Re: Ventes comparées mois par mois pour MARVEL

It’s not a great month for Marvel. In fact, it’s one of those rare months when DC had the largest share of the direct market, beating Marvel by 33% to 32% in dollar terms (though if you prefer the unit share, Marvel lead by 39% to 37%). In part, it’s because DC’s new Batman titles are doing very well – but as we’ll see, it’s also the case that Marvel just don’t have any really big titles out this month.

There are a couple of new ongoing series this month – WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS and HEROES FOR HIRE. Following the Shadowland crossover, DAREDEVIL reinvents itself as BLACK PANTHER. And there’s just one new miniseries – ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM. And that’s it, so far as new books.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

Now normally, I’d start with Marvel’s top seller of the month. Instead, though, I’m going to draw your attention to KICK-ASS 2. The second issue was solicited for December, but it’s been pushed back to February. Even so, issue #1 charted again at number 242, with estimated sales of 6,503. That brings its total to 71,782.

And, strangely enough, that’s higher than Marvel’s biggest seller of December managed.

8. NEW AVENGERS
12/05 #14 - 124,300
12/06 #26 - 122,670
12/07 #37 - 105,545
12/08 #48 - 93,908
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12/09 #60 - 72,790 ( -2.1%)
01/10 #61 - 78,202 ( +7.4%)
02/10 #62 - 76,405 ( -2.3%)
03/10 #63 - 76,145 ( -0.3%)
04/10 #64 - 75,430 ( -0.9%)
04/10 ---
05/10 Finale - 82,152 ( +8.9%)
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
6 mnth (-47.4%)
1 year ( -6.8%)
2 year (-27.8%)
3 year (-35.7%)
4 year (-44.7%)
5 year (-45.4%)In the absence of any big event titles, NEW AVENGERS takes the lead for Marvel – curiously, edging very slightly ahead of AVENGERS. Sales are up very slightly this month, most likely due to the Tron variant cover.

9. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 170,682
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
6 mnth (-32.1%)It’s the other way round here. AVENGERS had no variant covers in December (presumably explaining why it dropped behind NEW).

11. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348Marvel’s biggest new launch of the month is the new secondary Wolverine title. In effect, this is the replacement for WOLVERINE: ORIGINS, but since that was a book which existed to tell a single multi-year storyline by Daniel Way, the relaunch has some legitimacy to it. The main WOLVERINE title shifted over 100K of its launch title, so this is quite some way behind. (It’s got four variants, compared to five on WOLVERINE’s first issue.) Still, it’s the B-title, and ORIGINS similarly used to be a long way behind the parent title.

13. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
12/05 #527 - 79,261
12/06 ---
12/07 #545 - 124,481
12/08 #581 - 68,905
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12/09 #614 - 59,696 ( -7.4%)
12/09 #615 - 63,738 ( +6.8%)
12/09 #616 - 58,856 ( -7.7%)
01/10 #617 - 76,730 (+30.4%)
01/10 #618 - 61,969 (-19.2%)
01/10 #619 - 56,837 ( -8.3%)
02/10 #620 - 59,860 ( +5.3%)
02/10 #621 - 55,350 ( -7.5%)
02/10 #622 - 53,929 ( -2.6%)
03/10 #623 - 66,064 (+22.5%)
03/10 #624 - 60,213 ( -8.9%)
03/10 #625 - 54,179 (-10.0%)
03/10 #626 - 53,868 ( -0.6%)
03/10 #627 - 54,206 ( +0.6%)
04/10 #628 - 57,797 ( +6.6%)
04/10 #629 - 53,560 ( -7.3%)
05/10 #630 - 57,969 ( +8.2%)
05/10 #631 - 57,239 ( -1.3%)
05/10 #632 - 56,723 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 77,033 (+38.0%)
11/10 #649 - 52,586 (-31.7%)
12/10 #650 - 55,996 ( +6.5%)
6 mnth ( -0.3%)
1 year ( -6.2%)
2 year (-18.7%)
3 year (-55.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-29.4%)Just one issue out in December. No variant on this or the previous issue, but the slight sales increase is probably due to the anniversary number.

14. UNCANNY X-MEN
12/05 #467 - 81,282
12/06 #481 - 85,995
12/07 #493 - 102,114
12/08 #505 - 82,271
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12/09 #518 - 68,572 ( -1.4%)
12/09 #519 - 67,043 ( -2.2%)
01/10 #520 - 65,758 ( -1.9%)
02/10 #521 - 67,049 ( +2.0%)
03/10 #522 - 67,996 ( +1.4%)
04/10 #523 - 78,999 (+16.2%)
05/10 #524 - 77,056 ( -2.5%)
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth (-26.7%)
1 year (-18.7%)
2 year (-32.2%)
3 year (-45.4%)
4 year (-35.1%)
5 year (-31.4%)No variants for the last couple of month, so there’s a noticeable trend down here.

15. UNCANNY X-FORCE
12/08 #10 - 58,801
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12/09 #22 - 51,859 ( -3.9%)
01/10 #23 - 50,848 ( -1.9%)
02/10 #24 - 49,790 ( -2.1%)
03/10 #25 - 49,910 ( +0.2%)
04/10 #26 - 67,512 ( +35.3%)
05/10 #27 - 62,509 ( -7.4%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #1 of 3 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -10.0%)
1 year ( +7.1%)
2 year ( -5.6%)Levelling out very quickly, with almost no drop from last month. That’s a very promising sign.

17. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 110,681
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
6 mnth (-30.6%)This is the first issue without a variant. They piled them on for issues #1-6, and for some reason the Tron variant on this title came out in November, so it’s tricky to extract the underlying trend here.

19. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)No variant this month, so the drop is exaggerated. Not too far behind the lead title, actually.

20. WOLVERINE
12/05 #37 - 70,716
12/06 #49 - 78,807
12/07 #60 - 63,194
12/08 #70 - 98,915
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12/09 #8 - 33,470 ( -7.3%)
01/10 #9 - 31,678 ( -5.4%)
02/10 #10 - 30,132 ( -4.9%)
03/10 #11 - 29,799 ( -1.1%)
04/10 #12 - 30,050 ( +0.8%)
05/10 #13 - 29,773 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
6 mnth ( +75.8%)
1 year ( +57.8%)
2 year ( -46.6%)
3 year ( -16.4%)
4 year ( -33.0%)
5 year ( -25.3%)Well, that’s good news. Okay, there’s a Tron variant on this, which explains why sales are up. Nonetheless, after the steep drops on the last two issues (admittedly exacerbating by scaling back the variants), this is a promising indication that the book could be finding its level.

22. NEMESIS [Icon]
03/10 #1 of 4 - 62,031
04/10 ---
05/10 ---
06/10 #2 of 4 - 51,586 (-16.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 4 - 46,234 (-10.4%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 4 - 46,072 ( -0.4%)Mark Millar’s creator-owned books continue to do very well. Most Marvel Universe minis would kill for these sales.

23. THOR
12/05 ---
12/06 ---
12/07 #5 - 101,551
12/08 #12 - 73,784
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12/09 #604 - 61,608 (+15.0%)
12/09 #605 - 55,242 (-10.3%)
01/10 #606 - 55,353 ( +0.2%)
02/10 #607 - 66,973 (+21.0%)
03/10 #608 - 62,012 ( -7.4%)
04/10 #609 - 64,522 ( +4.0%)
05/10 #610 - 61,779 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
6 mnth (-20.0%)
1 year (-26.7%)
2 year (-38.8%)
3 year (-55.5%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )There were variant covers in October and November, but none in December, so the month-to-month drop will be exaggerated. To tie in with the film, a relaunch is imminent.

As with last month, let’s get the horde of THOR tie-in books, most of them movie related, out of the way now:

61. ULTIMATE COMICS THOR
10/10 #1 of 4 - 49,747
11/10 #2 of 4 - 31,829 (-36.0%)
12/10 #3 of 4 - 28,074 (-11.8%)

96. THOR: FOR ASGARD
09/10 #1 of 6 - 32,236
09/10 #2 of 6 - 28,563 (-11.4%)
10/10 #3 of 6 - 23,724 (-16.9%)
11/10 #4 of 6 - 20,934 (-11.8%)
12/10 #5 of 6 - 19,463 ( -7.0%)

122. IRON MAN/THOR
11/10 #1 of 4 - 21,416
12/10 #2 of 4 - 15,977 (-25.4%)

124. CHAOS WAR: THOR
11/10 #1 of 2 - 19,738
12/10 #2 of 2 - 15,910 (-19.4%)

134. LOKI
10/10 #1 of 4 - 21,095
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 14,672 (-30.4%)

137. THOR: WOLVES OF THE NORTH
12/10 One-shot

149. THOR: FIRST THUNDER
09/10 #1 of 5 - 21,228
10/10 #2 of 5 - 16,126 (-24.0%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 14,038 (-12.9%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 12,620 (-10.1%)

157. THUNDERSTRIKE
11/10 #1 of 5 - 15,689
12/10 #2 of 5 - 11,754 (-25.1%)

192. WARRIORS THREE
11/10 #1 of 4 - 14,203
12/10 #2 of 4 - 9,281 (-34.7%)

210. THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER
07/10 #1 - 20,076
07/10 #2 - 14,315 (-28.7%)
08/10 #3 - 12,112 (-15.4%)
09/10 #4 - 10,887 (-10.1%)
10/10 #5 - 9,673 (-11.2%)
11/10 #6 - 8,420 (-13.0%)
12/10 #7 - 8,244 ( -2.1%)A couple of points to note. First, IRON MAN/THOR #3, the January issue, somehow managed to ship 4,342 copies in December to chart at number 285. That’s presumably a distribution glitch over the festive period, and as we’ll see, the same thing seems to have happened with GENERATION HOPE #3. And second, THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER is cancelled with January’s issue #8.

Those points aside, what can you say, other than to observe that the deluge continues unabated?

24. SHADOWLAND
07/10 #1 of 5 - 59,529
08/10 #2 of 5 - 44,573 (-25.1%)
09/10 #3 of 5 - 47,223 ( +6.0%)
10/10 #4 of 5 - 46,411 ( -1.7%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 of 5 - 44,261 ( -4.6%)

68. SHADOWLAND: AFTER THE FALL
12/10 One-shot - 26,435SHADOWLAND may not have been an event on the scale of previous years, but it’s consistently outsold parent title DAREDEVIL (admittedly with the aid of variant covers), so something has been working. AFTER THE FALL, on the other hand, is an epilogue issue which retailers seem to have regarded as a bit of an afterthought.

27. CAPTAIN AMERICA
12/05 #13 - 44,945
12/06 ---
12/07 #33 - 78,279
12/08 #45 - 71,186
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12/09 Reborn #5 - 91,790 ( -5.0%)
01/10 Reborn #6 - 84,844 ( -7.6%)
01/10 #602 - 63,948 (-24.6%)
02/10 #603 - 63,568 ( -0.6%)
03/10 #604 - 56,962 (-10.4%)
04/10 #605 - 59,051 ( +3.7%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
6 mnth (-19.1%)
1 year (-53.3%)
2 year (-39.8%)
3 year (-45.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -4.6%)This is another book which had its Tron variant last month (and a vampire variant in the month before), so again, the month-to-month drop is exaggerated.

CAPTAIN AMERICA isn’t quite as overwhelmed by low-selling spin-offs as THOR is, but it’s still got quite a few:

136. CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,566
12/10 #2 of 5 - 14,582 (-38.1%)

160. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE KORVAC SAGA
12/10 #1 of 4 - 11,576

166. CAPTAIN AMERICA: PATRIOT
09/10 #1 of 4 - 18,017
09/10 #2 of 4 - 15,950 (-11.5%)
10/10 #3 of 4 - 11,959 (-25.0%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 4 - 11,195 ( -6.4%)

213. CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA
12/10 #1 of 5 - 8,124The second issue drop on MAN OUT OF TIME is extremely high, which doesn’t bode well for the Captain America spin-offs yet to come. HAIL HYDRA, in fairness, looks like another glitch at Diamond – the official release date was 5 January 2011, so it shouldn’t be on this chart at all. Chances are the rest of its sales will show up next month.

28. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
12/05 ---
12/06 #14 - 73,388
12/07 #24 - 38,834
12/08 #8 - 56,708
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12/09 #21 - 49,986 (-18.9%)
01/10 #22 - 49,130 ( -1.7%)
02/10 #23 - 50,027 ( +1.8%)
03/10 #24 - 49,239 ( -1.6%)
04/10 #25 - 73,694 (+49.7%)
05/10 #26 - 53,625 (-27.2%)
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth (-19.9%)
1 year (-16.2%)
2 year (-26.1%)
3 year ( +7.9%)
4 year (-42.9%)
5 year ( --- )There’s a Tron variant this month, so the fact that sales are slightly down is a bit surprising, suggesting a bigger underlying drop. The numbering jumps to #500 in January.

29. X-MEN LEGACY
12/05 #165 - 86,633
12/06 #194 - 78,114
12/07 #206 - 97,871
12/08 #219 - 60,587
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12/09 #230 - 49,776 ( -2.0%)
12/09 #231 - 50,929 ( +2.3%)
01/10 #232 - 49,200 ( -3.4%)
02/10 #233 - 51,344 ( +4.4%)
03/10 #234 - 48,217 ( -6.1%)
04/10 #235 - 65,302 (+35.4%)
05/10 #236 - 69,731 ( +6.8%)
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth (-36.3%)
1 year (-16.0%)
2 year (-31.0%)
3 year (-57.3%)
4 year (-46.5%)
5 year (-51.8%)LEGACY hasn’t had a variant for the last two months, so the book seems to be legitimately shedding readers here. A 4.5% month-to-month drop for an established title is on the high side.

31,44. DAREDEVIL / BLACK PANTHER
12/05 #68 - 50,491
12/06 #92 - 48,035
12/07 #103 - 43,874
12/08 #114 - 44,351
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12/09 #503 - 38,680 ( -4.1%)
01/10 #504 - 37,135 ( -4.0%)
02/10 #505 - 38,693 ( +4.2%)
03/10 ---
04/10 #506 - 37,467 ( -3.2%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #507 - 34,744 ( -7.3%)
07/10 #508 - 41,943 (+20.7%)
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (-17.8%)
6 mnth ( -4.7%)
1 year (-40.2%)
2 year (-25.3%)
3 year (-24.5%)
4 year (-31.0%)
5 year (-34.4%)Issue #512 is the last part of the “Shadowland” tie-in, while issue #513 relaunches the series as BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR. This looks like it could be another soft launch of a new series, with Daredevil returning in a separate title, but for the moment I’ll take it at face value.

Sales drop quite sharply for the first issue of the new direction, despite a variant cover. But then again, the regular DAREDEVIL title was selling in this range prior to the crossover, and recent BLACK PANTHER books have been way down at the bottom end of the chart – so all told, not too bad. Of course, if retailers are treating this as the first issue of a new title then we might see a big drop for the second issue in January.

34. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 (+4.2%)Well, that’s unusual. Both these issues have two variant covers, so this looks to be a genuine sales increase for the second issue. Last month, I commented that, given the acres of lead-in which this title had received in UNCANNY X-MEN, I would have expected the book to do better;it may well have been under-ordered.

January’s issue #3 also shows up on the chart at number 228, with orders of 7,395 – presumably due to a distribution quirk over Christmas.

35. FANTASTIC FOUR
12/05 #533 - 46,751
12/06 #541 - 84,895
12/07 #552 - 51,320
12/08 #562 - 54,062
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12/09 #574 - 38,431 ( -2.5%)
01/10 #575 - 41,284 ( +7.4%)
02/10 #576 - 37,526 ( -9.1%)
03/10 #577 - 35,791 ( -4.6%)
04/10 #578 - 37,940 ( +6.0%)
05/10 #579 - 38,415 ( +1.3%)
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 42,257 (+22.1%)
10/10 #584 - 41,163 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 37,740 ( -8.3%)
12/10 #586 - 38,108 ( +1.0%)
6 mnth ( +4.2%)
1 year ( -0.8%)
2 year (-29.5%)
3 year (-25.7%)
4 year (-55.1%)
5 year (-18.5%)This is the fourth chapter of “Three”. No variants on this or the previous issue, so the slight sales increase looks to reflect interest in the story.

39,48. INCREDIBLE HULKS
12/05 #90 - 36,924
12/06 #101 - 47,927
12/07 #112 - 77,119
12/08 #9 - 87,786
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12/09 #605 - 43,964 ( +8.1%)
01/10 #606 - 48,197 ( +9.6%)
02/10 #607 - 45,870 ( -4.8%)
03/10 #608 - 47,148 ( +2.8%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #609 - 46,670 ( -1.0%)
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth (-29.7%)
1 year (-25.7%)
2 year (-62.8%)
3 year (-57.6%)
4 year (-31.8%)
5 year (-11.6%)

40. HULK
12/08 #9 - 87,786
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12/09 #18 - 53,222 ( +1.1%)
01/10 #19 - 56,738 ( +6.6%)
02/10 #20 - 51,962 ( -8.4%)
03/10 #21 - 50,785 ( -2.3%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #22 - 49,618 ( -2.3%)
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
6 mnth (-31.5%)
1 year (-34.7%)
2 year (-60.4%)The November issue of INCREDIBLE had a Tron variant cover, so the month-to-month drop will be slightly exaggerated. It’s also the second part of a CHAOS WAR tie-in arc, though that doesn’t seem to have much effect on sales – presumably because the book already sells better than CHAOS WAR.

HULK suffers a steep drop, and with no variants in the last two months, it seems to be a genuine case of readers jumping.

41. ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS
12/09 ---
01/10 ---
02/10 ---
03/10 Vol 1 #5 - 58,098 ( -1.6%)
04/10 Vol 1 #6 - 53,438 ( -8.0%)
04/10 Vol 2 #1 - 64,811 (+21.3%)
05/10 Vol 2 #2 - 52,939 (-18.3%)
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-30.5%)
1 year ( --- )

42. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
12/05 #88 - 72,984
12/06 #103 - 76,251
12/07 #117 - 60,361
12/08 #129 - 51,071
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12/09 #5 - 45,849 ( -6.6%)
01/10 #6 - 43,622 ( -4.9%)
02/10 #7 - 42,176 ( -3.3%)
03/10 #8 - 40,967 ( -2.9%)
04/10 #9 - 39,955 ( -2.5%)
05/10 #10 - 39,690 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 (+17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 (-16.9%)
6 mnth (-13.9%)
1 year (-26.5%)
2 year (-34.0%)
3 year (-44.2%)
4 year (-55.8%)
5 year (-53.8%)As expected, the sales boost for ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #150 is a blip, though underlying sales seem reasonably stable. ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS is dropping rather more swiftly, though. Given that Marvel have been struggling of late to attract interest in the Ultimate books, it’ll be very interesting to see what happens to these two with the heavily hyped “Death of Spider-Man” in the spring.

46. ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS
05/10 #1 of 5 - 55,428
06/10 #2 of 5 - 44,953 (-18.9%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 5 - 38,951 (-13.4%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 5 - 33,100 (-15.0%)
6 mnth (-26.4%)Shedding readers rather more quickly than you’d hope for at this stage in a miniseries;normally the drops level out as the series goes on. The delays might be a problem, but then again, readers generally seem willing to put up with dodgy schedulingÉ

47. CARNAGE
10/10 #1 of 5 - 47,452
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 5 - 32,794 (-30.9%)A steep second issue drop, even allowing for the fact that the first issue had two variants (compared to one this month).

50. SUPERIOR [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 6 - 40,842
11/10 #2 of 6 - 34,688 (-15.1%)
12/10 #3 of 6 - 31,952 ( -7.9%)Another Mark Millar creator-owned project, levelling out nicely.

56. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
12/09 #81 - 48,102 ( -8.2%)
01/10 #82 - 54,838 (+14.0%)
02/10 #83 - 53,958 ( -1.6%)
03/10 #84 - 49,469 ( -8.3%)
04/10 #85 - 47,527 ( -3.9%)
05/10 #86 - 46,315 ( -2.6%)
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-28.7%)
1 year (-36.1%)

60. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)We’ll take X-23 out of sequence, because the same points apply to both these books.

At first glance they look like they’re levelling out. But on closer inspection, it’s a bit more complicated than that. In both cases, the December issue has a variant cover;issue #3 didn’t. So a drop of five or six percent isn’t great.

On the other hand, in both cases, issues #1-3 were tie-ins to the “Wolverine Goes to Hell” story. So one explanation is that the crossover was boosting sales and the book is now returning to its natural level. Nonetheless, considering that DARK WOLVERINE was managing 40K before its relaunch, the fact that it’s already down to 31K is not encouraging.

58. DEADPOOL
12/08 #5 - 46,856
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12/09 #18 - 45,914 ( -1.8%)
01/10 ---
02/10 #19 - 44,580 ( -2.9%)
02/10 #20 - 43,347 ( -2.8%)
03/10 #21 - 42,062 ( -3.0%)
04/10 #22 - 43,061 ( +2.4%)
05/10 #23 - 42,761 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth (-21.1%)
1 year (-33.6%)
2 year (-34.9%)Drifting slowly down. No variants for the last couple of issues, so it’s actually more stable than it looks.

59. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 30,375A new ongoing series spinning out of the SHADOWLAND crossover (well, using characters who appeared in SHADOWLAND, at any rate). This has two variant covers, so a 30K debut isn’t too great – NAMOR launched with 37K, for example, and it’s already down below 20K.

62. THUNDERBOLTS
12/05 #16 - 25,084
12/06 #109 - 27,300
12/07 ---
12/08 #127 - 36,378
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12/09 #139 - 29,957 ( -4.1%)
01/10 #140 - 28,644 ( -4.4%)
02/10 #141 - 33,948 (+18.5%)
03/10 #142 - 34,132 ( +0.5%)
04/10 #143 - 35,656 ( +4.5%)
05/10 #144 - 33,276 ( -6.7%)
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
6 mnth (-12.7%)
1 year ( -6.7%)
2 year (-23.2%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( +2.4%)
5 year (+11.4%)The book finally drifts back to pre-SIEGE sales levels, after a very solid 2010.

63. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
6 mnth (-39.5%)Two variants this month, compared to one in November. I’d like to hope that there’s a genuine sales increase in there as well, since I think this is an underappreciated title, but we’ll see next month.

64. ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM
12/10 #1 of 4 - 27,469Once again, the Ultimate spin-off minis don’t appear to be generating a huge amount of interest.

65. S.H.I.E.L.D.
04/10 #1 - 44,543
05/10 ---
06/10 #2 - 37,595 (-15.6%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #3 - 33,335 (-11.3%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
6 mnth (-27.8%)An additional variant on the previous issue skews the trend, but nonetheless S.H.I.E.L.D. is clearly still shedding readers. On the other hand, for a book which isn’t really a conventional Marvel Universe superhero title and doesn’t have big name characters attached, it’s doing remarkably well. Marvel’s response, not unreasonably, is to declare issue #6 the end of the first volume, presumably with a view to promoting issue #7 (or vol 2 #1, more likely) as a jumping on point – perhaps hoping to play off any attention created by writer Jonathan Hickman’s involvement in the big FANTASTIC FOUR event.

67. X-FACTOR
12/05 #2 - 52,705
12/06 #14 - 40,208
12/07 #26 - 74,699
12/08 #38 - 34,425
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12/09 #200 - 36,577 (+21.4%)
01/10 #201 - 29,732 (-18.7%)
02/10 #202 - 30,981 ( +4.2%)
03/10 #203 - 28,924 ( -6.6%)
04/10 #204 - 40,534 (+40.1%)
05/10 #205 - 41,745 ( +3.0%)
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-35.5%)
1 year (-27.7%)
2 year (-23.2%)
3 year (-64.6%)
4 year (-34.2%)
5 year (-49.8%)Rock solid, which is always nice to see.

69. CHAOS WAR
12/08 Herc #124 - 36,855
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12/09 #139 - 23,591 ( -6.1%)
01/10 #140 - 23,244 ( -1.5%)
02/10 #141 - 24,539 ( +5.6%)
03/10 Fall #1 - 23,036 ( -6.1%)
04/10 #2 of 2 - 20,215 ( -12.2%)
05/10 Prince #1 - 20,373 ( +0.8%)
06/10 #2 of 4 - 17,068 ( -16.2%)
07/10 #3 of 4 - 15,667 ( -8.2%)
08/10 #4 of 4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
6 mnth ( +54.2%)
1 year ( +11.5%)
2 year ( -28.6%)

89. CHAOS WAR: X-MEN
12/10 #1 of 2 - 20,156

109. CHAOS WAR: DEAD AVENGERS
11/10 #1 of 3 - 20,312
12/10 #2 of 3 - 17,111 (-15.8%)

128,135. CHAOS WAR ONE-SHOTS
11/10 Chaos King - 17,578
11/10 Alpha Flight - 17,164
12/10 Ares - 15,232
12/10 God Squad - 14,627CHAOS WAR is still comfortably outselling the previous HERCULES-related titles, so promoting this story arc as a free-standing event appears to be working. The spin-off minis (which also include CHAOS WAR: THOR, listed separately with the other Thor books above) lag some way behind, and may be stretching things a bit.

71. ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE
05/10 #1 of 5 - 56,518
06/10 ---
07/10 #2 of 5 - 34,704 (-38.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 5 - 29,455 (-15.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 5 - 25,580 (-13.2%)Not holding up too well, despite having a strong creative team (Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert). I’m not sure these “Astonishing” minis are working quite as Marvel might have hoped.

75. NEW MUTANTS
12/09 #8 - 32,240 ( -3.3%)
01/10 #9 - 30,572 ( -5.2%)
02/10 #10 - 30,807 ( +0.8%)
03/10 #11 - 36,629 (+18.9%)
04/10 #12 - 49,591 (+35.4%)
05/10 #13 - 54,169 ( +9.2%)
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-54.7%)
1 year (-24.3%)Still shedding readers, but sales ought to be significantly boosted by the upcoming crossover with X-MEN LEGACY.

77. SECRET WARRIORS
12/09 #11 - 30,748 ( -2.6%)
01/10 #12 - 29,894 ( -2.8%)
02/10 #13 - 30,843 ( +3.2%)
03/10 #14 - 28,580 ( -7.3%)
04/10 #15 - 29,669 ( +3.8%)
05/10 #16 - 29,340 ( -1.1%)
06/10 #17 - 28,017 ( -4.5%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
6 mnth (-17.6%)
1 year (-24.9%)Wrapping up in the next few months when the storyline finishes. (It hasn’t been solicited for April.)

84. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 (-9.7%)The good news is that you’d normally expect a much bigger drop on the second issue – particularly since the first issue had three covers. So while the sales aren’t high, they may be unusually stable.

87. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)Levelling out, though 10% is on the high end for a third issue. Still, it is outselling the two cancelled Deadpool books.

88,91,100,105,108. WHAT IF?
12/10 #200 - 20,436
12/10 Wolverine: Father - 19,867
12/10 Spider-Man - 18,810
12/10 Dark Reign - 17,902
12/10 Iron Man: Demon in an Armor - 17,616The annual What If? one-shots. Last year they sold in the range of 21-25K, so we’re down significantly.

92. DARK TOWER
12/07 ---
12/08 Treachery #4 - 53,735
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12/09 Jericho Hill #1 - 30,756 ( -5.5%)
12/09 Jericho Hill #2 - 28,350 ( -7.8%)
01/10 ---
02/10 Jericho Hill #3 - 27,215 ( -4.0%)
02/10 Jericho Hill #4 - 26,336 ( -3.2%)
03/10 ---
04/10 Jericho Hill #5 - 25,896 ( -1.7%)
05/10 Gunslinger #1 - 26,275 ( +1.5%)
06/10 Gunslinger #2 - 24,024 ( -8.6%)
07/10 Gunslinger #3 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 Gunslinger #4 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 Gunslinger #5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
6 mnth (-17.6%)
1 year (-35.6%)
2 year (-63.1%)The full title is DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER – THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA. DARK TOWER is no longer getting even a token bump for the first issue of each miniseries.

102,121. WIDOWMAKER
06/10 H&M #1 - 27,552
07/10 #2 - 20,531 (-25.5%)
08/10 #3 - 17,870 (-13.0%)
09/10 #4 - 16,405 ( -8.2%)
10/10 #5 - 15,337 ( -6.5%)
11/10 #6 - 14,217 ( -7.3%)
12/10 WM #1 - 18,245 (+28.3%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,050 (-12.0%)
6 mnth (-41.7%)This is a curious one. “Widowmaker” was originally going to be a two-month crossover between HAWKEYE AND MOCKINGBIRD #7-8 and BLACK WIDOW #9-10. Both of those titles have been cancelled, so the story is now appearing as a four-issue mini – though still with alternating creative teams.

Following this series, HAWKEYE &MOCKINGBIRD writer Jim McCann is going on to do another Hawkeye miniseries. So for present purposes I’m going to treat this as part of a continuing Hawkeye/Mockingbird feature. Both books sold around 14-15K last month, so it doesn’t make a huge amount of difference. The crossover does deliver some sales increase, presumably because the books were different enough in tone to attract distinct audiences.

107. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
12/10 #4 - 17,730 (-13.7%)Dropping rather too quickly for comfort, four issues in.

111. DEADPOOL CORPS
03/10 Prelude #1 - 37,011
03/10 #2 of 5 - 32,024 (-13.5%)
03/10 #3 of 5 - 31,065 ( -3.0%)
03/10 #4 of 5 - 30,254 ( -2.6%)
03/10 #5 of 5 - 29,037 ( -4.0%)
04/10 Corps #1 - 39,466 (+35.9%)
05/10 #2 - 28,236 (-28.5%)
06/10 #3 - 26,251 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #4 - 24,476 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #5 - 22,887 ( -6.5%)
09/10 #6 - 21,888 ( -4.4%)
10/10 #7 - 19,644 (-10.3%)
11/10 #8 - 18,267 ( -7.0%)
12/10 #9 - 16,735 ( -8.4%)
6 mnth (-36.3%)Cancelled with issue #12.

113. OSBORN
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,152
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,704 (-27.9%)I remain a little surprised that this isn’t doing better, given the profile that Norman Osborn’s had over the last couple of years. (It’s a good book, too.)

115. PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD
12/06 ---
12/07 #14 - 38,471
12/08 #26 - 22,243
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12/09 #12 - 24,985 ( +0.3%)
01/10 #13 - 23,734 ( -5.0%)
02/10 #14 - 23,455 ( -1.8%)
03/10 #15 - 22,285 ( -5.0%)
04/10 #16 - 23,047 ( +3.4%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #17 - 22,378 ( -2.9%)
06/10 #18 - 19,605 (-12.4%)
07/10 #19 - 24,947 (+27.2%)
08/10 #20 - 24,304 ( -2.6%)
09/10 #21 - 20,036 (-17.6%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 (-17.1%)
6 mnth (-15.3%)
1 year (-33.5%)
2 year (-25.3%)
3 year (-56.8%)Still losing readers. The miniseries ends in March, and nothing has been solicited for April;hopefully Marvel will at least give the character a rest to build interest, before trying to relaunch him yet again.

116. INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES
10/10 #1 of 4 - 20,316
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,368 (-19.4%)Fairly normal second issue drop.

118. INVADERS NOW!
09/10 #1 of 5 - 33,696
10/10 #2 of 5 - 21,137 (-37.3%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 18,366 (-13.1%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 16,106 (-12.3%)Not holding up very well, particularly when you consider that every issue of this series has variant covers.

123. X-MEN: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
09/10 Vampires #1 - 25,654
10/10 #2 of 2 - 23,362 ( -8.9%)
11/10 Serve #1 of 4 - 19,273 (-17.5%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 15,976 (-17.1%)The X-Men anthology titles are similarly struggling to hold on to readers. As a second-issue drop, it’s not too bad, but the series is miles below the sales of the preceding vampire anthology.

126. DEADPOOL TEAM-UP
11/09 #899 - 39,584 (-22.9%)
12/09 #898 - 36,308 ( -8.3%)
01/10 #897 - 32,671 (-10.0%)
02/10 #896 - 30,119 ( -7.8%)
03/10 #895 - 28,573 ( -5.1%)
04/10 #894 - 28,835 ( +0.9%)
05/10 #893 - 26,578 ( -7.8%)
06/10 #892 - 23,697 (-10.8%)
07/10 #891 - 22,439 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #890 - 21,279 ( -5.2%)
09/10 #889 - 19,917 ( -6.4%)
10/10 #888 - 18,394 ( -7.6%)
11/10 #887 - 17,677 ( -3.9%)
12/10 #886 - 15,626 (-11.6%)
6 mnth (-34.1%)
1 year (-60.5%)Cancelled with issue #883.

133. SHE-HULKS
11/10 #1 - 18,616
12/10 #2 - 14,673 (-21.2%)Cut back to a four-issue mini before the first issue came out.

139. DEADPOOL: PULP
09/10 #1 of 4 - 20,965
10/10 #2 of 4 - 16,782 (-20.0%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 15,009 (-10.6%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 14,085 ( -6.2%)To be fair, for an out of continuity book, this isn’t bad at all.

142, 274. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
02/10 A to Z Update #1 of 5 - 5,406
03/10 Deadpool Corps - 21,900 (+305.1%)
04/10 Iron Manual Mark 3 - 9,456 ( -56.8%)
05/10 Avengers Assemble #1 - 15,113 ( +59.8%)
06/10 A to Z Update #2 of 5 - 5,312 ( -64.9%)
07/10 X-Men: Phoenix Force - 9,566 ( +80.1%)
08/10 A to Z Update #3 of 5 - 4,962 ( -48.1%)
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
6 mnth (+159.6%)The HEROIC AGE profile one-shots have been doing rather better than the HANDBOOK issues they’ve been interspersed with. That most likely reflects the fact that the HANDBOOK issues are miscellanies, which tend not to do as well as the themed issues.

150. IRON MAN LEGACY
04/10 #1 - 48,956
05/10 #2 - 29,175 (-40.4%)
06/10 #3 - 23,340 (-20.0%)
07/10 #4 - 20,142 (-13.7%)
08/10 #5 - 17,773 (-11.8%)
09/10 #6 - 15,949 (-10.3%)
10/10 #7 - 14,882 ( -6.7%)
11/10 #8 - 13,686 ( -8.0%)
12/10 #9 - 12,483 ( -8.8%)
6 mnth (-46.5%)Hasn’t been solicited past issue #11, which is the end of a storyline and a natural finishing point.

152. TASKMASTER
09/10 #1 of 4 - 18,550
10/10 #2 of 4 - 14,553 (-21.5%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 13,127 ( -9.8%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 12,350 ( -5.9%)Not bad numbers in the current climate, considering it’s a villain book.

162,168. X-MEN FOREVER
12/09 #13 - 18,870 ( -3.4%)
12/09 #14 - 18,376 ( -2.6%)
01/10 #15 - 17,665 ( -3.9%)
01/10 #16 - 17,290 ( -2.1%)
02/10 #17 - 17,873 ( +3.4%)
02/10 #18 - 16,464 ( -7.9%)
03/10 #19 - 16,183 ( -1.7%)
03/10 #20 - 15,990 ( -1.2%)
04/10 #21 - 15,530 ( -2.9%)
04/10 #22 - 15,305 ( -1.4%)
05/10 #23 - 15,045 ( -1.7%)
05/10 #24 - 14,940 ( -0.7%)
06/10 GS#1 - 15,039 ( +0.7%)
06/10 #1 - 16,094 ( +7.0%)
06/10 #2 - 14,933 ( -7.2%)
07/10 #3 - 14,151 ( -5.2%)
07/10 #4 - 13,835 ( -2.2%)
08/10 #5 - 13,632 ( -1.5%)
08/10 #6 - 13,351 ( -2.1%)
09/10 #7 - 12,869 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #8 - 12,753 ( -0.9%)
10/10 #9 - 12,260 ( -3.9%)
10/10 #10 - 12,064 (-16.0%)
11/10 #11 - 12,018 ( -0.4%)
11/10 #12 - 11,756 ( -2.2%)
12/10 #13 - 11,419 ( -2.9%)
12/10 #14 - 11,192 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-25.1%)
1 year (-40.7%)Cancelled with #16.

164. I AM AN AVENGER
09/10 #1 of 5 - 20,922
10/10 #2 of 5 - 14,882 (-28.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 12,277 (-17.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 11,242 ( -8.4%)Another struggling anthology title.

177. BULLSEYE: PERFECT GAME
11/10 #1 of 2 - 15,462
12/10 #2 of 2 - 10,609 (-31.4%)Not much sign of interest here.

179. OZMA OF OZ
12/08 #1 of 8 - 25,116
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12/09 #2 of 8 - 15,783 (-37.7%)
01/10 #3 of 8 - 14,216 (-10.0%)
02/10 #4 of 8 - 13,364 ( -6.0%)
03/10 ---
04/10 #5 of 8 - 12,922 ( -3.3%)
05/10 #6 of 8 - 12,366 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #7 of 8 - 12,200 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
6 mnth (-14.6%)
1 year (-34.0%)
2 year (-58.5%)Drifting slowly down.

181. STRANGE TALES 2 [Max]
10/10 #1 of 3 - 11,800
11/10 #2 of 3 - 9,960 (-15.6%)
12/10 #3 of 3 - 10,140 ( +1.8%)Modest sales, but at least steady.

182. ANT-MAN &WASP
11/10 #1 of 3 - 14,975
12/10 #2 of 3 - 10,044 (-32.9%)That’s a disappointingly steep second issue drop. But Marvel were pushing their luck trying to get a spin-off miniseries out of the Avengers’ D-title.

185. NEW MUTANTS FOREVER
08/10 #1 of 5 - 16,784
09/10 #2 of 5 - 13,778 (-17.9%)
10/10 #3 of 5 - 11,910 (-13.6%)
11/10 #4 of 5 - 10,515 (-11.7%)
12/10 #5 of 5 - 9,878 ( -6.1%)Levelled out as it went on, at least, and only a couple of thousand behind its thematic parent title X-MEN FOREVER.

196. KLAWS OF THE PANTHER
12/05 #11 - 29,327
12/06 #23 - 54,762
12/07 #33 - 25,906
12/08 ---
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12/09 #11 - 17,989 ( -6.0%)
01/10 #12 - 17,881 ( -1.0%)
02/10 Doomwar #1 - 43,241 (+141.8%)
03/10 #2 of 6 - 30,555 ( -29.3%)
04/10 #3 of 6 - 27,859 ( -8.9%)
05/10 #4 of 6 - 28,307 ( +1.6%)
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Klaws #1 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
6 mnth ( -64.9%)
1 year ( -49.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -64.7%)
4 year ( -83.3%)
5 year ( -68.8%)The end of the line for this incarnation of BLACK PANTHER (which is no surprise, with sales like that). But yet another relaunch has taken over DAREDEVIL’s numbering, as seen already. Marvel just don’t give up with this character.

199. IRON MAN: RAPTURE
11/10 #1 of 4 - 12,479
11/10 #2 of 4 - 11,239 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,758 (-22.1%)One for the Marvel Universe completists.

And from this point down, it’s the usual mix of all-ages books, licensed material, digital reprints and so forth:

208. HALO
12/09 Blood Line #1 - 10,551
01/10 #2 of 5 - 9,172 (-13.1%)
02/10 #3 of 5 - 8,793 ( -4.1%)
03/10 #4 of 5 - 8,683 ( -1.3%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #5 of 5 - 8,510 ( -2.0%)
06/10 ---
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 Boot Camp #1 - 10,715 (+26.0%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-18.8%)

230. WOMEN OF MARVEL
11/10 #1 of 2 - 8,145
12/10 #2 of 2 - 7,334 (-10.0%)

241. AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES
11/10 #1 of 4 - 7,934
12/10 #2 of 4 - 6,540 (-17.6%)

249. TRON: ORIGINAL MOVIE ADAPTATION
11/10 #1 of 2 - 6,854
12/10 #2 of 2 - 6,091 (-11.1%)

262. AVENGERS VS PET AVENGERS
02/10 Tails - 8,214 (-27.6%)
03/10 Unleashed #1 - 8,554 ( +4.1%)
04/10 #2 of 4 - 6,767 (-20.9%)
05/10 #3 of 4 - 6,339 ( -6.3%)
06/10 #4 of 4 - 6,166 ( -2.7%)
07/10 Dogs/Summer - 5,142 (-16.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 7,097 (+38.0%)
11/10 #2 of 4 - 5,871 (-17.3%)
12/10 #3 of 4 - 5,372 ( -8.5%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)

266. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
12/05 #10 - 6,391
12/06 #22 - 6,396
12/07 #34 - 6,115
12/08 #46 - 4,851
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12/09 #58 - 4,352 ( -3.3%)
01/10 #59 - 4,315 ( -0.9%)
02/10 #60 - 4,212 ( -2.4%)
03/10 #61 - 4,200 ( -2.8%)
04/10 #1 - 9,770 (+132.6%)
05/10 #2 - 7,709 ( -21.1%)
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 ( -11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth ( -28.9%)
1 year ( +17.6%)
2 year ( +5.5%)
3 year ( -16.3%)
4 year ( -20.0%)
5 year ( -19.9%)

267. SUPER HERO SQUAD
12/09 #4 - 4,132 ( -5.7%)
01/10 #1 - 9,709 (+135.0%)
02/10 #2 - 5,691 ( -41.4%)
03/10 #3 - 5,399 ( -5.1%)
04/10 #4 - 5,822 ( +7.8%)
05/10 #5 - 5,639 ( -3.1%)
06/10 #6 - 6,029 ( +6.9%)
07/10 #7 - 5,328 ( -11.6%)
08/10 #8 - 5,358 ( +0.6%)
09/10 #9 - 5,304 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #10 - 5,139 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #11 - 4,977 ( -3.2%)
12/10 #12 - 5,054 ( +1.5%)
6 mnth ( -16.2%)
1 year ( +22.3%)Final issue of the series, but there are some one-shots to come.

Three titles missed the top 300 altogether: MARVELMAN FAMILY’S FINEST #6, SUPER HEROES #9, and OFFICIAL INDEX #8, all with estimated sales below 3,811.

6 month comparisons
===================

+159.6% - Official Handbook
+ 75.8% - Wolverine
+ 54.2% - Chaos War/Hercules
+ 4.2% - Fantastic Four
- 0.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 4.7% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 10.0% - Uncanny X-Force
- 12.7% - Thunderbolts
- 12.9% - Pet Avengers
- 13.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 14.6% - Oz
- 15.3% - Punisher
- 16.2% - Super Hero Squad
- 17.6% - Secret Warriors
- 17.6% - Dark Tower
- 19.1% - Captain America
- 19.9% - Invincible Iron Man
- 20.0% - Thor
- 21.1% - Deadpool
- 25.1% - X-Men Forever
- 26.4% - Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis
- 26.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 27.8% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
- 28.7% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 28.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 29.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 30.5% - Ultimate Comics Avengers
- 30.6% - Secret Avengers
- 31.5% - Hulk
- 32.1% - Avengers
- 34.1% - Deadpool Team-Up
- 35.5% - X-Factor
- 36.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 36.3% - Deadpool Corps
- 39.5% - Avengers Academy
- 41.7% - Hawkeye &Mockingbird/Widowmaker
- 46.5% - Iron Man Legacy
- 47.4% - New Avengers
- 54.7% - New Mutants
- 64.9% - Klaws of the Panther

1 year comparisons
==================

+ 57.8% - Wolverine
+ 22.3% - Super Hero Squad
+ 17.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 11.5% - Chaos War/Hercules
+ 7.1% - Uncanny X-Force
- 0.8% - Fantastic Four
- 6.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 6.7% - Thunderbolts
- 6.8% - New Avengers
- 16.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 16.2% - Invincible Iron Man
- 18.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 18.8% - Halo
- 24.3% - New Mutants
- 24.9% - Secret Warriors
- 25.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 26.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 26.7% - Thor
- 27.7% - X-Factor
- 33.5% - Punisher
- 33.6% - Deadpool
- 34.0% - Oz
- 34.7% - Hulk
- 35.6% - Dark Tower
- 36.1% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 40.2% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 40.7% - X-Men Forever
- 49.2% - Klaws of the Panther
- 53.3% - Captain America
- 60.5% - Deadpool Team-Up

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 5.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 5.6% - X-Force
- 18.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 23.2% - Thunderbolts
- 23.2% - X-Factor
- 25.3% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 25.3% - Punisher
- 26.1% - Invincible Iron Man
- 27.8% - Captain America
- 28.6% - Chaos War/Hercules
- 29.5% - Fantastic Four
- 31.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 32.2% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 34.9% - Deadpool
- 38.8% - Thor
- 39.8% - Captain America
- 46.6% - Wolverine
- 58.5% - Oz
- 60.4% - Hulk
- 62.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 63.1% - Dark Tower

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 7.9% - Iron Man
- 16.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 16.4% - Wolverine
- 24.5% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 25.7% - Fantastic Four
- 35.7% - Avengers
- 44.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 45.2% - Captain America
- 45.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 55.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 55.5% - Thor
- 56.8% - Punisher
- 57.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 57.6% - Incredible Hulks
- 64.6% - X-Factor
- 64.7% - Klaws of the Panther

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 2.4% - Thunderbolts
- 20.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 31.0% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 31.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 33.0% - Wolverine
- 34.2% - X-Factor
- 35.1% - Uncanny X-Men
- 42.9% - Iron Man
- 44.7% - New Avengers
- 46.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 55.1% - Fantastic Four
- 55.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 83.3% - Klaws of the Panther

5 year comparisons
==================

+ 11.4% - Thunderbolts
- 4.6% - Captain America
- 11.6% - Incredible Hulks
- 18.5% - Fantastic Four
- 19.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 25.3% - Wolverine
- 29.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 31.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.4% - Daredevil/Black Panther
- 45.4% - New Avengers
- 49.8% - X-Factor
- 51.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 53.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 68.8% - Klaws of the Panther

Mauvais mois pour Marvel qui voit DC au meilleures places mais aussi sur le partage du marché en dollar (33% pour DC;32% pour marvel). Marvel restant devant pour le partage du marché en unité de comics.

Ca arrive peu souvent depuis 30 ans.
1-Lancement du 2eme titre Wolverine: Wolverine : the best there is à 57 348 ex... c est assez peu pour un 1 avec 5 varinat covers. Ca va perdre 20-30% dés le 2 au moins et donc se retrouver en dessous de 50 000ex.
Le titre Wolverine a été relaunché il y a 4 mois.. 1=le 1 etait un peu au dessus des 100 000 ex.. le 4 est à 52 000.. La source se tarit un peu. Le précédent relaunch avec Dark Reign avait été un echec.. ca s annonce pas mieux.
Ceci dit la meilleure vente Marvel est à 67 000 ex.. avec les titres Avengers de Bendis. On tombe a 50 000 dés les Spidey et X-men.. il faut donc relativiser. Marvel doit attendre Fear Itself avec impatience.
2- Le fait de donner la numérotation de Panther à DD a pas trop mal marché. Il se vend aux alentours de DD sans Shadowland et donc au dessus des titres Panther recents. A voir sans Variants et dés le 514 (les lecteurs auront pu se desabonner en ayant lu ce numéro)
3-Generation Hope 2 se vend plus que le 1: ca n arrive que tres tres rarement (voire jamais) mais le 1 fut un tel echec..
4-Heroes for Hire débute mal à 30 000.. Namor avait débuté plus haut et est déja en dessous de 20 000 (proche de l arret quoi)
5-le relaunch de Daken est catatrosphique.. la serie se vendait mieux avec la numerotation de Wolvie pere... X23 devrait pas aller bien loin non plus..

Difficile ed ecommenter quoi que ce soit d autres car les ventes ont clairement chutées depuis un an... c est assez inquietant d ailleurs

Mauvais mois pour Marvel qui voit DC au meilleures places mais aussi sur le partage du marché en dollar (33% pour DC;32% pour marvel). Marvel restant devant pour le partage du marché en unité de comics.

Ca arrive peu souvent depuis 30 ans.
1-Lancement du 2eme titre Wolverine: Wolverine : the best there is à 57 348 ex... c est assez peu pour un 1 avec 5 varinat covers. Ca va perdre 20-30% dés le 2 au moins et donc se retrouver en dessous de 50 000ex.
Le titre Wolverine a été relaunché il y a 4 mois.. 1=le 1 etait un peu au dessus des 100 000 ex.. le 4 est à 52 000.. La source se tarit un peu. Le précédent relaunch avec Dark Reign avait été un echec.. ca s annonce pas mieux.
Ceci dit la meilleure vente Marvel est à 67 000 ex.. avec les titres Avengers de Bendis. On tombe a 50 000 dés les Spidey et X-men.. il faut donc relativiser. Marvel doit attendre Fear Itself avec impatience.
2- Le fait de donner la numérotation de Panther à DD a pas trop mal marché. Il se vend aux alentours de DD sans Shadowland et donc au dessus des titres Panther recents. A voir sans Variants et dés le 514 (les lecteurs auront pu se desabonner en ayant lu ce numéro)
3-Generation Hope 2 se vend plus que le 1: ca n arrive que tres tres rarement (voire jamais) mais le 1 fut un tel echec..
4-Heroes for Hire débute mal à 30 000.. Namor avait débuté plus haut et est déja en dessous de 20 000 (proche de l arret quoi)
5-le relaunch de Daken est catatrosphique.. la serie se vendait mieux avec la numerotation de Wolvie pere... X23 devrait pas aller bien loin non plus..

Difficile ed ecommenter quoi que ce soit d autres car les ventes ont clairement chutées depuis un an... c est assez inquietant d ailleurs

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2011
by Paul O’Brien

February sees Marvel’s “Point One” programme get under way, with issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, WOLVERINE and IRON MAN. The Age of X crossover starts in X-MEN LEGACY and NEW MUTANTS. And there’s a new ongoing series, IRON MAN 2.0.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market. It’s a pretty wide margin over DC this month – 45% to 31% in unit terms, 41% to 28% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

4. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 170,682
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (-26.8%)In an unaccustomed display of restraint, this is the book’s third straight month without a variant cover. And it’s not alone, because Marvel have been holding off on the line-wide variants for a bit. (Don’t worry, normal service is resumed in March.) It seems to be levelling out, perhaps as retailers take a little time to figure out what the book’s baseline level actually is when no variants are in play.

5. FANTASTIC FOUR
02/06 #534 - 44,573
02/07 ---
02/08 #554 - 92,654
02/09 #564 - 49,520
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02/10 #576 - 37,526 ( -9.1%)
03/10 #577 - 35,791 ( -4.6%)
04/10 #578 - 37,940 ( +6.0%)
05/10 #579 - 38,415 ( +1.3%)
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 138,846 (+224.2%)
02/11 #588 - 63,529 ( -54.2%)
6 mnth ( +83.5%)
1 year ( +69.3%)
2 year ( +28.3%)
3 year ( -31.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( +42.5%)This is the final issue before the book’s relaunch as FF. Issue #587 picks up healthy re-orders of 23,398, which goes to show that killing a major character is one gimmick that still has drawing power. And of course it’s not pure gimmickry;the general consensus seems to be that this is indeed a death in service of a story, and a story which is pretty decent at that.

No variants on this issue, so the retained sales for the second month are quite healthy. Not a historic high for the series, admittedly, but good by current market standards. Presumably sales will be up again in March for the relaunch as FF.

6. NEW AVENGERS
02/06 #16 - 121,492
02/07 #27 - 130,531
02/08 #38 - 104,140
02/09 #50 - 106,831
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02/10 #62 - 76,405 ( -2.3%)
03/10 #63 - 76,145 ( -0.3%)
04/10 #64 - 75,430 ( -0.9%)
04/10 ---
05/10 Finale - 82,152 ( +8.9%)
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth (-25.1%)
1 year (-20.3%)
2 year (-43.0%)
3 year (-41.5%)
4 year (-53.3%)
5 year (-49.9%)Second straight month without a variant, and sales are holding steady.

10,12,14,15. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
02/06 #529 - 90,414
02/07 #538 - 142,956
02/08 #551 - 88,084
02/09 #587 - 60,118
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02/10 #620 - 59,860 ( +5.3%)
02/10 #621 - 55,350 ( -7.5%)
02/10 #622 - 53,929 ( -2.6%)
03/10 #623 - 66,064 (+22.5%)
03/10 #624 - 60,213 ( -8.9%)
03/10 #625 - 54,179 (-10.0%)
03/10 #626 - 53,868 ( -0.6%)
03/10 #627 - 54,206 ( +0.6%)
04/10 #628 - 57,797 ( +6.6%)
04/10 #629 - 53,560 ( -7.3%)
05/10 #630 - 57,969 ( +8.2%)
05/10 #631 - 57,239 ( -1.3%)
05/10 #632 - 56,723 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 (+42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 (-30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-20.5%)
1 year ( -3.6%)
2 year (-11.2%)
3 year (-39.4%)
4 year (-62.7%)
5 year (-41.0%)Four issues this month, if you count the Point One issue (and I do). None of these have variant covers, so it looks like the book’s core sales are holding steady at 53K.

Then there’s the Point One issue, #654.1. These books seem to have drifted badly from the original concept. When Marvel announced these books in October, their press release promised “the perfect jumping on points for the biggest super hero series in the world” which would “begin major new storylines.”

Since these issues are supposed to be a jumping on point, you’d figure sales should be up significantly – logically, they ought to sell to the whole regular readership plus a bunch of people trying out the series, right? But the sales increase is pretty anaemic, and the same goes for the other two books as well. Retailers just don’t seem to have had much faith in these books bringing in new readers.

With hindsight their scepticism may have been well-founded. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #654.1, for example, is a self-contained story – but it’s not an introduction to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. It’s a lead-in issue to the spin-off title VENOM. And as we’ll see, it’s not alone in wandering off message.

