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Wed 30 Sep 2015 - 22:59

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales- [size=150]August 2015[/size]: The Secret Quality of Quietness
09/29/2015 by Beat Staff 2 Comments
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by Xavier Lancel

1- 265-SECRET WARS LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #1 - 544,342
05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #2 - 231,560 (-57.5%) [+5,480]
06/15 Secret Wars Ltd #3 - 224,067 (- 3.2%)
07/15 Secret Wars Ltd #4 - 221,041 (- 1.4%)
08/15 Secret Wars Ltd #5 – 204,416 (- 7.5%)
Still above the 200k line, which is of course very good. There is some minor reorder activity on issue #2 also this month. That’s the only top 300 reorder activity this month.

2- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,055,494
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-79.9%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)

Since issue #2: -31.6%
First month without any noticeable reorder activity. We are perhaps entering a new phase for the title where it quietly finds its sales comfort zone. It’s still selling 2 times more than the best ongoing MU title. Saleswise, these Star Wars titles are really in a league of their own in the Marvel catalog.

4- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 296,929
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-57.7%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)

Since issue #2: -21.1%
For the first time, it’s under the 100k line. It will be interesting to see, once the new movie is out, if Marvel will apply its relaunch-mania (they probably already have their finger on the button— ed.) to the Star Wars line in order to sell extra copies.

5- 6- SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR WOWS LTD

06/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #1 - 203,565
07/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #2 - 93,981 (-54.0%)
08/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #3 - 90,787 (- 3.4%)
08/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #4 - 83,549 (- 8.0%)
Still doing strongly.

9- 13- CIVIL WAR LTD

07/15 Civil War Ltd #1 - 170,546
08/15 Civil War Ltd #2 - 77,219 (-54.7%)
08/15 Civil War Ltd #3 - 68,035 (-11.9%)
Following the usual pattern of those SW minis. Still, it’s mind-blowing that there is 100K of #1 in circulation with no hope of finding their numbered sisters. Sooner or later, we’ll get to say “Welcome to the $1 back-issue bin!”

10- 12- STAR WARS LANDO LTD

07/15 Lando Ltd #1 of 5 - 192,949
08/15 Lando Ltd #2 of 5 - 71,043 (-63.2%)
08/15 Lando Ltd #3 of 5 - 68,787 (- 3.2%)
That’s quite an ugly fall from issue #1, but it puts the mini-series at a sales level more in accord with the popularity of the character. I see no reason for this double-shipping strategy except to coerce the buyers into spending an increasing amount of money each month on their Star Wars fix. In the new Marvel previews solicitations, there are 7 Star Wars titles, making for a total of $31 in floppies.

11- OLD MAN LOGAN LTD

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -11.9%
This nice rebound (due to a particular interest in this month’s manga artist variant program?) is a good signal for the ongoing to come.

15- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1.

03/15 Amazing #16.1- 73,170 (-20.7%)
04/15 Amazing #17.1- 68,907 (- 5.8%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Amazing #18.1- 66,600 (-3.3%)
07/15 Amazing #19.1- 67,521 (+1.4%)
08/15 Amazing #20.1- 65,634 (-2.8%)

This mini-series holds on quite well to all its readers.

17- HOUSE OF M LTD

08/15 House of M Ltd #1 - 61,512
That’s a rather tired welcome for this mini-series. It seems that the latter you arrive in the SW schedule, the weaker you’ll do.

19-DEADPOOL SECRET SECRET WARS LTD

05/15 Deadpool SSW Ltd #1 of 4 - 136,987
06/15 Deadpool SSW Ltd #2 of 4 - 70,256 (-48.7%)
07/15 Deadpool SSW Ltd #3 of 4 - 54,531 (-22.4%)
08/15 Deadpool SSW Ltd #4 of 4 - 57,004 (+ 4.5%) END
Last issue. The sudden boost is probably due to its participation to this month manga artist variant program. It’s gonna sell like pancakes every month in trade format.

20- INFINITY GAUNTLET LTD

05/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #1 - 95,131
06/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #2 - 59,667 (-37.3%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #3 – 54,279 (-9.0%)
Following the usual pattern.

22- AGE OF APOCALYPSE LTD

07/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #1 - 88,346
08/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #2 - 52,058 (-41.0%)
Visually, this mini-series is a torture for hair design lovers. The 90’s, yeurk!

24- 29- GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE LTD

04/13 Guardians v3 #2 - 88,184
...
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
08/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #2 - 50,913 (-37.8%)
08/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #3 - 47,414 (- 6.9%)

Average +% TPB SALES #18-23: +3.6%
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
Buyers took it as a continuation of the ongoing series. Would it have sold better if it had been published in the ongoing with a SW tie-in banner? Probably not the first issue, but the others, yes, probably.

26- X-MEN 92 ($5)

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
One of two $5 marvel comic this month (along with Secret Love), this title is holding pretty well, but is part of the manga variant program, so the numbers would be a little lower in a world where people read what they purchase.

27- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)

Searching for its level. Anything above 35K should be considered a success.

28- SPIDER-ISLAND LTD

07/15 Spider-Island Ltd #1 - 64,481
08/15 Spider-Island Ltd #2 - 47,960 (-25.6%)
If it began lower than a lot of other « event-remix » minis, but its issue #2 fall is cushioned.

30-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN LTD

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113.158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/18 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)

Since issue #2: -28.6%
End of the first story arc. Series derivated from anything else than the first trilogy seems way more difficult to sell. Are the Star Wars comics readers newer fans, or are they mostly nostalgics from the first bunch of movies?

31- SPIDER-VERSE

05/15 Spider-Verse #1 – 76,536
06/15 Spider-Verse #2 – 59,466 (-22.3%)
07/15 Spider-Verse #3 – 50,820 (-14.5%)
08/15 Spider-Verse #4 - 45,246 (-11.0%)

Since issue #2: -23.9%
If you don’t like spiders, don’t buy this comic, it’s filled with them!

32- ULTIMATE END LTD

05/15 Ultimate End Ltd #1 of 5 – 75,525
06/15 Ultimate End Ltd #2 of 5– 49,157 (-34.9%)
07/15 Ultimate End Ltd #3 of 5– 42,577 (-13.4%)
08/15 Ultimate End Ltd #4 of 5- 44,948 (+5.6%)
The manga variant cover boost is on.

33- PLANET HULK

05/15 Planet Hulk #1 – 72,868
06/15 Planet Hulk #2 – 47,944 (-34.2%)
07/15 Planet Hulk #3 – 48,236 (+ 0.6%)
08/15 Planet Hulk #4 - 44,608 (- 7.5%)
I will welcome with relief the end of this variant cover mania because it disrupts the numbers so much every month. Sometimes, they make this column a nightmare to write. This one, as you guess, was part of the manga variant program this month.

42- SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD LTD

05/15 SW Battleworld Ltd #1 of 4 – 67,485
06/15 SW Battleworld Ltd #2 of 4– 42,566 (-36.9%)
07/15 SW Battleworld Ltd #3 of 4– 43,736 (+ 2.7%)
08/15 SW Battleworld Ltd #4 of 4- 38,536 (-11.9%)
Rather weak compared to Secret Wars numbers but still good for anything randomly published in the MU.

45 - YEARS OF FUTURE PAST LTD

06/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #1 - 71,450
07/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #2 - 47,512 (-33.5%)
07/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #3 - 44,074 (- 7.2%)
08/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #4 - 37,968 (-13.9%)
No variant cover at all this month, so these are the « real » numbers.

49- AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES LTD

06/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #1 - 78,646
07/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #2 - 40,483 (-48.5%)
08/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #3 - 36,388 (-10.1%)
Standard behavior.

50- FUTURE IMPERFECT LTD

06/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #1 - 62,110
07/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #2 - 41,427 (-33.3%)
07/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #3 - 38,269 (- 7.6%)
08/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #4 - 35,661 (- 6.8%)
Absolutely no variant cover this month (it’s easier to spot those who don’t have a variant than those who do, weird world!).

52- ANT-MAN LAST DAYS

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)

Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +9.6%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 3,870 [+ 543]
Weird decision for Marvel on this one. Instead of going back to the usual numerotation, they published the Last Days issue of Ant-Man as a special. It does not seem to have made any difference, but it give to us a good indication that Ant-Man sales level didn’t drop as low as what we might have thought looking at the other one-shots released these last two months.

53- GROOT LTD

06/15 Groot Ltd #1 - 97,193
07/15 Groot Ltd #2 - 39,198 (-59.7%)
08/15 Groot Ltd #3 - 34,663 (-11.6%)
No variant this month. The number of Marvel series on odd characters has perhaps reached its limit right now with Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Howard the Duck, and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.

54- MARVEL ZOMBIES

06/15 Marvel Zombies #1 - 51,917
07/15 Marvel Zombies #2 - 39,148 (-24.6%)
08/15 Marvel Zombies #3 - 34,629 (-11.5%)
In the usual zone for the Marvel Zombies franchise.

55- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)

Since issue #2: -44.1%
The trend looks bad but a Last Days issue followed by a relaunch are gonna help dissimulate it for the next few months.

56- SIEGE LTD

07/15 Siege Ltd #1 - 49,195
08/15 Siege Ltd #2 - 34,002 (-30.8%)
Entering the « nothing to say about it » zone.

57-STAR LORD &KITTY PRIDE LTD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)

Average +% TPB Sales # 6-10: +7.4%
TPB VOL.2 – 2,092
This book still attracts as many readers as it did 6 months ago, but the future doesn’t look bright for our space hero. If the title follows the same trend as it did before after its relaunch, it will be in the cancellation zone in less than 12 issues.

60- GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX LTD

06/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #1 - 66,401
07/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #2 - 36,019 (-45.8%)
08/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #3 - 32,003 (-11.1%)
Still doing great for something so off-beat.

61- INHUMAN ATTILAN RISING LTD

05/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #1 – 56,963
06/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #2 – 40,722 (-28.5%)
07/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #3 – 34,919 (-14.3%)
08/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #4 - 31,907 (- 8.6%)
Slowing down, but still way above the Inhumans ongoing sales level.

64- MS. MARVEL ($3)

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)

Since issue #2: -17.7%
The last surviving $2.99 Marvel comic before its upcoming +$1 relaunch is holding very nicely. I compiled every TPB sales for Ms Marvel, so expect an article on that subject soon.

63- MS DEADPOOL AND HOWLING COMMANDOS

06/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #1 - 48,514
07/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #2 - 36,404 (-25.0%)
08/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #3 - 31,135 (-14.5%)
Selling less than the Deadpool ongoing..that’s weird. It will be interesting to see if its TPB sales will be like those of all of Deadpool adventures– selling hundreds of copies every month, or like those of any other Marvel series– selling well in their first months then disappearing.

67- SECRET WARS 2099 LTD

05/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #1 – 46,228
06/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #2 – 44,931 (- 2.8%)
07/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #3 – 35,932 (-20.0%)
08/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #4 – 30,478 (-15.2%)
Saleswise, the 2099 appellation took over the Secret Wars one.

69- INFERNO LTD

05/15 Inferno Ltd #1 – 46,801
06/15 Inferno Ltd #2 – 39,137 (-16.4%)
07/15 Inferno Ltd #3 – 35,285 (- 9.8%)
08/15 Inferno Ltd #4 - 30,363 (-13.9%)
Again an unusual sales trajectory with mild results.

72- X-TINCTION AGENDA LTD

06/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #1 - 46,694
07/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #2 - 35,033 (-25.0%)
08/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #3 - 29,697 (-15.2%)
Starting from the same sales level than the Inferno mini, this one fell way quicker.

77- 1872 LTD

07/15 1872 Ltd#1 - 42,805
08/15 1872 Ltd#2 - 27,791 (-35.1%)
Still doing wonders for a western series.

81- 123- GUARDIANS TEAM-UP

03/15 Guardians Team-up #1 - 155,388
03/15 Guardians Team-up #2 - 38,390 (-75.3%)
03/15 Guardians Team-up #3 - 40,637 (+ 5.9%) B. Vortex
04/15 Guardians Team-up #4 - 28,877 (-28.9%)
05/15 Guardians Team-Up #5 - 25,093 (-13.1%)
06/15 Guardians Team-Up #6 - 23,004 (- 8.3%)
07/15 Guardians Team-Up #7 - 20,639 (- 10.3%)
07/15 Guardians Team-Up #8 - 18,973 (- 8.1%)
08/15 Guardians Team-Up #9 - 18,940 (- 0.2%)
08/15 Guardians Team-Up #10- 26,929 (+42.2%)

Since issue #2: -50.6%
Guess which guest-star has the power to make this title bounce back by more than +40%? Yep, it’s always the same: Deadpool!

82- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)

Since issue#2: -21.9%
That’s one hit our Howard wasn’t able to duck.

86- ARMOR WARS LTD

06/15 Armor wars Ltd #1 - 69,808
06/15 Armor wars Ltd #2 - 37,798 (-45.9%)
07/15 Armor wars Ltd #3 - 32,138 (-15.0%)
08/15 Armor wars Ltd #4 - 26,212 (-18.4%)
Bleeding readers endlessly. A scarce Paul Rivoche is drawing the cover.

87- HOWARD THE HUMAN

08/15 Howard the Human Ltd #1 of 1 – 26,211

Since issue#2: -21.9%
At the same exact level as the last Howard the Duck issue. Either this mini did not attract any extra readers from Secret Wars, or some Howard the Duck fans missed it. Either way, the trick did not work (I thought this tie-in was pretty neat, at least. It was probably ruined by its late debut- ed.).

91- SW SECRET LOVE LTD ($5)

08/15 SW Secret Love Ltd #1 of 1 - 25,176
This title is a romance anthology one-shot that you really should check it out, as it’s so beautifully rendered. It sold at an amazing level for this kind of product, especially considering that it’s the other $5 book this month.

94- CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS LTD

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
12/13 ---
01/14 ---
02/14 ---
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
03/15 Captain Marvel v7 #13 – 21,915 (+14.1%)
04/15 Captain Marvel v7 #14 – 30,560 (+39.5%) B. Vortex
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)

06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
07/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #2 - 28,741 (-39.2%)
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #3 - 24,295 (- 15.5%)

Average +%TPB sales #7-12: +14.0%
CAPTAIN MARVEL TPB VOL.2 : 2,942
Not that great, seeing as there is a manga variant this month.

96- RED SKULL LTD

07/15 Red Skull Ltd #1 of 3 - 33,246
08/15 Red Skull Ltd #2 of 3 - 23,974 (-27.9%)
There is probably a reason behind the fact that we knew in advance how many issues this mini would have while it’s a mystery for more than 70% of the other mini-series published during the SW event.

99- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
It will be relaunched once SW is over. Critics seem to love it (they sure do– ed.).

100- RUNAWAYS LTD

06/15 Runaways Ltd #1 - 41,063
07/15 Runaways Ltd #2 - 30,697 (-25.2%)
08/15 Runaways Ltd #3 - 23,755 (-22.6%)
This one turned out to be a limited series. It’s probably better this way because barring a miracle, it would have gone under the cancellation line on any extra issues.

102- MAGNETO

03/14 Magneto #1 – 55,337
04/14 Magneto #2 – 35,772 (-35.4%)
...
12/14 Magneto #13– 27,418 ( -8.9%)
01/15 Magneto #14- 26,306 (- 4.1%)
02/15 Magneto #15- 24,052 (- 8.6%)
03/15 Magneto #16- 22,888 (- 4.8%)
04/15 Magneto #17- 22,072 (- 3.6%)
05/15 Magneto #18- 27,788 (+25.9%)
06/15 Magneto #19- 29,249 (+ 5.3%)
07/15 Magneto #20- 24,063 (-17.7%)
08/15 Magneto #21- 23,244 (- 3.4%)

Since issue #2: -32.7%
MAGNETO TPB VOL.3 - 1,711
Average +% TPB sales #13-17: +6.5%
The never-ending Last Days effect.

104- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)

Since issue #2: -45.6%
Average +% TPB sales #1-4 : +5.7%
SPIDER-WOMAN TPB VOL.1: 2,528
Waiting for a relaunch, Spider-Woman keeps on falling despite her Last days tag. Not a good sign at all. I doubt that focusing the relaunch on her pregnancy will improve things. Let’s just hope that Marvel will not request that she be killed giving birth!

106- SHIELD ($6)

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
02/15 SHIELD #3 – 29,790 (- 12.3%)
03/15 ---
04/15 SHIELD #4 - 26,930 (- 9.6%)
04/15 SHIELD #5 - 26,614 (- 1.2%)
05/15 SHIELD #6 - 23,152 (- 13.0%)
06/15 SHIELD #7 - 25,786 (+11.4%)
07/15 SHIELD #8 - 19,469 (- 24.5%)
08/15 SHIELD #9 - 22,613 (+16.1%)

Since issue #2: -33.4%
SHIELD TPB Vol.1 - 2,460
Average +% TPB sales #1-6: +7.2%
This one was an over-sized issue with 3 variant covers. Inside, a S.H.I.E.L.D. adventure, the birth of the new Howling Commandos (whose solo series will be launched post SW), and a Nick Fury reprint, all in celebration of 50 years of S.H.I.E.L.D. (well, not 50 years of publishing but a creation that date back to 50 years now). It stopped the bleeding for one month.

107- HANK JOHNSON AGENT OF HYDRA LTD

08/15 HJ Agent of Hydra Ltd #1 - 22,583
When you arrive late to the party, don’t expect anybody to have saved a piece of cake for you. That’s probably why this SW one shot would be the weakest so far if not for Master of Kung-Fu.

109- KORVAC SAGA LTD

10/14 Guardians 3000 #1 - 58,574 (---)
11/14 Guardians 3000 #2 - 34,467 (-41.2%)
12/14 Guardians 3000 #3 - 25,509 (-26.0%)
01/15 Guardians 3000 #4 - 20,318 (-20.3%)
02/15 Guardians 3000 #5 - 18,155 (-10.6%)
03/15 Guardians 3000 #6 - 17,494 (- 3.6%)
04/15 Guardians 3000 #7 - 16,532 (- 5.5%)
05/15 Guardians 3000 #8 - 15,660 (- 5.3%)

06/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #1 - 34,137
07/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #2 - 26,470 (-22.5%)
08/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #3 - 22,417 (-15.3%)

Average +% TPB Sales #1-6: +4.2%
GUARDIANS 3000 TPB VOL.1: 1,446
From what we have seen from the last previews solicitation, because the good old Guardians don’t sell, they will be mixed with modern ones to form a new Guardian team.

112- SECRET WARS JOURNAL LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #1 of 5 – 44,606
06/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #2 of 5 – 29,161 (-34.6%)
07/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #3 of 5 – 26,031 (-10.7%)
08/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #4 of 5 - 21,465 (-17.5%)
That’s quite a bad result for one of the major SW companion series. Perhaps it’s time to say good-bye to the « journal » event companion brand

114- CAPTAIN BRITAIN &MIGHTY DEFENDERS LTD

07/15 Cap Britain &M. Defenders Ltd #1 of 2 - 27,618
08/15 Cap Britain &M. Defenders Ltd #2 of 2 - 20,453 (-25.9%)
A mini-series of 2? Seriously? They could have sold it as a one-shot. Well,this way, that’s $8 in Marvel pockets instead of $6.

116- GHOST RACERS LTD

03/14 All New Ghost Rider#1 - 50,072 ( --- )[2,567]
04/14 All New Ghost Rider#2 - 29,429 (-41.2%)
...
03/15 All New Ghost Rider #12 – 11,923 (-4.5%)
...
06/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #1 - 33,143
07/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #2 - 24,274 (-26.8%)
08/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #3 - 20,026 (-17.5%)
Not putting the road on fire but still attracting almost twice as many people as before.

120- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)

Since issue #2: -22.3%
No variant cover at all this month. It seems to have found its niche. Well, until it’s relaunched anyway.

121- LOKI, AGENT OF ASGARD

02/14 Loki #1 - 41,921
03/14 Loki #2 - 27,968 ( -33.3%)
04/14 Loki #3 - 27,472 ( -1.8%)
05/14 Loki #4 - 26,012 ( -7.0%)
06/14 Loki #5 - 24,794 ( -4.7%)
09/14 Loki #6 - 25,131 ( 1.4%)(Axis)
10/14 Loki #7 - 25,430 ( 1.2%)(Axis)
11/14 Loki #8 - 23,333 ( -8.2%)(Axis)
12/14 Loki #9 - 21,697 ( -7.0%)(Axis)
01/15 Loki #10- 19,856 ( - 8.5%)
02/15 Loki #11- 18,623 ( - 6.2%)
03/15 Loki #12- 17,940 ( -3.7%)
04/15 Loki #13- 17,212 ( -4.0%)
05/15 Loki #14- 21,904 ( +27.3%)
06/15 Loki #15- 19,956 ( -8.9%)
07/15 Loki #16- 19,846 ( -0.6%)
08/15 Loki #17- 19,003 ( -4.2%) END

Since issue #2: -32.1%
Average +% TPB sales #6-11: +8.3%
LOKI TPB VOL. 02: 2,092
This time, it’s over. All in all, « kid »Loki managed to live a meaty volume of adventures

128- WHERE MONSTERS DWELL LTD

05/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #1 of 5 – 26,574
06/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #2 of 5 – 20,078 (-24.4%)
07/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #3 of 5 – 19,223 (- 4.3%)
08/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #4 of 5 - 17,555 (-8.7%)
Fans of this kind of story are invited to pick up the upcoming Howling Commandos series or to search for the back issues of the 1998 (Monster Hunters in) Marvel Universe series.

133- MASTER OF KUNG-FU LTD

05/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #1 of 4 – 23,407
06/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #2 of 4 – 19,763 (-15.6%)
07/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #3 of 4 – 18,348 (- 7.2%)
08/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #4 of 4- 16,111 (-12.2%)
Definitively not a good signal to launch a new ongoing anytime soon.

145- MODOK ASSASSIN LTD

05/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #1 of 5 – 26,574
06/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #2 of 5 – 19,618 (-26.2%)
07/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #3 of 5 – 16,379 (-16.5%)
08/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #4 of 5 - 14,501 (-11.5%)
Who would have thought 10 years ago that Modok would one day be the selling point of several series?

161- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER

05/14 Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 - 19,930
---
10/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 - 47,471
11/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 - 32,409 (-31.7%)
---
01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #3 - 22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #4 - 19,280 (-12,9%)
02/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #5 - 17,647 (- 8.5%)
03/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #6 - 15,150 (-14.1%)
04/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #7 - 14,779 (– 2.4%)
05/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #8 - 13,646 (- 7.7%)
06/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #9 - 12,850 (- 5.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #10- 12,446 (-3.1%)

Since issue #2: -61.6%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.2%
B.B. WINTER SOLDIER TOP VOL.1: 1,682
It’s nice that Marvel let this one end instead of cancelling it abruptly as they could have done past issue #4.

239- GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT THREE LTD

01/14 Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
...
06/14 Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 ( -6.3%)
...
09/14 Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 ( -5.5%)
...
01/15 Act Two #5 of 5 - 7,780 (-6,6%)
…
04/15 Act 3 #1 of 5 - 8,623
05/15 Act 3 #2 of 5 - 7,191 (-16.6%)
06/15 Act 3 #3 of 5 - 6,827 (- 5.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Act 3 #4 of 5 - 6,751 (- 1.1%)
It seems it will end only 1K below the last issue of the previous chapter.
240- BIG THUNDER MOUTAIN ROAD LTD

03/15 Big Thunder Moutain Road Ltd #1 of 5– 17,567
04/15 Big Thunder Moutain Road Ltd #2 of 5– 11,231 (-36.1%)
05/15 Big Thunder Moutain Road Ltd #3 of 5- 8,407 (-25.1%)
06/15 Big Thunder Moutain Road Ltd #4 of 5- 7,855 (- 6.6%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Big Thunder Moutain Road Ltd #5 of 5- 6,723 (-14.4%)
6.7K seems like the new usual ending zone for this kind of series.

272- MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS

06/14 MUU Spider-Man #27 – 4,713 ( -1.0%)

10/14 ---
11/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #1 – 6,343 ( -1.0%)
12/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #2 – 5,063 ( -20.2%)
01/15 MUU spider-Man WW #3 - 4,873 (-3,8%)
?
?
?
05/15 MUU spider-man WW #7 - 4,843
06/15 MUU spider-man WW #8 - 7,383 (+52.4%)
?
08/15 MUU spider-man WW #10 – 5,162
Not sliding down, which is a rarity.

280-MAX RIDE FIRST FLIGHT LTD

04/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #1 of 5– 16,317
04/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #2 of 5– 8,638 (-47.1%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #3 of 5– 6,246 (-27.7%)
07/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #4 of 5– 5,821 (- 6.8%)
08/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #5 of 5– 4,967 (-14.7%
Below 5K, you have to wonder if there is still an interest to release a floppy edition of this before the paperback.

286- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO

01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 - 4,503
?
?
?
05/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #7 – 4,665
?
?
08/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #10- 4,806
Like MU Spider-man, that’s a rather good trajectory.

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Thu 19 Nov 2015 - 20:32

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Charts: September 2015: An Oasis of Calm
11/05/2015 by Beat Staff 16 Comments
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by Xavier Lancel
Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, and that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my let’s-reap-my-boss’-shirt country.
Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that it’s not because a copy is sold to a shop that it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.
This past September has been the quietest month for Marvel in many years. With the exception of three miniseries, one of which was 7 years late, almost no new floppy series began. Most of the Secret Wars series fell an average 12% in their 4th month with absolutely no noticeable reorder activity. A good chunk of titles were released WITHOUT a variant cover (I almost can’t believe I’m writing this). The main Secret Wars series has been (and continues to be) late…this has even been an uneventful month for trades, with no big releases or successes.
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and the award for unwieldy title of the month goes to…
So let yourself wander among all these numbers with calm and peace on your mind. Marvel has made bold choices with some astonishing announcements about their new series. Once the crazyness over variants and #1 fades, it will be really interesting to see what will survive and what will bite the dust. Seeing the amount of series ready to be launched, you can be sure of one thing: there will be casualties! Nothing will ever be the same! Or, on the contrary, everything will be, if buyers put their money on big useless relaunches instead of helping bold new series to survive as they usually do. The war between speculators and readers is on!

HOWARD THE DUCK TP VOL.0: 2,660
112p, $17, cents per page: 15.1
The first collection of the new Howard The Duck series begins with a facetious numbering… and good sales!
A-FORCE PRESENTS TP VOL.1: 1,975
144p, $15, cents per page: 10.4
Marvel is launching a new way to read its female-led titles. Inside this very cheap paperback, you’ll find no less than 1 issue each of Black Widow, Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Squirrel Girl, Ms Marvel and Thor. Each month, a new TPB will be released with the next issue of these series. That means you can read a large portion of the Marvel Universe each month for almost half the floppy cover price!
Every time Marvel has tried something like this in the past, it has failed (remember the short lived Megazines and, after that, the Marvel Heroes two issues floppies?). However, it’s a nice move for short budgeted people who would like to read lots of series every month instead of one series in a TPB. These debut sales are a little shy, especially since they will, like a floppy ongoing, go down every month from now on. The last publisher who tried this, Crossgen, lost a big amount of money with each issue. However, at $15, Marvel won’t end up in a situation like theirs. We can start worrying if sales go below 800 copies. Marvel probably wants to push this new reading format as much as they can, seeing as they will probably reach new readers with it.
MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN: 1,047
536p, $40, cents per page: 7.5
This gigantic volume is a nice alternative to the Essential Monster of Frankenstein, especially since they kept the nice original coloring instead of making it look like a Photoshopped Christmas tree. Sales are probably just at the limit to justify printing it. Note, once again, the very attractive price, especially since these back issues are hard to find and sometimes expensive. Putting it all into one big volume is the thing to do, as mediocre sales will not jeopardize the release of a second volume…seeing as there will be none! That’s good stuff, and the series is way more enjoyable to read than an Essential!
1- JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE LTD

09/15 J SW Force Awakens... Ltd #1 of 2 - 208,884
Quite an unusual format for a story which could have been released as a bigger one shot. Still, amazing results, keeping this comics property hot while waiting for the new movie, when all hell will probably break loose again.
—
2- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,055,494
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-79.9%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)

Since issue #2: -36.0%
Still dominating the charts. The reorder activity is over, so the title is now searching for its sales level.
—
4- 10- DEADPOOL VS THANOS LTD

09/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #1 of 4- 108,610
09/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #2 of 4- 67,901 (-37.5%)

A new Deadpool mini-series, as there is always one. Really, these mini-series are like having a second ongoing Deadpool title with guest artists/writer for every arc. However, these minis sell way better than an actual second ongoing because every 4 issues, there is a #1 issue. This one is already as successful as the last one, so there is no reason for Marvel to change gears. This is as much an occasion as any other to note that the 6 part mini-series has almost disappeared at Marvel over the last few years. 5 is the new 6!
—
5- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 296,929
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-57.7%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)

Since issue #2: -20.1%
This one seems to have already found its level, and its quite high. The only downside is that this title is late because of Marvel failed double-shipping policy -it should have been issue #11.
—

5- 6- SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR WOWS LTD

06/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #1 - 203,565
07/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #2 - 93,981 (-54.0%)
08/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #3 - 90,787 (- 3.4%)
08/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #4 - 83,549 (- 8.0%)
09/15 Spider-Man Renew your wows Ltd #5 - 94,653 (+13.3%)
This exceptional jump on its final issue is probably due to curiosity from readers who were eager to know if any character or element from this alternate version of Spider-Man life would make it to the new official status quo next month as Spider-Man is relaunched/renumbered. Sure, there will be a lot of issue #1s launching, but with numbers like that, less than 250K for the relaunch of Amazing Spider-Man would be considered a disappointment.
—

11- STAR WARS LANDO LTD

07/15 Lando Ltd #1 of 5 - 192,949
08/15 Lando Ltd #2 of 5 - 71,043 (-63.2%)
08/15 Lando Ltd #3 of 5 - 68,787 (- 3.2%)
09/15 Lando Ltd #4 of 5 - 61,542 (-10.7%)
From here, Alex Maleev will move to a new 2nd ongoing Iron Man series, International Iron Man.
—

12- 30-CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE LTD

09/15 Captain America White Ltd#1 of 5 – 59,510
09/15 Captain America White Ltd#2 of 5 - 40,422 (-32.1%)
The first issue is $5 because it also reprints Captain America White #0, seven years after its first publication. Tim Sale cinematic style holds up and Jeph Loeb’s storytelling has been consistent over the years. This 40k result is quite nice, seeing this kind of old-school project may not have the same appeal for younger generations. [I disagree! I’m very young and love The Long Halloween/Dark Victory/Hulk: Grey etc. – ed.]
—

13- CIVIL WAR LTD

07/15 Civil War Ltd #1 - 170,546
08/15 Civil War Ltd #2 - 77,219 (-54.7%)
08/15 Civil War Ltd #3 - 68,035 (-11.9%)
09/15 Civil War Ltd #4 - 59,101 (-13.1%)
No variant. This fall is ugly, but its sales level is quite satisfying.
—

14- THORS LTD

06/15 Thors Ltd #1 - 114,854
07/15 Thors Ltd #2 - 59,286 (-48.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Thors Ltd #3 - 57,917 (- 2.3%)

That’s quite a nice stop. The Thor franchise is still working well.
—

19- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)

Since issue #2: -22.7%
One issue left before its relaunch. Will it crack the 100K again with its issue#1?
—

20-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113.158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)

Since issue #2: -30.1%
No variant this month, so it seems like it has found its level.
—

21- INFINITY GAUNTLET LTD

05/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #1 - 95,131
06/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #2 - 59,667 (-37.3%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #3 – 54,279 (- 9.0%)
09/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd #4 – 45,160 (-16.8%)
That’s a harsh fall considering how late in its run it is.
—

22- 32- AGE OF APOCALYPSE LTD

07/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #1 - 88,346
08/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #2 - 52,058 (-41.1%)
09/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #3 - 44,390 (-14.7%)
09/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #4 - 40,016 (- 9.9%)
No variant and a significant fall again.
—

25- 42-SPIDER-ISLAND LTD

07/15 Spider-Island Ltd #1 of 5 - 64,481
08/15 Spider-Island Ltd #2 of 5 - 47,960 (-25.6%)
09/15 Spider-Island Ltd #3 of 5 - 41,989 (-12.4%)
09/15 Spider-Island Ltd #4 of 5 - 36,404 (-13.3%)
A significant fall, but this one, contrary to almost all the other mini-series, hasn’t yet lost half of its first issue buyers.
—

05/15 Spider-Verse #1 – 76,536
06/15 Spider-Verse #2 – 59,466 (-22.3%)
07/15 Spider-Verse #3 – 50,820 (-14.5%)
08/15 Spider-Verse #4 - 45,246 (-11.0%)
09/15 Spider-Verse #5 - 41,960 (- 7.3%)

Since issue #2: -29.4%
Slowing down. Same thing here, proof that the Spider-man universe has currently a strong readership.
—

27- X-MEN 92 ($5)

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
09/15 X-Men 92 #4 - 41,826 (-15.9%)

Since issue #2: -18.1%
This one is a little more worrying, especially since it will be relaunched and took advantage of a variant cover this month.

28- 49- HOUSE OF M LTD

08/15 House of M Ltd #1 - 61,512
09/15 House of M Ltd #2 - 40,635 (-33.9%)
09/15 House of M Ltd #3 - 34,209 (-15.8%)
Following the same pattern as other minis, but with weaker debut sales, due to its late arrival in the game.
—

24- 29- GUARDIANS OF NOWHERE LTD

04/13 Guardians v3 #2 - 88,184
...
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Nowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
08/15 Guardians of Nowhere Ltd #2 - 50,913 (-37.8%)
08/15 Guardians of Nowhere Ltd #3 - 47,414 (- 6.9%)
09/15 Guardians of Nowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

Average +% TPB SALES #18-23: +3.6%
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
This is one of the rare cases where a mini would have sold better if squeezed into the ongoing it is a variation from.
—

36- PLANET HULK

05/15 Planet Hulk #1 – 72,868
06/15 Planet Hulk #2 – 47,944 (-34.2%)
07/15 Planet Hulk #3 – 48,236 (+ 0.6%)
08/15 Planet Hulk #4 - 44,608 (- 7.5%)
09/15 Planet Hulk #5 - 39,277 (-12.0%)
Follows the more or less -10% pattern of the Secret Wars minis in their 4th issue.
—

40- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)

Since issue #2: -47.4%
The Last Days banner magic. It should have jumped higher, but its rise was probably mitigated by its usual declining sales
—

46 - YEARS OF FUTURE PAST LTD

06/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #1 - 71,450
07/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #2 - 47,512 (-33.5%)
07/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #3 - 44,074 (- 7.2%)
08/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #4 - 37,968 (-13.9%)
09/15 Years of Future Past Ltd #5 - 34,797 (- 8.4%)
Nothing surprising here. Art Adams provided the 452th variation on the famous Days of Future Past brick wall cover.
—

50- MS. MARVEL ($3)

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

Since issue #2: -12.0%
The Last Days magic. This is one of the titles for which relaunch sales number will be of interest. We already know it’s a non-stop cash machine for Marvel in TPB, will it began a rise in its floppy sales also?
—

51- FUTURE IMPERFECT LTD

06/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #1 - 62,110
07/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #2 - 41,427 (-33.3%)
07/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #3 - 38,269 (- 7.6%)
08/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #4 - 35,661 (- 6.8%)
09/15 Future Imperfect Ltd #5 - 32,926 (- 7.7%)
Lost less than -50% of its #1 sales, which is a great performance among the SW minis.
—

54- AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES LTD

06/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #1 - 78,646
07/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #2 - 40,483 (-48.5%)
08/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #3 - 36,388 (-10.1%)
09/15 AoU VS Marvel Zombies Ltd #4 - 31,220 (-14.2%)
This one, on the other side, underperformed a little.
—

56- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)

Since issue#2: -27.1%
It has found its floppy level. I don’t see think the relaunch will make any difference. The real test will be its TPB sales. It would be nice if Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez would become the new recipients of Hawkeye TPB juicy royalties checks every month. This would give them the opportunity to work on their creator owned projects with no worries.
—

59-STAR LORD &KITTY PRIDE LTD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

Average +% TPB Sales # 6-10: +7.4%
TPB VOL.2 – 2,092
Holding well, even if it is at a rather weak level.
—

60- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil #1.50 - 48,462 (-36.2%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/14 Daredevil v4 #8 - 37,739 (+ 2.6%)
10/14 Daredevil v4 #9 - 33,996 (- 9.9%)
11/14 Daredevil v4 #10 - 32,438 (- 4.6%)
12/14 Daredevil v4 #11 - 31,382 (- 3.3%)
01/15 Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989 (+ 1.9%)
02/15 Daredevil v4 #13 – 31,483 (- 1.6%)
03/15 Daredevil v4 #14 – 29,575 (- 6.1%)
04/15 Daredevil v4 #15 – 32,541 (+10.0%)
05/15 Daredevil v4#15.1- 28,919 (-11,1%)
06/15 Daredevil v4 #16 – 33,309 (+15.2%)
07/15 Daredevil v4 #17 – 29,904 (-10.2%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)

Since issue #2: -30.1%
Average +% TPB Sales #6-10: +5.5%
Average +% TPB Sales #11-15: +7.8%
DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB: 2,098
DAREDEVIL TPB VOL.3 - 2,483
Mark Waid is currently one of the most consistent writers out there. His work for hire is never a disapointment for people who already read his creator owned projects.
—

62- MS DEADPOOL AND HOWLING COMMANDOS

06/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #1 - 48,514
07/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #2 - 36,404 (-25.0%)
08/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #3 - 31,135 (-14.5%)
09/15 Ms Deadpool and HC #4 - 28,966 (- 7.0%)
Disapointing sales. It seems people want Deadpool, not Deadpool-related products.
—

63- SECRET WARS 2099 LTD

05/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #1 – 46,228
06/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #2 – 44,931 (- 2.8%)
07/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #3 – 35,932 (-20.0%)
08/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #4 – 30,478 (-15.2%)
09/15 Secret Wars 2099 Ltd #5 - 28,196 (- 7.5%)
Holding quite well, if you take into account its baffling issue #2 sales.
—

64- GROOT LTD

06/15 Groot Ltd #1 - 97,193
07/15 Groot Ltd #2 - 39,198 (-59.7%)
08/15 Groot Ltd #3 - 34,663 (-11.6%)
09/15 Groot Ltd #4 - 28,170 (-18.7%)
It does look atrocious. It will come back, but as a team-up book with Rocket Raccoon. It’s gonna be difficult to last 12 issues if the pattern repeats itself.
—

65- GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX LTD

06/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #1 - 66,401
07/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #2 - 36,019 (-45.8%)
08/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #3 - 32,003 (-11.1%)
09/15 GS Little Marvel AVX Ltd #4 - 28,025 (-12.4%)
Great sales for this kind of product.
—

67- INFERNO LTD

05/15 Inferno Ltd #1 – 46,801
06/15 Inferno Ltd #2 – 39,137 (-16.4%)
07/15 Inferno Ltd #3 – 35,285 (- 9.8%)
08/15 Inferno Ltd #4 - 30,363 (-13.9%)
09/15 Inferno Ltd #5 - 27,492 (- 9.5%)
Even if it holds onto its audience a little better than other titles like it, it’s disappointing that it’s not selling much more than Little Marvel or Squadron Sinister.
—

68- SQUADRON SINISTER

06/15 Squadron Sinister #1 - 53,187
07/15 Squadron Sinister #2 - 31,141 (-41.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Squadron Sinister #3 - 27,454 (-11.8%)
To be expected. If Squadron Supreme reaches the same audience when it launches, problems will arise quickly.
—

69- 98- MIRACLEMAN ($5)

09/15 Miracleman #1 - 27,269
09/15 Miracleman #2 - 22,143 (-18.8%)

The most expensive ongoing book at Marvel is a…reprint! Variant covers « à gogo », and the start of Neil Gaiman &Mark Buckingham run renewed people’s interest into it.
—

70- INHUMAN ATTILAN RISING LTD

05/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #1 – 56,963
06/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #2 – 40,722 (-28.5%)
07/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #3 – 34,919 (-14.3%)
08/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #4 - 31,907 (- 8.6%)
09/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #5 - 27,226 (-14.7%)
Another effort from Marvel to push the Inhumans franchise, with no short term effect.
—

71- 96- HAIL HYDRA LTD

07/15 Hail Hydra Ltd #1 - 44,515
08/15 ---
09/15 Hail Hydra Ltd #2 - 26,974 (-39.4%)
09/15 Hail Hydra Ltd #3 - 22,742 (-15.7%)
It would have sold way less if not connected to the Secret Wars franchise.
—

72- 75- 80- 83- 90- 119- SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
02/15 SHIELD #3 – 29,790 (- 12.3%)
03/15 ---
04/15 SHIELD #4 - 26,930 (- 9.6%)
04/15 SHIELD #5 - 26,614 (- 1.2%)
05/15 SHIELD #6 - 23,152 (- 13.0%)
06/15 SHIELD #7 - 25,786 (+11.4%)
07/15 SHIELD #8 - 19,469 (- 24.5%)
08/15 SHIELD #9 - 22,613 (+16.1%)
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

Since issue #2: -45.0%
SHIELD TPB Vol.1 - 2,460
Average +% TPB sales #1-6: +7.2%
5 one shots and an issue of the ongoing, to celebrate Shield anniversary. That’s $25 to spend for you if you are a Shield fan! Tons of variant helped sales of the one shots and attracted non-readers of the ongoing, meanwhile falling like a stone. To note: Joelle Jones (Token, Suicide Risk, Helheim) is penciling the $5 Mockingbird one shot, which is her first work for Marvel -if we forget her participation to Ultimate Spider-Man 150 years ago.
—

74- SIEGE LTD

07/15 Siege Ltd #1 - 49,195
08/15 Siege Ltd #2 - 34,002 (-30.8%)
09/15 Siege Ltd #3 - 26,379 (-22.4%)
That’s not very nice, but still in the usual fall range for the SW minis.
—

84- X-TINCTION AGENDA LTD

06/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #1 - 46,694
07/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #2 - 35,033 (-25.0%)
08/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #3 - 29,697 (-15.2%)
09/15 X-Tinction Agenda Ltd #4 - 25,104 (-15.5%)
These SW minis sure had late fall percentages of their own.
—

86- 1872 LTD

07/15 1872 Ltd#1 - 42,805
08/15 1872 Ltd#2 - 27,791 (-35.1%)
09/15 1872 Ltd #3 - 24,493 (-11.9%)
The fact that is selling as much as X-Tinction is either a good sign for 1872, or a bad sign for X-Tinction. Your choice.
—

88- ARMOR WARS LTD

06/15 Armor wars Ltd #1 - 69,808
06/15 Armor wars Ltd #2 - 37,798 (-45.9%)
07/15 Armor wars Ltd #3 - 32,138 (-15.0%)
08/15 Armor wars Ltd #4 - 26,212 (-18.4%)
09/15 Armor wars Ltd #5 - 24,424 (- 6.8%)
It’s a shame it did not sell better, because James Robinson? Marcio Takara? Paul Rivoche? Any of those names would have sold it to me.
—

92- 1602 WITCH HUNTER ANGELA LTD

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
The Marvel Universe is welcoming ladies to its roster, but apparently, Angela spit in somebody’s glass…
—

93- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)

Since issue #2: -41.2%
Good news, it’s coming back! Let’s hope the relaunch will secure it at a less dangerous sales level.
—

95- E IS FOR EXTINCTION LTD

06/15 E is for Extinction Ltd #1 - 48,888
07/15 E is for Extinction Ltd #2 - 31,114 (-36.4%)
08/15 E is for Extinction Ltd #3 – 26,608 (-14.5%)
09/15 E is for Extinction Ltd #4 - 22,830 (-14.2%)
E is for Endless disapointing sales.
—

97- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
Waiting for its relaunch. It behaved quite nicely, but will it attract new readers seeing how many #1s will be released at the same time, month after month?
—

100- CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS LTD

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
12/13 ---
01/14 ---
02/14 ---
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
03/15 Captain Marvel v7 #13 – 21,915 (+14.1%)
04/15 Captain Marvel v7 #14 – 30,560 (+39.5%) B. Vortex
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)

06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
07/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #2 - 28,741 (-39.2%)
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #3 - 24,295 (- 15.5%)
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)

Average +%TPB sales #7-12: +14.0%
CAPTAIN MARVEL TPB VOL.2 : 2,942
Waiting for its relaunch. Marvel just don’t want to give up on this one, even if they found a more successful version of a character wearing their company name with the new Ms Marvel.
—

107- RED SKULL LTD

07/15 Red Skull Ltd #1 of 3 - 33,246
08/15 Red Skull Ltd #2 of 3 - 23,974 (-27.9%)
09/15 Red Skull Ltd #3 of 3 - 20,662 (-13.8%)
Under the radar but profitable.
—

108- RUNAWAYS LTD

06/15 Runaways Ltd #1 of 4 - 41,063
07/15 Runaways Ltd #2 of 4 - 30,697 (-25.2%)
08/15 Runaways Ltd #3 of 4 - 23,755 (-22.6%)
09/15 Runaways Ltd #4 of 4 - 20,582 (-13.4%)
Sanford Greene is moving to a soon-to-be-launched Power Man &Iron Fist series. Good move, Marvel!
—

109- FIGMENT 2 LTD

09/15 Figment Ltd #1 - 20,551
Even with 2 variant covers, that’s quite an optimistic sales level to reach. Expect half of it to disappear very quickly.
—

113- SECRET WARS JOURNAL LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #1 of 5 – 44,606
06/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #2 of 5 – 29,161 (-34.6%)
07/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #3 of 5 – 26,031 (-10.7%)
08/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #4 of 5 - 21,465 (-17.5%)
09/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #5 of 5 - 19,875 (- 7.4%)
Atrocious sales. The plug is probably out for the Journal event companion brand.
—

120- KORVAC SAGA LTD

10/14 Guardians 3000 #1 - 58,574 (---)
11/14 Guardians 3000 #2 - 34,467 (-41.2%)
12/14 Guardians 3000 #3 - 25,509 (-26.0%)
01/15 Guardians 3000 #4 - 20,318 (-20.3%)
02/15 Guardians 3000 #5 - 18,155 (-10.6%)
03/15 Guardians 3000 #6 - 17,494 (- 3.6%)
04/15 Guardians 3000 #7 - 16,532 (- 5.5%)
05/15 Guardians 3000 #8 - 15,660 (- 5.3%)

06/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #1 - 34,137
07/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #2 - 26,470 (-22.5%)
08/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #3 - 22,417 (-15.3%)
09/15 Korvac Saga Ltd #4 - 18,518 (-17.4%)

Average +% TPB Sales #1-6: +4.2%
GUARDIANS 3000 TPB VOL.1: 1,446
We get it, people don’t want to read adventures of the old Guardians. Let’s see in the next months if they would accept a mix of the two teams.
—

122- GHOST RACERS LTD

03/14 All New Ghost Rider#1 - 50,072 ( --- )
04/14 All New Ghost Rider#2 - 29,429 (-41.2%)
...
03/15 All New Ghost Rider #12 – 11,923 (-4.5%)
...
06/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #1 - 33,143
07/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #2 - 24,274 (-26.8%)
08/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #3 - 20,026 (-17.5%)
09/15 Ghost Racers Ltd #4 - 17,878 (-10.7%)
The Ghost Rider franchise is in trouble.
—
123 and below- TRUE BELIEVERS

04/15 Civil War #1 – 26,263
04/15 Infinity Gauntlet #1 - 21,770
04/15 Old Man Logan #1 - 18,128
04/15 Age of Ultron #1 - 17,627
04/15 Marvel Zombies #1 - 17,454
04/15 Planet Hulk #1 - 16,794
04/15 Age of Apocalypse #1 - 16,135
04/15 Miles Morales #1 - 15,690
04/15 House of M #1 - 14,845
04/15 Armor Wars #1 - 13,411
04/15 Powers #1 - 6,852
05/15 ---
06/15 ---
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 17,599
09/15 Thor #1 - 15,575
09/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 14,793
09/15 Princess Leia #1 - 14,014
09/15 Captain Marvel #1 - 12,471
09/15 Silk #1 - 11,934
09/15 Squirrel Girl #1 - 11,267
09/15 Black Widow #1 - 11,214
09/15 She-Hulk #1 - 10,324
09/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 9,972
About 5 months ago, Marvel released quite a bunch of reprinted #1s at the very nice price of $1. As you can see, girls were the common denominator. Unlike all the other Marvel floppies, these are rarely pre-ordered by customers, but used by comics shops to promote TPBs of their respective series. People who buy their comics because of #1s and variants don’t care about these reprints. Those two factors do shed an interesting light into those numbers, as they show the « faith » comic shops dealers have in the future of each of these series. Spider-Gwen is the winner, but Thor and Ms. Marvel also come out on top. Some under-performing titles like Black Widow and Captain Marvel do surprisingly well. The « victim », if there is one, is Spider-Woman, whose fate seems sealed, seeing how poorly it performed compared to the others. Any move by Marvel to correct this paradoxal situation – where the leader of the market is the most expensive one- is welcome.
—

158- MODOK ASSASSIN LTD

05/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #1 of 5 – 26,574
06/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #2 of 5 – 19,618 (-26.2%)
07/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #3 of 5 – 16,379 (-16.5%)
08/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #4 of 5 - 14,501 (-11.5%)
09/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #4 of 5 - 13,056 (-10.0%)
Another proof that publishing this type of product under an all-ages banner would have been repulsive to the Marvel fans.
—

166- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER

05/14 Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 - 19,930
---
10/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 - 47,471
11/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 - 32,409 (-31.7%)
---
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #3 - 22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #4 - 19,280 (-12,9%)
02/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #5 - 17,647 (- 8.5%)
03/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #6 - 15,150 (-14.1%)
04/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #7 - 14,779 (– 2.4%)
05/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #8 - 13,646 (- 7.7%)
06/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #9 - 12,850 (- 5.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #10- 12,446 (-3.1%)
09/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #11- 11,948 (-4.0%)

Since issue #2: -63.1%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.2%
B.B. WINTER SOLDIER TOP VOL.1: 1,682
Oh, it’s not over yet?
—

195- DARK TOWER DRAWING LADY OF SHADOWS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
Not much to say.
—

239- GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT THREE LTD

01/14 Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
...
06/14 Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 ( -6.3%)
...
09/14 Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 ( -5.5%)
...
01/15 Act Two #5 of 5 - 7,780 (-6,6%)
…
04/15 Act 3 #1 of 5 - 8,623
05/15 Act 3 #2 of 5 - 7,191 (-16.6%)
06/15 Act 3 #3 of 5 - 6,827 (- 5.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Act 3 #4 of 5 - 6,751 (- 1.1%)
09/15 Act 3 #5 of 5 - 6,435 (- 4.7%)
We go closer and closer to a « technical floppy release » level.
—
272- MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS

06/14 MUU Spider-Man #27 – 4,713 ( -1.0%)

10/14 ---
11/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #1 – 6,343 ( -1.0%)
12/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #2 – 5,063 ( -20.2%)
01/15 MUU spider-Man WW #3 - 4,873 (-3,8%)
?
?
?
05/15 MUU spider-man WW #7 - 4,843
06/15 MUU spider-man WW #8 - 7,383 (+52.4%)
?
08/15 MUU spider-man WW #10 – 5,160
09/15 MUU spider-man WW #11 - 5,149 (- 0.2%)
Still here, in case you were wondering.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-month- ... s-of-calm/

Fri 20 Nov 2015 - 6:41

Je regarde pas souvent les chiffres mais wahou c'est la catastrophe sitôt le N°1 passé !
La plus part terminent en moyenne au tour de 30 000 ventes pour les meilleurs et 20 000 / 15 0000 pour les pires voir moins de 10 000 avec de tel ventes on comprend que Marvel ne survive que grâce au merchandising, jouet et autre films.
Ou sont passée les ventes de + 200 000 voir plus de la grande époques on aurait stoppé toutes ces séries alors, beaucoup ont été supprimé avec des scores bien supérieur.
Les comics agonisent et meurent à petit feu, maintenue en animation artificiel grâces aux goodies et aux films j'en revient pas de scores aussi dérisoires !

Fri 20 Nov 2015 - 7:57

les ventes à 200 000 dont tu parles se sont terminées en 1994 ou 95...
quand on pense que dans les 40's on etait par million.. que dans les 70's ou 80's (malgré des crises) un comics étaient sacrifié en dessous de 200 000 (Master Of Kung Fu)...

depuis les années 2000 un hit c est 100 000...
on a même eu une periode 2002-2005 où on y arrivait presque plus.

Le souci aujourd hui est qu on a de nouveau des ventes entre 100 et 200 mais ca concerne les relaunchs, les ventes par box, un coup de pub ou Spiderman, Batman et Star Wars...
Derriere les ventes vont vite à 60 puis 30 000... et aujourd hui Marvel et DC ne supprime plus à 20 000 mais bien en dessous... il y a donc un arbre à 100 000 qui cache une foret qui se vend moins.

Pour moi le fait d etre distribué dans des magasins spécialisés qu il faut chercher... c est ce qui a reduit le renouvellement du lectorat US..
et si la vente de TP se developpe dans des librairies "normales"on en a pas les chiffres... et ca ne compense pas encore et surtout ca se fait sur du non superheros (Saga, Walking Dead..) ou dont l univers est parti ailleurs (Watchmen, Sandman..)

