Wonder Woman Sales Figures - Now to 1942

[AndyMangels]

FINAL October 2011 Sales Reports are in, courtesy of ComicChron. These numbers DO NOT reflect digital sales or reorders:

13 WONDER WOMAN #2 $2.99 79,060

for comparison on other female-centric titles:

14 BATGIRL #2 $2.99 75,227

15 BATWOMAN #2 $2.99 74,392

29 CATWOMAN #2 $2.99 57,216

33 SUPERGIRL #2 $2.99 55,249

43 BIRDS OF PREY #2 $2.99 47,840

64 BUFFY TVS S9 #3 $2.99 36,448

66 HUNTRESS #1 $2.99 36,099

80 VOODOO #2 $2.99 31,221

PLUS
Reorders/2nd Prints on Wonder Woman #1

117 WONDER WOMAN #1 $2.99 19,688

Meaning total DIAMOND Print orders for Wonder Woman #1 are 95,902

This means that technically, FIRST PRINT ORDERS for Wonder Woman #2 were higher than first print orders for #1 by 2,846 copies (or 4%)

COMBINED First/Second print orders for #1 exceeded sales of first print orders for #2 by 16,842

Which means that even if issue #2 got tremendous reorders, it probably would not have TOTAL sales equaling all prints of issue #1. But it IS significant growth for the title, AND notable that despite trends through the history of comicdom, issue #2's initial orders were higher.

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Some comparisons to other important issues of Wonder Woman:

Sep 2011 13 WONDER WOMAN #1 $2.99 76,214

Aug 2011 60 Wonder Woman #614 $2.99 29,223 (with variant cover - FINAL v3)

June 2010 163 Wonder Woman #600 $4.99 10,175 (REORDERS or 2nd print, total numbers now 63,696) (with three variant covers)
June 2010 24 Wonder Woman #600 $4.99 53,521 (with three variant covers)

Sep 2006 244 Wonder Woman #1 (Reorder) $2.99 2,010 (with variant cover)
Aug 2006 293 Wonder Woman #1 (Reorder) $2.99 2,044 (with variant cover)
Jun 2006 4 Wonder Woman #1 $2.99 132,580 (with variant cover)

Feb 2006 34 Wonder Woman #226 $2.50 45,682 (FINAL v2)

February 2004 176 Wonder Woman #200 (Reorder) $3.95 5,793
January 2004 33 Wonder Woman #200 (Note Price) $3.95 38,007

1987 Wonder Woman #015 SOO 118,550 (first/last v2 with Statement of Ownership #s)

February 1987 Wonder Woman #001 $0.75 (CCo) 39,250 (Capitol City Only)

1984 Wonder Woman #325 SOO 52,145 (last V1 with Statement of Ownership #s)

[the4thpip]

Nitpick: Not all reorders are from the 2nd print, DC usually overprints to fill reorders without having to go back to print. Which is why sometimes books chart again the following month without actually getting a 2nd printing.

[AndyMangels]

Nitpick: Not all reorders are from the 2nd print, DC usually overprints to fill reorders without having to go back to print. Which is why sometimes books chart again the following month without actually getting a 2nd printing.

Not sure a nitpick is necessary, but it might clarify things for some people.

I said "Reorders/2nd Prints" and traditionally a slash "/" means "and/or", which is how I used it, and it thus fulfills the purpose of your explanation.

But thanks for clarifying further.

[AndyMangels]

DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: September 2011 camparisons and comments from The Beat

13 - WONDER WOMAN
09/2006: --
09/2007: --
09/2008: Wonder Woman #24 -- 34,583
09/2009: Wonder Woman #36 -- 28,806
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09/2010: Wonder Woman #603 -- 38,852 (+ 2.2%)
10/2010: Wonder Woman #604 -- 37,405 (- 3.7%)
11/2010: --
12/2010: Wonder Woman #605 -- 35,495 (- 5.1%)
01/2011: Wonder Woman #606 -- 33,601 (- 5.3%)
02/2011: Wonder Woman #607 -- 33,053 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #608 -- 32,540 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #609 -- 31,421 (- 3.4%)
04/2011: Wonder Woman #610 -- 31,002 (- 1.3%)
05/2011: --
06/2011: Wonder Woman #611 -- 30,874 (- 0.4%)
06/2011: Wonder Woman #612 -- 30,690 (- 0.6%)
07/2011: Wonder Woman #613 -- 29,720 (- 3.2%)
08/2011: Wonder Woman #614 -- 29,223 (- 1.7%)
09/2011: Wonder Woman #1 -- 76,214 (+160.8%)
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6 months: +138.3%
1 year : + 96.2%
2 years : +164.6%
5 years : n.a.

