Green Lantern Sales Numbers

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

With the Flash and GL..... They'd do a lot better if we didn't see the same villains and the same storylines written and rewritten to death. How many times has a Reverse Flash been used in the Flash? How many stories have we read now in GL that tie into the other Corps and the War of Light? Give us something NEW, and give us something FRESH. Don't give the fans convoluted stories that propose more questions with very little in terms of answers.

You know what would've been nice to see in the Flash? A story getting into the mind of Barry or Capt. Cold when the villain became a member of the League along with Luthor. Would have loved to see something on it. I'm sure in JL fans probably got a word bubble or three within twenty pages and that was it. Something SHOULD have been in the Flash regarding the plot twist.

For GL? Just use a villain that isn't among the rainbow Corps, maybe give Hal some downtime on Earth, etc. Dr. Polaris, Tattooed Man, and Goldface all come to mind. It's really getting out of hand these days and seems like they're taking the better stories and then reimagining them and doing them over and over to the point of exaustion. Does anybody REALLY wanna see GL vol. 4 retold with a new pair of Lanterns? I sure as hell don't...

~M~

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

...The Titan's Hunt attempt isn't cutting it for me. . .

I've been digging TH and I'm not even a TT fan. Sure, it doesn't have the whole lineup, but it's an interesting story.

[EmeraldGladiator Manhunter Repairman Find all posts View Profile Close EmeraldGladiator]

I've been digging TH and I'm not even a TT fan. Sure, it doesn't have the whole lineup, but it's an interesting story.

Oh it is as good as we are going to get, so I am happy for it but it isn't quite what the people want. Sort of like the Legion reboots, after the first one. They knew what the people wanted but never gave the people what they wanted but tried to come close. If you know the people want something give it to them instead of a weaker facsimile. For me Titan's hunt is for the Titan's fans that Teen Titans doesn't do it for, they long for the Wolfman Titans, but instead of giving them that it is teased and is close but isn't quite it. This won't satisfy the fans totally so why tease em?

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

I wonder how long it will take them to give a Hawkman ongoing another try? It never sells as well as GL or Flash, but it is another go to title closer to Aquaman status.

[Big Blue Lantern Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Big Blue Lantern]

The Flash, which is really a peer book for GL, is only selling at 35k, a mere 3k more than GL. Things aren't good at all.

Marvel's films and TV/Netflix content seems to boost their counterparts' comic sales. That hasn't been the case with Supergirl, Flash, and Arrow.

[Hypo Lil' Leaguer Find all posts View Profile Close Hypo]

And meanwhile Tony Bedard is still on Teen titans. Don't tell me THAT book doesn't need to be revamped.

It is getting revamped come September for Rebirth

If they do try the JSA again, they should leave them on their own Earth so they don't get caught up in the month to month stupidity of the standard DCU (or what passes for it at any given moment.) Then just do classic JSA stories set in WWII, and another JSA book in modern times with their descendants.

It would have to be an Earth One or Multiversity Too (if that actually becomes a thing) book then, if it's ongoing they're gunna drag it into stuff.

Marvel's films and TV/Netflix content seems to boost their counterparts' comic sales. That hasn't been the case with Supergirl, Flash, and Arrow.

Source?

[Big Blue Lantern Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Big Blue Lantern]

Source?

Look at the March and April comic sales. Flash and Green Arrow are getting outsold by Spider-man's supporting cast and the Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, look at the top twenty sales per month and see how many of them are DC-based. It's a small percentage.

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

Note to mods: now that series 5 is done, could you move this thread to the appropriate location (maybe Sector 0 since we keep GL news there)?

Anyway, some of you have been curious how the old went out before Rebirth, so without further ado, here's

May's Comic Sales

[Items marked with asterisks[*] had their reported orders slightly reduced due to returnability.]

