Red Hood and the Outlaws make it into the Top 40

According to September’s sales figures, Red Hood and the Outlaws made it to #39 on the sales chart, and sold more than 50,000 books — double the average sales on Red Hood: The Lost Days. 

Here’s how the Batbooks rank:

1.  Batman - 188,420 (This number is important, since throughout the summer, few comics even broke the 100,000 mark)

6. Detective Comics - 103,392

7. Batman: The Dark Knight - 98,389

10. Batman and Robin - 85,242

12. Batgirl - 81,489

15. Teen Titans - 73,675

17. Batwoman - 72,228

21. Nightwing - 62,717

33. Catwoman - 53,670

39. Red Hood and the Outlaws - 50,501

40. Birds of Prey - 50,466

58. Batwing - 41,382


Bad News

According to this poll, Jason will sell pretty poorly, as will most of the new titles. Though this is only the CBR people who voted, it doesn’t bode well for Jay. Thoughts?

FYJT: The poll is also based on CBR readers, and does not necessarily make up or reflect the entire demographic of comic readers. Not all comic readers are frequenting message boards; additionally, many female and otherwise marginalized readers don’t go to the CBR message boards as they feel these are not safe spaces for them. As a comparison, Scans Daily and Tumblr have more women and LGBTQ readers who discuss comics as they feel that these are safer spaces.

This has to do with Jason because the character has a significant female fanbase, something that is not only evidenced on Tumblr and Scans Daily (which are much more prominently female, minority and/or LGBTQ friendly), but also even the writer Judd Winick has taken notice of the readers who make up Jason’s fan base. 

Additionally, these are the sales numbers on Red Hood: Lost Days. It sold close to Red Robin and just above Batgirl’s sales for the majority of the mini-series’ run. 

But we hope our followers (nearly 1,500!) can hope spread the word about Red Hood and the Outlaws and bring in more new readers to the title! 

discowing: Lost Days was selling over 20000 copies per issue, if I’m correct. (FYJT knows exactly). Is that enough for an ongoing? Sales for Red Hood: Lost Days were as follows:  #1 June 34,197 (About 1,000-plus units shy of Red Robin’s sales) #2 July 26,560 #3 August 24,701 #4 September 24,104 #5 October 22,967 #6 November 22,123
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discowing:

Lost Days was selling over 20000 copies per issue, if I’m correct. (FYJT knows exactly). Is that enough for an ongoing?

Sales for Red Hood: Lost Days were as follows: 

  • #1 June 34,197 (About 1,000-plus units shy of Red Robin’s sales)
  • #2 July 26,560
  • #3 August 24,701
  • #4 September 24,104
  • #5 October 22,967
  • #6 November 22,123

November Batfamily comic sales: Red Hood Lost Days #6

For October sales check out this post. No title broke 100,000 in November. 

1 BATMAN THE RETURN #1   99,545

2 BATMAN INCORPORATED #1   95,587

4 BATMAN RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #6   83,004

5 BATMAN AND ROBIN #16   80,343

10 BATMAN AND ROBIN #17  70,600

12 BATMAN #704 65,212

27 BATWOMAN #0 43,891

38 DETECTIVE COMICS #871 36,941

43 BIRDS OF PREY #6 34,440

51 RED ROBIN #17 31,825

53 BATMAN ODYSSEY #5 31,386

55 SUPERMAN BATMAN #78  31,337

67 BATGIRL #15  25,827

79 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #17 22,390

81 RED HOOD LOST DAYS #6 22,123

82 GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #17 22,107

105 BATMAN CATWOMAN FOLLOW THE MONEY #1 17,281

127 KNIGHT & SQUIRE #2 14,466

187 ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1  8,408

193 AZRAEL #14   7,841

197 TINY TITANS #34 7,713

Source: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18918.html

Want some pre or post-Crisis Jason origin comics? Only $275!

Every so often, I check out the prices of the origin stories of Jason Todd both pre- and post-Crisis, just to see whether they’ve gone up in price and what they’re currently valued at. 

The very first appearance of Jason, in Batman #357, is now available on eBay for a mere $275. 

Not saying a word about the tentacles…

Batman #366 is the first appearance of Jason in a Robin costume. That’s available for $99.99.

And Batman #368, the issue to feature Jason as Robin on the cover is available for $199.95.

Batman #408, Jason’s first post-Crisis appearance and new origin story is available for $89.99. 

The price some of these comics, particularly of Batman #357, seem to have shot up almost overnight. But more likely, it’s a combination of the comic being a rarer item; the animated movie having come out, thus thrusting the character more into the mainstream; and the character becoming much more popular. 

You can, if you’re lucky and if you scour hard enough, get some of these for much cheaper. 

