By Paul Mellerick
My sincerest apologies for both the lateness and the brevity of this month’s column. I’m in the middle of a move to a new city, and have just started a new job, so time has been especially scarce this month. I’ve not been able to comment on many of the titles towards the lower end of the chart, and I suspect next month will be very similar. Things should be back to normal by the February chart though!
It was a relatively quiet December, Bill Willingham’s Legenderry the highest charting new entry amongst the usual bumper-selling Image titles, a couple of Star Wars books and My Little Pony. Elsewhere, it’s a very downward trending chart, with only 11 titles going up in sales and a colossal 123 going down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.
151 indie titles charted in the top 300, barely up on last month’s 150. Despite that, the indie chart sold approximately 1,700,440 comics, down on last month’s 1,820,321. The average sales this month are 11,261, down on last month’s 12,153.
IDW enjoy a rare month atop the pile, as they score an 8.18% dollar share and a 6.17% market share, helped by Locke and Key’s last, pricey, issue, while Image have a 7.32% dollar share and 8.07% market share, due to only one issue of Walking Dead shipping. Dark Horse have a 6.28% dollar share and a 6.35% market share, Dynamite have a 3.22% dollar share and 3.25% market share and Boom! have a 2.06% dollar share and 2.12% 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.
14. The Walking Dead (Image) 12/2008: The Walking Dead #56 - 23,582 12/2009: The Walking Dead #68 - 24,230 12/2010: - 12/2011: The Walking Dead #92 - 31,496 12/2012: The Walking Dead #105 - 57,781 ==== 01/2013: The Walking Dead #106 - 70,526 (+22.1%) 02/2013: The Walking Dead #107 - 63,575 (-9.9%) 02/2013: The Walking Dead The Governor Special - 51,355 03/2013: The Walking Dead #108 - 67,423 (+6.1%) 04/2013: The Walking Dead #109 - 90,362 (+34.0%) 05/2013: The Walking Dead #110 - 76,455 (-15.4%) 06/2013: The Walking Dead #111 - 74,857 (-2.1%) 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 (320,608)(+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%)
A slow decline at the moment, but nothing to be concerned about.
29. Saga (Image) 12/2012: Saga #8 - 42,324 (48,965) ==== 01/2013: Saga #9 - 45,629 (+7.8%) 02/2013: Saga #10 - 48,388 (+6.0%) 03/2013: Saga #11 - 50,023 (+3.4%) 04/2013: Saga #12 - 53,339 (+6.6%) 05-07/2013: - 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%)
The largest drop this year, but a new arc starts very soon, and should bring a boost.
35, 39. The Star Wars (Dark Horse) 09/2013: The Star Wars #1 - 78,467 10/2013: The Star Wars #2 - 56,165 (-28.4%) 11/2013: The Star Wars #3 - 50,346 (-10.4%) 12/2013: The Star Wars #4 - 47,292 (-6.1%) 12/2013: The Star Wars #0 - 40,531
The drops are getting smaller, and a zero issue also pulls in good sales.
56. Star Wars (Dark Horse) 01/2013: Star Wars #1 - 39,663 (63,410) 02/2013: Star Wars #2 - 46,063 (+16.1%) 03/2013: Star Wars #3 - 45,522 (-1.2%) 04/2013: Star Wars #4 - 45,019 (-1.1%) 05/2013: Star Wars #5 - 44,310 (-1.6%) 06/2013: Star Wars #6 - 42,806 (-3.4%) 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%)
Still dropping a bit quickly, but the loss of the license to Marvel probably means that isn’t much to worry about.
62. East of West (Image) 03/2013: East of West #1 - 49,518 (64,284) 04/2013: East of West #2 - 41,838 (-15.5%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: East of West #3 - 39,441 (-5.7%) 07/2013: East of West #4 - 43,228 (+9.6%) 08/2013: East of West #5 - 36,345 (-15.9%) 09/2013: East of West #6 - 33,381 (-8.2%) 10/2013: - 11/2013: East of West #7 - 32,889 (-1.4%) 12/2013: East of West #8 - 31,059 (-5.6%)
A larger drop this month, but solidly established as Image’s third best-selling book.
74. Legenderry (Dynamite) 12/2013: Legenderry #1 - 27,174
A steampunk re-imagining of many of Dynamite’s licensed characters, written by Bill Willingham (although for how long?), launches quite strongly, although way behind the likes of Masks or Flash Gordon.
78. Velvet (Image) 10/2013: Velvet #1 - 41,897 11/2013: - 12/2013: Velvet #2 - 25,549 (-39.0%)
A typical Image second-issue drop, maybe not quite as large as most, and still at a decent level.
92. My Little Pony (IDW) 12/2012: My Little Pony #2 - 39,841 (-50.3%) ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: My Little Pony #3 - 43,579 (+9.4%) 02/2013: MLP #1 & #2 Hot Topic Pack - 8,988 03/2013: My Little Pony #4 - 41,541 (-4.7%) 03/2013: My Little Pony #5 - 36,354 (-12.5%) 04/2013: My Little Pony #6 - 33,903 (-6.7%) 05/2013: My Little Pony #7 - 32,188 (-5.1%) 06/2013: My Little Pony #8 - 33,114 (+2.9%) 06/2013: My Little Pony Color Me Treasury Ed - 4,810 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 (-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 Art #14 - 22,990 (-35.5%)
By far the most volatile book in the charts, taking another huge dive. It’ll probably go back up next month.
95. Lazarus (Image) 05/2013: Lazarus #1 - 48,030 07/2013: Lazarus #2 - 27,143 (31,470)(-43.5%) 08/2013: Lazarus #3 - 24,961 (-8.0%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Lazarus #4 - 23,701 (-5.0%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Lazarus #5 - 22,695(-4.2%)
Slowly settling down sales-wise, and at a very healthy level for Greg Rucka’s excellent sci-fi book.
104. Twilight Zone (Dynamite) 12/2013: Twilight Zone #1 - 21,723
JM Straczynski launches a comic version of the famed sci-fi twist series. I suspect these sales are more for the writer than the property, I can’t see this book lasting too long, especially if JMS doesn’t stick around beyond the initial arc. There are a lot of good sci-fi books around at the moment.
108. Pretty Deadly (Image) 10/2013: Pretty Deadly #1 - 45,883 11/2013: Pretty Deadly #2 - 23,581 (-48.6%) 12/2013: Pretty Deadly #3 - 21,079 (-10.6%)
After such a precipitous plunge last month, this is a decent third-issue drop.
110. Hellboy (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Hellboy in Hell #1 - 28,096 12/2012: Hellboy in Hell #2 - 21,010 (-25.2%) 01/2012: - 02/2012: Hellboy in Hell #3 - 23,845 (+13.5%) 03/2012: Hellboy in Hell #4 - 23,982 (+0.6%) 04/2012-11/2013:- 12/2013: Hellboy in Hell #5 - 21,026 (-14.1%)
Was there really supposed to be such a massive gap between the first and second halves of this series? I’m not surprised about the drop in sales, retailers aren’t really going to know how many they’re going to sell.
116. Black Science (Image) 11/2013: Black Science #1 - 40,873 12/2013: Black Science #2 - 20,151 (-50.7%)
There is no better example of a new Image book at the moment, strong start, but sales halved by the second issue.
118. My Little Pony Micro Series (IDW) 02/2013: Twilight Sparkle #1 - 34,435 03/2013: Rainbow Dash #1 - 25,473 (-26.0%) 04/2013: Rarity #1 - 23,338 (-8.4%) 05/2013: Fluttershy #1 - 22,489 (-3.6%) 06/2013: Pinkie Pie #1 - 25,219 (+12.1%) 07/2013: Applejack #1 - 24,350 (-3.5%) 08/2013: Cutie Mark Crusaders #1 - 20,868 (-14.3%) 09/2013: Princess Celestia #1 - 22,656 (+8.6%) 10/2013: - 11/2013: Spike #1 - 20,190 (-10.9%) 12/2013: Luna #1 - 19,967 (-1.1%)
For a change, a very stable MLP book.
121. Unity (Valiant) 11/2013: Unity #1 - 60,003 12/2013: Unity #2 - 18,845 (-68.6%)
This series is currently entirely returnable, so these figures are not indicative of final sales. We’ll have a better idea when the returnability ends.
126. Saviours (Image) 12/2013: Saviours #1 - 17,894
James Robinson & J. Bone combine for a neat little alien conspiracy book.