"Measured against the pre-publication hype Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s Wonder Woman relaunch received, this number isn’t all that impressive — and certainly not measured against DC’s treatment of the character as one of the company’s “big three” heroes along with Superman and Batman.

In the context of estimates recorded since March 2003, for that matter, the new debut is only the fourth-best-selling Wonder Woman book. The top three spots are taken by the first three issues of the 2006 relaunch, which sold between 132,580 and 76,998 units.

So, clearly, it’s still the guys who are wearing the pants at DC."

[The Man From Room X]

What "hype"? I recall people were getting frustrated because even after 2 months of announcing the relaunch we had very little info about Wonder Woman while comics like Justice League and Action Comics used to get all the hype.

[the4thpip]

What "hype"? I recall people were getting frustrated because even after 2 months of announcing the relaunch we had very little info about Wonder Woman while comics like Justice League and Action Comics used to get all the hype.

That column is full of factual errors. Note that he mentions a mythical "Loeb/Lee run" on Superman.

[AndyMangels]

That column is full of factual errors. Note that he mentions a mythical "Loeb/Lee run" on Superman.

I agree - he tends toward hyperbole, but some of the points he makes are worth reading at least once.

[AndyMangels]

An interesting point made on this Newsarama article. Wonder Woman #1 and #2 were "returnable," so Diamond's public sales numbers were actually under-reported by possibly as much as 10%...

"41 of the 52 issues' first printings (noted by asterisks) are "returnable," and Diamond has preemptively under-reported sales of these issues on their charts. Comichron estimates this figure is likely in the 10% range. Subsequent printings of all New 52 issues were not returnable. Meaning while the first printing of Detective Comics #1 was returnable, the second printing was not.
...
And again, it must be noted that Diamond also preemptively underreported sales of the returnable #2 issues."

[the4thpip]

An interesting point made on this Newsarama article. Wonder Woman #1 and #2 were "returnable," so Diamond's public sales numbers were actually under-reported by possibly as much as 10%...

"41 of the 52 issues' first printings (noted by asterisks) are "returnable," and Diamond has preemptively under-reported sales of these issues on their charts. Comichron estimates this figure is likely in the 10% range. Subsequent printings of all New 52 issues were not returnable. Meaning while the first printing of Detective Comics #1 was returnable, the second printing was not.
...
And again, it must be noted that Diamond also preemptively underreported sales of the returnable #2 issues."

M.O. Frisch notes that he re-added those 10% for the purpose of his calculations.

[Ben D]

Not sales figures per say but I feel this is cool/worthy of being noted:

Wonder Woman Chronicles vol 1 is at 68.87 on Amazon.com compared to Batman Chronicles vol 1 which is at $10.08, Superman Chronicles vol 1 which is at $10.94, Flash Chronicles which is at $14.43, and Green Lantern Chronicles which is at $10.94.

http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-C...=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

[AndyMangels]

Comparison and DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: October 2011 from The Beat:

"The special discount, which also required retailers to meet a certain quota, applies to Batwoman, Green Lantern: New Guardians, Stormwatch, Swamp Thing, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman, meanwhile. I’ll just mention those here, so keep in mind that these promotional initiatives are likely to have affected the numbers of those books. Whether it affected them more than the thresholds for returnability affected the other 41 titles or less so, we have no way of knowing."