Batman family title sales in October: Red Hood Lost Days

2 Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #5 - 86,006 (88,020) 
6 Batman & Robin #15 - 80,173 (82,894) 
17 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Batman & Robin #1 - 57,805 
30 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Red Robin #1 - 43,367 
40 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Batgirl #1 - 38,919 
46 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Catwoman #1 - 36,211 
47 Detective Comics #870 - 35,674 (37,394) 
50 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Oracle #1 - 35,328 
56 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Ra’s Al Ghul #1 - 34,612 
58 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Commissioner Gordon #1 - 33,176 
59 Bruce Wayne the Road Home: Outsiders #1 - 33,053 
63 Superman/Batman #77 - 31,741 (32,003) 
67 Batman Beyond #5 - 30,121 (31,368) 
85 Red Hood: Lost Days #5 - 22,967 (24,104) 
87 Batman: Hidden Treasures #1 - 22,507 
90 Knight & Squire #1 - 21,867 
132 Batman Confidential #49 - 14,112 (14,329) 
202 Azrael #13 - 8,198 (8,559) 
241 Batman: Brave & The Bold #22 - 6,044 (6,345) 
270 DC Comics Presents Batman #1 - 4,643 
284 DC Comics Presents Batman/Catwoman #1 - 4,076 

September sales are in parenthesis.

via http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18751.html 

Batman family title sales in September: Red Hood: Lost Days

5 BATMAN AND ROBIN #14 - 82,894 (N/A)

8 BATMAN #703 -  77,033 (73,414)

37 BIRDS OF PREY #5 -  40,146 (46,149)

39 BATMAN ODYSSEY #3 - 40,046 (47,675)

42 DETECTIVE COMICS #869 - 37,394 (38,682)

52 RED ROBIN #16 - 33,753 (34,709)

58 SUPERMAN BATMAN #76 - 32,003 (34,324)

60 BATMAN BEYOND #4 - 31,368 (31,469)

72 BATGIRL #14 - 26,861 (27,247)

83 RED HOOD LOST DAYS #4 -  24,104 (24,701)

85 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #16 - 23,830 (24,171)

86 GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #16 - 23,821 (24,589)

141 BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #48 - 14,329 (14,341)

210 AZRAEL #12 -  8,559 (8,930)

252 BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #21 -  6,345 (6,244)

August sales are in parenthesis. Red Hood Lost Days is still hovering just below the quite respectable 25,000 mark. More for the case for an ongoing! 

Source: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18551.html

August Bat-family title sales: Red Hood Lost Days

July sales are in parenthesis. 

7 Batman #702 - 73,414 (76,398) 
25 Batman: Odyssey #2 - 47,675 (61,827) 
38 Detective Comics #868 - 38,682 (40,371) 
47 Red Robin #15 - 34,709 (35,652) 
50 Superman/Batman #75 - 34,324 (30,847) 
56 Batman Beyond #3 - 31,469 (31,397) 
66 Batgirl #13 - 27,247 (28,011) 
81 Red Hood: Lost Days #3 - 24,701 (26,560) 
82 Gotham City Sirens #15 - 24,589 (25,315) 
85 Batman: Streets of Gotham #15 - 24,171 (24,767) 
122 Batman Confidential #47 - 14,341 (14,718) 
164 Azrael #11 - 8,930 (9,223) 
210 Batman: Brave & The Bold #20 - 6,244 (6,489) 

Source Top 300 comic book sales http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18350.html

July Bat-title Comic Sales: Red Hood Lost Days

This is available here. June sales are in parenthesis. Red Hood: Lost Days #2 had a disappointing drop in sales, however, that could be due to the fact that #1 was somewhat of a re-hash of Batman Annual 25. However, the series continues to be well-reviewed and has got great character development and art. We highly recommend picking it up if you haven’t yet!! 

3 Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #4 - 88,020 (92,140)

5 Batman & Robin #13 - 85,804 (84,843)

9 Batman #701 - 76,398 (104,755) (May Sales - 62,377)

16 Batman: Odyssey #1 - 61,827

32. Birds of Prey #3 -  43,420 (44,064)

36 Detective Comics #867 - 40,371 (46,178)

46 Red Robin #14 - 35,652 (35,917)

55 Batman: Widening Gyre #6 - 33,391

62 Batman Beyond #2 - 31,397 (35,113)

64 Superman/Batman #74 - 30,847 (31,425)

71 Batgirl #12 - 28,011 (28,563)

77 Red Hood: Lost Days #2 - 26,560 (34,197)

81 Gotham City Sirens #14 - 25,315 (25,867)

86 Batman: Streets of Gotham #14 - 24,767 (25,205)

128 Batman Confidential #46 - 14,718 (15,070)

177 Azrael #10 - 9,223 (9,802)

208 Batman: Beyond #1 - 7,170 (Reorders and/or Reprints)

220 Batman: Brave & The Bold #19 - 6,489 (6,270)

285 Superman/Batman Annual #4 - 3,983 (Reorders and/or Reprints)