. These books do not even make the top 100 anymore.
Looking at the rest of the list with a quick overview I will mention titles that I think the print runs were too high or too low.
If the print runs were too high then those copies are just gonna sit on shelves.
If the print runs were too low it likely sold out immediately at Diamond and in comic shops and has the best chance of all new comics to go up in value quickly.
PRINT RUNS TOO HIGH ?
Serenity Leaves On The Wind #1. Dark Horse had a hefty print run of 47,000 copies of this new miniseries based on the Firefly TV series from a decade ago showing that retailers know there is a strong fan base. However I think this print run is simply too high to have a price increase anytime soon.
As usual most Marvel/DC/Dark Horse comics do not sell out and retailers take bigger chances making these books unlikely to ever go up in value.
PRINT RUNS TOO LOW ?
Archie Funhouse Double Digest #1 – 1,300 copies for a new Archie #1 ! Did not even rank in the top 400 of the month. While it is just another Archie story being such a small print run of the first issue meant most retailers didnt order any of this one.
Dredd Underbelly movie one-shot. 3,900 copies – many stores ordered 0 copies and the interest especially online in the UK helped draw demand for this cult classic character and pushed prices up to $50.00 within a month of release. Comic did not even rank in the top 300 of the month.
Walking Dead reprints. The series is now bi-monthly and each issue sells out and goes to a small print reprint. If completists want them these 2nd printings range from 1,500 to 8,500 copies.
Hacktivist #1 – 5,100 copies – Alyssa Milano is the writer/creator and this small print run and sold out.
Deadly Class #1 – 34,000 was the highest print run of any new Image title this month. But with 2 covers and a hot writer – Rick Remender the book went up in value immediately with some sales hitting $11.00 already. This shows that a decent print run can still be too small if the creators are in high demand.
Black Science #3 – 23,000. The print run climbed from the low sales of 20,000 on #2 which sold out immediately but retailers were still cautious so #3 should sell out and still have a chance of climbing in the long run for collectors of this hot new series.
Manifest Destiny #3 – 12,000. The single hottest back issue ongoing series had yet another small print run. This issue is destined to go up in value like all early issues as everybody loves this series. But I have some serious worries about the state of the comic industry when comics that everyone raves have such small print runs and many stores obviously do not bother ordering in any for the shelf.
Once again Image comics debuts a bunch of new series this month and the sales keep dropping month to month. Any quality books are selling out quickly in advance at Diamond and retailers are not taking any chances.
Egos #1 11,000 / Saviors #2 8,000 / Minimum Wage #1 7,000 / Umbral #3 6,900 / Protectors Inc #3 6,200 / Drumhellar #3 5,100 / Krampus #2 5,000 / Aphrodite IX #1 4,700 / Black Science #2 (2nd print) 4,400 / Carbon Grey #2 4,200 / A Voice In The Dark #3 4,000 / Sex Criminals #1 (4th print) 2,400
I want to take this moment to repost a comment made by the author/writer of Umbral (Image Comics) and his sales analysis of the industry. “For Umbral #1, 70% of our orders came from less than 30% of Diamond accounts. That’s every store that ordered 10 or more copies. If you move that threshold up to 20 copies, you’re then accounting for fully 50% of our orders; and that came from just 10% of Diamond accounts. And those numbers don’t even include stores that ordered zero copies. It may surprise you to learn that some stores literally only order Marvel + DC books, nothing else. So think on that. More than 70% of Diamond accounts didn’t even order 10 copies of a brand new Image #1.”
I dont like these numbers. Image is the 3rd biggest comic book publisher and yet this statement shows that some stores do not order a single copy of new Image titles (except likely Walking Dead, Saga). Most stores order very small numbers. Only 30% of comic stores – approx 450 out of 1500 stores ordered 10 or more copies. Only 150 out of 1500 stores order 20 or more copies of new Image #1 issues. This shows a small percentage of stores order a decent quantity but it also makes it more obvious that many copies ordered in bulk come from a small number of retailers who are also the ones that most likely speculate on hot books for online sales (like myself!).
PRINT RUNS – TOSS UP ?
All New Marvel Point One #1 – 32,000 – with the 1st full app of the new Ms Marvel. Hefty $5.99 cover price made this print run large enough. If the character proves popular this book (which already has a 2nd printing) will have a chance of going up in value.
