Top 100 selling comics, August 2011

A big month for DC as Geoff Johns & Jim Lee’s Justice League #1 is the best-selling comic of the year, so far, and the concluding issue of Flashpoint bounces above Marvel’s Fear Itself. Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 introduces the new Ultimate Spider-Man and represents a sizable hit for Marvel – but the story so far is of a sales juggernaut hit for DC with the first of their 52 new #1s for their DCU relaunch.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2011

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR

1  JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 $3.99 DC

2  FLASHPOINT #5 $3.99 DC

3  FEAR ITSELF #5 $3.99 MAR

4  FLASHPOINT #4 $3.99 DC

5  ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #4 $3.99 MAR

6  AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #667 $3.99 MAR

7 AVENGERS #16 $3.99 MAR

8 WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #2 $3.99 DC

9 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #668 $3.99 MAR

10 NEW AVENGERS #15 $3.99 MAR

11 UNCANNY X-MEN #542 $3.99 MAR

12 CAPTAIN AMERICA #2 $3.99 MAR

13 KICK-ASS 2 #3 (MR) $2.99 MAR

14 UNCANNY X-FORCE #13 $3.99 MAR

15 BATMAN INCORPORATED #8 $2.99 DC

16 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #63 $2.99 DC

17 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5 $2.99 DC

18 26 BATMAN AND ROBIN #26 $2.99 DC

19 34 FF #8 $2.99 MAR

20 29 BATMAN #713 $2.99 DC

21 UNCANNY X-FORCE #14 $3.99 MAR

22 X-MEN SCHISM #3 $3.99 MAR

23 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #1 $3.99 MAR

24  SECRET AVENGERS #16 $3.99 MAR

25  PUNISHER #1 $3.99 MAR

26 MIGHTY THOR #5 $3.99 MAR

27 GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #13 $2.99 DC

28 X-MEN #16 $3.99 MAR

29 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #60 $2.99 DC

30 PUNISHER #2 $2.99 MAR

31 ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #5 $3.99 MAR

32 DAREDEVIL #2 $2.99 MAR

33 X-MEN LEGACY #253 $2.99 MAR

34 FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #3 $2.99 DC

35 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #507 $3.99 MAR

36 X-MEN LEGACY #254 $2.99 MAR

37 DETECTIVE COMICS #881 $3.99 DC

38 ACTION COMICS #904 $2.99 DC

39 WOLVERINE #13 $3.99 MAR

40 ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #6 $3.99 MAR

41 WOLVERINE #14 $3.99 MAR

42 INCREDIBLE HULKS #635 $3.99 MAR

43 X-MEN #15.1 $2.99 MAR

44 BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #3 $2.99 DC

45 CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #621 $2.99 MAR

46 SUPERMAN #714 $2.99 DC

47 VENOM #6 $2.99 MAR

48 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #1 $3.99 IDW

49  FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-FORCE #2 $2.99 MAR

50 ASTONISHING X-MEN #41 $3.99 MAR

51 WALKING DEAD #88 (MR) $2.99 IMA

52 FLASHPOINT ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #3 $2.99 DC

53 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #626 $2.99 MAR

54 FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #3 $2.99 DC

55 ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #1 $3.99 MAR

56 MOON KNIGHT #4 $3.99 MAR

57 FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #3 $2.99 DC

58 FLASHPOINT EMPEROR AQUAMAN #3 $2.99 DC

59 GENERATION HOPE #10 $2.99 MAR

60 WONDER WOMAN #614 $2.99 DC

61 HULK #38 FEAR $2.99 MAR

62 FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN #3 $2.99 DC

 

