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Re: IDW comic sales

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IDW has more in-house ads than is healthy. But, they do have external advertisers, which makes the ads they do sell that much more important.


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Bumped because I was looking for this thread and it took me forever to dig it up. Interested in old IDW sales figures versus current ones.
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Figures from Comichron.com, from July 2017 to the present.

263 257 Transformers Till All Are One 11 $3.99 IDW 6,060
287 278 Transformers Till All Are One 12 $3.99 IDW 5,912

244 237 Transformers Lost Light 8* $3.99 IDW 6,950
239 234 Transformers Lost Light 9* $3.99 IDW 6,112
254 239 Transformers Lost Light 10* $3.99 IDW 5,977
270 256 Transformers Lost Light 11 $3.99 IDW 5,786
242 220 Transformers Lost Light 12 $3.99 12/27/17 IDW 5,749
243 237 Transformers Lost Light 13 $3.99 01/24/18 IDW 6,144
254 253 Transformers Lost Light 15 $3.99 02/28/18 IDW 5,681
236 227 Transformers Lost Light 16 $3.99 03/14/18 IDW 5,823

240 229 Optimus Prime 9* $3.99 IDW 7,231
281 252 Optimus Prime 10* $3.99 IDW 6,117
253 238 Optimus Prime 11* $3.99 IDW 6,010
274 262 Optimus Prime 13 $3.99 IDW 5,638
236 229 Optimus Prime 14 $3.99 12/20/17 IDW 6,004
255 255 Optimus Prime 15 $3.99 01/17/18 IDW 5,622
260 259 Optimus Prime 16 $3.99 02/28/18 IDW 5,428

276 162 Optimus Prime Annual 2018 $7.99 02/28/18 IDW 4,846

265 261 Optimus Prime First Strike 1* $3.99 IDW 5,384

271 274 Transformers First Strike 1 $3.99 IDW 5,730

262 244 Rom Vs. Transformers Shining Armor 3* $3.99 IDW 5,351

248 228 Transformers Vs. The Visionaries 1* $3.99 01/03/18 IDW 5,929
283 268 Transformers Vs. Visionaries 2 $3.99 02/07/18 IDW 4,615
288 283 Transformers Vs. Visionaries 4 $3.99 03/28/18 IDW 4,027
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Added issues April, May and June sales. I'll be curious to see Unicron sales when those numbers are available.

244 237 Transformers Lost Light 8* $3.99 IDW 6,950
239 234 Transformers Lost Light 9* $3.99 IDW 6,112
254 239 Transformers Lost Light 10* $3.99 IDW 5,977
270 256 Transformers Lost Light 11 $3.99 IDW 5,786
242 220 Transformers Lost Light 12 $3.99 12/27/17 IDW 5,749
243 237 Transformers Lost Light 13 $3.99 01/24/18 IDW 6,144
254 253 Transformers Lost Light 15 $3.99 02/28/18 IDW 5,681
236 227 Transformers Lost Light 16 $3.99 03/14/18 IDW 5,823
240 244 Transformers Lost Light 17 $3.99 04/18/18 IDW 5,747
244 225 Transformers Lost Light 18 $3.99 06/13/18 IDW 5,857

240 229 Optimus Prime 9* $3.99 IDW 7,231
281 252 Optimus Prime 10* $3.99 IDW 6,117
253 238 Optimus Prime 11* $3.99 IDW 6,010
274 262 Optimus Prime 13 $3.99 IDW 5,638
236 229 Optimus Prime 14 $3.99 12/20/17 IDW 6,004
255 255 Optimus Prime 15 $3.99 01/17/18 IDW 5,622
260 259 Optimus Prime 16 $3.99 02/28/18 IDW 5,428
244 249 Optimus Prime 17 $3.99 04/18/18 IDW 5,502
245 250 Optimus Prime 18 $3.99 04/18/18 IDW 5,483
266 260 Optimus Prime 19 $3.99 05/30/18 IDW 5,399

