Sales Charts

by Marc-Oliver Frisch Usually, DC Comics releases around 70 new comic books in a given month, not counting reprints, magazines and titles published through its Johnny DC imprint. In November 2006, the number rose to 88, due to a slew of late-shipping issues from...

By Paul O'Brien Once again, CIVIL WAR is the dominant theme for November, as the mega-crossover sprawls into its seventh month. This should have been the last one, but thanks to the delays, there's a while to go yet. However, we do get...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch A whole range of upper- and mid-level sellers in DC Comics' mainstream superhero line line were missing in October: New issues of All-Star Batman, Justice League of America, Batman, Teen Titans, Supergirl, Superman, Blue Beetle and Aquaman were scheduled for an October...

by Paul O'Brien The CIVIL WAR crossover continued to sprawl across the Marvel line in October, but with the core book running late and other titles having to wait for it, there were several big names missing from the shelves. But every cloud has...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch September was a relatively quiet month for DC Comics. The publisher's big direct market push for September occurred at the WildStorm imprint, where Jim Lee and company begun to relaunch some of their longest-running properties. Unfortunately, Wildcats, the new line's...

by Paul O'Brien The CIVIL WAR crossover continued to sprawl across Marvel's line in September. However, the delays are starting to take their toll. PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL was supposed to launch last month as a tie-in series. But the main CIVIL WAR...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch With Marvel's Civil War #4 delayed by a month, DC Comics was August's biggest publisher in the North American direct market. DC claimed the top spot with crime novelist Brad Meltzer's Justice League of America #1. Next in line was...

By Paul O'Brien Even with the parent title running late, CIVIL WAR dominated Marvel's output again in August, with a raft of crossover titles including the newly launched HEROES FOR HIRE. The Ultimate titles ship their second annuals, and the core ANNIHILATION miniseries gets...

by Marc-Oliver Frisch July was a very busy month for DC Comics, in terms of new projects. The publisher's line of mainstream superhero titles was headed by the first issue of crime novelist Brad Meltzer's Justice League of America and the highly propagated first...

BY PAUL O'BRIEN Well, here's something I never thought I'd see - a month where most of the six-month comparisons are going up. July was an extremely good month for Marvel, mostly thanks to CIVIL WAR. On top of that, X-MEN and UNCANNY...

DC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: JUNE 2006 by Marc-Oliver Frisch DC Comics' major releases in June 2006 were the one-shot DCU: Brave New World, which introduces a number of upcoming series for the price of one dollar, as well as the debut issues of the relaunched titles...

JUNE 2006 For the second month running, it's all about CIVIL WAR, as the crossover continues to sprawl across the Marvel line. There are only two new titles this month, but they're significant ones - CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE and ETERNALS. As usual, Marvel are...