Comix Experience 2011 Best Sellers: Comics
/New Year, so how'd the last one do? Let's Find out!
So, here's the list sorted by QUANTITY SOLD.
Yes, comics for 25 cents outsell anything, by a factor of about 10x. Hardly a surprise, I'm sure, though worth noting that I couldn't possibly survive with that as my business model.
Straight-up for a buck comes next, and the generic "back issue"... Back issues, generically, sold about 50% more units than the best-selling comic.
After that, pretty much a straight-up rout for the DC New 52, with 31 of them placing in the Top 100, yow. Marvel places only a single book in the Top 20. Double yow.
1 | Quarter Book - Single |
2 | Dollar Book |
3 | Back Issue |
4 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 |
5 | ACTION COMICS #1 |
6 | BATMAN #1 |
7 | Starter Set |
8 | DETECTIVE COMICS #1 |
9 | WONDER WOMAN #1 |
10 | BATWOMAN #1 |
11 | ACTION COMICS #2 |
12 | SUPERMAN #1 |
13 | BATGIRL #1 |
14 | ANIMAL MAN #1 |
15 | GREEN LANTERN #1 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #2 | |
SWAMP THING #1 | |
18 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #3 |
19 | FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7) |
20 | AQUAMAN #1 |
21 | ACTION COMICS #3 |
22 | BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 |
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #1 | |
24 | BATMAN #2 |
25 | TEEN TITANS #1 |
26 | ANIMAL MAN #2 |
27 | FLASH #1 |
FLASHPOINT #1 | |
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1 | |
NIGHTWING #1 | |
31 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #3 |
BATMAN INCORPORATED #4 | |
BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 | |
BATMAN INCORPORATED #6 | |
DETECTIVE COMICS #2 | |
36 | ACTION COMICS #4 |
FEAR ITSELF #2 (OF 7) | |
38 | BATMAN #3 |
39 | BATWOMAN #2 |
BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #40 LAST GLEAMING PT 5 (OF 5) | |
41 | CATWOMAN #1 |
SPACEMAN #1 (OF 9) | |
WALKING DEAD #85 | |
44 | FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7) |
45 | WALKING DEAD #86 |
WALKING DEAD #87 | |
47 | KICK-ASS 2 #2 |
48 | FLASHPOINT #5 (OF 5) |
XOMBI #1 | |
50 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #4 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1 | |
OPTIC NERVE #12 | |
WALKING DEAD #88 | |
54 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #7 |
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #1 (OF 4) | |
FEAR ITSELF #3 (OF 7) | |
FEAR ITSELF #5 (OF 7) | |
KICK-ASS 2 #3 | |
59 | ANIMAL MAN #3 |
RED LANTERNS #1 | |
STORMWATCH #1 | |
62 | DETECTIVE COMICS #3 |
GREEN LANTERN #2 | |
64 | BATWOMAN #3 |
DEMON KNIGHTS #1 | |
WALKING DEAD #90 | |
67 | GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #1 |
SWAMP THING #2 | |
WALKING DEAD #82 | |
WALKING DEAD #83 | |
WALKING DEAD #84 | |
72 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #8 |
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #1 | |
FF #1 | |
FLASHPOINT #2 | |
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #1 | |
GREEN LANTERN #64 | |
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #1 XREGG | |
WONDER WOMAN #2 | |
80 | BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #1 |
SUPERGIRL #1 | |
WALKING DEAD #89 | |
83 | BATWING #1 |
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #1 | |
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 | |
86 | BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 |
FANTASTIC FOUR #587 | |
FEAR ITSELF #6 (OF 7) | |
FEAR ITSELF #7 (OF 7) | |
WALKING DEAD #91 | |
WONDER WOMAN #3 | |
XOMBI #2 | |
93 | ANIMAL MAN #4 |
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 DOSM | |
WALKING DEAD #80 | |
96 | ALL STAR WESTERN #1 |
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #2 | |
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #2 (OF 4) | |
FLASHPOINT #3 | |
FLASHPOINT #4 (OF 5) | |
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #1 | |
SUPERBOY #1 | |
WALKING DEAD #81 |
Alright, what if we sort it by DOLLARS instead, does anything change?
