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Thanks to Primal of the TFW2005 forums for getting us started, and to Commander Shockwav for following the ICv2 estimates. Click here for discussion about sales. Scroll down for notes on figures and book sales.
IDWVERSE: INFILTRATION N/A - OCT05 #0 - over 100,000 030 - JAN06/#1 - 45,468 053 - FEB06/#2 - 35,828 074 - MAR06/#3 - 30,344 068 - APR06/#4 - 28,835 083 - MAY06/#5 - 27,264 088 - JUL06/#6 - 25,303 IDWVERSE: STORMBRINGER 093 - JUL06/#1 - 24,542 104 - AUG06/#2 - 20,415 109 - SEP06/#3 - 18,792 115 - OCT06/#4 - 17,449 IDWVERSE: SPOTLIGHTS Volume 1 113 - SEP06/#01 - 16,865 130 - OCT06/#02 - 13,404 159 - NOV06/#03 - 14,133 152 - DEC06/#04 - 13,592 149 - JAN07/#05 - 13,434 Volume 2 138 - MAR07/#06 - 13,556 150 - APR07/#07 - 12,129 147 - JUL07/#08 - 13,413 147 - AUG07/#09 - 15,423 173 - NOV07/#10 - 12,044 Volume 3 164 - DEC07/#11 - 10,704 157 - FEB08/#12 - 11,295 155 - MAR08/#13 - 11,046 152 - APR08/#14 - 11,411 168 - JUN08/#15 - 10,410 Revelation 163 - JUN08/#16 - 10,806 181 - JUL08/#17 - 10,516 170 - AUG08/#18 - 10,297 187 - OCT08/#19 - 10,675 Volume 4 156 - NOV08/#20 - 10,011 176 - APR09/#21 - 10,065 179 - APR09/#22 - 9,855 IDWVERSE: ESCALATION 138 - NOV06/#1 - 20,625 139 - DEC06/#2 - 16,363 129 - JAN07/#3 - 15,616 127 - FEB07/#4 - 14,737 131 - MAR07/#5 - 14,932 148 - MAY07/#6 - 14,446 IDWVERSE: MEGATRON ORIGIN 115 - JUN07/#1 - 16,951 141 - JUL07/#2 - 14,754 135 - SEP07/#3 - 14,547 158 - OCT07/#4 - 14,396 IDWVERSE: DEVASTATION 148 - OCT07/#1 - 15,704 161 - OCT07/#2 - 13,854 164 - NOV07/#3 - 13,334 146 - JAN08/#4 - 13,604 146 - FEB08/#5 - 13,185 149 - FEB08/#6 - 12,666 FOCUS ON DECEPTICONS 184 - APR08/#1 - 8,928 ALL HAIL MEGATRON 139 - JUL08/#01 - 15,703 141 - AUG08/#02 - 13,363 151 - SEP08/#03 - 13,238 167 - OCT08/#04 - 12,837 140 - NOV08/#05 - 12,387 196 - DEC08/#06 - 11,843 139 - FEB09/#07 - 11,832 130 - MAR09/#08 - 11,731 135 - MAR09/#09 - 11,479 162 - APR09/#10 - 12,183 OPTIMUS PRIME 3D 210 - NOV08/#1 - 5,786 IDWVERSE: MAXIMUM DINOBOTS 226 - DEC08/#1 - 9,478 211 - JAN09/#2 - 5,318 183 - FEB09/#3 - 8,008 198 - APR09/#4 - 8,688 202 - APR09/#5 - 8,499 | BEAST WARS: THE GATHERING 058 - FEB06/#1 - 34,047 094 - MAR06/#2 - 25,737 087 - APR06/#3 - 23,966 100 - MAY06/#4 - 22,590 EVOLUTIONS: HEARTS OF STEEL 104 - JUL06/#1 - 20,533 114 - AUG06/#2 - 18,573 120 - AUG06/#3 - 17,085 117 - SEP06/#4 - 15,659 ANIMATED MOVIE ADAPT. 122 - OCT06/#1 - 15,483 169 - NOV06/#2 - 12,596 157 - DEC06/#3 - 12,168 159 - JAN07/#4 - 11,295 MOVIE: PREQUEL 250 - FEB07/#1 - 2,819 088 - MAR07/#1 - 23,658 = 26,477 144 - MAR07/#2 - 18,039 114 - APR07/#3 - 18,000 127 - MAY07/#4 - 17,306 MOVIE: ADAPTATION 109 - JUN07/#1 - 18,071 123 - JUN07/#2 - 16,204 121 - JUN07/#3 - 16,247 122 - JUN07/#4 - 16,210 BEAST WARS: THE ASCENDING 160 - OCT07/#1 - 14,223 173 - OCT07/#2 - 12,327 161 - DEC07/#3 - 11,711 156 - JAN08/#4 - 11,493 BEAST WARS: SOURCEBOOK 226 - OCT07/#1 - 6,822 237 - OCT07/#2 - 6,017 213 - JAN08/#3 - 6,183 215 - FEB08/#4 - 5,743 MOVIE: REIGN OF STARSCREAM 125 - MAY08/#1 - 