By Chris Rice
My sincere apologies for the lateness of the column this month! Some of you may have seen Heidi’s post from a week or two back, unfortunately my life has become very busy recently and I have to give up writing the column. I’ll be continuing while Heidi recruits the best and brightest candidate for my replacement, but it will be a bit later my last month or two.
Lots of new entries this month, including smash-hit new books from Robert Kirkman and Kieron Gillen and a first ever official comic for a cult film favourite. Elsewhere Valiant continue to falter despite the new Armor Hunters crossover, and Zenescope seem to be similarly slipping down and off the sales chart with their numbers dropping to new lows.
148 indie titles charted in the top 300, slightly down on last month’s 149. Overall sales were down at 1,624,693, compared to last month’s 1,632,573 bt the average sales this month are 10,977, virtually unchanged from last month’s 10,957. 24 titles went up in sales and 98 went down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.
Image continue at number one with an 8.93% dollar share and a 10.51% market share, IDW at second place with a 5.60% dollar share and 4.45% market share. Dark Horse have a 5.57% dollar share and a 4.89% market share, Dynamite have a 2.62% dollar share and 2.30% market share and Boom! have a 2.52 % dollar share and 2.52% market share.
UK and European sales from Diamond UK are not reported in this chart.
Thanks to icv2.com and Milton Griepp for permission to use these numbers, which are estimates, and can be found here.
9. The Walking Dead (Image) 06/2009: The Walking Dead #62 - 23,910 06/2010: The Walking Dead #73 - 25,645 06/2011: The Walking Dead #86 - 32,187 06/2012: The Walking Dead #99 - 62,182 06/2013: The Walking Dead #111 - 74,857 ==== 07/2013: The Walking Dead #112 - 72,975 (-2.5%) 08/2013: The Walking Dead #113 - 70,273 (-3.7%) 09/2013: The Walking Dead #114 - 70,440 (+0.2%) 10/2013: The Walking Dead #115 - 310,584 (329,127)(+340.9%) 10/2013: The Walking Dead Tyreese Special - 40,572 10/2013: The Walking Dead #1 10th Anniversary Ed - 39,780 11/2013: The Walking Dead #116 - 69,913 (-77.5%) 11/2013: The Walking Dead #117 - 68,818 (-1.6%) 12/2013: The Walking Dead #118 - 68,020 (-1.2%) 01/2014: The Walking Dead #119 - 65,151 (-4.2%) 01/2014: The Walking Dead #120 - 65,286 (+0.2%) 02/2014: The Walking Dead #121 - 65,244 (-0.1%) 02/2014: The Walking Dead #122 - 64,810 (-0.6%) 03/2014: The Walking Dead #123 - 64,460 (-0.5%) 03/2014: The Walking Dead #124 - 64,659 (+0.3%) 04/2014: The Walking Dead #125 - 66,761 (+3.3%) 04/2014: The Walking Dead #126 - 67,853 (+1.6%) 05/2014: The Walking Dead #127 - 71,352 (83,445) (+5.2%) 06/2014: The Walking Dead #128 - 74,326 (+4.0%)
Sales increase again, to almost where it was last year, while last issue picks up another 12,093 copies sold.
11. Outcast (Image) 06/2014: Outcast #1 - 71,788
Rob Kirkman takes the one/two this month, with his and Paul Azaceta’s new book launching incredibly strongly. Gone to second print as well.
19. Saga (Image) 06/2012: Saga #4 - 41,143 06/2013: - ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: Saga #13 - 55,372 (+3.8%) 09/2013: Saga #14 - 55,585 (+0.4%) 10/2013: Saga #15 - 54,816 (-1.4%) 11/2013: Saga #16 - 54,593 (-0.4%) 12/2013: Saga #17 - 53,264 (-2.4%) 01/2014: Saga #18 - 53,139 (-0.4%) 02-04/2014: - 05/2014: Saga #19 - 55,422 (+4.3%) 06/2014: Saga #20 - 56,497 (+1.9%)
Saga’s highest chart placing yet and also highest initial sales. Well deserved too.
41. Wicked & Divine (Image) 06/2014: Wicked & Divine #1 - 42,948
Gillen and McKelvie have a genuine smash hit with this book, selling only about 600 copies less than the second issue of their Young Avengers book. In creator-owned terms, that’s huge. Second prints are already out.
43. Serenity (Dark Horse) 01/2014: Leaves on the Wind #1 - 47,285 (54,392) 02/2014: Leaves on the Wind #2 - 38,630 (-18.3%) 03/2014: Leaves on the Wind #3 - 37,516 (-2.9%) 04/2014: Leaves on the Wind #4 - 42,269 (+12.7%) 05/2014: Leaves on the Wind #5 - 42,606 (+0.8%) 06/2014: Leaves on the Wind #6 - 42,069 (-1.3%)
Still holding very well.
77. Star Wars (Dark Horse) 06/2013: Star Wars #6 - 42,806 ==== 07/2013: Star Wars #7 - 41,611 (-2.8%) 08/2013: Star Wars #8 - 38,792 (-6.8%) 09/2013: Star Wars #9 - 37,502 (-3.3%) 10/2013: Star Wars #10 - 36,019 (-3.9%) 10/2013: 1-for-1 Star Wars #1 - 16,690 (-3.9%) 11/2013: Star Wars #11 - 34,227 (-5.0%) 12/2013: Star Wars #12 - 33,093 (-3.3%) 01/2014: Star Wars #13 - 31,543 (-4.7%) 02/2014: Star Wars #14 - 30,828 (-2.3%) 03/2014: Star Wars #15 - 29,967 (-2.8%) 04/2014: Star Wars #16 - 29,087 (-2.9%) 05/2014: Star Wars #17 - 28,241 (-2.9%) 06/2014: Star Wars #18 - 27,898 (-1.2%)
It seems that the Dark Horse license comes to an end at the end of the year, with Marvel soliciting their first titles in January.
82. Sex Criminals (Image) 09/2013: Sex Criminals #1 - 37,893 10/2013: Sex Criminals #2 - 22,510 (-40.6%) 11/2013: Sex Criminals #3 - 20,712 (-7.9%) 12/2013: - 01/2014: Sex Criminals #4 - 22,433 (+8.3%) 02/2014: - 03/2014: Sex Criminals #5 - 22,593 (+0.7%) 04-05/2014: - 06/2014: Sex Criminals #6 - 26,309 (+16.4%)
Going from strength to strength, and now Eisner award winning!
86. Trees (Image) 05/2014: Trees #1 - 31,926 06/2014: Trees #2 - 25,515 (-20.1%)
Not too bad a drop by recent Image standards.
94. Big Trouble in Little China (Boom!) 06/2014: Big Trouble in Little China #1 - 24,160
Amazingly this is the first time Jack Burton’s been licensed for comics, and this is a pretty strong start.
285. Vampirella (Dynamite) 06/2011: Vampirella #7 - 13,645 06/2012: Vampirella #18 - 9,144 06/2013: Vampirella #30 - 5,995 ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: Vampirella #31 - 5,618 (-6.3%) 08/2013: Vampirella #32 - 5,548 (-1.2%) 08/2013: Vampirella #33 - 5,445 (-1.9%) 09/2013: Vampirella #34 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Vampirella #35 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Vampirella #36 - ???? (???) 12/2013: Vampirella #37 - ???? (???) 02/2014: Vampirella #38 - 4,758 (???) 06/2014: New Vampirella #1 - 22,864 (+380.5%)
A very successful relaunch, whether sales will stay up is another question.
105. MPH (Image) 05/2014: MPH #1 - 35,632 06/2014: MPH #2 - 21, 937 (-38.4%)
Not a great drop, but in the same sort of area as Starlight, Millar’s other current book (Jupiter’s Legacy seems a bit awol).
112. My Little Pony (IDW) 06/2013: My Little Pony #8 - 33,114 ==== 07/2013: My Little Pony #9 - 35,153 (41,444) (+6.2%) 08/2013: My Little Pony #10 - 24,475 (31,860) (-30.4%) 08/2013: My Little Pony Cover Gallery #1 - 6,859 09/2013: My Little Pony #11 - 32,784 (+33.9%) 10/2013: My Little Pony #12 - 23,686 (31,365) (-27.7%) 10/2013: My Little Pony 2013 Annual - 18,614 11/2013: My Little Pony #13 - 35,653 (+50.5%) 11/2013: My Little Pony Art Gallery - 6,028 12/2013: My Little Pony #14 - 22,990 (30,725)(-35.5%) 01/2014: My Little Pony #15 - 27,461 (+19.4%) 02/2014: My Little Pony #16 - 26,942 (-1.9%) 02/2014: My Little Pony 100 Penny Press #1 - 21,957 (-1.9%) 03/2014: My Little Pony #17 - 26,683 (-0.9%) 04/2014: My Little Pony #18 - 26,091 (-2.2%) 05/2014: My Little Pony #19 - 22,820 (-12.5%) 06/2014: My Little Pony #20 - 20,711 (-9.2%)
Looks like sales are starting to drop off a bit permanently now.
114. Star Wars Rebel Heist (Dark Horse) 04/2014: Star Wars Rebel Heist #1 - 24,913 05/2014: Star Wars Rebel Heist #2 - 20,387 (-18.2%) 06/2014: Star Wars Rebel Heist #3 - 19,379 (-4.9%)
Leveling out nicely.
115. Buffy TVS (Dark Horse) 06/2012: Buffy TVS Season 9 #10 - 27,867 06/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #22 - 21,194 ==== 07/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #23 - 20,768 (-2.0%) 08/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #24 - 20,584 (-0.9%) 09/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #25 - 20,392 (-0.9%) 03/2014: Buffy TVS Season 10 #1 - 27,851 (+36.6%) 04/2014: Buffy TVS Season 10 #2 - 21,804 (-21.7%) 05/2014: Buffy TVS Season 10 #3 - 20,556 (-5.7%) 06/2014: Buffy TVS Season 10 #4 - 19,365 (-5.8%)
Dropping ominously fast.
116. Starlight (Image) 03/2014: Starlight #1 - 34,080 04/2014: Starlight #2 - 22,305 (-34.5%) 05/2014: Starlight #3 - 19,891 (-10.8%) 06/2014: Starlight #4 - 19,355 (-2.7%)
Leveling.
122. My Little Pony Friends Forever (IDW) 01/2014: MLP Friends Forever #1 - 23,370 02/2014: MLP Friends Forever #2 - 20,676 (-11.5%) 03/2014: MLP Friends Forever #3 - 20,038 (-3.1%) 04/2014: MLP Friends Forever #4 - 20,149 (+0.5%) 05/2014: MLP Friends Forever #5 - 19,312 (-4.2%) 06/2014: MLP Friends Forever #6 - 18,132 (-6.1%)
Not leveling.
