This installment of The Mayo Report was part of Comic Geek Speak episode #156. It covered May 2006 and can be found here.

We discussed the numbers for only about 25 minutes or so this time around.

Below are the rough notes I put together in preparation for the podcast. I've added linked to the charts for the titles mentioned. I use these notes as a guide for the podcast be we never cover all of the titles I have in the notes and we frequently discuss many other things that I don't have in my notes.

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    Top Comics List     Top Comics Breakdown     Top Trades List     Top Trades Breakdown

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2006-05 IndexPointValue:

• CBG = ~772.29
• Up about ~43.39 from 2006-04 (~728.90)
• ICv2 = ~772.57
• Up about ~43.68 from 2006-04 (~728.89)

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General Comments

• On the one hand, it was an amazing month:
• Top Comics
• This was the 5th most dollars spent on the Top Comics since 1996-09
• This was the most units sold for the Top Comics since 1997
• Top Trades
• This was the 5th most units sold for the Top Trades since 1996-09
• 15th most dollars spent on the Top Trades since 1996-09
• On the other hand, a lot of titles went down in sales:
• About 144 of the top 300 comics sold less than the previous issue for the title
• About 16 sold about the same as the previous issue
• About 49 sold more than the previous issue
• No previous issue was found for 91 of the top comics

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MARKET SHARES

• DC
• Comic book units: 45.32% (3,434,600)
• Comic book dollars: 43.95% ($10,348,469.00)

• Marvel
• Comic book units: 42.30% (3,205,800)
• Comic book dollars: 42.56% ($10,021,283.00)

• Image
• Comic book units: 2.75% (208,500)
• Comic book dollars: 2.69% ($634,812.00)

• IDW
• Comic book units: 2.06% (156,300)
• Comic book dollars: 2.48% ($584,537.00)

• Dark Horse
• Comic book units: 1.84% (139,800)
• Comic book dollars: 1.96% ($462,202.00)

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COMICS

• Top 300 Comics (~7,577,100)
• Up about ~1,326,000 (21.21%) from 2006-04 (~6,251,100)
• This is less than the total of the sales of all #1 issue, 52 #2, 3 & 4 and Infinite Crisis #7 (~1,383,200)

• 1 titles sold over 200,000 copies
• Civil War #1 (~260,700)

• 12 titles sold between 100,000 and 199,999 copies
• Infinite Crisis #7 (~198,400)
• All Star Batman & Robin #4 (~160,300)
• 52 #1* (~140,900)
• Wolverine Origins #2 (~131,500)
• 52 #2* (~128,300)
• 52 #3* (~123,900)
• New Avengers #19 (~123,300)
• 52 #4* (~121,400)
• Superman Batman #26 (~118,800)
• Superman Batman #25 (~103,700)
• Supergirl #6 (~102,800)
• Ultimate Fantastic Four #30 (~102,500)

• 16 titles has more than one new issue released this month
• 52
• Action Comics
• Batman Legends of the Dark Knight
• Crisis Aftermath Battle For Bludhaven
• Exiles
• Last Planet Standing
• Mouse Guard
• She-Hulk 2
• Sonic X
• Superman Batman
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teen Titans
• Ultimate Spider-Man

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REORDERS

• A lot of reorder activity this month
• Most of it is DC but there was a lot of Marvel as well

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DC

New Items: 84, Reorder Items: 18, Total Items: 102

Minimum Cover Price: $2.25, Average Cover Price: $3.01, Maximum Cover Price: $5.99

• Rank #2: Infinite Crisis #7 (~198,400)
• Top selling title for DC
• Down about ~8,200 (-3.97%) from #6 (~206,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 6
• This is the first issue of Infinite Crisis that was not Rank #1

• Rank #3: All Star Batman & Robin #4 (~160,300)
• Down about ~5,900 (-3.55%) from #3 (~166,200)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 2
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Very minor drop
• This title might level out above 100,000 for the Frank Miller/Jim Lee run

• Rank #4: 52 #1* (~140,900)
• WatchList: Event: 52
• (No previous found)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 3
• Same: 0
• More: 0
• Strong start for a weekly title
• These are returnable and might be later adjusted down

• Rank #6: 52 #2* (~128,300)
• WatchList: Event: 52
• Down about ~12,600 (-8.94%) from #1* (~140,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 2
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Minor second issue drop

• Rank #7: 52 #3* (~123,900)
• WatchList: Event: 52
• Down about ~4,400 (-3.43%) from #2* (~128,300)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 1
• Same: 0
• More: 2
• Standard attrition

• Rank #9: 52 #4* (~121,400)
• WatchList: Event: 52
• Down about ~2,500 (-2.02%) from #3* (~123,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 3

• Rank #10: Superman Batman #26 (~118,800)
• Up about ~15,100 (14.56%) from #25 (~103,700)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 17
• Same: 0
• More: 6
• Major bump for the Sam Loeb "jam" issue

