Green Lantern Sales Numbers

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Could it be that Larfleeze get's killed soon? I mean 18k isn't that much for a book, isn't it?

It depends on their print run and their expectations. Several "beyond" books are in that area and remain such, but I agree its days are numbered. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a place holder until Sinetro returns.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

That's what I'm thinking. Larfleeze is just occupying the 5th GL spot on the printing schedule until Sinestro is ready to debut.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

The Walking Dead is rocking the charts again. Maybe the TV show is really drawing viewers to the comics?

Either that or the speculators who almost killed the comic industry in the 90s heard that Walking Dead comics were worth money and started buying multiple copies. Hope they go real nice like with their beanie babies and baseball cards.

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Either that or the speculators who almost killed the comic industry in the 90s heard that Walking Dead comics were worth money and started buying multiple copies.

Why would you think that they're worth anything more than the cover price? They're readily available as floppies, trades, hardcover and digital version are available too. Nobody would be stupid enough to bet on them to be worth anything at any point in the future.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Either that or the speculators who almost killed the comic industry in the 90s heard that Walking Dead comics were worth money and started buying multiple copies. Hope they go real nice like with their beanie babies and baseball cards.

Could be some of it, but the trades sell super well too. I saw a WD display with several of them highlighted just yesterday at BAM.

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

GL sales are starting to dwindle (of course comic book sales in general are dwindling). Interestingly enough though, this was the biggest month for comic books in 16 years.

Course if sales continue to be poor (which they more than likely will) than the writers (Venditti and co) might be getting the boot soon.

But sales aren't "poor". They aren't huge but they aren't being lead by the most popular guy in the business anymore either. I'm sure DC lowered their expectations when they put a "no-name" creative squad on all these books. For GL to still be selling this well, just below the heavy hitters and event comics, is pretty good. They aren't paying Venditti and Tan like they pay Johns and Mahnke so its got to be looking that much better for them than it does to us.

[Mister.Weirdo Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Mister.Weirdo]

But sales aren't "poor". They aren't huge but they aren't being lead by the most popular guy in the business anymore either. I'm sure DC lowered their expectations when they put a "no-name" creative squad on all these books. For GL to still be selling this well, just below the heavy hitters and event comics, is pretty good. They aren't paying Venditti and Tan like they pay Johns and Mahnke so its got to be looking that much better for them than it does to us.

Okay the book sales aren't poor, their decent (especially considering the events going on right now). Sales have fallen though (as to be expected).

The GL book (or even franchise) has never really been that poor of a seller anyway. It tends to sell better than a lot of non Batman-Superman books.

I admit I'm a little biased, since I'm not a fan of Venditti's run thus far.

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

Could it be that Larfleeze get's killed soon? I mean 18k isn't that much for a book, isn't it?

We could only be so lucky.

[Mister.Weirdo Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Mister.Weirdo]

Sales have just been released, and while all of the books saw increases in number rankings, the sales for Green Lantern, Green Lantern: New Guardians, and Red Lanterns all went down a little. Surprisingly GLC sales actually went up a little (probably due to the Batman event, year zero).

http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomi...3/2013-11.html

25. Green Lantern 25 - 54,322

49. Green Lantern Corps 25 - 38,369

66. Green Lantern: New Guardians 25 - 32,069

80. Red Lanterns 25 - 27,786

132. Larfleeze 5 (really who gives a crap at this point) - 16,157

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Sniped me again. I actually have been checking every day for over a week, but I was later than you today.

At any rate, here's the rest of the info for comparison...

November Comic Sales

[no direct-GL book in the top 20]

1 Batman 25 $4.99 DC 125,602
2 Harley Quinn 0 $2.99 DC 114,212
3 Amazing X-Men 1 $3.99 Marvel 112,337
4 Superman Unchained 4 $3.99 DC 110,611
5 Forever Evil 3 $3.99 DC 105,755
6 Infinity 6 $5.99 Marvel 100,292
7 All New X-Men 18 $3.99 Marvel 82,365
8 Superior Spider-Man 22 $3.99 Marvel 81,250
9 Batman Superman 5 $3.99 DC 77,198
10 Superior Spider-Man 21 $3.99 Marvel 74,940
11 All New X-Men 19 $3.99 Marvel 71,044
12 Justice League of America 9 $3.99 DC 71,008
13 Walking Dead 116 $2.99 Image 69,913
14 Walking Dead 117 $2.99 Image 68,818
15 Avengers 23 $3.99 Marvel 66,501
16 Uncanny X-Men 14 $3.99 Marvel 65,655
17 Detective Comics 25 $3.99 DC 64,392
18 Superior Spider-Man Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 63,595
19 Uncanny Avengers 14 $3.99 Marvel 60,750
20 Superman Wonder Woman 2 $3.99 DC 60,185
...
25 Green Lantern 25 $2.99 DC 54,322
43 Earth 2 17 $2.99 DC 39,846
49 Green Lantern Corps 25 $3.99 DC 38,369
66 Green Lantern New Guardians 25 $2.99 DC 32,069
80 Red Lanterns 25 $2.99 DC 27,786
98 Injustice Gods Among Us 11 $3.99 DC 22,704
101 Injustice Gods Among Us Annual 1 $4.99 DC 21,764
132 Larfleeze 5 $2.99 DC 16,157
169 Dc Comics Essentials Justice League 1 $1.00 DC 12,561
206 Dc Comics Essentials Green Lantern 1 $1.00 DC 9,233




