10 Protagonists and Their Arch-Nemeses

1. Batman [Detective Comics #27) vs. Joker [Batman #1] (comics): the former wants to impose order to make the world safe; the latter wants to impose chaos to make everyone afraid
2. Encyclopedia Brown [Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective] vs. Bugs Meany [same] (short stories): the former, a young amateur detective, the latter a similary aged bully
3. Dorothy Gale [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] vs. the Nome King [Ozma of Oz] (novels): the former an unassuming young girl who likes to go on adventures; the latter likes to stay at home and turn everyone into trinkets 
4. The Hulk [Incredible Hulk #1] vs. The Leader [Tales to Astronish#62] (comics): two men altered by gammara rays: the former a scientist turned into a creature of brawn, the latter a janitaor turned into a man of huge intellect?
5. Vic Mackey [The Shield season 1 episode] vs. Kavanagh [The Shield season 5 episode 1] (tv): the former a corrupt cop who sometimes does the right thing, the latter a good cop whose pursuit of Vic sometimes cause him to do the wrong thing
6. Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four#1) vs. Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four #4) (comics): both brilliant scientists, the former for the betterment of humanity, the latter for personal conquest
7. Number 6 [The Pirisoner: Arrival] vs. Number 2 [The Prisoner: The Chimes of Big Ben] (tv): the forrmer an ex-spy with a strong will who tries not to conform by revealing why he resigned; the latter (one of a number of people going by the name Number 2) willing to go to extreme methods to break Number 6's will to find out why he resigned 
8. Maxwell Smart [Get Smart episode 1] vs. Siegfried [Get Smart episde 33] (tv): two enemy secret agents (both somewhat bumbliong, somewhat competent) who try to kill eachother but who have a certain affection for one another
9. Adam Warlock [Fantastic Four #6 as Him, Marvel Premiere #1 as Warlock] vs. the Magus [Strange Tales #178] (comics): The former an advocate of exercising free will and individual thought, the latter his own future self imposing order
10. Remo Williams [Created, the Destroyer] vs. Nuihc [Union Bust] (novels): Two would-be heirs to the title of Master of Sinanju; the former likes to tease about Sinanju but secretly respects the customs, the other makes use of Sinanju culture even as he disgraces it

