Strong direct-market performance and coordinated retailer exclusives

Something Is Killing the Children #50 sold about 250,000 copies and Terminal #1 about 300,000. Prana's Aug. 11–17 data kept Absolute Batman at #1, with DC occupying five top-ten slots and IDW's Hello Kitty at #9; blind bags and retailer exclusives are influencing orders. The Ink Alliance's expansion to roughly 18–20 stores and sold-out Sanford Greene Static exclusive add a meaningful cooperative-retail signal.