Thu 3 Dec 2015 - 9:27

Marvel Month-Month Sales [size=150]October 2015[/size]: The Emptiness of Relaunches

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please adress your complaints to my all-over-the-news country.

Reminder: these sales numbers are estimates of sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that it’s not because a copy is sold to a shop that it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Now is the start of it all! Quite a bunch of big titles made their comeback this month, often double-shipping. Meanwhile, half of the Secret Wars minis headed towards their conclusion, and some of them had a slippery last issue fall. In addition, yet another month where no Marvel title had noticeable reorders in the top 300! Marvel has announced a number of original new ongoing series that are not the 354th relaunch of Iron Man, Avengers-this, X-Men-that or Spider-Dude, nor the relaunch of new titles that started their first runs less than 6 months ago. However, these innovative titles were not released in October. The only big events are the return of Dr Strange after almost 20 years without an ongoing title — a shame for one of the best series ever published by Marvel — and the return of Karnak, the not-so-dead Inhuman, with a prestigious creative team.

all-new-all-different-marvel-promotional-image

Ultimately, we are left with the big flagship relaunches and we can already see that the trends are not pretty. Yes, people are still buying way more of a title when it’s numbered #1, even if it asks of them a monetary effort (at $6 or 5$ the first issue for some + the double shipping, that makes quite an amount of money to spend this month for Marvel fans). However, with the exception of Iron Man, which was heavily pushed by Marvel, the resulting sales were either disappointing or so weak that they put titles on a track to instantly end up back at their pre-relaunch sales levels. In this game, the Avengers brand seems the one most hurt by « désamour » from buyers [editor’s note: the cessation of love].

Sorry, but color me unimpressed by the tons of $ Marvel made this month! Their publishing line is in a very interesting transition phase, one which will be sustained not by selling hundreds of thousands of flagship series #1s, but rather by keeping afloat their more innovative new series over an extended period of time. See you after the funny numbers parade!

STAR WARS TPB VOL.1: 21,826
160p, $20, cents per page: 12.5
The first collection of Star Wars is out, containing issues 1-6 and it’s crushing everything with record sales, rarely seen on a first month release. You can bet that this will be the 4th Marvel series that’s gonna sell huge amount of paperbacks every month for years to come.

DARTH VADER TPB VOL.1 :10,143
152p, $20, cents per page: 13.2
Same goes for the first volume of the Darth Vader series. Of course the main title will always sell more, but, seeing those numbers, we can bet that reorder activity will be as successful for those secondary series.

DOCTOR STRANGE DON'T PAY FERRYMAN : 1,469
176p, $25, cents per page: 14.2
This release of Doctor Strange episodes in collected editions is a bit messy. Luckily, we already have some collections, but in this one we seem to jump from one period to another, missing some really great portions of this volume of Doctor Strange adventures. This is …strange, seeing as absolutely every issue is a masterpiece, with incredibly talented writers matched with some of best pencilers in the business (where are all the Gene Colan episodes?). This collection starts with the arrival of Mike Badger and Peter Gillis on the title. Badger quickly abandons his place to Chris Warner (another gem!), and Gillis will stay quite a long time on the series (3 and a half years), giving to us a really creepy and unforgettable run that sees the poor Doctor on a never ending fall toward darkness. Marvel will probably follow this collection with episodes from Strange Tales vol.2 , a direct continuation of the issues presented here (Doctor Strange 75-81), which end on a cliffhanger. Those numbers are not stellar, but perfectly ok, so it’s likely that we’ll see the end of Gillis run in another volume soon. Highly recommanded!

DAMAGE CONTROL TP COMPLETE COLLECTION
392p, $35, cents per page: 8,9
You guys probably didn’t notice it if you never clicked on my name in the comment section, but I’m the creator of Ernie Colon Unlimited, an online resource that collects every comic Colon ever worked on. We have almost 90% of them — only most of his Harvey comics are still missing because of their non-credit policy at that time. It’s all in English, so feel free to take a look and comment. A deeper 50 page interview and critical piece of coverage on his whole career is available in French in issue 77 of Scarce, the comics magazine I’m the editor of. Feel free to send me a message if you are interested in a copy, our prices are the same worldwide, it will only arrive to you more slowly if you are overseas. You can bet that I’m quite happy that this collection is seeing the light of the day, not necessarily because that’s the best work done by Ernie (it’s not) or because the single issues of this run are hard to find (they’re not), but Marvel’s printing during the original run’s era was really awful. This collection will make Ernie’s pencils shine at last. In addition, the price tag on this collection is quite nice, no?

1- 28- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
Of course, numerous variant covers were present for the party, but otherwise Invincible Iron Man is a standard $4 Marvel comic. Great #1 numbers, but they are completely out of touch with the series’ actual readership size, which as you can see with issue#2, is way way lower than 300k. If a company can sell 4 times more (and thus make at least 4 times more money) in one issue by numbering it #1 and selling it to non-readers than it can expect to sell across the proceeding 4 issues to real readers, that company could be tempted to deviate from producing good ongoing comics to producing as much appealing #1 issues as they can.

Nobody would be foolish enough to do that, right?

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2- 10-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ($6)

10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
Well, look who’s there? Point to Marvel: only a year and a half after their previous relaunch of the Amazing Spider-Man, there are still swaths of people ready to pay $6 for a new #1 featuring the most famous Marvel superhero. However, for the #1 to be just under Iron-Man #1 numbers and less than 20% over the debut numbers of the last Spider-Man Secret Wars mini is disappointing. You’ll tell me that the reason fewer people bought this book is because it cost $6 (only for its #1 issue)! Well, the previous relaunch also was $6 and it sold 532,586 copies (well, at least to shops).
So, to recapitulate: less than half the sales of the recent previous relaunch, barely more than the last Spider-Man mini, less than Iron Man? We’re talking Amazing Spider-Man here. Call me a turd, but that’s disapointing with a big D. In the long term, the only way Marvel could call this relaunch a success is if the series sales consistently stay over 100K, which would be a slight improvement over an already successful ongoing title.

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3- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
A standard $4 price tag. Spider-Gwen is still popular for sure. However, it looks like people needed to be reminded of her, given the series’ worrying sales trajectory, which has not yet stabilized! We’ll see once the investors and the variant buyers have had their fill if relaunching the title really helped it catch late-starting readers.

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4- SECRET WARS LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #1 - 544,342
05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #2 - 231,560 (-57.5%)
06/15 Secret Wars Ltd #3 - 224,067 (- 3.2%)
07/15 Secret Wars Ltd #4 - 221,041 (- 1.4%)
08/15 Secret Wars Ltd #5 – 204,416 (- 7.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Secret Wars Ltd #6 - 192,244
Falling under the 200K barreer in total sales for the first time, Still selling like hotcakes! American friends on a trip to UK explained to me that pancakes don’t sell, at least not using this expression- but were quite embarrassed when I asked them to explain to me what a hotcake really is! :p

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5- DOCTOR STRANGE ($5)

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
At last! We have been waiting 19 years for the good old Doctor to have his title back! Marvel didn’t even try during the intervening years, feeding us an atrocious leather-fetish origin story for the character and god-in-the-machine appearances in other series every time a writer was cornered. Thank god we also had some really good mini-series by Mark Waid and Brian K. Vaughan. Marvel claims to have been « waiting for the right aproach », so this better be good, given how long we’ve waited! Great numbers — especially since it’s a $5 book. For once, the shock factor of seeing a new #1 for an old character worked out. Let’s cross fingers for the rest of the road, as we do not know yet how many people are ready to actually READ the new adventures of the Doctor.

—

6- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,055,494
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-79.9%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)

Since issue #2: -36.5%
Well, the search for its sales level didn’t take much time. Awesome sales level, obviously.

—

7- 24-CHEWBACCA LTD

10/15 Chewbacca #1 - 122,952
10/15 Chewbacca #2 - 74,311 (-39.5%)
Well, you know what? That’s almost a little weak for a new Star Wars mini. It’s not really worrying, as Chewbacca is assured to still sell more than 50K at the end of its run. It will be interesting to see if Star Wars: the Force Awakens will affect this title, despite Chewbacca being in the middle of its run when the movie releases.

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8- 12- 13-JOURNEY STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS SHATTERED EMPIRE LTD

09/15 J SW Force Awakens... Ltd #1 - 208,884
10/15 J SW Force Awakens... Ltd #2 - 119,508 (-42.8%)
10/15 J SW Force Awakens... Ltd #3 - 105,496 (-11.7%)
10/15 J SW Force Awakens... Ltd #4 - 105,284 (- 0.2%)
Turn out that Marvel advertised the wrong total number of issues in their September Preview catalog. 3 issues are out this month and it leveled at a very satisfying level, over the 100K barreer.

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9- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
08/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #2 - 50,913 (-37.8%)
08/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #3 - 47,414 (- 6.9%)
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 118,342

Average +% TPB SALES #18-23: +3.6%
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
It will have to severely cushion its issue#2 fall to have a chance to sell better than before.

—

14- UNCANNY AVENGERS ($5)

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1- 105,234
It’s rather weak, but still way better than the last relaunch. If it deviates a little from the usual decline sales pattern with issues #2 at Marvel, this one has a chance to actually do better than its previous incarnation.

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15- 16- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 296,929
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-57.7%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)

Since issue #2: -26.0%
Some of the craziness over the title is fading out, but it will probably be back as soon as the movie will be out.

—

17- UNCANNY INHUMANS ($5)

10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528

Who is not uncanny yet in the Marvel Universe? It’s sad to see that a word which used to solely evoke X-Men is now completely diluted. Another small stone in the process of molding the Inhumans into a larger successful brand.

—

18- AVENGERS ($6)

10/15 Avengers #0 - 80,722

This one serves as a kind of sampler of things to come in the numerous Avengers titles relaunches with original short stories instead of issue previews. Will the actual #1 do better? It should, especially since this #0 has a $6 price tag.

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19- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS ($5)

10/15 Contest of champions #1 - 79,873

This is a new ongoing inspired by the mobile phone game of the same name and one of the first ever Marvel events. That’s a very satisfying sales debut, which, if everything goes fine, should place the title confortably in the 30-40K zone.

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22- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598

Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +9.6%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 3,870
starting at the same level than before, which is actually good, given the unenthusiastic road the title was taking. See you in 8 months to analyze the positioning of the next relaunch! :p

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25- 41- NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)

This whole renumbering pattern does seem to slowly but surely tire people. Those Avengers #0 numbers were actually quite good compared to this one. Next month, we should be where we were one year before.

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29- KARNAK

10/15 Karnak #1 - 63,672
This could be the new Hawkeye. Will thunder strike twice for David Aja, teamed up this time with Warren Ellis?

—

30- OLD MAN LOGAN LTD

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)

Since issue #2: -20.0%
This could look like an ugly fall but it’s not, taking into account that issue#4 numbers were boosted.

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31- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)

Moderate fall, but the fact is that we are already back to where the title was before it was put on hiatus during Secret Wars.

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32- STAR WARS LANDO LTD

07/15 Lando Ltd #1 of 5 - 192,949
08/15 Lando Ltd #2 of 5 - 71,043 (-63.2%)
08/15 Lando Ltd #3 of 5 - 68,787 (- 3.2%)
09/15 Lando Ltd #4 of 5 - 61,542 (-10.7%)
10/15 Lando Ltd #5 of 5 - 59,760 (- 2.9%)
This should encourage Marvel to turn other original trilogy characters into mini-series.

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33- CIVIL WAR LTD

07/15 Civil War Ltd #1 - 170,546
08/15 Civil War Ltd #2 - 77,219 (-54.7%)
08/15 Civil War Ltd #3 - 68,035 (-11.9%)
09/15 Civil War Ltd #4 - 59,101 (-13.1%)
10/15 Civil War Ltd #5 - 58,224 (- 1.5%)
This book’s precipitous fall has finally stopped, and its overall numbers look pretty good…

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34- 51-SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701

Since issue #2: -39.1%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.4%
SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL.1 TPB: 2,556

That’s a moderate fall, no doubt helped by the double shipping policy. Its all-new, all-different first issue sold way less than the last #1, but the series has retained some new readers with its issue#2. This title has a chance to try to make the history not repeat itself and to hang on to its readers better than before.

—

38- 40- DEADPOOL VS THANOS LTD

09/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #1 of 4- 108,610
09/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #2 of 4- 67,901 (-37.5%)
10/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #3 of 4- 53,626 (-21.0%)
10/15 Deadpool VS Thanos Ltd #4 of 4- 51,324 (- 4.3%)

Nice results. Another Deadpool TPB that’s gonna sell like crazy every month.

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45- ALL NEW DIFFERENT POINT ONE ($6)

10/15 All New different Point One #1 - 45,759

A $6 sampler if you want to have a taste of All New All Different Marvel Universe. Taking that into account, these sales aren’t bad at all, especially since there was a lot of expensive major main titles to buy this month at Marvel.

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46- HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD

10/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 - 44,532

It would be quite a nice start if all these debuting Marvel titles weren’t demonstrating a growing tendency to suffer enormous loses with their second issues. If this one manage to not fall below 25K next month, it has a chance to stabilize in the safe 25-20K area.

—

47-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113,158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)
10/15 Kanan TLP #7 - 44,127 (- 2.8%)

Since issue #2: -32.1%
Seems to have found its level, and it’s a quite nice one.

—

46- UNBEATTABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155

TPB VOL.1: 4,382
That’s slightly better than when it first launched. This one as also a good chance to stabilize as quickly as before, but perhaps at a higher level, seeing that it does wonders in sales.

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50- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)

Since issue #2: -31.5%
The title still has a lot of rope (and a relaunch under its wing) but that’s a worrying falling trend.

—

54- 117- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hell - 39,271

Last issue of her mini, with an atrocious final fall. The relaunch is following the same pattern than the mini. It should be right where her monthly was before switching to its SW variation with its issue #2. The exit door will then not be very far…

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56-CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE LTD

09/15 Captain America White Ltd#1 of 5 – 59,510
09/15 Captain America White Ltd#2 of 5 - 40,422 (-32.1%)
09/15 Captain America White Ltd#3 of 5 - 38,867 (- 3.8%)
It’s nice to see there is still an audience for this style of project.

—

57- AGE OF APOCALYPSE LTD

07/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #1 - 88,346
08/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #2 - 52,058 (-41.1%)
09/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #3 - 44,390 (-14.7%)
09/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #4 - 40,016 (- 9.9%)
09/15 Age of Apocalypse Ltd #5 - 37,858 (- 5.4%)
This title’s sales are not a very typical pattern for a standard mini, but this and other similar titles were pushed in sales by the Secret Wars brand, so it’s not surprising to see them behave differently than usual.

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65-SPIDER-ISLAND LTD

07/15 Spider-Island Ltd #1 of 5 - 64,481
08/15 Spider-Island Ltd #2 of 5 - 47,960 (-25.6%)
09/15 Spider-Island Ltd #3 of 5 - 41,989 (-12.4%)
09/15 Spider-Island Ltd #4 of 5 - 36,404 (-13.3%)
10/15 Spider-Island Ltd #5 of 5 - 34,275 (- 5.8%)
This one managed to have more than 50% of its first buyers as final readers, and that’s not bad.

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73- MS. MARVEL ($3)

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

Since issue #2: -12.0%
Here is the star of the show, impervious to the usual monthly sales decline plaguing floppy comics. Expect a sales analysis of its TPBs soon.

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77- HOUSE OF M LTD

08/15 House of M Ltd #1 - 61,512
09/15 House of M Ltd #2 - 40,635 (-33.9%)
09/15 House of M Ltd #3 - 34,209 (-15.8%)
10/15 House of M Ltd #4 - 30,161 (-11.8%)
This could be the House of Miscooked Muffins, seeing how people flee it by the thousands.

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81- MARVEL ZOMBIES

06/15 Marvel Zombies #1 - 51,917
07/15 Marvel Zombies #2 - 39,148 (-24.6%)
08/15 Marvel Zombies #3 - 34,629 (-11.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Marvel Zombies #4 - 28,933 (-16.4%)
Did people forget they had to buy this one because of its absence during one month?

—

85- GROOT LTD

06/15 Groot Ltd #1 - 97,193
07/15 Groot Ltd #2 - 39,198 (-59.7%)
08/15 Groot Ltd #3 - 34,663 (-11.6%)
09/15 Groot Ltd #4 - 28,170 (-18.7%)
10/15 Groot Ltd #5 - 27,389 (- 2.8%)
Seemed to have found its level, at last. Too late, as it’s already relaunched with some help from Rocket Raccoon.

—

87- 91- 94- 101- 105- WHAT IF...

10/15 What If Infinity Thanos - 26,293
10/15 What If Infinity Guardians - 23,706
10/15 What If Infinity X-Men - 23,440
10/15 What If Infinity Inhumans - 22,694
10/15 What If Infinity Dark Reign - 22,079
Just in case you still had some money left this month. As you can see, there is indeed a small Thanos effect going on.

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100- SECRET WARS GUIDE OF MULTIVERSE ($5)

10/15 SW Guide of Multiverse - 22,724
In the All New All Different Marvel Universe, nothing is free, neither the menu nor the helping notice. Great sales.

—

103- 1872 LTD

07/15 1872 Ltd#1 - 42,805
08/15 1872 Ltd#2 - 27,791 (-35.1%)
09/15 1872 Ltd #3 - 24,493 (-11.9%)
10/15 1872 Ltd #4 - 22,467 (- 8.3%)
I bet this one would never have reach better than half of this nice sales level without the help of the Secret Wars brand.

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106- SIEGE LTD

07/15 Siege Ltd #1 - 49,195
08/15 Siege Ltd #2 - 34,002 (-30.8%)
09/15 Siege Ltd #3 - 26,379 (-22.4%)
10/15 Siege Ltd #4 - 21,867 (-17.1%)
That’s not very nice, but still in the usual fall range for the SW minis.

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109- SECRET WARS AGENTS OF ATLAS ($5)

10/15 SW Agents of Atlas - 21,187
If Marvel needed a proof that nobody is crying out loud for a new Agents of Atlas, that’s it.

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116- SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
02/15 SHIELD #3 – 29,790 (- 12.3%)
03/15 ---
04/15 SHIELD #4 - 26,930 (- 9.6%)
04/15 SHIELD #5 - 26,614 (- 1.2%)
05/15 SHIELD #6 - 23,152 (- 13.0%)
06/15 SHIELD #7 - 25,786 (+11.4%)
07/15 SHIELD #8 - 19,469 (- 24.5%)
08/15 SHIELD #9 - 22,613 (+16.1%)
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+7.6%)

Since issue #2: -40.8%
SHIELD TPB Vol.1 - 2,460
Average +% TPB sales #1-6: +7.2%
Retailers seem confident that at least some people who bought the specials last month will give the monthly a try.

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69- 98- MIRACLEMAN ($5)

09/15 Miracleman #1 - 27,269
09/15 Miracleman #2 - 22,143 (-18.8%)
10/15 Miracleman #3 - 19,375 (-12.5%)

People are so volatile. Despite being a reprint of well-known material, they managed to lose interest very quickly.

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120- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
Boo, what an ugly last issue fall. Don’t worry, it’s back with a relaunch post-Secret Wars.

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133- WHERE MONSTERS DWELL LTD

05/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #1 of 5 – 26,574
06/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #2 of 5 – 20,078 (-24.4%)
07/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #3 of 5 – 19,223 (- 4.3%)
08/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #4 of 5 - 17,555 (- 8.7%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #5 of 5 - 16,301 (- 7.1%)

That’s a shy result, but one of the best Secret Wars minis in terms of reader retention.

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150- FIGMENT 2 LTD

09/15 Figment Ltd #1 - 20,551
10/15 Figment Ltd #2 - 13,517
There is no figment left in my brain to comment on this one.

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157- GUIDEBOOK CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

10/15 Guidebook Cinematic U Iron Man – 12,593
Just save your money and go see a nice GOOD movie.

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165- MARVEL SUPER HERO SPECTACULAR

10/15 Super-Hero Spectacular - 11,908
This all-age anthology of adventures of « cinematically popular » Marvel characters seems like a lot of fun, scripted by the talented Karl Kesel.

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166- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy - 11,751
Cutting the last volume into a mini-series seemed like a mystery…until this day. Relaunching the title has done little for the book, but must at least make someone happy somewhere. I see only one reason behind this relaunch, and it’s not a pretty one. I’ll let you try to guess, and I’ll come back to it at the end of the column.

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198- DARK TOWER DRAWING LADY OF SHADOWS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #2 of 5 - 8,946 (- 9.8%)
I’m speechless.

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272- MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS ($3)

06/14 MUU Spider-Man #27 – 4,713 ( -1.0%)

10/14 ---
11/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #1 – 6,343 ( -1.0%)
12/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #2 – 5,063 ( -20.2%)
01/15 MUU spider-Man WW #3 - 4,873 (-3,8%)
?
?
?
05/15 MUU spider-man WW #7 - 4,843
06/15 MUU spider-man WW #8 - 7,383 (+52.4%)
?
08/15 MUU spider-man WW #10 – 5,160
09/15 MUU spider-man WW #11 - 5,149 (- 0.2%)
10/15 MUU spider-man WW #12 - 5,081 (- 1.3%)
Eh, I was wrong, Ms Marvel is not the only $3 title at Marvel, the MUU titles are still tagged at that price. That’s a clue.

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286- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO ($3)

01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 - 4,503
?
?
?
05/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #7 – 4,665
?
?
08/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #10- 4,806
?
10/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #12- 4,639

One of the other $3 surviving titles. So, did you figure out the answer to why MU Guardians of the Galaxy relaunched? It was a victim of what can now only be called the « Daredevil effect »: it relaunched to make a covert price switch from $3 to $4. Such a beautiful world we live in!

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for french sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

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Wed 17 Feb 2016 - 10:09

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales [size=150]December 2015[/size]: “THE GROUND IS THE LIMIT!”

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02/11/2016 BY BEAT STAFF 24 COMMENTS

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m french, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my we-know-how-to-make-good-jokes-at-awards-ceremonies country.

Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops situed in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that it’s not because a copy is sold to a shop that it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.
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Titles keep sliding down the charts, be they relaunches or original daring new launches. Some of them could probably have done better if they were not surrounded by so many other Marvel books!. In these conditions, it’s no surprise to see Marvel taking the axe and claiming its first victim : Black Knight, ending at #5. Several others are waiting fevershly in the queue for their turn to come. I was thinking that Marvel would lower its cancellation sales limit, seeing as floppy sales have been going down, making it harder for a series not to fall under the feared 20K. It seems Marvel has not, as Black Knight was axed before falling below 20K. On another story, we left our counter of the Marvel relaunches last month at W=2 (2 Win) F=7 (7 Fail). Let’s proceed from here !

DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 16,624 [+3,830]
152p, $20, cents per page: 13.2
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +13.2%
This first collection of the Darth Vader series is, of course, a juggernaut in TPB sales for Marvel. It sold 10,143 in its first month of release, then +2,651 last month, and with 3830 sales stays as the best selling TPB this month. So that’s confirmed: the Star Wars franchise is not only a single issue blockbuster for marvel, but a TPB one as well!

1- SECRET WARS LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #1 - 544,342
05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #2 - 231,560 (-57.5%)
06/15 Secret Wars Ltd #3 - 224,067 (- 3.2%)
07/15 Secret Wars Ltd #4 - 221,041 (- 1.4%)
08/15 Secret Wars Ltd #5 – 204,416 (- 7.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Secret Wars Ltd #6 - 192,244 (- 6.0%)
11/15 Secret Wars Ltd #7 - 177,019 (- 7.9%)
12/15 Secret Wars Ltd #8 - 169,667 (- 4.2%)
It should jump up a little with its final issue. Great numbers overall.

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3- 9- 204-STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137 [+10,070]
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+ 13.6%) (Vader Down)

12/15 Star Wars Annual #1 - 89,635

Since issue #2: -34.0%
TPB VOL.1: 27,195 [+3,372]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +15.5%
That’s proof that there is always room for improvement. It would be very interesting to know who those extra 16K readers to the crossover are: people who never bought a Star Wars Marvel title? Crossovers freaks? People who read only the Darth Vader title and not the Star Wars one?

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6- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY($5)

12/15 Guardians of Infinity - 121,407
This new series will apparently mix the casts of the new and the old Guardians of the Galaxy. The purpose here is to have an ongoing series able to survive, as it proved way more difficult to make people read stories starring the old cast, compared to stories starring the new one. Taking that into account, 120k is a very nice debut : surviving 12 issues would be huge.

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7- 10- 242- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373 [+7,844]
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)

12/15 Darth Vader Annual #1 - 86,478

Since issue #2: -22.3%
The effect of the Vader Down crossover is fading down way too quickly. Are Star Wars readers not used to the principle of crossovers? Perhaps Marvel should be careful not to weaken the goose that lays the golden egg with this kind of trick. Very good numbers for the Annual, very close to the last « normal » issue sales level. Weirdly, Marvel advertised it as « a perfect jumping-on point ». Isn’t that supposed to be the role of .1 issues, and not of annuals (not that .1s make great jumping on issues, either)? That’s confusing.

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12- 43-DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
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12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
Here begins a totally new take on Daredevil. The first question is: will it be as critically successfull as the Mark Waid &Chris Samnee run, and as consistent sales-wise? The second question is: will the TV show bring in more readers (not a lot of hope on this one, as it has so far never been the case at Marvel)? We’ll have to wait to see what the future holds for the new Charles Soule and Ron Garney team.

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13-24- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)

12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 - 66,092

Since #2: -26.3%
This title was doing better before its relaunch. Nicely done, Marvel! Meanwhile , the .1 numeration is being used to sell a mini-series by the guest team of Jose Molina &Simone Bianchi, with weaker but still very impressive sales. People who still believe that .1 issue are perfect jumping on point will have to update their software.

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14- 33-ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15 All-New X-Men #37 - 48,140 (-17.1%)
03/15 All-New X-Men #39 - 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15 All-New X-Men #40 - 57,797 (- 1.2%)
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06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
The design of those All New X-Men (can you still be All New when you have been relaunched?) is quite catchy : a modern take on the good old X-Factor costumes. This doesn’t change the fact that this relaunch is a Fail.

Relaunch Counter : W=2 F= 8 .

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15- 20- 27- DEADPOOL ($5)

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 261,805 [+81,240]
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-64.9%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 31.4 %
Last month debut sales were already impressive, they are now incredible, with the reorder activity of #1, even if the total is not that surprising seeing the current popularity of the character and the fact that he has a movie adaptation soon coming out. Of course, things cooled down quickly but we are still 50% up compared to the floppy sales level of the last volume.

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16- GWENPOOL SPECIAL ($6)

12/15 Gwenpool Special #1 - 80,768
The bad part: variant covers are now so important that they can dictate the launch of a new series. Gwenpool, a character who only appeared on a Chris Bachalo variant cover, will start in a new ongoing series in April 2016. Meanwhile, here is this expensive special, selling like crazy. The good part: remember when comics plots were written based on a cover? Nothing really new under the sun here, so stop being so negative and nostalgic!

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19- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK ($5)

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
Follows the “let’s-put-a-different-person-under-a-familiar-name” trend (Falcon under Captain America, Sif under Thor). We’ll have to wait a few months to see where this one is going.

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21- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
That was to be expected. The relaunch had no effect at all. Now, let’s just hope it has not damaged the previously quite regular sales of this title. F+1,

Relaunch Counter W=2 F=9

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23- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS ($5)

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
Clearly, after X-Men, the Avengers franchise has lost its #1 appeal.

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25- SPIDEY

12/15 Spidey #1 - 65,503

Excellent sales for this out-of-continuity all-ages title which, promoted differently, would be lost in the 6-8K area like its predecessors were.

—

28- 75-ALL NEW INHUMANS ($5)

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)

If those Inhumans are all new, the sales level they are heading for is all old territory for them.

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29- SCARLET WITCH

2/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835

Magic is the new trend at Marvel!

—

30- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
04/15 Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440 ( -7.2%)
05/15 Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006 ( -7.3%)
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -13.5%
Beginning to settle down quickly and nicely. That’s a huge improvement over the previous volume sales level!

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31- DEADPOOL AND CABLE SPLIT SECOND

12/15 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #1 - 57,198

A little weak, when you take into account the popularity of Deadpool and the amazing debut of the new volume of his series.

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32- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)

Since issue #2 : -12.2 %
The floor is probably still way down for the good old Doctor, nothing surprising here.

—

34- 45-EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)

Since issue #2 : -24.0 %
A very ordinary sales trajectory. Nothing to worry about yet.

—

36- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 11.8 %
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 5,157
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +6.0%
Here is the proof that you can sell 130K extra copies with absolutely no effect on a title sales trajectory. It is probably right where it was heading to without this early renumbering.

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37- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)

Since issue #2 : + 3.7 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
It’s bouncing back! But not enough to make this relaunch a success.

38- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 3.3 %
Following almost the same pattern than before. Still on probation concerning its relaunch counter result.

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39-CHEWBACCA LTD

10/15 Chewbacca #1 - 122,952
10/15 Chewbacca #2 - 74,311 (-39.5%)
11/15 Chewbacca #3 - 64,672 (-13.0%)
11/15 Chewbacca #4 - 58,051 (-10.2%)
12/15 Chewbacca #5 - 53,119 (- 8.5%)
Modern pattern for a mini-series at Marvel, but with good sales of course.

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42- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 8.3%
That’s a nice cushioned fall compared to way too many other titles.

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46- 98-SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)

It will have to stop falling right now to have a small chance for survival.

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48- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
That’s a nice improvement over the previous floppy sales level of this TPB juggernaut, and better than its previous volume #2 sales level ! I will not wait any longer and make it a win !

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F= 9

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49- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
It received very good reviews. Let’s hope it will help.

—

54- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
08/14 Inhuman #3 - 37,159 ( -11.1%)
08/14 Inhuman #4 - 34,215 ( -7.9%)
09/14 Inhuman #5 - 32,719 ( -4.4%)
09/14 Inhuman #6 - 30,761 ( -6.0%)
10/14 Inhuman #7 - 29,903 ( -2.8%)
11/14 Inhuman #8 - 50,766 ( -15.0%)
12/14 Inhuman #9 - 25,962 ( -48.9%)
12/14 Inhuman #10- 25,445 ( -2.0%)
01/15 Inhuman #11- 24,410 (- 4.1%)
02/15 Inhuman #12- 24,689 (+ 1.1%)
03/15 Inhuman #13- 25,510 (+ 3.3%)
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)

Since issue #2 : +4.2 %

If it manage to stick over 30K and, let’s be a fool, 40K, then this one will be a winner.

—

55- DEADPOOL TRES PUNTO UNO Ltd

12/15 Deadpool Tres Punto Uno Ltd #1 - 42,615

I propose « Deadpool quatre point un » as the name of his next mini-series. It will star Deadpool giving awards at the Angouleme Festival.

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59-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113,158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)
10/15 Kanan TLP #7 - 44,127 (- 2.8%)
11/15 Kanan TLP #8 - 42,824 (- 3.0%)
12/15 Kanan TLP #9 - 40,938 (- 4.4%)

Since issue #2: -37.0%
3 more issues to go. Shame for the next Star Wars title who will dare to fall under the 40K limit !

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64- RED WOLF

12/15 Red Wolf #1 - 39,288

The controversy did not really help this one, in the end.

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33- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 – 38,356 (- 32.9%)
Almost already back to where it was. Another useless relaunch.

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F=10

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66- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (- 39.7%)
Seeing how low the previous volume fell, it’s hard to think this one can do worse.

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67- NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 27.3 %
It reached where the previous volume should have been whithout its crossover issues.

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68- VISION

11/15 Vision #1 - 42,119
12/15 Vision #2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
It managed to lose very few buyers, which is an excellent sign. Let’s hope it’s not a glitch./p>

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69- ULTIMATE END LTD

05/15 Ultimate End Ltd #1 of 5 – 75,525
06/15 Ultimate End Ltd #2 of 5– 49,157 (-34.9%)
07/15 Ultimate End Ltd #3 of 5– 42,577 (-13.4%)
08/15 Ultimate End Ltd #4 of 5- 44,948 (+5.6%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 ---
12/15 Ultimate End Ltd #5 of 5 - 35,926 (-20.1%)
4 months late ! Marvel is lucky so many people remembered they wanted it, or that at least, retailers think they would.

71- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---

11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)

HAWKEYE TPB VOL.5: 4,109
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.0%
Well, that was quick. It’s not a good month for Hawkeye : its relaunch did not bring in extra readers and its new TPB sales are not appearing for its second month of release in the TOP 300.

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F= 11

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73- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)

Since issue #2 : -16.2 %
Following the usual modern decline pattern at Marvel.

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76- 243-HOWARD THE DUCK ($5)

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177 [+7,821]
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
On one duck leg, issue #1 reappeared thanks to nice reorder activity. One the other, we are already back to where the previous volume was. QWAK !

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F= 12

—

77- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)

Since issue #2: -20.2%
And another useless relaunch confirmed.

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F= 13

—

79- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
It’s almost a good cushioned fall from issue#1 ! This title could navigate for months in the quiet 20K to 30K area.

—

80- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
Half of the buyers gone. That’s modernity for you.

—

85- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
11/15 ---
12/15 Weirdworld #1 - 30,288
That’s a really worrying debut. Could it fall back directly under 20K with next issue ?

—

88-CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE LTD

09/15 Captain America White Ltd#1 of 5 – 59,510
09/15 Captain America White Ltd#2 of 5 - 40,422 (-32.1%)
10/15 Captain America White Ltd#3 of 5 - 38,867 (- 3.8%)
11/15 Captain America White Ltd#4 of 5 - 32,858 (-15.5%)
12/15 Captain America White Ltd#5 of 5 - 29,600 (- 9.9%)
Perhaps not the event its long wait made us think it was, but pretty solid sales overall.

—

89- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 Cap America S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 Cap America S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)

I’m thinking of a Vertigo title : Crash and Burn.

—

90- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

10/15 Contest of Champions #1 - 79,873
11/15 Contest of Champions #2 - 34,942 (-56.3%)
12/15 Contest of Champions #3 - 29,165 (-16.5%)

This one isn’t heading for success, either.

—

94- STAR BRAND AND NIGHTMASK

12/15 Star Brand and Nightmask #1 - 27,969

Will it make it to issue#6 ? The bets are on !

—

95- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)

Since issue#2 : - 11.0 %

Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +9.6%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 3,870
Another proof that movie adaptations never never turn people into comics readers.

—

97- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
At least this volume will be longer than the Brian Bendis / Alex Maleev one.

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F= 14.

—

101- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
Still capable of gaining Marvel a scarce win in the relaunch department.

—

102- STAR WARS VADER DOWN LTD ($5)

12/15 Vader Down Ltd #1 of 6 - 411,097 [+26,828]
You know you play in another category when your reorder activity match other books #2 total sales numbers..

—

104- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
A confirmed failed relaunch.

Relaunch Counter : W=3 F=15

—

108- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)

TPB VOL.1: 6,261 [+432]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +25.4%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
A light in the dark !

Relaunch Counter : W=4 F= 15

—

117- ILLUMINATI

11/15 Illuminati #1 - 44,163
12/15 Illuminati #2 - 23,090 (-47.7%)
Will probably be retrograded to a mini-series.

—

118- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
Waiting for its cancellation announcement.

—

123- BLACK KNIGHT

11/15 Black Knight #1 - 39,381
12/15 Black Knight #2 - 22,081 (-43.9%)
Cancelled with issue #5. Marvel will not wait for trades sales for those new series.

—

125- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
With sales like this, why hasn’t this book been cancelled like Black Knight has been? Because this is a kind of all-ages book for Marvel, with the potential to be a TPB hit like Ms. Marvel or, more reasonably, like Squirrel Girl.

—

133- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hel #1- 39,271
11/15 Angela Queen of Hel #2- 23,264 (-40.8%)
12/15 Angela Queen of Hel #3 - 20,958 (- 9.9%)

Angela, queen of low sales ?

—

136- HERCULES

11/15 Hercules #1 - 44,512
12/15 Hercules #2 – 20,719 (-53.5%)
Probably waiting for his cancellation announcement. Dan Abnett currently has a higher profile at Marvel than Frank Tieri, so this one could be given slightly more rope.

—

144- HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD

10/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 - 44,532
11/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #2 - 20,498 (-54.0%)
12/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #3 - 18,002 (- 8.3%)

Since issue #2 : -8.3 %
Dead without knowing it yet.

—

161- MIRACLEMAN ($5)

09/15 Miracleman #1 - 27,269
09/15 Miracleman #2 - 22,143 (-18.8%)
10/15 Miracleman #3 - 19,375 (-12.5%)
11/15 Miracleman #4 - 16,825 (-13.2%)
12/15 Miracleman #5 - 15,427 (- 8.3%)
Still doing perfectly ok for what it is.

—

162- 173-CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUDE ($3)

12/15 Cap America Civil War Prelude #1 – 15,396
12/15 Cap America Civil War Prelude #2 - 13,634 (-11.4%)
A scarce 3$ Marvel product. Not sure it’s worth more…

—

241- DARK TOWER DRAWING LADY OF SHADOWS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
10/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #2 of 5 - 8,946 (- 9.8%)
11/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #3 of 5 - 8,118 (- 9.3%)
12/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #4 of 5 - 7,935 (- 2.3%)
This Dark Tower licence has been going on for years now in comics !

265- FIGMENT 2 LTD

09/15 Figment Ltd #1 - 20,551
10/15 Figment Ltd #2 - 13,517 (-34.2%)
11/15 Figment Ltd #3 - 11,103 (-17.9%)
12/15 Figment Ltd #4 - 6,937 (-37.5%)
A truck full of it never reached its destination ?

—

291- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 11,751
11/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 7,364 (-37.3%)
12/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 6,159 (-16.4%)
This one could almost be our 16th relaunch fail !

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for French sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

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Fri 19 Feb 2016 - 13:52

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales [size=150]January 2016[/size]: “LOOK AT THE STARS! (WHILE THE GROUND IS SHAKING)”

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my we-love-Ms-Marvel country.

This month, we can almost say for sure who’s gonna stay for the party and who’s gonna be shown the exit door very quickly. There are some surprises along the way, but overall, things are rather grim. The axe is poised to fall on a number of characters who Marvel took a risk on by giving them series. One way of looking at it is to say that Marvel is so focused on selling Star Wars and Deadpool products that they haven’t made any particular effort to promote some of those low-key daring launches. This way, they’ll be able to say that « the customers don’t want anything new », which isn’t entirely wrong. But in those days and age, you would think Marvel would have found a way to communicate with its readership in a different, more adult, way than it did before. Without any proper guidance to help those readers choose between all those new launches, readers fall into old habits and history repeats itself.

Reminder: those sales are estimates of sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics get sold elsewhere in their original floppy edition, but are not counted here. Also, keep in mind that just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn’t mean it ends up in the hands of a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures.

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2- SECRET WARS LTD ($5)

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #1 - 544,342
05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #2 - 231,560 (-57.5%)
06/15 Secret Wars Ltd #3 - 224,067 (- 3.2%)
07/15 Secret Wars Ltd #4 - 221,041 (- 1.4%)
08/15 Secret Wars Ltd #5 – 204,416 (- 7.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Secret Wars Ltd #6 - 192,244 (- 6.0%)
11/15 Secret Wars Ltd #7 - 177,019 (- 7.9%)
12/15 Secret Wars Ltd #8 - 169,667 (- 4.2%)
01/16 Secret Wars Ltd #9 - 149,028 (- 12.2%)
It’s quite unusual for this kind of event to finish on a down note, as people are eager to know who perished in the final issue. Perhaps we’ll see reorder activity next month, as this final 9th issue was not planned for when the series started. A bi-weekly schedule was impossible to apply, but all in all, Secret Wars missed only one month. Very good numbers in the end of course.

—

3- SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16- Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 133,813
Two of Marvel’s current best-selling characters, doomed to be featured together in a comic. It’s an ongoing, no less!

—

4- 5- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)

Since issue #2: -49.1%
TPB VOL.1: 30,245 [+3,050]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +17.2%
Could the honeymoon be over ? We are still in excellent sales territory, but there was clearly no movie effect on floppy sales, quite the opposite in fact! For the first time, Star Wars could fall under the 6 digit sales threshold next month.

STAR WARS TP VOL.2: 7.656
144p, $20, cents per page: 13.9
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +5.6%
But absolutly nothing to worry about, as TPB sales are a juggernaut. The new volume is out, piercing the roof, and vol.1 keeps saling in huge quantities month after month with more than 30K TPB units already sold in comics shops alone!

—

6- OLD MAN LOGAN ($5)

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104, 362
Well, Wolverine is more popular than the X-Men, it seems (see down there).

—

7- OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN

01/16- Obi-Wan and Anakin #1 - 102, 861
Barely made it past 100K. Clearly, something changed and we are just entering a more reasonable level of floppy sales for the Star Wars franchise at Marvel.

—

9- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Darth Vader#15- 98,405 (+ 1.0%) (Vader Down)

Since issue #2: -21.6%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 20,209 [+3,585]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +16.0%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 7.850
136p, $20, cents per page: 14.7
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +8.1%
While the floppy series is still doing wonders, the paperback version has become a huge charts leader for Marvel. The new paperback is leading the charts while the first volume is in the Top 10 for the fourth month in a row!

—

10- 21- UNCANNY X-MEN

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55.804 (-40.2%)
If everybody is uncanny those days (Avengers, Inhumans and X-Men), those debut sales are not.

—

11- 20-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)

12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 - 66,092
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 - 56,674 (-14.2%)

Since #2: -31.3%
The relaunch had an horrible effect on sales.

—

12- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 A-Force #1 - 65,661
A debut closer to its previous issue #2 sales than #1. Not a good sign.

—

13- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
Here again, we can’t help but wonder if the relaunch has caused readers to drop the title. Unfortunately, these kinds of sales patterns are the only way Marvel might come to understand that these relaunches are useless.

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14- 16-DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 261,805 [+81,240]
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-64.9%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)

Since issue#2 : - 35.9%
Still one of the few winners from the All New relaunches. It seems to want to settle down 50 % higher than before.

—

17- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16- Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
Now that the word of mouth has had the time to reach everybody, will more buyers stay and become readers? It’s starting back only a little below what it did before so all hope is permitted.

—

18- 19- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #3 - 57,584 (-14.3%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #4 - 57,114 (- 0.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 15.0 %
This roster of Avengers is really different, not that you will know it from the adjectives of the title, which lost all meaning. This kind of Young Next Generation Avengers could have tanked horribly. It seems that this bet was won by Marvel, judging from those first sales numbers.

—

22- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16- Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
That’s a stronger debut than that of both the previous volume and the Secret Wars miniseries. A good sign, but everything could change with #2 numbers.

—

23- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)

Since issue #2 : -19.5%
Slowly settling down.

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25- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15 All-New X-Men #37 - 48,140 (-17.1%)
03/15 All-New X-Men #39 - 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15 All-New X-Men #40 - 57,797 (- 1.2%)
05/15 --
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 10.0 %
Already almost the lowest sales ever for this title.

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27- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 10.2%
Confirming last month’s good impression: the title is stabilizing very quickly at a high sales level. Captain America, prepare to be womanized soon!

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28- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
04/15 Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440 ( -7.2%)
05/15 Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006 ( -7.3%)
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)

Since issue #2: -26.2%
That’s quite an ugly fall, but the title is still miles up from its previous sales level.

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29- 270- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 21.8 %
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 6,339 [+530]
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +6.2%
Falling like Gwen Stacy from a bridge. Meanwhile, issue #0 has some reorder activity: +4,816. Plus, the first collection keeps appearing in the Top 300, now for the third month in a row. A rarity!

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31- 32- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)

Since issue #2 : -26.4%
6 issues in 3 months!! It seems to have stabilized quickly and at a way higher level than expected. Uncanny could fall quickly behind him.

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33- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 14.2%
Four months in and I’m still unable to make my mind about whether this one is a win or not. Let’s give Marvel a break and say this one is a Win…that will be my move of contrition for living in a country that makes bad jokes at awards ceremonies.

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34- 111- 126- 129- 130- 133- 135- 138- 140- 142-TRUE BELIEVERS ($1)

01/16 Deadpool #1 – 46,636
01/16 Deadpool Origins #1 - 20,662
01/16 Uncanny Deadpool #1 – 18,094
01/16 Wedding of Deadpool #1 – 17,670
01/16 Detective Deadpool #1 – 17,607
01/16 Deadpool Variants #1 – 16,861
01/16 Deadpool Musical #1 – 16,565
01/16 Evil Deadpool #1 – 16,426
01/16 Meaty Deadpool #1 – 16,291
01/16 Groovy Deadpool #1 – 16,281

Since issue #2 : -26.4%
Tons of very cheap ($1) reprints of various Deadpool adventures made to motivate movie people to read comics. Except Deadpool #1, which actually reprints Rob Liefeld’s New Mutants #98, these books were all ordered at a higher-than-usual-number-for-this-kind-of-product, even when they featured no story at all (Deadpool Variants).

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35- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)

Since issue #2 : -10.6 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
The galaxy seems to go further and further away.

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36-DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
---
---
12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 7.8 %
So far, this relaunch is a win, Daredevil is one of the few characters that have a real reason behind their relaunch, featuring a completely new take and creative team.

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40- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
Stabilizing over 30K would be nice enough for this one.

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43- DEADPOOL AND CABLE SPLIT SECOND ($5)

12/15 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #1 - 57,198
01/16 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #2 - 38,843 (-32.1%)

This one is actually $5 for each issue.

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46-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113,158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)
10/15 Kanan TLP #7 - 44,127 (- 2.8%)
11/15 Kanan TLP #8 - 42,824 (- 3.0%)
12/15 Kanan TLP #9 - 40,938 (- 4.4%)
01/16 Kanan TLP #10- 38,106 (- 6.9%)

Since issue #2: -41.3%
The black sheep of the Star Wars line will soon only be a memory.

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50- AGENTS OF SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
...
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+ 7.6%)
11/15 SHIELD#12 - 17,470 (-13.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Agents of SHIELD #1 - 35,382
A very weak debut. This one will be in trouble again very quickly. Logic would say that there should be a comics related to a current TV show but if nobody is reading it, is it worth it ?

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51- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 14.5%

If it can manage to stick above 30K, this would be a nice improvement for the Inhumans franchise at Marvel.

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53- VISION

11/15 Vision # 1 - 42,119
12/15 Vision # 2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
01/16 Vision # 3 - 34,807 (- 3.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 3.6 %
Defying all laws of modern launches at Marvel. So far, one of the more successful launches, which nobody saw coming.

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55- SPIDEY

12/15 Spidey #1 - 65,503
01/16 Spidey #2 - 33,585 (-48.8%)

Let’s hope the illusion will work and that it will stay well above the usual range for this kind of out-of-continuity all-ages title. In France, Spidey is a famous title for people around my age (forty-ish) as it was one of the famous monthly anthologies of Marvel material published by Editions LUG. Published from 1979 to 1989, it originally featured young ages comics (Spidey Super Stories), then quickly started reprinting the first X-Men series (followed by X-Factor) before becoming the host of unusual series like What If?, Saga of Crystar, Power Pack and Squadron Supreme.

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56- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 – 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 13.7 %
So far, there are still 3 (three!) ongoing female-spider titles. It can of reminds me of the time when we had 3 different Captain Marvel titles. At that time, three entered the arena…only one survived.

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57- NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)
01/16 New Avengers #5 - 33,010 (-10.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 34.6%
The only thing new about this title are the depths it’s sinking to.

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59- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 – 32,364 (-30.6%)

Since issue #2 : -30.6 %
OMG! That’s a shock! If even the Ms. Marvel relaunch is not a winner, what hope is there for all the other series? I’m taking back my Win from last month and declaring this one a Fail!

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61 CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)

Since issue #2 : -23.8%
Aren’t there way too many Spider-verse titles out there? Amazing, the .1 mini, three spider-women titles, Spidey, 2099, Web Warriors, Carnage…that’s nine ! (10 if you count Venom, but let’s be fair!)

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65 ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 18.9 %
Still double what it would have to sell to be considered a failure.

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67- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 Cap America S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 Cap America S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 Cap America S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 27.7 %
Leveling out abruptly ?

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76- 243-HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
01/16 Howard The Duck #3 - 28,971 (-13.7%)

since issue #2 : -13.7 %
This needs to stabilize soon to stay above cancellation levels, even though it has more rope than a standard super-hero title thanks to its potential to reach a wider audience as a general parody humor series.

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71- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)

Since issue #2: -30.0%
Lowest sales for the title so far.

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73- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY($5)

12/15 Guardians of Infinity #1 - 121,407
01/16 Guardians of Infinity #2 - 27,112 (-77.7%)
Given the drop here, those issue #1 sales only seem understandable if Guardians of Infinity was part of something like Loot Crate in December. However, those kinds of sales now directly go through the publishers instead of Diamond, so they are not reflected in these numbers… One thing is for sure: Marvel needs to shrink down its Guardians of Galaxy line pretty quickly if it wants to keep it. The series kept its $5 cover price, which probably didn’t help things.

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74- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

10/15 Contest of Champions #1 - 79,873
11/15 Contest of Champions #2 - 34,942 (-56.3%)
12/15 Contest of Champions #3 - 29,165 (-16.5%)
01/16 Contest of Champions #4 - 27,028 (- 7.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 22.6 %
Two story arcs and this one will be done, mark my words!

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75- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---

11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 23.9 %

HAWKEYE TPB VOL.5: 4,109
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.0%
Despite all the talent of its new creative team, this volume of Hawkeye won’t repeat the sales success of the Fraction &Aja team.

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78- RED WOLF

12/15 Red Wolf #1 - 39,288
01/16 Red Wolf #2 - 26,662 (-32.2%)
Still doing perfectly ok given the quasi-anonymity of its hero.

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79- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 20.0 %
Too close to limbo for comfort. (did anybody laugh at that one?)

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80- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)
01/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #4 - 25,768 (- 7.7%)

Since issue#2 : - 17.8%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +11.0%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 4,406
Has not yet beaten Kirkman’s version in longevity. Its first TPB stopped appearing in the TOP 300 after three months, so it seems like this one is doomed in both formats.

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81- ALL NEW INHUMANS

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)
01/16 All New Inhumans #3 - 25,746 (-25.3%)

Since issue #2 : -25.3 %
For people who used to live on the dark side of the Moon, what awaits shouldn’t scare them.

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82- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)

Unlike her ex-husband’s series, Wanda’s is heading for disaster.

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84- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
01/16 Web Warriors #3 - 25,407 (-19.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 19.6 %
This one won’t have the time to let spiders make a web around it.

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89- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 13.5 %
Let’s just hope Marvel won’t kill Jessica in the end.

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93- SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 14.8 %
This will probably be the shortest published Squadron Supreme series ever.

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94- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 13.5 %
Still capable of sticking like before to the 18-20K zone.

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98- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 13.9 %
A collapsing star.

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108- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
Will Marvel even wait for its first trade sales to make a decision ?

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115- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)

Since issue #2 : -13.6 %
TPB VOL.1: 7,352 [+514]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +29.9%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
The only reason why I’m not taking back my Win from last month is because I fear Squirrel Girl huge flat tail. Even though Vol.1 keeps appearing in the top 300 every month, Vol.2 hasn’t made a come back yet, which is disturbing. Squirrel Girl sold +30% of its floppy sales thanks to its paperback format, and that’s only counting comics shop sales. No wonder she has a lot more rope than others.

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118- ILLUMINATI

11/15 Illuminati #1 - 44,163
12/15 Illuminati #2 - 23,090 (-47.7%)
01/16 Illuminati #3 - 19,025 (-17.6%)
So many cancellation announcements to make… This will look like an All New Marvel implosion…

—

120- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hel #1- 39,271
11/15 Angela Queen of Hel #2- 23,264 (-40.8%)
12/15 Angela Queen of Hel #3 - 20,958 (- 9.9%)
01/16 Angela Queen of Hel #4 - 18,917 (-9.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 18.7 %
Who in their right mind thought Angela would ever be able to sustain an ongoing title ?

—

121- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
01/16 Drax #3 - 18,837 (-18.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 18.3 %
Proof that there are way too many Guardians of Galaxy products out there.

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125- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)

Since issue #2 : -15.2 %
Trade sales will decide its fate.

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128- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
11/15 ---
12/15 Weirdworld #1 - 30,288
01/16 Weirdworld #2 - 17,759 (-41.4%)
The relaunch didn’t serve any purpose.

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131 BLACK KNIGHT

11/15 Black Knight #1 - 39,381
12/15 Black Knight #2 - 22,081 (-43.9%)
01/16 Black Knight #3 - 17,118 (-22.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 22.5 %
Finally knitted into 5 issues.

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139- HERCULES

11/15 Hercules #1 - 44,512
12/15 Hercules #2 – 20,719 (-53.5%)
01/16 Hercules #3 - 16,310 (-21.3%)

Since issue #2 : -21.3 %
It’s outsold by Black Knight, who isn’t even as well known as Hercules! Herc has been the star of numerous mini-series and ongoing series! Either Marvel’s marketing team killed it with the the « no-way-he’s-bi » pre-publication gaff, or releasing it among so many others new launches was a bad idea. It shouldn’t have tanked like that from the start.

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161- MIRACLEMAN ($5)

09/15 Miracleman #1 - 27,269
09/15 Miracleman #2 - 22,143 (-18.8%)
10/15 Miracleman #3 - 19,375 (-12.5%)
11/15 Miracleman #4 - 16,825 (-13.2%)
12/15 Miracleman #5 - 15,427 (- 8.3%)
01/16 Miracleman #6 – 14.200 (- 8.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 35.9 %
I searched for the TPB numbers of those new Marvel editions. I am nothingtosayman on the subject.

