Tuesday, October 8, 2013

New 52 Sales to August 2013

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












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







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









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








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







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








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








Full spreadsheet available upon request















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
































Listed in order of #1 sales (same as September 2011 order except for Justice League #1)
TITLE SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK SALES RANK
May-13%
NOTES


Jul-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Sep-11 May-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Aug-13
Sep-11



Justice League 

171,344 1 46,650 43 97,676 3 94,054 6 ###### 4 ###### 4
47.67838
JL #1 came out at the end of Aug; sales carried over into Sept
Justice League  43,545 32 42,587 29 46,650 43










Row partly repeated to compare with JL of America 59-60
Batman 51,385 22 - - 188,420 1 ###### 2 ###### 3 ###### 2 ###### 3
68.05541
Jul #712

Action Comics  40,205 41 39,923 38 182,748 2 48,324 34 46,475 37 44,861 41 42,603 34
23.31243
Jul-Aug #903-904

Green Lantern  86,007 5 - - 141,682 3 67,414 19 71,870 18 62,415 22 59,176 20
41.76677
Jul #67

Flash



129,260 4 39,667 54 38,414 55 38,993 57 38,860 43
30.06344



Superman 36,646 45 - - 118,376 5 45,458 37 44,285 40 42,961 43 42,155 35
35.6111
Jul #713

Detective Comics 

39,729 37 103,392 6 78,252 10 65,200 23 63,949 21 61,448 18
59.43206
Jul-Aug #880-881

Batman: The Dark Knight 



98,389 7 50,423 28 48,612 41 47,096 35 45,584 27
46.33038



Batman and … 55,172 20 52,704 18 85,242 10 65,222 21 60,601 24 57,808 26 55,707 21
65.35159
Jul-Aug #25-26; Batman and Robin until #19
Green Lantern: New Guardians 



84,033 11 40,569 50 42,290 48 40,788 52 34,473 57
41.02317



Batgirl  22,619 96 22,695 106 81,489 12 42,600 46 40,252 52 39,218 56 37,707 48
46.2725
Jul-Aug #23-24

Wonder Woman  29,720 59 29,223 60 76,214 13 37,132 59 35,999 62 35,539 63 34,747 55
45.59136
Jul-Aug #613-614

Green Lantern Corps  60,836 10 53,272 16 74,769 14 43,026 45 45,423 38 42,914 45 36,229 52
48.45457
Jul-Aug #62-63

Teen Titans  23,138 91 27,459 68 73,765 15 36,391 60 34,710 64 33,062 75 31,742 64
43.03125
Jul-Aug #99-100

Aquaman 



72,272 16 49,697 30 46,832 35 45,653 38 44,140 31
61.07483



Batwoman



72,228 17 29,698 73 28,173 76 27,400 90 26,223 76
36.30586



Red Lanterns 



66,546 19 33,923 62 37,312 57 35,236 65 29,623 67
44.51507



Justice League Dark 



62,856 20 24,693 93 24,663 92 61,465 23 64,041 16
101.8853



Nightwing 



62,717 21 45,038 39 43,353 43 42,073 46 40,522 40
64.61087



Green Arrow  25,568 82 23,883 96 55,512 28 27,541 80 26,924 79 26,172 95 26,150 78
47.10693
Jul-Aug #14-15

Swamp Thing 



54,757 29 27,338 82 25,186 91 23,885 105 22,695 93
41.44676



Supergirl  20,001 107 19,764 120 54,052 31 27,509 81 25,856 84 25,514 99 24,747 83
45.78369
Jul-Aug #66-67

Catwoman



53,670 33 26,886 85 25,611 88 24,737 101 24,262 85
45.20589



Red Hood and the Outlaws 



50,501 39 34,542 62 32,416 68 30,534 80 28,821 68
57.07016



Birds of Prey  27,102 71 26,043 80 50,466 40 21,126 110 20,767 109 20,299 127 19,934 111
39.49986
Jul-Aug #14-15

Superboy  22,102 98 20,563 113 50,047 42 22,508 102 20,952 106 19,984 131 20,235 104
40.43199
Jul-Aug #9-10

Stormwatch



46,397 44 13,049 164 12,277 167 11,792 190 10,969 168
23.64161



Legion of Super-Heroes 21,788 100 21,373 111 45,362 46 15,455 142 14,997 144 14,726 161 14,600 138
32.18553
Jul-Aug #15-16; CANCELLED
Suicide Squad 



44,981 47 23,537 99 22,907 98 22,447 110 22,166 94
49.27858



Animal-Man 



41,446 57 25,807 88 23,862 96 22,974 107 21,634 98
52.19804



Batwing 



41,382 58 13,302 161 12,437 164 12,062 187 11,584 158
27.99285



All Star Western  10,521 169 10,369 199 39,313 65 16,184 136 15,788 138 15,376 153 15,276 134
38.85738
Jul-Aug Jonah Hex #69-70
Demon Knights 



37,442 72 12,195 176 11,627 174 11,364 195 10,971 167
29.30132
CANCELLED






















COMMENTS



















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





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






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









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











The final issue of Justice League of America and first of Justice League came out the same month, hence the double listing above






Titles selling below relaunch levels: Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Birds of Prey, Superboy, Legion









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














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











Justice League Dark is currently selling more than at the start of the start of New 52. However, given the sudden sales jump in July this appears to be event-related

For percentage of Feb sales over Sept sales, August sales for Justice League#1 were included in Sept sales of same; not a perfect solution but as accurate as we're likely to get


Batman and JL selling > 100,000 copies















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










The #7 issues of Blackhawk and Men of War became the first new 52 titles to dip to 4 digits; Mr. Terrific joined them with #8; all ended in the first wave of cancellations






















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






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




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