129. Locke & Key (IDW) 12/2009: Crown of Shadows #2 - 7,707 12/2010: - 12/2011: Clockworks #3 - 8,438 12/2012: Omega #2 - 10,244 ==== 01/2013: 02/2013: Omega #3 - 10,130 (-1.1%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: Omega #4 - 10,466 (+3.3%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: Omega #5 - 10,368 (-0.9%) 07-08/2013: - 09/2013: Alpha #1 - 17,931 (+72.9%) 10-11/2013: - 12/2013: Alpha #2 - 16,936 (-5.5%)
The final issue, and the series ends on a high, especially as these last two issues were 8 bucks each.
130. Dead Body Road (Image) 12/2013: Dead Body Road #1 - 16,840
A new noir crime book from Justin Jordan and Matteo Scalera, hits with a decent splash. Next month will be a better indicator of sales.
134. Star Wars Darth Vader (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Purge Tyrants Fist #1 - 15,546 12/2012: Purge Tyrants Fist #2 - 13,429 ==== 01-03/2013: - 04/2013: Ninth Assassin #1 - 17,278 (+28.7%) 05/2013: Ninth Assassin #2 - 15,322 (-11.3%) 06/2013: Ninth Assassin #3 - 14,806 (-3.4%) 07/2013: Ninth Assassin #4 - 14,650 (-1.1%) 08/2013: Ninth Assassin #5 - 14,258 (-2.7%) 09-11/2013: - 12/2013: Cry of Shadows #1 - 15,847 (+11.1%)
A bit of a boost for the new mini series, presumably one of the last from DH.
135. The Manhattan Projects (Image) 12/2012: The Manhattan Projects #8 - 17,028 ==== 01/2012: - 02/2013: The Manhattan Projects #9 - 17,229 (+1.2%) 03/2013: The Manhattan Projects #10 - 17,028 (-1.2%) 04/2013: The Manhattan Projects #11 - 17,517 (+2.9%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: The Manhattan Projects #12 - 17,076 (-2.5%) 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%)
Not a massive drop, but the largest since the second issue, after a year of relative stability.
136. Adventure Time (Boom!) 12/2012: Adventure Time Cover Showcase - 7,478 ==== 01/2013: Adventure Time #11 - 10,980 (-53.6%) 01/2013: Adventure Time #12 - 20,407 (+85.9%) 02/2013: Adventure Time #13 - 22,474 (+10.1%) 03/2013: Adventure Time #14 - 22,165 (-1.4%) 04/2013: Adventure Time #15 - 21,682 (-2.2%) 05/2013: Adventure Time #16 - 21,659 (-0.1%) 05/2013: Adventure Time Annual #1 - 20,975 06/2013: Adventure Time #17 - 20,860 (-3.7%) 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%)
Another uncomfortable drop, this book has lost a quarter of its sales over the last six months. It’s still selling well for Boom, but this sort of attrition is worrying.
137. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) 12/2011: TMNT #5 - 19,689 12/2012: TMNT #17 - 16,703 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: TMNT #18 - 16,172 (-3.2%) 02/2013: TMNT #19 - 16,125 (-0.3%) 03/2013: TMNT #20 - 16,084 (-0.3%) 04/2013: TMNT #21 - 20,659 (+28.4%) 05/2013: TMNT #22 - 27,759 (+34.4%) 06/2013: TMNT #23 - 17,772 (-36.0%) 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%)
That’s the third book in a row that seems to be dropping badly out of the top tier of indie titles.
138. Ten Grand (Image) 05/2013: Ten Grand #1 - 57,216 06/2013: Ten Grand #2 - 29,241 (-48.9%) 07/2013: Ten Grand #3 - 21,858 (-25.5%) 08/2013: Ten Grand #4 - 19,017 (-13.0%) 09-10/2013: - 11/2013: Ten Grand #5 - 17,020 (-10.5%) 12/2013: Ten Grand #6 - 15,366 (-9.7%)
As I will say a few times this month, the drops are slowing down a little.
141. 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%)
Dropping still, but this is still better than the X-Files has sold as a comic in years.
142. True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Dark Horse) 06/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1 - 42,613 07/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #2 - 22,401 (-47.4%) 08/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #3 - 19,091 (-14.8%) 09/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #4 - 17,713 (-7.2%) 10/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #5 - 15,687 (-11.4%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #6 - 14,762 (-5.9%)
The final issue, as sales started levelling out.
147. Star Wars Legacy (Dark Horse) 03/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #1 - 21,600 04/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #2 - 16,384 (-24.1%) 05/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #3 - 16,497 (+0.7%) 06/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #4 - 16,147 (-2.1%) 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%)
Relatively solid this month.
148. Doc Savage (Dynamite) 12/2013: Doc Savage #1 - 13,631
Dynamite continue their pulp hero licenses with the Man of Bronze. Not great sales though, likely to drop to four figures next issue.
150. Star Wars Dawn of The Jedi (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Dawn O/T Jedi Prisoner of Bogan #2 - 14,588 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Prisoner of Bogan #3 - 14,145 (-3.0%) 03/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Prisoner of Bogan #4 - 13,728 (-2.9%) 04/2013: - 05/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Prisoner of Bogan #5 - 13,304 (-3.1%) 06-10/2013: - 11/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Force War #1 - 15,515 (+16.6%) 12/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Force War #2 - 13,531 (-12.8%)
Not too bad a drop, I wouldn’t have thought there’d be too much movement on this series before it ends now, although Dark Horse may decide to follow it up immediately now that the license is ending.
152. 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%)
A much bigger drop this month, with Hickman now confirmed as leaving after the sixth issue.
153. Red Sonja (Dynamite) 12/2008: Red Sonja #40 - 13,516 12/2009: - 12/2010: - 12/2011: Red Sonja #61 - 7,464 12/2012: Red Sonja #72 - 5,856 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Red Sonja #73 - 5,546 (-5.3%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: Red Sonja #74 - 5,449 (-1.7%) 05/2013: Red Sonja #75 - 7,072 (+29.8%) 05/2013: Red Sonja #76 - 5,272 (-25.5%) 06/2013: Red Sonja #77 - 5,212 (-1.1%) 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%)
Maybe starting to stabilize?
154. Invincible (Image) 12/2008: Invincible #56 - 14,852 12/2009: Invincible #69 - 15,161 12/2010: Invincible #76 - 15,577 12/2011: Invincible #86 - 14,457 12/2012: Invincible #99 - 15,566 ==== 01/2013: Invincible #100 - 44,985 (+189.0%) 02/2013: - 03/2013: Invincible #101 - 15,540 (-65.5%) 04/2013: Invincible #102 - 15,249 (-1.9%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: Invincible #103 - 15,072 (-1.2%) 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%)
Dropping.
155. Satellite Sam (Image) 07/2013: Satellite Sam #1 - 32,452 08/2013: Satellite Sam #2 - 20,752 (-36.1%) 09/2013: Satellite Sam #3 - 16,909 (-18.5%) 10/2013: Satellite Sam #4 - 14,666 (-13.3%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Satellite Sam #5 - 13,060 (-11.0%)
The drops are very gradually getting smaller.
156, 224. Terminator (Dark Horse) 12/2013: Salvation Final Battle #1 - 13,022 12/2013: Salvation Final Battle #2 - 8,087 (-37.9%)
A new series, the first in a while. Sadly for Dark Horse, absence does not seem to have made the heart any fonder, and it’s a little dead on arrival, dropping below ten thousand by its second issue.
159. TMNT Micro Series (IDW) 04/2013: Villain Micro Series #1 Krang - 13,689 (+2.5%) 05/2013: Villain Micro Series #2 Baxter Stockman - 11,360 (-17.0%) 06/2013: Villain Micro Series #3 - 10,933 (-3.8%) 07/2013: Villain Micro Series #4 - 11,031 (+0.1%) 08/2013: Villain Micro Series #5 - 10,343 (-6.0%) 09/2013: Villain Micro Series #6 - 9,977 (-3.5%) 10/2013: Villain Micro Series #7 - 11,584 (+16.1%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Villain Micro Series #8 - 12,829 (+9.7%)
Another increase, no surprise as this issue concentrates on Shredder.
160. Manifest Destiny (Image) 11/2013: Manifest Destiny #1 - 17,371 12/2013: Manifest Destiny #2 - 12,801 (-26.3%)
Not too bad a drop, but this issue has been under-ordered and sold out everywhere. This is the issue I forgot to pick-up, of course. Second print following, fortunately.
162. Spawn (Image) 12/2008: Spawn #187 - 22,143 12/2011: Spawn #214 - 13,017 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Spawn #226 - 16,814 (-37.4%) 01/2013: Spawn #227 - 17,172 (+2.1%) 02/2013: Spawn #228 - 16,343 (-4.8%) 03/2013: Spawn #229 - 16,355 (+0.1%) 04/2013: Spawn #230 - 15,994 (-2.2%) 05/2013: Spawn #231 - 16,502 (+3.2%) 06/2013: Spawn #232 - 16,077 (-2.7%) 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%)
I think this may be the lowest selling issue yet.
