Sales Review: August 2017

The sales numbers for August have come out and DC hit the top three with Metal #1 and two Batman issues. Here is a link:
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Amazingly, Metal #1 sold over a quarter million issues, something I didn't think I'd see again. After those three, Marvel dominates the next 12 slots until All Star Batman slides in at #15. It is clear that D.C. Will milk the Batman cow for all the cash he is going to provide.

But we're not here to discuss Batman. Instead, we are here to discuss the sales on Supergirl. I have good news!

And I can't help but think that Artgerm has a lot to do with that good news. 

Supergirl #12 was in the midst of the Fatal Five storyline and was par for the course of the title outside of the new variant cover artist. So how did it sell?

Amazingly the issue sold 27104. That is up, dramatically, from the prior issue which sold 21319.

That's an increase of 27%. 

As I said in that prior post, that Artgerm variant on #12 seemed to impact sales. That cover sold out at my LCS. It was on walls for $10 at a con. The issue was reordered. That is crazy but it shows just how much a single artist or how different covers can effect things.

I'm glad people are buying the book. Hopefully, these folks are reading and enjoying the book.

But it is interesting to contrast the sales to that Supergirl Annual #1, a book which was a chapter in the Fatal Five story.

Sp how did the Annual, again without a Artgerm cover and admittedly more expensive Sell? 

It only sold 17322, more on par with what sales had been before.

I like this Supergirl book. I like the direction it seems to be taking. I want it to succeed. I can only hope that this trend, seemingly spurred on by cover art continues.

And this post, after months of watching sales erosion, was a joy to write!

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