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Tue 20 May 2014 - 10:06

Indie Comics Month-to-Month Sales: March 2014 — Mark MIllar Makes His Mark

Pretty much as you were this month, the usual suspects punctuated by new books from Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch, the Ultimates team split up for the moment, and the return of Buffy. Elsewhere the nineties’ best noir series returns and there are a few encouraging upswings in the sales of some mid-selling titles.

150 indie titles charted in the top 300, down on last month’s 155. Overall sales were up at 1,655,816, compared to last month’s 1,568,427 and the average sales this month are 11,038, up on last month’s 10,118. 23 titles went up in sales and 107 went down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.

Image have an excellent month with an 11.38% dollar share and an 11.04% market share, while Dark Horse continue in second place with a 6.19% dollar share and 5.72% market share. IDW have a 5.29% dollar share and a 4.51% market share, Dynamite have a 2.61% dollar share and 2.56% market share and Boom! have a 1.99 % dollar share and 1.84% 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, 11. The Walking Dead (Image)

03/2009: The Walking Dead #59 - 23,257
03/2010: -
03/2011: The Walking Dead #83 - 33,686
03/2012: The Walking Dead #95 - 33,916
03/2013: The Walking Dead #108 - 67,423

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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 (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%)

Everything is super-stable at the moment, although things might slow down a little, now that the TV show is off-air again.

38. 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
01/2014: The Star Wars #5 - 42,686 (-9.7%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: The Star Wars #6 - 41,237 (-3.4%)

I’m really amazed that sales have remained this high. I found it nigh-on unreadable.

45. 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%)

Sales settling down very well. Will Dark Horse be able to continue to resist the urge to put out 2 or 3 Serenity books, to replace the departing Star Wars license?

46. Jupiter's Legacy (Image)

04/2013: Jupiter's Legacy #1 - 105,437
05/2013: -
06/2013: Jupiter's Legacy #2 - 48,217 (-54.3%)
07-08/2013: -
09/2013: Jupiter's Legacy #3 - 43,766 (-9.2%)
10/2013-02/2014: -
03/2014: Jupiter's Legacy #4 - 36,918 (-15.6%)

55. Starlight (Image)

04/2014: Starlight #1 - 34,080

Two Mark Millar books in a row, the starpower of Frank Quitely keeping Legacy just above his collaboration with the under-rated Goran Parlov, a riff on the Buck Rogers/ Flash Gordon-style space-hero.

68. Star Wars (Dark Horse)

03/2013: Star Wars #3 - 45,522

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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%)
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%)

No announcement yet on when the Dark Horse Star Wars titles will cease, but presumably they must be starting to develop end-strategies for these books. Still doing very respectably.

72. 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%)
01/2014: East of West #9 - 29,885 (-3.8%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: East of West #10 - 28,853 (-3.4%)

Slipping a bit, but still doing very well overall.

75. Buffy TVS (Dark Horse)

03/2008: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12 - 88,930
03/2009: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #23 - 64,108
03/2010: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #33 - 46,568
03/2012: Buffy TVS Season 9 #7 - 29,908
03/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #19 - 22,424

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04/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #20 - 21,901 (-2.3%)
05/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #21 - 21,701 (-0.9%)
06/2013: Buffy TVS Season 9 #22 - 21,194 (-2.3%)
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%)
03/2013: Buffy TVS Season 10 #1 - 27,851 (+36.6%)

Buffy returns, a decent bump but likely to drop back to the same level as the last series before too long.

77. Magnus Robot Fighter (Dynamite)

03/2014: Magnus Robot Fighter #1 - 27,497

A decent launch number, below Turok’s debut last month, but not bad at all.

92. Afterlife with Archie (Archie)

10/2013: Afterlife With Archie #1 - 41,533 (47,195)
11/2013: Afterlife With Archie #2 - 19,188 (-53.8%)
12/2013: -
01/2014: Afterlife With Archie #3 - 24,266 (+26.5%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Afterlife With Archie #4 - 24,165 (-0.4%)

Still doing stellar numbers, and very stable.

94. Real Heroes (Image)

03/2014: Real Heroes #1 - 23,716

Bryan Hitch launched his first solo book, to reasonable numbers. Remember he probably makes more from this than any 100,000 selling book from Marvel.

102. 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%)

Also very stable, and receiving rave reviews. The new collection may even see a rise on the next issue.

107. Velvet (Image)

10/2013: Velvet #1 - 41,897
11/2013: -
12/2013: Velvet #2 - 25,549 (-39.0%)
01/2014: Velvet #3 - 23,177 (-9.3%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Velvet #4 - 21,412 (-7.6%)

This on the other hand is not holding up quite so well, but the drops are starting to slow down.

110. 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%)
02/2014: Lazarus #6 - 21,198 (-6.6%)
03/2014: Lazarus #7 - 20,150 (-4.9%)

Also dropping a little quickly.

112. 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%)

Levelling out nicely.

121. 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%)

Still dropping but an average drop at this stage.

134. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW)

03/2012: TMNT #8 - 18,775
03/2013: TMNT #20 - 16,084

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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%)
01/2014: TMNT #30 - 14,979 (-3.6%)
02/2014: TMNT #31 - 14,684 (-2.0%)
03/2014: TMNT #32 - 15,040 (+2.4%)

A nice little increase this month.

135. The Manhattan Projects (Image)

03/2012: The Manhattan Projects #1 - 17,955
03/2013: The Manhattan Projects #10 - 17,028

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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%)
01/2014: -
02/2014: The Manhattan Projects #18 - 15,076 (-3.6%)
03/2014: The Manhattan Projects #19 - 14,813 (-1.7%)

Relatively stable after a couple of mildly bumpy months.

136. Fatale (Image)

03/2012: Fatale #3 - 20,222
03/2013: Fatale #13 - 17,662

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04/2013: Fatale #14 - 17,557 (-0.6%)
05/2013: -
06/2013: Fatale #15 - 22,373 (+28.5%)
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%)

A nice increase as the book heads towards the end at #24.

137. The Veil (Dark Horse)

03/2014: Veil #1 - 14,445

A new, rather odd, crime book from the increasingly prolific Greg Rucka. I’m glad to see him back on a regular basis.

138, 214. Stray Bullets (Image)

03/2014: Stray Bullets #41 - 8,297
03/2014: Stray Bullets The Killers #1 - 14,208

One of my personal highlights, the return of David Lapham’s amazing crime book. Left dangling for over a decade, the last issue of the last series is finally released alongside the first issue of the new series. I can’t recommend this series highly enough, I can still remember how blown away I was by the first issue, almost 20 years ago!

139. Manifest Destiny (Image)

11/2013: Manifest Destiny #1 - 17,371
12/2013: Manifest Destiny #2 - 12,801 (-26.3%)
01/2014: Manifest Destiny #3 - 12,034 (-6.0%)
02/2014: Manifest Destiny #4 - 13,291 (+10.4%)
03/2014: Manifest Destiny #5 - 14,152 (+6.5%)

Strong word of mouth is pushing up sales very well.

144. Adventure Time (Boom!)

03/2012: Adventure Time #2 - 11,329
03/2013: Adventure Time #14 - 22,165

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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%)
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%)

Slowly spiraling downwards.

145. Tales of Honor (Image)

03/2014: Tales of Honor #1 - 13,827

A spin-off of David Weber’s popular Honor Harrington series of sci-fi war books.

146. Tomb Raider (Dark Horse)

02/2014: Tomb Raider #1 - 18,486
03/2014: Tomb Raider #2 - 13,636 (-26.2%)

An average second-issue drop. Not especially encouraging sales though.

148. Sovereign (Image)

03/2014: Sovereign #1 - 13,204

An interesting fantasy book by Chris Roberson with lovely art from Paul Maybury, who I suspect is a big Paul Pope fan.

151. Invincible (Image)

03/2009: Invincible #60 - 15,777
03/2010: -
03/2011: Invincible #78 - 15,808
03/2012: -
03/2013: Invincible #101 - 15,540

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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%)
01/2014: Invincible #108 - 12,844 (-3.2%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Invincible #109 - 12,748 (-0.7%)

The calm before the storm…

152. Star Wars Darth Vader (Dark Horse)

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%)
01/2014: Cry of Shadows #2 - 13,920 (-12.2%)
02/2014: Cry of Shadows #3 - 13,111 (-5.8%)
03/2014: Cry of Shadows #4 - 12,697 (-3.2%)

153. Star Wars Legacy (Dark Horse)

03/2009: Star Wars Legacy #34 - 25,304
03/2010: Star Wars Legacy #46 - 19,790
03/2011: Star Wars Legacy War #4 - 18,058
03/2012: -
03/2013: Star Wars Legacy II #1 - 21,600

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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%)
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%)

Two of DH’s mid-range Star Wars books, both slowly slipping away.

155. 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%)

I have no idea why this issue’s suddenly jumped, unless we somehow lost some of last month’s sales?

156. 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%)

Still falling a bit quickly.

157. Legenderry (Dynamite)

12/2013: Legenderry #1 - 27,174
02/2014: Legenderry #2 - 14,570 (-46.4%)
03/2014: Legenderry #3 - 12,218 (-16.1%)

Average third-issue drop.

158. Star Wars Dawn of The Jedi (Dark Horse)

03/2013: Dawn O/T Jedi Prisoner of Bogan #4 - 13,728

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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%)
01/2014: Dawn O/T Jedi Force War #3 - 12,978 (-4.1%)
02/2014: Dawn O/T Jedi Force War #4 - 12,443 (-4.1%)
03/2014: Dawn O/T Jedi Force War #5 - 12,144 (-2.4%)

The last issue of this series, but I think it’s going straight into a new series next month.

159. 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%)
02/2014: Ten Grand #7 - 13,201 (-14.1%)
03/2014: Ten Grand #8 - 12,117 (-8.2%)

Plummeting.

161. GI Joe Real American Hero (IDW)

03/2011: Real American Hero #164 - 10,386
03/2012: Real American Hero #176 - 8,622
03/2013: Real American Hero #188 - 7,393

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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%)
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%)

A healthy increase for the double sized anniversary, which isn’t ending with this issue.

162. Spawn (Image)

03/2009: Spawn #190 - 21,548
03/2010: Spawn #196 - 18,893
03/2011: Spawn #205 - 15,320
03/2012: Spawn #217 - 12,686
03/2013: Spawn #229 - 16,355

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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%)
01/2014: Spawn #239 - 12,369 (-0.7%)
02/2014: Spawn #240 - 11,827 (-4.4%)
03/2014: Spawn #241 - 11,766 (-0.5%)

Stable this month.

163. Clockwork Angels (Boom!)

03/2013: Clockwork Angels #1 - 11,602

A tie-in with Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Supposedly it’s pretty good.

164, 170. 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%)

Sliding downwards.

165. Six Million Dollar Man Season 6 (Dynamite)

03/2014: $6,000,000 Man S6 #1 - 11,493

A continuation of the original TV series, a la Buffy &Angel.

167. Turok, Dinosaur Hunter (Dynamite)

02/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #1 - 30,722
03/2014: Turok Dinosaur Hunter #2 - 11,296 (-63.3%)

Not really much of a surprise there.

168, 286. Transformers Regeneration One (IDW)

03/2013: Transformers Regeneration One #89 - 9,623

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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%)
01/2014: Transformers Regeneration One #98 - 8,000 (-3.3%)
02/2014: Transformers Regeneration One #99 - 7,994 (-0.1%)
03/2014: Transformers Regeneration One #100 - 11,153 (+39.5%)
03/2014: Transformers 1984 #1 100 Penny Press Ed - 5,397

A healthy increase for the double sized anniversary, which is ending with this issue. A reprint of the original 30 year-old Marvel debut issue does alright.

171, 193. X-Files Conspiracy (IDW)

01/2014: X-Files Conspiracy #1 - 15,576
01/2014: Conspiracy Ghostbusters #1 - 11,286
02/2014: Conspiracy TMNT #1 - 13104
02/2014: Conspiracy Transformers #1 - 11,897
03/2014: Conspiracy Crow #1 - 9,394
03/2014: X-Files Conspiracy #2 - 10,859

And this year’s IDW crossover book draws to a close. It did alright, I suppose.

174. Dead Body Road (Image)

12/2013: Dead Body Road #1 - 16,840
01/2014: Dead Body Road #2 - 11,900 (-29.3%)
02/2014: Dead Body Road #3 - 10,659 (-10.4%)
03/2014: Dead Body Road #4 - 10,536 (-1.1%)

Leveling right out.

175. Revival (Image)

03/2013: Revival #8 - 17,082

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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%)
01/2014: Revival #17 - 10,585 (-4.3%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Revival #18 - 10,456 (-1.2%)

Pretty stable this month.

176. 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%)
01-02/2014: -
03/2013: Rocket Girl #4 - 10,369 (-5.5%)

177. 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%)
01/2014: -
02/2014: Satellite Sam #6 - 10,797 (-17.3%)
03/2014: Satellite Sam #7 - 10,210 (-5.4%)

Two new-ish Image books with sales starting to stabilize.

178. 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%)

Dropping pretty swiftly, as the Adventure Time well starts to run dry.

179. Revenge (Image)

02/2014: Revenge #1 - 17,362
03/2014: Revenge #2 - 10,112 (-41.8%)

The second issue was a bit better than the first. Not by much though.

180. 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%)

A far more promising drop than the last issue.

182. Fuse (Image)

02/2014: Fuse #1 - 15,957
03/2014: Fuse #2 - 9,928 (-37.8%)

Pretty average for an Image book at the moment.

184. 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%)

Ooh, that’s not very promising.

187. Star Trek Ongoing (IDW)

03/2013: Star Trek Ongoing #19 - 10,412

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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
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%)

Pretty solid this month.

188. 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%)

Very solid this month, with second prints of the first four issues also being released (but not charting).

190, 192. Transformers More TMTE (IDW)

03/2012: More Than Meets Eye #3 - 12,064
03/2013: More Than Meets Eye #15 - 9,768

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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 (+5.8%)
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

191. Transformers Robots In Disguise (IDW)

03/2013: Transformers Robots In Disguise #15 - 9,707

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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%)
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%)

GIANT ROBOTS! FIGHTING! Very stable this month as Dark Cybertron ends.

194. X-O Manowar (Valiant)

03/2013: X-O Manowar #11 - 15,765

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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%)
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%)

Up and down, but overall fairly stable at the moment.

196. Evil Empire (Boom!)

03/2014: Evil Empire #1 - 9,296

A new book from Max Bemis, who wrote the excellent Polarity. Decent opening figures for a Boom book.

198. Undertow (Image)

02/2014: Undertow #1 - 14,859
03/2014: Undertow #2 - 9,247 (-37.8%)

Not an awful second-issue drop.

200. TMNT Utrom Empire (IDW)

01/2014: Tmnt Utrom Empire #1 - 11,084
02/2014: Tmnt Utrom Empire #2 - 9,542 (-13.9%)
03/2014: Tmnt Utrom Empire #3 - 9,035 (-5.3%)

Starting to level out.

201. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)

03/2013: Sonic #246 - 8,511

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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%)
01/2014: Sonic #256 - 9,840 (-5.6%)
02/2014: Sonic #257 - 9,325 (-5.2%)
03/2014: Sonic #258 - 9,023 (-3.2%)

Pretty much back to normal, sales-wise.

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%)

A mild ouch.

204. Sex (Image)

03/2013: Sex #1 - 23,630 (29,298)

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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%)
11/2013: -
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%)

Maybe leveling out. Sort-of.

205. 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

The Goat special gets a bit of a sales boost.

206. Magic The Gathering (IDW)

04/2013: MTG Path of Vengeance #4 - 9,734 (-3.6%)
05-09/2013: -
10/2013: MTG Theros #1 - 11,919 (+22.4%)
11/2013: -
12/2013: MTG Theros #2 - 9,486 (-20.4%)
01/2014: MTG Theros #3 - 9,148 (-3.6%)
01/2014: MTG Theros #4 - 8,460 (-7.5%)
03/2014: MTG Theros #5 - 8,746 (+3.4%)

The final issue gets a bit of a bump.

207, 274. Crossed Badlands (Avatar)

03/2013: Crossed Badlands #25 - 12,022
03/2013: Crossed Badlands #26 - 8,326 (-30.7%)

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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%)
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%)

A large jump as Garth Ennis returns for the anniversary, and a look at Patient Zero. Not as big a jump as the last time he came back though, at #25.

208. BPRD (Dark Horse)

03/2013: Hell on Earth #105 Cold Day in Hell - 10,772

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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%)
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%)

Relatively stable this month.

209. Mercenary Sea (Image)

02/2014: Mercenary Sea #1 - 10,728
03/2014: Mercenary Sea #2 - 8,509 (-20.7%)

A good second-issue drop for this ‘30s adventure romp.

210. King Conan (Dark Horse)

05/2013: Hour of The Dragon #1 - 12,566
06/2013: Hour of The Dragon #2 - 9,808 (-21.9%)
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%)

Dropping well below the last series, definite diminishing returns

211. Harbinger (Valiant)

03/2013: Harbinger #10 - 12,196

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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%)
01/2014: Harbinger #20 - 9,060 (-1.9%)
02/2014: Harbinger #21 - 8,473 (-6.5%)
03/2014: Harbinger Bleeding Monk #0 - 8,423

Another character special zero-issue, not doing too badly at all.

215. Archer &Armstrong (Valiant)

03/2013: Archer &Armstrong #8 - 11,072

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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%)
01/2014: Archer &Armstrong #17 - 8,112 (-5.8%)
02/2014: Archer &Armstrong Archer #0 - 8,671
03/2014: Archer &Armstrong #18 - 8,156 (+0.5%)

Very stable this month as it crosses over with Bloodshot.

216, 238. 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%)
01/2014: Uber #9 - 8,448 (-6.8%)
03/2014: Uber #10 - 8,133 (-3.7%)
03/2014: Uber Special #1 - 7,176

The drops are slowing down, while a special reprinting digital stories does pretty well.

217. 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%)
01/2014: Zero #5 - 6,922 (-14.0%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Zero #6 - 8,081 (+16.7%)

Word of mouth maybe catching up with this excellent spy book.

218. Apocalypse Al #1 (Image)

02/2014: Apocalypse Al #1 - 14,055
03/2014: Apocalypse Al #2 - 8,000 (-43.1%)

A steep fall, but pretty much on par with the other releases on this imprint.

220. Bloodshot (Valiant)

03/2013: Bloodshot #9 - 10,959

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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%)
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%)

Crossing over with Archer and Armstrong, and gaining a bit of a boost.

223. 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%)
02/2013: Secret #5 - 8,394 (-14.8%)
03/2013: Secret #6 - 7,864 (-6.3%)

A much better drop this month, maybe finally leveling out.

224. The Bunker (Oni)

02/2014: The Bunker #1 - 10,378
03/2014: The Bunker #2 - 7,864 (-24.2%)

A reasonable second-issue drop, as good word of mouth swirls around this intriguing book.

227. 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%)
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%)

Pretty stable this month.

228. The Shadow (Dynamite)

03/2013: The Shadow #10 - 11,682

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04/2013: The Shadow #11 - 11,119 (-4.8%)
04/2013: The Shadow #12 - 10,815 (-2.7%)
05/2013: The Shadow #13 - 11,474 (+6.1%)
06/2013: The Shadow #14 - 10,071 (-12.2%)
07/2013: The Shadow #15 - 9,851 (-21.8%)
08/2013: The Shadow #16 - 9,484 (-3.7%)
09/2013: The Shadow #17 - 9,880 (+4.2%)
09/2013: The Shadow Annual 2013 - 6,497
10/2013: The Shadow #18 - 10,863 (+9.9%)
11/2013: The Shadow #19 - 8,955 (-17.6%)
11/2013: The Shadow #20 - 8,805 (-1.7%)
12/2013: -
01/2014: The Shadow #21 - 8,500 (-3.5%)
02/2014: The Shadow #22 - 8,063 (-5.1%)
03/2014: The Shadow #23 - 7,809 (-3.1%)

Spiraling down, but plenty of rope to go yet.

229. Sonic Universe (Archie)

03/2013: Sonic Universe #50 - 7,359

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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%)
01/2014: -
02/2014: Sonic Universe #60 - 7,902 (-2.7%)
03/2014: Sonic Universe #61 - 7,715 (-2.4%)

As with the parent book, returning to regular levels.

230. Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse)

05/2013: Satan Smells a Rat #1 - 9,846
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%)

Falling fast, and getting no boost at all from the mini-series format.

232. 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%)

Still a little way to go before this finds its level.

233. Auteur (Oni Press)

03/2014: Auteur #1 - 7,546

Apparently this is pretty good. Haven’t read it yet.

234. 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%)
01/2014: Legends Of Red Sonja #3 - 8,067 (-11.5%)
02/2014: Legends Of Red Sonja #4 - 7,673 (-4.9%)
03/2014: Legends Of Red Sonja #5 - 7,498 (-2.3%)

Last issue as sales flatten out.

235. Ghost (Dark Horse)

03/2013: Ghost #4 - 6,899

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12/2013: Ghost #1 - 9,805 (+42.1%)
01-02/2014: -
03/2014: Ghost #2 - 7,412 (-24.4%)

Not especially encouraging sales.

236. 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%)
01/2014: Eternal Warrior #5 - 9,503 (-1.5%)
02/2014: Eternal Warrior #6 - 7,862 (-17.3%)
03/2014: Eternal Warrior #7 - 7,336 (-6.7%)

Falling pretty quickly.

237. Shadowman (Valiant)

03/2013: Shadowman #5 - 13,145

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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%)
01/2014: Shadowman #14 - 7,560 (-19.6%)
02/2014: Shadowman #15 - 7,239 (-4.2%)
03/2014: Shadowman #16 - 7,189 (-0.7%)

This, on the other hand, is pretty solid this month.

239. 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%)
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%)

Still falling.

240. Monster &Madman (IDW)

03/2014: Monster &Madman #1 - 7,065

Rather a pretty new monster book from Steve Niles, Frankenstein’s monster meets Jack the Ripper.

241. Game of Thrones (Dynamite)

03/2013: Game of Thrones #13 - 8,792

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04/2013: -
05/2013: Game of Thrones #14 - 8,468 (-5.7%)
06/2013: Game of Thrones #15 - 8,081 (-4.6%)
07/2013: -
08/2013: Game of Thrones #16 - 7,824 (-3.2%)
09/2013: -
10/2013: Game of Thrones #17 - 7,545 (-3.6%)
11-12/2013: -
01/2014: Game of Thrones #18 - 7,513 (-4.2%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Game of Thrones #19 - 7,043 (-6.3%)

I didn’t realize until recently, but this comic version is still covering events from the first season of the TV show and the first book. This could continue for a while, so when does it become unprofitable to print?

244. Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse)

08/2012: BoB Neighborhood Watch One-Shot - 7,418
03/2014: BoB Gatherers One-Shot - 6,915

245. 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%)

Two of my favourite books, both should be selling more goddamit!

246. The Massive (Dark Horse)

03/2013: Massive #10 - 9,795

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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%)
01/2014: Massive #19 - 7,387 (-4.9%)
02/2014: Massive #20 - 6,976 (-5.6%)
03/2014: Massive #21 - 6,841 (-1.9%)

This looks like it’s pretty much found its level. Also not selling what it should be.

247. Rover Red Charlie (Avatar)

12/2013: Rover Red Charlie #1 - 9,327
01/2014: Rover Red Charlie #2 - 6,744 (-27.7%)
02/2014: Rover Red Charlie #3 - 6,770 (+0.4%)
03/2014: Rover Red Charlie #4 - 6,793 (+0.3%)

This has been deservedly stable, I’m enjoying it enormously. Slightly dreading the last issue, which I suspect will see the death of at least one of the main characters.

249. Saviours (Image)

12/2013: Saviours #1 - 17,894
01/2014: Saviours #2 - 8,174 (-54.3%)
03/2014: Saviours #3 - 6,733 (-17.6%)

An average third-issue drop.

250. Mega Man (Archie)

03/2013: Mega Man #23 - 5,339

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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%)
01/2014: Mega Man #33 - 7,015 (-4.6%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Mega Man #34 - 6,688 (-4.7%)

Falling.

251. Godzilla (IDW)

03/2013: -

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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%)
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%)

Pretty solid as the film approaches.

252. Robyn Hood (Zenescope)

05/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #1 - 8,242
06/2013: Robyn Hood Wanted #2 - 7,116 (-13.7%)
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%)

The new series starts a bit below the last series.

253. 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%)

254. GI Joe (IDW)

03/2013: GI Joe Vol 3 #2 - 10,979

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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%)
01/2014: -
02/2014: GI Joe Vol 3 #13 - 6,740 (-3.5%)
03/2014: GI Joe Vol 3 #14 - 6,528 (-3.1%)

255. The Witcher (Dark Horse)

03/2014: The Witcher #1 - 6,525

A tie-in to the RPG-series. The new game has been delayed, but that should mean the collection is out by the time it’s finally released.

