Once Upon a Galaxy

Complete Star Wars Comics Release-Date Project

 

 

RELEASE DATE ARCHIVE

SALES FIGURES

2011

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1st-edition comic (USA)

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reprint comic (USA)

 

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notes:

sales figures:

sales figures taken (with permission) from John Jackson Miller’s www.comichron.com

 

about the sales figures:

sales figures represent the estimated comics sold to North American Comics Shops as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors

 

note that the following numbers are only what retailers in comics shops in North America ordered in their first month.

When including sales throughout the year and sales through mass market book sellers and overseas (which is about 10 – 12% the size of US sales, the figures are much higher!!

 

Read more about sales figures

 

 

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Top-Selling Comics

2011

 

 

1

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 3, March 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – March 30, 2011)

26.364 copies sold:

March 2011 ranking: # 114 of 300)

18.368 copies sold

April 2011 ranking: # 173 of 300)

8.624 copies sold

 

2

Star Wars: Crimson Empire III – Empire Lost # 1, October 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – October 26, 2011)

19.095 copies sold:

October 2011 ranking: # 121 of 300)

19.095 copies sold

 

3

Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side # 1, May 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – May 18, 2011)

18.949 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 92 of 300)

18.949 copies sold

 

4

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1, January 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – January 26, 2011)

18.654 copies sold:

January 2011 ranking: # 79 of 300)

18.654 copies sold

 

5

Star Wars: Dark Times – Out of the Wilderness # 1, August 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – August 3, 2011)

18.548 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 127 of 300)

18.548 copies sold

 

6

Star Wars: Legacy – War # 5, April 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – April 27, 2011)

18.141 copies sold:

April 2011 ranking: # 96 of 300)

18.141 copies sold

 

7

Star Wars: Legacy – War # 4, March 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – March 30, 2011)

18.058 copies sold:

March 2011 ranking: # 118 of 300)

18.058 copies sold

 

8

Star Wars: Legacy – War # 6, May 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – May 25, 2011)

17.944 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 101 of 300)

17.944 copies sold

 

9

Star Wars: Legacy – War # 2, January 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – January 26, 2011)

17.847 copies sold:

January 2011 ranking: # 85 of 300)

17.847 copies sold

 

10

Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Lost Suns # 1, June 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – June 8, 2011)

17.642 copies sold:

June 2011 ranking: # 136 of 300)

17.642 copies sold

 

11

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 5, May 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – May 25, 2011)

17.526 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 102 of 300)

17.526 copies sold

 

12

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 4, April 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – March 30, 2011)

17.740 copies sold:

April 2011 ranking: # 100 of 300)

17.740 copies sold

 

13

Star Wars: Legacy – War # 3, February 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – February 23, 2011)

17.697 copies sold:

February 2011 ranking: # 101 of 300)

17.697 copies sold

 

14

Star Wars: Invasions – Revelations # 1, July 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – July 13, 2011)

17.254 copies sold:

July 2011 ranking: # 126 of 300)

17.254 copies sold

 

15

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 2, February 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – February 23, 2011)

17.115 copies sold:

February 2011 ranking: # 107 of 300)

17.115 copies sold

 

16

Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side # 2, June 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – June 22, 2011)

16.081 copies sold:

June 2011 ranking: # 142 of 300)

16.081 copies sold

 

17

Star Wars: Agent of the Empire – Iron Eclipse # 1, December 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – December 14, 2011)

15.700 copies sold:

December 2011 ranking: # 132 of 300)

15.700 copies sold

 

18

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge # 1, August 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – August 17, 2011)

15.448 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 150 of 300)

15.448 copies sold

 

19

Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Lost Suns # 2, July 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – July 13, 2011)

15.436 copies sold:

July 2011 ranking: # 136 of 300)

15.436 copies sold

 

20

Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side # 3, July 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – July 20, 2011)

15.232 copies sold:

July 2011 ranking: # 137 of 300)

15.232 copies sold

 

21

Dark Horse Presents # 1, April 2011

featuring

Star Wars: Crimson Empire III – The Third Time Pays for All

(Dark Horse Comics – April 20, 2011)

15.107 copies sold:

April 2011 ranking: # 115 of 300)

15.107 copies sold

 

22

Star Wars: Dark Times – Out of the Wilderness # 2, September 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – September 7, 2011)

14.870 copies sold:

September 2011 ranking: # 139 of 300)

14.870 copies sold

 

23

Star Wars: Invasions – Revelations # 2, August 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – August 10, 2011)

14.829 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 154 of 300)

14.829 copies sold

 

24

Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Lost Suns # 3, August 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – August 10, 2011)

14.741 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 156 of 300)

14.741 copies sold

 

25

Star Wars: Crimson Empire III – Empire Lost # 2, November 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – November 30, 2011)

14.524 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 140 of 300)

14.524 copies sold

 

26

Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side # 4, August 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – August 24, 2011)

14.425 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 161 of 300)

14.425 copies sold

 

27

Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Lost Suns # 4, September 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – September 14, 2011)

14.121 copies sold:

September 2011 ranking: # 148 of 300)

14.121 copies sold

 

28

Star Wars: Crimson Empire III – Empire Lost # 3, December 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – December 28, 2011)

13.814 copies sold:

December 2011 ranking: # 147 of 300)

13.814 copies sold

 

29

Star Wars: Invasions – Revelations # 3, September 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – September 14, 2011)

13.732 copies sold:

September 2011 ranking: # 150 of 300)

13.732 copies sold

 

30

Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side # 5, September 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – September 21, 2011)

