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News: DC Month-To-Month: Nov 2005 |
DC MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: NOVEMBER 2005
posted 01-04-2006 04:30 PM
BY MARC-OLIVER FRISCH
Besides dutifully carrying on with INFINITE CRISIS and all that it entails, November was the launch month of DC Comics' ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely. Unfortunately, sales don't turn out as spectacular as one might have imagined, leaving ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #1 on a modest second place after a strong INFINITE CRISIS #2 on the November chart. Other notable November debuts from DC included Matt Wagner's BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN, a new JONAH HEX ongoing series, DANGER GIRL: BACK IN BLACK (WildStorm) and Brian Wood's DMZ (Vertigo), as well as the final two SEVEN SOLDIERS limited series by Grant Morrison, FRANKENSTEIN and BULLETEER.
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (Oct 2005)
(1) INFINITE CRISIS
10/2005: Infinite Crisis #1 (of 7) -- 249,265 -- [257,053]
11/2005: Infinite Crisis #2 (of 7) -- 207,564 (-16.7%)This is a respectable second-issue drop-off for a book selling in these spheres. Although there were a few titles which sold higher or similar numbers with their debut issues in 2005, INFINITE CRISIS is the first series for the year which manages to stay above 200K with two consecutive issues. (The last one was the Brian Azzarello/Jim Lee SUPERMAN in 2004.)
For the record, it should be mentioned that both issues shipped with two different covers. But that's hardly an unusual practice, at this stage.