256. Judge Dredd (IDW)

03/2013: Judge Dredd #5 - 11,447

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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%)
01/2014: Judge Dredd #15 - 6,296 (-14.1%)
02/2014: Judge Dredd #16 - 6,456 (+2.5%)
03/2014: Judge Dredd #17 - 6,475 (+0.3%)

Stablized finally.

257. 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%)

Ouch.

258. Simpsons Comics (Bongo)

03/2013: Simpsons Comics #200 - 9,820

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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%)
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%)

Sort of stable.

260. Rogue Trooper (IDW)

03/2014: Rogue Trooper #1 - 6,259

The story of a soldier bravely going into battle wearing blusher…oh, Rogue, not Rouge…
Ahem, another 2000AD character comes to IDW, not particularly successfully, which is a shame. It’s actually very good.

261. Spongebob Comics (United Plankton)

03/2013: Spongebob Comics #18 - 7,005

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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%)
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%)

262. Witchblade (Image)

03/2013: Witchblade #164 - 7,670

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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%)
01/2014: Witchblade #172 - 6,221 (-14.3%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Witchblade #173 - 6,109 (-1.8%)

263. GFT Wonderland Clash of Queens (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%)
01/2014: Through The Looking Glass #5 - 5,779 (+0.2%)
02/2014: Clash of Queens #1 - 6,791 (+14.9%)
03/2014: Clash of Queens #2 - 6,083 (-10.4%)

264. Tarot Witch of the Black Rose (Broadsword)

03/2013: Tarot #79 - 6,784

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04/2013: -
05/2013: Tarot #80 - 6,795 (+0.2%)
06/2013: -
07/2013: Tarot #81 - 6,707 (-1.3%)
08/2013: -
09/2013: Tarot #82 - ???? (???)
10/2013: -
11/2013: Tarot #83 - 6,252 (???)
12/2013: -
01/2014: Tarot #84 - 6,234 (-0.3%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Tarot #85 - 6,075 (-2.6%)

265. Ghostbusters (IDW)

03/2013: Ghostbusters #2 - 8,910

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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%)
01/2014: Ghostbusters #12 - 5,755 (-5.0%)
02/2014: Ghostbusters #13 - 6,355 (+10.4%)
03/2014: Ghostbusters #14 - 6,065 (-4.6%)

266. Ghosted (Image)

07/2013: Ghosted #1 - 17,782
08/2013: Ghosted #2 - 10,414 (-41.4%)
09/2013: Ghosted #3 - 9,373 (-10.0%)
10/2013: Ghosted #4 - 8,183 (-12.7%)
11/2013: Ghosted #5 - 7,590 (-7.2%)
01/2014: Ghosted #6 - 6,142 (-19.1%)
02/2014: Ghosted #7 - 6,403 (+4.2%)
03/2014: Ghosted #8 - 6,039 (-5.7%)

267. Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope)

03/2013: Grimm Fairy Tales #83 - 6,221

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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%)
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%)

268. 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%)

269. Day Men (Boom!)

07/2013: Day Men #1 - 7,968
12/2013: Day Men #2 - 7,777 (-2.4%)
03/2014: Day Men #3 - 5,946 (-23.5%)

270. Terminator (Dark Horse)

12/2013: Salvation Final Battle #1 - 13,022
12/2013: Salvation Final Battle #2 - 8,087 (-37.9%)
01/2014: -
02/2014: Salvation Final Battle #3 - 6,563 (-18.8%)
03/2014: Salvation Final Battle #4 - 5,945 (-9.4%)

271. Wonderland (Zenescope)

03/2013: Wonderland #9 - 6,563

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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%)
01/2014: Wonderland #19 - 6,434 (-18.1%)
02/2014: Wonderland #20 - 5,780 (-10.2%)
03/2014: Wonderland #21 - 5,937 (+2.7%)

272. Garth Ennis' Red Team (Dynamite)

03/2013: Garth Ennis Red Team #2 - 9,941

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04-05/2013: -
06/2013: Garth Ennis Red Team #3 - 8,645 (-13.0%)
07/2013: Garth Ennis Red Team #4 - 7,562 (-12.5%)
08/2013: -
09/2013: Garth Ennis Red Team #5 - 6,736 (-10.9%)
10/2013: -
11/2013: Garth Ennis Red Team #6 - 6,264 (-7.0%)
12/2013-02/2014: -
03/2014: Garth Ennis Red Team #7 - 5,909 (-5.7%)

273. Five Ghosts (Image)

03/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #1 - 13,163
04/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #2 - 13,127 (-0.3%)
05/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #3 - 13,153 (+0.3%)
06/2013: Five Ghosts Haunting of Fabian Gray #4 - 11,357 (-13.7%)
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%)

275. Umbral (Image)

11/2013: Umbral #1 - 14,536
12/2013: Umbral #2 - 8,485 (-41.6%)
01/2014: Umbral #3 - 6,906 (-18.6%)
02/2014: Umbral #4 - 6,264 (-9.3%)
03/2014: Umbral #5 - 5,760 (-8.1%)

276. GFT Tales from Oz (Zenescope)

01/2014: GFT Tales from Oz #1- 6,434
02/2014: GFT Tales from Oz #2 - 5,555 (-15.8%)
03/2014: GFT Tales from Oz #3 - 5,749 (+3.5%)

277. 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%)

278. GFT Neverland (Zenescope)

03/2012: GFT Presents Neverland Hook #4 - 4,946

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04/2012: -
05/2012: GFT Presents Neverland Hook #5 - 5,045 (+2.0%)
03/2014: GFT Neverland Age of Darkness #1 - 5,680

280. Warlord of Mars (Dynamite)

03/2014: -

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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%)
01/2014: Warlord of Mars #32 - 6,392 (-0.5%)
01/2014: Warlord of Mars #33 - 5,837 (-8.7%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Warlord of Mars #34 - 5,609 (-3.9%)

281. 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 (???)
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%)

282. Invincible Universe (Image)

03/2013: -

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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%)
01/2014: Invincible Universe #9 - 6,123 (-5.5%)
02/2014: Invincible Universe #10 - 5,803 (-5.2%)
03/2014: Invincible Universe #11 - 5,577 (-3.9%)

284. Blackout (Dark Horse)

03/2014: Blackout #1 - 5,513

285. 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%)
01/2014: The Shadow Now #4 - 5,963 (-6.4%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: The Shadow Now #5 - 5,508 (-6.5%)

287. One Hit Wonder (Image)

02/2014: One Hit Wonder #1 - 9,719
03/2014: One Hit Wonder #2 - 5,364 (-44.8%)

288. Aphrodite IX (Image)

03/2013: Aphrodite IX #1 - ????

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04-05/2013: -
06/2013: Aphrodite IX #2 - 9,414
07/2013: Aphrodite IX #3 - 9,339 (-0.8%)
08/2013: Aphrodite IX #4 - 9,186 (-1.6%)
09/2013: -
10/2013: Aphrodite IX #5 - ???? (???)
11/2013: Aphrodite IX #6 - 5,830 (???)
01/2014: Aphrodite IX #7 - 5,404 (-7.3%)
02/2014: Aphrodite IX #8 - 4,998 (-7.5%)
03/2014: Aphrodite IX #9 - 5,352 (+7.1%)

289. Egos (Image)

01/2014: Egos #1 - 11,583
02/2014: Egos #2 - 6,548 (-43.5%)
03/2014: Egos #3 - 5,344 (-18.4%)

290. Wonderland Asylum (Zenescope)

03/2013: Madness of Wonderland #2 - 5,751

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04/2013: Madness of Wonderland #3 - 5,825 (+1.3%)
05/2013: Madness of Wonderland #4 - 5,677 (-2.5%)
01/2014: Wonderland Asylum #1 - 6,632 (+16.8%)
02/2014: Wonderland Asylum #2 - 5,185 (-21.8%)
03/2014: Wonderland Asylum #3 - 5,327 (+2.7%)

291. Miss Fury (Dynamite)

04/2013: Miss Fury #1 - 18,441
05/2013: Miss Fury #2 - 11,306 (-38.7%)
06/2013: Miss Fury #3 - 9,834 (-13.0%)
07/2013: Miss Fury #4 - 8,547 (-13.1%)
08/2013: Miss Fury #5 - 7,639 (-10.6%)
09/2013: Miss Fury #6 - 7,029 (-8.0%)
10/2013: -
11/2013: Miss Fury #7 - 6,370 (-9.4%)
12/2014: -
01/2014: Miss Fury #8 - 5,710 (-10.4%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Miss Fury #9 - 5,267 (-7.8%)

292. Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris (Dynamite)

03/2013: Dejah Thoris #23 - 6,697

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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%)
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%)

293. Dejah Thoris &Green Men of Mars (Dynamite)

03/2013: Dejah Thoris &Green Men Of Mars #2 - 7,917

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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%)
01/2014: Dejah Thoris &Green Men Of Mars #10 - 5,343 (-3.9%)
02/2014: Dejah Thoris &Green Men Of Mars #11 - 5,296 (-0.9%)
03/2014: Dejah Thoris &Green Men Of Mars #12 - 5,223 (-1.4%)

294. Wild Blue Yonder (IDW)

06/2013: Wild Blue Yonder #1 - 10,840
09/2013: Wild Blue Yonder #2 - ???? (???)
01/2014: Wild Blue Yonder #3 - ???? (???)
03/2014: Wild Blue Yonder #4 - 5,203 (???)

295. The Crow (IDW)

06/2013: Crow Curare #1 - 6,607 (+15.2%)
07/2013: Crow Curare #2 - ???? (???)
09/2013: Crow Curare #3 - ???? (???)
03/2014: Crow Pestilence #1 - 5,149

296. Returning (Boom!)

03/2014: Returning #1 - 5,090

297. Regular Show Skips (Boom!)

11/2013: Regular Show Skips #1 - 10,378
12/2013: Regular Show Skips #2 - 7,865 (-24.2%)
01/2014: Regular Show Skips #3 - 6,037 (-23.2%)
02/2014: Regular Show Skips #4 - 5,604 (-7.2%)
03/2014: Regular Show Skips #5 - 5,046 (-10.0%)

298. 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%)
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%)

299. The Fox (Archie)

10/2013: The Fox #1 - 7,131
11/2013: The Fox #2 - ???? (???)
12/2013: The Fox #3 - ???? (???)
01/2014: The Fox #4 - ???? (???)
02/2014: -
03/2014: The Fox #5 - 4,993 (???)

300. Bart Simpson Comics (Bongo)

03/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #81 - 5,235

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04/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #82 - 5,150 (-1.6%)
05/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #83 - 5,212 (+1.2%)
06/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #84 - 5,240 (+0.5%)
07/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #85 - 5,317 (+1.5%)
08/2013: -
09/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #86 - ???? (???)
10/2013: -
11/2013: Bart Simpson Comics #87 - 5,213 (???)
12/2014: -
01/2014: Bart Simpson Comics #88 - 5,020 (-3.7%)
02/2014: -
03/2014: Bart Simpson Comics #89 - 4,940 (-1.6%)

http://comicsbeat.com/indie-comics-mont ... -his-mark/

Tue 20 May 2014 - 10:08

Les 90's avaient pas mal de titres indés (image) dans les meilleures ventes mais avec les années 2000 on a rarement eu des indés au dessus de 20 000... Là ca arrive de plus en plus...
On peut voir un changement dans les habitudes des fans de comics...
surtout qu image, Star Wars... fonctionnent tres bien en TP surtout hors comics shops

Wed 19 Nov 2014 - 9:04

Indie Month-to-Month Sales Charts: [size=150]September 2014[/size]
11/18/2014 by Beat Staff

[Edit note: It's been a little while since we did the indie chart, but please welcome our new Writer, Kate Reynolds, whose site you can read here. It will be a little while before we get back to a regular schedule, but we're on our way. ]

This month has some fun new comics added to the roster headed by George Perez’s Siren from Boom! Studios. Of course Image had its fair share of new titles, with Copperhead and Roche Limit having stellar debuts.

While Marvel had a title overload last month, in September DC had a special month with special and regular editions for the N52. All that means that there were only 105 indie titles charting in the top 300, which is still a bit down from last month’s 126.

Understandably, overall indie title sales were down at 1,315,225 compared to last month’s 1,766,686 for average sales of 12,52, a slight decrease from last month’s 14,021. Overall there 12 titles went up, 72 titles went down, with the rest made up primarily of new issues and a few specials.

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

13. The Walking Dead
4/1/2014 Walking Dead #126 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 67,853
4/1/2014 Walking Dead #125 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 66,761
5/1/2014 Walking Dead #127 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 71,352
6/1/2014 Walking Dead #128 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 74,326
7/1/2014 Walking Dead #129 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 72,908
8/1/2014 Walking Dead #130 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 71,885
9/1/2014 Walking Dead #131 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 69,810 (-2.95)

A slight drop for the one of the strongest selling indie comics. Yet the numbers seem to be holding in the upper sixties/lower seventies for this popular book.

33. Saga (Image)
5/1/2014 Saga #19 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 55,422 (+4.3%)
6/1/2014 Saga #20 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 56,497 (+1.9%)
7/1/2014 Saga #21 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 55,893 (-1.1%)
8/1/2014 Saga #22 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 55,803 (-0.2%)
9/1/2014 Saga #23 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 56,162 (+.6%)

We see a slight rise for Saga in the past month, but overall numbers for this latest storyarc have remained strong. I’m also reminded how badly I need to catch up on my reading…

61. Outcast (Image)
6/1/2014 Outcast By Kirkman &Azaceta #1 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 71,788
7/1/2014 Outcast By Kirkman &Azaceta #2 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 55,126 (-23.2%)
8/1/2014 Outcast By Kirkman &Azaceta #3 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 46,717 (-15.2%)
9/1/2014 Outcast By Kirkman &Azaceta #4 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 45,401 (-2.8%)

While Kirkman’s new series isn’t seeing Walking Dead level numbers, it’s still a top-seller. September sees the sales number continue to level out for Outcast, which will undoubtedly continue to see high sales.

100. Wicked &Divine (Image)
6/1/2014 Wicked &Divine #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 42,948 –
7/1/2014 Wicked &Divine #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 27,962 (-34.9%)
8/1/2014 Wicked &Divine #3 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 27,208 (-2.7%)
9/1/2014 Wicked &Divine #4 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 25,668 (-5.7%)

With the first story-arc of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s divine story finished, it’s safe to say it is a hit. While Wicked &Divine is currently out-selling the last few issues of Gillen and McKelvie’s last project (Young Avengers) it might not be done leveling yet. We’ll have to wait for the second story-arc to call it.

101. East of West (Image)
3/1/2013 East Of West #1 [*] $3.50 IMA 49,518 –
4/1/2013 East Of West #2 [*] $3.50 IMA 41,838 (-15.5%)
6/1/2013 East of West #3 $3.50 IMA 39,441 (-5.7%)
7/1/2013 East Of West #4 $3.50 IMA 43,228 (+9.6%)
8/1/2013 East Of West #5 $3.50 IMA 36,345 (-15.9%)
9/1/2013 East of West #6 $3.50 IMA 33,381 (-8.2%)
11/1/2013 East Of West #7 $3.50 IMA 32,889 (-1.4%)
12/1/2013 East Of West #8 $3.50 IMA 31,059 (-5.6%)
1/1/2013 East Of West #9 $3.50 IMA 29,885 (-3.8%)
3/1/2013 East Of West #10 $3.50 IMA 28,853 (-3.4%)
4/1/2014 East Of West #11 $3.50 IMA 28,090 (-2.6%)
6/1/2014 East Of West #12 $3.50 IMA 27,056 (-3.7%)
7/1/2014 East Of West #13 $3.50 IMA 26,531 (-1.9%)
7/1/2014 East Of West #14 $3.50 IMA 26,361 (-0.6%)
9/1/2014 East Of West #15 $3.50 IMA 25,593 (-2.9%)

This science-fiction, Death fueled saga from Jonathan Hickman has seen a steady decrease in numbers since last year. As one of the 20,000 plus people that seems to have lost interest since the first issue I can’t say I wasn’t hoping for this.

103. George Perez’s Sirens (Boom!)
9/1/2014 Sirens #1 $3.99 BOO 24,900

George Perez’s brand new creator-owned series certainly made a splash this month. This was Boom! Studios best-selling title of September, and with rave reviews and a strong lady-centric sci-fi storyline, we can only hope this continues to be a breakout hit – though it would be normal to see decreases in the following months.

104. Low (Image)
7/1/2014 Low #1 (Mr) [*] $3.99 IMA 43,340 –
8/1/2014 Low #2 (Mr) [*] $3.50 IMA 28,426 (-34.4%)
9/1/2014 Low #3 (Mr) [*] $3.50 IMA 24,308 (-14.5%)

Normal third issue drop for Remender and Tocchini’s aquatic-based sci-fi fantasy adventure. Looks like Remender has yet another strong book in his hands.

105. Copperhead (Image)
9/1/2014 Copperhead #1 $3.50 IMA 24,272 –

The premiere issue of this sci-fi western sees strong sales, but we’ll have to wait a few issues to know how it’s truly going to do.

109. Roche Limit (Image)
9/1/2014 Roche Limit #1 $3.50 IMA 23,404 –

Image seems to be doing well with their science fiction themed titles, and Roche Limit is no stranger to that.

114. Southern Bastards (Image)
4/1/2014 Southern Bastards #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 38,029
5/1/2014 Southern Bastards #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 25,811 (-32.1%)
7/1/2014 Southern Bastards #3 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 21,313 (-17.4%)
9/1/2014 Southern Bastards #4 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 22,317 (+4.7%)

Slight rise this month, which proves that this provocatively titled comic is leveling out nicely.

115. Trees (Image)
5/1/2014 Trees #1 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 31,926 –
6/1/2014 Trees #2 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 25,515 (-20.1%)
7/1/2014 Trees #3 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 23,822 (-6.6%)
8/1/2014 Trees #4 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 23,639 (-0.8%)
9/1/2014 Trees #5 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 22,244 (-5.9%)

Apart from the initial sales drop between the first and second issue, Warren Ellis’s strange new story keeps performing strong.

129. Aliens Fire and Stone &Prometheus Fire and Stone (Dark Horse)
9/1/2013 Aliens Fire And Stone #1 [*] $3.50 DAR 19,878

9/1/2014 Prometheus Fire And Stone #1 [*] $3.50 DAR 19,468

Dark Horse is pulling out all the stops with their Fire and Stone event set in the Aliens universe, and the sales are backing up this endeavor. Considering how pleasantly surprised I was with both of the above issues, I predict that the sales remain strong until the event’s conclusion.

130. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic (IDW)
4/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #18 $3.99 IDW 26,091 (-2.2%)
5/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #19 $3.99 IDW 22,820 (-12.5%)
6/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #20 $3.99 IDW 20,711 (-9.2%)
7/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #21 $3.99 IDW 20,871 (+0.8%)
8/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #22 $3.99 IDW 21,642 (+3.7%)
9/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #23 $3.99 IDW 19,491 (-9.9%)

Despite a continued (yet small) drop in sales, the My Little Pony comic franchise reminds us that there is a strong and lucrative market in kids comics.

137. Velvet (Image)
10/1/2013 Velvet #1 (Mr) [*] $3.50 IMA 41,897 –
12/1/2013 Velvet #2 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 25,549 (-39.0%)
1/1/2014 Velvet #3 (Mr) [*] $2.99 IMA 23,177 (-9.3%)
3/1/2014 Velvet #4 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 21,412 (-7.6%)
5/1/2014 Velvet #5 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 20,258 (-5.4%)
7/1/2014 Velvet #6 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 18,775 (-7.3%)
9/1/2014 Velvet #7 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 17,901 (-4.7%)

If Velvet follows the same sales trends as Brubaker’s previous Image series Fatale, we should expect to see Velvet settle down in the mid-teens for the next few issues.

140. Buffy TVS Season 10 (Dark Horse)
3/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #1 $3.50 DAR 27,851 (+36.6%)
4/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #2 $3.50 DAR 21,804 (-21.7%)
5/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #3 $3.50 DAR 20,556 (-5.7%)
6/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #4 $3.50 DAR 19,365 (-5.8%)
7/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #5 $3.50 DAR 18,827 (-2.8%)
8/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #6 $3.50 DAR 18,121 (-3.7%)
9/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #7 $3.50 DAR 17,701 (-2.3%)

While BTVS has always been a strong title for Dark Horse, Season 10 is seeing a large drop in numbers from previous seasons. The lowest copies that any single issues of BTVS Season 9 was 20,392, and BTVS Season 10 is already averaging lower than that. It could signal a declining interest in the BTVS universe, which has been off the air for over ten years.

141. MPH (Image)
5/1/2014 Mph #1 $2.99 IMA 35,632 –
6/1/2014 Mph #2 $2.99 IMA 21,937 (-38.4%)
9/1/2014 Mph #3 $2.99 IMA 16,881 (-23.0%)

This new edition to the Millarworld Universe appears to be losing sales with the same super-speed that the titular drug imbues its anti-heroes with. With only two more issues to go in the mini-series, I’m predicting sales drop out of the teens before it’s all over.

142. GI Joe (2014) (IDW)
2/1/2013 Gi Joe #1 $3.99 IDW 17,553 –
3/1/2013 Gi Joe #2 $3.99 IDW 10,979 (-37.5%)
4/1/2013 Gi Joe #3 $3.99 IDW 10,372 (-5.5%)
5/1/2013 Gi Joe #4 $3.99 IDW 9,881 (-4.7%)
6/1/2013 G.I. Joe #5 $3.99 IDW 10,866 (+10.0%)
7/1/2013 Gi Joe #6 $3.99 IDW 9106 (-16.2%)
8/1/2013 Gi Joe #7 $3.99 IDW 8,644 (-5.1%)
9/1/2013 G.I. Joe #8 $3.99 IDW 8,266 (-4.4%)
10/1/2013 Gi Joe #9 $3.99 IDW 8,099 (-2.0%)
11/1/2013 Gi Joe #10 $3.99 IDW 7,765 (-4.1%)
12/1/2013 Gi Joe #11 $3.99 IDW 7,395 (-4.8%)
12/1/2013 Gi Joe #12 $3.99 IDW 6,982 (-5.6%)
2/1/2014 Gi Joe #13 $3.99 IDW 6,740 (-3.5%)
3/1/2014 Gi Joe #14 $3.99 IDW 6,528 (-3.1%)
4/1/2014 Gi Joe #15 $3.99 IDW 6,375 (-2.3%)

9/1/2014 Gi Joe (2014) #1 [*] $3.99 IDW 16,848

The new G.I. Joe series looks to be starting with similar numbers to those of G.I. Joe Vol. 3. IDW is probably hoping that the new series won’t lose followers at a similar rate to the old, but it’s too early to tell.

144. My Little Pony Friends Forever (IDW)
1/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #1 $3.99 IDW 23,370 –
2/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #2 $3.99 IDW 20,676 (-11.5%)
3/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #3 $3.99 IDW 20,038 (-3.1%)
4/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #4 $3.99 IDW 20,149 (+0.5%)
5/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #5 $3.99 IDW 19,312 (-4.2%)
6/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #6 $3.99 IDW 18,132 (-6.1%)
7/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #7 $3.99 IDW 19,850 (+9.5%)
8/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #8 $3.99 IDW 17,444 (-12%)
9/1/2014 My Little Pony Friends Forever #9 $3.99 IDW 16,803 (-3.7%)

Like its sister series, MLP Friendship is Magic, Friends Forever took a small hit to sales last month. Still, both comics remain two of the top-sellers in the kids market with very respectable numbers.

145. God Hates Astronauts (Image)
9/1/2014 God Hates Astronauts #1 Cvr A Browne (Mr) $3.50 IMA 16,689

This new comic from Ryan Browne of The Manhattan Projects fame hits the range of numbers predictable for a cult-sensation. The number’s aren’t too high – then too many people would have heard of it – and not too low – still really popular among a certain crowd – for a solid ‘just right’ debut.

146. Lazarus (Image)
5/1/2013 Lazarus #1 $2.99 IMA 48,030 –
7/1/2013 Lazarus #2 $2.99 IMA 27143 (-43.5%)
8/1/2013 Lazarus #3 $2.99 IMA 24,961 (-8.0%)
10/1/2013 Lazarus #4 $2.99 IMA 23,701 (-5.0%)
12/1/2013 Lazarus #5 $2.99 IMA 22,695 (-4.2%)
2/1/2014 Lazarus #6 $2.99 IMA 21,198 (-6.6%)
3/1/2014 Lazarus #7 $2.99 IMA 20,150 (-4.9%)
4/1/2014 Lazarus #8 $2.99 IMA 19,826 (-1.6%)
7/1/2014 Lazarus #9 $2.99 IMA 19,066 (-3.8%)
8/1/2014 Lazarus #10 $3.50 IMA 18,051 (-5.3%)
9/1/2014 Lazarus #11 $3.50 IMA 16,531 (-8.4%)

While declining sales a normal for a comic settling into a routine, I can’t help but wonder if the world-building of the post-apocalyptic comic is bogging down the readers. Lazarus #11 began a new story arc, which readers don’t seem as keen on as previously. If anyone can pull it out, it’s Greg Rucka and Michael Lark.

