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Aquaman Sales Chart

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One thing I often wonder about, and worry about, is: How well is Aquaman doing in sales?

Recent Ranking Information

Aquaman (2003)

Month Rank Retail
Rank 		Title Approximate
Sales
12/05 115 133 Aquaman #37
19,600
01/06 107 117 Aquaman #38
18,300
02/06 112 128 Aquaman #39
18,300
03/06 58 58 Aquaman #40
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Estimated Sales Charts

NOTES:

All sales figures are estimates only. In some cases, the estimates are based on limited data. The month listed is the shipping month (the month the book is due out). The Change indicates the percentage change from the last issue of that title. Changes of less than 2% are statistically insignificant. This data has been corrected to include all titles, which means the rank may be different than charts seen in Wizard and Previews. For more detailed charts, visit my Plain Text Version. Pre August 1996 data does not include Marvel Comics. Most of this information was originally collected and compiled by Matthew High and Michael Burns.

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Aquaman (2003)

Month Rank Retail
Rank 		Title Approximate
Sales 		Change Change
12/02 34 40 Aquaman #1
45,100
-- --
01/03 38 45 Aquaman #2
36,500
-- -8600
02/03 34 45 Aquaman #3
36,200
-- -300
03/03 36 53 Aquaman #4
36,900
-- +700
04/03 51 66 Aquaman #5
34,700
-- -2200
05/03 50 65 Aquaman #6
33,200
-- -1500
06/03 54 72 Aquaman #7
30,600
-- -2600
07/03 64 80 Aquaman #8
29,600
-- -1000
08/03 72 87 Aquaman #9
27,500
-- -2100
09/03 74 92 Aquaman #10
26,400
-- -1100
10/03 105 120 Aquaman #11
27,100
-- +700
11/03 95 111 Aquaman #12
24,000
-- -3100
12/03 93 117 Aquaman #13
22,400
-- -1600
01/04 85 99 Aquaman #14
21,700
-- -700
02/04 79 89 Aquaman #15
24,700
-- +3000
03/04 97 118 Aquaman #16
22,800
-- -1900
04/04 88 104 Aquaman #17
25,700
-- +2900
05/04 87 100 Aquaman #18
25,300
-- -400
06/04 99 113 Aquaman #19
24,900
-- -400
07/04 96 115 Aquaman #20
24,400
-- -500
08/04 98 113 Aquaman #21
23,500
-- -900
09/04 114 130 Aquaman #22
23,400
-- -100
10/04 100 117 Aquaman #23
22,400
-- -1000
11/04 103 122 Aquaman #24
21,600
-- -800
12/04 109 128 Aquaman #25
21,100
-- -500
01/05 91 96 Aquaman #26
23,400
-- +2300
02/05 106 --- Aquaman #27
19,500
-- -3900
03/05 112 --- Aquaman #28
19,200
-- -300
04/05 104 --- Aquaman #29
19,000
-- -200
05/05 109 --- Aquaman #30
18,600
-- -400
06/05 131 --- Aquaman #31
18,400
-- -200
07/05 114 --- Aquaman #32
17,900
-- -500
08/05 124 --- Aquaman #33
17,600
-- -300
09/05 118 --- Aquaman #34
17,600
-- 0
10/05 87 109 Aquaman #35
22,600
-- +5000
11/05 121 141 Aquaman #36
18,000
-- -4600
12/05 115 133 Aquaman #37
19,600
-- +1600
01/06 107 117 Aquaman #38
18,300
-- -1300
02/06 112 128 Aquaman #39
18,300
-- 0
03/06 58 58 Aquaman #40
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Aquaman (1994)