New 52 Sales Trends One Year Later

This analysis focusses mainly on the period of Jun-Aug-12 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
At the one-year mark, people in favour of and opposed to the reboot can find material here to support their positions.  Sales are definitely slipping, often significantly, but overall DC probably
sees this as a golden year for them. In the short and mid term they're definitely healthier than they have been, though it's too soon to tell to what extent if at all they've damaged themselves
in the long term
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		Jun%	NOTES
	Jul-11	Jul-11	Aug-11	Aug-11	Sep-11	Sep-11	Jun-12	Jun-12	Jul-12	Jul-12	Aug-12	Aug-12		Sept
Justice League			171,344	1	46,650	43	127,090	4	123,921	5	120,796	4		55.41253	JL #1 came out end of Aug;   sales carried over into Sept
Justice League	43,545	32	42,587	29	46,650	43	127,090	4		5					Row partly repeated to compare with JL of America 59-60
Batman	51,385	22	-	-	188,420	1	130,265	3	127,210	4	125,249	3		66.4733	Jul #712
Action Comics	40,205	41	39,923	38	182,748	2	80,751	13	76,232	10	71,204	11		38.96294	Jul-Aug   #903-904
Green Lantern	86,007	5	-	-	141,682	3	80,615	14	78,708	9	77,187	9		54.47904	Jul #67
Flash					129,260	4	55,681	31	53,674	29	51,779	30		40.05802
Superman	36,646	45	-	-	118,376	5	59,081	29	56,066	28	53,326	29		45.04798	Jul #713
Detective Comics			39,729	37	103,392	6	83,317	11	79,835	8	75,998	10		73.50472	Jul-Aug #880-881
Batman: The Dark Knight					98,389	7	71,671	16	68,632	12	67,084	14		68.18242
Batman and Robin	55,172	20	52,704	18	85,242	10	66,894	22	65,043	15	63,993	16		75.07215	Jul-Aug #25-26
Green Lantern: New Guardians					84,033	11	44,404	42	42,929	39	41,479	44		49.36037
Batgirl	22,619	96	22,695	106	81,489	12	47,050	38	45,004	36	43,804	38		53.75449	Jul-Aug #23-24
Wonder Woman	29,720	59	29,223	60	76,214	13	47,229	37	45,669	33	44,584	35		58.49844	Jul-Aug #613-614
Green Lantern Corps	60,836	10	53,272	16	74,769	14	41,065	41	42,996	38	41,778	43		55.8761	Jul-Aug #62-63
Teen Titans	23,138	91	27,459	68	73,765	15	47,491	36	45,367	34	42,817	39		58.04514	Jul-Aug #99-100
Aquaman					72,272	16	59,288	28	57,675	27	61,210	19		84.69393
Batwoman					72,228	17	41,014	48	38,980	45	38,064	51		52.69978
Red Lanterns					66,546	19	38,005	55	36,462	53	35,070	61		52.70039
Justice League Dark					62,856	20	33,238	68	31,792	67	30,754	76		48.92771
Nightwing					62,717	21	50,585	33	49,124	30	47,484	32		75.71153
Justice League International					61,079	24	31,358	76	29,802	75	28,302	86		46.33671	CANCELLED
Green Arrow	25,568	82	23,883	96	55,512	28	25,769	91	24,646	89	23,126	109		41.65946	Jul-Aug #14-15
Swamp Thing					54,757	29	37,383	57	36,257	55	36,696	56		67.01609
Supergirl	20,001	107	19,764	120	54,052	31	33,309	67	31,879	66	30,420	77		56.27914	Jul-Aug #66-67
Catwoman					53,670	33	37,158	58	35,551	58	34,117	65		63.5681
Red Hood and the Outlaws					50,501	39	37,044	59	35,820	56	34,439	64		68.19469
Birds of Prey	27,102	71	26,043	80	50,466	40	28,457	87	27,389	84	26,587	95		52.68299	Jul-Aug #14-15
Savage Hawkman					50,359	41	16,417	135	15,460	141	14,758	161		29.30559
Superboy	22,102	98	20,563	113	50,047	42	31,358	75	29,677	76	27,518	90		54.98431	Jul-Aug #9-10
Stormwatch					46,397	44	20,592	113	19,678	112	18,531	135		39.94008
Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Men					46,383	45	15,789	138	14,931	145	14,679	162		31.64737
Legion of Super-Heroes	21,788	100	21,373	111	45,362	46	19,963	115	19,421	113	18,907	134		41.68026	Jul-Aug #15-16
Suicide Squad					44,981	47	31,576	74	29,809	74	28,302	85		62.9199
Deathstroke					42,325	54	19,722	117	17,107	127	16,772	144		39.6267
Legion Lost					41,726	56	17,581	127	17,037	128	16,066	149		38.50357
Animal-Man					41,446	57	34,992	62	33,909	60	34,549	62		83.35907
Batwing					41,382	58	20,724	111	20,047	108	18,279	138		44.17138
DC Universe Presents					41,295	60	14,310	150	13,619	154	15,138	156		36.65819
Blue Beetle					40,003	62	14,413	149	13,923	152	13,393	175		33.47999
Captain Atom					39,699	63	11,546	162	11,041	167	10,445	199		26.31049	CANCELLED
All Star Western	10,521	169	10,369	199	39,313	65	25,334	92	23,572	90	22,727	112		57.81039	Jul-Aug Jonah Hex #69-70
Resurrection Man					37,566	71	15,481	142	14,715	146	13,828	170		36.80988	CANCELLED
Demon Knights					37,442	72	19,006	122	18,201	118	17,295	141		46.19144
Frankenstein Agent of Shade					37,396	73	16,377	136	15,635	140	14,745	162		39.42935
Grifter					37,100	75	14,258	151	13,428	156	12,400	178		33.42318
Voodoo					36,271	76	12,928	155	12,120	160	11,328	187		31.23156	CANCELLED
I Vampire					35,715	78	16,517	133	15,734	139	14,788	159		41.40557
COMMENTS
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 in May 2011 are not covered
Titles that ended in April are covered in passing below but not noted above since no new issues were published since the previous blog post
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
Most DC books (particularly Batman related) enjoyed a sales increase with #9 as 6 titles ended and 6 new ones launched; however, sales have gradually gone back down again since
Animal-Man is the only Title to have not lost over 10,000 sales since the relaunch
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
Green Arrow dipped below Jul-11 figures with #11 and Aug with #12; Birds of Prey dipped below Aug-11 with #12; it had previously dipped below Jul-Aug with #8 before the #9 boost
Selling at less than 50 % of #1: Action, Flash, Superman, GL: New Guardians, JL Dark, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Stormwatch, Firestorm, Legion titles, Deathstroke, Batwing, DCU Presents,
Blue Beetle, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Grifter, I Vampire, all cancelled titles
Aquaman currently has the least percentage attrition since #1; all the Bat-titles except Batwing tend to have low attrition as well
Batman is currently DC's highest selling of these titles and Captain Atom the 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
Justice League, Batman are still selling over 100,000 copies
Justice League, Batman, Detective Comics, and All Star Western (Jonah Hex) are still 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