149. Doctor Who 11th (Titan)
8/1/2014 Doctor Who 11th #1 $3.99 TIT 41,068
9/1/2014 Doctor Who 11th #2 $3.99 TIT 15,947 (-61.2%)

A 60% drop between two issues is rather hard to ignore, and you have to wonder how if the move from IDW to Titan is everything the publishers hoped for. Rumor has it that the first issue sold out a 100k print run with a second run promised, so these numbers might not be representative of the entire picture.

152. Spread (Image)
7/1/2014 Spread #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 21,150
8/1/2014 Spread #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 15,244 (-27.9%)
9/1/2014 Spread #3 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 15,691 (+2.9%)

While others have noted the similarities between Spread and Saga, the comic has developed into its own over the first three issues with a slight raise in September.

159. Wayward (Image)
8/1/2014 Wayward #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 29,240
9/1/2014 Wayward #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 15,053 (-48.5%)

This comic represents Jim Zub and Steve Cumming’s attempt at crafting a new slayer-esque book for a new generation – but aren’t clear as to whether they hit their mark.

160. Nailbiter (Image)
5/1/2014 Nailbiter #1 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 22,746
6/1/2014 Nailbiter #2 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 15,193 (-33.2%)
7/1/2014 Nailbiter #3 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 16,581 (+9.1%)
8/1/2014 Nailbiter #4 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 14,706 (-11.3%)
9/1/2014 Nailbiter #5 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 14,947 (+1.6%)

Nailbiter has had great reader retention from the beginning, and the slight increase this month speaks to the quality of this macabre serial-killer centered comic.

161. Deadly Class (Image)
1/1/2014 Deadly Class #1 $3.50 IMA 34,572 –
2/1/2014 Deadly Class #2 $3.50 IMA 21,159 (-38.8%)
3/1/2014 Deadly Class #3 $3.50 IMA 18,536 (-12.4%)
4/1/2014 Deadly Class #4 $3.50 IMA 17,855 (-3.7%)
5/1/2014 Deadly Class #5 $3.50 IMA 17,099 (-4.2%)
6/1/2014 Deadly Class #6 $3.50 IMA 16,305 (-4.6%)
9/1/2014 Deadly Class #7 $3.50 IMA 14,834 (-9.0%)

Some natural attrition at play, but Remender’s talent is still bringing all the boys to the comic shops.

163. Manifest Destiny (Image)
11/1/2013 Manifest Destiny #1 $2.99 IMA 17,371 –
12/1/2013 Manifest Destiny #2 $2.99 IMA 12,801 (-26.3%)
1/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #3 $2.99 IMA 12,034 (-6.0%)
2/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #4 $2.99 IMA 13,291 (+10.4%)
3/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #5 $2.99 IMA 14,152 (+6.5%)
4/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #6 $2.99 IMA 14,851 (+4.9%)
6/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #7 $2.99 IMA 21,500 (+44.8%)
7/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #8 $2.99 IMA 15,060 (-29.9%)
8/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #9 $2.99 IMA 14,672 (-2.6%)
9/1/2014 Manifest Destiny #10 $2.99 IMA 14,312 (-2.4%)

This title has had some strong ups and down since it’s release, but seems to be holding steady currently.

165. Invincible (Image)
1/1/2013 Invincible #100 $2.99 IMA 39,863 (+189.0%)
3/1/2013 Invincible #101 $2.99 IMA 15,540 (-65.5%)
4/1/2014 Invincible #102 $2.99 IMA 15,249 (-1.9%)
6/1/2013 Invincible #103 $2.99 IMA 15,072 (-1.2%)
7/1/2013 Invincible #104 $2.99 IMA 14733 (-2.2%)
9/1/2013 Invincible #105 $2.99 IMA 14,437 (-2.0%)
10/1/2013 Invincible #106 $2.99 IMA 13,961 (-3.3%)
12/1/2013 Invincible #107 $2.99 IMA 13,268 (-5.0%)
1/1/2014 Invincible #108 $2.99 IMA 12,844 (-3.2%)
3/1/2013 Invincible #109 $2.99 IMA 12,748 (-0.7%)
4/1/2014 Invincible #110 $2.99 IMA 12,557 (-1.5%)
5/1/2014 Invincible #111 $2.99 IMA 18,440 (+46.8%)
6/1/2014 Invincible #112 $2.99 IMA 14,413 (-21.8%)
8/1/2014 Invincible #113 $2.99 IMA 13,642 (-5.3%)
9/1/2014 Invincible #114 $2.99 IMA 13,921 (+2.0%)

Invincible is one of the steadiest comics I’ve ever seen. It goes up and down a bit each month, but never falls complete victim to the attrition that plagues many longtime ongoing comics.

168. Supreme Blue Rose (Image)
7/1/2014 Supreme Blue Rose #1 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 26,100 –
8/1/2014 Supreme Blue Rose #2 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 16,268 (-37.7%)
9/1/2014 Supreme Blue Rose #3 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 13,603 (-16.4%)

With the direction of this comic still remaining murky, it makes sense that sales haven’t quite caught on in a similar fashion to Warren Ellis’s other Image comic Trees.Supreme Blue Rose might not be blooming, but it’s still healthy.

170. Big Trouble in Little China (Boom!)
6/1/2014 Big Trouble In Little China #1 $3.99 BOO 24,160 –
7/1/2014 Big Trouble In Little China #2 $3.99 BOO 14,838 (-38.6%)
8/1/2014 Big Trouble In Little China #3 $3.99 BOO 14,076 (-5.1%)
9/1/2014 Big Trouble in Little China #4 $3.99 BOO 13,370 (-5.0%)

Over thirty years after the movie gained cult status, Boom revisits the Big Trouble in Little China universe. It’s not doing too bad either, with typical minor attrition.

171. Dawn Vampirella (Dynamite)
9/1/2014 Dawn Vampirella #1 $3.99 DE 13,368 –

This bad girl mini-series from Joseph Micahel Lisner is the best selling Dynamite Entertainment title of September. We’ll have to wait to see if Lisner can keep up the excitement for the rest of the series.

176. Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever (IDW)
6/1/2014 Star Trek City O/T Edge Of Forever #1 [*] $3.99 IDW 12,028
7/1/2014 Star Trek City O/T Edge Of Forever #2 [*] $3.99 IDW 11,224 (-6.7%)
8/1/2014 Star Trek City O/T Edge Of Forever #3 $3.99 IDW 11,767 (+4.8%)
9/1/2014 Star Trek City O/T Edge Of Forever #4 $3.99 IDW 11,785 (+0.1%)

Solid as a the core of Trekkie fans.

178. Purgatori (Dynamite)
9/1/2014 Purgatori #1 $3.99 DE 11,718 –

This new ongoing from Dynamite opens to strong numbers.

180. Angel &Faith Season 10 (Dark Horse)
4/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #1 $3.50 DAR 17,820 (+33.6%)
5/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #2 $3.50 DAR 14,200 (-20.3%)
6/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #3 $3.50 DAR 13,029 (-8.2%)
7/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #4 $3.50 DAR 12,468 (-4.3%)
8/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #5 $3.50 DAR 11,957 (-4.1%)
9/1/2014 Angel And Faith Season 10 #6 $3.50 DAR 11,593 (-3.5%)

Tales from the Buffyverse keep declining, though Angel and Faith might find some equilibrium soon.

181. TMNT: Turtles in Time (IDW)
6/1/2014 Tmnt Turtles In Time #1 $3.99 IDW 13,840
7/1/2014 Tmnt Turtles In Time #2 $3.99 IDW 11,334 (-18.1%)
8/1/2014 Tmnt Turtles In Time #3 $3.99 IDW 11,803 (+4.1%)
9/1/2014 Tmnt Turtles In Time #4 $3.99 IDW 11,526 (-2.3%)

This mini-series finishes out with strong numbers. I read a few issues, and the time-travel hijinks of the turtles did not fail to excite.

183. Red Sonja (Dynamite)
7/1/2013 Red Sonja #1 $3.99 DE 30,561 –
8/1/2013 Red Sonja #2 $3.99 DE 18,327 (-40.0%)
9/1/2013 Red Sonja #3 $3.99 DE 15,928 (-13.1%)
10/1/2013 Red Sonja #4 $3.99 DE 15,128 (-5.0%)
11/1/2013 Red Sonja #5 $3.99 DE 13,811 (-8.7%)
12/1/2013 Red Sonja #6 $3.99 DE 13,291 (-3.7%)
2/1/2014 Red Sonja #7 $3.99 DE 12,622 (-5.0%)
4/1/2014 Red Sonja #8 $3.99 DE 12,392 (-1.8%)
5/1/2014 Red Sonja #9 $3.99 DE 11,850 (-4.4%)
6/1/2014 Red Sonja #10 $3.99 DE 11,685 (-1.4%)
8/1/2014 Red Sonja #11 $3.99 DE 11,298 (-3.4%)
9/1/2014 Red Sonja #12 $3.99 DE 11,431 (+1.3)

A slight increase to Gail Simone’s take on the red-headed barbarian. I’m enjoying this quite a bit, so it’s nice to see others are enjoying it steadily as well.

185. Bob’s Burgers (Dynamite)
8/1/2014 Bobs Burgers #1 $3.99 DE 20,157
9/1/2014 Bobs Burgers #2 $3.99 DE 11,030 (-45.2%)

Normal post-first-issue drop.

186. Groo vs. Conan (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 Groo Vs Conan #1 $3.50 DAR 13,942
8/1/2014 Groo Vs Conan #2 $3.50 DAR 11,465 (-17.8%)
9/1/2014 Groo Vs Conan #3 $3.50 DAR 10,949 (-4.5%)

I’m honestly still trying to wrap my head around how this is a thing that happened, let alone that it’s selling solidly.

187. Transformers: Robots in Disguise (IDW)
4/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #28 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,568 (+1.7%)
5/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #29 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,615 (-0.3%)
6/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #30 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,714 (+1.8%)
7/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #31 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 8,706 (-10.4%)
8/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #32 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,762 (+12.1%)
9/1/2014 Transformers Robots In Disguise #33 $3.99 IDW 10,815 (+10.8%)

Coming off the tail end of the Dawn of the Autobots storyline, the sales of Robots in Disguise have picked up quite a bit.

189. Chew (Image)
1/1/2014 Chew #39 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 11,487 (-4.8%)
2/1/2014 Chew #40 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 11,193 (-2.6%)
4/1/2014 Chew #41 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 10,835 (-3.2%)
6/1/2014 Chew #42 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 10,981 (-1.3%)
9/1/2014 Chew #43 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 10,777 (-1.9%)

A bit of attrition this year without monthly issues to keep readers attention. Still in good shape overall.

191. Annihilator (Legendary)
9/1/2014 Annihilator #1 $3.99 RAN 10,345 –

Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving teamed up for a standard Morrison book, and as usual it sold well.

192. Alice Cooper (Dynamite)
9/1/2014 Alice Cooper #1 $3.99 DE 10,295 –

There’s a larger cross section of Alice Cooper and comics fans that only Dynamite Entertainment could have predicted.

194. Transformers Primacy (IDW)
8/1/2014 Transformers Primacy #1 $3.99 IDW 10,472
9/1/2014 Transformers Primacy #2 $3.99 IDW 10,172 (-2.9%)

A very minor drop between the first two issues bodes well for this series.

197. Lumberjanes (Boom!)
4/1/2014 Lumberjanes #1 $3.99 BOO 13,129 –
5/1/2014 Lumberjanes #2 $3.99 BOO 9,904 (-24.6%)
6/1/2014 Lumberjanes #3 $3.99 BOO 9,150 (-7.6%)
7/1/2014 Lumberjanes #4 $3.99 BOO 9,988 (+9.2%)
9/1/2014 Lumberjanes #5 $3.99 BOO 10,099 (+1.1%)
9/1/2014 Lumberjanes #6 $3.99 BOO 10,029 (-0.7%)

With only a minor difference in sales this month, I’m hopeful that sales still have a bit to grow, but the numbers point towards stasis.

196. X-Files Season 10 (IDW)
3/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #10 $3.99 IDW 12,252 (-6.7%)
4/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #11 $3.99 IDW 13,210 (+7.8%)
5/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #12 $3.99 IDW 11,773 (-10.9%)
6/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #13 $3.99 IDW 11,497 (-2.3%)
7/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #14 $3.99 IDW 10,850 (-5.6%)
8/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #15 $3.99 IDW 10,581 (-2.5%)
9/1/2014 X-Files Season 10 #16 $3.99 IDW 10,067 (-4.9%)

While the comic won’t ever reach the number of viewers the TV show did, the X-Files are still going strong with minimal attrition.

199. Star Trek Ongoing (IDW)
4/1/2014 Star Trek #32 $3.99 IDW 10,801 (+10.4%)
5/1/2014 Star Trek #33 $3.99 IDW 9,729 (-9.9%)
6/1/2014 Star Trek #34 $3.99 IDW 10,216 (+4.8%)
7/1/2014 Star Trek #35 $3.99 IDW 10,089 (-1.2%)
8/1/2014 Star Trek #36 $3.99 IDW 10,017 (-0.7%)
9/1/2014 Star Trek #37 $3.99 IDW 9,893 (-1.2%)

201. Cowl (Image)
5/1/2014 Cowl #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 20,851 –
6/1/2014 Cowl #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 13,569 (-34.9%)
7/1/2014 Cowl #3 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 11,604 (-14.5%)
8/1/2014 Cowl #4 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 10,893 (-6.1%)
9/1/2014 Cowl #5 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 9,852 (-9.6%)

Cowl is dropping steadily and it doesn’t look like it has hit its plateau quite yet.

203. Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (IDW)
5/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #28 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,667 (+2.7%)
6/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #29 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,543 (-1.3%)
7/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #30 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,395 (-1.6%)
8/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #31 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 10,063 (+7.1%)
9/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #32 Dawn O/T Autobots $3.99 IDW 9,857 (-2.0%)
9/1/2014 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #33 $3.99 IDW 9,744 (-1.1%)

This Transformers title is in the same range as the other two, and doesn’t seem to be adjusting too much in either direction.

208. Wilds End (BOOM!)
9/1/2014 Wilds End #1 $3.99 BOO 9,165 –

This comic by Dan Abnett an I.N.J Culbard is strong for a Boom! Studios first issue. It’s no wonder as this “Winnie-The-Pooh” meets “The War of the Worlds” title charms.

209. Tomb Raider (Dark Horse)
2/1/2014 Tomb Raider #1 $3.50 DAR 18,486 –
3/1/2014 Tomb Raider #2 $3.50 DAR 13,636 (-26.2%)
4/1/2014 Tomb Raider #3 $3.50 DAR 12,133 (-11.0%)
5/1/2014 Tomb Raider #4 $3.50 DAR 11,300 (-6.9%)
6/1/2013 Tomb Raider #5 $3.50 DAR 10,536 (-6.8%)
7/1/2014 Tomb Raider #6 $3.50 DAR 10,149 (-3.7%)
8/1/2014 Tomb Raider #7 $3.50 DAR 9,429 (-7.1%)
9/1/2014 Tomb Raider #8 $3.50 DAR 9,125 (-3.2%)

Even with the addition of Rihanna Pratchet to the writing team for issues seven and eight Tomb Raider didn’t seem a bump in the numbers. Number could always jump up as new information is leaked about the sequel to the 2013 Tomb Raider video game.

211. Oddly Normal (Image)
9/1/2014 Oddly Normal #1 $2.99 IMA 9,082 –

This young adult comic from Otis Frampton makes a decent start, but could quickly fall off the list if it takes a hit on the second issue. It’s a shame, as there aren’t too many comics targeted explicitly for that age group.

212. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)
5/1/2014 Sonic The Hedgehog #260 $2.99 ARC 8,866 (-6.6%)
6/1/2014 Sonic The Hedgehog #261 $2.99 ARC 8,822 (-0.5%)
7/1/2014 Sonic The Hedgehog #262 $2.99 ARC 8,971 (+1.7%)
8/1/2014 Sonic The Hedgehog #263 $2.99 ARC 9,135 (+1.8%)
9/1/2014 Sonic The Hedgehog #264 $3.99 ARC 9,019 (-1.3%)

Until reading an article recently by Gamasutra’s Leigh Alexander, I had no idea how popular the spiky blue rodent was. Even in comics Sonic sells well, keeping impressive numbers after over two hundred issues.

214. Legenderry A Steampunk Adventure (Dynamite)
1/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #1 $3.99 DE 27,174 –
2/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #2 $3.99 DE 14,570 (-46.4%)
3/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #3 $3.99 DE 12,218 (-16.1%)
6/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #4 $3.99 DE 10,865 (-11.1%)
7/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #5 $3.99 DE 10,317 (-5.0%)
8/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #6 $3.99 DE 9,441 (-8.5%)
9/1/2014 Legenderry A Steampunk Adv #7 $3.99 DE 8,906 (-5.7%)

Dynamite’s attempt to cash in on the steampunk phenomenon has done well, but may be beginning to slow down a bit as the newness wears off.

217. Godzilla Cataclysm (IDW)
8/1/2014 Godzilla Cataclysm #1 $3.99 IDW 11,868
9/1/2014 Godzilla Cataclysm #2 $3.99 IDW 8,859 (-25.4%)

A normal dip for a second issue.

218. Conan the Avenger (Dark Horse)
4/1/2014 Conan The Avenger #1 $3.50 DAR 11,565 (+7.7%)
5/1/2014 Conan The Avenger #2 $3.50 DAR 9,946 (-14.0%)
6/1/2013 Conan The Avenger #3 $3.50 DAR 9,486 (-4.6%)
7/1/2014 Conan The Avenger #4 $3.50 DAR 9,182 (-3.2%)
8/1/2014 Conan The Avenger #5 $3.50 DAR 8,941 (-2.6%)
9/1/2014 Conan The Avenger #6 $3.50 DAR 8,820 (-1.4%)

As long as people yearn to experience the barbarian days, there will be a Conan comic to take them there. It’s suffering a standard slump, but still keeping on.

224. Satellite Sam (Image)
12/1/2013 Satellite Sam #5 $3.50 IMA 13,060 (-11.0%)
2/1/2014 Satellite Sam #6 $3.50 IMA 10,797 (-17.3%)
3/1/2014 Satellite Sam #7 $3.50 IMA 10,210 (-5.4%)
5/1/2014 Satellite Sam #8 $3.50 IMA 9,997 (-2.1%)
7/1/2014 Satellite Sam #9 $3.50 IMA 9,271 (-7.3%)
9/1/2014 Satellite Sam #10 $3.50 IMA 8,655 (-6.5%)

While Fraction’s audience for Satellite Sam doesn’t compare to Hawkeye or Sex Criminals, the readership seems to be settling down. Should probably hold steady between five and eight thousand.

225. Justice Inc. (Dynamite)
8/1/2014 Justice Inc #1 $3.99 DE 12,020
9/1/2014 Justice Inc #2 $3.99 DE 8,651 (-28.0%)

This team-up with classic pulp heroes The Avenger, Doc Savage, and The Shadow has been a great combination for Dynamite, even with the usual second issue drop.

227. X-O Manowar (Valiant)
1/1/2014 X-O Manowar #21 $3.99 VAL 9,336 (-6.1%)
2/1/2014 X-O Manowar #22 $3.99 VAL 9,808 (+5.1%)
3/1/2014 X-O Manowar #23 $3.99 VAL 9,394 (-4.2%)
4/1/2014 X-O Manowar #24 $3.99 VAL 8,595 (-8.5%)
5/1/2014 X-O Manowar #25 $4.99 VAL 12,493 (+45.4%)
6/1/2014 X-O Manowar #26 $3.99 VAL 10,083 (-19.3%)
7/1/2014 X-O Manowar #27 $3.99 VAL 9,183 (-8.9%)
8/1/2014 X-O Manowar #28 $3.99 VAL 9,634 (+4.9%)
9/1/2014 X-O Manowar #29 $3.99 VAL 8,566 (-11.1%)

Valiant has done well with its revival of X-O Manowar. With a new story-arc beginning with issue 30, we may see a slight bump in sales next issue.

231. New Vampirella (Dynamite)
6/1/2014 New Vampirella #1 $3.99 DE 22,864
7/1/2014 New Vampirella #2 $3.99 DE 9,445 (-58.7%)
8/1/2014 New Vampirella #3 $3.99 DE 8,732 (-7.5%)
9/1/2014 New Vampirella #4 $3.99 DE 8,287 (-5.1%)

The reboot with horror writer Nancy Collins taking the helm has seen a rise in Vampirella readership. Hopefully Collins (and Vampirella) can get hit a comfortable sales stasis in the next few issues to secure the continuity of the series.

232. Caliban (Avatar)
4/1/2014 Caliban #1 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 13,196 –
5/1/2014 Caliban #2 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 9,454 (-28.4%)
6/1/2014 Caliban #3 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 9,506 (+0.5%)
7/1/2014 Caliban #4 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 8,986 (-5.5%)
7/1/2014 Caliban #5 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 8,300 (-7.6%)
9/1/2014 Caliban #6 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 8,221 (-1.0%)

Garth Ennis plus a storyline reminiscent of Alien equals a strong following for Caliban that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere fast.

234. Simpsons Treehouse of Horror (Bongo)
9/1/2010 Treehouse of Horror #16 BON 8,705 (-1.28%)
9/1/2011 Treehouse of Horror #17 BON 7,671 (-11.9%)
9/1/2012 Treehouse of Horror #18 BON 7,746 (+1.0%)
9/1/2013 Treehouse of Horror #19 BON 8,003 (+3.3%)
9/1/2014 Treehouse Of Horror #20 $4.99 BON 8,165 (+2.0%)

Even though this comic is only offered once a year, it always remains in demand, with several increases in the past few years.

237. BPRD Hell on Earth (Dark Horse)
5/1/2014 Bprd Hell On Earth #119 $3.50 DAR 8,306 (-2.0%)
6/1/2014 Bprd Hell On Earth #120 $3.50 DAR 8,127 (-2.2%)
7/2/2014 Bprd Hell On Earth #121 $3.50 DAR 8,092 (-0.4%)
8/1/2014 Bprd Hell On Earth #122 $3.50 DAR 8,004 (-1.1%)
9/1/2014 Bprd Hell On Earth #123 $3.50 DAR 7,762 (-3.0%)

Hellboy has been around 20 years, and Mike Mignola’s BPRD is still going steady.

240. GI Joe A Real American Hero (IDW)
3/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #200 $5.99 IDW 11,780 (+77.1%)
4/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #201 $3.99 IDW 8,294 (-29.6%)
5/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #202 $3.99 IDW 6,781 (-18.2%)
6/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #203 $3.99 IDW 6,791 (+0.1%)
7/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #204 $3.99 IDW 6,706 (-1.3%)
8/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #205 $3.99 IDW 6,562 (-2.1%)
9/1/2014 Gi Joe A Real American Hero #206 $3.99 IDW 7,651 (+16.6%)

I have to be honest, GI Joe has never been my jam. However, I know so many people appreciate the rich and long history of the Joe’s, and it’s nice to see the comic in great shape.

241. The Woods (Boom!)
5/1/2014 Woods #1 $3.99 BOO 13,916 –
6/1/2014 Woods #2 $3.99 BOO 9,352 (-32.8%)
7/1/2014 Woods #3 $3.99 BOO 8,852 (-5.3%)
8/1/3014 Woods #4 $3.99 BOO 8,272 (-6.6%)
9/1/2014 Woods #5 $3.99 BOO 7,649 (-7.5%)

I remember this being advertised as something akin to Lord of the Flies. Maybe killing off characters can halt the attrition the Woods is facing?

242. Jim Henson’s Storyteller Witches (Boom!)
9/1/2014 Jim Henson’s Storyteller Witches #1 3.99 BOO 7,645

I am of the generation whose ears perk up at the mere mention of Jim Henson’s name. It’s heartening to see his Storyteller continue on in comics with S.M. Vidauri at the wheel. Very strong debut from Boom! Studios as well.

