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Absolute Batman: Ark-M Tops The Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

The Absolute Batman: Ark-M Special tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List as DC Comics take the top four...



Article Summary

  • Absolute Batman: Ark-M Special leads the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, outselling Batman #5 by 50%
  • DC Comics claims six of the top ten spots, dominating after skipping a release week previously
  • Marvel’s X-Men series rebounds into the top ten after struggling with the Age of Revelation crossover
  • List based on real sales data from over a hundred direct market comic book stores worldwide

DC Comics chose not to publish any comic books last week. But that's all changed this week. DC Comics comes storming back with the top four-selling titles of the week and six of the top ten. And the Absolute Ark-M Special outsells Batman #5 by 50% as well, and twice Absolute Superman. It is also notable, on Marvel's side, that X-Men drags itself back onto the top ten, recovering from the Age Of Revelation crossover that almost dealt it a death blow. Three Absolutes, two Ultimates, one K.O... and a very strong performance from Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #2 beating Ultimate X-Men

 Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

No Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio
1 Absolute Batman Ark-M Special DC Frank Tieri, Scott Snyder Joshua Hixson 4.99 100
2 Batman #5 DC Matt Fraction Jorge Jiménez 4.99 72.3
3 Absolute Superman #15 DC Jason Aaron Juan Ferreyra 4.99 46.2
4 DC K.O. Knightfight #3 DC Joshua Williamson Dan Mora 3.99 42.1
5 Amazing Spider-Man #19 Marvel Joe Kelly Pepe Larraz 4.99 27.5
6 Ultimate Wolverine #13 Marvel Chris Condon Domenico Carbone 4.99 26.0
7 Absolute Green Lantern #10 DC Al Ewing Sid Kotian 4.99 25.1
8 X-Men #23 Marvel Jed Mackay Tony Daniel 4.99 21.9
9 Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #2 DC Gabriel Hardman Gabriel Hardman 5.99 16.7
10 Ultimate X-Men #23 Marvel Peach Momoko Peach Momoko 4.99 15.8

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by over a hundred named direct market comic stores from their sales from Wednesday to Saturday, the "Wednesday Warriors". The chart is compiled from actual sales data from 120 to 150 comic book stores provided by ComicHub, which provides POS services for comic book retailers worldwide, mostly in North America and the UK. These are typically from what might be called mid-range stores, and we run a bunch of them below. Bleeding Cool Bestseller List gives the best-selling reported comic of the week, the 100.0 number, and you can see how each title performed as a percentage of that sale. These numbers are based on sales in-store, rather than orders from publishers. Participating Bestseller List comic book stores include:

  • 4 COLOR FANTASIES
  • A COMIC SHOP
  • ALTER EGO COMICS
  • ANYONE COMICS
  • ARKHAM COMICS & GAMES
  • ARSENAL COMICS AND GAMES
  • ARSENAL COMICS AND GAMES VENTURA
  • ASH AVENUE COMICS
  • ATOMIC CITY COMICS
  • AUSTIN BOOKS & COMICS
  • AW YEAH COMICS – MUNCIE
  • BEYOND COMICS – FREDERICK
  • BEYOND COMICS – GAITHERSBURG
  • BIG BANG COMICS
  • BIG BANG TOYS COMICS GAMES
  • BIG PLANET COMICS
  • BIG PLANET COMICS OF BETHESDA
  • BLERDS UNDERGROUND
  • BLUE ASH UP UP & AWAY!
  • BRAVE NEW WORLDS – OLD CITY PHILADELPHIA
  • BRAVE NEW WORLDS – WILLOW GROVE
  • BRONZE AGE BAT CAVE
  • BSI COMICS
  • CAB COMICS
  • CAPE AND COWL COMICS
  • CAPTAIN BLUE HEN COMICS
  • CARLS CACTUS COMICS
  • CHAMPION COMICS AND COFFEE
  • CHEVIOT UP UP & AWAY!
  • CLOBBERIN' COMICS
  • CLOBBERIN' COMICS – SHEPHERDSVILLE
  • COLLECTED COMICS & GAMES: FORT WORTH
  • COLLECTED COMICS & GAMES: HALTOM CITY
  • COLLECTED COMICS & GAMES: IRVING
  • COMIC BOOK WORLD FLORENCE
  • COMIC BOOK WORLD LOUISVILLE
  • COMIC EMPORIUM
  • COMIC QUEST
  • COMIC REALMS
  • COMICKAZE COMICS
  • COMICS ADVENTURE
  • COMICS CONSPIRACY
  • COMICS HEAVEN AB
  • COMIX CAFE
  • COMIX CONNECTION – MECHANICSBURG
  • COMIX CONNECTION – YORK
  • COSMIC COMICS
  • COSMIC MONKEY COMICS
  • COY'S COMICS
  • CRUSH COMICS
  • CURRENT COMICS MONTEREY
  • CURRENT COMICS SALINAS
  • DICE & COMICS CAFE
  • DNA COMICS & GAMES
  • DOUBLE MIDNIGHT COMICS CONCORD
  • DOUBLE MIDNIGHT COMICS MANCHESTER
  • DOWNTOWN COMICS ANNEX
  • DOWNTOWN COMICS IN AVON
  • DOWNTOWN COMICS IN CASTLETON
  • DOWNTOWN COMICS ON MARKET STREET
  • DR. VOLT'S COMICS
  • DRAGON'S LAIR COMICS & FANTASY – COLUMBUS
  • DREAMDAZE COMICS FUN & GAMES
  • ENDGAME COMICS AND COLLECTABLES
  • EPIC COMICS
  • E-TOWN COMICS
  • EVERYONE COMICS X COLLECTIBLES
  • FANTOM COMICS
  • FOURCORNERS COMICS & GAMES
  • FUNNY BUSINESS
  • FUNNYBOOKS COMICS & STUFF
  • GALACTIC GREG'S
  • GEEK GEEK NERD NERD
  • GREEN BRAIN COMICS
  • GRYPHON GAMES AND COMICS
  • GULF COAST COSMOS COMICS
  • GUTTER POP COMICS
  • HELLO COMICS
  • HELLO COMICS DOWNTOWN
  • HEROES & VILLAINS
  • HEROES' BEACON COMICS & GAMES
  • HEROES FOR SALE
  • HORIZON COMICS AND COLLECTIBLES
  • HOUSE OF HEROES COMICS
  • INVISIBLE JET COMICS
  • ISOTOPE
  • JPM COMICS & GAMES
  • K & J COMICS AND GAMES
  • KEY ELEMENTS COMICS
  • KINGPIN BOOKS – COMICS EXCLUSIVE WEBSITE
  • KINGSTON NEXUS
  • LEGACY COMICS AND CARDS INC
  • LEMONJUICE MCGEE'S COMIC CAVALCADE
  • MANSFIELD COMICS AND MANGA
  • MAXIMUM COMICS (CENTENNIAL HILLS)
  • MAXIMUM COMICS (SOUTHWEST)
  • MEMORY LANE COMICS
  • MIDGARD COMICS, GAMES, AND MORE
  • MISSION: COMICS AND ART
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – BUTLER
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – CRANBERRY TWP
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – ELLWOOD CITY
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – OHIO VALLEY
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – PITTSBURGH MILLS
  • NEW DIMENSION COMICS – WATERFRONT
  • NOSTALGIA, INK
  • OILTOWN COMICS
  • PAPER ASYLUM
  • PERFECT STORM COMICS AND GAMES
  • PERFECT STORM WEST
  • PHANTOM OF THE ATTIC
  • PITTSBURGH COMICS
  • POP COMICS & CULTURE EMPORIUM
  • PULP COMICS AND GAMES
  • RAD RAPTOR COMICS
  • ROBOT ZERO COMICS
  • SADDLE CITY COMICS
  • SAMURAI COMICS CHANDLER
  • SAMURAI COMICS GLENDALE
  • SAMURAI COMICS MESA
  • SAMURAI COMICS PHOENIX
  • SOCAL GAMES AND COMICS
  • SSALEFISH COMICS – CONCORD
  • SSALEFISH COMICS – GREENSBORO
  • SSALEFISH COMICS – WINSTON-SALEM
  • STARGAZER COMICS
  • STRANGE ADVENTURES – ARIZONA
  • SUPER-FLY COMICS & GAMES
  • SUPERSCRIPT COMICS AND GAMES
  • SURPRISE COMICS
  • THE COLLECTIVE
  • THE COMIC BOOK CLUBHOUSE
  • THE COMIC BOOK SHOP! OF WILMINGTON, DE
  • THE COMIC DUDE SHOP
  • THE DANGER ROOM
  • THE DRAGONS LAIR
  • THE NERD STORE – UTAH
  • THE NERD STORE OREM
  • THE SECRET LAIR COMICS
  • ULTIMATE COMICS RALEIGH
  • WADE'S COMIC MADNESS
  • WONDERLAND COMICS
  • ZEPPELIN COMICS
  • ZEPPELIN COMICS – NAPA

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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