164. 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%)
Another one where the drops are getting smaller, very slowly.
166. Adventure Time Candy Capers (Boom!) 07/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #1 - 21,587 08/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #2 - 17,050 (-21.0%) 09/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #3 - 15,587 (-8.6%) 10/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #4 - 14,679 (-5.8%) 11/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #5 - 13,339 (-9.1%) 12/2013: Adventure Time Candy Capers #6 - 12,070 (-9.5%)
Last issue. One final time, this is a comic about a piece of hard candy and a cinnamon bun, that outsells Star Trek and Doctor Who.
167. Chew (Image) 12/2009: Chew #7 - 12,902 12/2010: Chew #16 - 12,473 12/2011: Chew #22 - 12,296 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Chew #31 - 12,687 (-0.5%) 02/2013: - 03/2013: Chew #32 - 12,671 (-0.1%) 04/2013: Chew #33 - 12,964 (+2.3%) 05/2013: Chew #34 - 12,836 (-1.0%) 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%)
As stable as ever. Look at that year-on-year, it hardly changes.
169. Star Wars Dark Times (Dark Horse) 02/2013: Fire Carrier #1 - 14,308 03/2013: Fire Carrier #2 - 13,077 (-8.6%) 04/2013: Fire Carrier #3 - 12,435 (-4.9%) 05/2013: Fire Carrier #4 - 12,138 (-2.4%) 06/2013: Fire Carrier #5 - 12,145 (+0.1%) 07/2013: Spark Remains #1 - 13,990 (+15.2%) 08/2013: Spark Remains #2 - 12,559 (-10.2%) 09/2013: Spark Remains #3 - 12,358 (-1.6%) 10/2013: Spark Remains #4 - 11,988 (-3.0%) 12/2013: Spark Remains #5 - 11,828 (-1.3%)
Last issue, not sure if there’ll be any more now before the end of the year.
170. 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%)
171. Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse) 10/2013: Shaolin Cowboy #1 - 20,257 11/2013: Shaolin Cowboy #2 - 12,641 (-37.6%) 12/2013: Shaolin Cowboy #3 - 11,255 (-11.0%)
172. Conan (Dark Horse) 12/2008: The Cimmerian #6 - 22,526 12/2009: - 12/2010: The Road of Kings #1 - 16,099 12/2011: The Road of Kings #11 - 10,958 12/2012: Conan the Barbarian #11 - 13,436 ==== 01/2013: Conan the Barbarian #12 - 13,254 (-1.4%) 02/2013: Conan the Barbarian #13 - 13,000 (-1.9%) 03/2013: Conan the Barbarian #14 - 12,944 (-0.4%) 04/2013: Conan the Barbarian #15 - 12,845 (-0.8%) 05/2013: Conan the Barbarian #16 - 12,682 (-1.3%) 06/2013: Conan the Barbarian #17 - 12,395 (-2.3%) 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%)
Brian Woods arc is drawing towards the end in issue #25.
174. Star Trek Khan (IDW) 10/2013: Star Trek Khan #1 - 13,573 11/2013: Star Trek Khan #2 - 11,757 (-13.4%) 12/2013: Star Trek Khan #3 - 11,103 (-5.6%)
177. Revival (Image) 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Revival #6 - 17,396 (+23.4%) 02/2013: Revival #7 - 16,639 (-4.4%) 03/2013: Revival #8 - 17,082 (+2.7%) 04/2013: Revival #9 - 16,977 (-0.6%) 05/2013: Revival #10 - 16,314 (-3.9%) 06/2013: Revival #11 - 13,536 (-17.0%) 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%)
178. Rocket Girl (Image) 10/2013: Rocket Girl #1 - 20,287 11/2013: Rocket Girl #2 - 12,592 (-37.9%) 12/2013: Rocket Girl #3 - 10,976 (-12.8%)
Levelling out nicely.
180. Regular Show (Boom!) 05/2013: Regular Show #1 - 38,466 06/2013: Regular Show #2 - 19,507 (-49.3%) 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%)
181. Sex (Image) 03/2013: Sex #1 - 23,630 (29,298) 04/2013: Sex #2 - 21,342 (-9.7%) 05/2013: Sex #3 - 20,509 (-3.9%) 06/2013: Sex #4 - 17,938 (-12.5%) 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%)
182. Alex & Ada (Image) 11/2013: Alex & Ada #1 - 14,992 12/2013: Alex & Ada #2 - 10,700 (-28.6%)
A reasonable drop for this excellent little book.
185. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) 12/2008: Sonic #195 - 6,963 12/2009: Sonic #207 - 8,198 12/2010: Sonic #220 - 7,618 12/2011: Sonic #232 - 8,447 12/2012: Sonic #243 - 8,760 ==== 01/2013: Sonic #244 - 8,716 (-0.5%) 02/2013: Sonic #245 - 8,490 (-2.6%) 03/2013: Sonic #246 - 8,511 (+0.2%) 04/2013: Sonic #247 - 9,003 (+5.8%) 05/2013: Sonic #248 - 12,158 (+35.0%) 05/2013: Sonic #249 - 11,339 (-6.7%) 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%)
186, 205. Doctor Who Ongoing (IDW) 12/2009: Doctor Who #6 - 7,448 12/2010: - 12/2011: Doctor Who Vol. 2 #12 - 7,200 12/2012: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #3 - 11,144 ==== 01/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #4 - 10,865 (-2.5%) 02/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #5 - 10,271 (-5.5%) 02/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #6 - 10,579 (+3.0%) 03/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #7 - 10,307 (-2.6%) 04/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #8 - 10,414 (+1.0%) 05/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #9 - 11,993 (+15.2%) 06/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #10 - 10,234 (-14.7%) 07/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #11 - 11,425 (+11.6%) 08/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #12 - 10,220 (-10.5%) 09/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #13 - 14,499 (+41.9%) 10/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #14 - 10,826 (-25.3%) 11/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #15 - 10,926 (+0.9%) 12/2013: Doctor Who Vol. 3 #16 - 10,264 (-6.1%) 12/2013: Doctor Who Special 2013 - 10,926
Sales have been very volatile this year, but the overall picture is very stable. Of course Titan will be picking up the license soon.
187. 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%)
188. Transformers More TMTE (IDW) 12/2012: More Than Meets Eye #12 - 10,076 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: More Than Meets Eye #13 - 10,051 (-0.2%) 03/2013: More Than Meets Eye #14 - 9,942 (-1.1%) 03/2013: More Than Meets Eye #15 - 9,768 (-1.8%) 04/2013: More Than Meets Eye #16 - 9,637 (-1.3%) 05/2013: More Than Meets Eye #17 - 9,523 (-1.2%) 06/2013: More Than Meets Eye #18 - 9,394 (-1.4%) 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 (+5.5%)
The fourth part of Dark Cybertron keeps the upward trend going. Looks like retailers slightly under-estimated how popular this would be.
189. 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%)
Not a healthy drop at all.
190. X-O Manowar (Valiant) 12/2012: X-O Manowar #8 - 14,462 ==== 01/2013: X-O Manowar #9 - 16,599 (+14.8%) 02/2013: X-O Manowar #10 - 13,504 (-18.6%) 03/2013: X-O Manowar #11 - 15,765 (+16.7%) 04/2013: X-O Manowar #12 - 13,216 (-16.2%) 05/2013: X-O Manowar #13 - 13,305 (+0.7%) 06/2013: X-O Manowar #14 - 13,227 (-0.6%) 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%)
Ouch. Unity aside, things are looking a little uncomfortable for Valiant, this being their highest selling ongoing title.
191. Secret (Image) 04/2012: Secret #1 - 17,829 06/2012: Secret #2 - 14,905 (-16.4%) 08/2013: Secret #3 - 12,130 (-18.6%) 12/2013: Secret #4 - 9,849 (-18.8%)
Obviously this has fallen way off schedule, and I would guess a lot of this drop-off is directly attributed to that.
192. Transformers Robots In Disguise (IDW) 12/2012: Transformers Robots In Disguise #12 - 10,161 ==== 01/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #13 - 9,935 (-2.2%) 02/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #14 - 9,874 (-0.6%) 03/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #15 - 9,707 (-1.7%) 04/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #16 - 9,700 (-0.1%) 05/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #17 - 9,540 (-1.6%) 06/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #18 - 9,495 (-0.5%) 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%)
Going down a bit, judging by the increase on the other ongoing, maybe a little prematurely.
