Bestseller List 4/23/17 - Nick Spencer On Suicide Watch Edition

Batman and Superman outsell Secret Empire.

>1. Batman #21
>2. All Star Batman #9
>3. Superman #21
>4. Secret Empire #0
>5. Justice League #19
>6. Redneck #1
>7. Super Sons #3
>8. Nightwing #19
>9. Monstress #11
>10. Captain America: Steve Rogers #16

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>Batman #21 was such a big book this week that it outsold every other book on our Top Ten COMBINED! DC ended up taking eight of our store’s top ten slots this week, with Secret Empire #0 making it to fourth place and Redneck #1 in eighth place.

>No real trends this week–back issue sales seemed to be scattered across a wide range of titles, although Marvel back issues did take a little larger percentage than in weeks past.

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>Wow. I was expecting Batman #21 to outsell everything else by a mile. What I wasn’t expecting is that Redneck #1 would come in THIRD, and that even Dr Strange #19 would outsell the beginning of Secret Empire– which limped to 9th. We have a lot of copies left and this’ll inform how we proceed with ordering this “event.” Happy also to see Super Sons is maintaining its base, as it’s a really well-done book. I really hope Marvel figures out how to lift out of this downward spiral, because it’s officially taking a measurable chunk of dollars off the table.

>Lots of Silver and Bronze age Marvel sales out of the back issues, with several customers noting they missed reading & enjoying Marvel and grabbing old stuff was satisfying that itch more than the new stuff. Specifically Claremont/Byrne X-Men issues, Miller Daredevil, and Lee/Kirby FF issues.

You need to put Bleeding Cool in the title m8, it gets confusing.
Not surprising though, Rebirth has much more hype while HydraCap is much more divisive.

>6. Redneck #1

What's this?

>The Hype train has pulled out of the station and DC is riding the top like one of those kids from the internet as Batman absolutely dominated the Top 10 here at FFF. Marvel had a weaker week than usual with only three books in the Top 20. One of which was X-Men Blue still selling from last week.

>The Dark Knight has become death, destroyer of other titles. Flash has massive shoes to fill next week, but if it continues to be even a fraction as good, it’ll still be a top seller. With thirteen titles in the Top 20, DC has found it’s footing. They’ve found the perfect balance between quality and quantity by not flooding the market with as much as they can just to see what sticks. They’re taking chances and it’s paying off. Superwoman of all titles outsold Venom.

>Image’s cat has shredded open the bag and clawed its way up to being one of the top contenders at our store. With three titles in the Top 10 and one more in the Top 20, they’re starting to prove that they should be one of the Big Two over some of the other Major competition. As a store we’ve been pushing their (and other indie publishers) books over most of the traditional tights and capes comics. Donny Cates has become a store favorite. Redneck is definitely riding God Country’s wave, but if the quality of the first issue is any indication I see it staying a top seller. Plastic was also pushed by our staff and was received positively by customers. Doug Wagner seems like he’ll be one of the next writers to watch in the coming months. Invincible may be wrapping up soon, but it still sells well at #15 in our Top 20. A lot of our customers are going to be disappointed when it wraps up, but with all the other great titles coming out of Image, it won’t be hard to find a replacement.

>Marvel is still limping along with only one title in the Top 10 and two more in the Top 20. Secret Empire had some hype backing it up, and it served it well as it was #8, but like all Marvel events, I don’t see it lasting. Maybe if they stay on schedule and keep the fans interested in the Post-Obama Marvel Universe. But that’s a lofty goal for the company that also put out Civil War II and Secret Wars (III). Venom and X-Men Blue were #17 and #20 respectively. Again, hype seems to be fueling Venom as we’ve been teased with the return of Eddie Brock for a few months now. X-Men Blue is still enjoying a nice boost as people are interested in the Merry Mutants again. Hopefully that holds true through the bi-monthly schedule.

>Early Rebirth issues are one of our top back issue sellers. People are still jumping on and staying interested in what DC is putting out. The Button also got a few people interested in old Flash back issues from his earlier runs as well as Flashpoint and it’s tie-ins. Batman back issues are a regular seller. X-Men, Walking Dead, Saga and Spider-Man also sold as usual.

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>This was our second Wednesday as a two store operation and wow, what a week. Batman (3D and otherwise) took the top 3 slots. The good thing about having a new store that nobody knows about (lol) is that we still had hot new books like Redneck, Plastic, Batman 21 lenticular and God Country in stock even after other shops sold out.