1 DC Universe Rebirth 1 $2.99 DC 235,791
2 Civil War II 0 $4.99 Marvel 177,283
3 Punisher 1 $3.99 Marvel 110,726
4 Batman 52 $3.99 DC 102,197
5 Captain America Steve Rogers 1 $4.99 Marvel 99,768
6 Star Wars 19 $3.99 Marvel 95,156
7 Justice League 50 $5.99 DC 92,423
8 Darth Vader 20 $4.99 Marvel 86,641
9 Black Panther 2 $3.99 Marvel 77,654
10 Amazing Spider-Man 12 $3.99 Marvel 74,963
11 Scooby Apocalypse 1 $3.99 DC 69,520
12 Star Wars Poe Dameron 2 $3.99 Marvel 68,962
13 Walking Dead 154 $2.99 Image 68,922
14 Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6 $3.99 DC 64,911
15 Spider-Man Deadpool 5 $3.99 Marvel 63,821
16 Deadpool 11 $3.99 Marvel 62,900
17 Deadpool 12 $3.99 Marvel 57,805
18 Deadpool Last Days of Magic 1 $4.99 Marvel 55,679
19 Superman 52 $3.99 DC 54,317
20 Old Man Logan 6 $3.99 Marvel 52,761
21 All New All Different Avengers 9 $3.99 Marvel 52,296
22 All New X-Men 9 $4.99 Marvel 51,549
23 Uncanny X-Men 7 $3.99 Marvel 50,936
24 Extraordinary X-Men 10 $3.99 Marvel 50,015
25 Spider-Gwen 8 $3.99 Marvel 49,681
26 Doctor Strange 8 $3.99 Marvel 49,427
27 Invincible Iron Man 9 $3.99 Marvel 49,334
28 Spider-Man 4 $3.99 Marvel 49,167
29 Future Quest 1 $3.99 DC 48,627
30 Obi-Wan and Anakin 5 $3.99 Marvel 48,430
31 Mighty Thor 7 $3.99 Marvel 47,425
32 Thunderbolts 1 $3.99 Marvel 45,169
33 Detective Comics 52 $3.99 DC 43,961
34 Harley Quinn 28 $3.99 DC 43,858
35 Daredevil 7 $3.99 Marvel 43,704
36 Deadpool Mercs For Money 4 $3.99 Marvel 43,104
37 Daredevil Punisher 1 $4.99 Marvel 42,145
38 Amazing Spider-Man 1.5 $3.99 Marvel 41,907
39 Action Comics 52 $3.99 DC 40,623
40 Uncanny Avengers 9 $3.99 Marvel 40,025
41 Empress 2 $3.99 Marvel 38,758
42 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 3 $3.99 Boom 38,537
43 Guardians of the Galaxy 8 $3.99 Marvel 38,404
44 All New Wolverine 8 $3.99 Marvel 38,242
45 Gwenpool 2 $3.99 Marvel 38,162
46 Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys 2 $3.99 DC 37,846
47 Moon Knight 2 $3.99 Marvel 35,489
48 International Iron Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 35,282
49 Deadpool Masacre 1 $3.99 Marvel 34,463
50 Nighthawk 1 $3.99 Marvel 34,039
51 Flash 51 $3.99 DC 33,878
52 Gwenpool 0 $4.99 Marvel 33,797
53 Batman Superman 32 $3.99 DC 32,991
54 Green Lantern 52 $3.99 DC 32,936