13 - WONDER WOMAN
10/2006: --
10/2007: Wonder Woman #13 -- 48,385
10/2008: Wonder Woman #25 -- 33,583
10/2009: Wonder Woman #37 -- 26,972
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10/2010: Wonder Woman #604 -- 37,405 (- 3.7%)
11/2010: --
12/2010: Wonder Woman #605 -- 35,495 (- 5.1%)
01/2011: Wonder Woman #606 -- 33,601 (- 5.3%)
02/2011: Wonder Woman #607 -- 33,053 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #608 -- 32,540 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #609 -- 31,421 (- 3.4%)
04/2011: Wonder Woman #610 -- 31,002 (- 1.3%)
05/2011: --
06/2011: Wonder Woman #611 -- 30,874 (- 0.4%)
06/2011: Wonder Woman #612 -- 30,690 (- 0.6%)
07/2011: Wonder Woman #613 -- 29,720 (- 3.2%)
08/2011: Wonder Woman #614 -- 29,223 (- 1.7%)
09/2011: Wonder Woman #1 -- 76,214 (+160.8%) [95,902]
10/2011: Wonder Woman #2 -- 79,060 (+ 3.7%)
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6 months: +155.0%
1 year : +111.4%
2 years : +193.1%
5 years : n.a.

"The debut issue did very well in September, but it wasn’t a spectacular number. In October, however, the book turns out to be one of the most re-ordered titles, and first-month sales show an increase for the second issue. Maybe the good reviews are helping."

"NEW 52" RE-ORDERS
88: 28,243 -- Aquaman #1
93: 27,477 -- Green Lantern #1
98: 26,235 -- Detective Comics #1
108: 23,100 -- Batman #1
111: 21,340 -- Batman and Robin #1
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117: 19,688 -- Wonder Woman #1

"NEW 52" AGGREGATE DEBUT-ISSUE SALES
1 - 255,556 -- Justice League #1
2 - 211,520 -- Batman #1
3 - 200,947 -- Action Comics #1
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4 - 169,159 -- Green Lantern #1
5 - 150,128 -- Superman #1
6 - 147,818 -- Flash #1
7 - 141,035 -- Detective Comics #1
8 - 128,689 -- Batman: The Dark Knight #1
9 - 116,053 -- Batman and Robin #1
10- 108,545 -- Aquaman #1
11- 107,055 -- Batgirl #1
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12- 96,596 -- Green Lantern: New Guardians #1
13- 95,902 -- Wonder Woman #1

"NEW 52" 2ND-ISSUE CHANGES
+16.0%: Animal Man
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+ 7.2%: Detective Comics
+ 7.1%: Swamp Thing
+ 6.6%: Catwoman
+ 5.8%: Justice League
+ 5.8%: Red Hood
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+ 4.8%: Nightwing
+ 4.3%: Batman and Robin
+ 3.7%: Wonder Woman

6-MONTH COMPARISONS
+316.7%: Justice League
+285.7%: All Star Western
+243.8%: Batgirl
+206.7%: Detective Comics
+204.8%: Batman
+186.3%: Teen Titans
+184.2%: Supergirl
+164.1%: Superman
+155.8%: Action Comics
+155.0%: Wonder Woman

1-YEAR COMPARISONS
+263.8%: Action Comics
+257.8%: All Star Western
+245.1%: Detective Comics
+229.3%: Justice League
+160.9%: Teen Titans
+157.5%: Supergirl
+115.4%: Superman
+111.4%: Wonder Woman

2-YEAR COMPARISONS
+374.1%: Animal Man
+342.7%: Action Comics
+253.3%: All Star Western
+225.9%: Green Arrow
+222.2%: Justice League
+193.1%: Wonder Woman

[4PointOh]

Here are the charts for November 2011:

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/...ticleID=115955

WONDER WOMAN remains the best-selling female-led book.

[AndyMangels]

FINAL November 2011 Sales Reports are in, courtesy of icv2. These numbers DO NOT reflect digital sales or reorders:

17 WONDER WOMAN #3 $2.99 65,621

for comparison on other female-centric titles:

18 BATGIRL #3 $2.99 62,974

20 BATWOMAN #3 $2.99 61,997

41 CATWOMAN #3 $2.99 46,976

43 SUPERGIRL #3 $2.99 45,706

61 BIRDS OF PREY #3 $2.99 36,802

64 BUFFY TVS S9 #3 $2.99 33,485

79 HUNTRESS #2 $2.99 28,377

98 X-23 #17 $2.99 22,780

100 X-23 #17 $2.99 22,737

Which means that issue #3 lost 13,439 copies in orders, dropping significantly for a series that was on the rise. Still the best-selling female-led title, this is a bit of a disappointment for one of the best-reviewed DC New 52 books...

