Keeping track of Post-Rebirth Superman sales

[Yoda]

what?? have no idea what you mean with those things sorry.

So collections like, Man of Steel or Superman: Unity Saga Vol. 1 count. And then it counts things like Raina Telgemeir's Smile as a "graphic novel". They are stand alone comics sold basically like mass market paperbacks. Her sales are massive with school age kids and dwarf regular comics. THat's why DC is trying to get in on that with the Zoom and Inc. lines.

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/...c-novels-print

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/vi...-new-high-2018

"While comic stores are still the largest channel, they represented less than half the market for comics and graphic novels in 2018 for the first time in at least three decades."

Sales in the book channel, which includes chain bookstores, mass merchants, major online retailers, and Scholastic Book Fairs, were up by double digits, with sales of kids graphic novels the biggest factor. Digital sales were also up for the first time in several years, with increased title counts across multiple platforms a factor. Sales in comic stores were down very slightly versus the previous year.

Sales of all three formats, comics, graphic novels, and digital, grew in 2018, with graphic novels leading the way, followed at some distance by digital and comics.

[MajorHoy]

I'm talking about Comixology primarily. What other legal sources for digital sales are there? Crowdfunded books are in their own category.

I was talking about publishers like MonkeyBrain, etc. that offer primarily / only digital versions of single issue comic books, though those do sometimes get collected later into trade paperback editions.
And DC had been offering some digital-first versions of comic books (like DC Comics Bombshells), though I'm not sure if they still publish any.

[stargazer01]

So collections like, Man of Steel or Superman: Unity Saga Vol. 1 count. And then it counts things like Raina Telgemeir's Smile as a "graphic novel". They are stand alone comics sold basically like mass market paperbacks. Her sales are massive with school age kids and dwarf regular comics. THat's why DC is trying to get in on that with the Zoom and Inc. lines.

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/...c-novels-print

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/vi...-new-high-2018

ah OK, makes sense to try to capture the youngsters imaginations.

[Miles To Go]

Bleeding Cool Top Bestselling Titles For The Week

DC’s Year of the Villain #1
DCeased #1
Batman #70
Justice League #23
War of the Realms #3
Savage Avengers #1
Uncanny X-Men #17
Walking Dead #191
Amazing Spider-Man #20.HU
Paper Girls #28
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05...the-populatio/

[Vordan]

Bleeding Cool Top Bestselling Titles For The Week

DC’s Year of the Villain #1
DCeased #1
Batman #70
Justice League #23
War of the Realms #3
Savage Avengers #1
Uncanny X-Men #17
Walking Dead #191
Amazing Spider-Man #20.HU
Paper Girls #28
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05...the-populatio/

I don’t understand the appeal of DCeased. It’s literally just Marvel Zombies for DC down to the infection starting by a hero landing in the middle of a populated city. But oh well.

[manwhohaseverything]

I don’t understand the appeal of DCeased. It’s literally just Marvel Zombies for DC down to the infection starting by a hero landing in the middle of a populated city. But oh well.

I liked the issue because it had rebirth superfamily feels to it and i have been missing that. It was great seeing Clark and Lois being there for damian. Also, it was great seeing clark so vulnerable.
Otherwise, yeah! People might be checking it out to know if it is good or not.

[Frontier]

I don’t understand the appeal of DCeased. It’s literally just Marvel Zombies for DC down to the infection starting by a hero landing in the middle of a populated city. But oh well.

I guess we'll see how it does past issue #1, but maybe it was just the idea of a new concept and Taylor doing his Elseworld thing again.

I mean, Marvel milked the heck out of Marvel Zombies back in it's day...

[Vordan]

I liked the issue because it had rebirth superfamily feels to it and i have been missing that. It was great seeing Clark and Lois being there for damian. Also, it was great seeing clark so vulnerable.
Otherwise, yeah! People might be checking it out to know if it is good or not.

Lol enjoy it while it lasted because I guarantee not all three of the Superfamily are making it out alive. But yeah I will say it was nice to see. But I’m so burnt out on Zombies I wouldn’t have even read it if a friend hadn’t given me his copy to read.

I guess we'll see how it does past issue #1, but maybe it was just the idea of a new concept and Taylor doing his Elseworld thing again.

I mean, Marvel milked the heck out of Marvel Zombies back in it's day...

Oh I get why DC is letting Taylor do this. I just don’t get why people are buying it. It seems very much a case of “read this already” when a friend who loves Taylor gave me his copy to read. I couldn’t shake the feeling of deja vu, but if people want this then they can have it. I have no problem with it.

[manwhohaseverything]

Lol enjoy it while it lasted because I guarantee not all three of the Superfamily are making it out alive. But yeah I will say it was nice to see. But I’m so burnt out on Zombies I wouldn’t have even read it if a friend hadn’t given me his copy to read.

Yeah! I know. I thought they were going to get zombified this issue itself. That is the reason why i want to read it. There are stakes. Rarely do i feel there are stakes in comics. Superfamily being their increases the stakes for me.
Superman always felt more exciting and personal when he has a family to lose for me . Maybe its because first stories i read of superman are alan moore stories. To quote "it's like tearing off your own arm", so i am looking forward to it.

[Rich Johnston]

I don’t understand the appeal of DCeased. It’s literally just Marvel Zombies for DC down to the infection starting by a hero landing in the middle of a populated city. But oh well.

It's in continuity.

[Lvenger]

It's in continuity.

Lol Tom Taylor confirmed it was out of continuity Rich.

https://twitter.com/tomtaylormade/st...208832?lang=en

Then again fact checking has never been Bleeding Cool's strong suit eh?

[Vordan]

It's in continuity.

...Rich in continuity right now Darkseid is a teenager, living in the Ghost Sector with the JLO. Jon is a young adult, not a kid. Dick is “Ric” not Nightwing. There’s no possible way this could be in continuity.

[adrikito]

Lol Tom Taylor confirmed it was out of continuity Rich.

I think that I heard that before but.. Thanks for confirm me this..

[Miles To Go]

Bleeding Cool are now doing a Marketshare-Per-Capita chart monthly. Starting with March.



https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05...in-march-2019/

[Miles To Go]

April 2019 Marketshare

1 WAR OF THE REALMS #1
2 SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN #1
3 THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #4
4 THE IMMORTAL HULK #16
5 BATMAN #69
6 BATMAN #68
7 THANOS #1
8 HEROES IN CRISIS #8
9 WEB OF VENOM: CULT OF CARNAGE #1
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #20






https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05...9-marketshare/