November Trade Sales

[no direct-GL book in the top 20]

1 Walking Dead Vol. 19 March to War $14.99 Image 25,194
2 Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Vol. 5 $9.99 Viz 7,197
3 Fairest In All The Land HC $22.99 DC 6,459
4 Batman Night of The Owls $19.99 DC 5,425
5 Manhattan Projects Vol. 3 $14.99 Image 5,393
6 Injustice Gods Among Us HC Vol. 1 $19.99 DC 5,012
7 Nowhere Men Vol. 1 Fates Worse Than Death $9.99 Image 4,142
8 Batman Detective Comics Vol. 2 Scare Tactics $16.99 DC 3,749
9 Shield Origins $7.99 Marvel 3,733
10 Hawkeye HC Vol. 1 $34.99 Marvel 3,632
11 Superior Spider-Man Vol. 3 No Escape $17.99 Marvel 3,566
12 X-Men Vol. 1 Primer $17.99 Marvel 3,526
13 Saga Vol. 1 $9.99 Image 3,479
14 Justice League of America HC Vol. 1 $24.99 DC 3,470
15 Batman & Robin Vol. 2 Pearl $16.99 DC 3,465
16 Batman & Robin HC Vol. 3 Death of The Family $22.99 DC 3,450
17 Aquaman Vol. 2 The Others $14.99 DC 3,401
18 Batman Incorporated Vol. 1 Demon Star $16.99 DC 3,283
19 Scott Pilgrim Color HC Vol. 4 $24.99 Oni 3,211
20 Batman HC Vol. 3 Death of The Family $24.99 DC 3,201
...
35 Red Lanterns Vol. 3 The Second Prophecy $19.99 DC 2,211
113 Justice League Vol. 1 Origin $16.99 DC 936
218 Green Lantern Vol. 1 Sinestro $14.99 DC 521
273 Justice League Vol. 2 The Villains Journey $16.99 DC 420
299 Flashpoint $14.99 DC 386

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You snooze you lose.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

Larfleeze is down to 16K and they still haven't pulled the plug. In the March solicits it's still an ongoing with no final issue blurb. At this point I think there's no disputing the idea that it's just a placeholder on the printing schedule until the Sinestro title is ready to roll out.

I really wish the would take out Red Lanterns at the same time when they launch the Sinestro book, so there are four GL titles a month instead of five. There's just too much dead weight right now.

[Rotten2thecorps Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Rotten2thecorps]

But sales aren't "poor". They aren't huge but they aren't being lead by the most popular guy in the business anymore either. I'm sure DC lowered their expectations when they put a "no-name" creative squad on all these books. For GL to still be selling this well, just below the heavy hitters and event comics, is pretty good. They aren't paying Venditti and Tan like they pay Johns and Mahnke so its got to be looking that much better for them than it does to us.

Totally agree.

[TorchBearer2814 Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close TorchBearer2814]

Larfleeze is down to 16K and they still haven't pulled the plug. In the March solicits it's still an ongoing with no final issue blurb. At this point I think there's no disputing the idea that it's just a placeholder on the printing schedule until the Sinestro title is ready to roll out.

I really wish the would take out Red Lanterns at the same time when they launch the Sinestro book, so there are four GL titles a month instead of five. There's just too much dead weight right now.

agreed

[Whitey Corpse Trainee Find all posts View Profile Close Whitey]

Larfleeze is down to 16K and they still haven't pulled the plug. In the March solicits it's still an ongoing with no final issue blurb. At this point I think there's no disputing the idea that it's just a placeholder on the printing schedule until the Sinestro title is ready to roll out.

I really wish the would take out Red Lanterns at the same time when they launch the Sinestro book, so there are four GL titles a month instead of five. There's just too much dead weight right now.

I hope they'll do this! RL and LF OUT and Sinestro IN! 8)