193. Ghost (Dark Horse) 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Ghost #3 - 7,981 03/2013: Ghost #4 - 6,899 (-13.6%) 12/2013: Ghost #1 - 9,805 (+42.1%)
A new ongoing gets a nice little boost, but I expect it to drop right back down next month.
194. Eternal Warrior (Valiant) 09/2013: Eternal Warrior #1 - 17,224 10/2013: Eternal Warrior #2 - 11,984 (-30.4%) 11/2013: Eternal Warrior #3 - 9,628 (-19.7%) 12/2013: Eternal Warrior #4 - 9,645 (+0.2%)
A small bright spot for Valiant as Eternal Warrior gains a few copies.
196. Magic The Gathering (IDW) 12/2012: MTG Path of Vengeance #1 - 11,412 ==== 01/2013: MTG Path of Vengeance #2 - 11,002 (-3.6%) 02/2013: MTG Path of Vengeance #3 - 10,093 (-8.3%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: MTG Path of Vengeance #4 - 9,734 (-3.6%) 05-09/2013: - 10/2013: MTG Theros #1 - 11,919 (+22.4%) 12/2013: MTG Theros #2 - 9,486 (-20.4%)
Falling back into the normal sales pattern.
197. Shadowman (Valiant) 12/2012: Shadowman #2 - 16,917 (-32.5%) ==== 01/2013: Shadowman #3 - 13,327 (-21.2%) 02/2013: Shadowman #4 - 12,531 (-6.0%) 03/2013: Shadowman #5 - 13,145 (-4.9%) 04/2013: Shadowman #6 - 11,759 (-10.5%) 05/2013: Shadowman #0 - 12,252 (+4.2%) 06/2013: Shadowman #7 - 12,017 (-1.9%) 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%)
It isn’t actually all bad news for Valiant, as Peter Milligan’s debut brings a bit of an increase. That said, it’s not a very big increase.
198. Rover Red Charlie (Avatar) 12/2013: Rover Red Charlie #1 - 9,327
Garth Ennis makes a return to Avatar for a cross between Fantastic Voyage and 10,000 Maniacs, as three canine friends attempt to survive the end of the world. It’s generally a little more slapstick than the likes of We3, but it’s a fun little book.
199. Harbinger (Valiant) 12/2012: Harbinger #7 - 12,783 ==== 01/2013: Harbinger #8 - 12,824 (+0.3%) 02/2013: Harbinger #0 - 14,699 02/2013: Harbinger #9 - 12,222 (-4.7%) 03/2013: Harbinger #10 - 12,196 (-0.2%) 04/2013: Harbinger #11 - 14,299 (+17.2%) 05/2013: Harbinger #12 - 12,572 (-12.1%) 06/2013: Harbinger #13 - 12,930 (+2.8%) 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%)
Harbinger is solid this month, even gaining a little, but way below where it was.
200. Legends of Red Sonja (Dynamite) 11/2013: Legends Of Red Sonja #1 - 11,734 12/2013: Legends Of Red Sonja #2 - 9,116 (-22.3%)
Not too bad a drop, actually, holding up relatively well.
201. Conan People of the Black Circle(Dark Horse) 10/2013: Conan People O/T Black Circle #1 - 10,213 11/2013: Conan People O/T Black Circle #2 - 9,033 (-11.6%) 12/2013: Conan People O/T Black Circle #3 - 9,090 (+0.6%)
202. Krampus (Image) 12/2013: Krampus #1 - 9,078
203. Uber (Avatar) 04/2013: Uber #0 - 10,849 05/2013: Uber #1 - 16,109 (+32.6%) 05/2013: Uber #0 Enhanced Edition - 5,084 06/2013: Uber #2 - 16,160 (+0.3%) 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%)
206. Rocketeer/ Spirit (IDW) 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #1 - 12,488 (+16.7%) 03/2013: Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #2 - 9,907 (-20.7%) 04/2013: Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #3 - 9,212 (-7.0%) 05/2013: Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #4 - 8,885 (-3.5%) 06/2013: - 07/2013: Rocketeer/ Spirit Pulp Friction #1 - 12,091 (+36.1%) 08-09/2013: - 10/2013: Rocketeer/ Spirit Pulp Friction #2 - 10,691 (-11.6%) 11/2013: Rocketeer/ Spirit Pulp Friction #3 - 10,037 (-6.1%) 12/2013: Rocketeer/ Spirit Pulp Friction #4 - 8,941 (-10.9%)
207. 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 Initiation #4 - 8,875 (+11.5%)
208. 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%)
Ouch.
209. Wraith (IDW) 11/2013: Welcome to Christmasland #1 - 12,547 12/2013: Welcome to Christmasland #2 - 8,850 (-29.5%)
210. Illegitimates (IDW) 12/2013: Illegitimates #1 - 8,840
Y’know the archetypal super-spy, shagging his way around the world? This is the story of the inevitable bastards (in the technical meaning of the word) he leaves behind.
211. Protectors Inc (Image) 11/2013: Protectors Inc #1 - 16,464 12/2013: Protectors Inc #2 - 8,723 (-47.0%)
212. Star Trek Ongoing (IDW) 12/2012: Star Trek Ongoing #16 - 9,990 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #17 - 10,321 (+3.3%) 02/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #18 - 10,210 (-1.1%) 03/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #19 - 10,412 (+2.0%) 04/2013: - 05/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #20 - 10,508 (+0.9%) 05/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #21 - 12,055 (+14.7%) 06/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #22 - 10,799 (-10.4%) 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
213. Itty Bitty Hellboy (Dark Horse) 08/2013: Itty Bitty Hellboy #1 - 15,545 09/2013: Itty Bitty Hellboy #2 - 11,916 (-23.3%) 10/2013: Itty Bitty Hellboy #3 - 10,404 (-12.7%) 11/2013: Itty Bitty Hellboy #4 - 9,237 (-11.2%) 12/2013: Itty Bitty Hellboy #5 - 8,678 (-6.1%)
214. BPRD (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Hell on Earth #102 Return o/t Master #5 - 10,169 ==== 01/2013: Hell on Earth #103 Abyss Time #1 - 10,437 (+2.6%) 02/2013: Hell on Earth #104 Abyss Time #2 - 10,172 (-2.5%) 03/2013: Hell on Earth #105 Cold Day in Hell - 10,772 (+5.9%) 04/2013: Hell on Earth #106 Cold Day in Hell - 10,419 (-3.3%) 05/2013: Hell on Earth #107 Wasteland #1 - 10,493 (+0.7%) 06/2013: Hell on Earth #108 - 10,093 (-3.8%) 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%)
215. Abe Sapien (Dark Horse ) 04/2013: Abe Sapien Dark & Terrible #1 - 11,783 (+17.2%) 05/2013: Abe Sapien Dark & Terrible #2 - 10,445 (-11.4%) 06/2013: Abe Sapien Dark & Terrible #3 - 10,250 (-1.9%) 07/2013: Abe Sapien #4 - 10,314 (+0.6%) 08/2013: Abe Sapien #5 - 9,676 (-6.2%) 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%)
The Hellboy spin-offs are all selling around the same range.
216. Archer & Armstrong (Valiant) 12/2012: Archer & Armstrong #5 - 14,544 ==== 01/2013: Archer & Armstrong #6 - 12,642 (-13.1%) 02/2013: Archer & Armstrong #7 - 11,494 (-9.1%) 03/2013: Archer & Armstrong #8 - 11,072 (-3.7%) 04/2013: Archer & Armstrong #9 - 11,125 (+0.5%) 05/2013: Archer & Armstrong #0 - 12,076 (+8.6%) 06/2013: Archer & Armstrong #10 - 13,241 (+8.6%) 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%)
218. Umbral (Image) 11/2013: Umbral #1 - 14,536 12/2013: Umbral #2 - 8,485 (-41.6%)
219. Transformers Regeneration One (IDW) 12/2012: Transformers Regeneration One #86 - 10,037 ==== 01/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #87 - 9,861 (-1.8%) 02/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #88 - 9,782 (-0.8%) 03/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #89 - 9,623 (-1.6%) 04/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #90 - 9,478 (-1.5%) 05/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #91 - 9,332 (-1.5%) 06/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #92 - 9,206 (-1.4%) 07/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #93 - 8,990 (-2.3%) 08/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #94 - 8,541 (-5.0%) 09/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #0 - 10,249 (+20.0%) 10/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #95 - 8,663 (-15.5%) 11/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #96 - 9,438 (+8.9%) 12/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #97 - 8,273 (-12.3%)
Counting down to the end at #100.
