Comic Book Sales Figures (May - Sept)

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  1. Primal

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    It's been awhile since sales figures were posted. Thought I'd do it again since I've noticed I haven't seen any IDW Beast Wars books at my comic shop and very few of the main Transformers line.

    Here are the past few months, showing the Top 10 and how IDW did that month with Transformers and how their other titles stack up. Also included any other Publisher that used Transformers (Marvel, etc)

    SEPTEMBER - COMICS
    001 WORLD WAR HULK #4 (Of 5) - 148,610
    002 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544 - 146,215
    003 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 - 119,471
    004 NEW AVENGERS #34 - 112,815
    005 THOR #3 - 109,964
    006 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN BOY WONDER #7 - 100,582
    007 INCREDIBLE HULK #110 - 96,835
    008 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 - 96,556
    009 UNCANNY X-MEN #490 - 87,952
    010 X-MEN #203 - 85,652
    ...
    053 NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #3 (OF 4) - 38,749 (down 6,228)
    ...
    135 TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #3 - 14,547 (down 207)
    148 STAR TREK YEAR FOUR #2 - 11,484
    161 30 DAYS OF NIGHT BEYOND BARROW #1 - 9,955
    167 30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #1 - 9,346
    175 STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #5 - 8,589
    185 TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK DINOBOTS #1 - 7,883
    188 30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #2 - 7,590
    204 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #20 (MR) - 6,127
    253 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #11 - 3,189
    256 IDW FOCUS ON 30 DAYS OF NIGHT - 3,145

    SEPTEMBER - TRADES
    001 WALKING DEAD VOL 7 CALM BEFORE TP (MR) - 13,203
    002 MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS HC - 10,183
    003 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 18 ULTIMATE KNIGHTS TP - 7,986
    004 52 VOL 3 TP - 7,788
    005 HELLBOY VOL 7 TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP - 7,149
    006 DMZ VOL 3 PUBLIC WORKS TP (MR) - 6,098
    007 NARUTO VOL 18 TP - 5,231
    008 NARUTO VOL 17 TP - 5,209
    009 NARUTO VOL 16 TP - 5,106
    010 PUNISHER MAX VOL 8 WIDOWMAKER TP (MR) - 4,489
    ...
    053 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP MOVIE PTG (MR) - 1,925

    AUGUST - COMICS
    001 WORLD WAR HULK #3 (Of 5) - 151,523
    002 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #12 - 131,420
    003 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #7 (Of 7) - 124,609
    004 NEW AVENGERS #33 - 117,906
    005 ASTONISHING X-MEN #22 - 117,321
    006 THOR #2 - 108,609
    007 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #543 - 106,485
    008 INCREDIBLE HULK #109 - 104,322
    009 NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #4 (Of 5) - 88,114
    010 UNCANNY X-MEN #489 - 88,068
    ...
    060 NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #2 (OF 4) - 44,977 (down 15,588)
    ...
    147 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT OPTIMUS PRIME - 15,423 (up 2,010 from Spotlight Galvatron)
    185 STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #4 - 8,966
    190 TANK GIRL GIFTING #3 - 8,574
    191 GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX #1 - 8,458
    197 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TARGET 2006 #5 - 8,196 (down 517)
    215 SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #3 - 7,027
    220 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #19 (MR) - 6,426
    229 30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #4 (MR) - 5,888
    279 SCARFACE DEVIL IN DISGUISE #2 (MR) - 3,155

    AUGUST - TRADES
    001 100 BULLETS VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME TP (MR) - 7,712
    002 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 17 CLONE SAGA TP - 7,689
    003 FRUITS BASKET VOL 17 GN (Of 22) - 6,665
    004 NEW AVENGERS VOL 5 CIVIL WAR TP - 6,542
    005 BATMAN BATMAN & SON HC - 4,641
    006 SHOWCASE PRESENTS WONDER WOMAN VOL 1 TP - 4,610
    007 ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN 100 PROJECT TP - 4,541
    008 X-23 TARGET TP - 3,833
    009 NEW AVENGERS VOL 6 PREMIERE HC - 3,817
    010 HULK PLANET HULK HC- 3,794
    ...
    084 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP MOVIE PTG (MR) - 1,401
    089 COMPLETE TERRY & THE PIRATES VOL 1 1934 1936 HC - 1,324
    091 ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS HC - 1,301

    JULY - COMICS
    001 THOR #1 - 165,325
    002 FALLEN SON DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA IRON MAN - 156,880
    003 WORLD WAR HULK #2 (Of 5) - 155,322
    004 WOLVERINE #55 - 130,707
    005 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #6 (Of 7) - 128,336
    006 NEW AVENGERS #32 - 122,991
    007 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11 - 122,823
    008 MIGHTY AVENGERS #4 - 107,768
    009 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN #6 - 105,991
    010 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #542 - 105,715
    ...
    035 NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #1 (Of 4) - 60,565
    ...
    141 TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #2 - 14,754 (down 2,197)
    147 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT GALVATRON - 13,413
    148 STAR TREK YEAR FOUR #1 - 13,112
    175 STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #3 - 9,476
    178 TANK GIRL GIFTING #2 - 9,090
    182 STAR TREK TNG SPACE BETWEEN #6 (Of 6) - 8,814
    184 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TARGET 2006 #4 - 8,713 (down 485)
    206 SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #2 - 7,071
    216 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #18 (MR) - 6,418
    223 30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #3 (MR) - 6,250
    234 TRANSFORMERS TIMELINES SUMMER SP ONE SHOT - 5,856 NOT IDW
    242 IDW FOCUS OF STAR TREK - 4,960
    243 GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS #1 - 4,951
    255 SCARFACE DEVIL IN DISGUISE #1 (MR) - 3,954
    271 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #10 (RES) - 3,209