16,043 137 - JUN08/#2 - 14,329 157 - JUL08/#3 - 13,019 152 - AUG08/#4 - 12,700 158 - AUG08/#5 - 11,809 MOVIE: PREQUEL SPECIAL 161 - JUN08/#1 - 10,934 MOVIE: ALLSPARK SAGA 170 - JUL08/#1 - 11,417 173 - AUG08/#2 - 10,079 186 - SEP08/#3 - 9,283 210 - OCT08/#4 - 8,939 ANIMATED: ARRIVAL 182 - AUG08/#1 - 8,670 213 - SEP08/#2 - 7,193 252 - OCT08/#3 - 6,278 215 - NOV08/#4 - 5,546 290 - DEC08/#5 - 5,066 MOVIE: ALLIANCE 199 - DEC08/#1 - 11,553 150 - JAN09/#2 - 10,273 170 - FEB09/#3 - 9,001 159 - MAR09/#4 - 9,310 MOVIE: DEFIANCE 147 - JAN09/#1 - 10,469 150 - MAR09/#2 - 10,077 151 - MAR09/#3 - 9,991 175 - APR09/#4 - 10,196 | GENERATIONS (MARVEL US) 104 - MAR06/#01 - 24,104 112 - APR06/#02 - 18,718 150 - MAY06/#03 - 13,844 + 272 - JUN06/#03 - 1,592 = 15,436 132 - JUN06/#04 - 12,986 155 - JUL06/#05 - 11,141 160 - AUG06/#06 - 10,203 152 - SEP06/#07 - 9,455 155 - OCT06/#08 - 8,678 212 - NOV06/#09 - 7,803 201 - DEC06/#10 - 7,150 193 - FEB07/#11 - 6,337 195 - MAR07/#12 - 6,263 BEST OF UK: TARGET 2006 151 - APR07/#1 - 11,437 169 - MAY07/#2 - 10,792 167 - JUN07/#3 - 9,198 184 - JUL07/#4 - 8,713 197 - AUG07/#5 - 8,196 BEST OF UK: DINOBOTS 185 - SEP07/#1 - 7,883 225 - OCT07/#2 - 6,882 225 - NOV07/#3 - 6,064 237 - DEC07/#4 - 5,439 234 - JAN08/#5 - 5,068 257 - APR08/#6 - 4,503 BEST OF UK: SPACE PIRATES 243 - MAR08/#1 - 4,666 262 - APR08/#2 - 4,403 271 - MAY08/#3 - 4,186 263 - JUN08/#4 - 3,777 BEST OF UK: TIME WARS 152 - AUG08/#1 - 3,916 274 - SEP08/#2 - 3,702 #3 failed to chart? 270 - NOV08/#4 - 3,225 BEST OF UK: CITY OF FEAR 286 - FEB09/#1 - 3,045 274 - MAR09/#2 - 3,049 |
Source NotesNumbers sourced from the ICv2 indexes. The preceding three-digit numbers are rankings compared to other titles sold through Diamond for the month given, including Marvel, DC and books by other independent publishers. These figures represent sales to comic stores, not individuals, and do not include Diamond UK sales or sales to Europe through Diamond UK. Reorders that don't place in the top 300 (or top 100 for trades) aren't represented either — anything below 3,170 copies for November 2006, for example, as the direct market's on an upswing right now — making the figures primarily useful as comic store trends in the United States. Trade paperback sales also appear to be strengthening across the direct market. Escalation barely made the comic store chart with 094 in May and 1,410 units recorded, more than a ranking in September the previous year that notched up 060. Fun PublicationsTRANSFORMERS TIMELINES 248 - NOV06 #1 5,472 243 - JUL07 #2 5,856 Devil's Due ProductionsG.I.JOE VS TFs VOLUME 3: THE ART OF WAR 089 - MAR06 #1 26,561 098 - APR06 #2 21,386 109 - MAY06 #3 20,612 107 - JUN06 #4 18,772 116 - AUG06 #5 18,208 G.I.JOE VS TFs VOLUME 4: BLACK HORIZON 127 - JAN07 #1 17,269 128 - FEB07 #2 14,654 Marvel ComicsNEW AVENGERS / TRANSFORMERS 035 - JUL07 #1 60,565 060 - AUG07 #2 44,977 053 - SEP07 #3 38,749 068 - OCT07 #4 34,944 |
