Here's a list from an Excel sheet I'm maintaining of the sales figures for each series in the New 52, for those who want to see how their favorite title is trending. The figures are taken from Diamond Comic Distributors (via Comichron), who keeps track of this sort of thing. In the following tables, assume the October issue is #24 unless otherwise noted. To make the chart easier to read, I put in the ranking for every fifth series.

Series in italics have already been cancelled and publish their final issues in January. Note that no issue of Superman Unchained came out in October; #4 was released November 6. September was Villains Month, so here are August numbers, the last month of regular sales.

Series (Issue) Oct. 2013 (#24) August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 1. Batman 124,652 128,230 132,047 142,088 Justice League 98491 103,936 110,194 94054 Superman/Wonder Woman (#1) 94859 Batman/Superman (#4) 82990 87337 92558 143,457 5. JL of America 77305 93777 86192 71793 Detective Comics 59310 61448 63949 65200 Green Lantern 57109 59176 62145 71870 Batman and Robin 52060 55707 57808 60601 Justice League Dark 45401 64041 61465 24663 10. Batman: Dark Knight 43382 45584 47096 48612 Aquaman 42248 44140 45653 46832 Nightwing 39853 40522 42073 43353 Action Comics 39620 42603 44861 46475 Superman 39580 42155 42961 44285 15. Earth 2 (#16) 38389 40845 42022 42916 Flash 38190 38860 38993 38848 Green Lantern Corps 37312 36229 42194 45423 Batgirl 36666 37707 39218 40252 GL: New Guardians 35417 34473 40788 42290 20. Catwoman 35134 24262 24737 25611 Teen Titans 34536 31742 33062 34710 Wonder Woman 34308 34747 35539 35999 Red Lanterns 30771 29623 35236 37312 Suicide Squad 27762 22166 22447 22907 25. Red Hood and Outlaws 27128 28821 30534 32416 Trinity of Sin: Pandora (#4) 25708 34563 32170 35106 Batwoman 25609 26223 27400 28173 Green Arrow 24620 25449 26172 26924 Supergirl 23321 24747 25514 25856 30. World's Finest (#16) 22987 24159 25143 25815 Constantine (#7) 22954 25174 30664 26417 Swamp Thing 21724 22695 23885 25186 Animal Man 20554 21634 22974 23862 Phantom Stranger (#12) 19732 26986 20636 17241 35. Birds of Prey 18382 19364 20209 20767 Superboy 18341 20235 19984 20952 Talon (#11) 18218 19449 20296 21755 Larfleeze (#4) 18061 21955 30221 36638 All-Star Western 14378 15276 15376 15788 40. Batwing 11114 11584 12062 12437 JLA's Vibe (#8) 10139 11184 12241 13706 Stormwatch 10067 10969 11792 12277 Katana (#8) 9392 10386 11346 12998 The Movement (#5) 9110 11095 14524 18001 45. Green Team (#5) 6318 8493 11220 14328

Miniseries October Sept. Forever Evil (#2) 112,944 139,976 FE Arkham War 52,004 FE Rogues Rebellion 36,545 FE Argus 32,146

Not counting the Forever Evil miniseries, the New 52 (or 45) sold 1,623,202 issues, a 9.89% drop from August and the weakest month of sales so far, partially due to having the fewest number of New 52 titles of any month, and partially due to continued steady readership decline. However, add in the Forever Evil books and the New 52 franchise is up 3.07% on August, and the missing issue of Superman Unchained is another 120,000 issues or so missing, so the New 45 is still quite stable.

The one new book this month, the Superman/Wonder Woman are dating so let's make some money off of it book, bowed at a respectable level. While that 95k figure is only about two-thirds of Batman/Superman's 143k or a third of Superman Unchained's 251,456 bowing month, that's still high enough that a stable retention of readers could keep Clark and Diana in the top five, and they're likely long term occupants of the top ten. Next month will be very interesting to see what sort of drop they get; the other two big debuts lately (B/S and SU) had drops of about a third their first month, but a higher debut also often means a sharper drop so I'm going to make a wild guess and say a 27% drop gives them 72k readers next month and fifth place.

While Justice League Dark and Phantom Stranger are sliding off their Trinity War bumps back to their usual hiding holes, a handful of other books saw spikes. Catwoman in particular climbed from 24,262 and 30th place to 35,134 and 20th place. Anyone familiar with what the draw to Selina was last month? Both she and the Suicide Squad shot past my Batwoman, who had one of the smaller drops this month. When November numbers come out in early December, we'll have an idea on what the creator chaos did to my Batwoman series' sales.

In the cancellation watch, the trio of The Movement, Stormwatch, and Batwing are an obvious trio to go next. But beyond them, grizzled old All-Star Western had a 900 issue drop, a steep loss at its sales levels, and the newer titles of Talon and Larfleeze are dropping too quickly into the danger zone (low teens) for comfort if you're a fan, especially Larfleeze and that 3k drop (15%). Talon and Larfleeze will still be around come next summer, but I don't know what their status will be by the end of 2014.

Lastly, Green Team LOL WTF. Last month's issue was already the worst seller in New 52 history, and this issue was more than 2,000 issues lower. Last month it was the first New 52 series outside the top 200 comic books industry wide. This month, it was number 305 and thus in the "additional selected series" section below the usual reported top 300. At its current pace, Green Team #8 will sell something like 3,000 issues, a quarter of the cancellation level and unprecedented territory for the New 52.

What happens next month? Will Superman Unchained hold up from its two month break? (I think so.) Will Supes and Wondy hold on to their audience well enough to stay in the Top Five? (Maybe.) Will I still be making fun of Green Team's sales? (Definitely.) See you December 9th!