127, 136. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) 06/2012: TMNT #11 - 19,416 06/2013: TMNT #23 - 17,772 ==== 07/2013: TMNT #24 - 16,484 (-7.2%) 08/2013: TMNT #25 - 17,833 (+8.0%) 09/2013: TMNT #26 - 17,322 (-2.9%) 10/2013: TMNT #27 - 17,042 (-1.6%) 11/2013: TMNT #28 - 17,045 (0%) 12/2013: TMNT #29 - 15,532 (-8.9%) 01/2014: TMNT #30 - 14,979 (-3.6%) 02/2014: TMNT #31 - 14,684 (-2.0%) 03/2014: TMNT #32 - 15,040 (+2.4%) 04/2014: TMNT #33 - 16,736 (+11.3%) 05/2014: TMNT 30th Anniversary Special - 13,391 06/2014: TMNT #34 - 17,442 (+4.2%) 06/2014: TMNT #35 - 15,174 (-13.0%)
A bit of a hefty fall this month.
130. Armor Hunters (Valiant) 06/2014: Armor Hunters #1 - 16,484
Valiant’s highest entry this month, launching an X-O Manowar themed event.
132. Deadly Class (Image) 01/2014: Deadly Class #1 - 34,572 02/2014: Deadly Class #2 - 21,159 (-38.8%) 03/2014: Deadly Class #3 - 18,536 (-12.4%) 04/2014: Deadly Class #4 - 17,855 (-3.7%) 05/2014: Deadly Class #5 - 17,099 (-4.2%) 06/2014: Deadly Class #6 - 16,305 (-4.6%)
Still dropping, but it’s at a high enough level for that not to be too concerning at the moment.
133. Star Wars Darth Maul (Dark Horse) 05/2014: Darth Maul Son of Dathomir #1 - 17,905 06/2014: Darth Maul Son of Dathomir #2 - 15,829 (-11.6%)
A pretty healthy second-issue drop really.
135. Nailbiter (Image) 05/2014: Nailbiter #1 - 22,746 06/2014: Nailbiter #2 - 15,193 (-33.2%)
Image’s serial killer book takes a bit of a drop, but still at a decent level.
137. The Manhattan Projects (Image) 06/2012: The Manhattan Projects #4 - 18,544 06/2013: The Manhattan Projects #12 - 17,076 ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: The Manhattan Projects #13 - 17,556 (+2.8%) 09/2013: The Manhattan Projects #14 - 16,881 (-3.8%) 10/2013: The Manhattan Projects #15 - 16,842 (-0.2%) 11/2013: The Manhattan Projects #16 - 16,674 (-0.1%) 12/2013: The Manhattan Projects #17 - 15,646 (-6.0%) 01/2014: - 02/2014: The Manhattan Projects #18 - 15,076 (-3.6%) 03/2014: The Manhattan Projects #19 - 14,813 (-1.7%) 04/2014: The Manhattan Projects #20 - 14,253 (-3.8%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: The Manhattan Projects #21 - 15,126 (+6.1%)
The first part of a new arc sees a nice little boost.
139. Invincible (Image) 06/2009: Invincible #63 - 15,226 06/2010: Invincible #73 - 15,340 06/2011: Invincible #80 - 15,563 06/2012: Invincible #92 - 14,553 06/2013: Invincible #103 - 15,072 ==== 07/2013: Invincible #104 - 14,733 (-2.2%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Invincible #105 - 14,437 (-2.0%) 10/2013: Invincible #106 - 13,961 (-3.3%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Invincible #107 - 13,268 (-5.0%) 01/2014: Invincible #108 - 12,844 (-3.2%) 02/2014: - 03/2014: Invincible #109 - 12,748 (-0.7%) 04/2014: Invincible #110 - 12,557 (-1.5%) 05/2014: Invincible #111 - 18,440 (+46.8%) 06/2014: Invincible #112 - 14,413 (-21.8%)
Dropping back down after last month, but still a little up on where it was.
141. Fatale (Image) 06/2012: Fatale #6 - 21,828 06/2013: Fatale #15 - 22,373 ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: Fatale #16 - 17,045 (-24.6%) 09/2013: Fatale #17 - 16,571 (-2.7%) 10/2013: - 11/2013: Fatale #18 - 16,154 (-2.5%) 12/2013: - 01/2014: Fatale #19 - 15,725 (-2.7%) 02/2014: Fatale #20 - 13,862 (-11.8%) 03/2014: Fatale #21 - 14,799 (-6.8%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Fatale #22 - 14,694 (-0.7%) 06/2014: Fatale #23 - 14,407 (-1.9%)
Penultimate issue.
145. TMNT Turtles in Time (IDW) 06/2014: TMNT Turtles In Time #1 - 13,840
Drawn by one of my favorite artists, Ross Campbell, the Turtles take a trip to the prehistoric.
146. Adventure Time (Boom!) 06/2012: Adventure Time #5 - 27,165 06/2013: Adventure Time #17 - 20,860 ==== 07/2013: Adventure Time #18 - 21,071 (+1.0%) 07/2013: Adventure Time Summer Special 2013 - 19,182 (26,278) 08/2013: Adventure Time #19 - 19,852 (-5.8%) 09/2013: Adventure Time #20 - 18,822 (-5.2%) 10/2013: Adventure Time #21 - 18,156 (-3.5%) 10/2013: Adventure Time 2013 Spooktacular - 16,920 11/2013: Adventure Time #22 - 16,905 (-6.9%) 12/2013: Adventure Time #23 - 15,635 (-7.5%) 01/2014: Adventure Time #24 - 14,757 (-5.6%) 01/2014: Adventure Time 2014 Special - 13,388 02/2014: Adventure Time #25 - 14,191 (-3.8%) 03/2014: Adventure Time #26 - 13,839 (-2.5%) 04/2014: Adventure Time #27 - 13,205 (-4.6%) 04/2014: Adventure Time 2014 Annual - 11,573 05/2014: Adventure Time #28 - 12,806 (-3.0%) 06/2014: Adventure Time #29 - 13,785 (+7.6%)
A small recovery this month.
147. COWL (Image) 05/2014: COWL #1 - 20,851 06/2014: COWL #2 - 13,569 (-34.9%)
Not too bad a drop.
149. Rai (Valiant) 04/2014: Rai #1 - 29,137 05/2014: - 06/2014: Rai #2 - 13,448 (-53.8%)
Ouch, but not unexpected.
151. Rise of the Magi (Image) 06/2014: Rise of the Magi #1 - 13,345
Marc Silvestri makes a return to monthly comics, writing and co-penciling.
153. Angel & Faith (Dark Horse) 06/2013: Angel & Faith #23 - 13,668 ==== 07/2013: Angel & Faith #24 - 13,368 (-2.2%) 08/2013: Angel & Faith #25 - 13,335 (-0.2%) 04/2014: Angel & Faith #1 - 17,820 (+33.6%) 05/2014: Angel & Faith #2 - 14,200 (-20.3%) 06/2014: Angel & Faith #3 - 13,029 (-8.2%)
Lower than the last series already.
159. Wildfire (Image) 06/2014: Wildfire #1 - 12,552
Matt Hawkins environmental thriller makes a decent start.
161. Star Wars Legacy (Dark Horse) 06/2008: Star Wars Legacy #24 - 29,548 06/2010: Star Wars Legacy #49 - 19,911 06/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #4 - 16,147 ==== 07/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #5 - 15,854 (-1.8%) 08/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #6 - 15,394 (-2.9%) 09/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #7 - 14,924 (-3.0%) 10/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #8 - 14,576 (-2.3%) 11/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #9 - 13,999 (-4.0%) 11/2013: 1 For $1 Star Wars Legacy #1 - 6,624 12/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #10 - 13,783 (-1.5%) 01/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #11 - 13,398 (-3.0%) 02/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #12 - 13,029 (-2.7%) 03/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #13 - 12,671 (-2.7%) 04/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #14 - 12,523 (-1.2%) 05/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #15 - 12,473 (-0.4%) 06/2014: Star Wars Legacy II #16 - 12,373 (-0.8%)
Very solid.
164. Star Trek City o/t Edge of Forever (IDW) 06/2014: City on the Edge of Forever #1 - 12,028
An adaptation of the Harlan Ellison-penned Original Series episode.
165. Angry Birds (IDW) 06/2014: Angry Birds Comics #1 - 11,939
Can’t imagine the world has been crying out for an Angry Birds comic, maybe two years ago.
166. Spawn (Image) 06/2009: Spawn #192 - 19,796 06/2011: Spawn #208 - 14,468 06/2012: Spawn #220 - 30,136 06/2013: Spawn #232 - 16,077 ==== 07/2013: Spawn #233 - 15,701 (-2.3%) 08/2013: Spawn #234 - 15,930 (+0.8%) 09/2013: Spawn #235 - 15,081 (-5.3%) 10/2013: Spawn #236 - 13,368 (-11.4%) 11/2013: Spawn #237 - 14,411 (+7.8%) 12/2013: Spawn #238 - 12,459 (-13.5%) 01/2014: Spawn #239 - 12,369 (-0.7%) 02/2014: Spawn #240 - 11,827 (-4.4%) 03/2014: Spawn #241 - 11,766 (-0.5%) 04/2014: Spawn #242 - 11,827 (+0.5%) 05/2014: Spawn #243 - 11,714 (-1.0%) 06/2014: Spawn #244 - 11,837 (+1.0%)
Very solid for the majority of this year.
168, 275. Red Sonja (Dynamite) 06/2009: Red Sonja #45 - 12,030 06/2010: Red Sonja #50 - 13,017 06/2013: Red Sonja #78 - ???? ==== 07/2013: Red Sonja #1 - 30,561 (+486.4%) 07/2013: Red Sonja #79 - ???? 08/2013: Red Sonja #2 - 18,327 (-40.0%) 08/2013: Red Sonja #80 - 5,066 (???) 09/2013: Red Sonja #3 - 15,928 (-13.1%) 10/2013: Red Sonja #4 - 15,128 (-5.0%) 11/2013: Red Sonja #5 - 13,811 (-8.7%) 12/2013: Red Sonja #6 - 13,291 (-3.7%) 01/2014: Li'l Sonja #1 - 5,465 02/2014: Red Sonja #7 - 12,622 (-5.0%) 02/2014: Red Sonja Berserker - 5,810 04/2014: Red Sonja #8 - 12,392 (-1.8%) 04/2014: Red Sonja and Cub - 5,877 05/2014: Red Sonja #9 - 11,850 (-4.4%) 06/2014: Red Sonja #10 - 11,685 (-1.4%) 06/2014: Red Sonja Sanctuary - 5,486
The main book is pretty settled, with another special selling about half those numbers.
