{"id":4427,"date":"2016-07-11T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:59:08","slug":"civil-war-ii-1-sells-381k-copies-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/11\/civil-war-ii-1-sells-381k-copies-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War II #1 sells 381k copies, Batman #1 280k; June comic unit sales best since 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eleven
\ncomic books sold more than a hundred thousand copies to comics
\nretailers in North America and two topped a quarter million, according
\nto Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>. Those two copies \u2014 Marvel’s Civil War II<\/i> #1<\/b><\/a> and DC’s Batman<\/i> #1<\/b>
\n\u2014 both easily outsold their respective precursor launch titles from
\n2006 and 2011 respectively. Click to see the sales estimates for comics
\nordered in June 2016<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Marvel sold more than 381,000 copies of Civil War II<\/i> #1 to retailers in June, well ahead of Civil War<\/i> #1 back in May 2006<\/b><\/a>,
\nwhich sold more than 260,000 copies in its first month. Granted, the
\nscope of that hit was a surprise back then \u2014 the third issue outsold the
\nfirst \u2014 and Marvel’s summer event last year, Secret Wars<\/i><\/b>, launched with 527,000 copies. On the other hand, that issue last year was a dollar cheaper. At $5.99, Civil War II<\/i> #1 brought in more than $2.28 million at full retail, more than double what the second place title made.<\/p>\n

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That title was Batman<\/i> #1<\/b><\/a>,
\nwhich set a considerable mark on its own with more than 280,000 copies
\nordered. Even with its orders reduced for returnability, it outsold the
\ncorresponding Batman<\/i> #1 from the September 2011<\/b><\/a>
\nDC relaunch; that issue sold more than 188,000 copies in its first
\nmonth. Eight DC comics topped 100,000 copies ordered. Among other titles
\nof note, Captain America: Steve Rogers<\/i> #1<\/b> picked up an additional 13,000 copies in reorders, adding to its 99,000 total from May.<\/p>\n

As
\nnoted here Friday, dollar orders of comics and graphic novels in June
\nwere at their highest level in more than 20 years, $58.59 million in a
\nfive-week month. A small bit significant part of that comes from what
\nwas clearly a big month for deep discounts on hardcovers and graphic
\nnovels from Marvel: well over $1 million of the near-record $9.45
\nmillion that the Top 300 graphic novels brought in came from Marvel
\nbooks that placed above 1,000th place in Diamond’s dollar volume
\nrankings, meaning the cost of those books to retailers was greatly
\nreduced. This is an effect we’ve seen before, however, and as it tends
\nto happen in the last month of each quarter \u2014 perhaps as publishers seek
\nto clear out stock or make budgets \u2014 it doesn’t muddy up the
\nyear-to-year comparisons as much as it otherwise might.<\/p>\n

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\nsales for periodicals were up strongly as well: the Top 300 comics had
\norders of 8.53 million copies, the highest figure since December 1997<\/b><\/a> when the Darkness<\/i> #11<\/b>-infused
\nmarket had preorders of 8.99 million copies. The 300th place title this
\nmonth approached 5,600 copies sold. (Click to see the sales of 300th-place titles across time<\/b><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

There does remain a disparity between the Top 300 comics unit and dollar performance and that of Diamond’s overall change figures for those categories: this is at least partially due to the absence of well over a million Loot Crate copies, which affected our Comichron tabulations in the breakout categories. It is also likely that a larger share of comics are being sold outside the Top 300 this year, due to the number of releases on the market.<\/p>\n

The aggregate changes are as follows:<\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b><\/span>
\nJune 2016<\/a><\/b>: 8.53 million copies
\nVersus 1 year ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +14%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +42%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +22%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +56%
\nQ2 2016: 21.59 million copies, -10%vs. Q2 2015
\nYEAR TO DATE: 40.04 million copies, -10% vs. 2015, +25% vs. 2011, +2% vs. 2006, +32% vs. 2001
\n\u00a0<\/b>ALL COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b>
\nJune 2016 versus one year ago this month: +19.75%<\/b>
\nQ2 2016 versus Q2 2015: -7.71% <\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -8.38%<\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

June 2016: $34.13 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +18%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +66%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +61%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month: +125%
\nQ2 2016: $86.94 million, -9% vs. Q2 2015
\nYEAR TO DATE: $159.74 million, -9% vs. 2015, +44% vs. 2011, +32% vs. 2006, +93% vs. 2001<\/p>\n

ALL COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b>
\nQ2 2016 versus Q2 2015: -4.21% <\/b>
\nJune 2016 versus one year ago this month: +23.06%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -3.84% <\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

June 2016: $9.45 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +17%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +45%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +45%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: -33%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $49.21 million, +14% vs. 2015<\/p>\n

ALL TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nQ2 2016 versus Q2 2015: +1.69% <\/b>
\nJune 2016 versus one year ago this month: +14.37%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +6.58%<\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS + TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

June 2016: $43.58 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +18%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +45%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +37%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +125%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $208.33 million, -5% vs. 2015<\/p>\n

ALL COMICS AND TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nJune 2016 versus one year ago this month: +20.26%<\/b>Q2 2016 versus Q2 2015: -2.42% <\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -0.73%<\/b><\/p>\n

OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)<\/b><\/div>\n

June 2016: approximately $58.59 million (subject to revision)
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +20%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +60%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +83%
\nQ2 2016 versus Q2 2015: -2% <\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: $280.17 million, -1% vs. 2015<\/b><\/p>\n

RELEASES<\/b><\/span>
\nNew comic books released: 536<\/b>
\nNew graphic novels released: 334<\/b>
\nNew magazines released: 34<\/b>
\nAll new releases: 904<\/b><\/p>\n

As
\nnoted, the average comic book in the Top 300 cost $3.98, a new record;
\nthe average comic book
\nretailers ordered cost an even $4. The median and most common price for
\ncomics offered was $3.99. This is the first time we’ve seen all four
\nstatistics clustered so close together; it indicates that the
\nbest-selling comics are also the most representative in terms of
\npricing. Click to see comics prices across time.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleven comic books sold more than a hundred thousand copies to comics retailers in North America and two topped a quarter million, according to Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Those two copies \u2014 Marvel’s Civil War II #1 and DC’s Batman #1 \u2014 both easily outsold their respective precursor launch titles … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,17],"class_list":["post-4427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6366,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427\/revisions\/6366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}