TOP 10 COMICS: > 1. BLACK PANTHER #1 (MAR) > 2. STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #1 (MAR) > 3. DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #4 (DC) > 4. STAR WARS SPECIAL: C-3PO #1 (MAR) > 5. BATMAN #51 (DC) > 6. GWENPOOL #1 (MAR) > 7. STAR WARS #18 (MAR) > 8. DARTH VADER #19 (MAR) > 9. HARLEY QUINN & SUICIDE SQUAD APRIL FOOL'S SPECIAL #1 (DC) > 10. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 (MAR)
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS: > 1. WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE BOOK 1 HC (DC) > 2. STAR WARS: VADER DOWN TP (MAR) > 3. RAT QUEENS VOLUME 3: DEMONS TP (MR) (IMA) > 4. I HATE FAIRYLAND VOL. 1: MADLY EVER AFTER TP (MR) (IMA) > 5. THANOS: THE INFINITY FINALE OGN HC (MAR) > 6. CIVIL WAR TP (MAR) > 7. DEADPOOL: WORLD'S GREATEST VOLUME 1: A MILLIONAIRE WITH MOUTH TP (MAR) > 8. BLACK MAGICK VOL. 1: AWAKENING PART ONE TP (MR) (IMA) > 9. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC (DC) > 10. RICK & MORTY VOLUME 2 TP (ONI)
>Marvel Comics was April's top publisher with a 42.98% dollar share and a 47.87% unit share. DC Entertainment was the month's number two publisher with a 25.82% dollar share and a 25.13% unit share. April's number three publisher was Image Comics with an 8.72% dollar share and an 8.95% unit share. IDW Publishing was fourth with a 4.41% dollar share and a 3.67% unit share, followed by Dark Horse Comics with a 3.07% dollar share and 2.42% unit share.
>Among the premier publishers, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #153 was Image Comics' top book for the month at #13, IDW Publishing’s Micronaunts #1 ranked #75, and Dark Horse Comics' Aliens: Defiance #1 ranked #132 for the month.
Cooper Evans
> 6. CIVIL WAR TP (MAR) STOP
Jackson Reed
I wonder how Marvel feels knowing the only reason they're on top is Star Wars
Camden Morgan
Pretty good probably.
Sebastian Gutierrez
>#1's, Star Wars, and Batman
Seems right.
Well they have to do it because of their mouse overlord now.
Landon Allen
>6. GWENPOOL #1 Let's see how #2 does
Charles Green
NEVER
Carson Kelly
"Star Wars" and #1 issues, you mean.
Interestingly, "Darth Vader" is ending with #25, five months from now.
Dylan Turner
Jesus how many more Marvel number ones are there? The first one came out sometime in September.
Mason Wilson
I think it'll probably be around cancellation level by #10 since meta stuff doesn't seem to go over that well, but it's definitely a good start. I didn't expect it that high, maybe a 70k launch.
Isaiah Kelly
Let's see if they learned their lesson or if Civil War 2 relaunches a lot of titles.
David Cruz
> 9. HARLEY QUINN & SUICIDE SQUAD APRIL FOOL'S SPECIAL #1 (DC) Feels good Desu. It was a good one shot, Lee was really good and I hope it gives people incentive to check out Suicide Squad. Even if Harleyfags think OS SS as Harley and friends.
Jace Cook
They'll relaunch it with a new #1, which is fine. I prefer renumberings when they have a point, and if Gillen is ending is long run that's the perfect time.
Leo Harris
I don't think it was ever intended to be a long term ongoing. This screamed 8-12 stealth mini
Jayden King
>their lesson That #1s are the only things that sell, other than Star Wars and Batman
Blake Reyes
>C-3PO at #4 >All my LCS's still sold out before I got a copy
Anthony Cooper
Hmm, well between Batman and Star Wars would be about 100k And the typical ANAD book has been losing 40-50% from issue 1 to 2, so if that rings true for this book then issue 2 will be around 50-60k.
Parker Hughes
The typical comic book loses 40-50% from issue 1 to 2.
Daniel Richardson
It didn't used to be that way. It used to be more losing 50% by issue 4 or so and either settling from there or losing a bit each issue.
Evan Roberts
I imagine they're super happy with it. Dark Horse is probably pretty sad though. Anyone else surprised Black Panther is this successful?