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Some comparisons to earlier issues of Wonder Woman:

Nov 2011 17 WONDER WOMAN #3 $2.99 65,621 (down 13,439 copies)
Oct 2011 13 WONDER WOMAN #2 $2.99 79,060 (down 2,846 copies)
Sep 2011 13 WONDER WOMAN #1 $2.99 95,902 (up 66,679 copies)

Aug 2011: Wonder Woman #614 $2.99 29,223 (down 497 copies) (with variant cover - FINAL v3)
July 2011: Wonder Woman #613 $2.99 29,720 (down 970 copies) (with variant cover)
June 2011: Wonder Woman #611 $2.99 30,874 (down 128 copies) (with variant cover)
June 2011: Wonder Woman #612 $2.99 30,690 (down 184 copies) (with variant cover)

[Tiberious]

FINAL November 2011 Sales Reports are in, courtesy of icv2. These numbers DO NOT reflect digital sales or reorders:

17 WONDER WOMAN #3 $2.99 65,621

for comparison on other female-centric titles:

18 BATGIRL #3 $2.99 62,974

20 BATWOMAN #3 $2.99 61,997

41 CATWOMAN #3 $2.99 46,976

43 SUPERGIRL #3 $2.99 45,706

61 BIRDS OF PREY #3 $2.99 36,802

64 BUFFY TVS S9 #3 $2.99 33,485

79 HUNTRESS #2 $2.99 28,377

98 X-23 #17 $2.99 22,780

100 X-23 #17 $2.99 22,737

Which means that issue #3 lost 13,439 copies in orders, dropping significantly for a series that was on the rise. Still the best-selling female-led title, this is a bit of a disappointment for one of the best-reviewed DC New 52 books...

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Some comparisons to earlier issues of Wonder Woman:

Nov 2011 17 WONDER WOMAN #3 $2.99 65,621 (down 13,439 copies)
Oct 2011 13 WONDER WOMAN #2 $2.99 79,060 (down 2,846 copies)
Sep 2011 13 WONDER WOMAN #1 $2.99 95,902 (up 66,679 copies)

Aug 2011: Wonder Woman #614 $2.99 29,223 (down 497 copies) (with variant cover - FINAL v3)
July 2011: Wonder Woman #613 $2.99 29,720 (down 970 copies) (with variant cover)
June 2011: Wonder Woman #611 $2.99 30,874 (down 128 copies) (with variant cover)
June 2011: Wonder Woman #612 $2.99 30,690 (down 184 copies) (with variant cover)

When will the results for issue 4 be out?

[AndyMangels]

Comparison and DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: November 2011 from The Beat:

17 - WONDER WOMAN
11/2006: Wonder Woman #3 -- 76,998
11/2007: Wonder Woman #14 -- 53,090
11/2008: Wonder Woman #26 -- 33,277
11/2009: Wonder Woman #38 -- 26,265
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11/2010: --
12/2010: Wonder Woman #605 -- 35,495 (- 5.1%)
01/2011: Wonder Woman #606 -- 33,601 (- 5.3%)
02/2011: Wonder Woman #607 -- 33,053 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #608 -- 32,540 (- 1.6%)
03/2011: Wonder Woman #609 -- 31,421 (- 3.4%)
04/2011: Wonder Woman #610 -- 31,002 (- 1.3%)
05/2011: --
06/2011: Wonder Woman #611 -- 30,874 (- 0.4%)
06/2011: Wonder Woman #612 -- 30,690 (- 0.6%)
07/2011: Wonder Woman #613 -- 29,720 (- 3.2%)
08/2011: Wonder Woman #614 -- 29,223 (- 1.7%)
09/2011: Wonder Woman #1 -- 76,214 (+160.8%) [95,902]
10/2011: Wonder Woman #2 -- 79,060 (+ 3.7%)
11/2011: Wonder Woman #3 -- 65,621 (- 17.0%)
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6 months: n.a.
1 year : n.a.
2 years : +149.8%
5 years : - 14.8%

"That’s not a gigantic drop, but then again, Wonder Woman hasn’t set the charts on fire to begin with. 65K is still a good number in the context of the last few years, mind you, but as the long-term comparison shows, it falls more than 10,000 units short of the last Wonder Woman #3, released in November 2006."