209 173 Transformers Optimus Prime Vol. 3 $19.99 IDW 485
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How much over-lap is there between readers of each TF series? Will "Unicron" retain all of them, and expand the base?
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I hadn't thought about this thread in awhile, but I wondered about sales on the new series. It's doing better than MTMTE and RID did in the last months of both those series, but it has not going back to the stronger sales of years past. Numbers taken from ICv2. So far the book is staying fairly consistent, without constant month to month drops. Up slightly one month, down another. It's an improvement over what they did before.

TRANSFORMERS #1 21,757 (+ 1104 in April)
TRANSFORMERS #2 12,871 (+ 867 in April)
TRANSFORMERS #3 11,358
TRANSFORMERS #4 12,920
TRANSFORMERS #5 10,793
TRANSFORMERS #6 11,489
TRANSFORMERS #7 12,358
TRANSFORMERS #8 11,887
TRANSFORMERS #9 11,431
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How are sales of "Transformers" (or IDW as a whole) comparing to the industry? Are they declining at the same rate?
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Sales were drifting downwards again back in March. Dom, I don't know how this compares to the rest of the comics industry.

https://www.comichron.com/monthlycomics ... 20-03.html

Transformers Vs. Terminator 1 $4.99 03/25/20 IDW 20,931

Transformers 18 $3.99 03/11/20 IDW 8,747
Transformers 19 $3.99 03/18/20 IDW 8,063
195 Transformers 23* $3.99 09/30/20 IDW low est 6,800 high est 8,800

Transformers Galaxies 5 $3.99 03/04/20 IDW 7,064
Transformers Galaxies 6 $3.99 03/25/20 IDW 6,434
226 Transformers Galaxies 9* $3.99 09/09/20 IDW low est 5,400 high est 6,800
227 Transformers Galaxies 10* $3.99 09/30/20 IDW low est 5,400 high est 6,800

199 Transformers 84 Secrets & Lies 3* $3.99 09/02/20 IDW 6,800 8,600

156 My Little Pony Transformers 2* $3.99 09/02/20 IDW 9,500 12,000
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Over on TFW2005, there's a similar thread to this. The main series is following the typical pattern and losing readers every month, with about a third of the readership lost between issue 2 and issue 19. Transformers Galaxies sells less than the main series. However the reboot is selling better than Optimus Prime and Lost Light, so IDW does appear to have gained some sales with the new continuity.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... s.1175862/

Transformers 2019

1-----21757 shipped (90) = NA
2-----12871 shipped (140) = -41% change
3-----11351 shipped (161) = -48% change (-12%)
4-----12920 shipped (156) = -41% change (14%)
5-----10793 shipped (184) = -50% change (-16%)
6-----11489 shipped (171) = -47% change (6%)
7-----12358 shipped (159) = -43% change (8%)
8-----11887 shipped (183) = -45% change (-4%)
9-----11431 shipped (191) = -47% change (-4%)
10---11493 shipped (159) = -47% change (--)
11---11201 shipped (164) = -49% change (-3%)
12---11068 shipped (190) = -49% change (-1%)
13---10059 shipped (237) = -54% change (-9%)
14----9320 shipped (202) = -57% change (-7%)
15----9630 shipped (194) = -56% change (3%)
16----9417 shipped (196) = -57% change (-2%)
17----9119 shipped (188) = -58% change (-3%)
18----8747 shipped (186) = -60% change (-4%)
19----8063 shipped (198) = -63% change (-9%)


Transformers: Galaxies

1-----14625 shipped (148) = NA
2------8688 shipped (263) = -41% change
3------8503 shipped (212) = -42% change (-2%)
4------7656 shipped (219) = -48% change (-10%)
5------7064 shipped (223) = -52% change (-8%)
6------6434 shipped (236) = -56% change (-9%)
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