55 Flash 52 $3.99 DC 32,831
56 Black Widow 3 $3.99 Marvel 30,968
57 Silk 8 $3.99 Marvel 30,884
58 X-Men '92 3 $3.99 Marvel 30,112
59 Ms Marvel 7 $3.99 Marvel 29,840
60 A-Force 5 $3.99 Marvel 29,706
61 Wonder Woman 52 $3.99 DC 29,673
62 New Avengers 11 $3.99 Marvel 29,163
63 Superman Wonder Woman 29 $3.99 DC 28,569
64 Uncanny Inhumans 8 $3.99 Marvel 28,527
65 Captain America Sam Wilson 9 $3.99 Marvel 27,480
66 4001 AD 1 $3.99 Valiant 27,130
67 Spider-Woman 7 $3.99 Marvel 27,118
68 Totally Awesome Hulk 6 $3.99 Marvel 26,775
69 Ultimates 7 $3.99 Marvel 26,500
70 Batgirl 52 $2.99 DC 26,492
71 Power Man and Iron Fist 4 $3.99 Marvel 26,308
72 Superman American Alien 7 $3.99 DC 26,271
73 Uncanny Inhumans 9 $3.99 Marvel 25,216
74 Captain Marvel 5 $3.99 Marvel 23,812
75 Grayson 20 $3.99 DC 23,762
76 Karnak 4 $3.99 Marvel 23,748
77 Carnage 8 $3.99 Marvel 23,697
78 Invader Zim 9 $3.99 Oni 23,567
79 New Suicide Squad 20 $2.99 DC 23,425
80 Spider-Man 2099 10 $3.99 Marvel 23,040
81 Robin Son of Batman 12 $3.99 DC 22,428
82 Aquaman 52 $3.99 DC 22,246
83 Mockingbird 3 $3.99 Marvel 21,912
84 Spidey 6 $3.99 Marvel 21,794
85 Poison Ivy Cycle of Life and Death 5 $2.99 DC 21,655
86 Tokyo Ghost 7 $3.99 Image 21,487
87 Superman The Coming of the Supermen 4 $3.99 DC 21,395
88 True Believers Star Wars Classic 1 $1.00 Marvel 21,331
89 Rocket Raccoon and Groot 5 $3.99 Marvel 21,138
90 Deathstroke 18 $2.99 DC 21,087
91 Silver Surfer 4 $3.99 Marvel 21,063
92 Monstress 6 $3.99 Image 20,850
93 Astonishing Ant-Man 8 $3.99 Marvel 20,799
94 Green Arrow 52 $2.99 DC 20,559
95 Amazing Spider-Man and Silk Spiderfly Effect 3 $4.99 Marvel 19,949
96 Vision 7 $3.99 Marvel 19,623
97 Squadron Supreme 7 $3.99 Marvel 19,486
98 Afterlife With Archie 9 $3.99 Archie 19,276
99 True Believers Star Wars 1 $1.00 Marvel 18,950
100 All New Inhumans 7 $3.99 Marvel 18,833
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101 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 5 $2.99 DC 18,699
111 Earth 2 Society 12 $2.99 DC 17,492
135 Sinestro 23 $2.99 DC 15,430
149 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 9 $2.99 DC 13,539
151 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 10 $2.99 DC 13,332
171 Justice League 3001 12 $2.99 DC 11,623
211 Omega Men 12 $2.99 DC 8,218