63 BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #4 $2.99 DC

64 BOOSTER GOLD #47 $2.99 DC

65  BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #5 $2.99 DC

66  JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #626 POINT ONE $2.99 MAR

67 FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #3 $2.99 DC

68  TEEN TITANS #100 $4.99 DC

69  INFINITE #1 $2.99 IMA

70 INCREDIBLE HULKS #634 $2.99 MAR

71 NEW MUTANTS #29 $2.99 MAR

72  RED ROBIN #26 $2.99 DC

73  HULK #39 $2.99 MAR

74 DEADPOOL #42 $2.99 MAR

75 DEADPOOL #41 $2.99 MAR

76 NEW MUTANTS #30 $2.99 MAR

77  BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #4 $2.99 DC

78 THUNDERBOLTS #161 $2.99 MAR

79 SUPERMAN BATMAN #87 $2.99 DC

80 BIRDS OF PREY #15 $2.99 DC

81 FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #3 $2.99 DC

82 THUNDERBOLTS #162 $2.99 MAR

83 FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #3 $2.99 DC

84 SUPERMAN BEYOND #0 $3.99 DC

85 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #54 $2.99 DC

86 BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #5 $2.99 DC

87  FEAR ITSELF WOLVERINE #2 $2.99 MAR

88 FLASHPOINT CITIZEN COLD #3 $2.99 DC

89 AVENGERS ACADEMY #17 $2.99 MAR

90 ALPHA FLIGHT #3 $2.99 MAR

91 FLASHPOINT DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF RAVAGER #3 $2.99 DC

92 AVENGERS ACADEMY #18 $2.99 MAR

93 GHOST RIDER #2 $2.99 MAR

94  FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #3 $2.99 DC

95 X-23 #13 $2.99 MAR

96 GREEN ARROW #15 $2.99 DC

97 X-FACTOR #223 $2.99 MAR

98 TEEN TITANS #99 $2.99 DC

99 FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #3 $2.99 DC

100 X-FACTOR #224 $2.99 MAR

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Reggie Hudlin – I apologise

Wow. I have a confession to make: I was wrong.

I barely know where to start confessing this.

I held off and held off and held off reading the first HC of the second volume of Reggie Hudlin’s run – the one that introduced the female Black Panther – because, let’s face it, we all know how bad it is. we don’t need to read a single page to know that, right?

Wrong.

Now, don’t get me wrong, the previous volume was unapologetically awful. Terrible stuff.

But somewhere along the way, something changed. [i]The Deadliest of the Species[/i] is actually pretty good!

The plot is a little iffy at times – Doctor Doom’s reasons for attacking T’Challa (leaving him in a coma, hence the rush to find a successour, as Morlun is beating on their door looking to kill another animal totem character) are too thinly explained, although they can be inferred. But once we get past that it’s a well-paced, enjoyable plot balanced between Wakanda’s efforts to stop – and then stall – Morlun, Storm’s efforts to save T’Challa’s life and the search for a new Black Panther.

The publicity efforts really undermine the story though – if we didn’t know a female Black Panther was coming, we would assume that Storm finds a way to save T’Challa in time for him to be restored as the Black Panther at the end of the arc and the installment of a new, female Black Panther would have been a bit of a shocking development. The publicity team robbed the reader of the element of surprise that’s vital in serialised fiction.

The art by Ken Lashley is hugely improved on the sub-par work John Romita Jr performed on the previous volume, and the improvement there helps a lot.

Suddenly Black Panther is an interesting book that’s well worth reading – but, by the time this came out, nobody was reading and nobody could be tempted to read it because the previous volume had been so bad. And we all missed a treat.

So my apologies to Reggie Hudlin. The man can write.

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Top 100 comic books, June 2011

A big month for Marvel with Ultimate Spider-Man surprisingly topping the chart for the first time in many years and the continuing success of the Fear Itself event. Lower down the list, the chart is littered with Flashpoint tie-in one-shots and mini-series, helping explain the first issue of the new Hellboy mini-series debuted far outside the Top 100.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2011

