Digital Comics Best-Sellers for July 21st 2013

Comic-Con is over, and we’re still sorting through the photos and press releases, but the best-seller list marches on. Here’s a look at what was hot this week in digital comics. ComiXology 1. Sandman #1 2. Injustice: Gods Among Us #27 3. Justice League of America #6 4. All-New X-Men #14 5. Avengers, vol. 5 #16 6. Batman ’66 #3 7. Batman and Robin #22: Catwoman 8. Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, vol. 2 #25 9. Thor: God of Thunder #10 10. Invincible #104 As usual with comiXology, all this week’s best-sellers are single issues that were released this week—with the exception of Sandman #1, which is neither new nor new to digital. Kindle 1. Superman #1 2. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 3. Deadpool Classic, vol. 1 4. The Walking Dead, vol. 1 5. Wolverine: Old Man Logan 6. Deadpool, vol. 1: Secret Invasion 7. Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 8. Deadpool, vol. 2: Dark Reign 9. Deadpool, vol. 3: X Marks the Spot 10. Wolverine: Enemy of the State (Ultimate Collection) This rather odd collection can be explained by looking at the prices: The Deadpool and Wolverine books are graphic novels of between 120 and 352 pages, all priced at $2.99 or $3.99—basically, a graphic novel at a single-issue price, and some of these go for close to $50 in hardback. So Amazon must be having a Marvel sale in honor of Comic-Con, although I haven’t seen it advertised in their newsletter or on their comics page. Also there’s a Wolverine movie due out soon, which is probably stirring up interest. Nook 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #23 2. Injustice: Gods Among Us #25 3. Bleach, vol. 57 4. Injustice: Gods Among Us #26 5. The Walking Dead, vol. 1 6. Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 7. The Walking Dead, vol. 2 8. The Walking Dead, vol. 3 9. Injustice: Gods Among Us #20 10. Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 I stripped out all the free books in order to make this list comparable with the others, but it’s worth noting that the same issue of Sandman #1 that people are paying $1.99 for on comiXology is free on Nook. Also that free downloads are outnumbering paid by a factor of five to one in the Nook comics store. iBooks 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #27 2. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 3. Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 4. Injustice: Gods Among Us #26 5. Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 6. Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 7. My Little Pony Micro Series #6 8. Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 9. Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 10. Injustice: Gods Among Us #10 There’s a certain sameness to this week’s iBooks chart, isn’t there? Last week’s herd of My Little Ponies has been elbowed aside by Injustice: Gods Among Us, probably for some reason having to do with Comic-Con. Also, that Sandman comic is free on iBooks as well. As in previous weeks, the charts seem to have little in common other than the popularity of Injustice: Gods Among Us. In that way, this week was typical, although there may have been promotions at Comic-Con that distorted the charts a bit. The fact that a substantial number of people paid $1.99 for Sandman #1 on comiXology rather than getting it for free on Nook or iBooks suggests that there isn’t much crossover between comiXology and the e-book platforms. Either that or maybe people just like having all their comics in a single place more than they like having two bucks in their pocket. Digital Comics Best-Sellers for July 21st 2013 is a post from: E-Reader News

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