170. X-Files Season 10 (IDW) 06/2013: X-Files Season 10 #1 - 24,270 ==== 07/2013: X-Files Season 10 #2 - 16,729 (-31.1%) 08/2013: X-Files Season 10 #3 - 17,557 (+4.9%) 09/2013: X-Files Season 10 #4 - 16,999 (-3.2%) 10/2013: X-Files Season 10 #5 - 16,819 (-1.1%) 11/2013: X-Files Season 10 #6 - 15,289 (-9.1%) 12/2013: X-Files Season 10 #7 - 14,792 (-3.3%) 01/2014: X-Files Season 10 #8 - 13,981 (-5.5%) 02/2014: X-Files Season 10 #9 - 13,129 (-6.1%) 03/2014: X-Files Season 10 #10 - 12,252 (-6.7%) 04/2014: X-Files Season 10 #11 - 13,210 (+7.8%) 04/2014: X-Files Annual 2014 - 9,504 05/2014: X-Files Season 10 #12 - 11,773 (-10.9%) 06/2014: X-Files Season 10 #13 - 11,497 (-2.3%)
A bit less of a drop this month, sales possibly starting to level out.
173. Chew (Image) 06/2010: Chew #11 - 13,204 06/2012: Chew #27 2nd Helping Ed - 11,262 06/2013: - ==== 07/2013: Chew #35 - 12,818 (-0.1%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Chew #36 - 12,402 (-3.2%) 10/2013: Chew #37 - 12,214 (-1.5%) 12/2013: Chew #38 - 12,068 (-1.2%) 01/2014: Chew #39 - 11,487 (-4.8%) 02/2014: Chew #40 - 11,193 (-2.6%) 04/2014: Chew #41 - 10,835 (-3.2%) 05/2014: Chew/ Revival #1 - 18,259 06/2014: Chew #42 - 10,981 (+1.3%)
A small boost.
174. Legenderry (Dynamite) 12/2013: Legenderry #1 - 27,174 02/2014: Legenderry #2 - 14,570 (-46.4%) 03/2014: Legenderry #3 - 12,218 (-16.1%) 06/2014: Legenderry #4 - 10,865 (-11.1%)
The drops are not slowing.
176. Tomb Raider (Dark Horse) 02/2014: Tomb Raider #1 - 18,486 03/2014: Tomb Raider #2 - 13,636 (-26.2%) 04/2014: Tomb Raider #3 - 12,133 (-11.0%) 05/2014: Tomb Raider #4 - 11,300 (-6.9%) 06/2014: Tomb Raider #5 - 10,536 (-6.8%)
Still falling.
178. Blood Queen (Dynamite) 06/2014: Blood Queen #1 - 10,352
Not a bad start for this Elizabeth Bathory -starrer, but there were incentives and I think the book is returnable.
179. Star Trek Ongoing (IDW) 06/2012: Star Trek Ongoing #10 - 11,007 06/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #22 - 10,799 ==== 07/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #23 - 11,022 (+2.1%) 08/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #24 - 10,886 (-1.2%) 09/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #25 - 11,388 (+4.6%) 10/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #26 - 10,872 (-4.5%) 11/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #27 - 9,985 (-8.2%) 12/2013: Star Trek Annual 2013 - 8,683 12/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #28 - 10,443 (+4.6%) 01/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #29 - 10,127 (-3.0%) 02/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #30 - 9,906 (-2.2%) 03/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #31 - 9,781 (-1.3%) 04/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #32 - 10,801 (+10.4%) 05/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #33 - 9,729 (-9.9%) 06/2014: Star Trek Ongoing #34 - 10,216 (+4.8%)
Up and down, but overall stable over the last year.
181. X-O Manowar (Valiant) 06/2012: X-O Manowar #2 - 21,261 06/2013: X-O Manowar #14 - 13,227 ==== 07/2013: X-O Manowar #15 - 13,997 (+5.5%) 08/2013: X-O Manowar #16 - 11,019 (-21.3%) 09/2013: X-O Manowar #17 - 10,859 (-1.5%) 10/2013: X-O Manowar #18 - 11,438 (+5.3%) 11/2013: X-O Manowar #19 - 11,744 (+3.0%) 12/2013: X-O Manowar #20 - 9,941 (-15.4%) 01/2014: X-O Manowar #21 - 9,336 (-6.1%) 02/2014: X-O Manowar #22 - 9,808 (+5.1%) 03/2014: X-O Manowar #23 - 9,394 (-4.2%) 04/2014: X-O Manowar #24 - 8,595 (-8.5%) 05/2014: X-O Manowar #25 - 12,493 (+45.4%) 06/2014: X-O Manowar #26 - 10,083 (-19.3%)
Down a bit, but Armor Hunters is still providing a boost.
182. Red City (Image) 06/2014: Red City #1 - 9,981
Sci-fi noir from Moriarty writer Daniel Corey.
183. Shutter (Image) 04/2014: Shutter #1 - 18,984 (21,500) 05/2014: Shutter #2 - 12,267 (-35.4%) 06/2014: Shutter #3 - 9,887 (-19.4%)
Not a very healthy third-issue drop.
184. Revival (Image) 06/2013: Revival #11 - 13,536 ==== 07/2013: Revival #12 - 13,948 (+3.0%) 08/2013: Revival #13 - 12,549 (-10.0%) 09/2013: Revival #14 - 12,254 (-2.3%) 10/2013: - 11/2013: Revival #15 - 11,468 (-6.4%) 12/2013: Revival #16 - 11,065 (-3.5%) 01/2014: Revival #17 - 10,585 (-4.3%) 02/2014: - 03/2014: Revival #18 - 10,456 (-1.2%) 04/2014: Revival #19 - 10,384 (-0.7%) 05/2014: Revival #20 - 10,341 (-0.4%) 06/2014: Revival #21 - 9,808 (-5.1%)
The drops continue after a few months of relative stability.
185. Transformers Robots In Disguise (IDW) 06/2012: Transformers Robots In Disguise #6 - 11,443 06/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #18 - 9,495 ==== 07/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #19 - 9,564 (+0.7%) 08/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #20 - 9,218 (-3.6%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #21 - 9,220 (0%) 10/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #22 - 9,044 (-1.9%) 11/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #23 - 10,355 (+14.5%) 12/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #24 - 9,812 (-5.2%) 01/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #25 - 9,609 (-2.1%) 02/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #26 - 9,535 (-0.7%) 03/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #27 - 9,409 (-1.3%) 04/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #28 - 9,568 (+1.7%) 05/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #29 - 9,543 (-0.3%) 06/2014: Transformers Robots In Disguise #30 - 9,714 (+1.8%)
Solid.
186. Alex & Ada (Image) 11/2013: Alex & Ada #1 - 14,992 12/2013: Alex & Ada #2 - 10,700 (-28.6%) 01/2014: Alex & Ada #3 - 10,242 (-4.3%) 02/2014: Alex & Ada #4 - 9,862 (-3.7%) 03/2014: Alex & Ada #5 - 9,761 (-1.0%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Alex & Ada #6 - 9,869 (+1.1%) 06/2014: Alex & Ada #7 - 9,579 (-2.9%)
Dropping a little but still not doing too badly.
187. Caliban (Avatar) 04/2014: Caliban #1 - 13,196 05/2014: Caliban #2 - 9,454 (-28.4%) 06/2014: Caliban #3 - 9,506 (+0.5%)
Rock solid this month.
188. Conan (Dark Horse) 06/2009: The Cimmerian #11 - 20,041 06/2010: The Cimmerian #21 - 16,421 06/2011: The Road of Kings #6 - 12,523 06/2012: Conan the Barbarian #5 - 15,393 06/2013: Conan the Barbarian #17 - 12,395 ==== 07/2013: Conan the Barbarian #18 - 12,331 (-0.5%) 08/2013: Conan the Barbarian #19 - 12,105 (-1.8%) 09/2013: Conan the Barbarian #20 - 11,828 (-2.3%) 10/2013: Conan the Barbarian #21 - 11,800 (-0.2%) 11/2013: Conan the Barbarian #22 - 11,384 (-3.5%) 12/2013: Conan the Barbarian #23 - 11,245 (-1.2%) 01/2014: Conan the Barbarian #24 - 10,924 (-2.9%) 02/2014: Conan the Barbarian #25 - 10,736 (-1.7%) 03/2014: - 04/2014: Conan the Avenger #1 - 11,565 (+7.7%) 05/2014: Conan the Avenger #2 - 9,946 (-14.0%) 06/2014: Conan the Avenger #3 - 9,486 (-4.6%)
Leveling out a good amount down from the last series.
189. Unity (Valiant) 11/2013: Unity #1 - 60,003 12/2013: Unity #2 - 18,845 (-68.6%) 01/2014: Unity #3 - 13,277 (-29.5%) 02/2014: Unity #4 - 10,644 (-19.8%) 03/2014: Unity #5 - 12,268 (+15.3%) 04/2014: Unity #6 - 9,351 (-23.8%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Unity #7 - 9,442 (+1.0%)
Armor Hunters does little more than arrest the drops.
190. Transformers More TMTE (IDW) 06/2012: More Than Meets Eye #6 - 11,263 06/2013: More Than Meets Eye #18 - 9,394 ==== 07/2013: More Than Meets Eye #19 - 9,320 (-0.8%) 08/2013: More Than Meets Eye #20 - 9,402 (+0.9%) 09/2013: More Than Meets Eye #21 - 9,258 (-1.5%) 10/2013: More Than Meets Eye #22 - 9,248 (-0.1%) 11/2013: Dark Cybertron #1 - 12,165 11/2013: More Than Meets Eye #23 - 9,579 (+3.6%) 12/2013: More Than Meets Eye #24 - 10,138 (+5.8%) 01/2014: More Than Meets Eye #25 - 9,867 (-2.7%) 02/2014: More Than Meets Eye #26 - 9,663 (-2.1%) 03/2014: More Than Meets Eye #27 - 9,409 (-2.6%) 03/2014: Dark Cybertron Finale - 9,395 04/2014: More Than Meets Eye #28 - 9,667 (+2.7%) 05/2014: More Than Meets Eye #29 - 9,543 (-1.3%) 06/2014: More Than Meets Eye #30 - 9,395 (-1.6%)
Down a little but well within the range of the last year.
191. The Woods (Boom!) 05/2014: The Woods #1 - 13,916 06/2014: The Woods #2 - 9,352 (-32.8%)
An average second-issue drop.