11. X-MEN LEGACY
02/06 #182 - 78,653
02/07 #196 - 75,707
02/08 #208 - 88,132
02/09 #221 - 56,517
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02/10 #233 - 51,344 ( +4.4%)
03/10 #234 - 48,217 ( -6.1%)
04/10 #235 - 65,302 (+35.4%)
05/10 #236 - 69,731 ( +6.8%)
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 53,888 (+34.1%)
6 mnth ( +1.2%)
1 year ( +5.0%)
2 year ( -4.7%)
3 year (-38.9%)
4 year (-28.8%)
5 year (-31.5%)This is part of the “Age of X” crossover with NEW MUTANTS;it’s also got a Fantastic Four Anniversary variant. While it understandably doesn’t match the sales on “Second Coming” last spring, it’s still a very healthy increase from the book’s regular sales – the promotion for this storyline has clearly paid dividends.

The lead-in one-shot AGE OF X ALPHA charts at number 243 with orders of 5,115, bringing its total to 52,165.

13. UNCANNY X-MEN
02/06 #469 - 79,039
02/07 #483 - 83,009
02/08 #495 - 90,410
02/09 #506 - 71,684
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02/10 #521 - 67,049 ( +2.0%)
03/10 #522 - 67,996 ( +1.4%)
04/10 #523 - 78,999 (+16.2%)
05/10 #524 - 77,056 ( -2.5%)
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth (-22.0%)
1 year (-19.7%)
2 year (-24.9%)
3 year (-40.5%)
4 year (-35.1%)
5 year (-31.9%)Third straight month without a variant, and it’s holding level.

17. UNCANNY X-FORCE
02/08 #1 - 105,149
02/09 #12 - 51,449
=====
02/10 #24 - 49,790 ( -2.1%)
03/10 #25 - 49,910 ( +0.2%)
04/10 #26 - 67,512 ( +35.3%)
05/10 #27 - 62,509 ( -7.4%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
6 mnth ( +33.8%)
1 year ( +3.4%)
2 year ( +0.0%)
3 year ( -51.1%)Again, no variants this month or last – the book is simply holding steady.

18. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 110,681
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-33.4%)Second month without a variant and sliding gently. There’s a change of creative team coming up.

19. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
6 mnth (-30.7%)The January issue had three variants, so the fairer comparison is with December’s issue #6. It’s still slipping, but not as badly as all that.

20. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
02/10 ---
03/10 Vol 1 #5 - 58,098 ( -1.6%)
04/10 Vol 1 #6 - 53,438 ( -8.0%)
04/10 Vol 2 #1 - 64,811 (+21.3%)
05/10 Vol 2 #2 - 52,939 (-18.3%)
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.4%)
1 year ( --- )ULTIMATE AVENGERS continues to experience diminishing returns with the launch of each new miniseries. Since this issue has 1:20 and 1:25 variants, and it’s part of the “Death of Spider-Man” crossover, I’m a little surprised it didn’t see a bigger spike.

22,24. WOLVERINE
02/06 #39 - 72,248
02/07 #51 - 97,181
02/08 #62 - 64,197
02/09 ---
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02/10 WX#10 - 30,132 ( -4.9%)
03/10 #11 - 29,799 ( -1.1%)
04/10 #12 - 30,050 ( +0.8%)
05/10 #13 - 29,773 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #5.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
6 mnth ( +56.1%)
1 year ( +52.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -28.5%)
4 year ( -52.7%)
5 year ( -36.4%)Our second Point One issue – and sales actually go down slightly, only to rebound for issue #6. That’s not a good sign for the Point One titles.

This one does at least deliver a self-contained story which introduces the cast and sets up a new villain (and it’s a pretty good story, too). But for some reason it’s scheduled between issues of an unrelated storyline, which is a funny sort of jumping on point.

25. ASTONISHING X-MEN
02/06 #13 - 140,655
02/07 #20 - 119,736
02/08 ---
02/09 ---
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02/10 ---
03/10 ---
04/10 ---
05/10 ---
06/10 #34 - 57,363 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #35 - 50,441 (-12.1%)
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
6 mnth (-12.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-63.0%)
5 year (-68.5%)New creative team Daniel Way and Jason Pearson come aboard, and there’s a variant cover to boot – but declining star power means yet another drop in sales for this book. It’s going to drop below X-MEN LEGACY’s regular sales very quickly at this rate, making it the X-Men’s fourth-tier title.

26,27. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
02/06 #90 - 71,470
02/07 #105 - 74,376
02/08 #119 - 58,045
02/09 #131 - 49,565
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02/10 #7 - 42,176 ( -3.3%)
03/10 #8 - 40,967 ( -2.9%)
04/10 #9 - 39,955 ( -2.5%)
05/10 #10 - 39,690 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 (+17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 (-16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 (+31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (+17.0%)
1 year ( +2.4%)
2 year (-12.8%)
3 year (-25.6%)
4 year (-41.9%)
5 year (-39.5%)The “Death of Spider-Man” storyline begins next month.

28,31. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
02/06 ---
02/07 #15 - 60,662
02/08 #26 - 36,607
02/09 #10 - 51,649
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02/10 #23 - 50,027 ( +1.8%)
03/10 #24 - 49,239 ( -1.6%)
04/10 #25 - 73,694 (+49.7%)
05/10 #26 - 53,625 (-27.2%)
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-15.3%)
1 year (-17.0%)
2 year (-19.6%)
3 year (+13.4%)
4 year (-31.6%)
5 year ( --- )Another Point One book, and again, it doesn’t seem to have had any significant effect on sales. Personally, I think that’s a shame – Point One seemed a good idea in theory, if not in execution. But if the first month is anything to go by, it hasn’t worked.

29. THOR
02/06 ---
02/07 ---
02/08 #6 - 98,315
02/09 #600 - 96,718
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02/10 #607 - 66,973 (+21.0%)
03/10 #608 - 62,012 ( -7.4%)
04/10 #609 - 64,522 ( +4.0%)
05/10 #610 - 61,779 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (-17.6%)
1 year (-37.1%)
2 year (-56.5%)
3 year (-57.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )Sliding very slowly. There’s a relaunch around the corner (again).

30. CAPTAIN AMERICA
02/06 #14 - 44,041
02/07 ---
02/08 #35 - 86,038
02/09 #47 - 62,850
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02/10 #603 - 63,568 ( -0.6%)
03/10 #604 - 56,962 (-10.4%)
04/10 #605 - 59,051 ( +3.7%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth (-20.6%)
1 year (-34.0%)
2 year (-33.3%)
3 year (-51.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -4.8%)Third straight issue with no variants, and sales look to be pretty solid.

34. ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES
02/06 ---
02/07 ---
02/08 #3 of 5 - 97,210
02/09 ---
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02/10 ---
03/10 #1 of 5 - 71,279
04/10 ---
05/10 #2 of 5 - 53,323 (-25.2%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #3 of 5 - 47,840 (-10.3%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 42,876 (-10.4%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-60.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )If you can’t say anything nice…

35. NEW MUTANTS
01/10 #9 - 30,572 ( -5.2%)
02/10 #10 - 30,807 ( +0.8%)
03/10 #11 - 36,629 (+18.9%)
04/10 #12 - 49,591 (+35.4%)
05/10 #13 - 54,169 ( +9.2%)
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 36,737 (+54.5%)
6 mnth (+14.8%)
1 year (+20.2%)This is part of the “Age of X” crossover, and sales are up substantially. It’s about 17K behind X-MEN LEGACY, which puzzles me. After all, it’s an old fashioned crossover where two books tell alternating chapters of a story. It’s principally an X-MEN LEGACY arc and it’s all written by X-MEN LEGACY writer Mike Carey.

Yet 17,000 people want to buy every second chapter in X-MEN LEGACY rather than getting the whole story by the same writer. Why?

37. WOLVERINE #1000
02/11 One-shot - 34,152Random anthology title recycling a joke that was funny when Deadpool did it. To be fair, it’s done a lot better than the typical random Wolverine one-shot. Perhaps this weird and seemingly arbitrary “issue #1000″ branding does actually move some comics.

39,41. HULK
02/08 #2 - 93,725
02/09 #10 - 77,217
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02/10 #20 - 51,962 ( -8.4%)
03/10 #21 - 50,785 ( -2.3%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #22 - 49,618 ( -2.3%)
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth (-32.7%)
1 year (-36.7%)
2 year (-57.4%)
3 year (-64.9%)Gently sliding.

42. ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS
05/10 #1 of 5 - 55,428
06/10 #2 of 5 - 44,953 (-18.9%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 5 - 38,951 (-13.4%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 5 - 33,100 (-15.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 32,093 ( -3.0%)And that completes Warren Ellis’ run on ASTONISHING X-MEN. Fairly standard behaviour for a miniseries here.

44. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380An ongoing title for the character who used to be called War Machine. This has 1:15 and 1:30 variants.

Opening sales of 31K puts this about the level where HEROES FOR HIRE launched and a few thousand below NAMOR THE FIRST MUTANT, so it’s not a blow away start. But it’s not SPIDER-GIRL either (that launched at 24K). There’s a window of opportunity here if it can stabilise quickly.

48,50. INCREDIBLE HULKS
02/06 #92 - 39,224
02/07 #103 - 46,690
02/08 #2 - 93,725
02/09 #10 - 77,217
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02/10 #607 - 45,870 ( -4.8%)
03/10 #608 - 47,148 ( +2.8%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #609 - 46,670 ( -1.0%)
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-33.0%)
1 year (-34.3%)
2 year (-61.0%)
3 year (-67.8%)
4 year (-35.4%)
5 year (-23.2%)Holding more or less steady over the last couple of months.

54. DAREDEVIL: REBORN
02/06 #82 - 53,058
02/07 #94 - 46,773
02/08 #105 - 42,098
02/09 ---
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02/10 #505 - 38,693 ( +4.2%)
03/10 ---
04/10 #506 - 37,467 ( -3.2%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #507 - 34,744 ( -7.3%)
07/10 #508 - 41,943 (+20.7%)
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
6 mnth (-30.0%)
1 year (-24.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-30.9%)
4 year (-37.8%)
5 year (-45.1%)Not great numbers, but it doesn’t really matter, since the book is being relaunched in the summer anyway.

58. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
02/10 #83 - 53,958 ( -1.6%)
03/10 #84 - 49,469 ( -8.3%)
04/10 #85 - 47,527 ( -3.9%)
05/10 #86 - 46,315 ( -2.6%)
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-30.4%)
1 year (-46.6%)No variant cover this month. Since the December issue had a 1:75 variant, the drop is likely to be significantly exaggerated.

59. DEADPOOL
02/09 #7 - 44,082
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02/10 #19 - 44,580 ( -2.9%)
02/10 #20 - 43,347 ( -2.8%)
03/10 #21 - 42,062 ( -3.0%)
04/10 #22 - 43,061 ( +2.4%)
05/10 #23 - 42,761 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (-19.5%)
1 year (-35.7%)
2 year (-35.0%)Another book on the traditional gentle slide.

60. ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED
02/11 #1 of 4 - 28,434This is a team-up of the Young Allies and the Secret Avengers, and since the Allies’ book was recently cancelled straight out of the gate, Marvel probably didn’t get their hopes up too high for this one. Then again, it does have two 1:25 variants by Rob Liefeld, which should have helped. All told, though, it hasn’t done too badly considering that the Young Allies have proved a tough sell in the past.

61. CARNAGE
10/10 #1 of 5 - 50,692
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 5 - 32,794 (-35.3%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 28,334 (-13.6%)Issue #1 picks up reorders of 3,240 to appear at number 285 – possibly a case of Marvel offloading stock rather than a sudden resurgence in interest for a book that came out in october.

No variant this month, so the drop is exaggerated.

62. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)First issue without a variant, so again, the drop is exaggerated. That said, it’s not a good sign that the book is already below 30K by issue #3. At this rate it’s probably going to drop below X-23 next month.

63. POWER MAN &IRON FIST
08/10 #1 of 4 - 21,206
09/10 #2 of 4 - 17,647 ( -17.0%)
10/10 #3 of 4 - 15,147 ( -14.2%)
11/10 #4 of 4 - 13,584 ( -10.3%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #1 of 5 - 27,579 (+103.0%)
6 mnth ( +30.1%)This is a sequel to SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN, teaming the new Power Man with the original Iron Fist. The Shadowland mini didn’t sell brilliantly but it was generally well reviewed, and it’s nice to see that rewarded with higher sales for the sequel. (The other factor, to be fair, is the inclusion of an established co-star in Iron Fist – he was in the previous series too, but the billing may make a difference.)

65. ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA
01/11 #1 of 4 - 35,741
02/11 #2 of 4 - 27,399 (-23.3%)A reasonable second issue drop, bearing in mind that there was a variant on issue #1.

66. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)Second month with no variants, and drifting gently down.

67. ULTIMATE COMICS THOR
10/10 #1 of 4 - 49,747
11/10 #2 of 4 - 31,829 (-36.0%)
12/10 #3 of 4 - 28,074 (-11.8%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 26,775 ( -4.6%)In fairness to the beleaguered Ultimate imprint, this did sell much better than most of the Thor minis Marvel have published over recent months.

68. S.H.I.E.L.D.
04/10 #1 - 44,543
05/10 ---
06/10 #2 - 37,595 (-15.6%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #3 - 33,335 (-11.3%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-21.4%)End of the first volume, but it’s going into an immediate relaunch.

70. THUNDERBOLTS
02/06 #18 - 23,735
02/07 #111 - 62,791
02/08 ---
02/09 #129 - 45,401
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02/10 #141 - 33,948 (+18.5%)
03/10 #142 - 34,132 ( +0.5%)
04/10 #143 - 35,656 ( +4.5%)
05/10 #144 - 33,276 ( -6.7%)
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-16.5%)
1 year (-23.1%)
2 year (-42.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-58.4%)
5 year (+10.0%)This book hasn’t had a variant since issue #150. Sales look to be steadying again.

71. X-FACTOR
02/06 #3 - 48,307
02/07 #16 - 38,240
02/08 #28 - 56,572
02/09 #40 - 31,943
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02/10 #202 - 30,981 ( +4.2%)
03/10 #203 - 28,924 ( -6.6%)
04/10 #204 - 40,534 (+40.1%)
05/10 #205 - 41,745 ( +3.0%)
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth (-15.9%)
1 year (-18.3%)
2 year (-20.8%)
3 year (-55.3%)
4 year (-33.8%)
5 year (-47.6%)Holding steady, and even getting a slight uptick.

72. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
02/06 #13 - 26,054
02/07 #25 - 56,479
02/08 #34 - 23,395
02/09 #1 - 46,699
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02/10 Doomwar #1 - 43,241 (+141.8%)
03/10 #2 of 6 - 30,555 ( -29.3%)
04/10 #3 of 6 - 27,859 ( -8.9%)
05/10 #4 of 6 - 28,307 ( +1.6%)
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Klaws #1 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
6 mnth ( -1.0%)
1 year ( -43.2%)
2 year ( -47.4%)
3 year ( +5.0%)
4 year ( -56.5%)
5 year ( -5.7%)The second issue drop was understandable, but another 10% this month is not so good. The last time Marvel relaunched BLACK PANTHER, in February 2009, it stared with 53K in sales and took eight issues to drop to this point. And it still got canned at the end of the year.

73. SILVER SURFER
02/11 #1 of 5 - 24,409The market does not appear to be crying out for a Silver Surfer relaunch just yet. The entire THANOS IMPERATIVE mini sold above this point, so the cosmic audience is bigger than this.

76. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth (-33.5%)Sliding slowly, but the fact that Marvel reprinted the whole first issue in a recent UNCANNY X-MEN suggests they’re committed to it. (And rightly so, it’s a very good team book.)

79. DEADPOOL &CABLE
02/11 #26 - 22,956This is, I suppose, a sequel to DEADPOOL &CABLE #25, which in turn was an epilogue to the last CABLE series. (Though in fact, the story is more of an epilogue to the CABLE &DEADPOOL ongoing from a few years ago.) Judging from these sales, retailers seem to have figured it for X-Men completist fodder.

80. SECRET WARRIORS
02/09 #1 - 57,704
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02/10 #13 - 30,843 ( +3.2%)
03/10 #14 - 28,580 ( -7.3%)
04/10 #15 - 29,669 ( +3.8%)
05/10 #16 - 29,340 ( -1.1%)
06/10 #17 - 28,017 ( -4.5%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #24 - 22,704 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-15.6%)
1 year (-26.4%)
2 year (-60.7%)Ends with issue #28.

81. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)Not great numbers, but again, Marvel have reprinted the entire first issue in a major title (AVENGERS), which shows some commitment.

83. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)Still sliding – as I’ve said before, given that this book was promoted with an entire storyline in UNCANNY X-MEN, it’s surprising to me that it hasn’t done better.

88. ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM
12/10 #1 of 4 - 27,469
01/11 #2 of 4 - 22,047 (-19.7%)
02/11 #3 of 4 - 21,039 ( -4.6%)Standard miniseries behaviour.

93. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
02/06 #30 - 34,293
02/07 #44 - 32,951
02/08 ---
02/09 #67 - 22,267
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02/10 #4 - 22,472 ( -1.8%)
03/10 #5 - 22,435 ( -0.2%)
04/10 #6 - 22,246 ( -0.8%)
05/10 #7 - 22,198 ( -0.2%)
06/10 #8 - 22,053 ( -0.7%)
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-14.4%)
2 year (-13.6%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-41.6%)
5 year (-43.9%)The lengthy gap between issues seems to have done some damage to this book, which previously looked to be have solid sales.

97. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)Typical slide.

99. WOLVERINE &JUBILEE
01/11 #1 of 4 - 21,354
02/11 #2 of 4 - 17,917 (-16.1%)Marvel have belatedly figured out that it might be an idea to bill this book as a “Curse of the Mutants” sequel (which it is), but it’s a bit late for that. This is actually an important story for one of the main characters, but it’s selling in completist-only numbers, from the look of it.

100. DARK TOWER
02/07 Gunslinger #1 of 7 - 175,214
02/08 ---
02/09 Treachery #6 of 6 - 48,127
=====
02/10 Jericho Hill #3 - 27,215 ( -4.0%)
02/10 #4 of 5 - 26,336 ( -3.2%)
03/10 ---
04/10 #5 of 5 - 25,896 ( -1.7%)
05/10 Gunslinger #1 - 26,275 ( +1.5%)
06/10 #2 of 5 - 24,024 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #3 of 5 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #4 of 5 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 #5 of 5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth (-18.7%)
1 year (-34.8%)
2 year (-63.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-89.9%)Continuing the book’s gentle drift downwards.

102. VENOM/DEADPOOL
02/11 One-shot - 17,609A reprint of the back-up strips from the recent WHAT IF..? one-shots. Not a bad number for that sort of thing.

103. THOR: FOR ASGARD
09/10 #1 of 6 - 32,236
09/10 #2 of 6 - 28,563 (-11.4%)
10/10 #3 of 6 - 23,724 (-16.9%)
11/10 #4 of 6 - 20,934 (-11.8%)
12/10 #5 of 6 - 19,463 ( -7.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 of 6 - 17,434 (-10.4%)One of the many, many Thor books flooding the market over recent months. This is the one by Robert Rodi and Simone Bianchi, to save you Googling it.

111. THE STAND
02/09 ---
=====
02/10 #4 of 5 - 22,804 ( -6.2%)
03/10 #5 of 5 - 22,294 ( -2.2%)
04/10 ---
05/10 ---
06/10 Hardcases #1 - 20,802 ( -6.7%)
07/10 #2 of 5 - 19,194 ( -7.7%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 18,352 ( -4.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth (-12.3%)
1 year (-29.4%)
2 year ( --- )Another book on a downwards trend. THE STAND doesn’t get bumps from the start of new minis any more.

112,117. DEADPOOL TEAM-UP
11/09 #899 - 39,584 (-22.9%)
12/09 #898 - 36,308 ( -8.3%)
01/10 #897 - 32,671 (-10.0%)
02/10 #896 - 30,119 ( -7.8%)
03/10 #895 - 28,573 ( -5.1%)
04/10 #894 - 28,835 ( +0.9%)
05/10 #893 - 26,578 ( -7.8%)
06/10 #892 - 23,697 (-10.8%)
07/10 #891 - 22,439 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #890 - 21,279 ( -5.2%)
09/10 #889 - 19,917 ( -6.4%)
10/10 #888 - 18,394 ( -7.6%)
11/10 #887 - 17,677 ( -3.9%)
12/10 #886 - 15,626 (-11.6%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #885 - 15,980 ( +2.3%)
02/11 #884 - 15,526 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth (-27.0%)
1 year (-60.8%)Cancelled with issue #883.

114. INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 4 - 20,316
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,368 (-19.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 4 - 15,758 ( -3.7%)Decent sales by the standards of the Icon books.

116. DEADPOOL CORPS
03/10 Prelude #1 - 37,011
03/10 #2 of 5 - 32,024 (-13.5%)
03/10 #3 of 5 - 31,065 ( -3.0%)
03/10 #4 of 5 - 30,254 ( -2.6%)
03/10 #5 of 5 - 29,037 ( -4.0%)
04/10 Corps #1 - 39,466 (+35.9%)
05/10 #2 - 28,236 (-28.5%)
06/10 #3 - 26,251 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #4 - 24,476 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #5 - 22,887 ( -6.5%)
09/10 #6 - 21,888 ( -4.4%)
10/10 #7 - 19,644 (-10.3%)
11/10 #8 - 18,267 ( -7.0%)
12/10 #9 - 16,735 ( -8.4%)
01/11 #10 - 16,120 ( -3.7%)
02/11 #11 - 15,538 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-32.1%)Cancelled with issue #12.

120,125. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)Cancelled with issue #8.

121. OSBORN
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,152
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,704 (-27.9%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 15,170 ( -9.2%)

123. INVADERS NOW!
09/10 #1 of 5 - 33,696
10/10 #2 of 5 - 21,137 (-37.3%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 18,366 (-13.1%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 16,106 (-12.3%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 14,897 ( -7.5%)A couple of low-selling Marvel Universe minis. I’m still surprised that OSBORN didn’t do better, considering the high-profile main character.

124. PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD
02/07 #4 - 52,961
02/08 #16 - 32,508
02/09 #2 - 40,928
=====
02/10 #14 - 23,455 ( -1.8%)
03/10 #15 - 22,285 ( -5.0%)
04/10 #16 - 23,047 ( +3.4%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #17 - 22,378 ( -2.9%)
06/10 #18 - 19,605 (-12.4%)
07/10 #19 - 24,947 (+27.2%)
08/10 #20 - 24,304 ( -2.6%)
09/10 #21 - 20,036 (-17.6%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 (-17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-38.9%)
1 year (-36.6%)
2 year (-63.7%)
3 year (-54.3%)
4 year (-71.9%)Heading for a relaunch in the summer.

127,134. HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT/WIDOW MAKER
06/10 H&M #1 - 27,552
07/10 #2 - 20,531 (-25.5%)
08/10 #3 - 17,870 (-13.0%)
09/10 #4 - 16,405 ( -8.2%)
10/10 #5 - 15,337 ( -6.5%)
11/10 #6 - 14,217 ( -7.3%)
12/10 WM #1 - 18,245 (+28.3%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,050 (-12.0%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 13,368 (-16.7%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,102 ( -2.0%)
02/11 BS #1 of 4 - 14,235 ( +8.6%)
6 mnth (-20.3%)I’m treating HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT as the latest version of the Jim McCann series that started in HAWKEYE &MOCKINGBIRD, wandered through WIDOW MAKER, and now ends up in this mini. There’s a slight boost for the new issue #1, but not much.

128. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
11/10 #4 - 19,469 ( -5.2%)
12/10 #5 - 17,730 ( -8.9%)
01/11 #6 - 15,181 (-14.4%)
02/11 #7 - 14,001 ( -7.8%)
6 mnth (-62.6%)Well, they’re still soliciting it. But given the number of cancelled books that we’ve already passed, the omens don’t look great.

129. X-MEN: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
09/10 Vampires #1 - 25,654
10/10 #2 of 2 - 23,362 ( -8.9%)
11/10 Serve #1 of 4 - 19,273 (-17.5%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 15,976 (-17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 14,530 ( -9.1%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,998 ( -3.7%)An X-Men anthology title.

And from here, we’re into the assorted anthology books, all-ages titles, low-selling Marvel Universe minis commissioned to tie in with films, reference books, novel adaptations, Icon reprints and so forth. I’ll chip in where there’s something to say.

131. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS ONESHOTS
01/11 Magneto - 19,365
02/11 Marvel Girl - 13,918

132. IRON MAN/THOR
11/10 #1 of 4 - 21,416
12/10 #2 of 4 - 15,977 (-25.4%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 14,139 (-11.5%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,313 ( -5.8%)

135. LOKI
10/10 #1 of 4 - 21,095
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 14,672 (-30.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 4 - 13,039 (-11.1%)

141. SHE-HULKS
11/10 #1 - 18,616
12/10 #2 - 14,673 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 - 12,926 (-11.9%)
02/11 #4 - 12,226 ( -5.4%)Cancelled.

146. CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,566
12/10 #2 of 5 - 14,582 (-38.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 13,060 (-10.4%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 11,726 (-10.2%)

147. IRON MAN LEGACY
04/10 #1 - 48,956
05/10 #2 - 29,175 (-40.4%)
06/10 #3 - 23,340 (-20.0%)
07/10 #4 - 20,142 (-13.7%)
08/10 #5 - 17,773 (-11.8%)
09/10 #6 - 15,949 (-10.3%)
10/10 #7 - 14,882 ( -6.7%)
11/10 #8 - 13,686 ( -8.0%)
12/10 #9 - 12,483 ( -8.8%)
01/11 #10 - 12,349 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #11 - 11,673 ( -5.5%)
6 mnth (-34.3%)Cancelled.

153. FROM THE MARVEL VAULT
02/11 Dr Strange - 11,248This seems to be an old inventory story that Marvel are belatedly publishing in a spirit of “Well, we’ve paid for it, why not?” And indeed, why not? It was doing nobody any good at the back of a drawer.

157. CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA
01/11 #1 of 5 - 26,841
02/11 #2 of 5 - 11,029 (-58.9%)

161. THUNDERSTRIKE
11/10 #1 of 5 - 15,689
12/10 #2 of 5 - 11,754 (-25.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 10,638 ( -9.5%)

179. OZMA OF OZ
02/09 #3 of 8 - 15,668
=====
02/10 #4 of 8 - 13,364 ( -6.0%)
03/10 ---
04/10 #5 of 8 - 12,922 ( -3.3%)
05/10 #6 of 8 - 12,366 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #7 of 8 - 12,200 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-31.5%)
2 year (-41.5%)

183,196. WARRIORS THREE
11/10 #1 of 4 - 14,203
12/10 #2 of 4 - 9,281 (-34.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 4 - 8,594 ( -7.4%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 7,807 ( -9.2%)

189. HALO
02/10 Blood Line #3 - 8,793 ( -4.1%)
03/10 #4 of 5 - 8,683 ( -1.3%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #5 of 5 - 8,510 ( -2.0%)
06/10 ---
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 Boot Camp #1 - 10,715 (+26.0%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -4.0%)

198. IRON MAN: RAPTURE
11/10 #1 of 4 - 12,479
11/10 #2 of 4 - 11,239 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,758 (-22.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 7,734 (-11.7%)

206. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
02/07 ---
02/08 Guilty #8 - 27,358
02/09 Laughing #5 - 14,095
=====
02/10 Executioner #4 - 9,626 ( -3.3%)
03/10 #5 of 5 - 9,454 ( -1.8%)
04/10 ---
05/10 Circus #1 - 9,484 ( +0.3%)
06/10 #2 of 5 - 9,060 ( -4.5%)
07/10 #3 of 5 - 8,557 ( -5.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #4 of 5 - 8,427 ( -1.5%)
10/10 #5 of 5 - 8,146 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-23.6%)
2 year (-47.8%)
3 year (-73.1%)
4 year ( --- )

207. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE KORVAC SAGA
12/10 #1 of 4 - 11,576
01/11 #2 of 4 - 8,724 (-24.6%)
02/11 #3 of 4 - 7,336 (-15.9%)This is an all-ages book, so it’s actually doing pretty well.

215. FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH
02/11 #1 of 7 - 6,901

221. CASANOVA: GULA [Icon]
07/10 Vol 1 #1 of 4 - 10,452
08/10 Vol 1 #2 of 4 - 8,349 (-20.1%)
09/10 Vol 1 #3 of 4 - 7,621 ( -8.7%)
10/10 Vol 1 #4 of 4 - 7,366 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Vol 2 #1 of 4 - 7,658 ( -4.0%)
02/11 Vol 2 #2 of 4 - 6,579 (-14.1%)
6 mnth (-21.2%)

244. AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES
11/10 #1 of 4 - 7,934
12/10 #2 of 4 - 6,540 (-17.6%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 4,008 (-38.7%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 5,027 (+25.4%)

246. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
02/06 #12 - 6,087
02/07 #24 - 6,678
02/08 #36 - 5,893
02/09 #48 - 4,622
=====
02/10 #60 - 4,212 ( -2.4%)
03/10 #61 - 4,200 ( -2.8%)
04/10 #1 - 9,770 (+132.6%)
05/10 #2 - 7,709 ( -21.1%)
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 ( -11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
6 mnth ( -20.6%)
1 year ( +16.9%)
2 year ( +6.5%)
3 year ( -16.5%)
4 year ( -26.3%)
5 year ( -19.1%)

248. SUPER HERO SQUAD
01/10 #1 - 9,709 (+135.0%)
02/10 #2 - 5,691 ( -41.4%)
03/10 #3 - 5,399 ( -5.1%)
04/10 #4 - 5,822 ( +7.8%)
05/10 #5 - 5,639 ( -3.1%)
06/10 #6 - 6,029 ( +6.9%)
07/10 #7 - 5,328 ( -11.6%)
08/10 #8 - 5,358 ( +0.6%)
09/10 #9 - 5,304 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #10 - 5,139 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #11 - 4,977 ( -3.2%)
12/10 #12 - 5,054 ( +1.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 Spectacular #1 - 4,879 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.9%)
1 year ( -49.7%)

261. ORSON SCOTT CARD'S SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD
06/10 Ender in Exile #1 - 6,568
07/10 #2 of 5 - 5,673 (-13.6%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 5,342 ( -5.8%)
09/10 #4 of 5 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #5 of 5 - 4,812 ( ??? )
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Speaker #1 of 7 - 4,703 ( -2.3%)
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,262 ( -9.4%)
6 mnth (-20.2%)

289. SUPER HEROES [Marvel Adventures]
02/09 #8 - 3,993
=====
02/10 #20 - 3,008 ( -3.1%)
03/10 #21 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/10 #1 - 8,107 ( ??? )
05/10 #2 - 6,360 (-21.5%)
06/10 #3 - 5,678 (-10.7%)
07/10 #4 - 4,564 (-19.6%)
08/10 #5 - 4,418 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #6 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #7 - 3,800 ( ??? )
11/10 #8 - 3,541 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #9 - ?,??? ( ??? )
01/11 #10 - 3,386 ( ??? )
02/11 #11 - 3,134 ( -7.4%)
6 mnth (-29.1%)
1 year ( +4.2%)
2 year (-21.5%)And finally, OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #10 didn’t make the charts, meaning that it had estimated sales below 2,860. (No great surprise, since it only had 2,599 in January.)

6 month comparisons
===================

+83.5% - Fantastic Four
+56.1% - Wolverine
+33.8% - X-Force
+30.1% - Power Man &Iron Fist
+17.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+14.8% - New Mutants
+ 1.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 1.0% - Black Panther
- 8.4% - Ultimate Avengers
- 8.9% - Super Hero Squad
-12.2% - Astonishing X-Men
-12.3% - Stand
-15.3% - Iron Man
-15.6% - Secret Warriors
-15.9% - X-Factor
-16.5% - Thunderbolts
-17.6% - Thor
-18.7% - Dark Tower
-19.5% - Deadpool
-20.2% - Speaker for the Dead
-20.3% - Hawkeye
-20.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-20.6% - Captain America
-20.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-21.2% - Casanova
-21.4% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
-22.0% - Uncanny X-Men
-25.1% - New Avengers
-26.8% - Avengers
-27.0% - Deadpool Team-Up
-29.1% - Super Heroes
-30.0% - Daredevil
-30.4% - Daken
-30.7% - X-Men
-32.1% - Deadpool Corps
-32.7% - Hulk
-33.0% - Incredible Hulks
-33.4% - Secret Avengers
-33.5% - Avengers Academy
-34.3% - Iron Man Legacy
-38.9% - Punisher
-62.6% - Namor

1 year comparisons
==================

+69.3% - Fantastic Four
+52.4% - Wolverine
+33.8% - X-Force
+20.2% - New Mutants
+16.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 5.0% - X-Men Legacy
+ 4.2% - Super Heroes [Marvel Adventures]
+ 2.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 4.0% - Halo
-11.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-14.4% - PunisherMax
-17.0% - Iron Man
-18.3% - X-Factor
-19.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-20.3% - New Avengers
-23.1% - Thunderbolts
-23.6% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-24.8% - Daredevil
-26.4% - Secret Warriors
-29.4% - Stand
-34.0% - Captain America
-34.3% - Incredible Hulks
-34.8% - Dark Tower
-35.7% - Deadpool
-36.6% - Punisher
-36.7% - Hulk
-37.1% - Thor
-41.5% - Ozma of Oz
-43.2% - Black Panther
-46.6% - Daken
-49.7% - Super Hero Squad
-60.8% - Deadpool Team-Up

2 year comparisons
==================

+28.3% - Fantastic Four
+ 6.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 0.0% - X-Force
- 4.7% - X-Men Legacy
-11.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-12.8% - Ultimate Spider-Man
-13.6% - PunisherMax
-19.6% - Iron Man
-20.8% - X-Factor
-21.5% - Super Heroes [Marvel Adventures]
-24.9% - Uncanny X-Men
-33.3% - Captain America
-35.0% - Deadpool
-41.5% - Ozma of Oz
-42.5% - Thunderbolts
-43.0% - New Avengers
-47.4% - Black Panther
-47.8% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-56.5% - Thor
-57.4% - Hulk
-60.7% - Secret Warriors
-61.0% - Incredible Hulks
-63.1% - Dark Tower
-63.7% - Punisher

3 year comparisons
==================

+13.4% - Iron Man
+ 5.0% - Black Panther
-16.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-25.6% - Ultimate Spider-Man
-28.5% - Wolverine
-30.9% - Daredevil
-31.4% - Fantastic Four
-38.9% - X-Men Legacy
-39.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
-40.5% - Uncanny X-Men
-41.5% - New Avengers
-51.1% - X-Force
-51.3% - Captain America
-54.3% - Punisher
-55.3% - X-Factor
-57.2% - Thor
-60.2% - New Ultimates
-64.9% - Hulk
-67.8% - Incredible Hulks
-73.1% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter

4 year comparisons
==================

-26.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-28.8% - X-Men Legacy
-31.6% - Iron Man
-33.8% - X-Factor
-35.1% - Uncanny X-Men
-35.4% - Incredible Hulks
-37.8% - Daredevil
-41.6% - PunisherMax
-41.9% - Ultimate Spider-Man
-52.7% - Wolverine
-53.3% - New Avengers
-56.5% - Black Panther
-58.4% - Thunderbolts
-62.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
-63.0% - Astonishing X-Men
-71.9% - Punisher
-89.9% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

+42.5% - Fantastic Four
+10.0% - Thunderbolts
- 4.8% - Captain America
- 5.7% - Black Panther
-19.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-23.2% - Incredible Hulks
-31.5% - X-Men Legacy
-31.9% - Uncanny X-Men
-36.4% - Wolverine
-39.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-41.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
-43.9% - PunisherMax
-45.1% - Daredevil
-47.6% - X-Factor
-49.9% - New Avengers
-68.5% - Astonishing X-Men

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/04/11/ma ... uary-2011/

MARCH 2011
By Paul O’Brien

This is the busiest month Marvel have had in quite some time. The big release for March was the relaunch of FANTASTIC FOUR as just plain FF, but the month also sees the prologue to upcoming mega-crossover FEAR ITSELF, two new ongoing titles in VENOM and IRON MAN 2.0, the revival of CrossGen titles RUSE and SIGIL, and issues from the “Death of Spider-Man” and “Age of X” crossovers.

We also have the second month of Point One issues – more on that below.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the direct market, both in terms of dollars (leading DC by 40% to 28%) and unit sales (45% to 32%).

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for allowing us to use these figures.

1. FF
03/06 #536 - 57,945
03/07 #544 - 73,880
03/08 #555 - 67,416
03/09 #565 - 48,378
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03/10 #577 - 35,791 ( -4.6%)
04/10 #578 - 37,940 ( +6.0%)
05/10 #579 - 38,415 ( +1.3%)
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 63,529 ( -55.9%)
03/11 #1 - 114,472 ( +80.2%)
6 mnth (+147.4%)
1 year (+219.8%)
2 year (+136.6%)
3 year ( +69.8%)
4 year ( +54.9%)
5 year ( +97.6%)Jonathan Hickman’s run on FANTASTIC FOUR has been getting good reviews for a while, without really piling on the sales. But killing off the Human Torch and relaunching the title as just plain FF has done a great job in drawing attention to the series. There are seven variant covers on this book, but even so, 114K is a huge number for a book that’s been in the mid 30K range until recently. This storyline is a big hit.

The second printing of issue #587 also makes the chart, adding 5,327 sales. As usual, those are included in the number above.
8. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 170,682
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
6 mnth (-19.2%)The line-wide variant covers are back, and this month’s theme is Captain America. AVENGERS hasn’t had a variant cover since issue #7, so the 4% sales increase here is no great surprise.

10. FEAR ITSELF
03/11 Book of the Skull - 62,714The prologue issue to the massive crossover which starts next month. Of course, it’s virtually certain that the series proper will be number one on the April chart. Prologue issues always sell below the regular title – and this one also has a different creative team to the series proper, and I suspect that might lead people to see it as more disposable. There’s one variant cover.

11. KICK-ASS 2 [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 6 - 71,782
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #2 of 6 - 62,235 (-13.3%)Five months between issues is not the happiest of schedules, but then this story is also being serialised at a more relaxed pace in Mark Millar’s UK anthology title CLiNT. The second-issue drop is quite small, and the delays don’t seem to be doing the book any harm at all – any creator-owned book which is on the verge of the top ten is clearly doing something right.

13. NEW AVENGERS
03/06 #17 - 121,098
03/07 #28 - 119,514
03/08 #39 - 103,046
03/09 #51 - 95,340
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03/10 #63 - 76,145 ( -0.3%)
04/10 #64 - 75,430 ( -0.9%)
04/10 ---
05/10 Finale - 82,152 ( +8.9%)
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-22.7%)
1 year (-21.3%)
2 year (-37.1%)
3 year (-41.8%)
4 year (-49.9%)
5 year (-50.5%)Continuing a slow drift down.

15,17. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
03/06 #530 - 89,874
03/07 #539 - 137,730
03/08 #554 - 81,072
03/09 #589 - 58,832
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03/10 #623 - 66,064 (+22.5%)
03/10 #624 - 60,213 ( -8.9%)
03/10 #625 - 54,179 (-10.0%)
03/10 #626 - 53,868 ( -0.6%)
03/10 #627 - 54,206 ( +0.6%)
04/10 #628 - 57,797 ( +6.6%)
04/10 #629 - 53,560 ( -7.3%)
05/10 #630 - 57,969 ( +8.2%)
05/10 #631 - 57,239 ( -1.3%)
05/10 #632 - 56,723 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 (+42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 (-30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 (+11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( +0.7%)
1 year (-11.1%)
2 year ( -0.2%)
3 year (-27.6%)
4 year (-57.4%)
5 year (-34.7%)Back to two issues this month, and both sell at the upper end of the book’s range. Issue #656 has a Captain America variant;issue #657 ties in to the death of the Human Torch.

19. UNCANNY X-MEN
03/06 #471 - 78,286
03/07 #484 - 82,043
03/08 #496 - 89,054
03/09 #507 - 77,957
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03/10 #522 - 67,996 ( +1.4%)
04/10 #523 - 78,999 (+16.2%)
05/10 #524 - 77,056 ( -2.5%)
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
6 mnth (-10.7%)
1 year (-18.0%)
2 year (-28.5%)
3 year (-37.4%)
4 year (-32.1%)
5 year (-28.8%)This issue has a variant cover, presumably explaining the slight sales increase on the final chapter of a storyline.

20. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 53,981Not bad at all. VENOM launches in the regular sales range of its parent title AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, albeit with the help of two variant covers. One of the stronger recent launches for an ongoing (certainly when you discount new books for A-listers like the X-Men).

21. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 110,681
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
6 mnth (-26.2%)Another Captain America variant cover.

23,25. UNCANNY X-FORCE
03/08 #2 - 81,714
03/09 #13 - 51,797
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03/10 #25 - 49,910 ( +0.2%)
04/10 #26 - 67,512 ( +35.3%)
05/10 #27 - 62,509 ( -7.4%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( +1.0%)
6 mnth ( +37.5%)
1 year ( +2.7%)
2 year ( -1.1%)
3 year ( -37.3%)Two issues this month, including a “Point One” book. X-FORCE sales are looking pretty healthy, with the book locked at the 51K range and the Point One book coming in only a few hundred behind. APOCALYPSE SOLUTION, a one-shot reprinting issues #1-3, also charts at number 216 with sales of 8,173. It’s a refreshing change to see a book settle down so quickly at this sort of level.

But let’s talk about the Point One books. For the second month, they’ve sold in pretty much the same quantities as a regular issue – generally slightly lower, at most a touch higher. To my mind, this is surprising. This was a big promotional initiative for Marvel. The price was dropped by a dollar. And Marvel have repeatedly described the Point One books as “jumping on points”.

So if this was working, sales ought to be up – and up quite substantially. You’d expect the Point One books sell to the regular audience, plus the people trying out the title. Yet for some reason that doesn’t seem to be happening.

Tom Brevoort maintains that this is not a problem at all. In his regular interview at CBR, he said: “The Point One books have done terrifically for us. Many of them have performed at a level slightly higher than the monthly issues, and even the weakest of them sold at around the level of the monthly book. That’s a massive success!”

But compare CBR’s report of the Point One conference call from November 2010: “Asked what would make this a success, [David] Gabriel said that ‘that would come from retailer reaction and fan reaction’, adding that ‘It’s not so much what they order in the first month, but in the second and third month.’” And if we go by Gabriel’s definition of success – a sustained increase in sales – Point One is not a success.

Incidentally, the same press conference also stated unequivocally that Point One issues would not interrupt ongoing storylines. As it happens, X-FORCE #5.1 did exactly that, shipping between the first two chapters of the unrelated “Deathlok Nation” storyline.

24. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
6 mnth (-23.1%)Another Captain America variant cover.

27. X-MEN LEGACY
03/06 #184 - 78,000
03/07 #197 - 75,184
03/08 #209 - 82,243
03/09 #222 - 55,605
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02/10 #233 - 51,344 ( +4.4%)
03/10 #234 - 48,217 ( -6.1%)
04/10 #235 - 65,302 (+35.4%)
05/10 #236 - 69,731 ( +6.8%)
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 53,888 (+34.1%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-11.1%)
6 mnth ( -6.1%)
1 year ( -6.7%)
2 year (-13.9%)
3 year (-41.8%)
4 year (-36.3%)
5 year (-38.6%)This is the second month of the “Age of X” crossover with NEW MUTANTS. The February issue had the additional benefit of a variant cover, so the drop in March isn’t too bad. The storyline is certainly up significantly from the immediately preceding months.

28. WOLVERINE
03/06 #40 - 75,557
03/07 #52 - 95,276
03/08 #63 - 64,465
03/09 #71 - 91,229
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03/10 #11 - 29,799 ( -1.1%)
04/10 #12 - 30,050 ( +0.8%)
05/10 #13 - 29,773 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #5.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
6 mnth ( -54.7%)
1 year ( +58.9%)
2 year ( -48.1%)
3 year ( -26.6%)
4 year ( -50.3%)
5 year ( -37.3%)Another Captain America variant. Generally, the book seems to be hovering comfortably in the mid-40Ks.

29,32. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
03/06 #92 - 72,269
03/07 #106 - 73,832
03/08 #120 - 57,728
03/09 ---
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03/10 #8 - 40,967 ( -2.9%)
04/10 #9 - 39,955 ( -2.5%)
05/10 #10 - 39,690 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 (+17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 (-16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 (+31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
6 mnth (+25.6%)
1 year ( +9.6%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-22.2%)
4 year (-39.2%)
5 year (-37.8%)These are the first two issues of the heavily promoted “Death of Spider-Man” storyline. The book actually got the sales boost from the promotion in February, but numbers edge up a little further this month.

30,34. CAPTAIN AMERICA
03/06 #16 - 44,717
03/07 #25 - 290,514
03/08 #36 - 81,378
03/09 #48 - 62,108
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03/10 #604 - 56,962 (-10.4%)
04/10 #605 - 59,051 ( +3.7%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
6 mnth ( -7.5%)
1 year (-22.1%)
2 year (-28.5%)
3 year (-45.4%)
4 year (-84.7%)
5 year ( -0.7%)Again, two issues this month. The Point One book does a little higher than usual, but nothing out of the ordinary. Issue #616 is the 70th anniversary giant-size special, and raises sales a little further.

31. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
03/10 Vol 1 #5 - 58,098 ( -1.6%)
04/10 Vol 1 #6 - 53,438 ( -8.0%)
04/10 Vol 2 #1 - 64,811 (+21.3%)
05/10 Vol 2 #2 - 52,939 (-18.3%)
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
6 mnth ( +2.3%)
1 year (-24.1%)This miniseries is part of the Death of Spider-Man crossover, and (unlike earlier volumes) there are variant covers throughout the run. In the direct market, at least, the sales are up a touch from ULTIMATE AVENGERS vol 3, but still below the level of vol 2.

33. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
03/06 #6 - 40,264
03/07 ---
03/08 #27 - 36,011
03/09 #11 - 52,165
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03/10 #24 - 49,239 ( -1.6%)
04/10 #25 - 73,694 (+49.7%)
05/10 #26 - 53,625 (-27.2%)
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
6 mnth ( -7.1%)
1 year (-10.8%)
2 year (-15.8%)
3 year (+21.9%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( +9.0%)There are two variant covers on this issue, hence the sales bump.

35,37. THOR
03/06 ---
03/07 ---
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
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03/10 #608 - 62,012 ( -7.4%)
04/10 #609 - 64,522 ( +4.0%)
05/10 #610 - 61,779 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
6 mnth (-20.4%)
1 year (-32.1%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )The Point One issue comes in very slightly below the book’s regular level. This is another one which doesn’t really match up to what Marvel originally announced. It shipped between issues of an unrelated storyline;it’s not by the regular writer;and frankly, it looks awfully like a fill-in issue. (But who knows, maybe its significance to the plot will become apparent in time.)

The regular series, meanwhile, looks to be rock solid. A movie-related relaunch is imminent.

36. ESCAPE FROM THE NEGATIVE ZONE
03/11 Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 - 41,720This is the start of a three-part storyline which continues into the STEVE ROGERS, SUPER-SOLDIER and NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANTS annuals. Annuals always sell worse than the regular series, and considering that the other titles in the storyline aren’t big sellers, this is a decent number.

40. NEW MUTANTS
03/10 #11 - 36,629 (+18.9%)
04/10 #12 - 49,591 (+35.4%)
05/10 #13 - 54,169 ( +9.2%)
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 36,737 (+54.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( +2.5%)
6 mnth (+18.9%)
1 year ( +2.8%)Part of the Age of X crossover, with sales up massively for a second month.

41. ULTIMATE COMICS X
03/10 ---
04/10 #2 - 47,996 (-25.2%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #3 - 44,568 ( -7.1%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)The nine month gap between issues is remarkable, and it’s tempting to assume that it explains the 16% drop in sales. But massive delays don’t always have that effect – so perhaps it’s also a reflection of the momentum which the Ultimate imprint has lost over that time.

43. AGE OF X UNIVERSE
03/11 #1 of 2 - 33,437This is a spin-off mini from the “Age of X” crossover, explaining what the other Marvel heroes are up to in the Age of X world. (And if you’ve read the story, you’ll know why that’s an odder concept than it first sounds.) It’s a pretty good number for an out-of-regular-continuity mini.

46,50. HULK
03/09 ---
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03/10 #21 - 50,785 ( -2.3%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #22 - 49,618 ( -2.3%)
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-33.0%)
1 year (-38.2%)
2 year ( --- )Another Point One issue making no discernible impact.

47,56. INCREDIBLE HULKS
03/06 #93 - 43,691
03/07 #104 - 47,823
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
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03/10 #608 - 47,148 ( +2.8%)
04/10 ---
05/10 #609 - 46,670 ( -1.0%)
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
6 mnth (-25.6%)
1 year (-36.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-37.7%)
5 year (-31.8%)Issue #624 has a Captain America variant, hence the spike.

54,58. DEADPOOL
03/09 #8 - 53,109
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03/10 #21 - 42,062 ( -3.0%)
04/10 #22 - 43,061 ( +2.4%)
05/10 #23 - 42,761 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-28.0%)
2 year (-42.9%)And another low-impact Point One book. Issue #34 is a Captain America variant.

61. RUSE [CrossGen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,520

62. SIGIL [CrossGen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,496The first two books from Marvel’s relaunch of the CrossGen properties. They’re so close together that retailers must be figuring that you’re either buying both or neither.

Wisely, Marvel are going with two miniseries to test the waters and reintroduce the characters, rather than trying to go straight for an ongoing title. Bearing in mind that these aren’t superhero titles – RUSE is a sort of Victorian detective series, and SIGIL is a fantasy title – it’s hard to judge how good the sales are, or how well the books are likely to do outside the direct market. But 28K is pretty good for a non-superhero Marvel book.

64,66. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth (-42.8%)Yet another title with two issues this month. Issue #8 begins a crossover with DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE, though there’s little obvious sign of sales increasing. The books sell in very similar quantities, so retailers may well figure the same audience is buying them both already.

65. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
07/10 #1 of 9 - 44,934
08/10 ---
09/10 #2 of 9 - 35,497 (-21.0%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 of 9 - 35,410 ( -0.2%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 of 9 - 31,977 ( -9.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 YA #1 - 27,738 (-13.3%)Not a regular issue of AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE, but a one-shot entitled YOUNG AVENGERS inserted into the run. It’s close enough to the regular issues that Marvel ought to be happy enough.

67,70. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
03/10 #84 - 49,469 ( -8.3%)
04/10 #85 - 47,527 ( -3.9%)
05/10 #86 - 46,315 ( -2.6%)
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth (-44.2%)
1 year (-45.0%)Issue #7 begins the crossover with X-23. No apparent impact on sales, presumably for the reasons discussed above.

68. DAREDEVIL: REBORN
03/06 #83 - 46,804
03/07 #95 - 46,455
03/08 #106 - 41,537
03/09 #117 - 41,046
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03/10 ---
04/10 #506 - 37,467 ( -3.2%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #507 - 34,744 ( -7.3%)
07/10 #508 - 41,943 (+20.7%)
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
6 mnth (-39.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-33.7%)
3 year (-34.4%)
4 year (-41.4%)
5 year (-41.8%)Heading for a relaunch in the summer.

69. ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA
01/11 #1 of 4 - 35,741
02/11 #2 of 4 - 27,399 (-23.3%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,226 ( -0.6%)Virtually no drop from last month, which is always a good sign.

72,74. THUNDERBOLTS
03/06 #100 - 26,798
03/07 #112 - 61,395
03/08 #119 - 40,173
03/09 #130 - 52,264
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03/10 #142 - 34,132 ( +0.5%)
04/10 #143 - 35,656 ( +4.5%)
05/10 #144 - 33,276 ( -6.7%)
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
6 mnth (-17.0%)
1 year (-21.7%)
2 year (-48.9%)
3 year (-33.5%)
4 year (-56.5%)
5 year ( -0.3%)Two issues this month – Marvel are getting very keen on this double shipping lark. Issue #155 has a Captain America variant, which explains the slight increase.

73. ANNIHILATORS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543Another cosmic mini. This is an unusual format – a double-length book carrying two full-length stories. It’s basically two minis combined into one, but since there’s a huge audience overlap between the cosmic books, the decision makes sense.

75,77. X-FACTOR
03/06 #5 - 46,490
03/07 #17 - 38,067
03/08 #29 - 54,832
03/09 #41 - 31,888
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03/10 #203 - 28,924 ( -6.6%)
04/10 #204 - 40,534 (+40.1%)
05/10 #205 - 41,745 ( +3.0%)
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth (-15.2%)
1 year (-13.1%)
2 year (-21.2%)
3 year (-54.2%)
4 year (-34.0%)
5 year (-46.0%)Rock solid.

76. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)That’s losing readers a bit too quickly for comfort, I’d have said.

81. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)Rather steep for the second issue drop, but it can still level out. There’s a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc coming up in a couple of months, as well.

82. ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE
05/10 #1 of 5 - 56,518
06/10 ---
07/10 #2 of 5 - 34,704 (-38.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 5 - 29,455 (-15.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 5 - 25,580 (-13.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #5 of 6 - 24,036 ( -6.0%)Standard miniseries behaviour, levelling out as it goes on.

83. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
03/06 #14 - 28,809
03/07 #26 - 48,717
03/08 #35 - 21,332
03/09 #2 - 33,755
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03/10 #2 of 6 - 30,555 ( -29.3%)
04/10 #3 of 6 - 27,859 ( -8.9%)
05/10 #4 of 6 - 28,307 ( +1.6%)
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -21.5%)
2 year ( -28.9%)
3 year ( +12.4%)
4 year ( -50.8%)
5 year ( -16.7%)A fairly small drop this month – perhaps it’s finding its level.

84,86. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
6 mnth (-24.3%)Two issues this month, and the book is holding almost level – nice to see.