Month Rank Title Approximate
Sales 		Change Change
9/95 77 Aquaman #14
33,700
-- --
10/95 88 Aquaman #15
32,100
-4.6% -1600
11/95 72 Aquaman #16
33,400
+3.8% +1300
12/95 60 Aquaman #17
37,600
+12.7% +4200
1/96 59 Aquaman #18
36,500
-2.9% -1100
2/96 59 Aquaman #19
35,500
-2.7% -1000
3/96 54 Aquaman #20
35,400
-0.3% -100
4/96 59 Aquaman #21
36,000
+1.7% +600
5/96 -- Aquaman #22
--
-- --
6/96 -- Aquaman #23
--
-- --
7/96 -- Aquaman #24
--
-- --
8/96 102 Aquaman #25
35,300
+4.4% --
9/96 82 Aquaman #26
39,100
+10.8% +3800
10/96 99 Aquaman #27
34,200
-12.5% -4900
11/96 109 Aquaman #28
33,800
-1.2% -400
12/96 106 Aquaman #29
32,600
-3.6% -1200
1/97 93 Aquaman #30
31,500
-3.4% -1100
2/97 89 Aquaman #31
30,400
-3.5% -1100
3/97 89 Aquaman #32
30,300
-0.3% -100
4/97 94 Aquaman #33
31,100
+2.6% +800
5/97 88 Aquaman #34
30,600
-1.6% -500
6/97 81 Aquaman #35
30,000
-2.0% -600
7/97 90 Aquaman #36
30,000
0.0% 0
8/97 86 Aquaman #37
32,700
+9.0% +2700
9/97 89 Aquaman #38
29,200
-10.7% -3500
10/97 98 Aquaman #39
29,600
+1.4% +400
11/97 87 Aquaman #40
29,200
-1.4% -400
12/97 109 Aquaman #41
27,800
-4.8% -1400
1/98 86 Aquaman #42
27,300
-1.7% -500
2/98 66 Aquaman #43
30,200
+10.7% +2900
3/98 89 Aquaman #44
27,200
-9.9% -3000
4/98 86 Aquaman #45
26,600
-2.1% -600
5/98 92 Aquaman #46
26,400
-0.7% -200
6/98 100 Aquaman #47
24,700
-6.5% -1700
7/98 104 Aquaman #48
24,900
+0.9% +200
8/98 99 Aquaman #49
24,000
-3.7% -900
9/98 84 Aquaman #1M
32,500
+35.4% +8500
10/98 90 Aquaman #50
29,300
-9.7% -3200
11/98 89 Aquaman #51
--
-- --
12/98 105 Aquaman #52
--
-- --
1/99 95 Aquaman #53
--
-- --
2/99 96 Aquaman #54
23,200
-- --
3/99 113 Aquaman #55
22,600
-2.6% -600
4/99 103 Aquaman #56
22,300
-1.2% -300
5/99 115 Aquaman #57
21,500
-3.6% -800
6/99 119 Aquaman #58
20,700
-3.7% -800
7/99 123 Aquaman #59
20,100
-2.9% -600
8/99 128 Aquaman #60
20,200
+0.5% +100
9/99 129 Aquaman #61
22,200
+11.6% +2000
10/99 121 Aquaman #62
19,100
-14.0% -3100
11/99 124 Aquaman #63
20,500
+7.3% +1400
12/99 123 Aquaman #64
18,400
-7.5% -2100
1/00 112 Aquaman #65
18,300
-0.5% -100
2/00 114 Aquaman #66
18,400
+0.5% +100
3/00 121 Aquaman #67
17,300
-4.4% -1100
4/00 117 Aquaman #68
17,200
% -100
5/00 139 Aquaman #69
17,200
% +0
6/00 138 Aquaman #70
17,500
% +300
7/00 132 Aquaman #71
17,800
% +300
8/00 136 Aquaman #72
16,900
% -900
9/00 137 Aquaman #73
17,000
% +100
10/00 133 Aquaman #74
16,500
% -500
11/00 134 Aquaman #75
17,600
% +1100

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Aquaman Annuals and Specials

Month Title Rank Approximate
Sales
5/97 Aquaman Annual #3 98
27,700
7/98 Aquaman Annual #4 118
22,100
10/98 Aquaman Secret Files #1 125
19,800
7/99 Aquaman Annual #5 105
24,100
03/03 Aquaman Secret Files 2003106
19,300

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Tempest, Prophets and Kings

Aqualad Mini-Series (Sep - Dec 96)

Title Rank Approximate
Sales 		Change
Tempest #1 110
31,200
Tempest #2 136
23,900
-23.4%
Tempest #3 157
22,300
-6.7%
Tempest #4 166
20,800
-6.7%

Silver Age Circulation

For comparison purposes, some of the sales stats from the Silver Age, taken from Circulation statements that they were required by law to print.

Summary

Year Average Sales Per Month
1963
230,620
1964
226,965
1965
247,282
1966
228,733
1967
234,540
1968
185,036
1969
156,653
1970
141,332


Aquaman #16 - Jul-Aug 1964: Statement Date: October 1st, 1963

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
345,000
350,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
250
250
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
230,000
250,000
Free Distribution (including samples)
370
370
Total Distributed
230,620
250,620


Aquaman #20 - Mar-Apr 1965: Statement Date: October 1st, 1964

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
337,000
350,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
578
795
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
226,000
239,000
Free Distribution (including samples)
387
387
Total Distributed
226,965
240,182


Aquaman #26 - Mar-Apr 1966: Statement Date: October 1st, 1965

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
372,000
350,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
1,140
1,316
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
246,000
229,000
Free Distribution (including samples)
142
142
Total Distributed
247,282
230,458
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
124,718
119,542


Aquaman #32 - Mar-Apr 1967: Statement Date: October 1st, 1966

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
376,000
420,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
1,403
1,468
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
227,000
290,000
Total Distribution
228,403
291,468
Free Distribution (including samples)
330
330
Total Distributed
228,733
291,798
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
147,267
128,202


Aquaman #38 - Mar-Apr 1968: Statement Date: October 1st, 1967

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
404,000
310,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
1,200
900
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
233,000
177,000
Total Distribution
234,200
177,900
Free Distribution (including samples)
340
340
Total Distributed
234,540
178,240
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
169,460
131,760


Aquaman #44- Mar-Apr 1969: Statement Date: October 1st, 1968

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
331,000
325,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
650
383
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
184,000
175,000
Total Distribution
184,650
175,383
Free Distribution (including samples)
386
386
Total Distributed
185,036
175,769
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
145,964
149,231


Aquaman #50- Mar-Apr 1970: Statement Date: October 1st, 1969

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
298,000
275,000
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
307
247
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
156,000
145,000
Total Distribution
156,307
145,247
Free Distribution (including samples)
346
346
Total Distributed
156,653
145,593
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
141,347
129,407


Aquaman #56- Mar-Apr 1971: Statement Date: October 1st, 1970

Average # of copies of
Each Issue During the
Preceding 12 Months 		Single Issue
Nearest to
Filing Date
Total Printed (net press run)
285,554
301,500
Paid Circulation: To subscribers by mail
251
209
Paid Circulation: Sales through agents, news dealers, etc
140,959
159,390
Total Distribution
141,210
159,599
Free Distribution (including samples)
122
122
Total Distributed
141,332
159,721
Office Use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing
144,222
141,779