Wonder Woman Sales Figures

[Silvanus]

That's interesting to see as many comic news outlets have repeatedly said in the last few years that print sales are on the decline.

They were on the decline before 2011, and I'm sure they're still not rising as much as the publishers need or want, but here are a couple of more recent news articles saying that comics, unlike other publishing markets, have seen digital and print increases simultaneously:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/05/comic...-flourish.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ore-print-fans

To be more specific, the Diamond top 300 sales for the month that Azz's #1 came out were 7.27 million, as compared to 8.53 million last month when Rucka's #1 appeared (according to comichron).

I'm not sure Rucka is able to build on what Azz did as Rucka didn't immediately follow Azz's run. He's following Finch's run.

I try to forget Finch's run. No doubt it complicates things, but I think it's likely that Rucka is bringing back some readers who came to WW with Azz and left with Finch but still retained some interest in the character--as well as continuing to hold onto those readers who joined with Azz and persisted with Finch. And again, of course Rucka is surely also bringing back readers who quit during Azz's run.

[Charlie Rock]

Here are the sales numbers for Wonder Woman Rebirth and Wonder Woman #1:


9 38.43 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) * 1 107,737
15 33.69 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman: Rebirth (2016) * 1 94,458


I think it's interesting that both of these books beat out the initial sales of the New 52 Wonder Woman #1. Granted the New 52 #1 sold over 100K with reorders/2nd prints but we don't have the sales date yet for the reorders/2nd prints of last month's books. In times when print sales are typically on the decline and New 52 having alienated some long-time fans, I think this is a huge win for Rucka and Co.

The artwork was a lot better!
That was a major complaint that I heard personally from a lot of readers was that Chiang's art was subpar (to put it mildly).

[Charlie Rock]

9 Wonder Woman 1* $2.99 DC 107,737

I was way off! :P

[SonOfBaldwin]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...ales-positions

12 58.59 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 2 103,758 1 119,607 -15,849 -13.25%
21 53.34 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 3 94,465 2 103,758 -9,293 -8.96%

[numberthirty]

Interesting.

Wonder if sales of each story line levels off there, or if one of them will wind up outselling the other.

[Dr. Poison]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...ales-positions

12 58.59 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 2 103,758 1 119,607 -15,849 -13.25%
21 53.34 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 3 94,465 2 103,758 -9,293 -8.96%

Nice to see that even issue #2 topped 100K. When was the last time a Wonder Woman #2 did that(before reorders)?

[Darius]

Nice to see that even issue #2 topped 100K. When was the last time a Wonder Woman #2 did that(before reorders)?

Also good to note that she outsold SM #2 and aside from Civil War, Batman and other Rebirth #1 issues she was at the top of the charts!

[Largo161]

Nice to see that even issue #2 topped 100K. When was the last time a Wonder Woman #2 did that(before reorders)?

Heinberg's first few issues, maybe...?

[Silvanus]

Heinberg's first few issues, maybe...?

I think that came the closest, but didn't quite make it:

May 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures
Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops
as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors
....
19 Wonder Woman 2 $2.99 DC 84,457

[Darius]

Did someone already note that #3 did amazing too?

21 Wonder Woman 3* $2.99 DC 94,465

[brettc1]

This is really great news.

Alongside Nicola Scott's always amazing art, I think a lot of Readers remember Ruckas run on WW and how it was rather abruptly cut short by Infinite Crisis. Interest in seeing him return to the book is no doubt a factor

[SonOfBaldwin]

AUGUST 2016:

19 55.78 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 4 85,328 3 94,465 -9,137 -9.67%
29 50.89 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 5 77,860 4 85,328 -7,468 -8.75%

http://www.cbr.com/comics-direct-mar...month-running/

[brettc1]

AUGUST 2016:

19 55.78 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 4 85,328 3 94,465 -9,137 -9.67%
29 50.89 $2.99 DC Wonder Woman (2016) 5 77,860 4 85,328 -7,468 -8.75%

http://www.cbr.com/comics-direct-mar...month-running/

Interesting.

It looks like the even numbered issues with Nicola's art are definitely the favored sibling.

[Agent Z]

Anyone know how much Legend of Wonder Woman sold?

[numberthirty]

So, are those numbers I came across for November correct?

If so, yikes.