87. SILVER SURFER
02/11 #1 of 5 - 24,409
03/11 #2 of 5 - 23,484 (-3.8%)That’s an unusually small drop for the second issue. A good sign, obviously.

90. SECRET WARRIORS
03/09 #2 - 48,086
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03/10 #14 - 28,580 ( -7.3%)
04/10 #15 - 29,669 ( +3.8%)
05/10 #16 - 29,340 ( -1.1%)
06/10 #17 - 28,017 ( -4.5%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #24 - 22,704 ( -1.6%)
02/11 #25 - 22,691 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)
1 year (-20.6%)
2 year (-52.8%)Ends with issue #28.

91. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)

95. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)Both levelling out, but they’re lower than you might hope. HEROES FOR HIRE is an interesting case because Marvel had enough faith in it to reprint the whole first issue in AVENGERS, one of their top-selling books;you’d like to hope that would get a few readers on board.

98,115. MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME
03/11 #1 of 5 - 20,995
03/11 #2 of 5 - 18,287 (-12.9%)That’s a relatively small second issue drop. The Marvel Zombies franchise isn’t the draw it used to be, but it’s still evidently got a solid audience.

100. ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM
12/10 #1 of 4 - 27,469
01/11 #2 of 4 - 22,047 (-19.7%)
02/11 #3 of 4 - 21,039 ( -4.6%)
03/11 #4 of 4 - 20,768 ( -1.3%)Standard miniseries behaviour.

102,110,116,120,124. 5 RONIN
03/11 #1 of 5 - 20,655
03/11 #2 of 5 - 18,730 (-9.3%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 18,186 (-2.9%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,713 (-2.6%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 17,441 (-1.5%)Weekly miniseries with Marvel heroes reinvented as characters from feudal Japan.

103. SCARLET [Icon]
07/10 #1 - 34,938
08/10 ---
09/10 #2 - 27,312 (-21.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 24,986 ( -8.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 - 22,011 (-11.9%)
02/11 ---
03/11 #5 - 20,473 ( -7.0%)
6 mnth (-25.0%)This is the first issue without a variant cover, so the drop from issue #4 will be exaggerated.

107. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
03/06 #31 - 34,505
03/07 #45 - 33,245
03/08 #55 - 31,276
03/09 #68 - 22,255
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03/10 #5 - 22,435 ( -0.2%)
04/10 #6 - 22,246 ( -0.8%)
05/10 #7 - 22,198 ( -0.2%)
06/10 #8 - 22,053 ( -0.7%)
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-14.2%)
2 year (-13.5%)
3 year (-38.5%)
4 year (-42.1%)
5 year (-44.2%)Holding steady from last issue. The book lost a couple of thousand in sales from the long gap between issues #9 and #10, but that seems to have been a one-off hit.

117. ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED
02/11 #1 of 4 - 28,434
03/11 #2 of 4 - 18,098 (-36.4%)There was a variant cover on issue #1, but even so, that’s a big drop for the second issue.

119. WOLVERINE &JUBILEE
01/11 #1 of 4 - 21,354
02/11 #2 of 4 - 17,917 (-16.1%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 17,734 ( -1.0%)Levelling out pretty quickly. It does have the advantage of tying in closely to a storyline from X-MEN.

121. ASTONISHING THOR
11/10 #1 of 5 - 29,202
12/10 ---
01/11 #2 of 5 - 19,642 (-32.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 #3 of 5 - 17,698 ( -9.9%)These are surprisingly low numbers considering that the ASTONISHING books are supposed to be some sort of prestige imprint. But then ASTONISHING THOR was launched as part of the deluge of Thor books that flooded the market, which can’t have done it any favours.

122. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)Ends with issue #12. A collected edition of issues #1-3 also makes the chart with sales of 4,933 – a very good number for a book at this level.

123. DARK TOWER
03/07 G Born #2 - 168,258
03/08 Long Road Home #1 - 123,839
03/09 ---
=====
03/10 ---
04/10 Jericho Hill #5 - 25,896 ( -1.7%)
05/10 Gunslinger #1 - 26,275 ( +1.5%)
06/10 Gunslinger #2 - 24,024 ( -8.6%)
07/10 Gunslinger #3 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 Gunslinger #4 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 Gunslinger #5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (-18.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-85.9%)
4 year (-89.6%)Levelling out, as usual at this stage in an arc.

125. DEADPOOL CORPS
03/10 Prelude #1 - 37,011
03/10 #2 of 5 - 32,024 (-13.5%)
03/10 #3 of 5 - 31,065 ( -3.0%)
03/10 #4 of 5 - 30,254 ( -2.6%)
03/10 #5 of 5 - 29,037 ( -4.0%)
04/10 Corps #1 - 39,466 (+35.9%)
05/10 #2 - 28,236 (-28.5%)
06/10 #3 - 26,251 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #4 - 24,476 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #5 - 22,887 ( -6.5%)
09/10 #6 - 21,888 ( -4.4%)
10/10 #7 - 19,644 (-10.3%)
11/10 #8 - 18,267 ( -7.0%)
12/10 #9 - 16,735 ( -8.4%)
01/11 #10 - 16,120 ( -3.7%)
02/11 #11 - 15,538 ( -3.6%)
03/11 #12 - 17,277 (+11.2%)
6 mnth (-21.1%)
1 year (-40.5%)

128. DEADPOOL TEAM-UP
03/10 #895 - 28,573 ( -5.1%)
04/10 #894 - 28,835 ( +0.9%)
05/10 #893 - 26,578 ( -7.8%)
06/10 #892 - 23,697 (-10.8%)
07/10 #891 - 22,439 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #890 - 21,279 ( -5.2%)
09/10 #889 - 19,917 ( -6.4%)
10/10 #888 - 18,394 ( -7.6%)
11/10 #887 - 17,677 ( -3.9%)
12/10 #886 - 15,626 (-11.6%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #885 - 15,980 ( +2.3%)
02/11 #884 - 15,526 ( -2.8%)
03/11 #883 - 17,172 (+10.6%)
6 mnth (-13.8%)
1 year (-39.9%)Both cancelled. There are variant covers on the final issue, hence the increases.

135,140. INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 4 - 20,316
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,368 (-19.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 4 - 15,758 ( -3.7%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 15,607 ( -1.0%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,889 ( -4.6%)Decent numbers for an Icon book.

137,141. THE STAND
03/09 Nightmares #1 - 47,473
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03/10 Soul Survivors #5 - 22,294 ( -2.2%)
04/10 ---
05/10 ---
06/10 Hardcases #1 - 20,802 ( -6.7%)
07/10 #2 of 5 - 19,194 ( -7.7%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 18,352 ( -4.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-33.8%)
2 year (-68.9%)Drifting down.

139,153,159,160,162. CAPTAIN AMERICA ONE-SHOTS
03/11 Falcon - 15,010
03/11 Secret Avengers - 13,722
03/11 First Thirteen - 12,857
03/11 Crossbones - 12,836
03/11 Batroc - 12,640This is what happens when you carpet-bomb the market with Captain America product and then release another five one-shots on top of it. (The BATROC one is very good, by the way.)

143. POWERS [Icon]
03/06 #17 - 24,139
03/07 ---
03/08 #28 - 19,256
03/09 ---
=====
03/10 #3 - 16,768 ( -2.4%)
04/10 #4 - 16,463 ( -1.8%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #5 - 16,019 ( -2.7%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 #6 - 14,991 ( -6.4%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #7 - 14,631 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( -2.4%)
1 year (-12.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-24.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-39.4%)Virtually no change despite the six-month gap between issues.

144. OSBORN
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,152
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,704 (-27.9%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 15,170 ( -9.2%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 14,475 ( -4.6%)Standard miniseries behaviour.

145. PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD
03/07 #5 - 50,190
03/08 #17 - 31,227
03/09 #3 - 37,570
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03/10 #15 - 22,285 ( -5.0%)
04/10 #16 - 23,047 ( +3.4%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #17 - 22,378 ( -2.9%)
06/10 #18 - 19,605 (-12.4%)
07/10 #19 - 24,947 (+27.2%)
08/10 #20 - 24,304 ( -2.6%)
09/10 #21 - 20,036 (-17.6%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 (-17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-27.8%)
1 year (-35.1%)
2 year (-61.5%)
3 year (-53.7%)
4 year (-71.2%)Heading for another relaunch in the summer.

146. WOLVERINE/HERCULES
03/11 #1 of 4 - 14,351We’re getting into completist-only territory with numbers like this.

151,161. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS ONESHOTS
01/11 Magneto - 19,365
02/11 Marvel Girl - 13,918
03/11 Cyclops - 13,770
03/11 Iceman/Angel - 12,749Interesting that the Magneto one-shot did so much better than the other three.

152. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)Cancelled with issue #8.

155. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
11/10 #4 - 19,469 ( -5.2%)
12/10 #5 - 17,730 ( -8.9%)
01/11 #6 - 15,181 (-14.4%)
02/11 #7 - 14,001 ( -7.8%)
03/11 #8 - 13,385 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth (-43.9%)Cancelled with issue #11 – though in fairness, it’s immediately followed by FEAR ITSELF: THE DEEP, which seems to be a Namor book too.

From here on, it’s low-selling minis, all-ages books and so forth, so I’ll chip in when there’s something to say.

165. HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT
06/10 H&M #1 - 27,552
07/10 #2 - 20,531 (-25.5%)
08/10 #3 - 17,870 (-13.0%)
09/10 #4 - 16,405 ( -8.2%)
10/10 #5 - 15,337 ( -6.5%)
11/10 #6 - 14,217 ( -7.3%)
12/10 WM #1 - 18,245 (+28.3%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,050 (-12.0%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 13,368 (-16.7%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,102 ( -2.0%)
02/11 BS #1 of 4 - 14,235 ( +8.6%)
03/11 #2 of 4 - 12,467 (-12.4%)
6 mnth (-24.0%)

170. LOKI
10/10 #1 of 4 - 21,095
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 4 - 14,672 (-30.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 4 - 13,039 (-11.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 of 4 - 12,055 ( -7.5%)

175. CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,566
12/10 #2 of 5 - 14,582 (-38.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 13,060 (-10.4%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 11,726 (-10.2%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 11,355 ( -3.2%)

182. CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS
03/11 #1 70th anniversary - 10,530This is a reprint of the Golden Age issue.

186. CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA
01/11 #1 of 5 - 26,841
02/11 #2 of 5 - 11,029 (-58.9%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,375 ( -5.9%)

189. POWER MAN &IRON FIST
08/10 #1 of 4 - 21,206
09/10 #2 of 4 - 17,647 ( -17.0%)
10/10 #3 of 4 - 15,147 ( -14.2%)
11/10 #4 of 4 - 13,584 ( -10.3%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #1 of 5 - 27,579 (+103.0%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 12,181 ( -55.8%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,226 ( -16.0%)

197. THUNDERSTRIKE
11/10 #1 of 5 - 15,689
12/10 #2 of 5 - 11,754 (-25.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 10,638 ( -9.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 9,818 ( -7.7%)

203. FEAR ITSELF SKETCHBOOK
03/11 Bundle of 25 - 9,331

209. SPIDER-MAN: YOU'RE HIRED!
03/11 One-shot - 8,731This is a curious one – a print version of a giveaway comic you can get for free online, in which Spider-Man discusses employment policy with the Mayor of New York! I can only assume this is selling to completist collectors who want a physical copy and don’t live in NYC.

247,249,264,279,296,298. MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS
03/11 Ultimate Spider-Man #1 - 6,812
03/11 Astonishing X-Men #1 - 6,665
03/11 Ultimates #1 - 6,073
03/11 X-23 #1 - 5,343
03/11 Captain America: Reborn #1 - 4,639
03/11 Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1 - 4,547

252. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE KORVAC SAGA
12/10 #1 of 4 - 11,576
01/11 #2 of 4 - 8,724 (-24.6%)
02/11 #3 of 4 - 7,336 (-15.9%)
03/11 #4 of 4 - 6,537 (-10.9%)

262. CASANOVA: GULA [Icon]
07/10 Vol 1 #1 of 4 - 10,452
08/10 Vol 1 #2 of 4 - 8,349 (-20.1%)
09/10 Vol 1 #3 of 4 - 7,621 ( -8.7%)
10/10 Vol 1 #4 of 4 - 7,366 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Vol 2 #1 of 4 - 7,658 ( +4.0%)
02/11 Vol 2 #2 of 4 - 6,579 (-14.1%)
03/11 Vol 2 #3 of 4 - 6,152 ( -6.5%)
6 mnth (-19.3%)

267. OZ PRIMER
03/11 One-shot - 6,009

286. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
03/06 #13 - 5,899
03/07 #25 - 6,408
03/08 #37 - 5,877
03/09 #49 - 4,640
=====
03/10 #61 - 4,200 ( -2.8%)
04/10 #1 - 9,770 (+132.6%)
05/10 #2 - 7,709 ( -21.1%)
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 ( -11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth ( -14.1%)
1 year ( +18.2%)
2 year ( +7.0%)
3 year ( -15.5%)
4 year ( -22.5%)
5 year ( -15.8%)

287. FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH
02/11 #1 of 7 - 6,901
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,935 (-28.5%)And several Marvel titles failed to chart – ORSON SCOTT CARD’S SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD #4, SUPER HEROES #12, OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #11, and EMMA #1. The number 300 book in March was GRIM GHOST #1, with estimated sales of 4,499.

6 month comparisons
===================

+147.4% - FF
+ 25.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 18.9% - New Mutants
+ 2.7% - Uncanny X-Force
+ 2.3% - Ultimate Avengers
+ 0.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 2.4% - Powers
- 6.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 7.1% - Iron Man
- 7.5% - Captain America
- 10.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 12.5% - Secret Warriors
- 13.8% - Deadpool Team-Up
- 14.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 15.2% - X-Factor
- 16.8% - Deadpool
- 17.0% - Thunderbolts
- 19.2% - Avengers
- 19.3% - Casanova
- 20.4% - Thor
- 21.1% - Deadpool Corps
- 22.7% - New Avengers
- 23.1% - X-Men
- 24.0% - Hawkeye
- 24.3% - Avengers Academy
- 25.0% - Scarlet
- 25.6% - Incredible Hulks
- 26.2% - Secret Avengers
- 27.8% - Punisher (MU)
- 33.0% - Hulk
- 39.1% - Daredevil
- 42.8% - X-23
- 43.9% - Namor: The First Mutant
- 44.2% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 54.7% - Wolverine

1 year comparisons
==================

+219.8% - FF
+ 58.9% - Wolverine
+ 18.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 9.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 2.8% - New Mutants
+ 2.7% - X-Force
- 6.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 10.8% - Iron Man
- 11.1% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 12.7% - Powers
- 13.1% - X-Factor
- 14.2% - PunisherMax
- 18.0% - Uncanny X-Men
- 20.6% - Secret Warriors
- 21.3% - New Avengers
- 21.5% - Black Panther
- 21.7% - Thunderbolts
- 22.1% - Captain America
- 24.1% - Ultimate Avengers
- 28.0% - Deadpool
- 32.1% - Thor
- 33.8% - Stand
- 35.1% - Punisher [MU]
- 36.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 38.2% - Hulk
- 39.9% - Deadpool Team-Up
- 40.5% - Deadpool Corps
- 45.0% - Daken: Dark Wolverine

2 year comparisons
==================

+136.8% - FF
+ 7.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 0.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 1.1% - X-Force
- 13.5% - PunisherMax
- 13.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 15.8% - Iron Man
- 21.2% - X-Factor
- 28.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 28.5% - Captain America
- 28.9% - Black Panther
- 33.7% - Daredevil
- 37.1% - New Avengers
- 42.9% - Deadpool
- 48.1% - Wolverine
- 48.9% - Thunderbolts
- 52.8% - Secret Warriors
- 61.5% - Punisher [MU]
- 68.9% - Stand

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 69.8% - FF
+ 21.9% - Iron Man
+ 12.4% - Black Panther
- 15.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 21.2% - X-Factor
- 22.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 24.0% - Powers
- 26.6% - Wolverine
- 27.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 33.5% - Thunderbolts
- 34.4% - Daredevil
- 37.3% - X-Force
- 37.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 38.5% - PunisherMax
- 41.8% - New Avengers
- 41.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 45.4% - Captain America
- 53.7% - Punisher [MU]
- 85.9% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 54.9% - FF
- 22.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 32.1% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.0% - X-Factor
- 36.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 37.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 39.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 41.4% - Daredevil
- 42.1% - PunisherMax
- 49.9% - New Avengers
- 50.3% - Wolverine
- 50.8% - Black Panther
- 56.5% - Thunderbolts
- 57.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 71.2% - Punisher [MU]
- 84.7% - Captain America
- 89.6% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

+ 97.6% - FF
+ 9.0% - Iron Man
- 0.3% - Thunderbolts
- 0.7% - Captain America
- 15.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 16.7% - Black Panther
- 28.8% - Uncanny X-Men
- 31.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 34.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 37.3% - Wolverine
- 37.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 38.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 39.4% - Powers
- 41.8% - Daredevil: Reborn
- 44.2% - PunisherMax
- 46.0% - X-Factor
- 50.5% - New Avengers

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/05/12/ma ... arch-2011/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2011
by Paul O’Brien

Event season is upon us again. FEAR ITSELF launched in April, together with its spin-off anthology FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT. Further down the charts, “Death of Spider-Man” and “Age of X” are also underway. April also sees the relaunches of THOR and HERC, as well the de facto launch of a new series, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, continuing from THOR’s previous numbering.

It’s also worth noting Marvel’s increasing trend towards shipping extra issues of ongoing titles, apparently in place of low-selling miniseries. Now that the hordes of Captain America and Thor minis which were used to generate movie tie-in material are out of the way, it’s actually thinning out quite a bit at the lower end of the chart.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 40% to 27% in dollars and 48% to 27% in units. Of course, FLASHPOINT doesn’t start until next month, so you’d expect the gap to be larger than normal in April.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for allowing us to use these figures. And a reminder for newer readers: these numbers only relate to the North American direct market. They don’t cover newsstands or foreign markets, so the total orders will be higher. And these numbers show the estimated orders placed by retailers;it doesn’t follow that all the copies were actually sold to customers. (Of course, the longer a book has been going, the more accurate the retailers’ estimates are likely to be.)

1. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 – 128,595Marvel's latest "event"book is the number one title for April by a wide margin, leading second-placed THOR by over 46K. Granted, it also has multiple variant covers, but that's standard.

How does this compare to previous event titles? Well, it's not up there with the first month sales of earlier event books - the likes of HOUSE OF M, CIVIL WAR and SECRET INVASION all sold 234K or above. But it's a bigger number than SIEGE #1, which had estimated sales of 108,484 in January 2010. By today's standards, this is a good launch number.

The prelude BOOK OF THE SKULL picks up re-orders of 2,952 to chart at number 285, giving it estimated total orders of 65,666.

2. MIGHTY THOR
04/06 ---
04/07 ---
04/08 ---
04/09 #601 - 79,626
=====
04/10 #609 - 64,522 ( +4.0%)
05/10 #610 - 61,779 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
6 mnth (+60.8%)
1 year (+27.2%)
2 year ( +3.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )Cometh the movie, cometh the renumbering. THOR's relaunch, bolstered by multiple variant covers, certainly boosts sales - albeit only to levels that the book was achieving regularly in 2008. The interesting question will be whether the book derives any lasting benefit from this. The recent history of renumbering stunts and movie tie-ins suggests that the comics tend to get only a fleeting benefit, but you never know.

5. FF
04/06 #525 - 45,561
04/07 #537 - 62,940
04/08 #545 - 74,700
04/09 #556 - 65,013
=====
04/10 #578 - 37,940 ( +6.0%)
05/10 #579 - 38,415 ( +1.3%)
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 69,790 ( -42.4%)
6 mnth ( +54.9%)
1 year ( +83.9%)
2 year ( +7.3%)
3 year ( -6.6%)
4 year ( +10.9%)
5 year ( +53.2%)That being said, FF may yet prove to be an exception. Yes, sales fall back dramatically from issue #1 - inevitable when you have just the one variant cover. But they're still at 70K, which is at the upper end of the book's range for the last few years. And before the current storyline, sales were in the 35K range. Of course, they were on the rise anyway and issue #588 achieved similar sales. I suspect the increase here may be more to do with the success of the storyline than the renumbering stunt as such;something similar happened with the death of Captain America, which did deliver a sustained increase to sales.

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 6,700 to chart at number 204;a second printing of issue #588 adds another 4,624 to its total. As usual, those sales are included in the totals above.

7,11. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 170,682
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth (-17.5%)Two issues this month, thanks in this case to the Point One programme. Issue #12 has no variant cover, hence the drop;issue #12.1 comes in a few thousand behind, which seems to be the usual deal with Point One books.

9. NEW AVENGERS
04/06 #18 - 121,550
04/07 #29 - 125,378
04/08 #40 - 110,470
04/09 #52 - 93,975
=====
04/10 #64 - 75,430 ( -0.9%)
04/10 ---
05/10 Finale - 82,152 ( +8.9%)
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
6 mnth (-15.8%)
1 year (-18.1%)
2 year (-34.3%)
3 year (-44.1%)
4 year (-50.7%)
5 year (-49.2%)The slight sales increase is most likely due to a variant cover. This month's theme: Thor Goes Hollywood.

10,15. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
04/06 #531 - 86,884
04/07 ---
04/08 #557 - 77,057
04/09 #591 - 60,508
=====
04/10 #628 - 57,797 ( +6.6%)
04/10 #629 - 53,560 ( -7.3%)
05/10 #630 - 57,969 ( +8.2%)
05/10 #631 - 57,239 ( -1.3%)
05/10 #632 - 56,723 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 (+42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 (-30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 (+11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth ( -0.2%)
1 year ( +0.8%)
2 year ( -3.7%)
3 year (-24.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-32.9%)Both issues are significantly about the 53K mark from January and February, which is a good sign. Issue #658 has a Thor Goes Hollywood variant. But there are no gimmicks on issue #659 other than a guest appearance by the FF. Guest stars don't usually make much difference these days, but it's possible that the tie-in to the successful FF storyline might be helping.

16,21,22. UNCANNY X-MEN
04/06 #472 - 79,157
04/07 #485 - 81,764
04/08 #497 - 93,369
04/09 #508 - 76,443
=====
04/10 #523 - 78,999 (+16.2%)
05/10 #524 - 77,056 ( -2.5%)
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth (-14.1%)
1 year (-32.3%)
2 year (-30.0%)
3 year (-42.7%)
4 year (-34.6%)
5 year (-32.4%)Kieron Gillen takes over as writer with three issues in a single month. One is the Point One issue, which comes in at around the book's usual level. Issue #535 does slightly better thanks to getting the Thor variant.

Incidentally, the X-Men books had unusually high sales in April 2010 thanks to the "Second Coming"crossover, so the year-on-year drop is rather exaggerated.

20,25. UNCANNY X-FORCE
04/08 #3 - 85,750
04/09 #14 - 57,308
=====
04/10 #26 - 67,512 ( +35.3%)
05/10 #27 - 62,509 ( -7.4%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth ( -48.7%)
1 year ( -24.6%)
2 year ( -11.2%)
3 year ( -40.6%)Another double-shipping title, and you guessed it, the higher-selling one has a Thor variant. Leave that one aside, and sales have actually been pretty steady on this title all year.

23. X-MEN LEGACY
04/06 #185 - 78,815
04/07 #198 - 74,841
04/08 #210 - 77,441
04/09 #223 - 71,935
=====
04/10 #235 - 65,302 (+35.4%)
05/10 #236 - 69,731 ( +6.8%)
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
6 mnth ( +8.0%)
1 year (-20.4%)
2 year (-27.8%)
3 year (-32.9%)
4 year (-30.6%)
5 year (-34.1%)Month three of the "Age of X"crossover with NEW MUTANTS, which has done well for the book. Sales are further increased this month by a Thor variant. The second printing of issue #245 charts at number 277 with further orders of 3,315.

26. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
04/06 #93 - 72,831
04/07 #108 - 72,713
04/08 #121 - 56,633
04/09 ---
=====
04/10 #9 - 39,955 ( -2.5%)
05/10 #10 - 39,690 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 (+17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 (-16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 (+31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 (+13.3%)
6 mnth (+46.9%)
1 year (+27.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-10.1%)
4 year (-30.0%)
5 year (-30.1%)The "Death of Spider-Man"storyline reaches its third issue, and variant covers deliver a further boost. While these numbers are some way short of a return to the glory days of the Ultimate imprint, they do represent a big improvement from the sales 6-12 months ago.

27,31. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 110,681
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
6 mnth (-32.7%)Another book double-shipping thanks to the Point One programme. Issues #11-12 both had variant covers, and Point One books normally come in a little way behind the regular title, so the general impression is that the book is holding steady.

28. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-20.7%)Two variant covers here, for the second month running. Again, it looks as though the book is relatively steady, but the fluctuating number of variants from month to month makes it hard to be sure.

30. WOLVERINE
04/06 #41 - 70,965
04/07 #53 - 98,441
04/08 #64 - 64,871
04/09 ---
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04/10 #12 - 30,050 ( +0.8%)
05/10 #13 - 29,773 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -25.6%)
1 year ( +56.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -27.5%)
4 year ( -52.2%)
5 year ( -33.8%)This has a variant cover, but so did the last issue. Again, it looks like the book is holding pretty steady.

32. CAPTAIN AMERICA
04/06 #17 - 45,541
04/07 ---
04/08 #37 - 80,635
04/09 #49 - 63,874
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04/10 #605 - 59,051 ( +3.7%)
05/10 ---
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
6 mnth ( -6.9%)
1 year (-23.1%)
2 year (-28.9%)
3 year (-43.7%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -0.3%)Interesting - this is the second part of a storyline, and while it has a variant cover, the same applied last month. Perhaps sales are just climbing - the book did, unusually, have a Point One issue which sold more than its regular issues. A relaunch is imminent, to tie in with the movie.

33. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
04/06 #7 - 49,404
04/07 #16 - 59,470
04/08 #28 - 35,754
04/09 #12 - 51,774
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04/10 #25 - 73,694 (+49.7%)
05/10 #26 - 53,625 (-27.2%)
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
6 mnth ( -0.4%)
1 year (-38.5%)
2 year (-12.5%)
3 year (+26.7%)
4 year (-23.8%)
5 year ( -8.3%)Make what you will of this: the March issue had two variant covers. The April issue has one. But the April issue is a FEAR ITSELF tie-in. Net effect: sales go up. Not hugely, but they go up.

In fairness, the book starts a full-scale FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc with issue #504;this issue is primarily the resolution of the "Fix Me"arc which began in issue #501. Sales may rise further next month.

34. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925Although it continues the numbering from the previous THOR title, this is effectively a new series, and I'll be treating it as such. THOR was selling around 42K before the relaunch, so at first glance it looks as though this book has inherited its audience.

But then again, this issue has two variant covers, and it's a FEAR ITSELF tie-in - all of which should be boosting the numbers. We'll just have to wait and see how it settles down over the next few months.

35. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
04/10 Vol 1 #6 - 53,438 ( -8.0%)
04/10 Vol 2 #1 - 64,811 (+21.3%)
05/10 Vol 2 #2 - 52,939 (-18.3%)
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (+13.7%)
1 year (-18.0%)This miniseries is part of the "Death of Spider-Man"crossover, and it's really the same deal as with ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN - not a return to the book's traditional sales levels, but still a big improvement from the previous arc.

36. IDENTITY WARS
04/11 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 - 42,040The first part of a crossover which continues into the DEADPOOL and INCREDIBLE HULKS annuals.

37. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)The first issue had two variant covers. And its sales are further increased by a second printing which lands at number 240 with estimated orders of 4,955. Take all of that into account and the second issue drop is quite reasonable.

40. HERC
04/08 #116 - 44,575
04/09 #128 - 33,739
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04/10 Fall #2 - 20,215 ( -12.2%)
05/10 Prince #1 - 20,373 ( +0.8%)
06/10 #2 of 4 - 17,068 ( -16.2%)
07/10 #3 of 4 - 15,667 ( -8.2%)
08/10 #4 of 4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
6 mnth ( +32.0%)
1 year ( +91.8%)
2 year ( +14.9%)
3 year ( -13.0%)The relaunch of INCREDIBLE HERCULES, which has been working its way through a series of minis before launching a new series. There's a change of direction as well, with a depowered Hercules relocating to Brooklyn. So far, the signs aren't too bad;the sales certainly look much healthier than they did a year ago. The previous ongoing series had dropped to the 23K range by the end of its run, and this is clearly a step up.

41. NEW MUTANTS
04/10 #12 - 49,591 (+35.4%)
05/10 #13 - 54,169 ( +9.2%)
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
6 mnth (+43.2%)
1 year (-22.0%)The third month of the "Age of X"crossover. Issue #22 picks up reorders of 4,499.

43. AGE OF X UNIVERSE
03/11 #1 of 2 - 36,270
04/11 #2 of 2 - 33,640 (-7.3%)The spin-off mini from "Age of X". Issue #1 picks up reorders of 2,833;the actual second issue drop was tiny.

45. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601The last two books of this sort - SECRET INVASION: FRONT LINE and SIEGE: EMBEDDED - both launched with sales of over 50K. Bearing in mind that FEAR ITSELF #1 actually outsold SIEGE #1, it's surprising that the sales for its spin-off mini are so much lower. Perhaps it's the fact that this book is an anthology title, always a tough sell.

47. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
07/10 #1 of 9 - 44,934
08/10 ---
09/10 #2 of 9 - 35,497 (-21.0%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 of 9 - 35,410 ( -0.2%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 of 9 - 31,977 ( -9.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 9 - 31,945 ( -0.1%)Rock solid.

51,57. INCREDIBLE HULKS
04/06 #94 - 44,907
04/07 #105 - 53,256
04/08 #3 - 100,167
04/09 #11 - 82,726
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04/10 ---
05/10 #609 - 46,670 ( -1.0%)
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
6 mnth (-16.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-62.8%)
3 year (-69.3%)
4 year (-42.2%)
5 year (-31.4%)Cancelled with issue #635 (though don't bet against some sort of relaunch). There's a Thor variant on issue #627.

53. HULK
04/08 #3 - 100,167
04/09 #11 - 82,726
=====
04/10 ---
05/10 #22 - 49,618 ( -2.3%)
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth (-28.6%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-62.9%)
3 year (-69.4%)Continuing what seems to be a steady downward trend.

58. CARNAGE
10/10 #1 of 5 - 50,692
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 5 - 32,794 (-35.3%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 28,334 (-13.6%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #4 of 5 - 29,466 ( +4.0%)No gimmicks here - this looks to be a rare example of a miniseries gaining sales during its run.

59. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
6 mnth (-19.0%)Part two of a crossover with DAKEN, and it's also got a Thor variant cover. Sales since December 2010 have been incredibly consistent.

60,62. DEADPOOL
04/09 #9 - 48,483
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04/10 #22 - 43,061 ( +2.4%)
05/10 #23 - 42,761 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-19.1%)
1 year (-34.6%)
2 year (-41.9%)Ignore the variant cover on issue #34 and the sales look to be extremely solid.

63. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
04/10 #85 - 47,527 ( -3.9%)
05/10 #86 - 46,315 ( -2.6%)
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-30.4%)
1 year (-43.3%)Part two of a crossover with X-23, which doesn't seem to be helping this book much at all. Still, the slide is a very gentle one.

65. ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA
01/11 #1 of 4 - 35,741
02/11 #2 of 4 - 27,399 (-23.3%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,226 ( -0.6%)
04/11 #4 of 4 - 26,332 ( -3.3%)This one held up quite nicely after the initial drop.

67. THUNDERBOLTS
04/06 #101 - 24,170
04/07 #113 - 65,092
04/08 ---
04/09 #131 - 49,155
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04/10 #143 - 35,656 ( +4.5%)
05/10 #144 - 33,276 ( -6.7%)
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-17.9%)
1 year (-29.6%)
2 year (-48.9%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-61.4%)
5 year ( +3.9%)Last issue had a variant cover;the underlying sales seem to have been holding up quite well over the last six months.

68. X-FACTOR
04/06 #6 - 45,220
04/07 #18 - 37,851
04/08 #30 - 51,447
04/09 #42 - 32,000
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04/10 #204 - 40,534 (+40.1%)
05/10 #205 - 41,745 ( +3.0%)
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -9.9%)
1 year (-38.8%)
2 year (-22.4%)
3 year (-51.7%)
4 year (-34.4%)
5 year (-45.1%)Business as usual;there's a slide, but it's very slow.

69. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)Seems to be levelling out, though this issue has a Thor variant, which complicates matters a bit. A collection of the first three issues charts at 258 with estimated sales of 4,090.

70. ESCAPE FROM THE NEGATIVE ZONE
03/11 Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 - 41,720
04/11 Steve Rogers Annual #1 - 24,573 (-41.1%)Big drop from the X-Men to Steve Rogers, but since STEVE ROGERS: SUPER-SOLDIER isn't even a regular title, that maybe shouldn't come as a surprise.

73. ANNIHILATORS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 (-9.1%)A very small drop for the second issue;the cosmic audience is loyal as ever.

74. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (-24.6%)Another book which seems to have levelled out over the last few months.

76. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
04/06 #15 - 28,361
04/07 ---
04/08 ---
04/09 #3 - 33,356
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04/10 #3 of 6 - 27,859 ( -8.9%)
05/10 #4 of 6 - 28,307 ( +1.6%)
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth ( +78.4%)
1 year ( -17.0%)
2 year ( -30.7%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -18.5%)The last two issues both had variant covers, so sales may be less steady than they look.

79. SILVER SURFER
02/11 #1 of 5 - 24,409
03/11 #2 of 5 - 23,484 (-3.8%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 22,540 (-4.0%)Once again, this mini has held on to most of its initial sales - unusual, and I can only assume it reflects the loyalty of the cosmic readers.

80. SECRET WARRIORS
04/09 #3 - 50,126
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04/10 #15 - 29,669 ( +3.8%)
05/10 #16 - 29,340 ( -1.1%)
06/10 #17 - 28,017 ( -4.5%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #24 - 22,704 ( -1.6%)
02/11 #25 - 22,691 ( -0.1%)
04/11 #26 - 22,394 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth ( -9.5%)
1 year (-24.5%)
2 year (-55.3%)Ends with issue #28.

81. S.H.I.E.L.D.
04/10 #1 - 44,543
05/10 ---
06/10 #2 - 37,595 (-15.6%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #3 - 33,335 (-11.3%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #∞ - 22,260 (-15.0%)
6 mnth (-31.5%)
1 year (-50.0%)This book is using the "series of miniseries"format, and this is a transitional issue before the second volume starts. It's some way behind the book's usual sales, but it's hard to tell whether that's part of an overall trend, or just the usual lower sales for a book which isn't a "proper"issue of the series.

82. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)There's a Thor variant on this issue (as well as the Tolibao variant that has appeared on every issue to date), so presumably there's an underlying drop which the variant has cancelled out. That said, the book seems to have been very steady once that initial drop was over with.

85,89. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)This has a Thor Goes Hollywood variant, but then every issue so far has had a variant of some sort. So it looks like the book really is levelling out.

88. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)This is the first issue not to feature a variant cover by Greg Land, so it was always going to drop to some extent. The rate of decline, therefore, may not be as bad as it looks. Even so, given the amount of publicity that Marvel put behind his series, they must surely have been hoping for more than 20K.

93. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
04/06 #32 - 34,076
04/07 #46 - 33,427
04/08 #56 - 30,796
04/09 #69 - 21,843
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04/10 #6 - 22,246 ( -0.8%)
05/10 #7 - 22,198 ( -0.2%)
06/10 #8 - 22,053 ( -0.7%)
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-15.8%)
2 year (-14.2%)
3 year (-39.1%)
4 year (-43.9%)
5 year (-45.0%)The lengthy gap between issues (in mid-storyline, at that!) has clearly done some damage. But PUNISHERMAX always used to have extremely solid sales;it remains to be seen whether it'll go back to that pattern now.

97. SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1000
04/11 One-shot - 18,133A Spider-Man/Punisher team-up book by John Ostrander, Michael Ryan and Todd Nauck, selling pretty much to completists. They'd probably have sold more copies by billing this as an Amazing Spider-Man Annual (and they'd certainly have done better by serialising it in AMAZING itself). At any rate, it's surely time to retire the stupid issue #1000 gimmick when it's being attached to random projects like this.

98,117. SKAAR: KING OF THE SAVAGE LAND
04/11 #1 of 5 - 18,002
04/11 #2 of 5 - 14,915 (-17.1%)Issue #1 has a variant cover, so the second issue drop will actually be more modest - but that's quite common when the first two issues ship in the same month.

99. TOMB OF DRACULA PRESENTS THRONE OF BLOOD
04/11 One-shot - 17,754Well, that X-MEN arc sure did a lot to boost sales on vampire comics, didn't it?

101. DEADPOOL FAMILY
04/11 One-shot - 17,392Effectively a wrap-up issue for the recently cancelled DEADPOOL CORPS, from the look of it. Since DEADPOOL CORPS had dropped to 15K by the end of its run, the sales are perfectly fine.

102. WOLVERINE &JUBILEE
01/11 #1 of 4 - 21,354
02/11 #2 of 4 - 17,917 (-16.1%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 17,734 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #4 of 4 - 17,315 ( -2.4%)Another mini with incredibly consistent sales after the initial drop.

103. DARK TOWER
04/07 Gunslinger #3 - 149,168
04/08 Long Road Home #2 - 103,029
04/09 Sorcerer #1 - 39,210
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04/10 Jericho Hill #5 - 25,896 ( -1.7%)
05/10 Gunslinger #1 - 26,275 ( +1.5%)
06/10 Gunslinger #2 - 24,024 ( -8.6%)
07/10 Gunslinger #3 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 Gunslinger #4 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 Gunslinger #5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-33.3%)
2 year (-55.9%)
3 year (-83.2%)
4 year (-88.4%)The next mini, BATTLE OF TULL, starts in July.

105. FEAR ITSELF: SIN'S PAST
04/11 One-shot - 17,038One of Marvel's reprints-with-framing sequences books. By those standards, a perfectly decent number.

106. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-41.7%)Cancelled with issue #12.

From here on, we're into the low-selling minis, cancelled books, all-ages titles, novel adaptations, and so forth. I'll chip in where there's something to say.

108. MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME
03/11 #1 of 5 - 20,995
03/11 #2 of 5 - 18,287 (-12.9%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 16,473 (-10.0%)

116. ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED
02/11 #1 of 4 - 28,434
03/11 #2 of 4 - 18,098 (-36.4%)
04/11 #3 of 4 - 14,960 (-17.3%)

123. OSBORN
11/10 #1 of 5 - 23,152
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,704 (-27.9%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 15,170 ( -9.2%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 14,475 ( -4.6%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 13,915 ( -3.9%)

127. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)Cancelled with issue #8.

132. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
11/10 #4 - 19,469 ( -5.2%)
12/10 #5 - 17,730 ( -8.9%)
01/11 #6 - 15,181 (-14.4%)
02/11 #7 - 14,001 ( -7.8%)
03/11 #8 - 13,385 ( -4.4%)
04/11 #9 - 12,493 ( -6.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )Cancelled with issue #11.

133. CAPTAIN AMERICA ONE-SHOTS
03/11 Falcon - 15,010
03/11 Secret Avengers - 13,722
03/11 First Thirteen - 12,857
03/11 Crossbones - 12,836
03/11 Batroc - 12,640
04/11 Fighting Avenger - 12,486

138. RUSE [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,520
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,861 (-58.4%)Owww. Issue #1 had a variant cover, but still, that's a horrific second issue drop (on a very good comic, to boot), which suggests that the sales will be pretty unpleasant by the end of the run. As you'll see below, sister title SIGIL is in the same position.

Of course, none of this matters if the Crossgen properties can find an audience outside the direct market, whether that be in trade paperbacks or foreign licensing or whatever. And as they're not superhero comics, in theory they should be better placed to do that. But if the aim is for the Crossgen books to support themselves in the direct market, then this isn't a good start.

139. HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT
06/10 H&M #1 - 27,552
07/10 #2 - 20,531 (-25.5%)
08/10 #3 - 17,870 (-13.0%)
09/10 #4 - 16,405 ( -8.2%)
10/10 #5 - 15,337 ( -6.5%)
11/10 #6 - 14,217 ( -7.3%)
12/10 WM #1 - 18,245 (+28.3%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,050 (-12.0%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 13,368 (-16.7%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,102 ( -2.0%)
02/11 BS #1 of 4 - 14,235 ( +8.6%)
03/11 #2 of 4 - 12,467 (-12.4%)
04/11 #3 of 4 - 11,702 ( -6.1%)
6 mnth (-23.7%)

140. WOLVERINE/HERCULES: MYTHS, MONSTERS &MUTANTS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 14,351
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,389 (-20.6%)

141. MARVEL BACKLIST READING CHRONOLOGY
04/11 One-shot - 11,078I'd just like to stress that this isn't a joke, and they really did sell this for two dollars.

144. SIGIL [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,496
04/11 #2 of 4 - 10,887 (-61.8%)See the comments above for RUSE.

154. CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA
01/11 #1 of 5 - 26,841
02/11 #2 of 5 - 11,029 (-58.9%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,375 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #4 of 5 - 9,838 ( -5.2%)

160. THUNDERSTRIKE
11/10 #1 of 5 - 15,689
12/10 #2 of 5 - 11,754 (-25.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 10,638 ( -9.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 9,818 ( -7.7%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 9,446 ( -3.8%)

165. POWER MAN &IRON FIST
08/10 #1 of 4 - 21,206
09/10 #2 of 4 - 17,647 ( -17.0%)
10/10 #3 of 4 - 15,147 ( -14.2%)
11/10 #4 of 4 - 13,584 ( -10.3%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #1 of 5 - 27,579 (+103.0%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 12,181 ( -55.8%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,226 ( -16.0%)
04/11 #4 of 5 - 9,322 ( -8.8%)

166. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
04/10 Iron Manual Mark 3 - 9,456 ( -56.8%)
05/10 Avengers Assemble #1 - 15,113 ( +59.8%)
06/10 A to Z Update #2 of 5 - 5,312 ( -64.9%)
07/10 X-Men: Phoenix Force - 9,566 ( +80.1%)
08/10 A to Z Update #3 of 5 - 4,962 ( -48.1%)
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
6 mnth ( +85.4%)
1 year ( -2.2%)

168. FROM THE MARVEL VAULT
02/11 Dr Strange - 11,248
03/11 ---
04/11 Thunderbolts - 9,001

172. OZMA OF OZ
04/09 #5 of 8 - 16,110
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04/10 #5 of 8 - 12,922 ( -3.3%)
05/10 #6 of 8 - 12,366 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #7 of 8 - 12,200 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-31.9%)
2 year (-45.4%)

179. HALO: FALL OF REACH - COVENANT
04/09 #4 of 4 - 25,812
=====
04/10 ---
05/10 #5 of 5 - 8,510 ( -2.0%)
06/10 ---
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 Boot Camp #1 - 10,715 (+26.0%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 Cov't #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-67.8%)

181. THOR: WHOSOEVER WIELDS THIS HAMMER
04/11 One-shot - 8,225Another reprint-with-framing-sequence book.

192. SPOTLIGHT
04/11 Fear Itself - 7,275

197. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
04/07 Guilty #6 of 12 - 30,759
04/08 #10 of 12 - 21,462
04/09 Necromancer #1 - 15,308
=====
04/10 ---
05/10 Circus #1 - 9,484 ( +0.3%)
06/10 #2 of 5 - 9,060 ( -4.5%)
07/10 #3 of 5 - 8,557 ( -5.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #4 of 5 - 8,427 ( -1.5%)
10/10 #5 of 5 - 8,146 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth (-13.8%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-54.2%)
3 year (-67.3%)
4 year (-77.2%)

217,248,253,264. MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS
03/11 Ultimate Spider-Man #1 - 6,812
03/11 Astonishing X-Men #1 - 6,665
03/11 Ultimates #1 - 6,073
03/11 X-23 #1 - 5,343
03/11 Captain America: Reborn #1 - 4,639
03/11 Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #1 - 4,547
04/11 Thor #7 - 5,951
04/11 House of M #1 - 4,551
04/11 Ultimate X-Men #1 - 4,368
04/11 Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 - 3,808

224. SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER
04/11 #1 of 7 - 5,838This is a reprint series, with each issue apparently drawing on different parts of the Spider-Man back catalogue. The full title is SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.

225. CASANOVA: GULA [Icon]
07/10 Vol 1 #1 of 4 - 10,452
08/10 Vol 1 #2 of 4 - 8,349 (-20.1%)
09/10 Vol 1 #3 of 4 - 7,621 ( -8.7%)
10/10 Vol 1 #4 of 4 - 7,366 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Vol 2 #1 of 4 - 7,658 ( +4.0%)
02/11 Vol 2 #2 of 4 - 6,579 (-14.1%)
03/11 Vol 2 #3 of 4 - 6,152 ( -6.5%)
04/11 Vol 2 #4 of 4 - 5,808 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth (-21.2%)

237. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
04/06 #14 - 5,970
04/07 #26 - 6,478
04/08 #38 - 5,833
04/09 #50 - 4,780
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04/10 #1 - 9,770 (+132.6%)
05/10 #2 - 7,709 ( -21.1%)
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 ( -11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -48.0%)
2 year ( +6.3%)
3 year ( -12.9%)
4 year ( -21.5%)
5 year ( -14.9%)Three straight months with a sales increase? That's really bucking the trend.

260. ORSON SCOTT CARD'S SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD
06/10 Ender in Exile #1 - 6,568
07/10 #2 of 5 - 5,673 (-13.6%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 5,342 ( -5.8%)
09/10 #4 of 5 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #5 of 5 - 4,812 ( ??? )
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Speaker #1 of 7 - 4,703 ( -2.3%)
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,262 ( -9.4%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #4 of 5 - 4,071 ( ??? )
6 mnth ( ??? )

274. SUPER HEROES [Marvel Adventures]
04/09 #10 - 3,699
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04/10 #1 - 8,107 ( ??? )
05/10 #2 - 6,360 (-21.5%)
06/10 #3 - 5,678 (-10.7%)
07/10 #4 - 4,564 (-19.6%)
08/10 #5 - 4,418 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #6 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #7 - 3,800 ( ??? )
11/10 #8 - 3,541 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #9 - ?,??? ( ??? )
01/11 #10 - 3,386 ( ??? )
02/11 #11 - 3,134 ( -7.4%)
03/11 #12 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #13 - 3,355 ( ??? )
6 mnth (-11.7%)
1 year (-58.6%)
2 year ( -9.3%)Number 275 is ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE: ANOTHER FINE MESS, the collection of the opening issues of the miniseries, with estimated sales of 3,352.

287. FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH
02/11 #1 of 7 - 6,901
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,935 (-28.5%)
03/11 #3 of 7 -
04/11 #4 of 7 - 4,068 (-17.6%)

292. EMMA
03/11 #1 of 5 - ?,???
04/11 #2 of 5 - 2,869 ( ??? )Unusually, EMMA enters the top 300 on its second issue. That's almost certainly because the cut-off point for the chart has dropped. In March, it took estimated sales of 4,499 to make the chart;in April, you could do it with only 2,767.

Even at that level, two Marvel titles missed the chart in April: the SUPER HERO SQUAD ONLINE GAME: HERO UP! one-shot, and OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #12.

6 month comparisons
===================

+85.4% - Official Handbook
+78.4% - Black Panther
+60.8% - Thor
+54.9% - FF
+46.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+43.2% - New Mutants
+32.0% - Herc
+13.7% - Ultimate Avengers
+ 8.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 0.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 0.4% - Iron Man
- 6.9% - Captain America
- 8.2% - Halo
- 9.5% - Secret Warriors
- 9.9% - X-Factor
-11.7% - Super Heroes
-13.8% - Anita Blake
-14.1% - Uncanny X-Men
-15.1% - New Avengers
-16.2% - Incredible Hulks
-17.5% - Avengers
-17.9% - Thunderbolts
-19.0% - X-23
-19.1% - Deadpool
-20.7% - X-Men
-21.2% - Casanova
-23.7% - Hawkeye
-24.6% - Avengers Academy
-25.6% - Wolverine
-28.6% - Hulk
-30.4% - Daken
-31.5% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
-32.7% - Secret Avengers
-41.7% - DeadpoolMax
-48.7% - X-Force

1 year comparisons
==================

+91.8% - Herc
+83.9% - FF
+56.4% - Wolverine
+27.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+27.2% - Thor
+ 0.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 2.2% - Official Handbook
-15.8% - PunisherMax
-17.0% - Black Panther
-18.0% - Ultimate Avengers
-18.1% - New Avengers
-20.4% - X-Men Legacy
-22.0% - New Mutants
-23.1% - Captain America
-24.5% - Secret Warriors
-24.6% - X-Force
-29.6% - Thunderbolts
-31.9% - Oz
-32.3% - Uncanny X-Men
-33.3% - Dark Tower
-34.6% - Deadpool
-38.5% - Iron Man
-38.8% - X-Factor
-43.3% - Daken
-48.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-50.0% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
-58.6% - Super Heroes

2 year comparisons
==================

+14.9% - Herc
+ 7.3% - FF
+ 6.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 3.1% - Thor
- 3.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 9.3% - Super Heroes
-11.2% - X-Force
-12.5% - Iron Man
-14.2% - PunisherMax
-22.4% - X-Factor
-27.8% - X-Men Legacy
-28.9% - Captain America
-30.0% - Uncanny X-Men
-30.7% - Black Panther
-34.3% - New Avengers
-41.9% - Deadpool
-45.4% - Oz
-48.9% - Thunderbolts
-54.2% - Anita Blake
-55.3% - Secret Warriors
-55.9% - Dark Tower
-62.8% - Incredible Hulks
-62.9% - Hulk
-67.8% - Halo

3 year comparisons
==================

+26.7% - Iron Man
- 6.6% - FF
-10.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-12.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-13.0% - Herc
-24.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
-27.5% - Wolverine
-32.9% - X-Men Legacy
-39.1% - PunisherMax
-40.6% - X-Force
-42.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-43.7% - Captain America
-44.1% - New Avengers
-51.7% - X-Factor
-67.3% - Anita Blake
-69.3% - Incredible Hulks
-69.4% - Hulk
-83.2% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+10.9% - FF
-21.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-23.8% - Iron Man
-30.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-30.6% - X-Men Legacy
-34.4% - X-Factor
-34.6% - Uncanny X-Men
-42.2% - Incredible Hulks
-43.9% - PunisherMax
-50.7% - New Avengers
-52.2% - Wolverine
-61.4% - Thunderbolts
-77.2% - Anita Blake
-88.4% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

+53.2% - FF
+ 3.9% - Thunderbolts
- 0.3% - Captain America
- 8.3% - Iron Man
-14.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-18.5% - Black Panther
-30.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-31.4% - Incredible Hulks
-32.4% - Uncanny X-Men
-32.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
-33.8% - Wolverine
-34.1% - X-Men Legacy
-45.0% - PunisherMax
-45.1% - X-Factor
-49.2% - New Avengers

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/06/06/ma ... pril-2011/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: May 2011
by Paul O’Brien

It’s month two of event season, and FEAR ITSELF tie-ins are starting to crop up across the Marvel Universe. And there’s also the relaunch of MOON KNIGHT – wisely given a clear run in a month that’s otherwise pretty light on new titles.

DC’s FLASHPOINT event also gets underway in May, but with the crossover titles not hitting until June, it’s no surprise that Marvel were once again the top company in the direct market. They led DC by 46% to 28% in unit share and by 42% to 27% in dollars.

All of this, of course, could be turned upside down in September – a month which will be unpredictable if nothing else. But for now, let us cast our minds back to a simpler time.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for allowing us to use these figures. And a reminder for newer readers: these numbers only relate to the North American direct market. They don’t cover newsstands, or foreign markets. And the same material will also (eventually) sell in digital and trade paperback format, so the total sales will be higher. On the other hand, these numbers reflect the orders placed by direct market retailers – it doesn’t follow that all the copies were actually sold to customers. But the longer a book has been going, the more accurate the retailers’ estimates ought to be.

1. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 96,318 (-29.0%)Round one to Marvel, as FEAR ITSELF holds on to the top spot for a second month, while DC’s FLASHPOINT enters at number two. Admittedly, FEAR ITSELF is a more conventional line-wide crossover;FLASHPOINT is basically a Flash storyline with a horde of spin-off minis, but it doesn’t cross into any other regular DC title apart from BOOSTER GOLD. And when the retailers placed their orders for May, we didn’t know that it was the lead-in to another re-boot.

It’ll be interesting to see if things change over the next few months – though at this stage it wouldn’t surprise me if the DC hype channels readers towards the September relaunch rather than FLASHPOINT. (If everyone knows your event book ends by hitting the cosmic reset button, does that make it a non-event?)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 7,151, which are included in the numbers above.

Also picking up reorders is KICK-ASS 2 #1, which came out last October, but still adds 5,149 to its total. That brings its total to 76,931. I mention that now because 76,931 would have been enough to beat any other Marvel title on the May chart. No wonder Mark Millar wants to pursue his creator-owned work.

4. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 170,682
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
6 mnth (-24.1%)This is the first part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc. At first glance that 12.6% increase from the previous issue looks pretty good. But not so fast. For one thing, the previous issue was a Point One, which sold below normal. Comparing with issue #12 would give us +7.3% instead.

And issue #13 also has an X-Men Evolutions variant cover – this month’s line-wide theme. The last variant cover was on issue #11. Compare with that, and sales are up 2.2%.

Having said that, the Avengers titles tend not to see much benefit from Marvel’s line-wide crossovers, presumably because the relevant audience is buying them already. There tends to be more impact the further you get down the chart. Let’s see how we get on with that.

