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The numbers below are estimates for actual comic book sales in the North American direct market, as calculated by www.icv2.com. A nice overview of icv2.com's statistics can be found here: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1850.html ----- DISCLAIMER: As some of you may have noticed, this month's estimates by icv2.com seem to be unusually high, suggesting that all comics shipped in October 2003, no matter from which publisher, shifted about 10% more copies than you'd generally expect them to. Since I don't buy that in the slightest and think it would be pretty much pointless in most cases to run the numbers as presented, I'll shamelessly improvise and be the nightmare of any self-respecting number-cruncher: I've taken the liberty of bumping 10% off any estimate provided by icv2.com this month -- et voila, the numbers are right back where they should reasonably be. (Of course, if it turns out that the comic book industry played a more significant role in the U.S. economy's recovery than we'd have expected and did indeed gain about 10% more sales on all titles across the board in October, I'll be fucked. Should that be the case, I'll get everybody who feels misled at least one pint of their favored stuff, should we ever cross paths outside the Matrix. Promise.) If icv2.com keep their numbers at this level in the coming months, it might make sense to start over fresh and forget the numbers between March and September, but we'll see. Bearing this in mind, on with the show. ----- (1) JLA/ AVENGERS 09/ 2003: JLA/ Avengers #1 -- 189,919 10/ 2003: Avengers/ JLA #2 -- 159,061 (-16.2%) About what you'd expect. I'm a bit surprised there aren't any reorders for #1 on the chart, though. (7) BATMAN 03/ 2003: Batman #613 -- 147,799 04/ 2003: Batman #614 -- 164,858 (+11.5%) 05/ 2003: Batman #615 -- 158,350 (-4.0%) 06/ 2003: Batman #616 -- 152,652 (-3.6%) 07/ 2003: Batman #617 -- 158,844 (+4.1%) 08/ 2003: Batman #618 -- 152,526 (-4.0%) 09/ 2003: Batman #619 -- 303,737 (+99.1%) 10/ 2003: Batman #620 -- 105,492 (-65.3%) 6 months: -36.0% The variant covers and a whopping 70,000 copies in reorders for #619 (see position 17 on the chart) make the drop-off seem larger than it really is. What's really going to be interesting is where it'll be going from here. (8) SUPERMAN/ BATMAN 08/ 2003: Superman/ Batman #1 -- 136,613 09/ 2003: Superman/ Batman #2 -- 112,323 (-17.8%) 10/ 2003: Superman/ Batman #3 -- 100,956 (-10.1%) About 8,000 copies in reorders for #2 (see position 224) mean that the second-issue drop-off wasn't so steep after all, but this book, not surprisingly, is still far from being a second BATMAN. (17) BATMAN 10/ 2003: Batman #619 -- 69,962 Last month, I predicted around "a dozen K" in reorders. Don't believe a word of what I'm telling you. (19) TEEN TITANS 07/ 2003: Teen Titans #1 -- 77,520 08/ 2003: Teen Titans #2 -- 75,221 (-3.0%) 09/ 2003: Teen Titans #3 -- 66,626 (-11.4%) 10/ 2003: Teen Titans #4 -- 67,704 (+1.6%) That number for #2 includes 14,000 copies of the second print sold in October -- spectacular numbers, all things considered. (26) & (28) JLA 03/ 2003: JLA #79 -- 61,589 04/ 2003: JLA #80 -- 60,141 (-2.4%) 05/ 2003: JLA #81 -- 60,316 (+0.3%) 06/ 2003: JLA #82 -- 58,480 (-3.0%) 07/ 2003: JLA #83 -- 59,154 (+1.2%) 08/ 2003: JLA #84 -- 59,130 (-0.0%) 08/ 2003: JLA #84 -- 58,380 (-1.3%) 09/ 2003: JLA #86 -- 59,496 (+1.9%) 09/ 2003: JLA #87 -- 58,678 (-1.4%) 10/ 2003: JLA #88 -- 58,263 (-0.7%) 10/ 2003: JLA #89 -- 57,830 (-0.7%) 6 months: -3.5% Continuing its slow descent. I doubt the next creative team (Denny O'Neil and Eng Huat?) are going to change that, but we'll see. (37) OUTSIDERS 06/ 2003: Outsiders #1 -- 51,698 07/ 2003: Outsiders #2 -- 46,956 (-9.2%) 08/ 2003: Outsiders #3 -- 47,323 (+0.8%) 09/ 2003: Outsiders #4 -- 46,802 (-1.1%) 10/ 2003: Outsiders #5 -- 47,925 (+2.4%) Another excellent performer. (40) JSA 03/ 2003: JSA #46 -- 43,494 04/ 2003: JSA #47 -- 42,187 (-3.0%) 05/ 2003: JSA #48 -- 44,019 (+4.3%) 06/ 2003: JSA #49 -- 43,740 (-0.6%) 07/ 2003: JSA #50 -- 47,924 (+9.6%) 08/ 2003: JSA #51 -- 43,387 (-9.5%) 09/ 2003: JSA #52 -- 43,739 (+0.8%) 10/ 2003: JSA #53 -- 42,840 (-2.1%) 6 months: +1.5% Still rock-solid, by DC standards, although it slipped back to where it was before the gains from the anniversary storyline. (45) FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE 07/ 2003: Formerly Known... #1 -- 41,591 08/ 2003: Formerly Known... #2 -- 37,870 (-8.9%) 09/ 2003: Formerly Known... #3 -- 40,139 (+6.0%) 10/ 2003: Formerly Known... #4 -- 41,195 (+2.6%) Once more: great numbers. They must be very happy with this book. (49) SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT 07/ 2003: Superman: Birthright #1 -- 48,789 08/ 2003: Superman: Birthright #2 -- 42,461 (-13.0%) 09/ 2003: Superman: Birthright #3 -- 41,565 (-2.1%) 10/ 2003: Superman: Birthright #4 -- 40,435 (-2.7%) Still comfortable, but still a little disappointing, considering who the creators are. Should I give this a try once it comes out as a paperback? (55) GREEN ARROW 03/ 2003: Green Arrow #22 -- 51,744 04/ 2003: Green Arrow #23 -- 55,280 (+6.8%) 04/ 2003: Green Arrow #24 -- 53,565 (-3.1%) 05/ 2003: Green Arrow #25 -- 52,535 (-1.9%) 05/ 2003: Green Arrow #26 -- 50,475 (-3.9%) 06/ 2003: Green Arrow #27 -- 47,113 (-6.7%) 07/ 2003: Green Arrow #28 -- 45,270 (-3.9%) 08/ 2003: Green Arrow #29 -- 41,534 (-8.3%) 09/ 2003: Green Arrow #30 -- 40,443 (-2.6%) 10/ 2003: Green Arrow #31 -- 38,737 (-4.2%) 6 months: -28.8% Outch. These numbers are horrible. Maybe it'll gain a couple of units from the fuss that was made about this issue, but I doubt it. (57) DETECTIVE COMICS 03/ 2003: Detective Comics #780 -- 39,085 04/ 2003: Detective Comics #781 -- 38,236 (-2.2%) 05/ 2003: Detective Comics #782 -- 38,443 (+0.5%) 06/ 2003: Detective Comics #783 -- 37,603 (-2.2%) 07/ 2003: Detective Comics #784 -- 38,571 (+2.6%) 08/ 2003: Detective Comics #785 -- 37,988 (-1.5%) 09/ 2003: Detective Comics #786 -- 37,778 (-0.6%) 10/ 2003: Detective Comics #787 -- 37,122 (-1.7%) 6 months: -2.9% DC-solid. (58) SUPERMAN/ BATMAN SECRET FILES 10/ 2003: Superman/ Batman Secret Files 2003 -- 37,102 (59) TEEN TITANS/ OUTSIDERS SECRET FILES 10/ 2003: Teen Titans/ Outsiders Secret Files 2003 -- 37,006 The numbers are okay, but what's the point of these "Secret Files" books? (No, that's not a rhetorical question -- I've just never bought one of these things.) (62) FLASH 03/ 2003: Flash #196 -- 28,577 04/ 2003: Flash #197 -- 30,886 (+8.1%) 05/ 2003: Flash #198 -- 33,152 (+7.3%) 06/ 2003: Flash #199 -- 35,493 (+7.1%) 07/ 2003: Flash #200 -- 44,977 (+26.7%) 08/ 2003: Flash #201 -- 37,568 (-16.5%) 09/ 2003: Flash #202 -- 34,599 (-7.9%) 10/ 2003: Flash #203 -- 34,760 (+0.5%) 6 months: +12.5% Still comfortably above pre-anniversary levels. (64) PLANETARY 03/ 2003: -- 04/ 2003: -- 05/ 2003: -- 06/ 2003: -- 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: Planetary #16 -- 35,722 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Planetary #17 -- 34,242 (-4.1%) Considering that the book never shows up, these numbers are respectable. Given the right artist and character, Warren Ellis could be just the right guy to give another DC book the BATMAN boost. (52) SUPERMAN 03/ 2003: Superman #191 -- 34,000 04/ 2003: Superman #192 -- 34,638 (+1.9%) 05/ 2003: Superman #193 -- 36,599 (+5.7%) 06/ 2003: Superman #194 -- 33,563 (-8.3%) 07/ 2003: Superman #195 -- 35,302 (+5.2%) 08/ 2003: Superman #196 -- 33,648 (-4.7%) 09/ 2003: Superman #197 -- 33,430 (-0.6%) 10/ 2003: Superman #198 -- 33,008 (-1.3%) 6 months: -4.7% Continuing to slip towards salvation. (69) JSA ALL-STARS 05/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #1 -- 43,558 06/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #2 -- 38,127 (-12.5%) 07/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #3 -- 37,105 (-2.7%) 08/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #4 -- 34,501 (-7.0%) 09/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #5 -- 33,079 (-4.1%) 10/ 2003: JSA All-Stars #6 -- 32,333 (-2.3%) Okay for a limited series, I guess. (70) GREEN LANTERN 03/ 2003: Green Lantern #160 -- 37,083 03/ 