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Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 29th May 2016 – Watchmen Beats Nazis

Published Sun, 29 May 2016 12:00:02 -0500

Last updated Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:07:31 -0600

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.

And, yes, a certain DC Universe Rebirth topped the list. But it was a very strong week for sales all around, anything in the top seven could have made the number one in a normal week.

1. DC Universe Rebirth #1
2. Justice League #50
3. Star Wars # 19
4. Captain America: Steve Rogers #1
5. Superman #52
6. Spider-Man/Deadpool #5
7. Scooby Doo Apocalypse #1
8. Doctor Strange #8
9. Obi-Wan Kenobi #5
10. Flash #52

Thanks to the following retailers,

Dr. No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, Georgia
Fat Jack's Comicrypt of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa
Jetpack Comics of Rochester, New York
Graham Crackers Comics – 10 locations in the Mid-West
Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California
Jesse James Comics of Glendale, Arizona

And this is what they had to say.

No surprises here, as DC Rebirth became the top seller for us easily. We had at least one copy in almost every single pile that walked out the door on Friday. It even bumped up sales on Superman #52 and Justice League #50 (not that that one needed much help).

Now it's just a matter of getting those people who bought Rebirth to stick around…..

Spiderman-Deadpool takes the #1 spot and Deadpool takes the #8th. 9 top spots are all Movie related comics. Movies have become a fast track to success for Wednesdays. Indies did extremely well this week for us.

Flashpoint has been popping again thanks to the Flash Season 2 finale. Rachet and Clank comics and other merchandise are also in high demand. Preacher back issues have also been in high demand thanks to the AMC premiere!

Wow, Rebirth is one for the record books here. We sold more copies of it than any other comic in our history of being open. Justice League 50 while not coming through with the Joker's secret I.D. as it was said it would still blew out the door. Star Wars still a hot seller. Hopefully Marvel won't cancel that too after Darth Vader. Captain America Steve Rogers 1 didn't blow out the doors. Reaction to the big reveal was "meh". One of the best sales days we have ever had. Hoping we have ordered enough for next week's Rebirth first issues.

Harley Quinn madness for back issues. I didn't think they could get any hotter but then the news that Harley Quinn will not only be in the Suicide Squad but in her own solo film has made her even more popular.

DCU Rebirth #1 sold double the number of copies of the #2 best seller of the week.

Easiest hand sale ever, 80 pages $2.99

Six DC's in the top ten for us this week, with Rebirth scoring more than twice as many copies sold as the second-place title. In fact, Rebirth saw more Day One sales than Star Wars #1 saw when it premiered, making it our highest-selling-first-day book of the 21st Century! Advance word about the wretchedness that is Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 led to mass defections on this issue: half of those who had asked that it be held for them declined to buy it, complaining uniformly that they won't give money to a book that depicts Steve Rogers so badly. Score a BIG win for DC this week, while Marvel managed to alienate readers in a major way.

Huge interest in Golden Age and Silver Age DCs and in pre-hero Marvels this week!

I would guess that the #1 book all around was Rebirth #1 since it crushed it for two days straight. Scooby and Justice league for a nice Trinity though as they took the top spots all selling well past the century mark. Cap did well due to the hype given via the internet and actually made it in the century club along with Star Wars for Marvel.

Superman and Preacher were the back-issue movers for the week. I guess DC Comics just wanted to make it their week. Will be interesting to see what happens with the 52 back-issues considering I sold every Snyder #1 i had in the store. Safe bet that this will be a key for decades to come.