192. Lumberjanes (Boom!) 04/2014: Lumberjanes #1 - 13,129 05/2014: Lumberjanes #2 - 9,904 (-24.6%) 06/2014: Lumberjanes #3 - 9,150 (-7.6%)
Starting to level out.
194. Adventure Time Flip Side (Boom!) 01/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #1 - 13,372 02/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #2 - 11,318 (-15.4%) 03/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #3 - 10,157 (-10.3%) 04/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #4 - 9,652 (-5.0%) 05/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #5 - 9,174 (-5.0%) 06/2014: Adventure Time Flip Side #6 - 9,019 (-1.7%)
Last issue.
195. Transformers Windblade (IDW) 04/2014: Transformers Windblade #1 - 9,855 05/2014: Transformers Windblade #2 - 8,980 (-8.9%) 06/2014: Transformers Windblade #3 - 8,920 (-0.7%)
Not too far behind the main books, and leveling out very quickly.
196. The Goon (Dark Horse) 06/2011: The Goon #34 - 9,203 ==== 11/2013: The Goon #44 - 7,894 06/2014: The Goon #45 - 8,848
A one-shot issue ahead of another burst of activity in the Goon camp, with a long-form story starting next month.
197. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) 06/2010: Sonic #213 - 7,893 06/2011: Sonic #226 - 9,228 06/2013: - ==== 07/2013: Sonic #250 - 14,291 (+26.0%) 07/2013: Sonic #251 - 12,782 (-10.6%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Sonic #252 - 10,968 (-14.2%) 10/2013: Sonic #253 - 10,982 (+0.1%) 10/2013: Sonic #254 - 10,585 (-3.6%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Sonic #255 - 10,422 (-1.5%) 01/2014: Sonic #256 - 9,840 (-5.6%) 02/2014: Sonic #257 - 9,325 (-5.2%) 03/2014: Sonic #258 - 9,023 (-3.2%) 04/2014: Sonic #259 - 6,228 (9,495)(+5.2%) 05/2014: Sonic #260 - 8,866 (-6.6%) 06/2014: Sonic #261 - 8,822 (-0.5%)
Solid.
201. Real Heroes (Image) 03/2014: Real Heroes #1 - 23,716 05/2014: Real Heroes #2 - 11,426 (-51.8%) 06/2014: Real Heroes #3 - 8,590 (-24.8%)
Not settling down very fast at all, which is a shame, as it’s ace.
202. Samurai Jack (IDW) 10/2013: Samurai Jack #1 - 23,661 11/2013: Samurai Jack #2 - 12,645 (-46.6%) 12/2013: Samurai Jack #3 - 11,553 (-8.6%) 01/2014: Samurai Jack #4 - 10,451 (-9.5%) 02/2014: Samurai Jack #5 - 9,989 (-4.4%) 03/2014: Samurai Jack #6 - 8,960 (-10.3%) 04/2014: Samurai Jack #7 - 8,990 (+0.3%) 05/2014: Samurai Jack #8 - 8,471 (-5.8%) 06/2014: Samurai Jack #9 - 8,464 (-0.8%)
Pretty level this month.
203. King Conan (Dark Horse) 06/2013: Hour of The Dragon #2 - 9,808 ==== 07/2013: Hour of The Dragon #3 - 9,319 (-5.0%) 08/2013: Hour of The Dragon #4 - 9,492 (+1.9%) 09/2013: Hour of The Dragon #5 - 9,358 (-1.4%) 10/2013: Hour of The Dragon #6 - 9,131 (-2.4%) 02/2014: Conqueror #1 - 9,646 (+5.6%) 03/2014: Conqueror #2 - 8,495 (-11.9%) 04/2014: Conqueror #3 - 8,519 (+0.3%) 05/2014: Conqueror #4 - 8,428 (-1.1%) 06/2014: Conqueror #5 - 8,376 (-0.6%)
Solid.
205. God is Dead (Avatar) 09/2013: God Is Dead #1 - 26,664 10/2013: God Is Dead #2 - 15,366 (-42.4%) 11/2013: God Is Dead #3 - 14,930 (-2.8%) 12/2013: God Is Dead #4 - 13,369 (-10.5%) 01/2014: God Is Dead #5 - 11,897 (-11.0%) 02/2014: God Is Dead #6 - 12,852 (+8.0%) 02/2014: God Is Dead #7 - 12,008 (-6.6%) 03/2014: God Is Dead #8 - 11,515 (-4.1%) 03/2014: God Is Dead #9 - 10,976 (-4.7%) 04/2014: God Is Dead #10 - 10,564 (-3.7%) 04/2014: God Is Dead #11 - 10,326 (-2.3%) 05/2014: God Is Dead #12 - 9,275 (-10.2%) 05/2014: God Is Dead #13 - 8,987 (-3.1%) 06/2014: God Is Dead #14 - 8,262 (-7.5%)
Plummetting, in stops and starts. Still lots of leeway though, it’s ahead of Crossed.
206. BPRD (Dark Horse) 06/2013: Hell on Earth #108 - 10,093 ==== 07/2013: Hell on Earth #109 - 10,018 (-0.7%) 08/2013: Hell on Earth #110 - 9,842 (-1.8%) 09/2013: Hell on Earth #111 - 9,587 (-2.5%) 10/2013: Hell on Earth #112 - 9,497 (-0.9%) 11/2013: Hell on Earth #113 - 8,904 (-6.2%) 12/2013: Hell on Earth #114 - 8,668 (-2.6%) 01/2014: Hell on Earth #115 - 9,072 (+4.7%) 02/2014: Hell on Earth #116 - 8,674 (-4.4%) 03/2014: Hell on Earth #117 - 8,510 (-1.9%) 04/2014: Hell on Earth #118 - 8,473 (-0.4%) 05/2014: Hell on Earth #119 - 8,306 (-2.0%) 06/2014: Hell on Earth #120 - 8,127 (-2.2%)
Sales are spiraling slowly down, with almost two thousand sales lost this last year.
207, 249. Dream Police (Image) 04/2014: Dream Police #1 - 11,804 06/2014: Dream Police #2 - 8,097 (-31.4%) 06/2014: Dream Police #3 - 6,569 (-18.9%)
Not a great third issue drop.
209. Winterworld (IDW) 06/2014: Winterworld #1 - 7,957
New stories from Chuck Dixon, with Butch Guice standing in for the late great Jorge Zaffino. This feels like it should be selling better.
210. Magnus Robot Fighter (Dynamite) 03/2014: Magnus Robot Fighter #1 - 27,497 04/2014: Magnus Robot Fighter #2 - 9,898 (-64.0%) 05/2014: Magnus Robot Fighter #3 - 8,333 (-15.8%) 06/2014: Magnus Robot Fighter #4 - 7,898 (-5.2%)
Starting to level out.
212. Sons of Anarchy (Boom!) 09/2013: Sons of Anarchy #1 - 27,601 10/2013: Sons of Anarchy #2 - 14,688 (-46.8%) 11/2013: Sons of Anarchy #3 - 13,251 (-9.8%) 12/2013: Sons of Anarchy #4 - 12,215 (-7.8%) 01/2014: Sons of Anarchy #5 - 11,607 (-5.0%) 02/2014: Sons of Anarchy #6 - 11,228 (-3.3%) 03/2014: Sons of Anarchy #7 - 9,910 (-11.7%) 04/2014: Sons of Anarchy #8 - 9,304 (-6.1%) 05/2014: Sons of Anarchy #9 - 8,511 (-8.5%) 06/2014: Sons of Anarchy #10 - 7,857 (-7.7%)
Plummeting.
213. Witchblade (Image) 06/2013: Witchblade #167 - 7,329 ==== 07/2013: Witchblade #168 - 7,176 (-2.1%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Witchblade #169 - 7,271 (+1.3%) 10/2013: Witchblade #170 - 7,990 (+9.9%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Witchblade #171 - 7,263 (-9.1%) 01/2014: Witchblade #172 - 6,221 (-14.3%) 02/2014: - 03/2014: Witchblade #173 - 6,109 (-1.8%) 04/2014: Witchblade #174 - 6,049 (-0.9%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Witchblade #175 - 7,843 (+29.7%)
The anniversary issue gets a decent boost.
214. Sex (Image) 06/2013: Sex #4 - 17,938 ==== 07/2013: Sex #5 - 15,996 (-10.8%) 08/2013: Sex #6 - 14,488 (-9.4%) 09/2013: Sex #7 - 13,074 (-9.8%) 10/2013: Sex #8 - 12,082 (-7.6%) 12/2013: Sex #9 - 10,707 (-11.4%) 01/2014: Sex #10 - 9,947 (-7.1%) 02/2014: Sex #11 - 9,302 (-6.5%) 03/2014: Sex #12 - 8,830 (-5.1%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Sex #13 - 8,192 (-7.2%) 06/2014: Sex #14 - 7,824 (-4.5%)
That’s the smallest drop yet!
215. Turok, Dinosaur Hunter (Dynamite) 02/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #1 - 30,722 03/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #2 - 11,296 (-6.3%) 04/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #3 - 9,586 (-15.1%) 05/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #4 - 8,426 (-12.1%) 06/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #5 - 7,803 (-7.4%)
Maybe starting to level out.
216. Empty Man (Boom!) 06/2014: Empty Man #1 - 7,685
Another one that should be selling better, this is Cullen Bunn’s excellent new horror book.
217. Abe Sapien (Dark Horse ) 06/2013: Abe Sapien #3 - 10,250 ==== 07/2013: Abe Sapien #4 - 10,314 (+0.6%) 08/2013: Abe Sapien #5 - 9,676 (-6.2%) 09/2014: - 10/2013: Abe Sapien #6 - 9,120 (-5.7%) 11/2013: Abe Sapien #7 - 8,709 (-4.5%) 12/2013: Abe Sapien #8 - 8,622 (-1.0%) 01/2014: Abe Sapien #9 - 8,516 (-1.2%) 02/2014: Abe Sapien #10 - 7,995 (-6.1%) 03/2014: Abe Sapien #11 - 7,825 (-2.1%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Abe Sapien #12 - 7,559 (-3.4%) 06/2014: Abe Sapien #13 - 7,674 (+1.5%)
Solid this month.