2003: Green Lantern #161 -- 36,596 (-1.3%) 04/ 2003: Green Lantern #162 -- 45,219 (+23.6%) 04/ 2003: Green Lantern #163 -- 45,780 (+1.2%) 05/ 2003: Green Lantern #164 -- 44,351 (-3.3%) 05/ 2003: Green Lantern #165 -- 37,997 (-14.3%) 06/ 2003: Green Lantern #166 -- 35,973 (-5.3%) 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: Green Lantern #167 -- 36,254 (+0.8%) 08/ 2003: Green Lantern #168 -- 34,016 (-6.1%) 09/ 2003: Green Lantern #169 -- 33,149 (-2.5%) 10/ 2003: Green Lantern #170 -- 32,027 (-3.4%) 6 months: -29.6% After Ron Marz, they allegedly have Grant Morrison, John Byrne, Geoff Johns and Carlos Pacheco lined up to give the book CPR. (71) ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES 03/ 2003: -- 04/ 2003: Astro City: Local Heroes #2 -- 35,786 05/ 2003: -- 06/ 2003: Astro City: Local Heroes #3 -- 33,180 (-7.3%) 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: -- 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Astro City: Local Heroes #4 -- 31,922 (-3.8%) Seems to be doing okay, given the schedule. (75) ACTION COMICS 03/ 2003: Action Comics #801 -- 32,445 04/ 2003: Action Comics #802 -- 32,126 (-1.0%) 05/ 2003: Action Comics #803 -- 32,118 (-0.0%) 06/ 2003: Action Comics #804 -- 31,494 (-1.9%) 07/ 2003: Action Comics #805 -- 31,959 (+1.5%) 08/ 2003: Action Comics #806 -- 30,852 (-3.5%) 09/ 2003: Action Comics #807 -- 30,858 (+0.0%) 10/ 2003: Action Comics #808 -- 30,361 (-1.6%) 6 months: -5.5% Leaking readers, slowly but certainly. (76) BATMAN: DEATH AND THE MAIDENS 08/ 2003: Death and the Maidens #1 -- 36,384 09/ 2003: Death and the Maidens #2 -- 31,957 (-12.2%) 10/ 2003: Death and the Maidens #3 -- 30,034 (-6.0%) Standard numbers. (77) BIRDS OF PREY 03/ 2003: Birds of Prey #53 -- 24,614 04/ 2003: Birds of Prey #54 -- 23,521 (-4.4%) 05/ 2003: Birds of Prey #55 -- 23,227 (-1.2%) 06/ 2003: Birds of Prey #56 -- 26,802 (+15.4%) 07/ 2003: Birds of Prey #57 -- 29,178 (+8.9%) 08/ 2003: Birds of Prey #58 -- 27,851 (-4.5%) 09/ 2003: Birds of Prey #59 -- 29,292 (+5.2%) 10/ 2003: Birds of Prey #60 -- 29,907 (+2.1%) 6 months: +27.2% Ah, yes. DC want all their books to perform like this. Marvel, in the meantime, should get Gail Simone another book immediately, because she's hot -- and you damn well know how I mean that. (80) NIGHTWING 03/ 2003: Nightwing #79 -- 29,713 04/ 2003: Nightwing #80 -- 29,508 (-0.7%) 05/ 2003: Nightwing #81 -- 29,942 (+1.5%) 06/ 2003: Nightwing #82 -- 29,552 (-1.3%) 07/ 2003: Nightwing #83 -- 29,745 (+0.7%) 08/ 2003: Nightwing #84 -- 29,410 (-1.1%) 09/ 2003: Nightwing #85 -- 29,292 (-0.4%) 10/ 2003: Nightwing #86 -- 28,989 (-1.0%) 6 months: -1.8% Nightwing continues to be dull, from a strictly statistical point of view. (81) BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS 03/ 2003: Gotham Knights #39 -- 30,984 04/ 2003: Gotham Knights #40 -- 30,565 (-1.4%) 05/ 2003: Gotham Knights #41 -- 29,956 (-2.0%) 06/ 2003: Gotham Knights #42 -- 29,410 (-1.8%) 07/ 2003: Gotham Knights #43 -- 31,387 (+6.7%) 08/ 2003: Gotham Knights #44 -- 29,440 (-6.2%) 09/ 2003: Gotham Knights #45 -- 28,661 (-2.6%) 10/ 2003: Gotham Knights #46 -- 28,581 (-0.3%) 6 months: -6.5% Speaking of leaking, this one's not sneaking. I didn't really type that, now did I? (82) WONDER WOMAN 03/ 2003: Wonder Woman #190 -- 27,851 04/ 2003: Wonder Woman #191 -- 25,833 (-7.2%) 05/ 2003: Wonder Woman #192 -- 25,994 (+0.6%) 06/ 2003: Wonder Woman #193 -- 25,598 (-1.5%) 07/ 2003: Wonder Woman #194 -- 25,347 (-1.0%) 08/ 2003: Wonder Woman #195 -- 31,522 (+24.4%) 09/ 2003: Wonder Woman #196 -- 27,539 (-12.6%) 10/ 2003: Wonder Woman #197 -- 28,367 (+3.0%) 6 months: +9.8% What's uuuuuuuuuup?! ...WONDER WOMAN! (83) BATMAN: CITY OF LIGHT 10/ 2003: City of Light #1 -- 27,681 Burp. (85) BATGIRL 03/ 2003: Batgirl #38 -- 30,686 04/ 2003: Batgirl #39 -- 30,090 (-1.9%) 05/ 2003: Batgirl #40 -- 30,172 (+0.3%) 06/ 2003: Batgirl #41 -- 29,694 (-1.6%) 07/ 2003: Batgirl #42 -- 29,144 (-1.9%) 08/ 2003: Batgirl #43 -- 27,998 (-3.9%) 09/ 2003: Batgirl #44 -- 27,796 (-0.7%) 10/ 2003: Batgirl #45 -- 27,470 (-1.2%) 6 months: -8.7% Another leaker. (The book, not