12 More Actors Who Have Played More Than One Comic Book Characters

As before I’m not counting characters like Lionel Luthor who were created for a show and later added to the comics

1. Aaron Ashmore: Iceman in X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X3: The Last Stand; Jimmy Olsen on Smallville (note: he played two characters by that name on the show; one is the character from the comics)
2. Kevin Conroy: Batman/Burce Wayne on Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League, etc.; Phantom Stranger on Batman: The Brave and the Bold
3. John Glover: Riddler on Batman: The Animated Series; Jason Woodroe in Batman & Robin
4. Michael Ironside: Darkseid on Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League; future Batman on Batman: The Animated Series; Sam Lane on Smallville
5. John Kassir: Crypt Keeper on Tales from the Crypt show and movies; Atom on Justice League of America pilot
6. Michael McKean: 1950s Joker on Batman: The Animated Series; Perry White on Smallville
7. Phill Morris: Vandal Savage on Justice League; Martian Manhunter on Smallville; Jonah Hex on Batman: Brave and the Bold
8. John Wesley Shipp: The Flash on The Flash; Professor Zoom on Batman: The Brave and the Bold
9. J.K. Simmons: J. Jonah Jameson on Spider-Man 1, 2, 3 and on Ultimate Spider-Man; Wade Eiling on Justice League
10. David Odgen Steirs: Martian Manhunter on Justice League pilot; Solovar on Justice League
11. Adam West: Batman on Batman, Legends of the Super-Heroes, Tarzan and the Super 7, etc.; Thomas Wayne on Batman: The Brave and the Bold
12. Efrem Zimbalist Jr: Alfred Pennworth on Batman: The Animates Series, Superman: The Animated Series, etc.; Doctor Octopus on Spider-Man (1990s cartoon); Justin Hammer on Iron Man (1990s cartoon)

12 Actors Who Have Played More than One Comic Book Character

Includes voice acting, but not for different characters in same season of same show, though I do include one case where someone switches their main role in a later season

