LINK: Comics Sales Figures

[via The Beat]

I’m going to come back to this at a later date because this sort of thing fascinates me, but for now, I just wanted to bookmark it.

A Quick Business History of Comic Books: Part One (1934-1960)

A Quick Business History of Comic Books Part Two: 1960-2005

For now:

1942
Captain Marvel 1,000,000 plus
Superman 1,000,000 plus
Walt Disney Comics and Stories 1,000,000
Batman 913,000
Captain America (peak sales, circa 1942) 900,000
All-Star Comics 440,800
Shadow (1941) 400,000
Ace Comics 279,163
King Comics 256,653
Blue Bolt Comics 200,490

2005
Shonen Jump 177,000
The New Avengers 154,000*
Astonishing X-Men 134,000*
Superman/Batman 117,000*
Superman 104,000*
Wolverine 89,000*
Ultimate X-Men 87,000*
Ultimate Spider-Man 86,000*
Amazing Spider-Man 81,000*
Teen Titans 65,000*
JLA 64,000*
Batman 60,000*

(* first six month average comic shop sales derived from figures available at www.icv2.com)

Interesting, no?

Written by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Chief Content Officer for LibraryPass, and former publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest. Previously, he was also project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.