244. Unity (Valiant)
11/1/2013 Unity #1 $3.99 VAL 60,003 –
12/1/2013 Unity #2 $3.99 VAL 18,845 (-68.6%)
1/1/2014 Unity #3 $3.99 VAL 13,277 (-29.5%)
2/1/2014 Unity #4 $3.99 VAL 10,644 (-19.8%)
3/1/2014 Unity #5 $3.99 VAL 12,268 (+15.3%)
4/1/2014 Unity #6 $3.99 VAL 9,351 (-23.8%)
5/1/2014 Unity #7 $3.99 VAL 8,653 (-7.5%)
6/1/2014 Unity #8 $3.99 VAL 9,442 (+9.1%)
7/1/2014 Unity #9 $3.99 VAL 8,485 (-10.1%)
8/1/2014 Unity #10 $3.99 VAL 8,491 0%
9/1/2014 Unity #11 $3.99 VAL 7,602 (-10.5%)

Matt Kindt’s take on this team book from Valiant has been nothing short of well…valiant. Still, the book has received a few heavy drops in the past few months that are edging it closer into dangerous territory.

245. TMNT New Animated Adventures (IDW)
4/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #10 $3.99 IDW 5,911 (-1.6%)
5/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #11 $3.99 IDW 6,075 (+2.8%)
6/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #12 $3.99 IDW 7,577 (+24.7%)
7/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #13 $3.99 IDW 7,158 (-5.5%)
8/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #14 $3.99 IDW 6,420 (-10.3%)
9/1/2014 Tmnt New Animated Adventures #15 $3.99 IDW 7,589 (+18.2%)

For a comic that has been out for over a year, it’s interesting that TMNT New Animated Adventures still has some large-ish many upswings and downswings. Kids are fickle fickle beasts.

247. Bee and Puppycat (Boom!)
5/1/2014 Bee And Puppycat #1 $3.99 BOO 12,204 –
6/1/2014 Bee And Puppycat #2 $3.99 BOO 7,557 (-38.1%)
8/1/2014 Bee And Puppycat #3 $3.99 BOO 8,031 (+6.3%)
9/1/2014 Bee and Puppycat #4 $3.99 BOO 7,556 (-5.9%)

With new Bee and Puppycat episodes recently released, you could expect to see a slight upswing in sales for the next two issues.

248. Strain: Night Eternal (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 Strain Night Eternal #1 [*] $3.99 DAR 9,394
9/1/2014 Strain Night Eternal #2 $3.99 DAR 7,540 (-19.7%)

The final chapter of Guillermo del Torro and Chuck Hogan’s Strain series is off to a decent start. The second issue drop could have been worse.

251. Shutter (Image)
4/1/2014 Shutter #1 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 18,984
5/1/2014 Shutter #2 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 12,267 (-35.4%)
6/1/2014 Shutter #3 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 9,887 (-19.4%)
7/1/2014 Shutter #4 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 9,107 (-7.9%)
8/1/2014 Shutter #5 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 8,140 (-10.6%)
9/1/2014 Shutter #6 (Mr) $3.50 IMA 7,499 (-7.9%)

Despite great art by Leila del Duca and a captivating narrative from Joe Keatinge, the numbers for Shutter appear to be steadily dropping rather than leveling out. It’s still in healthy territory now, but may face trouble if the steady drops continue.

253. Ex-Con (Dynamite)
9/1/2014 Ex Con #1 [*] $2.99 DE 7,447

Ex-Con is one of Dynamite’s more recent attempts to branch out into new creator owned titles. While it may not be the publisher’s top seller of the month, it’s a good debut for a new tile.

256. Elfquest Final Quest (Dark Horse)
10/1/2013 Elfquest Final Quest Special One Shot $3.50 DAR 9,680 –
1/1/2014 Elfquest Final Quest #1 $3.50 DAR 9,861 (+1.9%)
3/1/2014 Elfquest Final Quest #2 $3.50 DAR 8,390 (-14.9%)
5/1/2014 Elfquest Final Quest #3 $3.50 DAR 7,967 (-5.0%)
7/1/2014 Elfquest Final Quest #4 $3.50 DAR 7,622 (-3.7%)
9/1/2014 Elfquest Final Quest #5 $3.50 DAR 7,364 (-3.4%)

Overall there was only a 25% drop from the first to last issue of Richard and Wendy Pini’s tale. It’s amazing how strong a following Elfquest still has after decades.

257. The Shadow: Year One (Dynamite)
2/1/2013 Shadow Year One #1 $3.99 DE 19,310 –
4/1/2013 Shadow Year One #2 $3.99 DE 13,748 (-28.9%)
5/1/2013 Shadow Year One #3 $3.99 DE 13,035 (-5.2%)
7/1/2013 Shadow Year One #4 $3.99 DE 12352 (-5.2%)
9/1/2013 Shadow Year One #5 $3.99 DE 11,476 (-7.1%)
10/1/2013 Shadow Year One #6 $3.99 DE 10,351 (-9.8%)
1/1/2014 Shadow Year One #7 $3.99 DE 9,201 (-11.1%)
4/1/2014 Shadow Year One #8 $3.99 DE 8,230 (-10.5%)
5/1/2014 Shadow Year One #9 $3.99 DE 7,262 (-11.8%)
9/1/2014 Shadow Year One #10 $4.99 DE 7,333 (+1.0%)

Despite a few substantial drops, the last issue of this ten-part series ended on a high note.

259. Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios)
12/1/2013 Rachel Rising #22 $3.99 ABS 7,581 (-2.7%)
2/1/2014 Rachel Rising #23 $3.99 ABS 7,511 (-.9%)
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4/1/2014 Rachel Rising #25 $3.99 ABS 7,378 –
6/1/2014 Rachel Rising #26 $3.99 ABS 7,260 (-1.6%)
8/1/2014 Rachel Rising #27 $3.99 ABS 7,319 (+.8%)
9/1/2014 Rachel Rising #28 $3.99 ABS 7,188 (-1.8%)

Over the past six months we’ve seen Terry Moore’s comic level out at respectable numbers.

260. Godzilla Rulers of the Earth 9IDW)
5/1/2014 Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #12 $3.99 IDW 7,890 (+14.1%)
6/1/2014 Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #13 $3.99 IDW 6,980 (-11.5%)
7/1/2014 Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #14 $3.99 IDW 7,144 (+2.3%)
8/1/2014 Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #15 $3.99 IDW 7,156 (+0.2%)
9/1/2014 Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #16 $3.99 IDW 7,181 (+0.3%)

I’ve never understood the appeal of Godzilla, but the comic followers are fairly constant.

262. Sex (Image)
1/1/2014 Sex #10 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 9,947 (-7.1%)
2/1/2014 Sex #11 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 9,302 (-6.5%)
3/1/2014 Sex #12 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 8,830 (-5.1%)
5/1/2014 Sex #13 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 8,192 (-7.2%)
6/1/2014 Sex #14 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 7,824 (-4.5%)
8/1/2014 Sex #15 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 7,601 (-2.9%)
9/1/2014 Sex #16 (Mr) $2.99 IMA 7,167 (-5.7%)

There’s a joke to be made here somewhere, but I’ll hold back and just say that Sex has faced steady sales erosion this year.

263. Death Defying Dr. Mirage (Valiant)
9/1/2014 Death Defying Dr Mirage #1 [*] $3.99 VAL 7,154

Valiant brought Dr. Mirage back to life this month in new female form. It debuted with a few hundred less sales than Valiant’s more established series (Unity, X-O Manowar) but still a hearty start.

264. Abe Sapien (Dark Horse)
3/1/2014 Abe Sapien #11 $3.50 DAR 7,825 (-2.1%)
5/1/2014 Abe Sapien #12 $3.50 DAR 7,559 (-3.4%)
6/1/2014 Abe Sapien #13 $3.50 DAR 7,674 (+1.5%)
7/1/2014 Abe Sapien #14 $3.50 DAR 7,469 (-2.7%)
8/1/2014 Abe Sapien #15 $3.50 DAR 7,244 (-3.0%)
9/1/2014 Abe Sapien #16 $3.50 DAR 7,143 (-1.4%)

Abe Sapien may be able to fight Mignola monsters, but still can’t combat normal attrition.

265. Samurai Jack (IDW)
5/1/2014 Samurai Jack #8 $3.99 IDW 8,471 (-5.8%)
6/1/2014 Samurai Jack #9 $3.99 IDW 8,464 (-0.8%)
7/1/2014 Samurai Jack #10 $3.99 IDW 6,741 (-20.4%)
8/1/2014 Samurai Jack #11 $3.99 IDW 7,489 (+11.1%)
9/1/2014 Samurai Jack #12 $3.99 IDW 7,135 (-4.7%)

This title has picked up a bit after a large dip in July.

272. Squidder (IDW)
7/1/2014 Squidder #1 [*] $3.99 IDW 10,537
8/1/2014 Squidder #2 $3.99 IDW 7,953 (-24.5%)
9/1/2014 Squidder #3 $3.99 IDW 6,979 (-12.4%)

Predictable third issue drop.

273. Delinquents (Valiant)
8/1/2014 Delinquents #1 [*] $3.99 VAL 12,912
9/1/2014 Delinquents #2 $3.99 VAL 6,964 (-46.1%)

Rather large second issue drop. It will probably reach lower five thousands in upcoming months.

274. Uber (Avatar)
4/1/2014 Uber #12 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,694 (-0.5%)
5/1/2014 Uber #13 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,653 (-0.5%)
6/1/2014 Uber #14 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,493 (-2.1%)
7/1/2014 Uber #15 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,456 (-0.5%)
8/1/2014 Uber #16 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,082 (-5.0%)
9/1/2014 Uber #17 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 6,934 (-2.1%)

This gory alternate history comic was originally imaged as taking up to 60 issues to finish. Though it’s only suffering minor attrition, Kieron Gillen might want to wrap it up a bit sooner before sales truly begin to suffer.

275. Chaos (Dynamite)
5/1/2014 Chaos #1 $3.99 DE 19,537 –
6/1/2014 Chaos #2 $3.99 DE 10,399 (-46.8%)
7/1/2014 Chaos #3 $3.99 DE 8,097 (-22.1%)
8/1/2014 Chaos #4 $3.99 DE 7,657 (-5.4%)
9/1/2014 Chaos #5 $3.99 DE 6,907 (-7.8%)

There’s only one more issue in this event from Dynamite, and all things considered it’s had a good sales run.The final issue might see a slight bump as people scurry to read what finally happens.

276. Imperial (Image)
8/1/2014 Imperial #1 $2.99 IMA 13,889
9/1/2014 Imperial #2 $2.99 IMA 6,887 (-50.4%)

A full fifty percent second issue drop does not bode well for this superhero comedy.

282. God is Dead (Avatar)
6/1/2014 God Is Dead #15 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 8,262 (-1.3%)
7/1/2014 God Is Dead #16 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 8,029 (-2.8%)
7/1/2014 God Is Dead #17 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,759 (-3.4%)
8/1/2014 God Is Dead #18 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 7,358 (-5.2%)
9/1/2014 God Is Dead #19 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 6,857 (-6.8%)
9/1/2014 God Is Dead #20 (Mr) $3.99 AVA 6,667 (-2.8%)

I felt a bit blasphemous typing the title of this comic so many times. I’ll have to get used to it since it doesn’t look like God is Dead is going to make a drastic drop anytime soon.

278. Turok Dinosaur Hunter (Dynamite)
3/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #2 $3.99 DE 11,296 (-6.3%)
4/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #3 $3.99 DE 9,586 (-15.1%)
5/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #4 $3.99 DE 8,426 (-12.1%)
6/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #5 $3.99 DE 7,803 (-7.4%)
7/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #6 $3.99 DE 7,352 (-5.8%)
9/1/2014 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #7 $3.99 DE 6,829 (-7.1%)

Looks like Turok is starting to level out. I expect to see it stay around the low six thousands for the next few months.

279. Rot and Ruin (IDW)
9/1/2014 Rot &Ruin #1 [*] $3.99 IDW 6,809

A decent start to the continuation of Jonathan’s Maberry’s Rot and Ruin novel series. Not as strong a start as Maberry’s other series V-Wars, but nothing to sneeze at.

280. Armor Hunters Bloodshot &Harbinger (Valiant)
7/1/2014 Armor Hunters Bloodshot #1 $3.99 VAL 7,334
8/1/2014 Armor Hunters Bloodshot #2 $3.99 VAL 7,286 (-0.7%)
9/1/2014 Armor Hunters Bloodshot #3 $3.99 VAL 6,681 (-8.3%)

7/1/2014 Armor Hunters Harbinger #1 $3.99 VAL 7,518
8/1/2014 Armor Hunters Harbinger #2 $3.99 VAL 7,043 (-6.3%)
9/1/2014 Armor Hunters Harbinger #3 $3.99 VAL 6,681 (-5.1%)

Both Armor Hunter series are showing strong sales for the first three issues with minimal drops.

283. Twilight Zone (Dynamite)
12/1/2013 Twilight Zone #1 $3.99 DE 21,723
2/1/2014 Twilight Zone #2 $3.99 DE 11,537 (-46.9%)
3/1/2014 Twilight Zone #3 $3.99 DE 10,061 (-12.8%)
4/1/2014 Twilight Zone #4 $3.99 DE 9,014 (-10.4%)
5/1/2014 Twilight Zone #5 $3.99 DE 8,140 (-9.7%)
7/1/2014 Twilight Zone #6 $3.99 DE 7,528 (-7.5%)
7/1/2014 Twilight Zone #7 $3.99 DE 6,976 (-7.3%)
9/1/2014 Twilight Zone #8 $3.99 DE 6,633 (-4.7%)

This comic is starting to find its sales zone.

286. Sons of Anarchy (Boom!)
9/1/2013 Sons of Anarchy #1 $3.99 BOO 27,601 –
10/1/2013 Sons Of Anarchy #2 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 14,688 (-46.8%)
11/1/2013 Sons Of Anarchy #3 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 13,251 (-9.8%)
12/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #4 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 12,215 (-7.8%)
1/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #5 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 11,607 (-5.0%)
2/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #6 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 11,228 (-3.3%)
3/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #7 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 9,910 (-11.7%)
4/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #8 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 9,304 (-6.1%)
5/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #9 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 8,511 (-8.5%)
6/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #10 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 7,875 (-7.7%)
7/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #11 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 7,394 (-5.9%)
8/1/2014 Sons Of Anarchy #12 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 6,955 (-5.9%)
9/1/2014 Sons of Anarchy #13 (Mr) $3.99 BOO 6,506 (-6.5%)

288. Baltimore Witch of Harju (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 Baltimore Witch Of Harju #1 $3.50 DAR 7,271
8/1/2014 Baltimore Witch Of Harju #2 $3.50 DAR 6,640 (-8.7%)
9/1/2014 Baltimore Witch Of Harju #3 $3.50 DAR 6,472 (-2.5%)

Minimal stat drops make for a successful new chapter in the Baltimore series.

290. Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope)
5/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #97 (Mr) $2.99 ZEN 6,055 (+2.1%)
6/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #98 (Mr) $2.99 ZEN 5,828 (-3.7%)
7/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #99 (Mr) $2.99 ZEN 7,472 (+28.2%)
7/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #100 (Mr) $5.99 ZEN 11,722 (+56.9%)
8/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #101 (Mr) $2.99 ZEN 6,740 (-42.5%)
9/1/2014 Gft Grimm Fairy Tales #102 A (Mr) $2.99 ZEN 6,462 (-4.1%)

After picking up sales for the 100th issue, Grimm Fairy Tales settles back down into it’s average range.

291. Lola XOXO (Aspen)
4/1/2014 Lola Xoxo #1 $3.99 ASP 9,207 –
5/1/2014 Lola Xoxo #2 $3.99 ASP 5,105 (-4.5%)
– – – – – –
9/1/2014 Lola Xoxo #4 $3.99 ASP 6,451 (+26.3%)

This comic has picked up quite a bit since we last had statistics for it. The sexy vixen was sure to win over a few hearts though.

292. Usagi Yojimbo Senseo (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 Usagi Yojimbo Senso #1 $3.99 DAR 7,633
9/1/2014 Usagi Yojimbo Senso #2 $3.99 DAR 6,438 (-15.7%)

Typical second issue drop.

295. Spongebob Comics (United Plankton/Bongo)
10/1/2013 Spongebob Comics #25 $2.99 UNI 7,254 (+4.1%)
11/1/2013 Spongebob Comics #26 $2.99 UNI 6,741 (-7.1%)
12/1/2013 Spongebob Comics #27 $2.99 UNI 6,745 (-0.1%)
1/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #28 $2.99 UNI 6,456 (-4.3%)
2/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #29 $2.99 UNI 6,377 (-1.2%)
3/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #30 $2.99 UNI 6,254 (-1.9%)
4/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #31 $2.99 UNI 6,233 (-0.3%)
5/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #32 $2.99 UNI 6,623 (+6.3%)
7/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #33 $2.99 UNI 6,450 (-2.6%)
– – – – –
8/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #35 $2.99 UNI 6,491 (+0.6%)
9/1/2014 Spongebob Comics #36 $2.99 UNI 6,405 (-1.3%)

It’s amazing to me that a cartoon popular when I was babysitting age continues to have incredibly stable comic sales.

297. Harbinger Omegas (Valiant)
8/1/2014 Harbinger Omegas #1 $3.99 VAL 8,316
9/1/2014 Harbinger Omegas #2 $3.99 VAL 6,373 (-23.3%)

A healthy first drop that should see this title settling into an acceptable sales range.

298. Sidekick (Image)
8/1/2013 Sidekick #1 $2.99 IMA 27,832 –
9/1/2013 Sidekick #2 $2.99 IMA 14,533 (-47.8%)
10/1/2013 Sidekick #3 $2.99 IMA 11,371 (-21.8%)
11/1/2013 Sidekick #4 $2.99 IMA 9,976 (-12.3%)
2/1/2014 Sidekick #5 $2.99 IMA 8,943 (-10.3%)
4/1/2014 Sidekick #6 $2.99 IMA 8,192 (-8.4%)
7/1/2014 Sidekick #7 $2.99 IMA 6,900 (-15.8%)
9/1/2014 Sidekick #8 $3.99 IMA 6,320 (-8.4%)

Sidekick is the second Joe’s Comic title to be published by Image, but is having difficulties living up to its big brother’s (Ten Grande) legacy in terms of sales. It’s suffered over a 75% sales drop since the first issue and still hasn’t quite stabilized. Guess it’s true that nobody’s as interested in the sidekick.

299. Death Vigil (Image)
7/1/2014 Death Vigil #1 $3.99 IMA 12,832
8/1/2014 Death Vigil #2 $3.99 IMA 7,003 (-45.4%)
9/1/2014 Death Vigil #3 $3.99 IMA 6,308 (-9.9%)

Death Vigil suffers an almost a negligent third month drop for this comic by Stjepan Sejic.

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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.

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Indie Month-to-Month Sales [size=150]December 2014:[/size] It’s a Bitch Planet type month
02/26/2015 by Beat Staff 7 Comments
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By Kate Reynolds
December felt like a rough month for comics, with seven titles seeing a drop of over 40% of their readers. The month wasn’t all bad, however, as it also saw the release of Bitch Planet from Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro. It had the highest release of December, followed by Rumble (Image), Hellboy and the BRPD (Dark Horse), and The Valiant (Valiant Entertainment).
This month 133 independent titles hit the top 300 list, which is down from last month’s total of 140. Despite the loss of seven title, indie sales were up 1.2% with 1,506,427 issues sold compared to last month’s 1,488,193. That brings the average number of comics sold to 11,327 which is also up from last month. Nice to end the year on a positive note!
In terms of individual publisher, Image leads the pack with 9.89% retail market share and a 10.40% unit market share, which is slightly down from November. IDW picked up this slack with a 6.10% retail market share and a 4.17% unit market share, followed by Dark Horse with a 3.47% retail market share and a 2.95% unit market share. Boom! Studios came out ahead of Dynamite this month, with a 2.66% retail market share and 2.82% unit market share compared to Dynamite’s 2.58% retail market share and 2.26% unit 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 only.
12.) Walking Dead #135 (Image)
10/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #132 (MR) 326,334 (+367.5)
10/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #133 (MR) 69,561 (-78.7%)
11/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #134 (MR) 68,093 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 WALKING DEAD #135 (MR) 67,361 (-1.1%)
Unsurprisingly, the Walking Dead continues to be the king of indie comics. Slight decrease this month, but still going strong.
41.) Wytches #3 (Image)
10/1/2014 WYTCHES #1 (MR) 67,996
11/1/2014 WYTCHES #2 (MR) 58,345 (-14.2%)
12/1/2014 WYTCHES #3 (MR) 43,240 (-25.9%)
This stellar series from Scott Snyder and JOCK is still finding it’s footing, but 40k readers is nothing to scoff at for a third issue.
50.) Bitch Planet #1 (Image)
12/1/2014 BITCH PLANET #1 (MR) [*] $3.50 IMA 39,011
Strong debut for this #noncompliant title from Kelley Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro. With only one issue out before the end of 2014, many “Best Of” lists still included Bitch Planet. I’ll be interested to see what kind of second issue drop it has, but in the meantime you should just read this book.
54.) Outcast #6 (IMAGE)
6/1/2014 OUTCAST #1 71,788
7/1/2014 OUTCAST #2 55,126 (-23.2%)
8/1/2014 OUTCAST #3 46,717 (-15.2%)
9/1/2014 OUTCAST #4 45,401 (-2.8%)
11/1/2014 OUTCAST #5 39,967 (-12.0%)
12/1/2014 OUTCAST #6 36,354 (-9.0%)
We’re still seeing some steady drops for this title.
56.) East of West #16 (Image)
6/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #12 7,056 (-3.7%)
7/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #13 26,531 (-1.9%)
7/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #14 26,361 (-0.6%)
9/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #15 25,593 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 EAST OF WEST #16 35,920 (+40.3%)
Huge upswing this month as East of West beings “Year Two”.
63.) Autumnlands Tooth &Claw #2 (Image)
11/1/2014 TOOTH &CLAW #1 (MR) 41,181
12/1/2014 AUTUMNLANDS T&C #2 (MR) [*] 33,272 (-19.2%)
Even with a slight title change, this comic managed to only suffer a standard second issue drop.
92.) Afterlife with Archie #7 (Archie Comics)
10/1/2013 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #1 41,533
11/1/2013 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #2 19,188 (-53.8%)
1/1/2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #3 24,266 (+26.5%)
3/1/2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #4 24,165 (-0.4%)
5/1/2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #5 27,071 (+12%)
7/1/2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #6 25,702 (-5.1%)
12/1/2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #7 27,157 (+5.7%)
An increase in sales this month for Afterlife with Archie, although if it holds true to pattern we’ll see a decrease next month.
112.) Sex Criminals #9 (Image)
3/1/2014 SEX CRIMINALS #5 (MR) 22,593 (+0.07%)
6/1/2014 SEX CRIMINALS #6 (MR) 26,309 (+16.4%)
8/1/2014 SEX CRIMINALS #7 (MR) 24,385 (-7.3%)
10/1/2014 SEX CRIMINALS #8 (MR) 23,938 (-1.8%)
12/1/2014 SEX CRIMINALS #9 (MR) 22,597 (-5.6%)
Another decrease for Sex Criminals, but it’s holding steady in the lower 20k range.
113. Rumble #1 (Image)
113 12/1/2014 RUMBLE #1 (MR) 22,527
I’m going to go ahead and say that 20k readers for a comic about a Warrior Scarecrow God is a pretty solid debut.
114.) Hellboy and the BRPD (Dark Horse)
12/1/2014 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD #1 22,368
It’s Hellboy, it’s Mike Mignoala (and John Arcudi, Alex Maleev, David Steward), so naturally it’s the best-selling Dark Horse comic to come out this month.
115.) Wicked &Divine #6 (IMAGE)
6/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #1 (MR) 42,948
7/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #2 (MR) 27,962 (-34.9%)
8/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #3 (MR) 27,208 (-2.7%)
9/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #4 (MR) 25,668 (-5.7%)
10/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #5 (MR) 25,424 (-1.0%)
12/1/2014 WICKED &DIVINE #6 (MR) 22,159 (-12.2%)
The second story arc of Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie’s, and Matt Wilson’s irreverent and blasphemous comic starts off by…alienating readers? I just finished the first trade, and I’m itching for more, so this drop feels a bit anomalous.
119.) Low #5 (Image)
7/1/2014 LOW #1 (MR) 43,340 --
8/1/2014 LOW #2 (MR) 28,426 (-34.4%)
9/1/2014 LOW #3 (MR) 24,308 (-14.5%)
10/1/2014 LOW #4 (MR) 23,530 (-3.2%)
12/1/2014 LOW #5 (MR) 21,584 (-8.2%)
Another drop for Low, which might drop below 20,000 next month.
121.) The Valiant (Valiant)
12/1/2014 THE VALIANT #1 21,364
For all of you feeling concerned for Valiant, this new mini-series combining the talents of Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera had a strong debut.
132.) Black Science #11 (Image)
7/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #7 (MR) 28,147 (+13.1%)
9/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #8 (MR) 22,429 (-20.3%)
10/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #9 (MR) 21,639 (-3.5%)
10/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #10 (MR) 21,125 (-2.4%)
12/1/2014 BLACK SCIENCE #11 (MR) 19,688 (-6.8%)
Slight drop.
140. Southern Bastards #6 (Image)
4/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #1 (MR) 38,029
5/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #2 (MR) 25,811 (-32.1%)
7/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #3 (MR) 21,313 (-17.4%)
9/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #4 (MR) 22,317 (+4.7%)
10/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #5 (MR) 21,932 (-1.7%)
12/1/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #6 (MR) 18,637 (-15.0%)
Sizable drop.
142.) They're Not Like Us #1 (Image)
12/1/2014 THEYRE NOT LIKE US #1 (MR) $2.99 IMA 18,015
Strong debut, even with a standard 20-30% drop we should still see the next issues above the 10k mark.
143.) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (IDW)
11/1/2013 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #13 35,653 (+50.5%)
12/1/2013 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #14 22,990 (-35.5%)
1/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #15 27,461 (+19.4%)
2/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #16 26,942 (-1.9%)
3/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #17 26,683 (-0.9%)
4/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #18 26,091 (-2.2%)
5/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #19 22,820 (-12.5%)
6/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #20 20,711 (-9.2%)
7/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #21 20,871 (+0.8%)
8/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #22 21,642 (+3.7%)
9/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #23 19,491 (-9.9%)
10/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #24 20,762 (+6.5%)
11/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic#25 26,619 (+28.2%)
12/1/2014 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic#26 17,454 (-34.4%)
A significant drop this month after a significant climb in the previous month. My Little Pony often bounces back from drops, but this may just be a case of attrition finally catching up to the ponies.
144.) Star Trek Planet of the Apes #1 (IDW)
12/1/2014 STAR TREK PLANET OF THE APES #1 17,307
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Star Trek fans are the best fans to have on your side…if you’re looking for strong sales.
151.) BTVS Seasons 10 #10 (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #5 18,827 (-2.8%)
8/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #6 18,121 (-3.7%)
9/1/2014 Btvs Season 10 #7 17,701 (-2.3%)
10/1/2014 BTVS SEASON 10 #8 17,729 (+1.6%)
11/1/2014 BTVS SEASON 10 #9 17,067 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 BTVS SEASON 10 #10 16,448 (-3.6%)
Some minor attrition.
155.) Escape from New York #1 (Boom! Studios)
12/1/2014 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #1 $3.99 BOO 15,450
I love that this is the SECOND Kurt Russell property that Boom! Studios has recently put out. I, and fifteen thousand other members of society, have been waiting a long time for this.
158.) TMNT Ghosbusters #3 (IDW)
10/1/2014 TMNT GHOSTBUSTERS #1 21,223
11/1/2014 TMNT GHOSTBUSTERS #2 16,624 (-21.7%)
12/1/2014 TMNT GHOSTBUSTERS #3 15,264 (-8.2%)
Minor third-issue drop. Erik Burnham and Dan Schoening continue to masterfully capture the tone of both franchises, providing laughs and warm fuzzies to all who read this series.
159.) My Little Pony: Friends Forever #12 (IDW)
7/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #7 19,850 (+9.5%)
8/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #8 17,444 (-12%)
9/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #9 16,803 (-3.7%)
10/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #10 16,587 (-1.3%)
11/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #11 15,630 (-5.8%)
12/1/2014 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #12 15,202 (-2.7%)
Minor attrition.
160.) TMNT Ongoing (IDW)
2/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #31 $3.99 IDW 14,684 (-2.0%)
3/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #32 $3.99 IDW 15,040 (+2.4%)
5/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #33 $3.99 IDW 16,736 (+11.2%)
6/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #34 $3.99 IDW 17,442 (+4.2%)
6/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #35 $3.99 IDW 15,174 (-13.0%)
7/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #36 $3.99 IDW 15,415 (+1.6%)
8/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #37 $3.99 IDW 15,470 (+0.4%)
10/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #38 $3.99 IDW 15,498 (+0.2%)
10/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #39 $3.99 IDW 15,235 (-1.7%)
11/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #40 $3.99 IDW 14,734 (-3.3%)
12/1/2014 TMNT ONGOING #41 $3.99 IDW 14,970 (+1.6%)
Some mostly minor ups and downs have this series going relatively steady for the last ten issues. Turtle Power!
166.) Birthright #3 (Image)
10/1/2014 BIRTHRIGHT #1 $2.99 IMA 27,234
11/1/2014 BIRTHRIGHT #2 $2.99 IMA 18,484 (-32.1%)
12/1/2014 BIRTHRIGHT #3 $2.99 IMA 14,247 (-22.9%)
This title still hasn’t found it’s happy place.
163 &169.) Doctor Who 11th #6 (Titan)
8/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #1 41,068
9/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #2 15,947 (-61.2)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 14,854 (-6.9%)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #4 13,411 (-9.7%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #5 13,477 (+0.5%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 11TH #6 14,538 (+7.9%)
An increase in both issues released this month. Color me impressed!
167.) Doctor Who 12th #3 (Titan)