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

Thanks as always for posting SC. Sector 0 makes more sense and probably should have been there all along.

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This is the wrap up on everything except for Edge Of Oblivion #6. After that it's changed to the two new GL titles.

Green Lantern 1 $2.99 DC 141,682 [169,159]
Green Lantern 2 $2.99 DC 142,344
4 Green Lantern 3 $2.99 DC 122,644
Green Lantern 4 $2.99 DC 104,199
Green Lantern 5 $2.99 DC 97,878
Green Lantern 6 $2.99 DC
7 Green Lantern 7 $2.99 DC 90,232
Green Lantern 8 $2.99 DC
10 Green Lantern 9 $2.99 DC 87,601
14 Green Lantern 10 $2.99 DC 80,615
9 Green Lantern 11 $2.99 DC 78,708
9 Green Lantern 12 $2.99 DC 77,187
4 Green Lantern 0 $2.99 DC 89,909
6 Green Lantern 13 $2.99 DC 91,814
16 Green Lantern 14 $2.99 DC 78,499
16 Green Lantern 15 $2.99 DC 74,363
16 Green Lantern 16 $2.99 DC 72,884
17 Green Lantern 17 $2.99 DC 71,060
19 Green Lantern 18 $2.99 DC 69,801
21 Green Lantern 19 $2.99 DC 71,018
19 Green Lantern 20 $7.99 DC 67,414
18 Green Lantern 21 $2.99 DC 71,870
22 Green Lantern 22 $2.99 DC 62,415
20 Green Lantern 23 $2.99 DC 59,176
Green Lantern 23.1-4 (standard and special covers total) 253,264
26 Green Lantern 24 $2.99 DC 57,109
25 Green Lantern 25 $2.99 DC 54,322
31 Green Lantern 26 $2.99 DC 51,420
26 Green Lantern 27 $2.99 DC 48,831
25 Green Lantern Red Lanterns 28 $2.99 DC 49,200
31 Green Lantern 29 $2.99 DC 45,797
39 Green Lantern 30 $2.99 DC 44,483
39 Green Lantern 31 $2.99 DC 43,769
20 Green Lantern 32 $2.99 DC 56,315
48 Green Lantern 33 $2.99 DC 47,279
34 Green Lantern 34 $2.99 DC 43,846
15. Green Lantern Futures End - 77,372
54 Green Lantern 35 $2.99 DC 45,893
38 Green Lantern 36 $2.99 DC 46,157
38 GREEN LANTERN #37 -- 44,033
35 Green Lantern 38 $2.99 DC 39,342
38 Green Lantern 39 $2.99 DC 41,997
37 Green Lantern 40 $2.99 DC 42,334
47 Green Lantern 41 $3.99 DC 45,704
51 Green Lantern 42 $3.99 DC 39,290
35 GREEN LANTERN #43 $3.99 DC 42,482
35 Green Lantern 44 $3.99 DC 39,371
55 Green Lantern 45 $3.99 DC 38,406
62 Green Lantern 46 $3.99 DC 38,976
51 GREEN LANTERN #47 $3.99 DC 45,706
49 Green Lantern 48 36,068
50 Green Lantern 49 $3.99 DC 35,237
47 Green Lantern 50 $4.99 DC 36,242
57 Green Lantern 51 $3.99 DC 32,862
54 Green Lantern 52 $3.99 DC 32,936

33 Sinestro 1 $2.99 DC 46,480
60 Sinestro 2 $2.99 DC 34,640
72 Sinestro 3 $2.99 DC 30,422
102 Sinestro 4 $2.99 DC 28,095
82 Sinestro 5 $2.99 DC 26,867
42. Sinestro Futures End - 60,761
87 Sinestro 6 $2.99 DC 33,621
62 SINESTRO #7 -- 33,549
75 SINESTRO #8 -- 31,509
78 Sinestro 9 $2.99 DC 26,346
77 Sinestro 10 $2.99 DC 28,698
78 Sinestro 11 $2.99 DC 28,384
91 Sinestro 12 $2.99 DC 28,848
113 Sinestro 13 $2.99 DC 23,044
90 SINESTRO #14 $2.99 DC 25,505
101 Sinestro 15 $2.99 DC 22,090
98 Sinestro 16 $2.99 DC 23,179
111 Sinestro 17 $2.99 DC 22,331
151 SINESTRO #18 $2.99 DC 17,189
112 Sinestro 19 20,535
106 Sinestro 20 $2.99 DC 20,199
125 Sinestro 21 $2.99 DC 15,928
114 Sinestro 22 $2.99 DC 18,191
135 Sinestro 23 $2.99 DC 15,430

86 Omega Men 1* $2.99 DC 30,158
147 Omega Men 2 $2.99 DC 17,093
154 OMEGA MEN #3 $2.99 DC 13,246
174 Omega Men 4 $2.99 DC 11,302
175 The Omega Men 5 $2.99 DC 10,532
182 Omega Men 6 $2.99 DC 9,709
213 OMEGA MEN #7 $2.99 DC 9,251
183 Omega Men 8 8,863
184 Omega Men 9 $2.99 DC 8,727
190 Omega Men 10 $2.99 DC 8,366
208 Omega Men 11 $2.99 DC 8,281
211 Omega Men 12 $2.99 DC 8,218