Injustice Year Two #1 – 24,000 – still a small print run but just as large as the original #1 from a year ago. Since readership is no longer climbing its not too likely this one will go up in value but a sellout seems likely and I did sell one copy for $8.99.
Revolutionary War #1 – 16,000 and 14,000 – very small print runs for new Marvel series. While Marvel’s rarely go up in value, this one had sold out at Diamond even before release date so if there is any buzz on this storyline it will have a great chance of becoming a hot book.
Scribblenauts #1 – 11,000 – new DC kids series inspired by classic characters and mostly ignored by collectors -would take little for this to heat up.
Vampire Diaries #1 – 10,000 – a major publisher DC and a major TV series brought in surprisingly low orders – show must be past its peak of interest but still long term interest should make this a sell out.
Amazing Spider-man movie adaptation. 7,500 – while I have never been a fan of movie adaptation comics there is no denying that is print run for Spidey himself is super low and one of the rarest Spidey comics ever made !
Best Selling comics of Jan 2014 – interesting books to note for high or low sales:
1 Batman 27 $3.99 DC 115,492
2 Detective Comics 27 $7.99 DC 88,702
3 Avengers World 1 $3.99 Marvel 86,727
4 Justice League 27 $3.99 DC 84,674
5 Superior Spider-Man 25 $4.99 Marvel 77,311
6 All New X-Men 22.NOW $3.99 Marvel 76,565
7 Superior Spider-Man 26 $3.99 Marvel 72,591
8 Harley Quinn 2 $2.99 DC 66,363
9 Avengers 25 $3.99 Marvel 65,591
10 Justice League of America 11 $3.99 DC 65,365
11 Walking Dead 120 $2.99 Image 65,286
12 Walking Dead 119 $2.99 Image 65,151
13 Origin II 2 $3.99 Marvel 64,631
14 All New X-Men 21 $3.99 Marvel 62,876
15 Guardians of Galaxy 11.NOW $3.99 Marvel 61,111
16 Batman Superman 7 $3.99 DC 61,074
17 Uncanny X-Men 16 $3.99 Marvel 58,676
18 All New Invaders 1 $3.99 Marvel 55,167
19 Uncanny Avengers 16 $3.99 Marvel 54,670
20 Black Widow 1 $3.99 Marvel 53,879
21 Avengers World 2 $3.99 Marvel 53,693
22 Saga 18 $2.99 Image 53,139
23 Miracleman 1 $5.99 Marvel 52,313
24 Amazing X-Men 3 $3.99 Marvel 51,431
25 X-Men 9 $3.99 Marvel 49,412
26 Green Lantern 27 $2.99 DC 48,831
27 Night of Living Deadpool 1 $3.99 Marvel 47,596
28 Superman Wonder Woman 4 $3.99 DC 47,350
29 Serenity Leaves On The Wind 1* $3.50 Dark Horse 47,285
30 All New X-Factor 1 $3.99 Marvel 45,727
31 Batman and Two Face 27 $2.99 DC 45,462
32 Damian Son of Batman 4 $3.99 DC 45,247
33 Deadpool 22 $2.99 Marvel 41,765
34 Justice League 3000 2 $2.99 DC 41,423
35 Batman and Robin Annual 2 $4.99 DC 40,805
36 Night of Living Deadpool 2 $3.99 Marvel 40,241
37 Thor God of Thunder 17 $3.99 Marvel 38,913
38 Nightwing 27 $2.99 DC 38,325
39 Thor God of Thunder 18 $3.99 Marvel 38,190
40 Forever Evil Arkham War 4 $2.99 DC 37,973
41 Batman The Dark Knight 27 $2.99 DC 37,898
42 Batgirl 27 $2.99 DC 37,226
43 Hawkeye 16 $2.99 Marvel 37,074
44 Miracleman 2 $4.99 Marvel 36,927
45 Wolverine and X-Men 40 $3.99 Marvel 36,855
46 Aquaman 27 $2.99 DC 36,610
47 Earth 2 19 $2.99 DC 36,103
48 Action Comics 27 $3.99 DC 36,042
49 Superman 27 $2.99 DC 35,266
50 Flash 27 $2.99 DC 34,902