>Redneck was a bonafide hit and believe it or not, I think even more new people tried God Country starting with issue 4.

>The indie buzz from Image and the straight forward appeal of Batman 21 did a good job of shadowing Secret Empire #0 but that book was so gorgeous that I am certain second week sales will be in our top 20.

good question

was there a storytime or anything?

>The indie buzz from Image and the straight forward appeal of Batman 21 did a good job of shadowing Secret Empire #0 but that book was so gorgeous that I am certain second week sales will be in our top 20.

>With our second store, we have also entered a new back issue market and the response to new inventory has been very well received. Notable sales include a Giant Sized X-men #1, first appearances of Ant-Man, Cloak and Dagger, Starlord and a nice stack of higher grade Marvel/DC treasury editions. Special thanks to BCW for making treasury sized bags and boards!

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>Batman #21 was the clear winner for the week. Redneck however gave it a run for it’s money passing the century mark in sales. Secret Empire #0 was the best selling event book since Avengers vs X-Men and almost sold completely out day one.

>Wonder Woman back-issues are flying out of the store. Detective Comics is also n fire with new and old issues being sought after…

>Superwoman of all titles outsold Venom.

I don't know who to root for here.

>Redneck #1

Red Neck Vampires.

>This week’s top 10 was Batman, and then Batman, followed by Batman, and Batman. And then All-Star Batman.

>Secret Empire did pretty well, though not even in the ballpark of what Marvel Events used to do, before they did events to death. Hardly anyone bought Nick Fury, and Royals has already died. With another $10 book on the horizon, everyone is jumping off Deadpool.

>Redneck sold really well, but with the way God Country sells, that’s no surprise. Monstress is up there with the best selling Image books. That’s how Art can “move the needle”.

>I wish I wasn’t right, but DC’s move to $3.99 has really started to take a bite out of their numbers, which had held amazingly steady since Rebirth launched. What I didn’t expect, was how much it would hurt the $2.99 books. It seems that many of my DC customers decided to take a long, hard look at what DC’s they are buying, and cut their lists down. In some cases, this has made them cut DC entirely. Not many, mind, but you know, a few is too many.

>Rebirth is still selling what I would call “well”, though. It’s just too bad they couldn’t keep holding the line.

>We sell tons of back issues, all the time, so I never quite know what to put here. Overall, my feeling is that mid-eighties are in, as the seventies stuff becomes harder to find for those cheaper prices. Past that it seems to be keys or nothing, with the obvious exception of recent back issues.

>Secret Empire 0. What the heck happen? Captain America Steve Rogers sold more and sold out while Secret Empire sold less and not very well to put it mildly.

>Batman by far and away the number one seller this week. People did like the 3D cover. Harley Quinn 18 was robbed out of being in the top ten. I sadly am unable to sell a comic when I am badly shorted on it. Guardians of the Galaxy Dream 1 was a complete flop here in store. The movie is not giving it or the characters any boost this time. DC made up a majority of the top ten with Marvel taking two spots with Captain America Steve Rogers and Venom.

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>Batman #21 was our top seller this week, which isn’t at all surprising. We just don’t live in a world where a Batman/Watchmen crossover isn’t going to be a big deal. (And honestly, that lenticular variant cover was really pretty great.) What is a little surprising is that Sex Criminals #18 and Monstress #11, which tied for second place, were not far behind at all. Both titles always do well at our store, but it’s still nice to see two Image titles, especially two that couldn’t be more different from each other, can hold their own against Batman and Watchmen. Marvel’s new Secret Empire #0 and Nick Fury #1 also showed up a bit lower down the list.

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>Redneck takes the #1 spot, bringing in our biggest grouping of demographics since My little pony. Batman comes in a strong second. Overall Independents ruled the week , with almost every title selling out. World World Hulk took the #1 spot for back issues sales. the big surprise was Plastic with was a Huge success.

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>Didio_hope.jpg

The one written by a hot lesbian who also did a fun Supergirl storyline.

So, True Blood?

just you wait you'll be making yours marvel soon enough!

Sorta.

>Hardly anyone bought Nick Fury, and Royals has already died. With another $10 book on the horizon, everyone is jumping off Deadpool.
Wait. They are making another $10 comic of Deadpool?

. Batman #21
. All Star Batman #9
. Superman #21
. Justice League #19
. Super Sons #3
. Nightwing #19
This way to excellence.

>Happy also to see Super Sons is maintaining its base, as it’s a really well-done book
=3

Great news!

