May 2018 Sales Breakdown

Now that the May sales numbers are in, we can take our first look at how the comic is holding up after its stellar launch back in April. The book’s sales over the next couple months will be the real Litmus test as to whether this book has the legs it needs to continue to be successful with the fans.

Thankfully, issue #5 once again showed strong sales for an indie book and was IDW’s second highest selling book of May after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends #1. Sonic the Hedgehog #5 sold 12,561 copies to TMNT’s  12,735, a very small margin especially considering it was a #1 issue of a highly anticipated full-colored reprinting of the series.

Debut Sales of Issues #1-5

For IDW Sonic, #5 stands as the 5th highest selling issue at debut, and sold only 664 fewer copies than April’s lowest selling issue #4. While…