Batgirl.) (86) HAWKMAN 03/ 2003: Hawkman #13 -- 31,173 04/ 2003: Hawkman #14 -- 29,998 (-3.8%) 05/ 2003: Hawkman #15 -- 29,899 (-0.3%) 06/ 2003: Hawkman #16 -- 29,481 (-1.4%) 07/ 2003: Hawkman #17 -- 29,276 (-0.7%) 08/ 2003: Hawkman #18 -- 28,557 (-2.5%) 09/ 2003: Hawkman #19 -- 28,988 (+1.5%) 10/ 2003: Hawkman #20 -- 27,449 (-5.3%) 6 months: -8.5% Where eagles dare used to be higher. (87) LEGION 03/ 2003: Legion #18 -- 23,180 04/ 2003: Legion #19 -- 23,214 (+0.1%) 05/ 2003: Legion #20 -- 23,184 (-0.1%) 06/ 2003: Legion #21 -- 22,749 (-1.9%) 07/ 2003: Legion #22 -- 22,987 (+1.0%) 08/ 2003: Legion #23 -- 22,466 (-2.3%) 09/ 2003: Legion #24 -- 22,653 (+0.8%) 10/ 2003: Legion #25 -- 27,396 (+20.9%) 6 months: +18.0% Move on, nothing to see here. Just an aniversary issue bump, is all. (88) ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 03/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #614 -- 30,551 04/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #615 -- 29,707 (-2.8%) 05/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #616 -- 29,855 (+0.5%) 06/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #617 -- 29,183 (-2.3%) 07/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #618 -- 29,086 (-0.3%) 08/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #619 -- 28,145 (-3.2%) 09/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #620 -- 28,100 (-0.2%) 10/ 2003: Adventures of Superman #621 -- 27,291 (-2.9%) 6 months: -8.1% Leeeeakeeeerrrrr. (I'm thinking of getting the non-crossover-polluted issues of this one, since I'm rather fond of Joe Casey's work, by the way. Can anybody point me to the right numbers?) (90) THUNDERCATS: HAMMERHAND'S REVENGE 10/ 2003: Hammerhand's Revenge #1 -- 26,932 Well. (91) THE AUTHORITY 05/ 2003: The Authority #1 -- 44,351 06/ 2003: The Authority #2 -- 37,092 (-16.4%) 07/ 2003: The Authority #3 -- 33,777 (-8.9%) 08/ 2003: The Authority #4 -- 30,926 (-8.4%) 09/ 2003: The Authority #5 -- 28,801 (-6.9%) 10/ 2003: The Authority #6 -- 26,869 (-6.7%) Ed Brubaker is the next writer, right? I hope he'll be able to stem this rather horrible gut wound, since there's a reasonable chance that he'll at least make the book worth reading again. (92) Y: THE LAST MAN 03/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #9 -- 24,384 04/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #10 -- 25,934 (+5.1%) 05/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #11 -- 26,196 (+1.0%) 06/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #12 -- 25,966 (-0.9%) 07/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #13 -- 26,755 (+3.0%) 08/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #14 -- 26,218 (-2.0%) 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Y: The Last Man #15 -- 26,774 (+1.0%) 6 months: +9.8% Still the best-selling Vertigo book. (93) THUNDERCATS: DOGS OF WAR 06/ 2003: Dogs of War #1 -- 34,130 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: Dogs of War #2 -- 32,000 (-6.2%) 08/ 2003: Dogs of War #3 -- 29,528 (-7.7%) 09/ 2003: Dogs of War #4 -- 27,959 (-5.3%) 10/ 2003: Dogs of War #5 -- 26.753 (-4.3%) Bzzzz. (98) FABLES 03/ 2003: Fables #11 -- 24,857 04/ 2003: Fables #12 -- 24,929 (+0.3%) 05/ 2003: Fables #13 -- 25,158 (+0.9%) 06/ 2003: Fables #14 -- 25,229 (+0.3%) 07/ 2003: Fables #15 -- 25,567 (+1.3%) 08/ 2003: Fables #16 -- 25,365 (-0.8%) 09/ 2003: Fables #17 -- 25,856 (+1.9%) 10/ 2003: Fables #18 -- 25,825 (-0.1%) 6 months: +3.6% It seems to be slowing down, but the numbers could be worse. Much worse, in fact. (101) ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL 05/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #1 -- 33,826 06/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #2 -- 27,851 (-17.7%) 07/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #3 -- 27,561 (-1.0%) 08/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #4 -- 26,821 (-2.7%) 09/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #5 -- 26,066 (-2.8%) 10/ 2003: Arkham Asylum #6 -- 25,266 (-3.1%) Conclusion. (102) SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS 03/ 2003: Generations III #3 -- 28,252 04/ 2003: Generations III #4 -- 27,808 (-1.6%) 05/ 2003: Generations III #5 -- 27,478 (-1.2%) 06/ 2003: Generations III #6 -- 26,604 (-3.2%) 07/ 2003: Generations III #7 -- 26,975 (+1.4%) 08/ 2003: Generations III #8 -- 25,938 (-3.8%) 09/ 2003: Generations III #9 -- 25,832 (-0.4%) 10/ 2003: Generations III #10 -- 25,181 (-2.5%) 6 months: -9.5% John Byrne is leaking. (103) BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 03/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #165 -- 26,196 04/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #166 -- 25,664 (-2.0%) 05/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #167 -- 25,706 (+0.2%) 06/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #168 -- 26,009 (+1.2%) 07/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #169 -- 26,286 (+1.0%) 08/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #170 -- 25,335 (-3.6%) 09/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #171 -- 25,294 (-0.2%) 10/ 2003: Legends of the Dark Knight #172 -- 25,043 (-1.0%) 6 months: -2.4% (105) AQUAMAN 03/ 2003: Aquaman #4 -- 36,908 04/ 2003: Aquaman #5 -- 34,684 (-6.0%) 05/ 2003: Aquaman #6 -- 33,213 (-4.2%) 06/ 2003: Aquaman #7 -- 30,615 (-7.8%) 07/ 2003: Aquaman #8 -- 29,628 (-3.2%) 08/ 2003: Aquaman #9 -- 27,454 (-7.3%) 09/ 2003: Aquaman #10 -- 26,370 (-3.9%) 10/ 2003: Aquaman #11 -- 24,422 (-7.4%) 6 months: -29.6% Heading towards cancellation station, methunkest. (106) BATMAN/ JOKER SWITCH 10/ 2003: Batman/ Joker Switch -- 24,200 At $ 6.95, this ain't so bad. (113) CATWOMAN 03/ 2003: Catwoman #17 -- 23,532 04/ 2003: Catwoman #18 -- 23,199 (-1.4%) 05/ 2003: Catwoman #19 -- 23,732 (+2.3%) 06/ 2003: Catwoman #20 -- 23,231 (-0.2%) 07/ 2003: Catwoman #21 -- 23,090 (-0.6%) 08/ 2003: -- 09/ 2003: Catwoman #22 -- 23,471 (+1.7%) 09/ 2003: Catwoman #23 -- 22,793 (-2.9%) 10/ 2003: Catwoman #24 -- 22,702 (-0.4%) 6 months: -2.1% Solid. (116) ROBIN 03/ 2003: Robin #112 -- 23,113 04/ 2003: Robin #113 -- 22,663 (-1.9%) 05/ 2003: Robin #114 -- 22,593 (-0.3%) 06/ 2003: Robin #115 -- 22,054 (-2.4%) 07/ 2003: Robin #116 -- 22,210 (+0.7%) 08/ 2003: Robin #117 -- 21,454 (-3.4%) 09/ 2003: Robin #118 -- 21,811 (+1.7%) 10/ 2003: Robin #119 -- 21,689 (-0.6%) 6 months: -6.2% Waiting for Bill Willingham and Rick Mays to stem the bleeding. (119) DOCTOR FATE 08/ 2003: Doctor Fate #1 -- 27,395 09/ 2003: Doctor Fate #2 -- 23,050 (-15.9%) 10/ 2003: Doctor Fate #3 -- 21,225 (-7.9%) Dr. Bong's twin is doing almost okay. (124) SMAX 08/ 2003: Smax #1 -- 23,452 09/ 2003: Smax #2 -- 21,016 (-10.4%) 10/ 2003: Smax #3 -- 19,991 (-4.9%) Not cereal-related, I reckon, but I might give it a try, anyway, one of these days. (132) TOM STRONG 03/ 2003: -- 04/ 2003: Tom Strong #20 -- 19,049 05/ 2003: -- 06/ 2003: -- 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: Tom Strong #21 -- 18,199 (-4.5%) 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Tom Strong #22 -- 18,092 (-0.6%) Tom Strong. (Ha, get it?) (135) GOTHAM CENTRAL 03/ 2003: Gotham Central #5 -- 19,258 04/ 2003: Gotham Central #6 -- 18,345 (-4.7%) 05/ 2003: Gotham Central #7 -- 18,184 (-0.9%) 06/ 2003: Gotham Central #8 -- 17,391 (-4.4%) 07/ 2003: Gotham Central #9 -- 17,299 (-0.5%) 08/ 2003: Gotham Central #10 -- 17,022 (-1.6%) 09/ 2003: Gotham Central #11 -- 17,066 (+0.3%) 10/ 2003: Gotham Central #12 -- 17,205 (+0.8%) 6 months: -6.2% Two slight increases in two months. We shall see. (137) ROBOTECH: LOVE & WAR 06/ 2003: Love & War #1 -- 22,706 07/ 2003: Love & War #2 -- 21,330 (-6.1%) 08/ 2003: Love & War #3 -- 19,244 (-9.8%) 09/ 2003: Love & War #4 -- 18,328 (-4.8%) 10/ 2003: Love & War #5 -- 17,111 (-6.6%) Robots are out. Again. (138) 100 BULLETS 03/ 2003: 100 Bullets #42 -- 17,487 04/ 2003: 100 Bullets #43 -- 17,273 (-1.2%) 05/ 2003: 100 Bullets #44 -- 17,493 (+1.3%) 06/ 2003: 100 Bullets #45 -- 17,207 (-1.6%) 07/ 2003: 100 Bullets #46 -- 17,108 (-0.6%) 08/ 2003: -- 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: 100 Bullets #47 -- 16,963 (-0.8%) Stable performer. (143) CAPER 10/ 2003: Caper #1 -- 16,626 Why isn't this a Vertigo