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IDW Publishing Godzilla Comic Sales |
 IDW Publishing has been releasing Godzilla comics for over a year now, having one of the company's largest success stories with the breakaway performance of Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1. With the character continuing to sell well in the format and with a track record of data available, this report aims to meter how the King of the Monsters has been faring in various issues on the market since IDW took the reigns.
To do this, data has been compiled from using sales estimates provided by Diamond Comics Distributors, the largest comic distributor in the United States. Estimates are given on a monthly basis, meaning that most of the data here reflects when a comic was initially ordered or if it saw a lot of orders and sales in a past month to merit a readjustment.
Best Sellers Data
This first series of data presents the sales in order of copies estimated to be sold. Please note the data reflects primarly issues sold to retailers, such as comic book shops.
While the ongoing series has generally sold better than its mini-series counterparts, the two have held up pretty well in contrast to each other. For reference, the top selling mini-series comic is Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #1.
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1 - 69,662
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #4 - 14,890
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #3 - 14,588
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #2 - 14,492
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #5 - 14,232
- Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #1 - 13,292
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #6 -12,525
- Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #2 - 12,018
- Godzilla #1 - 11,993
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #7 - 11,141
- Godzilla The Half-Century War #1 - 11,010
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #8 - 10,638
- Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #3 - 10,526
- Godzilla Legends #1 - 10,330
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #9 - 9,879
- Godzilla #2 - 9,756
- Godzilla The Half-Century War #3 - 9,709
- Godzilla The Half-Century War #2 - 9,453
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #10 - 9,294
- Godzilla #3 - 9,282
- Godzilla The Half-Century War #4 - 9,090
- Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #4 - 9,061
- Godzilla #4 - 8,767
- Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #5 - 8,725
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #11 - 8,677
- Godzilla #5 - 8,596
- Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #12 - 8,508
- Godzilla Legends #2 - 8,465
- Godzilla #6 - 8,128
- Godzilla Legends #3 - 8,013
- Godzilla #7 - 7,689
- Godzilla #8 - 7,623
- Godzilla Legends #5 - 7,498
- Godzilla Legends #4 - 7,454
- Godzilla #9 - 7,194
- Godzilla #10 - 6,992
Historical Sales Data
Below is sales data organized by its month. It gives an overall idea of trends. This list only shows sales for a particular month if the comic sold enough to place it amongst one of the top 300 selling issues for the period.
Due to the front loaded nature of comic sales, the Godzilla issues rarely trended more than one month, but there are a few exceptions.
March 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1 - 58,879
April 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #2 - 14,492
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1 - 10,783
May 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #3 - 14,588
June 2011
Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #1 - 13,292
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #4 - 7,570
July 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #5 - 13,750
Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #2 - 11,611
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #4 - 7,320
August 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #6 -12,524
Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #3 - 10,525
September 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #7 - 11,141
Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #4 - 9,061
October 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #8 - 10,637
Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths #5 - 8,725
November 2011
Godzilla Legends #1 - 10,329
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #9 - 9,878
December 2011
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #10 - 9,294
Godzilla Legends #2 - 8,465
January 2012
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #11 - 8,677
Godzilla Legends #3 - 8,013
February 2012
Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #12 - 8,508
Godzilla Legends #4 - 7,454
March 2012
Godzilla Legends #4 - 7,454
May 2012
Godzilla #1 - 11,993
June 2012
Godzilla #2 - 9,756
July 2012
Godzilla #3 - 9,282
August 2012
Godzilla The Half-Century War #1 - 11,010
Godzilla #4 - 8,767
September 2012
Godzilla The Half-Century War #2 - 9,453
Godzilla #5 - 8,596
October 2012
Godzilla The Half-Century War #3 - 9,709
Godzilla #6 - 8,128
November 2012
Godzilla #7 - 7,689
December 2012
Godzilla The Half-Century War #4 - 9,090
January 2013
Godzilla #8 - 7,623
Godzilla #9 - 7,194
February 2013
Godzilla #10 - 6,992
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