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I decided to be a little more accurate and made a spreadsheet to include all variants and 2nd prints in the totals.  I also expanded the list from 25-100.
1. JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
2. BATMAN #1
3. BATMAN #2
4. DETECTIVE COMICS #1
5. JUSTICE LEAGUE #2
6. GREEN LANTERN #1
7. GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1 …

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These are what actually sold
Top 25 Comics for 2011

Justice League #1
Batman #1
Action Comics #1
Batman #2
Green Lantern #1
Detective Comics #1
Justice League #2
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters Pittsburgh Comics Variant
Batman #3
Flash #1
Fear Itself #1
Superman #1
Justice League #3
Batman Dark Knight #1
Detective Comics #2
Action Comics #2
Nightwing #1
Swamp Thing #1
Batman #4
Batman & Robin #1
Fear Itself #5
Fear …

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No, I’m not talking about the economy.  I’m talking about my “Publishing Partners” (as they call themselves when they are trying to cozy up to us) not playing fair.  I’ve gotten used to Marvel doing stuff without telling us, ie, offering us a book, then putting it on their website …

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http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/10/marvel-comics-ultimate-digital-download-codes
Beginning in January, Marvel is going to be including the digital codes with all of their Ultimate comics.  Now, its not the digital code part that bothers me (well, it does, but that is a whole other subject).  What bothers me is that now every copy of every Ultimate book …

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I had a question from a customer and in answering it, the post here kind of wrote itself.
“I had a question about the mix of Marvel to DC with the re-launch underway.  I guess I am wondering if Marvel sales are down as fans try the new DC books.  I …

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I know, I go on and on and on about DC.  But it is generally for a pretty good reason.  Here is another example.
The first week of DCnU books hit the week of Labor Day.  Because Monday is a UPS holiday, we have a one day delay in delivery.  You …

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Just to start off with, I used to be super excited about reading the Marvel Previews every month.  “Oooh!  I can’t wait to read that!”  Where when I would read the DC ones, it was more “Oh, another issue of Superman, another Batman, yawn…”  But lately, I have been much …

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I come to my love of history through my father.  He was fascinated with it and there were always history books around when I was growing up.  I would have been a history major if I could have figured out a way to get a job out of it (not …

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News is still coming out every day, but I figured you may want to know what I think.  I have to admit my initial reaction was poor, but it was based on one line in the initial announcement, more than the relaunch of the titles.  My initial concern was over …

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I expect this to be a topic at tomorrow’s podcast, but I figured I would throw out my first thoughts.  Don’t read past the break if you don’t want the podcast spoiled ahead of time.
Bleeding Cool is reporting
“In September, all the DC Comics published set within the DC Universe will …