13.692 copies sold:

September 2011 ranking: # 152 of 300)

13.692 copies sold

 

31

Star Wars: Dark Times – Out of the Wilderness # 2, November 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – November 30, 2011)

13.651 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 152 of 300)

13.651 copies sold

 

32

Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Lost Suns # 5, October 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – October 12, 2011)

13.580 copies sold:

October 2011 ranking: # 166 of 300)

13.580 copies sold

 

33

Star Wars: Invasions – Revelations # 4, October 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – October 12, 2011)

13.313 copies sold:

October 2011 ranking: # 169 of 300)

13.313 copies sold

 

34

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Aflame # 4, January 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – January 12, 2011)

13.101 copies sold:

January 2011 ranking: # 108 of 300)

13.101 copies sold

 

35

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Aflame # 5, February 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – February 16, 2011)

12.803 copies sold:

February 2011 ranking: # 138 of 300)

12.803 copies sold

 

36

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge # 2, September 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – September 21, 2011)

12.767 copies sold:

September 2011 ranking: # 161 of 300)

12.767 copies sold

 

37

Star Wars: Invasions – Revelations # 5, November 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – November 16, 2011)

12.632 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 159 of 300)

12.632 copies sold

 

38

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge # 3, October 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – October 19, 2011)

11.937 copies sold:

October 2011 ranking: # 180 of 300)

11.937 copies sold

 

39

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge # 4, November 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – November 16, 2011)

11.407 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 166 of 300)

11.407 copies sold

 

40

Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge # 5, December 2011

(Dark Horse Comics – December 21, 2011)

10.805 copies sold:

December 2011 ranking: # 169 of 300)

10.805 copies sold

 

 

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Top-Selling Trade Paperbacks

2011

 

 

1

Star Wars Adventures: Boba Fett and the Ship of Fear

(Dark Horse Books – May 11, 2011)

4.803 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 2 of 300)

4.803 copies sold

 

2

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Starcrusher Trap

(Dark Horse Books – July 20, 2011)

4.679 copies sold:

July 2011 ranking: # 7 of 300)

3.846 copies sold

August 2011 ranking: # 137 of 300)

833 copies sold

 

3

Star Wars Adventures: Chewbacca and the Slavers of the Shadowlands

(Dark Horse Books – August 31, 2011)

3.906 copies sold:

August 2011 ranking: # 2 of 300)

3.612 copies sold

December 2011 ranking: # 268 of 300)

294 copies sold

 

4

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Strange Allies

(Dark Horse Books – October 12, 2011)

3.520 copies sold:

October 2011 ranking: # 5 of 300)

3.520 copies sold

 

5

Star Wars: The Old Republic Volume One – Blood of the Empire

(Dark Horse Books – February 9, 2011)

2.862 copies sold:

February 2011 ranking: # 9 of 300)

2.767 copies sold

March 2011 ranking: # 263 of 300)

395 copies sold

 

6

Star Wars: Blood Ties – Jango and Boba Fett

(Dark Horse Books – May 18, 2011)

2.537 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 12 of 300)

2.537 copies sold

 

7

Star Wars: Invasion Volume Two - Rescues

(Dark Horse Books – April 13, 2011)

2.456 copies sold:

April 2011 ranking: # 11 of 300)

2.456 copies sold

 

8

Star Wars: Knight Errant Volume One - Aflame

(Dark Horse Books – July 13, 2011)

2.364 copies sold:

July 2011 ranking: # 23 of 300)

2.364 copies sold

 

9

Star Wars: The Old Republic Volume Two – Threat of Peace

(Dark Horse Books – May 18, 2011)

2.342 copies sold:

May 2011 ranking: # 16 of 300)

2.342 copies sold

 

10

Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga – Episodes I through VI

(Dark Horse Books – September 21, 2011)

2.317 copies sold

September 2011 ranking: # 34 of 300)

1.976 copies sold

October 2011 ranking: # 256 of 300)

341 copies sold

 

11

Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3

(Dark Horse Books – January 19, 2011)

1.917 copies sold:

January 2011 ranking: # 17 of 300)

1.917 copies sold

 

12

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command

(Dark Horse Books – November 9, 2011)

1.907 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 37 of 300)

1.907 copies sold

 

13

Star Wars Omnibus: At War with the Empire Volume One

(Dark Horse Books – March 9, 2011)

1.845 copies sold:

March 2011 ranking: # 25 of 300)

1.845 copies sold

 

14

Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 4

(Dark Horse Books – August 10, 2011)

1.841 copies sold

August 2011 ranking: # 32 of 300)

1.841 copies sold

 

15

Star Wars Omnibus: At War with the Empire Volume Two

(Dark Horse Books – November 23, 2011)

1.611 copies sold:

November 2011 ranking: # 55 of 300)

1.611 copies sold

 

16

Star Wars: Episode I Adventures

(digest)

(Dark Horse Books – December 14, 2011)

1.497 copies sold:

December 2011 ranking: # 45 of 300)

1.497 copies sold

 

17

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

(digest)

(Dark Horse Books – December 14, 2011)

1.144 copies sold:

December 2011 ranking: # 66 of 300)

1.144 copies sold

 

18

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

(reprint)

(Dark Horse Books – February 2011)

402 copies sold:

February 2011 ranking: # 226 of 300)

402 copies sold

 

19

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 1

(reprint)

(Dark Horse Books – February 2011)

411 copies sold:

March 2011 ranking: # 256 of 300)

411 copies sold

 

 

 

 

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