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February's top-selling books showed less strength than last month, but popular graphic novels and single titles still held strongly. The slight drop of the best-sellers should not concern or worry collectors, however.
January saw the release of many new launches, which buyers likely purchased to see whether or not they would enjoy the new story. The lack of support for those stories in their next issues simply shows that not everyone who bought the first issue wanted to continue that series. This is not necessarily reflective of comics as a whole taking a hit, as much as the failure of the new launches to retain readers.
Marvel continued to hold onto the majority of the top ten spots, with DC getting into a few and staying strong in the bottom half of the top twenty. The top sales on the graphic novel charts were spread across several companies, including Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse.
The Top 20 Single Issues (and their estimated sales) for February were:
1. X-FORCE #1 (105,000)
2. NEW AVENGERS #38 (104,000)
3. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #549 (101,000)
4. THOR #6 (98,300)
5. ULTIMATES 3 #3 (97,200)
6. ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN BOY WONDER #9 (93,300)
7. HULK #2 (93, 700)
8. FANTASTIC FOUR #554 (92,600)
9. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #550 (90,800)
10. UNCANNY X-MEN #495 (90,400)
11. JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #18 (89,800)
12. X-MEN LEGACY #208 (88,100)
13. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #551 (88,050)
14. BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #11 (88,000)
15. CAPTAIN AMERICA #35 (86,000)
16. JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #12 (84,000)
17. MIGHTY AVENGERS #9 (83,400)
18. JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #13 (73,500)
19. COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 12 (69,600)
20. BATMAN #674 (69,500)
The Top 20 Graphic Novels (and their estimated sales) for February were:
1. BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME (7,000)
2. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 19 DEATH O/GOBLIN (6,600)
3. INFINITE CRISIS TP (6,100)
4. GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 01 SINESTRO CORPS WAR (6,090)
5. SAVAGE SWORD O/CONAN TP VOL 02 (4,800)
6. JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA HC VOL 02 LIGHTNING SAGA (4,540)
7. WITCHBLADE TP VOL 01 WITCH HUNT (4,530)
8. ANITA BLAKE VH HC FIRST DEATH* (4,365)
9. INDIANA JONES OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (3,770)
10. BARKS ROSA COLL TP VOL 02 DONALDS ATOM BOMB (3,510)
11. SPIDER-MAN TP BACK IN BLACK (3,370)
12. PATH O/ASSASSIN VOL 9 TP (MR) (3,140)
13. WALT DISNEY TREASURES TP VOL 02 UNCLE SCROOGE (3,070)
14. WOLVERINE TP EVOLUTION (3,060)
15. BLADE O/IMMORTAL TP VOL 18 SPARROW NET (3,020)
16. SCALPED TP VOL 02 CASINO BOOGIE (3,080)
17. SHOWCASE PRESENTS ENEMY ACE TP VOL 01 (3,010)
18. HELLBLAZER JOY RIDE TP (3,000)
19. ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 06 (2,920)
20. DIANA PRINCE WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 (2,900)