December 2015 sales, Dark Horse, Civil War II, Minority Report meets Marvel?, Bendis, David Marquez, Marvel Teasers (Dead No More, Fear My Sting), Professor X, Gwen Stacy, New Wasp, Wolverine, Star Wars Poe Dameron ongoing series, Charles Soule, Phil Noto, Oscar Nominations, Force Awakens, Martian, Jurassic Park, Mad Max Fury Road, Disposable Heroes, Bleeding Cool, DCBS, Westfield Comics, Agents of SHIELD, Secret Wars, Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Scott Snyder, AD After Death.

Link to Graphic Policy article: http://graphicpolicy.com/2016/01/20/by-the-numbers-december-2015/

And Comics Countdown for 13 Jan 2016

• 10. Batman/TMNT #2 by James Tynion IV and Freddie E Williams II
• 9. Codename Baboushka #4 by Antony Johnston and Shari Chankhamma
• 8. All-New Wolverine #4 by Tom Taylor and David Lopez
• 7. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0 by Kyle Higgins and Hendry Prasetya
• 6. All-New Hawkeye #3 by Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez
• 5. Constantine the Hellblazer #8 by James Tynion, Ming Doyle and Riley Rossmo 
• 4. Snow Blind #2 by Ollie Masters and Tyler Jenkins
• 3. Legend of Wonder Woman #1 by Renae de Liz and Ray Dillon
• 2. Descender #9 by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
• 1. Secret Wars #9 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic

Show notes: Top 10 in Dec 2015 sales (DC Up, Marvel Down), Wonder Woman Earth One, Grant Morrison, Yanick Paquette, Teen Titans Earth One, Jeff Lemire, Terry Dodson, Flash Earth One, J Michael Straczynski, Aquaman Earth One, Francis Manapul, Scott Snyder, Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, Astro City, Kingdom Come, Sean Chen, new Marvel launches for 06 Jan (Obi-Wan and Kenobi by Charles Soule and Marco Chechetto, Rocket Raccoon and Groot by Skottie Young, A-Force by G. Willow Wilson, Spider-Man/Deadpool by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness, Uncanny X-Men by Cullen Bunn and Greg Land), Superman: Lois and Clark by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks, Telos, Titans Hunt, Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Kang.

Comics Countdown for 06 Jan 2016:

10. Woods #19 by James Tynion and Michael Dialynas

9. Midnighter #8 by Steve Orlando and David Messina

8. Batman and Robin Eternal #14 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion, Fernando Blanco, Roger Robinson

7. Unfollow #3 by Rob Williams and Mike Dowling

6. Doctor Strange #4 by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo

5. Black Science #19 by Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera

4. Vision #3 by Tom King and Gabriel Walta

3. Archie #5 by Mark Waid and Veronica Fish

2. Spider-Gwen #4 by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez

1. Fade Out #12 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Best/Favorites from 2015, including Best Single Issues, Best Series, Best Graphic Novels, Best Writers and Best Artists. Also worst series of the year! Ray and Glenn also discuss favorite movies of the year and we rant about the bizarre Marvel shipping of late. 

Best single issues include:

• Batman #44
• Justice League: Darkseid War - Green Lantern
• DC Comics Bombshells #7
• Descender #1
• Fables #150
• Criminal Special Edition

Best series include:

• Batman
• Fade Out
• Batman and Robin Eternal
• Mighty Thor
• Amazing Spider-Man
• Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows
• East of West
• Descender
• Nailbiter

Best Graphic Novels include:

• Batman: Earth One #2
• March #2
• Graveyard Book

Best Writers include:

• Jason Aaron
• Scott Snyder
• Dan Slott
• Tom King
• Rick Remender
• Jonathon Hickman
• Brendan Fletcher
• Christos Gage
• Joshua Williamson

Best Artists include:

• Greg Capullo
• Esad Ribic
• JH Williams III
• Ramon Perez
• Terry Moore
• Tyler Crook
• Babs Tarr
• Rafael Albuquerque
• Russell Dauterman

And the Comics Countdown for 30 Dec 2015

10. Injustice Gods Among Us Annual #1 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona

9. Black Canary #6 by Brendan Fletcher and Annie Wu

8. Omega Men #7 by Tom King and Barnaby Bagenda

7. All-New Wolverine #3 by Tom Taylor and David Lopez

6. Ringside #2 by Joe Keatinge and Nick Barber

5. Lazarus #21 by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark

4. Superman: Lois and Clark #3 by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks

3. Jughead #3 by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson

2. East of West #23 by Jonathon Hickman and Nick Dragotta

1. Batman and Robin Eternal #13 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion, Marcio Takara