10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 33,891
11/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 15,277 (-54.9%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 12TH #3 14,144 (-7.4%)
Much smaller drop this month, a smidgen below the 11th Doctor on this same issue.
168.) Doctor Who 10th #5 (Titan)
7/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #1 39,707
8/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #2 10,410 (-73.8%)
10/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #3 14,608 (+40.30%)
11/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #4 14,296 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 DOCTOR WHO 10TH #5 13,743 (-3.9%)
Minor drop. If we’re going strictly by comic readers, the 11th Doctor is the crowd favorite.
171.) Alien vs. Predator Fire and Stone #3 (Dark Horse)
10/1/2014 ALIEN VS PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #1 20,319
11/1/2014 ALIEN VS PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #2 13,942 (-31.4%)
12/1/2014 ALIEN VS PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #3 13,261 (-4.9%)
Still selling solid for a mini series.
173.) Prometheus Fire and Stone #4 (Dark Horse)
9/1/2014 PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #1 19,468
10/1/2014 PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #2 14,407 (-24.8%)
11/1/2014 PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #3 13,624 (-5.4%)
12/1/2014 PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #4 13,237 (-2.8%)
Finishing strong before the conclusion in Prometheus: Omega.
177.) Aliens Fire and Stone #4 (Dark Horse)
9/1/2013 ALIENS FIRE AND STONE #1 19,878
10/1/2014 ALIENS FIRE AND STONE #2 14,240 (-28.4%)
11/1/2014 ALIENS FIRE AND STONE #3 13,357 (-6.2%)
12/1/2014 ALIENS FIRE AND STONE #4 12,735 (-4.7%)
Minor drop.
182. Predator Fire and Stone (Dark Horse)
10/1/2014 PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #1 [*] 17,166
11/1/2014 PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #2 12,695 (-26.0%)
12/1/2014 PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #3 12,128 (-4.5%)
Predator Fire and Stone may be trailing behind the other Fire and Stone series, but it’s still holding its own.
175.) Manifest Destiny (Image)
6/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #7 21,500 (+44.8%)
7/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #8 15,060 (-29.9%)
8/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #9 14,672 (-2.6%)
9/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #10 14,312 (-2.4%)
10/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #11 13,620 (-4.8%)
12/1/2014 MANIFEST DESTINY #12 12,987 (-4.6%)
Some standard attrition for the last few issues.
178.) Crossed Plus 100 #1 (Avatar)
12/1/2014 CROSSED PLUS 100 #1 12,666
I expected Alan Moore to attract more readers for this debut.
180.) Shaft #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
12/1/2014 SHAFT #1 (MR) 12,430
A standard second issue drop should see this falling below the 10k mark by the second or third issue.
183.) Spawn #249 (Image)
7/1/2014 Spawn #245 12,090 (+2.1%)
8/1/2014 Spawn #246 13,343 (+10.4%)
10/1/2014 SPAWN #247 12,023 (-9.9%)
11/1/2014 SPAWN #248 11,934 (-0.7%)
12/1/2014 SPAWN #249 12,121 (+1.6%)
Slight increase this month sees Spawn holding steady.
184.) Nailbiter #8 (Image)
5/1/2014 NAILBITER #1 (MR) 22,746
6/1/2014 NAILBITER #2 (MR) 15,193 (-33.2%)
7/1/2014 NAILBITER #3 (MR) 16,581 (+9.1%)
8/1/2014 NAILBITER #4 (MR) 14,706 (-11.3%)
9/1/2014 NAILBITER #5 (MR) 14,947 (+1.6%)
10/1/2014 NAILBITER #6 (MR) 13,340 (-10.8%)
11/1/2014 NAILBITER #7 (MR) 12,361 (-5.3%)
12/1/2014 NAILBITER #8 (MR) 12,096 (-2.1%)
Minor drop this month.
187 &192.) Adventure Time #34 # (Boom!)
7/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #30 14,487 (+5.1%)
8/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #31 14,099 (-2.7%)
10/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #32 12,632 (-10.4%)
10/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #33 11,929 (-5.6%)
12/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #34 11,442 (-4.1%)
12/1/2014 ADVENTURE TIME #35 11,138 (-2.7%)
Some attrition following a large drop in October.
191.) Copperhead #4 (Image)
9/1/2014 COPPERHEAD #1 24,272
10/1/2014 COPPERHEAD #2 17,250 (-28.9%)
11/1/2014 COPPERHEAD #3 12,079 (-30.0%)
12/1/2014 COPPERHEAD #4 11,241 (-6.9%)
A smaller drop this month hopefully means the numbers will hold steadier for next.
193.) Django Zorro #2 (Dynamite Entertainment)
11/1/2014 DJANGO ZORRO #1 15,468
12/1/2014 DJANGO ZORRO #2 11,001 (-28.9%)
The drop falls within the average second-drop range, though it is on the higher end.
194.) Garbage Pail Kids #1 (IDW)
12/1/2014 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS COMIC BOOK PUKETACULAR #1 10,996
I personally think some fads should stay in their decade, but ten thousand readers proved me wrong this month.
195.) Angel and Faith Season 10 #9 (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #5 11,957 (-4.1%)
9/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #6 11,593 (-3.5%)
10/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #7 11,457 (-1.2%)
11/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #8 11,129 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #9 10,946 (-1.6%)
If this series was a surgeon, I feel like it would have steady enough hands to operate on me.
196.) Army of Darkness Vol. 4 #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
12/1/2014 ARMY OF DARKNESS VOL 4 #1 10,814
Army of Darkness:Hitched debuted to similar numbers, and I expect it drop find its niche around the 5k mark.
199.) Shutter #7 (Image)
4/1/2014 SHUTTER #1 (MR) 18,984
5/1/2014 SHUTTER #2 (MR) 12,267 (-35.4%)
6/1/2014 SHUTTER #3 (MR) 9,887 (-19.4%)
7/1/2014 SHUTTER #4 (MR) 9,107 (-7.9%)
8/1/2014 SHUTTER #5 (MR) 8,140 (-10.6%)
9/1/2014 SHUTTER #6 (MR) 7,499 (-7.9%)
12/1/2014 SHUTTER #7 (MR) 10,669 (+42.2%)
A huge spike in readers this month as Shutter begins its second story arc. I’m a huge fan of this series…and it’s not just because the main character and I share the same first name.
200.) Big Trouble in Little China #7 (Boom!)
6/1/2014 BTiLC #1 $3.99 BOO 24,160 --
7/1/2014 BTiLC #2 $3.99 BOO 14,838 (-38.6%)
8/1/2014 BTiLC #3 $3.99 BOO 14,076 (-5.1%)
9/1/2014 BTiLC #4 $3.99 BOO 13,370 (-5.0%)
10/1/2014 BTiLC #5 $3.99 BOO 12,598 (-5.8%)
11/1/2014 BTiLC #6 $3.99 BOO 11,483 (-8.9%)
12/1/2014 BTiLC #7 $3.99 BOO 10,482 (-8.7%)
Another steady drop for this title. I’m probably biased because of the number of Kurt Russel fans in my life, but I hope to see this stabilize soon.
201.) Drifter #2 (Image)
11/1/2014 DRIFTER #1 (MR) $3.50 IMA 20,887
12/1/2014 DRIFTER #2 (MR) $3.50 IMA 10,443 (-50.0%)
An abnormally large second issue drop for indie comics.
202.) Chew #45 (Image)
2/1/2014 CHEW #40 (MR) 11,193 (-2.6%)
4/1/2014 CHEW #41 (MR) 10,835 (-3.2%)
6/1/2014 CHEW #42 (MR) 10,981 (-1.3%)
9/1/2014 CHEW #43 (MR) 10,777 (-1.9%)
11/1/2014 CHEW #44 (MR) 10,526 (-2.3%)
12/1/2014 CHEW #45 (MR) 10,407 (-1.1%)
Minor attrition at play for one of Image’s long running comics, even with a slight increase in cover price this month.
203.) Graveyard Shift #1 (Image)
12/1/2014 GRAVEYARD SHIFT #1 10,388
205.) Wayward #5 (Image)
8/1/2014 WAYWARD #1 (MR) 29,240
9/1/2014 WAYWARD #2 (MR) 15,053 (-48.5%)
10/1/2014 WAYWARD #3 (MR) 10,795 (-28.3%)
11/1/2014 WAYWARD #4 (MR) 10,318 (-2.3%)
12/1/2014 WAYWARD #5 (MR) 10,009 (-3.0%)
Minor attrition this month. While it might drop below 10k with the next issue, this comic definitely has a solid fanbase.
206.) Ragnarok #3 (IDW)
7/1/2014 RAGNAROK #1 15,598
10/1/2014 RAGNAROK #2 12,941 (-17.0%)
12/1/2014 RAGNAROK #3 9,940 (-23.2%)
Ragnarok (the end) may come for this title if the numbers continue dropping like this. Pray to the gods (the Norse ones) that this doesn’t happen!
207.) Star Trek Ongoing #39 (IDW)
6/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #34 10,216 (+4.8%)
7/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #35 10,089 (-1.2%)
8/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #36 10,017 (-0.7%)
9/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #37 9,893 (-1.2%)
11/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #38 10,150 (+2.6%)
12/1/2014 STAR TREK ONGOING #39 9,931 (-2.2%)
Up last month, down this one.
209.) George Perez's Sirens (Boom!)
9/1/2014 GEORGE PEREZ SIRENS #1 24,900
12/1/2014 GEORGE PEREZ SIRENS #2 9,837 (-60.5%)
A rather large second issue drop. It looked fascinating when it came to my attention, so the drop is surprising.
210.) Supreme Blue Rose #5 (Image)
7/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #1 (Mr) 26,100 --
8/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #2 (Mr) 16,268 (-37.7%)
9/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #3 (Mr) 13,603 (-16.38%)
10/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #4 (MR) 12,147 (-10.7%)
12/1/2014 SUPREME BLUE ROSE #5 (MR) 9,783 (-19.5%)
Another steep drop for Supreme Blue Rose.
211.) Rasputin #3 (Image)
10/1/2014 RASPUTIN #1 (MR) 21,373
11/1/2014 RASPUTIN #2 (MR) 11,693 (-45.3%)
12/1/2014 RASPUTIN #3 (MR) 9,775 (-16.4%)
The hits keep coming for Rasputin, which at least somewhat holds to historical accuracy.
212.) Transformers More than Meets the Eye #36 (IDW)
11/1/2014 Transformers MTMTE #35 9,390 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 Transformers MTMTE #36 9,159 (-2.5%)
Minor losses as More than Meets the Eye heads into a new story arc.
213.) X-Files Season 10 #19 (IDW)
7/1/2014 X-fILES SEASON 10 #14 10,850 (-5.6%)
8/1/2014 X-FILES SEASON 10 #15 10,581 (-2.5%)
9/1/2014 X-FILES SEASON 10 #16 10,067 (-4.9%)
10/1/2013 X-FILES SEASON 10 #17 9,865 (-2.0%)
11/1/2014 X-FILES SEASON 10 #18 9,915 (+0.5%)
12/1/2014 X-FILES SEASON 10 #19 9,121 (-8.0%)
Natural attrition for an unnatural book.
215.) Lady Demon #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
12/1/2014 LADY DEMON #1 9,016
217.) Lumberjanes #9 (Boom!)
4/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #1 13,129 --
5/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #2 9,904 (-24.6%)
6/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #3 9,150 (-7.6%)
7/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #4 9,988 (+9.2%)
9/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #5 10,099 (+1.1%)
9/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #6 10,029 (-0.7%)
10/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #7 9,999 (-.3%)
11/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #8 9,543 (-4.6%)
12/1/2014 LUMBERJANES #9 8,917 (-6.6%)
Another drop, but this issue of Lumberjanes followed a spectacular finale to the first story arc, and gave readers some truly spooky storytelling.
218.) John Carter Warlord #2 (Dynamite Entertainment)
135 11/1/2014 JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 15,930
218 12/1/2014 JOHN CARTER WARLORD #2 8,858 (-44.4%)
Large second issue drop.
219.) Bobs Burgers #5 (Dynamite Entertainment)
8/1/2014 BOBS BURGERS #1 20,157
9/1/2014 BOBS BURGERS #2 11,030 (-45.2%)
10/1/2014 BOBS BURGERS #3 9,571 (-13.2%)
11/1/2014 BOBS BURGERS #4 10,160 (+6.2%)
12/1/2014 BOBS BURGERS #5 8,829 (-13.1%)
The increase last month may have been a fluke, as we see a large decrease this month.
220.) Revival #26 (Image)
5/1/2014 REVIVAL #20 (MR) 10,341 (-0.4%)
6/1/2014 REVIVAL #21 (MR) 9,808 (-5.2%)
7/1/2014 REVIVAL #22 (MR) 9,931 (-1.9%)
8/1/2014 REVIVAL #23 (MR) 9,425 (-5.9%)
10/1/2014 REVIVAL #24 (MR) 9,019 (-4.7%)
11/1/2014 REVIVAL #25 (MR) 9,535 (+5.7%)
12/1/2014 REVIVAL #26 (MR) 8,696 (-8.8%)
Sad to see another drop after last month’s bump, and not just because I really wanted to make more revival jokes.
221.) Alex + Ada #11 (Image)
5/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #6 9,869 (+1.1%)
6/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #7 9,579 (-2.9%)
8/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #8 9,453 (-1.3%)
10/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #9 9,370 (-0.9%)
11/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #10 8,946 (-4.5%)
12/1/2014 ALEX + ADA #11 8,619 (-3.7%)
Some natural attrition for Alex and Ada. The trope of “teaching a robot to love” may be a niche audience, but I am still a huge fan of this title.
222.) Sonic the Hedgehog #267 (Archie Comics)
10/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #265 8,869 (-1.7%)
11/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #266 8,822 (-0.5%)
12/1/2014 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #267 8,608 (-2.4%)
Sonic continues to shake off minor attrition each month. He’s not afraid of anything as longs as he’s still got some rings.
225.) GI Joe (2014) #4 (IDW)
9/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #1 6,848
10/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #2 9,708 (-42.4%)
11/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #3 8,602 (-11.4%)
12/1/2014 GI JOE (2014) #4 8,282 (-3.7%)
A stabilizing drop this month for the GI Joe.
226.) Rai #5 (Valiant)
4/1/2014 RAI #1 29,137
6/1/2014 RAI #2 13,448 (-53.8%)
7/1/2014 RAI #3 10,665 (-20.7%)
8/1/2014 RAI #4 9,394 (-12.4%)
12/1/2014 RAI #5 8,280 (-11.9%)
Another fast drop for Rai this month. I hesitate to call it attrition while the losses are still over 10%
227.) Squarriors #1 (Devil's Due)
12/1/2014 SQUARRIORS #1 (MR) 8,276
The first issue of Squarriors was funded via Kickstarter, with a total of 420 backers. While 8k may seem like a low debut number, it’s almost twenty times the initial number of Kickstarter backers. Not so bad then.
228.) Sonic Boom #2 (Archie Comics)
10/1/2014 SONIC BOOM #1 17,228
12/1/2014 SONIC BOOM #2 8,216 (-52.3)
Large second issue drop for Sonic Boom.
229.) Conan the Avenger #9 (Dark Horse)
8/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #5 8,941 (-2.6%)
9/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #6 8,820 (-1.4%)
10/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #7 8,547 (-3.1%)
11/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #8 8,250 (-3.5%)
12/1/2014 CONAN THE AVENGER #9 8,105 (-1.8%)
Slow and steady attrition.
230.) Godzilla Cataclysm #5 (IDW)
8/1/2014 GODZILLA CATACLYSM #1 11,868
9/1/2014 GODZILLA CATACLYSM #2 8,859 (-25.4%)
10/1/2014 GODZILLA CATACLYSM #3 8,624 (-2.7%)
11/1/2014 GODZILLA CATACLYSM #4 7,981 (-7.5%)
12/1/2014 GODZILLA CATACLYSM #5 7,892 (-1.1%)
Minor losses this month.
232.) Tomb Raider #11 (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #6 10,149 (-3.7%)
8/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #7 9,429 (-7.1%)
9/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #8 9,125 (-3.2%)
10/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #9 8,748 (-4.1%)
11/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #10 8,153 (-6.8%)
12/1/2014 TOMB RAIDER #11 7,730 (-5.25)
Attrition is a comic book’s worst enemy. If superheroes can’t fight it, why should Lara Croft be able to?
233.) Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone #2 (IDW)
11/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS DRIFT EMPIRE OF STONE #1 9,246
12/1/2014 TRANSFORMERS DRIFT EMPIRE OF STONE #2 7,729 (-16.4%)
A pretty minor second issue drop as far as these things go.
234.) BRPD Hell on Earth #126 (Dark Horse)
6/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #120 8,127 (-2.2%)
7/2/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #121 8,092 (-0.4%)
8/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #122 8,004 (-1.1%)
9/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #123 7,762 (-3.0%)
10/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #124 7,759 (0.00%)
11/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #125 7,534 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #126 7,535 (0.00%)
Minimal attrition, with readers staying ever faithful.
235.) Annihilator #5 (Random House)
9/1/2014 ANNIHILATOR #1 10,345 --
10/1/2014 ANNIHILATOR #2 6,482 (-37.3%)
11/1/2014 ANNIHILATOR #3 8,383 (+29.3%)
12/1/2014 ANNIHILATOR #4 7,519 (-10.3%)
The numbers have been up and down for Annihilator. We’ll look to next month’s numbers to establish a firmer trend.
238.) Intersect #2 (Image)
11/1/2014 INTERSECT #1 (MR) 18,292
12/1/2014 INTERSECT #2 (MR) 7,437 (-59.3%)
A huge second issue drop for Intersect. I’m crossing my fingers in hopes that it will still be on next month’s charts.
239.) New Vampirella #7 (Dynamite Entertainment)
6/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #1 22,864
7/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #2 9,445 (-58.7%)
8/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #3 8,732 (-7.5%)
9/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #4 8,287 (-5.1%)
10/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #5 7,784 (-6.1%)
11/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #6 7,378 (-5.2%)
12/1/2014 NEW VAMPIRELLA #7 7,417 (+0.5%)
A tiny upswing this month.
240.) X-O Manowar #31 (Valiant)
5/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #25 12,493 (+45.4%)
6/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #26 10,083 (-19.3%)
7/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #27 9,183 (-8.9%)
8/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #28 9,634 (+4.9%)
9/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #29 8,566 (-11.1%)
11/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #30 8,354 (-2.5%)
12/1/2014 X-O MANOWAR #31 7,398 (-11.4%)
A significant drop after a month of semi-stability.
241.) Cowl #7 (Image)
5/1/2014 COWL #1 (MR) 20,851 --
6/1/2014 COWL #2 (MR) 13,569 (-34.9%)
7/1/2014 COWL #3 (MR) 11,604 (-14.5%)
8/1/2014 COWL #4 (MR) 10,893 (-6.1%)
9/1/2014 COWL #5 (MR) 9,852 (-9.6%)
11/1/2014 COWL #6 (MR) 8,208 (-16.7%)
12/1/2014 COWL #7 (MR) 7,343 (-10.5%)
Another significant drop this month, with no signs of stopping.
244.) Humans #2 (Image)
11/1/2014 HUMANS #1 (MR) 17,274
12/1/2014 HUMANS #2 (MR) 7,132 (-58.7%)
I officially dub Decemeber the month of the ridiculous second issue drops.
246.) God Hates Astronauts #4 (Image)
9/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #1 (MR) 16,689
10/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #2 (MR) 10,178 (-39.0%)
11/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #3 (MR) 8,017 (-21.2%)
12/1/2014 GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #4 (MR) 7,008 (-12.6%)
While God Hates Astronauts is still dropping a bit more than average for a fourth issue, the drops do show signs of slowing down.
247.) Sonic Universe #71 (Archie Comics)
10/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #68 7,438 (-1.8%)
10/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #69 7,378 (-0.8%)
11/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #70 7,161 (-2.9%)
12/1/2014 SONIC UNIVERSE #71 6,998 (-2.3%)
Attrition.
248.) Godzilla Rulers of the Earth #19 (IDW)
3/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #10 6,677 (+0.2%)
4/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #11 6,917 (-3.6%)
5/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #12 7,890 (+14.1%)
6/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #13 6,980 (-11.5%)
7/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #14 7,144 (+2.3%)
8/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #15 7,156 (+0.2%)
9/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #16 7,181 (+0.3%)
10/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #17 7,167 (-0.2%)
11/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #18 7,065 (-1.4%)
12/1/2014 GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #19 6,964 (-1.4%)
Some recent attrition, but the numbers are still slightly higher than they were just ten issues ago.
249.) Rachel Rising #30 (Abstract Studio)
4/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #25 7,378 --
6/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #26 7,260 (-1.6%)
8/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #27 7,319 (+.8%)
9/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #28 7,188 (-1.8%)
10/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #29 7,036 (-2.1%)
12/1/2014 RACHEL RISING #30 6,952 (-1.2%)
The losses for Rachel Rising are so minimal they’re almost not worth mentioning. Terry Moore’s masterpiece continues to have a cult following.
250.) War Stories #3 (Avatar Press)
10/1/2014 WAR STORIES #1 (MR) 9,487
10/1/2014 WAR STORIES #2 (MR) 6,723 (-29.1%)
12/1/2014 WAR STORIES #3 (MR) 6,865 (+2.1%)
A third issue gain isn’t unheard of, but it is still applaud worthy.
251.) Bee and Puppycat #7 (Boom!)
5/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #1 12,204 --
6/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #2 7,557 (-38.1%)
8/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #3 8,031 (+6.3%)
9/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #4 7,556 (-5.9%)
10/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #5 7,255 (-4.0%)
11/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #6 7,055 (-2.8%)
12/1/2014 BEE AND PUPPYCAT #7 6,801 (-3.6%)
Continued attrition won’t stop my love of this title.
252.) Savage Dragon #200 (Image)
6/1/2013 Savage Dragon #181 4,556 (-0.8%)
10/1/2013 Savage Dragon #182 ???? ????
11/1/2013 Savage Dragon #183 4,603 ????
1/1/2013 Savage Dragon #184 4,366 (-5.1%)
3/1/2013 Savage Dragon #185 4,457 (+2.1%)
5/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #186 ???? ????
5/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #187 ???? ????
6/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #188 4,319 ????
7/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #189 ???? ????
8/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #190 5,078 ????
10/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #191 ???? ????
12/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #192 ???? ????
2/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #193 4,979 ????
4/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #194 ???? ????
6/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #195 ???? ????
7/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #196 ???? ????
8/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #197 ???? ????
9/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #198 ???? ????
10/1/2013 SAVAGE DRAGON #199 ???? ????
12/1/2014 SAVAGE DRAGON #200 6,798 ????
We haven’t exactly had solid numbers on Savage Dragon for some time. That said, the 200th issue managed to get the book back on the board, in spite of a $8.99 price tag.
253.) Goon Occasion of Revenge #4 (Dark Horse)
7/1/2014 GOON OCCASION OF REVENGE #1 9,736
8/1/2014 GOON OCCASION OF REVENGE #2 7,865 (-19.2%)
10/1/2014 GOON OCCASION OF REVENGE #3 7,436 (-5.5%)
12/1/2014 GOON OCCASION OF REVENGE #4 6,794 (-8.6%)
Just above average drop this month for Goon.
254.) Simpsons Comics #216 (Bongo)
3/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #210 6,334 (-2.7%)
4/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #211 6,390 (+0.9%)
6/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #212 6,619 (-3.6%)
7/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #213 ???? ----
8/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #214 7,079 ----
10/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #215 6,818 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 SIMPSONS COMICS #216 6,758 (-0.8%)
Negligible attrition.
257.) Justice Inc. #5 (Dynamite Entertainment)
8/1/2014 JUSTICE INC #1 12,020
9/1/2014 JUSTICE INC#2 8,651 (-28.0%)
10/1/2014 JUSTICE INC #3 7,546 (-12.8%)
11/1/2014 JUSTICE INC #4 7,057 (-6.5%)
12/1/2014 JUSTICE INC #5 6,660 (-5.6%)
Edging ever nearer stabilization.
258.) Abe Sapien #18 (Dark Horse)

