Aquaman Sales - February 2012

Hey Aqua-Fans, check it out! Once again Aquaman landed in the Top 10 of Previews' sales list, and once again outsold every single Marvel title!

Even better than that is Aquaman is still climbing--last month issue #5 landed at the the #10 spot, and this month it made it to #9!

Congrats to DC, and most especially to the creative team of Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Rod Reis, and everyone involved!

"Aquaman Outsells The X-Men"

This swell cartoon celebrating the Sea King's sales dominance over the mighty X-Men (not to mention the entire Marvel line) is courtesy F.O.A.M.er Andrew Kapellusch! Thanks Andrew!

Aquaman Sales - January 2012

Hey Aqua-Fans, check it out! Aquaman is increasing in sales every month! In October the book was #18, in December the book was at #14, and this month it's at #10!

Congrats all around to DC and specifically the Aqua-Team of Johns, Reis, Prado, and Reis!

Aquaman Sales - December 2011

Hey Aqua-Fans, check it out! Not only is Aquaman on the cover of the #1 best-selling comic of December, but his solo book placed at #14, the highest ranking the series has yet achieved--which means its gaining readers as it goes on!

Congrats all around to DC and specifically the Aqua-Team of Johns, Reis, Prado, and Reis!

Top 100 Selling Comics - October 2011

F.O.A.M.er Ryan Daly, in an email to the Shrine, pointed out something interesting about October 2011's sales figures (via Diamond)--not only did Aquaman #2 come in at #18 (ahead of such other books like Uncanny X-Men, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Green Lantern Corps), but Aquaman #1 also placed on the list, at #88! That means the Sea King had two issues of his own title in the Top 100-selling comics of October!

Or, as Ryan put it, "What I think is far, far more telling is that Aquaman #1 ranked 88 of the Top 100 in October. Yes, Aquaman had TWO of the Top 100 books in October. That means word-of-mouth buzz is definitely working for the Sea King as a lot of people would have had to come back and pick up the issue after it was originally released, possibly 2nd printings. Only two other first issues that came out in September made the list for October, Green Lantern #1 and Detective Comics #1, neither of which sold as much as Aquaman."

Pretty amazing stuff, no? Thanks for the info and analysis Ryan, and of course to Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Rod Reis for creating an Aquaman book that has really tapped into something special. The Shrine has always stated that Aquaman, if given a decent chance by DC, could catch fire with readers. Glad to see we were right, let's hope it stays that way!

Aquaman Sales - June 2011

The Shrine normally doesn't pay much attention to this stuff, but we were happy to see Emperor Aquaman #1 and the Death of a Prince TPB both place in the top 50 of Previews sales charts!