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