2/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #10 7,995 (-6.1%)
3/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #11 7,825 (-2.1%)
5/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #12 7,559 (-3.4%)
6/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #13 7,674 (+1.5%)
7/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #14 7,469 (-2.7%)
8/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #15 7,244 (-3.0%)
9/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #16 7,143 (-1.4%)
10/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #17 6,998 (-2.0%)
12/1/2014 ABE SAPIEN #18 6,652 (-4.9%)
Continued attrition makes this the poorest selling Hellboy adjacent title on the list.
259.) Mega Man #44 (Archie Comics)
8/1/2014 MEGA MAN #40 6,924 (-4.7%)
10/1/2014 MEGA MAN #41 6,899 (-0.4%)
10/1/2014 MEGA MAN #42 6,946 (+0.7%)
11/1/2014 MEGA MAN #43 6,771 (-2.5%)
12/1/2014 MEGA MAN #44 6,531 (-3.5%)
Mega Man continues to be very content in the 6k range.
260.) October Faction #3 (IDW)
10/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #1 [*] 9,181
11/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #2 [*] 7,174 (-21.9%)
12/1/2014 OCTOBER FACTION #3 [*] 6,445 (-10.1%)
If the decreases slow down for the fourth issue – like many do – then we should see this on the board again next month.
261.) Shadow Show #2 (IDW)
11/1/2014 SHADOW SHOW #1 8,634
12/1/2014 SHADOW SHOW #2 6,412 (-25.7%)
Standard second issue drop.
263.) GI Joe a Real American Hero #209 (IDW)
9/1/2014 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #204 7,651 (+16.6%)
10/1/2014 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #207 6,494 (-16.1%)
11/1/2014 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #208 7,810 (+20.3%)
12/1/2014 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #209 6,344 (-18.8%)
There’s been some flip-flopping back and forth for the previous few issues. Ideally next month we’ll learn whether it’s trending up or down.
264.) Vampirella Feary Tales #3 (Dynamite Entertainment)
10/1/2014 VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #1 10,571
11/1/2014 VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #2 6,607 (-37.5%)
12/1/2014 VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #3 6,341 (-4.0%)
If the drops continue to be this small next month, I’ll officially commit to Feary Tales finding it’s niche.
265.) Little Nemo Return to Slumberland #3 (IDW)
8/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #1 [*] 11,883
10/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #2 [*] 8,130 (-31.6%)
12/1/2014 LITTLE NEMO RETURN TO SLUMBERLAND #3 [*] 6,320 (-22.3%)
266.) Uber #20 (Avatar Press)
7/1/2014 UBER #15 (MR) 7,456 (-0.5%)
8/1/2014 UBER #16 (MR) 7,082 (-5.0%)
9/1/2014 UBER #17 (MR) 6,934 (-2.1%)
10/1/2014 UBER #18 (MR) 6,684 (-3.6%)
10/1/2014 UBER #19 (MR) 6,436 (-3.7%)
12/1/2014 UBER #20 (MR) 6,303 (-2.1%)
Each month brings minor losses to Uber. From what I’ve heard about the book, these casualties might mirror the violence within the pages.
267.) Harbinger Faith #0 (Valiant)
12/1/2014 HARBINGER FAITH #0 6,170
I won’t lie, it’s not usually good to see a first issue so far down this list. However, there are occasionally increases after a zero issue, so we won’t say farewell yet.
268.) Adventure Time Banana Guard Academy #6 (Boom!)
7/1/2014 ADV TIME BGA #1 $3.99 BOO 10,402
8/1/2014 ADV TIME BGA #2 $3.99 BOO 8,287 (-20.4%)
10/1/2014 ADV TIME BGA #3 $3.99 BOO 7,977 (-3.7%)
10/1/2014 ADV TIME BGA #4 $3.99 BOO 7,453 (-6.6%)
11/1/2014 ADV TIME BTG #5 $3.99 BOO 6,514 (-12.6%)
12/1/2014 ADV TIME BTG #6 $3.99 BOO 6,148 (-5.6%)
The Banana Guard is definitely the black sheep of the Adventure Time family, but it seems to be stabilizing at least.
269.) Game of Thrones #23 (Dynamite Entertainment)
3/1/2014 GAME OF THRONES #19 (MR) 7,043 (-6.3%)
4/1/2014 GAME OF THRONES #20 (MR) 6,938 (-1.5%)
8/1/2014 GAME OF THRONES #21 (MR) 7,010 (+1.0%)
11/1/2014 GAME OF THRONES #22 (MR) 6,696 (-4.5%)
12/1/2014 GAME OF THRONES #23 (MR) 6,120 (-8.6%)
Perhaps readership will increase with the advent of the next television season.
270.) TMNT New Animated Adventures #18 (IDW)
4/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #10 5,911 (-1.6%)
5/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #11 6,075 (+2.8%)
6/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #12 7,577 (+24.7%)
7/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #13 7,158 (-5.5%)
8/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #14 6,420 (-10.3%)
9/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #15 7,589 (+18.2%)
10/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #16 ???? ????
11/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #17 6,228 ????
12/1/2014 TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #18 6,084 (-2.1%)
Minor drop this month, although a bump up could happen at anytime it seems.
271.) Woods #8 (Boom!)
5/1/2014 WOODS #1 13,916 --
6/1/2014 WOODS #2 9,352 (-32.8%)
7/1/2014 WOODS #3 8,852 (-5.3%)
8/1/3014 WOODS #4 8,272 (-6.6%)
9/1/2014 WOODS #5 7,649 (-7.5%)
10/1/2014 WOODS #6 7,103 (-7.1%)
11/1/2014 WOODS #7 6,554 (-7.7%)
12/1/2014 WOODS #8 6,067 (-7.4%)
At this point a seven percent drop just seems standard.
272.) Unity #13 (Valiant)
3/1/2014 UNITY #5 12,268 (+15.3%)
4/1/2014 UNITY #6 9,351 (-23.8%)
5/1/2014 UNITY #7 8,653 (-7.5%)
6/1/2014 UNITY #8 9,442 (+9.1%)
7/1/2014 UNITY #9 8,485 (-10.1%)
8/1/2014 UNITY #10 8,491 0%
9/1/2014 UNITY #11 7,602 (-10.5%)
11/1/2014 UNITY #12 6,508 (-14.4%)
12/1/2014 UNITY #13 6,066 (-6.8%)
One of the smallest losses the title has taken yet!
273.) Abigail and the Snowman #1 (Boom!)
12/1/2014 ABIGAIL AND THE SNOWMAN #1 6,050
Comics targeting children that aren’t based on previous intellectual property are always a hard sale. That doesn’t stop Abgail and the Snowman from being an adorable series.
274.) Samurai Jack #15 (IDW)
7/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #10 6,741 (-20.4%)
8/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #11 7,489 (+11.1%)
9/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #12 7,135 (-4.7%)
10/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #13 6,657 (-6.7%)
11/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #14 6,245 (-6.2%)
12/1/2014 SAMURAI JACK #15 6,023 (-3.6%)
Some attrition in the last few months.
275.) Spongebob Comics #39 (Universal)
8/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #35 6,491 ????
9/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #36 6,405 (-1.3%)
10/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #37 6,417 0.00%
11/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #38 6,201 (-3.4%)
12/1/2014 SPONGEBOB COMICS #39 6,007 (-3.1%)
Minuscule attrition.
276.) Sons of Anarchy #16 (Boom!)
6/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #10 (MR) 7,875 (-7.7%)
7/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #11 (MR) 7,394 (-5.9%)
8/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #12 (MR) 6,955 (-5.9%)
9/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #13 (MR) 6,506 (-6.5%)
10/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #14 (MR) 6,537 0.00%
11/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #15 (MR) 6,271 (-4.1%)
12/1/2014 SONS OF ANARCHY #16 (MR) 5,930 (-5.4%)
If the trend continues, this title may soon drop off the top 300 list.
278.) Skylanders #3 (IDW)
10/1/2014 SKYLANDERS #1 [*] 12,361
11/1/2014 SKYLANDERS #2 [*] 7,665 (-38.0%)
12/1/2014 SKYLANDERS #3 [*] 5,882 (-23.2%)
Skylanders as a franchise already sees children clamoring for more. If it came down to a decision between a new Skylanders figure and a Skylanders comic, I’d probably choose the toy. That said, my friend reads these to her 2nd grade classroom and they adore each issue.
279.) God id Dead #25 (Avatar)
6/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #15 (MR) 8,262 (-1.3%)
7/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #16 (MR) 8,029 (-2.8%)
7/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #17 (MR) 7,759 (-3.4%)
8/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #18 (MR) 7,358 (-5.2%)
9/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #19 (MR) 6,857 (-6.8%)
9/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #20 (MR) 6,667 (-2.8%)
10/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #21 (MR) 6,579 (-1.3%)
10/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #22 (MR) 6,457 (-1.9%)
11/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #24 (MR) 5,902 (-8.6%)
12/1/2014 GOD IS DEAD #25 (MR) 5,874 (-0.5%)
The readers held faithful this month as Avatar Press launched an over-sized edition to celebrate the title’s 25th issue. The $5.99 price tag may have scared off the new readers the comic hoped to attract with a new jumping on point.
280.) Eternal Warrior Days of Steel #2 (Valiant)
11/1/2014 ETERNAL WARRIOR DAYS OF STEEL #1 6,785
12/1/2014 ETERNAL WARRIOR DAYS OF STEEL #2 5,760 (-15.1%)
A lower than average second issue drop.
281.) Twilight Zone #10 (Dynamite Entertainment)
12/1/2013 Twilight Zone #1 21,723
2/1/2014 Twilight Zone #2 11,537 (-46.9%)
3/1/2014 Twilight Zone #3 10,061 (-12.8%)
4/1/2014 Twilight Zone #4 9,014 (-10.4%)
5/1/2014 Twilight Zone #5 8,140 (-9.7%)
7/1/2014 Twilight Zone #6 7,528 (-7.5%)
7/1/2014 Twilight Zone #7 6,976 (-7.3%)
9/1/2014 Twilight Zone #8 6,633 (-4.7%)
10/1/2014 Twilight Zone #9 ???? ????
12/1/2014 Twilight Zone #10 5,680 ????
Back on the board after a month away.
282.) Flash Gordon #10 (Dynamite Entertainment)
4/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #1 $3.99 DE 14,398
5/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #2 $3.99 DE 8,255 (-42.7%)
6/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #3 $3.99 DE 7,034 (-14.8%)
8/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #4 $3.99 DE 6,657 (-5.4%)
8/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #5 $3.99 DE 6,257 (-6.0%)
12/1/2014 FLASH GORDON #7 $3.99 DE 5,658 (-9.6%)
Another drop like this might see Flash Gordon drop off the charts.
283.) BSG Death of Apollo #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
12/1/2014 BSG DEATH OF APOLLO #1 5,626
I want to know what this debut says about fan feelings towards Apollo.
284.) Massive #30 (Dark Horse)
6/1/2012 Massive #1 22,173
7/1/2012 Massive #2 16,600 (-25.1%)
8/1/2012 Massive #3 15,310 (-7.8%)
9/1/2012 Massive #4 13,427 (-12.3%)
10/1/2012 Massive #5 12,698 (-5.4%)
11/1/2012 Massive #6 11,455 (-9.8%)
12/1/2012 Massive #7 10,854 (-5.2%)
1/1/2013 Massive #8 10,206 (-6.0%)
2/1/2013 Massive #9 9,936 (-2.6%)
3/1/2013 Massive #10 9,795 (-1.4%)
4/1/2013 Massive #11 9,661 (-1.4%)
5/1/2013 Massive #12 9,489 (-1.8%)
6/1/2013 Massive #13 9,371 (-1.2%)
7/1/2013 Massive #14 8,983 (-4.1%)
8/1/2013 Massive #15 8,713 (-3.0%)
10/1/2013 Massive #16 8,345 (-4.2%)
11/1/2013 Massive #17 7,957 (-4.6%)
12/1/2013 Massive #18 7,770 (-2.3%)
1/1/2014 Massive #19 7,387 (-4.9%)
2/1/2014 Massive #20 6,976 (-5.6%)
3/1/2014 Massive #21 6,841 (-1.9%)
4/1/2014 Massive #22 6,650 (-2.8%)
5/1/2014 Massive #23 6,470 (-2.7%)
6/1/2014 Massive #24 6,372 (-1.5%)
7/1/2014 Massive #25 ???? ????
8/1/2014 Massive #26 6,144 ????
9/1/2014 Massive #27 ???? ????
10/1/2014 Massive #28 ??? ????
11/1/2014 MASSIVE #29 5,681 ????
12/1/2014 MASSIVE #30 5,622 (-1.0%)
In honor of the end of the Massive, here’s all the numbers we have on the series from start to finish.
285.) Dungeons &Dragons Legends of Baldur's Gate (IDW)
10/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #1 9,341
11/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #2 7,642 (-18.2%)
12/1/2014 D&D LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #3 5,563 (-27.2%)
Such a large third issue drop does not bode well for this title, sadly.
288.) Fairy Quest Outcasts #2 (Boom!)
11/1/2014 FAIRY QUEST OUTCASTS #1 8,958
12/1/2014 FAIRY QUEST OUTCASTS #2 5,389 (-39.8%)
Another above average second issue drop.
289.) Singery #2 (Image)
11/1/2014 SINERGY #1 9,380
12/1/2014 SINERGY #2 5,309 (-43.4%)
Ditto.
290 &295.) Crossed Badlands #67 &68 (Avatar Press)
9/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #59 (MR) 5,991 ????
9/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #60 (MR) 5,991 0%
9/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #61 (MR) ???? ????
9/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #62 (MR) ???? ????
10/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #63 (MR) ???? ????
10/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #64 (MR) ???? ????
11/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #65 (MR) 5,410 ????
11/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #66 (MR) 5,303 (-2.0%)
12/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #67 (MR) 5,304 0%
12/1/2014 CROSSED BADLANDS #68 (MR) 5,159 (-2.7%)
Attrition continues for Crossed Badlands.
291.) Shadow Midnight Moscow #6 (Dynamite Entertainment)
5/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #1 7,772
6/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #2 ???? ????
8/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #3 5,735 ????
9/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #4 ???? ????
10/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #5 ???? ????
12/1/2014 Shadow Midnight Moscow #6 5,301 ????
Even without all the numbers, it’s clear that they keep dropping.
293.) Judge Dredd #26 (IDW)
1/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #15 6,296 (-14.1%)
2/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #16 6,456 (-2.5%)
3/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #17 6,475 (+0.3%)
4/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #18 6,274 (-3.1%)
5/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #19 6,152 (-1.9%)
7/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #20 ???? ????
7/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #21 ???? ????
9/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #22 5,715 ????
9/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #23 ???? ????
10/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #24 ???? ????
11/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #25 6,055 ????
12/1/2014 JUDGE DREDD #26 5,184 (-14.4%)
A steep loss this month, but the title was relatively stable for most of 2014.
294.) GFT Grimm Fairy Tales #105 (Zenescope)
7/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #100 (MR) 11,722 (+56.9%)
8/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #101 (MR) 6,740 (-42.5%)
9/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #102 (MR) 6,462 (-4.1%)
10/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #103 (MR) ???? ????
11/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 (MR) 5,341 ????
12/1/2014 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #105 (MR) 5,166 (-3.3%)
Still going somewhat steady after a hundred issues. An accomplishment that very few indie titles can boast!
298.) Q2 RTN Quantum &Woody #3 (Valiant)
10/1/2014 Q2 RTN QUANTUM &WOODY #1 8,226
11/1/2014 Q2 RTN QUANTUM &WOODY #2 5,802 (-29.5%)
12/1/2014 Q2 RTN QUANTUM &WOODY #3 5,073 (-12.6%)
This may be the title’s last time on the chart, but I hope we see it back again.
300.) Magnus Robot Fighter #9 (Dynamite Entertainment)
3/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #1 $3.99 DE 27,497
4/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #2 $3.99 DE 9,898 (-64.0%)
5/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #3 $3.99 DE 8,333 (-15.8%)
6/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #4 $3.99 DE 7,898 (-5.2%)
7/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #5 $3.99 DE 7,205 (-8.8%)
9/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #6 $3.99 DE ???? ????
10/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #7 $3.99 DE ???? ????
11/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #8 $3.99 DE 5,402 ????
12/1/2014 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #9 $3.99 DE 5,053 (-6.5%)

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Image Comics Month-to Month Sales [size=150]December 2015[/size]: Oh, What a Night

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by David Carter

Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures.

Just a reminder that I’m not doing this as a permanent gig;just filling in until Heidi finds someone to take on the indy month-to-month chart.

Please refer to July’s column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards for Image books are likely to be different than those for DC or Marvel.

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Image shipped 67 comics in December, compared to 62 in November, 55 in October and 73 in September. Of those 67 comics, 22 did not place in Diamond’s Top 300, and another 15 placed below the 10K mark.

Warning: The commentary below may contain reasoned analysis, speculation (unfounded and otherwise), opinion, and/or snark. Those looking for a more straightforward analysis are directed to John Jackson Miller’s excellent Comichron analysis, posted earlier this month over at Comichron!

Please consider the fine print at the end of the column. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com’s estimates can be found here.

(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders as was the practice of this column under the previous administration.)

26 - THE WALKING DEAD ($2.99)
12/2005: --
12/2010: --
12/2011: The Walking Dead #92 -- 31,496
12/2012: The Walking Dead #105 -- 57,781
12/2013: The Walking Dead #118 -- 68,020
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12/2014: The Walking Dead #135 -- 67,361 (- 1.1%)
01/2015: The Walking Dead #136 -- 66,097 (- 1.9%)
02/2015: The Walking Dead #137 -- 65,620 (- 0.7%)
03/2015: The Walking Dead #138 -- 66,778 (+ 1.8%)
03/2015: The Walking Dead #139 -- 67,349 (+ 0.9%)
04/2015: The Walking Dead #140 -- 66,553 (- 1.2%)
05/2015: The Walking Dead #141 -- 68,931 (+ 3.6%)
06/2015: The Walking Dead #142 -- 68,221 (- 1.0%)
06/2015: The Walking Dead #143 -- 67,989 (- 0.3%)
07/2015: The Walking Dead #144 -- 79,496 (+ 16.9%)
08/2015: The Walking Dead #145 -- 82,792 (+ 4.1%)
09/2015: The Walking Dead #146 -- 69,006 (- 16.7%)
10/2015: The Walking Dead #147 -- 67,056 (- 2.8%)
11/2015: The Walking Dead #148 -- 65,526 (- 2.3%)
12/2015: The Walking Dead #149 -- 65,406 (- 0.2%)
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6 months: - 4.0%
1 year : - 2.9%
2 years : - 3.8%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: n.a.
Once again The Walking Dead is Image’s top-selling book of the month. It is also the highest charting $2.99 book for December. In fact, the first non-Image $2.99 book is Batman &Robin Eternal at #57.

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41 - SAGA ($2.99)
12/2012: Saga #8 -- 42,324 [48,965]
12/2013: Saga #17 -- 53,264
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12/2014: --
01/2015: --
02/2015: Saga #25 -- 55,972 (+ 0.8%)
03/2015: Saga #26 -- 54,892 (- 1.9%)
04/2015: Saga #27 -- 54,897 (+ 0.0%)
05/2015: Saga #28 -- 55,239 (+ 0.6%)
06/2015: Saga #29 -- 55,131 (- 0.2%)
07/2015: Saga #30 -- 60,937 (+ 10.5%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Saga #31 -- 53,980 (- 11.4%)
12/2015: Saga #32 -- 51,850 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: - 6.0%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 2.7%
It looks like Saga has hit its peek in individual issue sales, at least for the time being. Nothing to worry about though, as these are excellent numbers and the collection sales are still quite strong.

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53 - PAPER GIRLS ($2.99)
10/2015: Paper Girls #1 -- 75,585
11/2015: Paper Girls #2 -- 46,274 (- 38.8%)
12/2015: Paper Girls #3 -- 43,737 (- 5.5%)
Settling in quite nicely with a lower-than-normal percentage drop for its third issue. For comparison, the third issue of Saga sold about 39K.

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72 - WE STAND ON GUARD ($2.99)
07/2015: We Stand On Guard #1 of 6 -- 78,690
08/2015: We Stand On Guard #2 of 6 -- 51,848 (- 34.1%)
09/2015: We Stand On Guard #3 of 6 -- 44,050 (- 15.0%)
10/2015: We Stand On Guard #4 of 6 -- 40,197 (- 8.7%)
11/2015: We Stand On Guard #5 of 6 -- 37,227 (- 7.4%)
12/2015: We Stand On Guard #6 of 6 -- 34,177 (- 5.5%)
FInal issue. Never really quite found its footing, but still sold well over its run. I’ll be interested to see what sort of numbers the collections put up, especially over the long term (it’s first being released as a ‘deluxe’ hardcover, with a trade paperback to follow presumably at some point).

