The Top 10 Collected Editions for May 2010

June 27, 2010
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The May 2010 Comic Book Sales Figures Estimated (Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors) were recently released and as far as the Trade Paperbacks and Collected Editions go Ex Machina Vol. 9 Ring Out the Old came in at #1. Let’s a take a look at the Top 10. You can follow along with the full list courtesy of The Comics Chronicles. As usual, I’ll be sitting down with John Mayo on his Comic Book Page Podcast, to go over these numbers and more very soon.

Top Selling Collected Editions (Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers and Graphic Novels)

  1. Ex Machina Vol. 9 Ring Out The Old ($14.99) – Wildstorm’s hot property continues to sell well in TPB and so do the Deluxe HC’s. The monthly series is almost over. I think people were a little late to this title (like me) and are just now discovering it. Perhaps with enough interest Ex Machinacould spin-off something new in the future.
  2. Sweet Tooth Vol. 1 Out Of The Woods ($9.99) – DC / Vertigo has a nice habit of pricing the Volume 1 trades at the $10 mark. It’s a good way to suck you in. Jeff Lemire’s star is getting more bright by the month. Be sure to read The Essex County Trilogy so you can tell all your friends that you read him when he was an unknown.
  3. Invincible Vol. 12 Still Standing ($16.99) and…
  4. Walking Dead HC Vol. 5 ($34.99) - there’s just no stopping the Image Comics Robert Kirkman-verse. Walking Dead is coming to a TV near you and I bet Invincible won’t be far behind. I’d like to see a cool Spawn inspired animated show myself.
  5. Scalped Vol. 6 The Gnawing ($14.99) Sweet Tooth above – replace Jeff Lemire with Jason Aaron and read The Other Side.
  6. Wednesday Comics ($49.99) – Could this offering from DC Comics be the the CCL’s Best Collected Edition of the Year? With 6 months into 2010 it’s got a good shot. I do have to admit that I fully believe that people liked the original newspaper presentation but didn’t exactly know what to make of it after they read it. Do you throw it in the recycle bin? Do you save it? And if so how and for how long? Or do you drop it after 4 issues, like I did, and wait for the collected edition? NOTE: I’ll be reviewing this book on this week’s podcast.
  7. Deadpool Vol. 3 X Marks Spot ($15.99) Deadpool sells! Not much else to it!
  8. Hellsing Vol. 10 ($13.99) This long running title from Dark Horse sneaked up on me and I have no recollection of how Volumes 1-9 faired on previous lists.
  9. Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 Most Wanted Book 2 ($14.99) Well, well, a book from Marvel. Good thing Iron Man is a big star and had a movie come out in May to help this trade paperback along. Otherwise no Marvel (616) book would’ve cracked the Top 10.
  10. Kick Ass Premiere HC ($24.99) More movie hangovers for Marvel. This time from their Icon line.

Related posts:

  1. CCL Podcast #238 – Notable Upcoming Collected Editions for 4Q 2009 and 1Q 2010
  2. CCL on Comic Book Page: Mayo Report: February 2010 Collected Edition Sale Estimates
  3. CCL on Comic Book Page: Mayo Report: March 2010 Collected Edition Sale Estimates

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0 Responses to The Top 10 Collected Editions for May 2010

  1. Damian Smith on June 28, 2010 at 7:03 am

    The Top 10 Collected Editions for May 2010: http://bit.ly/aB57x7

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  2. Shane on June 30, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Chris,
    You said that Iron Man was the only Marvel 616 book to hit the top ten, but you have Deadpool right above it. Isn’t that Marvel 616?

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    • Chris Marshall on June 30, 2010 at 1:45 pm

      Thx. I’m not sure what that sentence is doing there. I meant it for a different book, but I’m not sure which one.

      Reply

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