Comix Experience Best Sellers 2014: Comics
/The second half of my look at what's going on at Comix Experience's stores in 2014, below the cut. This one has the major major differences!
Really, go back and read the previous post for some "big picture" figures for the two Comix Experience stores-- the "Mothership", and Outpost.
The Mothership is primarily a book store, but it's top-selling comic sold just over 2x what the best-selling book at Outpost sold. The #100 best-seller sold like 120% of Outpost's. Here's what the main store's best-selling comics looked like:
| 1 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 (OF 6) |
| 2 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #3 (OF 6) |
| 3 | SAGA #19 |
| 4 | LOW #1 |
| 5 | SAGA #20 |
| 6 | SAGA #23 |
| 7 | SAGA #22 |
| 8 | DEADLY CLASS #1 |
| 9 | SAGA #21 |
| 10 | WICKED & DIVINE #1 |
| 11 | SAGA #24 |
| 12 | SAGA #18 |
| 13 | OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #1 |
| 14 | WICKED & DIVINE #2 |
| 15 | SOUTHERN BASTARDS #1 |
| 16 | LOW #2 |
| 17 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #1 (OF 6) |
| 18 | FADE OUT #1 |
| 19 | MS MARVEL #1 ANMN |
| 20 | TREES #1 |
| 21 | DEADLY CLASS #2 |
| 22 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #4 (OF 6) |
| 23 | LOW #3 |
| 24 | STRAY BULLETS THE KILLERS #1 |
| WYTCHES #1 | |
| 26 | WICKED & DIVINE #3 |
| 27 | BLACK SCIENCE #3 |
| 28 | MULTIVERSITY #1 |
| 29 | BATMAN #29 |
| 30 | FADE OUT #2 |
| SEX CRIMINALS #7 | |
| 32 | DEADLY CLASS #3 |
| 33 | MOON KNIGHT #1 |
| 34 | DEADLY CLASS #4 |
| LOW #4 | |
| 36 | BATGIRL #35 |
| SEX CRIMINALS #4 | |
| WALKING DEAD #127 | |
| 39 | SEX CRIMINALS #6 |
| BATMAN #27 | |
| DEADLY CLASS #6 | |
| 42 | SOUTHERN BASTARDS #2 |
| 43 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 |
| SEX CRIMINALS #8 | |
| THOR #1 | |
| TREES #2 | |
| 47 | BITCH PLANET #1 |
| BLACK SCIENCE #5 | |
| DEADLY CLASS #5 | |
| MS MARVEL #2 | |
| 51 | BATMAN #28 |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #1 | |
| SEX CRIMINALS #5 | |
| 54 | DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 4) |
| WALKING DEAD #120 | |
| WALKING DEAD #121 | |
| 57 | TREES #3 |
| 58 | OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #2 |
| WALKING DEAD #129 | |
| 60 | TOOTH & CLAW #1 |
| 61 | BATMAN #30 |
| BATMAN #31 | |
| BATMAN #32 | |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #3 | |
| BLACK SCIENCE #4 | |
| DEADLY CLASS #7 | |
| MOON KNIGHT #2 | |
| WALKING DEAD #123 | |
| WALKING DEAD #124 | |
| WICKED & DIVINE #5 | |
| 71 | BLACK SCIENCE #6 |
| WALKING DEAD #125 | |
| WALKING DEAD #128 | |
| 74 | ORIGINAL SIN #1 (OF 8) |
| ROCKET RACCOON #1 ANMN | |
| SUPREME BLUE ROSE #1 | |
| 77 | BATMAN ETERNAL #2 |
| FADE OUT #3 | |
| JUPITERS LEGACY #4 | |
| SOUTHERN BASTARDS #3 | |
| TREES #4 | |
| WALKING DEAD #119 | |
| WALKING DEAD #122 | |
| WALKING DEAD #126 | |
| 85 | BATMAN #33 |
| DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4) | |
| ILLEGITIMATES #2 (OF 6) | |
| MS MARVEL #4 | |
| OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #3 | |
| WALKING DEAD #132 | |
| 91 | EAST OF WEST #10 |
| EAST OF WEST #9 | |
| MOON KNIGHT #3 | |
| MS MARVEL #3 | |
| WALKING DEAD #130 | |
| 96 | MULTIVERSITY THE SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES #1 |
| ORIGINAL SIN #2 (OF 8) | |
| SEX CRIMINALS #9 | |
| VELVET #3 | |
| 100 | EAST OF WEST #11 |
| EAST OF WEST #14 | |
| VELVET #4 |
As you can see, I remembered to adjust SANDMAN: OVERTURE's multiple covers into a single line item(s) this year, and, whoosh, they score the top two spots pretty handily. But you also know why? BECAUSE I CAN REORDER THEM. I'm reordering copies every other month or so... which I would have done for some of those Image comics as well but Image is Inventory Adverse on comics and so we sold less copies of their periodicals, I would say, across the board, than I would have if they had generous overprint policies. It's a drag because (despite Image being the #1 publisher at the Mothership), they're absolutely below where they COULD be if I could reorder comics any time after week #1 on sale (if then)
My big Flops of the year: AXIS, which, fuck, didn't even CHART over here, and MULTIVERSITY, which I'll be trying to flog single copies of until the end of the decade, most likely.