220, 239. Army of Darkness (Dynamite) 12/2012: Army of Darkness #7 - 4,963 ==== 01/2013: Army of Darkness #8 - 4,498 (-9.4%) 01/2013: Army of Darkness #9 - 4,361 (-3.0%) 02-06/2013: - 07/2013: Army of Darkness vs Hack Slash #1 - 10,923 08/2013: - 09/2013: Army of Darkness vs Hack Slash #2 - 8,702 (-20.3%) 10/2013: Ash & The Army of Darkness #1 - 12,620 11/2013: Army of Darkness vs Hack Slash #3 - 8,145 (-6.4%) 12/2013: Ash & The Army of Darkness #2 - 8,223 (-34.8%) 12/2013: Army of Darkness vs Hack Slash #4 - 7,707 (-5.4%)
221. Burn The Orphanage (Image) 08/2013: Burn The Orphanage #1 - 11,524 12/2013: Burn The Orphanage #2 - 8,187 (-29.0%)
The second part of Sina Grace’s trilogy of books. Good stuff, too.
222. Bloodshot (Valiant) 12/2012: Bloodshot #6 - 12,508 ==== 01/2013: Bloodshot #7 - 11,918 (-4.7%) 02/2013: Bloodshot #8 - 11,557 (-3.0%) 03/2013: Bloodshot #9 - 10,959 (-5.2%) 04/2013: Bloodshot #10 - 13,376 (+22.0%) 05/2013: Bloodshot #11 - 11,146 (-16.7%) 06/2013: Bloodshot #12 - 12,145 (+9.0%) 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%)
223. Sonic Universe (Archie) 12/2012: Sonic Universe #47 - 6,837 ==== 01/2013: Sonic Universe #48 - 6,791 (-0.7%) 02/2013: Sonic Universe #49 - 6,682 (-1.6%) 03/2013: Sonic Universe #50 - 7,359 (+10.1%) 04/2013: Sonic Universe #51 - 9,912 (+34.7%) 05/2013: Sonic Universe #52 - 11,500 (+16.0%) 06/2013: Sonic Universe #53 - 11,123 (-3.3%) 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%)
225. Extinction Parade (Avatar) 06/2013: Extinction Parade #1 - 16,061 07/2013: - 08/2013: Extinction Parade #2 - 9,392 (-41.5%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Extinction Parade #3 - 9,721 (+3.5%) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Extinction Parade #4 - 8,059 (-17.1%)
226. Zero (Image) 09/2013: Zero #1 - 20,352 10/2013: Zero #2 - 9,847 (-51.6%) 11/2013: Zero #3 - 8,340 (-15.3%) 12/2013: Zero #4 - 8,046 (-3.5%)
Starting to settle down.
227. Three (Image) 10/2013: Three #1 - 16,347 11/2013: Three #2 - 9,497 (-41.9%) 12/2013: Three #3 - 8,021 (-15.5%)
228. Sledgehammer '44 (Dark Horse) 03/2013: Sledgehammer '44 #1 - 13,446 04/2013: Sledgehammer '44 #2 - 10,049 (-25.3%) 11/2013: Lightning War #1 - 9,448 (-6.0%) 12/2013: Lightning War #2 - 7,998 (-15.3%)
229. Midas Flesh (Boom!) 12/2013: Midas Flesh #1 - 7,907
230. Regular Show Skips (Boom!) 11/2013: Regular Show Skips #1 - 10,378 12/2013: Regular Show Skips #2 - 7,865 (-24.2%)
231. Wonderland (Zenescope) 12/2012: Wonderland #6 - 7,242 ==== 01/2013: Wonderland #7 - 6,779 (-6.4%) 02/2013: Wonderland #8 - 6,707 (-1.1%) 03/2013: Wonderland #9 - 6,563 (-2.1%) 04/2013: Wonderland #10 - 6,644 (+1.2%) 05/2013: Wonderland #11 - 6,342 (+1.2%) 06/2013: Wonderland #12 - 7,765 (+22.4%) 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%)
235. Day Man (Boom!) 07/2013: Day Man #1 - 7,968 12/2013: Day Man #2 - 7,777 (-2.4%)
Totally level, I’m a little surprised sales haven’t gone up a bit, considering it’s been optioned. And is excellent.
236. The Massive (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Massive #7 - 10,854 ==== 01/2013: Massive #8 - 10,206 (-6.0%) 02/2013: Massive #9 - 9,936 (-2.6%) 03/2013: Massive #10 - 9,795 (-1.4%) 04/2013: Massive #11 - 9,661 (-1.4%) 04/2013: 1 For $1 Massive #1 - 7,398 (-1.4%) 05/2013: Massive #12 - 9,489 (-1.8%) 06/2013: Massive #13 - 9,371 (-1.2%) 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%)
237, 257. Simpsons Comics (Bongo) 12/2012: Simpsons Comics #197 - 6,779 ==== 01/2013: Simpsons Comics #198 - 6,593 (-2.7%) 02/2013: Simpsons Comics #199 - 6,720 (+1.9%) 02/2013: Professor Frink #1 - 6,395 03/2013: Simpsons Comics #200 - 9,820 (+46.1%) 04/2013: Simpsons Comics #201 - 6,844 (-30.3%) 05/2013: Simpsons Comics #202 - 6,950 (+1.5%) 06/2013: Malevolent Mr Burns #1 - 8,048 06/2013: Simpsons Comics #203 - 6,930 (-0.3%) 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%)
Lisa Simpson gets herself a special, otherwise, stable.
238. GFT Code Red (Zenescope) 12/2013: GFT Code Red #1 - 7,731
240. Rachel Rising (Abstract) 12/2012: Rachel Rising #13 - 7,782 ==== 01/2013: Rachel Rising #14 - ???? (???) 02/2013: - 03/2013: Rachel Rising #15 - 7,612 (???) 04/2013: Rachel Rising #16 - 7,608 (-0.1%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: Rachel Rising #17 - 8,336 (+9.6%) 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 #21 - 7,581 (-2.7%)
241. Danger Girl (IDW) 12/2012: Danger Girl / GI Joe #5 - 10,454 ==== 01-02/2013: - 04/2013: Danger Girl Trinity #1 - 12,063 (+15.4%) 05/2013: Danger Girl Trinity #2 - 8,167 (-32.3%) 06/2013: Danger Girl Trinity #3 - 8,144 (-0.3%) 07/2013: Danger Girl Trinity #4 - 7,790 (-4.3%) 08/2013: - 09/2013: Danger Girl The Chase #1 - 10,180 (+30.7%) 10/2013: Danger Girl The Chase #2 - 8,067 (-20.8%) 11/2013: Danger Girl The Chase #3 - 7,738 (-4.1%) 12/2013: Danger Girl The Chase #4 - 7,411 (-4.2%)
242, 254. GI Joe (IDW) 12/2012: GI Joe Vol 2 #20 - 7,575 ==== 01/2013: GI Joe Vol 2 #21 - 7,445 (-1.7%) 02/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #1 - 17,553 (+135.8%) 03/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #2 - 10,979 (-37.5%) 04/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #3 - 10,372 (-5.5%) 05/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #4 - 9,881 (-4.7%) 06/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #5 - 10,866 (+10.0%) 07/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #6 - 9,106 (-16.2%) 08/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #7 - 8,644 (-5.1%) 09/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #8 - 8,266 (-4.4%) 10/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #9 - 8,099 (-2.0%) 11/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #10 - 7,765 (-4.1%) 12/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #11 - 7,395 (-4.8%) 12/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #12 - 6,982 (-5.6%)
243. Mega Man (Archie) 12/2012: Mega Man #20 - 6,351 ==== 01/2013: Mega Man #21 - 6,220 (-2.1%) 02/2013: Mega Man #22 - 5,373 (-13.6%) 03/2013: Mega Man #23 - 5,339 (-0.6%) 04/2013: Mega Man #24 - 11,173 (+109.3%) 05/2013: Mega Man #25 - 9,191 (-17.7%) 06/2013: Mega Man #26 - 9,290 (+1.1%) 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%)
244. Maxx Maxximized (IDW) 11/2013: Maxx Maxximised #1 - 9,714 12/2013: Maxx Maxximised #2 - 7,345 (-24.4%)
245. Judge Dredd (IDW) 12/2012: Judge Dredd #2 - 13,995 ==== 01/2013: Judge Dredd #3 - 12,151 (-13.2%) 02/2013: Judge Dredd #4 - 11,512 (-5.3%) 03/2013: Judge Dredd #5 - 11,447 (-5.6%) 04/2013: Judge Dredd #6 - 10,670 (-6.8%) 05/2013: Judge Dredd #7 - 10,058 (-5.7%) 06/2013: Judge Dredd #8 - 9,469 (-5.9%) 07/2013: Judge Dredd #9 - 8,959 (-5.4%) 08/2013: Judge Dredd #10 - 8,618 (-3.8%) 09/2013: - 10/2013: Judge Dredd #11 - 8,269 (-4.0%) 10/2013: Judge Dredd #12 - 7,636 (-7.7%) 11/2013: Judge Dredd #13 - 7,999 (+4.7%) 12/2013: Judge Dredd #14 - 7,331 (-8.3%)
247. Sin Boldly (Image) 12/2013: Sin Boldly One-Shot - 7,272
A new one-shot from Joe Linsner, featuring a return to black and white, and some of his Cry for Dawn characters.