—

154- HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD

10/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 - 44,532
11/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #2 - 20,498 (-54.0%)
12/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #3 - 18,002 (- 8.3%)
01/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #4 - 14,091 (-21.7%)

Since issue #2 : -31.3 %
Seemed like the most attractive SHIELD related product. Sadly, it’s a pit for sales.

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162- 173-CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUDE ($3)

12/15 Cap America Civil War Prelude #1 – 15,396
12/15 Cap America Civil War Prelude #2 - 13,634 (-11.4%)
01/16 Cap America Civil War Prelude #3 – 12,828 (- 5.9%)
An inexpensive product probably aimed at Marvel movie addicts. Usually, when the foreplay is this long, you can only be disappointed in the end.

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196- DARK TOWER DRAWING LADY OF SHADOWS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
10/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #2 of 5 - 8,946 (- 9.8%)
11/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #3 of 5 - 8,118 (- 9.3%)
12/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #4 of 5 - 7,935 (- 2.3%)
01/16 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,676 (- 3.3%)
The roof is so low for the Top 300 that month that Dark Tower gained 50 ranks from its December ranking !

202- FIGMENT 2 LTD

09/15 Figment Ltd #1 - 20,551
10/15 Figment Ltd #2 - 13,517 (-34.2%)
11/15 Figment Ltd #3 - 11,103 (-17.9%)
12/15 Figment Ltd #4 - 6,937 (-37.5%)
01/16 Figment Ltd #5 - 7,291 (+5.1%)
A spooky mystery.

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235- GUIDE TO CINEMATIC SOMETHING AVENGER THAT

01/16 Guide To… - 5,896
Just wanted to check that you were reading all of this column’s series titles!

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244- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 11,751
11/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 7,364 (-37.3%)
12/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 6,159 (-16.4%)
01/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 5,662 (- 8.1%)
Heading towards the sales level of its MU companions.

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227- MU ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPIDERVERSE ($3)

11/15 MU Ult. Spider-Man Spidervse #1 - 7,144
?
01/16 MU Ult. Spider-Man Spidervse #13- 4,844
Another alien in the Marvel Universe : a $3 product!

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300- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO ($3)

01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 - 4,503
?
?
?
05/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #7 – 4,665
?
?
08/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #10- 4,806
?
10/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #12- 4,639
11/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #13- 4,500 (- 3.0%)
?
01/16 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #15- 4,028
Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for French sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-month- ... s-shaking/

Mon 22 Feb 2016 - 13:45

Et bien, on constate quand même que passé l'effet numéro 1 (voir 2), les ventes retrouvent le niveau d'avant relaucnh, voir baissent pour certains titres (Amazing Spider-Man, Mighty Thor...)
Si ça pouvait leur ramener les pieds sur terre et éviter une relance tous les 6 mois...

Mon 22 Feb 2016 - 17:26

Ou bien les pousser à relancer tous les 3 mois ! :mrgreen:

Tue 23 Feb 2016 - 14:21

Mister B a écrit:Ou bien les pousser à relancer tous les 3 mois ! :mrgreen:

Surtout pas ! Laughing

Non à mon avis, on risque de se diriger vers des arcs sous forme de mini série : de cette manière, on peut proposer un numéro 1 tous les 5 à 6 mois ! C'est la solution parfaite : Cool

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Mon 28 Mar 2016 - 20:09

YOU ARE HERE: HOME / SALES CHARTS / MARVEL MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES F[size=150]EBRUARY 2016:[/size] THE MARVEL UNIVERSE CAUGHT A COLD!
03/23/2016
by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my at-least-we-won’t-elect-president-a-guy-with-a-toupée country.

The Marvel line of comics has never been so refreshing and daring (but also, so expensive), but things don’t look good for anything, be it the renumbered titles or the new launches. Last month, we saw a lot of -20% falls for series on their fourth issue. Many of these series already suffered low sales and now rest on the fringe of the cancellation line. A good bunch of titles fell from 20K to 15K, putting Marvel in a situation where quick decisions will have to be made. Some of these series don’t even have their first collection out yet, so should they be put on hiatus, cancelled or signed for another arc? No matter what they do though, Marvel will be forced to put ten titles on death row, which would result in something of an implosion for their line. And what should they do after that?

The Avengers brand no longer sells, the Guardians line isn’t trendy anymore, the Spider-Man line is suffocating readers with way too many titles, the Inhumans line is way too weak to support anything else and the X-Men line has been shrunk down to minimize its importance in the hopes of reacquiring movie rights. Innovation and diversity seems to be the best way for Marvel to separate itself from the competition, especially since DC has decided to double down on its popular long-running properties through the Rebirth relaunch. No matter what, we appear to have entered a new era where rules of the market have changed and made new long-running series even more difficult to produce. You have to change the status quo very often to attract the « hype sales », whether or not the change is an illusion.

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Reminder: those sales are estimates of sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold elsewhere in their original floppy edition. In addition, just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn’t mean that it’s sold to a customer. That would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Many thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures.

2- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -47.9%
TPB VOL.1: 31,790 [+1,545]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +18.1%
STAR WARS TP VOL.2: 8.883 [+1,227]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +6.5%
There was reason to believe this one would be late, as Marvel had no pages to show in its Previews catalog. Instead, they used pages from Darth Vader Annual #1 to promote Leinil Yu’s art on this new arc. With the beginning of a new arc and the different variant covers, there is no way to say if the new sales erosion has slowed down or not.

Meanwhile, +1 to 1.5K seems to be the monthly rate of sales for each Star Wars TPB: it’s a cash machine!

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4- SPIDER-MAN

02/16- Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
Marvel did not overplay this one, with a 3,99$ cover price (compared to some 5,99$ #1 launches) and « only » 5 covers. Still though, this is the 14th Spiderverse title to buy this month. FOURTEENTH! Clearly, if you are a Spider-fan, you can’t buy them all.

Oh, and for those who were kidnapped by aliens those last few months, that’s Miles Morales under the mask. Do we have two heroes called Spider-Man at the same time here? Spider-readers, help us out!

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5- DEADPOOL MERCS FOR MONEY LTD

02/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #1 of 5 - 90,186
The usual Deadpool mini, next to his growing ongoing family of titles. It should continue to sell like most Deadpool minis do after the bump it got from #1 « movie + 5 covers » settles down.

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6- DEADPOOL ($10)

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 261,805 [+81,240]
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-64.9%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)

Since issue#2 : - 4.1%
A special « movie release » + 25th anniversary of its first appearance issue, with 5 covers, 100 pages and an unfriendly price tag of $10.00! I guess that means a little more cash for the Merc for Money though, which is solid logic!

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9- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Darth Vader#15- 98,405 (+ 1.0%) (Vader Down)
02/16 Darth Vader#16- 81,147 (-17.5%)

Since issue #2: -35.3%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 22,273 [+2,064]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +17.6%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 9.297 [+1,447]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +9.9%
During the lead up to Star Wars Episode VII, Disney and Marvel managed to pull many curious Star Wars fans into the comics. However, now that the marketing machine and the ongoing movies releases are back at full throttle, Star Wars comics have found their real « hardcore readers niche ». The people who are still reading books from this line are ready to spend cash on a regular basis for years to come, but there aren’t as many as there were at the start of it all.

Meanwhile, Darth Vader TPB sales are shining even brighter than TPB sales for the main Star Wars title.

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3- POWER MAN AND IRON FIST

02/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #1 - 79,069
I couldn’t be happier to see Sanford Greene’s talent at last recognized by one of the big two. No way to tell yet where this one will go, but if you like what you see, his bibliography includes the Rotten Apple one-shot at Dark Horse, two beautiful Jim Shooter’s Legion of S-H issues (#41 and 44) and some DC Amecomi Girls, among many others.

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9- 11- 27-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)

12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 - 66,092
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 - 56,674 (-14.2%)
01/16 ---
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #1.3 - 47,892 (-15.5%)

Since #2: -35.7%
Hey, look, a gorgeous Alex Ross cover with a glowing Cloak and a dark Dagger! Still no sign of the new ongoing Cloak and Dagger series Marvel has been hinting at, though… Meanwhile, the mini is taking a beating.

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12- 231- SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16- Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 140,121 [+6,308]
02/16- Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 69,801 (-50.2%)
Earlier, I asked whether Peter Parker and Miles Morales were coexisting in the same universe. Marvel’s solicit for this book seem to offer a clue to the answer: « Spidey and Deady get a visit from Miles Morales. », which is quite different from a summary that says « Spidey and Deady get a visit from Spider-Man ». Issue #1 will see a second printing this month.

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15- OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
Hey, that’s an unusually low fall for a second issue! So far, excellent sales level for a Wolverine title after many years of struggling.

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16- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
04/15 Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440 ( -7.2%)
05/15 Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006 ( -7.3%)
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)

Since issue #2: -5.1%
Being spotlit in the first pages of the Marvel Preview really helped this one rebound to its second issue sales number with this new « event arc ».

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17- OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN LTD

01/16- Obi-Wan and Anakin #1 of 5 - 102,861
02/16- Obi-Wan and Anakin #2 of 5 - 58,431
This mini could mark a new low for the Star Wars franchise minis, but all the other Marvel Universe titles would kill to have such a “low” result.

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18- AVENGERS STANDOFF WELCOME TO PLEASANT HILL ($5)

02/16- Avengers....Pleasant Hill - 57,559
Secret Wars ended last month and we are already onto the next event, or at least the prelude to it.

Its solicitation text in the Marvel Previews was nicely written, by the way.

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19- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
Still searching for its level. This is still amazing sales territory for a Thor title.

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20- 25- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #3 - 57,584 (-14.3%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #4 - 57,114 (- 0.8%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #5 - 51,740 (- 9.4%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #6 - 48,022 (- 7.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 28.5 %
Despite its falling sales, it’s the best-selling Avengers team title, so Marvel was probably right to force a new generation of heroes to replace the older ones.

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22- UNCANNY X-MEN

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55.804 (-40.2%)
02/16 Uncanny X-Men #3 - 50,382 (- 9.7%)
Despite all the criticism you can find about Greg Land’s art, he’s still at the helm of the best selling X-Men team title. However, this one could fall beneath All-New X-Men soon. In fact, in a way, it already has, since All-New X-Men #3 had better sales.

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23- 36-- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15 All-New X-Men #37 - 48,140 (-17.1%)
03/15 All-New X-Men #39 - 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15 All-New X-Men #40 - 57,797 (- 1.2%)
05/15 --
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)
02/16 All New X-Men #4 - 50,160 (- 0.8%)
02/16 All New X-Men #5 - 42,402 (-15.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 24.5%
Issue #4 had 4 covers, issue#5 only had one. It’s not about comics anymore: the Top 300 comics does not exist. It’s the Top 300 covers!

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26- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)

Since issue #2 : -32.7%
How ugly does the world look when a comic featuring a classic Kevin Nowlan cover that echoes the Strange Tales days takes such a plunge? It’s time to put on the brakes, Doc! (will this joke be as successful as my Gwen Stacy one last month?).

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29- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)
02/16 Extraordinary X-Men #7 - 47,219 ( - 0.7%)

Since issue #2 : -26.9%
The steadiest Marvel title– and with no variant cover! Take that, cover market!

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32- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 29.6%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 6,339
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +6.2%
The honeymoon with Daddy Osborn is over.

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33-DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
---
---
12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 12.1%
Blind, but found its niche quicker than many other series. Take that, sight!

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34- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 20.7%
Exactly where the previous volume ended, with the same issue. Uncanny Avengers will now enter the mysterious post-issue #5 zone.

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35- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 22.4%
So much for leveling out… Take that, stability!

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37- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)
02/16 Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 40,581 (-12.2%)

Since issue #2 : -21.5 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
It seems that we will soon count the Marvel titles selling more than 40K with one hand.

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38-KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113,158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)
10/15 Kanan TLP #7 - 44,127 (- 2.8%)
11/15 Kanan TLP #8 - 42,824 (- 3.0%)
12/15 Kanan TLP #9 - 40,938 (- 4.4%)
01/16 Kanan TLP #10- 38,106 (- 6.9%)
02/16 Kanan TLP #11- 38,370 (+0.7%)

Since issue #2: -40.9%
Too late. Perhaps the last padawan, but the first to go! (next month)

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43- DEADPOOL AND CABLE SPLIT SECOND LTD ($5)

12/15 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #1 of 3 - 57,198
01/16 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #2 of 3 - 38,843 (-32.1%)
02/16 Deadpool &Cable Split Second #3 of 3 - 36,644 ( - 5.7%)

This one under-performed for sure, but will redeem itself with stellar trade sales like all Deadpool TPBs do.

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47- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)

Since issue #2: - 9.5%
Too early to tell if this one will catch with its audience.

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48- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 A-Force #1 - 65,661
02/16 A-Force #2 - 35,571 (-45.8%)
Bad signs accumulate for this relaunch. We are already by far at the lowest level this title ever reached.

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51- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)
02/16 Uncanny Inhumans #5 - 35,145 ( -0.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 14.9%
Seeing that this issue had 4 covers, was the first of a new arc and the debut of artist Brandon Peterson on the title, this stagnation probably hides something ugly.

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58- 117- NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)
01/16 New Avengers #5 - 33,010 (-10.0%)
02/16 New Avengers #6 - 31,188 ( - 5.5%)
03/16 New Avengers #7 - 18,520 (-40.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 63.3%
On the verge of leveling out. No sales gimmick for issue #6, so those are close to the real « readers numbers » -if all copies sold out in comics shop. Numbers on issue #7 are obviously not complete;this is mostly likely because of a late in the month shipping date cutting the numbers between two months.

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59- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)

Since issue #2 : -33.7 %
Putting on all the brakes and likely leveling out, given that this was one of the most steady Marvel floppy sales titles before the relaunch.

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62- ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
Superhero series feature anthropomorphic animal leads are numerous at Marvel (Howard the Duck, Devil Dinosaur, even Squirrel Girl if you want). The law of the jungle will apply soon.

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64- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
Following the same pattern than the previous volume. Taking that into account, it should reach issue 20. After that….

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65- SPIDEY

12/15 Spidey #1 - 65,503
01/16 Spidey #2 - 33,585 (-48.8%)
02/16 Spidey #3 - 28,161 (-16.2%)

Since issue #2: -16,2%
Not in the same league as the other MU titles. Time will tell if this experimentation worked.

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67- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 26.7%
In the process of leveling out.

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68- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)
02/16 Carnage #5 - 27,160 (-14.3%)

Since issue #2 : -34.7%
If I would be the talented Mike Perkins, I would start looking for another Marvel character I would like to draw.

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69- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt America V7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 Cap America S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 Cap America S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 Cap America S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Cap America S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 32.6 %

For a Falcon ongoing series, these are good numbers. Now, if you expected Captain America numbers…

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70- KARNAK

10/15 Karnak #1 - 63,672
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 ---
02/16 Karnak #2 - 26,796 (-57.9%)
The delay between the first two issues of this series have taken its toll, as evidenced by the huge drop in readers despite excellent critical reviews.

ed. note: as reader PreacherCain noted in the comments below, according to writer Warren Ellis, Karnak artist Gerardo Zaffino was involved in a major family crisis during the production of Karnak #2, resulting in the long delay between the first and second comic. In the original posting of this article, there was a comment about the book that was ultimately seen by the writer as unrepresentative of the situation. We regret the error and have corrected it.

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71- 75-SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 – 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)
02/16 Silk #4 - 26,786 (-19.1%)
02/16 Silk #5 - 26,032 (- 2.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 32.1 %
Here’s the punishment for building and encouraging a market that is mostly based on trends. Hype comes and goes as quickly as this series’ sales are dropping.

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72- 74- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)

Since issue #2: -35.7%
Will reach its 20th issue next month, not bad!

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77- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
Ouch! Despite an hilarious Chip Zdarsky variant cover and a King Kong homage Mike Allred cover, we are heading for the same sales territory than before.

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78- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---

11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 29.6 %
HAWKEYE TPB VOL.5: 4,109
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.0%
Without the support of the stellar TPB sales of its previous volume, this one needs to stick above 20K.

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80- SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)
02/16 Squadron Supreme #4 - 24,182 (+2.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 12.5 %
Two variant covers (including one by the awesome Bob Mc Leod) probably helped but still, this is the only Marvel title this month not falling in sales! Thus far, this is the title that has kept the most of its debut readers.

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81- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)
02/16 Scarlet Witch #3 - 23,900 (- 7.1%)

Since issue #2: -7.1%
David Aja covers on this series are some of the best he has ever produced.

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90- ALL NEW INHUMANS

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)
01/16 All New Inhumans #3 - 25,746 (-25.3%)
02/16 All New Inhumans #4 - 22,334 (-13.3%)

Since issue #2 : -35.2 %
All new depths. It’s gonna be a long road to impose the Inhumans on readers after letting them rot in the corners of the MU for decades.

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92- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY($5)

12/15 Guardians of Infinity #1 - 121,407
01/16 Guardians of Infinity #2 - 27,112 (-77.7%)
02/16 Guardians of Infinity #3 - 22,309 (-17.7%)
A sharp désamour for the old cast and the $5 ongoing price tag.

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93- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)
01/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #4 - 25,768 (- 7.7%)
02/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #5 - 22,168 (-14.0%)

Since issue#2 : - 29.3%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +11.0%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 4,406
Waiting for its cancellation announcement.

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96- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 33.1%
I haven’t read this series so I don’t know if they’ve tried to justify its existence with this explanation, but given that Venom’s weakness is sound, it makes perfect sense for him to go to space. It’s the safest place for him since sound waves don’t propagate.

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98- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

10/15 Contest of Champions #1 - 79,873
11/15 Contest of Champions #2 - 34,942 (-56.3%)
12/15 Contest of Champions #3 - 29,165 (-16.5%)
01/16 Contest of Champions #4 - 27,028 (- 7.3%)
02/16 Contest of Champions #5 - 21,430 (-20.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 38.7 %
Especially since this issue received various special variant covers, these are disastrous results.

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99- X-MEN WORST X-MAN EVER LTD

02/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #1 of 5 - 21,399

This is the sales level most Secret Wars minis would have fallen to if they had been released without the event’s support.

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103- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
01/16 Howard The Duck #3 - 28,971 (-13.7%)
02/16 Howard The Duck #4 - 20,965 (-27.6%)

since issue #2 : -37.6 %
Why on Earth is Howard The Duck part of the Guardians of the Galaxy family? Oh, and yes, what the Qwak happened?!

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104- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)
02/16 Spider-Woman #4 - 20,747 (-13.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 25.4 %
Former SW artist Brian Postman is featured in the ongoing anthology The Creeps, available at good comics shops and newsstands. So far, that’s the only good news.

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107- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
01/16 Web Warriors #3 - 25,407 (-19.6%)
02/16 Web Warriors #4 - 20,198 (-20.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 36.1 %
Take that, « strength in numbers » concept!

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112- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)
02/16 Star-Lord #4 - 19,117 (-15.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 27.4 %
The black hole is nearby.

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53- VISION

11/15 Vision # 1 - 42,119
12/15 Vision # 2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
01/16 Vision # 3 - 34,807 (- 3.6%)
02/16 Vision # 4 - 19,070 (-45.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 3.6 %
What?! Take that, logic! There are two possibilities that could have resulted in this monumental drop. First, since Tom King signed an exclusive deal with DC Comics, The Vision will be forced to end at #12. Second, there may have been a special deal between Marvel and retailers that bolstered the first few issues, as someone mentioned in the last month’s commentary. Talk about turning from a princess to a « cageot « (very offensive french term describing a very ugly woman, don’t thank me)! And because I believe in equality, talk also about turning from a hunk to a « pou » (as always, way less offensive for a man, offensive vocabulary is way richer and meaner when it’s about women).

—

115- AGENTS OF SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
...
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+ 7.6%)
11/15 SHIELD#12 - 17,470 (-13.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Agents of SHIELD #1 - 35,382
02/16 Agents of SHIELD #2 - 18,771 (-47.0%)
At least, they tried, many many times.

—

120- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 32.9 %
Back to its pre-relaunch weak numbers.

—

124- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)

Since issue #2 : -23.1 %
TPB VOL.1: 7,352
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +29.9%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
Nothing to worry about,given how many TPBs this series is selling.

—

134- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
02/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #3 - 16,587 (-18.6%)

Since issue #2: -18.6%
On the other hand, Marvel could be tempted to not wait for the first TPB numbers on this one to axe it.

—

136- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hel #1- 39,271
11/15 Angela Queen of Hel #2- 23,264 (-40.8%)
12/15 Angela Queen of Hel #3 - 20,958 (- 9.9%)
01/16 Angela Queen of Hel #4 - 18,917 (- 9.7%)
02/16 Angela Queen of Hel #5 - 15,968 (-15.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 31.4 %
Not the faintest sign of a leveling out. Single digit territory is not very far.

—

137- ILLUMINATI

11/15 Illuminati #1 - 44,163
12/15 Illuminati #2 - 23,090 (-47.7%)
01/16 Illuminati #3 - 19,025 (-17.6%)
02/16 Illuminati #4 - 15,280 (-19.7%)

Since issue #2: -33.8%
It would be reasonable to have 15K be the new feared 20K for Marvel ongoing titles.

—

138- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)

Since issue #2 : -31.2 %
Same thing here as with Patsy Walker.

—

141- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
01/16 Drax #3 - 18,837 (-18.3%)
02/16 Drax #4 - 14,620 (-22.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 36.6%
Comics readers behavior is weird: I have been tempted to buy this one, solely because CM Punk is such a hunk.

—

144- BLACK KNIGHT

11/15 Black Knight #1 - 39,381
12/15 Black Knight #2 - 22,081 (-43.9%)
01/16 Black Knight #3 - 17,118 (-22.5%)
02/16 Black Knight #4 - 14,346 (-16.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 35.0 %
One final month and this will be over.

—

147- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
11/15 ---
12/15 Weirdworld #1 - 30,288
01/16 Weirdworld #2 - 17,759 (-41.4%)
02/16 Weirdworld #3 - 14,190 (-20.1%)

since issue #2: -20.1%
The relaunch didn’t serve any purpose.

—

150- HERCULES

11/15 Hercules #1 - 44,512
12/15 Hercules #2 – 20,719 (-53.5%)
01/16 Hercules #3 - 16,310 (-21.3%)
02/16 Hercules #4 - 13,767 (-15.6%)

Since issue #2 : -33.5 %
The best dressed Marvel male hero didn’t deserve those sales.

—

163- HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD

10/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 - 44,532
11/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #2 - 20,498 (-54.0%)
12/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #3 - 18,002 (- 8.3%)
01/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #4 - 14,091 (-21.7%)
01/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #5 - 12,281 (-12.8%)

Since issue #2 : -40.1%
Many of those series will probably be cancelled quietly without an announcement, seeing how few are concerned.

—

165- RED WOLF

12/15 Red Wolf #1 - 39,288
01/16 Red Wolf #2 - 26,662 (-32.2%)
02/16 Red Wolf #3 - 12,211 (-54.2%)
Seems to confirm again the existence of a special deal similar to the one The Vision received, distorting Red Wolf‘s real sales numbers.

—

190- STAR BRAND AND NIGHTMASK

12/15 Star Brand and Nightmask #1 - 27,969
01/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #2 - 11,677 (-58.3%)
02/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #3 - 8,956 (-23.3%)

Since issue #2: -23.3%
Defining a new low for ongoing series at Marvel.

—

244-TRUE BELIEVERS ($1)

02/16 Deadpool #1 – 52,263 [+5,627]
The only Deadpool True Believers back for some reorder activity. Am I the only one thinking that this reprint of New Mutants is probably the worst introduction to the character?

—

257- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY ($3)

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 11,751
11/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 7,364 (-37.3%)
12/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 6,159 (-16.4%)
01/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 5,662 (- 8.1%)
02/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 5,198 (- 8.2%)

Since issue #2: -29.4%
Still the best selling MU all-ages titles. Apparently, it’s $3 again.

—

270- GUIDEBOOK TO CINEMATIC DOLLARS

01/16 Guide To… - 5,896
02/16 Guide To... - 4,775
Hey, the cover of this issue is gorgeous! (Mike Del Mundo painted it)

—

227- MU ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPIDERVERSE LTD ($3)

11/15 MU Ult. Spider-Man Spiderverse #1 of 4 - 7,144
?
01/16 MU Ult. Spider-Man Spiderverse #3 of 4- 4,844
01/16 MU Ult. Spider-Man Spiderverse #4 of 4- 4,582 (-5.4%)
Oh, in fact that was a mini. That confirms the fact that Spidey is taking the place of the All-age MU spider-man title.

—

289- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO ($3)

01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 - 4,503
?
?
?
05/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #7 – 4,665
?
?
08/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #10- 4,806
?
10/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #12- 4,639
11/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #13- 4,500 (- 3.0%)
?
01/16 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #15- 4,028
01/16 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #16- 4,069 END

The old MU all-ages line of titles is shrinking down.

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for french sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

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Fri 6 May 2016 - 8:55

Marvel Comics Month-to Month Sales [size=150]March 2016[/size]: SPIDERS DON’T LIVE IN A CESSPOOL, BUT IN DEAD POOLS!

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales.

Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my you-can-fire-and-insult-your-employee-for-being-gay-because-eh-he’s-a-hairdresser country. If this memorable French court decision hasn’t reached your side of the ocean, I’d be delighted to share it with you in the comment section.

As expected, the cancellation list of All-New All-Different Marvel launches is starting to grow– way before many of these books books even reach their 10th issue, or the length of two paperbacks. Marvel is playing the silent card: very few people are reading those cancelled titles, so no need to make a fuss about their cancellation. People will find out once there are no new issues two months in a row or in the letter page of their last issue. Then, for cancelled series that are are scheduled to at least reach their second paperback, Marvel can still repackage the second story arc as a mini-series whose first issue will sell will sell at least two times more than it would have as a regular run issue #6. That’s modern marketing for you!

If the Spider-ladies and titles like Venom and Spiders Warriors are in trouble, Spider-Man and Deadpool are clearly the king and queen of the ball, so making them team-up in a new ongoing title is doing wonders, with, on top of good debut sales numbers, a quite noticeable reorder activity. Reading the never-ending list of Civil War themed comics in Marvel next solicitations already gave me a headache. Does anybody care about series volume numbers anymore? I wish them good luck.
On the trade paperback front, nothing particular this month. Each of the Star Wars and Darth Vader trades sell at least 1K per month in comics shops no matter what.

Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn’t mean that it’s sold to a customer. That would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Many thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. Also thanks to the Comics Zone shop in Lyon (my city in France!) for its help.

3- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)

Since issue #2: -49.5%
TPB VOL.1: 33,180 [+1,390]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +18.9%
STAR WARS TP VOL.2: 9,914 [+1,031]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +7.3%
I really don’t want to know this strange zone where every comic has a sales number with fewer than six digits.

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5- 38-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)

12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 - 66,092
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 - 56,674 (-14.2%)
01/16 ---
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #1.3 - 47,892 (-15.5%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #1.4 - 44,160 (- 7.8%)

Since #2: -20.8%
Back to where it should have stayed. A new arc, Scorpio Rising, is starting. There are, among the variant covers, a Women of Power one and Classic Artist one but still, that’s not enough to justify such a nice rebound. Giuseppe Camuncoli is still doing a terrific job– he’s building quite an impressive run on this series!

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6- 7- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Darth Vader#15- 98,405 (+ 1.0%) (Vader Down)
02/16 Darth Vader#16- 81,147 (-17.5%)
03/16 Darth Vader#17- 80,269 (- 1.1%)
03/16 Darth Vader#18- 77,942 (- 2.9%)

Since issue #2: -37.9%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 24,092 [+1,819]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +19.1%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 10.533 [+1,236]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +11.2%
Absolutely no variant cover at all on issue #18, and that’s why the fall is a little more abrupt with this one. It seems that the title has settled into standard controlled attrition after this post-movie 10K plunge.

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8- DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 261,805
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-64.9%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)

Since issue#2 : - 21.0%
The title hasn’t bounced back yet to the previous numbers which it reached thanks to many variant covers and the empty hope that some people who loved the movie would pick up the comics (we already know it never happens with superhero comics).

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9- INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN

03/16- International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
The magical team of Bendis and Maleev is turning its attention to Iron Man, after Daredevil and Spider-Woman. That’s two Iron Man titles, which is a lot for a character who was never really able to sustain two ongoing series in the past. With the same writer on both books, it will be interesting to see who will lead the race. This title is starting at a way less impressive level than the Invincible Iron Man series: its sales are barely above those of Invicible Iron Man #2, which is quite surprising. Following the usual sales pattern, it should fall way below 40K with its second issue, putting it way behind the other Iron Man book despite having a similar and prestigious creative team.

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10- AVENGERS STANDOFF WELCOME TO PLEASANT HILL ($5)

02/16- Avengers....Pleasant Hill - 57,559
02/16- Avengers....Pleasant Hill Alpha - 68,004

God, that’s only the second comic out of 16 you’ll have to buy to follow this « small event ». It’s nice to see Jesus Saiz on such a high profile book at Marvel. So far, everybody should be happy with those numbers, the fans still seems to have money in their pockets after Secret Wars!

—

11- 171- 253-SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 150,416 [+10,295]
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 75,409 (-49.9%) [+5,608]
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 68,003 (-9.8%)

Since issue #2: -9.8%
Only one small Cliff Chiang variant cover. Yes, that means this is excellent issue#3 behavior for what could probably become the best selling MU ongoing serie. Issue#1 reappears with more than 10K extra sales, and issue#2 also, making issue#3 fall more than it did.

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14- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)
02/16 Extraordinary X-Men #7 - 47,219 ( - 0.7%)
03/16 Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 62,576 (+32.5%)

Since issue #2 : -3.1%
Many many variant cover programs on, and the start of a new arc, called Apocalypse Wars, with a nod to a classic X-Factor cover which is probably one of the weakest! All this is making the title renew with its #2 sales level. The situation should be clearer next month.

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15- BLACK WIDOW

03/16- Black Widow #1 - 62,375
The magical team of Waid and Samnee is reunited after its acclaimed run on Daredevil. Tons of variants of course so next month could make the title fall already behind the 30K line, placing it not very far from Daredevil’s numbers in the end, when the same team was working on it.

—

16- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
Only one Captain America anniversary variant. Those numbers suggest that Miles succeeded in taking a slot into hardcore conservative MU fans’ heart.

—

17- OLDMAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)

Since issue #2: -7.9%
Be prepared for a future Old Man Nick Fury ongoing serie! And Old Man Professor Xavier after that!

—

18- X-MEN 92

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
09/15 X-Men 92 #4 - 41,826 (-15.9%)
...
03/16- X-Men 92 #1 - 58,804
The 5$ price tag is gone but Chris Sims is still here. Despite the help of many variant covers, this launch does barely better than its Secret Wars mini #2 numbers. With next issue, we should be where the title would have fell with its #5 SW issue.

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19- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON ($6)

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 Cap America S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 Cap America S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 Cap America S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Cap America S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 Cap America S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)

Since issue #2 : + 36.4%%

A train full of variant covers, a Stand-off event tie-in AND a 75th anniversary issue at the same time! This resulted into doubling sales.

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20- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)

Since issue #2: -22.3%
Good old Grunchy Odin/Donald is fighting fierce modern Thor/Hilary.

—

21- OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN LTD

01/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #1 of 5 - 102,861
02/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #2 of 5 - 58,431 (-47.1%)
03/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #3 of 5 - 53,636 (- 8.2%)
Take a marker and write on your calendar: « On March 2016, a Marvel comics was released whithout a variant cover. The world shuddered ».

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22- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #3 - 57,584 (-14.3%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #4 - 57,114 (- 0.8%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #5 - 51,740 (- 9.4%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #6 - 48,022 (- 7.2%)
03/16 ANAD Avengers #7 - 52,631 (+9.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 21.6 %
A tie-in into Stand off and a Women of Power variant: that’s why.

—

23- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)

Since issue #2 : -19.6%
This is the start of a new arc. Even though the issue has 2 variant covers, this is quite a performance to rebound like that. This could mean that Doc’s series will stay above 40K, which is simply mind-stunning!

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25- DEADPOOL MERCS FOR MONEY LTD

02/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #1 of 5 - 90,186
03/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #2 of 5 - 52,331 (-42.0%)
Many many variants on helped make this a slightly stronger success in floppy than it would ahve otherwise.

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26- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
04/15 Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440 ( -7.2%)
05/15 Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006 ( -7.3%)
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 51,748 (-18.2%) (War Machines)

Since issue #2: -22.4%
Almost back where it was, but not yet, thanks to a Women of Power variant..

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29- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)
02/16 Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 40,581 (-12.2%)
03/16 Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 48,330 (+19.1%)

Since issue #2 : -6.5 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
Tons of variant covers (with the standart one by Arthur Adams) and the start of a new arc rocketed the sales by more than 20%. Gimmicks, gimmicks, you’re the kings of the mainstream market!

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40- 30- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 14.3%
Of course, issue 7 is a Stand-off tie-in, with a Women of Power variant.

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31- 33- UNCANNY X-MEN

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55.804 (-40.2%)
02/16 Uncanny X-Men #3 - 50,382 (- 9.7%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #4 - 46,105 (- 8.5%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #5 - 45,887 (- 0.5%)

Since issue #2: -17.8%
True sales to retailers, with no gimmicks. Two leading X-Men titles remaining at more than 40K would be more than satisfying.

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32- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 29.6%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 6,339
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +6.2%
Conclusion of the first arc. We can safely say that 10% of those sales are due to the Women of Power variant cover. One day, people will buy comics for the story inside and we will call them freaks.

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35-DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
---
---
12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 9.8%
The Women of Power variant hides a small fall (probably something like 3-4%). So far, this relaunch is a complete success.

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36- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 19.7%
Women of Power variant of course!

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39- MOCKINGBIRD

03/16- Mockingbird #1 - 42,335
With 5 variant covers and the usual fall from issue#1 pattern, this one could be in trouble as early as next month! Marvel tagline:« Mockingbird. Because you demanded it? » Really?!

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41- POWER MAN AND IRON FIST

02/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #1 - 79,069
03/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #2 - 41,104 (-48.0%)
So far, so good. This serie is a love letter to people wearing yellow -no pun intended, if you found one.

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42- 43- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15 All-New X-Men #37 - 48,140 (-17.1%)
03/15 All-New X-Men #39 - 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15 All-New X-Men #40 - 57,797 (- 1.2%)
05/15 --
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)
02/16 All New X-Men #4 - 50,160 (- 0.8%)
02/16 All New X-Men #5 - 42,402 (-15.5%)
03/16 All New X-Men #6 - 41,061 (- 3.2%)
03/16 All New X-Men #7 - 40,346 (- 1.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 28.2%
This stagnation in sales is real and conforting: there was no variant at all on issue #7.

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45- KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 - 113,158
05/15 Kanan TLP #2 - 64,960 (-42.6%)
06/15 Kanan TLP #3 - 56,370 (-13.2%)
07/15 Kanan TLP #4 - 52,260 (- 7.3%)
08/15 Kanan TLP #5 - 46,351 (-11.3%)
09/15 Kanan TLP #6 - 45,402 (- 2.0%)
10/15 Kanan TLP #7 - 44,127 (- 2.8%)
11/15 Kanan TLP #8 - 42,824 (- 3.0%)
12/15 Kanan TLP #9 - 40,938 (- 4.4%)
01/16 Kanan TLP #10- 38,106 (- 6.9%)
02/16 Kanan TLP #11- 38,370 (+ 0.7%)
03/16 Kanan TLP #12- 36,649 (- 4.5%) END

Since issue #2: -43.6%
Children first!

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53- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 A-Force #1 - 65,661
02/16 A-Force #2 - 35,571 (-45.8%)
03/16 A-Force #3 - 34,133 (- 4.0%)

Since issue #2: -4.0%
Meanwhile, Female Force is still being published.

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54- 64- 71- INFINITY ENTITY LTD

03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #1 of 4 - 33,914
03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #2 of 4 - 29,610
03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #3 of 4 - 28,135

This one underperformed for sure. But will reedeem itself with stellar trades sales, like all Deadpool TPBs.

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58- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #4 - 35,285 ( - 1.2%)

Since issue #2: - 10.6%
Contrary to what you may believe, the title is not stabilized yet, because a Women of Power variant was on this month.

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59- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)
02/16 Uncanny Inhumans #5 - 35,145 ( -0.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Inhumans #6 - 32,256 ( -7.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 22.0%
We now have the confirmation that, in fact, the title is still sliding down the chart. It’s even truer this month, seeing that a Women of Power variant was on.

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60- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)
03/16 Ms Marvel #5 - 31,871 ( +3.1%)

Since issue #2 : -31.7 %
Seems to have stabilized at almost the same level than before, which is nice. There was a Women of Power variant on this one.

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61- HYPERION

03/16- Hyperion #1 - 31,679
That a very weak debut, especially since there was 4 variant programs on this one. Even with a very cushioned fall from #1, it should place the title way below 20K with its issue #2. That’ too bad. Let’s just hope it will live longer than U.S.1, the last super-heroes Marvel series based on the adventures of a trucker, way back in the 80’s. Hyperion is looking way better, for starter. Perhaps a subtitle like, « Hunk in a trunk » would help?

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62- 158-NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)
01/16 New Avengers #5 - 33,010 (-10.0%)
02/16 New Avengers #6 - 31,188 ( - 5.5%)
02/16 New Avengers #7 - 30,662 ( -1.7%) [+12,142]
03/16 New Avengers #8 - 31,311 ( +2.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 37.9%
As I presumed last month, shipping of issue#7 was divided beetween February and March, that’s why we see it again this month. Issue#8 is a Stand Off tie-in, which didn’t spark enthousiasm saleswise. This could mean the regular base of readers for this title is in fact falling again.

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61- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND SILK: SPIDER(FLY) EFFECT LTD ($5)

03/16- Spider-Man &Silk Spiderfly Effect Ltd #1 - 30,806
That’s one ugly one-shot title name! It collects the first two chapters of the Infinite web story of the same name. Seeing how poorly Marvel is releasing all those Infinite comics in print, like throwing randomly stones on water, it’s quite a performance that they sell so well (there was no variant cover on this one). Some of them could gain to be published in italian format, which would also make them noticeable right away but Marvel is probably still scared that buyers could be shoved away if they advertised too much on the « translation from an Infinite web Comics » side .

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65- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)
02/16 Carnage #5 - 27,160 (-14.3%)
03/16 Carnage #6 - 28,874 ( +6.3%)

Since issue #2 : -30.6%
The start of a new story arc and 2 variant covers on. Marvel seems to have find a way to attract attention effectively on the start of new story arcs for its titles

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66- HAUNTE MANSION LTD

03/16- Hanted Mansion Ltd #1 - 28,739
Continuing Marvel/Disney current program to run comics based on Disney theme park attractions. Marvel managed to preview nothing from Jorge Coelho art in its Preview catalog, despite a two page spread. Lots of variant. Next month should bring in « real numbers », closer if not below 10K.

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67- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+5.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 22.7%
A Women of Power variant on. This one probably almost levelled out.

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68- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)

Since issue #2: -29.8%
Start of new arc, greated by two variant programs and so, a nice little fleeting bump.

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69- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
A Women of Power variant hides an expected fall from issue#2. I’m really curious to see how the Alpha Flight cast is being written by Michele Fazekas &Tara Butters in this one.

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90- ALL NEW INHUMANS

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)
01/16 All New Inhumans #3 - 25,746 (-25.3%)
02/16 All New Inhumans #4 - 22,334 (-13.3%)
03/16 All New Inhumans #5 - 24,779 (+10.9%)

Since issue #2 : -28.1 %
New story arc, 3 variant covers, yada-yada-yada.

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78- ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)

Since issue #2: -14.8%
Will soon enter the « Marvel animal comics » sales zone.

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79- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 – 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)
02/16 Silk #4 - 26,786 (-19.1%)
02/16 Silk #5 - 26,032 (- 2.8%)
03/16 Silk #6 - 24,847 (- 4.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 35.2 %
The harsh reality of « no variant cover » sales numbers.

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80- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---

11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)
03/16 All New Hawkeye #5 - 24,779 (- 0.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 30.0 %
HAWKEYE TPB VOL.5: 4,109
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.0%
Marvel can’t seem to make its mind whether Hawkeye is a Marvel Heroes line title or an Avengers line one. So they put it, advertised as an Avengers one, in the middle of the Marvel Heroes line section of their Previews catalog. There is a Women of Power variant on, so the title is probably still sliding significantly.

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87- SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)
02/16 Squadron Supreme #4 - 24,182 (+ 2.7%)
03/16 Squadron Supreme #5 - 22,323 (- 7.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 19.2 %
So far, that’s one of the titles who kept the most of its debut sales readers. I wouldn’t think of a stronger team duo name than James Robinson and Leonard Kirk to run it. Let’s juts hope they will have enougth time to build something interesting around those characters, away from silly crossovers.

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92- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)
02/16 Scarlet Witch #3 - 23,900 (- 7.1%)
03/16 Scarlet Witch #4 - 21,094 (-11.7%)

Since issue #2: -18.0%
Seeing that there was a Women of Power variant on, this month turned into a severe beating for this title.

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93- UNBEATTABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)

Since issue #2 : -10.1 %
TPB VOL.1: 7,352
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +29.9%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
Star of a new arc+ tons of variant + crossover with Howard The Duck. The paperbacks aren’t in this month’s TOP 300. Next month should put some light on whether this one is a steady TPB’s new juggernaut or not.

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94- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)
02/16 Spider-Woman #4 - 20,747 (-13.7%)
03/16 Spider-Woman #5 - 20,594 ( - 0.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 25.4 %
There was the sweetest standard variant cover by interior artist Javier Rodriguez. Soon will start of a mega-crossover beetween all of the Spider-women title. You can bet at least one spider-woman will die at the end of it. The big question is: what on Earth is Marvel gonna do with Jessica’s baby? You can’t say that Marvel has a nice record as a caring baby-sitter: it’s either « you don’t exist », « you grow up all of a sudden » or « you’re being send to the future »… Be nice for once, Marvel!

—

95- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)
01/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #4 - 25,768 (- 7.7%)
02/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #5 - 22,168 (-14.0%)
03/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #6 - 20,375 (- 8.1%)

Since issue#2 : - 35.0%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +11.0%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 4,406
The writing on the wall isn’t pretty.

—

99- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

10/15 Contest of Champions #1 - 79,873
11/15 Contest of Champions #2 - 34,942 (-56.3%)
12/15 Contest of Champions #3 - 29,165 (-16.5%)
01/16 Contest of Champions #4 - 27,028 (- 7.3%)
02/16 Contest of Champions #5 - 21,430 (-20.7%)
03/16 Contest of Champions #6 - 19,982 (- 6.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 42.8 %
The soon-to-be recordman of the worst debut sales readers loss.

—

104- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 41.6%
No variant cover. Clearly, this one won’t be here for long anymore.

—

106- VISION

11/15 Vision # 1- 42,119
12/15 Vision # 2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
01/16 Vision # 3 - 34,807 (- 3.6%)
02/16 Vision # 4 - 19,070 (-45.2%)
03/16 Vision #5 - 18,636 (- 2.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 48.4 %
Now clinging hard to its real number of readers, first inflated by a special offer to retailers.

—

107- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
01/16 Web Warriors #3 - 25,407 (-19.6%)
02/16 Web Warriors #4 - 20,198 (-20.5%)
03/16 Web Warriors #5 - 18,621 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 41.1 %
Twin brother of Venom Spaceknight. Spiders aren’t a nuisance except when there is always one in your eyesight. Meditate on that!

—

108- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY($5)

12/15 Guardians of Infinity #1 - 121,407
01/16 Guardians of Infinity #2 - 27,112 (-77.7%)
02/16 Guardians of Infinity #3 - 22,309 (-17.7%)
03/16 Guardians of Infinity #4 - 18,598 (-15.6%)

Since issue #2: -31.4%
The Guardians of the Galaxy line of titles will have to shrink to survive.

—

112- AGENTS OF SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
...
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+ 7.6%)
11/15 SHIELD#12 - 17,470 (-13.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Agents of SHIELD #1 - 35,382
02/16 Agents of SHIELD #2 - 18,771 (-47.0%)
03/16 Agents of SHIELD #3 - 18,139 (- 3.4%)

Since issue #2: -3.4%
Before you think those are good news, that was a Stand Off tie-in. Bluh.

—

143- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
01/16 Howard The Duck #3 - 28,971 (-13.7%)
02/16 Howard The Duck #4 - 20,965 (-27.6%)
03/16 Howard The Duck #5 - 17,995 (-14.2%)

Since issue #2 : -46.4 %
That’s not a pretty sight.

—

117- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)
02/16 Star-Lord #4 - 19,117 (-15.8%)
03/16 Star-Lord #5 - 17,374 (-9.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 34.1 %
The problem is not really to sell a little less than 20K, it’s to have a stabilized title. Losing 10% of your readership per issue at this point isn’t permitted.

—

118- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 37.7 %
The relaunch only allowed the production of 4 more issues. It’s getting ridiculous.

—

124- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
02/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #3 - 16,587 (-18.6%)
03/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #4 - 15,971 (- 3.7%)

Since issue #2: -23.3%
If there wasn’t a Women of Power variant on, this would have been good news.

—

128- X-MEN WORST X-MAN EVER LTD

02/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #1 of 5 - 21,399
03/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #2 of 5 - 15,169 (-29.1%)

No a bad fall, especially with no variant cover at all.

—

129- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hel #1- 39,271
11/15 Angela Queen of Hel #2- 23,264 (-40.8%)
12/15 Angela Queen of Hel #3 - 20,958 (- 9.9%)
01/16 Angela Queen of Hel #4 - 18,917 (- 9.7%)
02/16 Angela Queen of Hel #5 - 15,968 (-15.6%)
03/16 Angela Queen of Hel #6 - 14,986 (- 6.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 35.6 %
Cancelled next month. It seems that Marvel will reveal its titles cancellations as late as possible. You have here a perfect example of a modern buzz effect: everybody went crazy with the arrival of Angela in the Marvel Universe -when nobody was asking for the character’s return in fact- and, as it was feared, those fleeting buyers went to the next « hot topic » of the month rather quickly.

—

130- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)

Since issue #2 : -32.0 %
Before getting your hopes high, there was a Women of Power variant involved.

—

143- ILLUMINATI

11/15 Illuminati #1 - 44,163
12/15 Illuminati #2 - 23,090 (-47.7%)
01/16 Illuminati #3 - 19,025 (-17.6%)
02/16 Illuminati #4 - 15,280 (-19.7%)
03/16 Illuminati #5 - 13,561 (-11.2%)

Since issue #2: -41.3%
Who switched off the light? [ it was too tempting and I may not have that many months left to do the joke]

—

144- BLACK KNIGHT

11/15 Black Knight #1 - 39,381
12/15 Black Knight #2 - 22,081 (-43.9%)
01/16 Black Knight #3 - 17,118 (-22.5%)
02/16 Black Knight #4 - 14,346 (-16.2%)
03/16 Black Knight #5 - 13,499 (- 5.9%) END

Since issue #2 : - 38.9 %
The black sheep of the All New Marvel relaunches. Cancelled. What Marvel doesn’t know is that at least half of the All New flock is black.

—

149- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
01/16 Drax #3 - 18,837 (-18.3%)
02/16 Drax #4 - 14,620 (-22.4%)
03/16 Drax #5 - 13,042 (-10.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 43.4%
I’m still waiting for my C.M. Punk shirtless variant cover. There isn’t that much time left…

—

152- HERCULES

11/15 Hercules #1 - 44,512
12/15 Hercules #2 – 20,719 (-53.5%)
01/16 Hercules #3 - 16,310 (-21.3%)
02/16 Hercules #4 - 13,767 (-15.6%)
03/16 Hercules #5 - 12,701 (- 7.7%)

Since issue #2 : -38.7 %
The next arc will be sold as a mini-series, which, at this point, can’t be worse. We can safely assume that will be it for Hercules new adventures.

—

153- HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD

10/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 - 44,532
11/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #2 - 20,498 (-54.0%)
12/15 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #3 - 18,002 (- 8.3%)
01/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #4 - 14,091 (-21.7%)
02/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #5 - 12,281 (-12.8%)
03/16 Howling Commandos of SHIELD #6 - 12,700 (+3.4%) END

Since issue #2 : -38.0%
Cancelled quietly. It finished with something new, a rise in sales, even if due to a Stand Off tie-in.

—

156- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT MARVEL UNIVERSE ($5)

03/16- ANAD Marvel Universe #1 - 28,739
All New All Different Marvel Universe but Same Old Same Marketing Ploys to make you spend money.

—

163- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
11/15 ---
12/15 Weirdworld #1 - 30,288
01/16 Weirdworld #2 - 17,759 (-41.4%)
02/16 Weirdworld #3 - 14,190 (-20.1%)
03/16 Weirdworld #4 - 11,993 (-15.5%)

Since issue #2: -32.5%
Sad results but a fantastic Mike Del Mundo psychedelic cover!

—

175- RED WOLF

12/15 Red Wolf #1 - 39,288
01/16 Red Wolf #2 - 26,662 (-32.2%)
02/16 Red Wolf #3 - 12,211 (-54.2%)
03/16 Red Wolf #4 - 9,932 (-18.7%)

Since issue #2: -62.7%
Will probably break Deathlok recent abyssal sales record. Has already been cancelled whithout us knowing it.

—

212- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CIVIL WAR LTD ($3)

03/16- MU Avengers Civil War Ltd #1 - 7,253
This is the only line with Marvel not caring at all about the covers. There is not variants and Marvel doesn’t care to even credit the covers in its Previews.

—

223- STAR BRAND AND NIGHTMASK

12/15 Star Brand and Nightmask #1 - 27,969
01/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #2 - 11,677 (-58.3%)
02/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #3 - 8,956 (-23.3%)
03/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #4 - 6,678 (-25.4%)

Since issue #2: -42.8%
This one probably didn’t deserve such a severe blow in sales. Except if it’s supposed to be in fact a new MU/ kid title in disguise, it has already been cancelled.

—

235-TRUE BELIEVERS ($1)

02/16 Deadpool #1 – 58,383 [+6,120]
Never has a Rob Liefeld floppy comic been so successful since the 90’s.

—

258- MU ULT SPIDER-MAN CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS LTD ($3)

03/16- MU Spider-Man Contest of Champions Ltd #1 - 5,447
On a side note, isn’t it nice to see DC releasing collections of its Batman Adventures and Superman Adventures comics? Great writers and artists worked on that, they are worth every dime in your pocket.

—

272- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY ($3)

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 11,751
11/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 7,364 (-37.3%)
12/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 6,159 (-16.4%)
01/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 5,662 (- 8.1%)
02/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 5,198 (- 8.2%)
03/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 4,937 (- 5.0%)

Since issue #2: -33.0%
Insert snarky comment on now having to flip through 3 different Previews catalog (Marvel’s , DC’s and the main Preview) to choose what to preorder. Preordering comics is becoming a challenge!

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Sat 18 Jun 2016 - 20:52

Marvel Comics Month-to Month Sales [size=150]April 2016[/size]: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!

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by Xavier Lancel

marvelmonthtomotnhWelcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, and that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my « let’s bury Paris under filth during the Euro » on-strike-country .

First off, please excuse the lateness of this column. I had some responsibilities at my full-time job that prevented me from publishing this sooner. Please expect May’s sales charts to follow soon after this article.

New titles are dying one after the other in silence, as Marvel prefers not to publicize the fact that most of their new original titles are biting the dust, making the All-New All-Different Marvel Universe less and less different each time one of these daring new titles vanishes. I’ll update TPB sales with the next column.

Given all the terrible things that have been happening around the world these past few weeks, I’d like to lighten the mood by telling you a silly story. I was drinking in a bar in Boston with an American friend in a bar and we were discussing movies. He asked me which American movies and directors I loved. I told him I loved Todd Sollondz and asked, “Have you ever seen Happiness?”

He looked at me surprised, eyes open. The bartender stopped doing what he was doing to listen. My friend replied, “which movie? Say that again?”

“Happiness” I said. my friend and the bartender start laughing. I didin’t understand. My friend asked me to repeat myself again. “HA-PPY-NESS”. They laughted like crazy.

“The way you say that with your French accent is “A-PE-NIS.” :p

Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that it’s not because a copy is sold to a shop that it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Many thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. Also thanks to the Comics Zone shop in Lyon (my city in France!) for its help.

1- BLACK PANTHER ($5)

04/16- Black Panther #1 - 253,259
Obviously, this is sales number will not end up reflecting the true number of readers this title has with any accuracy. However, any comic that prominently features a black character and sells very good despite all the bigotry and racism still running rampant nowadays is a small victory that should be shouted from the rooftops. Plus, I can’t remember the last time we saw Brian Stelfreeze at the helm of an ongoing mainstream series. All in all, even if these numbers take a severe beating next month, a surviving, well-crafted Black Panther title can only be good news.

—

2- STAR WARS POE DAMERON ($5)

04/16- SW Poe Dameron Ltd #1 - 175,322
Even after having watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I had to check to see who this character is. Releasing an ongoing series focused on him seemed to me to be quite a daring move -or am I the only one who totally forgot his part in the movie? This book will test the waters to see if any ongoing series featuring somebody other than the popular characters from the original trilogy is able to sell at high sales levels (Kanan wasn’t). Positively for this series, everybody has opened their wallets to buy the #1 issue and its 5 covers (only? :p).