1. Halle Berry: Storm in X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X3: The Last Stand; Catwoman in Catwoman
2. Jim Carrey: The Mask in The Mask; the Riddler in Batman Forever
3. Chris Evans: Human Torch in Fantastic 4 and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers
4. Mark Hamill: Trickster on The Flash; Joker on Batman: The Animated Series, etc; Hobgoblin in Spider-Man (animated); Gargoyle on The Incredible Hulk (cartoon)
5. Justin Hartley: Aquaman in the Aquaman pilot, Green Arrow  on Smallville
6. Mickey Rourke: Marv in Sin City, Whiplash in Iron Man 2
7. Annette O’Toole: Lana Lang in Superman III, Martha Kent in Smallville
8. Ryan Reynolds: Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity: Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Green Lantern in Green Lantern
9. Michael Rosenbaum;: Lex Luthor on Smallville; Flash on Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited
10. Olan Soule: Batman in most seasons of Super Friends; Martin Stein on Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
11. Terence Stamp: General Zod in Superman I-II; Jor-El on Smallville; Stick in Elektra
12. Frank Welker: Iceman and Flash Thompson on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; Mr. Mxyzptlk and other villains on on Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians; Maleboglia in Spawn (voice only); Ace the Bathound on Batman Beyond and in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

New 52 Sales Trends Part 2

This is a follow-up of this blog post/spreadsheet: http://saneinsanities.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-52-sales-trends-listed-in-order-of.html
 
In order to make this readable, I've hidden the Oct 2011-Jan 2012 figures, but they can be found in the earlier link. The full spreadsheet available upon request. Analysis below the the stats.

