Tuesday, March 13, 2012

New DC 52 Sales Trends

New 52 Sales Trends
Listed in order of #1 sales (same as September 2011 order except for Justice League #1)
TITLE SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK
Feb % of
NOTES

Jul-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Jan-12 Feb-12 Feb-12
Sept

Justice League 

171,344 1 46,650 43 180,709 1 158,700 1 142,248 1 138,576 1 135,374 1
62.09987
JL #1 came out at the end of Aug; sales carried over into Sept
Justice League  43,545 32 42,587 29 46,650 43 180,709 1 158,700 1 142,248 1 138,576 1 135,374 1


Row partly repeated to compare with JL of America 59-60
Batman 51,385 22 - - 188,420 1 172,458 2 150,984 2 133,781 2 130,492 2 128,459 2
68.17695
Jul #712
Action Comics  40,205 41 39,923 38 182,748 2 153,855 3 134,875 3 112,839 3 105,088 3 96,592 3
52.8553
Jul-Aug #903-904
Green Lantern  86,007 5 - - 141,682 3 142,344 4 122,644 4 104,199 4 97,878 5 94,087 5
66.40717
Jul #67
Flash



129,260 4 114,137 5 90,417 9 77,336 8 73,719 8 68,061 8
52.65434

Superman 36,646 45 - - 118,376 5 94,233 10 77,747 13 68,879 10 73,719 7 69,633 7
58.82358
Jul #713
Detective Comics 

39,729 37 103,392 6 110,789 6 100,077 8 89,429 6 99,342 4 94,415 4
91.31751
Jul-Aug #880-881
Batman: The Dark Knight 



98,389 7 90,455 11 78,240 12 70,820 9 76,824 6 77,140 6
78.40307

Batman and Robin 55,172 20 52,704 18 85,242 10 88,926 12 77,678 14 68,400 11 65,507 9 63,450 10
74.43514
Jul-Aug #25-26
Green Lantern: New Guardians 



84,033 11 71,713 17 59,774 23 53,305 24 52,305 24 50,319 27
59.88005

Batgirl  22,619 96 22,695 106 81,489 12 75,227 14 62,974 18 53,975 23 51,327 26 47,836 30
58.7024
Jul-Aug #23-24
Wonder Woman  29,720 59 29,223 60 76,214 13 79,060 13 65,621 17 57,675 16 57,626 16 54,190 15
71.10242
Jul-Aug #613-614
Green Lantern Corps  60,836 10 53,272 16 74,769 14 70,651 19 58,854 24 51,462 28 48,679 32 46,051 32
61.59103
Jul-Aug #62-63
Teen Titans  23,138 91 27,459 68 73,765 15 72,107 16 60,758 21 54,929 19 54,606 19 53,123 18
72.01654
Jul-Aug #99-100
Aquaman 



72,272 16 71,240 18 62,223 19 58,465 14 65,094 10 63,093 9
87.29937

Batwoman



72,228 17 74,392 15 61,997 20 52,757 26 51,924 25 49,227 29
68.15501

Red Lanterns 



66,546 19 66,747 20 54,741 32 45,244 35 42,293 40 39,105 42
58.76386

Justice League Dark 



62,856 20 57,053 30 46,507 42 40,275 40 36,896 52 34,524 55
54.92554

Nightwing 



62,717 21 65,749 21 57,688 28 51,668 27 50,436 28 47,732 31
76.10696

Justice League International 



61,079 24 59,490 23 48,972 40 39,656 43 37,032 51 33,781 59
55.30706

Green Arrow  25,568 82 23,883 96 55,512 28 52,837 36 42,209 48 33,404 57 30,234 62 27,087 77
48.79486
Jul-Aug #14-15
Swamp Thing 



54,757 29 58,634 27 52,300 36 44,660 37 43,806 37 41,235 38
75.30544

Supergirl  20,001 107 19,764 120 54,052 31 55,249 33 45,706 43 39,762 42 37,301 49 34,847 53
64.4694
Jul-Aug #66-67
Catwoman



53,670 33 57,216 29 46,976 41 39,850 41 39,631 42 37,302 45
69.50252

Red Hood and the Outlaws 



50,501 39 53,444 35 45,126 44 41,023 39 38,304 45 35,908 51
71.10354

Birds of Prey  27,102 71 26,043 80 50,466 40 47,840 43 36,802 61 31,014 63 28,530 67 27,338 74
54.17113
Jul-Aug #14-15
Savage Hawkman 



50,359 41 42,987 48 31,659 69 25,437 74 21,570 85 19,184 103
38.09448

Superboy  22,102 98 20,563 113 50,047 42 51,682 39 42,698 47 36,002 54 33,677 58 31,068 65
62.07765
Jul-Aug #9-10
Stormwatch