Carson Thomas
No, this new series has been getting a good marketing push and retailers knew he'd be in Civil War, getting the top spot isn't too much of a shock. All depends on how far it falls after that.
Jose Brooks
>Anyone else surprised Black Panther is this successful?
Not really. The writer is some guy famous from outside of comics, isn't he? First issue was always going to do decent due to how shops order mainstream Marvel.
Aaron Foster
I still find it sort of funny when Jim Lee's main selling point for his issues of Suicide Squad is that it'll be on time.
Lucas Jackson
>he joked about ASBAR delays when All Star Batman was announced He probably spends more time joking about it than actually working on it.
Brandon Jackson
It's a bandaid and it's slowly being less effective as some titles are dropping to lower numbers than before the relaunch.
Oliver Butler
Why not numer ever issue #1 then?
Justin Miller
because casuals and LCS are catching on. Antman actually sold less after Secret Wars, and there was that article about LCS saying how casuals thought it was stupid that Marvel placed the Issue #s back to 1.
Noah Reed
LCS have known forever user, it's what crashed the industry 20 or so years ago
Juan Mitchell
Then why the fuck are they doing it again?
Kevin Carter
Doomed to repeat it
Carter Butler
>1. BLACK PANTHER #1 (MAR) he was the best in the movie..I love his voice.
Levi Jenkins
>in a movie >#1 >semi-famous writer No I am not
Owen Barnes
Because Marvel is only concerned with immediate profit over longevity
Nathaniel Long
What crash?
Nathan Sanchez
The crash where Marvel went bankrupt and had to sell off the movie rights to their most popular properties to survive
Camden Cox
The one we caused by purchasing 12 copies of Xmen #1 and 15 copies of Xforce #1. Seriously. We all did that in the 90s. I'm a millionaire now.
Isaiah Edwards
If Marvel goes down Disney doesn't give a fuck. They still have the IPs and the money the comics make is a drop in the bucket compared to what the movies and TV shows do.
So they'll maximize comic profits while they can and say fuck the future,
Thomas Scott
Unfair to blame Disney when Marvel has been behaving like this long before the purchase. They are just dumb.
Joshua Wood
>Panther and Gwenpool doing that well >Wondy is Number 1 Nice
Henry Sanchez
The OGNs always do ok though less than a mini+trade release if you're looking at pure dosh. I'd guess around 10k this first month unless the moviefags really jumped on it and made it higher than expected.
Hudson Clark
> 1. BLACK PANTHER #1 (MAR)
How? It can't just be the MCU hype.
Wyatt Morris
BP is shitty
Michael Murphy
The only things that are keeping Dark Horse alive are Predator, Alien, Buffy, Terminator, and Hellboy
They are serious the are the shit end as far as comic book companies go, neck and neck with Dynamite and Boom! even
Jordan Sanchez
It's issue #1 and he was in a major movie. What do you expect?
Logan King
300k+ is insane
Gabriel Butler
>Gwenpool in the Top 10 FUCK YEAH!
Noah Morales
The book is being written by a semi-famous journalist and non-fiction writer. It was getting hype from literary circles and generally buzz from non-comic readers. That combined with being a #1 and recently appearing in a movie means it shouldn't be much of a surprise.
It probably would have made the Top 10 no matter what. Coates just got it the extra marketing blitz to push it to the #1 spot.
Samuel Brooks
>what is a number 1 user Ángela queen of Hel # 1 was in top 10, it mean nothing
David Johnson
We already know that Star-Lord is getting a relaunch after Civil War II, along with more new #1s on the way (like the Blade ongoing that never ended up coming out when it was originally supposed to because of the artist bailing or whatever).
Chase Howard
Nah, I read it and it's pretty good.
Nicholas Parker
>We already know that Star-Lord is getting a relaunch after Civil War II For what purpose
Carter Rodriguez
They want a new Star-Lord ongoing to wash away the bad taste Humphries left in everyone's mouth.
Kevin Sanchez
And that happens again?
Carter Collins
More like retailers have to get 50+ copies of a book to get a variant cover, the worst I've seen being 4999 or 5000 copies for a variant. And imagine there being multiple variants for the same book where you have to do that, or a variant where you have to get multiple copies of a DIFFERENT book. Marvel's hip hop variants were like this. Also events and relaunches and just all that making it so retailers have to get extra since they don't know how many people will buy #1s or events off the rack.