51 Deadly Class 1* $3.50 Image 34,572
52 Captain America 15 $3.99 Marvel 33,433
53 Indestructible Hulk 18.INH $3.99 Marvel 33,056
54 All New Marvel Now Point One 1 $5.99 Marvel 32,929
55 Justice League Dark 27 $3.99 DC 32,576
56 Earth 2 Annual 2 $4.99 DC 32,231
57 All New X-Factor 2 $3.99 Marvel 32,228
58 Daredevil 35 $2.99 Marvel 32,067
59 Wonder Woman 27 $2.99 DC 32,035
60 Star Wars 13 $2.99 Dark Horse 31,543
61 Inhumanity 2 $3.99 Marvel 31,460
62 Green Lantern Corps 27 $2.99 DC 31,447
63 Black Widow 2 $3.99 Marvel 31,260
64 Wolverine 13 $3.99 Marvel 31,164
65 Iron Man 20 $3.99 Marvel 30,533
66 Iron Man 20.INH $3.99 Marvel 30,512
67 Savage Wolverine 14.NOW $3.99 Marvel 30,370
68 Mighty Avengers 5.INH $3.99 Marvel 30,251
69 Inhumanity Spider-Man 1 $3.99 Marvel 30,126
70 East of West 9 $3.50 Image 29,885
71 Cataclysm Ultimates Last Stand 3 $3.99 Marvel 29,566
72 Thunderbolts 20.NOW $2.99 Marvel 28,994
73 Batman Black & White 5 $4.99 DC 28,623
74 Green Lantern New Guardians 27 $2.99 DC 28,346
75 Cable and X-Force 19 $3.99 Marvel 28,208
76 Fantastic Four 16 $3.99 Marvel 28,045
77 Uncanny X-Force 16 $3.99 Marvel 27,701
78 Cataclysm Ultimate Spider-Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 27,650
79 Teen Titans 27 $2.99 DC 27,588
80 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic 15 $3.99 IDW 27,461
81 Uncanny X-Force 17 $3.99 Marvel 27,319
82 Cable and X-Force 18 $3.99 Marvel 27,285
83 Green Lantern Corps Annual 2 $4.99 DC 26,880
84 Cataclysm Ultimates Last Stand 4 $3.99 Marvel 26,363
85 Forever Evil Rogues Rebellion 4 $2.99 DC 25,657
86 Nova 12 $3.99 Marvel 25,043
87 Catwoman 27 $2.99 DC 24,956
88 Disney Kingdoms Seekers of Weird 1 $3.99 Marvel 24,910
89 Red Hood and The Outlaws 27 $2.99 DC 24,813
90 Injustice Year Two 1 $2.99 DC 24,700
91 George Romeros Empire of Dead Act One 1 $3.99 Marvel 24,515
92 Red Lanterns 27 $2.99 DC 24,477
93 Thunderbolts 21 $2.99 Marvel 24,293
94 Afterlife With Archie 3 $2.99 Archie 24,266
95 Suicide Squad 27 $2.99 DC 24,175
96 Green Arrow 27 $2.99 DC 23,785
97 Black Science 3* $3.50 Image 23,695
98 My Little Pony Friends Forever 1* $3.99 IDW 23,370
99 Velvet 3* $2.99 Image 23,177
100 Superior Spider-Man Team Up 9 $3.99 Marvel 23,071
101 Batwoman 27 $2.99 DC 22,461
102 Sex Criminals 4 $3.50 Image 22,433
103 Young Avengers 15 $2.99 Marvel 21,961
104 Supergirl 27 $2.99 DC 21,954
105 Avengers Assemble 23.INH $3.99 Marvel 21,943
106 Batman 66 7 $3.99 DC 21,802
107 Cataclysm Ultimates 3 $3.99 Marvel 21,705
108 FF 16 $3.99 Marvel 21,658
109 Inhumanity Awakening 2 $3.99 Marvel 21,391
110 Secret Avengers 14 $3.99 Marvel 21,372
111 Worlds Finest 19 $2.99 DC 20,998
112 Constantine 10 $2.99 DC 20,729
113 Cataclysm Ultimate X-Men 3 $3.99 Marvel 20,431
114 Forever Evil Argus 4 $2.99 DC 20,294
115 Avengers Ai 8.NOW $2.99 Marvel 20,084
116 Swamp Thing 27 $2.99 DC 19,755
117 Pretty Deadly 4 $3.50 Image 19,664
118 Birds of Prey 27 $2.99 DC 19,387
119 Marvel Knights Spider-Man 4 $3.99 Marvel 19,328
120 Worlds Finest Annual 1 $4.99 DC 19,314
121 DC Vs Masters of the Universe 4 $2.99 DC 19,289
122 Trinity of Sin Pandora 7 $2.99 DC 18,984
123 Animal Man 27 $2.99 DC 18,401
124 A Plus X 16 $3.99 Marvel 17,913