218. TMNT New Animated Adventures (IDW) 07/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #1 - 14,397 08/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #2 - 10,304 (-28.4%) 09/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #3 - 8,744 (-15.1%) 10/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #4 - 7,905 (-9.6%) 11/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #5 - 7,112 (-10.0%) 12/2013: TMNT New Animated Adventures #6 - 6,649 (-6.5%) 01/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #7 - 6,331 (-4.8%) 02/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #8 - 6,034 (-4.7%) 03/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #9 - 6,009 (-0.4%) 04/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #10 - 5,911 (-1.6%) 05/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #11 - 6,075 (+2.8%) 06/2014: TMNT New Animated Adventures #12 - 7,577 (+24.7%)
This may be one of those comics affected by the UK & Europe ban. Turtles has always had a strong grey market, so US sales may have gone up to fulfill that demand.
219. Bee & Puppycat (Boom!) 05/2014: Bee & Puppycat #1 - 12,204 06/2014: Bee & Puppycat #2 - 7,557 (-38.1%)
Harsh, wonderful comic this.
220. Uber (Avatar) 06/2013: Uber #2 - 16,160 ==== 07/2013: Uber #3 - 14,594 (-9.7%) 07/2013: Uber #4 - 12,030 (-17.6%) 08/2013: Uber #5 - 11,598 (-3.6%) 10/2013: Uber #6 - 10,747 (-7.3%) 11/2013: Uber #7 - 9,784 (-9.0%) 12/2013: Uber #8 - 9,065 (-7.3%) 01/2014: Uber #9 - 8,448 (-6.8%) 03/2014: Uber #10 - 8,133 (-3.7%) 03/2014: Uber Special #1 - 7,176 04/2014: Uber #11 - 7,732 (-4.9%) 04/2014: Uber #12 - 7,694 (-0.5%) 05/2014: Uber #13 - 7,653 (-0.5%) 06/2014: Uber #14 - 7,493 (-2.1%)
Solid. Not selling enough.
221. Revenge (Image) 02/2014: Revenge #1 - 17,362 03/2014: Revenge #2 - 10,112 (-41.8%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Revenge #3 - 7,969 (-21.2%) 06/2014: Revenge #4 - 7,490 (-6.0%)
Last issue. Strange comic.
222. Sonic Universe (Archie) 06/2013: Sonic Universe #53 - 11,123 ==== 07/2013: Sonic Universe #54 - 11,398 (+2.5%) 08/2013: Sonic Universe #55 - 9,239 (-18.9%) 09/2013: Sonic Universe #56 - 9,253 (+0.1%) 10/2013: Sonic Universe #57 - 8,874 (-4.1%) 11/2013: Sonic Universe #58 - 8,433 (-5.0%) 12/2013: Sonic Universe #59 - 8,123 (-3.7%) 01/2014: - 02/2014: Sonic Universe #60 - 7,902 (-2.7%) 03/2014: Sonic Universe #61 - 7,715 (-2.4%) 04/2014: Sonic Universe #62 - 7,927 (-2.7%) 05/2014: Sonic Universe #63 - 7,507 (-5.3%) 06/2014: Sonic Universe #64 - 7,423 (-1.1%)
Pretty stable this month.
223. Solar Man of the Atom (Dynamite) 04/2014: Solar Man O/T Atom #1 - 22,767 05/2014: Solar Man O/T Atom #2 - 8,918 (-60.8%) 06/2014: Solar Man O/T Atom #3 - 7,408 (-16.9%)
Not too bad a third-issue drop, particularly when you consider the second-issue drop.
224. Witchfinder (Dark Horse) 06/2014: Witchfinder Mysteries of Unland #1 - 7,355
Not a particularly strong start.
226. Superannuated Man (Image) 06/2014: Superannuated Man #1 - 7,308
Ted McKeever’s new book. He’s quite a niche taste, so this is pretty decent.
227. Amazing World of Gumball (Boom!) 06/2014: Amazing World of Gumball #1 - 7,285
Another Cartoon Network book, not one of my favorites I must confess.
228. Rachel Rising (Abstract) 06/2013: Rachel Rising #17 - 8,336 ==== 07/2013: Rachel Rising #18 - 8,504 (+2.0%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Rachel Rising #19 - 8,348 (-1.8%) 10/2013: Rachel Rising #20 - 8,166 (-2.2%) 11/2013: Rachel Rising #21 - 7,795 (-4.5%) 12/2013: Rachel Rising #22 - 7,581 (-2.7%) 01/2014: - 02/2014: Rachel Rising #23 - 7,511 (-0.9%) 03/2014: Rachel Rising #24 - ???? (???) 04/2014: Rachel Rising #25 - 7,378 (???) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Rachel Rising #26 - 7,260 (-1.6%)
Relatively solid at the moment.
229. Harbinger (Valiant) 06/2013: Harbinger #13 - 12,930 ==== 07/2013: Harbinger #14 - 10,709 (-17.2%) 08/2013: Harbinger #15 - 12,086 (+12.9%) 09/2013: Harbinger #16 - 10,199 (-15.6%) 10/2013: Harbinger #17 - 10,686 (+4.8%) 11/2013: Harbinger #18 - 9,203 (-13.9%) 12/2013: Harbinger #19 - 9,237 (+0.4%) 01/2014: Harbinger #20 - 9,060 (-1.9%) 02/2014: Harbinger #21 - 8,473 (-6.5%) 03/2014: Harbinger Bleeding Monk #0 - 8,423 04/2014: Harbinger #22 - 8,213 (-3.1%) 05/2014: Harbinger #23 - 8,011 (-2.5%) 06/2014: Harbinger #24 - 7,256 (-9.4%)
That’s a bit ouch. There’s one more issue, then a mini-series, Omegas, and an Armor Hunters tie-in, not sure of the future beyond that.
231. Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse) 07/2013: Scent of Lotus #1 - 9,586 (-2.6%) 08/2013: Scent of Lotus #2 - 8,844 (-7.7%) 02/2014: Get Lobster #1 - 8,266 (-6.5%) 03/2014: Get Lobster #2 - 7,694 (-6.9%) 04/2014: Get Lobster #3 - 7,480 (-2.8%) 06/2014: Get Lobster #4 - 7,203 (-3.7%)
Last issue.
233. Archer & Armstrong (Valiant) 06/2013: Archer & Armstrong #10 - 13,241 ==== 07/2013: Archer & Armstrong #11 - 9,880 (-25.4%) 08/2013: Archer & Armstrong #12 - 9,971 (+0.9%) 09/2013: Archer & Armstrong #13 - 9,910 (-0.6%) 10/2013: Archer & Armstrong #14 - 10,811 (+9.1%) 11/2013: Archer & Armstrong #15 - 8,998 (-16.8%) 12/2013: Archer & Armstrong #16 - 8,608 (-4.3%) 01/2014: Archer & Armstrong #17 - 8,112 (-5.8%) 02/2014: Archer & Armstrong #0 - 8,671 (+6.9%) 03/2014: Archer & Armstrong #18 - 8,156 (+0.5%) 04/2014: Archer & Armstrong #19 - 7,969 (-2.3%) 05/2014: Archer & Armstrong #20 - 7,553 (-5.2%) 06/2014: Archer & Armstrong #21 - 7,120 (-5.7%)
Continuing for the moment, but not looking too healthy.
234. Stray Bullets (Image) 03/2014: Stray Bullets #41 - 8,297 03/2014: Stray Bullets The Killers #1 - 14,208 04/2014: Stray Bullets The Killers #2 - 9,147 (-35.6%) 05/2014: Stray Bullets The Killers #3 - 7,935 (-13.2%) 06/2014: Stray Bullets The Killers #4 - 7,092 (-10.6%)
Should be selling better.
235. Flash Gordon (Dynamite) 04/2014: Flash Gordon #1 - 14,398 05/2014: Flash Gordon #2 - 8,255 (-42.7%) 06/2014: Flash Gordon #3 - 7,034 (-14.8%)
See above comment.
236. Godzilla (IDW) 06/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #1 - 9,813 ==== 07/2013: Godzilla #13 - 6,741 (-0.6%) 08/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #2 - 7,483 (-23.7%) 08/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #3 - 7,080 (-5.4%) 09/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #4 - 6,820 (-3.7%) 10/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #5 - 6,920 (+1.4%) 11/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #6 - 6,653 (-3.9%) 12/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #7 - 6,587 (-0.9%) 01/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #8 - 6,530 (-0.8%) 02/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #9 - 6,531 (0%) 03/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #10 - 6,677 (+0.2%) 04/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #11 - 6,917 (-3.6%) 05/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #12 - 7.890 (+14.1%) 06/2014: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #13 - 6,980 (-11.5%)
Well, that was a short-lived boost from the movie.
239. Quantum & Woody (Valiant) 07/2013: Quantum & Woody #1 - 17,622 08/2013: Quantum & Woody #2 - 12,818 (-27.3%) 09/2013: Quantum & Woody #3 - 10,734 (-16.3%) 10/2013: Quantum & Woody #4 - 11,242 (+4.7%) 11/2013: Quantum & Woody #5 - 10,816 (-3.8%) 12/2013: Quantum & Woody #6 - 8,855 (-18.1%) 01/2014: Quantum & Woody #7 - 8,590 (-3.0%) 02/2014: Quantum & Woody #8 - 7,992 (-7.0%) 03/2014: Quantum & Woody Goat #0 - 8,747 04/2014: Quantum & Woody #9 - 7,896 (-1.2%) 05/2014: Quantum & Woody #10 - 7,232 (-1.2%) 06/2014: Quantum & Woody #11 - 6,888 (-4.8%)
Penultimate issue I think, then the Delinquents mini-series. Still the return of the Priest and Bright iteration to come though.
240. EA Poe Fall O/T House of Usher 06/2013: EA Poe Fall O/T House of Usher #2 - 6,556 ==== 10/2013: EA Poe The Raven & Red Death One Shot - 7,560 04/2014: EA Poe Premature Burial One Shot - 6,925 06/2014: EA Poe Morella Murders Rue Morgue One shot - 6,861
Another Corben Poe special.
241. Doc Savage (Dynamite) 12/2013: Doc Savage #1 - 13,631 01/2014: Doc Savage #2 - 9,000 (-34.0%) 02/2014: Doc Savage #3 - 8,214 (-8.7%) 03/2014: Doc Savage #4 - 7,561 (-7.9%) 04/2014: Doc Savage #5 - 6,974 (-7.8%) 05/2014: Doc Savage Annual 2014 - 5,042 06/2014: Doc Savage #6 - 6,841 (-1.9%)
Maybe settling down, saleswise.
