[boox909]

Some sobering news and analysis about the slump in comic book sales.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18554.html

Hat Tip to our friends at Flashback Universe and their awesome article on Captain Comet.
http://flashbackuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/11/captain-comet-doombringer.html

[boox909]

Of note...September 2010 figures....

FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1 -- 19,378 copies sold
DC FIRST WAVE #4 -- 20,497
DOC SAVAGE #6 -- 11,838 copies sold
SPIRIT #6 -- 10,083 copies sold
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #43   -- 36,576 copies sold
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL #1 -- 28,088 copies sold
JSA: ALL-STARS #10 -- 21,888 copies sold
MIGHTY CRUSADERS #3 -- 6,035 copies sold
POWER GIRL #16 -- 18,404 copies sold

KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET #7 -- 20,880 copies sold
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET ANNUAL #1 -- 14,564 copies sold
GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #5 -- 11,208 copies sold
GREEN HORNET STRIKES #3 -- 9,914 copies sold
GREEN HORNET PARALLEL LIVES #3 -- 6,841 copies sold
KATO ORIGINS WAY OF THE NINJA #4 -- 7,114 copies sold
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #12 -- 9,637 copies sold

DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #2 -- 13,715 copies sold

ATLAS #5 -- 12,275 copies sold
CAPTAIN AMERICA #610 -- 47,986 copies sold
CAPTAIN AMERICA: PATRIOT #1 -- 18,017 copies sold
CAPTAIN AMERICA: PATRIOT #2 -- 15,950 copies sold
CAPTAIN AMERICA: FOREVER ALLIES #2 -- 13,131 copies sold
STEVE ROGERS SUPER-SOLDIER #3 -- 35,817 copies sold
INVADERS NOW #1 -- 33,739 copies sold
MARVELMAN FAMILY'S FINEST #3 -- 6,151 copies sold

SAVAGE DRAGON #164 -- 5,312 copies sold

Source: http://www.icv2.com/articles/markets/18551.html

[Geo (R.I.P.)]

Any of the major companies (DC, Marvel, etc) would have gone belly up with figures like those above in the 10

[josemas]

I haven't followed any sales figures for quite some time but these do seem very, very low.  It will be interesting to see if any of the DC titles that are currently priced at $3.99 pick up in sales when they drop to $2.99 in January.

Best

Joe

[comicsnorth]

Certainly sales around here started dropping off when the semi-standard $3.99 price kicked in--that seems to be the price point at which a large number of readers decide the individual comic book just isn't worth it.

-comicsnorth

[CharlieRock]

Apparently this trend has not caught on worldwide.
Here's some good news for manga fans:

Oricon has released their figures for manga sales in Japan for the first half of 2010.

Top 10 Series

[josemas]

Apparently this trend has not caught on worldwide.
Here's some good news for manga fans

Boy I bet American comic book publishers drool when they see sales figures like that!

I really don't follow manga very much but it has been my impression that they tend to give you more bang for your buck regarding story pages per dollar spent and that they tend to go for less fancy packaging and paper as opposed to most American comics.

Best

Joe