Showing posts with label Comic Sales. Show all posts
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Friday, September 21, 2012

PC POST #84: Greg Rucka turn his back on DC and Marvel.

In recent interview posted by CLiNT Greg Rucka exposed how he was treated in the "Big Two".

The dirty little secret is that those Image guys made all these deals and almost to a man failed to deliver. They burnt Hollywood horribly on letting comics talent actually be a part of the production of the material they sold.
I’ve reached the end of my Work For Hire rope. I’m enjoying The Punisher, but that’s not mine, it’s Marvel’s, and l knew that going in. I have spent a lot of my comics career in service of other masters, – and I’ve had enough of that for now. I’m sick to death of the way the Big Two treat people.
I gave seven very good years to DC and they took gross advantage of me. That’s partially my fault, but not entirely. At this point, I see no reason why I should have to put up with that, I can sink or swim on my own.
You are seeing a grotesque Hollywoodisation of the two main companies. There was at least a period where I felt that the way they wanted to make money was by telling the best story they could; now the quality of the work matters less than that the book comes out. There is far less a desire to see good work be done.
Dan DiDio has gone on record, and this is the same man that said Gotham Central would never be cancelled as long as he was there, telling people what a great book Gotham Central was, but it never made any money.
Well, take a look at your trade sales! That book has made nothing but money as a trade. What I’m now being told is, ”lt was never worth anything to us anyway.”So, you know what? They can stop selling the Batwoman: Elegy trade and stop selling the Wonder Woman trades and everything else I’ve done, because clearly I’ve not done anything of service and those guys aren’t making any money off me.
Right now, where the market is, I have no patience for it.
My run on Punisher ends on #16, and we are then doing a five-issue mini called War Zone and then I’m done. That’s it! The Powers-That-Be at Marvel, without talking to me, decreed that he’s going to join a team on another book.
That’s their choice, they own him, but I don’t have to be happy about it. I am glad I had the opportunity to work on the character and I’m proud of the work I’ve done.
Despite what the publishers say, their  interest in the talent is minimal now, the interest is only in promoting the financial worth of their properties. That was not the case as of two or three years ago, when there was an ‘Exclusives war’, but that’s all gone by the wayside now. Ultimately, they are saying, “We don’t need you,’ because they can get a million more just like you.
For every person who passes on the opportunity to write  Spider-Man or Superman, I guarantee there are 5000 hungry writers who would give their eye-teeth to do it. But just because they want to do it, it doesn’t mean they are capable of doing it. It comes down entirely to Warner Bros. realising what they owned but had not exploited. At the end of the Harry Potter franchise, they went “Oh, crap, we need something else fast’, looked over at Marvel’s very very successful film program.
DC are playing catch up with Marvel, because of things like The Avengers breaking six hundred million domestic. That’s a lot of money, I don’t begrudge Warner Bros wanting to make bank it would be like blaming a shark for eating, but l do think that the pursuit of that financial windfall bears a detrimental effect on the creative and artistic side.
This explains a lot about the end of the Punisher book. Its not need a rocket scientist to know that Marvel cancelled his run to integrate the Punisher in a team book to increase the sales, they don't care about the fans who follow this character for years, they would do anything for profit ignoring the origins of the character that is "NOT" a teamplayer.

Thank you Greg Rucka for everything and i wish you all the luck in your carreer. Give us the best "War-Zone" you can.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

PC POST #52: April Punisher Comic Sales Figures

Post by @Neil4LOST

It is that time again to see where Frank Castle books came in on the monthly sales charts. For the month of April Punisher came in at #61 as seen below highlighted in yellow. No doubt the Omega Effect crossover series helped Punisher rise up over a dozen spots. I hope that this trend can continue and we could eventually see Punisher crack the top 50!, which would be fantastic.


QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11121.48FEB120534-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #2$3.99MAR
22100.00FEB120186-MBATMAN #8$3.99DC
3398.77FEB120160-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #8$3.99DC
4479.20FEB120531-MAVX VS #1$3.99MAR
5767.64FEB120204-MGREEN LANTERN #8$2.99DC
6567.36FEB120178-MACTION COMICS #8$3.99DC
7667.13FEB120190-MDETECTIVE COMICS #8$3.99DC
81656.88FEB120193-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #8$2.99DC
9853.50FEB120545-MUNCANNY X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
101050.28FEB120541-MAVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
111149.76FEB120547-MWOLVERINE AND X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
121249.41FEB120538-MNEW AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
132349.38FEB120182-MSUPERMAN #8$2.99DC
142448.78FEB120169-MFLASH #8$2.99DC
15947.43FEB120540NEW AVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
162647.21FEB120165-MAQUAMAN #8$2.99DC
172145.94FEB120196BATMAN AND ROBIN #8 [*]$2.99DC
181345.29FEB120566-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683$3.99MAR
191443.99FEB120569-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684$3.99MAR
201543.57FEB120618UNCANNY X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
211741.16FEB120622WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #8$3.99MAR
221840.60FEB120554-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #2$3.99MAR
233238.91FEB120230-MTEEN TITANS #8$2.99DC
242038.79FEB120625-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #24$3.99MAR
253438.63FEB120167-MWONDER WOMAN #8$2.99DC
262238.16FEB120543-MSECRET AVENGERS #26$3.99MAR
272536.32FEB120575-MAVENGING SPIDER-MAN #6$3.99MAR
283936.23FEB120209-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #8$2.99DC
293035.88FEB120203NIGHTWING #8 [*]$2.99DC
304235.31FEB120580-MDAREDEVIL #11$2.99MAR
311934.88FEB120897-MSHADOW #1$3.99DE
324334.72FEB120198-MBATWOMAN #8$2.99DC
333733.68FEB120200BATGIRL #8 [*]$2.99DC
342733.48FEB120557ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #9$3.99MAR
353832.79FEB120208GREEN LANTERN CORPS #8 [*]$2.99DC
364532.44FEB120592-MFANTASTIC FOUR #605$2.99MAR
372832.26FEB120596-MINCREDIBLE HULK #7$3.99MAR
382931.76FEB120584-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #10$3.99MAR
395430.25FEB120640-MSECRET SERVICE #1 (MR)$2.99MAR
405230.19FEB120212-MSWAMP THING #8$2.99DC
415330.06FEB120633-MAGE OF APOCALYPSE #2$2.99MAR
423129.45FEB120556SECRET AVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
435729.45FEB120608DAREDEVIL #10.1$2.99MAR
443328.97FEB120627-MWOLVERINE #304$3.99MAR
453528.67FEB120629-MWOLVERINE #305$3.99MAR
466028.58FEB120594-MFF #17$2.99MAR
475928.28FEB120527WALKING DEAD #96 (MR)$2.99IMA
484828.24FEB120519SAGA #2 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
493628.21FEB120623-MX-MEN #27$3.99MAR
504927.69FEB120211RED LANTERNS #8 [*]$2.99DC