243. GI Joe Real American Hero (IDW) 06/2013: Real American Hero #191 - 7,407 ==== 07/2013: Real American Hero #192 - 7,361 (-0.6%) 08/2013: Real American Hero #193 - 7,314 (-0.6%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Real American Hero #194 - 7,314 (0%) 10/2013: Real American Hero #195 - 7,135 (-2.4%) 11/2013: Real American Hero #196 - 8,102 (+13.6%) 12/2013: Real American Hero #197 - 6,983 (-13.8%) 01/2014: Real American Hero #198 - 6,736 (-3.5%) 02/2014: Real American Hero #199 - 6,652 (-1.2%) 03/2014: Real American Hero #200 - 11,780 (+77.1%) 04/2014: Real American Hero #201 - 8,294 (-29.6%) 05/2014: Real American Hero #202 - 6,781 (-18.2%) 06/2014: Real American Hero #203 - 6,791 (+0.1%)
Super-solid this month.
244. Bloodshot (Valiant) 06/2013: Bloodshot #12 - 12,145 ==== 07/2013: Bloodshot #12 - 10,058 (-17.2%) 08/2013: Bloodshot #0 - 11,303 (+12.4%) 09/2013: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #14 - 10,225 (-9.5%) 10/2013: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #15 - 9,806 (-4.1%) 11/2013: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #16 - 8,666 (-11.6%) 12/2013: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #17 - 8,142 (-6.0%) 01/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #18 - 8,529 (+4.8%) 02/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #0 - 7,895 (-7.4%) 02/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #19 - 7,281 (-7.8%) 03/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #20 - 7,929 (+8.9%) 04/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #21 - 7,630 (-3.8%) 05/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #22 - 7,350 (-3.7%) 06/2014: Bloodshot & The Hard Corps #23 - 6,783 (-7.7%)
Last issue I think, with an Armor Hunters mini following.
245, 261. Ghost (Dark Horse) 12/2013: Ghost #1 - 9,805 01-02/2014: - 03/2014: Ghost #2 - 7,412 (-24.4%) 04/2014: Ghost #3 - 6,826 (-7.9%) 06/2014: Ghost #4 - 6,058 (-11.2%) 06/2014: Ghost #5 - 6,699 (+10.6%)
A nice and slightly unexpected boost.
246. Simpsons Comics (Bongo) 06/2013: Simpsons Comics #203 - 6,930 ==== 07/2013: Simpsons Comics #204 - 6,976 (+0.7%) 08/2013: Simpsons Comics #205 - 6,894 (-1.2%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Simpsons Comics #206 - 7,082 (+2.7%) 12/2013: Wonderful World of Lisa Simpson #1 - 7,744 12/2013: Simpsons Comics #207 - 6,794 (-4.1%) 01/2014: Simpsons Comics #208 - 6,486 (-4.5%) 02/2014: Simpsons Comics #209 - 6,509 (+0.3%) 03/2014: Simpsons Comics #210 - 6,334 (-2.7%) 04/2014: Duffman Adventures #1 - 7,070 04/2014: Simpsons Comics #211 - 6,390 (+0.9%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Simpsons Comics #212 - 6,619 (+3.6%)
A small increase for no apparent reason.
247. Mega Man (Archie) 06/2013: Mega Man #26 - 9,290 ==== 07/2013: Mega Man #27 - 10,332 (+11.2%) 08/2013: Mega Man #28 - 8,404 (-18.7%) 09/2013: Mega Man #29 - 8,042 (-4.3%) 10/2013: Mega Man #30 - 8,086 (+0.5%) 11/2013: Mega Man #31 - 7,854 (-2.8%) 12/2013: Mega Man #32 - 7,352 (-6.4%) 01/2014: Mega Man #33 - 7,015 (-4.6%) 02/2014: - 03/2014: Mega Man #34 - 6,688 (-4.7%) 04/2014: Mega Man #35 - 6,681 (-0.1%) 04/2014: Mega Man #36 - 6,400 (-4.2%) 05/2014: Mega Man #37 - 7,640 (+19.4%) 06/2014: Mega Man #38 - 6,604 (-13.6%)
Sales drop down for the second part of the Mega Man X team-up.
248, 253. Crossed Badlands (Avatar) 06/2013: Crossed Badlands #31 - 7,327 ==== 07/2013: Crossed Badlands #32 - 7,399 (+1.0%) 07/2013: Crossed Badlands #33 - 7,209 (-2.6%) 08/2013: Crossed Badlands #34 - 7,204 (0%) 08/2013: Crossed Badlands #35 - 6,737 (-6.5%) 09/2013: Crossed Badlands #36 - 6,990 (+3.8%) 09/2013: Crossed Special 2013 - 6,472 10/2013: Crossed Badlands #37 - 6,901 (-1.3%) 10/2013: Crossed Badlands #38 - 6,840 (-0.8%) 10/2013: Crossed Badlands #39 - 6,743 (-1.4%) 10/2013: Crossed Badlands #40 - 6,607 (-2.0%) 11/2013: Crossed Badlands #41 - 6,516 (-1.4%) 11/2013: Crossed Badlands #42 - 6,467 (-0.7%) 12/2013: Crossed Badlands #43 - 6,086 (-5.9%) 01/2014: Crossed Badlands #44 - 6,111 (+0.4%) 01/2014: Crossed Badlands #45 - 5,948 (-2.7%) 01/2014: Crossed Badlands #46 - 5,879 (-1.2%) 02/2014: Crossed Badlands #47 - 5,899 (+0.3%) 02/2014: Crossed Badlands #48 - 5,829 (-1.2%) 03/2014: Crossed Badlands #49 - 5,845 (+0.2%) 03/2014: Crossed Badlands #50 - 8,685 (+48.6%) 04/2014: Crossed Badlands #51 - 7,092 (-18.3%) 04/2014: Crossed Badlands #52 - 6,811 (-4.0%) 05/2014: Crossed Badlands #53 - 6,617 (-2.8%) 05/2014: Crossed Badlands #54 - 6,420 (-3.0%) 06/2014: Crossed Badlands #55 - 6,579 (+2.5%) 06/2014: Crossed Badlands #56 - 6,436 (-2.2%)
Relatively stable this month.
250. Wraith (IDW) 11/2013: Welcome to Christmasland #1 - 12,547 12/2013: Welcome to Christmasland #2 - 8,850 (-29.5%) 01/2014: Welcome to Christmasland #3 - 7,967 (-10.0%) 02/2014: Welcome to Christmasland #4 - 7,404 (-7.1%) 03/2014: Welcome to Christmasland #5 - 6,874 (-7.2%) 04/2014: - 05/2014: Welcome to Christmasland #6 - 6,811 (-0.9%) 06/2014: Welcome to Christmasland #7 - 6,510 (-4.4%)
This was a brilliantly creepy series, I would highly recommend hunting down the collection.
251. Spongebob Comics (United Plankton) 06/2013: Spongebob Comics #21 - 7,043 ==== 07/2013: Spongebob Comics #22 - 7,020 (-0.3%) 08/2013: Spongebob Comics #23 - 7,001 (-0.3%) 09/2013: Spongebob Comics #24 - 6,965 (-0.5%) 10/2013: Spongebob Comics #25 - 7,254 (+4.1%) 11/2013: Spongebob Comics #26 - 6,741 (-7.1%) 12/2013: Spongebob Comics #27 - 6,745 (-0.1%) 01/2014: Spongebob Comics #28 - 6,456 (-4.3%) 02/2014: Spongebob Comics #29 - 6,377 (-1.2%) 03/2014: Spongebob Comics #30 - 6,254 (-1.9%) 04/2014: Spongebob Comics #31 - 6,233 (-0.3%) 05/2014: Spongebob Comics #32 - 6,623 (+6.3%) 06/2014: Spongebob Comics #33 - 6,450 (-2.6%) 06/2014: Annual Giant Swimtacular #2 - 5,044
252. Five Ghosts (Image) 06/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #4 - 11,357 ==== 07/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #5 - 10,409 (-8.3%) 08-09/2013: - 10/2013: Five Ghosts #6 - 9,399 (-9.7%) 11/2013: Five Ghosts #7 - 8,417 (-10.4%) 12/2013: - 01/2014: Five Ghosts #8 - 6,890 (-18.1%) 02/2014: Five Ghosts #9 - 6,348 (-7.9%) 03/2014: Five Ghosts #10 - 5,881 (-7.4%) 04/2014: Five Ghosts #11 - 5,735 (-2.5%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Five Ghosts #12 - 6,444 (+12.4%)
254. Ghostbusters (IDW) 06/2013: Ghostbusters #5 - 7,620 ==== 07/2013: Ghostbusters #6 - 7,253 (-4.8%) 09/2013: Ghostbusters #7 - 7,097 (-2.1%) 10/2013: Ghostbusters #8 - 6,875 (-3.1%) 11/2013: Ghostbusters #9 - 6,447 (-6.2%) 11/2013: Ghostbusters #10 - 7,088 (+9.9%) 12/2013: Ghostbusters #11 - 6,059 (-14.5%) 01/2014: Ghostbusters #12 - 5,755 (-5.0%) 02/2014: Ghostbusters #13 - 6,355 (+10.4%) 03/2014: Ghostbusters #14 - 6,065 (-4.6%) 04/2014: Ghostbusters #15 - 6,200 (+2.2%) 05/2014: Ghostbusters #16 - 6,061 (-2.2%) 06/2014: Ghostbusters #17 - 6,400 (-5.6%)
255. The Massive (Dark Horse) 06/2013: Massive #13 - 9,371 ==== 07/2013: Massive #14 - 8,983 (-4.1%) 08/2013: Massive #15 - 8,713 (-3.0%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Massive #16 - 8,345 (-4.2%) 11/2013: Massive #17 - 7,957 (-4.6%) 12/2013: Massive #18 - 7,770 (-2.3%) 01/2014: Massive #19 - 7,387 (-4.9%) 02/2014: Massive #20 - 6,976 (-5.6%) 03/2014: Massive #21 - 6,841 (-1.9%) 04/2014: Massive #22 - 6,650 (-2.8%) 05/2014: Massive #23 - 6,470 (-2.7%) 06/2014: Massive #24 - 6,372 (-1.5%)
256. Thomas Alsop (Boom!) 06/2014: Thomas Alsop #1 - 6,335
258. Clockwork Angels (Boom!) 03/2013: Clockwork Angels #1 - 11,602 04/2013: Clockwork Angels #2 - 6,452 (-44.4%) 06/2013: Clockwork Angels #3 - 6,169 (-4.4%)
259. Powerpuff Girls (IDW) 09/2013: Powerpuff Girls #1 - 38,992 10/2013: Powerpuff Girls #2 - 14,749 (-62.2%) 11/2013: Powerpuff Girls #3 - 13,175 (-10.7%) 12/2013: Powerpuff Girls #4 - 10,029 (-23.9%) 01/2014: Powerpuff Girls #5 - 8,050 (-19.7%) 02/2014: Powerpuff Girls #6 - 7,456 (-7.4%) 03/2014: Powerpuff Girls #7 - 6,457 (-13.4%) 04/2014: Powerpuff Girls #8 - 6,282 (-2.7%) 05/2014: Powerpuff Girls #9 - 6,032 (-4.0%) 06/2014: Powerpuff Girls #10 - 6,106 (+1.2%)
263. Letter 44 (Oni) 10/2013: Letter 44 #1 - ???? 11/2013: Letter 44 #2 - 8,352 (+???) 12/2013: - 01/2014: Letter 44 #3 - 7,926 (-5.1%) 02/2014: Letter 44 #4 - 6,945 (-12.4%) 03/2014: Letter 44 #5 - 6,562 (-5.5%) 04/2014: Letter 44 #6 - 6,152 (-6.2%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Letter 44 #7 - 6,032 (-1.9%)
264. Princess Ugg (Oni) 06/2014: Princess Ugg #1 - 5,961
265. Fuse (Image) 02/2014: Fuse #1 - 15,957 03/2014: Fuse #2 - 9,928 (-37.8%) 04/2014: Fuse #3 - 8,039 (-19.0%) 05/2014: Fuse #4 - 6,637 (-17.4%) 06/2014: Fuse #5 - 5,958 (-10.2%)
266. Doodle Jump (Dynamite) 06/2014: Doodle Jump #1 - 5,940
Really? No seriously, really?