Meanwhile, Outpost is the big big comic store, and, even more so, the big big big Marvel store, so their Top 100 looks pretty radically different:
| 1 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 |
| 2 | BATMAN ETERNAL #1 |
| 3 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 |
| BATMAN #31 | |
| 5 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 ANMN |
| 6 | BATMAN #27 |
| THOR #1 | |
| 8 | BATMAN #28 |
| BATMAN #29 | |
| BATMAN #30 | |
| 11 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 ANMN |
| SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #5 | |
| 13 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #2 | |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #11.NOW ANMN | |
| 16 | ALL NEW X-MEN #23 ANMN |
| 17 | SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #6 |
| 18 | GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #14 |
| 19 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #6 |
| BATMAN #33 | |
| BATMAN #34 | |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 ANMN | |
| LOW #1 | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #30 ANMN | |
| 25 | ALL NEW X-MEN #22.NOW ANMN |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 EOSV | |
| BATMAN #32 | |
| BATMAN #35 | |
| BATMAN #36 | |
| ROCKET RACCOON #1 ANMN | |
| 31 | DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 4) |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #12 ANMN | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #31 ANMN | |
| 34 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #9 SV |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #29 ANMN | |
| 36 | ALL NEW X-MEN #24 ANMN |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #4 | |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 INF | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW ANMN | |
| 40 | BATMAN ETERNAL #3 |
| 41 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 EOSV |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25 | |
| 43 | ALL NEW X-MEN #21 |
| DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 4) | |
| FOREVER EVIL #5 (OF 7) | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #32 | |
| 47 | ALL NEW X-MEN #25 |
| THOR #2 | |
| 49 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 SV |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #5 | |
| MS MARVEL #1 | |
| ORIGINAL SIN #1 (OF 8) | |
| ORIGINAL SIN #3 (OF 8) | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #17 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #23 SIN | |
| 57 | ORIGINAL SIN #2 (OF 8) |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #18 | |
| 59 | BATMAN ETERNAL #6 |
| FOREVER EVIL #6 (OF 7) | |
| HARLEY QUINN #2 | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #28 ANMN | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #16 | |
| 64 | BATMAN SUPERMAN #7 |
| DAREDEVIL #1 ANMN | |
| DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4) | |
| FOREVER EVIL #7 (OF 7) | |
| SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #7 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #19.NOW ANMN | |
| 70 | ALL NEW X-MEN #26 |
| LUMBERJANES #1 (OF 8) | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #20 ANMN | |
| 73 | ALL NEW X-MEN #28 |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #7 | |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 | |
| MS MARVEL #2 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #22 | |
| 78 | ALL NEW X-MEN #29 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 SV | |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #8 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #24 SIN | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #26 | |
| X-MEN #9 XFV | |
| 84 | ALL NEW X-MEN #27 |
| BATMAN SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1 | |
| DAREDEVIL #2 ANMN | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #33 | |
| WYTCHES #1 | |
| 89 | FADE OUT #1 |
| MULTIVERSITY #1 | |
| ORIGINAL SIN #0 | |
| SAGA #18 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #21 | |
| 94 | BATGIRL #35 |
| NIGHT OF LIVING DEADPOOL #1 (OF 4) | |
| OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #1 | |
| ROBIN RISES OMEGA #1 | |
| SAGA #19 | |
| SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #2 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #25 SIN |
Yeah, way way more super-heroes, right? Totally not even close to similar sales charts!