248. WWE (NBM) 12/2013: WWE #1 - 7,271
I think this is under the Papercutz kids imprint, and is written by Mankind himself, Mick Foley.
249. Witchblade (Image) 12/2012: Witchblade #162 - 8,098 ==== 01/2013: Witchblade #163 - 7,655 (-5.5%) 02/2013: - 03/2013: Witchblade #164 - 7,670 (+0.2%) 04/2013: Witchblade #165 - 7,262 (-5.2%) 04/2013: Witchblade Day o/t Outlaw - 5,636 05/2013: Witchblade #166 - 7,425 (+2.2%) 06/2013: Witchblade #167 - 7,329 (-1.3%) 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%)
251. Baltimore (Dark Horse) 02/2013: Baltimore The Widow & The Tank - 8,071 (+1.3%) 06/2013: Baltimore The Inquisitor - 8,309 (+2.9%) 09/2013: Baltimore Infernal Train #1 - 8,280 (-0.3%) 10/2013: Baltimore Infernal Train #2 - 7,374 (-10.9%) 11/2013: Baltimore Infernal Train #3 - 7,228 (-2.0%) 12/2013: Baltimore Chapel of Bones #1 - 7,250 (+0.3%)
253. GI Joe Real American Hero (IDW) 12/2012: Real American Hero #185 - 7,777 ==== 01/2013: Real American Hero #186 - 7,544 (-3.0%) 02/2013: Real American Hero #187 - 7,489 (-0.7%) 03/2013: Real American Hero #188 - 7,393 (-1.3%) 04/2013: Real American Hero #189 - 7,496 (+1.4%) 05/2013: Real American Hero #190 - 7,550 (+0.7%) 06/2013: Real American Hero #191 - 7,407 (-1.9%) 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%)
255. Drumhellar (Image) 11/2013: Drumhellar #1 - 14,432 12/2013: Drumhellar #2 - 6,952 (-51.8%)
Not a good drop at all.
256. Battlestar Galactica (Dynamite) 05/2013: Battlestar Galactica #1 - 14,356 06/2013: Battlestar Galactica #2 - 10,503 (-26.8%) 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 (???)
258. Spongebob Comics (United Plankton) 12/2012: Spongebob Comics #15 - 7,196 ==== 01/2013: Spongebob Comics #16 - 7,023 (-2.4%) 02/2013: Spongebob Comics #17 - 6,923 (-1.4%) 03/2013: Spongebob Comics #18 - 7,005 (+1.2%) 04/2013: Spongebob Comics #19 - 6,940 (-0.9%) 05/2013: Spongebob Comics #20 - 6,926 (-0.2%) 06/2013: Spongebob Comics #21 - 7,043 (+1.7%) 06/2013: Annual Giant Swimtacular #1 - 6,137 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%)
259. 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%)
260. Godzilla (IDW) 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Godzilla #8 - 7,623 (-0.8%) 01/2013: Godzilla #9 - 7,194 (-5.6%) 02/2013: Godzilla #10 - 6,992 (-2.8%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: Godzilla #11 - 6,905 (-1.2%) 05/2013: Godzilla #12 - 6,782 (-1.8%) 06/2013: Godzilla Rulers of The Earth #1 - 9,813 (+44.7%) 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%)
261. Invincible Universe (Image) 12/2012: Guarding The Globe #4 - 5,302 ==== 01/2013: Guarding The Globe #5 - 5,225 (-1.5%) 02/2013: Guarding The Globe #6 - 4,831 (-7.5%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: Invincible Universe #1 - 14,526 (+200.7%) 05/2013: Invincible Universe #2 - 11,102 (-23.6%) 06/2013: Invincible Universe #3 - 9,778 (-11.9%) 07/2013: Invincible Universe #4 - 8,856 (-9.4%) 08/2013: Invincible Universe #5 - 8,154 (-7.9%) 09/2013: Invincible Universe #6 - 7,675 (-5.9%) 10/2013: Invincible Universe #7 - 7,233 (-5.8%) 12/2013: Invincible Universe #8 - 6,476 (-10.5%)
262. Warlord of Mars (Dynamite) 12/2012 - ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Warlord of Mars #23 - 8,768 (-6.2%) 03-04/2013: - 05/2013: Warlord of Mars #24 - 8,347 (-4.8%) 05/2013: Warlord of Mars #25 - 7,731 (-7.4%) 06/2013: - 07/2013: Warlord of Mars #26 - 7,233 (-6.4%) 07/2013: Warlord of Mars #27 - 6,876 (-4.9%) 08-09/2013: - 10/2013: Warlord of Mars #28 - 7,000 (+1.8%) 11/2013: Warlord of Mars #29 - 6,474 (-7.5%) 11/2013: Warlord of Mars #30 - 6,455 (-0.3%) 12/2013: Warlord of Mars #31 - 6,421 (-0.5%)
263. Robotech Voltron (Dynamite) 12/2013: Robotech Voltron #1 - 6,408
264. The Shadow Now (Dynamite) 10/2013: The Shadow Now #1 - 10,989 11/2013: The Shadow Now #2 - 7,264 (-33.9%) 12/2013: The Shadow Now #3 - 6,373 (-12.3%)
265. GI Joe Special Missions (IDW) 12/2012: Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #20 - 6,663 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #21 - 6,659 (-0.1%) 03/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #1 - 13,104 (+97.8%) 04/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #2 - 8,818 (-32.7%) 05/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #3 - 8,492 (-3.7%) 06/2013: - 07/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #4 - 8,093 (-4.7%) 07/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #5 - 8,004 (-1.1%) 08/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #6 - 7,493 (-6.4%) 09/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #7 - 6,957 (-7.2%) 10/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #8 - 6,798 (-2.3%) 11/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #9 - 6,353 (-6.5%) 12/2013: GI Joe Special Missions #10 - 6,326 (-0.4%)
266. Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope) 12/2012: Grimm Fairy Tales #80 - 6,508 ==== 01/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #81 - 6,150 (-5.5%) 02/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #82 - 6,483 (+5.4%) 03/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #83 - 6,221 (-4.0%) 04/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #84 - 6,284 (+1.0%) 05/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #85 - 6,499 (+3.4%) 06/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #86 - 6,231 (-4.1%) 06/2013: Grimm Fairy TalesAnnual 2013 - 5,396 (-12.1%) 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%)
268. Crossed Badlands (Avatar) 12/2012: Crossed Badlands #20 - 8,461 ==== 01/2013: Crossed Badlands #21 - 7,794 (-7.9%) 01/2013: Crossed Badlands #22 - 7,589 (-2.6%) 02/2013: Crossed Badlands Annual 2013 - 7,613 02/2013: Crossed Badlands #23 - 7,543 (-0.6%) 02/2013: Crossed Badlands #24 - 7,279 (-3.5%) 03/2013: Crossed Badlands #25 - 12,022 (+65.2%) 03/2013: Crossed Badlands #26 - 8,326 (-30.7%) 04/2013: Crossed Badlands #27 - 7,930 (-4.8%) 05/2013: Crossed Badlands #28 - 7,891 (-0.5%) 05/2013: Crossed Badlands #29 - 7,595 (-3.7%) 06/2013: Crossed Badlands #30 - 7,573 (-0.3%) 06/2013: Crossed Badlands #31 - 7,327 (-3.2%) 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%)
269. Ghostbusters (IDW) 12/2012: Ghostbusters #16 - 6,813 ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Ghostbusters #1 - 14,442 (+112.0%) 03/2013: Ghostbusters #2 - 8,910 (-38.3%) 04/2013: Ghostbusters #3 - 8,351 (-6.3%) 05/2013: Ghostbusters #4 - 7,876 (-5.7%) 06/2013: Ghostbusters #5 - 7,620 (-3.2%) 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%)
As I write this, I’ve just heard that Harold Ramis died. Very sad.