516427.34FEB120621X-MEN LEGACY #265$2.99MAR
525526.68FEB120202CATWOMAN #8 [*]$2.99DC
534126.42FEB120589-MMIGHTY THOR #13$3.99MAR
544026.37FEB120598-MHULK #50$3.99MAR
555826.17FEB120201RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #8 [*]$2.99DC
566925.68FEB120588MIGHTY THOR #12.1$2.99MAR
577025.66FEB120586-MWINTER SOLDIER #4$2.99MAR
587125.34FEB120564-MSCARLET SPIDER #4$2.99MAR
596225.06FEB120217ANIMAL MAN #8 [*]$2.99DC
606324.84FEB120185SUPERGIRL #8 [*]$2.99DC
617424.82FEB120578-MPUNISHER #10$2.99MAR
624424.82FEB120612-MINVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515$3.99MAR
636624.13FEB120214JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #8 [*]$2.99DC
644723.99FEB120558ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #9$3.99MAR
654623.96FEB120619ASTONISHING X-MEN #49$3.99MAR
667623.87FEB120238BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #1$2.99DC
676723.27FEB120164JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #8 [*]$2.99DC
685023.02FEB120620WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #4$3.99MAR
695122.77FEB120559ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
707222.60FEB120225SUICIDE SQUAD #8 [*]$2.99DC
718122.51FEB120638-MSUPERCROOKS #2 (MR)$2.99MAR
727922.46FEB120637DEADPOOL #53$2.99MAR
738222.10FEB120573VENOM #15$2.99MAR
748022.07FEB120033-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #8$2.99DAR
757521.98FEB120184SUPERBOY #8 [*]$2.99DC
765621.94FEB120571CARNAGE USA #5$3.99MAR
778421.78FEB120574VENOM #16$2.99MAR
786121.36FEB120609-MDEFENDERS #5$3.99MAR
796520.66JAN120625-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #1$3.99MAR
8020019.86FEB120828FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES #1$1.00BOO
818319.75FEB120197BIRDS OF PREY #8 [*]$2.99DC
827719.41FEB120009-MSTAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #1$3.50DAR
839118.95FEB120583CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HAWKEYE #629$2.99MAR
848718.90FEB120174GREEN ARROW #8 [*]$2.99DC
857318.53FEB120237BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #3$3.99DC
869418.24FEB120635X-FACTOR #234$2.99MAR
879717.77FEB120220-MSTORMWATCH #8$2.99DC
889617.77FEB120607FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #12$2.99MAR
899817.61FEB120283FAIREST #2 (MR)$2.99DC
908817.46FEB120502FATALE #4 (MR)$3.50IMA
916817.26FEB120229ALL STAR WESTERN #8 [*]$3.99DC
9210017.10FEB120551AVENGERS ACADEMY #28$2.99MAR
9310216.34FEB120631NEW MUTANTS #40$2.99MAR
948616.22FEB120614MOON KNIGHT #12$3.99MAR
9510416.19FEB120591JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #636$2.99MAR
9610616.09FEB120632NEW MUTANTS #41$2.99MAR
9711014.88FEB120402AMERICAS GOT POWERS #1$2.99IMA
989014.85JAN120645SECRET AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
9910114.79FEB120236LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #8 [*]$2.99DC
10011214.70FEB120616THUNDERBOLTS #172$2.99MAR