5,7. FF
05/06 ---
05/07 #546 - 72,183
05/08 #557 - 62,736
05/09 #566 - 46,653
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05/10 #579 - 38,415 ( +1.3%)
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
6 mnth ( +45.7%)
1 year ( +57.7%)
2 year ( +29.8%)
3 year ( -3.5%)
4 year ( -16.1%)
5 year ( --- )Two issues this month, and while the relaunched FF is still finding its level, it’s also miles ahead of the 38K it was selling a year ago. Issue #3 has two variant covers, issue #4 has one, which ought to be magnifying the drop between the issues.

Issue #2 charts again at number 293, picking up reorders of 3,107. Those are added to the figures above, and again, it makes the #2-3 drop look a little steeper than it is.

9. NEW AVENGERS
05/06 #19 - 123,318
05/07 #30 - 126,425
05/08 #41 - 109,185
05/09 #53 - 94,367
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05/10 Finale - 82,152 ( +8.9%)
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( -9.6%)
1 year (-26.6%)
2 year (-36.1%)
3 year (-44.7%)
4 year (-52.3%)
5 year (-51.1%)This has a variant cover, for the second month running. The “Fear Itself” tie-in arc won’t arrive until issue #14.

10,11,13. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
05/06 #532 - 95,544
05/07 #540 - 119,662
05/08 #560 - 74,012
05/09 #593 - 58,363
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05/10 #630 - 57,969 ( +8.2%)
05/10 #631 - 57,239 ( -1.3%)
05/10 #632 - 56,723 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 (+42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 (-30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 (+11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth ( +0.7%)
1 year ( -3.6%)
2 year ( -4.2%)
3 year (-24.5%)
4 year (-53.3%)
5 year (-41.5%)Three issues this month. The variant cover is on issue #661, as if you couldn’t tell. Issues #661 and #662 are a two-part story by AVENGERS ACADEMY writer Christos Gage, guest starring the kids from that book;that could be viewed as a fill-in. But the same issues also have back-up strips building to the upcoming “Spider-Island” crossover, which could be cancelling out that effect.

16. UNCANNY X-MEN
05/06 #473 - 79,335
05/07 #486 - 81,965
05/08 #498 - 82,090
05/09 #510 - 75,139
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05/10 #524 - 77,056 ( -2.5%)
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( -7.4%)
1 year (-30.3%)
2 year (-28.5%)
3 year (-34.6%)
4 year (-34.5%)
5 year (-32.3%)Very slightly up this month, which is unusual considering that it’s part three of a four-part storyline and there are no variant covers in play.

UNCANNY X-MEN is being relaunched in October, with Axel Alonso being quoted as saying “We promise that there will be a reason for each and every new issue No. 1 that hits stores in the near future.”

And who would doubt the sincerity of that promise, coming from a company that, in the last year alone, has relaunched (or announced the relaunch) of FANTASTIC FOUR, NEW AVENGERS, UNCANNY X-MEN, X-FORCE, THOR, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA, WOLVERINE, DARK WOLVERINE, DAREDEVIL and HERC?

I have seen it suggested that the muted response to the “UNCANNY X-MEN cancelled” press release might be because it was overshadowed by DC’s relaunch. But surely, at this stage, no reader could regard yet another renumbering as anything other than utterly mundane.

18. X-MEN: GIANT-SIZE
05/11 #1 - 52,103To all intents and purposes, this is X-MEN #11.5 – it’s the first part of the “First and Last” storyline which continues in X-MEN #12. Allowing for the fact that it has two variant covers, retailers have ordered it accordingly.

19. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 110,681
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
6 mnth (-13.4%)
1 year (-53.1%)This is the start of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc. The effect on sales is magnified by April’s underperforming Point One issue. In fact, the increase from issue #12 is not spectacular – but, as already noted, the Avengers books don’t tend to see big gains from these events.

20,21. UNCANNY X-FORCE
05/08 #4 - 80,175
05/09 #15 - 58,340
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05/10 #27 - 62,509 ( -7.4%)
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth ( -10.3%)
1 year ( -18.9%)
2 year ( -13.1%)
3 year ( -36.8%)Holding steady. Ignore the variant cover on issue #7 and you can see that this book has been solid since the start of the year.

22. MIGHTY THOR
05/06 ---
05/07 ---
05/08 #9 - 87,101
05/09 ---
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05/10 #610 - 61,779 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
6 mnth ( +2.7%)
1 year (-18.3%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-42.1%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )Heading rapidly back towards previous sales levels, but that’s renumbering for you.

23. MOON KNIGHT
05/06 #2 - 75,333
05/07 #10 - 56,734
05/08 #18 - 26,626
05/09 #30 - 19,693
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05/10 #8 - 20,597 ( -0.6%)
06/10 #9 - 18,695 ( -9.2%)
07/10 #10 - 19,143 ( +2.4%)
08/10 #1 of 3 - 28,196 ( +47.3%)
09/10 #2 of 3 - 20,307 ( -28.0%)
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (+138.0%)
2 year (+148.9%)
3 year ( +84.1%)
4 year ( -13.6%)
5 year ( -34.9%)By today’s standards, Marvel have given this title a rest before the relaunch. They’ve also given it a high-profile creative team with Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev. It’s certainly resulted in a big increase in sales;we can only speculate on how much of that is due to the renumbering, and how much is because of the new creative team.

24. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
05/06 #95 - 73,564
05/07 #109 - 72,478
05/08 #122 - 55,759
05/09 #132 - 50,144
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05/10 #10 - 39,690 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 (+17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 (-16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 (+31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 (+13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth (+18.2%)
1 year (+20.8%)
2 year ( -4.4%)
3 year (-14.0%)
4 year (-33.9%)
5 year (-34.8%)Continuing the “Death of Spider-Man” storyline. A relaunch is, of course, imminent.

26. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
6 mnth (-17.9%)This is, rather oddly, an epilogue to the “Curse of the Mutants” story which ended in issue #6. There’s a variant cover, but there were two in April, so the drop ought to be magnified.

27,28. X-MEN LEGACY
05/06 #186 - 79,536
05/07 #199 - 75,996
05/08 #212 - 74,033
05/09 #224 - 54,008
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05/10 #236 - 69,731 ( +6.8%)
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( +3.0%)
1 year (-35.4%)
2 year (-16.6%)
3 year (-39.1%)
4 year (-40.7%)
5 year (-43.3%)The book seems to have held on to most of the sales gain from “Age of X”, although in fairness, these two issues are an epilogue to that storyline, and were solicited accordingly.

29. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
05/06 #8 - 36,860
05/07 #17 - 63,328
05/08 #1 - 105,864
05/09 #13 - 51,311
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05/10 #26 - 53,625 (-27.2%)
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( +9.3%)
1 year (-16.5%)
2 year (-12.7%)
3 year (-57.7%)
4 year (-29.3%)
5 year (+21.5%)This is the second FEAR ITSELF tie-in issue, also bolstered by a variant cover. There’s some increase, but not a huge one.

30. CAPTAIN AMERICA
05/06 #18 - 46,740
05/07 #26 - 126,449
05/08 #38 - 79,350
05/09 #50 - 66,928
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05/10 ---
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( -5.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-33.1%)
3 year (-43.6%)
4 year (-64.6%)
5 year ( -4.3%)Hovering quite comfortably in the mid-40K range.

31. WOLVERINE
05/06 #42 - 93,558
05/07 #54 - 96,082
05/08 #65 - 62,451
05/09 #2 - 59,192
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05/10 #13 - 29,773 ( -0.9%)
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #5.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth ( -13.5%)
1 year ( +49.9%)
2 year ( -24.6%)
3 year ( -28.5%)
4 year ( -53.5%)
5 year ( -52.3%)This has a variant cover, but so did the previous two issues. The 5% drop is a little odd, unless the X-Men’s guest starring role in the previous three issues made a difference.

33. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
05/10 Vol 2 #2 - 52,939 (-18.3%)
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
6 mnth (+18.8%)
1 year (-17.4%)Part of the Death of Spider-Man crossover, which is doing better than the previous arc.

34. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)Issue #3 has a variant cover, which goes some way towards explaining the unusually small drop this month. But even allowing for that, these are decent numbers.

36. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)A relatively modest drop for a de facto second issue. This is a FEAR ITSELF tie-in with a variant cover, but the same applied in April.

37,39. ASTONISHING X-MEN
05/06 ---
05/07 #21 - 120,495
05/08 GS1 - 105,508
05/09 ---
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05/10 ---
06/10 #34 - 57,363 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #35 - 50,441 (-12.1%)
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-64.4%)
4 year (-68.8%)
5 year ( --- )Two issues in a month? Really? Well, at least it’s levelling out.

43,49. X-MEN: PRELUDE TO SCHISM
05/11 #1 of 4 - 34,796
05/11 #2 of 4 - 31,311 (-10.0%)Two issues in its first month. This is, of course, a lead-in to the “Schism” crossover. You can view these numbers two ways. On the one hand, it’s a good number for an X-Men mini in 2011. On the other hand, you might hope for more from the lead-in to a major crossover.

44. NEW MUTANTS
05/09 #1 - 60,972
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05/10 #13 - 54,169 ( +9.2%)
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
6 mnth (+36.5%)
1 year (-35.9%)
2 year (-43.0%)Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning take over as the new writers. The previous three issues were “Age of X” crossovers, but the new team do deliver increased sales compared to the book’s previous baseline, even allowing for two variant covers.

45. FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN
05/11 #1 of 3 - 34,551Roughly 20,000 behind the core Spider-Man title, but it’s a better debut number than FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT managed last month.

47. HULK
05/08 ---
05/09 #12 - 73,105
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05/10 #22 - 49,618 ( -2.3%)
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
6 mnth (-16.6%)
1 year (-35.0%)
2 year (-55.9%)
3 year ( --- )Two variant covers, which most likely explains the increase.

52,55. INCREDIBLE HULKS
05/06 #95 - 46,571
05/07 #106 - 110,192
05/08 ---
05/09 ---
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05/10 #609 - 46,670 ( -1.0%)
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-18.2%)
1 year (-39.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-74.5%)
5 year (-39.7%)Cancelled with issue #635.

53. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)That’s a fairly small second-issue drop.

56. DEADPOOL
05/09 #10 - 56,123
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05/10 #23 - 42,761 ( -0.7%)
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
6 mnth (-10.7%)
1 year (-34.5%)
2 year (-50.1%)Sales remain solid at around 28K, at least when there are no variant covers in play.

58. IDENTITY WARS
04/11 Spider-Man Ann #38 - 42,040
05/11 Deadpool Annual #1 - 27,592 (-34.4%)These “annual” crossovers are seeing pretty horrific drop-offs as they go on – no doubt a combination of the normal miniseries effect, and the diminishing profile of the characters.

59,70. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
05/10 #86 - 46,315 ( -2.6%)
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
6 mnth (-24.7%)
1 year (-46.9%)Once again, the Point One issue comes in behind the book’s regular sales. In theory it also ought to suffer from the fact that issues #7-9 were a crossover with X-23, but that crossover didn’t seem to help much in the first place.

60. DAREDEVIL: REBORN
05/06 #85 - 47,899
05/07 #97 - 47,200
05/08 #107 - 40,418
05/09 ---
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05/10 ---
06/10 #507 - 34,744 ( -7.3%)
07/10 #508 - 41,943 (+20.7%)
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-35.2%)
4 year (-44.5%)
5 year (-45.3%)Heading for a relaunch later in the summer.

61. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
6 mnth (-16.2%)Unlike DAKEN, X-23 does seem to have seen a small drop following the end of the crossover.

62. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775The lead-in issue to a new miniseries. Given the usual performance of Point One and prelude issues (and the fact that issue #1 is a FEAR ITSELF tie-in), I’d expect sales to climb next month.

64. THUNDERBOLTS
05/06 #102 - 23,741
05/07 #114 - 66,309
05/08 #120 - 38,330
05/09 #132 - 43,911
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05/10 #144 - 33,276 ( -6.7%)
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (-20.9%)
1 year (-24.7%)
2 year (-42.9%)
3 year (-34.6%)
4 year (-62.2%)
5 year ( +5.6%)Very solid. A FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc starts next month.

65,73. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth ( -9.4%)Again, filter out the variant covers, and sales on this book seem to be rock solid. Nice to see.

66. X-FACTOR
05/06 #7 - 44,315
05/07 #19 - 37,898
05/08 #31 - 48,231
05/09 #43 - 31,543
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05/10 #205 - 41,745 ( +3.0%)
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth ( -7.0%)
1 year (-40.7%)
2 year (-21.5%)
3 year (-48.7%)
4 year (-34.7%)
5 year (-44.1%)On a very slow slide.

68. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709Not a bad number considering the relatively obscure cast (it’s essentially an AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE reunion). They certainly wouldn’t be delivering these numbers for a miniseries without the FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

72. ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE
05/10 #1 of 5 - 56,518
06/10 ---
07/10 #2 of 5 - 34,704 (-38.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #3 of 5 - 29,455 (-15.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 #4 of 5 - 25,580 (-13.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #5 of 6 - 24,036 ( -6.0%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #6 of 6 - 23,603 ( -1.8%)Levelling out nicely over time.

75. ANNIHILATORS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 (-9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 (-4.0%)The cosmic audience seems to be as loyal as ever.

77. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)No variant this month, so the drop is exaggerated. You still have to wonder whether Marvel really needs a second Wolverine title that sells at this level – below both DAKEN and X-23, after all.

79. SECRET WARRIORS
05/09 #4 - 42,781
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05/10 #16 - 29,340 ( -1.1%)
06/10 #17 - 28,017 ( -4.5%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #24 - 22,704 ( -1.6%)
02/11 #25 - 22,691 ( -0.1%)
04/11 #26 - 22,394 ( -1.3%)
05/11 #27 - 22,104 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth ( -8.1%)
1 year (-24.7%)
2 year (-48.3%)Ends next month.

80. SILVER SURFER
02/11 #1 of 5 - 24,409
03/11 #2 of 5 - 23,484 (-3.8%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 22,540 (-4.0%)
05/11 #4 of 5 - 21,918 (-2.8%)Very little drop-off on this series – again, I can only assume it’s the intense loyalty of the audience for Marvel’s cosmic books.

83. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
05/06 #16 - 23,091
05/07 #27 - 52,552
05/08 #36 - 20,841
05/09 #4 - 30,984
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05/10 #4 of 6 - 28,307 ( +1.6%)
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
6 mnth (+101.9%)
1 year ( -26.1%)
2 year ( -32.5%)
3 year ( +0.3%)
4 year ( -60.2%)
5 year ( -9.5%)Coming off two months of variants, this gives us some indication of the book’s core level. A FEAR ITSELF arc is imminent.

85. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
6 mnth (-45.5%)This has a variant cover, presumably cancelling out an underlying decline.

86. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)It’s the start of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, but the gain from the crossover seems to be cancelled out by not having a variant cover for the first time.

88,97. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)Issue #7 is the first without a variant, going some way to explain the drop.

93,103. HERC
05/08 #117 - 53,008
05/09 #129 - 28,995
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05/10 Prince #1 - 20,373 ( +0.8%)
06/10 #2 of 4 - 17,068 ( -16.2%)
07/10 #3 of 4 - 15,667 ( -8.2%)
08/10 #4 of 4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
6 mnth ( -34.5%)
1 year ( -7.9%)
2 year ( -35.3%)
3 year ( -64.6%)Two issues this month. The drop off from issue #1 is obviously pretty horrific – we’re down at the levels of the PRINCE OF POWER miniseries already. Issue #3 has a variant cover and it’s a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, but the impact is hardly massive.

98. AVENGERS ACADEMY GIANT-SIZE
05/11 #1 - 18,543This is an 80-page, eight dollar book with a story that was originally slated to run through the annuals for AVENGERS ACADEMY, SPIDER-GIRL and YOUNG ALLIES, and was then going to be a miniseries called ARCADE: DEATH GAME, before ending up in this format. Bearing in mind the high price tag, and the fact that AVENGERS ACADEMY only sells around 23K to start with, it’s actually not such a bad number.

99. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
05/06 #33 - 34,480
05/07 #47 - 33,892
05/08 #57 - 30,528
05/09 #70 - 21,864
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05/10 #7 - 22,198 ( -0.2%)
06/10 #8 - 22,053 ( -0.7%)
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-16.9%)
2 year (-15.6%)
3 year (-39.6%)
4 year (-45.6%)
5 year (-46.5%)Continuing a slow but steady erosion.

105. ASTONISHING THOR
11/10 #1 of 5 - 29,202
12/10 ---
01/11 #2 of 5 - 19,642 (-32.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 #3 of 5 - 17,698 ( -9.9%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 17,008 ( -3.9%)Levelling out nicely.

106. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth (-29.7%)Cancelled with issue #12.

109. ESCAPE FROM THE NEGATIVE ZONE
03/11 Un. X-Men Annual #3 - 41,720
04/11 S. Rogers Annual #1 - 24,573 (-41.1%)
05/11 Namor Annual #1 - 15,259 (-37.9%)Bleeding readers.

110. MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME
03/11 #1 of 5 - 20,995
03/11 #2 of 5 - 18,287 (-12.9%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 16,473 (-10.0%)
05/11 #4 of 5 - 15,191 ( -7.8%)Levelling out over the course of the mini, which is perfectly normal.

113. THE STAND
05/10 ---
06/10 Hardcases #1 - 20,802 ( -6.7%)
07/10 #2 of 5 - 19,194 ( -7.7%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 18,352 ( -4.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth (-12.3%)
1 year ( --- )Seems to be levelling out too.

117,132. CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST VENGEANCE
05/11 #1 of 4 - 13,689
05/11 #2 of 4 - 12,116 (-11.5%)This is a tie-in to the movie, and those never do particularly well in the direct market.

123. ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED
02/11 #1 of 4 - 28,434
03/11 #2 of 4 - 18,098 (-36.4%)
04/11 #3 of 4 - 14,960 (-17.3%)
05/11 #4 of 4 - 13,295 (-11.1%)

127. SKAAR: KING OF THE SAVAGE LAND
04/11 #1 of 5 - 18,002
04/11 #2 of 5 - 14,915 (-17.1%)
05/11 #3 of 5 - 12,661 (-15.1%)Some low-selling Marvel Universe minis.

129. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)
05/11 #7 - 12,563 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (-47.5%)Cancelled with issue #8, though there’s a “Spider-Island” tie-in mini almost immediately afterwards.

134. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
11/10 #4 - 19,469 ( -5.2%)
12/10 #5 - 17,730 ( -8.9%)
01/11 #6 - 15,181 (-14.4%)
02/11 #7 - 14,001 ( -7.8%)
03/11 #8 - 13,385 ( -4.4%)
04/11 #9 - 12,493 ( -6.7%)
05/11 #10 - 12,027 ( -3.7%)
6 mnth (-38.2%)Cancelled with issue #11.

138. HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT
06/10 H&M #1 - 27,552
07/10 #2 - 20,531 (-25.5%)
08/10 #3 - 17,870 (-13.0%)
09/10 #4 - 16,405 ( -8.2%)
10/10 #5 - 15,337 ( -6.5%)
11/10 #6 - 14,217 ( -7.3%)
12/10 WM #1 - 18,245 (+28.3%)
12/10 #2 of 4 - 16,050 (-12.0%)
01/11 #3 of 4 - 13,368 (-16.7%)
02/11 #4 of 4 - 13,102 ( -2.0%)
02/11 BS #1 of 4 - 14,235 ( +8.6%)
03/11 #2 of 4 - 12,467 (-12.4%)
04/11 #3 of 4 - 11,702 ( -6.1%)
05/11 #4 of 4 - 11,126 ( -4.9%)
6 mnth (-21.7%)The end of the road for this one.

140. RUSE [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,520
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,861 (-58.4%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 10,749 ( -9.4%)Well, at least it’s levelling out.

144. WOLVERINE/HERCULES: MYTHS, MONSTERS &MUTANTS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 14,351
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,389 (-20.6%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 10,477 ( -8.0%)

156. CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA
01/11 #1 of 5 - 26,841
02/11 #2 of 5 - 11,029 (-58.9%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,375 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #4 of 5 - 9,838 ( -5.2%)
05/11 #5 of 5 - 9,637 ( -2.0%)We’re getting into completist territory here.

157. SIGIL [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,496
04/11 #2 of 4 - 10,887 (-61.8%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 9,595 (-11.9%)See RUSE, basically.

166. POWER MAN &IRON FIST
08/10 #1 of 4 - 21,206
09/10 #2 of 4 - 17,647 ( -17.0%)
10/10 #3 of 4 - 15,147 ( -14.2%)
11/10 #4 of 4 - 13,584 ( -10.3%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #1 of 5 - 27,579 (+103.0%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 12,181 ( -55.8%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 10,226 ( -16.0%)
04/11 #4 of 5 - 9,322 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #5 of 5 - 8,892 ( -4.6%)
6 mnth ( -34.5%)Not exactly encouraging, but the new Power Man is due to show up in FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT, so they’re sticking with him.

From here on, it’s mainly adaptations, reference books, all-ages titles and so forth. I’ll chip in where there’s something to add.

168. OZMA OF OZ
05/09 #6 of 8 - 15,774
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05/10 #6 of 8 - 12,366 ( -4.3%)
06/10 #7 of 8 - 12,200 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth (-33.8%)
1 year (-29.2%)
2 year (-44.5%)

179. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
05/06 A to Z #5 of 12 - 21,331
05/07 Update #2 of 4 - 16,633
05/08 Iron Manual - 18,294
05/09 ---
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05/10 Avengers Assemble #1 - 15,113 ( +59.8%)
06/10 A to Z Update #2 of 5 - 5,312 ( -64.9%)
07/10 X-Men: Phoenix Force - 9,566 ( +80.1%)
08/10 A to Z Update #3 of 5 - 4,962 ( -48.1%)
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
6 mnth ( -11.5%)
1 year ( -45.6%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -55.0%)
4 year ( -50.5%)
5 year ( -61.4%)

209. SPIDEY SUNDAY SPECTACULAR!
05/11 One-shot - 6,604This is a reprint of the Stan Lee/Marcos Martin back-ups from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.

233. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
05/06 #15 - 6,615
05/07 #27 - 6,818
05/08 #39 - 5,816
05/09 #51 - 4,557
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05/10 #2 - 7,709 (-21.1%)
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 (-11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
6 mnth ( -0.9%)
1 year (-32.3%)
2 year (+14.5%)
3 year (-10.2%)
4 year (-23.4%)
5 year (-21.1%)Climbing for the fourth straight month. The same may be happening with SUPER HEROES, though it’s hard to tell since it doesn’t consistently make the top 300.

237. SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER
04/11 #1 of 7 - 5,838
05/11 #2 of 7 - 4,972 (-14.8%)

239,240. MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS
03/11 Ultimate Spider-Man #1 - 6,812
03/11 Astonishing X-Men #1 - 6,665
03/11 Ultimates #1 - 6,073
03/11 X-23 #1 - 5,343
03/11 Captain America: Reborn #1 - 4,639
03/11 Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #1 - 4,547
04/11 Thor #7 - 5,951
04/11 House of M #1 - 4,551
04/11 Ultimate X-Men #1 - 4,368
04/11 Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 - 3,808
05/11 Cable &Deadpool #1 - 4,903
05/11 X-Force: Angels and Demons #1 - 4,858
05/11 Fantastic Four #570 - 4,224
05/11 Wolverine #20 - 4,068
05/11 Supreme Power #1 - 2,983

250,254. SPOTLIGHT
11/10 Curse of the Mutants - 5,962
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Fear Itself - 7,275
05/11 Captain America - 4,518
05/11 X-Men - 4,395

267. ORSON SCOTT CARD'S SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD
06/10 Ender in Exile #1 - 6,568
07/10 #2 of 5 - 5,673 (-13.6%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 5,342 ( -5.8%)
09/10 #4 of 5 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #5 of 5 - 4,812 ( ??? )
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Speaker #1 of 7 - 4,703 ( -2.3%)
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,262 ( -9.4%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #4 of 5 - 4,071 ( ??? )
05/11 #5 of 5 - 3,984 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-39.3%)

268. FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH
02/11 #1 of 7 - 6,901
02/11 #2 of 7 - 4,935 (-28.5%)
03/11 #3 of 7 -
04/11 #4 of 7 - 4,068 (-17.6%)
05/11 #5 of 7 - 3,945 ( -3.0%)

277. SUPER HEROES [Marvel Adventures]
05/09 #11 - 3,474
=====
05/10 #2 - 6,360 (-21.5%)
06/10 #3 - 5,678 (-10.7%)
07/10 #4 - 4,564 (-19.6%)
08/10 #5 - 4,418 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #6 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/10 #7 - 3,800 ( ??? )
11/10 #8 - 3,541 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #9 - ?,??? ( ??? )
01/11 #10 - 3,386 ( ??? )
02/11 #11 - 3,134 ( -7.4%)
03/11 #12 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #13 - 3,355 ( ??? )
05/11 #14 - 3,610 ( +7.6%)
6 mnth ( +1.9%)
1 year (-43.2%)
2 year ( +3.9%)And two books failed to make the chart in May: EMMA #3 and OFFICIAL INDEX #13.

6 month comparisons
===================

+101.9% - Black Panther
+ 45.7% - FF
+ 36.5% - New Mutants
+ 18.8% - Ultimate Avengers
+ 18.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 9.3% - Invincible Iron Man
+ 3.0% - X-Men Legacy
+ 2.7% - Thor
+ 1.9% - Super Heroes [Marvel Adventures]
+ 0.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 0.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 5.5% - Captain America
- 7.0% - X-Factor
- 7.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 8.1% - Secret Warriors
- 9.4% - Avengers Academy
- 9.6% - New Avengers
- 10.3% - Uncanny X-Force
- 10.7% - Deadpool
- 11.5% - Official Handbook
- 12.3% - Stand
- 13.4% - Secret Avengers
- 13.5% - Wolverine
- 16.2% - X-23
- 16.6% - Hulk
- 17.9% - X-Men
- 18.2% - Incredible Hulks
- 20.9% - Thunderbolts
- 21.7% - Hawkeye
- 24.1% - Avengers
- 24.7% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 29.7% - DeadpoolMax
- 33.8% - Oz
- 34.5% - Herc
- 34.5% - Power Man and Iron Fist
- 38.2% - Namor: The First Mutant
- 45.5% - Generation Hope
- 47.5% - Spider-Girl

1 year comparisons
==================

+138.0% - Moon Knight
+ 57.7% - FF
+ 49.9% - Wolverine
+ 20.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 3.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 7.9% - Herc
- 10.7% - Deadpool
- 16.5% - Invincible Iron Man
- 16.9% - PunisherMax
- 17.4% - Ultimate Avengers
- 18.3% - Thor
- 18.9% - X-Force
- 24.7% - Thunderbolts
- 24.7% - Secret Warriors
- 26.1% - Black Panther
- 26.6% - New Avengers
- 29.2% - Oz
- 30.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 32.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 35.0% - Hulk
- 35.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 35.9% - New Mutants
- 39.3% - Orson Scott Card: Ender
- 39.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 40.7% - X-Factor
- 43.2% - Super Heroes
- 45.6% - Official Handbook
- 46.9% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 53.1% - Secret Avengers

2 year comparisons
==================

+148.9% - Moon Knight
+ 29.8% - FF
+ 14.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 3.9% - Super Heroes
- 4.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 4.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 12.7% - Invincible Iron Man
- 13.1% - Uncanny X-Force
- 15.6% - PunisherMax
- 16.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 21.5% - X-Factor
- 24.6% - Wolverine
- 28.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 32.5% - Black Panther
- 33.1% - Captain America
- 35.3% - Herc
- 36.1% - New Avengers
- 42.9% - Thunderbolts
- 43.0% - New Mutants
- 44.5% - Oz
- 48.3% - Secret Warriors
- 50.1% - Deadpool
- 55.9% - Hulk

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 84.1% - Moon Knight
+ 0.3% - Black Panther
- 3.5% - FF
- 10.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 14.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 24.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 28.5% - Wolverine
- 34.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.6% - Thunderbolts
- 35.2% - Daredevil
- 36.8% - X-Force
- 39.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 39.6% - PunisherMax
- 42.1% - Thor
- 43.6% - Captain America
- 44.7% - New Avengers
- 48.7% - X-Factor
- 55.0% - Official Handbook
- 57.7% - Iron Man
- 64.4% - Astonishing X-Men
- 64.6% - Herc

4 year comparisons
==================

- 13.6% - Moon Knight
- 16.1% - FF
- 23.4% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 29.3% - Iron Man
- 33.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 34.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.7% - X-Factor
- 40.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 44.5% - Daredevil
- 45.6% - PunisherMax
- 50.5% - Official Handbook
- 52.3% - New Avengers
- 53.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 53.5% - Wolverine
- 60.2% - Black Panther
- 62.2% - Thunderbolts
- 64.6% - Captain America
- 68.8% - Astonishing X-Men
- 74.5% - Incredible Hulks

5 year comparisons
==================

+ 21.5% - Iron Man
+ 5.6% - Thunderbolts
- 4.3% - Captain America
- 9.5% - Black Panther
- 21.1% - Spider-Man
- 32.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 34.9% - Moon Knight
- 39.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 41.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 43.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 44.1% - X-Factor
- 45.3% - Daredevil
- 46.5% - PunisherMax
- 51.1% - New Avengers
- 52.3% - Wolverine
- 61.4% - Official Handbook

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Marvel Month to Month Sales: June 2011
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201108171755 Marvel Month to Month Sales: June 2011

by Paul O’Brien

Yes, yes, I know. June? It’s August. This column is horrendously late. The July sales are already out. So I’m going to focus on the big events this month and otherwise keep the commentary pretty brief. Then we’ll be back on track, the sun will shine, and everything will be lovely.

The big news in June is, of course, the death of a Spider-Man. (Don’t worry, they’ve got a spare.) FEAR ITSELF continues to sprawl across the Marvel Universe line, and there’s also the first issue of a new GHOST RIDER series.

As normal, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 43% to 33% in unit share and 39% to 28% in dollar terms.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

1,17. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
06/06 #96 - 73,472
06/07 #110 - 73,646
06/08 #123 - 57,187
06/09 #133 - 57,364
=====
06/10 #11 - 39,149 ( -1.4%)
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 159,355 (+207.8%)
6 mnth (+372.8%)
1 year (+307.0%)
2 year (+177.8%)
3 year (+178.7%)
4 year (+116.4%)
5 year (+116.9%)

The “Death of Spider-Man” story has been underway since issue #155, but this is the month where he actually dies, and sales go through the roof. The Ultimate imprint hasn’t delivered sales this high in years, and it’s probably a safe bet that Marvel will get another big number when the new Ultimate Spider-Man debuts in a few issues time.

This is very good news for the Ultimate imprint, which has been struggling to regain momentum for a while now. The ULTIMATUM relaunch wasn’t a success, but the line was in decline for a while before that. Basically it had lost its lustre as a line of comics that people were talking about. People are talking about this. You never know. It could be what the imprint needs.

(That said, ULTIMATE FALLOUT #1 – the de facto next issue – is at number 24 on the July chart. So to some extent this is a blip. But that’s not really the point. The issue is whether it builds excitement for the relaunch proper;that’s the real test of success here.)

2. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 101,692 (-25.1%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 95,621 ( -6.0%)

Issue #2 picks up reorders of 5,374, so sales are actually holding pretty much steady this month. That’s a good sign.

4. AVENGERS
06/10 #2 - 98,788 (-42.1%)
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
6 mnth ( -4.5%)
1 year (-35.2%)

This is the second part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc (though unlike the May issue, it doesn’t have a variant cover). No discernible effect on sales, but the line-wide crossovers generally don’t have much impact on the top selling books.

5. FF
06/06 #538 - 78,147
06/07 #547 - 69,610
06/08 #558 - 61,003
06/09 #567 - 46,225
=====
06/10 #580 - 36,582 ( -4.8%)
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth ( +37.6%)
1 year ( +61.1%)
2 year ( +27.5%)
3 year ( -3.4%)
4 year ( -15.3%)
5 year ( -24.6%)

Levelling out quite nicely;sales remain very comfortably up from a year ago.

6. NEW AVENGERS
06/06 #20 - 134,278
06/07 #31 - 160,911
06/08 #42 - 108,495
06/09 #54 - 93,878
=====
06/10 #1 - 129,084 (+67.8%)
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth (-15.0%)
1 year (-55.3%)
2 year (-38.6%)
3 year (-46.8%)
4 year (-64.2%)
5 year (-57.0%)

The FEAR ITSELF tie-ins don’t start until next month, and there’s no variant cover on this issue either, so it’s going to be a soft month.

7,10. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
06/06 #533 - 112,982
06/07 #541 - 108,284
06/08 #563 - 70,792
06/09 #596 - 63,525
=====
06/10 #633 - 57,670 ( +1.7%)
06/10 #634 - 61,736 ( +7.1%)
06/10 #635 - 56,146 ( -9.1%)
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 (+21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 (-12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 (+42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 (-30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 (+11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( -7.0%)
1 year ( -2.4%)
2 year (-13.7%)
3 year (-22.6%)
4 year (-49.4%)
5 year (-51.5%)

Hovering around its usual range. “Spider-Island” starts next month and catapults the book to the top of the chart (though it does have some very unusual incentives behind it).

11,13. UNCANNY X-MEN
06/06 #474 - 78,140
06/07 #487 - 81,471
06/08 #499 - 81,100
06/09 #511 - 71,148
=====
06/10 #525 - 76,068 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
6 mnth ( -2.7%)
1 year (-28.6%)
2 year (-23.7%)
3 year (-33.1%)
4 year (-33.4%)
5 year (-30.5%)

Two issues this month. Issue #539 has a variant, issue #538 doesn’t, but there isn’t a great difference overall.

14. UNCANNY X-FORCE
06/08 ---
06/09 #16 - 58,818
=====
06/10 ---
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
6 mnth ( -4.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -9.6%)
3 year ( --- )

There’s a variant cover on this issue, but the increase is big enough to suggest that the start of the “Dark Angel Saga” storyline (a reprise of the Age of Apocalypse timeline) might helped too.

18. SECRET AVENGERS
06/10 #2 - 77,933 (-30.0%)
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( -7.7%)
1 year (-36.0%)

Second month of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, though the impact isn’t huge.

19. MIGHTY THOR
06/06 ---
06/07 ---
06/08 ---
06/09 #602 - 69,568
=====
06/10 #611 - 56,443 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth ( +6.6%)
1 year (-14.8%)
2 year (-30.8%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Levelling out quite swiftly after the relaunch, though we’re already back to the sales levels from the tail-end of last year.

20. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 of 8 - 46,851 (+81.8%)

Interesting. Normally Point One issues tail in a little way behind the regular title, but this time retailers seem to have treated it as a throwaway prologue which half the audience won’t want at all.

21,26. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth (-15.7%)

24,27. X-MEN LEGACY
06/06 #187 - 95,487
06/07 #200 - 136,672
06/08 #213 - 71,893
06/09 #225 - 58,374
=====
06/10 #237 - 65,578 ( -6.0%)
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth ( +4.0%)
1 year (-33.7%)
2 year (-25.5%)
3 year (-39.5%)
4 year (-68.2%)
5 year (-54.5%)

Gentle downward trend for both these X-Men titles.

25. CAPTAIN AMERICA
06/06 #19 - 47,315
06/07 #27 - 99,108
06/08 #39 - 79,387
06/09 #600 - 112,287
=====
06/10 #606 - 57,443 ( -2.7%)
06/10 #607 - 52,989 ( -7.8%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( +4.5%)
1 year (-22.0%)
2 year (-60.1%)
3 year (-43.6%)
4 year (-54.8%)
5 year ( -5.3%)

Reassuringly solid as it goes into a relaunch.

28. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
06/10 Vol 2 #3 - 50,797 ( -4.0%)
06/10 Vol 2 #4 - 49,606 ( -2.3%)
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth (+24.1%)
1 year (-15.7%)

This miniseries is part of the Death of Spider-Man crossover, though naturally most of the attention is on Spider-Man proper.

29,32. WOLVERINE
06/06 #43 - 97,807
06/07 ---
06/08 #66 - 98,026
06/09 #3 - 51,076
=====
06/10 #14 - 30,035 ( +0.9%)
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth ( -20.8%)
1 year ( +39.2%)
2 year ( -18.1%)
3 year ( -57.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -57.2%)

Gentle drifting down.

30. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
06/06 #9 - 37,650
06/07 #19 - 75,096
06/08 #2 - 69,021
06/09 #14 - 53,229
=====
06/10 #27 - 52,268 ( -2.5%)
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
6 mnth ( +1.0%)
1 year (-19.0%)
2 year (-20.5%)
3 year (-38.7%)
4 year (-43.6%)
5 year (+12.4%)

Third part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc.

36. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)

Variant covers make it tricky to pin down the trend here. But by current standards, this book has launched quite well.

39. ASTONISHING X-MEN
06/06 #15 - 119,991
06/07 ---
06/08 ---
06/09 #30 - 64,608
=====
06/10 #34 - 57,363 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #35 - 50,441 (-12.1%)
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-35.3%)
2 year (-42.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-69.1%)

The book has lost a lost of sales, but at least it’s fairly steady now that it’s coming out regularly again.

43. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)

Continuing the books’ opening FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc. Levelling out quite nicely.

44. MOON KNIGHT
06/06 #3 - 69,446
06/07 #11 - 58,313
06/08 #19 - 25,820
06/09 ---
=====
06/10 #9 - 18,695 ( -9.2%)
07/10 #10 - 19,143 ( +2.4%)
08/10 #1 of 3 - 28,196 ( +47.3%)
09/10 #2 of 3 - 20,307 ( -28.0%)
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +89.0%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( +36.8%)
4 year ( -39.4%)
5 year ( -49.1%)

Fairly big drop for the second issue, but still better than MOON KNIGHT has managed in a while. The last relaunch in September 2009 opened at this level, and dropped to 26K with its second issue.

45. ULTIMATE COMICS X
06/10 #3 - 44,568 ( -7.1%)
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)

And we shall never speak of this again.

59. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
07/10 #1 of 9 - 44,934
08/10 ---
09/10 #2 of 9 - 35,497 (-21.0%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 of 9 - 35,410 ( -0.2%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 of 9 - 31,977 ( -9.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 9 - 31,945 ( -0.1%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #6 of 9 - 30,467 ( -4.6%)

Fairly solid over the last three issues.

60. FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN
05/11 #1 of 3 - 34,551
06/11 #2 of 3 - 30,238 (-12.5%)

Quite a small second issue drop. (Perhaps retailers figure that if you’re going to buy this book at all, you’re more than normally likely to stick around for the whole tie-in.)

62,67. HULK
06/08 #4 - 90,600
06/09 ---
=====
06/10 #23 - 50,724 ( +2.2%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-17.9%)
1 year (-43.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-68.5%)

Business as usual.

64. CARNAGE
10/10 #1 of 5 - 50,692
11/10 ---
12/10 #2 of 5 - 32,794 (-35.3%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 of 5 - 28,334 (-13.6%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #4 of 5 - 29,466 ( +4.0%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 of 5 - 29,106 ( -1.2%)

That’s actually a very good performance, with extremely consistent numbers from issue #3 onwards. No wonder they’re doing a sequel.

66. S.H.I.E.L.D.
06/10 #2 - 37,595 (-15.6%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #3 - 33,335 (-11.3%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #∞ - 22,260 (-15.0%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #1 - 28,718 (+29.0%)
6 mnth ( +5.8%)
1 year (-23.6%)

Jump for the start of the second volume, exaggerated somewhat by the relatively low number on the transition issue.

69,80. THUNDERBOLTS
06/06 #103 - 48,058
06/07 #115 - 64,876
06/08 #121 - 37,693
06/09 #133 - 39,479
=====
06/10 #145 - 31,999 ( -3.8%)
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth ( -1.7%)
1 year (-14.2%)
2 year (-30.4%)
3 year (-27.1%)
4 year (-57.7%)
5 year (-42.9%)

The first two parts of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, with a modest effect.

70,76. DEADPOOL
06/09 #11 - 55,343
=====
06/10 #24 - 38,663 ( -9.6%)
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
6 mnth ( +2.1%)
1 year (-26.5%)
2 year (-48.6%)

Incredibly consistent sales from #30 onwards.

73. FEAR ITSELF: DEADPOOL
06/11 #1 of 3 - 28,227

Now that Deadpool isn’t being quite so overexposed, his spin-off books are doing as well as the main title.

74,81. INCREDIBLE HULKS
06/06 ---
06/07 #107 - 106,931
06/08 #4 - 90,600
06/09 ---
=====
06/10 #610 - 46,461 ( -0.4%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-15.9%)
1 year (-40.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-69.7%)
4 year (-74.3%)
5 year ( --- )

Heading for a relaunch after issue #635.

75. NEW MUTANTS
06/09 #2 - 43,230
=====
06/10 #14 - 53,926 ( -0.4%)
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
6 mnth (+14.1%)
1 year (-48.4%)
2 year (-35.6%)

Finding its level again under the new creative team.

82,84. X-MEN: PRELUDE TO SCHISM
05/11 #1 of 4 - 34,796
05/11 #2 of 4 - 31,311 (-10.0%)
06/11 #3 of 4 - 27,258 (-12.9%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 26,565 ( -2.5%)

A delayed second-issue drop, which can happen when the first two issues are both solicited in the same month. Reportedly the connection to “Schism” proper is purely “thematic”. I question the wisdom of this promotional strategy.

85,102. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890 (+20.3%)
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
6 mnth ( -5.0%)
1 year (-42.5%)

The Point One issue comes in very slightly behind normal levels;there’s a slight increase for issue #15 with the start of a FEAR ITSELF arc.

89. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)

90. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 25,738 (-10.0%)

92. IDENTITY WARS
04/11 Amzng Spider-Man Ann #38 - 42,040
05/11 Deadpool Annual #1 - 27,592 (-34.4%)
06/11 Incredible Hulks Ann #1 - 25,041 ( -9.2%)

All fairly standard behaviour.

93,99. X-FACTOR
06/06 #8 - 59,131
06/07 #20 - 37,105
06/08 #32 - 45,104
06/09 #44 - 31,552
=====
06/10 #206 - 40,981 ( -1.8%)
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( -7.3%)
1 year (-40.2%)
2 year (-22.3%)
3 year (-45.7%)
4 year (-34.0%)
5 year (-58.6%)

One of Marvel’s most consistent performers.

95. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830

Same deal as with ALPHA FLIGHT above – the first issue proper charts at number 37 in July, just about INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (probably somewhere in the mid-40K range, in other words).

97. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
06/09 #75 - 80,780
=====
06/10 #87 - 43,087 ( -7.0%)
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth (-19.5%)
1 year (-42.6%)
2 year (-69.4%)

The change of creative team doesn’t seem to have made a huge difference.

103. FEAR ITSELF: THE DEEP
06/11 #1 of 4 - 23,467

107. FEAR ITSELF: FEARSOME FOUR
06/11 #1 of 4 - 22,418

More FEAR ITSELF tie-ins. This seems to be about the standard level for the books without major characters.

108. CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS
06/11 #1 of 5 - 22,050

Yet another Captain America mini to tie in with the film.

109. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-61.6%)

There’s a variant cover on this issue, so chances are there’s a greater underlying drop.

110,125. IRON AGE
06/11 Alpha - 21,671
06/11 #1 of 3 - 19,135 (-11.7%)

Odd numbering for what’s basically a time-travel retro-themed IRON MAN TEAM-UP miniseries. (I quite liked it, actually.)

111. ANNIHILATORS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 (-9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 (-4.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 21,604 (-6.7%)

112. FEAR ITSELF: BLACK WIDOW
06/11 One-shot - 21,340

115. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE
06/11 #1 of 4 - 21,155

This is a follow-up to MARVEL UNIVERSE VS PUNISHER, which launched in August 2010 with orders of 27K.

118. SILVER SURFER
02/11 #1 of 5 - 24,409
03/11 #2 of 5 - 23,484 (-3.8%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 22,540 (-4.0%)
05/11 #4 of 5 - 21,918 (-2.8%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 20,686 (-5.6%)

119. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709
06/11 #2 of 6 - 20,376 (-17.5%)

120,124. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
06/06 #17 - 27,993
06/07 #28 - 61,808
06/08 #37 - 19,989
06/09 #5 - 29,762
=====
06/10 #5 of 6 - 26,041 ( -8.0%)
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( -41.4%)
1 year ( -25.5%)
2 year ( -34.8%)
3 year ( -2.9%)
4 year ( -68.6%)
5 year ( -30.7%)

121. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)

This is the second month of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, but they really don’t seem to be having that much effect on the regular titles. Have readers finally cottoned on to the fact that nothing important ever happens in the tie-ins?

126. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
6 mnth (-51.6%)

Considering how much effort Marvel put into promoting this book, including an entire arc in UNCANNY X-MEN, I really am surprised that it’s not doing better.

131. HERC
06/08 #118 - 52,975
06/09 #130 - 27,872
=====
06/10 Prince #2 - 17,068 ( -16.2%)
07/10 #3 of 4 - 15,667 ( -8.2%)
08/10 #4 of 4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth ( -31.2%)
1 year ( +6.1%)
2 year ( -35.0%)
3 year ( -65.8%)

The second part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in – again, with little noticeable impact.

132. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth (-45.3%)

133. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
06/06 #22 - 37,811
06/07 #34 - 34,161
06/08 #48 - 33,804
06/09 #58 - 29,802
=====
06/10 #8 - 22,053 ( -0.7%)
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-18.5%)
2 year (-39.7%)
3 year (-46.9%)
4 year (-47.4%)
5 year (-52.5%)

135. DARK TOWER: BATTLE OF TULL
06/07 Gunslinger Brn #5 - 132,090
06/08 Long Road Home #4 - 79,270
06/09 Fall of Gilead #2 - 39,978
=====
06/10 Gunslinger #2 - 24,024 ( -8.6%)
07/10 #3 of 5 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #4 of 5 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 #5 of 5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
6 mnth (-10.8%)
1 year (-26.5%)
2 year (-55.8%)
3 year (-77.7%)
4 year (-86.6%)

The usual very slight spike for the start of a new arc.

140, 160. MYSTERY MEN
06/11 #1 of 5 - 16,657
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,993 (-22.0%)

This is a miniseries about pulp-style heroes in the Marvel Universe of the 1920s. Obviously, nobody commissions a series like this expecting high sales (though quite why Marvel gave it a “CLASSIFIED” solicitation, I have no clue).

143. DEADPOOLMAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth (-24.7%)

146. SUPREME POWER
06/11 #1 of 4 - 15,251

Owww. I’d take that as a hint that there isn’t much interest in this property without big name creators attached.

148. CRIMINAL: LAST OF THE INNOCENT [Icon]
06/11 #1 of 4 - 14,849

On the other hand, by Icon standards, this is a perfectly respectable number.

149. THE STAND: NO MAN'S LAND
06/10 Hardcases #1 - 20,802 ( -6.7%)
07/10 #2 of 5 - 19,194 ( -7.7%)
08/10 #3 of 5 - 18,352 ( -4.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-30.4%)

153. MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME
03/11 #1 of 5 - 20,995
03/11 #2 of 5 - 18,287 (-12.9%)
04/11 #3 of 5 - 16,473 (-10.0%)
05/11 #4 of 5 - 15,191 ( -7.8%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 13,962 ( -8.1%)

159,166. MARVEL ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL
06/11 #1 of 5 - 13,231
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,164 (-8.1%)

I can only assume the idea is to have the collection out for Christmas.

161. KA-ZAR
06/11 #1 of 5 - 12,805

168. ALL WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES
06/11 #1 of 8 - 11,836

The sales on these minis by the end of their runs don’t bear thinking about.

174. NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT
08/10 #1 - 37,399
09/10 #2 - 23,880 (-36.1%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 - 20,541 (-14.0%)
11/10 #4 - 19,469 ( -5.2%)
12/10 #5 - 17,730 ( -8.9%)
01/11 #6 - 15,181 (-14.4%)
02/11 #7 - 14,001 ( -7.8%)
03/11 #8 - 13,385 ( -4.4%)
04/11 #9 - 12,493 ( -6.7%)
05/11 #10 - 12,027 ( -3.7%)
06/11 #11 - 11,281 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-36.4%)

Cancelled.

175. SKAAR: KING OF THE SAVAGE LAND
04/11 #1 of 5 - 18,002
04/11 #2 of 5 - 14,915 (-17.1%)
05/11 #3 of 5 - 12,661 (-15.1%)
06/11 #4 of 5 - 11,090 (-12.4%)

177,181. CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST VENGEANCE
05/11 #1 of 4 - 13,689
05/11 #2 of 4 - 12,116 (-11.5%)
06/11 #3 of 4 - 10,660 (-12.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 10,322 ( -3.2%)

178. RUSE [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,520
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,861 (-58.4%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 10,749 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 10,532 ( -2.0%)

191. WOLVERINE/HERCULES: MYTHS, MONSTERS &MUTANTS
03/11 #1 of 4 - 14,351
04/11 #2 of 4 - 11,389 (-20.6%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 10,477 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 9,696 ( -7.5%)

204. SIGIL [Crossgen]
03/11 #1 of 4 - 28,496
04/11 #2 of 4 - 10,887 (-61.8%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 9,595 (-11.9%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 8,930 ( -6.9%)

207. OZMA OF OZ
06/09 Wizard #7 - 15,473
=====
06/10 Marvelous #7 - 12,200 ( -1.3%)
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 Ozma #1 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-28.9%)
3 year (-44.0%)

224. FROM THE MARVEL VAULT
02/11 Dr Strange - 11,248
03/11 ---
04/11 Thunderbolts - 9,001
05/11 ---
06/11 Hulk/Torch - 7,616

243. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
06/08 Guilty #12 - 19,866
06/09 Necromancer #2 - 12,907
=====
06/10 Circus #2 - 9,060 ( -4.5%)
07/10 #3 of 5 - 8,557 ( -5.6%)
08/10 ---
09/10 #4 of 5 - 8,427 ( -1.5%)
10/10 #5 of 5 - 8,146 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-23.9%)
2 year (-46.6%)
3 year (-65.3%)

What on earth is going on with the schedule of this book? It’s a novel adaptation, with creators who aren’t usually slow – I wonder what the problem is?

246. CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBIRTH
06/11 One-shot - 6,780

This is a reprint of some Lee/Kirby Captain America stories (with a new framing sequence by Karl Kesel).

258. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
06/10 A to Z Update #2 of 5 - 5,312 ( -64.9%)
07/10 X-Men: Phoenix Force - 9,566 ( +80.1%)
08/10 A to Z Update #3 of 5 - 4,962 ( -48.1%)
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
6 mnth ( -54.2%)
1 year ( +18.8%)

274. HULK-SIZED MINI-HULKS
06/11 #1 - 5,619

A reprint of the Mini-Hulk back-up strips.

277. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/GHOST RIDER
06/11 Motorstorm - 5,588

And this is a reprint of the Spider-Man/Ghost Rider back-up strip that ran in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #658-660.

287. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
06/06 #16 - 6,114
06/07 #28 - 7,006
06/08 #40 - 5,954
06/09 #52 - 4,612
=====
06/10 #3 - 7,200 ( -6.6%)
07/10 #4 - 6,347 (-11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
6 mnth ( -1.3%)
1 year (-29.8%)
2 year ( +9.5%)
3 year (-15.1%)
4 year (-27.9%)
5 year (-17.4%)

294. CARS 2 [Pixar]
06/11 #1 of 2 - 4,798

All-ages movie adaptation, so it’s not exactly intended for the direct market. I’m sure we’ll be seeing many more Disney comics in future.

Quite a few Marvel titles missed the top 300 in June, with estimated orders below 4,427: DISNEY PIXAR PRESENTS CARS, 15 LOVE #1, SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY #3, FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #6, the Marvel Adventures book SUPER HEROES #15, EMMA #4, and OFFICIAL INDEX #14.