Image is pushing Donny Cates a lot, huh? First God Country and now Redneck.

Great to see Image do well too!

How is it?

>thirteen titles in the Top 20

>With another $10 book on the horizon, everyone is jumping off Deadpool.
'course they are, just like last time.

Image doesn't push shit though. Image is basically just a curated avenue for self publishing.

Then I wonder where did this interest in Cates come from? Paybacks, maybe?

. Redneck #1
>What's this?

deep south vampires by Donny Cates who apparently is the new comics wunderkind

well God Country is great.

>7. Super Sons #3
>10. Captain America: Steve Rogers #16

A book with Robin and Superboy as the main characters, two B listers at best outsold Marvel's A-lister who is getting his own event.

Marvel just getting smacked around.

not really

Royals is already dieing,even Ewing can't make people like inhumans

>Harley Quinn 18 was robbed out of being in the top ten

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

Enjoy it while you can

Ewing is liked on Sup Forums, but his sales have always been shit.

>a literally what at #6 and a weaboo wankfest at #9 both outsell Cap
Well, at least his movies are doing good.

>Lemire leaving
>Waid leaving
>Aaron leaving
Best writer at Marvel is Bendis

>Expecting to outsell the powerhouse writers down at D.C.

Because it worked so well the last 8 times Marvel did it the past 5 years.

>Best writer at Marvel is Bendis
yeah if you don't count Ewing, Loveness, and Perez

...

>>Lemire leaving
>>Waid leaving
>>Aaron leaving
What?

>Beyond polite
Translation from dronespeak: " .:crickets:. "

>They’ve found the perfect balance between quality and quantity by not flooding the market with as much as they can just to see what sticks
Marvel BTFO

>>Lemire leaving
Wants to go write about the struggles of white guilt and write about the first nations people
>>Waid leaving
In talks to write for D.C.
>>Aaron leaving
Ditching Dr. Strange, Male Thor coming back for the movies

Do I even want to know what the WGA is?

so Aaron's not leaving, he's just leaving one book

Sauce pls? I wish Lemire was back at DC. Fuck Waid

Writer's Guild of America

Probably Writers Guild Association

It's nothing bad. Writer's Guild of America, TV people. Another labor dispute going on.

Good word of mouth.

>well God Country is great.
Can confirm. (Paybacks was pretty cool too.)

Ah, OK. Thanks.

>Lemire
bleedingcool.com/2017/03/06/jeff-lemire-quits-marvel/
>Waid
comicvine.gamespot.com/superman/4005-1807/forums/mark-waid-in-talks-with-dc-1871542/#7
Oh my bad. I honestly thought he was leaving both thor and Dr Strange

This looks like fun.

Aaron's already confirmed to be writing Legacy

>Wait. They are making another $10 comic of Deadpool?

Yeah, in May.

DEADPOOL #30
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MIKE HAWTHORNE (A/C)
SECRET COMICS VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT KOBLISH
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
DEADPOOL GOES TO SPACE!
• Things aren’t great in Deadpool’s life recently, but he thinks he might know a solution…one found in the inky blackness of deepest, darkest outer space!
• Man, when Deadpool gets away from it all, he doesn’t fool around!
• This issue features ONE MASSIVE 80-PAGE STORY by Gerry Duggan and Mike Hawthorne taking Deadpool to the edge of the Marvel Cosmos and back! It’s practically an OGN! WE MUST BE OUT OF OUR MINDS!
96 PGS./Parental Advisory …$9.99

>jeff-lemire-quits-marvel/
I hope DC lets him in the Kamandi Challenge.
>mark-waid-in-talks-with-dc
Did he apologize to them yet?

And they've also announced that they'll be reprinting the issue as a $15 TPB.

bleedingcool.com/2017/03/13/marvel-reprint-9-99-deadpool-30-15-tpb/

he's focusing on creator owned stuff now, like Brubaker and others. His new OGN just came out.

>>Lemire leaving
Most of his Marble work was hot garbage (Hawkeye was so bad it actually made me angry; his x-men stuff was just relentlessly mediocre).
>>Waid leaving
His Daredevil was great; his Black Widow ... had nice artwork. His Avengers ... also has nice artwork. Champions ... Jesus wept.
>>Aaron leaving
Original Sin was hot garbage and everything that came after was weak sauce. Doctor Strange ... had nice artwork.

>Bendis
Uncle Fester and Slott won't leave of their own free will. They'll need to be exorcised. (I mean that literally: threaten those two fat fucks with a Personal Trainer like they do the DChads and watch them waddle away in horror!)