125 X-Men Legacy 22 $2.99 Marvel 17,868
126 X-Men Legacy 23 $2.99 Marvel 17,636
127 Trinity of Sin The Phantom Stranger 15 $2.99 DC 17,435
128 Superboy 27 $2.99 DC 17,392
129 Infinity Heist 4 $3.99 Marvel 17,324
130 Revolutionary War Alpha 1 $3.99 Marvel 16,788
131 Marvel Knights X-Men 3 $3.99 Marvel 16,581
132 Fatale 19 $3.50 Image 15,725
133 X-Files Conspiracy 1* $3.99 IDW 15,576
134 Talon 15 $2.99 DC 15,455
135 Batman Beyond Universe 6 $3.99 DC 15,070
136 TMNT 30 $3.99 IDW 14,979
137 Daredevil Dark Nights 8 $2.99 Marvel 14,861
138 Astro City 8 $3.99 DC 14,831
139 Adventure Time 24 $3.99 Boom 14,757
140 Marvel Knights Hulk 2 $3.99 Marvel 14,568
141 Fables 137 $2.99 DC 14,172
142 Revolutionary War Dark Angel 1 $3.99 Marvel 14,083
143 X-Files Season 10 8 $3.99 IDW 13,981
144 Larfleeze 7 $2.99 DC 13,950
145 Star Wars Darth Vader & Cry of Shadows 2 $3.50 Dark Horse 13,920
146 Revolutionary War Knights of Pendragon 1 $3.99 Marvel 13,440
147 Star Wars Legacy II 11 $2.99 Dark Horse 13,398
148 Adventure Time 2014 Special 1 $4.99 Boom 13,388
149 Adventure Time Flip Side 1 $3.99 Boom 13,372
150 Wolverine Max 15 $3.99 Marvel 13,368
151 Unity 3* $3.99 Valiant 13,277
152 All Star Western 27 $3.99 DC 13,238
153 Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi Force War 3 $3.50 Dark Horse 12,978
154 Invincible 108 $2.99 Image 12,844
155 Batwing 27 $2.99 DC 12,461
156 Fairest 22 $2.99 DC 12,434
157 Spawn 239 $2.99 Image 12,369
158 Manifest Destiny 3 $2.99 Image 12,034
159 Dead Body Road 2* $2.99 Image 11,900
160 God Is Dead 5 $3.99 Avatar 11,897
161 Smallville Season 11 Alien 2 $3.99 DC 11,768
162 Sons of Anarchy 5 $3.99 Boom 11,607
163 Egos 1 $2.99 Image 11,583
164 Scribblenauts Unmasked Crisis of Imagination 1 $2.99 DC 11,572
165 Rat Queens 4 $3.50 Image 11,553
166 Chew 39 $2.99 Image 11,487
167 Adventures of Superman 9 $3.99 DC 11,425
168 Coffin Hill 4 $2.99 DC 11,306
169 Thief of Thieves 19 $2.99 Image 11,291
170 X-Files Conspiracy Ghostbusters 1* $3.99 IDW 11,286
171 Dead Boy Detectives 2* $2.99 DC 11,160
172 TMNT Utrom Empire 1 $3.99 IDW 11,084
173 Black Dynamite 1* $3.99 IDW 11,040
174 Conan The Barbarian 24 $3.50 Dark Horse 10,924
175 Smallville Season 11 Special 4 $4.99 DC 10,917
176 Unwritten Vol. 2 Apocalypse 1* $3.99 DC 10,886
177 Vampire Diaries 1 $3.99 DC 10,855
178 Cryptozoic Man 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 10,701
179 Batman Lil Gotham 10 $2.99 DC 10,639
180 Revival 17 $2.99 Image 10,585
181 Star Trek Khan 4 $3.99 IDW 10,513
182 Samurai Jack 4 $3.99 IDW 10,451
183 Alex + Ada 3 $2.99 Image 10,242
184 Shaolin Cowboy 4 $3.99 Dark Horse 10,200
185 Star Trek 29 $3.99 IDW 10,127
186 Sex 10 $2.99 Image 9,947
187 Fantomex Max 4 $3.99 Marvel 9,890
188 Transformers More Than Meets Eye 25 $3.99 IDW 9,867
189 Elfquest Final Quest 1 $3.50 Dark Horse 9,861
190 Sonic The Hedgehog 256 $2.99 Archie 9,840
191 Hinterkind 4 $2.99 DC 9,693
192 Transformers Robots In Disguise 25 $3.99 IDW 9,609
193 Eternal Warrior 5 $3.99 Valiant 9,503
194 X-O Manowar 21 $3.99 Valiant 9,336
195 Regular Show 8 $3.99 Boom 9,201
196 Shadow Year One 7 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 9,201