6 month comparisons
===================

+372.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 37.6% - FF
+ 24.1% - Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates
+ 14.1% - New Mutants
+ 6.6% - Thor
+ 5.8% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
+ 4.5% - Captain America
+ 4.0% - X-Men Legacy
+ 2.1% - Deadpool
+ 1.0% - Iron Man
- 1.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 1.7% - Thunderbolts
- 2.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 4.2% - X-Force
- 4.5% - Avengers
- 5.0% - Avengers Academy
- 7.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 7.3% - X-Factor
- 7.7% - Secret Avengers
- 10.8% - Dark Tower
- 12.5% - X-23
- 15.0% - New Avengers
- 15.7% - X-Men
- 15.9% - Incredible Hulks
- 16.8% - Oz
- 17.9% - Hulk
- 19.5% - Daken
- 20.8% - Wolverine
- 24.7% - DeadpoolMax
- 31.2% - Herc
- 36.4% - Namor
- 41.4% - Black Panther
- 45.3% - Heroes for Hire
- 51.6% - Generation Hope
- 54.2% - Official Handbook
- 61.6% - Wolverine: Best There Is

1 year comparisons
==================

+307.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 89.0% - Moon Knight
+ 61.1% - FF
+ 39.2% - Wolverine
+ 18.8% - Official Handbook
+ 6.1% - Herc
- 2.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 14.2% - Thunderbolts
- 14.8% - Thor
- 15.7% - Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates
- 18.5% - PunisherMax
- 19.0% - Iron Man
- 22.0% - Captain America
- 23.6% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
- 23.9% - Anita Blake
- 25.5% - Black Panther
- 26.5% - Deadpool
- 26.5% - Dark Tower
- 28.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 28.9% - Oz
- 29.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 30.4% - Stand
- 33.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 35.2% - Avengers
- 35.3% - Astonishing X-Men
- 36.0% - Secret Avengers
- 40.2% - X-Factor
- 40.9% - Incredible Hulks
- 42.5% - Avengers Academy
- 42.6% - Daken
- 43.7% - Hulk
- 48.4% - New Mutants
- 55.3% - New Avengers

2 year comparisons
==================

+177.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 27.5% - FF
+ 9.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 9.6% - X-Force
- 13.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 18.1% - Wolverine
- 20.5% - Iron Man
- 22.3% - X-Factor
- 23.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 25.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 30.4% - Thunderbolts
- 30.8% - Thor
- 34.8% - Black Panther
- 35.0% - Herc
- 35.6% - New Mutants
- 38.6% - New Avengers
- 39.7% - PunisherMax
- 42.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 44.0% - Oz
- 46.6% - Anita Blake
- 48.6% - Deadpool
- 55.8% - Dark Tower
- 60.1% - Captain America
- 69.4% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+178.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 36.8% - Moon Knight
- 2.9% - Black Panther
- 3.4% - FF
- 15.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 22.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 27.1% - Thunderbolts
- 33.1% - Uncanny X-Men
- 38.7% - Iron Man
- 39.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 43.6% - Captain America
- 45.7% - X-Factor
- 46.8% - New Avengers
- 46.9% - PunisherMax
- 57.3% - Wolverine
- 65.3% - Anita Blake
- 65.8% - Herc
- 68.5% - Hulk
- 69.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 77.7% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+116.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 15.3% - FF
- 27.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 33.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 34.0% - X-Factor
- 39.4% - Moon Knight
- 43.6% - Iron Man
- 47.4% - PunisherMax
- 49.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 54.8% - Captain America
- 57.7% - Thunderbolts
- 64.2% - New Avengers
- 68.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 68.6% - Black Panther
- 74.3% - Incredible Hulks

5 year comparisons
==================

+116.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 12.4% - Iron Man
- 5.3% - Captain America
- 17.4% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 24.6% - FF
- 30.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 30.7% - Black Panther
- 42.9% - Thunderbolts
- 49.1% - Moon Knight
- 51.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 52.5% - PunisherMax
- 54.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 57.0% - New Avengers
- 57.2% - Wolverine
- 58.6% - X-Factor
- 69.1% - Astonishing X-Men
- 86.6% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/08/17/untitled-1-2/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: July 2011
23 Comments POSTED ON Aug 24 2011 AT 10:38 am BY Paul OBrien
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201108241135 Marvel Month to Month Sales: July 2011

by Paul O’Brien

Quite the busy month, July. FEAR ITSELF is still rumbling onwards, but it’s now joined by two other events – the “Spider-Island” crossover, and X-MEN: SCHISM. And there are relaunches of DAREDEVIL, GHOST RIDER and CAPTAIN AMERICA (which spawns a spin-off into the bargain).

Oh, and now that the FEAR ITSELF crossover arcs are firmly underway, this seems a good month to ask: is it really having much of an impact on sales of the tie-in books?

As per usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 44% to 35% in unit share, and 39% to 31% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

1,16. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
07/06 #534 - 113,522
07/07 #542 - 105,715
07/08 #566 - 68,912
07/09 #599 - 72,412
=====
07/10 #636 - 56,011 ( -0.2%)
07/10 #637 - 56,031 ( +0.0%)
07/10 #638 - 68,271 ( +21.8%)
08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 ( -12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 ( +42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 ( -30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
6 mnth (+160.5%)
1 year (+142.0%)
2 year ( +87.2%)
3 year ( +96.7%)
4 year ( +28.2%)
5 year ( +19.4%)

Issue #666 begins the “Spider-Island” crossover, and sales are through the roof. Of course, there were some unusual promotional offers with this book (such as personalised covers with photos of each comic store), and we can be fairly sure that it won’t sustain these sales. But by any standards, 136K is a great number for the start of a crossover – FEAR ITSELF #1 only sold 129K in its first month. At least some of that surely has to be credited to interest in the storyline.

2. CAPTAIN AMERICA
07/06 #20 - 47,357
07/07 #28 - 89,721
07/08 #40 - 79,317
07/09 #1 - 193,142
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
6 mnth (+130.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -49.8%)
3 year ( +22.2%)
4 year ( +8.0%)
5 year (+104.7%)

This is basically an arbitrary renumbering to tie in with the movie, and history suggests the bump won’t last very long – compare THOR, which was pointlessly renumbered in similar circumstances. This issue also has five variant covers, which would have boosted sales in themselves.

The previous numbering has been taken over by spin-off title CAPTAIN AMERICA &BUCKY, which we’ll come to later.

3. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%)

Still picking up reorders. Issue #2 gets a further 3,667 sales, and issue #3 adds 3,880. Those numbers are added to the total above. Obviously, if you disregard the reorders on earlier issues, sales on this core title have been very solid.

6. DAREDEVIL
07/06 #87 - 79,436
07/07 ---
07/08 #109 - 39,258
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 #508 - 41,943 (+20.7%)
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
6 mnth ( +89.1%)
1 year ( +54.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( +65.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -18.3%)

A slightly less arbitrary renumbering, since this is at least the debut of a new creative team with a sweeping change of tone. Ignore the sales on the recent miniseries, which retailers seem to have treated as dispensable;the fairer comparison is with the Shadowland issues in the second half of 2010. Even with a crossover behind them, they were selling just over 40K. While sales will have been boosted by the four variant covers, this is a strong debut for the new creative team.

8. AVENGERS
07/10 #3 - 87,410 (-11.5%)
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
6 mnth ( -3.5%)
1 year (-28.4%)

Third part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, which hasn’t exactly had an earth-shaking effect on sales. As I’ve said in previous months, this isn’t especially unusual for the higher selling Marvel titles;they’ve never seen that much gain from the crossovers, presumably because the event audiences are buying them already.

It’s more striking that we’re seeing the same pattern on the other tie-in books further down the chart. The impact gets more noticeable the further down we go – but not by much. Which kind of begs the question: how much did Marvel actually gain from making FEAR ITSELF into a line-wide crossover?

11,28. X-MEN: SCHISM
07/11 #1 of 5 - 58,326
07/11 #2 of 5 - 45,152 (-22.6%)

This is the lead-in to a relaunch of the X-Men titles. 58K isn’t too bad – that’s around 5K more than UNCANNY normally does. But 45K is on the low side for a tentpole miniseries. That’s below X-FORCE and at about the level of X-MEN.

Granted, LEGACY does 41K and ASTONISHING only 35K. That’s the reality of the X-Men’s appeal these days. This is Marvel’s third-tier event, after FEAR ITSELF and “Spider-Island”. And what really matters is how well the relaunch does;if this series generates a buzz for the relaunch, it will have done its job.

But a book that’s supposed to be reshaping the X-Men titles really ought to be selling at least the same numbers as UNCANNY. This is a bit disappointing.

12. NEW AVENGERS
07/06 #22 - 124,617
07/07 #32 - 122,991
07/08 #43 - 108,751
07/09 #55 - 84,745
=====
07/10 #2 - 83,397 (-35.4%)
08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth ( -4.7%)
1 year (-30.1%)
2 year (-31.2%)
3 year (-46.4%)
4 year (-52.6%)
5 year (-53.2%)

The first part of the FEAR ITSELF crossover arc. Sales are slightly up.

15,17. UNCANNY X-MEN
07/06 #476 - 88,775
07/07 #488 - 86,747
07/08 #500 - 151,955
07/09 #513 - 83,399
=====
07/10 #526 - 66,723 (-12.3%)
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( +3.3%)
1 year (-16.3%)
2 year (-33.0%)
3 year (-63.2%)
4 year (-35.6%)
5 year (-37.1%)

These two issues are the start of a FEAR ITSELF crossover arc. It boosts sales by a couple of thousand.

18,21. FF
07/06 ---
07/07 ---
07/08 ---
07/09 #568 - 45,828
=====
07/10 #581 - 35,505 ( -2.9%)
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth ( -62.5%)
1 year ( +52.2%)
2 year ( +17.9%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Drifting down, but that’s to be expected. There’s another relaunch just around the corner when we reach issue #600.

19. UNCANNY X-FORCE
07/08 #5 - 72,818
07/09 #17 - 61,104
=====
07/10 #28 - 61,680 ( -1.3%)
07/10 Sex #1 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
6 mnth ( +7.8%)
1 year ( -10.2%)
2 year ( -9.3%)
3 year ( -23.9%)

Up for the second month running. It seems there’s still some interest in the Age of Apocalypse, which this storyline is revisiting.

23. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187

The numbering continues from last month’s CAPTAIN AMERICA, but in practice this is the launch of a new spin-off book – a technique Marvel have used several times in the last few years, and will be using again with FANTASTIC FOUR shortly. To be fair, it does still seem to give the new book some inherited momentum, however irrationally.

Orders of 51K is respectable territory for a first issue anyway, and books launched in this way tend not to drop as fast in their second month. This has a fair shot.

24,27,31. ULTIMATE FALLOUT
07/06 #97 - 76,612
07/07 #111 - 75,487
07/08 #124 - 55,262
07/09 #2 of 2 - 41,374
=====
07/10 #12 - 37,879 ( -3.2%)
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( +32.9%)
1 year ( +17.5%)
2 year ( +7.5%)
3 year ( -19.5%)
4 year ( -41.1%)
5 year ( -41.9%)

The first three issues of ULTIMATE FALLOUT all ship in the same month, and sales return to “Death of Spider-Man” levels. But then this is a transition mini;no doubt they’ll get another huge boost for the debut of the replacement Spider-Man, and a third for the launch of the new ongoing title.

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160 picks up healthy reorders of 7,589, which are included in the number above.

26. SECRET AVENGERS
07/10 #3 - 72,293 ( -7.2%)
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
6 mnth ( -8.0%)
1 year (-35.4%)

This is a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, not that you’d know just from looking at the sales.

29,33. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 143,167
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth (-33.4%)
1 year (-69.9%)

Hovering around the mid-40K range. Issue #14 has an additional variant compared to the others around it.

30. MIGHTY THOR
07/06 ---
07/07 #1 - 165,325
07/08 #10 - 83,784
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 #612 - 53,373 ( -5.4%)
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
6 mnth ( +3.9%)
1 year (-16.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-46.8%)
4 year (-73.0%)
5 year ( --- )

Still dropping back to regular sales levels after the arbitrary renumbering in April. In fairness, the reduction in the number of variant covers will also be playing a part here, so the rate of decline is being exaggerated.

34. ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES
07/10 Vol 2 #5 - 46,886 ( -5.5%)
08/10 Vol 2 #6 - 46,358 (-11.3%)
08/10 Vol 3 #1 - 53,870 (+16.2%)
09/10 Vol 3 #2 - 43,119 (-20.0%)
10/10 Vol 3 #3 - 38,529 (-10.6%)
11/10 Vol 3 #4 - 36,777 ( -4.5%)
12/10 Vol 3 #5 - 34,483 ( -6.2%)
01/11 Vol 3 #6 - 33,454 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth (+27.8%)
1 year ( -8.8%)

A pretty decent run for this mini, which wraps up comfortably ahead of the previous arc.

35. WOLVERINE
07/06 #44 - 105,220
07/07 #55 - 130,707
07/08 #67 - 89,062
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 #15 - 29,555 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #5.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth ( -10.3%)
1 year ( +42.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -52.7%)
4 year ( -67.8%)
5 year ( -60.0%)

This issue has a variant cover, which presumably accounts for the very slight increase.

36. X-MEN LEGACY
07/06 #189 - 89,268
07/07 #201 - 86,278
07/08 #214 - 69,863
07/09 #226 - 59,298
=====
07/10 #238 - 53,313 (-18.7%)
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
6 mnth ( +2.9%)
1 year (-22.4%)
2 year (-30.2%)
3 year (-40.8%)
4 year (-52.1%)
5 year (-53.7%)

Drifting back down to previous levels after the “Age of X” crossover. It’s still slightly ahead of the previous number, though.

37. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)

As with last month’s ALPHA FLIGHT, the first issue proper does much better than the lead-in Point One issue. Sales of 41K are alright for a debut in the current market, as long as they hold up, but it’s not spectacular. HERC started with 39K, for example.

39. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
07/06 #10 - 38,102
07/07 #20 - 72,831
07/08 #3 - 63,043
07/09 #15 - 50,554
=====
07/10 #28 - 48,690 ( -6.8%)
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-24.2%)
1 year (-15.7%)
2 year (-18.8%)
3 year (-34.9%)
4 year (-43.6%)
5 year ( +7.7%)

Fourth part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc.

42. FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 39,605

Quite some distance behind the regular title, which does around 50K. That’s often the way with crossover-themed spin-off books, though.

46. ASTONISHING X-MEN
07/06 ---
07/07 ---
07/08 #25 - 110,724
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #35 - 50,441 (-12.1%)
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-67.9%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Well, at least ASTONISHING X-MEN has finally got the hang of existing on a regular basis.

47. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)

No variant this month, so the drop is exaggerated. Down at number 290, with orders of 3,829, is a book by the name of VENOM: FLASHPOINT (oh Marvel, you cards), which reprints issue #1 and the lead-ins from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.

49. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)

Still finding its level;these spin-off titles can be tricky to judge. This opening arc is a FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

50. MOON KNIGHT
07/06 ---
07/07 ---
07/08 #20 - 28,773
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 #10 - 19,143 ( +2.4%)
08/10 #1 of 3 - 28,196 ( +47.3%)
09/10 #2 of 3 - 20,307 ( -28.0%)
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +76.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( +17.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Levelling out very quickly, which is a good sign.

54. FEAR ITSELF: WOLVERINE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 30,584

Again, about 10K behind the main title – but at least it’s ahead of the other Wolverine spin-off books.

56,61. HULK
07/09 ---
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )

Issue #37 begins the FEAR ITSELF crossover. Sales are up by about 1,500, but it’s hardly spectacular.

58. FEAR ITSELF: FF
07/11 One-shot - 30,165

About 25K behind the parent title, which is an awfully long way. The Fantastic Four have always struggled to support a spin-off book – though that hasn’t dissuaded Marvel from doing another one.

62,70. INCREDIBLE HULKS
07/06 #96 - 49,209
07/07 #108 - 105,036
07/08 ---
07/09 #600 - 92,343
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
6 mnth (-12.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-70.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-74.1%)
5 year (-44.7%)

Headed for a relaunch (which also drops back to a monthly schedule, so there’s a veiled cancellation in here).

64,77. NEW MUTANTS
07/09 #3 - 42,961
=====
07/10 #15 - 35,426 (-34.3%)
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
6 mnth ( +9.9%)
1 year (-26.2%)
2 year (-39.2%)

Nice steady sales. The FEAR ITSELF tie-in doesn’t start till next month, if you’re wondering.

65. THUNDERBOLTS
07/06 #104 - 54,092
07/07 ---
07/08 #122 - 47,170
07/09 #134 - 40,885
=====
07/10 #146 - 31,501 ( -1.6%)
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
6 mnth ( +4.9%)
1 year (-11.7%)
2 year (-32.0%)
3 year (-41.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-48.6%)

Continuing the FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc which began in issue #158.

66. FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN
05/11 #1 of 3 - 34,551
06/11 #2 of 3 - 30,238 (-12.5%)
07/11 #3 of 3 - 27,499 ( -9.1%)

That’s around half the sales the regular title normally gets.

69. DEADPOOL
07/09 #12 - 58,807
=====
07/10 #25 - 36,828 ( -4.7%)
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( -6.3%)
1 year (-25.9%)
2 year (-53.6%)

Holding steady around 27-28K.

72. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 of 8 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 of 8 - 26,862 (-42.7%)

Ouch. So the first issue sales were an anomaly, then.

79. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873

Joe Casey revamps the Teen Brigade. (Honest.) This is not an obviously commercial project, so I expect people will be happy enough with this number.

83. AVENGERS ACADEMY
07/10 #2 - 38,061 (-17.1%)
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth ( +5.7%)
1 year (-33.3%)

Second month of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

85. X-FACTOR
07/07 #21 - 50,227
07/08 #33 - 53,088
07/09 #46 - 31,213
=====
07/10 #207 - 32,082 (-21.7%)
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
6 mnth ( -1.3%)
1 year (-22.7%)
2 year (-20.6%)
3 year (-53.3%)
4 year (-50.6%)

Extremely solid sales. There’s a variant cover on this issue, but it’s hardly making much difference.

86. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (-11.7%)

Drifting gently down.

87. FEAR ITSELF: DEADPOOL
06/11 #1 of 3 - 28,227
07/11 #2 of 3 - 24,543 (-13.1%)

Only a couple of thousand behind the parent title. That’s about as good as it could get.

90. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
07/09 #76 - 74,017
=====
07/10 #88 - 42,522 ( -1.3%)
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-45.4%)
2 year (-68.6%)

Resuming its slow downwards trend.

95. SECRET WARRIORS
07/09 #6 - 41,749
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #18 - 27,415 ( -2.1%)
08/10 #19 - 26,902 ( -1.9%)
09/10 #20 - 25,947 ( -3.5%)
10/10 #21 - 24,748 ( -4.6%)
11/10 #22 - 24,059 ( -2.8%)
12/10 #23 - 23,078 ( -4.1%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #24 - 22,704 ( -1.6%)
02/11 #25 - 22,691 ( -0.1%)
04/11 #26 - 22,394 ( -1.3%)
05/11 #27 - 22,104 ( -1.3%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #28 - 22,688 ( +2.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-45.7%)

Final issue, apparently because the book has completed its planned storyline.

97. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
07/06 #18 - 69,912
07/07 #29 - 55,027
07/08 #38 - 19,459
07/09 #6 - 29,727
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
6 mnth ( -19.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -25.4%)
3 year ( +13.9%)
4 year ( -59.7%)
5 year ( -68.3%)

This is the start of a FEAR ITSELF crossover, and sales are up by a few thousand – which is fairly significant at this level.

99. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 25,738 (-10.0%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 22,058 (-14.3%)

102. FEAR ITSELF: THE WORTHY
07/11 One-shot - 20,780

For the completists…

104. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
07/11 #8 - 20,393 ( -7.3%)
6 mnth (-39.1%)

There was a variant cover in June, so this month’s drop is exaggerated. But this still doesn’t look too healthy.

105. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #7 - 20,390 ( +3.0%)

Third month of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

108. RED SKULL
07/11 #1 of 5 - 19,973

An origin miniseries, though it’s more of a companion piece to the MAGNETO: TESTAMENT series from a couple of years ago. Again, nobody is pretending that this is a particularly commercial offering, and I’m sure Marvel will be happy enough with 20K.

109. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
6 mnth (-14.5%)

The start of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc.

111. WOLVERINE &DEADPOOL: DECOY
07/11 One-shot - 19,025

A reprint from the Marvel’s digital service.

112. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709
06/11 #2 of 6 - 20,376 (-17.5%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 18,735 ( -8.1%)

115. FEAR ITSELF: THE DEEP
06/11 #1 of 4 - 23,467
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,433 (-21.5%)

116. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE
06/11 #1 of 4 - 21,155
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,209 (-13.9%)

117. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-24.7%)

Still sliding. Some sort of relaunch appears to be in the works, as part of the X-Men revamp.

121. FEAR ITSELF: FEARSOME FOUR
06/11 #1 of 4 - 22,418
07/11 #2 of 4 - 17,765 (-20.8%)

122. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
07/06 #35 - 34,116
07/07 #49 - 34,317
07/08 #59 - 30,064
07/09 #72 - 21,049
=====
07/10 #9 - 21,453 ( -2.7%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-17.5%)
2 year (-15.9%)
3 year (-41.1%)
4 year (-48.4%)
5 year (-48.1%)

Continuing its steady slide.

128. HERC
07/08 #119 - 52,598
07/09 #131 - 29,188
=====
07/10 Prince #3 - 15,667 ( -8.2%)
08/10 #4 of 4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #5 - 17,113 ( -5.5%)
6 mnth ( -30.7%)
1 year ( +9.2%)
2 year ( -41.4%)
3 year ( -67.5%)

Part 3 of a “Fear Itself” tie-in arc – to be followed immediately by a Spider-Island tie-in, so Marvel are certainly trying to help the book.

129. DARK TOWER: BATTLE OF TULL
07/07 Gun'r Born #6 - 128,336
07/08 Long Road Home #5 - 74,981
07/09 Fall of Gilead #3 - 36,982
=====
07/10 Gunslinger #3 - 22,744 ( -5.3%)
08/10 #4 of 5 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 #5 of 5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth ( -9.2%)
1 year (-25.7%)
2 year (-54.3%)
3 year (-77.5%)
4 year (-86.8%)

Back on the familiar gentle drift downhill.

130. WOLVERINE &BLACK CAT: CLAWS 2
07/11 #1 of 3 - 16,571

This is a curious one. CLAWS ran from August to October 2006, so this sequel comes almost five years after the original (despite the plot picking up almost immediately afterwards, which makes me wonder how long it’s been in the pipeline). The first mini launched with orders of around 40K, dropping to 27K, so there’s a huge drop-off in interest here.

133. ASTONISHING THOR
11/10 #1 of 5 - 29,202
12/10 ---
01/11 #2 of 5 - 19,642 (-32.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 #3 of 5 - 17,698 ( -9.9%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 17,008 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #5 of 5 - 16,228 ( -4.6%)

With ASTONISHING CAPTAIN AMERICA having been deferred to a later date, this appears to be the end of the Astonishing minis for now. The branding hasn’t really worked, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Marvel take the opportunity for a rethink.

139. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth (-21.7%)

On a fairly consistent slide, but it’s getting a second year.

141. THOR: HEAVEN AND EARTH
07/11 #1 of 4 - 14,774

Coming after the glut of Thor product earlier in the year, it’s hardly surprising that there’s little demand for yet another miniseries.

144. IRON AGE
06/11 Alpha - 21,671
06/11 #1 of 3 - 19,135 (-11.7%)
07/11 #2 of 3 - 14,426 (-24.6%)

That’s probably a delayed second-issue drop, although it’s still on the steep side.

150. CRIMINAL: LAST OF THE INNOCENT [Icon]
06/11 #1 of 4 - 14,849
07/11 #2 of 4 - 13,453 (-9.4%)

Fairly modest drop for a second issue. CRIMINAL has a loyal core audience.

157. CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS
06/11 #1 of 5 - 22,050
07/11 #2 of 5 - 12,305 (-44.2%)

That’s such an enormous drop that I can only assume Marvel did something to inflate the sales on the first issue.

160. SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)
05/11 #7 - 12,563 ( -5.1%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #8 - 11,996 ( -4.5%)

Cancelled, though there’s a “Spider-Island” tie-in mini to follow.

From here on down, it’s minis, all-ages books and the odd licensed title. (Bear in mind that the some of these books, particularly the non-MU titles, are quite likely to be doing better outside the direct market.)

164. SUPREME POWER
06/11 #1 of 4 - 15,251
07/11 #2 of 4 - 11,450 (-24.9%)

170. MYSTERY MEN
06/11 #1 of 5 - 16,657
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,993 (-22.0%)
07/11 #3 of 5 - 10,433 (-19.7%)

173. SKAAR: KING OF THE SAVAGE LAND
04/11 #1 of 5 - 18,002
04/11 #2 of 5 - 14,915 (-17.1%)
05/11 #3 of 5 - 12,661 (-15.1%)
06/11 #4 of 5 - 11,090 (-12.4%)
07/11 #5 of 5 - 10,128 ( -8.7%)

174. ALL WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES
06/11 #1 of 8 - 11,836
07/11 #2 of 8 - 10,121 (-14.5%)

193. CAP AND THOR! AVENGERS
07/11 One-shot - 8,926

This is a movie tie-in, presumably not aimed at the direct market.

188. MARVEL ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL
06/11 #1 of 5 - 13,231
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,164 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #3 of 5 - 9,379 (-22.9%)

Delayed second-issue drop. Still, with sales like this, the joke must surely have run its course.

199. OZMA OF OZ
07/09 #8 of 8 - 15,487
=====
07/10 #8 of 8 - 12,152 ( -0.4%)
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)
1 year (-32.4%)
2 year (-46.9%)

202. FROM THE MARVEL VAULT
02/11 Dr Strange - 11,248
03/11 ---
04/11 Thunderbolts - 9,001
05/11 ---
06/11 Hulk/Torch - 7,616
07/11 Defenders - 8,154

204. KA-ZAR
06/11 #1 of 5 - 12,805
07/11 #2 of 5 - 7,873 (-38.5%)

205. HALO: FALL OF REACH - COVENANT
07/09 Helljumper #1 - 15,809
=====
07/10 ---
08/10 ---
09/10 Boot Camp #1 - 10,715 (+26.0%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 Cov't #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-50.5%)

266. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
07/06 #17 - 6,133
07/07 #29 - 7,071
07/08 #41 - 5,859
07/09 #53 - 5,710
=====
07/10 #4 - 6,347 ( -11.8%)
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
6 mnth ( -2.2%)
1 year ( -25.8%)
2 year ( -17.5%)
3 year ( -19.6%)
4 year ( -33.4%)
5 year ( -23.2%)

271. SPOTLIGHT
11/10 Curse of the Mutants - 5,962
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Fear Itself - 7,275
05/11 Captain America - 4,518
05/11 X-Men - 4,395
06/11 ---
07/11 Spider-Island - 4,404

277. CARS 2 [Pixar]
06/11 #1 of 2 - 4,798
07/11 #2 of 2 - 4,108 (-14.4%)

And the following books didn’t make the top 300 in July: 15 LOVE #2, SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY #4, FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #7, SUPER HEROES #16, EMMA #5, OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #15, and the one-shot MEET THE MUPPETS.

6 month comparisons
===================

+160.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
+130.1% - Captain America
+ 89.1% - Daredevil
+ 32.9% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
+ 27.8% - Ultimate Avengers
+ 9.9% - New Mutants
+ 7.8% - X-Force
+ 5.7% - Avengers Academy
+ 4.9% - Thunderbolts
+ 3.9% - Thor
+ 3.3% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 2.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 1.3% - X-Factor
- 2.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 3.5% - Avengers
- 4.7% - New Avengers
- 6.3% - Deadpool
- 8.0% - Secret Avengers
- 9.2% - Dark Tower
- 10.3% - Wolverine
- 11.7% - X-23
- 12.1% - Incredible Hulks
- 12.5% - Oz
- 14.5% - Heroes for Hire
- 19.3% - Black Panther
- 21.7% - Deadpool Max
- 24.2% - Iron Man
- 24.7% - Generation Hope
- 30.7% - Herc
- 33.4% - X-Men
- 39.1% - Wolverine: The Best There Is
- 51.5% - Heroes for Hire
- 62.5% - FF

1 year comparisons
==================

+142.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 76.5% - Moon Knight
+ 54.7% - Daredevil
+ 52.2% - FF/Fantastic Four
+ 42.5% - Wolverine
+ 17.5% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
+ 9.2% - Herc
- 8.8% - Ultimate Avengers
- 10.2% - X-Force
- 11.7% - Thunderbolts
- 15.7% - Iron Man
- 16.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 16.5% - Thor
- 17.5% - PunisherMax
- 22.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 22.7% - X-Factor
- 25.7% - Dark Tower
- 25.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 25.9% - Deadpool
- 26.2% - New Mutants
- 28.4% - Avengers
- 30.1% - New Avengers
- 32.4% - Oz
- 33.3% - Avengers Academy
- 35.4% - Secret Avengers
- 45.4% - Daken
- 69.9% - X-Men

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 87.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 17.9% - FF/Fantastic Four
+ 7.5% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 9.3% - X-Force
- 15.9% - PunisherMax
- 17.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 18.8% - Iron Man
- 20.6% - X-Factor
- 25.4% - Black Panther
- 30.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 31.2% - New Avengers
- 32.0% - Thunderbolts
- 33.0% - Uncanny X-Men
- 39.2% - New Mutants
- 41.4% - Herc
- 45.7% - Secret Warriors
- 46.9% - Oz
- 49.8% - Captain America
- 50.5% - Halo
- 53.6% - Deadpool
- 54.3% - Dark Tower
- 68.6% - Daken
- 70.5% - Incredible Hulks

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 96.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 65.2% - Daredevil
+ 22.2% - Captain America
+ 17.4% - Moon Knight
+ 13.9% - Black Panther
- 19.5% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 19.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 23.9% - X-Force
- 34.9% - Iron Man
- 40.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 41.0% - Thunderbolts
- 41.1% - PunisherMax
- 46.4% - New Avengers
- 46.8% - Thor
- 52.7% - Wolverine
- 53.3% - X-Factor
- 63.2% - Uncanny X-Men
- 67.5% - Herc
- 67.9% - Astonishing X-Men
- 77.5% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 28.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 8.0% - Captain America
- 33.4% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 35.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 41.1% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 43.6% - Iron Man
- 48.4% - PunisherMax
- 50.6% - X-Factor
- 52.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 52.6% - New Avengers
- 59.7% - Black Panther
- 67.8% - Wolverine
- 73.0% - Thor
- 74.1% - Incredible Hulks
- 86.8% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

+104.7% - Captain America
+ 19.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 7.7% - Iron Man
- 18.3% - Daredevil
- 23.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 37.1% - Uncanny X-Men
- 41.9% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 44.7% - Incredible Hulks
- 48.1% - PunisherMax
- 48.6% - Thunderbolts
- 53.2% - New Avengers
- 53.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 60.0% - Wolverine
- 68.3% - Black Panther

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/08/24/ma ... july-2011/

Mar 11 Oct 2011 - 21:32

[size=150]Marvel Month-to-Month Sales August 2011[/size]
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by Paul O’Brien

Welcome to the calm before the storm. Or, in Marvel’s case, the calm before more calm. September will all be about the DC Universe relaunch, and it’s going to be a little while before the news cycle comes back round to anything Marvel have to announce.

In the meantime, this month we have more “Fear Itself”, more “Spider-Island”, and the relaunch of the Ultimate imprint with ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE and (ahem) ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES.

Once again, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 42% to 35% in unit share and 37% to 31% in DC. Needless to say, it’ll be a huge surprise if that holds up next month.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

3. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 90,914 ( -2.7%)

Levelling out quite comfortably as the series goes on. I’ll come to the performance of the tie-in issues later.

5,31,40. ULTIMATE FALLOUT
08/06 #99 - 76,075
08/07 #112 - 76,523
08/08 #125 - 54,746
08/09 #1 - 86,008
=====
08/10 #13 - 36,946 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 73,764 ( +65.8%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -44.0%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth ( -9.3%)
1 year ( +6.1%)
2 year ( -54.4%)
3 year ( -28.4%)
4 year ( -48.8%)
5 year ( -48.5%)

Issue #4 is the debut of Miles Morales, the new (Ultimate) Spider-Man, and on the strength of media interest, there’s a nice healthy spike. But on the other hand, the benefit doesn’t spill over to August’s other two issues.

The relaunch of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN in September is bound to do well, but we’ll have to wait another couple of months to see how this all settles down.

6,9. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
08/06 ---
08/07 #543 - 106,485
08/08 #569 - 77,950
08/09 #603 - 71,051
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08/10 #639 - 67,086 ( -1.7%)
08/10 #640 - 73,656 ( +9.8%)
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 ( -12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 ( +42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 ( -30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
6 mnth ( +7.8%)
1 year ( -14.2%)
2 year ( -19.0%)
3 year ( -26.2%)
4 year ( -46.0%)
5 year ( --- )

This is the second month of the Spider-Island crossover, which is essentially an AMAZING SPIDER-MAN storyline that doubles as a backdrop for various tie-ins.

Issues #666 and #667 had variant covers, and the book now seems to be back at the upper end of its normal range. With both issues placing in the top ten, this storyline seems to be doing well by current standards.

7. AVENGERS
08/10 #4 - 87,333 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
6 mnth ( -5.7%)
1 year (-31.0%)

10. NEW AVENGERS
08/06 #23 - 154,262
08/07 #33 - 117,906
08/08 #44 - 106,385
08/09 #56 - 89,996
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08/10 #3 - 81,354 ( -2.4%)
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( -8.0%)
1 year (-31.1%)
2 year (-37.7%)
3 year (-47.3%)
4 year (-52.5%)
5 year (-63.7%)

The Avengers titles are both in the middle of FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, which started in AVENGERS #13 and NEW AVENGERS #14 respectively.

The impact of the crossover isn’t exactly prominent here. That’s often been the case with Marvel’s top-selling titles, presumably because the crossover audience was reading them already. But how about further down the chart?

Consider the six-month comparisons. There are plenty of FEAR ITSELF tie-in books in August. But only two were up in comparison with February – AVENGERS ACADEMY and UNCANNY X-MEN. In most cases there’s a gain for the start of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, but it’s a small one. The tie-ins don’t seem to be doing any great harm, but nor is it obvious that they’re doing a great deal of good either.

Interestingly, the smaller events like Spider-Island and Schism seem to be having better luck in shifting copies of the tie-in issues. Perhaps when fewer books are involved, readers are more likely to believe that they all matter – or are simply more likely to commit to buying them all.

11. UNCANNY X-MEN
08/06 #477 - 89,225
08/07 #489 - 88,068
08/08 #501 - 85,398
08/09 #514 - 90,316
=====
08/10 #527 - 69,052 ( +3.5%)
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( +1.9%)
1 year (-20.6%)
2 year (-39.3%)
3 year (-35.8%)
4 year (-37.7%)
5 year (-38.5%)

Part three of a “Fear Itself” tie-in arc, up marginally from six months ago – though sales on this title seem to be pretty solid overall. A relaunch is just around the corner, though that hasn’t stopped Marvel continuing to hype issue #544 as “the final issue”, a tagline that suggests a questionable grasp of the concept of finality.

12. CAPTAIN AMERICA
08/06 ---
08/07 #29 - 83,781
08/08 #41 - 85,035
08/09 #2 - 125,366
=====
08/10 #608 - 51,362 ( -3.1%)
08/10 #609 - 52,834 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
6 mnth ( +29.7%)
1 year ( +5.9%)
2 year ( -56.6%)
3 year ( -36.0%)
4 year ( -35.1%)
5 year ( --- )

There’s no variant cover to boost the sales here, so the renumbering stunt does seem to having at least a short term benefit.

13. KICK-ASS 2 [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 6 - 76,931
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #2 of 6 - 62,235 (-19.1%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #3 of 6 - 54,270 (-12.8%)

Good to see the book sticking to its pentamonthly schedule.

14,21. UNCANNY X-FORCE
08/08 #6 - 69,010
08/09 #18 - 56,421
=====
07/10 #1 of 3 - 41,426 ( -32.8%)
08/10 #2 of 3 - 38,480 ( -7.1%)
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth ( -1.4%)
1 year ( +22.6%)
2 year ( -10.0%)
3 year ( -26.4%)

Drifting down, but it’s been here twice before and bounced back. X-FORCE is actually a very steady seller, which has been locked solid in the low 50K range since issue #4.

19. FF
08/06 #539 - 89,676
08/07 #549 - 61,770
08/08 #559 - 59,791
08/09 #570 - 62,401
=====
08/10 #582 - 34,617 ( -2.5%)
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth ( -23.8%)
1 year ( +50.0%)
2 year ( -16.8%)
3 year ( -13.2%)
4 year ( -16.0%)
5 year ( -42.1%)

Drifting gently down, but still clearly enjoying the benefits from the relaunch in March. Needless to say, another relaunch is imminent.

22. X-MEN: SCHISM
07/11 #1 of 5 - 66,118
07/11 #2 of 5 - 52,498 (-20.6%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 50,147 ( -4.5%)

This book is picking up some reorders as retailers revise their assessments upwards. Issue #1 adds another 7,792, and issue #2 adds 7,346. Those are included in the numbers above;without them, issue #3 would actually have gone up in sales. The X-Men’s upcoming relaunch may be building steam.

23. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
08/05 ---
08/06 ---
08/07 ---
08/08 ---
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 42,876 (-10.4%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 47,630 (+11.4%)
6 mnth ( -3.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Another revamp of the Ultimate imprint. There’s an increase for this first issue, but hardly a spectacular one. It’s down slightly from the previous miniseries, though that benefitted from its connection with “Death of Spider-Man”. Before that, the last ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1, in March 2010, had opening sales of 71,279 – and plainly we’re not in that territory. In fact, these numbers are roughly similar to the first issue of Bendis and Maleev’s MOON KNIGHT.

24. SECRET AVENGERS
08/10 #4 - 74,655 ( +3.3%)
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( -6.8%)
1 year (-38.0%)

There’s a variant cover on this issue, so presumably it’s cancelling out an underlying decline.

25,30. PUNISHER
08/07 #10 - 51,303
08/08 #22 - 25,555
08/09 #8 - 33,057
=====
08/10 #20 - 24,304 ( -2.6%)
09/10 #21 - 20,036 ( -17.6%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 ( -17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (+185.7%)
1 year ( +74.7%)
2 year ( +28.4%)
3 year ( +66.1%)
4 year ( -17.2%)

The PUNISHER relaunch ships two issues in its first month, and first signs are fairly promising. That said, these numbers are at roughly the same level as the last PUNISHER relaunch in January 2009.

26. MIGHTY THOR
08/06 ---
08/07 #2 - 108,609
08/08 ---
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 #613 - 51,076 ( -4.3%)
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
6 mnth ( +5.9%)
1 year (-12.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-58.9%)
5 year ( --- )

There’s a variant cover on this issue, so chances are there’s a slight underlying decline. But variants don’t make that much difference these days, so the book seems to be levelling out quite well.

28. X-MEN
08/10 #2 - 71,464 (-50.1%)
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
6 mnth (-15.7%)
1 year (-39.6%)

The Point One issue tails in behind the regular ones, but that’s par for the course. Otherwise, holding steady.

32. DAREDEVIL
08/06 #88 - 50,554
08/07 #99 - 47,386
08/08 #110 - 43,362
08/09 #500 - 73,486
=====
08/10 #509 - 41,577 ( -0.9%)
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
6 mnth ( +40.8%)
1 year ( -1.4%)
2 year ( -44.2%)
3 year ( -5.5%)
4 year ( -13.5%)
5 year ( -18.9%)

Second issue and we’re back at the levels where the previous volume ended – though that final arc was a SHADOWLAND tie-in.

33,36. X-MEN LEGACY
08/06 #190 - 82,084
08/07 #202 - 86,521
08/08 #215 - 68,047
08/09 #227 - 63,316
=====
08/10 #239 - 53,236 ( -0.1%)
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth (-30.3%)
1 year (-25.1%)
2 year (-37.0%)
3 year (-41.4%)
4 year (-53.9%)
5 year (-51.4%)

Drifting gently down, but some form of revamp must be imminent given the change of creative team and the shake-up of the X-Men titles generally.

35. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
08/06 #11 - 37,279
08/07 #21 - 49,548
08/08 #4 - 58,154
08/09 #16 - 53,782
=====
08/10 #29 - 49,012 ( +0.7%)
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( -3.5%)
1 year (-18.2%)
2 year (-25.5%)
3 year (-37.5%)
4 year (-19.1%)
5 year ( +7.5%)

This is part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc, not that you’d know from the sales. On the whole, though, the book seems to be holding steady.

39,41. WOLVERINE
08/06 #45 - 108,680
08/07 #56 - 73,368
08/08 #68 - 97,326
08/09 #4 - 49,284
=====
08/10 #16 - 29,424 ( -0.4%)
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth ( -15.4%)
1 year ( +32.1%)
2 year ( -21.1%)
3 year ( -60.1%)
4 year ( -47.0%)
5 year ( -64.2%)

Coming off a variant cover in July, the drop on issue #13 is actually slightly exaggerated. The downward drift is really quite slow.

42,70. INCREDIBLE HULKS
08/06 #97 - 48,893
08/07 #109 - 104,322
08/08 #5 - 102,105
08/09 #601 - 64,120
=====
08/10 #611 - 44,982 ( -3.2%)
09/10 #612 - 42,956 ( -4.5%)
09/10 #613 - 40,063 ( -6.7%)
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 (+40.0%)
6 mnth (+26.8%)
1 year (-15.0%)
2 year (-40.4%)
3 year (-62.6%)
4 year (-63.4%)
5 year (-21.8%)

“Final issue”, which is Marvelese for “it’s being relaunched in two months time”.

45. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)

A superficially steep drop, but this is really just taking the book to the level you might expect for a second Captain America title, set in the past. If anything, the sales for issue #1 were more surprising.

47. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)

First part of a Spider-Island tie-in. Presumably the effects are cancelling out an underlying drop.

49. FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 39,605
08/11 #2 of 3 - 34,640 (-12.5%)

That’s a fairly modest second issue drop.

50. ASTONISHING X-MEN
08/06 #16 - 120,371
08/07 #22 - 117,321
08/08 #26 - 94,244
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 #35 - 50,441 (-12.1%)
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-24.5%)
1 year (-33.6%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-64.5%)
4 year (-71.5%)
5 year (-72.2%)

Drifting down, but again, the upcoming X-Men reshuffle should presumably do something to help it.

53,66. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)

The regular issues are still in a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc;the Point One issue, which isn’t even by the regular creative team, naturally comes in behind.

55. ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE
08/11 #1 of 4 - 30,469

Two variant covers on this. Much depends on what your expectations were for the Ultimate relaunch;it’s not a bad number, but nor does it suggest a huge resurgence of interest in the imprint.

56. MOON KNIGHT
08/06 #4 - 67,802
08/07 ---
08/08 #21 - 30,900
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 #1 of 3 - 28,196 ( +47.3%)
09/10 #2 of 3 - 20,307 ( -28.0%)
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +7.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -2.1%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -55.4%)

Still finding its level. A variant cover on issue #3 makes the decline look bumpier than it is.

59. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
6 mnth (+31.9%)

This is the first of two “Schism” tie-in issues. GENERATION HOPE is the only ongoing series to tie in directly with the SCHISM miniseries, and it’s really seen a huge sales boost as a result. Perhaps the more focussed crossover is the way to go?

61,73. HULK
08/08 #5 - 102,105
08/09 #13 - 71,639
=====
08/10 #24 - 48,903 ( -3.6%)
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
6 mnth (-18.3%)
1 year (-45.0%)
2 year (-62.5%)
3 year (-73.7%)

Issue #38 is the second of two Fear Itself tie-in issues. Overall, the series is on a slow decline.

71,76. NEW MUTANTS
08/09 #4 - 38,558
=====
08/10 #16 - 31,989 ( -9.7%)
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( +4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth (-35.3%)
1 year (-16.6%)
2 year (-30.8%)

These are the first two issues of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc. The impact on sales is unspectacular.

74,75. DEADPOOL
08/09 #14 - 50,263
=====
08/10 #26 - 35,595 ( -3.3%)
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( -6.5%)
1 year (-24.7%)
2 year (-46.7%)

Very gently drifting down.

78,82. THUNDERBOLTS
08/06 #105 - 61,467
08/07 #116 - 52,503
08/08 #123 - 45,403
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 #147 - 31,252 ( -0.8%)
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( -0.4%)
1 year (-16.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-42.8%)
4 year (-50.5%)
5 year (-57.7%)

The final part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc which started in issue #158.

87. FEAR ITSELF: WOLVERINE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 30,584
08/11 #2 of 3 - 25,268 (-17.4%)

About 13K behind the parent title, but that’s only to be expected.

89,92. AVENGERS ACADEMY
08/10 #3 - 35,629 ( -6.4%)
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( +3.5%)
1 year (-31.1%)

Part four of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in arc. It’s up from six months ago, but not by very much.

90. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 of 8 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 of 8 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)

Well, it was an eight-issue mini at the time – it’s now been upgraded to an ongoing title, so evidently Marvel are happy enough with these numbers.

93. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)

That’s a huge second-issue drop, even allowing for the three variants on issue #1. Still, Marvel were happy enough with similar numbers on ALPHA FLIGHT.

95. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-11.7%)

97,100. X-FACTOR
08/06 #10 - 44,603
08/07 #22 - 52,627
08/08 #34 - 50,416
08/09 #47 - 33,052
=====
08/10 #208 - 30,095 ( -6.2%)
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -6.4%)
1 year (-21.3%)
2 year (-28.4%)
3 year (-53.0%)
4 year (-55.1%)
5 year (-46.9%)

Two more X-books on a very slow decline.

103. S.H.I.E.L.D.
08/10 #3 - 33,335 (-11.3%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #∞ - 22,260 (-15.0%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #1 - 28,718 (+29.0%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #2 - 22,877 (-20.3%)
6 mnth (-12.6%)
1 year (-31.4%)

Renumbering the book for the second arc evidently hasn’t had a big impact.

105. FEAR ITSELF: DEADPOOL
06/11 #1 of 3 - 28,227
07/11 #2 of 3 - 24,543 (-13.1%)
08/11 #3 of 3 - 22,725 ( -7.4%)

Only about 4K behind the monthly title, which isn’t bad at all.

109,112. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
08/09 #77 - 68,593
=====
08/10 #89 - 41,409 ( -2.6%)
08/10 #90 - 39,815 ( -3.8%)
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-26.1%)
1 year (-48.6%)
2 year (-68.9%)

More gentle decline.

114. SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK &DAGGER
08/11 #1 of 3 - 20,348

One of several Spider-Island tie-in minis, which look like they’re going to sell modestly. There are Spider-Girl and Shang-Chi minis further down the chart.

115. BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR
08/06 #19 - 28,372
08/07 #30 - 48,478
08/08 #40 - 33,583
08/09 #7 - 27,619
=====
08/10 #6 of 6 - 24,797 ( -4.8%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
6 mnth ( -17.2%)
1 year ( -18.0%)
2 year ( -26.3%)
3 year ( -39.4%)
4 year ( -58.0%)
5 year ( -28.3%)

Part two of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

118. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 25,738 (-10.0%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 22,058 (-14.3%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 19,956 ( -9.5%)

This has been shedding readers throughout its run at quite the rate.

119. SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY FOES
08/11 One-shot - 19,956

122. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
07/11 #8 - 20,393 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #9 - 19,476 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth (-22.8%)

Also losing readers rather more quickly than you’d like, at this point in its run.

126. MYSTIC [CrossGen]
08/11 #1 of 4 - 18,783

The CrossGen titles haven’t done particularly well for Marvel in the direct market, but there’s always the possibility that the collected editions could do better. MYSTIC is a very good comic, and deserves to find an audience somewhere.

128. SPIDER-ISLAND: THE AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)
05/11 #7 - 12,563 ( -5.1%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #8 - 11,996 ( -4.5%)
08/11 #1 of 3 - 18,394 (+53.3%)
6 mnth (+24.3%)

Spider-Girl’s crossover miniseries does much better than her regular title, though it has to be said that the bar was not set very high.

130. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
6 mnth (-18.0%)

Second part of a FEAR ITSELF tie-in.

133. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
08/06 #36 - 34,277
08/07 #50 - 36,457
08/08 #60 - 30,683
08/09 #73 - 20,375
=====
08/10 ---
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.4%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-13.5%)
3 year (-42.6%)
4 year (-51.7%)
5 year (-48.6%)

It’s dropping, but very, very slowly.

136,143. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #7 - 20,390 ( +3.0%)
08/11 #.1 - 16,984 (-16.7%)
08/11 #8 - 16,455 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-33.1%)

For once, a Point One issue that actually sells above a regular issue. The sales on this book are not very healthy, though.

137. FEAR ITSELF: THE DEEP
06/11 #1 of 4 - 23,467
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,433 (-21.5%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 16,918 ( -8.2%)

138. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873
08/11 #2 of 6 - 16,895 (-34.7%)

139,163. HERC
08/08 #120 - 51,100
08/09 #133 - 27,491
=====
08/10 Prince #4 - 17,137 ( +9.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #5 - 17,113 ( -5.5%)
08/11 #6 - 16,730 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #.1 - 13,990 ( -16.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -18.4%)
2 year ( -49.1%)
3 year ( -72.6%)

Cancelled with issue #10, which makes that Point One issue a bit redundant. Issue #6 is a Fear Itself tie-in.

142. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709
06/11 #2 of 6 - 20,376 (-17.5%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 18,735 ( -8.1%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 16,478 (-12.0%)

Dropped off the radar entirely, really.

From here on, we start hitting the novel adaptations and the low-end, overlooked Marvel Universe titles – I’ll chip in where there’s something to say.

144. DARK TOWER: BATTLE OF TULL
08/07 G'slngr Born #7 - 124,609
08/08 ---
08/09 F/Gilead #4 - 35,607
=====
08/10 Gunslinger #4 - 21,820 ( -4.1%)
09/10 #5 of 5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth ( -8.0%)
1 year (-25.1%)
2 year (-54.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-86.9%)

145. RED SKULL
07/11 #1 of 5 - 19,973
08/11 #2 of 5 - 16,166 (-19.1%)

146. FEAR ITSELF: FEARSOME FOUR
06/11 #1 of 4 - 22,418
07/11 #2 of 4 - 17,765 (-20.8%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 16,099 ( -9.4%)

148. SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU
08/11 #1 of 3 - 15,907

149. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE
06/11 #1 of 4 - 21,155
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,209 (-13.9%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 15,583 (-14.4%)

158. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-19.7%)

159. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
08/09 Nightmares #5 - 31,506
=====
08/10 Hardcases #3 - 18,352 ( -4.4%)
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( +0.2%)
6 mnth ( -5.4%)
1 year (-20.9%)
2 year (-53.9%)

A very slight boost for the start of the new arc.

166. CRIMINAL: LAST OF THE INNOCENT
06/11 #1 of 4 - 14,849
07/11 #2 of 4 - 13,453 (-9.4%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 13,265 (-1.4%)

167,177. IRON AGE
06/11 Alpha - 21,671
06/11 #1 of 3 - 19,135 (-11.7%)
07/11 #2 of 3 - 14,426 (-24.6%)
08/11 #3 of 3 - 13,036 ( -9.6%)
08/11 Omega - 12,144 ( -6.8%)

168,187. THOR: HEAVEN AND EARTH
07/11 #1 of 4 - 14,774
08/11 #2 of 4 - 12,696 (-14.1%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 10,948 (-13.8%)

170. WOLVERINE &BLACK CAT: CLAWS 2
07/11 #1 of 3 - 16,571
08/11 #2 of 3 - 12,668 (-23.6%)

181. CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS
06/11 #1 of 5 - 22,050
07/11 #2 of 5 - 12,305 (-44.2%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 11,394 ( -7.4%)

197. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
08/06 A to Z #8 of 12 - 19,926
08/07 World War Hulk - 41,583
08/08 ---
08/09 ---
=====
08/10 A to Z Update #3 of 5 - 4,962 ( -48.1%)
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 ( +65.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (+110.6%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -74.9%)
5 year ( -47.6%)

This was marketed as a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, though much of the issue is actually about fear-themed characters generally.

203. SUPREME POWER
06/11 #1 of 4 - 15,251
07/11 #2 of 4 - 11,450 (-24.9%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 10,040 (-12.3%)

213. MYSTERY MEN
06/11 #1 of 5 - 16,657
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,993 (-22.0%)
07/11 #3 of 5 - 10,433 (-19.7%)
08/11 #4 of 5 - 9,300 (-10.9%)

220. ALL WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES
06/11 #1 of 8 - 11,836
07/11 #2 of 8 - 10,121 (-14.5%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 8,766 (-13.4%)

224. MARVEL ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL
06/11 #1 of 5 - 13,231
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,164 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #3 of 5 - 9,379 (-22.9%)
07/11 #4 of 5 - 8,513 ( -9.2%)

227. FROM THE MARVEL VAULT
02/11 Dr Strange - 11,248
03/11 ---
04/11 Thunderbolts - 9,001
05/11 ---
06/11 Hulk/Torch - 7,616
07/11 Defenders - 8,154
08/11 Gambit - 8,441

253. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
08/07 ---
08/08 ---
08/09 Necromancer #4 - 11,597
=====
08/10 ---
09/10 Circus #4 - 8,427 ( -1.5%)
10/10 #5 of 5 - 8,146 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( -8.7%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-42.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )

254. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: INFESTED
08/11 One-shot - 6,692

This is a reprint of the back-up strips from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN which acted as a build-up to “Spider-Island”.

261. KA-ZAR
06/11 #1 of 5 - 12,805
07/11 #2 of 5 - 7,873 (-38.5%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 6,475 (-17.8%)

281. SPIDER-ISLAND: EMERGENCE OF EVIL - JACKAL AND HOBGOBLIN
08/11 One-shot - 5,666

This is a reprint of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 and #238-239, with a new framing sequence.

297. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
08/06 #18 - 6,220
08/07 #30 - 6,573
08/08 #42 - 5,718
08/09 #54 - 5,684
=====
08/10 #5 - 6,202 ( -2.3%)
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -5.0%)
1 year ( -24.6%)
2 year ( -17.8%)
3 year ( -18.2%)
4 year ( -28.9%)
5 year ( -24.8%)

And the following books missed the top 300: MARVEL SPOTLIGHT, 15 LOVE, SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, SUPER HEROES, OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE (cancelled at the end of its current run), and an INCREDIBLES one-shot.

