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Mon, 06 Aug 2007
Top 20 selling comics the for the week of August 1, 2007
My favorite comic of the week was probably New Avengers Illuminati #4, but it's much harder to pick my least favorite. It's a toss up between the equally lame and superfluous titles: Spider-Man Meets Red Sonja and Marvel Tarot. Marvel Tarot gets the edge as it's not really a comic at all.
- WORLD WAR HULK #3
- THOR #2
- COUNTDOWN #51
- UNCANNY X-MEN #489
- DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #7
- NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #4
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #8
- FANTASTIC FOUR #548
- DETECTIVE COMICS #835
- NEW WARRIORS #3
- NIGHTWING #135
- MS MARVEL #18
- ACTION COMICS #853
- PUNISHER #50
- SUPERGIRL #20
- SHE-HULK 2 #20
- BLACK CANARY #3
- OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 1 NIGHTWING BOOMERANG #0
- JONAH HEX #22
- SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA #1
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007
Top 20 bestselling graphic novels for July 2007
As predicted, Bookhunter has surged up the charts to become the #1 bestselling trade at Hijinx by a wide margin. It's always nice when customers listen to your suggestions, but it's even better when they come back an talk about what a good suggestion it was.
The Watchmen made an appearance pretty high on the list as the movie hype is starting to kick in. It still amazes me that any comics reader hasn't read it a long time ago, but it just goes to show how much potential for sales the comics market has.
It looks like the final Ultimates 2 volume spurred sales of the earlier books, which is always nice. I'd like to see another hardcover collecting the last 2 trades or even an omnibus collecting the whole magilla. That would be awesome and I'll bet I could sell more than just a few of them.
BOOKHUNTER
CIVIL WAR TP
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 TP
WATCHMEN
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 2
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 3
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 5 TP
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 1 GODS AND MONSTERS
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 1
FRAY
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 5 DIGEST TP
ULTIMATES VOL 2 HOMELAND SECURITY TP
DEATH NOTE, VOL. 1
FABLES VOL. 9: SONS OF EMPIRE TP
SERENITY TP
CIVIL WAR ROAD TO CIVIL WAR TP
ANNIHILATION BOOK 3 HC
52 VOL 2 TP
SHENZHEN: A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA
MOUSE GUARD VOL 1 FALL 1152 HC
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007
Top 20 selling comics the for the week of July 25, 2007
Overall the list was a little lackluster this week, but I'm still enjoying the goofy fun of Mighty Avengers as much as everybody else seems to be. I never thought Bendis could turn around the Avengers franchise as skillfully as he has, but I've been pleasantly surprised.
- MIGHTY AVENGERS #4
- CIVIL WAR FALLEN SON IRON MAN #0
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #542
- INCREDIBLE HULK #108
- COUNTDOWN #51
- ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN #6
- IRON MAN #20
- X-MEN #201
- BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #5
- GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14
- BATMAN #666
- ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #44
- SILVER SURFER REQUIEM #3
- TEEN TITANS #49
- WOLVERINE #55
- BLACK PANTHER #29
- ONSLAUGHT REBORN #4
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST #7
- SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #39
- WONDER WOMAN #11
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Mon, 23 Jul 2007
Top 20 bestselling graphic novels for June 2007
Better late than never, here's the top 20 GNs for June here at Hijinx. This month includes our first foray into convention sales, which effected sales more than even I expected. Some books, like The Boys might have sold much, much better, but reorders have been unavailable from the publisher Dynamite Entertainment. This was also the debut of Jason Shiga's Bookhunter at a very respectable #7, but it's rocketing up the July chart as we speak!
FABLES VOL. 9: SONS OF EMPIRE TP
HULK PLANET HULK HC
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 2
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 6 BLACK COSTUME DIGEST TP
52 VOL 1 TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 8 TP
BOOKHUNTER
DOCTOR STRANGE OATH TP
BATMAN: HUSH, VOL. 1
WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAY GONE BYE TP
CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 1
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 TP
CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 3
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 3 TORN TP
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL. 1: GIFTED
BOYS VOL 1 TP
SPIDER-MAN BIRTH OF VENOM TP
CIVIL WAR TP
ANNIHILATION BOOK 3 HC
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Top 20 selling comics the for the week of July 18, 2007
I've decided that this list would be more useful if I only list the top 20 comics each week. If you'd like more data, you can email me and let me know.
Once again my favorite comic of the week was also our top-selling comic. I'm not sure why I care that Thunderbolt Ross think's he can kick the Hulk's butt when the rest of the Marvel U can't, but for some reason I do. This book reads big and dumb, just like it should. Lots of fighting and easily devined motivation for the main characters.
- WORLD WAR HULK #2
- CAPTAIN AMERICA #28
- COUNTDOWN #51
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11
- ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #111
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE #4
- WORLD WAR HULK X-MEN #2
- SUPERMAN BATMAN #38
- ALL FLASH #1
- WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #2
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS #15
- GHOST RIDER #13
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS ANNUAL #1
- THUNDERBOLTS DESPERATE MEASURES #0
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
- FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #22
- NEW X-MEN #40
- ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #1
- THE ORDER #1
- ACTION COMICS #852
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Top selling comics the for the week of July 11, 2007
This week's #1 seller was also my favorite comic of the week. I like where Bendis is taking the Marvel Universe, and I've always thought that Skrulls were cool and underused. Stephen Colbert's comic would have come in higher had I not sold out so quickly. Luckily, a lot more are on their way in very soon!
- NEW AVENGERS #32
- COUNTDOWN #51
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #7
- GREEN LANTERN #21
- OMEGA FLIGHT #4
- X-FACTOR #21
- NOVA #4
- ULTIMATE X-MEN #84
- SUB-MARINER #2
- PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9
- SUPERMAN #664
- ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #1
- WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1
- EXILES #96
- GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #1
- NEW EXCALIBUR #21
- BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7
- SPAWN #169
- FABLES #63
- MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES (ONE SHOT) #0
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