270. Mouse Guard (Archaia) 02/2013: Black Axe #6 - 7,052 (+1.5%) 03-05/2013: - 06/2013: Legends of the Guard V2 #1 - 7,116 (+0.9%) 09/2013: Legends of the Guard V2 #2 - 6,464 (+9.2%) 11/2013: Legends of the Guard V2 #3 - ???? (???) 12/2013: Legends of the Guard V2 #4 - 6,054 (???)
Wow, 5 issues of Mouse Guard in a year; that must be some kind of record!
271. Ben 10 (Image) 11/2013: Ben 10 #1 - 12,623 12/2013: Ben 10 #2 - 6,032 (-52.2%)
273. King's Watch (Dynamite) 09/2013: King's Watch #1 - 9,471 10/2013: King's Watch #2 - 6,886 (-27.3%) 12/2013: King's Watch #3 - 5,991 (-13.0%)
274. Revelations (Boom) 12/2013: Revelations #1 - 5,949
A reprint of Paul Jenkins & Humberto Ramos’ series, previously published by Dark Horse.
275. Grimm Fairy Tales Specials (Zenescope) 12/2012: GFT 2012 Holiday Special - 6,885 ==== 02/2013: GFT Valentine's Day Special 2013 - 6,036 08/2013: GFT 2013 Special Edition - 6,449 12/2013: GFT 2013 Holiday Special - 5,938
276. The Bounce (Image) 05/2013: The Bounce #1 - 24,259 06/2013: The Bounce #2 - 16,125 (-34.0%) 07/2013: The Bounce #3 - 11,436 (-29.1%) 08/2013: The Bounce #4 - 9,326 (-18.5%) 09/2013: The Bounce #5 - 7,981 (-14.4%) 10/2013: The Bounce #6 - 7,112 (-10.8%) 11/2013: The Bounce #7 - 6,634 (-6.7%) 12/2013: The Bounce #8 - 5,886 (-11.3%)
278. GFT Wonderland TtLG (Zenescope) 05/2013: Down The Rabbit Hole #1 - 9,734 06/2013: Down The Rabbit Hole #2 - 7,115 (-26.9%) 08/2013: Down The Rabbit Hole #3 - 6,187 (-13.0%) 09/2013: Down The Rabbit Hole #4 - 7,299 (+18.0%) 10/2013: Down The Rabbit Hole #5 - 6,718 (-8.0%) 10/2013: Through The Looking Glass #1 - 7,028 (+5.0%) 11/2013: Through The Looking Glass #2 - 6,409 (-8.8%) 11/2013: Through The Looking Glass #3 - 6,059 (-5.5%) 12/2013: Through The Looking Glass #4 - 5,768 (-4.8%)
279. Lords of Mars (Dynamite) 08/2013:Lords Of Mars #1 - 11,595 09/2013:Lords Of Mars #2 - 7,179 (-38.1%) 10/2013:Lords Of Mars #3 - 6,491 (-9.6%) 11/2013:Lords Of Mars #4 - 5,944 (-8.4%) 12/2013:Lords Of Mars #5 - 5,668 (-4.6%)
280. Mass Effect (Dark Horse) 07/2013: Mass Effect Foundation #1 - 9,291 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%)
281. GI Joe Cobra Files (IDW) 12/2012: Cobra #20 - 6,589 ==== 01/2012: Cobra #21 - 6,375 (-3.2%) 04/2013: Cobra Files #1 - 13,231 (+107.5%) 05/2013: Cobra Files #2 - 7,769 (-41.3%) 06/2013: Cobra Files #3 - 7,407 (-4.7%) 07/2013: Cobra Files #4 - 7,097 (-4.2%) 08/2013: Cobra Files #5 - 6,901 (-2.8%) 09/2013: Cobra Files #6 - 6,595 (-4.4%) 10/2013: Cobra Files #7 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Cobra Files #8 - 5,849 (???) 12/2013: Cobra Files #9 - 5,630 (-3.7%)
282. Mind The Gap (Image) 12/2013: - ==== 01/2013: Mind The Gap #7 - 8,784 (-7.4%) 02/2013: Mind The Gap #8 - 8,245 (-6.1%) 04/2013: Mind The Gap #9 - 8,074 (-2.1%) 05/2013: Mind The Gap #10 - 7,584 (-6.1%) 06/2013: Mind The Gap #11 - 7,301 (-3.7%) 08/2013: Mind The Gap #12 - 7,077 (-3.1%) 08/2013: Mind The Gap #13 - 6,872 (-2.9%) 10/2013: Mind The Gap #14 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Mind The Gap #15 - ???? (???) 12/2013: Mind The Gap #16 - 5,589 (???)
283. Mars Attacks (IDW) 12/2012: Mars Attacks #6 - 6,509 ==== 01/2013: Mars Attacks Transformers - 9,805 01/2013: Mars Attacks Kiss - 8,946 01/2013: Mars Attacks Real Ghostbusters - 8,695 01/2013: Mars Attacks Zombies vs Robots - 7,024 02/2013: Mars Attacks #7 - 5,943 (-8.7%) 03/2013: Mars Attacks #8 - 5,727 (-3.6%) 04/2013: Mars Attacks #9 - 5,481 (-4.3%) 05/2013: Mars Attacks #10 - 5,048 (-7.9%) 06-08/2013: - 09/2013: Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #1 - 8,657 (+71.5%) 10/2013: Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #2 - 6,769 (-21.8%) 11/2013: Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #3 - 5,971 (-11.8%) 12/2013: Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #4 - 5,566 (-6.8%)
284. Dejah Thoris & Green Men of Mars (Dynamite) 02/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #1 - 8,932 (+15.1%) 03/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #2 - 7,917 (-11.4%) 04/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #3 - 7,516 (-5.1%) 05/2013: - 06/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #4 - 7,233 (-3.7%) 07/2013: - 08/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #5 - 7,009 (-3.1%) 09/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #6 - 6,931 (-1.1%) 10/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #7 - 6,510 (-6.1%) 11/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #8 - 6,255 (-3.9%) 12/2013: Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #9 - 5,558 (-11.1%)
286. Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris (Dynamite) 12/2012: Dejah Thoris #20 - 7,555 ==== 01/2013: Dejah Thoris #21 - 6,998 (-7.4%) 02/2013: Dejah Thoris #22 - 7,059 (+0.9%) 03/2013: Dejah Thoris #23 - 6,697 (-5.1%) 04/2013: Dejah Thoris #24 - 7,059 (+5.4%) 05/2013: Dejah Thoris #25 - 6,724 (-4.7%) 06/2013: Dejah Thoris #26 - 6,593 (-1.9%) 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%)
287. Kiss (IDW) 12/2012: - ==== 01/2013: Kiss #7 - 7,539 (-4.2%) 02/2013: Kiss #8 - 6,948 (-7.8%) 03/2013: - 04/2013: Kiss Solo #1 The Demon - 7,177 (+3.3%) 04/2013: Kiss Solo #2 The Starchild - 6,676 (-7.0%) 05/2013: Kiss Solo #3 The Celestial - 6,283 (-5.9%) 06/2013: Kiss Solo #4 - 6,048 (-3.7%) 07/2013: - 08/2013: Kiss Kids #1 - 8,992 (+48.7%) 09/2013: Kiss Kids #2 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Kiss Kids #3 - ???? (???) 11/2013: - 12/2013: Kiss Kids #4 - 5,487 (???)
