{"id":4448,"date":"2016-06-10T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:01:15","slug":"may-2016-top-sellers-dc-rebirth-civil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/may-2016-top-sellers-dc-rebirth-civil\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2016 top-sellers: DC Rebirth, Civil War II attempt to reverse 2016’s sluggish start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five summers ago, the release of Justice League<\/i> #1<\/b> in August 2011<\/a><\/b> kicked off the DC reboot and marked the beginning of a major turnaround for the comics direct market. While overall sales levels in the first part of 2016 are nowhere near as bad as they were in early 2011, the market, slightly down for the year, could use a definite shot in the arm \u2014 and publishers began a double dose of treatment with DC Universe: Rebirth <\/i>#1<\/b><\/a> and Marvel’s Civil War II<\/i> #0<\/b><\/a>, the top two ordered comics in May according to Diamond Comic Distributors. The issues presage wider launches in the next month, just as Justice League<\/i> did.<\/p>\n

This helps to make May 2016 \u2014 a month in which comics sales were down and graphic novel sales were up, netting out to an overall dollar loss of 9% \u2014 a peculiar month to judge from. An estimated $44.46 million in product was ordered, a drop of more than $4 million from last May<\/b><\/a>, which also had four shipping weeks. The comparative sales statistics are as follows:<\/p>\n