book? (144) H.E.R.O. 03/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #2 -- 20,381 04/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #3 -- 22,525 (+10.5%) 05/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #4 -- 21,023 (-6.7%) 06/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #5 -- 19,886 (-5.4%) 07/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #6 -- 19,366 (-2.6%) 08/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #7 -- 18,244 (-5.8%) 09/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #8 -- 17,557 (-3.8%) 10/ 2003: H.E.R.O. #9 -- 16,604 (-5.4%) 6 months: -26.3% Yeuch. (145) TOM STRONG'S TERRIFIC TALES 03/ 2003: -- 04/ 2003: -- 05/ 2003: Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #7 -- 17,248 06/ 2003: -- 07/ 2003: -- 08/ 2003: -- 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #8 -- 16,530 (-4.2%) Alan Moore is a man with a beard. (146) TWO-STEP 10/ 2003: Two-Step #1 -- 15,887 One step forward, Two-Step back. Am witty. (149) HELLBLAZER 03/ 2003: Hellblazer #182 -- 17,257 04/ 2003: Hellblazer #183 -- 16,905 (-2.0%) 05/ 2003: Hellblazer #184 -- 16,931 (+0.2%) 06/ 2003: Hellblazer #185 -- 16,555 (-2.2%) 07/ 2003: Hellblazer #186 -- 16,405 (-0.9%) 08/ 2003: Hellblazer #187 -- 16,037 (-2.2%) 09/ 2003: Hellblazer #188 -- 15,897 (-0.9%) 10/ 2003: Hellblazer #189 -- 15,581 (-2.0%) 6 months: -9.7% Readers are going to hell. Maybe Keanu Reeves can help. (135) TERRA OBSCURA 06/ 2003: Terra Obscura #1 -- 23,443 07/ 2003: Terra Obscura #2 -- 18,516 (-21.0%) 08/ 2003: Terra Obscura #3 -- 17,376 (-6.2%) 09/ 2003: Terra Obscura #4 -- 16,177 (-6.9%) 10/ 2003: Terra Obscura #5 -- 15,413 (-4.7%) Conclusion. (151) DEMON: DRIVEN OUT 09/ 2003: Driven Out #1 -- 19,988 10/ 2003: Driven Out #2 -- 15,370 (-23.1%) Driven Out, indeed. (153) FALLEN ANGEL 07/ 2003: Fallen Angel #1 -- 23,720 08/ 2003: Fallen Angel #2 -- 18,023 (-24.0%) 09/ 2003: Fallen Angel #3 -- 16,715 (-7.3%) 10/ 2003: Fallen Angel #4 -- 14,790 (-11.5%) Instead of settling down, the decline seems to accelerate. (155) HARLEY QUINN 03/ 2003: Harley Quinn #30 -- 16,946 04/ 2003: Harley Quinn #31 -- 16,492 (-2.7%) 05/ 2003: Harley Quinn #32 -- 16,585 (+0.6%) 06/ 2003: Harley Quinn #33 -- 16,030 (-3.3%) 07/ 2003: Harley Quinn #34 -- 15,716 (-2.0%) 08/ 2003: Harley Quinn #35 -- 15,139 (-3.7%) 09/ 2003: Harley Quinn #36 -- 14,775 (-2.4%) 10/ 2003: Harley Quinn #37 -- 14,294 (-3.3%) 6 months: -13.3% Not around for much longer, I'd wager. (156) WILDCATS VERSION 3.0 03/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #9 -- 17,581 04/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #10 -- 16,232 (-7.7%) 05/ 2003: -- 06/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #11 -- 16,073 (-1.0%) 07/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #12 -- 15,437 (-4.0%) 08/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #13 -- 14,742 (-4.5%) 09/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #14 -- 14,471 (-1.8%) 10/ 2003: Wildcats Version 3.0 #15 -- 14,157 (-2.2%) 6 months: -19.5% Damn, I like this book, but these numbers aren't good. (158) LOSERS 06/ 2003: Losers #1 -- 22,512 07/ 2003: Losers #2 -- 16,820 (-25.3%) 08/ 2003: Losers #3 -- 14,948 (-11.1%) 09/ 2003: Losers #4 -- 15,125 (+0.1%) 10/ 2003: Losers #5 -- 14,146 (-6.5%) Interesting book, bad numbers. (160) SUPERMAN: METROPOLIS 03/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #2 -- 21,476 04/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #3 -- 19,417 (-9.6%) 05/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #4 -- 17,910 (-7.8%) 06/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #5 -- 16,200 (-9.5%) 07/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #6 -- 15,804 (-2.4%) 08/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #7 -- 14,878 (-5.9%) 09/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #8 -- 14,494 (-2.6%) 10/ 2003: Superman: Metropolis #9 -- 14,009 (-3.3%) 6 months: -27.9% Chuck Austen sells comics like no one else, doesn't he? (167) TEEN TITANS 10/ 2003: Teen Titans #2 (2nd print) -- 13,693 See position 19. (168) BATMAN ADVENTURES 03/ 2003: Gotham Adventures #60 -- 12,817 04/ 2003: Batman Adventures #1 -- 16,700 (+30.3%) 05/ 2003: Batman Adventures #2 -- 19,856 (+18.9%) 06/ 2003: Batman Adventures #3 -- 15,534 (-21.8%) 07/ 2003: Batman Adventures #4 -- 15,056 (-3.1%) 08/ 2003: Batman Adventures #5 -- 13,609 (-9.6%) 09/ 2003: Batman Adventures #6 -- 13,512 (-0.7%) 10/ 2003: Batman Adventures #7 -- 13,514 (+0.0%) 6 months: -19.1% Stagnant, for now. (169) LUCIFER 03/ 2003: Lucifer #36 -- 14,052 04/ 2003: Lucifer #37 -- 13,889 (-1.1%) 05/ 2003: Lucifer #38 -- 13,847 (-0.3%) 06/ 2003: Lucifer #39 -- 13,692 (-2.6%) 07/ 2003: Lucifer #40 -- 13,722 (+0.2%) 08/ 2003: Lucifer #41 -- 13,447 (-0.2%) 09/ 2003: Lucifer #42 -- 13,582 (+1.0%) 10/ 2003: Lucifer #43 -- 13,355 (-1.7%) 6 months: -3.8% (170) GEN 13 03/ 2003: Gen 13 #7 -- 18,028 04/ 2003: Gen 13 #8 -- 17,227 (-4.4%) 05/ 2003: Gen 13 #9 -- 16,714 (-3.0%) 06/ 2003: Gen 13 #10 -- 15,860 (-5.1%) 07/ 2003: Gen 13 #11 -- 15,408 (-2.8%) 08/ 2003: Gen 13 #12 -- 14,521 (-5.8%) 09/ 2003: Gen 13 #13 -- 14,003 (-3.6%) 10/ 2003: Gen 13 #14 -- 13,313 (-4.9%) 6 months: -22.7% (173) HUMAN TARGET 08/ 2003: Human Target #1 -- 17,626 09/ 2003: Human Target #2 -- 14,401 (-18.3%) 10/ 2003: Human Target #3 -- 13,081 (-9.2%) These don't look good. (174) JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES 03/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #17 -- 14,566 04/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #18 -- 14,241 (-2.2%) 05/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #19 -- 14,265 (+0.2%) 06/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #20 -- 14,060 (-1.4%) 07/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #21 -- 13,898 (-1.2%) 08/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #22 -- 13,315 (-4.2%) 09/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #23 -- 13,372 (+0.4%) 10/ 2003: Justice League Adventures #24 -- 13,018 (-2.7%) 6 months: -8.6% (180) KAMIKAZE 10/ 2003: Kamikaze #1 -- 12,057 (181) TOKYO STORM WARNING 06/ 2003: Tokyo Storm Warning #1 -- 18,341 07/ 2003: Tokyo Storm Warning #2 -- 14,426 (-21.3%) 08/ 2003: -- 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Tokyo Storm Warning #3 -- 11,942 (-17.2%) Mediocre numbers for a mediocre book. (184) STORMWATCH 03/ 2003: Stormwatch #9 -- 16,500 04/ 2003: Stormwatch #10 -- 14,241 (-13.7%) 05/ 2003: Stormwatch #11 -- 14,078 (-1.1%) 06/ 2003: Stormwatch #12 -- 13,507 (-4.1%) 07/ 2003: Stormwatch #13 -- 13,018 (-3.6%) 08/ 2003: Stormwatch #14 -- 12,314 (-5.4%) 09/ 2003: Stormwatch #15 -- 12,110 (-1.7%) 10/ 2003: Stormwatch #16 -- 11,541 (-4.7%) 6 months: -19.0% If it continues to drop at this rate, the Announcement won't be far away, so, again: Go Buy It! (189) REIGN OF THE ZODIAC 08/ 2003: Reign of the Zodiac #1 -- 15,845 09/ 2003: Reign of the Zodiac #2 -- 12,717 (-19.7%) 10/ 2003: Reign of the Zodiac #3 -- 11,034 (-13.2%) Horrible numbers. (207) ICANDY 09/ 2003: ICandy #1 -- 12,671 10/ 2003: ICandy #2 -- 9,304 (-26.6%) Cancelled already, if you believe the rumors. Hard to argue with them. (208) & (212) SLEEPER 03/ 2003: Sleeper #3 -- 12,158 04/ 2003: Sleeper #4 -- 9,923 (-18.4%) 05/ 2003: Sleeper #5 -- 9,755 (-1.7%) 06/ 2003: Sleeper #6 -- 9,440 (-3.2%) 07/ 2003: Sleeper #7 -- 9,426 (-0.1%) 08/ 2003: Sleeper #8 -- 8,975 (-4.8%) 09/ 2003: -- 10/ 2003: Sleeper #9 -- 9,020 (+0.5%) 10/ 2003: Sleeper #10 -- 8,893 (-1.4%) 6 months: -26.3% Another great title with very bad numbers. I hope the upcoming relaunch will get it some more attention. (211) EXTINCTION EVENT 07/ 2003: Extinction Event #1 -- 14,689 08/ 2003: Extinction Event #2 -- 11,446 (-22.1%) 09/ 2003: Extinction Event #3 -- 9,982 (-12.8%) 10/ 2003: Extinction Event #4 -- 8,956 (-10.3%) (214) HUMANS DEFENSE CORPS 05/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #1 -- 16,181 06/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #2 -- 12,459 (-23.0%) 07/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #3 -- 11,464 (-8.0%) 08/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #4 -- 10,196 (-11.1%) 09/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #5 -- 9,421 (-7.6%) 