267. V-Wars (IDW) 04/2014: V-Wars #1 - 10,460 05/2014: V-Wars #2 - 6,912 (-33.9%) 06/2014: V-Wars #3 - 5,866 (-15.1%)
269. Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope) 06/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #86 - 6,231 ==== 07/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #87 - 7,201 (+15.6%) 08/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #88 - 6,023 (-16.4%) 09/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #89 - 7,423 (+23.2%) 10/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #90 - 6,779 (-8.7%) 11/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #91 - 6,697 (-1.2%) 12/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #92 - 6,262 (-6.5%) 01/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #93 - 6,362 (+1.6%) 02/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #94 - 6,175 (-2.9%) 03/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #95 - 6,036 (-2.3%) 04/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #96 - 5,928 (-2.3%) 05/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #97 - 6,055 (+2.1%) 05/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales Annual 2014 - 5,089 06/2014: Grimm Fairy Tales #98 - 5,828 (-3.7%)
270. Shadowman (Valiant) 06/2013: Shadowman #7 - 12,017 ==== 07/2013: Shadowman #8 - 10,089 (-16.0%) 08/2013: Shadowman #9 - 9,895 (-1.9%) 09/2013: Shadowman #10 - 10,064 (+1.7%) 10/2013: Shadowman #11 - 10,632 (+5.6%) 11/2013: Shadowman #12 - 8,735 (-17.8%) 12/2013: Shadowman #13 - 9,403 (+7.6%) 01/2014: Shadowman #14 - 7,560 (-19.6%) 02/2014: Shadowman #15 - 7,239 (-4.2%) 03/2014: Shadowman #16 - 7,189 (-0.7%) 04/2014: Shadowman End Times #1 - 7,777 (+8.2%) 05/2014: Shadowman End Times #2 - 6,216 (-20.1%) 06/2014: Shadowman End Times #3 - 5,826 (-6.3%)
271. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files (Dynamite) 06/2014: JBDF War Cry #1 - 5,820
272. Grimm Fairy Tales Oz (Zenescope) 07/2013: GFT Oz #1 - 19,237 08/2013: GFT Oz #2 - 11,119 (-42.2%) 10/2013: GFT Oz #3 - 10,537 (-5.2%) 11/2013: GFT Oz #4 - 12,064 (+14.5%) 12/2013: GFT Oz #5 - 10,158 (-15.8%) 02/2014: GFT Oz #6 - 9,631 (-5.2%) 03-04/2014: - 05/2014: Warlord of Oz #1 - 7,787 (-19.1%) 06/2014: Warlord of Oz #2 - 5,810 (-25.4%)
273. Clive Barker Nightbreed (Boom!) 05/2014: Clive Barkers Nightbreed #1 - 7,790 06/2014: Clive Barkers Nightbreed #2 - 5,702 (-26.8%)
274. 24 (IDW) 04/2014: 24 #1 - 8,515 05/2014: 24 #2 - 6,326 (-25.7%) 06/2014: 24 #3 - 5,655 (-10.6%)
276. Mercenary Sea (Image) 02/2014: Mercenary Sea #1 - 10,728 03/2014: Mercenary Sea #2 - 8,509 (-20.7%) 04/2014: Mercenary Sea #3 - 7,222 (-15.1%) 05/2014: Mercenary Sea #4 - 6,103 (-15.5%) 06/2014: Mercenary Sea #5 - 5,482 (-10.2%)
277. Army of Darkness (Dynamite) 10/2013: Ash & The Army of Darkness #1 - 12,620 11/2013: - 12/2013: Ash & The Army of Darkness #2 - 8,223 (-34.8%) 01/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #3 - 7,261 (-11.7%) 02/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #4 - 6,563 (-9.6%) 03/2014: - 04/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #5 - 6,207 (-9.6%) 04/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #6 - 5,884 (-5.4%) 05/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #7 - 5,690 (-3.3%) 06/2014: Ash & The Army of Darkness #8 - 5,455 (-4.1%)
278. Dejah of Mars (Dynamite) 06/2013: Dejah Thoris #26 - 6,593 ==== 07/2013: Dejah Thoris #27 - 6,506 (-1.3%) 08/2013: Dejah Thoris #28 - 6,366 (-2.2%) 09/2013: Dejah Thoris #29 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Dejah Thoris #30 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Dejah Thoris #31 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Dejah Thoris #32 - 5,611 (???) 12/2013: Dejah Thoris #33 - 5,502 (-1.9%) 01/2014: Dejah Thoris #34 - 5,392 (-2.0%) 02/2014: Dejah Thoris #35 - 5,394 (+0.1%) 02/2014: Dejah Thoris #36 - 5,320 (-1.4%) 03/2014: Dejah Thoris #37 - 5,237 (-1.5%) 05/2014: Dejah of Mars #1 - 7,085 (+35.3%) 06/2014: Dejah of Mars #2 - 5,416 (-23.6%)
279. Regular Show (Boom!) 06/2013: Regular Show #2 - 19,507 ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: Regular Show #3 - 16,000 (-18.0%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Regular Show #4 - 15,269 (-4.6%) 11/2013: Regular Show #5 - 12,677 (-17.0%) 11/2013: Regular Show #6 - 11,213 (-11.6%) 12/2013: Regular Show #7 - 10,733 (-4.2%) 01/2014: Regular Show #8 - 9,201 (-14.3%) 02/2014: Regular Show #9 - 8,554 (-7.0%) 02/2014: Regular Show #10 - 7,623 (-10.9%) 03/2014: Regular Show #11 - 7,084 (-7.1%) 04/2014: Regular Show #12 - 6,540 (-7.7%) 05/2014: - 06/2014: Regular Show 2014 Annual - 5,377
280. Halo Initiation (Dark Horse) 08/2013: Halo Initiation #1 - 12,584 09/2013: Halo Initiation #2 - 8,771 (-30.3%) 10/2013: Halo Initiation #3 - 7,960 (-9.2%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Halo Escalation #1 - 8,875 (+11.5%) 01/2014: Halo Escalation #2 - 6,656 (-25.0%) 02/2014: Halo Escalation #3 - 5,961 (-10.4%) 03/2014: Halo Escalation #4 - 5,702 (-4.3%) 04/2014: Halo Escalation #5 - 5,550 (-2.7%) 05/2014: Halo Escalation #6 - 5,432 (-2.1%) 06/2014: Halo Escalation #7 - 5,330 (-1.9%)
281. Undertow (Image) 02/2014: Undertow #1 - 14,859 03/2014: Undertow #2 - 9,247 (-37.8%) 04/2014: Undertow #3 - 7,291 (-21.2%) 05/2014: Undertow #4 - 6,114 (-16.1%) 06/2014: Undertow #5 - 5,270 (-13.8%)
282. Wonderland (Zenescope) 06/2013: Wonderland #12 - 7,765 ==== 07/2013: Wonderland #13 - 7,253 (-6.6%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Wonderland #14 - 7,034 (-3.0%) 09/2013: Wonderland #15 - 6,558 (-6.8%) 10/2013: Wonderland #16 - 6,820 (+4.0%) 11/2013: Wonderland #17 - 6,723 (-1.4%) 12/2013: Wonderland #18 - 7,859 (+16.9%) 01/2014: Wonderland #19 - 6,434 (-18.1%) 02/2014: Wonderland #20 - 5,780 (-10.2%) 03/2014: Wonderland #21 - 5,937 (+2.7%) 04/2014: Wonderland #22 - 5,374 (-9.5%) 05/2014: Wonderland #23 - 5,313 (-1.1%) 06/2014: Wonderland #24 - 5,261 (-1.0%)
283. Tales of Honor (Image) 03/2014: Tales of Honor #1 - 13,827 04/2014: Tales of Honor #2 - 6,067 (-5.6%) 05/2014: Tales of Honor #3 - 5,170 (-14.8%)
284. Twilight Zone (Dynamite) 12/2013: Twilight Zone #1 - 21,723 01/2014: Twilight Zone #2 - 11,537 (-46.9%) 02/2014: Twilight Zone #3 - 10,061 (-12.8%) 03/2014: - 04/2014: Twilight Zone #4 - 9,014 (-10.4%) 05/2014: Twilight Zone #5 - 8,140 (-9.7%) 06/2014: Twilight Zone Annual 2014 - 5,154
285. That’s Because You’re A Robot (Image) 06/2014: That’s Because You’re A Robot One Shot - 5,149
286. Peter Panzerfaust (Image) 06/2013: Peter Panzerfaust #11 - 17,683 ==== 07/2013: Peter Panzerfaust #12 - 9,951 (-43.7%) 08/2013: Peter Panzerfaust #13 - 8,419 (-15.4%) 09/2013: Peter Panzerfaust #14 - 7,714 (-8.4%) 10/2013: Peter Panzerfaust #15 - 10,769 (+39.6%) 01/2014: Peter Panzerfaust #16 - 6,128 (-43.1%) 02/2014: Peter Panzerfaust #17 - 5,598 (-8.6%) 04/2014: Peter Panzerfaust #18 - 5,374 (-4.0%) 06/2014: Peter Panzerfaust #19 - 5,106 (-5.0%)
287. Battlestar Galactica (Dynamite) 06/2013: Battlestar Galactica #2 - 10,503 ==== 07/2013: - 08/2013: Battlestar Galactica #3 - 9,200 (-12.4%) 09/2013: Battlestar Galactica #4 - 7,955 (-13.5%) 10/2013: Battlestar Galactica #5 -???? (???) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Battlestar Galactica #6 - 6,896 (???) 01/2014: Battlestar Galactica #7 - 6,120 (-11.2%) 02/2014: Battlestar Galactica #8 - 5,992 (-2.1%) 03/2014: Battlestar Galactica #9 - 5,586 (-6.9%) 04/2014: Battlestar Galactica #10 - 5,586 (-6.9%) 05/2014: Battlestar Galactica #11 - 5,243 (-6.1%) 06/2014: Battlestar Galactica #12 - 5,103 (-2.7%)
288. Eye of Newt (Dark Horse) 06/2014: Eye of Newt #1 - 5,087
290. Judge Dredd Mega City Two (IDW) 01/2014: Mega City Two #1 - 6,755 02/2014: Mega City Two #2 - 5,700 (-15.6%) 04/2014: Mega City Two #3 - 5,380 (-5.6%) 04/2014: Mega City Two #4 - ???? (???) 06/2014: Mega City Two #5 - 5,036 (???)
