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Marvel might have ruled the 2010 box office, but DC can claim one major victory.
DC’s 52 new series has hit a home run, outselling Marvel books since the reboot went wide in September. The “New 52” also helped reverse a four-year industry trend of downward sales, albeit with overall sales growth of just 1 percent to 2 percent.
According to DC, its top books (Figures are accurate as of Dec. 13, 2011.) were:
- Justice League no. 1, written byGeoff Johns and illustrated byJim Lee, which has shipped 361,138 copies since its August launch and has gone to press five times;
- Batman no. 1, written by Scott Snyder and penciled by Greg Capulo, which has sold 262,379 copies in two printings;
- Action Comics no. 1, which sold 250,898 copies, going back to the press three times.
Those numbers, accurate as of Dec 13, easily rank those books as some of the decade’s best.
By contrast, Marvel’s best-selling 2011 comic was Ultimate Spider-Man no. 160, which featured the death of the hero and shipped 159,355 copies in June.
