I read Brian Hibbs posts at Comix Experience about 2010 and wanted to compare my numbers. I really can’t do a fair comparison across all product lines, because I don’t track back issues individually and some card packs go under Cards and some go under Games. But I will give you my Top 50 Comics and Trades. Tie means it tied with the one above.
Comics:
- Siege #2
- Siege #1
- Avengers #1
- Blackest Night #8
- Brightest Day #1
- Blackest Night #7
- Siege #3 (tie)
- Siege #4 (tie)
- Brightest Day #4
- Brightest Day #0
- Brightest Day #2
- Avengers #2
- Brightest Day #5
- Green Lantern #52 (tie)
- Batman #700
- Avengers #3
- Batman Return of Bruce Wayne #1 (tie)
- Brightest Day #3
- Brightest Day #7 (tie)
- Green Lantern #55 (tie)
- Green Lantern #51
- Green Lantern #53 (tie)
- Green Lantern #54 (tie)
- Avengers Prime #1
- Green Lantern #50 (tie)
- Green Lantern #56 (tie)
- Batman & Robin #10
- Batman & Robin #11 (tie)
- Batman & Robin #13 (tie)
- Batman Return of Bruce Wayne #2 (tie)
- Brightest Day #6 (tie)
- Batman & Robin #12
- Batman Return of Bruce Wayne #3
- Batman & Robin #9
- New Avengers Finale #1 (tie)
- Avengers #4
- Batman & Robin #8 (tie)
- Brightest Day #8 (tie)
- Dark Avengers #16 (tie)
- Invincible Iron Man #25 (tie)
- New Avengers #1 (tie)
- Secret Avengers #1 (tie)
- X-Men Second Coming #1 XSC (tie)
- Batman & Robin #7
- Brightest Day #9 (tie)
- New Mutants #13 XSC (tie)
- Secret Avengers #2 (tie)
- Shadowland #2 (tie)
- X-Force #28 XSC (tie)
- X-Men Legacy #236 XSC (tie)
Wow, I guess events really do matter. I may go back and do this again, pulling out all of the event books, just to see what the best selling “Regular” books are. And this list does not account for sales of 2nd prints.
Trades:
- $3 Trade
- Half Price Trade
- Scary Godmother HC
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 06 Finest Hour
- Walking Dead Vol 11 Fear the Hunters (tie)
- Superman Earth One HC
- Walking Dead Vol 01 Days Gone Bye (tie)
- Walking Dead Vol 12 Life Among Them (tie)
- Batman Dark Knight Returns (WOW!!!)
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 Precious Little Life
- Chew Vol 01
- Walking Dead Vol 13 Too Far Gone (tie)
- Cowboy Ninja Viking Vol 1
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 2 Vs the World (tie)
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 3 Infinite Sadness (tie)
- Blackest Night HC
- Crossed Vol 01 (tie)
- Kick Ass Premiere HC (tie)
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 05 Vs the Universe (tie)
- Umbrella Academy Vol 01 Apocalypse Suite (tie)
- All Star Superman Vol 02
- Chew Vol 02 International Flavor (tie)
- Losers Vol 01 (tie)
- Preacher Vol 01 Gone to Texas (tie)
- Batman The Long Halloween
- Boys Vol 01 Name of the Game (tie)
- Boys Vol 06 Self-Preservation Society (tie)
- Walking Dead Vol 10 What We Become (tie)
- American Vampire HC Vol 01
- Batman Year One Deluxe SC (tie)
- Boys Vol 02 Get Some (tie)
- Boys Vol 05 Herogasm (tie)
- Chew Vol 03 Just Desserts (tie)
- Civil War TP (tie)
- DMZ Vol 01 On the Ground (tie)
- Scalped Vol 02 Casino Boogie (tie)
- Scalped Vol 04 The Gravel in Your Guts (tie)
- Scalped Vol 05 High Lonesome (tie)
- Scott Pilgrim Vol 04 Gets it Together (tie)
- Serenity Shepherd’s Tale HC (tie) (Would be higher if I could get more)
- Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Vol 01 (tie)
- Unwritten Vol 01 Tommy Taylor Bogus Identity (tie)
- Walking Dead Compendium Vol 01 (tie)
- Walking Dead Vol 02 Miles Behind Us (tie)
- Walking Dead Vol 06 Sorrowful Life (tie)
- Walking Dead Vol 09 Here We Remain (tie)
- WE 3 (tie)
- Batman Under the Hood Vol 01
- Boys Vol 07 The Innocents (tie)
- DMZ Vol 08 Hearts and Minds (tie)
- Ex Machina Vol 09 Ring Out the Old (tie)
- Green Lantern Secret Origin (tie)
- Invincible Vol 12 Still Standing (tie)
- Irredeemable Vol 02 (tie)
- Lost at Sea (tie)
- Marvel Illustrated HC Wonderful Wizard of OZ (tie)
- MIni Marvels Ultimate Collection (tie)
- Northlanders Vol 03 Blood in the Snow (tie)
- Phineas & Ferb #2 (tie)
- Phineas & Ferb #3 (tie)
- Spider-Man Noir TP (Could sell more if they made more. Grr) (tie)
- Umbrella Academy Vol 02 Dallas (tie)
- V for Vendetta (tie)
- X-Men TP Messiah Complex (tie)
- Y the Lat Man Vol 01 Unmanned (tie)
- Zombie Combat Manual Guide Fighting the Living Dead (tie)
This list is very interesting to me. While the Scott Pilgrim movie didn’t do great, it certainly did well for me. Same with the Walking Dead TV show (although that already sells well). What I enjoy is seeing that the things I recommend do so well. All 3 trades of Chew are here. Both Umbrella Academys. Cowboy Ninja Viking. Heck I sold as many Crossed trades as Blackest Night (I feel a little dirty about that). The Boys is still well represented. I was surprised to see Batman Dark Knight Returns in the Top 10. Goes to show that quality still sells.
Thoughts, comments observations?