6 month comparisons
===================

+185.7% - Punisher
+ 40.8% - Daredevil
+ 31.9% - Generation Hope
+ 29.7% - Captain America
+ 26.8% - Incredible Hulks
+ 24.3% - Spider-Girl
+ 7.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 5.9% - Thor
+ 3.5% - Avengers Academy
+ 1.9% - Uncanny X-Men
- 0.4% - Thunderbolts
- 1.4% - X-Force
- 3.5% - Ultimates
- 3.5% - Iron Man
- 5.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 5.4% - Stand
- 5.7% - Avengers
- 6.4% - X-Factor
- 6.5% - Deadpool
- 6.8% - Secret Avengers
- 8.0% - New Avengers
- 8.0% - Dark Tower
- 8.4% - PunisherMax
- 8.7% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- 9.3% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 11.7% - X-23
- 12.6% - SHIELD
- 15.4% - Wolverine
- 15.7% - X-Men
- 17.2% - Black Panther
- 18.0% - Heroes for Hire
- 18.3% - Hulk
- 19.7% - DeadpoolMax
- 22.8% - Wolverine: The Best There Is
- 23.8% - FF
- 24.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 26.1% - Daken
- 30.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 33.1% - Iron Man 2.0
- 35.3% - New Mutants

1 year comparisons
==================

+110.6% - Official Handbook
+ 74.7% - Punisher
+ 50.0% - FF
+ 32.1% - Wolverine
+ 22.6% - X-Force
+ 7.2% - Moon Knight
+ 6.1% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
+ 5.9% - Captain America
- 1.4% - Daredevil
- 12.7% - Thor
- 14.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 15.0% - Incredible Hulks
- 16.6% - New Mutants
- 16.8% - Thunderbolts
- 18.0% - Black Panther
- 18.2% - Iron Man
- 18.4% - Herc
- 20.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 20.9% - Stand
- 21.3% - X-Factor
- 24.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 24.7% - Deadpool
- 25.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 25.1% - Dark Tower
- 31.0% - Avengers
- 31.1% - New Avengers
- 31.1% - Avengers Academy
- 31.4% - SHIELD
- 33.6% - Astonishing X-Men
- 38.0% - Secret Avengers
- 39.6% - X-Men
- 45.0% - Hulk
- 48.6% - Daken

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 28.4% - Punisher
- 10.0% - X-Force
- 13.5% - PunisherMax
- 16.8% - FF
- 17.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 19.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 21.1% - Wolverine
- 25.5% - Iron Man
- 26.3% - Black Panther
- 28.4% - X-Factor
- 30.8% - New Mutants
- 37.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 37.7% - New Avengers
- 39.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 40.4% - Incredible Hulks
- 42.1% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- 44.2% - Daredevil
- 46.7% - Deadpool
- 49.1% - Herc
- 53.9% - Stand
- 54.1% - Dark Tower
- 54.4% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 56.6% - Captain America
- 62.5% - Hulk
- 68.9% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 66.1% - Punisher
- 2.1% - Moon Knight
- 5.5% - Daredevil
- 13.2% - FF
- 18.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 26.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 26.4% - X-Force
- 28.4% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 35.8% - Uncanny X-Men
- 36.0% - Captain America
- 37.5% - Iron Man
- 39.4% - Black Panther
- 41.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 42.6% - PunisherMax
- 42.8% - Thunderbolts
- 47.3% - New Avengers
- 53.0% - X-Factor
- 60.1% - Wolverine
- 62.6% - Incredible Hulks
- 64.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 72.6% - Herc
- 73.7% - Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

- 13.5% - Daredevil
- 16.0% - FF
- 17.2% - Punisher
- 19.1% - Iron Man
- 28.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 35.1% - Captain America
- 37.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 46.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 47.0% - Wolverine
- 48.8% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 50.5% - Thunderbolts
- 51.7% - PunisherMax
- 52.5% - New Avengers
- 53.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 55.1% - X-Factor
- 58.0% - Black Panther
- 58.9% - Thor
- 63.4% - Incredible Hulks
- 71.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 74.9% - Official Handbook
- 86.9% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

+ 7.5% - Iron Man
- 18.9% - Daredevil
- 21.8% - Incredible Hulks
- 24.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 28.3% - Black Panther
- 38.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 42.1% - FF
- 46.9% - X-Factor
- 47.6% - Official Handbook
- 48.5% - Ultimate Fallout/Spider-Man
- 48.6% - PunisherMax
- 51.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 55.4% - Moon Knight
- 57.7% - Thunderbolts
- 63.7% - New Avengers
- 64.2% - Wolverine
- 72.2% - Astonishing X-Men

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/10/10/ma ... gust-2011/

Mer 9 Nov 2011 - 23:40

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: September 2011

By Paul O’Brien

It’s the column you’ve been waiting for! The September sales – for Marvel!

Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?

Okay, so September was DC’s month. And understandably, most publishers got out of the way, rather than trying to launch any new titles against the New 52 onslaught. Marvel had the second month of the Ultimate relaunch, and there are a couple of new Icon books in the form of BRILLIANT and the returning CASANOVA, but that’s really about it where new launches are concerned. Of course, there’s also the continuing crossovers of “Fear Itself”, “Spider-Island” and “Schism”, and Marvel’s standard practice these days would be to launch the new books after those events, not during.

For the first time in quite a while, DC had the biggest share of the market, leading Marvel by 43% to 38% in units, and a razor-thin 36% to 35% in dollars. (Incidentally, those market share figures apparently don’t apply the retainability discount which Diamond factored into the sales of individual issues.) If that seems closer than you expected, bear in mind that with 52 superhero comics, DC were actually cutting their line back. Marvel solicited almost 80 Marvel Universe superhero books for the same month – though that may not last, given that lower selling titles are now apparently being culled.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

And for a change, we begin our search for Marvel titles all the way down the chart at number 8.

8. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 90,914 ( -2.7%)
09/11 #6 of 7 - 93,032 ( +2.3%)

Up from last month! But this issue has twice as many variant covers as the previous one, which probably accounts for that. Still, FEAR ITSELF has held up very well.

9,35. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
09/06 #100 - 116,197
09/07 #114 - 66,682
09/08 #126 - 54,604
09/09 #2 - 57,477
=====
09/10 #14 - 35,776 ( -3.7%)
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 88,136 ( +98.1%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -53.1%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 87,237 (+122.6%)
09/11 #2 - 52,569 ( -39.7%)
6 mnth ( +17.0%)
1 year ( +46.9%)
2 year ( -8.5%)
3 year ( -3.7%)
4 year ( -21.2%)
5 year ( -54.8%)

Two issues this month, which seems to be Marvel’s new strategy in launching ongoing titles. This was Marvel’s biggest release of the month, and they’ve picked up a fair amount of mainstream publicity for the relaunch of Ultimate Spider-Man. The first issue gets a good number, admittedly with the help of three variants. There’s a significant drop off for the second, but 53K is still way up from the 33K range of nine months ago. On the other hand, you’ll that two years ago, the last relaunch managed 57K in its second issue.

ULTIMATE FALLOUT #4 picks up a hefty 14,372 reorders, which are factored into the number above.

18,27. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
09/06 #535 - 117,056
09/07 #544 - 146,215
09/08 #572 - 75,574
09/09 #604 - 63,435
=====
09/10 #641 - 68,345 ( -7.2%)
09/10 #642 - 60,115 ( -12.0%)
09/10 #643 - 61,855 ( +2.9%)
09/10 #644 - 58,310 ( -5.7%)
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 ( +42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 ( -30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
6 mnth ( -1.3%)
1 year ( -15.2%)
2 year ( -8.6%)
3 year ( -23.3%)
4 year ( -60.4%)
5 year ( -50.5%)

The third month of the Spider-Island crossover (which runs through to issue #673). As you probably figured out, issue #669 has multiple variant covers, including 1:15, 1:26 and 1:52 incentives.

22. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
09/06 #74 - 68,874
09/07 #86 - 55,346
09/08 ---
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 62,080 (+78.8%)
6 mnth (+65.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (+12.2%)
5 year ( -9.9%)

I’m treating this as a continuation of the abortive ULTIMATE COMICS X, since it seems to have inherited that book’s cast. By recent standards, this is a decent launch number – it’s similar territory to DAREDEVIL, which debuted with 65K. While it’s not a particularly high number for the title by historic standards, it’s a significant improvement from the floundering previous series.

23. AVENGERS
09/10 #5 - 82,411 ( -5.6%)
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
6 mnth ( -7.7%)
1 year (-25.4%)

Another Fear Itself tie-in issue, concluding the arc with started back in issue #13.

25. UNCANNY X-MEN
09/06 #478 - 89,850
09/07 #490 - 87,592
09/08 #502 - 82,883
09/09 #515 - 73,585
=====
09/10 #528 - 62,415 ( -9.6%)
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
6 mnth ( +4.7%)
1 year ( -6.6%)
2 year (-20.7%)
3 year (-29.6%)
4 year (-33.4%)
5 year (-35.1%)

Another Fear Itself tie-in, also with variant covers. A relaunch is just around the corner.

26,37. NEW AVENGERS
09/06 ---
09/07 #34 - 112,815
09/08 #45 - 103,326
09/09 #57 - 85,598
=====
09/10 #4 - 77,479 ( -4.7%)
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
6 mnth ( -3.3%)
1 year (-25.2%)
2 year (-32.3%)
3 year (-43.9%)
4 year (-48.6%)
5 year ( --- )

Two issues this month – the first is another Fear Itself tie-in with variant covers, and the second is a Point One issue. The Point One books never seem to do as well as the regular title, but this one tails in quite some way behind.

Incidentally, I’m using the regular issue for the six-month and yearly comparisons, since the Point One issue is anomalous. Same goes for the other books with Point One issues this month.

30. CAPTAIN AMERICA
09/06 #22 - 82,230
09/07 #30 - 79,554
09/08 #42 - 75,574
09/09 Re#3 - 108,331
=====
09/10 #610 - 47,986 ( -9.2%)
10/10 #611 - 48,788 ( +1.7%)
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( +22.6%)
1 year ( +13.4%)
2 year ( -49.8%)
3 year ( -28.0%)
4 year ( -31.6%)
5 year ( -33.8%)

Variant covers probably account for the slight increase from August.

32. UNCANNY X-FORCE
09/08 #7 - 64,911
09/09 #19 - 49,817
=====
09/10 #3 of 3 - 37,283 ( -3.1%)
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #5.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
6 mnth ( +4.9%)
1 year ( +44.2%)
2 year ( +7.9%)
3 year ( -17.2%)

More variant covers, but it’s worth noting that the current run on X-FORCE has been a success, sustaining sales significantly above the previous run.

34. FF
09/06 ---
09/07 ---
09/08 #560 - 58,258
09/09 #571 - 47,468
=====
09/10 #583 - 46,267 ( +33.7%)
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
6 mnth ( -56.2%)
1 year ( +14.7%)
2 year ( +11.8%)
3 year ( -8.9%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Another variant cover, so it’s hard to tell whether the book is levelling out or not.

36. X-MEN: SCHISM
07/11 #1 of 5 - 66,118
07/11 #2 of 5 - 52,498 (-20.6%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 54,168 ( +3.2%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 52,509 ( -3.1%)

Odd to see this book selling a few thousand below UNCANNY X-MEN, but it does seems to be gaining momentum, with August’s issue #3 picking up reorders of 4,021. Without those re-orders, issue #4 would actually have been showing an increase, and that’s unusual for the later issues of a mini. That must be a positive sign for the X-books’ upcoming relaunch.

38. KICK-ASS 2
10/10 #1 of 6 - 76,931
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #2 of 6 - 62,235 (-19.1%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #3 of 6 - 54,270 (-12.8%)
09/11 #4 of 6 - 51,014 ( -6.0%)

Consecutive months! Just when you think Mark Millar is going to zig, he zags.

43. NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL
09/11 #1 - 49,770

About 7K behind the parent title, which is perfectly respectable.

48. MIGHTY THOR
09/06 ---
09/07 ---
09/08 ---
09/09 #603 - 65,265
=====
09/10 #614 - 53,505 ( +4.8%)
09/10 #615 - 52,896 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
6 mnth ( +7.4%)
1 year (-15.5%)
2 year (-30.7%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

The modest climbs on the last two issues are probably due to variant covers, but overall sales look to be reasonably solid.

50. SECRET AVENGERS
09/10 #5 - 69,546 ( -6.8%)
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-12.6%)
1 year (-35.5%)

Issue #16 had a 1:15 variant, and this month there are 1:26 and 1:52 variants – yet the numbers are slightly down. That suggests the underlying drop is rather steeper.

51,55. X-MEN
09/10 #3 - 66,549 ( -6.9%)
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-17.8%)
1 year (-36.8%)

This is slightly curious. There are two issues this month, and it’s actually issue #18 that has the variant cover – but the sales don’t reflect that. Not sure what’s going on there.

53. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
09/06 #12 - 97,259
09/07 ---
09/08 #5 of 5 - 86,851
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 42,876 (-10.4%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
6 mnth ( -3.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-50.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-56.1%)

And we’re straight back to the sales of the previous volume. Mind you, those were pretty solid, so Marvel can probably live with that. Issue #1 picks up reorders of 10,892 (included above), which is obviously a good sign.

59. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
09/06 #12 - 36,278
09/07 #22 - 46,691
09/08 #5 - 60,444
09/09 #17 - 47,182
=====
09/10 #30 - 47,238 ( -3.6%)
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
6 mnth ( -5.9%)
1 year (-12.6%)
2 year (-12.5%)
3 year (-31.7%)
4 year (-11.6%)
5 year (+13.8%)

Another Fear Itself tie-in with variant covers.

61,64. DAREDEVIL
09/06 #89 - 55,481
09/07 #100 - 78,143
09/08 #111 - 46,305
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 #510 - 44,728 ( +7.6%)
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 (-14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 (-15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
6 mnth ( +48.0%)
1 year ( -9.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -12.9%)
4 year ( -48.4%)
5 year ( -27.3%)

Seems to have levelled out very quickly, which is a good sign. Issue #4 has a 1:15 variant.

66,67. X-MEN LEGACY
09/06 #191 - 82,048
09/07 #203 - 85,652
09/08 #216 - 66,434
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 #240 - 50,984 ( -4.2%)
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (-19.2%)
1 year (-24.1%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-41.8%)
4 year (-54.8%)
5 year (-52.9%)

Drifting very slowly down, but the whole line is about to be relaunched anyway.

69,70. WOLVERINE
09/06 #46 - 107,865
09/07 #57 - 74,588
09/08 ---
09/09 WX#5 - 40,975
=====
09/10 #1 - 104,414 (+254.9%)
10/10 #2 - 63,210 ( -39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 ( -18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 ( -11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth ( -20.2%)
1 year ( -63.8%)
2 year ( -7.8%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -49.3%)
5 year ( -65.0%)

Another very gentle decline. For comparison, by the way, the previous volume – WOLVERINE: WEAPON X – settled to sales around to 30K mark, so we’re significantly up from there. On the other hand, the volume before that was routinely selling in the mid-60K range, so it’s hard to avoid concluding that the botched promotion of the WEAPON X relaunch did long-term damage to the Wolverine brand, from which it has yet to recover.

79. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)

Levelling out pretty quickly, and selling in very respectable numbers for a comic set in the past.

83. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth (-43.8%)

The second part of a Spider-Island tie-in arc.

84. ASTONISHING X-MEN
09/06 #5 - 131,552
09/07 ---
09/08 ---
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-75.1%)

Drifting down, but perhaps the X-books’ upcoming relaunch will help.

85. FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 39,605
08/11 #2 of 3 - 34,640 (-12.5%)
09/11 #3 of 3 - 32,459 ( -6.3%)

About 20K behind the parent title, but doing pretty well for a FEAR ITSELF mini.

86. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
09/10 #2 of 9 - 35,497 (-21.0%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #3 of 9 - 35,410 ( -0.2%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 of 9 - 31,977 ( -9.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 9 - 31,945 ( -0.1%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #6 of 9 - 30,467 ( -4.6%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #7 of 9 - 30,247 ( -0.7%)

This has been extremely solid all year. There’s evidently still a loyal audience for the Young Avengers.

87,89. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)

Continuing the Fear Itself tie-in arc which has been running from day one.

88. BRILLIANT [Icon]
09/11 #1 - 28,951

A creator owned series from Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley. By the standards of the Icon imprint, this is a good start.

90. MOON KNIGHT
09/06 #5 - 64,736
09/07 #12 - 47,521
09/08 #22 - 26,380
09/09 #1 - 35,706
=====
09/10 #2 of 3 - 20,307 ( -28.0%)
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +40.0%)
2 year ( -20.4%)
3 year ( +7.7%)
4 year ( -40.2%)
5 year ( -56.1%)

Issues #1 and #3 of this book had variant covers, which makes the drops look rather more erratic than they probably are. It’s still shedding readers, even so.

91. PUNISHER
09/07 #11 - 47,220
09/08 #23 - 27,384
09/09 #9 - 28,424
=====
09/10 #21 - 20,036 ( -17.6%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 ( -17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
6 mnth ( +85.3%)
1 year ( +33.8%)
2 year ( -5.7%)
3 year ( -2.1%)
4 year ( -43.2%)

The gain from last month’s relaunch has largely evaporated, but 27K is still the book’s highest sale in almost two years.

92. DEADPOOL
09/08 #2 - 59,850
09/09 #15 - 50,479
=====
09/10 #27 - 36,404 ( +2.3%)
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
6 mnth (-12.1%)
1 year (-26.8%)
2 year (-47.2%)
3 year (-55.5%)

Perfectly solid.

93,94. HULK
09/08 #6 - 117,807
09/09 #15 - 58,667
=====
09/10 #25 - 46,784 ( -4.3%)
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-44.2%)
2 year (-55.5%)
3 year (-77.9%)

Two issues this month, and the sales look fairly consistent.

95. NEW MUTANTS
09/09 #5 - 31,502
=====
09/10 #17 - 31,684 ( -1.0%)
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth (-31.8%)
1 year (-19.0%)
2 year (-18.5%)

A Fear Itself tie-in arc, not that the impact on sales has been anything special.

96. ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE
08/11 #1 of 4 - 37,451
09/11 #2 of 4 - 25,551 (-31.8%)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 6,982, which is another good sign for the Ultimate relaunch – and also, of course, means that the second issue drop is much less severe than the figures above suggest.

97,104. THUNDERBOLTS
09/06 #106 - 31,526
09/07 ---
09/08 #124 - 43,429
09/09 #135 - 39,961
=====
09/10 #148 - 32,190 ( +3.0%)
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
6 mnth ( -9.4%)
1 year (-24.8%)
2 year (-39.4%)
3 year (-44.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-23.2%)

The Fear Itself tie-in arc ended in August, which probably accounts for the this month’s drop. The Point One issue, naturally, tails in behind.

98. AVENGERS ACADEMY
09/10 #4 - 31,212 (-12.4%)
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth ( +1.2%)
1 year (-23.3%)

Continuing the Fear Itself tie-in which started in issue #15.

99. X-23
09/10 #1 - 48,481
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth (-14.5%)
1 year (-51.1%)

Still drifting down, but only very slowly.

100,102. X-FACTOR
09/06 #11 - 43,431
09/07 #23 - 53,311
09/08 #35 - 44,481
09/09 #48 - 30,305
=====
09/10 #209 - 29,626 ( -1.6%)
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
6 mnth ( -6.4%)
1 year (-20.7%)
2 year (-22.4%)
3 year (-47.2%)
4 year (-55.9%)
5 year (-45.9%)

One of Marvel’s most consistent sellers. Even the Point One issue doesn’t deviate too far from the pattern.

101. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 of 8 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 of 8 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 of 8 - 23,242 ( -6.6%)

The first draft of this column noted that ALPHA FLIGHT had been upgraded to an ongoing series, so that Marvel were evidently happy with these numbers.

But according to the January solicitations, Marvel have changed their minds, and the book is ending with issue #8 after all. Since nothing particularly dramatic has happened to the sales since issue #2, it seems a reasonable inference that this is an outright U-turn and not simply a change of circumstances. A lesser company might find this sort of thing embarrassing.

That said, the decision to upgrade to an ongoing title always seemed surprising. Even if Marvel thought they had a well-reviewed hit on their hands here, the standard practice in this situation is to follow up the miniseries with an ongoing, thus having a (legitimate) fresh launch issue to take advantage of the buzz. Perhaps that’s what Marvel have decided to do – but if that was the case, you’d expect them to make it explicit.

As we’ll see, there are quite a few ongoing Marvel Universe titles below this point, and obviously the cancellation of ALPHA FLIGHT leaves a question mark hanging over them. Different considerations naturally apply to non-MU books, which can be assumed to have a larger proportion of sales in different channels and/or formats.

103. FEAR ITSELF: WOLVERINE
07/11 #1 of 3 - 30,584
08/11 #2 of 3 - 25,268 (-17.4%)
09/11 #3 of 3 - 22,997 ( -9.0%)

The regular title does about 38K, but this is still a respectable number for a Fear Itself mini.

105. ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 ( -9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 ( -4.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 21,604 ( -6.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 4 - 22,259 ( +3.0%)
6 mnth (-16.1%)

Slight bump for the start of a new arc.

106. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)

Continuing a Fear Itself tie-in arc. It’s levelling out, but it’s too early to tell where it’ll wind up. “Below ALPHA FLIGHT” seems a pretty safe bet, though. Issue #8 has been solicited for January, but that’s not altogether surprising since it’s continuing a storyline in progress.

108. SPIDER-ISLAND: AVENGERS
09/11 One-shot - 20,884

The Spider-Island tie-in books are quite some way behind core title AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but I’m sure Marvel will be happy enough with this number for a one-shot.

110. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
09/09 #78 - 60,702
=====
09/10 #1 - 48,819 (+22.6%)
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-24.8%)
1 year (-58.1%)
2 year (-66.3%)

Still in gentle decline. And below ALPHA FLIGHT. (Which, incidentally, I think is a shame, because under the current creative team, it’s actually been a rather good book that’s flown somewhat under everyone’s radar.)

111. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
6 mnth ( -4.9%)

The second Schism tie-in, which seems to be helping. After that, there’s a new creative team and a link to the general relaunch of the X-books, which pretty much guarantees it another few months.

112,119. FEAR ITSELF: HULK VS DRACULA
09/11 #1 of 3 - 19,373
09/11 #2 of 3 - 17,681 (-8.7%)

This is part of Victor Gischler’s vampire storyline, which was used to launch X-MEN. There’s a modest amount of interest here.

114. JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173

This is an adaptation of the first John Carter novel, A PRINCESS OF MARS. Just in case the title had you wondering.

115,126. BLACK PANTHER
09/06 #20 - 26,585
09/07 ---
09/08 #41 - 33,620
09/09 #8 - 23,020
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 ( -11.7%)
6 mnth ( -21.6%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -18.3%)
3 year ( -44.1%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -29.3%)

The regular issue continues a Fear Itself tie-in arc. The Point One, naturally, comes in behind. Again, this is an ongoing title with sales several thousand below ALPHA FLIGHT, and only just above another seemingly cancelled book, so there’s some cause for concern about its future. This appears to be the lowest selling ongoing Marvel Universe title that hasn’t been axed.

116. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
07/11 #8 - 20,393 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #9 - 19,476 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #10 - 18,781 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-25.5%)

Missing from the January solicitations, so it’s presumably been cancelled with the conclusion of the current storyline in December’s issue #12.

117. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 25,738 (-10.0%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 22,058 (-14.3%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 19,956 ( -9.5%)
09/11 #6 of 7 - 18,123 ( -9.2%)

Fairly standard performance for a mini.

121,131. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
6 mnth (-28.1%)

Cancelled, though it leads into the VILLAINS FOR HIRE miniseries.

122. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
09/06 #38 - 33,389
09/07 ---
09/08 #62 - 26,906
09/09 #74 - 20,259
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.8%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-13.4%)
3 year (-34.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-47.5%)

Eroding, but extremely slowly.

123. SPIDER-ISLAND: SPIDER-WOMAN
09/11 One-shot - 17,030

124. WOLVERINE: DEBT OF DEATH
09/11 One-shot - 16,814

127. SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK &DAGGER
08/11 #1 of 3 - 20,348
09/11 #2 of 3 - 16,129 (-20.7%)

Two more Spider-Island tie-ins, doing decently enough. DEBT OF DEATH is by David Lapham and David Aja, an unusually strong creative team for a Wolverine one-shot.

128. FEAR ITSELF: THE DEEP
06/11 #1 of 4 - 23,467
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,433 (-21.5%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 16,918 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 16,041 ( -5.2%)

Respectable enough for a crossover spin-off mini, though it’s worth noting that this is essentially a Defenders mini, and that’s the team who are going to be Marvel’s major launch for December.

130. DARK TOWER: BATTLE OF TULL
09/07 ---
09/08 Treachery #1 - 82,541
09/09 Fall of Gilead #5 - 34,522
=====
09/10 Gunslinger #5 - 21,323 ( -2.3%)
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth ( -9.7%)
1 year (-26.0%)
2 year (-54.3%)
3 year (-80.9%)
4 year ( --- )

The usual drift continues.

132. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #7 - 20,390 ( +3.0%)
08/11 #.1 - 16,984 (-16.7%)
08/11 #8 - 16,455 ( -3.1%)
09/11 #9 - 15,600 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth (-25.4%)

Missing from the January solicitations, so presumably cancelled with issue #12.

134. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709
06/11 #2 of 6 - 20,376 (-17.5%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 18,735 ( -8.1%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 16,478 (-12.0%)
09/11 #5 of 6 - 15,347 ( -6.9%)

Standard miniseries behaviour.

135. SPIDER-ISLAND: THE AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)
05/11 #7 - 12,563 ( -5.1%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #8 - 11,996 ( -4.5%)
08/11 #1 of 3 - 18,394 (+53.3%)
09/11 #2 of 3 - 15,311 (-16.8%)
6 mnth (+11.3%)

The Spider-Island mini has done much better than the regular series, but not enough to justify a revival.

136. SPIDER-ISLAND: I LOVE NEW YORK CITY
09/11 One-shot - 15,310

A collection of digital shorts.

138,140. HERC
09/08 #121 - 47,363
09/09 #135 - 26,344
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #5 - 17,113 ( -5.5%)
08/11 #6 - 16,730 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #.1 - 13,990 ( -16.4%)
09/11 #7 - 15,152 ( +8.3%)
09/11 #8 - 14,813 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -43.8%)
3 year ( -68.7%)

Cancelled with issue #10.

141. RED SKULL
07/11 #1 of 5 - 19,973
08/11 #2 of 5 - 16,166 (-19.1%)
09/11 #3 of 5 - 14,650 ( -9.4%)

144. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth (-17.2%)

End of the first volume, but a second begins straight away in October.

147. FEAR ITSELF: FEARSOME FOUR
06/11 #1 of 4 - 22,418
07/11 #2 of 4 - 17,765 (-20.8%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 16,099 ( -9.4%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 14,195 (-11.8%)

149. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE
06/11 #1 of 4 - 21,155
07/11 #2 of 4 - 18,209 (-13.9%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 15,583 (-14.4%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 14,026 (-10.0%)

151. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
09/10 ---
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #2 of 6 - 13,723 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth ( -7.1%)
1 year ( --- )

155. SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU
08/11 #1 of 3 - 15,907
09/11 #2 of 3 - 13,446 (-15.5%)

156. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873
08/11 #2 of 6 - 16,895 (-34.7%)
09/11 #3 of 6 - 13,446 (-20.4%)

That’s an unusually steep drop for the third issue of a mini. But VENGEANCE – essentially a Teen Brigade mini with a quirky approach to genre elements – is a tough sell.

157. CRIMINAL: LAST OF THE INNOCENT [Icon]
06/11 #1 of 4 - 14,849
07/11 #2 of 4 - 13,453 (-9.4%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 13,265 (-1.4%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 13,068 (-1.5%)

158. FEAR ITSELF: THE MONKEY KING
09/11 One-shot - 13,035

A spin-out from IRON MAN 2.0, of all things – but to be fair, it’s only a couple of thousand behind the core title.

From here, we’re into low-selling minis and so forth, but I’ll chip in where there’s something to say.

169. WOLVERINE &BLACK CAT: CLAWS 2
07/11 #1 of 3 - 16,571
08/11 #2 of 3 - 12,668 (-23.6%)
09/11 #3 of 3 - 11,174 (-11.8%)

174. OZ
09/09 ---
=====
09/10 ---
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )

178. CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS
06/11 #1 of 5 - 22,050
07/11 #2 of 5 - 12,305 (-44.2%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 11,394 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 10,424 ( -8.5%)

179. THOR: HEAVEN AND EARTH
07/11 #1 of 4 - 14,774
08/11 #2 of 4 - 12,696 (-14.1%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 10,948 (-13.8%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 10,377 ( -5.2%)

190. SUPREME POWER
06/11 #1 of 4 - 15,251
07/11 #2 of 4 - 11,450 (-24.9%)
08/11 #3 of 4 - 10,040 (-12.3%)
09/11 #4 of 4 - 9,237 ( -8.0%)

195. MYSTERY MEN
06/11 #1 of 5 - 16,657
06/11 #2 of 5 - 12,993 (-22.0%)
07/11 #3 of 5 - 10,433 (-19.7%)
08/11 #4 of 5 - 9,300 (-10.9%)
09/11 #5 of 5 - 9,046 ( -2.7%)

211. ALL WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES
06/11 #1 of 8 - 11,836
07/11 #2 of 8 - 10,121 (-14.5%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 8,766 (-13.4%)
09/11 #4 of 8 - 7,914 ( -9.7%)

The status of this miniseries seems to be a bit confused. Rumour has it that it’s been axed with issue #5, but Marvel’s website continues to list an issue #6, and Diamond’s product update for 18 October gives that issue a revised shipping date of 16 November. On the other hand, issue #7 (solicited for December) seems to have vanished from Marvel’s website, and issue #8 wasn’t solicited for January at all. So it seems a fairly safe bet that BAND OF HEROES has been axed with issue #6.

It’s unusual for Marvel to axe minis in mid-story (though in fairness, DC did something similar with THE GREAT TEN not so long ago), and suggests a rather sudden change of policy in relation to its low-selling books. Whoever commissioned an eight-issue ALL-WINNERS SQUAD mini surely can’t have been expecting it to do significantly better than this.

220. HALO: FALL OF REACH - COVENANT
09/10 Boot Camp #1 - 10,715 (+26.0%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 Cov't #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-31.7%)

221. MYSTIC [CrossGen]
08/11 #1 of 4 - 18,783
09/11 #2 of 4 - 7,105 (-62.2%)

That’s a depressingly low number for an extremely good comic.

222. CASANOVA: AVARITIA [Icon]
09/10 Vol 1 #3 of 4 - 7,621 ( -8.7%)
10/10 Vol 1 #4 of 4 - 7,366 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Vol 2 #1 of 4 - 7,658 ( +4.0%)
02/11 Vol 2 #2 of 4 - 6,579 (-14.1%)
03/11 Vol 2 #3 of 4 - 6,152 ( -6.5%)
04/11 Vol 2 #4 of 4 - 5,808 ( -5.6%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 Vol 3 #1 of 4 - 7,059 (+21.5%)
6 mnth (+14.7%)
1 year ( -7.4%)

This is the first wholly original CASANOVA material to be published under the Icon imprint – the first two volumes were updated reprints – so a slight increase in sales is to be expected, as some readers jump back aboard.

232. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
09/06 A to Z #9 of 12 - 18,966
09/07 Marvel Zombies - 30,895
09/08 ---
09/09 Marvel Mystery - 6,565
=====
09/10 Heroic Age: Heroes - 11,224 (+126.2%)
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 ( +65.6%)
09/11 FF - 6,761 ( -35.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -39.8%)
2 year ( +3.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -78.1%)
5 year ( -6.4%)

235. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
09/08 ---
09/09 Necromancer #5 - 11,142
=====
09/10 Circus #4 - 8,427 ( -1.5%)
10/10 #5 of 5 - 8,146 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
09/11 Scoundrel #1 of 5 - 6,650 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-21.1%)
2 year (-40.3%)
3 year ( --- )

252. KA-ZAR
06/11 #1 of 5 - 12,805
07/11 #2 of 5 - 7,873 (-38.5%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 6,475 (-17.8%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 5,731 (-11.5%)

273. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
09/06 #19 - 6,057
09/07 #31 - 6,723
09/08 #43 - 5,505
09/09 #55 - 5,668
=====
09/10 #6 - 5,779 ( -6.8%)
10/10 ---
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #18 - 4,673 ( -0.0%)
6 mnth ( -5.9%)
1 year ( -19.1%)
2 year ( -17.6%)
3 year ( -15.1%)
4 year ( -30.5%)
5 year ( -22.8%)

And the books that missed the top 300, with estimated sales below 3,341 – SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY #6, SUPER HEROES #18, OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #2, DREAM LOGIC #4, MUPPETS PRESENTS: FAMILY REUNION, and THOR GOES HOLLYWOOD.

6 month comparisons
===================

+85.3% - Punisher
+65.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
+48.0% - Daredevil
+22.6% - Captain America
+17.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+14.7% - Casanova
+11.3% - Spider-Girl
+ 7.4% - Thor
+ 4.9% - X-Force
+ 4.7% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 1.2% - Avengers Academy
- 1.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 3.1% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
- 3.3% - New Avengers
- 4.9% - Generation Hope
- 5.9% - Iron Man
- 5.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 6.4% - X-Factor
- 7.1% - Stand
- 7.7% - Avengers
- 8.8% - PunisherMax
- 9.4% - Thunderbolts
- 9.7% - Dark Tower
-12.1% - Deadpool
-12.6% - Secret Avengers
-14.5% - X-23
-16.1% - Annihilators
-16.8% - Hulk
-17.2% - Deadpool Max
-17.8% - X-Men
-19.2% - X-Men Legacy
-20.2% - Wolverine
-21.6% - Black Panther
-24.8% - Daken
-25.4% - Iron Man 2.0
-25.5% - Wolverine: The Best There Is
-28.1% - Heroes for Hire
-31.8% - New Mutants
-43.8% - Venom
-56.2% - FF

1 year comparisons
==================

+46.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+44.2% - X-Force
+40.0% - Moon Knight
+33.8% - Punisher
+14.7% - FF
+13.4% - Captain America
- 6.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 7.4% - Casanova
- 9.9% - Daredevil
-12.6% - Iron Man
-15.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-15.5% - Thor
-19.0% - New Mutants
-19.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-20.7% - X-Factor
-21.1% - Anita Blake
-23.3% - Avengers Academy
-24.1% - X-Men Legacy
-24.8% - Thunderbolts
-25.2% - New Avengers
-25.4% - Avengers
-26.0% - Dark Tower
-26.8% - Deadpool
-31.7% - Halo
-35.5% - Secret Avengers
-36.8% - X-Men
-39.8% - Official Handbook
-44.2% - Hulk
-51.1% - X-23
-58.1% - Daken
-63.8% - Wolverine

2 year comparisons
==================

+11.8% - FF
+ 7.9% - X-Force
+ 3.0% - Official Handbook
- 5.7% - Punisher
- 7.8% - Wolverine
- 8.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 8.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
-12.5% - Iron Man
-13.4% - PunisherMax
-17.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-18.3% - Black Panther
-18.5% - New Mutants
-20.4% - Moon Knight
-20.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-22.4% - X-Factor
-30.7% - Thor
-32.3% - New Avengers
-39.4% - Thunderbolts
-40.3% - Anita Blake
-43.8% - Herc
-47.2% - Deadpool
-49.8% - Captain America
-54.3% - Dark Tower
-55.5% - Hulk
-66.3% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 7.7% - Moon Knight
- 2.1% - Punisher
- 3.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 8.9% - FF
-12.9% - Daredevil
-15.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-17.2% - X-Force
-23.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
-28.0% - Captain America
-29.6% - Uncanny X-Men
-31.7% - Iron Man
-34.8% - PunisherMax
-41.8% - X-Men Legacy
-43.9% - New Avengers
-44.1% - Black Panther
-44.3% - Thunderbolts
-47.2% - X-Factor
-50.8% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
-55.5% - Deadpool
-68.7% - Herc
-77.9% - Hulk
-80.9% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+12.2% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-11.6% - Iron Man
-21.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-30.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-31.6% - Captain America
-33.4% - Uncanny X-Men
-40.2% - Moon Knight
-43.2% - Punisher
-48.4% - Daredevil
-48.6% - New Avengers
-49.3% - Wolverine
-54.8% - X-Men Legacy
-55.9% - X-Factor
-60.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
-78.1% - Official Handbook

5 year comparisons
==================

+13.8% - Iron Man
- 6.4% - Official Handbook
- 9.9% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-22.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-23.2% - Thunderbolts
-27.3% - Daredevil
-29.3% - Black Panther
-33.8% - Captain America
-35.1% - Uncanny X-Men
-45.9% - X-Factor
-47.5% - PunisherMax
-50.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-52.9% - X-Men Legacy
-54.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-56.1% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
-56.1% - Moon Knight
-65.0% - Wolverine
-75.1% - Astonishing X-Men

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/11/08/ma ... mber-2011/

Sam 26 Nov 2011 - 0:40

[size=150]Marvel Month-to-Month sales: October 2011[/size]
BY Paul OBrien

Welcome to month two of Bizarro World! This was quite a busy month for Marvel, with the “Fear Itself” crossover continuing, the relaunch of INCREDIBLE HULK, and the first issue of new title WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN.

But once again, the big story in October was the continued success of the DCU relaunch. DC’s lead over Marvel in September may have been narrow, but in October it was massive. Helped by hefty re-orders on virtually the entire September DCU line, DC led Marvel by 42% to 29% in dollars and a remarkable 51% to 30% in units. That market share is partly due to massive reorders on DC’s September line. It seems reasonable to assume that this won’t be a regular event, and that the gap won’t be quite so large in future. But the possibility that Marvel might have to readjust to life as the number two publisher cannot be ruled out.

Not that it’s doom and gloom by any means. DC’s sales are up, but not at Marvel’s expense. If the DC relaunch has brought new readers into stores, or old readers back, then in theory Marvel should be able to take advantage of that too. On the other hand, it also makes it rather harder for Marvel to argue that its books are losing sales because it’s a tough market. DC has just proved that declining sales are not inevitable.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

7. INCREDIBLE HULK
10/06 #99 - 47,878
10/07 ---
10/08 #7 - 110,261
10/09 #603 - 49,126
=====
10/10 #614 - 39,572 ( -1.2%)
10/10 #615 - 36,750 ( -7.1%)
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
6 mnth (+245.8%)
1 year (+169.1%)
2 year (+116.7%)
3 year ( -3.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (+122.4%)

DC sweeps the top six – and, in fact, takes all but three slots in the top 20. Heading up the month for Marvel is the latest relaunch of INCREDIBLE HULK, this time by Jason Aaron and Marc Silvestri. There are numerous variant cover on this, but even so, the sales increase is impressive.

The last time HULK was relaunched, in January 2008, the first month sales were estimated at 134K. This is some way down from that, but then the market has dropped in the last three to four years.

8. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 95,855

Alongside UNCANNY X-MEN, this is one of the flagship X-Men tiles in the post-Schism relaunch. It’s not replacing any other book, though, so Marvel are now publishing five ongoing X-Men titles – the other three being X-MEN, ASTONISHING X-MEN and X-MEN LEGACY. If you count ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN, that’s six.

Whether the market will support quite so many variations on the same property must be open to debate. But the way Marvel are going with both this and the Avengers franchise, we’ll have a pretty clear answer in a year or so.

Sales of 96K place this around 40K ahead of regular sales on UNCANNY X-MEN, which is good. On the other hand, it’s also way down from July 2010’s X-MEN #1 (you know, the one with the vampires), which had estimated sales of 140K – but it’s also got several fewer variant covers, with lower incentive ratios, which would account for some of that difference.

9. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 90,914 ( -2.7%)
09/11 #6 of 7 - 93,032 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #7 of 7 - 95,599 ( +2.8%)

Slight sales increases on the last two issues are a good sign – minis don’t generally rebound during their run. This is, of course, not the end of the series, because of the late addition of issues #7.1, #7.2 and #7.3. It’ll be interesting to see whether retailers take the bait and order those as full-blown issues of the series;other FEAR ITSELF tie-ins haven’t done spectacularly.

22. UNCANNY X-MEN
10/06 #479 - 89,052
10/07 #491 - 85,638
10/08 #503 - 87,196
10/09 #516 - 73,916
=====
10/10 #529 - 62,256 ( -0.3%)
11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
6 mnth (+12.5%)
1 year ( -3.3%)
2 year (-18.5%)
3 year (-30.9%)
4 year (-29.7%)
5 year (-32.4%)

It’s a big drop before we reach the next Marvel title. Just to put this in perspective, UNCANNY X-MEN is just below NIGHTWING and RED LANTERNS on the chart – and bear in mind, they’re labouring under a 10% deduction for retainability.

This is the “final issue” (for certain values of “final”) before the relaunch next month. Sales are picking up, as they did on the later issues of SCHISM itself, so there’s clearly some interest here.

24. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464

The maxiseries sequel to FEAR ITSELF, bolstered by four variant covers.

25,28. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
10/06 ---
10/07 ---
10/08 #575 - 68,913
10/09 #609 - 61,176
=====
10/10 #645 - 56,709 ( -2.7%)
10/10 #646 - 58,125 ( +2.5%)
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 ( +42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 ( -30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( +9.9%)
1 year ( +2.0%)
2 year ( -5.4%)
3 year ( -16.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

The “Spider-Island” storyline continues into its fourth month, with sales continuing to hover around the 58K range.

26. AVENGERS
10/10 #6 - 73,258 (-11.1%)
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
6 mnth ( -7.2%)
1 year (-19.6%)

It’s a mark of how much DC has shaken up the chart that the Avengers franchise is no longer placing any titles in the top 25. This has a 1:50 “50th anniversary” variant cover, but the previous issue had two variants with higher incentives.

31. X-MEN: REGENESIS
10/11 One-shot - 55,787

A one-shot in which the various X-Men characters pick their new titles, basically. Sales are slightly ahead of SCHISM and slightly behind UNCANNY, which seems reasonable enough.

32. NEW AVENGERS
10/06 #24 - 136,811
10/07 #35 - 111,481
10/08 #46 - 99,513
10/09 #58 - 76,656
=====
10/10 #5 - 73,409 ( -5.3%)
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
6 mnth ( -9.8%)
1 year (-24.1%)
2 year (-27.3%)
3 year (-44.0%)
4 year (-50.0%)
5 year (-59.3%)

Another 50th anniversary variant, but again, it had two variants last month. (And a Point One, which obscures matters further.)

34. X-MEN: SCHISM
07/11 #1 of 5 - 66,118
07/11 #2 of 5 - 52,498 (-20.6%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 54,168 ( +3.2%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 52,509 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 55,081 ( +4.9%)

As already noted, when minis rebound and start going up again, it’s usually a good sign for interest in the storyline.

37. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
10/06 #101 - 78,963
10/07 #115 - 74,310
10/08 #127 - 52,584
10/09 #3 - 52,813
=====
10/10 #15 - 34,657 ( -3.1%)
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
6 mnth ( +3.2%)
1 year ( +51.5%)
2 year ( -0.6%)
3 year ( -0.1%)
4 year ( -29.3%)
5 year ( -33.5%)

Lots of reorder activity on this title. Issue #1 adds another 8,246 copies;issue #2 adds 6,103;and ULTIMATE FALLOUT #4 gets another 8,679. So in terms of first month sales, issue #3 actually held steady. Marvel titles tend not to generate much reorder activity these days (at least not in quantities that makes the top 300), so this stands out as an exception.

That said, we’re still talking about a book which was outsold by RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS. It really does seem to be a case of Marvel and DC being in parallel universes this month.

38. UNCANNY X-FORCE
10/08 #8 - 59,745
10/09 #20 - 48,921
=====
10/10 #1 - 99,194 (+166.1%)
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( +2.9%)
1 year ( -47.2%)
2 year ( +7.1%)
3 year ( -12.3%)

Hovering steadily. This is another book with a 50th anniversary variant cover, incidentally, but these days the variant cover stunts seem to make only a marginal difference to sales.

40,41. FF
10/06 #540 - 88,933
10/07 #550 - 57,906
10/08 ---
10/09 #572 - 41,939
=====
10/10 #584 - 45,066 ( -2.6%)
11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( -33.6%)
1 year ( +7.5%)
2 year ( +15.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -16.4%)
5 year ( -45.5%)

Gently drifting down. A relaunch as FANTASTIC FOUR #600 is around the corner.

46. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
10/06 #75 - 73,837
10/07 #87 - 63,028
10/08 ---
10/09 ---
=====
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-29.6%)
5 year (-39.9%)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 5,545 (included in the above, as usual), so the second issue drop isn’t as steep as it first seems.

47. MIGHTY THOR
10/06 ---
10/07 ---
10/08 #11 - 78,673
10/09 ---
=====
10/10 #616 - 51,051 ( -3.5%)
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth (-46.4%)
1 year (-13.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-44.1%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

We’re basically back where we were before the relaunch, except with sales raised a couple of thousand by variant covers.

48. SECRET AVENGERS
10/10 #6 - 68,617 ( -1.3%)
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-14.5%)
1 year (-36.9%)

This seems to have settled into a steady decline.

51. X-MEN
10/10 #4 - 63,772 ( -4.2%)
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth (-19.1%)
1 year (-35.9%)

Another book gently drifting down, with the frequent variant covers (including this month’s) usually making little difference.

52. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
10/06 ---
10/07 ---
10/08 ---
10/09 ---
=====
10/10 #4 of 5 - 42,876 (-10.4%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth ( -6.9%)
1 year ( -4.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

And we’re back to pre-relaunch levels already. That’s a little disappointing.

55. DAREDEVIL
10/06 #90 - 50,500
10/07 #101 - 47,189
10/08 #112 - 46,202
10/09 #501 - 45,181
=====
10/10 #511 - 43,167 ( -3.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 ( -14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 ( -15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -8.7%)
2 year ( -12.8%)
3 year ( -14.7%)
4 year ( -16.5%)
5 year ( -22.0%)

Issues #4 and #5 both have variant covers, which probably explains the slight bump, but the book seems to be levelling out nicely enough.

56. WOLVERINE
10/06 #47 - 106,201
10/07 #58 - 83,810
10/08 ---
10/09 #6 - 38,446
=====
10/10 #2 - 63,210 (-39.5%)
11/10 #3 - 51,600 (-18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 (-11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
6 mnth (-16.2%)
1 year (-37.7%)
2 year ( +2.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-53.0%)
5 year (-62.9%)

A slight increase this month, presumably because it’s billed as a “Regenesis” issue.

57. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
10/06 ---
10/07 #23 - 42,608
10/08 #6 - 53,332
10/09 #19 - 47,178
=====
10/10 #31 - 45,507 ( -3.7%)
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-14.5%)
1 year (-14.9%)
2 year (-17.9%)
3 year (-27.4%)
4 year ( -9.1%)
5 year ( --- )

The concluding part of the “Fear Itself” tie-in arc that started back in issue #503.

61. X-MEN LEGACY
10/06 #192 - 81,816
10/07 #204 - 83,456
10/08 #217 - 65,888
10/09 #228 - 52,855
=====
10/10 #241 - 48,133 ( -5.6%)
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-26.6%)
1 year (-20.9%)
2 year (-28.0%)
3 year (-42.2%)
4 year (-54.4%)
5 year (-53.5%)

Holding steady. A new creative team is coming on with “Regenesis”.

72. ASTONISHING X-MEN
10/06 ---
10/07 ---
10/08 #27 - 86,770
10/09 #31 - 67,064
=====
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-51.4%)
3 year (-62.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Well, at least it’s level. But again, let’s put this in perspective: ASTONISHING X-MEN is now being outsold (even after the 10% discount for retainability) by GRIFTER, RESURRECTION MAN and ALL STAR WESTERN. Would you have bet on that six months ago?

74,123. AVENGERS 1959
10/11 #1 of 5 - 32,418
10/11 #2 of 5 - 18,989 (-41.4%)

A Howard Chaykin miniseries spinning out of a recent NEW AVENGERS arc. The second issue drop is so enormous that I’m going to assume there was probably an overshipping stunt here.

76. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-21.3%)

Part three of a Spider-Island tie-in arc. Sales seem to be basically solid.

77. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)

Yet to find its level, but to be honest, it’s doing very well for a book not set in present day continuity.

89,90. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth (-36.9%)

For those keeping track of how all this squares up against DC, we have now passed VOODOO, I VAMPIRE, STATIC SHOCK, BLACKHAWKS, and the reorders of AQUAMAN #1. (You see what I mean about parallel universes.)

Believe it or not, the final part of the “Fear Itself” tie-in arc that’s been running since April. Sales seem to be close to levelling out, which is something.

91,95. DEADPOOL
10/08 #3 - 61,833
10/09 #16 - 46,288
=====
10/10 #28 - 34,828 ( -4.3%)
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
6 mnth ( -2.2%)
1 year (-20.9%)
2 year (-40.5%)
3 year (-55.5%)

Extremely solid sales here. Issue #45 has the 50th anniversary variant.

92. MOON KNIGHT
10/06 ---
10/07 #13 - 44,082
10/08 #23 - 25,216
10/09 #2 - 26,493
=====
10/10 #3 of 3 - 18,318 ( -9.8%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +50.1%)
2 year ( +3.8%)
3 year ( +9.0%)
4 year ( -37.6%)
5 year ( --- )

Levelling out, which is something.

94,101. HULK
10/08 #7 - 110,261
10/09 #16 - 56,811
=====
10/10 #26 - 42,934 ( -8.2%)
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-40.6%)
2 year (-55.1%)
3 year (-76.9%)

Issue #42 is the 50th anniversary variant cover, hence the small bump.

97,100. SUPERIOR [Icon]
10/10 #1 of 7 - 40,842
11/10 #2 of 7 - 34,688 (-15.1%)
12/10 #3 of 7 - 31,952 ( -7.9%)
01/11 #4 of 7 - 32,031 ( +0.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 ---
10/11 #5 of 7 - 26,361 (-17.7%)
10/11 #6 of 7 - 25,707 ( -2.5%)

The nine month delay has evidently damaged sales a bit, but these are still fine numbers for a creator-owned title.

99. PUNISHER
10/07 #12 - 66,548
10/08 #24 - 31,785
10/09 #10 - 27,167
=====
10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 ( -17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -4.9%)
3 year ( -18.7%)
4 year ( -61.2%)

Some very odd numbers on these opening issues;it seems to be levelling out, but with drops as wonky as this, who really knows?

102. NEW MUTANTS
10/09 #6 - 34,967
=====
10/10 #18 - 27,027 (-14.7%)
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-34.5%)
1 year ( -6.2%)
2 year (-27.5%)

The concluding part of a Fear Itself tie-in arc. The November issue is a Regenesis tie-in.

103. ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE
08/11 #1 of 4 - 37,451
09/11 #2 of 4 - 25,551 (-31.8%)
10/11 #3 of 4 - 24,762 ( -3.1%)

After the steep initial drop, this looks a little more comfortable.

104. X-23
10/10 #2 - 35,280 (-27.2%)
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
10/11 #15 - 24,043 ( +1.3%)
6 mnth (-15.8%)
1 year (-31.9%)

This hasn’t been solicited for February, and the general assumption is that it’s been cancelled with issue #20. At time of writing, Marvel have yet to confirm the cancellation, but they haven’t exactly been racing to deny it either.

This is one of a wave of cancellations that emerged in the February solicitations. They obviously beg the question of what will happen to the other Marvel Universe titles below this level, when their current shorelines end.

105. THUNDERBOLTS
10/06 #107 - 29,624
10/07 #117 - 47,151
10/08 #125 - 41,358
10/09 #137 - 32,409
=====
10/10 #149 - 30,580 ( -5.0%)
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
6 mnth ( -5.6%)
1 year (-22.5%)
2 year (-26.8%)
3 year (-42.7%)
4 year (-49.7%)
5 year (-20.0%)

Slightly down from the regular September issue, so if you disregard the Point One book, the general downward trend continues.

106. X-FACTOR
10/06 #12 - 42,909
10/07 #24 - 52,005
10/08 #36 - 38,552
10/09 #50 - 30,138
=====
10/10 #210 - 27,548 ( -7.0%)
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth ( -5.1%)
1 year (-14.4%)
2 year (-21.8%)
3 year (-38.9%)
4 year (-54.7%)
5 year (-45.1%)

Continuing to hold steady in the 23K range. This is about as consistent as a Marvel title gets.

107. AVENGERS ACADEMY
10/10 #5 - 31,272 ( +0.2%)
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( -0.7%)
1 year (-25.1%)

Though this is close. Issue #20 concludes a six-part Fear Itself tie-in arc.

Both X-FACTOR and AVENGERS ACADEMY have consistency in their favour, though it’s not like X-23 was exactly plummeting.

112. S.H.I.E.L.D.
10/10 #4 - 32,495 ( -2.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #° - 22,260 (-15.0%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #1 - 28,718 (+29.0%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #2 - 22,877 (-20.3%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #3 - 21,060 ( -7.9%)
6 mnth ( -5.4%)
1 year (-35.2%)

Still slipping. I’d be surprised if this was renewed for a further arc.

113. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #4 - 21,012 ( -5.3%)

Cancelled in January.

115. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 of 8 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 of 8 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 of 8 - 23,242 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #5 of 8 - 20,731 (-10.8%)

The book which was notoriously expanded from an eight issue mini to an ongoing, then cancelled at issue #8 anyway. Editor-in-chief Axel Alonso has attributed this to “new budgetary mandates [which] forced us to rethink the strategy.” In fairness, ALPHA FLIGHT sales are also falling faster than the books around it. But it goes without saying that ALPHA FLIGHT’s cancellation is a worrying sign for the Marvel Universe titles further down the chart. (The non-MU titles, of course, are largely aimed at a different market.)

116,118. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
10/09 #79 - 60,076
=====
10/10 #2 - 38,660 (-22.9%)
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (-27.7%)
1 year (-49.6%)
2 year (-67.6%)

Cancelled, though no issue has been given – presumably it’ll be at the conclusion of the arc that starts in February.

122. ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 ( -9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 ( -4.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 21,604 ( -6.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 4 - 22,259 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #2 of 4 - 19,068 (-14.3%)
6 mnth (-20.9%)

Back on its usual pattern, following the bump for the first issue of the second mini.

127. AVENGERS: SOLO
10/11 #1 of 5 - 18,427

Despite the title, this appears to be essentially a Hawkeye mini with an Avengers Academy back-up strip. The second issue of AVENGERS: 1959 sold in roughly similar quantities, all of which rather suggests that retailers don’t believe the Avengers brand is going to attract readers to minis in great numbers.

128. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
6 mnth ( -9.6%)

Back to normal sales after the Schism tie-in. This is the lowest-selling Marvel Universe title that hasn’t yet been cancelled, but oncoming writer James Asmus says he’s been told that the book is safe through to issue #17.

129. BLACK PANTHER
10/06 #21 - 26,077
10/07 #31 - 33,673
10/08 ---
10/09 #9 - 20,346
=====
10/10 #1 of 4 - 16,973 ( -31.6%)
10/10 #2 of 4 - 12,960 ( -23.6%)
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 ( -11.7%)
10/11 #524 - 18,248 ( +10.0%)
6 mnth ( -21.1%)
1 year ( +7.5%)
2 year ( -10.3%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -45.8%)
5 year ( -30.0%)

Cancelled with issue #529.

133. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
10/06 #39 - 33,962
10/07 #51 - 33,771
10/08 #63 - 25,933
10/09 #75 - 22,210
=====
10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
10/11 #18 - 17,541 ( +0.0%)
6 mnth ( -6.4%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-21.0%)
3 year (-32.4%)
4 year (-48.1%)
5 year (-48.4%)

Cancelled with issue #22, though this does seem to coincide with the natural ending of Jason Aaron’s storyline.

135. FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT
04/11 #1 of 7 - 32,601
05/11 #2 of 7 - 28,605 (-12.3%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 25,738 (-10.0%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 22,058 (-14.3%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 19,956 ( -9.5%)
09/11 #6 of 7 - 18,123 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #7 of 7 - 17,339 ( -4.3%)

Levelling out slightly as it goes on, but still not a particularly great performance considering that this was one of the major tie-ins to FEAR ITSELF proper.

137. LEGION OF MONSTERS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 16,785

Not an obviously commercial release, and quite possibly the sort of thing Marvel will be doing less of in future, if recent behaviour is anything to go by.

138. FEAR ITSELF: HULK VS DRACULA
09/11 #1 of 3 - 19,373
09/11 #2 of 3 - 17,681 (-8.7%)
10/11 #3 of 3 - 16,740 (-5.3%)

I gather something vaguely important happens in this, but it seems to have got completely lost in the deluge of Fear Itself tie-ins.

142. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
10/10 #1 - 29,176
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
6 mnth ( -6.7%)
1 year (-45.6%)

A very slight increase for the beginning of the new arc. Sales are basically steady.

145. DARK TOWER: BATTLE OF TULL
10/07 ---
10/08 Treachery #2 of 6 - 65,732
10/09 ---
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10/10 ---
11/10 ---
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -9.7%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-76.2%)
4 year ( --- )

147. JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WORLD OF MARS
10/11 #1 of 5 - 15,550

Two adaptations;in theory, at least, these books should have higher sales through other channels.

153. HEROES FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth (-30.9%)

This month’s issue is a Spider-Island tie-in;after that, we’re into something called VILLAINS FOR HIRE, which has at least been promoted with house ads. However, the February solicitations have the length of the mini dropping from six issues to four, which tends to suggest that it’s the end of the road.

154. SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK &DAGGER
08/11 #1 of 3 - 20,348
09/11 #2 of 3 - 16,129 (-20.7%)
10/11 #3 of 3 - 14,929 ( -7.4%)

156. FEAR ITSELF: YOUTH IN REVOLT
05/11 #1 of 6 - 24,709
06/11 #2 of 6 - 20,376 (-17.5%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 18,735 ( -8.1%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 16,478 (-12.0%)
09/11 #5 of 6 - 15,347 ( -6.9%)
10/11 #6 of 6 - 14,493 ( -5.6%)

158. SPIDER-ISLAND: THE AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL
11/10 #1 - 23,926
12/10 #2 - 21,606 ( -9.7%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #3 - 15,302 (-29.2%)
02/11 #4 - 14,804 ( -3.3%)
03/11 #5 - 13,757 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #6 - 13,235 ( -3.8%)
05/11 #7 - 12,563 ( -5.1%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #8 - 11,996 ( -4.5%)
08/11 #1 of 3 - 18,394 (+53.3%)
09/11 #2 of 3 - 15,311 (-16.8%)
10/11 #3 of 3 - 14,248 ( -6.9%)
6 mnth ( +7.7%)

More assorted crossover tie-ins. SPIDER-GIRL reaches the end of the line here.

164. RED SKULL
07/11 #1 of 5 - 19,973
08/11 #2 of 5 - 16,166 (-19.1%)
09/11 #3 of 5 - 14,650 ( -9.4%)
10/11 #4 of 5 - 13,919 ( -5.0%)

Modest sales, but this origin miniseries is not being pitched as a particularly commercial project.

168. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
10/10 #4 of 5 - 17,186 ( -6.4%)
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #2 of 6 - 13,723 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #3 of 6 - 13,423 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-21.9%)

171. HERC
10/08 #122 - 42,876
10/09 #136 - 26,447
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10/10 Chaos #1 - 34,509 (+101.4%)
10/10 #2 of 5 - 29,375 ( -14.9%)
11/10 #3 of 5 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #5 - 17,113 ( -5.5%)
08/11 #6 - 16,730 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #.1 - 13,990 ( -16.4%)
09/11 #7 - 15,152 ( +8.3%)
09/11 #8 - 14,813 ( -2.2%)
10/11 #9 - 13,190 ( -11.0%)
6 mnth ( -66.0%)
1 year ( -61.8%)
2 year ( -50.1%)
3 year ( -69.2%)

Cancelled with issue #10.

172. SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU
08/11 #1 of 3 - 15,907
09/11 #2 of 3 - 13,446 (-15.5%)
10/11 #3 of 3 - 12,920 ( -3.9%)

179. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873
08/11 #2 of 6 - 16,895 (-34.7%)
09/11 #3 of 6 - 13,446 (-20.4%)
10/11 #4 of 6 - 11,948 (-11.1%)

Joe Casey’s odd Teen Brigade series in the margins of the Marvel Universe is quite good, but it’s also very much a book with niche appeal.

Number 185 is the 20th anniversary edition of X-MEN #1 (the Claremont/Lee version), with sales of 11,552.

207. CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS
06/11 #1 of 5 - 22,050
07/11 #2 of 5 - 12,305 (-44.2%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 11,394 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 10,424 ( -8.5%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 9,981 ( -4.2%)

227. OZ
10/09 ---
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10/10 ---
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
6 mnth ( -3.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )

250. ALL WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES
06/11 #1 of 8 - 11,836
07/11 #2 of 8 - 10,121 (-14.5%)
08/11 #3 of 8 - 8,766 (-13.4%)
09/11 #4 of 8 - 7,914 ( -9.7%)
10/11 #5 of 8 - 7,497 ( -5.3%)

Cancelled with issue #5. Granted, the sales are dreadful, but it’s been quite some time since Marvel guillotined a book in midstory.

Truncating a miniseries isn’t unknown. DC did it with THE GREAT TEN. But at least they rewrote it to complete the story;ALL WINNERS SQUAD ends on a cliffhanger, which Marvel appear to have no intention of resolving.

In the short term, this may well make economic sense. In the longer term, the risk is that readers become even less willing to support low-selling titles, because they no longer have faith that they’ll even get a complete story. It’s the sort of thing that you can get away with very occasionally, but if readers start seeing it as a precedent, you’ve got a problem.

260. HALO: FALL OF REACH - COVENANT
10/09 #4 of 5 - 10,784
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10/10 #2 of 4 - 9,056 (-15.5%)
11/10 ---
12/10 #3 of 4 - 8,567 ( -5.4%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 Cov't #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
10/11 #4 of 4 - 7,142 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth (-14.1%)
1 year (-21.1%)
2 year (-33.8%)

270. JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 (-64.8%)

273. CASANOVA: AVARITIA [Icon]
10/10 Vol 1 #4 of 4 - 7,366 ( -3.3%)
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Vol 2 #1 of 4 - 7,658 ( +4.0%)
02/11 Vol 2 #2 of 4 - 6,579 (-14.1%)
03/11 Vol 2 #3 of 4 - 6,152 ( -6.5%)
04/11 Vol 2 #4 of 4 - 5,808 ( -5.6%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 Vol 3 #1 of 4 - 7,059
10/11 Vol 3 #2 of 4 - 6,483 ( -8.2%)
6 mnth (+11.6%)
1 year (-12.0%)

275. MYSTIC [CrossGen]
08/11 #1 of 4 - 18,783
09/11 #2 of 4 - 7,105 (-62.2%)
10/11 #3 of 4 - 6,471 ( -8.9%)

296. KA-ZAR
06/11 #1 of 5 - 12,805
07/11 #2 of 5 - 7,873 (-38.5%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 6,475 (-17.8%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 5,731 (-11.5%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 5,352 ( -6.6%)

I’m fairly sure this is as close as a Marvel Universe miniseries has ever come to falling off the top 300 – though in fairness, there are 50 DC reorders pushing it down the chart.

299. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
10/10 A to Z Update #4 of 5 - 4,990 ( -55.5%)
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 ( +65.6%)
09/11 FF - 6,761 ( -35.3%)
10/11 Vampires - 5,220 ( -22.8%)
6 mnth ( -43.6%)
1 year ( +4.6%)

And the books which missed the top 300: the Marvel Adventures titles, SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWERÉ, the OFFICIAL MARVEL INDEX, a TOY STORY one-shot, and a compilation of X-MEN EVOLUTIONS variant covers.

6 month comparisons
===================

+245.8% - Incredible Hulk
+ 12.5% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 11.6% - Casanova
+ 9.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 7.7% - Spider-Girl
+ 3.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 2.9% - X-Force
- 0.7% - Avengers Academy
- 2.2% - Deadpool
- 3.3% - Oz
- 5.1% - X-Factor
- 5.4% - SHIELD
- 5.6% - Thunderbolts
- 6.4% - PunisherMax
- 6.7% - Deadpool Max
- 6.9% - Ultimates
- 7.2% - Avengers
- 9.6% - Generation Hope
- 9.7% - Dark Tower
- 9.8% - New Avengers
- 14.1% - Halo
- 14.5% - Secret Avengers
- 14.5% - Iron Man
- 15.8% - X-23
- 16.2% - Wolverine
- 16.8% - Hulk
- 19.1% - X-Men
- 20.9% - Annihilators
- 21.1% - Black Panther
- 21.3% - Venom
- 26.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 27.7% - Daken
- 30.9% - Heroes for Hire
- 33.6% - FF
- 34.5% - New Mutants
- 36.9% - Journey into Mystery
- 43.6% - Official Handbook
- 46.4% - Thor
- 66.0% - Herc

1 year comparisons
==================

+169.1% - Incredible Hulk
+ 51.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 50.1% - Moon Knight
+ 7.5% - FF
+ 7.5% - Black Panther
+ 4.6% - Official Handbook
+ 2.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 3.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 4.9% - Ultimates
- 6.2% - New Mutants
- 8.7% - Daredevil
- 12.0% - Casanova
- 13.8% - Thor
- 14.4% - X-Factor
- 14.9% - Iron Man
- 19.6% - Avengers
- 20.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 20.9% - Deadpool
- 21.1% - Halo
- 21.9% - Stand
- 22.5% - Thunderbolts
- 24.1% - New Avengers
- 25.1% - Avengers Academy
- 31.9% - X-23
- 35.2% - SHIELD
- 35.9% - X-Men
- 36.9% - Secret Avengers
- 37.7% - Wolverine
- 40.6% - Hulk
- 45.6% - Deadpool Max
- 47.2% - X-Force
- 49.6% - Daken
- 61.8% - Herc

2 year comparisons
==================

+116.7% - Incredible Hulk
+ 15.5% - FF
+ 7.1% - X-Force
+ 3.8% - Moon Knight
+ 2.5% - Wolverine
- 0.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 4.9% - Punisher
- 5.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 10.3% - Black Panther
- 12.8% - Daredevil
- 17.9% - Iron Man
- 18.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 21.0% - PunisherMax
- 21.8% - X-Factor
- 26.8% - Thunderbolts
- 27.3% - New Avengers
- 27.5% - New Mutants
- 28.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 33.8% - Halo
- 40.5% - Deadpool
- 50.1% - Herc
- 51.4% - Astonishing X-Men
- 55.1% - Hulk
- 67.6% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 9.0% - Moon Knight
- 0.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 3.4% - Incredible Hulk
- 12.3% - X-Force
- 14.7% - Daredevil
- 16.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 18.7% - Punisher
- 27.4% - Iron Man
- 30.9% - Uncanny X-Men
- 32.4% - PunisherMax
- 38.9% - X-Factor
- 42.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 42.7% - Thunderbolts
- 44.0% - New Avengers
- 44.1% - Thor
- 55.5% - Deadpool
- 62.4% - Astonishing X-Men
- 69.2% - Herc
- 76.2% - Dark Tower
- 76.9% - Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

- 9.1% - Iron Man
- 16.4% - FF
- 16.5% - Daredevil
- 29.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 29.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 29.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 37.6% - Moon Knight
- 45.8% - Black Panther
- 48.1% - PunisherMax
- 49.7% - Thunderbolts
- 50.0% - New Avengers
- 53.0% - Wolverine
- 54.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 54.7% - X-Factor
- 61.2% - Punisher

5 year comparisons
==================

+122.4% - Incredible Hulk
- 20.0% - Thunderbolts
- 22.0% - Daredevil
- 30.0% - Black Panther
- 32.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 33.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 39.9% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 45.1% - X-Factor
- 45.5% - FF
- 48.4% - PunisherMax
- 53.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 59.3% - New Avengers
- 62.9% - Wolverine

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/11/21/ma ... ober-2011/

Dim 1 Jan 2012 - 23:26

[size=150]November 2011[/size]

by Paul O’Brien
With FEAR ITSELF wrapping up, Marvel had several major releases in November – the POINT ONE one-shot, the relaunches of UNCANNY X-MEN and FANTASTIC FOUR, and the first issue of new ongoing title AVENGING SPIDER-MAN.

We’ve also got the epilogue of FEAR ITSELF, the start of BATTLE SCARS, and a bunch of other “Regenesis” tie-ins from the X-books.

Marvel found itself behind DC for the third straight month in November, though the gap is growing closer. DC led by 40% to 38% in unit share, and 35% to 33% in dollars. And of course, it should be remembered that DC’s extra sales don’t appear to have come at Marvel’s expense;if DC’s relaunch has brought any new or lapsed readers into the market, then in theory, that’s good for other publishers too – it brings them into everyone’s potential market.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

5. POINT ONE
11/11 One-shot - 113,352

Marvel’s top selling comic of the month! Or is it? This book was massively overshipped, with retailers receiving twice the number of copies they’d actually ordered, at no extra cost. Those copies are presumably included in this number – that certainly appears to be Diamond’s standard practice, given the odd sales spikes that we’ve seen when this strategy has been used before.

If that’s the case, then the actual orders of this book would be 56,676 – which would have placed the book at number 29 between AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and AVENGERS. Considering the solicitation (“You CANNOT miss this. Catch a tease of the biggest change to the Marvel Universe in over 35 years!”) that number would surely have been disappointing, even allowing for the six dollar price tag. The wisdom of pricing a teaser book that high must also be open to question.

6. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153

This, on the other hand, IS a good number, even allowing for the four variant covers. It’s Marvel’s second biggest launch of 2011, after FF #1 (which managed 122K).

Considering that the book was sold largely on the name of artist Joe Madureira, it seems reasonable to credit a lot of these sales to him – and also to wonder what will happen with the book’s second arc, which he isn’t drawing.

7,16. UNCANNY X-MEN
11/06 #480 - 88,584
11/07 #492 - 102,511
11/08 #504 - 77,773
11/09 #517 - 69,557
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11/10 #530 - 58,006 ( -6.8%)
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
6 mnth (+34.9%)
1 year (+25.0%)
2 year ( +4.2%)
3 year ( -6.8%)
4 year (-29.3%)
5 year (-18.2%)

This is a pretty good number as well. It comfortably beats the first month sales of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN in October (estimated at 96K), and like AVENGING, it’s at the top end of Marvel’s launches for the last year. Perhaps this is partly a reflection of UNCANNY’s continuing status as the flagship X-book, though my impression was that this and W&TXM were being promoted as more or less equal in the revamped line.

Issue #2 drops back to 72K, but that’s still a significant improvement from previous sales. The last time the book hit that level was during the “Second Coming” crossover in mid-2010.

10. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 95,855
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-13.0%)

Considering that the first issue had more variant covers, that’s a very modest drop. A promising sign.

11. INCREDIBLE HULK
11/06 #100 - 84,169
11/07 #111 - 101,536
11/08 #8 - 90,776
11/09 #604 - 40,652
=====
11/10 #616 - 35,296 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #617 - 34,340 ( -2.7%)
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
6 mnth (+185.2%)
1 year (+127.1%)
2 year ( +97.1%)
3 year ( -11.7%)
4 year ( -21.1%)
5 year ( -4.8%)

That’s a bigger drop, but still perfectly acceptable when you bear in mind the reduced number of variants. Predecessor title INCREDIBLE HULKS had dropped to 28K by the end of its run, and HULK is currently around the 25K mark, so these numbers represent a massive improvement. Neither of the Hulk titles have hit this number since mid-2009.

15. FANTASTIC FOUR
11/06 ---
11/07 #551 - 58,617
11/08 #561 - 61,331
11/09 #573 - 39,433
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11/10 #585 - 41,568 ( -7.8%)
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 ( +52.4%)
6 mnth ( +21.9%)
1 year ( +77.6%)
2 year ( +87.2%)
3 year ( +20.3%)
4 year ( +25.9%)
5 year ( --- )

FANTASTIC FOUR returns to its regular numbering with issue #600 (the eleven issues of FF being counted towards that total). This is an eight dollar book, which will have done a lot of Marvel’s dollar share showing this month – but with 96 pages of new story, that’s good value. Marvel produce trade paperbacks with less content than this. The direction of the title seems to be a success.

FF continues as a separate title with issue #12, which we’ll come to a little later.

22,25,31. FEAR ITSELF
04/11 #1 of 7 - 135,746
05/11 #2 of 7 - 105,359 (-22.4%)
06/11 #3 of 7 - 99,501 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #4 of 7 - 93,435 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #5 of 7 - 90,914 ( -2.7%)
09/11 #6 of 7 - 93,032 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #7 of 7 - 95,599 ( +2.8%)
11/11 #7.1 - 60,562 (-36.6%)
11/11 #7.2 - 58,006 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #7.3 - 54,903 ( -5.3%)

There’s a big drop between the regular series and this month’s three epilogue issues, but that was only to be expected. The real question is how these books would have done if they’d simply been promoted as spin-off one-shots in the vein of previous crossovers. And given the generally anaemic sales on FEAR ITSELF tie-ins, I suspect branding the books in this way was probably a smart move on balance.

26,63. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)

Now this is downright odd. THE FEARLESS shipped two issues in November, with issue #2 holding up surprisingly well against the first month sales, and issue #3 dropping like a stone.

That’s particularly curious when you bear in mind that issue #1 had four variant covers, and issue #2 only had one. That alone would normally be enough to generate a bigger second issue drop than this – making this look like a de facto climb. And for that to be followed by a nigh-40% plunge is quite bizarre.

Here’s my theory, though “theory” is very much the operative word.

While issue #1 had more variant covers, they were all on 1:100 incentive ratios. Issue #2, on the other hand, had a single variant cover, but on a 1:25 variant. It’s possible that, given the weak sales on FEAR ITSELF spin-off minis, many retailers weren’t prepared to bite at the 1:100 ratios, but were willing to up their orders for a 1:25 cover.

What’s more, issues #1-2 shipped only two weeks apart. So by the time retailers knew how well issue #1 was moving, it was too late to alter their orders on issue #2 – but not on issue #3, because of its later Final Order Cut-off date. The heavy slashing of orders on issue #3, rather suggest that issue #1 has proved to be a bit of a shelf warmer.

That’s my theory, at any rate. The comments section is just below if you have a better idea.

27,29. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
11/06 #536 - 118,833
11/07 ---
11/08 #578 - 66,564
11/09 #610 - 61,170
=====
11/10 #647 - 55,819 ( -4.0%)
11/10 #648 - 79,714 ( +42.8%)
11/10 #649 - 55,515 ( -30.4%)
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
6 mnth ( +3.3%)
1 year ( +3.4%)
2 year ( -5.6%)
3 year ( -13.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -51.4%)

Issue #673 is an epilogue to the Spider-Island crossover;issue #674 has a variant cover, which is presumably cancelling out the post-event drop. Either that, or the book has simply upped its sales a bit as a result of the Spider-Island storyline.

30. AVENGERS
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-36.9%)

This is probably a delayed drop from the end of the FEAR ITSELF crossover. That arc ended in September, but the October issue had a 1:50 variant that should have mitigated the drop.

33. NEW AVENGERS
11/06 #25 - 136,504
11/07 #36 - 107,715
11/08 ---
11/09 #59 - 74,379
=====
11/10 #6 - 66,724 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( -9.7%)
1 year (-18.4%)
2 year (-26.8%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-49.4%)
5 year (-60.1%)

Similar deal here.

34. CAPTAIN AMERICA
11/06 #24 - 79,885
11/07 #32 - 73,310
11/08 #44 - 75,493
11/09 Re#4 - 96,571
=====
11/10 #612 - 47,343 ( -3.0%)
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth ( +21.0%)
1 year ( +14.4%)
2 year ( -43.9%)
3 year ( -28.3%)
4 year ( -26.1%)
5 year ( -32.2%)

This seems to be holding pretty steady after the relaunch, albeit that variant covers slightly obscure the picture.

35. KICK-ASS 2 [Icon]
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #2 of 7 - 62,235 (-19.1%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #3 of 7 - 54,270 (-12.8%)
09/11 #4 of 7 - 51,014 ( -6.0%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #5 of 7 - 53,937 ( +5.7%)

The sales increase is likely because this one has two variant covers – the previous issue didn’t have any.

37. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
11/06 #102 - 77,121
11/07 #116 - 61,534
11/08 #128 - 52,187
11/09 #4 - 49,106
=====
11/10 #150 - 40,553 ( +17.0%)
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( +7.5%)
1 year ( +27.1%)
2 year ( +5.0%)
3 year ( -1.2%)
4 year ( -16.2%)
5 year ( -33.1%)

This seems to be levelling out. If so, that’s a great sign, because the book was in the 33K range before the “Death of Spider-Man” arc began. If it can settle down in the high 40Ks, Marvel can count this direction as a success.

38. UNCANNY X-FORCE
11/08 #9 - 57,241
11/09 #21 - 53,967
=====
11/10 #2 - 56,518 ( -43.0%)
12/10 #3 - 55,520 ( -1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 ( -7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth ( +0.6%)
1 year ( -9.8%)
2 year ( -5.5%)
3 year ( -10.9%)

This is a much better number than it might first appear. Issues #15 and #16 had variant covers to boost their sales. A straight comparison with issue #14 – the last issue without a variant cover – shows that sales are actually very slightly up, bucking the trend of an industry where most books experience steady erosion. And that is presumably a sign of satisfied customers.

39. FF
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
6 mnth ( -18.4%)

While this is effectively the first issue of a new series, Marvel seem to be counting the last eleven issues as part of both titles, so I’ll follow suit. FF does indeed inherit the sales of the previous title (slightly boosted by a variant cover).

What usually happens with this launch technique is that the “continuing” title ultimately fails to hold on to its inherited readership – and the Fantastic Four have a poor track record for sustaining spin-off books even in healthy markets. But having Jonathan Hickman write both books may well make a difference.

46,53. X-MEN
11/10 #5 - 56,651 (-11.2%)
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
6 mnth (-14.2%)
1 year (-29.5%)

Two issues this month. Issue #20 is the “Regenesis” variant cover, but issue #21 sees sales going straight back to normal. Since X-MEN isn’t really affected by Regenesis (it’s still doing the same team-up stories as before), that’s perhaps not surprising.

49,57. X-MEN LEGACY
11/06 #193 - 80,102
11/07 #205 - 101,401
11/08 #218 - 63,512
11/09 #229 - 50,789
=====
11/10 #242 - 43,750 ( -9.1%)
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
6 mnth ( -6.9%)
1 year ( -4.1%)
2 year (-17.4%)
3 year (-33.9%)
4 year (-58.6%)
5 year (-47.6%)

Issue #258 is the final chapter of “Five Miles South of the Universe”, though it seems to have seen a slight uptick for no apparent reason. Issue #259 is a belated tie-in to Schism and has two variant covers. However, issues #259-260 are primarily the wrap-up of Mike Carey’s run, and this book is getting its real Regenesis push with issue #260.1, so it remains to be seen how much benefit it’ll get.

50. SECRET AVENGERS
11/10 #7 - 59,999 (-12.6%)
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
6 mnth (-20.7%)
1 year (-31.3%)

Continuing the book’s downward drift.

51. MIGHTY THOR
11/06 ---
11/07 #4 - 106,541
11/08 ---
11/09 Fin. - 53,566
=====
11/10 #617 - 49,165 ( -3.7%)
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
6 mnth (-19.4%)
1 year (-17.2%)
2 year (-24.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-61.8%)
5 year ( --- )

The last three issues have had variant covers, hence the slightly exaggerated drop on this issue. Nonetheless, given the change since issue #4, there does seem to be an underlying slide.

52,60. WOLVERINE
11/06 #48 - 99,991
11/07 #59 - 65,725
11/08 #69 - 93,914
11/09 #7 - 36,108
=====
11/10 #3 - 51,600 (-18.4%)
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 (-11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth (-14.9%)
1 year (-26.4%)
2 year ( +5.2%)
3 year (-59.5%)
4 year (-42.2%)
5 year (-62.0%)

Issue #18 has a variant cover. A renumbering to issue #300 is imminent, followed by what is evidently going to be a heavily promoted storyline by Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi.

54. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
11/06 #76 - 69,054
11/07 ---
11/08 #98 - 46,446
11/09 ---
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-14.6%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-42.6%)

Issue #1 had several variant covers, so the second issue drop was naturally high. The drop on issue #3, on the other hand, is a bit higher than you might have hoped for.

55. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
11/06 ---
11/07 ---
11/08 ---
11/09 ---
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-10.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

ULTIMATES ships an issue in November for the first time since 2002.

58. DAREDEVIL
11/06 #91 - 49,335
11/07 #102 - 45,030
11/08 #113 - 41,200
11/09 #502 - 40,354
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 ( -14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 ( -15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth ( +46.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -5.1%)
3 year ( -7.0%)
4 year ( -14.9%)
5 year ( -22.4%)

Issues #4-5 have variant covers, so this actually looks to be extremely solid.

59. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
11/06 #13 - 76,800
11/07 ---
11/08 #7 - 49,356
11/09 #20 - 55,160
=====
11/10 #32 - 40,978 (-10.0%)
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-14.9%)
1 year ( -7.0%)
2 year (-30.9%)
3 year (-22.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-50.4%)

Variant cover, but it’s also coming off the FEAR ITSELF crossover arc, which seems to more or less cancel out.

65. ASTONISHING X-MEN
11/06 #18 - 118,285
11/07 #23 - 112,920
11/08 ---
11/09 #32 - 62,154
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-47.3%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-71.0%)
5 year (-72.3%)

First part of an arc by Greg Pak and Mike McKone, which is the book’s Regenesis tie-in (well, in the sense that it’s the storyline being promoted in the Regenesis advertising – as with X-MEN, the actual story is more or less self-contained).

66. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth (-20.0%)

Fourth part of a Spider-Island tie-in arc, and it’s also got a variant cover.

67. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222

The solicitation hints at this book being important, without quite explaining why. (“The post-Fear Itself Marvel Universe begins here! Who is Army Ranger Marcus Jones, and how could he tear the Marvel Universe apart?”) Retailers seem to have erred on the side of caution.

73. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)

Drifting down.

77,87. NEW MUTANTS
11/09 #7 - 33,328
=====
11/10 #19 - 25,440 ( -5.9%)
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
6 mnth (-25.6%)
1 year ( +1.6%)
2 year (-22.4%)

Issue #33 is the Regenesis variant, but again, the orders on issue #34 suggest that the event is having little impact on the sales of the X-books that aren’t directly affected by the story.

82. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth (-30.4%)

This is the first issue not to be a FEAR ITSELF tie-in, but it has a variant cover, which may be cancelling that out. Of course, given that FEAR ITSELF hasn’t been much of a draw on tie-in books, it’s quite possible that JOURNEY’s sales haven’t been greatly inflated by the crossover to start with.

83. MOON KNIGHT
11/06 #6 - 74,017
11/07 ---
11/08 #24 - 23,947
11/09 #3 - 23,359
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth ( -44.8%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +15.9%)
3 year ( +13.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -63.4%)

This has a variant cover, so there’s probably a steeper underlying drop.

86. DEADPOOL
11/08 #4 - 49,577
11/09 #17 - 46,765
=====
11/10 #29 - 31,350 (-10.0%)
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth ( -6.2%)
1 year (-16.2%)
2 year (-43.8%)
3 year (-47.0%)

Issue #45 has a variant cover. Otherwise, it’s all looking very consistent.

88. PUNISHER
11/06 #1 - 102,727
11/07 #13 - 41,783
11/08 #25 - 29,982
11/09 #11 - 24,900
=====
11/10 #1 of 5 - 20,028 ( -0.0%)
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 ( -17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +26.8%)
2 year ( +2.0%)
3 year ( -15.3%)
4 year ( -39.2%)
5 year ( -75.3%)

This issue has a variant cover, so it may not be levelling out quite as well as it appears.

91. HULK
11/08 #8 - 90,776
11/09 #17 - 52,653
=====
11/10 #27 - 38,691 ( -9.9%)
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-23.8%)
1 year (-36.4%)
2 year (-53.3%)
3 year (-72.9%)

Gentle decline.

94. X-FACTOR
11/06 #13 - 42,844
11/07 #25 - 79,066
11/08 #37 - 35,754
11/09 ---
=====
11/10 #211 - 26,632 ( -3.3%)
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth ( -4.1%)
1 year (-10.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-33.6%)
4 year (-70.0%)
5 year (-44.6%)

The general trend on this book is an extremely slow drift down, but it’s now risen for two straight issues. Not by much, but it’s up.

95. ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE
08/11 #1 of 4 - 37,451
09/11 #2 of 4 - 25,551 (-31.8%)
10/11 #3 of 4 - 24,762 ( -3.1%)
11/11 #4 of 4 - 23,562 ( -4.8%)

Fairly standard miniseries performance.

98.100. X-23
11/10 #3 - 31,224 (-11.5%)
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
10/11 #15 - 24,043 ( +1.3%)
11/11 #16 - 22,737 ( -5.4%)
11/11 #17 - 22,780 ( +0.2%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)
1 year (-27.0%)

Cancelled with issue #20. This book is some way above the other canceled titles, and with the storm of cancellations apparently over for now, it appears to be an outlier. It’s worth noting that Marvel have axed the entire Wolverine line except for WOLVERINE itself, so perhaps this one was part of a more strategic rethink.

101,107. AVENGERS ACADEMY
11/10 #6 - 25,977 (-16.9%)
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( -4.3%)
1 year (-13.3%)

Very slight decline, but not too bad on the whole.

102,106. THUNDERBOLTS
11/06 #108 - 27,890
11/07 ---
11/08 #126 - 34,640
11/09 #138 - 31,238
=====
11/10 #150 - 31,704 ( +3.7%)
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth ( -9.5%)
1 year (-28.5%)
2 year (-27.4%)
3 year (-34.5%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-18.7%)

Issue #166 has a variant cover, which probably accounts for the slight increase.

110. MAGNETO: NOT A HERO
11/11 #1 of 4 - 21,543

Not a great number, considering the promotion being given to the X-Men books at the moment – this is slightly below the first issue of the current ANNIHILATOR mini.

Marvel seem to be moving away from this sort of miniseries, in favour of increasing the publishing schedule of the core title. We’ll see how that works out for them;the theory seems to be that readers see these books as “inessential”, but I suspect a more accurate analysis is that readers simply don’t want to read that many X-Men comics, and naturally they skip the ones that appear skippable. If that’s correct, then Marvel are essentially trying to sell readers comics that they don’t especially want to buy, and that doesn’t seem like a very sustainable model.

113. GENERATION HOPE
11/10 #1 - 37,398
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
11/11 #13 - 21,317 (+15.7%)
6 mnth ( +4.6%)
1 year (-43.0%)

This issue has a Regenesis variant cover, but we’ve already seen from X-MEN and ASTONISHING that this is unlikely in itself to carry over to the next issue. The series is, of course, safe through to the end of the storyline that begins with this issue;beyond that, it’s plainly in some danger unless it can turn things around.

This is also the first issue by new creative team James Asmus and Ibraim Roberson;the original solicitation rather boldly tried to hype up the arrival of a new creative team without actually naming them, which might have been an attempt to build mystery. Look, it’s the season of goodwill.

And now, brace yourself, as we enter the killing fields.

116. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 - 23,242 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #5 - 20,731 (-10.8%)
11/11 #6 - 19,316 ( -6.8%)
6 mnth (-25.1%)

Cancelled with issue #8.

118. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
11/09 #80 - 52,394
=====
11/10 #3 - 32,679 (-15.5%)
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
11/11 #17 - 18,794 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-28.5%)
1 year (-42.5%)
2 year (-64.1%)

Cancelled at some point in the near future, once it completes its current storyline.

119,121. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #4 - 21,012 ( -5.3%)
11/11 #5 - 18,664 (-11.2%)
11/11 #6 - 18,297 ( -2.0%)

Cancelled with issue #8.

120. ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 ( -9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 ( -4.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 21,604 ( -6.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 4 - 22,259 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #2 of 4 - 19,068 (-14.3%)
11/11 #3 of 4 - 18,379 ( -3.6%)

Drifting down, as is usual for sequel minis.

123. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
07/11 #8 - 20,393 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #9 - 19,476 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #10 - 18,781 ( -3.6%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #11 - 18,094 ( -3.7%)
6 mnth (-20.3%)

Cancelled with issue #12.

126. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
11/06 #41 - 33,164
11/07 #52 - 32,909
11/08 #64 - 24,660
11/09 #1 - 29,119
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
10/11 #18 - 17,541 ( +0.0%)
11/11 #19 - 17,473 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth ( -5.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-40.0%)
3 year (-24.7%)
4 year (-46.9%)
5 year (-47.3%)

Cancelled with issue #22.

129. AVENGERS 1959
10/11 #1 of 5 - 32,418
10/11 #2 of 5 - 18,989 (-41.4%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 16,629 (-12.4%)

Well, it’s a bit of a niche product. I suspect this is the sort of miniseries Marvel won’t be doing so much of next year, the way their publishing strategy seems to be going.

130. BLACK PANTHER
11/06 #22 - 41,268
11/07 #32 - 28,426
11/08 ---
11/09 #10 - 19,147
=====
11/10 #3 of 4 - 10,356 ( -20.1%)
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 ( -11.7%)
10/11 #524 - 18,248 ( +10.0%)
11/11 #525 - 16,295 ( -10.7%)
6 mnth ( -22.1%)
1 year ( +57.3%)
2 year ( -14.9%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -42.7%)
5 year ( -60.5%)

Cancelled with issue #529.

133. VILLAINS FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
11/11 #.1 - 15,281 ( +1.3%)
6 mnth (-18.2%)

The lead-in issue to a mini, which replaces HEROES FOR HIRE on the schedule. Since that mini has had its run cut back, it seems a safe bet that HFH is cancelled.

134,139,143,147,148. AVENGERS ORIGINS
11/11 Thor - 15,180
11/11 Vision - 14,633
11/11 Ant-Man/Wasp - 14,004
11/11 Luke Cage - 13,831
11/11 Quicksilver/Scarlet Witch - 13,778

More of those inessential spin-offs that readers have figured out they don’t need to read. (Who says Marvel readers are completists?)

142. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
11/10 #2 - 23,382 (-19.9%)
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
11/11 #2 - 14,171 (-10.7%)
6 mnth (-13.7%)
1 year (-39.4%)

Presumably safe through to the end of its current storyline, but plainly it must be in danger beyond that point.

145. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #7 - 20,390 ( +3.0%)
08/11 #.1 - 16,984 (-16.7%)
08/11 #8 - 16,455 ( -3.1%)
09/11 #9 - 15,600 ( -5.2%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #10 - 13,910 (-10.8%)
6 mnth (-31.5%)

Cancelled with issue #12.

149. AVENGERS: SOLO
10/11 #1 of 5 - 18,427
11/11 #2 of 5 - 13,747 (-25.4%)

151. THOR: DEVIANTS SAGA
11/11 #1 of 5 - 13,660

156. RED SKULL
07/11 #1 of 5 - 19,973
08/11 #2 of 5 - 16,166 (-19.1%)
09/11 #3 of 5 - 14,650 ( -9.4%)
10/11 #4 of 5 - 13,919 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #5 of 5 - 13,288 ( -4.5%)

More low-selling minis. Again, Marvel’s upcoming solicitations seem relatively light on this sort of thing.

158. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
11/10 #5 of 5 - 16,751 ( -2.5%)
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #2 of 6 - 13,723 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #3 of 6 - 13,423 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #4 of 6 - 12,803 ( -4.6%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)
1 year (-23.6%)

Also nearing the end of its run – this arc is the final part of the adaptation.

160. HERC
11/08 #123 - 35,780
11/09 #138 - 25,116
=====
11/10 Chaos #3 - 28,630 ( -2.5%)
12/10 #4 of 5 - 26,313 ( -8.1%)
01/11 #5 of 5 - 24,694 ( -6.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 - 38,774 ( +57.0%)
05/11 #2 - 17,385 ( -55.2%)
05/11 #3 - 18,755 ( +7.9%)
06/11 #4 - 18,106 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #5 - 17,113 ( -5.5%)
08/11 #6 - 16,730 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #.1 - 13,990 ( -16.4%)
09/11 #7 - 15,152 ( +8.3%)
09/11 #8 - 14,813 ( -2.2%)
10/11 #9 - 13,190 ( -11.0%)
11/11 #10 - 12,372 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth ( -34.0%)
1 year ( -56.8%)
2 year ( -50.7%)
3 year ( -65.4%)

Cancelled.

168. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873
08/11 #2 of 6 - 16,895 (-34.7%)
09/11 #3 of 6 - 13,446 (-20.4%)
10/11 #4 of 6 - 11,948 (-11.1%)
11/11 #5 of 6 - 10,931 ( -8.5%)

Another low-selling mini, though one that was fairly clearly going for a cult audience.

192,210. SIX GUNS
11/11 #1 of 5 - 9,262
11/11 #2 of 5 - 8,031 (-13.3%)

Modern day western. Not much sign of interest here, unfortunately.

195. SHAME ITSELF
11/11 One-shot - 8,983

A parody issue loosely linked to FEAR ITSELF.

202. LEGION OF MONSTERS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 16,785
11/11 #2 of 4 - 8,601 (-48.8%)

This one’s going to look pretty ugly by the end of four issues, I fear.

206. OZ
11/09 #1 of 8 - 25,338
=====
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222 ( +8.8%)
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( -4.2%)
1 year (-36.6%)
2 year (-66.9%)

Holding pretty steady from last series, on the whole.

208. KAPOW! GUINNESS WORLD RECORD SPECIAL [Icon]
11/11 #1 - 8,252

This is a Superior one-shot produced in twelve hours as a jam book at Mark Millar’s Kapow convention, and released as a charity fundraiser for the Yorkhill Sick Children’s Hospital. The print run is limited to 10,000, the remaining copies doubtless going to UK retailers (whose orders don’t count for this chart).

227. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 ( +65.6%)
09/11 FF - 6,761 ( -35.3%)
10/11 Vampires - 5,220 ( -22.8%)
11/11 History o/t MU - 7,284 ( +39.5%)
6 mnth ( -11.5%)
1 year ( -21.6%)

This doesn’t really belong in the HANDBOOK listing – it’s more of a Marvel Saga type thing – but it’s the mostly text based continuity project for this month, so I’m including it.

The HANDBOOK hasn’t been solicited beyond December, but further issue are apparently in the works (and the writers are also producing update pages for the trade paperback collections).

249. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
11/06 Guilty #3 of 12 - 28,031
11/07 ---
11/08 Laughing #2 of 5 - 17,187
11/09 ---
=====
11/10 ---
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
09/11 Scoundrel #1 of 5 - 6,650 ( -0.9%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #2 of 5 - 6,302 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-63.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-77.5%)

Gentle decline.

251. JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WORLD OF MARS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 15,550
11/11 #2 of 4 - 6,288 (-59.6%)

Another drastic second-issue plunge for a JOHN CARTER mini, following in the footsteps of last month’s PRINCESS OF MARS.

258. MYSTIC [CrossGen]
08/11 #1 of 4 - 18,783
09/11 #2 of 4 - 7,105 (-62.2%)
10/11 #3 of 4 - 6,471 ( -8.9%)
11/11 #4 of 4 - 6,002 ( -7.2%)

Depressingly low sales for a beautiful comic.

260. JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 (-64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 (-13.3%)

See above.

270. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
11/06 #9 - 6,637
11/07 #21 - 6,529
11/08 #33 - 6,126
11/09 #57 - 4,501
=====
11/10 #7 - 5,603 ( -3.0%)
11/10 #8 - 5,269 ( -6.0%)
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #18 - 4,673 ( -0.0%)
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - 5,363 ( ??? )
6 mnth ( +2.7%)
1 year ( -4.3%)
2 year (+19.2%)
3 year (-12.5%)
4 year (-17.9%)
5 year (-19.2%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

299. I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA
11/11 One-shot - 4,334

A collection of variant covers.

Missing the top 300 in November: SUPER HEROES, which is cancelled with issue #23;OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, which is cancelled after the end of its current run;the NORTHANGER ABBEY miniseries;and the Pixar CITY OF INCREDIBLES one-shot.

6 month comparisons
===================

+185.2% - Incredible Hulk
+ 46.3% - Daredevil
+ 34.9% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 21.9% - Fantastic Four
+ 21.0% - Captain America
+ 7.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 4.6% - Generation Hope
+ 3.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 2.7% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 0.6% - X-Force
- 4.1% - X-Factor
- 4.2% - Oz
- 4.3% - Avengers Academy
- 5.3% - PunisherMax
- 6.2% - Deadpool
- 6.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 9.5% - Thunderbolts
- 9.7% - New Avengers
- 10.0% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
- 11.5% - Official Handbook
- 12.9% - Astonishing X-Men
- 12.9% - X-23
- 12.9% - The Stand
- 13.7% - Deadpool Max
- 14.2% - X-Men
- 14.9% - Wolverine
- 14.9% - Iron Man
- 16.8% - Avengers
- 18.2% - Heroes For Hire
- 18.4% - FF
- 19.4% - Thor
- 20.0% - Venom
- 20.3% - Wolverine: The Best There Is
- 20.7% - Secret Avengers
- 22.1% - Black Panther
- 23.8% - Hulk
- 25.1% - Alpha Flight
- 25.6% - New Mutants
- 28.5% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 30.4% - Journey into Mystery
- 31.5% - Iron Man 2.0
- 34.0% - Herc
- 44.8% - Moon Knight

1 year comparisons
==================

+127.1% - Incredible Hulk
+ 77.6% - Fantastic Four
+ 57.3% - Black Panther
+ 27.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 26.8% - Punisher
+ 25.0% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 14.4% - Captain America
+ 3.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 1.6% - New Mutants
- 4.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 4.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 7.0% - Iron Man
- 9.8% - X-Force
- 10.9% - X-Factor
- 13.3% - Avengers Academy
- 16.2% - Deadpool
- 17.2% - Thor
- 18.4% - New Avengers
- 21.6% - Official Handbook
- 23.6% - The Stand
- 26.4% - Wolverine
- 27.0% - X-23
- 28.5% - Thunderbolts
- 29.5% - X-Men
- 31.3% - Secret Avengers
- 36.4% - Hulk
- 36.6% - Oz
- 36.9% - Avengers
- 39.4% - Deadpool Max
- 42.5% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 43.0% - Generation Hope
- 56.8% - Herc

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 97.1% - Incredible Hulk
+ 87.2% - Fantastic Four
+ 19.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 15.9% - Moon Knight
+ 5.2% - Wolverine
+ 5.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 4.2% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 2.0% - Punisher
- 5.1% - Daredevil
- 5.5% - X-Force
- 5.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 14.9% - Black Panther
- 17.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 22.4% - New Mutants
- 24.0% - Thor
- 26.8% - New Avengers
- 27.4% - Thunderbolts
- 30.9% - Iron Man
- 40.0% - PunisherMax
- 43.8% - Deadpool
- 43.9% - Captain America
- 47.3% - Astonishing X-Men
- 50.7% - Herc
- 53.3% - Hulk
- 64.1% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 66.9% - Oz

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 20.3% - Fantastic Four
+ 13.0% - Moon Knight
- 1.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 6.8% - Uncanny X-Men
- 7.0% - Daredevil
- 10.9% - X-Force
- 11.7% - Incredible Hulk
- 12.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 13.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 14.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 15.3% - Punisher
- 22.8% - Iron Man
- 24.7% - PunisherMax
- 28.3% - Captain America
- 33.6% - X-Factor
- 33.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 34.5% - Thunderbolts
- 47.0% - Deadpool
- 59.5% - Wolverine
- 63.3% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- 65.4% - Herc
- 72.9% - Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 25.9% - Fantastic Four
- 14.9% - Daredevil
- 16.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 17.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 21.1% - Incredible Hulk
- 26.1% - Captain America
- 29.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 39.2% - Punisher
- 42.2% - Wolverine
- 42.7% - Black Panther
- 46.9% - PunisherMax
- 49.4% - New Avengers
- 58.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 61.8% - Thor
- 70.0% - X-Factor
- 71.0% - Astonishing X-Men

5 year comparisons
==================

- 4.8% - Incredible Hulk
- 18.2% - Uncanny X-Men
- 18.7% - Thunderbolts
- 19.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 22.4% - Daredevil
- 32.2% - Captain America
- 33.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 42.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 44.6% - X-Factor
- 47.3% - PunisherMax
- 47.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 50.4% - Iron Man
- 51.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 60.1% - New Avengers
- 60.5% - Black Panther
- 62.0% - Wolverine
- 63.4% - Moon Knight
- 72.3% - Astonishing X-Men
- 75.3% - Punisher
- 77.5% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/12/28/ma ... mber-2011/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales December 2011

by Paul O’Brien

This month, the slow build to AVENGERS VS X-MEN begins with the AVENGERS: X-SANCTION miniseries;and DEFENDERS is relaunched. Both are wisely given a pretty clear run, without other Marvel launches competing for space.

Elsewhere, the X-Men, Hulk and Fantastic Four relaunches continue to bed down. And down at the bottom end of the chart, the cancellations continue to mount up.

Normal service is resumed, kind of, as Marvel had the largest share of the north American direct market, albeit by a fairly narrow margin – 39% to 38% in units, 34.4% to 33.7% in dollars. But bear in mind, this was a five-week month where DC more or less sat out week five.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

5. AVENGERS: X-SANCTION
12/11 #1 of 4 - 93,380

Marvel have made it very clear that this is an Important Book which contains the build-up to a crossover that will dominate two major franchises for half of 2012. So it’s no great surprise to see it as Marvel’s top seller of the month.

As you’d expect, this high-priority book is supported by a horde of variant covers. In addition to 1:15, 1:25, 1:100 and 1:200 variants, there are also two different retailer-specific covers. That’s a gimmick that has worked well for Marvel in the past, though there surely has to be a risk of overuse if the company isn’t careful.

7. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969

The other big launch of the month, and again, Marvel are supporting it heavily. For one thing, this has multiple variant covers (1:10, 1:25, 1:50 and 1:200). But more to the point, it was overshipped by 50%.

Judging from the sales figures on earlier overshipping promotions, Diamond appears to count the extra copies towards the chart – a curious policy, given that outright freebies are excluded, but there it is. Stripping out the 50% uplift, we can estimate the actual orders at 57,313. That’s marginally lower than the first issue of VENOM. (It’s also marginally lower than the first issue of WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS, but since that book continued to bleed readers throughout its run, it’s not a very useful comparison.)

Still, this is the Defenders, a franchise which comes round again every few years and has usually struggled. I’d say 57K initial orders is a pretty respectable debut.

As for the broader issues of overshipping, in theory it’s not a bad idea. The logic is that if you have more copies on the shelves then you have a greater chance to reach readers. Whether it works in practice is another matter. After all, if retailers really thought they could sell those extra copies, they’d have ordered them in the first place. But that involves the retailers taking a risk, and if Marvel have more confidence than they do, this sort of promotion may make sense.

12. UNCANNY X-MEN
12/06 #481 - 85,995
12/07 #493 - 102,114
12/08 #505 - 82,271
12/09 #519 - 67,043
=====
12/10 #531 - 55,770 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
6 mnth (+18.1%)
1 year (+15.0%)
2 year ( -4.4%)
3 year (-22.1%)
4 year (-37.2%)
5 year (-25.4%)

No variant cover this month, so the settling-down process may be slightly exaggerated. The book is still miles ahead of pre-relaunch numbers, but it’s evidently some way from finding its level just yet.

13. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)

The first issue had four variants, and this had one. Still a big drop, though.

15. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)

Issue #1 picks up 3,756 re-orders to chart at number 282. Those are included in the number above.

As with UNCANNY, this is the first issue without a variant cover, which may be exaggerating the drops. But it’s a bigger drop than I’d have expected.

17. AVENGERS
11/10 #7 - 89,758 (+22.5%)
12/10 #8 - 67,056 (-25.3%)
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth (-10.8%)
1 year (-36.3%)

Variant cover, explaining the very slight increase.

18,21. UNCANNY X-FORCE
12/08 #10 - 58,801
12/09 #22 - 51,859
=====
12/10 #3 - 55,520 (-1.8%)
01/11 #4 - 51,381 (-7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 (+0.2%)
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 (-1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 (-1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 (+5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 (-6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 (+1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 (-2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 (+5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 (+4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 (-2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 (-5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 (+5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 (-2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 (-2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 (+6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 (+2.0%)
6 mnth (+4.0%)
1 year (-0.3%)
2 year (+6.7%)
3 year (-5.9%)

Issue #18 has one variant, issue #19 has two, so a degree of increase is to be expected. But given that variant covers often have a rather muted effect, it could also be that there’s real interest in the climax of the well-received “Dark Angel Saga”. More generally, X-FORCE seems to be selling steadily in the low 50K range – an impressive performance in the current market.

20,22. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
12/06 ---
12/07 #545 - 124,481
12/08 #581 - 68,905
12/09 #616 - 58,856
=====
12/10 #650 - 58,909 ( +6.1%)
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -1.5%)
1 year ( -8.3%)
2 year ( -8.2%)
3 year ( -21.6%)
4 year ( -56.6%)
5 year ( --- )

No variants this month, so we’re back to gentle drifting down. But the book was lower than this at the start of the year. Overall, it still looks pretty stable.

25. NEW AVENGERS
12/06 #26 - 122,670
12/07 #37 - 105,545
12/08 #48 - 93,908
12/09 #60 - 72,790
=====
12/10 #7 - 67,840 ( +1.7%)
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth ( -8.3%)
1 year (-22.0%)
2 year (-27.3%)
3 year (-43.7%)
4 year (-49.9%)
5 year (-56.9%)

Second straight month without a variant. The downward trend on this book is pretty evident.

29. FANTASTIC FOUR
12/06 #541 - 84,895
12/07 #552 - 51,320
12/08 #562 - 54,062
12/09 #574 - 38,431
=====
12/10 #586 - 42,829 ( +3.0%)
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 ( +52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 ( -30.8%)
6 mnth ( -13.3%)
1 year ( +19.3%)
2 year ( +32.9%)
3 year ( -5.5%)
4 year ( -0.5%)
5 year ( -39.8%)

Pretty much straight back to previous sales levels after the renumbering last month. Of course, the book is still holding on to the sales it gained from the March relaunch.

30. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
12/06 #103 - 76,251
12/07 #117 - 60,361
12/08 #129 - 51,071
12/09 #5 - 45,849
=====
12/10 #151 - 33,707 ( -16.9%)
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth ( -6.7%)
1 year ( +43.3%)
2 year ( +5.4%)
3 year ( -5.4%)
4 year ( -20.0%)
5 year ( -36.6%)

Back on a downward slide, but the book is still a good 15K up as a result of the Death of Spider-Man arc and the relaunch.

31,32. CAPTAIN AMERICA
12/06 ---
12/07 #33 - 78,279
12/08 #45 - 71,186
12/09 R#5 - 91,790
=====
12/10 #613 - 42,871 ( -9.4%)
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth ( +6.6%)
1 year ( +11.4%)
2 year ( -48.0%)
3 year ( -32.9%)
4 year ( -39.0%)
5 year ( --- )

Issue #6 has a variant cover, hence the slight increase. Rather odd, jerky sales here, but there seems to be a general trend back towards the pre-relaunch sales levels.

33. INCREDIBLE HULK
12/06 #101 - 47,927
12/07 #112 - 77,119
12/08 #9 - 87,786
12/09 #605 - 43,964
=====
12/10 #618 - 34,868 ( -1.5%)
12/10 #619 - 32,657 ( -6.3%)
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
6 mnth ( +69.2%)
1 year ( +33.2%)
2 year ( +5.6%)
3 year ( -47.1%)
4 year ( -39.8%)
5 year ( -3.1%)

Issue #2 was also overshipped by 50%, so the actual orders would have been closer to 53,429, bringing out a much more reasonable 13% drop – especially when you bear in mind that there’s no variant cover this month. Considering that the HULK titles were both selling below 30K before this relaunch, the numbers aren’t bad.

But it does beg the question of how much benefit Marvel are getting from these overshipping promotions. It certainly doesn’t seem to have inspired retailers to up their orders here.

