The DC Numbers/Estimates Mega Thread

[Sabrewulf]

Yeah come October November Marvel will have to do something impressive to recapture the top 20. If the #0 month is true DC are going to own September.

[Paul Newell]

Here we go, comparison time. :)

DC Sales (Jan-Mar) 2012 - 6,488,030 estimated units.

DC Sales (Jan-Mar) 2011 - 4,897,816 estimated units.

April update:

DC Sales (Jan-Apr) 2012 - 8,565,690 estimated units.

DC Sales (Jan-Apr) 2011 - 6,333,742 estimated units.

And here are the figures for previous ten years:

2011 - 26,522,201 estimated units
2010 - 23,528,000 estimated units
2009 - 24,126,336 estimated units
2008 - 25,760,378 estimated units
2007 - 29,597,217 estimated units
2006 - 30,243,575 estimated units
2005 - 26,995,698 estimated units
2004 - 23,895,322 estimated units
2003 - 22,344,120 estimated units
2002 - 20,687,488 estimated units

[CTpitch]

Yes we will shall see. I think marvel is headed for a reboot

naw dude don't even go there

[skyvolt2000]

I think captian atom has a chance to stay around.. Based off the watchmen hype

Really? Hawk & Dove's final issue out sold it. That's not a good sign.


And it looks like a lot folks jumped off some titles in the 1,000s.

LOL Men of War gained readers for its final issue.

Yes we will shall see. I think marvel is headed for a reboot

Why? What do they have to fix aside from Black Panther, New Warriors and X-Men that won't stop dying in annoying alternate universes (looking at you Synch)

[Cavemold]

With the whole AVX and phoneix ordeal it makes sense to me but the avengers line is out of whack. It will be interesting to see what they do after AVX . Avengers assemble dropped 47.1% from it's first issue

[Shimarenda]

Have any revised figures been released for the returnable titles now that the return period has expired on several issues?

[Ari Gold]

Avengers assemble dropped 47.1% from it's first issue

Is it one of those issues where Marvel double-ships #1 and it counts on the charts as twice as many as was ordered?

[CagedLeo730]

Have any revised figures been released for the returnable titles now that the return period has expired on several issues?

I believe the figures for issues 1,2 &3 after returnability is factored in are available on http://www.comichron.com in the YEARLY sales chart for 2011

[CagedLeo730]

Is it one of those issues where Marvel double-ships #1 and it counts on the charts as twice as many as was ordered?

I don't think that Avengers Assemble had any free issues shipped. I think that it may increase in sales for issue 3 because of the surprise team that appears. Bendis has teased that this issue will reveal the next book he's writing

[glennsim]

Really? Hawk & Dove's final issue out sold it. That's not a good sign.


And it looks like a lot folks jumped off some titles in the 1,000s.

LOL Men of War gained readers for its final issue.



Why? What do they have to fix aside from Black Panther, New Warriors and X-Men that won't stop dying in annoying alternate universes (looking at you Synch)

That last issue of Men of War was pretty much obviously an issue of Frankenstein that was repurposed, maybe it was an inventory book.

I'd say Men of War suffered from an identity crisis.

[superfriend]

In March 2012, six months into the “New 52″ relaunch of the publisher’s comic-book line, sales are mostly back to normal for DC Comics. The average “New 52″ series dropped by 5.3% compared to February, which isn’t what you’d call a regular seventh-issue drop yet, but it’s getting there.

Sales of the average DC Universe title are at 32,897 units in March, which is well within the spectrum of the last few years, as the average-sales charts at the end of the column show. Likewise, DC’s total unit and total dollar sales are firmly back in familiar territory. Of the individual “New 52″ titles, 18 sold fewer than 20,000 units in March, up from 14 in February. Also notably in this context, the overall DC Universe imprint had 32 titles below the 20K mark in March 2012, which is three more than it did in March 2011 and more than twice the number from March 2010.

source: http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/09...es-march-2012/

[Shimarenda]

I believe the figures for issues 1,2 &3 after returnability is factored in are available on http://www.comichron.com in the YEARLY sales chart for 2011

Thanks for the tip. It looks like only 1 and 2 are final so far.

[glennsim]

source: http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/09...es-march-2012/

Looks like, for the most part, DC is cancelling books that aren't selling well to make room for new books that might. Not sure why they are hanging on to Captain Atom other than maybe they have some reason to think it's going to get better, or just don't have anything else for contracted creators to work on, and didn't have a 2nd Wave book ready to take its place.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

The Beat has a sales analysis for April 2012.

I see a lot of poorly selling books that should be on the chopping block.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

DC holds on to 7 of the top 10. Batman Annual surprisingly takes 5th place overall.

TOP 10 COMICS
RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #4 $3.99 MAR120534 MAR
2 AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #3 $3.99 MAR120530 MAR
3 BATMAN #9 $3.99 MAR120184 DC
4 JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 $3.99 MAR120159 DC
5 BATMAN ANNUAL #1 $4.99 MAR120188 DC
6 AVX VS #2 $3.99 MAR120528 MAR
7 BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 $2.99 MAR120149 DC
8 DETECTIVE COMICS #9 $3.99 MAR120189 DC
9 ACTION COMICS #9 $3.99 MAR120176 DC
10 GREEN LANTERN #9 $2.99 MAR120204 DC

Also, this shows why DC puts so much stock in the Bat-franchise. Batman continues to be the biggest name in comics.