46,397 44 47,520 44 39,962 56 30,987 64 29,112 65 26,076 81
56.20191

Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Men 



46,383 45 39,591 54 28,489 78 23,049 87 19,196 96 17,246 119
37.18173

Legion of Super-Heroes 21,788 100 21,373 111 45,362 46 42,504 50 31,481 71 25,049 77 23,062 79 21,085 98
46.48164
Jul-Aug #15-16
Suicide Squad 



44,981 47 44,613 45 36,744 62 31,095 62 29,453 64 27,751 71
61.69494

Deathstroke 



42,325 54 40,182 53 30,379 74 23,370 82 21,485 86 19,175 104
45.30419

Legion Lost 



41,726 56 38,385 59 28,103 80 21,816 94 19,394 94 17,502 116
41.94507

Animal-Man 



41,446 57 48,089 42 44,266 45 38,367 46 36,516 53 34,654 54
83.61241

Batwing 



41,382 58 38,475 58 31,599 70 24,053 80 21,632 84 19,479 102
47.07119

DC Universe Presents



41,295 60 37,426 63 27,917 81 21,958 92 19,843 93 18,169 110
43.99806

Blue Beetle 



40,003 62 35,456 69 24,851 89 19,267 104 17,138 111 15,331 130
38.32463

Captain Atom 



39,699 63 34,478 71 24,146 93 17,917 115 15,693 120 13,698 140
34.50465

All Star Western  10,521 169 10,369 199 39,313 65 35,871 68 29,498 75 26,414 70 24,485 73 23,553 87
59.91148
Jul-Aug Jonah Hex #69-70
Hawk and Dove 



38,065 68 32,461 73 24,851 90 18,014 114 15,775 119 14,291 136
37.54368
CANCELLED
Resurrection Man 



37,566 71 34,704 70 26,532 85 20,754 99 18,675 101 16,712 121
44.48704

Demon Knights 



37,442 72 38,007 62 31,213 72 25,298 75 23,241 78 21,128 97
56.42861

Frankenstein Agent of Shade



37,396 73 36,581 65 28,681 75 22,331 90 20,463 91 18,417 108
49.24858

Mister Terrific 



37,305 74 32,367 75 22,754 99 16,167 127 13,802 130 11,601 164
31.09771
CANCELLED
Grifter 



37,100 75 35,910 67 26,822 84 20,337 100 18,054 105 16,251 126
43.80323

Voodoo



36,271 76 31,221 80 22,551 105 18,633 110 15,915 117 14,780 132
40.74881

Blackhawks



36,013 77 28,534 86 20,114 115 15,026 135 12,267 143 10,730 172
29.7948
CANCELLED
I Vampire



35,715 78 31,139 81 23,463 96 19,441 103 16,934 112 16,338 124
45.74549

Static Shock



34,004 80 29,124 85 21,937 109 15,763 131 13,350 132 11,773 160
34.6224
CANCELLED
Men of War



33,739 81 28,301 87 21,393 112 14,977 139 12,699 137 10,872 167
32.22384
CANCELLED
Omac



33,581 82 29,434 84 22,572 104 16,534 126 14,618 125 12,646 150
37.6582
CANCELLED





















COMMENTS



















Info derived from The Comic Chronicles; other sites may have different sales figures; rankings listed are for *all* publishers








Flashpoint had already started in July 2011, hence the absense of the previous Flash series











The final issue of Justice League of America and first of Justice League came out the same month, hence the double listing above







Swamp Thing, Supergirl, Catwoman, Superboy, Animal-Man, and Demon Knights actually sold better with #2 than #1, though that trend didn't continue





Animal-Man is the only title whose #3 sold better than its #1, despite a drop from #2












Green Lantern Corps was the first title to sell below it's August 2011 levels, with #4; #3 sold below July 2011; with #6, Legion of Super-Heroes also dipped below July-Aug figures

Batman: The Dark Knight enjoyed an increase in both January and February













Selling at <50% of #1: Green Arrow, Legion of Super-Heroes, Deathstroke, Batwing, Frankenstein Agent of SHADE, Fury of Firestorm, Legion Lost, DC Universe Presents, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Resurrection Man, Grifter, Voodoo, I Vampire, all the cancelled titles
Every title except Detective Comics and Aquaman has lost over 10,000 sales since #1; both did dip below but recovered








Detective Comics has had the least percentage attrition since #1, Blackhawks the most (the latter is the lowest selling of the 52, with Justice League the highest)




For percentage of Feb sales over Sept sales, August sales for Justice League#1 were included in Sept sales of same; not a perfect solution but as accurate as we're likely to get



Captain Atom is the only non-cancelled title whose sales have dipped below one of the cancelled titles (Hawk and Dove)








Justice League and Batman are still selling over 100,000 copies














Justice League, Batman, Action Comics, Superman, Detective Comics, Batgirl, and All Star Western (Jonah Hex) are still selling more than double their pre-renumbering figures


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