• Rank #11: Superman Batman #25 (~103,700)
• Unchanged from #24 (~103,700)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 10
• Same: 1
• More: 12
• Superman/Batman has had a really bad record of being late
• Normally I'm be fairly vocal about how a high profile title should be able to come out on time...
• Jeph Loeb gets a pass on this one�

• Rank #32: Crisis Aftermath Spectre #1 (~55,800)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• (No previous found)

• Rank #33: Ion #2 (~55,500)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• Down about ~19,300 (-25.80%) from #1 (~74,800)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• This is a bit more than the standard second issue drop
• Based what people are saying about this title, it might keep dropping

• Rank #38: Shadowpact #1 (~50,300)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• (No previous found)

• Rank #39: Crisis Aftermath Battle For Bludhaven #3 (~49,700)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• Down about ~2,300 (-4.42%) from #2 (~52,000)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 1
• Same: 0
• More: 2

• Rank #41: Crisis Aftermath Battle For Bludhaven #4 (~48,800)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• Down about ~900 (-1.81%) from #3 (~49,700)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 3

• Rank #55: Checkmate #2 (~41,800)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• Down about ~13,600 (-24.55%) from #1 (~55,400)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• The looks to be a bit more than a standard second issue drop
• Will this level out soon or keep dropping?
• Rucka is doing a good job on this title but I liked the previous Checkmate series better�

• Rank #72: Aquaman Sword of Atlantis #42 (~32,600)
• Down about ~5,000 (-13.30%) from #41 (~37,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 2
• The One Year Later sales bump doesn't seem to be sticking

• Rank #135: Manhunter #22 (~15,700)
• WatchList: Cancelled, Extended
• Up about ~800 (5.37%) from #21 (~14,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 13
• Same: 0
• More: 8

• Rank #180: Batman #652 (~9,500)
• (No previous found)
• Still strong reorders for the One Year Later�

• Rank #182: Skye Runner #2 (~9,500)
• Down about ~5,100 (-34.93%) from #1 (~14,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Major drop on this second issue
• I'm enjoying the series but it looked like many people aren't

• Rank #195: Ion #1 (~8,300)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• (No previous found)

• Rank #205: Teen Titans #34 (~7,500)
• (No previous found)
• Strong reorder activity on this title

• Rank #218: Checkmate #1 (~6,200)
• WatchList: Event: Infinite Crisis Aftermath
• (No previous found)

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MARVEL

New Items: 77, Reorder Items: 12, Total Items: 89

Minimum Cover Price: $1.25, Average Cover Price: $3.11, Maximum Cover Price: $4.99

• Rank #1: Civil War #1 (~260,700)
• Top selling title for Marvel
• (No previous found)
• This is a great start for Civil War
• Only three comics have sold better than this since the turn of the century:
• Fantastic Four #60 (~752,700) @ $0.09 in 2002-08
• Batman: The Ten Cent Adventure (~702,100) @ $0.10 in 2002-01
• All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (~261,100) @ $2.99 in 2005-07
• Only a difference of ~400 copies
• Only five others have sold better in the last decade (starting with 1996-09):
• Darkness #11 (~357,000) @ $2.50 in 1997-12
• Fantastic Four (v2) #1 (~314,000) @ $2.95 in 1996-09
• Iron Man (v2) #1 (~277,500) @ $2.95 in 1996-09
• Avengers (v2) #1 (~276,700) @ $2.95 in 1996-09
• Captain America (v2) #1 (~274,100) @ $2.95 in 1996-09

• Rank #5: Wolverine Origins #2 (~131,500)
• Down about ~26,800 (-16.93%) from #1 (~158,300)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• If anything this was a fairly minor drop for a second issue
• These are still very strong sales

• Rank #13: Ultimate Fantastic Four #30 (~102,500)
• Up about ~34,900 (51.63%) from #29 (~67,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 23
• Same: 0
• More: 6
• Wow. This is an amazing increase in sales

• Rank #15: Wolverine #42 (~93,500)
• Up about ~22,500 (31.69%) from #41 (~71,000)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 87
• Same: 0
• More: 37
• Is this title getting pulled up by Wolverine: Origins?

