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Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 12th January 2020 – Batman Back At The Top

Published Sun, 12 Jan 2020 10:00:20 -0600

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait till the weekend to get this week's comics. And this week every store reported Batman was their top seller – something we haven't had for a while. All the Dawn Of X books did well – but Fallen Angels is the lesser performing book of them all so far. And Marvel generally dominates again.

Top ten bestselling comics of the week

Batman #85
X-Force #5
Excalibur #5
New Mutants #5
Immortal Hulk #29
Amazing Spider-Man #37
Fallen Angels #5
Venom #22
Catwoman #19
Star Wars Rise of Kylo Ren #2

Thanks to the following retailers…

Graham Crackers Comics – IL/WI/CA – 12 outstanding shops,
Ssalefish Comics, Winston-Salem & Greensboro, North Carolina.
Comix Experience Outpost, San Francisco, California.
Comix Experience, San Francisco, California.
Fat Jack's Comicrypt, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, Georgia.
Rodman Comics, Ankeny, Iowa.

If you would like to contribute to the retailer charts, let me know at richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Probably have a few more folk and folk returning in the New Year…

Who had this to say…

Tom King's departure from Batman had a positive impact on sales, as Batman #86 is way up from previous issues and slid in at the top spot this week. Seems like a lot of people that jumped ship after the events of Batman #50 feel that it might be safe to return. Trailing closely behind were a whole host of Dawn of X titles, though Fallen Angels didn't quite make the cut.

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Now that the tedious Tom King era has ended, Batman has leapt back up to the top of our store's charts with the first James Tynion issue–but that and Daphne Byrne #1 (in third place) were the only two DCs to make it into our store's top ten this week. Otherwise, it was all Marvel, with the three mutant titles claiming three of the top ten spots. Right now, DC is selling even worse for us than it did during the lowest point in the New 52 era; long-time DC fans are abandoning titles every week, and no one neew is joining becuase the books have such bad word of mouth right now.

If there's any problem looming for Marvel, though, it's this: five subscribers dropped all mutant titles today, saying that six titles (with more following), most of which are shipping bi-weekly, is just too much of an investment. And since Marvel has made readers feel that the entire mutantverse is interlinked, the readers decided it was better to give up ALL mutant titles.

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While nothing could come close to the juggernaut of BATMAN #86 sales – all 9 other slots were dominated by MARVEL titles.

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A fresh start puts BATMAN back in the top spot, as a new creative team takes over after the conclusion of Tom King's run. Close on it's heels is the always-excellent IMMORTAL HULK.

The X-books are staying strong, with the rest of our top five being filled out with EXCALIBUR, X-FORCE, and NEW MUTANTS.

The bottom half of the list is familiar stalwarts of our best sellers: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, CATWOMAN, and DEADPOOL all continuing to do steady numbers.

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Batman 86 was the top selling comic of the week for us. Hopefully Batman can keep hitting the top spot. The Rise of Kylo Ren 2 is super hot this week. Catwoman 19 sold out on Wednesday on us, the title seems to have gone upwards in sales for us. Amazing Spider-man barley made the top ten for us, which is a surprise due to the unexpected downward sales trend.

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Kind of an abysmal week for indies, but CLOCK and FIREFLY both sold as much as BUFFY. Slow week in general for comics.

Notable sales:

Strange Tales #101 $448.
Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 5.5 $750.
Harley Quinn #1 New 52 sketch cover CGC 9.6 $1,596. Frank Miller sketch cover of Harley Quinn sold. The upcoming movie for Harley Quinn is increasing her popularity.

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