197 Magic The Gathering Theros 3 $4.99 IDW 9,148
198 BPRD Hell On Earth 115 $3.50 Dark Horse 9,072
199 Harbinger 20 $3.99 Valiant 9,060
200 Doc Savage 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 9,000
201 Scooby Doo Team Up 2* $2.99 DC 8,984
202 FBP Federal Bureau of Physics 7 $2.99 DC 8,971
203 Stormwatch 27 $2.99 DC 8,612
204 Quantum & Woody 7 $3.99 Valiant 8,590
205 Bloodshot & Hard Corps 18 $3.99 Valiant 8,529
206 Walking Dead 115 $2.99 Image 8,519
207 Abe Sapien 9 $3.50 Dark Horse 8,516
208 Shadow 21 ROSS CVR $3.99 Dynamic Forces 8,500
209 Conan People of the Black Circle 4 $3.50 Dark Horse 8,466
210 Magic The Gathering Theros 4 $4.99 IDW 8,460
211 Uber 9 $3.99 Avatar 8,448
212 Bad Ass 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 8,175
213 Saviors 2 $2.99 Image 8,174
214 Archer & Armstrong 17 $3.99 Valiant 8,112
215 Legends of Red Sonja 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 8,067
216 Powerpuff Girls 5 $3.99 IDW 8,050
217 Transformers Regeneration One 98 $3.99 IDW 8,000
218 Wraith Welcome to Christmasland 3 $3.99 IDW 7,967
219 Letter 44 3 $3.99 Oni 7,926
220 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic 14 $3.99 IDW 7,735
221 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic 12 $3.99 IDW 7,679
222 100 Bullets Brother Lono 7 $2.99 DC 7,597
223 Amazing Spider-Man Movie Adaptation 1 $2.99 Marvel 7,563
224 Shadowman 14 $3.99 Valiant 7,560
225 Game of Thrones 18 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 7,513
226 Bedlam 11 $3.50 Image 7,460
227 Massive 19 $3.50 Dark Horse 7,387
228 Curse 1 $3.99 Boom 7,283
229 Ash & The Army of Darkness 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 7,261
230 Three 4 $2.99 Image 7,243
231 Army of Darkness Vs Hack Slash 5 Caselli Cover $3.99 Dynamic Forces 7,197
232 Sledgehammer 44 Lightning War 3 $3.50 Dark Horse 7,154
233 Mega Man 33 $2.99 Archie 7,015
234 Minimum Wage 1 $3.50 Image 7,003
235 Zero 5 $2.99 Image 6,922
236 Umbral 3 $2.99 Image 6,906
237 Five Ghosts 8 $2.99 Image 6,890
238 Judge Dredd Mega City Two 1 $3.99 IDW 6,755
239 Rover Red Charlie 2 $3.99 Avatar 6,744
240 Sheltered 6* $2.99 Image 6,739
241 G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 198 $3.99 IDW 6,736
242 Halo Escalation 2 $3.99 Dark Horse 6,656
243 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland Asylum 1A Malsuni Cover $3.99 Zenescope 6,632
244 Movement 8 $2.99 DC 6,629
245 Beware The Batman 4* $2.99 DC 6,569
246 Godzilla Rulers of the Earth 8 $3.99 IDW 6,530
247 Morning Glories 36 $3.50 Image 6,493
248 Simpsons Comics 208 $2.99 Bongo 6,486
249 Grimm Fairy Tales Dark Queen A Cvr Sejic (Aofd) $5.99 Zenescope 6,463
250 Spongebob Comics 28 $2.99 United Plankton 6,456
251 Grimm Fairy Tales Tales From Oz (Tin Man) 1 $2.99 Zenescope 6,434
252 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland 19 Lashley Cover $3.99 Zenescope 6,425
253 Warlord of Mars 32 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 6,392
254 Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Fairy Tales 93 Reyes Cover $2.99 Zenescope 6,362
255 TMNT New Animated Adventures 7 $3.99 IDW 6,331
256 Bar Maid 1 Tucci Cover $3.50 Zenescope 6,329
257 Maxx Maxximized 3 $3.99 IDW 6,322