    JULY - TRADES
    001 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES VOL 1 HC - 8,479
    002 52 VOL 2 TP - 7,984
    003 INVINCIBLE VOL 8 MY FAVORITE MARTIAN TP - 5,236
    004 KINGDOM HEARTS II VOL 1 GN (Of 5) - 4,817
    005 SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATGIRL VOL 1 TP - 4,633
    006 MARVEL ZOMBIES HC NEW PTG - 4,574
    007 WARREN ELLIS CRECY GN (MR) - 4,424
    008 CLUBBING - 4,264
    009 HELLSING VOL 8 TP - 4,072
    010 NARUTO VOL 15 TP - 3,837
    ...
    059 ASHLEY WOODS 48 NUDE GIRLS SC (MR) - 1,893
    062 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL TP - 1,852 (down 1,032)
    064 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE TP - 1,843 (down 1,257)
    067 30 DAYS OF NIGHT SPREADING DISEASE TP - 1,542

    JUNE - COMICS
    001 WORLD WAR HULK #1 (Of 5) - 178,408
    002 NEW AVENGERS #31 - 160,911
    003 X-MEN #200 - 136,672
    004 FALLEN SON DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA SPIDER-MAN - 133,956
    005 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #5 (Of 7) - 132,090
    006 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #10 - 129,265
    007 JUSTICE #12 (Of 12) - 112,471
    008 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #541 - 108,284
    009 INCREDIBLE HULK #107 - 106,931
    010 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #4 - 102,430
    ...
    109 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (Of 4) - 18,071
    115 TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #1 - 16,951
    121 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION #3 (Of 4) - 16,247 (up 43 from #2)
    122 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION #4 (Of 4) - 16,210 (down 37 from #3)
    123 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (Of 4) - 16,204 (down 1,867 from #1)
    154 TANK GIRL GIFTING #1 - 11,724
    167 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TARGET 2006 #3 - 9,198 (down 1,594)
    176 SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #1 - 7,834
    194 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #17 (MR) - 6,833
    195 30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #2 - 6,763
    238 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #9 (RES) - 3,409

    JUNE - TRADES
    001 FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP (MR) - 12,168
    002 HULK PLANET HULK HC - 9,117
    003 ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 GRAND THEFT AMERICA TP - 8,835
    004 CIVIL WAR IRON MAN TP - 7,878
    005 CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP - 6,920
    006 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVS VOL 8 TP - 6,579
    007 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL 1 HC - 5,589
    008 HELLBOY ANIMATED VOL 2 JUDGEMENT BELL TP - 5,291
    009 DEATH NOTE VOL 12 TP - 4,951
    010 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 8 DEVILS TP - 4,940
    ...
    026 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE TP - 3,100
    031 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL TP - 2,884
    088 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TP - 1,320
    096 TRANSFORMERS GRTST BATTLES OPTIMUS PRIME MEGATRON TP - 1,239

    MAY - COMICS
    001 FALLEN SON DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA CAPTAIN AMERICA - 170,027
    002 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #4 (Of 7) - 131,753
    003 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #9 - 129,285
    004 CAPTAIN AMERICA #26 - 126,449
    005 NEW AVENGERS #30 - 126,425
    006 ASTONISHING X-MEN #21 - 120,495
    007 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #540 - 119,662
    008 MIGHTY AVENGERS #3 - 115,440
    009 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN #5 - 114,302
    010 WORLD WAR HULK PROLOGUE WORLD BREAKER - 111,153
    ...
    127 TRANSFORMERS PRIME DIRECTIVE MOVIE PREQUEL #4 - 17,306
    148 TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION #6 - 14,446
    169 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TARGET 2006 #2 - 10,792
    170 STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #2 - 10,416
    180 STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION SPACE BETWEEN #5 (Of 6) - 9,262
    198 30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #1 - 7,515
    212 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #16 (MR) - 6,618
    251 ASHLEY WOODS D AIRAIN AVENTURE #2 - 4,311
    252 CLIVE BARKERS GREAT & SECRET SHOW #12 (Of 12) (MR) - 4,311
    253 SCARFACE SCARRED FOR LIFE #5 (MR) - 4,271
    282 TRANSFORMERS COVER GALLERY BK 2 - 3,197

    MAY - TRADES
    001 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 9 MOTHERLAND TP (MR) - 12,964
    002 WALKING DEAD SORROWFUL LIFE VOL 6 TP - 12,427
    003 CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN AMERICA TP - 10,023
    004 CIVIL WAR WOLVERINE TP - 8,853
    005 52 VOL 1 TP - 8,757
    006 CIVIL WAR TP - 8,589
    007 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE BOOK 2 TP - 8,156
    008 MOUSE GUARD VOL 1 FALL 1152 HC - 7,604
    009 CIVIL WAR PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN TP - 7,572
    010 BOYS VOL 1 TP (MR) - 7,339
    ...
    081 COMPLETE DICK TRACY VOL 2 HC - 1,626
    086 TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED MOVIE ADAPTATION TP - 1,570
    094 TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION TP - 1,410

    Figures compiled from ICv2
     
  2. Predakwon

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    Wait so WWH #4 only sold 148,610? Not that I'm a big fan of the comic I just thought comics sold more than that in general for a number one spot....
     
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    So the hardcore TF comic market appears to be about 15000 people?

    I'd've though there were more. Very interesting.