291. Maxx Maxximized (IDW) 11/2013: Maxx Maxximised #1 - 9,714 12/2013: Maxx Maxximised #2 - 7,345 (-24.4%) 01/2014: Maxx Maxximised #3 - 6,322 (-13.9%) 02/2014: Maxx Maxximised #4 - 5,943 (-6.0%) 03/2014: Maxx Maxximised #5 - ???? (???) 04/2014: Maxx Maxximised #6 - 5,377 (???) 05/2014: Maxx Maxximised #7 - 5,241 (-2.5%) 06/2014: Maxx Maxximised #8 - 5,031 (-4.0%)
292. Mass Effect (Dark Horse) 06/2012: - ==== 07/2012: Mass Effect Homeworlds #3 - 7,375 (-5.3%) 08/2012: Mass Effect Homeworlds #4 - 7,310 (-0.9%) 07/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #1 - 9,291 (+27.1%) 08/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #2 - 7,310 (-21.3%) 09/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #3 - 6,849 (-6.3%) 10/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #4 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #5 - 5,820 (???) 12/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #6 - 5,655 (-2.8%) 01/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #7 - 5,222 (-7.7%) 02/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #8 - 5,097 (-2.4%) 03/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #9 - 4,998 (-1.9%) 04/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #10 - ???? (???) 05/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #11 - 4,879 (???) 06/2014: Mass Effect Foundation #10 - 4,998 (+2.4%)
293. Robyn Hood (Zenescope) 06/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #2 - 7,116 ==== 07/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #3 - 6,864 (-3.5%) 08/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #4 - 5,727 (-16.6%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #5 - 7,438 (+29.9%) 11/2013-01/2014: - 02/2014: Robyn Hood Age of Darkness - 6,388 (-14.1%) 03/2014: Robyn Hood Legend #1 - 6,622 (+3.7%) 04/2014: Robyn Hood Legend #2 - ???? (???) 05/2014: Robyn Hood Legend #3 - 5,268 (???) 06/2014: Robyn Hood Legend #4 - 4,964 (-5.8%)
295. Translucid (Boom!) 04/2014: Translucid #1 - 9,487 05/2014: Translucid #2 - 5,507 (-42.0%) 06/2014: Translucid #3 - 4,891 (-11.2%)
297. Madame Frankenstein (Image) 05/2014: Madame Frankenstein #1 - 9,771 06/2014: Madame Frankenstein #2 - 4,692 (-52.0%)
I wrongly attributed this to Steve Niles last month; it’s actually by the lovely Jamie Rich. Sorry Jamie! Oh, and Steve I guess…
298. Pathfinder (Dynamite) 06/2013: - ==== 07/2013: Pathfinder #8 - 6,085 (-3.6%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Pathfinder #9 - ??? (???) 10/2013: Pathfinder #10 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Pathfinder #11 - 5,110 (???) 05/2014: Pathfinder City of Secrets #1 - 7,101 (+39.0) 06/2014: Pathfinder City of Secrets #2 - 4,621 (-34.9)
299. Littlest Pet Shop (IDW) 05/2014: Littlest Pet Shop #1 - 8,211 06/2014: Littlest Pet Shop #2 - 4,593 (-44.1%)
300. Rocky & Bullwinkle (IDW) 03/2014: Rocky & Bullwinkle #1 - 7,022 04/2014: Rocky & Bullwinkle #2 - ???? (???) 05/2014: Rocky & Bullwinkle #3 - ???? (???) 06/2014: Rocky & Bullwinkle #4 - 4,560 (???)
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All figures on this chart are estimates for comics sold by Diamond to direct market retailers. They include reorders that shipped in the same month. Books shipping in the first week of a month will have more time for reorders to appear than ones shipping in the last week of the month, when reorders will slip to the following month.
I wonder if Buffy’s reached its market penetration? It’s selling well compared to other indie stuff, but not well compared to its past history. Starlight is quite good, glad to see it leveling off, even while it ends soon.
I find it odd that Robyn Hood is getting an ongoing after those final numbers for the Legend mini. I’m not complaining, as I’m a fan who will be picking it up, but sub-5000 usually isn’t very promising. Then again, with these smaller publishers, it’s hard to tell what their metrics are for success.
Also, I wonder if Spawn is gonna see a similar uptick for issue 250 like it did for 200. It’s still a decent seller, and the general public knows the brand. I imagine an anniversary issue, combined with the return of Al Simmons, might at least get it into the top 100.
Great launch for Outcast, hope they can sustain these levels. It’d be good for another indie to breach the 40k or even 50k threshold.
Oh and just FYI, some of the numbers are cutting off in my Chrome-based browser. Like the “That’s Because You’re A Robot” entry for example.
I thought Outcast was an incredible read, and I want to see more! So, how do these indie books increase their sales? Their publishers’ marketing budgets are limited, so do they get us to buy their books by getting good reviews, working the conventions, or more?
Glad to see that Godzilla is still holding steady!!
It’s a shame to see such titles like Rocky & Bullwinkle, Tales of Honor, 24, Battlestar Galactica, along with Godzilla hovering down in the 7,000 and below level….I would think with the long-time “cult” followings these franchises have that sales would be better…..
No Rat Queens in June?
Jon – Rat Queens took that ‘trade-wait break’ and will be back.
@TotalSnoreFest…..I’ll be interested to see if Low cracked the 40k mark. If not, no worries, Image has a ton of titles being introduced in the second half of 2014, surely one of them will be a success
@armlessPhelan…..Notice how many Zenoscope titles didn’t make it on this list? I would guess that Robyn Hood’s mini being on the list at all merits their decision to give her an ongoing.
@Chris…..I would think Buffy has hit her high-level mark in the market. Just like other “classic” franchises, it’s not bringing in new fans, just entertaining the long faithful that will more or less always be there. That said, Buffy is still outselling “huge” franchises like TMNT, Transformers, GI Joe, etc. etc.
I can’t believe the numbers for Shutter. This is one of Image’s best books. If you like off-beat adventure with cool characters in a fantasy / alternative Earth setting then you need to add this to your reading list.
Preview here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=19745
I don’t understand why Valiant sells so poorly. Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong and Quantum & Woody are, month in and out, strong top-of-my-pile reads. Just really well-written, well-thought-out books with plenty of drama. The last two books are hilarious! Seeing Rachel Rising sell more than Harbinger – no offense to Rachel Rising – but Valiant’s meant to be the bigger company, I just don’t get it. Their reboot is the kind of reboot DC missed; and their line feels so fresh, so continuity-unheavy.
I recently got caught up with Invincible. The book is terrible. Everything I love about the Walking Dead is exactly what I hate about Invincible.
Still the most interesting column the Beat publishes and the one I always look for each month. Frankly, reading about Marvel and DC is like getting updates about boiled potatoes. Maybe some books are making money with crass rewiring plans but it’s clear the air has gone out of those tires. These yearly gimmicks to be turned into to trades may work when you add them all together on an excel spreadsheet but what a true waste of time for anybody creative who has higher hopes for their art. Making stories with no relevance dedicated to moneying up these characters more and building a bigger corporate empire.
While I like that this columnist has been a genial presence and a real fan of these books, I hope the next writer adds to that by peeling back a few more layers into what’s really going on in the indie scene and the mechanics of that business story. Why publishers like Image seem to believe that they will grow their audience into this huge wave of new readers simply by offering Marvel and DC established talents entrance into their gated community for their dream projects while mocking publishers with superhero tastes and celebrating their own snobbery. Seems like an open secret that Image has a sweet deal but it’s for the 1%-10% of comics. Good luck to everybody else who might be individual and different.
To add to this column, I never hear much about Dark Horse and IDW. I’m curious to see where they are going as companies. Dark Horse still seems like the lost cause that didn’t get the memo. For a name creator who has the option to choose between them and Image, it sounds like they have to split media rights with Dark Horse and work with an publisher that is more about the golden oldies and being 80’s/90’s pop culture license property warehouse. In a recent podcast, their was an editor there complaining about Dark Horse ‘s creator owned reputation being overlooked by all they do. Then later he was asked about being a big player in the MySpace digital era. And some of Dark Horses’ latest projects these days- publishing a sequel to Fight Club and promoting a books that tie in Prometheus, Alien & Predator.
Keep doing what your doing guys. We’ll wake you up when its over.
I wonder where IDW will go as it grows itself, in the Image or Dark Horse direction? From the outside, they don’t look like are as snobby and judgmental as Image. Are they looking to balance how to juggle their liscence properties and soak in the staleness that happened to Dark Horse with that model sucking out all mojo . If they get their deal as good as Image’s, will they go that direction more? All the people who get rejected from Image because they lack hipster cred, not important or lack Marvel/DC approval should have someplace to go. Will it be IDW or some digital comics community outside of the Comixology swindle sphere? Boom sounds like a sucky deal unless you’re looking for a home for a bad idea. Don’t know about the others, probably the same. All business stories suggestions for this column to get the wheels turning.
Hopefully there‘ll be something exciting next year that will light up the tired scene, something better on the horizon to get excited about comics again. Rather than more suburban-white-guy horror stories or drugged-out space noirs. It’ll likely be Rick Remender’s 6th Image book or Kirkman’s latest spook concept, The world of comics has to have more creativity than that. Maybe these publishers don’t care. Hopefully the best of them don’t join Marvel and DC in running the tank till its dry.
Thanks for all of your work Mr. Rice! It’s been a treat to read these last few month. Good luck!
That’s my favorite sales chart column, your work will be missed!
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