Monday, December 16, 2013

New 52 Sales to November 2013

This analysis focusses mainly on the period of Jun to Aug-13 in relation to Jul-Sep-11. 












The 1st 6 months are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-52-sales-trends-listed-in-order-of.html







The next 3 months are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-52-sales-trends-part-2.html









The 1-year mark is covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-52-sales-trends-one-year-later.html








New 52 Sales to Nov-12 are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-52-sales-to-november-2012.html







New 52 Sales to Feb-13 are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-52-sales-to-feburary-2013.html








New 52 Sales to May-13 are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.ca/2013/06/new-52-sales-to-may-2013.html








New 52 Sales to Aug-13 are covered here: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-52-sales-to-august-2013.html








Full spreadsheet upon request


















Pardon the appearance. If I made the spreadsheet look nicer other blog posts would suffer











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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
Nov-13%
NOTES


Jul-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Sep-11 Aug-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Nov-13
Sep-11



Justice League 

171,344 1 46,650 43 ###### 4 78,200 15 98,491 6 x x
45.1806
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










Row partly repeated to compare with JL of America 59-60
Batman 51,385 22 - - 188,420 1 ###### 3 ###### 5 ###### 2 ###### 1
66.66065
Jul #712

Action Comics  40,205 41 39,923 38 182,748 2 42,603 34 50,146 27 39,620 51 46,550 29
25.47223
Jul-Aug #903-904

Green Lantern  86,007 5 - - 141,682 3 59,176 20 48,263 37 57,109 26 54,322 25
38.34079
Jul #67

Flash



129,260 4 38,860 43 31,838 84 38,190 58 41,838 36
32.36732



Superman 36,646 45 - - 118,376 5 42,155 35 43,631 46 39,580 52 39,295 44
33.19507
Jul #713

Detective Comics 

39,729 37 103,392 6 61,448 18 49,200 34 59,310 24 64,392 17
62.27948
Jul-Aug #880-881

Batman: The Dark Knight 



98,389 7 45,584 27 31,653 89 43,382 38 41,634 37
42.31571
CANCELLED

Batman and … 55,172 20 52,704 18 85,242 10 55,707 21 49,917 28 52,060 31 53,374 26
62.61467
Jul-Aug #25-26; Batman and Robin until #19
Green Lantern: New Guardians 



84,033 11 34,473 57 x x 35,417 70 32,069 66
38.16239



Batgirl  22,619 96 22,695 106 81,489 12 37,707 48 x x 36,666 63 40,752 41
50.0092
Jul-Aug #23-24

Wonder Woman  29,720 59 29,223 60 76,214 13 34,747 55 31,367 95 34,308 77 33,532 60
43.99717
Jul-Aug #613-614

Green Lantern Corps  60,836 10 53,272 16 74,769 14 36,229 52 x x 37,312 61 38,369 49
51.31672
Jul-Aug #62-63

Teen Titans  23,138 91 27,459 68 73,765 15 31,742 64 31,633 90 34,536 76 32,395 65
43.91649
Jul-Aug #99-100

Aquaman 



72,272 16 44,140 31 36,355 61 42,408 40 41,264 38
57.09542



Batwoman



72,228 17 26,223 76 x x 25,609 103 25,987 87
35.97912



Red Lanterns 



66,546 19 29,623 67 x x 30,771 86 27,786 80
41.75458



Justice League Dark 



62,856 20 64,041 16 26,786 113 45,401 37 38,760 47
61.66476



Nightwing 



62,717 21 40,522 40 x x 39,853 49 44,039 32
70.2186



Green Arrow  25,568 82 23,883 96 55,512 28 26,150 78 26,855 112 24,620 106 29,591 74
53.30559
Jul-Aug #14-15

Swamp Thing 



54,757 29 22,695 93 25,831 122 21,724 123 21,141 105
38.60876



Supergirl  20,001 107 19,764 120 54,052 31 24,747 83 x x 23,321 112 25,377 88
46.94923
Jul-Aug #66-67

Catwoman



53,670 33 24,262 85 x x 35,134 72 29,471 75
54.9115



Red Hood and the Outlaws 



50,501 39 28,821 68 x x 27,128 97 30,632 68
60.65622



Birds of Prey  27,102 71 26,043 80 50,466 40 19,934 111 x x 18,382 143 22,751 96
45.08184
Jul-Aug #14-15

Superboy  22,102 98 20,563 113 50,047 42 20,235 104 x x 18,341 144 21,449 103
42.85771
Jul-Aug #9-10

Stormwatch



46,397 44 10,969 168 x x 10,067 225 9,881 194
21.29664
CANCELLED

Suicide Squad 



44,981 47 22,166 94 x x 27,762 96 27,067 82
60.1743



Animal-Man 



41,446 57 21,634 98 x x 20,554 130 19,710 113
47.55586



Batwing 



41,382 58 11,584 158 x x 11,114 207 16,157 131
39.04355



All Star Western  10,521 169 10,369 199 39,313 65 15,276 134 x x 14,378 178 13,937 153
35.45138
Jul-Aug Jonah Hex #69-70





















COMMENTS



















New 52 titles not published during this three-month period are not shown above, though they are shown in previous posts where published





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






To keep this list managable Annuals, minis, and titles launched after September 2011 are not covered









Multiple Issues/versions of Batman, Action, Detective, Batman and Robin, Dark Knight, Flash, GL, JL, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman published during Sept 2013; only the highest selling noted above
Not published in Sept/13: New Guardians, GL Corps, Batgirl, Batwoman, Red Lanterns, Nightwing, Supergirl, Red Hood, Birds, Superboy, Stormwatch, Suicide Squad, Animal-Man, Batwing, All Star
Catwoman only published as 2nd printing of #23 Aug/13














Justice League not published in Nov so % is Oct; assuming two issues in Dec Nov stts will be added next update








In the past, when sales dropped to certain points the date was noted. However, some titles enjoy bumps due to zero issues, crossovers, or general interest so only their current state is now noted except for 4-digit titles
Flashpoint had already started in July 2011, hence the absence 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






Titles selling below relaunch levels: Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Birds of Prey, Superboy; Batman and… lower than Batman and Robin Jul/11 but not Aug/11

Selling at less than 50% of Sept/11: JL, all Superman Family titles, all GL titles, Flash, Batman Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, Titans, Batwoman, Swamp Thing, Birds, Stormwatch,   Batwing, All-Star
All the Bat-titles except Batwing tend to have low attrition 














Batman is currently DC's highest selling of the above titles and Stormwatch its lowest 











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


Batman at > 100,000 copies


















Justice League & Batman are currently selling more than double their pre-renumbering figures










The #7 issues of Blackhawk and Men of War became the first new 52 titles to dip to 4 digits; Mr. Terrific joined them with #8, Stormwatch with #25
























Proponents of the new 52 can use these stats to show that sales are overall healthier than they probably would have been without the reboot






Opponents of the new 52 can use the same figures to show that sales  are gradually slipping and the reboot was probably a bandaid solution in the long term




Overall trend in Nov/13 was up, not down
















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