QTY
RANK		 DOLLAR
RANK		 INDEX ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 1 300.03 APR110569-M ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 $3.99 MAR
2 2 180.03 APR110534-M FEAR ITSELF #3 $3.99 MAR
3 3 164.75 APR110101-M FLASHPOINT #2 $3.99 DC
4 4 120.61 APR110539 AVENGERS #14 $3.99 MAR
5 18 110.94 APR110612-M FF #5 $2.99 MAR
6 5 108.60 APR110574 NEW AVENGERS #13 $3.99 MAR
7 6 107.39 APR110595 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #663 $3.99 MAR
8 21 105.64 MAR110294-M BATMAN INCORPORATED #7 $2.99 DC
9 24 103.52 APR110159-M BATMAN AND ROBIN #24 $2.99 DC
10 8 103.19 APR110597 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #664 $3.99 MAR
11 9 102.20 APR110637-M UNCANNY X-MEN #539 $3.99 MAR
12 25 101.53 APR110099-M GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #11 $2.99 DC
13 10 100.39 APR110636 UNCANNY X-MEN #538 $3.99 MAR
14 11 100.16 APR110657-M UNCANNY X-FORCE #11 $3.99 MAR
15 26 100.00 APR110153 BATMAN #711 $2.99 DC
16 27 97.77 APR110142-M BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH THE SEARCH #1 $2.99 DC
17 12 97.46 APR110565-M ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #159 $3.99 MAR
18 13 93.95 APR110549-M SECRET AVENGERS #14 FEAR $3.99 MAR
19 14 90.59 APR110584-M MIGHTY THOR #3 $3.99 MAR
20 37 88.21 APR110547-M ALPHA FLIGHT #1 $3.99 MAR
21 15 86.20 APR110642-M X-MEN #12 $3.99 MAR
22 30 85.56 APR110146-M JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #58 $2.99 DC
23 33 84.97 APR110106 FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1 $2.99 DC
24 7 84.86 APR110652 X-MEN LEGACY #250 $4.99 MAR
25 16 84.34 APR110577-M CAPTAIN AMERICA #619 $3.99 MAR
26 17 84.09 APR110644-M X-MEN #13 $3.99 MAR
27 34 81.86 APR110653 X-MEN LEGACY #251 $2.99 MAR
28 20 80.59 APR110567-M ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #5 $3.99 MAR
29 19 80.35 APR110639 WOLVERINE #10 $3.99 MAR
30 22 79.69 APR110553 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #505 FEAR $3.99 MAR
31 35 79.00 APR110148-M ACTION COMICS #902 $2.99 DC
32 23 78.72 APR110640 WOLVERINE #11 $3.99 MAR
33 36 78.35 APR110110 FLASHPOINT ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #1 $2.99 DC
34 39 74.19 APR110136 FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN #1 $2.99 DC
35 40 73.71 APR110152 DETECTIVE COMICS #878 $2.99 DC
36 42 73.33 APR110600-M VENOM #4 $2.99 MAR
37 43 71.63 APR110134 FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 $2.99 DC
38 45 70.34 APR110165-M SUPERMAN #712 $2.99 DC
39 28 69.90 APR110632 ASTONISHING X-MEN #39 $3.99 MAR
40 46 68.47 APR110122 FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #1 $2.99 DC
41 47 68.45 APR110112 FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #1 $2.99 DC
42 48 68.34 APR110114 FLASHPOINT EMPEROR AQUAMAN #1 $2.99 DC
43 50 67.47 APR110552 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #624 FEAR $2.99 MAR
44 29 66.52 APR110622 MOON KNIGHT #2 $3.99 MAR
45 31 65.39 AUG100552 ULTIMATE COMICS X #5 $3.99 MAR
46 53 64.29 APR110132 FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #1 $2.99 DC
47 56 62.26 APR110108 FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #1 $2.99 DC
48 57 62.07 APR110120 FLASHPOINT CITIZEN COLD #1 $2.99 DC
49 58 62.04 APR110124 FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #1 $2.99 DC
50 60 61.29 APR110139 FLASHPOINT THE REVERSE FLASH #1 $2.99 DC
