Batman Comics Did Very Well in October

Batman comics are and will likely continue to be DC’s best selling books. That part is obvious. We often criticize the publisher for over-saturating the market with Bat-books and exploiting the character’s popularity, but we can’t deny the results. Take October’s sales numbers, for instance. These are the top 30 comics for the month:

	Title	Issue#	Sales
1	Walking Dead	132	326,334
2	Death of Wolverine	4	165,582
3	Thor	1	150,862
4	Death of Wolverine	3	141,567
5	Avengers and X-Men Axis	1	138,966
6	Batman	35	118,860
7	Amazing Spider-Man	7	116,051
8	Amazing Spider-Man	8	99,549
9	Harley Quinn Annual	1	97,312
10	Avengers and X-Men Axis	2	87,964
11	Avengers and X-Men Axis	3	84,708
12	Justice League	35	75,400
13	Justice League	34	75,264
14	Captain America	25	74,183
15	Death of Wolverine Logan Legacy	1	71,532
16	Walking Dead	133	69,561
17	Harley Quinn	11	68,557
18	Wytches	1	67,996
19	Batgirl	35	62,644
20	Guardians of Galaxy	20	61,072
21	All New X-Men	33	60,032
22	Guardians 3000	1	58,574
23	Uncanny X-Men	27	57,908
24	Rocket Raccoon	4	57,830
25	Detective Comics	35	57,385
26	Avengers	36	56,771
27	Saga	24	55,534
28	Batman and Robin	35	54,616
29	Batman Eternal	26	54,199
30	Deathstroke	1	54,059

That’s seven books in the top 30, if you don’t count Justice League. No other character can boast such large share of the market. Right now it seems like whatever DC prints with a bat on the cover people will read. I certainly hope we haven’t reached a tipping point were readers are turned off by Batman’s frequent appearances.