10/ 2003: Humans Defense Corps #6 -- 8,682 (-7.8%) (220) BAD GIRLS 08/ 2003: Bad Girls #1 -- 11,888 09/ 2003: Bad Girls #2 -- 9,585 (-19.4%) 10/ 2003: Bad Girls #3 -- 8,155 (-14.9%) The Frightful Four are only three this month. Where's POSSESSED? (224) SUPERMAN/ BATMAN 10/ 2003: Superman/ Batman #2 -- 7,849 See position 8. (227) POWERPUFF GIRLS 03/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #36 -- 8,223 04/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #37 -- 8,070 (-1.9%) 05/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #38 -- 8,069 (-0.0%) 06/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #39 -- 7,810 (-3.2%) 07/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #40 -- 7,872 (+0.8%) 08/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #41 -- 7,489 (-4.9%) 09/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #42 -- 7,364 (-1.7%) 10/ 2003: Powerpuff Girls #43 -- 7,469 (+1.4%) 6 months: -7.4% All hope is not lost, it seems. (239) CINNAMON EL CICLO 08/ 2003: Cinnamon El Ciclo #1 -- 9,813 09/ 2003: Cinnamon El Ciclo #2 -- 8,159 (-16.9%) 10/ 2003: Cinnamon El Ciclo #3 -- 6,710 (-17.8%) (254) SCOOBY DOO 03/ 2003: Scooby Doo #70 -- 5,964 04/ 2003: Scooby Doo #71 -- 5,895 (-1.2%) 05/ 2003: Scooby Doo #72 -- 5,980 (+1.4%) 06/ 2003: Scooby Doo #73 -- 5,925 (-0.9%) 07/ 2003: Scooby Doo #74 -- 5,967 (+0.7%) 08/ 2003: Scooby Doo #75 -- 6,135 (+2.8%) 09/ 2003: Scooby Doo #76 -- 5,938 (-3.2%) 10/ 2003: Scooby Doo #77 -- 5,897 (-0.7%) 6 months: +0.0% Scooby Doobee Doo. (276) LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION 10/ 2003: Looney Tunes: Back in Action -- 3,787 It says "Movie" something in the chart. Is this an adaptation of some kind? (279) LOONEY TUNES 03/ 2003: Looney Tunes #100 -- 5,829 04/ 2003: Looney Tunes #101 -- 3,583 (-38.5%) 05/ 2003: Looney Tunes #102 -- 3,732 (+4.2%) 06/ 2003: Looney Tunes #103 -- 3,543 (-5.1%) 07/ 2003: Looney Tunes #104 -- 3,533 (-0.3%) 08/ 2003: Looney Tunes #105 -- 3,502 (-0.9%) 09/ 2003: Looney Tunes #106 -- 3,577 (+2.1%) 10/ 2003: Looney Tunes #107 -- 3,524 (-1.5%) 6 months: -1.6% (287) POSSESSED 07/ 2003: Possessed #1 -- 17,489 08/ 2003: Possessed #2 -- 13,153 (-24.8%) 09/ 2003: Possessed #3 -- 11,385 (-13.4%) 10/ 2003: Possessed #4 -- 3,038 (-73.3%) Presumably, this one shipped too late, and we'll see a lot more copies of #4 showing up here next month. (299) CARTOON CARTOONS 03/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #16 -- 2,570 04/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #17 -- 2,726 (+6.1%) 05/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #18 -- 2,089 (-23.4%) 06/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #19 -- 2,594 (+24.2%) 07/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #20 -- 2,580 (-0.5%) 08/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #21 -- 2,545 (-1.4%) 09/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #22 -- 2,595 (+2.0%) 10/ 2003: Cartoon Cartoons #23 -- 2,648 (+2.0%) 6 months: -2.9% 6-month performances: +27.7%: Birds of Prey +18.0%: Legion +12.5%: Flash + 9.8%: Wonder Woman, Y: The Last Man + 3.6%: Fables + 1.5%: JSA + 0.0%: Scooby Doo - 1.6%: Looney Tunes - 1.8%: Nightwing - 2.1%: Catwoman - 2.4%: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight - 2.9%: Cartoon Cartoons, Detective Comics - 3.5%: JLA - 3.8%: Lucifer - 4.7%: Superman - 5.5%: Action Comics - 6.2%: Gotham Central, Robin - 6.5%: Batman: Gotham Knights - 7.4%: Powerpuff Girls - 8.1%: Adventures of Superman - 8.5%: Hawkman - 8.6%: Justice League Adventures - 8.7%: Batgirl - 9.5%: Superman & Batman: Generations III - 9.7%: Hellblazer -13.3%: Harley Quinn -19.0%: Stormwatch -19.1%: Batman Adventures -19.5%: Wildcats Version 3.0 -22.7%: Gen 13 -26.3%: H.E.R.O., Sleeper -27.9%: Superman: Metropolis -28.8%: Green Arrow -29.6%: Aquaman, Green Lantern -36.0%: Batman -- Marc-Oliver Frisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Insert shallowly witty signature line here. -- [Please note: This is a Usenet message, originally posted to the rec.arts.comics.* groups. 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