Green Lantern Sales Numbers

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

The trend continues.. Good to see the GLC actually go up a little though. And I always get a kick out of seeing Guy outsell Kyle, especially given what a poor concept the Red Lanterns is.

Sinestro started out higher than I thought it would, but it took a big hit in #2. I think the next three issues will tell the tale there. I expect it to fail.

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Dave is right. Short-term, the sales numbers actually reflect speculation by the owners of comics shops. Reality is usually a few months behind the monthly numbers.

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

June Comic Sales

[A GL title is back in the top 20!]

1 Batman 32 $3.99 DC 130,077
2 Amazing Spider-Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 109,029
3 Original Sin 3 $3.99 Marvel 93,351
4 Harley Quinn 7 $2.99 DC 93,266
5 Superman 32 $3.99 DC 89,140
6 Original Sin 4 $3.99 Marvel 88,508
7 Amazing Spider-Man 1.2 $3.99 Marvel 86,315
8 Justice League 31 $3.99 DC 75,803
9 Walking Dead 128 $2.99 Image 74,326
10 Detective Comics 32 $3.99 DC 72,988
11 Outcast 1 $2.99 Image 71,788
12 Justice League United 2 $3.99 DC 62,928
13 Superman Wonder Woman 9 $3.99 DC 62,659
14 Batman Eternal 9 $2.99 DC 62,086
15 Batman Eternal 10 $2.99 DC 61,094
16 Batman Eternal 11 $2.99 DC 59,791
17 Batman Eternal 12 $2.99 DC 59,431
18 All New X-Men 28 $3.99 Marvel 57,135
19 Saga 20 $2.99 Image 56,497
20 Green Lantern 32 $2.99 DC 56,315
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31 Earth 2 24 $2.99 DC 47,277
47 Green Lantern Corps 32 $2.99 DC 40,734
72 Sinestro 3 $2.99 DC 30,422
93 Justice League 3000 7 $2.99 DC 24,172
96 Red Lanterns 32 $2.99 DC 23,936
100 Green Lantern New Guardians 32 $2.99 DC 23,142
117 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Two 6 $2.99 DC 19,353
167 Larfleeze 12 [FINAL ISSUE] $2.99 DC 11,784

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Still shocked to see Harley selling 93k.

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

HQ is really marketable and the book is a lot of fun. It will fall off eventually.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Those are big jumps for GL and the GLC. Sinestro hardly fell off at all, and RL and NG held their ground.

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Shocked to see Justice League 3000 so low. Keith Giffen just doesn't sell anymore.

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

Looks like that bombshell DC June variant worked since every comic that had one, had a huge boost.

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

Looks like that bombshell DC June variant worked since every comic that had one, had a huge boost.

And we're sure to see a lot more themed variant covers because of it.

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June Comic Sales

[A GL title is back in the top 20!]

[I]1 Batman 32 $3.99 DC 130,077
2 Amazing Spider-Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 109,029
3 Original Sin 3 $3.99 Marvel 93,351
4 Harley Quinn 7 $2.99 DC 93,266
5 Superman 32 $3.99 DC 89,140
6 Original Sin 4 $3.99 Marvel 88,508
7 Amazing Spider-Man 1.2 $3.99 Marvel 86,315
8 Justice League 31 $3.99 DC 75,803
9 Walking Dead 128 $2.99 Image 74,326
10 Detective Comics 32 $3.99 DC 72,988
11 Outcast 1 $2.99 Image 71,788
12 Justice League United 2 $3.99 DC 62,928
13 Superman Wonder Woman 9 $3.99 DC 62,659
14 Batman Eternal 9 $2.99 DC 62,086
15 Batman Eternal 10 $2.99 DC 61,094
16 Batman Eternal 11 $2.99 DC 59,791
17 Batman Eternal 12 $2.99 DC 59,431

The popularity of Batman and Spider-man never ceases to amaze me, and I don't mean that in a critical way. It seems to me that I always see multiple titles of those two in the top 20 month after month, year after year. Even when one or both of those characters are going through controversial storylines, their readership never seems to dip very far. Even cultural staples like Superman, Hulk, and the X-men go through peaks and valleys to which Bats and Spidey are immune.

Back on topic, it's good to see GL getting a bump.

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

The popularity of Batman and Spider-man never ceases to amaze me...Back on topic...

I always post the top 20 for that very reason--so you guys can chart the market a little and see what's more popular than our favorite ring slinger.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

It's actually kind of sad that people will run out and buy a variant cover and not care what's inside.

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

It's actually kind of sad that people will run out and buy a variant cover and not care what's inside.

Agreed. I suppose if you really like the artist or concept and are going to display it, it may make some sense once in a while, but I personally only get variants for titles I'm reading anyway.

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In my opinion, the bombshell covers were a legitimately interesting idea and they were really well done, so I'm glad to see them payoff for DC, and hopefully GL and GLC pick up new readers from people who bought the #32 issues because of the covers.

It's great to see the two books thriving. And I hope DC has future success with the variant covers. I think they've been pretty fun ideas lately. The people who have a problem with them simply don't have to buy them. They're there for the people who like them.

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

And we're sure to see a lot more themed variant covers because of it.

Yup they've already got new 3D covers lined up.