Well, not a TON, but at least OPTIC NERVE becomes a Top 20 book, then!
1 | Back Issue |
2 | Starter Set |
3 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 |
4 | ACTION COMICS #1 |
5 | Quarter Book - Single |
6 | Dollar Book |
7 | BATMAN #1 |
8 | ACTION COMICS #2 |
9 | DETECTIVE COMICS #1 |
10 | WONDER WOMAN #1 |
11 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #2 |
12 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #3 |
13 | BATWOMAN #1 |
14 | OPTIC NERVE #12 |
15 | ACTION COMICS #3 |
16 | FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7) |
17 | SUPERMAN #1 |
18 | BATGIRL #1 |
19 | FLASHPOINT #1 |
20 | ANIMAL MAN #1 |
21 | ACTION COMICS #4 |
FEAR ITSELF #2 (OF 7) | |
23 | GREEN LANTERN #1 |
24 | SWAMP THING #1 |
25 | AQUAMAN #1 |
26 | FLASHPOINT #5 (OF 5) |
27 | BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 |
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #1 | |
29 | FEAR ITSELF #7 (OF 7) |
30 | BATMAN #2 |
31 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #4 |
32 | FEAR ITSELF #5 (OF 7) |
33 | FEAR ITSELF #3 (OF 7) |
34 | TEEN TITANS #1 |
35 | FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7) |
36 | ANIMAL MAN #2 |
37 | NIGHTWING #1 |
38 | FLASH #1 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1 | |
40 | DETECTIVE COMICS #2 |
41 | FLASHPOINT #2 |
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #1 XREGG | |
43 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #6 |
44 | FF #1 |
45 | BRIGHTEST DAY #24 |
46 | BATMAN #3 |
47 | CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #1 (OF 4) |
48 | UNCANNY X-MEN #1 |
49 | BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #40 LAST GLEAMING PT 5 (OF 5) |
50 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #4 |
BATWOMAN #2 | |
52 | CATWOMAN #1 |
53 | FEAR ITSELF #6 (OF 7) |
54 | ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 DOSM |
55 | FANTASTIC FOUR #587 |
56 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #3 |
57 | KICK-ASS 2 #2 |
58 | WALKING DEAD #87 |
59 | WALKING DEAD #86 |
60 | ALL STAR WESTERN #1 |
61 | FLASHPOINT #3 |
FLASHPOINT #4 (OF 5) | |
63 | XOMBI #1 |
64 | JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1 |
65 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #2 |
66 | KICK-ASS 2 #3 |
67 | WALKING DEAD #85 |
WALKING DEAD #88 | |
69 | DAREDEVIL #1 |
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #1 | |
71 | RED LANTERNS #1 |
STORMWATCH #1 | |
73 | ANIMAL MAN #3 |
74 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 |
75 | DETECTIVE COMICS #3 |
76 | GREEN LANTERN #2 |
77 | DEMON KNIGHTS #1 |
78 | BATWOMAN #3 |
79 | ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON #4 (OF 4) |
80 | GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #1 |
81 | ASTONISHING X-MEN #36 |
82 | WALKING DEAD #90 |
83 | SWAMP THING #2 |
84 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #7 |
85 | DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #1 |
86 | WALKING DEAD #83 |
87 | FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #1 |
WONDER WOMAN #2 | |
89 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #8 |
90 | GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #1 |
91 | GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #2 |
92 | BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #1 |
SUPERGIRL #1 | |
94 | CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #3 (OF 4) |
95 | BATWING #1 |
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #1 | |
97 | WALKING DEAD #89 |
98 | JOE THE BARBARIAN #8 (OF 8) |
99 | BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 |
100 | WALKING DEAD #82 |
Either way, this was very much DC's year for comical books -- Marvel is is deep trouble here.
Any trends you see, worth commenting on?
-B