These are estimates of Hellblazer sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during 2005.

Figures taken from ICV2

Month Issue Sales Creative Team
January #204 14,523 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
February #205 15,158 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
March #206 15,464 Mike Carey (w), Giuseppe Camuncoli (a)
April #207 15,368 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
May #208 15,420 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
June #209 15,149 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
July #210 14,801 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
August #211 14,727 Mike Carey (w), Cristiano Cucina (a)
September #212 14,714 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
October #213 14,688 Mike Carey (w), Frazer Irving (a)
November #214 14,766 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)
December #215 14,405 Mike Carey (w), Leonardo Manco (a)

These estimates are based on ICv2 estimates of comic sales by Diamond North America during 2005. They are estimating actual sales by Diamond U.S. (primarily to North American comic stores), using Diamond's published sales indexes and publisher sales data to estimate a sales number for Batman (the anchor title Diamond uses in its calculations), and using that number and the indexes to estimate Diamond's sales on the remaining titles. They can check the accuracy of their numbers by comparing the Batman number that they calculate using multiple data points; their numbers for Batman are within 1/10 of 1% of each other, ensuring a high degree of accuracy. They do not include sales made by Diamond UK, orders on these titles placed after the end of September, or copies purchased by Diamond but held in inventory at the end of September.

Hellblazer is distributed to Europe by Diamond UK, which can account for significant sales for the publisher, ranging from 3-20% of the US numbers. Sales by Diamond UK are not included in the numbers above.


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