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ComiXology Bestseller List, 10th May, 2019 – DC Utterly Dominates Digital Comics Sales

Published Fri, 10 May 2019 13:00:45 -0500

Matthew Snyder reports for Bleeding Cool – Welcome to the ComiXology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll post the ranking of every new title, plus a ranking of the best selling volumes & graphic novels. As always, I hope you find it interesting and informative.

Last time I said it was an odd week: while it was crowded at the top of the list, there were very few mid-tier titles. This week it's flipped: Thanks to Superman being delayed and Marvel's paltry output, it's a little light on the top. You can barely tell there's a War of the Realms going on. And with multiple Marvel heavyweights M.I.A., DC doesn't even need Superman to blow Marvel out of the water. The final score this week:

DC: 46

Marvel: 8

Ouch. Feel like making another salty dig at DC, Marvel?

It's probably for the best Superman was delayed. The 3rd week of the month is almost always DC's weakest, so having Supes as backup will make things much more interesting. And besides, this was Batman's week to shine. The Batman Who Laughs and Detective Comics took the top two spots, and his new title Batman & The Outsiders debuted at No. 6. And more good news for DC: DCeased stuck around the Top 10 for another week, a strong indicator of good word of mouth. Once again, DC is killing it with miniseries.

Savage Avengers has also stuck around, dropping only a few spots in its second week. It's situation is similar to Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and that title is now a Top 10 regular. It's going to be an interesting to see SA can copy that. (And if you did buy Savage Avengers late, was it because of word of mouth? And what did you think? Comment below).

And I know it's a soft week, but congratulations must be given for Doctor Aphra for cracking the Top 10 twice now. Darth Vader wrapping up was a blow to Marvel, but Doctor Aphra has been slowly inching up the sales chart ever since. And out of all the Star Wars volumes on sale this week, it's her latest collection that's the bestselling, landing in the Top 25 of all comics. And I don't want to get too sappy, but as someone who is bi, I think it's nice a comic focusing on a LGBT character has made it so high. In fact, I believe she's the most successful LGBT character in comics. Yes, Iceman and Batwoman may be more recognizable, but both of their solo titles have not done as well as Aphra's, and were subsequently cancelled.

And in my opinion, it's a damn good comic. Aphra is one of the best characters to hit the Star Wars canon in recent memory (along with one the most complex). Not to mention her murderous droids are an absolute riot. So I'm making this a rare recommendation, along with previous recommendations of Kaijumax and anything Rick Remender writes.

Hmmm… maybe I'll do more recommendations in the future. It is my article after all…

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