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		May % of	Apr% of	NOTES
	Jul-11	Jul-11	Aug-11	Aug-11	Sep-11	Sep-11	Feb-12	Feb-12	40,969	Mar-12	41,000	Apr-12	41,030	May-12		Sept	Sept
Justice League			171,344	1	46,650	43	135,374	1	131,697	3	128,991	3	131,332	4		60.24569		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	135,374	1	131,697	3	128,991	3	132,332	4				Row partly repeated to compare with JL of America 59-60
Batman	51,385	22	-	-	188,420	1	128,459	2	127,402	4	130,602	2	134,605	3		71.43881		Jul #712
Action Comics	40,205	41	39,923	38	182,748	2	96,592	3	91,822	6	87,980	6	88,796	9		48.58931		Jul-Aug #903-904
Green Lantern	86,007	5	-	-	141,682	3	94,087	5	90,232	7	88,335	5	87,601	10		61.82931		Jul #67
Flash					129,260	4	68,061	8	64,975	11	63,702	14	62,807	19		48.58966
Superman	36,646	45	-	-	118,376	5	69,633	7	66,588	10	64,486	13	62,232	21		52.57147		Jul #713
Detective Comics			39,729	37	103,392	6	94,415	4	89,891	8	87,675	7	96,016	8		92.86599		Jul-Aug #880-881
Batman: The Dark Knight					98,389	7	77,140	6	75,297	9	74,287	8	82,169	12		83.51442
Batman and Robin	55,172	20	52,704	18	85,242	10	63,450	10	61,209	13	59,993	17	75,697	13		88.80247		Jul-Aug #25-26
Green Lantern: New Guardians					84,033	11	50,319	27	48,422	27	47,320	28	46,237	38		55.02243
Batgirl	22,619	96	22,695	106	81,489	12	47,836	30	45,685	30	43,990	33	58,710	24		72.04653		Jul-Aug #23-24
Wonder Woman	29,720	59	29,223	60	76,214	13	54,190	15	51,314	25	50,450	25	48,750	35		63.96463		Jul-Aug #613-614
Green Lantern Corps	60,836	10	53,272	16	74,769	14	46,051	32	43,823	33	42,826	35	46,336	36		61.97221		Jul-Aug #62-63
Teen Titans	23,138	91	27,459	68	73,765	15	53,123	18	51,402	24	50,814	23	50,261	30		68.13665		Jul-Aug #99-100
Aquaman					72,272	16	63,093	9	62,325	12	61,657	16	60,527	23		83.74889
Batwoman					72,228	17	49,227	29	46,874	28	45,341	32	43,942	40		60.8379
Red Lanterns					66,546	19	39,105	42	37,465	41	36,170	50	39,215	54		58.92916
Justice League Dark					62,856	20	34,524	55	32,480	58	31,520	63	34,649	68		55.12441
Nightwing					62,717	21	47,732	31	45,440	31	46,857	29	61,395	22		97.89212
Justice League International					61,079	24	33,781	59	31,747	61	30,396	67	32,558	72		53.30474		CANCELLED
Green Arrow	25,568	82	23,883	96	55,512	28	27,087	77	26,104	74	24,690	84	29,966	98		53.98112		Jul-Aug #14-15
Swamp Thing					54,757	29	41,235	38	40,268	38	39,431	40	39,385	52		71.92688
Supergirl	20,001	107	19,764	120	54,052	31	34,847	53	33,337	55	32,438	60	35,129	65		64.99112		Jul-Aug #66-67
Catwoman					53,670	33	37,302	45	35,647	48	34,840	52	49,726	33		92.65139
Red Hood and the Outlaws					50,501	39	35,908	51	34,767	49	34,177	55	48,798	34		96.62779
Birds of Prey	27,102	71	26,043	80	50,466	40	27,338	74	29,276	73	25,795	81	41,521	47		82.2752		Jul-Aug #14-15
Savage Hawkman					50,359	41	19,184	103	17,490	105	16,470	114	17,626	138		35.0007
Superboy	22,102	98	20,563	113	50,047	42	31,068	65	29,745	66	28,710	75	34,838	67		69.61057		Jul-Aug #9-10
Stormwatch					46,397	44	26,076	81	24,384	76	23,212	87	22,448	115		48.38244
Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Men					46,383	45	17,246	119	16,007	116	15,368	123	17,240	142		37.16879
Legion of Super-Heroes	21,788	100	21,373	111	45,362	46	21,085	98	19,705	94	19,311	99	20,854	123		45.9724		Jul-Aug #15-16
Suicide Squad					44,981	47	27,751	71	29,617	67	29,510	70	32,581	71		72.4328
Deathstroke					42,325	54	19,175	104	17,770	103	16,951	112	20,878	122		49.32782
Legion Lost					41,726	56	17,502	116	16,393	112	16,186	117	23,794	108		57.0244
Animal-Man					41,446	57	34,654	54	33,174	56	32,732	59	35,699	63		86.13376
Batwing					41,382	58	19,479	102	18,952	97	18,336	105	35,731	62		86.3443
DC Universe Presents					41,295	60	18,169	110	16,047	115	14,909	126	15,776	150		38.20317
Blue Beetle					40,003	62	15,331	130	14,202	127	13,662	134	16,607	145		41.51439
Captain Atom					39,699	63	13,698	140	12,364	144	11,701	153	12,264	172		30.89247		CANCELLED
All Star Western	10,521	169	10,369	199	39,313	65	23,553	87	22,814	81	22,536	91	31,413	77		79.90487		Jul-Aug Jonah Hex #69-70
Hawk and Dove					38,065	68	14,291	136	12,371	141	12,132	148					31.8718	CANCELLED
Resurrection Man					37,566	71	16,712	121	15,458	120	14,998	125	18,108	135		48.20316		CANCELLED
Demon Knights					37,442	72	21,128	97	19,800	93	19,012	104	20,196	126		53.93943
Frankenstein Agent of Shade					37,396	73	18,417	108	17,002	109	16,158	118	17,266	141		46.17071
Mister Terrific					37,305	74	11,601	164	10,620	162	9,776	172					26.2056	CANCELLED
Grifter					37,100	75	16,251	126	14,903	121	14,117	130	15,229	154		41.04852
Voodoo					36,271	76	14,780	132	13,587	132	13,130	138	13,726	164		37.8429		CANCELLED
Blackhawks					36,013	77	10,730	172	9,601	175	9,149	183					25.40471	CANCELLED
I Vampire					35,715	78	16,338	124	16,596	110	16,845	113	17,175	144		47.16506
Static Shock					34,004	80	11,773	160	10,565	164	10,102	167					29.70827	CANCELLED
Men of War					33,739	81	10,872	167	9,682	172	9,722	175					28.81532	CANCELLED
Omac					33,581	82	12,646	150	11,808	154	11,328	156					33.73336	CANCELLED