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96 - I HATE FAIRYLAND ($3.50)
10/2015: I Hate Fairyland #1 -- 50,318
11/2015: I Hate Fairyland #2 -- 31,626 (- 37.1%)
12/2015: I Hate Fairyland #3 -- 27,843 (- 12.0%)
A typical third issue percentage drop for Skottie Young’s series. Will likely settle in to the low-20K range, which is good sales for an Image series.

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112 - TOKYO GHOST ($3.99)
09/2015: Tokyo Ghost #1 -- 39,682
10/2015: Tokyo Ghost #2 -- 27,688 (- 30.2%)
11/2015: Tokyo Ghost #3 -- 25,198 (- 9.0%)
12/2015: Tokyo Ghost #4 -- 24,133 (- 4.2%)
Also looks to settle in to the low-20K range.

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130 - MONSTRESS ($3.99)
11/2015: Monstress #1 -- 33,045
12/2015: Monstress #2 -- 23,367 (- 29.3%)
Returnable, so the figures have been adjusted up 10% from what was reported by Diamond/ICv2. (For an explanation why this is done for returnable items, please see the fine print at the end of this post.)

A typical second issue drop.

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116 - OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN &AZACETA ($2.99)
12/2014: Outcast #6 -- 36,354 (- 9.0%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: --
03/2015: Outcast #7 -- 38,077 (+ 4.7%)
04/2015: Outcast #8 -- 36,188 (- 5.0%)
05/2015: Outcast #9 -- 28,961 (- 20.0%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: Outcast #10 -- 28,012 (- 3.3%)
08/2015: Outcast #11 -- 27,087 (- 3.3%)
09/2015: Outcast #12 -- 26,115 (- 3.6%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Outcast #13 -- 24,051 (- 7.9%)
12/2015: Outcast #14 -- 23,319 (- 3.0%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 35.9%
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121 - HUCK ($3.50)
11/2015: Huck #1 -- 35,299
12/2015: Huck #2 -- 22,937 (- 35.0%)
A typical second issue drop.

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132 - DESCENDER ($2.99)
03/2015: Descender #1 -- 61,910 [69,011]
04/2015: Descender #2 -- 43,946 (- 36.3%)
05/2015: Descender #3 -- 29,717 (- 32.4%)
06/2015: Descender #4 -- 27,163 (- 8.6%)
07/2015: Descender #5 -- 26,039 (- 4.1%)
08/2015: Descender #6 -- 24,615 (- 5.5%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Descender #7 -- 23,684 (- 3.8%)
12/2015: Descender #8 -- 20,999 (- 11.3%)
-----------------
6 months: - 22.7%
Yow, that’s a bit of a large percentage drop at this stage in the game. Not that there’s any cause for worry, as 20K is perfectly good in Image-land. Plus, you know, there’s the movie deal.

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137 - THE GODDAMNED ($3.99)
11/2015: The Goddamned #1 -- 33,809
12/2015: The Goddamned #2 -- 20,415 (-39.6%)
Just a bit on the high side for a second issue drop. A crime story set in Biblical times was always going to be a bit of a tough sell, so if this ends up settling in around 15K that would be pretty good.

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147 - SYMMETRY ($3.99)
12/2015: Symmetry #1 -- 19,274
Returnable, so the figures have been adjusted up 10% from what was reported by Diamond/ICv2. (For an explanation why this is done for returnable items, please see the fine print at the end of this post.)

Not very many debuts for Image in December. This is a Top Cow series by Matt Hawkins &Raffaele Ienco.

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139, 140 - EAST OF WEST ($3.50)
12/2013: East of West #8 -- 31,059
-----------------------------------
12/2014: East of West #16 -- 35,920 (+ 40.4%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: East of West #17 -- 23,482 (- 34.6%)
03/2015: East of West #18 -- 23,080 (- 1.7%)
04/2015: --
05/2015: East of West #19 -- 22,482 (- 2.6%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: East of West #20 -- 21,778 (- 3.1%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: East of West #21 -- 21,075 (- 3.2%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: East of West #22 -- 19,867 (- 5.7%)
12/2015: East of West #23 -- 19,184 (- 3.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 45.6%
2 years : - 37.1%
Down from its peak, but these are good numbers for an Image series in its third year.

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142 - THE WICKED + THE DIVINE ($3.50)
12/2014: Wicked + Divine #6 -- 22,159 (- 12.8%)
01/2015: Wicked + Divine #7 -- 20,893 (- 5.7%)
02/2015: Wicked + Divine #8 -- 20,515 (- 1.8%)
03/2015: Wicked + Divine #9 -- 20,360 (- 0.8%)
04/2015: --
05/2015: Wicked + Divine #10 -- 20,562 (+ 1.0%)
06/2015: Wicked + Divine #11 -- 20,579 (+ 0.1%)
07/2015: Wicked + Divine #12 -- 20,335 (- 1.2%)
08/2015: Wicked + Divine #13 -- 20,161 (- 1.2%)
09/2015: Wicked + Divine #14 -- 20,706 (+ 2.7%)
10/2015: Wicked + Divine #15 -- 20,154 (- 2.7%)
11/2015: Wicked + Divine #16 -- 19,360 (- 3.9%)
12/2015: Wicked + Divine #17 -- 18,479 (- 4.6%)
-----------------
6 months: - 10.2%
1 year : - 16.6%
End of the third story arc. Will take a few months off before resuming in April.

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152 - SPAWN ($2.99)
12/2005: Spawn #151 -- 28,860
12/2010: --
12/2011: Spawn #214 -- 13,017
12/2012: --
12/2013: Spawn #238 -- 12,459
----------------------------------
12/2014: Spawn #249 -- 12,121 (+ 1.6%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Spawn #250 -- 60,357 (+398.0%)
03/2015: Resurrection #1 -- 29,787 (- 50.6%)
04/2015: Spawn #251 -- 17,443 (- 71.1%)
05/2015: Spawn #252 -- 15,904 (- 8.8%)
06/2015: Spawn #253 -- 15,993 (+ 0.6%)
07/2015: Spawn #254 -- 15,421 (- 3.6%)
08/2015: Spawn #255 -- 15,717 (+ 1.9%)
09/2015: Spawn #256 -- 15,087 (- 4.0%)
10/2015: Spawn #257 -- 15,266 (+ 1.2%)
11/2015: Spawn #258 -- 15,163 (- 0.7%)
12/2015: Spawn #259 -- 16,906 (+ 11.5%)
-----------------
6 months: + 5.7%
1 year : + 39.5%
2 years : + 35.7%
5 years : n.a.
10 years: - 41.4%
Image’s longest-running title gets a boost from an adult coloring book variant cover.

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156 - NAMELESS ($2.99)
02/2015: Nameless #1 of 6 -- 43,785
03/2015: Nameless #2 of 6 -- 27,364 (- 37.5%)
04/2015: Nameless #3 of 6 -- 24,266 (- 11.3%)
05/2015: --
06/2015: Nameless #4 of 6 -- 21,071 (- 11.8%)
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: Nameless #5 of 6 -- 19,071 (- 10.8%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Nameless #6 of 6 -- 15,894 (- 16.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 24.6%
Ran into some scheduling problems there at the end, which may have contributed to the declining sales.

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159 - JUPITER'S CIRCLE ($3.50)
12/2013: --
--------------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: Jupiter's Legacy #5 -- 29,055 (- 21.3%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: --
04/2015: Jupiter's Circle #1 -- 32,542 (+ 12.0%)
05/2015: Jupiter's Circle #2 -- 24,499 (- 24.7%)
06/2015: Jupiter's Circle #3 -- 21,287 (- 13.1%)
07/2015: Jupiter's Circle #4 -- 19,522 (- 8.3%)
08/2015: Jupiter's Circle #5 -- 18,889 (- 3.2%)
09/2015: Jupiter's Circle #6 -- 18,732 (- 0.8%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Jupiter's Crc v2 #1 -- 18,175 (- 3.0%)
12/2015: Jupiter's Crc v2 #2 -- 15,719 (- 13.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 26.2%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
Starting over with a new #1 did Jupiter’s Circle absolutely no favors.

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165 - BLACK MAGICK ($3.99)
10/2015: Black Magick #1 -- 28,429
11/2015: Black Magick #2 -- 17,686 (- 37.8%)
12/2015: Black Magick #3 -- 15,070 (- 14.8%)
169 - BLACK SCIENCE ($3.99)
12/2013: Black Science #2 -- 20,151
------------------------------------
12/2014: Black Science #11 -- 19,688 (- 6.8%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: --
03/2015: Black Science #12 -- 26,112 (+ 32.6%)
04/2015: Black Science #13 -- 17,876 (- 31.5%)
05/2015: Black Science #14 -- 17,090 (- 4.4%)
06/2015: Black Science #15 -- 17,932 (+ 4.9%)
07/2015: Black Science #16 -- 18,298 (+ 2.0%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Black Science #17 -- 15,094 (- 17.5%)
12/2015: Black Science #18 -- 14,465 (- 4.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 19.3%
1 year : - 26.5%
2 years : - 28.2%
I am amused by the fact that not only does Image have series named Black Magick and Black Science, but they sell within a few hundred copies of each other.

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172 - PLUTONA ($2.99)
09/2015: Plutona #1 of 5 -- 25,690
10/2015: Plutona #2 of 5 -- 16,656 (- 35.2%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: Plutona #3 of 5 -- 13,948 (- 16.3%)
Still doing well at the midpoint of the miniseries.

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176 - LAZARUS ($3.50)
12/2013: Lazarus #5 -- 22,695
-------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: Lazarus #14 -- 15,896 (- 1.2%)
02/2015: Lazarus #15 -- 15,237 (- 4.1%)
03/2015: --
04/2015: Lazarus #16 -- 15,138 (- 0.6%)
05/2015: --
06/2015: Lazarus #17 -- 14,980 (- 1.0%)
07/2015: Lazarus #18 -- 14,563 (- 2.8%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: Lazarus #19 -- 14,506 (- 0.4%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Lazarus #20 -- 14,218 (- 2.0%)
12/2015: Lazarus #21 -- 13,390 (- 5.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 10.6%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 41.0%
Last issue before a several month hiatus.

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179 - TREES ($2.99)
12/2014: --
01/2015: Trees #8 -- 18,012 (- 6.6%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: --
04/2015: --
05/2015: Trees #9 -- 15,821 (- 12.2%)
06/2015: Trees #10 -- 14,913 (- 5.7%)
07/2015: Trees #11 -- 14,273 (- 4.3%)
08/2015: Trees #12 -- 13,569 (- 4.9%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Trees #13 -- 12,728 (- 6.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 14.7%
1 year : n.a.
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180 - RAT QUEENS ($3.99)
12/2013: --
---------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: Braga Spec #1 -- 15,017 (+ 2.0%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: Rat Queens #9 -- 14,425 (- 2.0%)
04/2015: Rat Queens #10 -- 14,228 (- 1.4%)
05/2015: --
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: Rat Queens #11 -- 14,271 (+ 0.3%)
09/2015: Rat Queens #12 -- 13,615 (- 4.6%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Rat Queens #13 -- 13,075 (- 4.0%)
12/2015: Rat Queens #14 -- 12,468 (- 4.6%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
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181 - INVINCIBLE ($2.99)
12/2005: --
12/2010: Invincible #76 -- 15,577
12/2011: Invincible #86 -- 14,457
12/2012: Invincible #98 -- 16,139
12/2012: Invincible #99 -- 15,566
12/2013: Invincible #107 -- 13,268
----------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: Invincible #116 -- 13,125 (- 1.1%)
02/2015: Invincible #117 -- 12,627 (- 3.8%)
03/2015: Invincible #118 -- ??????
04/2015: Invincible #119 -- 13,492
05/2015: Invincible #120 -- 13,191 (- 2.2%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: Invincible #121 -- 13,075 (- 0.9%)
08/2015: Invincible #122 -- 13,001 (- 0.6%)
09/2015: Invincible #123 -- 12,758 (- 1.9%)
10/2015: Invincible #124 -- 13,186 (+ 3.4%)
11/2015: Invincible #125 -- 12,561 (- 4.7%)
12/2015: Invincible #126 -- 12,436 (- 1.0%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 6.3%
5 years : - 20.2%
10 years: n.a.
Invincible is back to its regular slow but (mostly) steady erosion.

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185 - THE VIOLENT ($2.99)
12/2015: The Violent #1 -- 11,751
New crime series from Ed Brisson &Adam Gorham. Allegedly ongoing, but these aren’t very good numbers for a debut issue, and unless it bucks the normal trends it may not go on for very long.

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188 - THE BEAUTY ($3.50)
08/2015: The Beauty #1 -- 25,245
09/2015: The Beauty #2 -- 17,337 (- 31.3%)
10/2015: The Beauty #3 -- 14,935 (- 13.9%)
11/2015: The Beauty #4 -- 13,369 (- 10.5%)
12/2015: The Beauty #5 -- 11,514 (- 13.9%)
This is the first issue of The Beauty that wasn’t returnable.

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190 - PRETTY DEADLY ($3.50)
12/2013: Pretty Deadly #3 -- 23,187
------------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: --
02/2015: --
03/2015: --
04/2015: --
05/2015: --
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Pretty Deadly #6 -- 15,494 (- 19.4%)
12/2015: Pretty Deadly #7 -- 11,277 (- 27.2%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 51.4%
Oh, that’s a bad drop;retailers seem to have treated issue #7 as if it was a second issue.

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192 - AUTUMNLANDS ($2.99)
12/2014: Autumnlands T&C #2 -- 36,599 (- 11.1%)
01/2015: Autumnlands T&C #3 -- 22,190 (- 39.4%)
02/2015: Autumnlands T&C #4 -- 17,700 (- 20.2%)
03/2015: Autumnlands T&C #5 -- 16,054 (- 9.3%)
04/2015: --
05/2015: --
06/2015: Autumnlands T&C #6 -- 15,321 (- 4.6%)
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Autumnlands #7 -- 12,227 (- 20.2%)
12/2015: Autumnlands #8 -- 11,104 (- 9.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 27.5%
1 year : - 69.7%
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193 - DEADLY CLASS ($3.99)
12/2014: --
01/2015: Deadly Class #10 -- 13,552 (- 4.2%)
02/2015: Deadly Class #11 -- 12,805 (- 5.5%)
03/2015: --
04/2015: Deadly Class #12 -- 13,780 (+ 7.6%)
05/2015: Deadly Class #13 -- 12,299 (- 10.7%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: Deadly Class #14 -- 11,798 (- 4.1%)
08/2015: Deadly Class #15 -- 11,779 (- 0.2%)
09/2015: Deadly Class #16 -- 11,394 (- 3.3%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Deadly Class #17 -- 11,035 (- 3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
—

196 - BIRTHRIGHT ($2.99)
12/2014: Birthright #3 -- 14,247 (- 22.9%)
01/2015: Birthright #4 -- 13,506 (- 5.2%)
02/2015: Birthright #5 -- 13,218 (- 2.1%)
03/2015: --
04/2015: Birthright #6 -- 14,081 (+ 6.5%)
05/2015: Birthright #7 -- 12,561 (- 10.8%)
06/2015: Birthright #8 -- 12,058 (- 4.0%)
07/2015: Birthright #9 -- 11,496 (- 4.7%)
08/2015: Birthright #10 -- 11,072 (- 3.7%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Birthright #11 -- 10,989 (- 0.7%)
12/2015: Birthright #12 -- 10,633 (- 3.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.8%
1 year : - 25.4%
—

232 - CITIZEN JACK ($3.99)
11/2015: Citizen Jack #1 -- 16,605
12/2015: Citizen Jack #2 -- 9,242 (- 44.3%)
Returnable, so the figures have been adjusted up 10% from what was reported by Diamond/ICv2. (For an explanation why this is done for returnable items, please see the fine print at the end of this post.)

A larger than normal second issue percentage drop. Not a good sign.

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223 - NAILBITER ($2.99)
12/2014: Nailbiter #8 -- 12,096 (- 2.1%)
01/2015: Nailbiter #9 -- 11,222 (- 7.2%)
02/2015: Nailbiter #10 -- 10,889 (- 3.0%)
03/2015: --
04/2015: Nailbiter #11 -- 12,868 (+ 18.2%)
05/2015: Nailbiter #12 -- 10,688 (- 16.9%)
06/2015: Nailbiter #13 -- 10,456 (- 2.2%)
07/2015: Nailbiter #14 -- 10,130 (- 3.1%)
08/2015: Nailbiter #15 -- 9,934 (- 1.9%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: Nailbiter #16 -- 9,719 (- 2.2%)
11/2015: Nailbiter #17 -- 9,333 (- 4.0%)
12/2015: Nailbiter #18 -- 8,853 (- 5.1%)
-----------------
6 months: - 15.3%
1 year : - 26.8%
—

225 - CHEW ($3.50)
12/2010: Chew #16 -- 12,473
12/2011: Chew #22 -- 12,296
12/2012: --
12/2013: Chew #38 -- 12,068
------------------------------------
12/2014: Chew #45 -- 10,407 (- 1.1%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: Chew #46 -- 15,073 (+ 44.8%)
03/2015: Chew #47 -- 9,785 (- 35.1%)
04/2015: Chew #48 -- 9,707 (- 0.8%)
05/2015: Chew #49 -- 9,583 (- 1.3%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: Chew #50 -- 10,679 (+ 11.4%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: Chew #51 -- 9,652 (- 9.6%)
11/2015: Chew #52 -- 9,056 (- 6.2%)
12/2015: Chew #53 -- 8,829 (- 2.5%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 15.2%
2 years : - 26.8%
5 years : - 29.2%
—

226 - HEAD LOPPER ($5.99)
09/2015: Head Lopper #1 of 4 -- 11,337
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Head Lopper #2 of 4 -- 8,755 (- 22.8%)
This is an oversized quarterly comic, so the regular economics may not apply.

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239 - BLACK JACK KETCHUM ($3.99)
12/2015: Black Jack Ketchum #1 of 4 -- 8,022
Not a great start for the supernatural western miniseries.

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262 - WAYWARD ($3.50)
12/2014: Wayward #5 -- 10,009 (- 3.0%)
01/2015: --
02/2015: --
03/2015: Wayward #6 -- 12,247 (+ 22.4%)
04/2015: Wayward #7 -- 8,389 (- 31.5%)
05/2015: Wayward #8 -- 8,073 (- 3.8%)
06/2015: Wayward #9 -- 7,913 (- 2.0%)
07/2015: Wayward #10 -- 7,859 (- 0.7%)
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Wayward #11 -- 8,024 (+ 4.4%)
12/2015: Wayward #12 -- 7,015 (- 14.5%)
-----------------
6 months: - 11.3%
1 year : - 29.9%
—

270 - PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL ($3.99)
08/2015: Immaterial Girl #1 of 6 -- 15,856 (+516.2%)
09/2015: Immaterial Girl #2 of 6 -- 10,615 (- 33.1%)
10/2015: Immaterial Girl #3 of 6 -- 9,012 (- 15.1%)
11/2015: Immaterial Girl #4 of 6 -- 7,660 (- 15.0%)
12/2015: Immaterial Girl #5 of 6 -- 6,777 (- 11.5%)
—

297 - FASTER THAN LIGHT ($2.99)
09/2015: Faster Than Light #1 -- 16,711
10/2015: Faster Than Light #2 -- 10,098 (- 39.6%)
11/2015: Faster Than Light #3 -- 7,992 (- 20.9%)
12/2015: Faster Than Light #4 -- 6,530 (- 18.3%)
Returnable, so the figures have been adjusted up 10% from what was reported by Diamond/ICv2. (For an explanation why this is done for returnable items, please see the fine print at the end of this post.)

Not catching on.

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279 - REVIVAL ($3.99)
12/2012: --
12/2013: Revival #16 -- 11,065
------------------------------
12/2014: Revival #26 -- 8,696 (- 8.8%)
01/2015: Revival #27 -- 8,057 (- 7.3%)
02/2015: --
03/2015: Revival #28 -- 7,913 (- 1.8%)
04/2015: Revival #29 -- 7,786 (- 1.6%)
05/2015: --
06/2015: Revival #30 -- 7,545 (- 3.1%)
07/2015: Revival #31 -- 7,337 (- 2.8%)
08/2015: Revival #32 -- 7,019 (- 4.3%)
09/2015: Revival #33 -- 6,824 (- 2.8%)
10/2015: Revival #34 -- 6,921 (+ 1.4%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: Revival #35 -- 6,510 (- 5.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 13.7%
1 year : - 25.1%
2 years : - 41.2%
Starts a new story arc in issue #36.

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280 - SOUTHERN CROSS ($2.99)
03/2015: Southern Cross #1 -- 29,658
04/2015: Southern Cross #2 -- 12,777 (- 56.9%)
05/2015: Southern Cross #3 -- 9,871 (- 22.7%)
06/2015: Southern Cross #4 -- 8,484 (- 14.1%)
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: Southern Cross #5 -- 7,288 (- 14.1%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Southern Cross #6 -- 6,496 (- 10.9%)
-----------------
6 months: - 23.4%
No further issues have been solicited.

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282 - RINGSIDE ($3.99)
11/2015: Ringside #1 -- 14,205
12/2015: Ringside #1 -- 6,447 (- 54.6%)
Ouch.

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283 - ISLAND ($7.99)
07/2015: Island #1 -- 16,677
08/2015: Island #2 -- 11,092 (- 33.5%)
09/2015: Island #3 -- 10,083 (- 9.1%)
10/2015: Island #4 -- 7,553 (- 25.1%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: Island #5 -- 6,422 (- 15.0%)
—

285 - ROCKET GIRL ($3.99)
12/2013: Rocket Girl #3 -- 10,976
------------------------------------
12/2014: --
01/2015: --
02/2015: --
03/2015: --
04/2015: --
05/2015: Rocket Girl #6 -- 8,519 (- 11.5%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Rocket Girl #7 -- 6,347 (- 25.5%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 42.2%
One of my favorite comics.

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286 - RUMBLE ($3.50)
12/2014: Rumble #1 -- 24,780
01/2015: Rumble #2 -- 14,580 (- 41.2%)
02/2015: Rumble #3 -- 12,192 (- 16.4%)
03/2015: Rumble #4 -- 10,138 (- 16.8%)
04/2015: Rumble #5 -- 9,458 (- 6.7%)
05/2015: --
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: Rumble #6 -- 8,810 (- 6.9%)
09/2015: Rumble #7 -- 7,613 (- 13.6%)
10/2015: Rumble #8 -- 7,084 (- 6.9%)
11/2015: Rumble #9 -- 6,774 (- 4.4%)
12/2015: Rumble #10 -- 6,324 (- 6.6%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 74.5%
No further issues have been solicited.

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288 - THEY'RE NOT LIKE US ($2.99)
12/2014: They're Not Like Us #1 -- 18,015 [24,920]
01/2015: They're Not Like Us #2 -- 10,028 (- 59.8%)
02/2015: They're Not Like Us #3 -- 9,424 (- 6.0%)
03/2015: They're Not Like Us #4 -- 9,255 (- 1.8%)
04/2015: They're Not Like Us #5 -- 8,903 (- 3.8%)
05/2015: They're Not Like Us #6 -- 8,368 (- 6.0%)
06/2015: --
07/2015: --
08/2015: They're Not Like Us #7 -- 7,599 (- 9.2%)
09/2015: They're Not Like Us #8 -- 6,988 (- 8.0%)
10/2015: They're Not Like Us #9 -- 6,780 (- 3.0%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: They're Not Like Us #10 -- 6,294 (- 7.2%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 74.7%
WIll run at least through #12.

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Image titles shipping but not making the Top 300 in December include: Astronauts in Trouble, Axcend, Codename Baboushka: Conclave of Death, The Covenant, Dark Corridor, From Under Mountains, The Humans, Invisible Republic, IXth Generation, Where is Jake Ellis, Limbo, Morning Glories, No Mercy, Saints, Savage Dragon (2 issues), Sex, Sidekick, Stray Bullets: Sunshine &Roses, Tales of Honor: Bred to Kill, Tech Jacket, Tithe.

Note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that any of them are in danger of being cancelled;there are many reasons that the creators of these books may desire to keep them going.

The Fine Print (Disclaimers, et cetera)

The numbers above are estimates for comic-book sales in the North American direct market, as calculated by ICv2.com according to the chart and index information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors.

ICv2.com’s estimates are somewhat lower than the actual numbers, but they are consistent from month to month, so the trends they show are fairly accurate. Since it’s a “month-to-month” column, the comments, unless otherwise noted, are on the most recent month.