258 Judge Dredd 15 $3.99 IDW 6,296
259 Protectors Inc 3 $2.99 Image 6,275
260 Cyber Force 8 $2.99 Image 6,251
261 Tarot Witch of the Black Rose 84 $2.95 Broadsword 6,234
262 Witchblade 172 $2.99 Image 6,221
263 Ghosted 6* $2.99 Image 6,142
264 Peter Panzerfaust 16 $3.50 Image 6,128
265 Invincible Universe 9 $2.99 Image 6,123
266 Battlestar Galactica 7 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 6,120
267 Crossed Badlands 44 $3.99 Avatar 6,111
268 Regular Show Skips 3 $3.99 Boom 6,037
269 Grimm Fairy Tales Code Red 2 Cafaro Cover $2.99 Zenescope 6,037
270 G.I. Joe Special Missions 11 $3.99 IDW 5,973
271 Shadow Now 4 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,963
272 Crossed Badlands 45 $3.99 Avatar 5,948
273 Crossed Badlands 46 $3.99 Avatar 5,879
274 Warlord of Mars 33 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,837
275 Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland Ttlg 5 Eric J Cover $3.99 Zenescope 5,779
276 Ghostbusters 12 $3.99 IDW 5,755
277 Miss Fury 8 Tan Cover $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,710
278 Lords of Mars 6 Ross Cover $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,604
279 Lil Sonja 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,465
280 Aphrodite Ix 7 $2.99 Image 5,404
281 Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris 34 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,392
282 Dejah Thoris & Green Men of Mars 10 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 5,343
283 Painkiller Jane Price of Freedom 3 $2.99 Marvel 5,248
284 Mass Effect Foundation 7 $3.99 Dark Horse 5,222
285 Bounce 9 $2.99 Image 5,218
286 Drumhellar (Previously Strangeways) 3 $3.50 Image 5,134
287 Hacktivist 1 $3.99 Boom 5,131
288 Dark Horse Presents 32 $7.99 Dark Horse 5,119
289 All New Fathom 5 $3.99 Aspen 5,100
290 Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble 4 $2.99 Marvel 5,082
291 Robocop Last Stand 6 $3.99 Boom 5,042
292 Illegitimates 2* $3.99 IDW 5,040
293 Grimm Fairy Tales No Tomorrow 5 Tolibao Cover $2.99 Zenescope 5,034
294 Krampus 2 $2.99 Image 5,022
295 Bart Simpson Comics 88 $2.99 Bongo 5,020
296 Prophet 42 $3.99 Image 4,978
297 Bravest Warriors 16 $3.99 Boom 4,954
298 Grimm Fairy Tales Quest 3 Laiso Cover $3.99 Zenescope 4,899
299 Clone 14 $2.99 Image 4,898
300 Grimm 9 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,877
301 Bravest Warriors 2014 Annual 1 $4.99 Boom 4,836
302 Lil Battlestar Galactica 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,808
303 Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man 22 $2.99 Marvel 4,761
304 Skyman 1 $2.99 Dark Horse 4,751
305 Aphrodite IX Hidden Files 1 $2.99 Image 4,742
306 Mind Mgmt 18 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,654
307 Buck Rogers In 25th Century 4 $3.99 Hermes 4,594
308 Hoax Hunters 13 Walsh Cover $3.50 Image 4,594
309 Ben 10 3 $3.99 IDW 4,530
310 Mr Peabody & Sherman 3 $3.99 IDW 4,529
311 Mocking Dead 5 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,494
312 Lil Vampi 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,475
313 Black Science 2 $3.50 Image 4,474
314 Five Weapons 6 Robinson Cover $3.50 Image 4,427
