Sales Review: June 2017

The sales numbers for June 2017 were release a bit ago over in ICv2 and as usual I wonder what is happening in the comic market. Here is the link to the list:
http://ift.tt/2u1u04M

This report comes out in a time period where someone from DC while at San Diego Comic Con (originally linked to Jim Lee who later denied it) stated frankly that the comic market is dying and companies need to figure out how to keep it viable.

Now I have heard for about a decade that the comic market is dying and it is still kicking. But when I look at the sales numbers, I do wonder if we are approaching the end of days. On to some specific sales.

Supergirl #10 continued the team-up with Batgirl into the Phantom Zone. The story was a lot of fun, throwing Xa-Du and Psi into the mix. There were homages to the Phantom Zone mini-series from the 1980s.

But the big thing was the Babs/Kara team-up. Did Batgirl being in the book give it a little boost?

The book landed at #122 in sales rankings, being ordered just over 22,000 times.

I keep waiting for some stabilization of the book. I was honestly hoping that this book would be a 25K a month seller. But we keep creeping downward. And it is a shame because I think Steve Orlando is finally running on the title.

Superman #24 was smack in the middle of the Manchester Black storyline which had been secretly weaving its way through the book since its inception. The story, with Black trying to seduce Jon to the dark side, was a crazy romp of zany dimensional rifts and big action.

This was solid stuff from Patrick Gleason, Peter Tomasi, and Doug Mahnke.

The book was a solid seller, coming in over 50K for both issues that month.

I was hoping that the Superman titles, with the quality of the stories since Rebirth, would be more like 70K sellers, but maybe there isn't that sort of market anymore.

Action Comics #982 continued the Revenge arc with the Superman Family coming together to battle the Cyborg Superman led Revenge Squad. This arc was absolute giddy fun, making me feel like a kid again

This one had it all. Plus, it is Action that is running the 'Mr. Oz' storyline, perhaps more tightly linked to the Doomsday Clock and big creative moves by DC.

Surprisingly, the book sold just over 42K. I wonder why there is such disparity between the 2 Superman titles but there it is.

All these books are high quality and highly entertaining.

Don't you think they should be selling more?

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