77 Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion 1 26,818
101 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 2 $2.99 DC 21,265
98 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 3 $2.99 DC 20,096
108 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 4 $2.99 DC 19,434
101 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 5 $2.99 DC 18,699
117 Green Lantern Corps Edge of Oblivion 6 $2.99 DC 18,459



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12 Green Lanterns Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 99,504
18 Green Lanterns 1* $2.99 DC 84,910

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

Looking at the sales for the 3 remaining GL spinoff titles (Sinestro, Omega Men, and the EoO, all 3 needed to be cancelled whether DC was rebooting or not. The big Rebirth reboot is just coming at a good time because none of those titles were making it.

GL itself needed a shot in the arm, settling in the low 30K range, and apparently DC feels a new #1 with the same writer will do the trick. We'll see.

[Star-Lantern Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close Star-Lantern]

The decision to keep Venditti writing is quite possibly the most mysterious thing ever. The only thing that may trump that is if Tan was still drawing. I think his books may have gotten decent-ish reviews on some websites, but pretty much no one I have seen in fan circles has really liked his work... well, actually, I can think of one guy. But I think it is safe to say that a consensus has settled in that Venditti is not very good.

The entire Green Lantern line collapsed under his tenure, and while that may not entirely be his fault, the Green Lantern book went from selling quite a bit to just staying above the 20,000s. I can't see any real victories here, unless DC views it as a big success that Green Lantern stayed out of cancellation range.

This seemed like the absolute perfect time to switch writers. When things don't add up at this level, it makes me wonder if he has some really great backstage connections. What's interesting to me, is that I think all the other writers that worked on GL books when Venditti started--Jensen, Jordan, and Soule--are all better by a decent margin, and it's Robert Venditti who is the last one standing, and who is STILL standing.

As for how well the upcoming book will do, I don't suspect it will do especially great sales wise. It's a samey storyline--Hal Jordan fights Sinestro--with a writer people haven't responded to well. I think the biggest draw, other than the characters, will probably be Ethan Van Sciver, and I don't think he has a lot of sale power when not teamed with a big name writer, if Edge of Oblivion is anything to go by. I think this book will be bought primarily by loyal Green Lantern fans and not that many other people will be that interested in experimenting and seeing whether they want to come on board. Because it doesn't seem like there is anything especially fresh or captivating to see here. Honestly, I think the other Green Lanterns book will pique more peoples' interests, because if they weren't big on Green Lantern before, they may be willing to give these new characters a shot. Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps looks like the same old thing, so I think only the same old people will buy it.

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

IMO, Green Lanterns will probably sell very well the first several issues because it's a new title that seemingly offers something new in the cast. But that will get old very fast when readers figure out it's just two jobber Green Lanterns fighting the rainbow brigade every month. It'll start somewhere around 36k a month and by #12 it will be at about 20k.

HJ&TGLC will fare better because it has the real heroes in it, and the real villains.

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

My impression of Venditti is that his ideas sound good on paper, but don't pay off. Like the broad strokes of Hal being the hidden martyr, going rogue, and learning an experimental ringlike weapon all have real potential, but he just doesn't sell it page by page. Mind you, I don't hate him like some do here, but I don't love him either and I would have been happy with a full shakeup.

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

My impression of Venditti is that his ideas sound good on paper, but don't pay off. Like the broad strokes of Hal being the hidden martyr, going rogue, and learning an experimental ringlike weapon all have real potential, but he just doesn't sell it page by page. Mind you, I don't hate him like some do here, but I don't love him either and I would have been happy with a full shakeup.

That's a good evaluation. He should probably plot stories and have a partner who writes them for him. Maybe someone like Beau Smith, who has a good ear for dialogue and does good characterizations.

Although Hal's going rogue was a very dog-eared idea. I blame that on his not doing his homework by reading the back issues and seeing how many times it had been done already.