LINK: Comics Sales Figures

[via The Beat]

I'm going to come back to this at a later date because this sort of thing fascinates me, but for now, I just wanted to bookmark it.

A Quick Business History of Comic Books: Part One (1934-1960)

A Quick Business History of Comic Books Part Two: 1960-2005

For now:

1942
Captain Marvel 1,000,000 plus
Superman 1,000,000 plus
Walt Disney Comics and Stories 1,000,000
Batman 913,000
Captain America (peak sales, circa 1942) 900,000
All-Star Comics 440,800
Shadow (1941) 400,000
Ace Comics 279,163
King Comics 256,653
Blue Bolt Comics 200,490

2005
Shonen Jump 177,000
The New Avengers 154,000*
Astonishing X-Men 134,000*
Superman/Batman 117,000*
Superman 104,000*
Wolverine 89,000*
Ultimate X-Men 87,000*
Ultimate Spider-Man 86,000*
Amazing Spider-Man 81,000*
Teen Titans 65,000*
JLA 64,000*
Batman 60,000*

(* first six month average comic shop sales derived from figures available at www.icv2.com)

Interesting, no?