—

4- STAR WARS SPECIAL C-3PO ($5)

04/16- SW Special C-3PO #1 - 120,841
Better late than never: this one shot explains how C-3PO gained the red arm he was featuring in the movie. Of course, all the SW movie release mania has since gone flat so, with no surprise, this one doesn’t crack the charts as it could have.

—

6- GWENPOOL ($5)

04/16- Gwenpool #1 - 100,852
Proof that a totally unknown character with no background can catch instantly thanks to internet buzz. Will this be enough to sustain an ongoing series? We should probably hope not, as that sort of precedent could lead to disastrous results for the industry, quality wise. Not that Gwenpool is a bad comics but God knows what results a trend like this could produce if overused. And you know that mainstream main publishers are like kids when it comes down to trends and profits: they just don’t know when to stop…

—

7- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18- 98,880 (- 7.6%)

Since issue #2: -53.4%
TPB VOL.1: 33,180
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +18.9%
STAR WARS TP VOL.2: 9,914
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +7.3%
Only one variant cover. Falling for the first time under 100K. Nothing to worry about, obviously.

—

8- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Darth Vader#15- 98,405 (+ 1.0%) (Vader Down)
02/16 Darth Vader#16- 81,147 (-17.5%)
03/16 Darth Vader#17- 80,269 (- 1.1%)
03/16 Darth Vader#18- 77,942 (- 2.9%)
04/16 Darth Vader#19- 76,965 (- 1.3%)

Since issue #2: -38.7%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 24,092
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +19.1%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 10.533
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +11.2%
Hovering over the 70K while waiting to be relaunched, I’ll bet.

—

10- 12-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 245,873
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-54.7%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 - 73,643 (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 - 67,446 (- 8.4%)

12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 - 66,092
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 - 56,674 (-14.2%)
01/16 ---
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #1.3 - 47,892 (-15.5%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #1.4 - 44,160 (- 7.8%)

Since #2: -39.4%
And the best selling Marvel Universe title is still Amazing Spider-Man (if you don’t count those #1 launch sales)! However, it needs to stabilize soon to keep the crown.

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15- 247-SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 156,855 [+6,439]
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 80,512 (-48.7%) [+5,103]
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 68,003 (-15.5%)
04/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #4 - 64,931 (- 4.5%)

Since issue #2: -19.4%
And tadaaa!, contrary to what logic could have dictated (Spider-Man and Deadpool solo readers clumping together to boost sales numbers for a crossover), Spider-Man/Deadpool is selling below Amazing Spider-Man alone. The real question now is: will Deadpool TPB buyers purchase this miniseries as frantically and « en masse » as all the other Deadpool TPBa? Meanwhile, issue#1 and #2 reorders still kick in.

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16- 24- DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 261,805
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-64.9%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)
04/16 Deadpool #9 - 57,798 (-20.5%)
04/16 Deadpool #10- 64,509 (+11.6%)

Since issue#2 : - 29.9%
I see no reason for this very erratic behavior. It’s part 2 and 3 of a fight with Sabretooth, with no special variant cover program on, at least not listed in Marvel sollicitations. Spider-Man and Deapool sales are now very close to one another in floppy format. Of course, in TPB format, Spider-Man is squashed like a bug by the mutant mercenary, without even the glimpse of a fight.

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6- MOON KNIGHT ($5)

04/16- Moon Knight #1 - 60,938
That’s a weak debut, to say the least. Following the usual pattern, this one should fall behind 30K with its second issue. The selling pitch is again on madness and multiple personalities, which doesn’t seem to really change for the previous numerous take on the characters by a legion of writers. Perhaps it a little too soon to relaunch the character again since the last tries are still vivid in everyone mind. Well, if we have some more shirtless Marc Spector scenes like in the good old times (Vol.1 and Mark Texeira issues after that), you can count me in.

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18- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen #7 - 60,900 (+32.2%) (Spider-Women)

Since issue #2 : - 2.1%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 6,339
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +6.2%
Part 2 of the Spider-Women event, making the title shine again. The french penciller Bengal is drawing it. With Olivier Coipel, Stephane Roux, Paul Renaud, Marguerite Sauvage, Elsa Charretier and Bengal -and I’m probably forgetting some on the way-, there has never been such a huge proportion of french artists currently working for the big two.

So, will DC or Marvel be the first to catch our next rising star, Maxime Garbarini -proud penciller of the last issue of The Pride?

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20- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
04/16 Spider-Man #3 - 59,789 (- 1.4%)

Since issue #2: -1.4%
Already found its level. How deep do you have to dig to find in the DC catalog an ongoing series starring a black character? That’s already two for Marvel, and we haven’t even reach Power Man and Iron Fist or Moon Girl.

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21- 23-OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
06/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #2 - 78,426 (-36.1%)
07/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #3 - 67,482 (-14.0%)
08/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #4 - 69,122 (+ 2.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #4 - 59,174 (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #5 - 58,870 (- 0.5%)

Since issue #2: -7.9%
Marvel’s geriatrics are behaving quite similarly! Logan is centuries old -at least the last time I opened a Wolverine book- and Dr Strange is using the « daddy » tag on phone dating applications! And look how fragrant they are: perfect steady sales!

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25- UNCANNY X-MEN ($5)

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55.804 (-40.2%)
02/16 Uncanny X-Men #3 - 50,382 (- 9.7%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #4 - 46,105 (- 8.5%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #5 - 45,887 (- 0.5%)
04/16 Uncanny X-Men #6 - 57,434 (+25.1%) (Apocalypse War)

Since issue #2: +2.9%
Hey, it’s probably no pure luck that, at the same time the movie is out, Marvel is running an arc around Apocalypse. It works, attracting even more readers than at the title launch.

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26- EMPRESS

04/16 Empress #1 - 55,829

Against all trends, Mark Millar and Stuart Immonen are releasing their new creator-owned series Empress at Marvel. It’s true that if the Icon label hasn’t been profitable to Strazynscki (remember there was a series called Book of Souls with art by Colleen Doran?) or Mike Oeming (this Powers re-relaunch is centuries late), but it has worked out for Millar with Kick-Ass.

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29- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)
04/16 Mighty Thor #6 - 52,538 (- 3.7%)

Since issue #2: -25.3%
Still doing greatly.

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30- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #3 - 57,584 (-14.3%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #4 - 57,114 (- 0.8%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #5 - 51,740 (- 9.4%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #6 - 48,022 (- 7.2%)
03/16 ANAD Avengers #7 - 52,631 (+9.6%) (Stand Off)
04/16 ANAD Avengers #8 - 51,925 (- 1.3%) (Stand Off)

Since issue #2 : - 22.67%
Still into a tie-in with Stand off.

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31- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)
02/16 Extraordinary X-Men #7 - 47,219 ( - 0.7%)
03/16 Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 62,576 (+32.5%) (Apocalypse Wars)
04/16 Extraordinary X-Men #9 - 51,322 (- 20.0%) (Apocalypse Wars)

Since issue #2 : -20.5%
It’s clearer now that this Apoclaypse event didn’t bring in that many readers, only a large bunch of event variant-covers buyers.

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32- OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN LTD

01/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #1 of 5 - 102,861
02/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #2 of 5 - 58,431 (-47.1%)
03/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #3 of 5 - 53,636 (- 8.2%)
04/16 Obi-Wan and Anakin #4 of 5 - 50,486 (- 5.9%)
Doing well, but not great by Star Wars standarts.

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33- SPIDER-WOMEN ($5)

04/16 Spider-Women Alpha - 50,220

Not all Spider-Gwen readers are interested in this crossover. Still, it’s gonna have a nice effect on the others struggling female-spider titles.

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34- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange #7 - 49,590 (- 5.6%)

Since issue #2 : -23.8%
No variant at all, so those issue#5 numbers were probably cut short. All is well, Doc!

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35- AVENGERS STANDOFF WELCOME TO PLEASANT HILL ($5)

02/16- Avengers....Pleasant Hill - 57,559
03/16- Avengers....Pleasant Hill Alpha - 68,004
04/16 Avengers....Pleasant Hill Omega - 49,012

Last part of this 16th part event. By now, if you are not broke, your whole family is.

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37-DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
---
---
12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)
04/16 Daredevil #6 - 48,745 (+8.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 2.0%
Elektra is back and Bill Sienkiewicz is drawing the main cover. All good reasons to confirm the very good curve sales on this title, which has almost lost no readers since its relaunch.

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38- DEADPOOL MERCS FOR MONEY LTD

02/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #1 of 5 - 90,186
03/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #2 of 5 - 52,331 (-42.0%)
04/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #3 of 5 - 47,185 (- 9.8%)
Standard behavior.

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39- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
04/15 Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440 ( -7.2%)
05/15 Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006 ( -7.3%)
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 51,748 (-18.2%) (War Machines)
04/16 Invincible Iron Man #8 - 46,520 (-10.1%) (War Machines)

Since issue #2: -30.2%
Almost back where it should have been without the War Machine event push.

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40- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 45,659 (- 3.1%) (Stand Off)

Since issue #2 : - 17.0%
The return to real numbers after the Stand Off issues will be hard.

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42- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 – 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)
02/16 Silk #4 - 26,786 (-19.1%)
02/16 Silk #5 - 26,032 (- 2.8%)
03/16 Silk #6 - 24,847 (- 4.6%)
04/16 Silk #7 - 43,012 (+ 73.0%) (Spider Women)

Since issue #2 : +12.1%
The Spider-Women crossover clearly bring here many readers who never opened a Silk comic. We are above issue #2 relaunch sales level.

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44- INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN

03/16- International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
04/16 International Iron Man #2 - 40,459 (-42.9%)
What I predicted last month happened and International is now 7K below Invincible despite having a prestigious team and being lower in its numbering. The only good surprise is the rather cushioned fall it took: -42.9% with its issue #2 is one of the best performances for a late Marvel launch.

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45- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)
02/16 Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 40,581 (-12.2%)
03/16 Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 48,330 (+19.1%)
04/16 Guardians of Galaxy #7 - 40,213 ( -16.8%)

Since issue #2 : -22.2 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
Back to its previous level. So far, the publicity stunt around the start of the new arc last month stopped the bleeding. We’ll see if this will work each time a new arc will start, which would be surprising but, hey, modern comics buyers are weird…

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46- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
08/14 All-New X-Men #30 - 54,882 ( -6.7%)
08/14 All-New X-Men #31 - 58,535 ( 6.7%)
09/14 All-New X-Men #32 - 54,654 ( -6.6%)
10/14 All-New X-Men #33 - 60,032 ( 9.8%)
11/14 ---
12/14 All-New X-Men #34 - 57,569 ( -4.1%)
01/15 All-New X-Men #35 - 51,823 (-10.0%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #36 - 49,464 ( -4.6%)
02/15 All-New X-Men #38 - 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15 All-New X-Men #37 - 48,140 (-17.1%)
03/15 All-New X-Men #39 - 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15 All-New X-Men #40 - 57,797 (- 1.2%)
05/15 --
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)
02/16 All New X-Men #4 - 50,160 (- 0.8%)
02/16 All New X-Men #5 - 42,402 (-15.5%)
03/16 All New X-Men #6 - 41,061 (- 3.2%)
03/16 All New X-Men #7 - 40,346 (- 1.7%)
04/16 All New X-Men #8 - 39,942 (- 1.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 28.9%
Perfect behavior in the last 3 months. Tons of other Marvel titles would kill for numbers like that.

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47- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)
02/16 Spider-Woman #4 - 20,747 (-13.7%)
03/16 Spider-Woman #5 - 20,594 ( - 0.7%)
04/16 Spider-Woman #6 - 39,291 (+90.8%) (Spider-Women)

Since issue #2 : +41.3%
Anything to save Jessica and her baby!

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48- DR STRANGE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC ($6)

04/16- Dr Strange Last Days of Magic - 62,375
Another $6 to spend to follow the current Dr Strange storyline more closely. I will not be my usual grumpy self, since we have been saving money since 1996 to have an ongoing Dr Strange book back…

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49- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)
04/16 AN Wolverine #7 - 38,168 (-14.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 31.4%
And… patatras! -old childish french sound effect for crash!-

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54- BLACK WIDOW

03/16- Black Widow #1 - 62,375
04/16 Black Widow #2 - 34,453 (-44.8%)
Again, a rather nice surprise, with another almost cushioned fall. So either this series is attracting less « only-variant and#1 » buyers or it’s attracting more readers. No matter what, that’s a good sign. We will soon be close the Daredevil numbers of the Waid-Samnee run. If they could keep the same sales level with this less popular character, that would be quite a victory.

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55- X-MEN 92

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
09/15 X-Men 92 #4 - 41,826 (-15.9%)
...
03/16- X-Men 92 #1 - 58,804
04/16 X-Men 92 #2 - 33,862 (-42.4%)
Once again, a rather cushioned fall. Perhaps the harcore compulsive buyers are beginning to be bored with all the issues they had to buy in order to keep up with all those #1s released by Marvel, DC and Image month after month? Once again: a completely useless relaunch, we are at the same level the series would have been without the renumbering, if not lower.

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56- MOCKINGBIRD

03/16- Mockingbird #1 - 42,335
04/16 Mockingbird #2 - 32,965 (-22.1%)
An out-of-this-world performance. With 16K more to begin with, X-Men 92 is at the same level with its issue#2. A nice mocking surprise!

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58- CAPTAIN AMERICA ROAD TO WAR ($5)

04/16 Captain America Road to War #1 - 32,273
Quite a weird package: a Tales of Suspense #58 reprint + a New Avenger story drawn by Andrea Di Vito, with a cover by Ron Lim, with a $5 price tag. In those conditions, 30K is a miracle.

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60- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #4 - 35,285 ( - 1.2%)
04/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #5 - 31,165 (- 11.7%)

Since issue #2: - 21.0%
Still searching for its sales level.

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61- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 Cap America S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 Cap America S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 Cap America S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 Cap America S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Cap America S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 Cap America S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 Cap America S. Wilson #8 - 31,052 (-43.4%) (Stand Off)

Since issue #2 : -22.8%

Another french talent, Paul Renaud, is drawing this Stand Off issue.

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62- 63--NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)
01/16 New Avengers #5 - 33,010 (-10.0%)
02/16 New Avengers #6 - 31,188 ( - 5.5%)
02/16 New Avengers #7 - 30,662 ( -1.7%)
03/16 New Avengers #8 - 31,311 ( +2.1%) (Stand Off)
04/16 New Avengers #9 - 30,835 (- 1.5%) (Stand Off)
04/16 New Avengers #10 - 30,102 (- 2.4%) (Stand Off)

Since issue #2 : - 40.3%
The fact that being a Stand Off tie-in didn’t improve the sales for this title one bit is proof that the situation is currently desperate.

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64- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)
03/16 Ms Marvel #5 - 31,871 ( +3.1%)
04/16 Ms Marvel #6 - 29,863 (- 6.3%)

Since issue #2 : -35.9 %
Falling for the first time under the 30K limit. TPB sales are still phenomenal so there is nothing to worry about at all.

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67- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
---
07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 A-Force #1 - 65,661
02/16 A-Force #2 - 35,571 (-45.8%)
03/16 A-Force #3 - 34,133 (- 4.0%)
04/16 A-Force #4 - 27,672 (-19.8%)

Since issue #2: -22.2%
The buzz is out. The future doesn’t look very bright.

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69- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)
02/16 Uncanny Inhumans #5 - 35,145 ( -0.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Inhumans #6 - 32,256 ( -7.4%)
04/16 Uncanny Inhumans #7 - 27,088 (-16.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 34.4%
Gaining speed as it falls quicker and quicker…

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70- KARNAK

10/15 Karnak #1 - 63,672
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 ---
02/16 Karnak #2 - 26,796 (-57.9%)
03/16 ---
04/16 Karnak #3 - 26,670 (- 0.5%)
The erratic schedule hurt the second issue dramatically, but the bleeding seems to have stopped on the third.

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71- POWER MAN AND IRON FIST

02/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #1 - 79,069
03/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #2 - 41,104 (-48.0%)
04/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #3 - 26,496 (-35.5%)
Horrible numbers, of course. Come on guys, Sanford AND Greene! Pick it up!

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73- INFINITY ENTITY LTD

03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #1 of 4 - 33,914
03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #2 of 4 - 29,610 (-12.7%)
03/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #3 of 4 - 28,135 (- 5.0%)
04/16 Infinity Entity Ltd #4 of 4 - 26,170 (- 7.0%)

The usual top notch quality from Alan Davis. Doesn’t bring in tons of readers but still many loyal ones.

—

74- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+ 5.3%)
04/16 Ultimates #6 - 26,146 (- 8.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 29.4%
Heading toward death’s door.

—

77- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
04/16 Captain Marvel #4 - 25,156 (-11.6%)

Since issue #2: -13.1%
Heading toward a black hole. That’s not the first time Alpha Flight has been in space. Bill Mantlo, in some of his weakest episodes, made them travel through space, Micronauts-like, before making them encounter the Dream Queen, designed by Jim Lee. And a writer did propose at one point a « Alpha Flight in space » relaunch pitch idea, but it was refused. Until now.

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79- 88- SPIDEY

12/15 Spidey #1 - 65,503
01/16 Spidey #2 - 33,585 (-48.8%)
02/16 Spidey #3 - 28,161 (-16.2%)
03/16 ---
04/16 Spidey #4 - 24,553 (-12.8%)
04/16 Spidey #5 - 22,991 (- 6.4%)

Since issue #2: -31.5%
Not in the same category as the other Marvel titles. Still doing pretty well.

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81- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)
02/16 Carnage #5 - 27,160 (-14.3%)
03/16 Carnage #6 - 28,874 ( +6.3%)
04/16 Carnage #7 - 24,480 (-15.2%)

Since issue #2 : -30.6%
The sliding resumes again.

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82- ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)
04/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #4 - 24,179 (- 2.7%)

Since issue #2: -17.1%
Seems to have settled down. Low, but high enough to survive

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83- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)
01/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #4 - 25,768 (- 7.7%)
02/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #5 - 22,168 (-14.0%)
03/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #6 - 20,375 (- 8.1%)
04/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #7 - 24,173 (+18.6%)

Since issue#2 : - 22.9%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +11.0%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 4,406
The start of a new arc, with two variant covers, resulted in quite a jump forward!

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84- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 24,081 (-15.7%)

Since issue #2: -40.8%
The new buyers for the new arc are already gone, and more.

—

87- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
03/16 - -
04/16 Silver Surfer #3 - 23,151 (- 7.4%)

Since issue #2: -7.4%
Almost back to where it was before the relaunch. You can’t say Marvel didn’t push this one.

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89- SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)
02/16 Squadron Supreme #4 - 24,182 (+ 2.7%)
03/16 Squadron Supreme #5 - 22,323 (- 7.7%)
04/16 Squadron Supreme #6 - 22,930 (+ 2.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 19.0%
A sleeper hit? Will Squadron Supreme be at last fondly remembered for something else than the Mark Gruenwald 12-part epic of the 80’s?

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91- 234- HAUNTED MANSION LTD

03/16- Haunted Mansion Ltd #1 - 35,513 [+6,774]
04/16 Haunted Mansion Ltd #2 - 22,443 (-36.8%)
Color me surprised, to say the least. And issue#1 is back with even more sales! Amazing numbers!

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93- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND SILK: SPIDER(FLY) EFFECT LTD ($5)

03/16- Spider-Man &Silk Spiderfly Effect Ltd #1 - 30,806
04/16 Spider-Man &Silk Spiderfly Effect Ltd #2 - 22,182 (-28.0%)
Two more chapters of this Infinite Comics.

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98- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---

11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)
03/16 All New Hawkeye #5 - 24,779 (- 0.5%)
04/16 All New Hawkeye #6 - 21,209 (-14.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 40.0 %
HAWKEYE TPB VOL.5: 4,109
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.0%
Aiming for the cancellation zone.

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101- ALL NEW INHUMANS

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)
01/16 All New Inhumans #3 - 25,746 (-25.3%)
02/16 All New Inhumans #4 - 22,334 (-13.3%)
03/16 All New Inhumans #5 - 24,779 (+10.9%)
04/16 All New Inhumans #6 - 20,152 ( -18.7%)

Since issue #2 : -41.5 %
All New Inhumans but same old weak Inhumans territory sales.

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107- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
01/16 Howard The Duck #3 - 28,971 (-13.7%)
02/16 Howard The Duck #4 - 20,965 (-27.6%)
03/16 Howard The Duck #5 - 17,995 (-14.2%)
04/16 Howard The Duck #6 - 19,459 (+8.1%)

Since issue #2 : -42.0%
Saved by a temporary crossover with Squirrel Girl.

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110- VISION

11/15 Vision # 1- 42,119
12/15 Vision # 2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
01/16 Vision # 3 - 34,807 (- 3.6%)
02/16 Vision # 4 - 19,070 (-45.2%)
03/16 Vision #5 - 18,636 (- 2.3%)
04/16 Vision #6 - 19,028 (+ 2.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 48.4 %
Nice behavior, too bad it’s gonna end with issue 12, at least for its current writer.

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116- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)
04/16 Venom Spaceknight #6 - 17,894 (- 4.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 44.5%
This Spaceknight tag reminds me how disapointing this ROM relaunch at IDW is. If it’s any consolation, their Micronauts one is even worse.

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117- AGENTS OF SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
...
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+ 7.6%)
11/15 SHIELD#12 - 17,470 (-13.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Agents of SHIELD #1 - 35,382
02/16 Agents of SHIELD #2 - 18,771 (-47.0%)
03/16 Agents of SHIELD #3 - 18,139 (- 3.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Agents of SHIELD #4 - 17,878 (- 1.4%) (Stand Off)

Since issue #2: -4.8%
Even being a Stand Off tie-in doesn’t stop the bleeding. That’s bad.

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118- CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

10/15 Contest of Champions #1 - 79,873
11/15 Contest of Champions #2 - 34,942 (-56.3%)
12/15 Contest of Champions #3 - 29,165 (-16.5%)
01/16 Contest of Champions #4 - 27,028 (- 7.3%)
02/16 Contest of Champions #5 - 21,430 (-20.7%)
03/16 Contest of Champions #6 - 19,982 (- 6.8%)
04/16 Contest of Champions #7 - 17,874 (-10.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 48.8 %
There is no contest: this one is doomed!

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119- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 - 17,869 (-13.8%)

Since issue #2 : -22.5 %
TPB VOL.1: 7,352
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +29.9%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
Nothing can beat the power of good TPB sales.

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120- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)
02/16 Scarlet Witch #3 - 23,900 (- 7.1%)
03/16 Scarlet Witch #4 - 21,094 (-11.7%)
04/16 Scarlet Witch #5 - 17,864 (-15.3%)

Since issue #2: -30.6%
Gaining speed during its fall instead of levelling out. The end is near.

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124- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)
02/16 Star-Lord #4 - 19,117 (-15.8%)
03/16 Star-Lord #5 - 17,374 (-9.1%)
04/16 Star-Lord #6 - 17,653 (+1.6%)

Since issue #2 : - 33.0%
This Guardians of the Galaxy line needs to be cut drastically, and soon.

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125- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
01/16 Web Warriors #3 - 25,407 (-19.6%)
02/16 Web Warriors #4 - 20,198 (-20.5%)
03/16 Web Warriors #5 - 18,621 (- 7.8%)
04/16 Web Warriors #6 - 17,376 (- 6.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 45.0 %
Obviously, this one also has to be sacrificed to help cut the Spider-Man line to a reasonable and affordable amount of titles.

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131- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY($5)

12/15 Guardians of Infinity #1 - 121,407
01/16 Guardians of Infinity #2 - 27,112 (-77.7%)
02/16 Guardians of Infinity #3 - 22,309 (-17.7%)
03/16 Guardians of Infinity #4 - 18,598 (-15.6%)
04/16 Guardians of Infinity #5 - 16,337 (-12.2%)

Since issue #2: -39.7%
Dan Abnett has signed an exclusive deal with DC so this one will soon end, with no regret.

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134- HYPERION

03/16- Hyperion #1 - 31,679
04/16 Hyperion #2 - 16,178 (-48.9%)
Helas, doomed from the start.

—

136- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)
04/16 Nova #6 - 15,795 (- 6.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 41.8 %
Will go to supernova soon.

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144- ANGELA QUEEN OF HELL

12/14 Angela #1 - 61,398
01/15 Angela #2 - 36,992 (-39.8%)
02/15 Angela #3 - 31,096 (-15.9%)
03/15 Angela #4 - 25,529 (-17.9%)
04/15 Angela #5 - 23,551 (- 7.7%)
05/15 Angela #6 - 22,272 (- 5.4%)

06/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #1 – 37,996
07/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #2 – 26,481 (-30.3%)
08/15 ---
09/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #3 – 23,058 (-12.9%)
10/15 1602 Witch Hunter Angela Ltd #4 - 19,545

10/15 Angela Queen of Hel #1- 39,271
11/15 Angela Queen of Hel #2- 23,264 (-40.8%)
12/15 Angela Queen of Hel #3 - 20,958 (- 9.9%)
01/16 Angela Queen of Hel #4 - 18,917 (- 9.7%)
02/16 Angela Queen of Hel #5 - 15,968 (-15.6%)
03/16 Angela Queen of Hel #6 - 14,986 (- 6.1%)
04/16 Angela Queen of Hel #7 - 14,091 (- 6.0%) END

Since issue #2 : - 39.4 %
Was it worth all the money and the efforts?

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147- ILLUMINATI

11/15 Illuminati #1 - 44,163
12/15 Illuminati #2 - 23,090 (-47.7%)
01/16 Illuminati #3 - 19,025 (-17.6%)
02/16 Illuminati #4 - 15,280 (-19.7%)
03/16 Illuminati #5 - 13,561 (-11.2%)
04/16 Illuminati #6 - 13,933 (+ 2.7%)

Since issue #2: -39.7%
Disapeared from future sollicitations so seems to have been cancelled quietly.

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149- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
01/16 Drax #3 - 18,837 (-18.3%)
02/16 Drax #4 - 14,620 (-22.4%)
03/16 Drax #5 - 13,042 (-10.8%)
04/16 Drax #6 - 13,606 (+ 4.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 41.0%
Another perfect candidate tyo shorten the overcrowded Guardians of galaxy line of titles.

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153- X-MEN WORST X-MAN EVER LTD

02/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #1 of 5 - 21,399
03/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #2 of 5 - 15,169 (-29.1%)
04/16 X-Men Worst X-Man Ever Ltd #3 of 5 - 13,436 (-11.4%)

I resisted the urge to write X-Men Worst Sales Ever because there was probably lower sales on an X-Man title one day. But it was tempting.

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161- A YEAR OF MARVEL AMAZING LTD($5)

04/16 A year of Marvel Amazing Ltd #1 of 6 - 12,717

If I understood this one correctly, this is an anthology who will feature adventures of Marvel heroes related to a month. We begin with February and March, with adventures of Peter Parker and Ant-Man. If I count well, that means there is gonna be 6 issues of this anthology. My, oh my, sales on this one are gonna be abysmal toward the end…

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162- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
02/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #3 - 16,587 (-18.6%)
03/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #4 - 15,971 (- 3.7%)
04/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #5 - 12,703 (-20.5%)

Since issue #2: -39.0%
I can’t see why TPB sales would be stellar on this one with such a negative reaction with its floppy sales.

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168- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)
04/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6 - 12,253 (-17.0%)

Since issue #2 : -43.6 %
Helas, same conclusion here.

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169- HERCULES

11/15 Hercules #1 - 44,512
12/15 Hercules #2 – 20,719 (-53.5%)
01/16 Hercules #3 - 16,310 (-21.3%)
02/16 Hercules #4 - 13,767 (-15.6%)
03/16 Hercules #5 - 12,701 (- 7.7%)
04/16 Hercules #6 - 12,190 (- 4.0%) END

Since issue #2 : -41.2 %
The next arc is sold as a mini-serie and then Dan Abnett will be exclusive with DC. Hercules will not come back.

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180- WEIRDWORLD

06/15 Weirdworld #1 - 48,688
07/15 Weirdworld #2 - 26,307 (-46.0%)
08/15 Weirdworld #3 - 23,784 (- 9.6%)
09/15 Weirdworld #4 - 22,206 (- 6.6%)
10/15 Weirdworld #5 - 18,996 (-14.5%)
11/15 ---
12/15 Weirdworld #1 - 30,288
01/16 Weirdworld #2 - 17,759 (-41.4%)
02/16 Weirdworld #3 - 14,190 (-20.1%)
03/16 Weirdworld #4 - 11,993 (-15.5%)
04/16 Weirdworld #5 - 10,730 (-10.5%)

Since issue #2: -39.6%
This one has also been cancelled quietly, disapearing from future sollicitations.

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175- RED WOLF

12/15 Red Wolf #1 - 39,288
01/16 Red Wolf #2 - 26,662 (-32.2%)
02/16 Red Wolf #3 - 12,211 (-54.2%)
03/16 Red Wolf #4 - 9,932 (-18.7%)
04/16 Red Wolf #5 - 8,445 (-15.0%)

Since issue #2: -68.3%
Same quiet cancellation. All the rufus around its writer not being the perfect choice to write about Native American culture didn’t create any curiosity among buyers.

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210- DARK TOWER DRAWING LADY OF SHADOWS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
...
01/16 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,676 (- 3.3%)
…
04/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #1 of 5 – 8,252
Same pattern than usual: starting a little higher than the last issue of the last mini, but quite lower than its first issue.

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265- STAR BRAND AND NIGHTMASK

12/15 Star Brand and Nightmask #1 - 27,969
01/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #2 - 11,677 (-58.3%)
02/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #3 - 8,956 (-23.3%)
03/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #4 - 6,678 (-25.4%)
04/16 Star Brand and Nightmask #5 - 5,653 (-15.3%)

Since issue #2: -51.6%
This one makes the Vertigo numbers almost look good!

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280- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CIVIL WAR LTD ($3)

03/16- MU Avengers Civil War Ltd #1 - 7,253
04/16 MU Avengers Civil War Ltd #2 - 4,899 (-32.5%)
Who cares?

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299- MU ULT SPIDER-MAN CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS LTD ($3)

03/16- MU Spider-Man Contest of Champions Ltd #1 - 5,447
04/16- MU Spider-Man Contest of Champions Ltd #2 - 4,320 (-20.7%)
If you ever come to Lyon in France -my city-, you HAVE to taste quenelle!

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300- MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY ($3)

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1 – 12,047
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2 – 9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of 4 - 8,406 (- 7.7%)
05/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 - 7,468 (-18.0%)

10/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 11,751
11/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 7,364 (-37.3%)
12/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 6,159 (-16.4%)
01/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 5,662 (- 8.1%)
02/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 5,198 (- 8.2%)
03/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 4,937 (- 5.0%)
04/16 MU Guardians of Galaxy #7 - 4,309 (-12.7%)

Since issue #2: -41.5%
And « cervelle de canut » also! It’s dip fromage blanc seasoned with chopped herbs, shallots, salt, peper, olive oil and vinegar.

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for French sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what. And if you’re a hairdresser, I wouldn’t recommend for you to come work in France. Love you!

http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-comics ... beautiful/

Sat 18 Jun 2016 - 23:22

fred le mallrat a écrit:Marvel Comics Month-to Month Sales [size=150]April 2016[/size]: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!

Who cares?
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If you ever come to Lyon in France -my city-, you HAVE to taste quenelle!
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And « cervelle de canut » also! It’s dip fromage blanc seasoned with chopped herbs, shallots, salt, peper, olive oil and vinegar.

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for French sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what. And if you’re a hairdresser, I wouldn’t recommend for you to come work in France. Love you!

:mrgreen:

Mon 24 Oct 2016 - 11:02

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales [size=150]August 2016[/size]: GOLDEN COINS FOR FURRY BALLS !
Xavier Lancel looks into Marvel's August 2016 sales!
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales August 2016: GOLDEN COINS FOR FURRY BALLS !

This month could be seen as a little let down for Marvel. It’s not. Yes, no new episode of the Civil Ward main series has been released, but a good chunk of the last All New Wave of titles are performing extremely well : Dr Strange, Black Panther, Moon Knight, The Punisher, the new volume of Daredevil, and, less surprisingly, Spider-Man /Deadpool. The two biggest disappointment in sales are probably International Iron Man and, to a lesser extent, Black Widow. So far, Deadpool and Spider-Man are the biggest franchise at Marvel, with a huge difference in TPB sales. The Spider-Man franchise has already been diluted too much, but that doesn’t seem to have affected the sales of the main title, still very strong after many years with Dan Slott at his helm. There is the first glimpse of a weakened Deadpool line with the mixed results of the new Mercs for Money ongoing title in floppy format.
Today, almost any garbage with a n°1 painted on it is gonna sell so it’s not a surprise to see DC doing so well on its first month, especially with double shipping titles mostly focused only on their big name franchises. What is more worrying for Marvel is, so far, DC’s quite good reduced fall from issue#1 numbers. We had been used to at least -45% to -60% fall from issue#1 numbers those last two years. Could DC prove that those fall can be reduced and go back to something a little more rational ?
Another worrying factor we can see, but this time in this month’s Marvel numbers, is the almost non-existent effect that the Civil War tie-in tag has on secondary or tiers series : some of them are reaching their lowest sales level with this tag !
But there is also reasons to cheer for Marvel in this month’s numbers : all the Annuals released are selling at the same level than the ongoing title they are an extension of ! A surprising result, especially since , frankly, the appellation Annual has no meaning anymore. Any random one shot can fit it.
Last but not least : this month theme for variant covers war Tsum Tsum, those ball shaped furry versions of MU characters. Cute and furry, here is something at last worth to be celebrated !

4- 32- 295-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 265,073
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-58.0%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 - 73,643 (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 - 67,446 (- 8.4%)
05/16 Amazing Spider-Man#12 - 74,963 (+11.1%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#13 - 65,519 (-12.6%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#14 - 65,646 (+ 0.2%)
07/16 Amazing Spider-Man#15 - 93,582 [+5,588]
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#16 - 185,342
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#17 - 74,869

Since #2: -41.0%
Sorry I missed issue#15 last month, back with reorder in August. God, this is confusing. Issue#15 jump is because of MJ’s putting on the Iron Spider costume. But why on Earth issue#16 doubled in sales, I don’ t know, probably a special deal mixed with the expectation of a second Clone Saga ? (well, a third, if you count the original classic). Anyway, no matter what, the result is that people are still way responsive to anything happening in Amazing, which remain on the podium of the best selling MU titles.

20- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 145,066 (- 9.3%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (- 6.4%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18- 98,880 (- 7.6%)
05/16 Star Wars#19- 95,156 (- 3.8%)
06/16 Star Wars#20- 96,047 (+ 0.9%)
07/16 Star Wars#21- 90,863 (- 5.4%)
08/16 Star Wars#22- 85,126 (- 6.3%)

Since issue #2: -59.9%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.1: 37,415 [+693]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +20.9%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.2: 11,372
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +8.4%
That’s a confirmation of last month worrying behavior. Even losing 5K per month, it would take one year for this title to be in disapointing sales territory, but still, it seems like a kind of frenziness is over. Not that you would see it looking at the TPB sales, still going up. 37K copies of Vol. 1 sold throught US comics shops so far !

STAR WARS TOP VOL.3: 6,689
152p, $20, cents per page:
Average +% TPB Sales issues #13-19

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22-BLACK PANTHER

04/16- Black Panther #1 - 286,755
05/16 Black Panther #2 - 102,366
06/16 Black Panther #3 - 75,037 (-26.7%)
07/16 Black Panther #4 - 72,302 (- 3.6%)
08/16 Black Panther #5 - 83,756 (+15.8%)

Since issue #2: -18.2%
Start of a new arc, a new artist( Chris Sprouse) tons of variants, and that’s a nice jump ! So far, nobody was expecting so big a success.

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31- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
03/15 Darth Vader #3 - 126,278 (+ 0.6%)
04/15 Darth Vader #4 - 136,451 (+ 8.1%)
05/15 Darth Vader #5 - 113,025 (-17.2%)
06/15 Darth Vader #6 - 107,739 (- 4.7%)
07/15 Darth Vader #7 - 114,349 (+ 6.1%)
08/15 Darth Vader #8 - 98,994 (-13.4%)
09/15 Darth Vader #9 - 100,235 (+ 1.3%)
10/15 Darth Vader#10- 94,372 (- 5.8%)
10/15 Darth Vader#11- 92,866 (- 1.6%)
11/15 Darth Vader#12- 90,077 (- 3.0%)
11/15 Darth Vader#13- 113,448 (+25.9%) (Vader Down)
12/15 Darth Vader#14- 97,457 (-14,1%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Darth Vader#15- 98,405 (+ 1.0%) (Vader Down)
02/16 Darth Vader#16- 81,147 (-17.5%)
03/16 Darth Vader#17- 80,269 (- 1.1%)
03/16 Darth Vader#18- 77,942 (- 2.9%)
04/16 Darth Vader#19- 76,965 (- 1.3%)
05/16 Darth Vader#20- 86,641 (+12.6%)
06/16 Darth Vader#21- 79,065 (- 8.7%)
06/16 Darth Vader#22- 77,610 (- 1.8%)
07/16 Darth Vader#23- 77,430 (- 0.2%)
08/16 Darth vader#24- 75,401 (- 2.6%)

Since issue #2: -39.9%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 30,276 [+932]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +23.4%
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 14,306 [+565]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +14.6%
Darth vader, on the other hand, is still doing strongly, with TPB qite close to those its parent title. Vol.3 just went out and is already doing great. No other character has such an aura in the Star Wars universe.

DARTH VADER TPB VOL.3: 7,098
128p, $17, cents per page:
Average +% TPB Sales issues #13-18 : +8.7%

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38- 212-SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 180,891 [+8,721]
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 80,512
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 73,238 (- 9.0%)
04/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #4 - 64,931 (-11.3%)
05/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #5 - 63,821 (- 1.7%)
06/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #6 - 64,630 (+ 1.3%)
07/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #7 - 62,060 (- 4.0%)
08/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #8 - 69,519 (+12.0%)

Since issue #2: -13.7%
The Tsum Tsum variant program helped the sales to rebound, no that they seemed to be in any danger of falling. Issue #1 is once again back with reorders.

SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.1: 6,793
136p, $18, cents per page:
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-5
The first paperback of the serie is out and it seems like the road is all traced for it : to sell hundreds of copies every month, making Deadpool an even bigger cash machine for Marvel than before.

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39- STAR WARS HAN SOLO

06/16 SW Han Solo #1 - 152,596
07/16 SW Han Solo #2 - 83,738 (-45.1%)
08/16 SW Han Solo #3 - 67,816 (-19.0%)

Since issue#2 : -19.0%
Already below Darth Vader. If every #1 will still attract buyers interests, it’s quite a trial to find a big crowd of loyal readers after that. Hey, it’s still better than 95% of the MU titles but launching a new Star Wars ongoing title isn’t sparkling people’s interest like before.

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41- FALLEN ($5)

08/16 Fallen #1 - 66,578
Mourning ceremony for the character who bited the dust in Civil War #3 -at least for the time being. Mark Bagley pencilled it. Entrance fee to the ceremony is $5.

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41- ACCUSED ($5)

08/16 Accused #1 - 62,363
Wait ? You still have money ? Well, give me $5 and be witness to the trial of an Avenger who murdered another one -that’s NOT a hint, everybody has been an Avenger so far! Ramon Bachs is at the helm.

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50-51- 291-DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 268,392
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-65.7%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)
04/16 Deadpool #9 - 57,798 (-20.5%)
04/16 Deadpool #10- 64,509 (+11.6%)
05/16 Deadpool #11- 62,900 (- 2.5%)
05/16 Deadpool #12- 57,805 (- 8.1%)
06/16 Deadpool #13- 78,536 (+35.9%)
06/16 Deadpool #14- 63,334 (-19.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Deadpool #15- 67,822 (+ 7.1%) (CV2) [+5,714]
08/16 Deadpool #16- 55,577 (-18.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #17- 57,681 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)

Since issue#2 : - 37.3%
Reorder activity on issue#15 make it look uglier than it is but it’s clear that being a CV2 tie-in -but is it really, or is it simply an automatic gimmick by Marvel?- didn’t affect the title trajectory that much.

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53- STAR WARS POE DAMERON

04/16- SW Poe Dameron Ltd #1 - 175,322
05/16 SW Poe Dameron Ltd #2 - 68,922 (-60.7%)
06/16 SW Poe Dameron Ltd #3 - 60,889 (-11.7%)
07/16 SW Poe Dameron Ltd #4 - 57,712 (- 5.2%)
08/16 SW Poe Dameron Ltd #5 - 52,281 (- 9.4%)

Since issue #2: -24.1%
Wait, who’s a moron ?

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54- OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
...
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #4 - 59,174 (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #5 - 58,870 (- 0.5%)
05/16 Old Man Logan #6 - 52,761 (-10.4%)
06/16 Old Man Logan #7 - 51,926 (- 1.6%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #8 - 55,311 (+ 6.5%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #9 - 49,804 (-10.0%)
08/16 Old Man Logan #10 - 52,175 (+ 4.8%)

Since issue #2: -18.4%
A noticeable rebound, thanks to the Blum Blum variant cover, especially loveable. Meanwhile, TPB sales are going strongly, after the initial release.

OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.1 : 4,783 [+610]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +7.1%

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55- 274- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
...
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 57,972 (War Machines) [+6,224]
04/16 Invincible Iron Man #8 - 46,520 (War Machines)
05/16 Invincible Iron Man #9 - 49,334 (+6.0%) (CV2)
06/16 Invincible Iron Man #10- 49,141 (- 0.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Invincible Iron Man #11- 49,439 (+0.6%) (CV2)
08/16 Invincible Iron Man #12- 50,571 (+2.3%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -24.1%
This title success has been in fact reinforced by the lackluster performances of its twin title. Issue #7 is having reorder activity, like other mysterious random Marvel issues this month. There is probably a reason for that.

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56- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange #7 - 49,590 (- 5.6%)
05/16 Doctor Strange #8 - 49,427 (- 0.3%)
06/16 Doctor Strange #9 - 46,306 (- 6.3%)
07/16 ---
08/16 Doctor Strange #10 - 50,083 (+ 8.2%)

Since issue #2 : -23.1%
As we draw closer to the movie release, sales have to chance to remain steady, if not to go up a little, as stores could expect some fools would dare open a comic featuring the original character of a movie they liked. Yeah, that could happen. Scary, I know.

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58- CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS

05/16 Cap America SR #1 -140,222
06/16 Cap America SR #2 - 74,884
07/16 Cap America SR #3 - 65,455 (-12.6%)
08/16 Cap America SR #4 - 49,559 (-24.3%) (CV 2)
Not pretty at all. Still in paradise saleswise, but purgatory is not very far, when you are circling over it.

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59- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
04/16 Spider-Man #3 - 59,789 (- 1.4%)
05/16 Spider-Man #4 - 49,167 (-17.8%)
06/16 Spider-Man #5 - 47,025 (- 4.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man #6 - 52,731 (+12.1%) (CV 2)
08/16 Spider-Man #7 - 47,678 (- 9.6%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -21.4%
Almost back to where it was before CV2. We are still in excellent sales territory and the title is probably still searching for its new sales level, way higher than when it was an Ultimate title.

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60- 61- ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS

11/15 ANAD Avengers #1 - 128,570
12/15 ANAD Avengers #2 - 67,154 (-47.8%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #3 - 57,584 (-14.3%)
01/16 ANAD Avengers #4 - 57,114 (- 0.8%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #5 - 51,740 (- 9.4%)
02/16 ANAD Avengers #6 - 48,022 (- 7.2%)
03/16 ANAD Avengers #7 - 52,631 (+ 9.6%) (Stand Off)
04/16 ANAD Avengers #8 - 51,925 (- 1.3%) (Stand Off)
05/16 ANAD Avengers #9 - 52,296 (+ 0.7%)
06/16 ANAD Avengers#10 - 44,965 (-14.0%)
06/16 ANAD Avengers#11 - 42,788 (- 4.8%)
07/16 ANAD Avengers#12 - 46,313 (+ 8.2%)
08/16 ANAD Avengers#13 - 46,257 (- 0.1%)

08/16 ANAD Avengers Annual #1 - 45,992

Since issue #2 : - 31.1%
The sun is shining when not only you are not losing any reader from one issue to another but when your expensive Annual is selling at the same level than your ongoing !

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62- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)
04/16 Mighty Thor #6 - 52,538 (- 3.7%)
05/16 Mighty Thor #7 - 47,425 (- 9.7%)
06/16 Mighty Thor #8 - 51,300 (+ 8.2%)
07/16 Mighty Thor #9 - 48,712 (- 5.0%)
08/16 Mighty Thor #10- 45,929 (- 5.7%)

Since issue #2: -34.7%
If you are late in your reading of Mighty Thor, don’t look at this month’s cover, it’s gonna spoil her identity ! Sales are going down but they are still so high that it’s not worrying at all.

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63- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)
02/16 Extraordinary X-Men #7 - 47,219 ( - 0.7%)
03/16 Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 62,576 (+32.5%) (Apocalypse Wars)
04/16 Extraordinary X-Men #9 - 51,322 (- 20.0%) (Apocalypse Wars)
05/16 Extraordinary X-Men #10- 50,015 (- 2.5%) (Apocalypse Wars)
06/16 Extraordinary X-Men #11- 45,532 (- 9.0%) (Apocalypse Wars)
07/16 Extraordinary X-Men #12- 48,609 (+ 6.8%) (Apoclaypse Wars)
08/16 Extraordinary X-Men #13- 45,037 (- 7.3%)

Since issue #2 : -30.3%
Start of a new arc. The title came back from the Apocalypse Wars without a scratch, but also whithout any complementary reader.

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65- CIVIL WAR II AMAZING SPIDER-MAN LTD

06/16 CV II Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 72,556
07/16 CV II Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 52,458 (-27.7%)
08/16 CV II Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 44,471 (-15.2%)
Featuring Clash, of the Ditkoesque Ramon Perez’s Learning to Crawl mini-series, and a nice Travel Foreman cover ! Selling a little better than the X-Men’s mini.

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66- PUNISHER

05/16 Punisher #1 - 110,726
06/16 Punisher #2 - 47,524 (-57.1%)
07/16 Punisher #3 - 46,534 (- 2.1%)
08/16 Punisher #4 - 44,154 (- 5.1%)

Since issue #2 : -7.1%
Sticking to its reader base like crazy.

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67- 88-CIVIL WAR II CHOOSING SIDES LTD

06/16 CV II Choosing sides #1 - 62,876
07/16 CV II Choosing sides #2 - 38,507 (-38.8%)
07/16 CV II Choosing sides #3 - 34,644 (-10.0%)
08/16 CV II Choosing sides #4 - 31,464 (- 9.2%)
08/16 CV II Choosing sides #5 - 43,768 (+39.1%)
Issue#4 is featuring Power Pack and issue #5 Alpha Flight ! I have no idea why issue#5 bounced back so much. In a perfect world, that would be because of this gorgeous Cameron Stewart’sAlpha Flight cover or because of Ramon Perez’s interior art. The truth is probably less pretty so let’s ignore it.

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68- UNCANNY X-MEN

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55,804 (-40.2%)
02/16 Uncanny X-Men #3 - 50,382 (- 9.7%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #4 - 46,105 (- 8.5%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #5 - 45,887 (- 0.5%)
04/16 Uncanny X-Men #6 - 57,434 (+25.1%) (Apocalypse War)
05/16 Uncanny X-Men #7 - 50,936 (-11.3%) (Apocalypse War)
06/16 Uncanny X-Men #8 - 45,409 (-10.9%) (Apocalypse War)
06/16 Uncanny X-Men #9 - 44,617 (- 1.7%) (Apocalypse War)
07/16 Uncanny X-Men #10- 48,025 (+ 7.6%) (Apocalypse War)
08/16 Uncanny X-Men #11- 42,779 (-10.9%)

Since issue #2: -23.3%
3 ongoing X-men team titles over 40K ? I’m not sure this line is that much in need of a reshape.

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69- 77- DEADPOOL VS GAMBIT LTD

06/16 Deadpool VS Gambit Ltd #1 - 65,773
07/16 Deadpool VS Gambit Ltd #2 - 49,815 (-24.3%)
08/16 Deadpool VS Gambit Ltd #3 - 42,561 (-14.6%)
08/16 Deadpool VS Gambit Ltd #4 - 38,173 (-10.3%)
Still doing great but boy, that’s a lot of people giving up beetween issues !

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70- STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION LTD

06/16 SW Force Awakens #1 - 79,626
07/16 SW Force Awakens #2 - 49,423 (-37.9%)
08/16 SW Force Awakens #3 - 41,575 (-15.9%)
What were the readers expecting ?!

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71- 73- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
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12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)
04/16 Daredevil #6 - 48,745 (+ 8.6%)
05/16 Daredevil #7 - 43,704 (-10.3%)
06/16 Daredevil #8 - 41,172 (- 5.8%)
07/16 Daredevil #9 - 43,009 (+ 4.4%)
08/16 Daredevil #10- 40,775 (- 5.2%)

08/16 Daredevil Annual #1 – 39,635

Since issue #2 : - 18.1%
Start of a new arc, with one variant cover, but with no reward. But the sales level of the Annual is really something to cheer for, equal to the ongoing’s. Please note that this Annual is cowrote by Roger Mc Kenzie, who wrote fantastic episodes of Daredevil in 1981, eclipsed by the following success of Frank Miller’s. He has recently wrote short horror stories for the anthology The Creeps.

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72- 78-ALL NEW WOLVERINE ($5)

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 - 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)
04/16 AN Wolverine #7 - 38,168 (-14.6%)
05/16 AN Wolverine #8 - 38,242 (+ 0.2%)
06/16 AN Wolverine #9 - 43,545 (+13.9%) (CV 2)
07/16 AN Wolverine #10- 38,579 (-11.4%) (CV 2)
08/16 AN Wolverine #11- 40,312 (+ 4.5%) (CV 2)

08/16 AN Wolverine Annual #1 – 38,106

Since issue #2 : - 27.5%
Bengal played a tribute to the iconic JG jones Wonder-Woman/Batman Hyketeia cover. Which made me notice that Cap America no longer has his little wings on his helmet. When did that happened and was there any explanation about why those wings were there in the first place ? An Annual has also been released this month,selling at the same level than the ongoing, which is a true performance.

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74- 81-UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
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04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 45,659 (- 3.1%) (Stand Off)
05/16 Uncanny Avengers #9 - 40,025 (-12.3%)
06/16 Uncanny Avengers #10- 38,614 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Uncanny Avengers #11- 45,452 (+17.7%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #12- 39,337 (-13.5%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #13- 37,908 (- 3.6%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2 : - 31.1%
This is weird, to say the least.

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75- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)
02/16 All New X-Men #4 - 50,160 (- 0.8%)
02/16 All New X-Men #5 - 42,402 (-15.5%)
03/16 All New X-Men #6 - 41,061 (- 3.2%)
03/16 All New X-Men #7 - 40,346 (- 1.7%)
04/16 All New X-Men #8 - 39,942 (- 1.0%)
05/16 All New X-Men #9 - 51,549 (+29.1%)(Apocalypse Wars)
06/16 All New X-Men #10- 39,978 (-22.4%) (Apocalypse Wars)
07/16 All New X-Men #11- 42,883 (+ 7.3%) (Apocalypse Wars)
08/16 All New X-Men #12- 39,289 (- 8.4%)

Since issue #2 : - 30.1%
The romance beetween a female clone and a younger version of an X-Men. Who said comics were complicated ?

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79- CIVIL WAR II X-MEN LTD

06/16 CV II X-Men #1 - 68,470
07/16 CV II X-Men #2 - 44,960 (-34.3%)
08/16 CV II X-Men #3 - 37,976 (-15.5%)
Having not read a Marvel comics in decades, mutants and inhumans are fighting over a guy who can predict the future. It’s like fighting over one specific Starbucks when there is one at every corner of every street !

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80- MOON KNIGHT

04/16- Moon Knight #1 - 65,388
05/16 Moon Knight #2 - 41,147 (-45.7%)
06/16 Moon Knight #3 - 40,752 (- 1.0%)
07/16 Moon Knight #4 - 40,012 (- 1.8%)
08/16 Moon Knight #5 - 37,934 (- 5.2%)

Since issue #2: - 7.8%
No variant cover. All is doing perfectly well for this new incarnation.

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82- DEADPOOL MERCS FOR MONEY

02/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #1 of 5 - 90,186
03/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #2 of 5 - 52,331 (-42.0%)
04/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #3 of 5 - 47,185 (- 9.8%)
05/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #4 of 5 - 43,104 (- 8.6%)
06/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #5 of 5 - 38,694 (-10.2%)
07/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #1 - 65,339
08/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #2 - 36,571 (-44.0%)
Marvel probably wasn’t expecting such disapointing sales, at least in floppy format. The BIG question is whenever this ongoing serie will sell like any other Deadpool TPB, aka by hundreds of copies each and every month.

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83- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen #7 - 60,900 (+32.2%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Gwen #8 - 49,681 (-18.4%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Gwen #9 - 41,713 (-17,1%)
07/16 Spider-Gwen #10- 35,136 (-15.8%)
08/16 Spider-Gwen #11- 36,212 (+ 3.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 43.5%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 10,313 [+722]
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +10.1%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.1: 5,734 [+534]
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-6: +11.8%
Call in a Paul Pope variant cover and everything is settled. Meanwhile, I took the time to look at Spiger-Gwen TPB sales and … this is quite a hit, selling 600 copies for each volume every month ! Vol.0 has already cracked 10K, which is amazing !