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

PC POST #39: Punisher Comic Sales - March 2012

By @Neil4LOST

Every month we will have a review of the previous month's Punisher comic book sales. The way that we will go about presenting this information is in showing what the past months sales figures were compared to the month previous.

This month we are focusing on how well Punisher did in March compared to the month of February.

February



February 2012 Comic Book Sales Figures
Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops 
as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors



Comic-book TitleIssuePricePublisherEst. sales
1Justice League6$3.99DC135,374
2Batman6$2.99DC128,459
3Action Comics6$3.99DC96,592
4Detective Comics6$2.99DC94,415
5Green Lantern6$2.99DC94,087
6Batman The Dark Knight6$2.99DC77,140
7Superman6$2.99DC69,633
8Flash6$2.99DC68,061
9Aquaman6$2.99DC63,450
10Batman And Robin6*$2.99DC63,093
11Uncanny X-Men6$3.99Marvel59,834
12Uncanny X-Men7$3.99Marvel59,200
13Wolverine And X-Men5$3.99Marvel55,788
14Wolverine And X-Men6$3.99Marvel55,341
15Wonder Woman6$2.99DC54,190
16New Avengers21$3.99Marvel54,105
17Avengers X-Sanction3$3.99Marvel53,730
18Teen Titans6$2.99DC53,123
19Avengers22$3.99Marvel52,683
20Amazing Spider-Man679$3.99Marvel52,564
21Avengers23$3.99Marvel52,222
22Amazing Spider-Man680$3.99Marvel51,872
23New Avengers22$3.99Marvel51,235
24Winter Soldier1$2.99Marvel50,932
25Uncanny X-Force21$3.99Marvel50,654
26Amazing Spider-Man679.1$2.99Marvel50,624
27Green Lantern New Guardians6$2.99DC50,319
28Uncanny X-Force22$3.99Marvel49,665
29Batwoman6$2.99DC49,227
30Batgirl6*$2.99DC47,836
31Nightwing6*$2.99DC47,732
32Green Lantern Corps6*$2.99DC46,051
33Avenging Spider-Man4$3.99Marvel45,622
34Ultimate Comics Spider-Man7$3.99Marvel45,266
35Captain America8$3.99Marvel43,487
36Incredible Hulk5$3.99Marvel42,760
37Fantastic Four603$2.99Marvel42,419
38Swamp Thing6$2.99DC41,235
39Winter Soldier2$2.99Marvel41,164
40FF15$2.99Marvel40,583
41Secret Avengers22$3.99Marvel39,337
42Red Lanterns6*$2.99DC39,105
43Wolverine301$3.99Marvel38,462
44Daredevil9$2.99Marvel37,891
45Catwoman6*$2.99DC37,302
46Secret Avengers23$3.99Marvel37,140
47X-Men24$3.99Marvel36,906
48X-Men25$3.99Marvel36,488
49X-Men Legacy262$2.99Marvel36,461
50Deadpool50$3.99Marvel36,392
51Red Hood And The Outlaws6*$2.99DC35,908
52Mighty Thor11$3.99Marvel35,066
53Supergirl6*$2.99DC34,847
54Animal Man6*$2.99DC34,654
55Justice League Dark6*$2.99DC34,524
56Wolverine And X-Men Alpha And Omega2$3.99Marvel34,286
57Ultimate Comics Ultimates7$3.99Marvel33,863
58Scarlet Spider2$2.99Marvel33,794
59Justice League International6*$2.99DC33,781
60Defenders3$3.99Marvel33,548
61Venom13$3.99Marvel33,174
62Invincible Iron Man513$3.99Marvel32,748
63Walking Dead94$2.99Image32,361
64Ultimate Comics X-Men7$3.99Marvel32,353
65Superboy6*$2.99DC31,068
66Ultimate Comics X-Men8$3.99Marvel30,822
67Astonishing X-Men47$3.99Marvel30,490
68Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Freefall6$2.99Dark Horse29,878
69Magic The Gathering1$3.99IDW28,858
70Carnage USA3$3.99Marvel28,272
71Suicide Squad6*$2.99DC27,751
72Venom13.1$2.99Marvel27,520
73Deadpool51$2.99Marvel27,458
74Birds of Prey6*$2.99DC27,338
75Venom13.2$2.99Marvel27,155
76Venom13.4$2.99Marvel27,135
77Green Arrow6*$2.99DC27,087
78Venom13.3$2.99Marvel26,969
79Batman Beyond Unlimited1$3.99DC26,589
80Captain America And Bucky627$2.99Marvel26,276
81Stormwatch6$2.99DC26,076
82Fear Itself Fearless9$2.99Marvel24,423
83Fear Itself Fearless8$2.99Marvel24,394
84X-Factor231$2.99Marvel24,362
85X-Factor232$2.99Marvel24,173
86Magic The Gathering2$3.99IDW23,849
87All Star Western6*$3.99DC23,553
88New Mutants37$2.99Marvel23,262
89New Mutants38$2.99Marvel22,656
90Punisher8$2.99Marvel22,488
91Journey Into Mystery634$2.99Marvel22,323
92Huntress5$2.99DC22,259
93Moon Knight10$3.99Marvel21,986
94Avengers Academy25$2.99Marvel21,963
95Hulk48$2.99Marvel21,751
96Avengers Academy26$2.99Marvel21,633
97Demon Knights6*$2.99DC21,128
98Legion of Super Heroes6*$2.99DC21,085
99Conan The Barbarian1$3.50Dark Horse20,569
100Fatale2*$3.50Image20,315


As you can see in the month of February Punisher came in on the sales charts for Marvel at #90 for all books released with 22,488 units sold. Punisher needs to continue to move up the ranks of the top 100 to continue running. If the book can somehow crack the top 50 books every month that would be huge for the series. Now, lets take a look at how the book did in the month of March...

March

March 2012 Comic Book Sales Figures
Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops 
as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors



Comic-book TitleIssuePricePublisherEst. sales
1Avengers Vs X-Men1$3.99Marvel203,181
2Avengers Vs X-Men0$3.99Marvel134,509
3Justice League7$3.99DC131,697
4Batman7$2.99DC127,402
5Avengers Assemble1$3.99Marvel100,883
6Action Comics7$3.99DC91,822
7Green Lantern7$2.99DC90,232
8Detective Comics7$2.99DC89,891
9Batman The Dark Knight7$2.99DC75,297
10Superman7$2.99DC66,588
11Flash7$2.99DC64,975
12Aquaman7$2.99DC62,345
13Batman And Robin7*$2.99DC61,209
14Uncanny X-Men8$3.99Marvel57,568
15Amazing Spider-Man682$3.99Marvel57,143
16Uncanny X-Men9$3.99Marvel56,976
17Age of Apocalypse1$2.99Marvel56,426
18Avengers X-Sanction4$3.99Marvel55,677
19Wolverine And X-Men7$3.99Marvel54,559
20Avengers24$3.99Marvel52,242
21Avengers24.1$2.99Marvel52,164
22Amazing Spider-Man681$3.99Marvel52,143
23New Avengers23$3.99Marvel51,697
24Teen Titans7$2.99DC51,402
25Wonder Woman7$2.99DC51,314
26Uncanny X-Force23$3.99Marvel48,867
27Green Lantern New Guardians7$2.99DC48,422
28Batwoman7$2.99DC46,874
29Ultimate Comics Spider-Man8$3.99Marvel46,290
30Batgirl7*$2.99DC45,685
31Nightwing7*$2.99DC45,440
32Kick-Ass 27$4.99Marvel45,213
33Green Lantern Corps7*$2.99DC43,823
34Fantastic Four604$3.99Marvel42,126
35Captain America9$3.99Marvel41,631
36Avenging Spider-Man5$3.99Marvel40,877
37Incredible Hulk6$3.99Marvel40,522
38Swamp Thing7$2.99DC40,268
39Daredevil10$2.99Marvel38,137
40Saga1*$2.99Image37,641
41Red Lanterns7*$2.99DC37,465
42Wolverine302$3.99Marvel37,213
43FF16$2.99Marvel37,152
44Wolverine303$3.99Marvel36,368
45X-Men Legacy263$2.99Marvel35,999
46X-Men Legacy264$2.99Marvel35,953
47X-Men26$3.99Marvel35,833
48Catwoman7*$2.99DC35,647
49Winter Soldier3$2.99Marvel34,923
50Red Hood And The Outlaws7*$2.99DC34,767
51Supercrooks1$2.99Marvel34,673
52Astonishing X-Men48$3.99Marvel34,182
53Mighty Thor12$3.99Marvel33,967
54Walking Dead95$2.99Image33,916
55Supergirl7*$2.99DC33,337
56Animal Man7*$2.99DC33,174
57Scarlet Spider3$2.99Marvel32,616
58Justice League Dark7*$2.99DC32,480
59Ultimate Comics Ultimates8$3.99Marvel32,222
60Fairest1$2.99DC31,769
61Justice League International7*$2.99DC31,747
62Wolverine And X-Men Alpha And Omega3$3.99Marvel31,456
63Invincible Iron Man514$3.99Marvel31,424
64Ultimate Comics X-Men9$3.99Marvel30,080
65Defenders4$3.99Marvel29,789
66Superboy7*$2.99DC29,745
67Suicide Squad7*$2.99DC29,617
68Avengers Childrens Crusade9$3.99Marvel29,509
69Venom14$2.99Marvel28,926
70Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Freefall7$2.99Dark Horse28,908
71Carnage USA4$3.99Marvel28,707
72Deadpool52$2.99Marvel27,990
73Birds of Prey7*$2.99DC26,276
74Green Arrow7*$2.99DC26,104
75Captain America And Bucky628$2.99Marvel24,881
76Stormwatch7$2.99DC24,384
77X-Factor233$2.99Marvel23,840
78Fear Itself Fearless10$2.99Marvel23,629
79Batman Beyond Unlimited2$3.99DC23,570
80Fear Itself Fearless11$2.99Marvel23,211
81All Star Western7*$3.99DC22,814
82Punisher9$2.99Marvel22,318
83Avengers Academy27$2.99Marvel21,830
84Huntress6$2.99DC21,678
85Journey Into Mystery635$2.99Marvel21,617
86Moon Knight11$3.99Marvel21,581
87Hulk49$2.99Marvel21,510
88New Mutants39$2.99Marvel21,508
89Fatale3*$3.50Image20,222
90X-2321$2.99Marvel20,123
91Magic The Gathering3$3.99IDW20,078
92Marvels Avengers Prelude Furys Big Week1$2.99Marvel19,829
93Demon Knights7*$2.99DC19,800
94Legion of Super Heroes7*$2.99DC19,705
95Thunderbolts171$2.99Marvel19,073
96Secret Avengers24$3.99Marvel18,965
97Batwing7*$2.99DC18,952
98Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing8$3.99IDW18,775
99Batman Odyssey Vol. 26$3.99DC18,330
100Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi Force Storm2$3.50Dark Horse18,118


As you can see Punisher moved up 8 spots in the month of March to #82 with a total of 22,318 units sold. This was actually a decrease in total units sold but other books dropped off in the month of March. As we know, April is a big month for Punisher with the Omega Effect crossover with Daredevil and Avenging Spider-Man. Can this huge event draw over some much needed Spidey and Daredevil readers to Punisher's world?



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