51 61 60.60 APR110116 FLASHPOINT DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF RAVAGER #1 $2.99 DC
52 59 60.60 APR110524 WALKING DEAD #86 (MR) $2.99 IMA
53 63 58.98 APR110128 FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #1 $2.99 DC
54 65 58.83 APR110126 FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #1 $2.99 DC
55 64 58.63 MAR110291 BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #2 $2.99 DC
56 66 58.13 MAR110315-M WONDER WOMAN #611 $2.99 DC
57 67 57.78 APR110170-M WONDER WOMAN #612 $2.99 DC
58 68 57.44 APR110118 FLASHPOINT FRANKENSTEIN CREATURES OF UNKNOWN #1 $2.99 DC
59 38 57.36 APR110573 AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #6 $3.99 MAR
60 71 56.93 APR110543 FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #2 $2.99 MAR
61 70 56.54 APR110130 FLASHPOINT THE OUTSIDER #1 $2.99 DC
62 73 55.34 APR110586 HULK #34 $2.99 MAR
63 72 55.06 MAR110266 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL HAL JORDAN #1 $2.99 DC
64 41 54.80 APR110594 CARNAGE #5 $3.99 MAR
65 75 54.59 APR110161 BIRDS OF PREY #13 $2.99 DC
66 44 54.07 APR110626-M SHIELD #1 $3.99 MAR
67 78 53.73 APR110587 HULK #35 $2.99 MAR
68 76 53.55 APR110156 BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #3 $2.99 DC
69 82 53.51 APR110554 THUNDERBOLTS #158 FEAR $2.99 MAR
70 80 53.47 APR110634-M DEADPOOL #39 $2.99 MAR
71 77 53.41 APR110163 RED ROBIN #24 $2.99 DC
72 79 53.39 APR110140 FLASHPOINT GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES #1 $2.99 DC
73 83 53.15 APR110538 FEAR ITSELF DEADPOOL #1 $2.99 MAR
74 85 52.77 APR110590 INCREDIBLE HULKS #630 $2.99 MAR
75 90 52.43 APR110661 NEW MUTANTS #26 $2.99 MAR
76 89 52.36 APR110633 DEADPOOL #38 $2.99 MAR
77 86 52.30 APR110157-M BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #2 $2.99 DC
78 87 51.93 APR110168 SUPERMAN BATMAN #85 $2.99 DC
79 88 51.87 APR110179 GREEN ARROW #13 $2.99 DC
80 32 51.71 APR110555 THUNDERBOLTS #159 FEAR $4.99 MAR
81 92 51.69 APR110591 INCREDIBLE HULKS #631 $2.99 MAR
82 93 51.32 APR110650 X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #3 $2.99 MAR
83 91 51.20 APR110178 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #52 $2.99 DC
84 96 50.02 APR110651 X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM #4 $2.99 MAR
85 98 49.66 APR110545 AVENGERS ACADEMY #15 $2.99 MAR
86 95 49.61 APR110138 FLASHPOINT GRODD OF WAR #1 $2.99 DC
87 97 49.30 APR110105 BOOSTER GOLD #45 $2.99 DC
88 51 49.03 APR110933-M KIRBY GENESIS #1 $3.99 DE
89 99 48.92 APR110649 X-23 #11 $2.99 MAR
90 54 48.46 APR110541 FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #3 $3.99 MAR
91 100 48.00 MAR110263 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL KILOWOG #1 $2.99 DC
92 55 47.15 APR110588 INCREDIBLE HULKS ANNUAL #1 $3.99 MAR
93 103 46.93 APR110659 X-FACTOR #220 $2.99 MAR
94 101 46.86 MAR110264 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL ABIN SUR #1 $2.99 DC
95 105 46.75 APR110617 GHOST RIDER #0 POINT ONE $2.99 MAR
96 102 46.71 MAR110265 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE PREQUEL TOMAR RE #1 $2.99 DC
97 106 46.55 APR110646 DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #10 $2.99 MAR
98 104 46.17 APR110160 BATMAN BEYOND #6 $2.99 DC
99 107 46.13 APR110660 X-FACTOR #221 $2.99 MAR
100 108 45.26 APR110167 SUPERBOY #8 $2.99 DC
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