So after looking at Diamond comics top 500 comics sold in 2012 here are some interesting observations

Out of the top 10 graphic novels only 2 DC graphic novels were in it, both were Batman

Out of the top 20 comics only 1 DC comic was in the top, and you guessed it it was Batman

In fact Batman was in all top selling comics for DC until number 58.

Top 20 of all DC comics made up up just Batman and Justice League (both had Batman in it)

Out of Dc's Top 100, Batman was in 76% of those comics

I did however include some DotF tie ins which didn't actually have Batman in it but they only made up 6% of the list...which still puts Batman at 70%

Something else to notice many of the other comics that didn't have Batman that made the list were numbers 5 and 6 which means they were still coming down from the New 52 launch, the only exceptions being Green Lantern and Action Comics.

So if people are still curious why DC has so many Batman books, why they are constantly launching new Batman shows, why DCUAOM feature Batman over a third of the time, or why he appears in other titles, well its simply because he SELLS!!!

And if people are curious I compiled the list, bolding anything that didn't have Batman and italicizing the DotF tie ins that also didn't have Batman

1. BATMAN #13
2. JUSTICE LEAGUE #12
3. BATMAN #14
4. BATMAN #0
5. BATMAN #15
6. BATMAN #5
7. JUSTICE LEAGUE #5
8. JUSTICE LEAGUE #6
9. BATMAN #8
10. BATMAN #9
11. JUSTICE LEAGUE #7
12. BATMAN #6
13. BATMAN #10
14. BATMAN #7
15. BATMAN #11
16. JUSTICE LEAGUE #9
17. JUSTICE LEAGUE #8
18. JUSTICE LEAGUE #10
19. JUSTICE LEAGUE #0
20. JUSTICE LEAGUE #11
21. BATMAN #12
22. JUSTICE LEAGUE #13
23. JUSTICE LEAGUE #15
24. JUSTICE LEAGUE #14
25. BATMAN ANNUAL #1
26. ACTION COMICS #5
27. DETECTIVE COMICS #15
28. EARTH 2 #1
29. DETECTIVE COMICS #5
30. GREEN LANTERN #5
31. BATMAN INCORPORATED #1
32. DETECTIVE COMICS #9
33. ACTION COMICS #6
34. DETECTIVE COMICS #6
35. GREEN LANTERN #6
36. ACTION COMICS #7
37. GREEN LANTERN #7
38. DETECTIVE COMICS #7
39. GREEN LANTERN #13
40. GREEN LANTERN #0
41. GREEN LANTERN #8
42. BATMAN AND ROBIN #15
43. DETECTIVE COMICS #8
44. ACTION COMICS #9
45. GREEN LANTERN #9
46. ACTION COMICS #8
47. DETECTIVE COMICS #0
48. EARTH 2 #2
49. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9
50. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5
51. DETECTIVE COMICS #10
52. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #6
53. GREEN LANTERN #10
54. BATGIRL #14
55. GREEN LANTERN #11
56. ACTION COMICS #0
57. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #7
58. DETECTIVE COMICS #11
59. GREEN LANTERN #14
60. ACTION COMICS #10
61. BATMAN AND ROBIN #9
62. GREEN LANTERN #12
63. ACTION COMICS #11
64. GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1
65. DETECTIVE COMICS #13
66. AQUAMAN #15
67. EARTH 2 #3
68. BATMAN AND ROBIN #5
69. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #8
70. BATMAN INCORPORATED #2
71. BATMAN AND ROBIN #14
72. BATGIRL #15
73. DETECTIVE COMICS #12
74. DETECTIVE COMICS #14
75. NIGHTWING #15
76. GREEN LANTERN #15
77. FLASH #5
78. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #10
79. SUPERMAN #5
80. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #0
81. BATGIRL #13
82. SUPERMAN #6
83. ACTION COMICS #12
84. BATMAN AND ROBIN #6
85. BATMAN AND ROBIN #0
86. EARTH 2 #0
87. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #11
88. BATMAN AND ROBIN #10
89. FLASH #6
90. BATMAN AND ROBIN #7
91. SUICIDE SQUAD #14
92. SUPERMAN #7
93. EARTH 2 #4
94. TEEN TITANS #15
95. BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #12
96. BATMAN AND ROBIN #8
97. BATMAN AND ROBIN #11
98. AQUAMAN #5
99. ACTION COMICS #13
100. WORLDS FINEST #1