IDW Trade Paperbacks & CollectionsThese figures, even more than the rest, are of questionable use since they only include sales through some outlets. A specific note on that can be found at Newsarama: "2007 has seen IDW make major moves outside of the direct market. In January, Alan Payne joined IDW as our VP of Sales and he's done an incredible job of getting our books into bookstores. We, literally, shipped millions of copies of Transformers comic books and graphic novels in 2007. Because 95% of those books were sold outside of the direct market, that success goes unnoticed in the comics press because those sales don't end up on Diamond's monthly market share report or top 300." ### = title listed as a single rather than a trade, see number in brackets for singles ranking. ### - AUG06 - COVER GALLERY 1 (257) - 2,697 056 - SEP06 - GI JOE VS TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 - 1,517 060 - SEP06 - TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION - 1,398 083 - DEC06 - TF EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL - 1,147 065 - FEB07 - TRANSFORMERS STORMBRINGER - 1,414 077 - MAR07 - DREAMWAVE WAR WITHIN V1 - 1,207 ### - APR07 - CYBERTRON BALANCING ACT (241) - 3,253 ### - MAY07 - COVER GALLERY 2 (282) - 3,197 086 - MAY07 - ANIMATED MOVIE ADAPTATION - 1,570 094 - MAY07 - TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION - 1,410 026 - JUN07 - TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION - 3,100 031 - JUN07 - TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL - 2,884 088 - JUN07 - TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT - 1,320 096 - JUN07 - GREATEST BATTLES - 1,239 062 - JUL07 - TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL - 1,852 064 - JUL07 - TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION - 1,843 048 - DEC07 - TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN - 1,872 025 - JAN08 - NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS TP - 2,742 065 - JAN08 - TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 1 - 1,662 044 - FEB08 - TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 2 - 1,896 083 - FEB08 - TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT V2 - 1,269 087 - FEB08 - BEAST WARS ASCENDING - 1,207 071 - MAY08 - TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION - 1,548 096 - JUN08 - TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 3 - 1,394 080 - NOV08 - REIGN OF STARSCREAM TP - 1,516 096 - DEC08 - DREAMWAVE MTMTE VOL 2 - 1,159 113 - DEC08 - TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 6 - 1,047 117 - JAN09 - MOVIE: SAGA OF THE ALLSPARK - 850 171 - JAN09 - DREAMWAVE ARMADA VOL 2 - 588 052 - FEB09 - ALL HAIL MEGATRON VOL 1 - 1,488 077 - FEB09 - REVELATIONS - 1,119 078 - FEB09 - TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 7 - 1,118 082 - FEB09 - WAR WITHIN OMNIBUS - 1,087 109 - FEB09 - CLASSIC TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 - 775 149 - MAR09 - BEAST WARS OMNIBUS - 786 261 - MAR09 - BEST OF UK: TIME WARS - 485 129 - APR09 - ANIMATED ARRIVAL TP - 1,209 162 - APR09 - ANIMATED TP VOL 08 - 1,003 209 - APR09 - ARMADA TP VOL 03 - 791 |