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84- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)
02/16 Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 40,581 (-12.2%)
03/16 Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 48,330 (+19.1%)
04/16 Guardians of Galaxy #7 - 40,213 ( -16.8%)
05/16 Guardians of Galaxy #8 - 38,404 (- 4.5%)
06/16 Guardians of Galaxy #9 - 34,542 (-10.1%)
07/16 Guardians of Galaxy #10- 36,614 (+ 6.0%)
08/16 Guardians of Galaxy #11- 34,914 (- 4.6%) (CV2)

Since issue #2 : -32.5 %
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241
This volume is not over yet but is almost gaining nothing from being a CV2 tie-in.

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89- 109- 300-UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)
02/16 Uncanny Inhumans #5 - 35,145 ( -0.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Inhumans #6 - 32,256 ( -7.4%)
04/16 Uncanny Inhumans #7 - 27,088 (-16.0%)
05/16 Uncanny Inhumans #8 - 28,527 (+ 5.3%)
05/16 Uncanny Inhumans #9 - 25,216 (-11.6%)
06/16 Uncanny Inhumans #10 - 24,552 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Uncanny Inhumans #11 - 35,033 (+42.7%) (CV2) [+5,497]
07/16 ---
08/16 Uncanny Inhumans #12 - 31,357 (-10.5%) (CV2)

08/16 Uncanny Inhumans Annual #1 – 25,074

Since issue #2 : - 24.1%
This is probably the title gaining the more attention thanks to the CV2 tie-in. Reorder activity on the first part of its CV2 arc is another proof of that. Meanwhile, the Annual is selling at the same exact level than the serie was, which is probably making Marvel very happy.

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90- MARVEL TSUM TSUM LTD

08/16 Marvel Tsum Tsum Ltd #1 - 30,515
That’s quite a nice pack of copies sold for a serie focusing on ball-shaped furry versions of the MU characters ! This is the theme of this month variant covers.

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91- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 CA S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 CA S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 CA S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 CA S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 CA S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 CA S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 CA S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 CA S. Wilson #8 - 31,052 (-43.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 CA S. Wilson #9 - 27,480 (-11.5%) (Stand Off)
06/16 CA S. Wilson #10 - 31,989 (+16.4%) (CV 2)
07/16 CA S. Wilson #11 - 29,145 (- 8.2%) (CV 2)
08/16 CA S. Wilson #12 - 30,479 (+ 4.6%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2 : -27.5%
« Who are the Americups ? » Well, there is the AT&T American Gymnastic Cup, the Worlds Series….Oh, the AmericOps ?!

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92-GWENPOOL

04/16- Gwenpool #1 - 100,852
05/16 Gwenpool #2 - 38,162 (-62.2%)
06/16 Gwenpool #3 - 33,018 (-13.5%)
07/16 Gwenpool #4 - 33,174 (+ 0.5%)
08/16 Gwenpool #5 - 30,232 (- 8.9%)

Since issue #2: -20.8%
Still searching for its sales level.

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95- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)
03/16 Ms Marvel #5 - 31,871 ( +3.1%)
04/16 Ms Marvel #6 - 29,863 (- 6.3%)
05/16 Ms Marvel #7 - 29,840 (- 0.1%)
06/16 Ms Marvel #8 - 31,798 (+ 6.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ms Marvel #9 - 28,313 (-11.0%) (CV2)
08/16 Ms Marvel #10- 29,395 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)

Since issue #2 : -36.9 %
Interest into the cover (by Cameron Stewart) or its variant probably explain the slight jump.

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96- DAREDEVIL / PUNISHER LTD ($5)

05/16 Daredevil / Punisher #1 - 42,145
06/16 Daredevil / Punisher #2 - 35,374 (-16.1%)
07/16 Daredevil / Punisher #3 - 34,269 (- 3.1%)
08/16 Daredevil / Punisher #4 - 29,225 (-14.7%)
Eh, money can be short, with all those CV2 products !

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97- CIVIL WAR II KINGPIN LTD

07/16 CV II Kingpin Ltd #1 - 48,289
08/16 CV II Kingpin Ltd #2 - 28,720 (-40.5%)
The mystery of the Kingpin’s diet is still at the center of everyone’s attention. It does interest a significative number of people.

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98- INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN

03/16- International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
04/16 International Iron Man #2 - 40,459 (-42.9%)
05/16 International Iron Man #3 - 35,282 (-12.8%)
06/16 International Iron Man #4 - 28,998 (-17.8%)
07/16 International iron Man #5 - 27,697 (- 4.5%)
08/16 International Iron Man #6 - 28,337 (+ 2.3%)

Since issue #2: -30.0%
Believe it or not, that’s NOT a CV2 tie-in. Sales are bad, but at least they are stable.

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101- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force #1 - 114,528
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07/15 A-Force #2 - 60,330 (-47.3%)
08/15 A-Force #3 - 49,074 (-18.7%)
09/15 A-Force #4 - 46,636 (- 5.0%)
10/15 A-Force #5 - 41,337 (-11.4%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 A-Force #1 - 65,661
02/16 A-Force #2 - 35,571 (-45.8%)
03/16 A-Force #3 - 34,133 (- 4.0%)
04/16 A-Force #4 - 27,672 (-19.8%)
05/16 A-Force #5 - 29,706 (+ 7.4%)
06/16 A-Force #6 - 25,342 (-14.7%)
07/16 A-Force #7 - 23,939 (- 5.5%)
08/16 A-Force #8 - 27,743 ( +15.9%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2: -22.0%
A-FORCE VOL.1 : 2,100
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +6.2%
It’s girl on girl action, bickering (eh, there is Elsa Bloodstone), pulling hair (eh, there is Medusa!) and putting curses (eh, there is Nico!) on each other.

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102- NEW AVENGERS

01/13 New Avengers v3 # 1 - 116,280
...
03/14 N Avengers #16.NOW - 48,731 ( 0.0%)
...
12/14 New Avengers v3 #28 - 39,855 ( -1.4%)
01/15 New Avengers v3 #29 - 41,116 (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15 New Avengers v3 #30 - 42,827 (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #31 - 44,444 (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15 New Avengers v3 #32 - 40,583 (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15 New Avengers v3 #33 - 55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

10/15 New Avengers #1 - 71,243
10/15 New Avengers #2 - 50,455 (-29.8%)
11/15 New Avengers #3 - 41,630 (-17.5%)
12/15 New Avengers #4 - 36,669 (-11.9%)
01/16 New Avengers #5 - 33,010 (-10.0%)
02/16 New Avengers #6 - 31,188 ( - 5.5%)
02/16 New Avengers #7 - 30,662 ( -1.7%)
03/16 New Avengers #8 - 31,311 ( +2.1%) (Stand Off)
04/16 New Avengers #9 - 30,835 (- 1.5%) (Stand Off)
04/16 New Avengers #10 - 30,102 (- 2.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 New Avengers #11 - 29,163 (- 3.1%)
06/16 New Avengers #12 - 34,482 (+18.2%) (CV2)
07/16 New Avengers #13 - 32,337 (- 6.2%) (CV2)
07/16 New Avengers #14 - 28,603 (-11.5%) (CV2)
08/16 New Avengers #15 - 27,140 (- 5.1%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2 : - 43.3%
Despite having Angar the screamer on the cover and being a Civil War thingie, sales are in the toilet.

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103- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+ 5.3%)
04/16 Ultimates #6 - 26,146 (- 8.7%)
05/16 Ultimates #7 - 26,500 (+ 1.4%)
06/16 Ultimates #8 - 30,675 (+15.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ultimates #9 - 27,588 (-10.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Ultimates #10- 26,848 (- 2.7%) (CV2)

Since issue #2 : - 25.5%
With a good old captionned cover ! Loved it !

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107- CIVIL WAR II ULYSSES LTD ($5)

08/16 CV II Ulysses Ltd #1 - 25,230

This is the back story of Ulysses, the guy who can predict the future, but not that labelling all of the Marvel titles as tie-ins to CV2 would not work saleswise.

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110- POWER MAN AND IRON FIST

02/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #1 - 79,069
03/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #2 - 41,104 (-48.0%)
04/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #3 - 26,496 (-35.5%)
05/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #4 - 26,308 (- 0.7%)
06/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #5 - 24,202 (- 8.0%)
07/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #6 - 26,980 (+11.5%)
08/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #7 - 24,163 (- 10.4%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -41.2%
Another title reaching its lowel level despite being a CV2 tie-in.

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111- BLACK WIDOW

03/16- Black Widow #1 - 62,375
04/16 Black Widow #2 - 34,453 (-44.8%)
05/16 Black Widow #3 - 30,968 (-10.1%)
06/16 Black Widow #4 - 27,016 (-12.8%)
07/16 Black Widow #5 - 25,801 (- 4.5%)
08/16 Black Widow #6 - 24,106 (- 6.6%)

Since issue #2: -30.0%
We have now reached a disapointing sales level, but all can be redeemed with the result of the upcoming first TPB sales.

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112- CIVIL WAR II GODS OF WAR LTD

06/16 CV II Gods of war #1 - 39,690
07/16 CV II Gods of war #2 - 28,149 (-29.1%)
08/16 CV II Gods of war #3 - 23,944 (-14.9%)
Hercules is recruiting gods of war from every religion. Wait… Why is Donal J. Trump missing ?!

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114- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
04/16 Captain Marvel #4 - 25,156 (-11.6%)
05/16 Captain Marvel #5 - 23,812 (- 5.3%)
06/16 Captain Marvel #6 - 28,213 (+18.5%) (CV2)
07/16 Captain Marvel #7 - 23,895 (-15.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Captain Marvel #8 - 23,024 (- 3.5%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -20.5%
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.1 : 2,409
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +8.5%
Despite being a CV2 tie-in, this is the lowest sales level for this volume so far. Not a good sign, obviously.

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115- ASTONISHING ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)
05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)
06/15 Ant-Man Larger than Life #1- 28,797
07/15 Ant-Man Annual #1 – 24,223
08/15 Ant-Man Last Days - 35,594 (-57.2%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - 75,598
11/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #2 - 31,358 (-58.5%)
12/15 Astonishing Ant-Man #3 - 27,913 (-11.0%)
01/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #4 - 25,768 (- 7.7%)
02/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #5 - 22,168 (-14.0%)
03/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #6 - 20,375 (- 8.1%)
04/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #7 - 24,173 (+18.6%)
05/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #8 - 20,799 (-14.0%)
06/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #9 - 18,382 (-11.6%)
07/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #10- 20,320 (+10.5%)
08/16 Astonishing Ant-Man #11- 22,836 (+12.4%) (CV2)

Since issue#2 : - 35.2%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +11.0%
ANT-MAN TPB VOL.1: 4,406
Another character who has to choose a side. And another character which future or past history will probably contradict the side he is taking for the sake of this crossover event.

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116- 120-SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
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01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 24,081 (-15.7%)
05/16 Spider-Man 2099 #10- 23,040 (- 4.3%)
06/16 Spider-Man 2099 #11- 22,722 (- 1.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man 2099 #12- 22,480 (- 1.1%)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #13- 22,793 (+ 1.4%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #14- 21,908 (- 3.9%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -46.2%
Apparenlt, nobody cares that it’s a CV2 tie-in. Once again, lowest level so far for the series, despite the crossover.

—

118- X-MEN 92

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
09/15 X-Men 92 #4 - 41,826 (-15.9%)
...
03/16- X-Men 92 #1 - 58,804
04/16 X-Men 92 #2 - 33,862 (-42.4%)
05/16 X-Men 92 #3 - 30,112 (-11.1%)
06/16 X-Men 92 #4 - 25,044 (-16.8%)
07/16 X-Men 92 #5 - 22,745 (- 9.2%)
08/16 X-Men 92 #6 - 22,175 (- 2.5%)

Since issue#2: -32.8%
Did Marvel cancelled this one too soon ? It’s showing signs of stabilisation.

—

121- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 - 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)
02/16 Silk #4 - 26,786 (-19.1%)
02/16 Silk #5 - 26,032 (- 2.8%)
03/16 Silk #6 - 24,847 (- 4.6%)
04/16 Silk #7 - 43,012 (+73.0%) (Spider Women)
05/16 Silk #8 - 30,884 (-28.2%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Silk #9 - 23,162 (-25.0%)
07/16 Silk #10- 23,125 (- 0.2%)
08/16 Silk #11- 21,833 (- 5.6%)

Since issue #2 : -43.1%
Dangerously approaching the 20K frontier. Still safe for the time being, as Spider-Woman will probably be the first spider-lady to bite the dust.

—

123- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)
02/16 Carnage #5 - 27,160 (-14.3%)
03/16 Carnage #6 - 28,874 ( +6.3%)
04/16 Carnage #7 - 24,480 (-15.2%)
05/16 Carnage #8 - 23,697 (- 3.2%)
06/16 Carnage #9 - 23,146 (- 2.3%)
07/16 Carnage #10- 21,829 (- 5.7%)
08/16 Carnage #11- 20,709 (- 5.1%)

Since issue #2 : -50.2%
Just fell to the other side (the one where more than half of your debut readers have left).

—

124- ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)
04/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #4 - 24,179 (- 2.7%)
05/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #5 - 21,138 (-12.6%)
06/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #6 - 20,392 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #7 - 19,142 (- 6.1%)
08/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #8 - 20,646 (+ 7.9%)

Since issue #2: -29.2%
A CV2 tie-in and featuring Gwempool ! The results are mixed.

—

125- VISION

11/15 Vision # 1- 42,119
12/15 Vision # 2 - 36,107 (-14.3%)
01/16 Vision # 3 - 34,807 (- 3.6%)
02/16 Vision # 4 - 19,070 (-45.2%)
03/16 Vision #5 - 18,636 (- 2.3%)
04/16 Vision #6 - 19,028 (+ 2.1%)
05/16 Vision #7 - 19,623 (+ 3.1%)
06/16 Vision #8 - 22,460 (+14.5%)
07/16 Vision #9 - 20,785 (- 7.5%)
08/16 Vision #10- 20,523 (- 1.3%)

Since issue #2 : - 43.2%
With results like this, no way Marvel is gonna let this one go ! It will come back !

—

129- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)
02/16 Spider-Woman #4 - 20,747 (-13.7%)
03/16 Spider-Woman #5 - 20,594 ( - 0.7%)
04/16 Spider-Woman #6 - 39,291 (+90.8%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Woman #7 - 27,118 (-31.0%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Woman #8 - 19,658 (-27.5%)
07/16 Spider-Woman #9 - 20,938 (+ 6.5%) (CV 2)
08/16 Spider-Woman #10- 19,251 (- 8.1%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2 : -30.8%
You know the song : lowest level so far for the series, despite being a CV 2 tie-in. Making all of your titles tie-ins to CV 2 doesn’t seem to really work anymore, or at least not for more than one month.

—

130- SQUADRON SUPREME ($5)

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)
02/16 Squadron Supreme #4 - 24,182 (+ 2.7%)
03/16 Squadron Supreme #5 - 22,323 (- 7.7%)
04/16 Squadron Supreme #6 - 22,930 (+ 2.7%)
05/16 Squadron Supreme #7 - 19,486 (-15.0%)
06/16 Squadron Supreme #8 - 18,676 (- 4.2%)
07/16 Squadron Supreme #9 - 23,692 (+26.9%) (CV 2)
08/16 Squadron Supreme #10- 19,119 (- 19.3%) (CV 2)

Since issue #2 : - 30.8%
Almost back to where it was, despite being both a CV2 tie-in and the start of a new arc. This could get ugly.

—

132- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
03/16 - -
04/16 Silver Surfer #3 - 23,151 (- 7.4%)
05/16 Silver Surfer #4 - 21,063 (- 9.0%)
06/16 ---
07/16 Silver Surfer #5 - 20,165 (- 4.3%)
08/16 Silver Surfer #6 - 18,991 (- 5.8%)

Since issue #2: -24.1%
Not viable by Marvel current standarts. Which is a shame.

—

135- SPIDEY

12/15 Spidey #1 - 65,503
01/16 Spidey #2 - 33,585 (-48.8%)
02/16 Spidey #3 - 28,161 (-16.2%)
03/16 ---
04/16 Spidey #4 - 24,553 (-12.8%)
04/16 Spidey #5 - 22,991 (- 6.4%)
05/16 Spidey #6 - 21,794 (-5.2%)
06/16 Spidey #7 - 20,736 (-4.8%)
07/16 Spidey #8 - 20,012 (-3.5%)
08/16 Spidey #9 - 18,348 (-8.3%)

Since issue #2: -45.4%
Falling for the first time under 20K, but still in sales paradise for this kind of title, usually glued to the 5-6K zone.

—

136- THUNDERBOLTS

05/16 Thunderbolts #1 - 45,169
06/16 Thunderbolts #2 - 36,865 (-18.8%)
07/16 Thunderbolts #3 - 26,588 (-27.9%)
08/16 Thunderbolts #4 - 18,128 (-31.8%)

Since issue#2 : -50.8%
The only title which keep loosing more and more readers , as months go by.

—

141- VENOM SPACEKNIGHT

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)
04/16 Venom Spaceknight #6 - 17,894 (- 4.9%)
05/16 Venom spaceknight #7 - 17,370 (- 3.0%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #8 - 16,658 (- 4.1%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #9 - 16,006 (- 3.9%)
07/16 Venom Spaceknight #10 - 15,650 (- 2.2%)
08/16 Venom Spaceknight #11 - 17,548 (+12.1%) (CV2)

Since issue #2 : - 45.5%
More than the CV2 tie-in, that’s probably the confrontation beetween Venom and Spider-Man which helped this one gain more readers than the others CV2-tied-in titles surrounding him.

—

143- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)
02/16 Scarlet Witch #3 - 23,900 (- 7.1%)
03/16 Scarlet Witch #4 - 21,094 (-11.7%)
04/16 Scarlet Witch #5 - 17,864 (-15.3%)
05/16 Scarlet Witch #6 - 16,842 (- 5.7%)
06/16 Scarlet Witch #7 - 18,496 (+ 9.8%)
07/16 Scarlet Witch #8 - 16,160 (-12.6%)
08/16 Scarlet Witch #9 - 17,000 (+ 5.2%)(CV2)

Since issue #2: -33.9%
SCARLET WITCH VOL.1 : 2,286
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +9.6%
Even poor Wanda is not safe from the CV2 crossover frenzie.

—

144- EMPRESS

04/16 Empress #1 - 55,829
05/16 Empress #2 - 38,758 (-30.6%)
06/16 Empress #3 - 37,529 (- 3.2%)
07/16 Empress #4 - 18,320 (-51.2%)
08/16 Empress #5 - 16,954 (- 7.5%)

Since issue #2 : -56.3%
Falling under 15K will make everyone wonder : what if it would have released by Image ?

—

150- VOTE LOKI

06/16 Vote Loki #1 - 29,502
07/16 Vote Loki #2 - 20,881 (-29.3%)
08/16 Vote Loki #3 - 16,383 (-21.5%)
Readers don’t want comicsto imitate life, it seems.

—

151- ALL NEW INHUMANS

12/15 All New Inhumans #1 - 58,123
12/15 All New Inhumans #2 - 34,471 (-40.7%)
01/16 All New Inhumans #3 - 25,746 (-25.3%)
02/16 All New Inhumans #4 - 22,334 (-13.3%)
03/16 All New Inhumans #5 - 24,779 (+10.9%)
04/16 All New Inhumans #6 - 20,152 ( -18.7%)
05/16 All New Inhumans #7 - 18,833 (- 6.5%)
06/16 All New Inhumans #8 - 17,865 (- 5.1%)
07/16 All New Inhumans #9 - 16,831 (- 5.8%)
08/16 All New Inhumans #10- 16,277 (- 3.3%)

Since issue #2 : -52.8 %
Two Inhumans team book, it’s too much, that now seems pretty clear.

—

157- MOCKINGBIRD

03/16- Mockingbird #1 - 42,335
04/16 Mockingbird #2 - 32,965 (-22.1%)
05/16 Mockingbird #3 - 21,912 (-33.6%)
06/16 Mockingbird #4 - 15,975 (-27.2%)
07/16 Mockingbird #5 - 15,290 (- 4.3%)
08/16 Mockingbird #6 - 15,690 (+ 2.6%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -52.4%
Being a CV2 tie-in barely manage to stop its fall.

—

158- AGENTS OF SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 - 94,503
01/15 SHIELD #2 - 33,965 (- 64.1%)
...
09/15 SHIELD#10- 18,693 (- 17.3%)

09/15 Agent Carter SHIELD - 26,438
09/15 Fury SHIELD – 26,313
09/15 Mockingbird SHIELD ($5) – 25,593
09/15 Quake SHIELD – 25,193
09/15 Cavalry SHIELD – 23,831

10/15 SHIELD#11 - 20,121 (+ 7.6%)
11/15 SHIELD#12 - 17,470 (-13.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Agents of SHIELD #1 - 35,382
02/16 Agents of SHIELD #2 - 18,771 (-47.0%)
03/16 Agents of SHIELD #3 - 18,139 (- 3.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Agents of SHIELD #4 - 17,878 (- 1.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 Agents of SHIELD #5 - 17,410 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Agents of SHIELD #6 - 15,689 (- 9.9%)
07/16 Agents of SHIELD #7 - 16,110 (+ 2.7%) (CV2)
08/16 Agents of SHIELD #8 - 15,519 (- 3.7%) (CV2)

Since issue #2: -17.3%
Lowest level so far for the title, all volumes included. Time to call it a day, Marvel !

—

163- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)
04/16 Nova #6 - 15,795 (- 6.5%)
05/16 Nova #7 - 15,377 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Nova #8 - 19,720 (+28.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Nova #9 - 16,726 (-15.2%) (CV2)
08/16 Nova #10 - 14,766 (-11.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 45.6 %
One volume too many, obviously.

—

166- WEB WARRIORS

11/15 Web Warriors #1 - 62,096
12/15 Web Warriors #2 - 31,614 (-49.1%)
01/16 Web Warriors #3 - 25,407 (-19.6%)
02/16 Web Warriors #4 - 20,198 (-20.5%)
03/16 Web Warriors #5 - 18,621 (- 7.8%)
04/16 Web Warriors #6 - 17,376 (- 6.7%)
05/16 Web Warriors #7 - 16,445 (- 5.4%)
06/16 Web Warriors #8 - 15,953 (- 3.0%)
07/16 Web Warriors #9 - 15,256 (- 4.4%)
08/16 Web Warriors #10- 14,066 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 55.5 %
One more issue to go.

—

167- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43,572 (-49.3%)
05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)
06/15 Howard the Duck #4 – 34,043 (- 3.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Howard the Duck #5 – 26,891 (-21.0%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Howard The Duck #1 - 69,177
12/15 Howard The Duck #2 - 33,578 (-51.5%)
01/16 Howard The Duck #3 - 28,971 (-13.7%)
02/16 Howard The Duck #4 - 20,965 (-27.6%)
03/16 Howard The Duck #5 - 17,995 (-14.2%)
04/16 Howard The Duck #6 - 19,459 (+8.1%)
05/16 Howard The Duck #7 - 18,122 (- 6.9%)
06/16 Howard The Duck #8 - 17,569 (- 3.1%)
07/16 Howard The Duck #9 - 15,903 (- 9.5%)
08/16 Howard The Duck #10- 14,062 (-11.2%)

Since issue #2 : -58.1%
Whithout the relaunch, I’m not even sure we would be that low.

—

168- UNBEATTABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #7 - 17,869 (-13.8%)
05/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #8 - 15,131 (-15.3%)
06/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #9 - 14,692 (- 2.9%)
07/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #10- 14,590 (- 0.7%)
08/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #11- 13,872 (- 4.9%)

Since issue #2 : -39.9 %
TPB VOL.1: 7,919 [+567]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +29.9%
TPB VOL.2 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
If floppy sales are a little weak (for a standart MU title,which doesn’t really apply here), TPB sales justify fully the ongoing format.

—

179- DR STRANGE PRELUDE

07/16 Dr Strange prelude #1 - 21,296
08/16 Dr Strange prelude #2 - 12,151 (-42.9%)
For $4, you don’t even have a cover, just a picture from the movie. If you don’t get the message…

—

183- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)
04/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6 - 12,253 (-17.0%)
05/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #7 - 12,879 (+ 5.1%)
06/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #8 - 12,721 (- 1.2%)
07/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #9 - 10,338 (-18.7%)
08/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10- 11,862 (+14.7%)

Since issue #2 : -45.4 %
A Flum Flum variant cover and Ms Marvel as a guest star resulted in quite a rebound !

—

189- NIGHTHAWK

05/16 Nighthawk #1 - 34,039
06/16 Nighthawk #2 - 16,522 (-51.5%)
07/16 Nighthawk #3 - 13,434 (-18.7%)
08/16 Nighthawk #4 - 11,383 (-15.3%)

Since issue #2 : -31.1%
If the campaign to save this title had any effect, it doesn’t show at all in sales.

—

196- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
02/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #3 - 16,587 (-18.6%)
03/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #4 - 15,971 (- 3.7%)
04/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #5 - 12,703 (-20.5%)
05/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #6 - 11,822 (- 6.9%)
06/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #7 - 13,396 (+13.3%) (CV2)
07/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #8 - 12,561 (- 6.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #9 - 10,486 (-16.5%)

Since issue #2: -49.7%
At long last, we will learn more about the poor taste of Patsy in men. I mean, Mad Dog ? Hellstrom ? She is so wicked !

—

200- 210- 279- CIVIL WAR 2 LTD ($6)

05/16 Civil War II #0 - 189,829 [+6,049]
06/16 Civil War II #1 - 391,526 (+106.3%) [+9,789]
06/16 Civil War II #2 - 148,403 (- 62.1%)
07/16 Civil War II #3 - 185,949 (+ 25.3%) [+9,073]
07/16 Civil War II #4 - 126,865 (- 31.8%)
08/16 ---
What’s the point of having a double shipping serie if you can’t even keep a monthly schedule?Only one issue was scheduled for this month and it did not even shipped in time. There is probably a lesson to be learned here but seeing that sales numbers will not be affected by this, don’t expect Marvel to give a care. Issue # 0,1 &3 are coming back with quite significative reorder activity. Expect issue#2 reorders to show their face soon, because that’s almost 40K people who bought issue#3 whithout buying issue#2. Oh, yeah, but that’s the issue where this big character « dies ». Old tricks always work…

—

207- DRAX

11/15 Drax #1 - 49,601
12/15 Drax #2 - 23,054 (-53.5%)
01/16 Drax #3 - 18,837 (-18.3%)
02/16 Drax #4 - 14,620 (-22.4%)
03/16 Drax #5 - 13,042 (-10.8%)
04/16 Drax #6 - 13,606 (+ 4.3%)
05/16 Drax #7 - 11,259 (-17.2%)
06/16 Drax #8 - 10,707 (- 4.9%)
07/16 Drax #9 - 9,991 (- 6.7%)
08/16 Drax #10- 9,338 (- 6.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 59.5%
Will the upcoming Gamora ongoing series go even deeper ?

—

211- HYPERION

03/16- Hyperion #1 - 31,679
04/16 Hyperion #2 - 16,178 (-48.9%)
05/16 Hyperion #3 - 13,204 (-19.4%)
06/16 Hyperion #4 - 10,689 (-19.0%)
07/16 Hyperion #5 - 9,893 (- 7.4%)
08/16 Hyperion #6 - 8,900 (-10.0%)

Since issue #2: -45.0%
Hyperion VS Iron Man. And the continuation of the conflict Hyperion VS sales.

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237- DARK TOWER DRAWING OFTHE THREE- BITTER MEDICINE LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
...
01/16 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,676 (- 3.3%)
…
04/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #1 of 5 – 8,252
05/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #2 of 5 - 7,597 (- 7.9%)
06/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #3 of 5 - 7,433 (- 2.1%)
07/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #4 of 5 - 7,361 (- 1.0%)
08/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,156 (- 1.0%)
Nobody gave up during this one, which makes sense. At last, logic behavior in a deranged comics world !

—

256- A YEAR OF MARVEL LTD

04/16 A year of Marvel Amazing Ltd #1 of 6 - 12,717
05/16 ---
06/16 A year of Marvel Incredible Ltd #2 of 6 – 10,104 (-20.5%)
07/16 ---
08/16 A year of Marvel Unstoppable Ltd #3 of 6 - 6,796 (-32.7%)

With 3 more issues to go, we probably have a winner for the lowest modern Marvel title.

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http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-month- ... nt-2706018

Fri 24 Feb 2017 - 14:53

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Charts December 2016: STRANGE BEHAVIORS!

by Xavier Lancel

MS MARVEL TPB VOL.6: 3,500

VOL.1 : 45,204 [+804]
VOL.2 : 18,698
VOL.3 : 11,282
VOL.4 : 6,642
VOL.5 : 5,203
HC vol.1 : 1,942
HC vol.2 : 2,653

No floppy issue of Ms Marvel this month but her first TPB is still selling, cracking 45K only trought Diamond. It’s more difficult to make people pick up the remainign volumes after that.

2-IVX ($6)

11/16 Inhumans vs X-Men #0 - 84,161
12/16 Inhumans vs X-Men #1 - 167,703 (+99.3%)

The new mess is here, and its many many variations, it cost $6 and it is so far a success.

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6- CIVIL WAR 2 LTD ($5)

05/16 Civil War II #0 - 189,829
06/16 Civil War II #1 - 391,526 (+106.3%)
06/16 Civil War II #2 - 148,403 (- 62.1%)
07/16 Civil War II #3 - 185,949 (+ 25.3%)
07/16 Civil War II #4 - 126,865 (- 31.8%)
08/16 ---
09/16 Civil War II #5 - 120,208 (- 5.2%)
10/16 Civil War II #6 - 118,625 (- 1.3%)
11/16 Civil War II #7 - 116,447 (- 1.8%)
12/16 Civil War II #8 - 105,568 (- 9..3%)

Behaved quite well all in all.

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7- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 151,221 (- 5.5%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (-10.2%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18- 98,880 (- 7.6%)
05/16 Star Wars#19- 95,156 (- 3.8%)
06/16 Star Wars#20- 96,047 (+ 0.9%)
07/16 Star Wars#21- 90,863 (- 5.4%)
08/16 Star Wars#22- 85,126 (- 6.3%)
09/16 Star Wars#23- 82,570 (- 3.0%)
10/16 Star Wars#24- 78,160 (- 5.3%)
11/16 Star Wars#25- 75,234 (- 3.7%)
12/16 Star Wars#26- 104,563 (+39.0%)

Since issue #2: -50.7%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.1: 38,798 [+696]
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-6: +22.1%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.2: 11,372
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +8.4%
STAR WARS TOP VOL.3: 6,689
Average +% TPB Sales issues #13-19 : +6.1%

A huge surge probably due to the movie release. The first tpb sales are still pilling up.

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8- 25-STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA LTD ($5 issue#1)

12/16 SW Dr Aphra Ltd #1 of - 99,067
12/16 SW Dr Aphra Ltd #2 of - 61,417 (-38.0%)

Kind of a popular doctor, for what it seems.

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9-HULK

12/16 Hulk #1 - 89,810

We will have to wait for issue #2 numbers to see how this one behave. In the meantime, you can scratch your head and argue about whether it is feminist or not to drop/hide the Miss for what is really a Miss Hulk serie.

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13- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
...
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 57,972 (War Machines)
04/16 Invincible Iron Man #8 - 46,520 (War Machines)
05/16 Invincible Iron Man #9 - 49,334 (+6.0%) (CV2)
06/16 Invincible Iron Man #10- 49,141 (- 0.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Invincible Iron Man #11- 49,439 (+0.6%) (CV2)
08/16 Invincible Iron Man #12- 50,571 (+2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Invincible Iron Man #13- 48,394 (- 4.3%) (CV2)
10/16 Invincible Iron Man #14- 43,888 (- 9.3%) (CV2)

11/16 Invincible Iron Man # 1- 97,713
12/16 Invincible Iron Man # 2- 81,271 (-16.8%)

Did someone lock all the automatic #1 buyers somewhere in December? Because this looks VERY promising if there is not trick sales involved.

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16- HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---
11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)
03/16 All New Hawkeye #5 - 24,779 (- 0.5%)
04/16 All New Hawkeye #6 - 21,209 (-14.4%)
05/16 ---
06/16 ---
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Hawkeye #1 - 70,884

VOL.1: 47,268 [+2,681]
VOL.2: 25,657
VOL.3: 13,536
VOL.4: 8,814
VOL.5: 4,109
VOL.6: 2,583

Always starting at the same point. This time, the focus is on Kate, or Miss Hawkeye if you prefer. The good news is that Vol.1 of the original Fraction/Aja serie is back in the trade top 300 with huge sells after disapearing during many months. Now if only the other volumes would also dare make a coming back…

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19- GAMORA

12/16 Gamora #1 - 65,032

Launching higher than her other Guardians teamates, but that was expected seeing that she is the only one really starting her adventures. It will be interesting to see if one of the three (Gamora, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon) will detach from the others saleswise in the upcoming months.

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21- AVENGERS

11/16 Avengers # 1 - 81,885
12/16 Avengers # 2 - 64,289 (-21.5%)

Another surprise, with a very weak fall from issue#1, placing the title way higher than what is disapointing #1 sales predicted.

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22- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 265,073
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-58.0%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 - 73,643 (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 - 67,446 (- 8.4%)
05/16 Amazing Spider-Man#12 - 74,963 (+11.1%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#13 - 65,519 (-12.6%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#14 - 65,646 (+ 0.2%)
07/16 Amazing Spider-Man#15 - 93,582 (+42.6%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#16 - 185,342 (+98.1%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#17 - 74,869 (-59.6%)
09/16 Amazing Spider-Man#18 - 71,159 (- 5.0%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#19 - 73,215 (+ 2.9%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#20 - 67,530 (- 7.8%) (CC)
11/16 Amazing Spider-Man#21 - 63,052 (- 6.4%) (CC)
12/16 Amazing Spider-Man#22 - 63,359 (+ 0.5%) (CC)

Since #2: -42.9%

Nice results this month, whithout the aid of any variant. Still, lowest level so far. But double what most of the other MU titles are selling. U decide!

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23- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
12/15 Guardians of Galaxy #3 - 53,627 (+3.7%)
01/16 Guardians of Galaxy #4 - 46,215 (-13.8%)
02/16 Guardians of Galaxy #5 - 40,581 (-12.2%)
03/16 Guardians of Galaxy #6 - 48,330 (+19.1%)
04/16 Guardians of Galaxy #7 - 40,213 ( -16.8%)
05/16 Guardians of Galaxy #8 - 38,404 (- 4.5%)
06/16 Guardians of Galaxy #9 - 34,542 (-10.1%)
07/16 Guardians of Galaxy #10- 36,614 (+ 6.0%)
08/16 Guardians of Galaxy #11- 34,914 (- 4.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Guardians of Galaxy #12- 32,373 (- 7.3%) (CV2)
10/16 Guardians of Galaxy #13- 29,845 (- 7.8%) (CV2)
11/16 Guardians of Galaxy #14- 28,405 (- 4.8%)
12/16 Guardians of Galaxy #15- 63,338 (+123.0%)

Since issue #2 : +22.5.0 %

Start of the final arc of Michael Bendis. That’s when the boat is sinking that everyone wants to order something at the bar….To be fair, this “Grounded” arc is also launching the new “volume” of Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon.<p>

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29- ROCKET RACCOON

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)
04/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #4 - 24,179 (- 2.7%)
05/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #5 - 21,138 (-12.6%)
06/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #6 - 20,392 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #7 - 19,142 (- 6.1%)
08/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #8 - 20,646 (+ 7.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #9 - 17,522 (-15.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #10- 16,505 (- 5.8%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Rocket Raccoon #1 - 59,305

Debuting at the exact same level than before. From what I saw on the Previews, it looks like this comics will perhaps deal with animal rights, which would be a clever move.

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30-NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)
04/16 Nova #6 - 15,795 (- 6.5%)
05/16 Nova #7 - 15,377 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Nova #8 - 19,720 (+28.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Nova #9 - 16,726 (-15.2%) (CV2)
08/16 Nova #10 - 14,766 (-11.7%)
09/16 Nova #11 - 14,341 (- 2.9%)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Nova #1 - 58,393

This new volume is starting a little higher than before. Ramon Perez is pencilling and co-writing it, which is probably the best news in the universe right now.

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31- CLONE CONSPIRACY LTD

10/16 Clone Conspiracy Ltd #1 - 90,285
11/16 Clone Conspiracy Ltd #2 - 58,921 (-34.7%)
12/16 Clone Conspiracy Ltd #3 - 56,117 (- 3.7%)

Quite stable, even if below Amazing Spider-Man, which is weird.

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34- MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
04/16 Captain Marvel #4 - 25,156 (-11.6%)
05/16 Captain Marvel #5 - 23,812 (- 5.3%)
06/16 Captain Marvel #6 - 28,213 (+18.5%) (CV2)
07/16 Captain Marvel #7 - 23,895 (-15.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Captain Marvel #8 - 23,024 (- 3.5%) (CV2)
09/16 Captain Marvel #9 - 24,753 (+ 7.5%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Captain Marvel #10 - 19,893 (-19.6%)
12/16 Mighty Captain Marvel #0 - 53,263

CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.1 : 2,409
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +8.5%

Reaching double digit issue numbers, so it was time for another relaunch! It’s starting at the same level than before so expect another relaunch in 10 months!

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35- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
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07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pride Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)
02/16 Star-Lord #4 - 19,117 (-15.8%)
03/16 Star-Lord #5 - 17,374 (-9.1%)
04/16 Star-Lord #6 - 17,653 (+1.6%)
05/16 Star-Lord #7 - 15,147 (-14.2%)
06/16 Star-Lord #8 - 16,762 (+10.7%)
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Star-Lord #1 - 52,925

Debuting slighty better than before but that’s probably because Kris Anka had the brains to put Star Lord almost shirtless on the cover.

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36- UNWORTHY THOR

11/16 Unworthy Thor# 1 - 70,424
12/16 Unworthy Thor# 2 - 50,584 (-28.1%)

Manage to still outsell Mighty Thor by quite a margin, thanks to a very cushioned fall from issue#1 numbers.

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43- CHAMPIONS

10/16 Champions #1 - 334,937
11/16 Champions #2 - 49,733 (-85.2%)
12/16 Champions #3 - 47,481 (- 4.5%)

Since issue #2: - 4.5%

A good sign for the future. Mark Waid can really be happy this month! (well, except about Black Widow numbers)

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46- BLACK PANTHER WORLD OF WAKANDA

11/16 BP World of Wakanda # 1 - 57,073
12/16 BP World of Wakanda # 2 - 45,009 (-21.1%)

Thanks to a very nice and unusual fall from issue#1 pourcentage, this one is not following the Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme sales pattern.

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48-SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 180,891
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 80,512
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 73,238 (- 9.0%)
04/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #4 - 64,931 (-11.3%)
05/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #5 - 63,821 (- 1.7%)
06/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #6 - 64,630 (+ 1.3%)
07/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #7 - 62,060 (- 4.0%)
08/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #8 - 69,519 (+12.0%)
09/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #9 - 65,502 (- 5.8%)
10/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #10 - 52,468 (-19.9%)
11/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #11 - 51,278 (- 2.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #12 - 43,937 (-14.3%)

Since issue #2: -45.4%
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.1: 10,466 [+728]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-5 : +14.3%

On the bright side, TPB sales are working very well, following the Deadpool TPB usual pattern. On the other side, issue#12 is taking a blow, but it’s a fill-in issue before the conclusion of the arc next month.

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50-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS ($5)

11/16 ASM Renew your vows # 1 - 96,111
12/16 ASM Renew your vows # 2 - 43,128 (-55.1%)

A huge blow, but almost putting the serie in the zone where the Gerry Conway mini have been selling those last months.

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52- OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
...
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #4 - 59,174 (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #5 - 58,870 (- 0.5%)
05/16 Old Man Logan #6 - 52,761 (-10.4%)
06/16 Old Man Logan #7 - 51,926 (- 1.6%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #8 - 55,311 (+ 6.5%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #9 - 49,804 (-10.0%)
08/16 Old Man Logan #10 - 52,175 (+ 4.8%)
09/16 Old Man Logan #11 - 47,248 (- 9.4%)
10/16 Old Man Logan #12 - 45,384 (- 3.5%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #13 - 43,609 (- 3.9%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #14 - 42,574 (- 2.4%)
12/16 Old Man Logan #15 - 42,216 (- 0.8%)

Since issue #2: -34.0%
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.1 : 7,124 [+761]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +12.0%

OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.2 : 4,664 [+575]
Average +% TPB Sales issues #5-8: +8.4%

Great news on all sides: floppy sales stable and TPB sales still cashing in, on both volumes.

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56- INFAMOUS IRON MAN

03/16 International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
04/16 International Iron Man #2 - 40,459 (-42.9%)
05/16 International Iron Man #3 - 35,282 (-12.8%)
06/16 International Iron Man #4 - 28,998 (-17.8%)
07/16 International iron Man #5 - 27,697 (- 4.5%)
08/16 International Iron Man #6 - 28,337 (+ 2.3%)
09/16 International Iron Man #7 - 25,496 (-10.0%) (CV2)

10/16 Infamous Iron Man #1 - 73,735
11/16 Infamous Iron Man #2 - 40,225 (-45.4%)
12/16 Infamous Iron Man #3 - 40,546 (+ 0.8%)

Since issue #2: +0.8%

To the surprise of almost everyone, this one is stabilizing abruptly, and I doubt that only one variant is the cause of it. <p>

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58- 75- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
04/16 Spider-Man #3 - 59,789 (- 1.4%)
05/16 Spider-Man #4 - 49,167 (-17.8%)
06/16 Spider-Man #5 - 47,025 (- 4.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man #6 - 52,731 (+12.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man #7 - 47,678 (- 9.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man #8 - 44,745 (- 6.2%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Spider-Man #9 - 39,701 (-11.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man #10 - 40,006 (+0.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man #11 - 35,865 (-10.4%)

Since issue #2: -40.8%

With two issues shipped this month, Spider-Man is regaining its missed deadline. The serie is still searching for its level.

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59- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange #7 - 49,590 (- 5.6%)
05/16 Doctor Strange #8 - 49,427 (- 0.3%)
06/16 Doctor Strange #9 - 46,306 (- 6.3%)
07/16 ---
08/16 Doctor Strange #10 - 50,083 (+ 8.2%)
09/16 Doctor Strange #11 - 53,718 (+ 7.3%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #12 - 72,990 (+35.9%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #13 - 41,290 (-43.4%)
11/16 Doctor Strange #14 - 39,390 (- 4.6%)
12/16 Doctor Strange #15 - 39.549 (+ 0.4%)

Since issue #2 : -39.2%

DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.1: 4,164
Average +% from issue #1-5 : +7.4%

It’s a little late but Vol.1 in tpb is at long last available. Dr Strange is first released in Hc format, than later in TPB. Those first month sales are excellent. Let’s see if they will improve with a come back in the top 300 in the following months. Is it people picking up the serie after the release of the tpb: Floppy sales are slighty up, a rarity.

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60- DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 268,392
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-65.7%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)
04/16 Deadpool #9 - 57,798 (-20.5%)
04/16 Deadpool #10- 64,509 (+11.6%)
05/16 Deadpool #11- 62,900 (- 2.5%)
05/16 Deadpool #12- 57,805 (- 8.1%)
06/16 Deadpool #13- 78,536 (+35.9%)
06/16 Deadpool #14- 63,334 (-19.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Deadpool #15- 67,822 (+ 7.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #16- 55,577 (-18.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #17- 57,681 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #18- 59,027 (+ 2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #19- 47,948 (- 18.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #20- 46,109 (- 3.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #21- 51,351 (+11.4%)
11/16 Deadpool #22- 38,630 (-24.8%)
12/16 Deadpool #23- 39.183 (+ 1.4%)

Since issue#2 : - 57.6%

Regaining a bit of the big chunk that was lost.

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61-BLACK PANTHER

04/16- Black Panther #1 - 286,755
05/16 Black Panther #2 - 102,366
06/16 Black Panther #3 - 75,037 (-26.7%)
07/16 Black Panther #4 - 72,302 (- 3.6%)
08/16 Black Panther #5 - 83,756 (+15.8%)
09/16 Black Panther #6 - 58,746 (- 29.9%)
10/16 Black Panther #7 - 60,857 (+ 3.6%)
11/16 Black Panther #8 - 43,451 (- 28.6%)
12/16 Black Panther #9 - 39,123 (- 10.0%)

Since issue #2: -61.8%

Looking at those numbers, you wouldn’t know Brian Steelfreeze is back as the artist. Marvel may have been too greedy too fast with this one.

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62- STAR WARS POE DAMERON

04/16- SW Poe Dameron #1 - 175,322
05/16 SW Poe Dameron #2 - 68,922 (-60.7%)
06/16 SW Poe Dameron #3 - 60,889 (-11.7%)
07/16 SW Poe Dameron #4 - 57,712 (- 5.2%)
08/16 SW Poe Dameron #5 - 52,281 (- 9.4%)
09/16 SW Poe Dameron #6 - 50,275 (- 3.8%)
10/16 SW Poe Dameron #7 - 47,878 (- 4.7%)
11/16 SW Poe Dameron #8 - 43,034 (- 10.1%)
12/16 SW Poe Dameron #9 - 38,839 (- 9.7%)

Since issue #2: -43.6%

POE DAMERON TPB VOL.1: 4,256
Average +% from issue #1-6 : +7.4%

TPB sales are strong in their first month but floppy sales are close to what Kanan was selling and we know how it ended.

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63- CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS

05/16 Cap America SR #1 -140,222
06/16 Cap America SR #2 - 74,884
07/16 Cap America SR #3 - 65,455 (-12.6%)
08/16 Cap America SR #4 - 49,559 (-24.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Cap America SR #5 - 50,536 (+ 2.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Cap America SR #6 - 49,111 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
11/16 Cap America SR #7 - 48,505 (- 1.2%)
12/16 Cap America SR #8 - 38,610 (-20.4%)

Since issue#2 : -48.4%

We know bad publicity surrounded this whole arc -by angry old fans outraged whithout having read anything- but it never reflected in sales. Could it be it?

CAP AMERICA TPB VOL.1: 3,542
Average +% from issue #1-6 : +7.0%

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64- JESSICA JONES

10/16 Jessica Jones #1 - 74,291
11/16 Jessica Jones #2 - 36,893 (-50.3%)
12/16 Jessica Jones #3 - 38,601 (+ 4.6%)

Since issue #2: +4.6%

Even taking in consideration the two variant covers, that’s quite a performance.

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67- VENOM

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)
04/16 Venom Spaceknight #6 - 17,894 (- 4.9%)
05/16 Venom spaceknight #7 - 17,370 (- 3.0%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #8 - 16,658 (- 4.1%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #9 - 16,006 (- 3.9%)
07/16 Venom Spaceknight #10 - 15,650 (- 2.2%)
08/16 Venom Spaceknight #11 - 17,548 (+12.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Venom Spaceknight #12 - 16,193 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Venom Spaceknight #13 - 14,577 (-10.0%)

11/16 Venom # 1 - 90,138
12/16 Venom # 2 - 38,043 (-57.9%)

What was the purpose of launching so higher to be only 6K over the previous volume #2 numbers? Anyone answering “quick and easy cash” is a winner.

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68- AVENGERS 1.

11/16 Avengers # 1.1 - 41,258
12/16 Avengers # 2.1 - 37.746 (- 8.5%)

Almost unheard of. This one is losing less than 10% of its #1 readers! It was of course unpredictable and put the title in a way more confortable sales zone than the one he would have reached with the usual 45-55% loss. That’s two times this month with Mark Waid!

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69- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)
04/16 Mighty Thor #6 - 52,538 (- 3.7%)
05/16 Mighty Thor #7 - 47,425 (- 9.7%)
06/16 Mighty Thor #8 - 51,300 (+ 8.2%)
07/16 Mighty Thor #9 - 48,712 (- 5.0%)
08/16 Mighty Thor #10- 45,929 (- 5.7%)
09/16 Mighty Thor #11- 46,434 (+ 1.1%)
10/16 Mighty Thor #12- 40,326 (-13.2%)
11/16 Mighty Thor #13- 39,274 (- 2.6%)
12/16 Mighty Thor #14- 37,624 (- 4.2%)

Since issue #2: -46.5%

The novelty effect seems to wear off a little, with female variations of Iron Man, Hulk, hawkeye and soon Captain America taking over a center stage which was almost empty before.

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71- UNCANNY X-MEN

01/16- Uncanny X-Men #1 - 93,252
01/16 Uncanny X-Men #2 - 55,804 (-40.2%)
02/16 Uncanny X-Men #3 - 50,382 (- 9.7%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #4 - 46,105 (- 8.5%)
03/16 Uncanny X-Men #5 - 45,887 (- 0.5%)
04/16 Uncanny X-Men #6 - 57,434 (+25.1%) (Apocalypse War)
05/16 Uncanny X-Men #7 - 50,936 (-11.3%) (Apocalypse War)
06/16 Uncanny X-Men #8 - 45,409 (-10.9%) (Apocalypse War)
06/16 Uncanny X-Men #9 - 44,617 (- 1.7%) (Apocalypse War)
07/16 Uncanny X-Men #10- 48,025 (+ 7.6%) (Apocalypse War)
08/16 Uncanny X-Men #11- 42,779 (-10.9%)
09/16 Uncanny X-Men #12- 42,748 (- 0.1%)
09/16 Uncanny X-Men #13- 39,825 (- 6.8%)
10/16 Uncanny X-Men #14- 38,685 (- 2.9%)
11/16 Uncanny X-Men #15- 36,946 (- 4.5%)
12/16 Uncanny X-Men #16- 37,234 (+ 0.8%) (IVX)

Since issue #2: -33.3%

Being an IVX tie-in prevent any fall, for one issue.

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72- GHOST RIDER

11/16 Ghost Rider # 1 - 57,843
12/16 Ghost Rider # 2 - 37,221 (-35.7%)

Another surprising behavior, placing the title way higher than expected so far.

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73- DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK LTD

10/16 Deadpool Back in Black Ltd #1 - 78,653
10/16 Deadpool Back in Black Ltd #2 - 44,047 (-44.0%)
11/16 Deadpool Back in Black Ltd #3 - 39,509 (-10.3%)
11/16 Deadpool Back in Black Ltd #4 - 33,457 (-15.3%)
12/16 Deadpool Back in Black Ltd #5 - 36,893 (+10.3%)

With Salva Espin take on a mythic cover by Todd Mc Farlane, sales go up. The story? Who cares?

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77- EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN

11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #1 - 133,716
11/15 Extraordinary X-Men #2 - 64,595 (-51.7%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #3 - 56,100 (-13.2%)
12/15 Extraordinary X-Men #4 - 49,079 (-12.5%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #5 - 47,404 (- 3.4%)
01/16 Extraordinary X-Men #6 - 47,572 (+ 0.4%)
02/16 Extraordinary X-Men #7 - 47,219 ( - 0.7%)
03/16 Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 62,576 (+32.5%) (Apocalypse Wars)
04/16 Extraordinary X-Men #9 - 51,322 (- 20.0%) (Apocalypse Wars)
05/16 Extraordinary X-Men #10- 50,015 (- 2.5%) (Apocalypse Wars)
06/16 Extraordinary X-Men #11- 45,532 (- 9.0%) (Apocalypse Wars)
07/16 Extraordinary X-Men #12- 48,609 (+ 6.8%) (Apocalypse Wars)
08/16 Extraordinary X-Men #13- 45,037 (- 7.3%)
09/16 Extraordinary X-Men #14- 39,265 (-12.8%)
10/16 Extraordinary X-Men #15- 36,941 (- 5.9%)
11/16 Extraordinary X-Men #16- 34,630 (- 6.3%)
12/16 Extraordinary X-Men #17- 35,276 (+ 1.9%)

Since issue #2 : -45.4%

It is not labelled as it in the solliciation text, but it is clearly an IVX something-in, hence the little bump.

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78- THANOS

11/16 Thanos # 1 - 54,768
12/16 Thanos # 2 - 35,187 (-35.8%)

It managed to reduce its fall from issue#1 numbers. With such a high creative team, it now has a contest in front of him: staying above 30K

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80- PUNISHER

05/16 Punisher #1 - 110,726
06/16 Punisher #2 - 47,524 (-57.1%)
07/16 Punisher #3 - 46,534 (- 2.1%)
08/16 Punisher #4 - 44,154 (- 5.1%)
09/16 Punisher #5 - 38,052 (-13.8%)
10/16 Punisher #6 - 35,344 (- 7.1%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Punisher #7 - 33,589 (- 5.0%)

Since issue #2 : -29.3%

Managing as best as it can with the tragedy. Sales of the first tpb are on the strong side.

PUNISHER TPB VOL.1: 2,934
Average +% from issue #1-6 : +6.6%

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81- 121- GWENPOOL

04/16- Gwenpool #1 - 100,852
05/16 Gwenpool #2 - 38,162 (-62.2%)
06/16 Gwenpool #3 - 33,018 (-13.5%)
07/16 Gwenpool #4 - 33,174 (+ 0.5%)
08/16 Gwenpool #5 - 30,232 (- 8.9%)
09/16 Gwenpool #6 - 25,890 (-14.4%)
10/16 Gwenpool #7 - 34,365 (+32.7%)
11/16 Gwenpool #8 - 24,395 (- 29.0%)
12/16 Gwenpool #9 - 20,031 (-17.9%)

12/16 Gwenpool Holiday Special Merry Mic Up ($6) – 33,240

Since issue #2: -47.5%
GWENPOOL VOL.1: 5,310
Average +% TPB sales issues 0-4: +13.9%

People do not seem interested in a monthly serie starring the character, but more by one-time products using her as a gimmick, what she was in the first place. Seeing how the Special is outselling the hurted ongoing, that seem pretty obvious.