But remember: The mothership sells about 180% the sales of Outpost.
If you were to combine the two stores, it would look something like this company-wide (though I did this by hand, so admit there could be some mistakes line by line) -- the balanced view:
| 1 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 (OF 6) |
| 2 | SAGA #19 |
| 3 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #3 (OF 6) |
| 4 | LOW #1 |
| 5 | SAGA #20 |
| 6 | SAGA #22 |
| 7 | SAGA #23 |
| 8 | DEADLY CLASS #1 |
| SAGA #18 | |
| 10 | SAGA #21 |
| 11 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 |
| SAGA #24 | |
| WICKED & DIVINE #1 | |
| 14 | OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #1 |
| 15 | MS MARVEL #1 |
| 16 | BATMAN #29 |
| 17 | WICKED & DIVINE #2 |
| 18 | FADE OUT #1 |
| 19 | BATMAN #27 |
| 20 | BATMAN ETERNAL #1 |
| 21 | THOR #1 |
| 22 | BATMAN #28 |
| 23 | BATMAN #31 |
| 24 | BATMAN #30 |
| 25 | LOW #2 |
| SOUTHERN BASTARDS #1 | |
| 27 | WYTCHES #1 |
| 28 | DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 4) |
| 29 | BATMAN ETERNAL #2 |
| 30 | BATMAN #32 |
| MULTIVERSITY #1 | |
| 32 | DEADLY CLASS #2 |
| TREES #1 | |
| 34 | ROCKET RACCOON #1 ANMN |
| 35 | BATMAN #33 |
| 36 | SANDMAN OVERTURE #1 (OF 6) |
| 37 | BATMAN ETERNAL #3 |
| 38 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 ANMN |
| 39 | BATGIRL #35 |
| MOON KNIGHT #1 | |
| MS MARVEL #2 | |
| 42 | ALL NEW X-MEN #23 ANMN |
| ORIGINAL SIN #1 (OF 8) | |
| 44 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 |
| 45 | BATMAN #35 |
| WALKING DEAD #127 | |
| WICKED & DIVINE #3 | |
| 48 | BATMAN #34 |
| FADE OUT #2 | |
| LOW #3 | |
| 51 | ALL NEW X-MEN #22.NOW ANMN |
| 52 | BATMAN ETERNAL #4 |
| DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4) | |
| 54 | BLACK SCIENCE #3 |
| 55 | BATMAN #36 |
| 56 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 ANMN |
| DEADLY CLASS #3 | |
| ORIGINAL SIN #2 (OF 8) | |
| THOR #2 | |
| 60 | GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #11.NOW ANMN |
| LUMBERJANES #1 (OF 8) | |
| ORIGINAL SIN #3 (OF 8) | |
| SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #5 | |
| 64 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13 ANMN | |
| MS MARVEL #1 ANMN | |
| 67 | BATMAN ETERNAL #5 |
| DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 4) | |
| MOON KNIGHT #2 | |
| SANDMAN OVERTURE #4 (OF 6) | |
| 71 | ALL NEW X-MEN #29 |
| DAREDEVIL #1 ANMN | |
| DEADLY CLASS #4 | |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #14 | |
| 75 | BITCH PLANET #1 |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #12 ANMN | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #16 | |
| 78 | ALL NEW X-MEN #24 ANMN |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #6 | |
| 80 | ALL NEW X-MEN #21 |
| ALL NEW X-MEN #25 | |
| 82 | BATMAN #37 |
| BATMAN ETERNAL #7 | |
| LOW #4 | |
| SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #6 | |
| 86 | SEX CRIMINALS #5 |
| TOOTH & CLAW #1 | |
| TREES #2 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #17 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #23 SIN | |
| WALKING DEAD #120 | |
| WALKING DEAD #121 | |
| WALKING DEAD #129 | |
| 94 | BATMAN ETERNAL #8 |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #27 | |
| SEX CRIMINALS #6 | |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #18 | |
| 98 | MS MARVEL #4 |
| 99 | SEX CRIMINALS #4 |
| 100 | WALKING DEAD #123 |
| WALKING DEAD #125 | |
| WALKING DEAD #126 |
So, yeah, that's 2014 for me, what do you have to say?
-B
