Almost one year on from launch, Titan’s Doctor Who comics range continues to perform strongly for the company, with estimated sales through comic shops continuing to be in the Top 300 comics, based on data gathered over on ICV2.com.
Although there’s been a drop off in sales as the titles have continued (perhaps having three Doctor Who comics is reducing the overall sale of each), the success of the range is a credit to the creators involved, the editorial team and the marketing for the titles, which includes a Doctor Who Comics Day coming up on Saturday 15th August to celebrate their Four Doctors title written by Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards, which will feature the launch of some exclusive Titan Doctor Who comics-related merchandise – T-shirts and mugs.
Here’s the estimated sales of each title to date, indicating the Eleventh Doctor had by far the best debut through mainly US comic shops.
At present, only Titan’s Doctor Who titles are in the Top 300 for the company. The project is also benefitting from collections of the monthly editions, on sale now, and the reprinting of published strips in the UK in Doctor Who Comic.
The Ninth Doctor
DOCTOR WHO 9TH #1 – 38,983 (#63 – April 2015)
The Tenth Doctor
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #1 – 39,707 (#67 – July 2014 )
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #2 – 10,410 (#187 – August 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #3 – 14,608 (#184 – October 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #4 – 14,296 (#149 – November 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #5 – 13,743 (#168 – December 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #6 – 13,703 (#152 – January 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #7 – 13,296 (#158 – February 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #8 – 13,301 (#160 – March 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 10TH #9 – 12,842 (#204 – April 2015)
The Eleventh Doctor
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #1 – 41,068 (#59 – July 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #2 – 15,947 (#149 – September 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 – 14,854 (#180 – October 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #4 – 13,411 (#196 – October 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #5 – 13,477 (#169 – December 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #6 – 14,538 (#162 – December 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #7 – 15,614 (#140 – January 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #8 – 13,135 (#164 – February 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #9 – 12,279 (#162 – March 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #10 – 11,622 (#173 – March 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH #11 – 11,676 (#213 – April 2015)
The Twelfth Doctor
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 – 33,891 (#86 October 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 – 15,277 (#144 – November 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #3 – 14,144 (#167 – December 2014)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #4 – 13,214 (#159 – January 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #5 – 12,140 (#170 – February 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #6 – 11,643 (#171 – March 2015)
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #7 – 11,467 (#220 – April 2015)
For comparison, here are some estimated sales figures for the early IDW Doctor Who comics.
DOCTOR WHO #1 – 17,093 – February 2008
DOCTOR WHO #2 – 13,622 – March 2008
DOCTOR WHO #3 – 12,314 – April 2008
DOCTOR WHO #4 – 13,272 – May 2008
DOCTOR WHO #5 – 12,899 – July 2008
DOCTOR WHO #6 – 12,161 – August 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #1 – 11,446 – August 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #2 – 10,696 – October 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #3 – 10,271 – November 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #4 – 10,179 – December 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #5 – 9,739 – December 2008
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #6 – 9,547 – January 2009
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #1 – 8,749 – December 2007
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #2 – 7,235 – January 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #3 – 7,039 – February 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #4 – 6,702 – March 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #5 – 6,730 – April 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #6 – 6,550 – May 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #7 – 6,316 – June 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #8 – 6,139 – July 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #9 – 5,666 – August 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #10 – 5,540 – September 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 2 #1 – 5,421 – December 2008
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 2 #2 – 5,035 – January 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #1 – 10,949 – July 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #2 – 8,908 – August 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #3 – 8,711 – September 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #4 – 8,354 – October 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #5 – 7,958 – November 2009
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #6 – 7,448 – December 2009
One Shots/Mini Series
GRANT MORRISON’S DOCTOR WHO #1 -11,153 – October 2008
GRANT MORRISON’S DOCTOR WHO #2 – 9,463 – November 2008
DOCTOR WHO WHISPERING GALLERY – 10,108 – February 2009
DOCTOR WHO TIME MACHINATION – 8,349 – May 2009
DOCTOR WHO AUTOPIA (ONE SHOT) – 8,874 – June 2009
DOCTOR WHO ROOM WITH A DEJA VIEW – 7,960 – July 2009
DOCTOR WHO COLD-BLOODED WAR (ONE SHOT) – 7,453 – August 2009
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME #7 – 12,773
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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