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82- SLAPSTICK

12/16 Slapstick #1 - 33,088

4 variant covers. It’s gonna hurt next month.

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83- OCCUPY AVENGERS

11/16 Occupy Avengers # 1 - 38,400
12/16 Occupy Avengers # 2 - 32,974 (-14.1%)

Another launch with very weak debut sales, followed by excellent fall from issue#2 numbers. The whole fabric of sales pattern is in shambles. How do you expect me to comment that? Long live unpredictability!

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87- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13- 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)
04/16 AN Wolverine #7 - 38,168 (-14.6%)
05/16 AN Wolverine #8 - 38,242 (+ 0.2%)
06/16 AN Wolverine #9 - 43,545 (+13.9%) (CV2)
07/16 AN Wolverine #10- 38,579 (-11.4%) (CV2)
08/16 AN Wolverine #11- 40,312 (+ 4.5%) (CV2)
09/16 AN Wolverine #12- 35,481 (-12.0%) (CV2)
10/16 AN Wolverine #13- 38,297 (+ 7.9%)
11/16 AN Wolverine #14- 35,437 (- 7.5%)
12/16 AN Wolverine #15- 31,796 (-10.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 42.8%

Another unexpected blow.

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88- MOSAIC

10/16 Mosaic #1 - 44,354
11/16 Mosaic #2 - 31,767 (-28.4%)
12/16 Mosaic #3 - 31,671 (- 0.3%)

Since issue #2: -0.3%

THE surprise hit. After excellent fall from issue#2 numbers, no loss of readers as soon as issue#3. The most difficult thing is still ahead: keeping readers attention when it’s so flicky nowdays.

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90- DR STRANGE PUNISHER MAGIC BULLETS LTD ($5)

12/16 Dr Strange/Punisher Magic Bullets Ltd #1 - 31,307

French artist Mast gave quite a hand on this one, helping this serie to make the transition from Turbomedia to paper.

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93- 95-UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 45,659 (- 3.1%) (Stand Off)
05/16 Uncanny Avengers #9 - 40,025 (-12.3%)
06/16 Uncanny Avengers #10- 38,614 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Uncanny Avengers #11- 45,452 (+17.7%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #12- 39,337 (-13.5%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #13- 37,908 (- 3.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Uncanny Avengers #14- 34,996 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Uncanny Avengers #15- 38,058 (+ 8.7%)
11/16 Uncanny Avengers #16- 32,854 (-13.7%) (CV2)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #17- 31,025 (- 5.6%)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #18- 30,062 (- 3.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 45.3%

Prepare to say good-bye to the 30K, Avenge-Men!

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94- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
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12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)
04/16 Daredevil #6 - 48,745 (+ 8.6%)
05/16 Daredevil #7 - 43,704 (-10.3%)
06/16 Daredevil #8 - 41,172 (- 5.8%)
07/16 Daredevil #9 - 43,009 (+ 4.4%)
08/16 Daredevil #10- 40,775 (- 5.2%)
09/16 Daredevil #11- 39,135 (- 4.0%)
10/16 Daredevil #12- 34,297 (-12.4%)
11/16 Daredevil #13- 33,910 (- 1.1%)
12/16 Daredevil #14- 30,781 (- 9.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 38.1%

Conclusion of the arc. The title lost 10K in the last 4 months, after behaving very steadily during its first 10 months. What happened?!

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96- ALL NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983
...
01/14 All-New #22.NOW - 76,565 (+21.8%)
...
06/15 All-New X-Men #41 - 48,937 (-15.3%)

12/15 All New X-Men #1 - 81,342
12/15 All New X-Men #2 - 56,168 (-30.9%)
01/16 All New X-Men #3 - 50,557 (-10.0%)
02/16 All New X-Men #4 - 50,160 (- 0.8%)
02/16 All New X-Men #5 - 42,402 (-15.5%)
03/16 All New X-Men #6 - 41,061 (- 3.2%)
03/16 All New X-Men #7 - 40,346 (- 1.7%)
04/16 All New X-Men #8 - 39,942 (- 1.0%)
05/16 All New X-Men #9 - 51,549 (+29.1%)(Apocalypse Wars)
06/16 All New X-Men #10- 39,978 (-22.4%) (Apocalypse Wars)
07/16 All New X-Men #11- 42,883 (+ 7.3%) (Apocalypse Wars)
08/16 All New X-Men #12- 39,289 (- 8.4%)
09/16 All New X-Men #13- 34,687 (-11.7%)
10/16 All New X-Men #14- 32,629 (- 5.9%)
11/16 All New X-Men #15- 31,668 (- 2.9%)
12/16 All New X-Men #16- 29,701 (- 6.2%)

Since issue #2 : - 47.1%

Discovering the 20K zone for the first time.

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98- MOON KNIGHT

04/16- Moon Knight #1 - 65,388
05/16 Moon Knight #2 - 41,147 (-45.7%)
06/16 Moon Knight #3 - 40,752 (- 1.0%)
07/16 Moon Knight #4 - 40,012 (- 1.8%)
08/16 Moon Knight #5 - 37,934 (- 5.2%)
09/16 Moon Knight #6 - 41,884 (+10.4%)
10/16 Moon Knight #7 - 33,866 (-19.1%)
11/16 Moon Knight #8 - 32,562 (- 3.9%)
12/16 Moon Knight #9 - 29,205 (-10.3%)

Since issue #2: -29.0%
MOON KNIGHTVOL.1: 5,611 [+1,869]
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +13.8%

If the floppy sales are taking a hit, excellent news on the TPB side: it’s selling almost 2K on its second month, which is a very good indicator. Would this go on, Moon Knight could become the new Hawkeye.

100- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen #7 - 60,900 (+32.2%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Gwen #8 - 49,681 (-18.4%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Gwen #9 - 41,713 (-17,1%)
07/16 Spider-Gwen #10- 35,136 (-15.8%)
08/16 Spider-Gwen #11- 36,212 (+ 3.1%)
09/16 Spider-Gwen #12- 34,004 (- 6.1%)
10/16 Spider-Gwen #13- 29,346 (-13.7%)
11/16 Spider-Gwen #14- 28,906 (- 1.5%)
12/16 Spider-Gwen #15- 27,898 (- 3.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 55.1%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 11,370 [+505]
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-5: +10.6%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.1: 6,147
Average +% TPB sales issues 1-6: +12.6%

SPIDER-GWEN TPB VOL.2: 2,848
Average +% from issue #9-13 : +7.9%

If floppy sales are waiting to stabilise, all seems to be going OK on the TPB side, with Vol.0 cracking 11K this month and Vol.2 in the starting blocks.

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103-DR STRANGE SORCERERS SUPREME

10/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #1 - 149,710
11/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #2 - 29,349 (-80.4%)
12/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #3 - 25,054 (-14.6%)

Since issue#2: -14.6%

That’s catastrophic magic for you.

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105- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+ 5.3%)
04/16 Ultimates #6 - 26,146 (- 8.7%)
05/16 Ultimates #7 - 26,500 (+ 1.4%)
06/16 Ultimates #8 - 30,675 (+15.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ultimates #9 - 27,588 (-10.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Ultimates #10- 26,848 (- 2.7%) (CV2)
09/16 Ultimates #11- 26,030 (- 3.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Ultimates #12- 23,871 (- 8.3%) (CV2) END

11/16 Ultimates 2 # 1- 34,646
12/16 Ultimates 2 # 2- 23,844 (-31.2%)

Already at the level it was when it was relaunched two months ago. The word you’re searching for is useless.

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107- DEADPOOL MERCS FOR MONEY

02/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #1 of 5 - 90,186
03/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #2 of 5 - 52,331 (-42.0%)
04/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #3 of 5 - 47,185 (- 9.8%)
05/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #4 of 5 - 43,104 (- 8.6%)
06/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money Ltd #5 of 5 - 38,694 (-10.2%)
07/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #1 - 65,339
08/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #2 - 36,571 (-44.0%)
09/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #3 - 30,078 (-17.8%)
10/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #4 - 29,881 (- 0.6%)
11/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #5 - 26,591 (- 11.0%)
12/16 Deadpool Mercs for Money #6 - 23,264 (- 12.5%)

Since issue #2 : -36.4%

Launching this serie was clearly a mistake from Marvel.

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108- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #4 - 35,285 ( - 1.2%)
04/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #5 - 31,165 (- 11.7%)
05/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #6 - 26,775 (- 14.1%)
06/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #7 - 30,808 (+15.1%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #8 - 27,522 (- 9.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #9 - 26,936 (- 2.1%) (CV2)
08/16 ---
09/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #10 - 26,193 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
10/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #11 - 26,259 (+ 1.3%) (CV2)
11/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #12 - 22,448 (-14.5%)
12/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #13 - 22,207 (- 1.1%)

Since issue #2: - 43.7%

Starring Quasimodo! It has been a long time!

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114- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 CA S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 CA S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 CA S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 CA S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 CA S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 CA S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 CA S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 CA S. Wilson #8 - 31,052 (-43.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 CA S. Wilson #9 - 27,480 (-11.5%) (Stand Off)
06/16 CA S. Wilson #10 - 31,989 (+16.4%) (CV2)
07/16 CA S. Wilson #11 - 29,145 (- 8.2%) (CV2)
08/16 CA S. Wilson #12 - 30,479 (+ 4.6%) (CV2)
09/16 CA S. Wilson #13 - 28,158 (- 7.6%) (CV2)
10/16 CA S. Wilson #14 - 27,702 (- 1.6%)
11/16 CA S. Wilson #15 - 22,006 (-20.6%)
12/16 CA S. Wilson #16 - 21,229 (- 3.5%)

Since issue #2 : -47.2%

Misty Knight taking over the shield for one issue doesn’t make a burst.

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117- DEADPOOL TOO SOON LTD

10/16 Deadpool Too Soon Ltd #1 - 36,406
11/16 Deadpool Too Soon Ltd #2 - 24,915 (-31.6%)
12/16 Deadpool Too Soon Ltd #3 - 20,841 (-17.8%)

Too many Deadpool floppy products. As long as people keep buying them in truckloads in TPB format, Marvel will not care.

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120- BLACK WIDOW

03/16- Black Widow #1 - 62,375
04/16 Black Widow #2 - 34,453 (-44.8%)
05/16 Black Widow #3 - 30,968 (-10.1%)
06/16 Black Widow #4 - 27,016 (-12.8%)
07/16 Black Widow #5 - 25,801 (- 4.5%)
08/16 Black Widow #6 - 24,106 (- 6.6%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Black Widow #7 - 26,202 (+ 8.7%)
11/16 Black Widow #8 - 20,947 (- 20.1%)
12/16 Black Widow #9 - 20,036 (- 4.3%)

Since issue #2: -41.8%

This should have sold better.

—

123- CAGE LTD

10/16 Cage Ltd #1 - 44,178
11/16 Cage Ltd #2 - 22,647 (-49.5%)
12/16 Cage Ltd #3 - 19,870 (-12.3%)

Good numbers for such a visually-strong project.

—

125- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/14 Inhuman #1 - 58,309
05/14 Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%)
...
04/15 Inhuman #14- 26,194 (+ 2.7%)

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 - 67.017
...
10/15 Uncanny Inhumans #1 - 90,528
11/15 Uncanny Inhumans #2 - 41,321 (-54.4%)
12/15 Uncanny Inhumans #3 - 43,036 (+ 4.2%)
01/16 Uncanny Inhumans #4 - 35,308 (-18.0%)
02/16 Uncanny Inhumans #5 - 35,145 ( -0.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Inhumans #6 - 32,256 ( -7.4%)
04/16 Uncanny Inhumans #7 - 27,088 (-16.0%)
05/16 Uncanny Inhumans #8 - 28,527 (+ 5.3%)
05/16 Uncanny Inhumans #9 - 25,216 (-11.6%)
06/16 Uncanny Inhumans #10 - 24,552 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Uncanny Inhumans #11 - 35,033 (+42.7%) (CV2)
07/16 ---
08/16 Uncanny Inhumans #12 - 31,357 (-10.5%) (CV2)
09/16 Uncanny Inhumans #13 - 25,737 (-17.9%) (CV2)
10/16 Uncanny Inhumans #14 - 24,781 (- 3.7%) (CV2)
11/16 Uncanny Inhumans #15 - 23,798 (- 4.0%)
11/16 Uncanny Inhumans #16 - 20,318 (-14.6%)
12/16 Uncanny Inhumans #17 - 18,964 (- 6.7%)

Since issue #2 : - 54.1%

Inhumans money is probably sucked by the whole Inhumans VS X-Men thing.

—

128- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 - 86,263
03/15 Silk #2 - 69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 - 58.755 (-15.3%)
05/15 Silk #4 - 44,316 (-24.6%)
06/15 Silk #5 - 38,798 (-12.5%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Silk #6 - 34,368 (-10.7%)
09/15 Silk #7 - 36,477 (+ 6.1%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silk #1 - 57,140
12/15 Silk #2 - 38,356 (-32.9%)
01/16 Silk #3 - 33,102 (-13.7%)
02/16 Silk #4 - 26,786 (-19.1%)
02/16 Silk #5 - 26,032 (- 2.8%)
03/16 Silk #6 - 24,847 (- 4.6%)
04/16 Silk #7 - 43,012 (+73.0%) (Spider Women)
05/16 Silk #8 - 30,884 (-28.2%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Silk #9 - 23,162 (-25.0%)
07/16 Silk #10- 23,125 (- 0.2%)
08/16 Silk #11- 21,833 (- 5.6%)
09/16 Silk #12- 20,804 (- 4.7%)
10/16 Silk #13- 18,619 (-10.5%)
11/16 Silk #14- 18,987 (+ 2.0%) (CC)
12/16 Silk #15- 18,112 (- 4.6%) (CC)

Since issue #2 : -52.8%

Silk VS Mattie Franklin, aka the John Byrne Spider-Woman (apparently she was dead (?) but got better).

—

129- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 24,081 (-15.7%)
05/16 Spider-Man 2099 #10- 23,040 (- 4.3%)
06/16 Spider-Man 2099 #11- 22,722 (- 1.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man 2099 #12- 22,480 (- 1.1%)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #13- 22,793 (+ 1.4%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #14- 21,908 (- 3.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man 2099 #15- 21,362 (- 2.5%) (CV2)
10/16 Spider-Man 2099 #16- 20,671 (- 3.2%) (CV2)
11/16 Spider-Man 2099 #17- 19,271 (- 6.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man 2099 #18- 18,053 (- 6.3%)

Since issue #2: -55.6%

That’s 30 issues of Spider-Man 2099 so far. Not bad.

—

135- 137- POWER MAN AND IRON FIST

02/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #1 - 79,069
03/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #2 - 41,104 (-48.0%)
04/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #3 - 26,496 (-35.5%)
05/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #4 - 26,308 (- 0.7%)
06/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #5 - 24,202 (- 8.0%)
07/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #6 - 26,980 (+11.5%)
08/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #7 - 24,163 (- 10.4%) (CV2)
09/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #8 - 22,189 (- 8.2%) (CV2)
10/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #9 - 19,611 (- 11.6%) (CV2)
11/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #10- 19,934 (+ 1.6%)
12/16 Power Man and Iron Fist #11- 17,078 (- 14.3%)

12/16 Power Man and Iron Fist Annual ($5) – 17,133

Since issue #2: -58.5%

The annual and the ongoing are selling at the same level, like it seems to be the case whenever annuals are concerned. Will Marvel keep the serie around because of the various TV shows involved or will it only keep Iron Fist, soon to be launched?

—

144- CARNAGE

11/15 Carnage #1 - 69,773
11/15 Carnage #2 - 41,576 (-40.4%)
12/15 Carnage #3 - 34,852 (-16.2%)
01/16 Carnage #4 - 31,687 (- 9.1%)
02/16 Carnage #5 - 27,160 (-14.3%)
03/16 Carnage #6 - 28,874 ( +6.3%)
04/16 Carnage #7 - 24,480 (-15.2%)
05/16 Carnage #8 - 23,697 (- 3.2%)
06/16 Carnage #9 - 23,146 (- 2.3%)
07/16 Carnage #10- 21,829 (- 5.7%)
08/16 Carnage #11- 20,709 (- 5.1%)
09/16 Carnage #12- 19,786 (- 4.5%)
10/16 Carnage #13- 18,611 (- 5.9%)
11/16 Carnage #14- 17,306 (- 7.0%)
12/16 Carnage #15- 16,478 (- 4.8%)

Since issue #2 : -60.4%

Not that many people stayed for the final confrontation with Chton.

—

140- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
03/16 - -
04/16 Silver Surfer #3 - 23,151 (- 7.4%)
05/16 Silver Surfer #4 - 21,063 (- 9.0%)
06/16 ---
07/16 Silver Surfer #5 - 20,165 (- 4.3%)
08/16 Silver Surfer #6 - 18,991 (- 5.8%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Silver Surfer #7 - 17,588 (- 7.4%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Silver Surfer #8 - 16,217 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2: -35.2%

Two issues late. Marvel still hasn’t understand it’s a bi-monthly.

—

—

144- X-MEN 92 ($5)

06/15 X-Men 92 #1 - 104,943
07/15 X-Men 92 #2 - 51,042 (-51.4%)
08/15 X-Men 92 #3 - 49,756 (- 2.5%)
09/15 X-Men 92 #4 - 41,826 (-15.9%)
...
03/16- X-Men 92 #1 - 58,804
04/16 X-Men 92 #2 - 33,862 (-42.4%)
05/16 X-Men 92 #3 - 30,112 (-11.1%)
06/16 X-Men 92 #4 - 25,044 (-16.8%)
07/16 X-Men 92 #5 - 22,745 (- 9.2%)
08/16 X-Men 92 #6 - 22,175 (- 2.5%)
09/16 X-Men 92 #7 - 19,262 (-13.1%)
10/16 X-Men 92 #8 - 18,220 (- 5.4%)
11/16 X-Men 92 #9 - 16,441 (- 9.7%)
12/16 X-Men 92 #10 - 15,290 (- 7.0%) END

Since issue#2: -54.8%

The surprise hit that wasn’t a surprise hit after all.

—

149- SQUADRON SUPREME

12/15 Squadron Supreme #1 - 48,247
12/15 Squadron Supreme #2 - 27,643 (-42.7%)
01/16 Squadron Supreme #3 - 23,551 (-14.8%)
02/16 Squadron Supreme #4 - 24,182 (+ 2.7%)
03/16 Squadron Supreme #5 - 22,323 (- 7.7%)
04/16 Squadron Supreme #6 - 22,930 (+ 2.7%)
05/16 Squadron Supreme #7 - 19,486 (-15.0%)
06/16 Squadron Supreme #8 - 18,676 (- 4.2%)
07/16 Squadron Supreme #9 - 23,692 (+26.9%) (CV2)
08/16 Squadron Supreme #10- 19,119 (- 19.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Squadron Supreme #11- 17,842 (- 6.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Squadron Supreme #12- 16,460 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
11/16 Squadron Supreme #13- 16,309 (- 0.9%)
12/16 Squadron Supreme #14- 14,432 (- 11.5%)

Since issue #2 : - 47.8%

Could the CV2 tag have hurt its loyal leadership?

—

155- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 - 93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14 Spider-Woman #2 - 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15 Spider-Woman #3 - 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15 Spider-Woman #4 - 36,058 (- 6.3%)
03/15 Spider-Woman #5 - 40,068 (+11.1%)
04/15 Spider-Woman #6 - 32,041 (-20.0%)
05/15 Spider-Woman #7 - 29,567 (- 7.3%)
06/15 Spider-Woman #8 - 26,568 (-10.1%)
07/15 Spider-Woman #9 - 24,354 (- 8.3%)
08/15 Spider-Woman #10- 23,005 (- 5.5%)
09/15 ---
10/15 ---
11/15 Spider-Woman #1 - 53,885
12/15 Spider-Woman #2 - 27,801 (-48.4%)
01/16 Spider-Woman #3 - 24,054 (-13.5%)
02/16 Spider-Woman #4 - 20,747 (-13.7%)
03/16 Spider-Woman #5 - 20,594 ( - 0.7%)
04/16 Spider-Woman #6 - 39,291 (+90.8%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Woman #7 - 27,118 (-31.0%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Woman #8 - 19,658 (-27.5%)
07/16 Spider-Woman #9 - 20,938 (+ 6.5%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Woman #10- 19,251 (- 8.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Woman #11- 17,743 (- 7.8%) (CV2)
10/16 Spider-Woman #12- 16,176 (- 8.8%)
11/16 Spider-Woman #13- 16,386 (+ 1.3%)
12/16 Spider-Woman #14- 14,232 (-13.1%)

Since issue #2 : -48.8%

Lost ¼ of its readers in the last 6 months.

—

156- THUNDERBOLTS

05/16 Thunderbolts #1 - 45,169
06/16 Thunderbolts #2 - 36,865 (-18.8%)
07/16 Thunderbolts #3 - 26,588 (-27.9%)
08/16 Thunderbolts #4 - 18,128 (-31.8%)
09/16 Thunderbolts #5 - 18,229 (+ 0.6%) (CV2)
10/16 Thunderbolts #6 - 16,258 (-10.8%)
11/16 Thunderbolts #7 - 17,269 (+ 6.2%)
12/16 Thunderbolts #8 - 14,215 (-17.7%)

Since issue#2 : -61.4%

Putting an artistic team reminiscing of the 90’s (spike hair, grinned teeth…) on a serie which was the antithesis of the 90’s with its classic approach and concerns with continuity and use of every corner of the MU universe still baffles me. That is the result.

—

159- PROWLER

10/16 Prowler #1 - 37,177 (CC)
11/16 Prowler #2 - 17,617 (-52.6%) (CC)
12/16 Prowler #3 - 13,399 (-23.9%) (CC)

since issue #2: -23.9%

Imagine what it would be whithout the Clone Conspiracy tag…

—

163- GREAT LAKE AVENGERS

10/16 Great Lake Avengers #1 - 40,300
11/16 Great Lake Avengers #2 - 29,273 (-27.4%)
12/16 Great Lake Avengers #3 - 12,923 (-55.9%)

Since issue #2: -55.9%

Those ones can’t do anything like other people. This was the pourcentage we were expecting from issue#2. The serie is done, obviously.

—

167- UNBEATTABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #7 - 17,869 (-13.8%)
05/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #8 - 15,131 (-15.3%)
06/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #9 - 14,692 (- 2.9%)
07/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #10- 14,590 (- 0.7%)
08/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #11- 13,872 (- 4.9%)
09/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #12- 14,379 (+ 3.7%)
10/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #13- 14,688 (+ 2.1%)
11/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #14- 12,933 (-11.9%)
12/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #15- 12,556 (- 2.9%)

Since issue #2 : -45.6%
TPB VOL.2: 8,884
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +38.5%
TPB VOL.3 : 2,928
Average +%TPB sales issues 5-8: +6.6%
TPB VOL.4: 2,387
Average +%TPB sales issues 1-4: +9.4%

A quiet month. No noticeable TPB activity and standart attrition on the floppy side.

—

168- SCARLET WITCH

12/15 Scarlet Witch #1 - 57,835
01/16 Scarlet Witch #2 - 25,728 (-55.5%)
02/16 Scarlet Witch #3 - 23,900 (- 7.1%)
03/16 Scarlet Witch #4 - 21,094 (-11.7%)
04/16 Scarlet Witch #5 - 17,864 (-15.3%)
05/16 Scarlet Witch #6 - 16,842 (- 5.7%)
06/16 Scarlet Witch #7 - 18,496 (+ 9.8%)
07/16 Scarlet Witch #8 - 16,160 (-12.6%)
08/16 Scarlet Witch #9 - 17,000 (+ 5.2%)(CV2)
09/16 Scarlet Witch #10 - 15,388 (- 9.5%)
10/16 Scarlet Witch #11 - 14,269 (- 7.3%)
11/16 Scarlet Witch #12 - 13,207 (- 7.4%)
12/16 Scarlet Witch #13 - 12,450 (- 5.7%)

Since issue #2: -51.6%
SCARLET WITCH VOL.1 : 2,286
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-4: +9.6%

Has never stabilised.

—

174- FOOLKILLER

11/16 Foolkiller #1 - 28,237
12/16 Foolkiller #2 - 11,423 (-59.5%)

Even more disastrous than expected.

—

188- NERD BLOCK INHUMANS EDITION ($10)

12/16 Nerd Block Inhumans Edition - 10,000

What it says.

—

192- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)
04/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6 - 12,253 (-17.0%)
05/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #7 - 12,879 (+ 5.1%)
06/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #8 - 12,721 (- 1.2%)
07/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #9 - 10,338 (-18.7%)
08/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10- 11,862 (+14.7%)
09/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #11- 9,765 (-17.7%)
10/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #12- 9,509 (- 2.6%)
11/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13- 11,113 (+16.9%)
12/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #14- 9,370 (-15.7%)

Since issue #2 : -56.9%
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.1: 3,747
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-6: +25.1%

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.2: 1,664
Average +% TPB Sales issues #7-12: +14.0%

Vol.2 is starting with moderate sales but having been picked up by Scholastic to be on the shelves of some schools will prevent the serie from cancellation during many months.

—

204- PATSY WALKER HELLCAT

12/15 Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 - 46,198
01/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #2 - 20,836 (-54.9%)
02/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #3 - 16,587 (-18.6%)
03/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #4 - 15,971 (- 3.7%)
04/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #5 - 12,703 (-20.5%)
05/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #6 - 11,822 (- 6.9%)
06/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #7 - 13,396 (+13.3%) (CV2)
07/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #8 - 12,561 (- 6.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #9 - 10,486 (-16.5%)
09/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #10- 11,163 (+ 6.4%)
10/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #11- 11,902 (+ 0.7%)
11/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #12- 9,181 (-22.8%)
12/16 Patsy Walker Hellcat #13- 8,536 (- 7.0%)

Since issue #2: -59.0%
PATSY WALKER VOL.1: 1,901
Average +% TPB Sales issues #1-5: +11.5%

PATSY WALKER VOL.2: 1,216
Average +% TPB Sales issues #6-11: +10.9%

Tpb sales are not strong and floppy sales are dipping. This one didn’t work out but still did way better than Foolkiller, Great Lake and all the others in the waiting line to be cancelled after only one arc.

—

213- SOLO

10/16 Solo #1 - 30,589
11/16 Solo #2 - 12,723 (-58.4%)
12/16 Solo #3 - 8,158 (-35.9%)

Since issue #2: -35.9%

Boy, oh boy….

—

228- ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM LTD

10/16 Enchanted Tiki Room #1 - 18,296
11/16 Enchanted Tiki Room #2 - 9,121 (-50.1%)
12/16 Enchanted Tiki Room #3 - 7,176 (-21.3%)

That’s what you get for not having former editor Gregory Lockhard – and parrot grandmaster- to drew a variant cover for it. You can redeem yourself by picking up his freelance productions with Tim Fish and Monica Gallagher at Poison Press.

—

231- DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE SAILOR LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
...
07/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #5 of 5 – 9,027 (- 2.4%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #1 of 5 – 9,918
...
01/16 Dark Tower Lady of Shadows Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,676 (- 3.3%)
…
04/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #1 of 5 – 8,252
….
08/16 Dark Tower Drawing of 3 Bitter Medicine Ltd #5 of 5 - 7,156 (- 1.0%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Dark Tower Drawing of Three Sailor Ltd #1 of 5 - 7,910
11/16 Dark Tower Drawing of Three Sailor Ltd #2 of 5 - 7,106 (-10.2%)
12/16 Dark Tower Drawing of Three Sailor Ltd #3 of 5 - 6,789 (- 4.5%)

After “Color your own Marvel”, “Comment your own Marvel chart”. That’s here:

—

261- A YEAR OF MARVEL LTD

04/16 A year of Marvel Amazing Ltd #1 of 6 - 12,717
05/16 ---
06/16 A year of Marvel Incredible Ltd #2 of 6 – 10,104 (-20.5%)
07/16 ---
08/16 A year of Marvel Unstoppable Ltd #3 of 6 - 6,796 (-32.7%)
09/16 ---
10/16 A year of Marvel Unbeatable Ltd #4 of 6 - 5,651 (-16.8%)
11/16 ---
12/16 A year of Marvel Uncanny Ltd #5 of 6 - 5,248 (- 7.1%)

The series everyone forgets. It’s Halloween time. Only one left !

Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for french sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-month- ... behaviors/

Fri 7 Jul 2017 - 9:55

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2017: Grandpas and Youngsters

by Xavier Lancel

1- 8- 280-SECRET EMPIRE LTD ($5)

04/17 Secret Empire #0 - 168,751 [+6,033]
05/17 Secret Empire # 1 - 157,517 (- 6.7%)
05/17 Secret Empire # 2 - 100,983 (-35.9%)
05/17 Secret Empire # 3 - 91,611 (- 9.3%)
That’s weird. All first three issues are tagged at $5, then #3 is $4. Of course, it can’t be a concern for Marvel that people would find it hard to pay $15 only to follow their core event series. There probably wasn’t enough art finished to justify charging their customers $5. Wait, that would mean they would at least care a tiny bit about it. OK, that’s probably a trick from Hydra. Doing perfectly ok so far.

2- VENOM ($6)

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)
04/16 Venom Spaceknight #6 - 17,894 (- 4.9%)
05/16 Venom spaceknight #7 - 17,370 (- 3.0%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #8 - 16,658 (- 4.1%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #9 - 16,006 (- 3.9%)
07/16 Venom Spaceknight #10 - 15,650 (- 2.2%)
08/16 Venom Spaceknight #11 - 17,548 (+12.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Venom Spaceknight #12 - 16,193 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Venom Spaceknight #13 - 14,577 (-10.0%)

11/16 Venom # 1 - 90,138
12/16 Venom # 2 - 38,043 (-57.9%)
01/17 Venom # 3 - 55,255 (+45.2%)
02/17 Venom # 4 - 38,337 (-30.6%)
03/17 Venom # 5 - 32,088 (-16.3%)
04/17 Venom # 6 - 62,747 (+95.5%)
05/17 Venom #150 – 141,757 (+125.9%)

Since issue #2: +272.6%
Many many variants covers and the return of the original 90’s Venom with teeth, tongue and violence. And a cheap trick to make it an anniversary issue, at $6 a piece. There is probably a lot of overshipping here but you can clearly see all the signs of a new comics meme. Venom will be the new hot properly for the next six months. Be ready for 3 others Venom-related titles pretty soon.

5- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MISSION BREAKOUT LTD ($5)

05/17 GoG Mission Breakout Ltd #1 - 104,217
There is for sure a special deal on this one, explaining such huge numbers. This is the comic adaptation of a new Disney theme park ride apparently. All the money spent giving a lot of them away will come back in the form of entrance fees at Disney parks to test the new attraction.

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9- 26- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of the Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of the Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of the Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
...
01/17 Guardians of the Galaxy #16- 32,890 (-48.1%)
02/17 Guardians of the Galaxy #17- 31,093 (- 5.5%)
03/17 Guardians of the Galaxy #18- 27,094 (-12.9%)
04/17 Guardians of the Galaxy #19- 30,028 (+55.4%)

05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 1 - 82,439
05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 2 – 51,830 (-37.1%)
So far, at the same level than the previous volume, which would be a success if it would confirm this trend. Yesterday sales standards were higher than today’s!<p>

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12- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 151,221 (- 5.5%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (-10.2%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18- 98,880 (- 7.6%)
05/16 Star Wars#19- 95,156 (- 3.8%)
06/16 Star Wars#20- 96,047 (+ 0.9%)
07/16 Star Wars#21- 90,863 (- 5.4%)
08/16 Star Wars#22- 85,126 (- 6.3%)
09/16 Star Wars#23- 82,570 (- 3.0%)
10/16 Star Wars#24- 78,160 (- 5.3%)
11/16 Star Wars#25- 75,234 (- 3.7%)
12/16 Star Wars#26- 104,563 (+39.0%)
01/17 Star Wars#27- 72,331 (- 30.8%)
02/17 Star Wars#28- 74,002 (+ 2.3%)
03/17 Star Wars#29 - 72,017 (- 2.7%)
04/17 Star Wars#30- 70,175 (- 2.6%)
05/17 Star Wars#31- 70,907 (+ 1.0%) (SC)

Since issue #2: -66.6%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.1: 41,581 [+720]
STAR WARS TPB VOL.2: 11,678
STAR WARS TOP VOL.3: 6,689
STAR WARS TPB VOL.4: 4,907
While the floppy series won’t give up on the 70K –thanks to a Screaming Citadel tag–sales of the first TPB continue to climb to stratospheric levels.

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13- 84- JEAN GREY

05/17 Jean Grey # 1 – 70,702
05/17 Jean Grey # 2 - 29,349 (-58.5%)
This character is such a mess that they had to name the series Jean Grey because between Phoenix, Marvel Girl, Madelyne Pryor, her dead and past version–and probably her clone version, haven’t they done that already?–only her full name can give her some true identity.

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STAR WARS SCREAMING CITADEL LTD ($5)

05/17 SW Screaming Citadel Ltd # 1 – 69,019
No idea what it is related to in the Star Wars mythology but this event, to follow in all the Star Wars titles, sold well, obviously.

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16- CABLE

05/17 Cable # 1 – 60,845
James Robinson is BACK on Cable! Remember his run from the late 90’s! That was one of the few times when reading Cable in public was not shameful! Too bad the spear is not back. Instead, Cable is playing yet again the big virile guy with enormous smoking guns on the covers….

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18- 24- 220-X-MEN GOLD

04/17 X-Men Gold #1 - 124,200 [+9,868]
04/17 X-Men Gold #2 - 62,283 (-49.9%)
05/17 X-Men Gold #3 - 57,553 (- 7.6%)
05/17 X-Men Gold #4 - 52,710 (- 8.4%)

Since issue #2: -15.4%
The 40k-50k sales is probably the zone Marvel wants the title to occupy.

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27- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 265,073
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-58.0%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 - 73,643 (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 - 67,446 (- 8.4%)
05/16 Amazing Spider-Man#12 - 74,963 (+11.1%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#13 - 65,519 (-12.6%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#14 - 65,646 (+ 0.2%)
07/16 Amazing Spider-Man#15 - 93,582 (+42.6%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#16 - 185,342 (+98.1%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#17 - 74,869 (-59.6%)
09/16 Amazing Spider-Man#18 - 71,159 (- 5.0%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#19 - 73,215 (+ 2.9%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#20 - 67,530 (- 7.8%) (CC)
11/16 Amazing Spider-Man#21 - 63,052 (- 6.4%) (CC)
12/16 Amazing Spider-Man#22 - 63,359 (+ 0.5%) (CC)
01/17 Amazing Spider-Man#23 - 73,773 (+16.4%) (CC)
02/17 Amazing Spider-Man#24- 61,953 (-16.0%) (CC)
03/17 Amazing Spider-Man#25- 113,934 (+83.9%) ($10!)
04/17 Amazing Spider-Man#26- 62,515 (-54.9%)
05/17 Amazing Spider-Man#27- 51,404 (-17.8%)

Since #2: -53.8%
That’s a really surprising blow that Amazing is taking here, hinting that indeed, times are changing. As soon as next month, there could be no more ongoing Marvel Universe title over 50K!

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29- 33- 204-X-MEN BLUE

04/17 X-Men Blue # 1 - 119,565 [+10,726]
04/17 X-Men Blue # 2 - 54,074 (-54.8%)
05/17 X-Men Blue # 3 - 48,354 (-10.6%)
05/17 X-Men Blue # 4 - 44,576 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2: -17.6%
Even if performing quite well, the Blue team books is selling 8K less than the Gold one. Both have significant reorder activity on their #1 issue.

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30- 34- OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
...
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #4 - 59,174 (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #5 - 58,870 (- 0.5%)
05/16 Old Man Logan #6 - 52,761 (-10.4%)
06/16 Old Man Logan #7 - 51,926 (- 1.6%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #8 - 55,311 (+ 6.5%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #9 - 49,804 (-10.0%)
08/16 Old Man Logan #10 - 52,175 (+ 4.8%)
09/16 Old Man Logan #11 - 47,248 (- 9.4%)
10/16 Old Man Logan #12 - 45,384 (- 3.5%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #13 - 43,609 (- 3.9%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #14 - 42,574 (- 2.4%)
12/16 Old Man Logan #15 - 42,216 (- 0.8%)
01/17 Old Man Logan #16 - 45,807 (+ 8.5%)
02/17 Old Man Logan #17- 38,851 (- 15.2%)
02/17 Old Man Logan #18- 38,679 (- 0.4%)
03/17 Old Man Logan #19- 47,428 (+22.6%)
03/17 Old Man Logan #20- 38,151 (-19.6%)
04/17 Old Man Logan #21- 44,806 (+17.4%)
04/17 Old Man Logan #22- 44,026 (- 1.7%)
05/17 Old Man Logan #23- 46,260 (+ 5.1%)
05/17 Old Man Logan #24- 44,170 (- 4.5%)

Since issue #2: -30.9%
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.1 : 10,907 [+729]
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.2 : 7,142
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.3: 5,626 [+491]

OLD MAN LOGAN TPB VOL.4 : 3,451
One of the few MU star titles, both in floppy and TPB formats.

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32- 80-GENERATION X

05/17 Generation X # 1 – 45,028
05/17 Generation X # 2 – 30,396 (-32.5%)
I don’t understand at all the nostalgia around this 90’s team.

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36-STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA

12/16 SW Dr Aphra #1 - 99,067
12/16 SW Dr Aphra #2 - 61,417 (-38.0%)
01/17 SW Dr Aphra #3 - 48,592 (-20.9%)
02/17 SW Dr Aphra #4 - 43,475 (-10.5%)
03/17 SW Dr Aphra #5 - 42,465 (- 2.3%)
04/17 SW Dr Aphra #6 - 40,458 (- 4.7%)
05/17 SW Dr Aphra #7 - 43,763 (+ 8.2%) (SC)
Screaming Citadel issue, hence the bump.

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51 WEAPON X

04/17 Weapon X # 1 - 68,874
04/17 Weapon X # 2 - 42,471 (-38.3%)
05/17 Weapon X # 3 - 37,409 (-11.9%)

It’s like a catalog of 90’s characters. This time: Domino!

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53- SECRET EMPIRE UPRISING LTD ($5)

05/17 Secret Empire Uprising Ltd # 1 – 37,225
Secret Empire Uprising Ltd: SEUL. That’s how I felt when having to write a comment about another of those offspring maxi-event mini-serie.

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54- 70- STAR WARS POE DAMERON

04/16- SW Poe Dameron #1 - 175,322
05/16 SW Poe Dameron #2 - 68,922 (-60.7%)
06/16 SW Poe Dameron #3 - 60,889 (-11.7%)
07/16 SW Poe Dameron #4 - 57,712 (- 5.2%)
08/16 SW Poe Dameron #5 - 52,281 (- 9.4%)
09/16 SW Poe Dameron #6 - 50,275 (- 3.8%)
10/16 SW Poe Dameron #7 - 47,878 (- 4.7%)
11/16 SW Poe Dameron #8 - 43,034 (- 10.1%)
12/16 SW Poe Dameron #9 - 38,839 (- 9.7%)
01/17 SW Poe Dameron #10 - 40,091 (+3.2%)
02/17 SW Poe Dameron #11 - 40,235 (+0.4%)
03/17 SW Poe Dameron #12 - 38,696 (- 3.8%)
04/17 SW Poe Dameron #13 - 36,994 (- 4.4%)
05/17 SW Poe Dameron #14 - 37,050 (+ 0.2%)
05/17 SW Poe Dameron #15 - 32,658 (-11.9%)

Since issue #2: -52.6%
POE DAMERON TPB VOL.1: 4,621
In danger. I don’t see Marvel allowing a Star Wars title to sell less than 30K in floppy.

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55- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13- 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)
04/16 AN Wolverine #7 - 38,168 (-14.6%)
05/16 AN Wolverine #8 - 38,242 (+ 0.2%)
06/16 AN Wolverine #9 - 43,545 (+13.9%) (CV2)
07/16 AN Wolverine #10- 38,579 (-11.4%) (CV2)
08/16 AN Wolverine #11- 40,312 (+ 4.5%) (CV2)
09/16 AN Wolverine #12- 35,481 (-12.0%) (CV2)
10/16 AN Wolverine #13- 38,297 (+ 7.9%)
11/16 AN Wolverine #14- 35,437 (- 7.5%)
12/16 AN Wolverine #15- 31,796 (-10.2%)
01/17 AN Wolverine #16- 35,128 (+10.5%)
02/17 AN Wolverine #17- 29,255 (-16.7%)
03/17 AN Wolverine #18- 46,731 (+59.7%)
04/17 AN Wolverine #19- 57,526 (+23.1%)
05/17 AN Wolverine #20- 36,573 (-36.4%)

Since issue #2 : -34.3%
The new set-up has managed to keep the title afloat in the +30K zone.

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57- BLACK BOLT

05/17 Black Bolt # 1 – 45,028
Oh, you mean Black Bolt the INHUMAN? Let’s repeat it after me: the king of the INHUMANS, the brand Marvel is desperate to make its readers fond of without naming it anymore.

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58- 64- DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 268,392
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-65.7%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)
04/16 Deadpool #9 - 57,798 (-20.5%)
04/16 Deadpool #10- 64,509 (+11.6%)
05/16 Deadpool #11- 62,900 (- 2.5%)
05/16 Deadpool #12- 57,805 (- 8.1%)
06/16 Deadpool #13- 78,536 (+35.9%)
06/16 Deadpool #14- 63,334 (-19.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Deadpool #15- 67,822 (+ 7.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #16- 55,577 (-18.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #17- 57,681 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #18- 59,027 (+ 2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #19- 47,948 (- 18.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #20- 46,109 (- 3.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #21- 51,351 (+11.4%)
11/16 Deadpool #22- 38,630 (-24.8%)
12/16 Deadpool #23- 39.183 (+ 1.4%)
01/17 Deadpool #24- 40,064 (+ 2.2%)
01/17 Deadpool #25- 42,476 (+6.0%)
02/17 Deadpool #26- 38,560 (- 9.2%)
02/17 Deadpool #27- 32,836 (-14.8%)
03/17 Deadpool #28- 47,026 (+43.2%)
04/17 Deadpool #29- 36,482 (-22.4%)
05/17 Deadpool #30- 36,022 (- 1.3%)
05/17 Deadpool #31- 34,546 (- 4.1%) (SE)

Since issue#2 : - 62.5%
It was selling double that in floppy format only one year ago. But it’s still a big success, with TPB sales going over the roof, month after month. Issue #30 is $10 (TEN!)

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59- CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS

05/16 Cap America SR #1 -140,222
06/16 Cap America SR #2 - 74,884 (-46.6%)
07/16 Cap America SR #3 - 65,455 (-12.6%)
08/16 Cap America SR #4 - 49,559 (-24.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Cap America SR #5 - 50,536 (+ 2.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Cap America SR #6 - 49,111 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
11/16 Cap America SR #7 - 48,505 (- 1.2%)
12/16 Cap America SR #8 - 38,610 (-20.4%)
01/17 Cap America SR #9 - 42,637 (+10.4%)
01/17 Cap America SR#10- 40,051 (- 6.1%)
02/17 Cap America SR#11- 36,610 (- 8.6%)
02/17 Cap America SR#12- 32,567 (-11.0%)
03/17 Cap America SR#13- 39,454 (+21.1%)
03/17 Cap America SR#14- 31,592 (- 19.9%)
04/17 Cap America SR#15- 34,863 (+10.4%)
04/17 Cap America SR#16- 37,366 (+ 7.1%)
05/17 Cap America SR#17- 35,867 (- 4.0%) (SI)

Since issue#2 : -52.1%
Sollicitation text: “In Cap we trust”. Dale Cooper reply: “In cup we trust”.

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60- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)
04/16 Mighty Thor #6 - 52,538 (- 3.7%)
05/16 Mighty Thor #7 - 47,425 (- 9.7%)
06/16 Mighty Thor #8 - 51,300 (+ 8.2%)
07/16 Mighty Thor #9 - 48,712 (- 5.0%)
08/16 Mighty Thor #10- 45,929 (- 5.7%)
09/16 Mighty Thor #11- 46,434 (+ 1.1%)
10/16 Mighty Thor #12- 40,326 (-13.2%)
11/16 Mighty Thor #13- 39,274 (- 2.6%)
12/16 Mighty Thor #14- 37,624 (- 4.2%)
01/17 Mighty Thor #15- 47,038 (+25.0%)
02/17 Mighty Thor #16- 40,175 (-14.6%)
03/17 Mighty Thor #17- 36,106 (-10.1%)
04/17 Mighty Thor #18- 37,505 (+ 3.9%)
05/17 Mighty Thor #19- 35,499 (- 5.3%)

Since issue #2: -49.5%
Hunky dreamy beardy Thor is teaming up with chick Thor. No matter what you like, there is a Thor you can fantasize over–yes, even you, dirty French frog lovers!

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63- SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 180,891
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 80,512
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 73,238 (- 9.0%)
04/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #4 - 64,931 (-11.3%)
05/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #5 - 63,821 (- 1.7%)
06/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #6 - 64,630 (+ 1.3%)
07/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #7 - 62,060 (- 4.0%)
08/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #8 - 69,519 (+12.0%)
09/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #9 - 65,502 (- 5.8%)
10/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #10 - 52,468 (-19.9%)
11/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #11 - 51,278 (- 2.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #12 - 43,937 (-14.3%)
01/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #13 - 46,934 (+ 6.8%)
01/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #1.MU ($5) – 45,566 (-2.9%)
02/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #14 - 38,307 (-15.9%)
03/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #15 - 50,691 (+32.3%)
04/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #16 - 40,484 (-20.1%)
05/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #17 - 34,613 (-14.5%)

Since issue #2: -57.0%
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.1: 14,288 [+1,260]
Back to the variantless reality.

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66- LUKE CAGE

05/17 Luke cage # 1 – 34,132
This doesn’t spell success at all, but what was Marvel expecting if Power Man and Iron Fist was tanking: that two separate ongoing series taking its place would fare better? There are 3 covers with 3 differents shape of beard for Luke. I’m outraged: isn’t there a beard bible for the character?

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71- I AM GROOT

05/17 I Am Groot # 1 – 32,260
The sales expectation for this one are probably the same as for the other “young teen” titles. So staying above 10K with good TPB sales could keep it safe.

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73- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange #7 - 49,590 (- 5.6%)
05/16 Doctor Strange #8 - 49,427 (- 0.3%)
06/16 Doctor Strange #9 - 46,306 (- 6.3%)
07/16 ---
08/16 Doctor Strange #10 - 50,083 (+ 8.2%)
09/16 Doctor Strange #11 - 53,718 (+ 7.3%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #12 - 72,990 (+35.9%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #13 - 41,290 (-43.4%)
11/16 Doctor Strange #14 - 39,390 (- 4.6%)
12/16 Doctor Strange #15 - 39.549 (+ 0.4%)
01/17 Doctor Strange #16 - 41,426 (+ 4.8%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #17 - 37,686 (- 9.0%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #1.MU ($5) - 27,212 (-27.8%)
03/17 Doctor Strange #18 - 41,801 (+53.6%)
04/17 Doctor Strange #19 - 33,246 (- 20.5%)
05/17 Doctor Strange #21 - 32,142 (- 3.3%) (SE)

Since issue #2 : -50.6%
DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.1: 4,468
Issue #21 (with a $5 price tag) is on sale before issue #20 hit the stands! #20 will be in next month chart.

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74- STAR WARS ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION LTD

04/17 SW Rogue One Ltd #1 - 64,518
05/17 SW Rogue One Ltd #2 - 31,966 (-50.5%)
Every SW movie will have its comics adaptation, no matter what.

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75- 110- SECRET WARRIORS

05/17 Secret Warriors # 1 – 31,864 (SE)
05/17 Secret Warriors # 2 - 23,902 (-25.0%) (SE)
A very nice fall from issue #2. God, Ms Marvel is part of yet another team. She has only been around for less than 3 years and has already been part of at least, what, 3 or 4 teams?! Oh, and because Marvel is into this new strategy of promoting Inhumans book without naming them that, let me warn you: this is a new Inhumans team book.

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76- 82-DEADPOOL VS PUNISHER LTD

04/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #1 - 45,509
04/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #2 - 35,977 (-20.9%)
05/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #3 - 31,418 (-12.7%)
05/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #4 - 29,657 (- 5.6%)
Very good results.

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77- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
04/16 Spider-Man #3 - 59,789 (- 1.4%)
05/16 Spider-Man #4 - 49,167 (-17.8%)
06/16 Spider-Man #5 - 47,025 (- 4.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man #6 - 52,731 (+12.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man #7 - 47,678 (- 9.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man #8 - 44,745 (- 6.2%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Spider-Man #9 - 39,701 (-11.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man #10 - 40,006 (+0.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man #11 - 35,865 (-10.4%)
01/17 Spider-Man #12 - 47,517 (+32.5%)
02/17 Spider-Man #13 - 34,195 (-28.0%)
03/17 Spider-Man #14- 33,403 (- 2.3%)
04/17 Spider-Man #15- 34,103 (+ 2.1%)
05/17 Spider-Man #16- 30,775 (- 9.8%)

Since issue #2: -49.2%
You probably didn’t notice it but we have currently 5 different Spider-Men, each with its ongoing series: Peter, married Peter, Miles, Miguel and Scarlet. One day, Marvel will play the “only one will survive” or “one will die/ be a traitor” storyline gig, à la “Death of Superman”.

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78- AVENGERS

11/16 Avengers # 1 - 81,885
12/16 Avengers # 2 - 64,289 (-21.5%)
01/17 Avengers #3 - 44,321 (-31.1%)
01/17 Avengers #1.MU - 30,421 (-31.4%)
02/17 Avengers #4 - 37,383 (+22.9%)
03/17 Avengers #5 - 39,204 (+ 4.9%)
04/17 Avengers #6 - 31,461 (- 19.7%)
05/17 Avengers #7 - 30,681 (- 2.5%)

since issue#2: -52.3%
Now would be the right time to stabilize.

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83- BEN REILLY SCARLET SIDER

04/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 1 - 53,240
05/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 2 - 29,501 (-44.6%)
No surprise here.

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86- 105-SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen #7 - 60,900 (+32.2%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Gwen #8 - 49,681 (-18.4%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Gwen #9 - 41,713 (-17,1%)
07/16 Spider-Gwen #10- 35,136 (-15.8%)
08/16 Spider-Gwen #11- 36,212 (+ 3.1%)
09/16 Spider-Gwen #12- 34,004 (- 6.1%)
10/16 Spider-Gwen #13- 29,346 (-13.7%)
11/16 Spider-Gwen #14- 28,906 (- 1.5%)
12/16 Spider-Gwen #15- 27,898 (- 3.5%)
01/17 Spider-Gwen #16- 34,768 (+24.6%)
02/17 Spider-Gwen #17- 29,255 (-15.9%)
03/17 Spider-Gwen #18- 34,810 (+19.0%)
04/17 ---
05/17 Spider-Gwen #19- 28,546 (- 18.0%)
05/17 Spider-Gwen #20- 24,603 (- 13.8%)

Since issue #2 : - 60.5%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 11,686
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.1: 6,466
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.2: 2,848
Lowest level so far and TPB sales are in hibernation.

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89- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
...
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 57,972 (War Machines)
04/16 Invincible Iron Man #8 - 46,520 (War Machines)
05/16 Invincible Iron Man #9 - 49,334 (+6.0%) (CV2)
06/16 Invincible Iron Man #10- 49,141 (- 0.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Invincible Iron Man #11- 49,439 (+0.6%) (CV2)
08/16 Invincible Iron Man #12- 50,571 (+2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Invincible Iron Man #13- 48,394 (- 4.3%) (CV2)
10/16 Invincible Iron Man #14- 43,888 (- 9.3%) (CV2)

11/16 Invincible Iron Man # 1- 97,713
12/16 Invincible Iron Man # 2- 81,271 (-16.8%)
01/17 Invincible Iron Man # 3- 44,184 (-45.7%)
02/17 Invincible Iron Man #4- 36,600 (-17.2%)
03/17 Invincible Iron Man #5- 38,746 (+ 5.9%)
04/17 Invincible Iron Man #6- 31,561 (-18.5%)
05/17 Invincible Iron Man #7- 28,266 (-10.4%)

Since issue#2: -65.2%
Trouble ahead for Riri: this hemorrhaging has to stop!

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90- ROCKETstrong>

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)
04/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #4 - 24,179 (- 2.7%)
05/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #5 - 21,138 (-12.6%)
06/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #6 - 20,392 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #7 - 19,142 (- 6.1%)
08/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #8 - 20,646 (+ 7.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #9 - 17,522 (-15.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #10- 16,505 (- 5.8%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Rocket Raccoon # 1 - 59,305
01/17 Rocket Raccoon # 2 - 22,113 (-62.7%)
02/17 Rocket Raccoon # 3 – 15,791 (-28.6%)
03/17 Rocket Raccoon # 4 - 14,324 (- 9.3%)
04/17 Rocket Raccoon # 5 – 13,373 (- 6.6%)

05/17 Rocket # 1 – 27,749
Relaunching faster than its shadow. Prepare to be back to square one with issue #3.

