John Mayo
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Sales Estimates for September, 2009
Mon, November 2nd, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in September, 2009. Total sales are up from last month, with DC Comics in the top comic spot with "Blackest Night" and "Buffy" leading the TPB charts.
Sales Estimates for August, 2009
Fri, October 2nd, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in August, 2009. Total sales are up from last month, with DC taking the top comic spot for "Blackest Night" and "Walking Dead" topping the TPB charts.
Sales Estimates for July, 2009
Fri, September 4th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in June, 2009. Total sales are up from last month, with Marvel taking the top comic spot for "Reborn" and Vertigo winning the top trade in "100 Bullets: Wilt."
Sales Estimates for June, 2009
Fri, August 7th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks on sale in June, 2009. Marvel gobbled up 55% of the market, while DC took the top spot on the sales charts with "Batman & Robin" #1.
Sales Estimates for May, 2009
Thu, June 18th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks on sale in May, 2009. Total sales are down from last month, with Marvel taking the most market share and Top Shelf with the highest selling trade.
MAYO REPORT: April 2009 Sales Analysis
Thu, June 4th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
CBR's John Mayo tracks the trend of April's sales, which saw impressive activity for "Buffy" and "Star Trek: Countdown," the benefits of a "Fables" crossover and a "Messiah War," plus analysis of the $3.99 price point.
Sales Estimates for April, 2009
Wed, May 27th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks that went on sale in April, 2009. Total sales are up from last month, with Marvel taking the most market share and DC with the highest selling book.
MAYO REPORT: March 2009 Sales Analysis
Mon, May 11th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
CBR's John Mayo breaks down the particularly low sales numbers for March of 2009 -- books like "Marvel: Your Universe" and "The Mighty" seeing huge sales drops-- and shows you what a month of no event comics looks like.
Sales Estimates for March, 2009
Fri, May 1st, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Norman Osborn's "Dark Avengers" topped the comic sales charts for March, with the "New Avengers" coming in second and DC's "Batman: Battle for the Cowl" #1 placing third. Check out the complete estimates here.
Sales Estimates for February, 2009
Wed, April 1st, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Marvel's Barack Obama-starring Spider-Man comic book came out on top for the second month in a row, with DC's "Watchmen" leading the trade paperbacks list once again. Check out the complete estimates here.
Sales Estimates for January, 2009
Thu, March 12th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Unsurprisingly, Marvel's Barack Obama-starring Spider-Man comic book came out on top in January, with DC's top offering being "Final Crisis" #6 and Image taking the prize for best-selling trade with "The Walking Dead" Vol. 9.
MAYO REPORT: December 2008 Sales Analysis
Thu, February 5th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
Marvel once again dominated the sales figures in December 2008, with their highest dollar amount since 2003. Also, John discusses which titles are likely to be affected when Diamond's new cutoff levels kick in this year.
Sales Estimates for December, 2008
Thu, January 29th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
John Mayo crunches the numbers for the Top 300 Comics & Top 100 Trades for December, 2008. Marvel took the top spot with "Secret Invasion" #8, while DC Comics debuted at #2 with "Final Crisis" #5.
MAYO REPORT: November 2008 Sales Analysis
Tue, January 6th, 2009 | Category: Comic Books
November 2008 was another month during which what comics didn’t come out were just as important as what comics did. And what's going on with trade paperback sales of Brian Wood's "DMZ?"
Sales Estimates for November, 2008
Fri, December 19th, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
John Mayo crunches the numbers for the Top 300 Comics & Top 100 Trades for November, 2008. Marvel took the top spot with "Ultimatum" #1, while DC Comics debuted at #2 with "Batman" #681.
Sales Estimates for October, 2008
Fri, November 21st, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
John Mayo crunches the numbers for the Top 300 Comics & Top 100 Trades for October, 2008. Marvel took the top spot with "Secret Invasion" #7, while DC debuted at #2 with "Final Crisis" #4.
MAYO REPORT: September 2008 Sales Analysis
Fri, October 24th, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
The absence of new issues of "Final Crisis," "Batman," "Justice League of America," "Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds" hit DC hard in September, and Marvel came out on top with "Secret Invasion" #6.
Sales Estimates for September, 2008
Tue, October 21st, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
John Mayo crunches the numbers for the Top 300 Comics & Top 100 Trades for September, 2008. Marvel took the top spot with "Secret Invasion" #6, while DC debuted at #4 with "All Star Batman" #10.
MAYO REPORT: August 2008 Sales Analysis
Mon, October 6th, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
August was an important month for DC Comics, with "Watchmen" outselling the seven new releases in the top trades combined. But the publisher also had a setback with "Family Dynamic."
Sales Estimates for August, 2008
Wed, October 1st, 2008 | Category: Comic Books
John Mayo crunches the numbers for the Top 300 Comics & Top 100 Trades for August, 2008. Marvel took the top spot with "Secret Invasion" #5, while DC debuted at #2 with "Final Crisis" #3.