315 X 9 $2.99 Dark Horse 4,406
316 Hit List 4 Krome Cover $2.99 Zenescope 4,359
317 Green Team Teen Trillionaires 8 $2.99 DC 4,313
318 Carbon Grey Vol. 3 2 $4.99 Image 4,297
319 Midas Flesh 2 $3.99 Boom 4,295
320 Other Dead 5 $3.99 IDW 4,295
321 Furious 1 $3.99 Dark Horse 4,244
322 Scooby Doo Where Are You 41* $2.99 DC 4,226
323 Gravel Combat Magician 0 $4.99 Avatar 4,203
324 Clive Barker Next Testament 7 $3.99 Boom 4,200
325 Bar Maid 2 Tucci Cover $3.50 Zenescope 4,092
326 The Lone Ranger 21 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,075
327 Peanuts Vol. 2 15 $3.99 Boom 4,070
328 A Voice In The Dark 3 $3.99 Image 4,049
329 Twilight Zone 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 4,026
330 Dredd Underbelly Movie Sequel One Shot $3.99 Rebellion 3,992
331 Archie 651 $2.99 Archie 3,924
332 Mr Peabody & Sherman 4 $3.99 IDW 3,903
333 Triple Helix 4 $3.99 IDW 3,861
334 Captain Midnight 7 $2.99 Dark Horse 3,857
335 Marvel Universe Hulk Agents of Smash 4 $2.99 Marvel 3,821
336 Fox 3 $2.99 Archie 3,811
337 Shahrazad 2 $3.50 Big Dog 3,801
338 All New Executive Assistant Iris 3 $3.99 Aspen 3,778
339 Battlestar Galactica Starbuck 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,668
340 Suicide Risk 9 $3.99 Boom 3,630
341 Clown Fatale 3 $3.99 Dark Horse 3,596
342 Noir 3 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,596
343 Vampirella Annual 2013 $4.99 Dynamic Forces 3,572
344 Jennifer Blood 35 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,523
345 WWE 2 $3.99 NBM 3,509
346 Strain The Fall 7 $3.99 Dark Horse 3,472
347 TMNT Color Classics Series 2 3 $3.99 IDW 3,451
348 Lil Bionic Kids 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,397
349 Lenore Volume II 9 $3.99 Titan 3,361
350 Black Bat 8 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,349
351 Atomic Robo Savage Sword of Dr Dinosaur 5 $3.50 Red 5 3,248
352 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv 1 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,232
353 Sixth Gun 37 $3.99 Oni 3,211
354 Harley Quinn 1 $2.99 DC 3,165
355 Betty & Veronica 269 $2.99 Archie 3,161
356 Grimm Warlock 2 $3.99 Dynamic Forces 3,154
357 Bubblegun 4 $3.99 Aspen 3,132
358 Hellraiser Dark Watch 12 $3.99 Boom 3,128
359 Indestructible 2* $3.99 IDW 3,111
360 Gate Way 1 $3.99 IDW 3,019
361 Super Dinosaur 21 $2.99 Image 2,999
362 Kiss Me Satan 5 $3.99 Dark Horse 2,994
363 Simpsons Illustrated 9 $3.99 Bongo 2,820
364 Stitched 18 $3.99 Avatar 2,662
365 Legend of Oz The Wicked West 14 $3.50 Big Dog 2,656
366 Trish Out of Water 4 $3.99 Aspen 2,625
367 Imagine Agents 4 $3.99 Boom 2,553
368 Sex Criminals 1 $3.50 Image 2,418
369 Elephantmen 53 $3.99 Image 2,342
370 Kevin Keller 12 $2.99 Archie 2,321
371 Transformers Timelines 8 $4.95 Fun 2,240
372 X-Files Season 10 1 Dir Cut $4.99 IDW 2,231
373 Deceivers 2 $3.99 Boom 2,183
374 Popeye Classics 18 $3.99 IDW 2,174
375 Walking Dead 116 $2.99 Image 2,137
376 Mercy Sparx 4 $3.99 Devil’s Due 2,114
377 12 Reasons to Die 6 $3.50 Black Mask 2,075
378 Harley Quinn 0 $2.99 DC 1,971
379 Origin II 1 $4.99 Marvel 1,953
380 Must Read Valiant Greatest Hits 1 $2.00 Valiant 1,945
381 Batman 27 Combo Pack $4.99 DC 1,903