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92- BLACK PANTHER

04/16- Black Panther #1 - 286,755
05/16 Black Panther #2 - 102,366
06/16 Black Panther #3 - 75,037 (-26.7%)
07/16 Black Panther #4 - 72,302 (- 3.6%)
08/16 Black Panther #5 - 83,756 (+15.8%)
09/16 Black Panther #6 - 58,746 (- 29.9%)
10/16 Black Panther #7 - 60,857 (+ 3.6%)
11/16 Black Panther #8 - 43,451 (- 28.6%)
12/16 Black Panther #9 - 39,123 (- 10.0%)
01/17 Black Panther #10 - 38,741 (- 1.0%)
02/17 Black Panther #11 - 35,492 (- 8.4%)
03/17 Black Panther #12 - 37,612 (+ 6.0%)
04/17 Black Panther #13 - 30,509 (-18.9%)
05/17 Black Panther #14 - 27,287 (-10.6%)

Since issue #2: -73.3%
Looking back from which sales level it started from, those results are horrible.

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94- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
---
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12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)
04/16 Daredevil #6 - 48,745 (+ 8.6%)
05/16 Daredevil #7 - 43,704 (-10.3%)
06/16 Daredevil #8 - 41,172 (- 5.8%)
07/16 Daredevil #9 - 43,009 (+ 4.4%)
08/16 Daredevil #10- 40,775 (- 5.2%)
09/16 Daredevil #11- 39,135 (- 4.0%)
10/16 Daredevil #12- 34,297 (-12.4%)
11/16 Daredevil #13- 33,910 (- 1.1%)
12/16 Daredevil #14- 30,781 (- 9.2%)
01/17 Daredevil #15- 36,014 (+17.0%)
01/17 Daredevil #16- 33,152 (- 7.9%)
02/17 Daredevil #17- 31,794 (- 4.1%)
03/17 Daredevil #18- 28,050 (-11.8%)
04/17 Daredevil #19- 28,867 (+ 2.9%)
05/17 Daredevil #20- 27,163 (- 5.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 45.4%
Still a success, even if it lost a large chunk of its momentum.

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96- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 45,659 (- 3.1%) (Stand Off)
05/16 Uncanny Avengers #9 - 40,025 (-12.3%)
06/16 Uncanny Avengers #10- 38,614 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Uncanny Avengers #11- 45,452 (+17.7%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #12- 39,337 (-13.5%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #13- 37,908 (- 3.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Uncanny Avengers #14- 34,996 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Uncanny Avengers #15- 38,058 (+ 8.7%)
11/16 Uncanny Avengers #16- 32,854 (-13.7%) (CV2)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #17- 31,025 (- 5.6%)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #18- 30,062 (- 3.1%)
01/17 Uncanny Avengers #19- 33,957 (+13.0%)
02/17 Uncanny Avengers #20- 31,089 (- 8.5%)
03/17 Uncanny Avengers #21- 27,622 (- 11.2%)
04/17 Uncanny Avengers #22- 27,438 (- 0.7%)
05/17 Uncanny Avengers #23- 26,915 (- 1.9%)

Since issue #2 : - 51.1%
Wonder Man is back again. Is he trying to beat the Jean Grey or Guardian death record?

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99- INFAMOUS IRON MAN

03/16 International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
04/16 International Iron Man #2 - 40,459 (-42.9%)
05/16 International Iron Man #3 - 35,282 (-12.8%)
06/16 International Iron Man #4 - 28,998 (-17.8%)
07/16 International iron Man #5 - 27,697 (- 4.5%)
08/16 International Iron Man #6 - 28,337 (+ 2.3%)
09/16 International Iron Man #7 - 25,496 (-10.0%) (CV2)

10/16 Infamous Iron Man #1 - 73,735
11/16 Infamous Iron Man #2 - 40,225 (-45.4%)
12/16 Infamous Iron Man #3 - 40,546 (+ 0.8%)
01/17 Infamous Iron Man #4 - 36,373 (-10.3%)
02/17 Infamous Iron Man #5 - 29,685 (-18.4%)
03/17 Infamous Iron Man #6 - 28,319 (- 4.6%)
04/17 Infamous Iron Man #7 - 27,032 (- 4.6%)
05/17 Infamous Iron Man #8 - 26,330 (- 2.6%)

Since issue #2: -34.5%

INFAMOUS IRON MAN TPB VOL.1 : 2,444
Help me try to find the title of its next relaunch: Incorrigible Iron Man? Inflated Iron Man? Inexperienced Iron Man? <p>

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101- THANOS

11/16 Thanos # 1 - 54,768
12/16 Thanos # 2 - 35,187 (-35.8%)
01/17 Thanos # 3 - 36,643 (+ 4.1%)
02/17 Thanos # 4 - 32,032 (-12.6%)
03/17 Thanos # 5 - 34,901 (+ 9.0%)
04/17 Thanos # 6 - 27,840 (-20.2%)
05/17 Thanos # 7 - 25,790 (- 7.4%)

Since issue #2: -26.3%
That’s not a very healthy sales pattern.

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102-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS (

11/16 ASM Renew your vows # 1 - 96,111
12/16 ASM Renew your vows # 2 - 43,128 (-55.1%)
01/17 ASM Renew your vows # 3 - 41,167 (- 4.5%)
02/17 ASM Renew your vows # 4 - 31,750 (-22.9%)
03/17 ASM Renew your vows # 5 - 37,508 (+18.1%)
04/17 ASM Renew your vows # 6 - 29,131 (-22.3%)
05/17 ASM Renew your vows # 7 - 25,770 (-11.5%)

Since issue #2: -40.2%
Still has to find its level.

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106- CHAMPIONS

10/16 Champions #1 - 334,937
11/16 Champions #2 - 49,733 (-85.2%)
12/16 Champions #3 - 47,481 (- 4.5%)
01/17 Champions #4 - 34,969 (-26.4%)
02/17 Champions #5 - 31,344 (-10.4%)
02/17 Champions #1.MU ($5) - 20,999 (-33.0%)
03/17 Champions # 6 - 33,220 (+58.2%)
04/17 Champions # 7 - 27,734 (-16.5%)
05/17 Champions # 8 - 24,602 (-11.3%)

Since issue #2: - 50.5%
So far, it’s losing more than 10% per issue. It will have to change pattern before reaching #12 or be relaunched again.

CHAMPIONS TPB VOL.1 : 5,035

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108- MOON KNIGHT

04/16- Moon Knight #1 - 65,388
05/16 Moon Knight #2 - 41,147 (-45.7%)
06/16 Moon Knight #3 - 40,752 (- 1.0%)
07/16 Moon Knight #4 - 40,012 (- 1.8%)
08/16 Moon Knight #5 - 37,934 (- 5.2%)
09/16 Moon Knight #6 - 41,884 (+10.4%)
10/16 Moon Knight #7 - 33,866 (-19.1%)
11/16 Moon Knight #8 - 32,562 (- 3.9%)
12/16 Moon Knight #9 - 29,205 (-10.3%)
01/17 Moon Knight #10 - 33,395 (+14.3%)
02/17 Moon Knight #11 - 26,467 (-20.7%)
03/17 Moon Knight #12 - 25,152 (- 5.0%)
04/17 Moon Knight #13 - 24,287 (- 3.4%)
05/17 Moon Knight #14 - 24,283 (- 0.0%) END

Since issue #2: -41.0%
MOON KNIGHT VOL.1: 6,336

MOON KNIGHT VOL.2 : 2,506
One of Marvel’s few small successes is ending its run. Expect a relaunch with a new creative team soon. It’s not as if Marvel had that many successes to choose from among its last launches….

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113- PUNISHER

05/16 Punisher #1 - 110,726
06/16 Punisher #2 - 47,524 (-57.1%)
07/16 Punisher #3 - 46,534 (- 2.1%)
08/16 Punisher #4 - 44,154 (- 5.1%)
09/16 Punisher #5 - 38,052 (-13.8%)
10/16 Punisher #6 - 35,344 (- 7.1%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Punisher #7 - 33,589 (- 5.0%)
01/17 Punisher #8 - 32,937 (- 1.9%)
02/17 Punisher #9 - 27,448 (-16.7%)
03/17 Punisher #10 - 28,433 (+ 3.6%)
04/17 Punisher #11 - 23,863 (- 16.1%)
05/17 Punisher #12 - 23,269 (- 2.5%)

Since issue #2 : -51.0%
PUNISHER TPB VOL.1: 2,934
Levelling out nicely.

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115- JESSICA JONES

10/16 Jessica Jones #1 - 74,291
11/16 Jessica Jones #2 - 36,893 (-50.3%)
12/16 Jessica Jones #3 - 38,601 (+ 4.6%)
01/17 Jessica Jones #4 - 32,252 (-16.4%)
02/17 Jessica Jones #5 - 25,769 (-20.1%)
03/17 Jessica Jones #6 - 27,342 (+ 6.1%)
04/17 Jessica Jones #7 - 23,273 (-14.9%)
05/17 Jessica Jones #8 - 23,043 (- 1.0%)

Since issue #2: -37.5%

JESSICA JONES TPB VOL.1 : 3,316
An oasis in all the current turmoil of the Marvel Universe, both sales wise and story wise.

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118- IRON FIST

03/17 Iron Fist #1 - 89,652
04/17 Iron Fist #2 - 28,469 (-68.2%)
05/17 Iron Fist #3 - 22,466 (-20.1%)
Will the customers know which Iron fist #1 paperback to buy if want to try out the paper adventures of their TV hero? There are so many of them…

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119- 135- 139- 142- 150- GOG MOTHER ENTROPY LTD

05/17 GoG Mother Entropy Ltd #1 - 22,079
05/17 GoG Mother Entropy Ltd #2 - 18,026 (-18.3%)
05/17 GoG Mother Entropy Ltd #3 - 17,070 (- 5.3%)
05/17 GoG Mother Entropy Ltd #4 - 17,036 (- 0.2%)
05/17 GoG Mother Entropy Ltd #5 - 16,034 (- 5.9%)
What’s the deal with Alan Davis at Marvel? They keep releasing the mini-series he is pencilling all in a row, in the same month. Do they think he has the plague or what?! What’s the purpose? It’s a miracle it selling that well considering the circumstances–and with a lot of Guardians products to buy this month!.

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123- HULK

12/16 Hulk #1 - 89,810
01/17 Hulk #2 - 32,585 (-63.7%)
02/17 Hulk #3 - 27,968 (-14.2%)
03/17 Hulk #4 - 30,304 (+ 8.3%)
04/17 Hulk #5 – 22,644 (-25.3%)
05/17 Hulk #6 - 20,482 (- 9.5%)

Since issue #2: -37.1%
I wouldn’t bet on it making it past issue #12.

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126- ROYALS

04/17 Royals # 1 - 40,941
04/17 Royals #2 - 28,469 (-30.5%)
05/17 Royals #3 - 19,650 (-31.0%)
Clearly, this is not gonna be the title that creates a sudden burst of love for those characters.

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128- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 CA S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 CA S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 CA S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 CA S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 CA S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 CA S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 CA S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 CA S. Wilson #8 - 31,052 (-43.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 CA S. Wilson #9 - 27,480 (-11.5%) (Stand Off)
06/16 CA S. Wilson #10 - 31,989 (+16.4%) (CV2)
07/16 CA S. Wilson #11 - 29,145 (- 8.2%) (CV2)
08/16 CA S. Wilson #12 - 30,479 (+ 4.6%) (CV2)
09/16 CA S. Wilson #13 - 28,158 (- 7.6%) (CV2)
10/16 CA S. Wilson #14 - 27,702 (- 1.6%)
11/16 CA S. Wilson #15 - 22,006 (-20.6%)
12/16 CA S. Wilson #16 - 21,229 (- 3.5%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #17 – 22,852 (+ 7.6%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #18 – 21,848 (- 4.4%)
02/17 CA S. Wilson #19 - 18,105 (-17.1%)
03/17 CA S. Wilson #20 - 17,496 (- 3.4%)
04/17 CA S. Wilson #21 - 18,650 (+ 6.6%)
05/17 CA S. Wilson #22 - 18,523 (- 0.7%) (SI)

Since issue #2 : -54.0%
It seems to hover peacefully around 17-18K for the time being.

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129- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+ 5.3%)
04/16 Ultimates #6 - 26,146 (- 8.7%)
05/16 Ultimates #7 - 26,500 (+ 1.4%)
06/16 Ultimates #8 - 30,675 (+15.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ultimates #9 - 27,588 (-10.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Ultimates #10- 26,848 (- 2.7%) (CV2)
09/16 Ultimates #11- 26,030 (- 3.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Ultimates #12- 23,871 (- 8.3%) (CV2) END

11/16 Ultimates 2 # 1- 34,646
12/16 Ultimates 2 # 2- 23,844 (-31.2%)
01/17 Ultimates 2 #3- 24,369 (+2.2%)
02/17 Ultimates 2 #4- 21,235 (-12.9%)
03/17 Ultimates 2 #5- 17,975 (-15.4%)
04/17 Ultimates 2 #6- 17,350 ( -3.5%)
05/17 Ultimates 2 #7- 18,490 (+ 6.6%) (SE)

Since issue #2: -22.5%
No variant at all so the jump is really thanks to the Secret Empire tag.

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131- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)
03/16 Ms Marvel #5 - 31,871 ( +3.1%)
04/16 Ms Marvel #6 - 29,863 (- 6.3%)
05/16 Ms Marvel #7 - 29,840 (- 0.1%)
06/16 Ms Marvel #8 - 31,798 (+ 6.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ms Marvel #9 - 28,313 (-11.0%) (CV2)
08/16 Ms Marvel #10- 29,395 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)
09/16 Ms Marvel #11- 27,278 (- 7.2%) (CV2)
10/16 Ms Marvel #12- 28,348 (+ 3.9%)
11/16 Ms Marvel #13- 23,621 (-16.7%)
12/16 ---
01/17 Ms Marvel #14- 24,006 (+1.6%)
02/17 Ms Marvel #15- 19,870 (-17.2%)
03/17 Ms Marvel #16- 19,172 (- 3.5%)
04/17 Ms Marvel #17- 20,881 (+ 8.9%)
05/17 Ms Marvel #18- 18,271 (-12.5%)

Since issue #2 : -60.8 %
VOL.1 : 47,827 [+682]
VOL.2 : 18,698
VOL.3 : 11,282
VOL.4 : 6,642
VOL.5 : 5,200
VOL.6: 3,500
HC vol.1 : 1,942
HC vol.2 : 2,653
The problem with Ms. Marvel is that not that many people keep buying the floppy or made the jump from TPB vol.1 to the others remaining volumes.

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133- BLACK PANTHER CREW

04/17 BP Crew #1 - 35,604
05/17 BP Crew #2 - 18,183 (-48.9%)
Clearly, a fault in Marvel’s strategy surrounding Black Panther. The main title probably suffered from the multiplication of tiered titles, as it was already struggling to keep its readers.

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134- ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE LTD ($5)

05/17 Zombies Assemble Ltd #1 – 18,036
Behind what you think would be a new volume of Marvel Zombies hides the English adaptation of a manga adaptation of Marvel Zombies. Get it? The adaptation of an adaptation. Once people realize that, sales should take a big dip.

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136- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #4 - 35,285 ( - 1.2%)
04/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #5 - 31,165 (- 11.7%)
05/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #6 - 26,775 (- 14.1%)
06/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #7 - 30,808 (+15.1%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #8 - 27,522 (- 9.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #9 - 26,936 (- 2.1%) (CV2)
08/16 ---
09/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #10 - 26,193 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
10/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #11 - 26,259 (+ 1.3%) (CV2)
11/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #12 - 22,448 (-14.5%)
12/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #13 - 22,207 (- 1.1%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #14 - 22,847 (+ 2.9%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #15 - 23,623 (+ 3.4%)
02/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #16 - 18,136 (-23.2%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #17 - 23,020 (+26.9%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #1.MU - 16,040 (-30.3%) ($5)
04/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #18 - 16,009 (- 0.8%)
05/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #19 - 17,742 (+10.8%)

Since issue #2: - 59.6%
Featuring Old Man Logan and all the other Marvel characters who always forget to cut their fingernails.

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138- MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
04/16 Captain Marvel #4 - 25,156 (-11.6%)
05/16 Captain Marvel #5 - 23,812 (- 5.3%)
06/16 Captain Marvel #6 - 28,213 (+18.5%) (CV2)
07/16 Captain Marvel #7 - 23,895 (-15.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Captain Marvel #8 - 23,024 (- 3.5%) (CV2)
09/16 Captain Marvel #9 - 24,753 (+ 7.5%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Captain Marvel #10 - 19,893 (-19.6%)
12/16 Mighty Captain Marvel #0 - 53,263
01/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #1 - 48,519 (-8.9%)
02/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #2 - 24,172 (-50.2%)
03/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #3 - 28,649 (+17.8%)
04/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #4 - 17,893 (-37.5%)
05/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #5 - 17,164 (- 4.1%)(SE)

Since issue #2: -29.0%
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.1 : 2,409
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.2: 1,621
The power of a crossover event tag is less powerful than the variant sales power. Packaging over content: nice results, Marvel!

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141- 157- 243-MONSTERS UNLEASHED

01/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #1 - 91,154 [+17,047]
02/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #2 - 51,389 (-43.6%) [+ 8,034]
02/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #3 - 38,205 (-25.7%)
03/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #4 - 34,937 (- 8.6%)
03/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #5 - 33,205 (- 5.0%)
04/17 Monsters Unleashed #1 - 27,317
05/17 Monsters Unleashed #2 - 15,324 (-43.9%)
On Marvel’s website, this ongoing is not even one of the top titles mentioned as a follow up to the Monsters unleashed mini for reorders or free copies to retailers.

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144- NICK FURY

04/17 Nick Fury #1 - 31,683
05/17 Nick Fury #2 - 16,690 (-47.3%)
Clearly, furiously in trouble. Too bad because you have one complete story/journey to graphic extravaganza per issue.

—

145- US AVENGERS

01/17 US Avengers #1 - 110,729
01/17 US Avengers #2 - 29,523 (-73.3%)
02/17 US Avengers #3 - 19,476 (-33.4%)
03/17 US Avengers #4 - 17,073
04/17 US Avengers #5 - 17,880 (+ 4.7%)
05/17 US Avengers #6 - 16,491 (- 7.8%) (SI)

Since issue #2: -44.1%
Even Secret Empire can’t spark people’s interest into this title.

—

147- AMERICA

04/17 America # 1 - 43,592
04/17 America # 2 - 23,987 (-45.0%)
05/17 America # 3 - 16,262 (-32.2%)
The title everybody loves to hate without having read it.

—

153-DR STRANGE SORCERORS SUPREME

10/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #1 - 149,710
11/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #2 - 29,349 (-80.4%)
12/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #3 - 25,054 (-14.6%)
01/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #4 - 26,098 (+ 4.1%)
02/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #5 - 19,402 (-25.7%)
03/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #6 - 18,094 (- 6.7%)
04/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #7 - 16,887 (- 6.7%)
05/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #8 - 15,702 (- 7.0%)

Since issue#2: -46.5%
Isaac Newton vs. the sorcerers: gravity always wins in the end, you can see the proof here in numbers.

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154 -156- GWENPOOL

04/16- Gwenpool #1 - 100,852
05/16 Gwenpool #2 - 38,162 (-62.2%)
06/16 Gwenpool #3 - 33,018 (-13.5%)
07/16 Gwenpool #4 - 33,174 (+ 0.5%)
08/16 Gwenpool #5 - 30,232 (- 8.9%)
09/16 Gwenpool #6 - 25,890 (-14.4%)
10/16 Gwenpool #7 - 34,365 (+32.7%)
11/16 Gwenpool #8 - 24,395 (- 29.0%)
12/16 Gwenpool #9 - 20,031 (-17.9%)
01/17 Gwenpool #10 - 21,653 (+ 8.1%)
02/17 Gwenpool #11 - 17,975 (-17.0%)
02/17 Gwenpool #12 - 17,080 (- 5.0%)
03/17 Gwenpool #13- 26,850 (+ 57.2%)
04/17 Gwenpool #14- 17,972 (- 33.1%)
05/17 Gwenpool #15- 15,624 (- 12.1%)
05/17 Gwenpool #16- 15,500 (- 0.8%)

Since issue #2: -59.4%
GWENPOOL VOL.1: 5,310
GWENPOOL VOL.2: 1,971
Guess which character will be forgotten by everyone in one year?

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158- HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---
11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)
03/16 All New Hawkeye #5 - 24,779 (- 0.5%)
04/16 All New Hawkeye #6 - 21,209 (-14.4%)
05/16 ---
06/16 ---
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Hawkeye #1 - 70,884
01/17 Hawkeye #2 - 27,049 (-61.8%)
02/17 Hawkeye #3 - 20,089 (-25.7%)
03/17 Hawkeye #4 - 17,234 (-14.2%)
04/17 Hawkeye #5 - 16,031 (- 7.0%)
05/17 Hawkeye #6 - 15,304 (- 4.5%)

Since issue#2 : -43.4%

VOL.1: 47,268
VOL.2: 25,657
VOL.3: 13,536
VOL.4: 8,814
VOL.5: 4,109
VOL.6: 2,583

VOL.1: 2,210
As the ongoing reach its lowest sales level ever, Marvel changed strategy and started renumbering its TPB, hoping for a new surge of #1 buyers. It totally backfired: sales are more than timid and reorder activity of all the previous volumes is too low to figure in the top 300.

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159- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 24,081 (-15.7%)
05/16 Spider-Man 2099 #10- 23,040 (- 4.3%)
06/16 Spider-Man 2099 #11- 22,722 (- 1.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man 2099 #12- 22,480 (- 1.1%)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #13- 22,793 (+ 1.4%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #14- 21,908 (- 3.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man 2099 #15- 21,362 (- 2.5%) (CV2)
10/16 Spider-Man 2099 #16- 20,671 (- 3.2%) (CV2)
11/16 Spider-Man 2099 #17- 19,271 (- 6.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man 2099 #18- 18,053 (- 6.3%)
01/17 Spider-Man 2099 #19- 20,262 (+12.2%)
02/17 Spider-Man 2099 #20- 16,690 (- 17.6%)
03/17 Spider-Man 2099 #21- 15,770 (- 5.5%)
04/17 Spider-Man 2099 #22- 15,273 (- 3.2%)
05/17 Spider-Man 2099 #23- 15,187 (- 0.6%)

Since issue #2: -62.7%
A good sales behavior, almost slowing down to a halt.

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160- MAN-THING LTD

03/17 Man-Thing Ltd #1 of 5 - 43,131
03/17 Man-Thing Ltd #2 of 5 - 21,116 (-51.0%)
04/17 Man-Thing Ltd #3 of 5 - 16,199 (-23.3%)
05/17 Man-Thing Ltd #4 of 5 - 14,769 (- 8.8%)
Seeing as all the others Marvel characters had it, why not launch a Woman-Thing series? We want equality of jokes on both genders!

—

163- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)
04/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6 - 12,253 (-17.0%)
05/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #7 - 12,879 (+ 5.1%)
06/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #8 - 12,721 (- 1.2%)
07/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #9 - 10,338 (-18.7%)
08/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10- 11,862 (+14.7%)
09/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #11- 9,765 (-17.7%)
10/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #12- 9,509 (- 2.6%)
11/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13- 11,113 (+16.9%)
12/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #14- 9,370 (-15.7%)
01/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #15- 10,966(+17.0%)
02/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #16- 8,440 (-23.0%)
02/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #17- 8,273 (- 2.0%)
04/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18- 7,966 (- 3.7%)
05/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19- 14,244(+78.8%)

Since issue #2 : -34.4%
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.1: 4,275 [+558]
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.2: 1,664
Clearly, some overshipping or special deal thingie at work here.

—

164- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
03/16 - -
04/16 Silver Surfer #3 - 23,151 (- 7.4%)
05/16 Silver Surfer #4 - 21,063 (- 9.0%)
06/16 ---
07/16 Silver Surfer #5 - 20,165 (- 4.3%)
08/16 Silver Surfer #6 - 18,991 (- 5.8%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Silver Surfer #7 - 17,588 (- 7.4%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Silver Surfer #8 - 16,217 (- 7.8%)
01/17 ---
02/17 ---
03/17 Silver Surfer #9 – 16,082 (- 0.8%)
04/17 Silver Surfer #10 – 15,041 (- 6.5%)
05/17 Silver Surfer #11 - 14,202 (- 5.6%)

Since issue #2: -38.3%
3 issues in a row, month after month!

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165- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)
04/16 Nova #6 - 15,795 (- 6.5%)
05/16 Nova #7 - 15,377 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Nova #8 - 19,720 (+28.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Nova #9 - 16,726 (-15.2%) (CV2)
08/16 Nova #10 - 14,766 (-11.7%)
09/16 Nova #11 - 14,341 (- 2.9%)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Nova #1 - 58,393
01/17 Nova #2 - 23,098 (-60.4%)
02/17 Nova #3 - 19,265 (-16.6%)
03/17 Nova #4 - 15,323 (-20.5%)
04/17 Nova #5 - 14,525 (- 5.2%)
05/17 Nova #6 - 14,124 (- 2.8%)

since issue #2 : -38.9%
Ramon Perez is not very lucky at Marvel….

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175- ELEKTRA

02/17 Elektra #1 - 44,310
03/17 Elektra #2 - 19,712 (-55.5%)
04/17 Elektra #3 - 15,113 (-23.3%)
05/17 Elektra #4 - 13,029 (-13.8%)

Since issue #2: -33.9%
A disaster in sales.

—

186- GAMORA

12/16 Gamora #1 - 65,032
01/17 Gamora #2 - 24,902 (-61.7%)
02/17 Gamora #3 - 15,457 (-37.9%)
03/17 Gamora #4 - 21,136 (+36.7%)
04/17 ---
05/17 Gamora #5 – 12,219 (-42.2%)

Since issue #2: -50.9%
Gamora: Game-over!

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189- KINGPIN

02/17 Kingpin #1 - 36,095
03/17 Kingpin #2 - 24,789 (-31.3%)
04/17 Kingpin #3 - 13,765 (-44.5%)
05/17 Kingpin #4 - 12,110 (-12.0%)

Since issue #2: -51.1%
Will manage to a shorter run than the ill-fated Bruce Jones/Sean Phillips ongoing of the 2000’s.

—

196- BULLSEYE LTD

02/17 Bullseye # 1 of 5 – 33,511
03/17 Bullseye # 2 of 5 – 16,936 (-49.5%)
04/17 Bullseye # 3 of 5 – 12,912 (-23.8%)
05/17 Bullseye # 4 of 5 – 11,398 (-11.7%)
Missed its target (easy).

—

198- STAR-LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex
03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex
04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex
05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)
---
07/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pryde Ltd #1 - 44,760
08/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pryde Ltd #2 - 32,578 (-27.2%)
09/15 Star-Lord &Kitty Pryde Ltd #3 - 31,012 (- 4.8%)

11/15 Star-Lord #1 - 47,104
12/15 Star-Lord #2 - 26,348 (-44.1%)
01/16 Star-Lord #3 - 22,698 (-13.9%)
02/16 Star-Lord #4 - 19,117 (-15.8%)
03/16 Star-Lord #5 - 17,374 (-9.1%)
04/16 Star-Lord #6 - 17,653 (+1.6%)
05/16 Star-Lord #7 - 15,147 (-14.2%)
06/16 Star-Lord #8 - 16,762 (+10.7%)
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Star-Lord #1 - 52,925
01/17 Star-Lord #2 - 20,246 (-61.7%)
02/17 Star-Lord #3 – 15,002 (-25.9%)
03/17 Star-Lord #4 - 13,162 (-12.3%)
03/17 Star-Lord #5 - 12,761 (- 3.0%)
04/17 Star-Lord #6 - 12,278 (- 3.8%) END
05/17 Star-Lord Annual – 11,245
Just….won’t….take…the…door…..out.

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175- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #7 - 17,869 (-13.8%)
05/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - 15,131 (-15.3%)
06/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #9 - 14,692 (- 2.9%)
07/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #10- 14,590 (- 0.7%)
08/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11- 13,872 (- 4.9%)
09/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #12- 14,379 (+ 3.7%)
10/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #13- 14,688 (+ 2.1%)
11/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #14- 12,933 (-11.9%)
12/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #15- 12,556 (- 2.9%)
01/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #16- 17,569 (+39.9%)
02/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #17- 11,898 (-32.3%)
03/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #18- 17,765 (+49.3%)
04/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #19- 11,074 (-37.7%)
05/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #20- 10,999 (- 0.7%)

Since issue #2 : -52.3%
TPB VOL.2: 8,884
TPB VOL.3 : 2,928
TPB VOL.4: 2,387
TPB VOL.5: 2,151
Just won’t give away any of her nuts…sorry, of her buyers.

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Fri 7 Jul 2017 - 9:55

224- OCCUPY AVENGERS

11/16 Occupy Avengers # 1 - 38,400
12/16 Occupy Avengers # 2 - 32,974 (-14.1%)
01/17 Occupy Avengers # 3 - 18,499 (-43.9%)
02/17 Occupy Avengers # 4 - 11,965 (-35.7%)
03/17 Occupy Avengers # 5 - 17,413 (+45.5%)
04/17 Occupy Avengers # 6 – 10,296 (-40.8%)
05/17 Occupy Avengers # 7 – 9,624 (- 6.5%)

Since issue#2: -70.8%
So much for Marvel political statement in the form of a superhero team.

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231- UNSTOPPABLE WASP

01/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 1 - 37,415
02/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 2 - 16,292 (-56.5%)
03/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 3 - 12,324 (-24.4%)
04/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 4 - 9,780 (-20.6%)
05/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 5 - 9,013 (- 7.8%)

Since issue #2: -44.7%
Putting “unstoppable” in the title was looking for it to happen….

272- POWERS

05/14 Bureau #10 - 9,002 ( 0.5%)
06/14 ---
07/14 ---
08/14 ---
09/14 Bureau #11 - 8,747 ( -2.8%)
10/14 ---
11/14 Bureau #12 - 8,379 ( -4.2%)
...
01/15 Powers #1 - 16,467
02/15 ---
03/15 Powers #2 - 12,266 (-25.5%)
04/15 ---
05/15 Powers #3 - 10,485 (-14.5%)
06/15 ---
07/15 Powers #4 - 9,806 (- 6.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Powers #5 - 9,381 (- 4.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 ---
02/16 ---
03/16 ---
04/16 ---
05/16 Powers #6 - 8,237 (-12.2%)
06/16 ---
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 Powers #7 - 7,352 (-10.7%)
11/16 ---
12/16 ---
01/17 ---
02/17 ---
03/17 ---
04/17 ---
05/17 Powers #8 - 6,421 (-12.7%)

Since issue#2: -47.7%
8 issues in 2 years and a half. It’s getting worse with each relaunch.

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295- MOSAIC

10/16 Mosaic #1 - 44,354
11/16 Mosaic #2 - 31,767 (-28.4%)
12/16 Mosaic #3 - 31,671 (- 0.3%)
01/17 Mosaic #4 - 11,003 (-65.3%)
02/17 Mosaic #5 - 7,313 (-33.5%)
03/17 Mosaic #6 - 6,812 (- 6.9%)
04/17 Mosaic #7 - 5,876 (-13.7%)
05/17 Mosaic #8 - 5,507 (- 6.3%)

Since issue #2: -82.7%
Managed to leave before having to suffer the indignity of being expelled from the top 300.

Sat 5 Aug 2017 - 8:48

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales [size=150]June 2017[/size]: Meet Me Just Under The Guillotine
Between the angry fanboys, complaining about those women and minority characters usurpating “their” heroes names, and people fed up with Marvel repetitive use of commercial trends promising once again the creation of a black hole, it seems that nobody is pleased anymore by what Marvel is currently offering.
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gwenpool17b.jpgby Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please adress your complaints to my “Gentleman Trump said our first lady is in good shape” country. For any information about the French magazine on US comics I’m editing, please send me a message using my e-mail address from any of my own commentaries

Oh boy, do you also hear all those voices complaining about Marvel? Beetween the angry fanboys, complaining about those women and minority characters usurpating “their” hero’s names, and people fed up with Marvel’s repetitive use of commercial trends ,promising once again the creation of a black hole, it seems that nobody is pleased anymore by what Marvel is currently offering. And the announcement of the release of expensive team-up Legacy books with special lenticular covers kept on feeding this raging fire.

This month saw a special variant theme: Mary Jane! And, apparently, putting her on a variant cover has retailers (and let’s hope, customers) getting almost crazy. When you have an extra 5K only because of this variant program, and when your sales are mostly in the 20-30K zone, that’s like +20% of sales only because of a gimmick. Marvel Variant Comics is more and more a reality! That’s our legacy from the 90’s! Now, I understand where Marvel is going with their “new” initiative.

Reminder: these sales are estimates, sales to comics shops located in North America. American comics do get sold other places in their original floppy edition. But keep in mind, just because a copy is sold to a shop doens’t mean it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

Many thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. Also thanks to the Comics Zone shop in Lyon (my city in France!) for its help.

MARVEL COMICS DIGEST #1 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ($7) : 7,164
The first Archie Comics digest with Marvel reprints is here and its sales are quite good. Surpringly, it doesn't appear in the TPB charts, but the floppy chart. It would have been #1 in the TPB top300 chart! And only $7! That's the price of Marvel reprint of the Vision (only 2 episodes + bonuses).
5- PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ($5)

06/17 PP Spectacular Spider-Man #1 - 224,620
At $5 a copy, that’s $1 million money made with this issue. The real test will be in 3-4 months but you have to give Marvel a break: with Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert at the core of the series, you know you’re gonna have something new and fresh.

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3- 12- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 - 304,373
02/15 Darth Vader #2 - 125,466 (-58.8%)
…...
08/16 Darth Vader#24- 75,401 (- 2.6%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Darth Vader#25- 111,381 (+47.7%)
….....
06/17 Darth Vader #1 - 118,644 ($5)
06/17 Darth Vader #2 - 66,416

DARTH VADER TP VOL.1: 41,302 [+955]
DARTH VADER TP VOL.2: 20,277 [ +552]
DARTH VADER TPB VOL.3: 12,677 [ +472]
DARTH VADER TPB VOL.4: 10,437 [+480 ]
The minute Marvel said it would wrapped up Darth Vader, I knew it would be back (and wrote it). This is the most successfull Star Wars comics! Those debut numbers are disapointing -on Darth Vader levels- but I guess we do not have to worry. As always, every TPB volume of the previous series is selling 500 copies (1K for the first volume). Nobody is selling that much at Marvel, except Deadpool.

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7- EDGE OF VENOMVERSE

06/17 Edge of Venomverse #1 - 98,052
What did I say last month? Here is the first of the Venom invasion of titles. Each issue of this title will feature a new venomized version of a character, joining the Venomverse. A comic book series based on a gimmick? Well, it could work, but please, Marvel, don’t come crying later when the market will really collapse

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8/9-SECRET EMPIRE LTD

04/17 Secret Empire #0 - 168,751
05/17 Secret Empire # 1 - 157,517 (- 6.7%)
05/17 Secret Empire # 2 - 100,983 (-35.9%)
05/17 Secret Empire # 3 - 91,611 (- 9.3%)
06/17 Secret Empire # 4 - 91,621 (+ 0.0%)
06/17 Secret Empire # 5 - 87,675 (- 4.3%)
If this seems like a record low for one of Marvel major events, keep in mind it double shipped and it kept almost steady since issue#2.

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11- STAR WARS

01/15 Star Wars #1 - 1,070,137
02/15 Star Wars #2 - 212,089 (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars #3 - 175,579 (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars #4 - 203,817 (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars #5 - 146,850 (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars #6 - 152,652 (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars #7 - 160,000 (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8 - 151,221 (- 5.5%)
09/15 Star Wars #9 - 135,817 (-10.2%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 - 134,613 (- 0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 - 126,780 (- 5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 - 123,133 (- 2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 139,918 (+13.6%) (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 118,471 (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 - 107,858 (- 9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16- 110,407 (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17- 107,058 (- 3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18- 98,880 (- 7.6%)
05/16 Star Wars#19- 95,156 (- 3.8%)
06/16 Star Wars#20- 96,047 (+ 0.9%)
07/16 Star Wars#21- 90,863 (- 5.4%)
08/16 Star Wars#22- 85,126 (- 6.3%)
09/16 Star Wars#23- 82,570 (- 3.0%)
10/16 Star Wars#24- 78,160 (- 5.3%)
11/16 Star Wars#25- 75,234 (- 3.7%)
12/16 Star Wars#26- 104,563 (+39.0%)
01/17 Star Wars#27- 72,331 (- 30.8%)
02/17 Star Wars#28- 74,002 (+ 2.3%)
03/17 Star Wars#29 - 72,017 (- 2.7%)
04/17 Star Wars#30- 70,175 (- 2.6%)
05/17 Star Wars#31- 70,907 (+ 1.0%) (SC)
06/17 Star Wars#32- 70,184 (- 1.0%) (SC)

Since issue #2: -66.6%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.1: 42,008 [+427]
STAR WARS TPB VOL.2: 11,678
STAR WARS TOP VOL.3: 6,689
STAR WARS TPB VOL.4: 4,907
Part 4 of Screaming Citadel. Perfect behavior, with the first TPB still gaining readers, as always. But you can see the difference with Darth Vader with the second tpb not yet cracking 12 K when Darth Vader is already above 20K

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13/35- DEFENDERS ($5)

06/17 Defenders #1 - 64,253
06/17 Defenders #2 - 46,158 (-28.2%)
Well, they could have named it Fantastic Four, seing that Jessica and Cage are an item with child (Sue+Red), that Luke was part of the FF and that Luke and Iron Fist are like brothers and always bickering (Torch+Thing). You missed an opportunity, Marvel!

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15/26- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 - 532,586 ( 293.1%)
05/14 Amazing v3 #2 - 123,945 ( -76.7%)
...
04/15 Amazing v3 #17 - 99,964 ( +8.3%)
05/15 Amazing v3 #18 - 88,338 (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 265,073
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man #2 - 111,322 (-58.0%)
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man #3 - 93,848 (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #4 - 82,066 (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man #5 - 79,122 (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man #6 - 76,517 (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #7 - 75,357 (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man #8 - 71,599 (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man #9 - 88,164 (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 - 73,643 (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 - 67,446 (- 8.4%)
05/16 Amazing Spider-Man#12 - 74,963 (+11.1%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#13 - 65,519 (-12.6%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#14 - 65,646 (+ 0.2%)
07/16 Amazing Spider-Man#15 - 93,582 (+42.6%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#16 - 185,342 (+98.1%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#17 - 74,869 (-59.6%)
09/16 Amazing Spider-Man#18 - 71,159 (- 5.0%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#19 - 73,215 (+ 2.9%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#20 - 67,530 (- 7.8%) (CC)
11/16 Amazing Spider-Man#21 - 63,052 (- 6.4%) (CC)
12/16 Amazing Spider-Man#22 - 63,359 (+ 0.5%) (CC)
01/17 Amazing Spider-Man#23 - 73,773 (+16.4%) (CC)
02/17 Amazing Spider-Man#24- 61,953 (-16.0%) (CC)
03/17 Amazing Spider-Man#25- 113,934 (+83.9%) ($10!)
04/17 Amazing Spider-Man#26- 62,515 (-54.9%)
05/17 Amazing Spider-Man#27- 51,404 (-17.8%)
06/17 Amazing Spider-Man#28- 50.925 (+ 0.9%)
06/17 Amazing Spider-Man#29- 59,464 (+16.8%) (SE)

Since #2: -46.6%
It was so annoying to have Peter Parker and Doc Ock’s psyches fighting each other, so a good old physical fight beetween Dock Ock (now slim and in a scary Hydra costume) and Spider-Man is indeed appealing, especially if drawn by Stuart Immonen.

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16- OLD MAN LOGAN

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 - 122,702
...
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 - 62,716 (- 9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan #1 - 104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan #2 - 63,932 (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan #3 - 58,855 (- 7.9%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #4 - 59,174 (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan #5 - 58,870 (- 0.5%)
05/16 Old Man Logan #6 - 52,761 (-10.4%)
06/16 Old Man Logan #7 - 51,926 (- 1.6%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #8 - 55,311 (+ 6.5%)
07/16 Old Man Logan #9 - 49,804 (-10.0%)
08/16 Old Man Logan #10 - 52,175 (+ 4.8%)
09/16 Old Man Logan #11 - 47,248 (- 9.4%)
10/16 Old Man Logan #12 - 45,384 (- 3.5%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #13 - 43,609 (- 3.9%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #14 - 42,574 (- 2.4%)
12/16 Old Man Logan #15 - 42,216 (- 0.8%)
01/17 Old Man Logan #16 - 45,807 (+ 8.5%)
02/17 Old Man Logan #17- 38,851 (- 15.2%)
02/17 Old Man Logan #18- 38,679 (- 0.4%)
03/17 Old Man Logan #19- 47,428 (+22.6%)
03/17 Old Man Logan #20- 38,151 (-19.6%)
04/17 Old Man Logan #21- 44,806 (+17.4%)
04/17 Old Man Logan #22- 44,026 (- 1.7%)
05/17 Old Man Logan #23- 46,260 (+ 5.1%)
05/17 Old Man Logan #24- 44,170 (- 4.5%)
06/17 Old Man Logan #25- 59,216 (+34.1%)

Since issue #2: -7.4%
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.1 : 11,332 [+425]
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.2 : 7,575 [+433]
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.3: 5,626
OLD MAN LOGAN TPB VOL.4 : 3,451
Standard anniversary issue with tons of variants. The first two tpb continue to sell. The fact that the gasp beetween them is not very deep is a very good sign for the series: that means that people getting the first tpb want to buy the second one after reading it.

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17- DARTH MAUL LTD

02/17 Darth Maul # 1 of 5 - 105,177
03/17 Darth Maul # 2 of 5 - 60,415 (-42.6%)
04/17 Darth Maul # 3 of 5 - 54,949 (- 9.0%)
05/17 ---
06/17 Darth Maul # 4 of 5 - 58,240 (+6.0%)
So many variants, hence the bump.

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20- 33- X-MEN GOLD

04/17 X-Men Gold #1 - 124,200
04/17 X-Men Gold #2 - 62,283 (-49.9%)
05/17 X-Men Gold #3 - 57,553 (- 7.6%)
05/17 X-Men Gold #4 - 52,710 (- 8.4%)
06/17 X-Men Gold #5 - 54,720 (+ 3.8%)
06/17 X-Men Gold #6 - 48,569 (-11.2%)

Since issue #2: -22.0%
I’m daring you to say you recognized Mary Jane on its variant cover. Speaking of covers, I’m really surprised Marvel is still using the covers Ardian Syaf did. Interior art couln’t have been changed in time, but the covers could have been.

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25- WEAPONS OF MUTANT DESTRUCTION ($5)

06/17 Weapons of Mutant Destruction #1 - 52,800
Surprinsingly, it sells way above the Weapon X ongoing. That’s probably because of the poetry of the title. Part 2 is in TA Hulk.

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29/39-X-MEN BLUE

04/17 X-Men Blue # 1 - 119,565
04/17 X-Men Blue # 2 - 54,074 (-54.8%)
05/17 X-Men Blue # 3 - 48,354 (-10.6%)
05/17 X-Men Blue # 4 - 44,576 (- 7.8%)
06/17 X-Men Blue # 5 - 50,374 (+13.0%)
06/17 X-Men Blue # 6 - 43,337 (-14.0%)

Since issue #2: -19.9%
Apparently the return of a character with claws made the sales jump for issue #5. So far, it’s doing very well.

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30-STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA

12/16 SW Dr Aphra #1 - 99,067
12/16 SW Dr Aphra #2 - 61,417 (-38.0%)
01/17 SW Dr Aphra #3 - 48,592 (-20.9%)
02/17 SW Dr Aphra #4 - 43,475 (-10.5%)
03/17 SW Dr Aphra #5 - 42,465 (- 2.3%)
04/17 SW Dr Aphra #6 - 40,458 (- 4.7%)
05/17 SW Dr Aphra #7 - 43,763 (+ 8.2%) (SC)
06/17 SW Dr Aphra #8 - 50,216 (+14.7%) (SC)

Since issue #2: -18.2%
I guess Mary Jane is somewhere on the cover.

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31- 34- 111- GUARDIANS OF the GALAXY

03/13 Guardians of Galaxy #1- 211,312
…
04/15 Guardians v3 #26 - 54,124 (-12.4%)
05/15 Guardians v3 #27 - 49,308 (- 8.9%)

07/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #1 - 81,902
...
09/15 Guardians of Knowhere Ltd #4 - 39,523 (-22.4%)

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy #1 - 118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy #2 - 51,690 (-56.3%)
...
01/17 Guardians of Galaxy #16- 32,890 (-48.1%)
02/17 Guardians of Galaxy #17- 31,093 (- 5.5%)
03/17 Guardians of Galaxy #18- 27,094 (-12.9%)
04/17 Guardians of Galaxy #19- 30,028 (+55.4%)

05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 1 - 82,439
05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 2 – 51,830 (-37.1%)
06/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 3 - 49.907 (- 3.7%)
06/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 4 - 47,385 (- 5.0%)

06/17 GoG annual – 23,871 (SE)

Since issue #2: -8.6%
Usually, Annuals tend to sell at around the same level than their ongoing. Something here didn’t work, especially since the Annual was the Secret Empire tie-in! So far, this relaunch with a new creative team seem to be doing very well, better than the last volume. But beware, because those issues were overshipping, a lot (issue#4 was $ ranked #102!)

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32- VENOM

11/15 Venom Spaceknight #1 - 59,151
12/15 Venom Spaceknight #2 - 32,210 (-45.5%)
01/16 Venom Spaceknight #3 - 25,770 (-20.0%)
02/16 Venom Spaceknight #4 - 21,545 (-16.4%)
03/16 Venom Spaceknight #5 - 18,807 (-12.7%)
04/16 Venom Spaceknight #6 - 17,894 (- 4.9%)
05/16 Venom spaceknight #7 - 17,370 (- 3.0%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #8 - 16,658 (- 4.1%)
06/16 Venom Spaceknight #9 - 16,006 (- 3.9%)
07/16 Venom Spaceknight #10 - 15,650 (- 2.2%)
08/16 Venom Spaceknight #11 - 17,548 (+12.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Venom Spaceknight #12 - 16,193 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Venom Spaceknight #13 - 14,577 (-10.0%)

11/16 Venom # 1 - 90,138
12/16 Venom # 2 - 38,043 (-57.9%)
01/17 Venom # 3 - 55,255 (+45.2%)
02/17 Venom # 4 - 38,337 (-30.6%)
03/17 Venom # 5 - 32,088 (-16.3%)
04/17 Venom # 6 - 62,747 (+95.5%)
05/17 Venom #150 – 141,757 (+125.9%)
06/17 Venom #151 - 49.704 (- 64.9%)

Since issue #2: +30.7%
You have no choice: you will HAVE TO like Venom, wear his t-shirt with his ugly face and watch his movie and/or TV series.

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36- AVENGERS

11/16 Avengers # 1 - 81,885
12/16 Avengers # 2 - 64,289 (-21.5%)
01/17 Avengers #3 - 44,321 (-31.1%)
01/17 Avengers #1.MU - 30,421 (-31.4%)
02/17 Avengers #4 - 37,383 (+22.9%)
03/17 Avengers #5 - 39,204 (+ 4.9%)
04/17 Avengers #6 - 31,461 (- 19.7%)
05/17 Avengers #7 - 30,681 (- 2.5%)
06/17 Avengers #8 - 45,386 (+47.9%)

since issue#2: -29.4%
There is a Mike Allred variant with Mary Jane as the Vision in its first appearance. This explain the out-of-this-world burst. There is no evidence of overshipping, which is surprising. Probably a special deal help explain such a jump. The content of the comic? Who cares?!

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41- MIGHTY THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443
...
02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)
...
09/14 Thor v5 #25 – 53,047 ( 38.4%)
10/14 Thor v6 #1 – 150,862 ( 184.4%)
11/14 Thor v6 #2 – 89,131 ( -40.9%)
12/14 Thor v6 #3 – 72,563 ( -18.6%)
01/15 Thor v6 #4 - 69,497 ( -4.2%)
02/15 Thor v6 #5 - 69,513 ( +0.0%)
03/15 Thor v6 #6 - 70,569 ( +1.5%)
04/15 Thor v6 #7 - 71,372 ( +1.1%)
05/15 Thor v6 #8 - 86,222 (+20.1%)
...
11/15 Mighty Thor #1 - 112,053
12/15 Mighty Thor #2 - 70,331 (-37.2%)
01/16 Mighty Thor #3 - 60,345 (-14.2%)
02/16 Mighty Thor #4 - 56,568 (- 6.3%)
03/16 Mighty Thor #5 - 54,568 (- 3.5%)
04/16 Mighty Thor #6 - 52,538 (- 3.7%)
05/16 Mighty Thor #7 - 47,425 (- 9.7%)
06/16 Mighty Thor #8 - 51,300 (+ 8.2%)
07/16 Mighty Thor #9 - 48,712 (- 5.0%)
08/16 Mighty Thor #10- 45,929 (- 5.7%)
09/16 Mighty Thor #11- 46,434 (+ 1.1%)
10/16 Mighty Thor #12- 40,326 (-13.2%)
11/16 Mighty Thor #13- 39,274 (- 2.6%)
12/16 Mighty Thor #14- 37,624 (- 4.2%)
01/17 Mighty Thor #15- 47,038 (+25.0%)
02/17 Mighty Thor #16- 40,175 (-14.6%)
03/17 Mighty Thor #17- 36,106 (-10.1%)
04/17 Mighty Thor #18- 37,505 (+ 3.9%)
05/17 Mighty Thor #19- 35,499 (- 5.3%)
06/17 Mighty Thor #20- 42,643 (+20.1%)

Since issue #2: -39.4%
To give the illusion of having better sales won’t make it happen.

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44- DEADPOOL

11/12 Deadpool #2 - 76,445
...
03/14 Deadpool #25 - 48,775 (+ 18.6%)(Now)
...
10/14 Deadpool #36 - 46,600 (+ 7.0%)(Axis)
...
03/15 Deadpool #44 - 39,716 (- 11.5%)
04/15 Deadpool #45 - 96.897 (+144.0%)

11/15 Deadpool #1 - 268,392
11/15 Deadpool #2 - 92,008 (-65.7%)
12/15 Deadpool #3 - 72,357 (-21.4%)
12/15 Deadpool #4 - 63,149 (-22.7%)
01/16 Deadpool #5 - 59,645 (- 5.5%)
01/16 Deadpool #6 - 59.006 (- 1.1%)
02/16 Deadpool #7 - 88,264 (+49.6%)
03/16 Deadpool #8 - 72,706 (-17.6%)
04/16 Deadpool #9 - 57,798 (-20.5%)
04/16 Deadpool #10- 64,509 (+11.6%)
05/16 Deadpool #11- 62,900 (- 2.5%)
05/16 Deadpool #12- 57,805 (- 8.1%)
06/16 Deadpool #13- 78,536 (+35.9%)
06/16 Deadpool #14- 63,334 (-19.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Deadpool #15- 67,822 (+ 7.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #16- 55,577 (-18.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Deadpool #17- 57,681 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #18- 59,027 (+ 2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Deadpool #19- 47,948 (- 18.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #20- 46,109 (- 3.8%)
10/16 Deadpool #21- 51,351 (+11.4%)
11/16 Deadpool #22- 38,630 (-24.8%)
12/16 Deadpool #23- 39.183 (+ 1.4%)
01/17 Deadpool #24- 40,064 (+ 2.2%)
01/17 Deadpool #25- 42,476 (+6.0%)
02/17 Deadpool #26- 38,560 (- 9.2%)
02/17 Deadpool #27- 32,836 (-14.8%)
03/17 Deadpool #28- 47,026 (+43.2%)
04/17 Deadpool #29- 36,482 (-22.4%)
05/17 Deadpool #30- 36,022 (- 1.3%)
05/17 Deadpool #31- 34,546 (- 4.1%) (SE)
06/17 Deadpool #32- 41.755 (+20.9%) (SE)

Since issue#2 : - 54.6%
Even with 2 variants, only overshipping would explain such a boost. Yet, there was no overshipping noticeable. So let’s thank Mary Jane dressed as Deadpool. Are you ready for Janepool, the comics?

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48- CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS

05/16 Cap America SR #1 -140,222
06/16 Cap America SR #2 - 74,884 (-46.6%)
07/16 Cap America SR #3 - 65,455 (-12.6%)
08/16 Cap America SR #4 - 49,559 (-24.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Cap America SR #5 - 50,536 (+ 2.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Cap America SR #6 - 49,111 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
11/16 Cap America SR #7 - 48,505 (- 1.2%)
12/16 Cap America SR #8 - 38,610 (-20.4%)
01/17 Cap America SR #9 - 42,637 (+10.4%)
01/17 Cap America SR#10- 40,051 (- 6.1%)
02/17 Cap America SR#11- 36,610 (- 8.6%)
02/17 Cap America SR#12- 32,567 (-11.0%)
03/17 Cap America SR#13- 39,454 (+21.1%)
03/17 Cap America SR#14- 31,592 (- 19.9%)
04/17 Cap America SR#15- 34,863 (+10.4%)
04/17 Cap America SR#16- 37,366 (+ 7.1%)
05/17 Cap America SR#17- 35,867 (- 4.0%) (SE)
06/17 Cap America SR#18- 39,164 (+ 9.2%) (SE)

Since issue#2 : -47.7%
We can thank the only variant, drawn by Paolo Rivera, starring… Mary Jane!

