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Top 100 Comics For May 2012

Top 100 Comics For May 2012Say what you like about the $3.99 price point, but everyone seems to buy into it. The top four books are all $3.99, the fifth is a $4.99.

Say, could that be where we're headed next?

If Batman sales hold similar between issues 8 and 9, then one could estimate sales to North American shops of Avengers Vs X-Men #4 at around the 170,000 which would be a leap on April's 160,000 estimate., Plus around ten to fifteen percent uptick for Diamond UK sales, of course.

Of course, Night Of The Owls may be affecting the figure, lets take something more stable, like Fantastic Four. If sales remained relatively the same between issues 605 and 606, then Avengers Vs X-Men #5 would be around 180,000. Which, adding UK sales, would push it over 20,000.

There is of course quite a drop off after that, but it still puts a comic like Action Comics #9 into the 90,000-100,000 bracket… things are still looking good. Next month? Let's see how Before Watchmen and Spider-Men affect the numbers…

Units Revenue Rank Title Price Publisher
1 1 132.48 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 $3.99 MAR
2 2 130.53 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 $3.99 MAR
3 3 100 BATMAN #9 $3.99 DC
4 4 97.57 JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 $3.99 DC
5 5 75.33 BATMAN ANNUAL #1 $4.99 DC
6 6 73.41 AVX VS #2 $3.99 MAR
7 10 71.68 BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 $2.99 DC
8 7 71.33 DETECTIVE COMICS #9 $3.99 DC
9 9 65.97 ACTION COMICS #9 $3.99 DC
10 13 65.08 GREEN LANTERN #9 $2.99 DC
11 8 64.02 EARTH 2 #1 [*] $3.99 DC
12 18 61.04 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9 $2.99 DC
13 21 56.44 BATMAN AND ROBIN #9 $2.99 DC
14 11 51.46 UNCANNY X-MEN #12 $3.99 MAR
15 12 50.33 AVENGERS #26 $3.99 MAR
16 14 48.24 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #11 $3.99 MAR
17 15 47.79 NEW AVENGERS #26 $3.99 MAR
18 16 47.29 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #10 $3.99 MAR
19 27 46.66 FLASH #9 $2.99 DC
20 23 46.49 WORLDS FINEST #1 [*] $2.99 DC
21 28 46.23 SUPERMAN #9 $2.99 DC
22 29 45.61 NIGHTWING #9 $2.99 DC
23 30 44.97 AQUAMAN #9 $2.99 DC
24 31 43.62 BATGIRL #9 $2.99 DC
25 19 43.34 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 $3.99 MAR
26 20 43.18 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685 $3.99 MAR
27 25 43.04 ASTONISHING X-MEN #50 $3.99 MAR
28 36 39.92 WALKING DEAD #97 (MR) $2.99 IMA
29 17 37.78 UNCANNY X-FORCE #25 $4.99 MAR
30 42 37.34 TEEN TITANS #9 $2.99 DC
31 40 37.13 WALKING DEAD #98 (MR) $2.99 IMA
32 24 37.04 SECRET AVENGERS #27 $3.99 MAR
33 43 36.94 CATWOMAN #9 $2.99 DC
34 44 36.25 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9 $2.99 DC
35 45 36.22 WONDER WOMAN #9 $2.99 DC
36 48 34.42 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9 $2.99 DC
37 51 34.38 X-MEN LEGACY #267 $2.99 MAR
38 50 34.35 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #9 $2.99 DC
39 22 33 TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1 $4.99 DC
40 56 32.65 BATWOMAN #9 $2.99 DC
41 32 32.6 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3 $3.99 MAR
42 59 32.09 X-MEN LEGACY #266 $2.99 MAR
43 26 31.73 X-O MANOWAR #1 $3.99 VAL
44 33 31.47 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #10 $3.99 MAR
45 34 31.26 INCREDIBLE HULK #8 $3.99 MAR
46 35 31.11 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #39 $3.99 MAR
47 64 30.85 BIRDS OF PREY #9 $2.99 DC
48 53 30.29 DIAL H #1 [*] $2.99 DC
49 66 29.65 FANTASTIC FOUR #606 $2.99 MAR
50 55 29.57 RAVAGERS #1 [*] $2.99 DC
51 69 29.33 FANTASTIC FOUR #605.1 $2.99 MAR
52 68 29.26 SWAMP THING #9 $2.99 DC
53 70 29.15 DAREDEVIL #12 $2.99 MAR
54 67 29.13 RED LANTERNS #9 $2.99 DC
55 71 29.02 DAREDEVIL #13 $2.99 MAR
56 38 28.98 CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 $3.99 MAR
57 57 28.9 SAGA #3 (MR) [*] $2.99 IMA
58 39 28.83 CAPTAIN AMERICA #12 $3.99 MAR
59 72 28.58 INCREDIBLE HULK #7.1 $2.99 MAR
60 41 28.24 AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #7 $3.99 MAR
61 46 26.62 X-MEN #28 $3.99 MAR
62 78 26.55 BATWING #9 $2.99 DC
63 79 26.52 ANIMAL MAN #9 $2.99 DC
64 47 26.36 X-MEN #29 $3.99 MAR
65 80 26.1 SUPERGIRL #9 $2.99 DC
66 49 25.91 WOLVERINE #306 $3.99 MAR
67 81 25.88 SUPERBOY #9 $2.99 DC
68 82 25.74 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9 $2.99 DC
69 83 25.67 FF #18 $2.99 MAR
70 52 25.62 WOLVERINE #307 $3.99 MAR
71 87 24.2 SUICIDE SQUAD #9 $2.99 DC
72 85 24.19 JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9 $2.99 DC
73 58 24.18 MIGHTY THOR #14 $3.99 MAR
74 89 23.84 AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3 $2.99 MAR
75 37 23.56 ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1 $4.99 DC
76 61 23.43 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #517 $3.99 MAR
77 60 23.34 ALL STAR WESTERN #9 $3.99 DC
78 62 23.31 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #516 $3.99 MAR
79 63 23.29 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #11 $3.99 MAR
80 65 23.22 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #10 $3.99 MAR
81 92 22.98 SCARLET SPIDER #5 $2.99 MAR
82 93 22.77 WINTER SOLDIER #5 $2.99 MAR
83 54 22.56 GI COMBAT #1 [*] $3.99 DC
84 94 22.4 VENOM #17 $2.99 MAR
85 96 22.02 DEADPOOL #54 $2.99 MAR
86 97 21.89 AVENGERS ACADEMY #29 $2.99 MAR
87 99 21.7 AVENGERS ACADEMY #30 $2.99 MAR
88 98 21.56 DEADPOOL #55 $2.99 MAR
89 73 21.42 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #12 $3.99 MAR
90 74 21.33 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #11 $3.99 MAR
91 75 21.25 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND #5 $3.99 MAR
92 102 21.03 VENOM #18 $2.99 MAR
93 105 21 SECRET SERVICE #2 (MR) $2.99 MAR
94 100 20.97 BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #9 $2.99 DAR
95 76 20.32 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OF EARTH #1 $3.99 MAR
96 77 20.06 SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #1 $3.99 DC
97 108 20.04 SUPERCROOKS #3 (MR) $2.99 MAR
98 107 20.03 GREEN ARROW #9 $2.99 DC
99 84 18.96 DEFENDERS #6 $3.99 MAR
100 111 18.73 BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #2 $2.99 DC

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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