382 Walking Dead 117 $2.99 Image 1,896
383 G.I. Joe Vs Cobra Special 6 $4.95 Fun 1,776
384 Gold Digger 206 $3.99 Antarctic 1,749
385 God Is Dead 2 Enhanced Ed. $3.99 Avatar 1,726
386 Never Ending 3 $3.99 Dark Horse 1,721
387 Sandman Overture 1 $4.99 DC 1,708
388 Sex Criminals 3 $3.50 Image 1,703
389 Afterlife With Archie 2 $2.99 Archie 1,694
390 Shoot First 4 $3.99 Dark Horse 1,682
391 Protocol Orphans 3 $3.99 Boom 1,680
392 Manifest Destiny 2 $2.99 Image 1,653
393 Detective Comics 27 Combo Pack $8.99 DC 1,633
394 Steam Engines of Oz Vol. 2 2 $3.99 Arcana 1,621
395 Zombie Tramp Vol. 2 2 $2.99 Action Lab 1,587
396 Mighty Avengers 2 $3.99 Marvel 1,567
397 Skyward 5 $2.99 Action Lab 1,541
398 Bad Dog 6 $3.99 Image 1,522
399 Cryptozoic Man 1 Jetpack Ltd. Ed. $3.99 Dynamic Forces 1,500
400 Afterlife With Archie 1 $2.99 Archie 1,487
401 Mercy Sparx 3 $3.99 Devil’s Due 1,465
407 Betty & Veronica Double Digest 220 $3.99 Archie 1,392
409 Archie Funhouse Double Digest 1 $3.99 Archie 1,349
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How many X-men books are in the top 25? I see Spider-Man is in the top 10. Wolverine is also doing well.
Well, big companies own both Marvel and DC, they got money. You also have to consider that retail stores who aren’t actual comic book stores will buy Marvel and DC as well to sell on their own newstands, etc.
I thought I read somewhere marvel was getting out of the “retail store” game and would be focusing on comic shops only. Will google it.
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Perhaps but that’d be news to me. I guess they do make enough money (and have enough of that Disney money) to drop the catering to other retail outlets. 😉
I googled it earlier I was right, they are dropping single comics from book stores:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/60486-marvel-to-halt-selling-periodical-comics-in-bookstores.html
I guess that’s a no brainer, they likely saw weak sales at actual book stores anyways like the article said.
What’s most impressive is afterlife with Archie breaking into the top 100 at #94! It’s ahead of some my new favorites like black science, velvet, and manifest destiny. Keep cranking out those pepoy variants, people will buy em. Speaking of which, CBR posted the Pepoy variant for #7…Betty and Veronica!!!! I will be pre-ordering for sure.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=50952
Yeah I just saw those too. 5 is Veronica, which I linked thru to the preorder, 6 is Sabrina, and 7 is Betty and Veronica in a sleepover……… ….. .. .
Can’t say enough about the new direction of Archie!
Heh, I don’t buy them because of the Pepoy variants, I buy them cause the actual story and artwork inside is awesome! 😉
I agree, but I pick up the Pepoy variants due to the covers and flip potential
You know I’m kidding. Francavilla is killing it, and the story is fantastic. I’ve been on this book since day 1.
True, I pick them up cause well, Francavilla is the best cover artist out there in my opinion. I wish his next Black Beetle series would come out already.. seems like it’s been delayed by two months from it’s original release dates!