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DC Moves 3.5 million Comic Books in September

DC Entertainment has announced that they’ve topped the comic book sales charts for the month of September with a jaw-dropping figure of nearly 3.5 million comic books sold, making the company the No. 1 comic book publisher in dollars and units for September, according to Diamond Comic Distributors. This is the fourth year in a row DC has been the industry’s top publisher in September, as the company has launched “gimmicks” each month.

The sales were propelled in large part by DC Comics’ month-long “Futures End” event in which DC Comics–The New 52 flashed forward five years. Each Futures End book featured a standard 2-D cover and a “3-D Motion” cover that showcased both the current and future state of the character or team. The move drew in both regular readers and collector.

For individual books taking the #3 slot was Batman: Futures End #1 followed by Harley Quinn: Futures End #1 taking #4.

 

The #1 book, according to Diamond is Batman: Death of the Family Book & Joker Mask Set– this seminal Batman trade paperback graphic novel is paired with a replica hand-painted vinyl latex mask of Batman’s greatest foe.

 

 

 

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