OK, so let’s get a few things out of the way. September 2013 was insanely successful for DC Comics, taking a unit share of over 45% of the comic market — two points higher than two years ago September with the launch of the New 52. This accomplishment is all the more astonishing considering the…
NUMBERS GAME: Independents — September 2013
The Independent Top 10 (14) The Star Wars #1 (78,467) (19) Walking Dead #114 (70,440) (26) Saga #14 (55,585) (45) Jupiters Legacy #3 (43,766) (50) Powerpuff Girls #1 (38,992) (54) Sex Criminals #1 (37,893) (56) Star Wars #9 (37,502) (77) East of West #6 (33,381) (79) My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #11 (32,784) (110)…
NUMBERS GAME: Independents — August 2013
The Indie Top 10 (12) The Walking Dead #113 (70,273) (22) Saga #13 (55,372) (44) Star Wars #8 (38,792) (51) East of West #5 (36,345) (69) Sidekick #1 (27,832) (71) Overtaken #1 (27,246) (82) Lazarus #3 (24,961) (84) My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #10 (24,475) (100) My Little Pony Micro Series #7 (20,868) (101)…
NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — August 2013
August was a fair period for DC Comics, with a month trailing behind an event-launching Marvel Comics by about 3% in both unit and dollar share. This is traditionally a decent place for DC to land, although it’s barely a breath between a July where DC took the dollar share and a September where they…
NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — August 2013
The Marvel Top 10 (1) Infinity #1 (205,819) (7) Superior Spider-Man #15 (78,636) (8) Superior Spider-Man #16 (78,087) (9) Avengers #18 (74,697) (10) All New X-Men #15 (73,035) (11) Uncanny X-Men #10 (70,903) (13) Avengers #17 (68,962) (14) Uncanny X-Men #11 (65,700) (15) Uncanny Avengers #11 (65,447) (17) X-Men #4 (64,010) It’s a fresh month,…
NUMBERS GAME: Independents — July 2013
The Indie Top 10 (12) The Walking Dead #112 (72,975) (28) All New Fathom #1 (54,379) (42) East of West #4 (43,228) (48) Star Wars #7 (41,611) (66) My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #9 (35,153) (76) Satellite Sam #1 (32,452) (79) Red Sonja #1 (30,561) (93) Lazarus #2 (27,143) (103) My Little Pony Micro…
NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — July 2013
The Marvel Top 10 (3) Guardians of the Galaxy #5 (110,372) (8) Superior Spider-Man #13 (81,678) (9) Superior Spider-Man #14 (80,839) (10) Superior Spider-Man Team Up #1 (76,959) (11) All New X-Men #14 (74,848) (13) Avengers #16 (72,842) (14) Hunger #1 (70,835) (15) Uncanny X-Men #8 (70,274) (16) Uncanny Avengers #10 (68,768) (17) Avengers #15…
NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — July 2013
The DC Top 10 (1) Superman Unchained #2 (165,754) (2) Batman #22 (132,047) (4) Justice League #22 (110,194) (5) Batman Annual #2 (101,726) (6) Batman Superman #2 (92,558) (7) Justice League of America #6 (86,192) (21) Detective Comics #22 (63,949) (22) Green Lantern #22 (62,415) (23) Justice League Dark #22 (61,465) (26) Batman and Catwoman…
NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — June 2013
What’s the old adage? If you assume, all you’re doing is what? DC Comics’ June sales charts are full of assumption-breaking numbers that fans, especially those who are particularly vocal online, need to take notice of. Overall, the company saw a fair increase in its overall market share this month, as well as its dollar…
NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — June 2013
Comic fans love first issues. This month, Marvel didn’t have that many of them, so they were pushed down to the number 4 overall slot on the sales chart. Double shipping continues to help Marvel dominate the top 10 though, with the final 2 issues of Age of Ultron, and the latest issues of Superior…