Bear in mind that the figures measure sales of physical comics to retailers, not customers. Also, these numbers do not include sales to bookstores, newsstands, other mass-market retail chains or the United Kingdom. Re-orders are included, so long as they either reached stores in a book’s initial calendar month of release or were strong enough to make the chart again in a subsequent month. Keep in mind that sales for some titles may include incentives to acquire variants and not every unit sold is necessarily even intended to be sold to a customer.

If additional copies of an issue did appear on the chart after a book’s initial calendar month of release, you can see the total number of copies sold in brackets behind those issues (e.g. “[36,599]”). Should more than one issue have shipped in a month which is relevant for one of the long-term comparisons, the average between them will be used.

Titles which are returnable have their numbers artificially adjusted down by Diamond. To make up for that this column increases the reported numbers for those titles by 10%. Which is likely also wrong, but it’s a different and likely less wrong kind of wrong, and experience has shown that this leads to sales figures which are more consistent.

Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.

Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales figures say.

** Two asterisks after a given month in the average charts mean that one or more periodical release did not make the Top 300/400 chart in that month. In those cases, it’s assumed that said releases sold as many units as the No. 300/400 comic on the chart for that month for the purposes of the chart, although its actual sales are likely to be less than that.

Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, the Merry Marvel Marching Society, or my former neighbor’s dog Miles.

The author of this column does weekly snapshots of Amazon comic sales charts at http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/ and tweets about comics and related subjects on Twitter at @davereadscomics (PM me there is you need to contact me).

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Image Comics Month-to Month Sales August 2016: Summer Clothes
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales August 2016: Summer Clothes
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walking-dead-157-varby Dave Carter

Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures.

Please refer to July 2015’s column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards for Image books are likely to be different than those for DC or Marvel.

Image shipped 52 comics in August, compared to 58 comics in July, 55 comics in June, 41 comics in May, 51 comics in April, 52 comics in March, 50 comics in February, 56 comics in January, 67 comics in December, 62 in November, 55 in October and 73 in September. Of those 52 comics, 17 did not place in Diamond’s Top 300, and another 13 placed below the 10K mark.

Warning: The commentary below may contain reasoned analysis, speculation (unfounded and otherwise), opinion, and/or snark. Those looking for a more straightforward analysis are directed to John Jackson Miller’s excellent Comichron analysis, posted earlier this month over at Comichron!

Please consider the fine print at the end of the column. Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com’s estimates can be found here.

(Note that the percentage comparisons are done with total orders including reorder activity, as opposed to initial orders.)

13 - THE WALKING DEAD ($2.99)
08/2006: The Walking Dead #30 -- 20,540
08/2011: The Walking Dead #88 -- 31,839
08/2012: The Walking Dead #101 -- 51,732
08/2013: The Walking Dead #113 -- 70,273
08/2014: The Walking Dead #130 -- 71,885 [72,202]
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08/2015: The Walking Dead #145 -- 82,792 (+ 4.7%) [83,671]
09/2015: The Walking Dead #146 -- 69,006 (- 16.6%) [69,799]
10/2015: The Walking Dead #147 -- 67,056 (- 2.6%) [68,007]
11/2015: The Walking Dead #148 -- 65,526 (- 2.3%) [66,446]
12/2015: The Walking Dead #149 -- 65,406 (- 1.6%)
01/2016: The Walking Dead #150 -- 156,166 (+138.8%)
02/2016: The Walking Dead #151 -- 67,381 (- 59.6%)
03/2016: The Walking Dead #152 -- 67,258 (- 0.2%)
04/2016: The Walking Dead #153 -- 67,358 (+ 0.1%)
05/2016: The Walking Dead #154 -- 68,922 (+ 2.3%)
06/2016: The Walking Dead #155 -- 71,755 (+ 4.1%)
07/2016: The Walking Dead #156 -- 76,355 (+ 6.4%)
08/2016: The Walking Dead #157 -- 97,689 (+ 27.9%)
-----------------
6 months: + 45.0%
1 year : + 16.8%
2 years : + 35.3%
5 years : +206.8%
10 years: +375.6%
The start of “The Whisper War” arc, and the first of (presumably) six connecting variant covers by Arthur Adams, gives Walking Dead a nice boost. And there were second prints of both covers that came out in September, so we could see sales for this issue go over 100K when all is said and done.

—

57 - SAGA ($2.99)
08/2012: Saga #6 -- 40,584
08/2013: Saga #13 -- 55,372
08/2014: Saga #22 -- 55,803 [55,523]
---------------------------
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Saga #31 -- 53,980 (- 5.0%) [54,650]
12/2015: Saga #32 -- 51,850 (- 5.1%)
01/2016: Saga #33 -- 50,415 (- 2.8%)
02/2016: Saga #34 -- 49,363 (- 2.1%)
03/2016: Saga #35 -- 48,845 (- 1.0%)
04/2016: Saga #36 -- 48,957 (+ 0.2%)
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: Saga #37 -- 50,016 (+ 2.2%)
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6 months: + 1.3%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 9.9%
Saga returns from its scheduled hiatus without fancy variant covers or any other shenanigans, just a small but welcome boost for the start of a new story arc.

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86 - PAPER GIRLS ($2.99)
10/2015: Paper Girls #1 -- 75,585 [80,620]
11/2015: Paper Girls #2 -- 46,274 (- 40.0%) [48,346]
12/2015: Paper Girls #3 -- 43,737 (- 9.5%)
01/2016: Paper Girls #4 -- 38,290 (- 12.5%)
02/2016: Paper Girls #5 -- 37,206 (- 2.8%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: Paper Girls #6 -- 36,385 (- 2.2%)
07/2016: Paper Girls #7 -- 35,392 (- 2.7%)
08/2016: Paper Girls #8 -- 33,731 (- 4.7%)
-----------------
6 months: - 9.3%
These are still good numbers, but I’d prefer to see the drops slow down or reverse fairly soon.

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93 - KILL OR BE KILLED ($3.99)
08/2016: Kill or Be Killed #1 -- 30,050
The new Brubaker &Phillips crime comic is the top debut from Image in August. Presumably retailers know what they’re getting here and the second-issue drop-off won’t be as severe as it has been lately for other Image comics.

(Their previous series, The Fade Out, debuted with first month sales at 34.5K and ended its twelve-issue run at 16.5K.)

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99 - SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE ($2.99)
08/2016: Spawn Kills Everyone -- 28,227
The one-shot comes in at nearly twice as much as the regular Spawn series.

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104 - THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS ($4.99)
08/2016: Kill or Be Killed #1 -- 26,696
A new crypto-noir occult crime comic from Jonathan Hickman &Tomm Coker.

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113 - SNOTGIRL ($2.99)
07/2016: Snotgirl #1 -- 37,765
08/2016: Snotgirl #2 -- 23,830 (- 36.9%)
Apparently I juts completely flaked and left the debut of Snotgirl off of last month’s Image summary. My apologies to Bryan Lee O’Malley and Leslie Hung, who had a good debut in July and a typical second issue drop in August.

The first issue was returnable, while the second issue was not, and both had variant covers. Issue #1 had a second printing out in August, but it didn’t chart in the Top 300.

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117 - I HATE FAIRYLAND ($3.50)
10/2015: I Hate Fairyland #1 -- 50,318 [53,492]
11/2015: I Hate Fairyland #2 -- 31,626 (- 38.2%) [33,054]
12/2015: I Hate Fairyland #3 -- 27,843 (- 15.8%)
01/2016: I Hate Fairyland #4 -- 25,708 (- 7.7%)
02/2016: I Hate Fairyland #5 -- 24,793 (- 3.6%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: I Hate Fairyland #6 -- 26,095 (+ 5.3%)
07/2016: I Hate Fairyland #7 -- 23,742 (- 9.0%)
08/2016: I Hate Fairyland #8 -- 22,562 (- 5.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 9.0%
While definitely a book for specialized tastes, you’d think at this point those tastes would sort themselves out and the drops would be closer to standard attrition.

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119 - OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN &AZACETA ($2.99)
08/2014: Outcast #3 -- 46,717 [50,919]
------------------------------
08/2015: Outcast #11 -- 27,087 (- 3.3%)
09/2015: Outcast #12 -- 26,115 (- 3.6%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Outcast #13 -- 24,051 (- 7.9%)
12/2015: Outcast #14 -- 23,319 (- 3.0%)
01/2016: Outcast #15 -- 22,195 (- 4.8%)
02/2016: Outcast #16 -- 21,801 (- 1.8%)
03/2016: Outcast #17 -- 21,426 (- 1.7%)
04/2016: Outcast #18 -- 21,261 (- 0.8%)
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: Outcast #19 -- 22,167 (+ 4.3%)
08/2016: Outcast #20 -- 21,919 (- 1.1%)
-----------------
6 months: + 0.5%
1 year : - 19.1%
2 years : - 57.0%
Ratings for the television show weren’t great, but good enough apparently for Cinemax to give it a second season. Meanwhile the comic seems to have found its level in the low-20K range.

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122, 126 - TOKYO GHOST ($3.99)
09/2015: Tokyo Ghost #1 -- 39,682 [44,296]
10/2015: Tokyo Ghost #2 -- 27,688 (- 32.8%) [29,770]
11/2015: Tokyo Ghost #3 -- 25,198 (- 15.4%)
12/2015: Tokyo Ghost #4 -- 24,133 (- 4.2%)
01/2016: Tokyo Ghost #5 -- 22,724 (- 5.8%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: Tokyo Ghost #6 -- 22,231 (- 2.2%)
05/2016: Tokyo Ghost #7 -- 21,487 (- 3.3%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Tokyo Ghost #8 -- 21,688 (+ 0.9%)
08/2016: Tokyo Ghost #9 -- 20,860 (- 3.8%)
08/2016: Tokyo Ghost #10 -- 20,255 (- 2.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
Playing catch-up in August with two issues, continuing the Tokyo Drift downward with standard attrition.

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142 - DESCENDER ($2.99)
08/2015: Descender #6 -- 24,615 (- 5.5%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Descender #7 -- 23,684 (- 3.8%)
12/2015: Descender #8 -- 20,999 (- 11.3%)
01/2016: Descender #9 -- 20,017 (- 4.7%)
02/2016: Descender #10 -- 19,642 (- 3.4%)
03/2016: Descender #11 -- 18,842 (- 2.6%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: Descender #12 -- 19,782 (+ 5.0%)
07/2016: Descender #13 -- 17,783 (- 10.1%)
08/2016: Descender #14 -- 17,296 (- 2.7%)
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6 months: - 11.9%
1 year : - 29.7%
—

148 - EAST OF WEST ($3.99)
08/2013: East of West #5 -- 36,345
08/2014: --
-----------------------------------
08/2015: East of West #20 -- 21,778 (- 3.1%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: East of West #21 -- 21,075 (- 3.2%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: East of West #22 -- 19,867 (- 5.7%)
12/2015: East of West #23 -- 19,184 (- 3.4%)
01/2016: East of West #24 -- 18,460 (- 3.8%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: East of West #25 -- 19,297 (+ 4.5%)
05/2016: East of West #26 -- 17,645 (- 8.6%)
06/2016: East of West #27 -- 18,146 (+ 2.8%)
07/2016: East of West #28 -- 17,019 (- 6.2%)
08/2016: East of West #29 -- 16,613 (- 2.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 23.7%
2 years : n.a.
—

154 - JUPITER'S LEGACY ($3.99)
08/2013: --
08/2014: --
--------------------------------------
08/2015: Jupiter's Circle #5 -- 18,889 (- 3.2%)
09/2015: Jupiter's Circle #6 -- 18,732 (- 0.8%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Jupiter's Crc v2 #1 -- 18,175 (- 3.0%)
12/2015: Jupiter's Crc v2 #2 -- 15,719 (- 13.5%)
01/2016: Jupiter's Crc v2 #3 -- 14,631 (- 6.9%)
02/2016: --
03/2016: Jupiter's Crc v2 #4 -- 13,726 (- 6.2%)
04/2016: Jupiter's Crc v2 #5 -- 13,418 (- 2.2%)
05/2016: Jupiter's Crc v2 #6 -- 11,177 (- 16.7%)
06/2016: Jupiter's Leg v2 #1 -- 28,409 (+154.2%)
07/2016: Jupiter's Leg v2 #2 -- 17,031 (- 40.1%)
08/2016: Jupiter's Leg v2 #3 -- 16,111 (- 5.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 14.7%
2 years : n.a.
—

155 - THE WICKED + THE DIVINE ($3.50)
08/2014: Wicked + Divine #3 -- 27,208 [29,472]
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08/2015: Wicked + Divine #13 -- 20,161 (- 1.2%)
09/2015: Wicked + Divine #14 -- 20,706 (+ 2.7%)
10/2015: Wicked + Divine #15 -- 20,154 (- 2.7%)
11/2015: Wicked + Divine #16 -- 19,360 (- 3.9%)
12/2015: Wicked + Divine #17 -- 18,479 (- 4.6%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: Wicked + Divine #18 -- 17,722 (- 4.1%)
05/2016: Wicked + Divine #19 -- 16,929 (- 4.4%)
06/2016: Wicked + Divine #20 -- 17,831 (+ 5.3%)
07/2016: Wicked + Divine #21 -- 16,283 (- 8.7%)
08/2016: Wicked + Divine #22 -- 15,969 (- 1.9%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 20.8%
2 years : - 45.8%
—

156 - SPAWN ($2.99)
08/2006: Spawn #159 -- 26,182
08/2011: Spawn #210 -- 14,100
08/2012: Spawn #222 -- 18,336
08/2013: Spawn #234 -- 15,930
08/2014: Spawn #246 -- 13,343
----------------------------------
08/2015: Spawn #255 -- 15,717 (+ 1.9%)
09/2015: Spawn #256 -- 15,087 (- 4.0%)
10/2015: Spawn #257 -- 15,266 (+ 1.2%)
11/2015: Spawn #258 -- 15,163 (- 0.7%)
12/2015: Spawn #259 -- 16,906 (+ 11.5%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: Spawn #260 -- 17,877 (+ 5.7%)
02/2016: Spawn #261 -- 16,949 (- 5.2%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: Spawn #262 -- 18,775 (+ 10.8%)
05/2016: Spawn #263 -- 16,109 (- 14.2%)
06/2016: --
07/2016: Spawn #264 -- 17,157 (+ 6.5%)
08/2016: Spawn #265 -- 15,927 (- 7.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 10.9%
1 year : + 1.3%
2 years : + 19.4%
5 years : + 13.0%
10 years: - 39.2%
—

165 - DEMONIC ($2.99)
08/2016: Demonic #1 -- 14,442
Previously a comic in Top Cow’s Pilot Season by Kirkman &Silvestri, now a comic from Kirkman’s Skyline by Sebala, Walter &Brown.

—

175 - LOW ($3.99)
08/2014: Low #2 -- 31,269 [31,703]
--------------------------
08/2015: Low #9 -- 15,717 (- 2.8%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: Low #10 -- 15,351 (- 2.3%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: --
02/2016: Low #11 -- 14,939 (- 2.7%)
03/2016: Low #12 -- 14,494 (- 3.0%)
04/2016: Low #13 -- 13,956 (- 3.7%)
05/2016: --
06/2016: Low #14 -- 13,903 (- 0.4%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: Low #15 -- 12,955 (- 6.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 13.3%
1 year : - 17.6%
2 years : - 59.1%
—

178 - BLACK SCIENCE ($3.99)
08/2014: --
------------------------------------
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Black Science #17 -- 15,094 (- 17.5%)
12/2015: Black Science #18 -- 14,465 (- 4.2%)
01/2016: Black Science #19 -- 13,966 (- 3.4%)
02/2016: Black Science #20 -- 13,251 (- 5.1%)
03/2016: Black Science #21 -- 13,092 (- 1.2%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: Black Science #22 -- 12,829 (- 2.0%)
08/2016: Black Science #23 -- 12,466 (- 2.8%)
-----------------
6 months: - 5.9%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
—

181 - LAZARUS ($3.99)
08/2013: Lazarus #3 -- 24,961
08/2014: Lazarus #10 -- 18,051
------------------------------
08/2015: --
09/2015: Lazarus #19 -- 14,506 (- 0.4%)
10/2015: --
11/2015: Lazarus #20 -- 14,218 (- 2.0%)
12/2015: Lazarus #21 -- 13,390 (- 5.8%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2006: Lazarus #22 -- 14,177 (+ 5.9%)
07/2006: Lazarus #23 -- 12,300 (- 13.2%)
08/2006: Lazarus #24 -- 12,098 (- 1.6%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : - 33.0%
—

182 - INVINCIBLE ($2.99)
08/2006: Invincible #34 -- 13,610
08/2011: Invincible #82 -- 15,105
08/2012: Invincible #94 -- 14,355
08/2013: --
08/2014: Invincible #113 -- 13,642
----------------------------------
08/2015: Invincible #122 -- 13,001 (- 0.6%)
09/2015: Invincible #123 -- 12,758 (- 1.9%)
10/2015: Invincible #124 -- 13,186 (+ 3.4%)
11/2015: Invincible #125 -- 12,561 (- 4.7%)
12/2015: Invincible #126 -- 12,436 (- 1.0%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: Invincible #127 -- 12,038 (- 3.2%)
05/2016: Invincible #128 -- 11,982 (- 0.5%)
06/2016: Invincible #129 -- 12,510 (+ 4.4%)
07/2016: --
08/2016: Invincible #130 -- 11,921 (- 4.7%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 8.3%
2 years : - 12.6%
5 years : - 21.1%
10 years: - 12.4%
—

187 - TREES ($2.99)
08/2014: Trees #4 -- 23,639
----------------------------
08/2015: Trees #12 -- 13,569 (- 4.9%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: --
12/2015: Trees #13 -- 12,728 (- 6.2%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: --
08/2016: Trees #14 -- 11,530 (- 9.4%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 15.0%
2 years : - 51.2%
Hey, who needs anything resembling a regular schedule when your comic gets optioned for a television series?

—

208 - LAKE OF FIRE ($2.99)
08/2016: Lake of Fire #1 of 5 -- 9,142
Limited series from Nathan Fairbairn and Matt Smith.

—

215 - MANIFEST DESTINY ($2.99)
08/2014: Manifest Destiny #9 -- 14,672
---------------------------------------
08/2015: Manifest Destiny #16 -- 10,986 (- 3.5%)
09/2015: Manifest Destiny #17 -- 10,748 (- 2.2%)
10/2015: Manifest Destiny #18 -- 10,503 (- 2.3%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: Manifest Destiny #19 -- 9,900 (- 5.7%)
06/2016: Manifest Destiny #20 -- 9,399 (- 5.1%)
07/2016: Manifest Destiny #21 -- 8,763 (- 6.8%)
08/2016: Manifest Destiny #22 -- 8,526 (- 2.7%)
-----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 22.4%
2 years : - 41.9%
—

220 - CHEW ($3.99)
08/2011: Chew #20 -- 12,202
08/2012: --
08/2013: --
08/2014: --
--------------------------------
08/2015: --
09/2015: --
10/2015: Chew #51 -- 9,652 (- 9.6%)
11/2015: Chew #52 -- 9,056 (- 6.2%)
12/2015: Chew #53 -- 8,829 (- 2.5%)
01/2016: Chew #54 -- 8,556 (- 3.1%)
02/2016: Chew #55 -- 8,430 (- 1.5%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: Demon Chicken -- 10,447 (+ 23.9%)
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: Chew #56 -- 8,469 (- 18.9%)
08/2016: Chew #57 -- 8,280 (- 2.2%)
-----------------
6 months: - 1.8%
1 year : n.a.
2 years : n.a.
5 years : - 32.1%
Ending with issue #60.

—

223 - BIRTHRIGHT ($2.99)
08/2015: Birthright #10 -- 11,072 (- 3.7%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: --
11/2015: Birthright #11 -- 10,989 (- 0.7%)
12/2015: Birthright #12 -- 10,633 (- 3.2%)
01/2016: Birthright #13 -- 9,931 (- 6.6%)
02/2016: Birthright #14 -- 9,519 (- 4.1%)
03/2016: Birthright #15 -- 9,344 (- 1.8%)
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: Birthright #16 -- 9,015 (- 3.5%)
07/2016: Birthright #17 -- 8,264 (- 8.3%)
08/2016: Birthright #18 -- 8,146 (- 1.4%)
-----------------
6 months: - 14.4%
1 year : - 26.4%
—

229 - HORIZON ($2.99)
07/2016: Horizon #1 -- 15,175
08/2016: Horizon #2 -- 7,860 (- 48.2%)
It didn’t, and it likely won’t be.

—

231 - NAILBITER ($2.99)
08/2014: Nailbiter #4 -- 14,706
--------------------------------
08/2015: Nailbiter #15 -- 9,934 (- 1.9%)
09/2015: --
10/2015: Nailbiter #16 -- 9,719 (- 2.2%)
11/2015: Nailbiter #17 -- 9,333 (- 4.0%)
12/2015: Nailbiter #18 -- 8,853 (- 5.1%)
01/2016: Nailbiter #19 -- 8,464 (- 4.4%)
02/2016: Nailbiter #20 -- 8,368 (- 1.1%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: Nailbiter #21 -- 8,196 (- 2.1%)
06/2016: Nailbiter #22 -- 8,477 (+ 3.4%)
07/2016: Nailbiter #23 -- 7,938 (- 6.4%)
08/2016: Nailbiter #23 -- 7,780 (- 2.0%)
-----------------
6 months: - 7.0%
1 year : - 21.7%
2 years : - 47.1%
—

236 - EDEN'S FALL ($3.99)
08/2016: Eden's Fall #1 of 3 -- 7,613
Crossover series for three Top Cow comics: Think Tank, The Tithe, and Postal.

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243 - RENATO JONES: THE ONE % ($3.99)
05/2016: One Percent #1 -- 14,857
06/2016: One Percent #2 -- 10,565 (- 28.9%)
07/2016: One Percent #3 -- 9,027 (- 14.6%)
08/2016: One Percent #4 -- 7,418 (- 17.8%)
Issues of Renato Jones are have multiple printings, so sales are at least somewhat better than these figures indicate.

—

252 - BLACK ROAD ($3.99)
04/2016: Black Road #1 -- 16,572
05/2016: Black Road #2 -- 10,131 (- 38.9%)
06/2016: Black Road #3 -- 10,484 (+ 3.5%)
07/2016: Black Road #4 -- 7,292 (- 30.4%)
07/2016: Black Road #5 -- 6,912 (- 5.2%)
—

265 - THE HUNT ($3.99)
07/2016: The Hunt #1 -- 12,166
08/2016: The Hunt #2 -- 6,453 (- 47.0%)
—

268 - THE DISCIPLINE ($2.99)
03/2016: Discipline #1 -- 20,221
04/2016: Discipline #2 -- 10,288 (- 49.1%)
05/2016: Discipline #3 -- 9,161 (- 11.0%)
06/2016: Discipline #4 -- 9,017 (- 1.6%)
07/2016: Discipline #5 -- 6,969 (- 22.7%)
08/2016: Discipline #6 -- 6,381 (- 8.4%)
—

285 - RUMBLE ($3.50)
08/2015: Rumble #6 -- 8,810 (- 6.9%)
09/2015: Rumble #7 -- 7,613 (- 13.6%)
10/2015: Rumble #8 -- 7,084 (- 6.9%)
11/2015: Rumble #9 -- 6,774 (- 4.4%)
12/2015: Rumble #10 -- 6,324 (- 6.6%)
01/2016: --
02/2016: --
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: Rumble #11 -- 8,139 (+ 28.7%)
07/2016: Rumble #12 -- 5,857 (- 28.0%)
08/2016: Rumble #13 -- 5,904 (+ 0.8%)
----------------
6 months: n.a.
1 year : - 33.0%
—

299 - SPREAD ($3.50)
08/2014: Spread #2 -- 15,244
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08/2015: Spread #9 -- 7,866 (- 6.2%)
09/2015: Spread #10 -- 7,372 (- 6.3%)
10/2015: Spread #11 -- 6,965 (- 5.5%)
11/2015: --
12/2015: --
01/2016: Spread #12 -- 7,190 (+ 3.2%)
02/2016: Spread #13 -- 6,401 (- 11.0%)
03/2016: --
04/2016: --
05/2016: --
06/2016: --
07/2016: Spread #14 -- 5,783 (- 9.7%)
08/2016: Spread #15 -- 5,559 (- 3.9%)
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6 months: - 13.2%
1 year : - 29.3%
2 years : - 63.5%
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Image titles shipping but not making the Top 300 in August include: Aloha Hawaiian Dick, Dream Police, Elephantmen, Faster Than Light, The Fuse, Island, Mechanism, Midnight of the Soul, Postal, Ringside, Sex, Sons of the Devil, Stray Bullets, Symmetry, Thief of Thieves, Throwaways, The Violent.

Note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that any of them are in danger of being cancelled;there are many reasons that the creators of these books may desire to keep them going.

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