• Rank #21: Moon Knight #2 (~75,300)
• Down about ~33,700 (-30.92%) from #1 (~109,000)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 2
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Heavy second issue drop but not completely alarming�

• Rank #51: Annihilation Silver Surfer #2 (~44,200)
• WatchList: Event: Annihilation
• Down about ~4,900 (-9.98%) from #1 (~49,100)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1

• Rank #53: She-Hulk 2 #8 (~43,800)
• Up about ~17,200 (64.66%) from #7 (~26,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 7
• Same: 0
• More: 0
• Impressive bump in sales most likely caused by being a Civil War tie-in
• Too bad Thing couldn't have been central to the Civil War storyline�

• Rank #54: Ms Marvel #3 (~43,000)
• Down about ~3,200 (-6.93%) from #2 (~46,200)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 2
• Still dropping but not by much
• This title will probably level out soon

• Rank #59: Annihilation Nova #2 (~39,600)
• WatchList: Event: Annihilation
• Down about ~2,900 (-6.82%) from #1 (~42,500)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1

• Rank #60: Fantastic Four Death in the Family # (~39,200)
• (No previous found)
• Not a dream, not a hoax� not a good story either�

• Rank #62: Iron Man #8 (~38,800)
• Down about ~10,600 (-21.46%) from #7 (~49,400)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 36
• Same: 0
• More: 52
• This title doesn't seem to be finding/keeping an audience�

• Rank #64: Annihilation Super Skrull #2 (~38,300)
• WatchList: Event: Annihilation
• Down about ~4,500 (-10.51%) from #1 (~42,800)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1

• Rank #66: Annihilation Ronan #2 (~36,300)
• WatchList: Event: Annihilation
• Down about ~2,700 (-6.92%) from #1 (~39,000)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1

• Rank #120: Marvel Team-Up #20 (~18,800)
• WatchList: Robert Kirkman
• Down about ~1,100 (-5.53%) from #19 (~19,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 19

• Rank #139: Fantastic Four #537 (~15,200)
• (No previous found)
• Major reorders on this issue

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IMAGE

New Items: 26, Reorder Items: 0, Total Items: 26

Minimum Cover Price: $1.99, Average Cover Price: $3.22, Maximum Cover Price: $5.99

• Rank #84: Spawn #156 (~27,000)
• Top selling title for Image
• Up about ~300 (1.12%) from #155 (~26,700)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 23
• Same: 1
• More: 98
• Only Image title in top 100
• Only Image title over 20,000

• Rank #128: Cyberforce #3 (~16,500)
• Down about ~2,400 (-12.70%) from #2 (~18,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 11
• Sales continue to drop on this title�

• Rank #134: Liberty Meadows #37 (Res) (~15,800)
• Down about ~2,500 (-13.66%) from #36 (~18,300)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 32
• Same: 0
• More: 12
• First new issue in two years
• #36 came out in 2004-05-05

• Rank #267: Rex Mundi #18 (~3,900)
• WatchList: CGS Indie Challenge: June 2006
• Up about ~100 (2.63%) from #17 (~3,800)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 1
• Same: 1
• More: 16

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IDW

New Items: 16, Reorder Items: 0, Total Items: 16

Minimum Cover Price: $2.49, Average Cover Price: $3.99, Maximum Cover Price: $7.49

• Rank #298: Cobb: Off the Leash #1 (~2,800)
• WatchList: CGS Indie Challenge: March 2006
• (No previous found)

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OTHER PUBLISHERS

• Rank #158: Shrugged #0 (~12,000)
• (No previous found)
• This is an interesting premise for a series. It is basically about a kid and the "angel" and "devil" that sort of guide him through life.

• Rank #194: Mouse Guard #3 (~8,300)
• Up about ~400 (5.06%) from #2 (~7,900)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 3
• Same: 0
• More: 0
• Minor increase from #2 but still an increase�

• Rank #201: Mouse Guard #2 (~7,900)
• Up about ~2,300 (41.07%) from #1 (~5,600)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 2
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Now we are starting to see the impact of the buzz that has been building on Mouse Guard�
• This is a huge jump in sales for a small press title
• This could be the next Bone�

• Rank #224: Zoom Suit #2 (~6,000)
• Down about ~11,700 (-66.10%) from #1 (~17,700)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Major drop, much more than the standard second issue drop
• Were the sales of #1 inflated with the multiple covers?
• It shipped late in the month, there might be major "reorder" activity next month

• Rank #246: Archenemies #2 (~4,800)
• Down about ~1,700 (-26.15%) from #1 (~6,500)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 1
• Standard second issue drop(?)

• Rank #264: Hero Squared Ongoing #1 (~4,000)
• (No previous found)
• Better sales than the miniseries:
• Hero Squared #1 (~2,500)
• Hero Squared #2 (~3,100)
• Hero Squared #3 (~3,000)

• Rank #275: Atomika #7 (~3,500)
• WatchList: By CGS Friend: "Uncle" Sal Abbinanti
• Down about ~700 (-16.67%) from #6 (~4,200)
• Number of new issues (since 1996-09) that sold:
• Less: 0
• Same: 0
• More: 6

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TRADES

• No visible reorders for Walk Dead trades v2 or v3
• Still could have had reorders as high as ~1,300 and not make it on the list�

• Rank #65: Walking Dead Vol. 1 Days Gone Bye (~1,600)
• Total sales: ~40,100
• Rank #95: Walking Dead Vol. 4 Hearts Desire (~1,400)
• Total sales: ~17,700