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50- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14 Wolverine v5 #13- 31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #1 - 88,923 (185.3%)
02/14 Wolverine v6 #2 - 47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14 Wolverine v6 #12 - 50,570 ( 2.8%)
09/14 Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14 Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 ( 8.9%)
10/14 Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15 AN Wolverine #1 - 119,786
11/15 AN Wolverine #2 - 55,634 (-53.6%)
12/15 AN Wolverine #3 - 50,990 (- 8.3%)
01/16 AN Wolverine #4 - 49,978 (- 2.0%)
02/16 AN Wolverine #5 - 43,149 (-13.7%)
03/16 AN Wolverine #6 - 44,668 (+ 3.5%)
04/16 AN Wolverine #7 - 38,168 (-14.6%)
05/16 AN Wolverine #8 - 38,242 (+ 0.2%)
06/16 AN Wolverine #9 - 43,545 (+13.9%) (CV2)
07/16 AN Wolverine #10- 38,579 (-11.4%) (CV2)
08/16 AN Wolverine #11- 40,312 (+ 4.5%) (CV2)
09/16 AN Wolverine #12- 35,481 (-12.0%) (CV2)
10/16 AN Wolverine #13- 38,297 (+ 7.9%)
11/16 AN Wolverine #14- 35,437 (- 7.5%)
12/16 AN Wolverine #15- 31,796 (-10.2%)
01/17 AN Wolverine #16- 35,128 (+10.5%)
02/17 AN Wolverine #17- 29,255 (-16.7%)
03/17 AN Wolverine #18- 46,731 (+59.7%)
04/17 AN Wolverine #19- 57,526 (+23.1%)
05/17 AN Wolverine #20- 36,573 (-36.4%)
06/17 AN Wolverine #21- 38,500 (+ 5.2%)

Since issue #2 : -30.8%
Who would have guessed it was MJ under the All New Wolverine outfit on the cover, whithout spotting Spider-Man and his MJ tag on a wall? Artists seem to have really struggled with this variant theme.

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73- 75- DOCTOR STRANGE

10/15 Doctor Strange #1 – 145,456
11/15 Doctor Strange #2 - 65,091 (-55.3%)
12/15 Doctor Strange #3 - 57,135 (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange #4 - 52,388 (- 8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange #5 - 43,796 (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange #6 - 52,440 (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange #7 - 49,590 (- 5.6%)
05/16 Doctor Strange #8 - 49,427 (- 0.3%)
06/16 Doctor Strange #9 - 46,306 (- 6.3%)
07/16 ---
08/16 Doctor Strange #10 - 50,083 (+ 8.2%)
09/16 Doctor Strange #11 - 53,718 (+ 7.3%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #12 - 72,990 (+35.9%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #13 - 41,290 (-43.4%)
11/16 Doctor Strange #14 - 39,390 (- 4.6%)
12/16 Doctor Strange #15 - 39.549 (+ 0.4%)
01/17 Doctor Strange #16 - 41,426 (+ 4.8%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #17 - 37,686 (- 9.0%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #1.MU ($5) - 27,212 (-27.8%)
03/17 Doctor Strange #18 - 41,801 (+53.6%)
04/17 Doctor Strange #19 - 33,246 (- 20.5%)
05/17 Doctor Strange #21 - 32,142 (- 3.3%) (SE)
06/17 Doctor Strange #20 - 31.497 (- 2.0%) ($5)
06/17 Doctor Strange #22 - 35,982 (+14.2%) (SE)

Since issue #2 : -44.7%
DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.1: 4,468
DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.2: 2,345
Many variants and a Secret Empire tie-in, hence the rebound. The second soft paperback is out -Dr Strange goes to hardcover first – and is selling only average. Dr Strange won’t make a difference due to its paperbacks sales.

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59- STAR WARS DROIDS UNPLUGGED ($5)

06/17 SW Droids Unplugged #1 - 35,918
A la Franklin Richards Young Genius, three collected Chris Eliopoulos humourous short stories. Outstanding sales.

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60- WEAPON X

04/17 Weapon X # 1 - 68,874
04/17 Weapon X # 2 - 42,471 (-38.3%)
05/17 Weapon X # 3 - 37,409 (-11.9%)
06/17 Weapon X # 4 - 35,417 (- 5.3%)

Since issue #2: -16.6%
Levelling out quickly at a a very nice sales level.

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61- 67- STAR WARS POE DAMERON

04/16- SW Poe Dameron #1 - 175,322
05/16 SW Poe Dameron #2 - 68,922 (-60.7%)
06/16 SW Poe Dameron #3 - 60,889 (-11.7%)
07/16 SW Poe Dameron #4 - 57,712 (- 5.2%)
08/16 SW Poe Dameron #5 - 52,281 (- 9.4%)
09/16 SW Poe Dameron #6 - 50,275 (- 3.8%)
10/16 SW Poe Dameron #7 - 47,878 (- 4.7%)
11/16 SW Poe Dameron #8 - 43,034 (- 10.1%)
12/16 SW Poe Dameron #9 - 38,839 (- 9.7%)
01/17 SW Poe Dameron #10 - 40,091 (+3.2%)
02/17 SW Poe Dameron #11 - 40,235 (+0.4%)
03/17 SW Poe Dameron #12 - 38,696 (- 3.8%)
04/17 SW Poe Dameron #13 - 36,994 (- 4.4%)
05/17 SW Poe Dameron #14 - 37,050 (+ 0.2%)
05/17 SW Poe Dameron #15 - 32,658 (-11.9%)
06/17 SW Poe Dameron #16 - 34,826 (+ 6.6%)

06/17 Sw Poe Dameron Annual - 32,888

Since issue #2: -49.5%
POE DAMERON TPB VOL.1: 4,621
POE DAMERON TPB VOL.2: 3,085
The second TPB is selling ok but we are still waiting for the first one to reappear in the top 300.

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62- 123- ICEMAN

06/17 Iceman # 1 - 34,202
06/17 Iceman # 2 - 22,075 (-35.5%)
Wait up? Kitty Pride and Iceman had been an item? When in the world did it happen?

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63- SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #1 - 180,891
02/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #2 - 80,512
03/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #3 - 73,238 (- 9.0%)
04/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #4 - 64,931 (-11.3%)
05/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #5 - 63,821 (- 1.7%)
06/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #6 - 64,630 (+ 1.3%)
07/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #7 - 62,060 (- 4.0%)
08/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #8 - 69,519 (+12.0%)
09/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #9 - 65,502 (- 5.8%)
10/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #10 - 52,468 (-19.9%)
11/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #11 - 51,278 (- 2.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man Deadpool #12 - 43,937 (-14.3%)
01/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #13 - 46,934 (+ 6.8%)
01/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #1.MU ($5) – 45,566 (-2.9%)
02/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #14 - 38,307 (-15.9%)
03/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #15 - 50,691 (+32.3%)
04/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #16 - 40,484 (-20.1%)
05/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #17 - 34,613 (-14.5%)
06/17 Spider-Man Deadpool #18 - 33,616 (- 2.9%)

Since issue #2: -58.2%
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.1: 14,777 [+489]
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.2: 4,342
Seems to stabilize at last, whithout any trick. Second TPB is out and selling very good. Meanwhile, vol. 1 numbers keep piling up. That’s one very big success for Marvel so far.

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64- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14 Ir. Man #23.NOW - 43,912 ( 51.3%)
...
06/14 Iron Man v6 #28 - 28,027 ( -0.9%)
...
06/15 Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989 ( +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #1 - 279,514
10/15 Invincible Iron Man #2 - 66,664 (-76.2%)
11/15 Invincible Iron Man #3 - 59,069 (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man #4 - 57,639 (- 2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man #5 - 49,225 (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man #6 - 63,234 (+28.5%) (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man #7 - 57,972 (War Machines)
04/16 Invincible Iron Man #8 - 46,520 (War Machines)
05/16 Invincible Iron Man #9 - 49,334 (+6.0%) (CV2)
06/16 Invincible Iron Man #10- 49,141 (- 0.4%) (CV2)
07/16 Invincible Iron Man #11- 49,439 (+0.6%) (CV2)
08/16 Invincible Iron Man #12- 50,571 (+2.3%) (CV2)
09/16 Invincible Iron Man #13- 48,394 (- 4.3%) (CV2)
10/16 Invincible Iron Man #14- 43,888 (- 9.3%) (CV2)

11/16 Invincible Iron Man # 1- 97,713
12/16 Invincible Iron Man # 2- 81,271 (-16.8%)
01/17 Invincible Iron Man # 3- 44,184 (-45.7%)
02/17 Invincible Iron Man #4- 36,600 (-17.2%)
03/17 Invincible Iron Man #5- 38,746 (+ 5.9%)
04/17 Invincible Iron Man #6- 31,561 (-18.5%)
05/17 Invincible Iron Man #7- 28,266 (-10.4%)
06/17 Invincible Iron Man #8- 33,428 (+18.3%)

Since issue#2: -58.9%
Thank you Mary Jane variant cover.

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65- PUNISHER

05/16 Punisher #1 - 110,726
06/16 Punisher #2 - 47,524 (-57.1%)
07/16 Punisher #3 - 46,534 (- 2.1%)
08/16 Punisher #4 - 44,154 (- 5.1%)
09/16 Punisher #5 - 38,052 (-13.8%)
10/16 Punisher #6 - 35,344 (- 7.1%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Punisher #7 - 33,589 (- 5.0%)
01/17 Punisher #8 - 32,937 (- 1.9%)
02/17 Punisher #9 - 27,448 (-16.7%)
03/17 Punisher #10 - 28,433 (+ 3.6%)
04/17 Punisher #11 - 23,863 (- 16.1%)
05/17 Punisher #12 - 23,269 (- 2.5%)
06/17 Punisher #13 - 33,287 (+43.1%)

Since issue #2 : -30.0%
PUNISHER TPB VOL.1: 2,934
Mary Jane Watson variant of course.

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73- 96- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)
03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 - 76,006 (141.3%)
04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 - 42,811 (-11.7%)
...
09/15 Daredevil v4 #18 - 29,945 (+ 0.1%)
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12/15 Daredevil #1 - 84,500
12/15 Daredevil #2 - 49,758 (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil #3 - 45,885 (- 7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil #4 - 43,741 ( - 4.7%)
03/16 Daredevil #5 - 44,868 (+ 2.6%)
04/16 Daredevil #6 - 48,745 (+ 8.6%)
05/16 Daredevil #7 - 43,704 (-10.3%)
06/16 Daredevil #8 - 41,172 (- 5.8%)
07/16 Daredevil #9 - 43,009 (+ 4.4%)
08/16 Daredevil #10- 40,775 (- 5.2%)
09/16 Daredevil #11- 39,135 (- 4.0%)
10/16 Daredevil #12- 34,297 (-12.4%)
11/16 Daredevil #13- 33,910 (- 1.1%)
12/16 Daredevil #14- 30,781 (- 9.2%)
01/17 Daredevil #15- 36,014 (+17.0%)
01/17 Daredevil #16- 33,152 (- 7.9%)
02/17 Daredevil #17- 31,794 (- 4.1%)
03/17 Daredevil #18- 28,050 (-11.8%)
04/17 Daredevil #19- 28,867 (+ 2.9%)
05/17 Daredevil #20- 27,163 (- 5.9%)
06/17 Daredevil #21- 31.622 (+16.4%)
06/17 Daredevil #22- 26,199 (-17.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 47.3%
Issue #21 is the start of a new arc.

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74- CABLE

05/17 Cable # 1 – 60,845
06/17 Cable # 2 – 31,557 (-48.1%)
So many swords on its two covers…

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77/95/106- SECRET EMPIRE I WANT YOUR MONEY

06/17 SE Brave New World # 1 – 30,858
06/17 SE Brave New World # 2 – 21,814

06/17 SE United # 1 – 26,385 ($5)
06/17 SE Underground #1 – 24,429 ($5)
Several one shots and a mini to suck the money left from Marvel zombies’ pockets. I like the new Quicksilver costume design but apparently, it’s not very clear if the fast forward sign has to be delimited (Rafael Albuquerque cover) or not (RB Silva cover). I think Rafael made the right choice.

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78-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS (

11/16 ASM Renew your vows # 1 - 96,111
12/16 ASM Renew your vows # 2 - 43,128 (-55.1%)
01/17 ASM Renew your vows # 3 - 41,167 (- 4.5%)
02/17 ASM Renew your vows # 4 - 31,750 (-22.9%)
03/17 ASM Renew your vows # 5 - 37,508 (+18.1%)
04/17 ASM Renew your vows # 6 - 29,131 (-22.3%)
05/17 ASM Renew your vows # 7 - 25,770 (-11.5%)
06/17 ASM Renew your vows # 8 – 29,699 (+15.2%)

Since issue #2: -31.1%
The sales power of Mary Jane Watson venomized variant.

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79- DEADPOOL VS PUNISHER LTD

04/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #1 - 45,509
04/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #2 - 35,977 (-20.9%)
05/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #3 - 31,418 (-12.7%)
05/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #4 - 29,657 (- 5.6%)
06/17 Deadpool VS Punisher Ltd #5 - 29,610 (- 0.2%)
Excellent results.

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81- SPIDER-MAN

02/16 Spider-Man #1 - 99,951
03/16 Spider-Man #2 - 60,627 (-39.3%)
04/16 Spider-Man #3 - 59,789 (- 1.4%)
05/16 Spider-Man #4 - 49,167 (-17.8%)
06/16 Spider-Man #5 - 47,025 (- 4.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man #6 - 52,731 (+12.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man #7 - 47,678 (- 9.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man #8 - 44,745 (- 6.2%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Spider-Man #9 - 39,701 (-11.3%)
12/16 Spider-Man #10 - 40,006 (+0.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man #11 - 35,865 (-10.4%)
01/17 Spider-Man #12 - 47,517 (+32.5%)
02/17 Spider-Man #13 - 34,195 (-28.0%)
03/17 Spider-Man #14- 33,403 (- 2.3%)
04/17 Spider-Man #15- 34,103 (+ 2.1%)
05/17 Spider-Man #16- 30,775 (- 9.8%)
06/17 Spider-Man #17- 29,428 (- 4.4%)

Since issue #2: -51.5%
Greetings the 20K zone for the first time..

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82-SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 - 102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 - 86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 - 67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen #1 - 197,103
11/15 Spider-Gwen #2 - 62,209 (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen #3 - 54,844 (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen #4 - 48,664 (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen #5 - 43,796 (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen #6 - 46,060 (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen #7 - 60,900 (+32.2%) (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Gwen #8 - 49,681 (-18.4%) (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Gwen #9 - 41,713 (-17,1%)
07/16 Spider-Gwen #10- 35,136 (-15.8%)
08/16 Spider-Gwen #11- 36,212 (+ 3.1%)
09/16 Spider-Gwen #12- 34,004 (- 6.1%)
10/16 Spider-Gwen #13- 29,346 (-13.7%)
11/16 Spider-Gwen #14- 28,906 (- 1.5%)
12/16 Spider-Gwen #15- 27,898 (- 3.5%)
01/17 Spider-Gwen #16- 34,768 (+24.6%)
02/17 Spider-Gwen #17- 29,255 (-15.9%)
03/17 Spider-Gwen #18- 34,810 (+19.0%)
04/17 ---
05/17 Spider-Gwen #19- 28,546 (- 18.0%)
05/17 Spider-Gwen #20- 24,603 (- 13.8%)
06/17 Spider-Gwen #21- 28,535 (+16.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 54.1%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 11,686
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.1: 6,466
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.2: 2,848
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.3: 2,306
Of course, sales will be back to standartd levels next month. Vol. 3 is out, selling ok. Previous volumes don’t register in the top 300 anymore.

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83- STAR WARS ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION LTD

04/17 SW Rogue One Ltd #1 - 64,518
05/17 SW Rogue One Ltd #2 - 31,966 (-50.5%)
06/17 SW Rogue One Ltd #3 - 28,256 (-11.6%)
Thinking about the people giving up beetween issues of this title frightens me.

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86- CHAMPIONS

10/16 Champions #1 - 334,937
11/16 Champions #2 - 49,733 (-85.2%)
12/16 Champions #3 - 47,481 (- 4.5%)
01/17 Champions #4 - 34,969 (-26.4%)
02/17 Champions #5 - 31,344 (-10.4%)
02/17 Champions #1.MU ($5) - 20,999 (-33.0%)
03/17 Champions # 6 - 33,220 (+58.2%)
04/17 Champions # 7 - 27,734 (-16.5%)
05/17 Champions # 8 - 24,602 (-11.3%)
06/17 Champions # 9 - 27,444 (+11.6%)

Since issue #2: - 44.8%
HAMPIONS TPB VOL.1 : 5,035
You know the song: MJ variant.

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88- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 U Avengers #18.NOW - 63,516 ( 19.4%)
...
10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)
10/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)
...
12/14 Aven &X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)
01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849
02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)
05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)
06/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #5 – 43,417 (-7.0%)

10/15 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 53,216 (- 3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 43,618 (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 41,567 (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 47,135 (+13.4%) (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 45,659 (- 3.1%) (Stand Off)
05/16 Uncanny Avengers #9 - 40,025 (-12.3%)
06/16 Uncanny Avengers #10- 38,614 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Uncanny Avengers #11- 45,452 (+17.7%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #12- 39,337 (-13.5%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #13- 37,908 (- 3.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Uncanny Avengers #14- 34,996 (- 7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Uncanny Avengers #15- 38,058 (+ 8.7%)
11/16 Uncanny Avengers #16- 32,854 (-13.7%) (CV2)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #17- 31,025 (- 5.6%)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #18- 30,062 (- 3.1%)
01/17 Uncanny Avengers #19- 33,957 (+13.0%)
02/17 Uncanny Avengers #20- 31,089 (- 8.5%)
03/17 Uncanny Avengers #21- 27,622 (- 11.2%)
04/17 Uncanny Avengers #22- 27,438 (- 0.7%)
05/17 Uncanny Avengers #23- 26,915 (- 1.9%)
06/17 Uncanny Avengers #24- 27,294 (+ 1.4%) (SE)

Since issue #2 : - 50.4%
An uncanny steadiness for the last 4 months!

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89- 110-BEN REILLY SCARLET SIDER

04/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 1 - 53,240
05/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 2 - 29,501 (-44.6%)
06/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 3 - 27,053 (- 8.3%)
06/17 Ben Reilly scarlet Spider # 4 - 23,939 (-11.5%)

Since issue #2: -18.9%
Well, that was quick! Ben is already back to its standard costume! Apparently, I wasn’t the only one concerned with the hood. No matter what, it’s going down, fast.

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94- BLACK BOLT

05/17 Black Bolt # 1 – 45,028
06/17 Black Bolt # 2 – 26,435 (-41.3%)
Who’s next? Medusa? Be prepared for worse results, because there was some overshipping here.

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97-- INFAMOUS IRON MAN

03/16 International Iron Man #1 - 70,824
04/16 International Iron Man #2 - 40,459 (-42.9%)
05/16 International Iron Man #3 - 35,282 (-12.8%)
06/16 International Iron Man #4 - 28,998 (-17.8%)
07/16 International iron Man #5 - 27,697 (- 4.5%)
08/16 International Iron Man #6 - 28,337 (+ 2.3%)
09/16 International Iron Man #7 - 25,496 (-10.0%) (CV2)

10/16 Infamous Iron Man #1 - 73,735
11/16 Infamous Iron Man #2 - 40,225 (-45.4%)
12/16 Infamous Iron Man #3 - 40,546 (+ 0.8%)
01/17 Infamous Iron Man #4 - 36,373 (-10.3%)
02/17 Infamous Iron Man #5 - 29,685 (-18.4%)
03/17 Infamous Iron Man #6 - 28,319 (- 4.6%)
04/17 Infamous Iron Man #7 - 27,032 (- 4.6%)
05/17 Infamous Iron Man #8 - 26,330 (- 2.6%)
06/17 Infamous Iron Man #9 – 25,954 (- 1.4%)

Since issue #2: -35.5%
INFAMOUS IRON MAN TPB VOL.1 : 2,444
Everything you always wanted to know about Mama Doom whithout asking for it.

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99- THANOS

11/16 Thanos # 1 - 54,768
12/16 Thanos # 2 - 35,187 (-35.8%)
01/17 Thanos # 3 - 36,643 (+ 4.1%)
02/17 Thanos # 4 - 32,032 (-12.6%)
03/17 Thanos # 5 - 34,901 (+ 9.0%)
04/17 Thanos # 6 - 27,840 (-20.2%)
05/17 Thanos # 7 - 25,790 (- 7.4%)
06/17 Thanos # 8 - 25,661 (- 0.5%)

Since issue #2: -27.1%
A real levelling out, as there is no variant at all.

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100- BLACK PANTHER

04/16- Black Panther #1 - 286,755
05/16 Black Panther #2 - 102,366 (-64.3%)
06/16 Black Panther #3 - 75,037 (-26.7%)
07/16 Black Panther #4 - 72,302 (- 3.6%)
08/16 Black Panther #5 - 83,756 (+15.8%)
09/16 Black Panther #6 - 58,746 (- 29.9%)
10/16 Black Panther #7 - 60,857 (+ 3.6%)
11/16 Black Panther #8 - 43,451 (- 28.6%)
12/16 Black Panther #9 - 39,123 (- 10.0%)
01/17 Black Panther #10 - 38,741 (- 1.0%)
02/17 Black Panther #11 - 35,492 (- 8.4%)
03/17 Black Panther #12 - 37,612 (+ 6.0%)
04/17 Black Panther #13 - 30,509 (-18.9%)
05/17 Black Panther #14 - 27,287 (-10.6%)
06/17 Black Panther #15 - 25,466 (- 6.7%)

Since issue #2: -75.1%
Diving into oblivion, thanks to Marvel’s poor strategies.

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103- HULK

12/16 Hulk #1 - 89,810
01/17 Hulk #2 - 32,585 (-63.7%)
02/17 Hulk #3 - 27,968 (-14.2%)
03/17 Hulk #4 - 30,304 (+ 8.3%)
04/17 Hulk #5 – 22,644 (-25.3%)
05/17 Hulk #6 - 20,482 (- 9.5%)
06/17 Hulk #7 - 25,089 (+22.5%)

Since issue #2: -23.0%
Always the same magic words: Mary jane variant.

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105- IRON FIST

03/17 Iron Fist #1 - 89,652
04/17 Iron Fist #2 - 28,469 (-68.2%)
05/17 Iron Fist #3 - 22,466 (-20.1%)
06/17 Iron Fist #4 - 24,706 (+10.0%)

Issue #2: -13.2%
I would guess the variant does indeed feature Mary Jane as Iron Fist but perhaps people were as dubious as me seeing that the bump in sales is one of weakest for this stunt.

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113- I AM GROOT

05/17 I Am Groot # 1 – 32,260
06/17 I Am Groot # 2 – 23,202 (-28.1%)
I am a very cushioned fall.

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114- JEAN GREY

05/17 Jean Grey # 1 – 70,702
05/17 Jean Grey # 2 - 29,349 (-58.5%)
06/17 Jean Grey # 3 - 23,140 (-22.2%)
Let’s hope Jean is not reading my mind because she would know something bad will soon happen.

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115- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk #1 - 74,471
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #2 - 39,469 (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #3 - 35,709 ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #4 - 35,285 ( - 1.2%)
04/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #5 - 31,165 (- 11.7%)
05/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #6 - 26,775 (- 14.1%)
06/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #7 - 30,808 (+15.1%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #8 - 27,522 (- 9.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #9 - 26,936 (- 2.1%) (CV2)
08/16 ---
09/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #10 - 26,193 (- 2.8%) (CV2)
10/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #11 - 26,259 (+ 1.3%) (CV2)
11/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #12 - 22,448 (-14.5%)
12/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #13 - 22,207 (- 1.1%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #14 - 22,847 (+ 2.9%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #15 - 23,623 (+ 3.4%)
02/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #16 - 18,136 (-23.2%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #17 - 23,020 (+26.9%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #1.MU - 16,040 (-30.3%) ($5)
04/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #18 - 16,009 (- 0.8%)
05/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #19 - 17,742 (+10.8%)
06/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #20 - 23,019 (+29.7%)

Since issue #2: - 40.7%
Apparently, there is a kind of Hulk with claws wandering around… Well, why not give it a big gun and venomize it? I was thinking we were back in the 90’s, but in fact, it’s worse than the 90’s! That’s Part 2 of Total Annihilation of the Mutant Mind Exploding at Gunpoint. (with more than half the “readers” of part 1 lost)

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118- GWENPOOL

04/16- Gwenpool #1 - 100,852
05/16 Gwenpool #2 - 38,162 (-62.2%)
06/16 Gwenpool #3 - 33,018 (-13.5%)
07/16 Gwenpool #4 - 33,174 (+ 0.5%)
08/16 Gwenpool #5 - 30,232 (- 8.9%)
09/16 Gwenpool #6 - 25,890 (-14.4%)
10/16 Gwenpool #7 - 34,365 (+32.7%)
11/16 Gwenpool #8 - 24,395 (- 29.0%)
12/16 Gwenpool #9 - 20,031 (-17.9%)
01/17 Gwenpool #10 - 21,653 (+ 8.1%)
02/17 Gwenpool #11 - 17,975 (-17.0%)
02/17 Gwenpool #12 - 17,080 (- 5.0%)
03/17 Gwenpool #13- 26,850 (+ 57.2%)
04/17 Gwenpool #14- 17,972 (- 33.1%)
05/17 Gwenpool #15- 15,624 (- 12.1%)
05/17 Gwenpool #16- 15,500 (- 0.8%)
06/17 Gwenpool #17- 22,292 (+43.8%)

Since issue #2: -40.6%
GWENPOOL VOL.1: 5,310
GWENPOOL VOL.2: 1,971
MJ variant cover. Here again, it wasn’t easy to recognize Mary Jane.

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119- JESSICA JONES

10/16 Jessica Jones #1 - 74,291
11/16 Jessica Jones #2 - 36,893 (-50.3%)
12/16 Jessica Jones #3 - 38,601 (+ 4.6%)
01/17 Jessica Jones #4 - 32,252 (-16.4%)
02/17 Jessica Jones #5 - 25,769 (-20.1%)
03/17 Jessica Jones #6 - 27,342 (+ 6.1%)
04/17 Jessica Jones #7 - 23,273 (-14.9%)
05/17 Jessica Jones #8 - 23,043 (- 1.0%)
06/17 Jessica Jones #9 - 22,261 (- 3.4%)

Since issue #2: -39.6%
JESSICA JONES TPB VOL.1 : 3,316
Almost 3/4 of the MU titles would kill for a sales trajectory like that.

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120- GENERATION X

05/17 Generation X # 1 – 45,028
05/17 Generation X # 2 – 30,396 (-32.5%)
06/17 Generation X # 3 – 22,220 (-26.9%)
It’s even lower than Jean Grey. Did anybody really ask for their return?

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129- MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173 (-20.5%)
...
03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 - 44,248
04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #1 - 47,302
...
08/15 Cap Marvel &Carol Corps Ltd #4 - 22,106 (- 9.0%)
...
01/16 Captain Marvel #1 - 52,972
02/16 Captain Marvel #2 - 28,962 (-45.4%)
03/16 Captain Marvel #3 - 28,469 ( -1.7%)
04/16 Captain Marvel #4 - 25,156 (-11.6%)
05/16 Captain Marvel #5 - 23,812 (- 5.3%)
06/16 Captain Marvel #6 - 28,213 (+18.5%) (CV2)
07/16 Captain Marvel #7 - 23,895 (-15.3%) (CV2)
08/16 Captain Marvel #8 - 23,024 (- 3.5%) (CV2)
09/16 Captain Marvel #9 - 24,753 (+ 7.5%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 Captain Marvel #10 - 19,893 (-19.6%)
12/16 Mighty Captain Marvel #0 - 53,263
01/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #1 - 48,519 (-8.9%)
02/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #2 - 24,172 (-50.2%)
03/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #3 - 28,649 (+17.8%)
04/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #4 - 17,893 (-37.5%)
05/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #5 - 17,164 (- 4.1%)(SE)
06/17 Mighty Captain Marvel #6 - 20,870 (+21.6%)(SE)

Since issue #2: -13.7%
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.1 : 2,409
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.2: 1,621
Secret Empire tie-in with a Chris Samnee variant.

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130- SECRET WARRIORS

05/17 Secret Warriors # 1 – 31,864 (SE)
05/17 Secret Warriors # 2 - 23,902 (-25.0%) (SE)
06/17 Secret Warriors # 3 - 20,457 (-14.5%) (SE)

Since issue#2: -14.5%
By the time those Inhumans will unite to form a new super-hero team, the serie will be over.

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Sat 5 Aug 2017 - 8:48

135- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON

02/14 Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534 ( 9.3%)
...
09/14 Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517 ( 8.4%)
10/14 Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183 ( 121.3%)
11/14 Captain America v8 #1 –120,500 ( 62.4%)
12/14 Captain America v8 #2 – 50,077 ( -58.4%)
01/15 Captain America v8 #3 - 50,045 ( -0.1%)
02/15 Captain America v8 #4 - 41,222 (-17.6%)
03/15 Captain America v8 #5 - 38,871 (- 5.7%)
04/15 Captain America v8 #6 - 38,199 (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 CA S. Wilson #1 - 62,535
10/15 CA S. Wilson #2 - 40,224 (-35.7%)
11/15 CA S. Wilson #3 - 33,984 (-15.5%)
12/15 CA S. Wilson #4 - 29,512 (-13.2%)
01/16 CA S. Wilson #5 - 29,081 (- 1.5%)
02/16 CA S. Wilson #6 - 27,111 (- 6.8%)
03/16 CA S. Wilson #7 - 54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 CA S. Wilson #8 - 31,052 (-43.4%) (Stand Off)
05/16 CA S. Wilson #9 - 27,480 (-11.5%) (Stand Off)
06/16 CA S. Wilson #10 - 31,989 (+16.4%) (CV2)
07/16 CA S. Wilson #11 - 29,145 (- 8.2%) (CV2)
08/16 CA S. Wilson #12 - 30,479 (+ 4.6%) (CV2)
09/16 CA S. Wilson #13 - 28,158 (- 7.6%) (CV2)
10/16 CA S. Wilson #14 - 27,702 (- 1.6%)
11/16 CA S. Wilson #15 - 22,006 (-20.6%)
12/16 CA S. Wilson #16 - 21,229 (- 3.5%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #17 – 22,852 (+ 7.6%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #18 – 21,848 (- 4.4%)
02/17 CA S. Wilson #19 - 18,105 (-17.1%)
03/17 CA S. Wilson #20 - 17,496 (- 3.4%)
04/17 CA S. Wilson #21 - 18,650 (+ 6.6%)
05/17 CA S. Wilson #22 - 18,523 (- 0.7%) (SE)
06/17 CA S. Wilson #23 - 18,432 (- 0.5%) (SE)

Since issue #2 : -54.2%
Steadiness whithout a variant. Nice..

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136- 222-250- TRUE BELIEVERS ($1)

06/17 Amazing Spider-Man #1 – 18,201
06/17 PP Spectacular Spider-Man #1 – 9,422
06/17 Miles Morales Spider-Man #1 – 7,193
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137- MS MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 - 50,286 ( --- )
03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 - 38,357 (-23.7%)
...
02/15 Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054 ( -2.7%)
03/15 Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425 (+11.6%)
04/15 Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058 (- 1.1%)
05/15 Ms. Marvel #15 – 32,185 (+ 0.4%)
06/15 Ms. Marvel #16 – 32,855 (+ 2.1%)
07/15 ---
08/15 Ms. Marvel #17 – 31,567 (- 3.9%)
09/15 Ms. Marvel #18 - 33,761 (+7.0%)

11/15 Ms Marvel #1 - 79,222
12/15 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,610 (-41.2%)
01/16 Ms Marvel #3 - 32,364 (-30.6%)
02/16 Ms Marvel #4 - 30,916 (- 4.5%)
03/16 Ms Marvel #5 - 31,871 ( +3.1%)
04/16 Ms Marvel #6 - 29,863 (- 6.3%)
05/16 Ms Marvel #7 - 29,840 (- 0.1%)
06/16 Ms Marvel #8 - 31,798 (+ 6.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ms Marvel #9 - 28,313 (-11.0%) (CV2)
08/16 Ms Marvel #10- 29,395 (+ 3.8%) (CV2)
09/16 Ms Marvel #11- 27,278 (- 7.2%) (CV2)
10/16 Ms Marvel #12- 28,348 (+ 3.9%)
11/16 Ms Marvel #13- 23,621 (-16.7%)
12/16 ---
01/17 Ms Marvel #14- 24,006 (+1.6%)
02/17 Ms Marvel #15- 19,870 (-17.2%)
03/17 Ms Marvel #16- 19,172 (- 3.5%)
04/17 Ms Marvel #17- 20,881 (+ 8.9%)
05/17 Ms Marvel #18- 18,271 (-12.5%)
06/17 Ms Marvel #19- 17,907 (- 2.0%)

Since issue #2 : -61.6 %
VOL.1 : 47,827
VOL.2 : 18,698
VOL.3 : 11,282
VOL.4 : 6,642
VOL.5 : 5,200
VOL.6: 3,500
HC vol.1 : 1,942
HC vol.2 : 2,653
HC vol.3 : 776
First clouds in the collection market: sales of the third HC are very weak -perhaps a correction next month? -and the first TPB is missing for the first time in the top300.

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141- LUKE CAGE

05/17 Luke Cage # 1 – 34,132
06/17 Luke Cage # 2 – 17,277 (-49.4%)
Forget what I will say in my The Crew commentary. THIS is by far the ugliest Cassaday cover ever. Is he trying a new style or did he damage his hands -if so, sorry, I hope he’ll get better soon-?

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143- ROYALS

04/17 Royals # 1 - 40,941
04/17 Royals # 2 - 28,469 (-30.5%)
05/17 Royals # 3 - 19,650 (-31.0%)
06/17 Royals # 4 - 17,007 (-13.4%)

Since issue #2: -40.3%
Royalty doesn’t sell. Just ask Guillotine.

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144- ULTIMATES

11/15 Ultimates #1 - 61,406
12/15 Ultimates #2 - 37,055 (-39.7%)
01/16 Ultimates #3 - 30,068 (-18.9%)
02/16 Ultimates #4 - 27,177 (- 9.6%)
03/16 Ultimates #5 - 28,627 (+ 5.3%)
04/16 Ultimates #6 - 26,146 (- 8.7%)
05/16 Ultimates #7 - 26,500 (+ 1.4%)
06/16 Ultimates #8 - 30,675 (+15.6%) (CV2)
07/16 Ultimates #9 - 27,588 (-10.1%) (CV2)
08/16 Ultimates #10- 26,848 (- 2.7%) (CV2)
09/16 Ultimates #11- 26,030 (- 3.0%) (CV2)
10/16 Ultimates #12- 23,871 (- 8.3%) (CV2) END

11/16 Ultimates 2 # 1- 34,646
12/16 Ultimates 2 # 2- 23,844 (-31.2%)
01/17 Ultimates 2 #3- 24,369 (+2.2%)
02/17 Ultimates 2 #4- 21,235 (-12.9%)
03/17 Ultimates 2 #5- 17,975 (-15.4%)
04/17 Ultimates 2 #6- 17,350 ( -3.5%)
05/17 Ultimates 2 #7- 18,490 (+ 6.6%) (SE)
06/17 Ultimates 2 #8- 16,801 (- 9.1%)

Since issue #2: -29.5%
Back to its standard sales pattern.

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145- ROCKET RACCOON &GROOT

01/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #1 - 59,028
02/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #2 - 29,180 (-50.6%)
03/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #3 - 24,855 (-14.8%)
04/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #4 - 24,179 (- 2.7%)
05/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #5 - 21,138 (-12.6%)
06/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #6 - 20,392 (- 3.5%)
07/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #7 - 19,142 (- 6.1%)
08/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #8 - 20,646 (+ 7.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #9 - 17,522 (-15.1%) (CV2)
09/16 Rocket Raccoon &Groot #10- 16,505 (- 5.8%) (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Rocket Raccoon # 1 - 59,305
01/17 Rocket Raccoon # 2 - 22,113 (-62.7%)
02/17 Rocket Raccoon # 3 – 15,791 (-28.6%)
03/17 Rocket Raccoon # 4 - 14,324 (- 9.3%)
04/17 Rocket Raccoon # 5 – 13,373 (- 6.6%)

05/17 Rocket # 1 – 27,749
06/17 Rocket # 2 – 16,177 (-41.7%)
Wel, now we know who was getting the most readers beetween Rocket and Groot…

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150- US AVENGERS

01/17 US Avengers #1 - 110,729
01/17 US Avengers #2 - 29,523 (-73.3%)
02/17 US Avengers #3 - 19,476 (-33.4%)
03/17 US Avengers #4 - 17,073
04/17 US Avengers #5 - 17,880 (+ 4.7%)
05/17 US Avengers #6 - 16,491 (- 7.8%) (SE)
06/17 US Avengers #7 - 15,664 (- 5.0%) (SE)

Since issue #2: -46.9%
OMG. A new French super-hero, named….Guillotine! OK, Marvel, let me help you naming your next new American super-hero. What do you think of … Electric Chair?

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154- DR STRANGE SORCERERS SUPREME

10/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #1 - 149,710
11/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #2 - 29,349 (-80.4%)
12/16 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #3 - 25,054 (-14.6%)
01/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #4 - 26,098 (+ 4.1%)
02/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #5 - 19,402 (-25.7%)
03/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #6 - 18,094 (- 6.7%)
04/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #7 - 16,887 (- 6.7%)
05/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #8 - 15,702 (- 7.0%)
06/17 Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #9 - 15,129 (- 3.6%)

Since issue#2: -48.5%
You always hope that Marvel will learn not to overdo it when a character seems to sell well, but, seing what’s transpiring right nopw about Venom, I fear history will repeat itself.

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157- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 90,690 ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 47,512 (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 43,418 ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 40,755 ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 40,880 ( 0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 38,634 ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 - 33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 - 31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 - 28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099 #2 - 40,701 (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099 #3 - 34,969 (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099 #4 - 32,464 (- 7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099 #5 - 28,489 (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #6 - 26,626 ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099 #7 - 26,163 (- 1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099 #8 - 28,580 ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099 #9 - 24,081 (-15.7%)
05/16 Spider-Man 2099 #10- 23,040 (- 4.3%)
06/16 Spider-Man 2099 #11- 22,722 (- 1.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man 2099 #12- 22,480 (- 1.1%)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #13- 22,793 (+ 1.4%) (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #14- 21,908 (- 3.9%) (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man 2099 #15- 21,362 (- 2.5%) (CV2)
10/16 Spider-Man 2099 #16- 20,671 (- 3.2%) (CV2)
11/16 Spider-Man 2099 #17- 19,271 (- 6.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man 2099 #18- 18,053 (- 6.3%)
01/17 Spider-Man 2099 #19- 20,262 (+12.2%)
02/17 Spider-Man 2099 #20- 16,690 (- 17.6%)
03/17 Spider-Man 2099 #21- 15,770 (- 5.5%)
04/17 Spider-Man 2099 #22- 15,273 (- 3.2%)
05/17 Spider-Man 2099 #23- 15,187 (- 0.6%)
06/17 Spider-Man 2099 #24- 14,828 (- 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -63.6%
Peter David is one of the few writers whith as much success as before when going back to a series he worked on two decades ago (X-Factor). Perhaps giving him back the Hulk would be the answer to redeem this damaged franchise?

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159- BLACK PANTHER CREW

04/17 BP Crew #1 - 35,604
05/17 BP Crew #2 - 18,183 (-48.9%)
06/17 BP Crew #3 - 14,634 (-19.5%)
With one of the ugliest John Cassaday cover ever -what happened?. This won’t help.

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161- HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 66,608
04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 42,730 (-35.8%)
05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 - 38,087 (-10.9%)
06/15 ---
07/15 All New Hawkeye #4 - 31,661 (-16.9%)
08/15 ---
09/15 All New Hawkeye #5 - 31,141 (- 1.6%)
10/15 ---
11/15 All New Hawkeye #1 - 68,933
12/15 All New Hawkeye #2 - 35,363 (-48.7%)
01/16 All New Hawkeye #3 - 26,913 (-23.9%)
02/16 All New Hawkeye #4 - 24,903 (- 7.5%)
03/16 All New Hawkeye #5 - 24,779 (- 0.5%)
04/16 All New Hawkeye #6 - 21,209 (-14.4%)
05/16 ---
06/16 ---
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Hawkeye #1 - 70,884
01/17 Hawkeye #2 - 27,049 (-61.8%)
02/17 Hawkeye #3 - 20,089 (-25.7%)
03/17 Hawkeye #4 - 17,234 (-14.2%)
04/17 Hawkeye #5 - 16,031 (- 7.0%)
05/17 Hawkeye #6 - 15,304 (- 4.5%)
06/17 Hawkeye #7 - 14,474 (- 5.4%)

Since issue#2 : -46.5%

VOL.1: 47,268
VOL.2: 25,657
VOL.3: 13,536
VOL.4: 8,814
VOL.5: 4,109
VOL.6: 2,583
VOL.1: 2,210
This franchise is dead. It worked very well but it seems that it is just over. Aja volumes stopped selling enough to appear in the top 300 for quite some time now and none of the relaunches have reignited the flame.

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165- SILVER SURFER

03/14 Silver Surfer #1 - 64,919 ( --- )
04/14 Silver Surfer #2 - 39,132 (-39.7%)
06/14 Silver Surfer #3 - 36,075 ( -7.8%)
07/14 Silver Surfer #4 - 32,747 ( -9.2%)
08/14 Silver Surfer #5 - 31,125 ( -5.0%)
10/14 Silver Surfer #6 - 28,052 ( -9.9%)
11/14 Silver Surfer #7 - 25,759 ( -8.2%)
12/14 ---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 - 23,420 (- 9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 - 21,716 (- 7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10 - 21,100 (- 2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11 - 20,776 (- 1.5%)
05/15 ---
06/15 Silver Surfer #12 - 20,704 (- 0.3%)
07/15 Silver Surfer #13 - 24,321 (+17.5%)
08/15 ---
09/15 Silver Surfer #14 - 23,008 (- 5.4%)
10/15 ---
11/15 Silver Surfer #15 - 21,343 (- 7.2%)
12/15 ---
01/16 Silver Surfer #1 - 57,633
02/16 Silver Surfer #2 - 25,009 (-56.6%)
03/16 - -
04/16 Silver Surfer #3 - 23,151 (- 7.4%)
05/16 Silver Surfer #4 - 21,063 (- 9.0%)
06/16 ---
07/16 Silver Surfer #5 - 20,165 (- 4.3%)
08/16 Silver Surfer #6 - 18,991 (- 5.8%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Silver Surfer #7 - 17,588 (- 7.4%)
11/16 ---
12/16 Silver Surfer #8 - 16,217 (- 7.8%)
01/17 ---
02/17 ---
03/17 Silver Surfer #9 – 16,082 (- 0.8%)
04/17 Silver Surfer #10 – 15,041 (- 6.5%)
05/17 Silver Surfer #11 - 14,202 (- 5.6%)
06/17 Silver Surfer #12 - 13,858 (- 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -44.6%
4 issues in a row!!

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166- MAN-THING LTD

03/17 Man-Thing Ltd #1 of 5 - 43,131
03/17 Man-Thing Ltd #2 of 5 - 21,116 (-51.0%)
04/17 Man-Thing Ltd #3 of 5 - 16,199 (-23.3%)
05/17 Man-Thing Ltd #4 of 5 - 14,769 (- 8.8%)
06/17 Man-Thing Ltd #5 of 5 - 13,647 (- 7.6%)
Despite the not-very-pretty falls from one issue to another, the sales result is quite respectable.

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169- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)
03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)
...
05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

11/15 Nova #1 - 45,536
12/15 Nova #2 - 27,120 (-40.4%)
01/16 Nova #3 - 23,464 (-13.5%)
02/16 Nova #4 - 18,187 (-22.5%)
03/16 Nova #5 - 16,886 (- 7.2%)
04/16 Nova #6 - 15,795 (- 6.5%)
05/16 Nova #7 - 15,377 (- 2.6%)
06/16 Nova #8 - 19,720 (+28.2%) (CV2)
07/16 Nova #9 - 16,726 (-15.2%) (CV2)
08/16 Nova #10 - 14,766 (-11.7%)
09/16 Nova #11 - 14,341 (- 2.9%)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16 Nova #1 - 58,393
01/17 Nova #2 - 23,098 (-60.4%)
02/17 Nova #3 - 19,265 (-16.6%)
03/17 Nova #4 - 15,323 (-20.5%)
04/17 Nova #5 - 14,525 (- 5.2%)
05/17 Nova #6 - 14,124 (- 2.8%)
06/17 Nova #7 - 13,456 (- 4.7%)

Since issue #2 : -41.7%
You can follow Ramon Perez in a very nice upcoming Mary Jane graphic novel.

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174- NICK FURY

04/17 Nick Fury #1 - 31,683
05/17 Nick Fury #2 - 16,690 (-47.3%)
06/17 Nick Fury #3 - 12,689 (-24.0%)
Actually, that’s at least 12,690 as you can add the copy I bought in France (my first Marvel floppy in years!). I bet Aco would be terrific on Cloak and Dagger – you know, the return ongoing series Marvel has promised us for years!

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176- AMERICA

04/17 America # 1 - 43,592
04/17 America # 2 - 23,987 (-45.0%)
05/17 America # 3 - 16,262 (-32.2%)
06/17 America # 4 - 12,624 (-22.4%)

Since issue #2: -47.4%
Let’s not turn around for years: it’s a sales disaster. A TPB redemption is still possible.

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184-MONSTERS UNLEASHED

01/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #1 - 91,154
02/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #2 - 51,389 (-43.6%)
02/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #3 - 38,205 (-25.7%)
03/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #4 - 34,937 (- 8.6%)
03/17 Monsters Unleashed Ltd #5 - 33,205 (- 5.0%)
04/17 Monsters Unleashed #1 - 27,317
05/17 Monsters Unleashed #2 - 15,324 (-43.9%)
06/17 Monsters Unleashed #3 - 12,033 (-21.5%)
Ouch. Not every event can turn into an ongoing.

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186- 202- ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE LTD ($5)

05/17 Zombies Assemble Ltd #1 – 18,036
06/17 Zombies Assemble Ltd #2 - 11,887 (-34.1%)
06/17 Zombies Assemble Ltd #3 - 10,558 (-11.2%)
That was predictable.

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194- ELEKTRA

02/17 Elektra #1 - 44,310
03/17 Elektra #2 - 19,712 (-55.5%)
04/17 Elektra #3 - 15,113 (-23.3%)
05/17 Elektra #4 - 13,029 (-13.8%)
06/17 Elektra #5 - 11,579 (-11.1%) END

Since issue #2: -41.3%
I’m dreaming of a team-up book: “Electro and Elektra”, only because of its name. That’s a gimmick, so perhaps Marvel will give it a chance.

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196- KINGPIN

02/17 Kingpin #1 - 36,095
03/17 Kingpin #2 - 24,789 (-31.3%)
04/17 Kingpin #3 - 13,765 (-44.5%)
05/17 Kingpin #4 - 12,110 (-12.0%)
06/17 Kingpin #5 - 11,218 (- 7.4%) END

Since issue #2: -54.7%
It won’t matter now if it’s slowing down or not.

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199- UNBEATTABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341 (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801 (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeatteable Squirrel Girl #8 - 19,134 (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #1 - 43,155
11/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #2 - 23,064 (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #3 - 25,350 (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #4 - 19,923 (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #5 - 17,743 (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #6 - 20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #7 - 17,869 (-13.8%)
05/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #8 - 15,131 (-15.3%)
06/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #9 - 14,692 (- 2.9%)
07/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #10- 14,590 (- 0.7%)
08/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #11- 13,872 (- 4.9%)
09/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #12- 14,379 (+ 3.7%)
10/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #13- 14,688 (+ 2.1%)
11/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #14- 12,933 (-11.9%)
12/16 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #15- 12,556 (- 2.9%)
01/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #16- 17,569 (+39.9%)
02/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #17- 11,898 (-32.3%)
03/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #18- 17,765 (+49.3%)
04/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #19- 11,074 (-37.7%)
05/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #20- 10,999 (- 0.7%)
06/17 Unbeattable Squirrel Girl #21- 10,937 (- 0.5%)

Since issue #2 : -52.6%
TPB VOL.2: 8,884
TPB VOL.3 : 2,928
TPB VOL.4: 2,387
TPB VOL.5: 2,151
Almost no readers lost but also no noticeable new readers gained in the TPB market this month.

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206- OCCUPY AVENGERS

11/16 Occupy Avengers # 1 - 38,400
12/16 Occupy Avengers # 2 - 32,974 (-14.1%)
01/17 Occupy Avengers # 3 - 18,499 (-43.9%)
02/17 Occupy Avengers # 4 - 11,965 (-35.7%)
03/17 Occupy Avengers # 5 - 17,413 (+45.5%)
04/17 Occupy Avengers # 6 – 10,296 (-40.8%)
05/17 Occupy Avengers # 7 – 9,624 (- 6.5%)
06/17 Occupy Avengers # 8 - 10,404 (+ 8.1%) (SE)

Since issue#2: -68.4%
Perhaps it’s time to stop launching new team books who will never make it past issue #12, at best? That’s probably a nightmare for the writers, with not enough space to develop any character, especially when they have a tie-in to indulge in every 4 issues….

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207- BULLSEYE LTD

02/17 Bullseye # 1 of 5 – 33,511
03/17 Bullseye # 2 of 5 – 16,936 (-49.5%)
04/17 Bullseye # 3 of 5 – 12,912 (-23.8%)
05/17 Bullseye # 4 of 5 – 11,398 (-11.7%)
06/17 Bullseye # 5 of 5 - 10,398 (- 8.8%)
As long as we don’t ever see him with his movie looks anymore, I’m ok with it.

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237- UNSTOPPABLE WASP

01/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 1 - 37,415
02/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 2 - 16,292 (-56.5%)
03/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 3 - 12,324 (-24.4%)
04/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 4 - 9,780 (-20.6%)
05/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 5 - 9,013 (- 7.8%)
06/17 Unstoppable Wasp # 6 - 8,051 (-10.7%)

Since issue #2: -50.6%
Talk about enthousiasm in the sollicitation text: “The conclusion of our first story comes to a head.” Wow, how exciting !

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240- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 - 38,133
12/15 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 - 21,715 (-43.1%)
01/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3 - 18,424 (-15.2%)
02/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #4 - 14,941 (-18.9%)
03/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5 - 14,771 (- 1.1%)
04/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #6 - 12,253 (-17.0%)
05/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #7 - 12,879 (+ 5.1%)
06/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #8 - 12,721 (- 1.2%)
07/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #9 - 10,338 (-18.7%)
08/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10- 11,862 (+14.7%)
09/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #11- 9,765 (-17.7%)
10/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #12- 9,509 (- 2.6%)
11/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13- 11,113 (+16.9%)
12/16 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #14- 9,370 (-15.7%)
01/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #15- 10,966(+17.0%)
02/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #16- 8,440 (-23.0%)
02/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #17- 8,273 (- 2.0%)
04/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18- 7,966 (- 3.7%)
05/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19- 14,244(+78.8%)
06/17 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #20- 7,731 (-45.7%)

Since issue #2 : -64.4%
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.1: 4,275
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.2: 1,664
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.3: 1,576
1.5K is a little weak and previous TPB volumes won’t register back in the top 300. Whithout its special role of Marvel ambassador in public schools and libraries, it would be over.

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279- VISION DIRECTOR'S CUT ($7)

06/17 Vision DC #1 of 6 - 5,740
This successful series written by Tom King (12 issues) is returning in a new format. Each issue features two issues with extras. Price is $7 per issue. A nice move and experiment by Marvel, with quite decent sales so far. Seeing that the original series sold around 20K and is not very old, that’s quite a nice result. It makes sense to repackage it so soon, as it was one of the only Marvel titles which saw a rise in its sales. Let’s hope it will be followed by other titles!

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Thanks for reading until the end! I hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, feel free to comment, express your rage or your love for French sarcasm! I’ll hug everyone, no matter what.

Xavier Lancel, born 1973 in France, living in the beautiful city of Lyon, has been working since 1999 for Scarce, one of the longest running fanzines on US comics (32 years old!). He has been editor of the magazine since 2008. He also runs two blogs, one devoted to Ernie Colon (http://erniecolonunlimited.blogspot.fr/) and the other devoted to barechested men in comics (http://chestofchests.blogspot.fr/). He sometimes appears as a comics character (because French people are funny-weird) in strips by Tim Fish (http://www.timfishworks.blogspot.fr/)

http://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-month- ... uillotine/

Sat 5 Aug 2017 - 13:08

Quand on voit les pertes entre les #1 et les #2 on comprend la fréquence des relaunchs... Mais il faudrait qu'ils songent à une solution durable pour maintenir les ventes (et non pas sortir que des #1 Rolling Eyes

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Wed 17 Jan 2018 - 9:19

Pourquoi Marvel stoppe certains titres et pas d'autres...
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/16 ... ng-comics/