288. Bravest Warriors (Boom!) 12/2012: Bravest Warriors #3 - 10,229 ==== 01/2013: Bravest Warriors #4 - 9,451 (-7.6%) 02/2013: Bravest Warriors #5 - 8,652 (-8.5%) 03/2013: Bravest Warriors #6 - 8,550 (-1.2%) 04/2013: Bravest Warriors #7 - 8,311 (-2.8%) 05/2013: Bravest Warriors #8 - 8,146 (-2.0%) 06/2013: Bravest Warriors #9 - 7,850 (-3.6%) 07/2013: Bravest Warriors #10 - 7,496 (-4.5%) 08/2013: Bravest Warriors #11 - 7,049 (-6.0%) 09/2013: Bravest Warriors #12 - 6,898 (-2.1%) 10/2013: Bravest Warriors #13 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Bravest Warriors #14 - 5,867 (???) 12/2013: Bravest Warriors #15 - 5,423 (-7.6%)
289. Mr Peabody & Sherman (IDW) 11/2013: Mr Peabody & Sherman #1 - 7,627 12/2013: Mr Peabody & Sherman #2 - 5,405 (-29.1%)
290. Robocop (Boom) 08/2013: Robocop Last Stand #1 - 9,959 09/2013: Robocop Last Stand #2 - 7,476 (-24.9%) 10/2013: Robocop Last Stand #3 - 6,868 (-8.1%) 11/2013: Robocop Last Stand #4 - 5,923 (-13.8%) 12/2013: Robocop Last Stand #5 - 5,368 (-9.4%)
291. Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse) 12/2012: Dark Horse Presents #19 - 5,123 ==== 01/2013: Dark Horse Presents #20 - 4,949 (-3.4%) 02/2013: Dark Horse Presents #21 - 5,647 (+14.1%) 03/2013: Dark Horse Presents #22 - 4,966 (-12.1%) 04/2013: Dark Horse Presents #23 - 4,762 (-4.1%) 05/2013: Dark Horse Presents #24 - ???? (???) 06/2013: Dark Horse Presents #25 - 4,888 (???) 07/2013: Dark Horse Presents #26 - ???? (???) 08/2013: Dark Horse Presents #27 - 4,673 (???) 09/2013: Dark Horse Presents #28 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Dark Horse Presents #29 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Dark Horse Presents #30 - ???? (???) 12/2013: Dark Horse Presents #31 - 5,358 (???)
293. Mark Waid's Green Hornet (Dynamite) 03/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #1 - 15,114 05/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #2 - 10,012 (-33.8%) 07/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #3 - 8,595 (-14.15%) 07/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #4 - 7,942 (-7.6%) 08/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #5 - 6,843 (-13.8%) 09/2013:- 10/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #6 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #7 - 5,841 (???) 12/2013: Mark Waid's Green Hornet #8 - 5,285 (-9.5%)
294. Mocking Dead (Dynamite) 09/2013: Mocking Dead #1 - 8,208 10/2013: Mocking Dead #2 - 6,833 (-16.7%) 11/2013: Mocking Dead #3 - 5,813 (-14.9%) 12/2013: Mocking Dead #4 - 5,264 (-9.4%)
295. Transformers Prime (IDW) 12/2012: Rage o/t Dinobots #2 - 8,284 (-13.8%) ==== 01/2013: - 02/2013: Rage o/t Dinobots #3 - 7,821 (-5.6%) 02/2013: Rage o/t Dinobots #4 - 7,609 (-2.7%) 03-04/2013: - 05/2013: Beast Hunters #1 - 8,975 (+18.0%) 06/2013: Beast Hunters #2 - 7,642 (-14.9%) 07/2013: Beast Hunters #3 - 7,004 (-8.3%) 08/2013: Beast Hunters #4 - 6,691 (-4.5%) 09/2013: Beast Hunters #5 - ???? (???) 10/2013: Beast Hunters #6 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Beast Hunters #7 - 5,450 (???) 12/2013: Beast Hunters #8 - 5,260 (-3.5%)
296. GFT No Tomorrow (Zenescope) 08/2013:GFT No Tomorrow #1 - 7,880 09/2013:GFT No Tomorrow #2 - ???? (???) 11/2013:GFT No Tomorrow #3 - ???? (???) 12/2013:GFT No Tomorrow #4 - 5,232 (???)
297. Grimm (Dynamite) 05/2013: Grimm #1 - 15,455 06/2013: Grimm #2 - 9,961 (-35.6%) 07/2013: Grimm #3 - 8,564 (-14.0%) 08/2013: Grimm #4 - 7,413 (-13.4%) 09/2013: Grimm #5 - 6,695 (-9.7%) 10/2013: Grimm #6 - ???? (???) 11/2013: Grimm #7 - 5,511 (???) 12/2013: Grimm #8 - 5,225 (-5.2%)
298. Voice in the Dark (Image) 11/2013: Voice in the Dark #1 - 10,230 12/2013: Voice in the Dark #2 - 5,222 (-48.9%)
300. GFT Quest (Zenescope) 11/2013: GFT Quest #1 - 5,824 12/2013: GFT Quest #2 - 5,157 (-11.5%)
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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.
JMS is committed to doing 12 issues of Twilight Zone in 3 semi connected 4 issue arcs.
Y’all missing out on Day Men. Hell of a book.
“Alex + Ada” and “Zero” are two Image books that I was lukewarm on at first, but really started to grow on me over the past couple of issues. Hopefully others will give them a second look as well.
Yikes, what a poor indie scene!
The same 2 books at the top after all this time. This is what happens when an industry stays inbred. In Image’s case , one person’s taste dictates the entire line even though he’s likeable and sincere. Still no strangers or other sensibilities allowed is what it is year after year. For Dark Horse, “Star Wars” & “The Star Wars” tells it all, stuck in their 90’s cobwebs and dark sides.
Even though I do like one or two of these books, do top creators from Marvel and DC ensure good books and sales? Is that a good policy to frame all of “Indepenent” comics around. I don’t know, maybe they make good trades down the line. I would suggest the comics world actively open the gates more and try new people, with or without the resumes . Even in limited runs. That doesn’t mean young or hip, just some new teams and good books. Pretty sure the March/April *BIG* releases will look like this in a few months. Hype then reality over and over again.
Hoping the Independent scene moves away from this quintet of publishers this year into something else. Their approach makes Marvel look like an art house.
Agreed on Zero, Dave Carter. The cover of the first issue caught my eye and, though I was lukewarm on its execution, it grabbed me enough to stick around for the second issue–and I am glad I did. Zero has gotten progressively better as its progressed, with issue 5 being a gem of a comic book.
@ Dave Carter – you are spot on about Alex + Ada. I liked it from the start, but after 4 issues I’m really looking forward to more. I’m glad it’s doing okay because this industry can use a lot more drama in this genre.
You should ask John Miller if you can use his numbers on Comichron.com. For the last few months, Diamond has mostly been reporting the top 400 or so, though ICV2 has stuck with the top 300 . Doesn’t make much difference on the DC or Marvel reports (other than some re-orders, digital combo editions, all-ages books and GREEN TEAMs), but it’s a huge added visibility for indie titles. Which, I know, would make the report that much longer and harder and thus that much later…
“12/2013: Manifest Destiny #2 – 12,801 (-26.3%)
Not too bad a drop, but this issue has been under-ordered and sold out everywhere. This is the issue I forgot to pick-up, of course.”
You fool!
Yep, rise of Image as huge indy brand is definitely seem to be overhyped. Unless you’re high-profile Big 2 writer your title is kinda DOA.
Reality is harsh , all the hype on a lot of hot titles doesnt seem to influence sales much. It is why the internet in itself is very deceiving . This is the reality of these indy books that should be the real story in all the press. All the “second printings” that happen when a book that sells low numbers does not translate to a hit every time, just people under ordering.
@Jimmy Palmiotti – Dude you so nailed it on the head. This is the reality. The reviews, the second printings, the convention appearance, internet hype, etc… I wish it contributed toward a successful series, but without the pedigree (except for a few lucky ones) it’s a harsh reality for us in the trenches.
But I will continue to make books because I love ’em. It’s in my blood. It’s easy for me to say the grass is always greener on the top 300 chart, but the reality is if I don’t try then I’ll never know.
This isn’t surprising. As I said in a previous comments section, my estimation based on financial analysis is that only a handful of creators are making enough money to live off their indie books alone.
Even Greg Rucka recently said that Lazarus alone wasn’t enough to pay his bills.
I’m fairly certain the drop on Black Science #2 is exaggerated. I recall some controversy arising when the second cover was switched from being a 50/50 variant to 1-in-10 variant, and a load of retailers being shorted on their expected order as a result. This in turn led to the book selling for absurd amounts on eBay for a few weeks until a second print was prepared and shipped.
Or am I completely off-base? Anyone? Either way, I anticipate seeing a generous boost in sales for #3.
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The thinking of a book selling for a lot of money on e-bay is a way to prove something might be successful is decieving as well. All it takes is someone asking a high price and people think its worth more. It’s a trick as old as the hills in advertising. The reality is cost of the book to put together, and what the profit is when it comes in after the costs are paid. That number after is a measure of what the books profit really is. The variants can boost sales, but having bigger companies do this waters down the indy market.
Boom needs to chill out on all the Adventure Time books. We get it that it’s a popular show but they’re diluting the brand.
Also lower the price. $3.99 is too much for a kids book (arguable) and the $4.99 price tag for the seasonal specials is too much.
No Afterlife with Archie this month? Issue 3 was a little slow, but still one of my favourite new books. I would love to see more alternate takes on these characters from top tier creators.
Geez, except for UNITY all of Valiant’s titles now fall below 10K in sales. How long can they stay in business with numbers like that?!?
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