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Bleeding Cool Bestseller List 17th April 2016 – Star Wars Takes The Top Two

Published Sun, 17 Apr 2016 12:00:23 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:08:10 -0600

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Star Wars delivers a one-two this week with O-O-O and C-3PO making a great double. Moon Knight also does extremely well as a launch title but of it wasn't for Batman/TMNT, this would have been a Marvel wash for the top ten.

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics. We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion.

1. Darth Vader #19
2. Star Wars C-3PO Special #1
3. Moon Knight #1
4. Batman TMNT #5
5. Amazing Spider-Man #10
6. All New All Different Avengers #8
7. All New X-Men #8
8. Guardians of Galaxy #7
9. Spider-Gwen #7
10. Gwenpool #1

Thanks to the following retailers,

- Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa
- Dr. No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, Georgia
- Fat Jack's Comicrypt of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- G-Mart Comic Books of Champaign, IL
- Jetpack Comics of Rochester, New York
- Graham Crackers Comics – 10 locations in the Mid-West
- Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California
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It took the combined might of the Dark Knight and the Heroes In A Half Shell to take down Marvel, but they did it. Not surprised to see Batman/TMNT take the top spot, as this has been a consistent seller for us since the first issue was released. It's such a monster hit that I won't be surprised if a sequel is announced soon.

On the other side of things, Marvel had good sales across the board. Moon Knight sold fairly well here, but I'm surprised that Gwenpool did pretty much nothing for us here. Guess it's another example of the disconnect between what the Internet wants and what comic buyers really want.

Walking Dead 97-102 is still in demand. People can't get enough of Negan! Also had some interest in Doctor Strange with the trailer hitting this week, but of course, Marvel has very limited Doctor Strange stuff available!

It was an actually race between Darth Vader and C 3P0. On Wednesday Vader was in first. Then on Thursday C 3P0 pulled ahead. Even with two Star Wars titles and Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sales were sluggish. Mid selling titles and lower selling titles seem to have lost a lot of interest. People are waiting for DC's Rebirth to get into the new series. Marvel people at the moment seem to be losing interest if it isn't Star Wars related or a first issue.

Cloak and Dagger's into in Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man 64 is now in high demand with the news that they may get their own T.V. show. Supergirl and Punisher back issues are still doing well. DC and Marvel and the store have lost a lot of potiential sales by not having new ongoing series available. Obviously being able to order multiple copies of a new title and selling them is better than selling single issues of past issues. People want a current Punisher and Supergirl but are forced to settle on 80s and 90s versions of these characters. Granted the New 52 Supergirl is only a few years old but it got cancelled for a reason. Give readers some new material that they actual want. And hopefully have some high quality talent on the books.

Hail Triple-Zero…wait i mean Darth Vader #18 was the top seller of the week narrowly beating out Gwenpool. Everything else sold in decent numbers with a pretty good mix up from all the publishers this week.

Justice League issues are the over all movers with issue 1,6,12,30,31,40 and 41 being the targets from the Ebay crowd.
Expect in the next month for the rebirth keys to get gobbled up including Superman Convergence #2.

Batman/TMNT #5 was the only DC-affiliated book to place in the Top Ten at our store. The sleeper hit of the week was AfterShock's Jackpot #1, which might have sold even more if we hadn't sold out on Day One! Interestingly, the fourteenth-place title this week was Rough Riders #1–a book that came out last week, sold out almost immediately, and just got restocked today. The sales were so solid that it outsold almost all of the new releases this week!

Great week for sales. Best Wednesday in a while with sales staying strong through to the weekend.
This will sound familiar- Marvel dominated and DC is embarrassing.

Avengers topped Spider-Man for the #1 spot. A couple of licensed sci-fi books and very strong debut for Lemire and Smallwood's Moon Knight make up the top five. All New X-Men, Spider-Gwen and Guardians take the next three spots. Spider-Gwen has seen a rise in sales lately.

Our best selling DC book of the week? Earth 2 Society. Seriously. Batman/TMNT comes in at #10.