>WE MUST BE OUT OF OUR MINDS!
Yes, Marvel. You are.

That's good too.

Nope. Cuck Johns is bringing in all his buttbudies. Waid still sees himself in the right.

they're adding one extra issue to it.

Was there a digital sales thread this week?

they literally had dinner together that one time and got everyone hyped.

>>Waid leaving to DC
YEAH NO FUCKING WAY

>Waid in talks with DC

No fuck him
He's Byrne levels of irredeemable at this point and I don't want his cuckery infecting the master universe

why would DC want him

Quite good, the vampires arent tye bas guys and they feed on cow blood, things get nasty when a vampire accidentally break the peace treaty between their family and the town priest family

Kamandi Challenge writers/artists were already announced like a year ago. Someone would have to be bumped

That thread's made Monday or Tuesday.

Captain America has always been B-list as far as comic sales go. Although, yeah, this event isn't really giving it a boost compared to the last Steve Rogers run.

> B listers at best outsold Marvel's A-lister

lol. You're underestimating how big of a name Robin is

What kind of scum do you have to be to make a $10 be part of the main run? I hope sales drop below 20k

They saw that the $9.99 Spiderman issue sold boatloads (#1 for the month), and have made decisions based on that

Say what you about Marvel or DC, it's very clear who cares about their readers.

>irredeemable
Heh.

One small thing, first.

I like Harley getting bitchlapped, because DC has been pushing her too much lately, but this is the Dini issues, I wanted those to do well, so we can have more dini harley and less nu 52 harley.

And to the main thing.

There's something amusing about batman hilariously dominating everything.

It's like when Saitama shows up in an one punch episode. Or when the T-Rex came for help in Jurassic World.
>Comics? You know who's turf this is? You know who runs this shit? The caped motherfucking crusader, BITCH.

>irredeemable

>I wanted those to do well, so we can have more dini harley and less nu 52 harley.
I see harleyfags are still old cucks.

I don't know what happened with Lemire and Soule at Marvel. When they were at DC, they did some good stuff (it wasn't all great, but Soule's Swamp Thing is Swampy's finest run in many years). Then they went to Marvel and turned out stuff that ranged from terrible to mediocre.

The $10 issues sell larger numbers than standard issues. It's probably because they're done-in-one stories, but rather than make the normal issues done-in-one, they just make more $10 issues.

So Day Men?

I haven't touched nuharley because I hate her, but she spills on other stuff, like the jlss event.

I hoped this would give us a chance for more old harley stories.

Was it too much?
Were my hopes too demanding?

>I just want my waifu to abandon me for Joker! Again!
Pure cuckery.

Mah nigga.

I don't waifu Harley you projecting moron.

People are capable to enjoy one version of a female character and not another one without waifuing being involved.

Sheesh.

Sacrifices must be made, user. I'm sure that if DC sees that even with Dini Harley can't sell then they will do something drastic that could benefit the character in the end

Too late, cuck. I can see your horns from here.

But you don't see.

You don't see at all!

Harley in general has been selling well.

What do you think DC will think if Harley sells in general well, but sells worse when they publish dini!Harley?
They'll go full nuHarley!

Fucking time. Why won't it stop?

The artist he got didn't even help.

Thaty said Ewing always sells pretty badly, Marvel needs to give him an event.

You're being obtuse.
I had a big rant in the last harley thread yesterday about what my issue with current Harley is. It has nothing to do with waifuism.

Mate, the Harley solo have been selling poorly for a long time, currently it at th 44k units, that's why they brought Dini on board, to see if his name could boost sales.

>I had a big rant in the last harley thread yesterday about what my issue with current Harley is
So the cuck is also an autist. Oh boy.

Can't wait to see the numbers this month and see all the articles how SE is tanking. Then the insuing Nick Spencer twitter meltdown.

Who will he blame next? DC again? Trump?

Art problems are twofold: Jonboy's style doesn't really seem to work well with the Inhumans, and the second issue already had really bad fill-in pages

Oh.
I recall in one sales thread harley being cited as doing great, even topping batman.

That's good news then.
Let her die.

the fill-in was because Jonboy is slow. It should be fine moving forward since it'll be monthly

>currently it at th 44k units
That's not bad for Harley DESU.

>wanting a famous DC character dead
So the cuck is actually a DC hater. Good to know. DC doesn't need autistic cucks in its fanbase.