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Diamond Planning to Change Monthly Stats Going Forward? Did Batman #75 Outsell Amazing Spider-Man #25?

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the Diamond Comic Distributors statistics of the most-ordered comic books from the US direct market. And we wondered where Batman #75 was, given that Batman #74 made the top ten. 

We got an update from Diamond that had it at #13… but we weren't satisfied. How did #74 outsell an anniversary #75 issue that began a big new storyline? Then we twigged, that this was because DC Comics divided sales between two covers for Batman #75, because each cover had a different price, standard and card-stock version with a dollar difference between them. And given that DC Comics ran card stock covers for all their DC Year Of The Villain issues, and beyond, all the individual sales of these titles would be split in half.

Well, Bleeding Cool understands that Diamond Comic Distributors is, as a result of such observations – and pressures from DC Comics – considering a combined chart, combining both price points in one, since it appears that this kind of thing will be common for DC Comics' publishing output going forward. The record industry has long-combined sales on deluxe format and standard format releases, and this is the argument for something similar being applied to comic statistical reporting.

Because, it seems, Batman #75 did outsell Amazing Spider-Man #25. And DC Comics would rather that be reflected in the official Diamond charts…

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 HOUSE OF X #1 $5.99 MAR
2 POWERS OF X #1 $5.99 MAR
3 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25 $7.99 MAR
4 THE WALKING DEAD #193 (MR) [*] $3.99 IMA
5 BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #2 $5.99 DC
6 BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #1 $4.99 DC
7 THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #7 $4.99 DC
8 BLACK CAT #2 $3.99 MAR
9 IMMORTAL HULK #20 $3.99 MAR
10 BATMAN #74 $3.99 DC

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 HOUSE OF X #1 $5.99 MAR
2 POWERS OF X #1 $5.99 MAR
3 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25 $7.99 MAR
4 BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #2 $5.99 DC
5 THE WALKING DEAD #193 (MR) [*] $3.99 IMA
6 BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #1 $4.99 DC
7 THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #7 $4.99 DC
8 BLACK CAT #2 $3.99 MAR
9 IMMORTAL HULK #20 $3.99 MAR
10 VAMPIRELLA #1 [*] $3.99 DE

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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 The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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