34. KICK-ASS 2 [Icon]
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #2 of 7 - 62,235 (-19.1%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #3 of 7 - 54,270 (-12.8%)
09/11 #4 of 7 - 51,014 ( -6.0%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #5 of 7 - 53,937 ( +5.7%)
12/11 #6 of 7 - 45,390 (-15.8%)

Issue #5 had two variant covers;this has one. That suggests the underlying drop may be speeding up, but sales remain very healthy, especially by Icon standards.

36. FF
03/11 #1 - 121,172 (+77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
6 mnth (-23.7%)

Bearing in mind that this is essentially a new title attempting to inherit an audience from FANTASTIC FOUR, it’s not done too badly.

44. X-MEN
12/10 #6 - 53,005 ( -6.4%)
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-12.4%)
1 year (-26.2%)

Ignore the variant on issue #20, and this seems to be on a slow but steady decline.

45. DAREDEVIL
12/06 #92 - 48,035
12/07 #103 - 43,874
12/08 #114 - 44,351
12/09 #502 - 38,680
=====
12/10 #512 - 40,317 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 ( -14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 ( -15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -3.7%)
2 year ( +0.4%)
3 year ( -12.5%)
4 year ( -11.5%)
5 year ( -19.2%)

This has a 1:50 variant, but it doesn’t appear to have had much of an impact. Sales on DAREDEVIL have been weirdly consistent since issue #3 regardless of variant covers.

47. SECRET AVENGERS
12/10 #8 - 54,048 ( -9.9%)
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
6 mnth (-23.4%)
1 year (-29.3%)

First issue in a while to lack a variant cover.

48. MIGHTY THOR
12/06 ---
12/07 #5 - 101,551
12/08 #12 - 73,784
12/09 #605 - 55,242
=====
12/10 #618 - 45,142 ( -8.2%)
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
6 mnth (-21.0%)
1 year (-15.8%)
2 year (-31.2%)
3 year (-48.5%)
4 year (-62.6%)
5 year ( --- )

Settling back into a steady decline, from the look of it.

49. X-MEN LEGACY
12/06 #194 - 78,114
12/07 #206 - 97,871
12/08 #219 - 60,587
12/09 #230 - 49,776
=====
12/10 #243 - 41,797 ( -4.5%)
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
6 mnth (-12.7%)
1 year ( -9.2%)
2 year (-23.8%)
3 year (-37.4%)
4 year (-61.2%)
5 year (-51.4%)

The final issue of Mike Carey’s run. Christos Gage and David Baldeon take over in January.

50. CARNAGE, U.S.A.
12/11 #1 of 5 - 37,620

The last CARNAGE mini opened at 47K, so there’s a degree of diminishing returns here.

51. WOLVERINE
12/06 #49 - 78,807
12/07 #60 - 63,194
12/08 #70 - 98,915
12/09 #8 - 33,470
=====
12/10 #4 - 52,812 ( +2.3%)
01/11 #5 - 46,920 (-11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (-10.6%)
1 year (-29.3%)
2 year (+11.6%)
3 year (-62.2%)
4 year (-40.9%)
5 year (-52.6%)

Seems to be fairly steady when variants are left aside. The book renumbers to #300 in January.

52,56. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
12/06 #77 - 67,338
12/07 #88 - 51,633
12/08 #99 - 44,360
12/09 ---
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth ( +1.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-20.8%)
4 year (-31.9%)
5 year (-47.8%)

56. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
12/06 ---
12/07 #1 of 5 - 131,401
12/08 ---
12/09 ---
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
6 mnth (-15.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-72.3%)
5 year ( --- )

While ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN has done alright from the relaunch, its sister titles both have yet to find their level.

55. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
12/06 #14 - 73,388
12/07 #24 - 38,834
12/08 #8 - 56,708
12/09 #21 - 49,986
=====
12/10 #33 - 41,890 ( +2.2%)
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
6 mnth (-16.4%)
1 year (-15.5%)
2 year (-29.2%)
3 year (-37.6%)
4 year ( -8.8%)
5 year (-51.8%)

No variant this month, but there’s clearly an underlying decline in place as well.

59,67. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)
12/11 #4 of 12 - 31,491 (-12.6%)
12/11 #5 of 12 - 29,343 ( -6.8%)

It’s levelling out slowly, but with seven issues to go, this could drop to awkward levels by the end of its run.

60. ASTONISHING X-MEN
12/06 #19 - 124,033
12/07 ---
12/08 ---
12/09 #33 - 57,592
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
6 mnth (-15.4%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-45.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-74.7%)

Very slow decline, but nothing too alarming over the last few months.

65. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
11/10 #3 of 9 - 35,410 ( -0.2%)
12/10 ---
01/11 #4 of 9 - 31,977 ( -9.7%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 9 - 31,945 ( -0.1%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #6 of 9 - 30,467 ( -4.6%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #7 of 9 - 30,247 ( -0.7%)
10/11 ---
11/11 ---
12/11 #8 of 9 - 29,601 ( -2.1%)

Considering the slow schedule, this has been reasonably steady over the course of the year.

66,68. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth (-26.4%)

Dropping slowly, but consistently.

69. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)

Still to find its level. The book is being converted into a Captain America team-up title with rotating story arcs.

71,73. DEADPOOL
12/08 #5 - 46,856
12/09 #18 - 45,914
=====
12/10 #30 - 30,488 ( -2.7%)
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (-10.4%)
1 year (-16.5%)
2 year (-44.6%)
3 year (-45.7%)

Extremely slow decline. Marvel are giving issue #50 a big push with house ads.

72. NEW MUTANTS
12/09 #8 - 32,240
=====
12/10 #20 - 24,416 ( -4.0%)
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.2%)
1 year ( +4.7%)
2 year (-20.7%)

Another book which has been very solid if you set the variant covers aside – consistently in the 25K area since September.

78. MOON KNIGHT
12/06 ---
12/07 ---
12/08 #25 - 23,283
12/09 #4 - 21,483
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #8 - 24,626 ( -9.0%)
6 mnth ( -30.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +14.6%)
3 year ( +5.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

79. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
6 mnth (-32.6%)

81. PUNISHER
12/06 ---
12/07 #14 - 38,471
12/08 #26 - 22,243
12/09 #12 - 24,985
=====
12/10 #2 of 5 - 16,608 ( -17.1%)
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +44.3%)
2 year ( -4.1%)
3 year ( +7.8%)
4 year ( -37.7%)
5 year ( --- )

All three had variant covers last month, presumably distorting the decline.

83,84. X-FACTOR
12/06 #14 - 40,208
12/07 #26 - 74,699
12/08 #38 - 34,425
12/09 #200 - 36,577
=====
12/10 #212 - 26,443 ( -0.7%)
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth ( -3.4%)
1 year (-10.5%)
2 year (-35.3%)
3 year (-31.3%)
4 year (-68.3%)
5 year (-41.1%)

Another book that has found its level;this is about as consistent as Marvel titles get.

85,88. HULK
12/08 #9 - 87,786
12/09 #18 - 53,222
=====
12/10 #28 - 34,755 (-10.2%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth (-19.5%)
1 year (-33.9%)
2 year (-56.8%)
3 year (-73.8%)

Still on a gentle decline.

89. AVENGERS ACADEMY
12/10 #7 - 27,774 ( +6.9%)
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth (-15.0%)
1 year (-19.3%)

Very small drops over the last couple of months, but the book has been holding steady in the 23K range for most of the year.

91,96. X-23
12/10 #4 - 29,703 ( -4.9%)
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
10/11 #15 - 24,043 ( +1.3%)
11/11 #16 - 22,737 ( -5.4%)
11/11 #17 - 22,780 ( +0.2%)
12/11 #18 - 21,999 ( -3.4%)
12/11 #19 - 21,348 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-17.8%)
1 year (-28.1%)

Cancelled with issue #21.

93. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222
12/11 #2 of 6 - 21,702 (-32.6%)

Pretty much disappearing off the radar, despite Marvel’s attempts to launch it off the back of FEAR ITSELF.

97. THUNDERBOLTS
12/06 #109 - 27,300
12/07 ---
12/08 #127 - 36,378
12/09 #139 - 29,957
=====
12/10 #151 - 27,943 (-11.9%)
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
6 mnth (-22.9%)
1 year (-24.2%)
2 year (-29.3%)
3 year (-41.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-22.5%)

Very gradual erosion.

For some reason, number 98 is ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #4, with 20,877 – presumably a case of Marvel offloading stock. Issue #1 of the same mini appears at 182, with 9,392.

105. MAGNETO: NOT A HERO
11/11 #1 of 4 - 21,543
12/11 #2 of 4 - 19,262 (-10.6%)

You can see why Marvel are moving away from minis when they aren’t tied to big events;the audience just doesn’t seem interested in supporting them.

106. GENERATION HOPE
12/10 #2 - 38,984 ( +4.2%)
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
11/11 #13 - 21,317 (+15.7%)
12/11 #14 - 19,234 ( -9.8%)
6 mnth ( +1.9%)
1 year (-50.7%)

So, no huge increase from the Regenesis relaunch. It goes without saying that a question mark has to hang over the book’s long term future – because we’re about to descend into the cancelled titles. Abandon publication, all ye who enter here.

111. S.H.I.E.L.D.
12/10 #5 - 27,133 (-16.5%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #6 - 26,190 ( -3.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #∞ - 22,260 (-15.0%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #1 - 28,718 (+29.0%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #2 - 22,877 (-20.3%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #3 - 21,060 ( -7.9%)
11/11 ---
12/11 #4 - 18,475 (-12.3%)
6 mnth (-35.7%)
1 year (-31.9%)

Final issue.

112. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 - 23,242 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #5 - 20,731 (-10.8%)
11/11 #6 - 19,316 ( -6.8%)
12/11 #7 - 18,416 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth (-60.7%)

Cancelled with issue #8.

116. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
12/09 #81 - 48,102
=====
12/10 #4 - 30,726 ( -6.0%)
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
11/11 #17 - 18,794 ( -3.5%)
12/11 #18 - 17,806 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (-28.0%)
1 year (-42.0%)
2 year (-63.0%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

118. WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS
12/10 #1 - 57,348
01/11 #2 - 33,469 (-41.6%)
02/11 #3 - 27,790 (-17.0%)
03/11 #4 - 25,226 ( -9.2%)
04/11 #5 - 24,771 ( -1.8%)
05/11 #6 - 22,695 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #7 - 22,001 ( -3.1%)
07/11 #8 - 20,393 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #9 - 19,476 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #10 - 18,781 ( -3.6%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #11 - 18,094 ( -3.7%)
12/11 #12 - 17,772 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (-19.2%)
1 year (-69.0%)

Final issue.

119. ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL
03/11 #1 of 4 - 26,543
04/11 #2 of 4 - 24,117 ( -9.1%)
05/11 #3 of 4 - 23,145 ( -4.0%)
06/11 #4 of 4 - 21,604 ( -6.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 4 - 22,259 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #2 of 4 - 19,068 (-14.3%)
11/11 #3 of 4 - 18,379 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #4 of 4 - 17,612 ( -4.2%)

121. X-CLUB
12/11 #1 of 5 - 17,552

This is an X-Men mini. The solicitations have quietly cut it back from five issues to four in mid-run.

123. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
12/06 #42 - 33,003
12/07 #53 - 31,772
12/08 #65 - 23,881
12/09 #2 - 23,110
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
10/11 #18 - 17,541 ( +0.0%)
11/11 #19 - 17,473 ( -0.4%)
12/11 #20 - 17,191 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth ( -4.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-25.6%)
3 year (-28.0%)
4 year (-45.9%)
5 year (-47.9%)

Cancelled with issue #22, though Jason Aaron says the story was ending anyway, and the content of the book makes that appear very plausible.

125. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #4 - 21,012 ( -5.3%)
11/11 #5 - 18,664 (-11.2%)
11/11 #6 - 18,297 ( -2.0%)
12/11 #7 - 16,846 ( -7.9%)
6 mnth (-32.2%)

Cancelled with issue #9.

133. VILLAINS FOR HIRE
12/10 #1 - 32,936
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
11/11 #.1 - 15,281 ( +1.3%)
12/11 #1 of 4 - 15,519 ( +1.6%)
6 mnth (-13.9%)
1 year (-52.9%)

The miniseries replacing HEROES FOR HIRE. It’s been cut back from five issues to four.

134. DARK TOWER: WAY STATION
12/07 ---
12/08 Treachery #4 - 53,735
12/09 Jericho Hill #1 - 30,756
=====
12/10 Little Sisters #1 - 19,807 ( -7.1%)
01/11 #2 of 5 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-13.0%)
1 year (-22.4%)
2 year (-50.0%)
3 year (-71.4%)
4 year ( --- )

Novel adaptation. Not necessarily aimed at the direct market audience to the same extent as the other books around it.

137,141. BLACK PANTHER
12/06 #23 - 54,762
12/07 #33 - 25,906
12/08 ---
12/09 #11 - 17,989
=====
12/10 #4 of 4 - 9,145 ( -11.7%)
12/10 #513 - 33,124 (+262.2%)
01/11 #514 - 27,474 ( -17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 ( -10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 ( +14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 ( -11.7%)
10/11 #524 - 18,248 ( +10.0%)
11/11 #525 - 16,295 ( -10.7%)
12/11 #526 - 15,015 ( -7.9%)
12/11 #527 - 14,677 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( -24.3%)
1 year ( +60.5%)
2 year ( -18.4%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -43.3%)
5 year ( -73.2%)

Cancelled with issue #529.

146. AVENGERS 1959
10/11 #1 of 5 - 32,418
10/11 #2 of 5 - 18,989 (-41.4%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 16,629 (-12.4%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 13,935 (-16.2%)

Pretty dreadful numbers, but Marvel must have known it was a niche project when they commissioned it.

151,159. IRON MAN 2.0
02/11 #1 - 31,380
02/11 #2 - 24,600 (-21.6%)
03/11 #3 - 20,905 (-15.0%)
04/11 #4 - 20,342 ( -2.7%)
05/11 #5 - 20,320 ( -0.1%)
06/11 #6 - 19,798 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #7 - 20,390 ( +3.0%)
08/11 #.1 - 16,984 (-16.7%)
08/11 #8 - 16,455 ( -3.1%)
09/11 #9 - 15,600 ( -5.2%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #10 - 13,910 (-10.8%)
12/11 #11 - 13,255 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #12 - 12,513 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth (-36.8%)

Final issue.

153. DEADPOOL MAX X-MAS SPECIAL
12/11 One-shot - 13,176

154. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
12/10 #3 - 20,990 (-10.2%)
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
11/11 #2 - 14,171 (-10.7%)
12/11 #3 - 13,070 ( -7.8%)
6 mnth (-17.3%)
1 year (-37.7%)

Cancelled with issue #6.

158. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
12/08 Captain Trips #4 - 49,211
12/09 Soul Survivors #3 - 24,308
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #2 of 6 - 13,723 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #3 of 6 - 13,423 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #4 of 6 - 12,803 ( -4.6%)
12/11 #5 of 6 - 12,583 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (-13.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-48.2%)
3 year (-74.4%)

Ends in January (having completed the adaptation).

163. AVENGERS: SOLO
10/11 #1 of 5 - 18,427
11/11 #2 of 5 - 13,747 (-25.4%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 11,530 (-16.1%)

166. THOR: DEVIANTS SAGA
11/11 #1 of 5 - 13,660
12/11 #2 of 5 - 11,273 (-17.5%)

172. VENGEANCE
07/11 #1 of 6 - 25,873
08/11 #2 of 6 - 16,895 (-34.7%)
09/11 #3 of 6 - 13,446 (-20.4%)
10/11 #4 of 6 - 11,948 (-11.1%)
11/11 #5 of 6 - 10,931 ( -8.5%)
12/11 #6 of 6 - 10,422 ( -4.7%)

Hangovers from a previous commissioning policy, one suspects.

207. OZ
12/08 #1 of 8 - 25,116
12/09 #2 of 8 - 15,783
=====
12/10 #2 of 8 - 10,419 (-21.2%)
01/11 #3 of 8 - 9,386 ( -9.9%)
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
6 mnth (-11.3%)
1 year (-26.2%)
2 year (-51.3%)
3 year (-69.4%)

Presumably not aimed at the direct market to the same extent as the other titles here.

211. LEGION OF MONSTERS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 16,785
11/11 #2 of 4 - 8,601 (-48.8%)
12/11 #3 of 4 - 7,502 (-12.8%)

Truly horrid sales, unfortunately.

232. MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2011
12/11 One-shot - 6,787

This is a reprint of material that was available for free in digital form, presumably for those who desperately want a physical copy for their collection, or just shun electricity as the work of the devil. Given that, the sales are reasonable enough.

244. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
12/06 G. Pleasures #3 - 36,091
12/07 ---
12/08 L. Corpse #3 - 15,665
12/09 Executioner #2 - 10,454
=====
12/10 ---
01/11 Ingenue #1 of 5 - 7,763 ( -4.7%)
02/11 #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
09/11 Scoundrel #1 of 5 - 6,650 ( -0.9%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #2 of 5 - 6,302 ( -5.2%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,914 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-14.2%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-43.4%)
3 year (-62.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-83.6%)

Novel adaptation.

246. SIX GUNS
11/11 #1 of 5 - 9,262
11/11 #2 of 5 - 8,031 (-13.3%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,727 (-28.7%)

The modern-day western mini. Sales are frankly dreadful, but again, it’s hard to see what else Marvel could sensibly have expected from a project of this sort, with no real promotion behind it.

251. JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WORLD OF MARS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 15,550
11/11 #2 of 4 - 6,288 (-59.6%)
12/11 #3 of 4 - 5,294 (-15.8%)

252. JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 (-64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 (-13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)

Both presumably intended mainly to capitalise on the film when it comes out in March.

258. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
11/10 Heroic Age: Villains - 9,294 ( +86.3%)
12/10 A to Z Update #5 of 5 - 4,808 ( -48.3%)
12/10 Heroic Age: X-Men - 13,789 (+186.8%)
01/11 Blockbusters - 5,354 ( -61.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 Thor - 9,251 ( +72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 ( -11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 ( -23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 ( +65.6%)
09/11 FF - 6,761 ( -35.3%)
10/11 Vampires - 5,220 ( -22.8%)
11/11 History o/t MU - 7,284 ( +39.5%)
12/11 Defenders - 4,736 ( -35.0%)
6 mnth ( -25.0%)
1 year ( -49.0%)

No further issues of the HANDBOOK have been solicited, but the creators say one is in the pipeline, and they’re also producing update pages for the trade paperback version of the collections.

262. DEFENDERS: COMING OF THE DEFENDERS
12/11 One-shot - 4,627

Reprint of MARVEL FEATURE #1-3, the first Defenders story – so about what you’d expect.

264. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
12/06 #22 - 6,396
12/07 #34 - 6,115
12/08 #46 - 4,851
12/09 #58 - 4,352
=====
12/10 #9 - 5,116 ( -2.9%)
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #18 - 4,673 ( -0.0%)
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - 5,363 ( ??? )
12/11 #21 - 4,549 ( -15.2%)
6 mnth ( -10.0%)
1 year ( -11.1%)
2 year ( +4.3%)
3 year ( -6.2%)
4 year ( -25.6%)
5 year ( -28.9%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

278. FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE
12/11 #1 of 5 - 3,888

Presumably these novel adaptations are selling somewhere or other, but it isn’t the direct market.

292. SUPER HEROES [Marvel Adventures]
12/10 #9 - ?,??? ( ??? )
01/11 #10 - 3,386 ( ??? )
02/11 #11 - 3,134 ( -7.4%)
03/11 #12 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #13 - 3,355 ( ??? )
05/11 #14 - 3,610 ( +7.6%)
06/11 #15 - ?,??? ( ??? )
07/11 #16 - ?,??? ( ??? )
08/11 #17 - ?,??? ( ??? )
09/11 #18 - ?,??? ( ??? )
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - ?,??? ( ??? )
12/11 #21 - 3,329 ( ??? )
6 mnth ( ??? )
1 year ( ??? )

Cancelled with issue #23, but making a rare appearance at the bottom end of the top 300 before it goes.

Missing the top 300, with estimated orders below 3,105: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, NORTHANGER ABBEY, and MUPPETS PRESENTS: TREASURE OF PEG-LEG WILSON.

6 month comparisons
===================

+69.2% - Incredible Hulk
+18.1% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 6.6% - Captain America
+ 4.0% - X-Force
+ 1.9% - Generation Hope
+ 1.2% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 1.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 3.4% - X-Factor
- 4.3% - PunisherMax
- 6.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 8.2% - New Mutants
- 8.3% - New Avengers
-10.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-10.4% - Deadpool
-10.6% - Wolverine
-10.8% - Avengers
-11.3% - Oz
-12.4% - X-Men
-12.7% - X-Men Legacy
-13.0% - Dark Tower
-13.1% - The Stand
-13.3% - Fantastic Four
-13.9% - Heroes for Hire
-14.2% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-15.0% - Ultimates
-15.0% - Avengers Academy
-15.4% - Astonishing X-Men
-16.4% - Iron Man
-17.3% - Deadpool Max
-17.8% - X-23
-19.2% - Wolverine: The Best There Is
-19.5% - Hulk
-21.0% - Thor
-22.9% - Thunderbolts
-23.4% - Secret Avengers
-23.7% - FF
-24.3% - Black Panther
-25.0% - Official Handbook
-26.4% - Venom
-28.0% - Daken
-30.3% - Moon Knight
-32.2% - Ghost Rider
-32.6% - Journey into Mystery
-35.7% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
-36.8% - Iron Man 2.0
-60.7% - Alpha Flight

1 year comparisons
==================

+60.5% - Black Panther
+44.3% - Punisher
+43.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+33.2% - Incredible Hulk
+19.3% - Fantastic Four
+15.0% - Uncanny X-Men
+11.4% - Captain America
+ 4.7% - New Mutants
- 0.3% - X-Force
- 3.7% - Daredevil
- 8.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 9.2% - X-Men Legacy
-10.5% - X-Factor
-11.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-15.5% - Iron Man
-15.8% - Thor
-16.5% - Deadpool
-19.3% - Avengers Academy
-22.0% - New Avengers
-22.4% - Dark Tower
-24.2% - Thunderbolts
-26.2% - X-Men
-26.2% - Oz
-28.1% - X-23
-29.3% - Secret Avengers
-29.3% - Wolverine
-31.9% - S.H.I.E.L.D.
-33.9% - Hulk
-36.3% - Avengers
-37.7% - Deadpool Max
-42.0% - Daken
-49.0% - Official Handbook
-50.7% - Generation Hope
-52.9% - Heroes for Hire
-69.0% - Wolverine: The Best There Is

2 year comparisons
==================

+32.9% - Fantastic Four
+14.6% - Moon Knight
+11.6% - Wolverine
+ 6.7% - X-Force
+ 5.6% - Incredible Hulk
+ 5.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 4.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 0.4% - Daredevil
- 4.1% - Punisher
- 4.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 8.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-18.4% - Black Panther
-20.7% - New Mutants
-23.8% - X-Men Legacy
-25.6% - PunisherMax
-27.3% - New Avengers
-29.2% - Iron Man
-29.3% - Thunderbolts
-31.2% - Thor
-35.3% - X-Factor
-43.4% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-44.6% - Deadpool
-45.5% - Astonishing X-Men
-48.0% - Captain America
-48.2% - The Stand
-50.0% - Dark Tower
-51.3% - Oz
-56.8% - Hulk
-63.0% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 7.8% - Punisher
+ 5.8% - Moon Knight
- 5.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 5.5% - Fantastic Four
- 5.9% - X-Force
- 6.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-12.5% - Daredevil
-20.8% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-21.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
-22.1% - Uncanny X-Men
-28.0% - PunisherMax
-31.3% - X-Factor
-32.9% - Captain America
-37.4% - X-Men Legacy
-37.6% - Iron Man
-41.8% - Thunderbolts
-43.7% - New Avengers
-45.7% - Deadpool
-47.1% - Captain America
-48.5% - Thor
-62.2% - Wolverine
-62.2% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-69.4% - Oz
-71.4% - Dark Tower
-73.8% - Hulk
-74.4% - The Stand

4 year comparisons
==================

- 0.5% - Fantastic Four
- 8.8% - Iron Man
-11.5% - Daredevil
-20.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-25.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-31.9% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-37.2% - Uncanny X-Men
-37.7% - Punisher
-39.0% - Captain America
-39.8% - Incredible Hulk
-40.9% - Wolverine
-43.3% - Black Panther
-45.9% - PunisherMax
-49.9% - New Avengers
-56.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
-61.2% - X-Men Legacy
-62.6% - Thor
-68.3% - X-Factor
-72.3% - Ultimates

5 year comparisons
==================

- 3.1% - Incredible Hulk
-19.2% - Daredevil
-22.5% - Thunderbolts
-25.4% - Uncanny X-Men
-28.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-36.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-39.8% - Fantastic Four
-41.1% - X-Factor
-47.8% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-47.9% - PunisherMax
-51.4% - X-Men Legacy
-51.8% - Iron Man
-52.6% - Wolverine
-56.9% - New Avengers
-73.2% - Black Panther
-74.7% - Astonishing X-Men
-83.6% - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/01/26/ma ... mber-2011/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: January 2012
BY Paul OBrien

Perhaps it’s a side effect of the decision to trim the line, but Marvel seem to have gone back to the days when each month had a small number of new launches that they could focus on properly. This month’s sole new title is SCARLET SPIDER, and the only major new miniseries is WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA. There’s also WOLVERINE #300, and the second issue of the AvX lead-in mini AVENGERS: X-SANCTION.

DC’s resurgence continued in January, as once again Marvel faced a fight to be the top publisher in the direct market. In terms of market share, it’s really too close to call;DC led in units, by 40% to 38%, while Marvel led in dollars, by 36% to 34%. On the other hand, DC swept the top ten with the fifth issues of their regular titles – some of which are selling in a different league from anything in Marvel’s range. It’s been a long time since AQUAMAN was outselling the entire Marvel line.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

11,12. UNCANNY X-MEN
01/07 #482 - 83,860
01/08 #494 - 105,520
01/09 ---
01/10 #520 - 65,758
=====
01/11 #532 - 54,071 ( -3.0%)
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
6 month (+13.6%)
1 year (+17.4%)
2 year ( -3.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-39.8%)
5 year (-24.3%)

Two issues this month, and the good news is that sales seem to be levelling out very quickly after the relaunch. Issue #5 has one of this month’s Venom variant covers, but on the whole, they don’t seem to have much impact. Considering that UNCANNY was stuck in the 53K range a year ago, Marvel ought to be happy with this – particularly given that the X-Men are so central to the 2012 schedule.

13. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)

A similar story, except there’s no variant on this issue – sales appear to have simply gone back up a touch. Overall, a pretty good result for the two core X-Men titles coming out of the relaunch.

14. WOLVERINE
01/07 #50 - 115,621
01/08 #61 - 60,857
01/09 ---
01/10 #9 - 31,678
=====
01/11 #5 - 46,920 (-11.2%)
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
6 mnth (+39.4%)
1 year (+25.1%)
2 year (+85.2%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -3.6%)
5 year (-49.2%)

WOLVERINE reverts to its original numbering – well, technically, the numbering of the original ongoing series, but you get the idea. There are also variant covers on this, with 1:25 and 1:50 incentives. Naturally, this results in a big increase in sales. As a rule, renumbering stunts haven’t had lasting effects lately, but we’ll see how it turns out.

15. AVENGERS: X-SANCTION
12/11 #1 of 4 - 96,550
01/12 #2 of 4 - 58,578 (-39.3%)

Issue #1 charts again with re-orders of 3,170, and as always they’re including in the number above. Bit of a steep drop for the second issue, and considering how heavily it’s been promoted, it’s a little surprising to see the book coming in this far down the chart.

17,20. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
01/07 #537 - 114,802
01/08 #548 - 97,959
01/09 #584 - 59,932
01/10 #619 - 56,837
=====
01/11 #651 - 56,749 ( -3.7%)
01/11 #652 - 52,050 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth ( -4.7%)
1 year ( -4.4%)
2 year ( -4.5%)
3 year ( -9.5%)
4 year ( -44.6%)
5 year ( -52.7%)

Now this is interesting. Issue #678 has a 1:50 Venom variant cover, but it seems to have had a minimal impact on sales – compare the variant-free issue #676. In contrast, what HAS moved the needle is issue #677’s two-issue crossover with this month’s DAREDEVIL. That issue also has a 1:25 variant cover of its own, but in the circumstances, I’m crediting the crossover.

18. AVENGERS
01/11 #9 - 64,867 ( -3.3%)
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
6 mnth (-12.4%)
1 year (-15.5%)

This month’s issue has a Venom variant, but it really doesn’t seem to have had any impact at all.

21. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410

Not bad, considering it’s an ongoing series starring Kaine, a villain mainly associated with the long-gone Spider-Clone saga. For comparison, the first issue of DEFENDERS, without its 50% overship, would have been at 57K.

22. NEW AVENGERS
01/07 ---
01/08 ---
01/09 #49 - 90,040
01/10 #61 - 78,202
=====
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
6 mnth ( -9.3%)
1 year (-13.5%)
2 year (-32.3%)
3 year (-41.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Venom variant. Flying off the shelves, those are.

23. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)

That’s a fairly steep drop for a third issue, but then the parent title AMAZING SPIDER-MAN isn’t a million miles away from this number, so we’re still in the territory of reasonable corrections.

27. UNCANNY X-FORCE
01/09 #11 - 51,817
01/10 #23 - 50,848
=====
01/11 #4 - 51,381 (-7.5%)
02/11 #5 - 51,470 (+0.2%)
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 (-1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 (-1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 (+5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 (-6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 (+1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 (-2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 (+5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 (+4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 (-2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 (-5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 (+5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 (-2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 (-2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 (+6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 (+2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 (-8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 (+1.3%)
6 mnth (-7.9%)
1 year (-0.6%)
2 year (+0.4%)
3 year (-1.5%)

The Point One issue (actually trailing the upcoming AGE OF APOCALYPSE series) comes in only slightly behind the book’s regular sales. X-FORCE has now been hovering around the 50-51K range for years now, making it one of Marvel’s most consistent sellers.

30. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
01/07 #104 - 108,082
01/08 #118 - 58,800
01/09 #130 - 49,637
01/10 #6 - 43,622
=====
01/11 #152 - 33,481 ( -1.0%)
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
6 mnth ( +12.0%)
1 year ( +48.9%)
2 year ( +14.3%)
3 year ( +0.4%)
4 year ( -15.2%)
5 year ( -53.9%)

Unusually for an Ultimate title, this has a 1:25 variant cover. It’s also the first issue to come polybagged with a digital code, which might have persuaded some retailers to up their orders.

Once again, ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #4 charts, landing at number 170 after shipping a further 9,125 copies. This is presumably a case of stock-dumping, rather than retailers suddenly reordering a comic that shipped in August, so I haven’t added it to the figures above.

31. DEADPOOL
01/09 #6 - 46,549
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 #31 - 29,167 ( -4.3%)
01/11 #32 - 29,144 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
6 mnth ( -9.2%)
1 year (-15.0%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-46.8%)

Diamond have mistakenly combined the sales of issues #49 and #49.1, listing them together with number 31 placing. In the absence of any more specific figures, I’ve simply divided the total number in half. As you can see, it fits pretty neatly.

33. CAPTAIN AMERICA
01/07 ---
01/08 #34 - 127,626
01/09 #46 - 73,184
01/10 R#6 - 84,844
=====
01/11 #614 - 42,119 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( -51.6%)
1 year ( -11.5%)
2 year ( -44.7%)
3 year ( -35.8%)
4 year ( -63.2%)
5 year ( --- )

Looks to have settled back down to its previous (very consistent) sales, following the recent relaunch.

34. AVENGERS ANNUAL
01/12 #1 - 46,244

This is the concluding part of the story that began in NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #1 way back in September. That issue sold 49,770, so this isn’t far off.

35. INCREDIBLE HULK
01/07 #91 - 35,980
01/08 #102 - 46,965
01/09 #1 - 134,002
01/10 #606 - 44,855
=====
01/11 #620 - 30,992 ( -5.1%)
01/11 #621 - 30,957 ( -0.1%)
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( +68.6%)
1 year ( +48.0%)
2 year ( +2.3%)
3 year ( -65.8%)
4 year ( -2.3%)
5 year ( +27.5%)

The first sign of levelling out – and at a level far ahead of the previous run.

36. FANTASTIC FOUR
01/07 #542 - 84,338
01/08 #553 - 48,332
01/09 #563 - 52,747
01/10 #575 - 41,284
=====
01/11 #587 - 144,173 (+236.6%)
02/11 #588 - 68,153 ( -52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 ( +77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 ( +52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 ( -30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 ( -11.6%)
6 mnth ( -16.5%)
1 year ( -68.7%)
2 year ( +9.3%)
3 year ( -14.4%)
4 year ( -6.6%)
5 year ( -46.5%)

Back on its previous sales patterns after the renumbering.

38. DAREDEVIL
01/07 #93 - 47,124
01/08 #104 - 42,773
01/09 #115 - 40,214
01/10 #504 - 37,135
=====
01/11 #1 of 4 - 34,310 ( -14.9%)
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 ( -15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
6 mnth ( -32.9%)
1 year ( +26.8%)
2 year ( +17.1%)
3 year ( +8.2%)
4 year ( +1.7%)
5 year ( -7.7%)

Crossover with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. This seems to have been a winner for both titles.

39. FF
03/11 #1 - 121,172
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (-21.1%)

Still to find its level as a separate title. (After all, those first eleven issues are basically FANTASTIC FOUR.)

41. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA
01/12 #1 of 5 - 40,340

Some way adrift of the parent title, but also ahead of three ongoing X-Men titles, and miles above the other X-Men minis. On the whole, I’d call that a good number.

43. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)

Remember, the first issue sales were exaggerated by a 50% overship. That implies that the actual orders were in the region of 57,313, with an actual drop of 32%. Which still isn’t that great, to be honest.

This also raises another question about how effective Marvel’s overship programme has been. The idea, presumably, is that you get more copies on the shelves, more people buy them, and then more people come back for the next issue, which they actually pay for. It’s a loss leader. But that only works if retailers increase their orders for the next issue as well. And so far, that doesn’t seem to be happening.

Logically, retailers aren’t going to significantly increase their orders for future issues just because they’ve been sent some extra copies. After all, if they were confident that they could sell those extra copies, they’d presumably have ordered them in the first place.

Perhaps, for this device to work, it’s not enough to overship just one issue;maybe, like DC, you need to push a new book for several months in order to get it off the blocks.

44. X-MEN
01/11 #7 - 64,615 (+21.9%)
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth (-10.0%)
1 year (-40.1%)

Gentle decline. There’s a Venom variant, but, well…

46,54. SECRET AVENGERS
01/11 #9 - 50,748 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
6 mnth (-24.4%)
1 year (-30.4%)

As usual, the Point One issue comes in a little behind the regular issues.

47,50. X-MEN LEGACY
01/07 #195 - 76,900
01/08 #207 - 104,793
01/09 #220 - 59,286
01/10 #232 - 49,200
=====
01/11 #244 - 40,193 ( -3.8%)
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth ( -9.2%)
1 year ( -6.5%)
2 year (-23.6%)
3 year (-36.6%)
4 year (-64.1%)
5 year (-51.1%)

The chart lists this month’s first issue as #260, but that’s an error – that book was on the December chart. Instead, we’ve got the first two issues by new writer Christos Gage, which hold pretty steady from the inherited sales.

48. MIGHTY THOR
01/07 ---
01/08 ---
01/09 ---
01/10 #606 - 55,353
=====
01/11 #619 - 42,899 ( -5.0%)
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-15.7%)
1 year (-12.4%)
2 year (-32.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

55. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
01/07 ---
01/08 #25 - 38,072
01/09 #9 - 49,223
01/10 #22 - 49,130
=====
01/11 #500 - 54,186 (+29.4%)
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-14.4%)
1 year (-35.1%)
2 year (-28.4%)
3 year (-28.6%)
4 year ( -7.7%)
5 year ( --- )

Two titles on the usual gentle drift down.

56. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
01/07 ---
01/08 #2 of 5 - 105,070
01/09 ---
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
6 mnth (-18.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-66.8%)
5 year ( --- )

57. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
01/07 #78 - 66,409
01/08 #90 - 49,634
01/09 ---
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-31.5%)
5 year (-48.8%)

The secondary Ultimate books continue to hold close together.

60. ASTONISHING X-MEN
01/07 ---
01/08 #24 - 107,631
01/09 #28 - 72,610
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-57.1%)
4 year (-71.1%)
5 year ( --- )

Another book in a very slow decline.

61. CARNAGE, U.S.A.
12/11 #1 of 5 - 37,620
01/12 #2 of 5 - 30,378 (-19.3%)

Decent numbers for a miniseries, and perhaps surprisingly coming in slightly ahead of…

66. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
6 mnth (-18.2%)

The slight uptick in sales might be something to do with the Venom covers, I guess.

68. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND…
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-46.0%)

Still to find its level.

69,70. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)
12/11 #4 of 12 - 31,491 (-12.6%)
12/11 #5 of 12 - 29,343 ( -6.8%)
01/12 #6 of 12 - 26,700 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #7 of 12 - 26,167 ( -2.0%)

Still shedding a chunk of its audience each month. You’d normally hope for a mini to level out, this far into the run.

71. X-FACTOR
01/07 #15 - 38,693
01/08 #27 - 81,350
01/09 #39 - 32,796
01/10 #201 - 29,732
=====
01/11 #213 - 25,403 ( -3.9%)
01/11 #214 - 25,117 ( -1.1%)
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
6 mnth ( +3.7%)
1 year ( +1.2%)
2 year (-23.6%)
3 year (-21.6%)
4 year (-68.4%)
5 year (-33.6%)

This has a Regenesis variant cover, which presumably accounts for the slight sales bump.

74. NEW MUTANTS
01/10 #9 - 30,572
=====
01/11 #21 - 23,773 ( -2.6%)
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
6 mnth ( -8.6%)
1 year ( +0.5%)
2 year (-21.9%)

Seems to be on a downward slide at the moment. But in fairness, it’s still up from January 2011 (the issue immediately before the Age of X crossover), so it’s not doing so badly.

75. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-29.3%)

More gentle drift.

77. SUPERIOR [Icon]
01/11 #4 of 7 - 32,031 ( +0.2%)
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 ---
10/11 #5 of 7 - 26,361 (-17.7%)
10/11 #6 of 7 - 25,707 ( -2.5%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #7 of 7 - 23,387 ( -9.0%)

I suspect the delays have done a bit of damage to this title. 9% drops on the final issue of a mini are a little unusual.

80. PUNISHER
01/07 #3 - 70,143
01/08 #15 - 35,815
01/09 #1 - 43,876
01/10 #13 - 23,734
=====
01/11 #3 of 5 - 15,298 ( -7.9%)
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +49.7%)
2 year ( -3.5%)
3 year ( -47.8%)
4 year ( -36.0%)
5 year ( -67.3%)

Still to find its level.

81. MOON KNIGHT
01/07 #7 - 76,921
01/08 #14 - 34,569
01/09 #26 - 21,796
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #8 - 24,626 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #9 - 22,872 ( -7.1%)
6 mnth ( -32.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( +4.9%)
4 year ( -33.8%)
5 year ( -70.3%)

The current creative team leave with issue #12, and it looks as though the book is ending – but that doesn’t necessarily rule out another relaunch.

82. HULK
01/08 #1 - 134,002
01/09 ---
01/10 #19 - 54,266
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-26.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-58.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-83.0%)

83. AVENGERS ACADEMY
01/11 #8 - 24,014 (-13.5%)
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-13.9%)
1 year ( -9.0%)

Two more books with very, very slow downward slides.

87. X-23
01/11 #5 - 27,855 ( -6.2%)
02/11 #6 - 27,156 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
10/11 #15 - 24,043 ( +1.3%)
11/11 #16 - 22,737 ( -5.4%)
11/11 #17 - 22,780 ( +0.2%)
12/11 #18 - 21,999 ( -3.4%)
12/11 #19 - 21,348 ( -3.0%)
01/12 #20 - 20,730 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-15.7%)
1 year (-25.6%)

Cancelled with issue #21.

89,92. THUNDERBOLTS
01/07 #110 - 64,996
01/08 #118 - 43,645
01/09 #128 - 39,219
01/10 #140 - 28,644
=====
01/11 #152 - 26,515 ( -5.1%)
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth (-26.9%)
1 year (-23.4%)
2 year (-29.1%)
3 year (-48.2%)
4 year (-53.5%)
5 year (-68.7%)

Still in decline. Given that the book was pretty stable up until Fear Itself, it could be that the subsequent new direction for the title isn’t clicking.

95. BRILLIANT [Icon]
09/11 #1 - 28,951
10/11 ---
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #2 - 19,319 (-33.3%)

Unusually big drop for a second issue. The four month wait may be to blame;readers do seem to be a little less tolerant of this sort of thing than they used to be.

And from here on, it’s cancellation city.

98. GENERATION HOPE
01/11 #3 - 24,094 (-38.2%)
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
11/11 #13 - 21,317 (+15.7%)
12/11 #14 - 19,234 ( -9.8%)
01/12 #15 - 18,878 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( +4.1%)
1 year (-21.6%)

Cancelled with issue #17.

99. MAGNETO: NOT A HERO
11/11 #1 of 4 - 21,543
12/11 #2 of 4 - 19,262 (-10.6%)
01/12 #3 of 4 - 18,804 ( -2.4%)

Levelling out, but not spectacular numbers.

103. ALPHA FLIGHT
05/11 #.1 - 25,775
06/11 #1 - 46,851 (+81.8%)
07/11 #2 - 26,862 (-42.7%)
08/11 #3 - 24,872 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #4 - 23,242 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #5 - 20,731 (-10.8%)
11/11 #6 - 19,316 ( -6.8%)
12/11 #7 - 18,416 ( -4.7%)
01/12 #8 - 18,408 ( -0.0%)
6 mnth (-31.5%)

Final issues.

104. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222
12/11 #2 of 6 - 21,702 (-32.6%)
01/12 #3 of 6 - 18,102 (-16.6%)

Plummetting off the radar.

109. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
01/07 #43 - 33,023
01/08 #54 - 31,654
01/09 #66 - 22,806
01/10 #3 - 22,887
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
10/11 #18 - 17,541 ( +0.0%)
11/11 #19 - 17,473 ( -0.4%)
12/11 #20 - 17,191 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #21 - 17,267 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( -2.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-24.6%)
3 year (-24.3%)
4 year (-45.5%)
5 year (-47.7%)

Cancelled with issue #22, which certainly reads like it was the planned end point of Jason Aaron’s story.

110,113. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
01/10 #82 - 52,015
=====
01/11 ---
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
11/11 #17 - 18,794 ( -3.5%)
12/11 #18 - 17,806 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #19 - 17,253 ( -3.1%)
01/12 #20 - 16,728 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-27.9%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-67.8%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

123. DARK TOWER: WAY STATION
01/08 ---
01/09 Treachery #5 - 50,683
01/10 ---
=====
01/11 Little Sisters #2 - 18,589 ( -6.1%)
02/11 #3 of 5 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-12.2%)
1 year (-20.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-70.7%)
4 year ( --- )

Very slowly shedding readers.

124. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #4 - 21,012 ( -5.3%)
11/11 #5 - 18,664 (-11.2%)
11/11 #6 - 18,297 ( -2.0%)
12/11 #7 - 16,846 ( -7.9%)
01/12 #8 - 14,637 (-13.1%)
6 mnth (-64.6%)

Cancelled with issue #9.

128. BLACK PANTHER
01/07 #24 - 57,709
01/08 ---
01/09 ---
01/10 #12 - 17,881
=====
01/11 #514 - 27,474 (-17.1%)
02/11 #515 - 24,556 (-10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 (+14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 (-11.7%)
10/11 #524 - 18,248 (+10.0%)
11/11 #525 - 16,295 (-10.7%)
12/11 #526 - 15,015 ( -7.9%)
12/11 #527 - 14,677 ( -2.3%)
01/12 #528 - 14,221 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-35.8%)
1 year (-48.2%)
2 year (-20.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-75.4%)

Cancelled with issue #529.

129. X-CLUB
12/11 #1 of 5 - 17,552
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,219 (-19.0%)

The X-office may have been pushing their luck with this one.

134. AVENGERS 1959
10/11 #1 of 5 - 32,418
10/11 #2 of 5 - 18,989 (-41.4%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 16,629 (-12.4%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 13,935 (-16.2%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 12,955 ( -7.0%)

The first issue had an overship, but even allowing for that, this hasn’t really held up very well over the course of its run.

135. VILLAINS FOR HIRE
01/11 #2 - 23,013 (-30.1%)
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
11/11 #.1 - 15,281 ( +1.3%)
12/11 #1 of 4 - 15,519 ( +1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 4 - 12,851 (-17.2%)
6 mnth (-34.7%)
1 year (-44.2%)

Cancelled at the end of this mini.

139. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
01/11 #4 - 19,238 ( -8.3%)
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
11/11 #2 - 14,171 (-10.7%)
12/11 #3 - 13,070 ( -7.8%)
01/12 #4 - 12,639 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth (-16.1%)
1 year (-34.3%)

Cancelled with issue 6.

142. THE STAND: NIGHT HAS COME
01/11 ---
02/11 No Man's Land #1 - 16,094 ( -3.9%)
03/11 #2 of 5 - 15,332 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #3 of 5 - 14,768 ( -3.7%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 5 - 14,696 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #5 of 5 - 14,480 ( -1.5%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Night #1 of 6 - 14,510 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #2 of 6 - 13,723 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #3 of 6 - 13,423 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #4 of 6 - 12,803 ( -4.6%)
12/11 #5 of 6 - 12,583 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #6 of 6 - 12,298 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )

Final issue – this completes the adaptation.

153. AVENGERS: SOLO
10/11 #1 of 5 - 18,427
11/11 #2 of 5 - 13,747 (-25.4%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 11,530 (-16.1%)
01/12 #4 of 5 - 10,922 ( -5.3%)

158. THOR: DEVIANTS SAGA
11/11 #1 of 5 - 13,660
12/11 #2 of 5 - 11,273 (-17.5%)
01/12 #3 of 5 - 10,623 ( -5.8%)

Hangovers from an earlier commissioning regime.

201. HALO: FALL OF REACH - INVASION
01/11 ---
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
10/11 #4 of 4 - 7,142 ( -2.4%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #1 of 4 - 7,155 ( +0.2%)
6 mnth ( -8.6%)
1 year ( --- )

A very, very slight increase for the start of the new mini.

204. LEGION OF MONSTERS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 16,785
11/11 #2 of 4 - 8,601 (-48.8%)
12/11 #3 of 4 - 7,502 (-12.8%)
01/12 #4 of 4 - 6,865 ( -8.5%)

234. SIX GUNS
11/11 #1 of 5 - 9,262
11/11 #2 of 5 - 8,031 (-13.3%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,727 (-28.7%)
01/12 #4 of 5 - 5,159 (-10.0%)

More hangovers from the previous regime.

235. JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 (-64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 (-13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 4,998 ( -5.4%)

239. JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WORLD OF MARS
10/11 #1 of 4 - 15,550
11/11 #2 of 4 - 6,288 (-59.6%)
12/11 #3 of 4 - 5,294 (-15.8%)
01/12 #4 of 4 - 4,829 ( -8.8%)

Presumably not targeted at the direct market.

247. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
01/07 #11 - 6,107
01/08 #23 - 6,271
01/09 #35 - 6,065
01/10 #59 - 4,315
=====
01/11 #10 - 4,816 ( -5.9%)
02/11 #11 - 4,923 ( +2.2%)
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #18 - 4,673 ( -0.0%)
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - 5,363 ( ??? )
12/11 #21 - 4,549 (-15.2%)
01/12 #22 - 4,635 ( +1.9%)
6 mnth ( -1.6%)
1 year ( -3.8%)
2 year ( +7.4%)
3 year (-23.6%)
4 year (-26.1%)
5 year (-24.1%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

266. GHOST RIDER: CYCLE OF VENGEANCE
01/12 One-shot - 3,776

268. DEFENDERS: TOURNAMENT OF HEROES
01/12 One-shot - 3,633

Two reprint one-shots, selling about what you’d expect.

272. FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE
12/11 #1 of 5 - 3,888
01/12 #2 of 5 - 3,507 (-9.8%)

Novel adaptation, presumably not aimed at the direct market.

284. STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI
01/12 We Who Are About To Die - 3,167

Another reprint, this time trailing a trade paperback collection.

286. SUPER HEROES [Marvel Adventures]
01/11 #10 - 3,386 ( ??? )
02/11 #11 - 3,134 (-7.4%)
03/11 #12 - ?,??? ( ??? )
04/11 #13 - 3,355 ( ??? )
05/11 #14 - 3,610 (+7.6%)
06/11 #15 - ?,??? ( ??? )
07/11 #16 - ?,??? ( ??? )
08/11 #17 - ?,??? ( ??? )
09/11 #18 - 3,329 ( ??? )
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - ?,??? ( ??? )
12/11 #21 - ?,??? ( ??? )
01/12 #22 - 3,052 ( ??? )
6 mnth ( ??? )
1 year (-9.9%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

And the following titles didn’t make the top 300: MARVEL INDEX, NORTHANGER ABBEY, and the Cars one-shot ROUTE 66 DASH.

6 month comparisons
===================

+68.6% - Incredible Hulk
+38.4% - Wolverine
+13.6% - Uncanny X-Men
+12.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 4.1% - Generation Hope
+ 3.7% - X-Factor
- 1.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 2.5% - PunisherMax
- 4.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 7.9% - X-Force
- 8.6% - New Mutants
- 8.6% - Halo
- 9.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 9.2% - Deadpool
- 9.3% - New Avengers
-10.0% - X-Men
-12.2% - Dark Tower
-12.4% - Avengers
-12.5% - Astonishing X-Men
-13.9% - Avengers Academy
-14.4% - Iron Man
-15.7% - Thor
-15.7% - X-23
-16.1% - Deadpool Max
-16.5% - Fantastic Four
-18.2% - Venom
-18.5% - Ultimates
-21.1% - FF
-24.4% - Secret Avengers
-26.1% - Hulk
-26.9% - Thunderbolts
-27.9% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
-29.3% - Journey into Mystery
-32.3% - Moon Knight
-32.9% - Daredevil
-34.7% - Heroes/Villains for Hire
-35.8% - Black Panther
-46.0% - Captain America and...
-51.6% - Captain America
-64.6% - Ghost Rider

1 year comparisons
==================

+49.7% - Punisher
+48.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+48.0% - Incredible Hulk
+26.8% - Daredevil
+25.1% - Wolverine
+17.4% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 1.2% - X-Factor
+ 0.5% - New Mutants
- 0.6% - X-Force
- 3.8% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 4.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 6.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 9.0% - Avengers Academy
- 9.9% - Super Heroes
-11.5% - Captain America
-12.4% - Thor
-13.5% - New Avengers
-15.0% - Deadpool
-15.5% - Avengers
-20.2% - Dark Tower
-21.6% - Generation Hope
-23.4% - Thunderbolts
-25.6% - X-23
-30.4% - Secret Avengers
-31.5% - Alpha Flight
-34.3% - Deadpool Max
-35.1% - Iron Man
-40.1% - X-Men
-44.2% - Heroes/Villains for Hire
-48.2% - Black Panther
-68.7% - Fantastic Four

2 year comparisons
==================

+85.2% - Wolverine
+17.1% - Daredevil
+14.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 9.3% - Fantastic Four
+ 7.4% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 2.3% - Incredible Hulk
+ 0.4% - X-Force
- 3.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 3.5% - Punisher
- 4.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-20.5% - Black Panther
-21.9% - New Mutants
-23.6% - X-Men Legacy
-23.6% - X-Factor
-24.6% - PunisherMax
-28.4% - Iron Man
-29.1% - Thunderbolts
-32.1% - Thor
-32.3% - New Avengers
-44.7% - Captain America
-58.1% - Hulk
-67.8% - Daken: Dark Wolverine

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 8.2% - Daredevil
+ 4.9% - Moon Knight
+ 0.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 1.5% - X-Force
- 9.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-14.4% - Fantastic Four
-21.6% - X-Factor
-23.6% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-24.3% - PunisherMax
-28.6% - Iron Man
-35.8% - Captain America
-36.6% - X-Men Legacy
-41.2% - New Avengers
-46.8% - Deadpool
-47.8% - Punisher
-48.2% - Thunderbolts
-57.1% - Astonishing X-Men
-65.8% - Incredible Hulk
-70.7% - Dark Tower

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 1.7% - Daredevil
- 2.3% - Incredible Hulk
- 3.6% - Wolverine
- 6.6% - Fantastic Four
- 7.7% - Iron Man
-15.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-26.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-31.5% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-33.8% - Moon Knight
-36.0% - Punisher
-39.8% - Uncanny X-Men
-44.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
-45.5% - PunisherMax
-53.5% - Thunderbolts
-63.2% - Captain America
-64.1% - X-Men Legacy
-66.8% - Ultimates
-68.4% - X-Factor
-71.1% - Astonishing X-Men

5 year comparisons
==================

+27.5% - Incredible Hulk
- 7.7% - Daredevil
-24.1% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-24.3% - Uncanny X-Men
-33.6% - X-Factor
-46.5% - Fantastic Four
-47.7% - PunisherMax
-48.8% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-49.2% - Wolverine
-51.1% - X-Men Legacy
-52.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
-53.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-67.3% - Punisher
-68.7% - Thunderbolts
-70.3% - Moon Knight
-75.4% - Black Panther
-83.0% - Hulk

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/02/27/ma ... uary-2012/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2012
BY Paul OBrien

With Marvel refocussing on more issues of fewer titles, and with the next wave of new titles presumably not due until after AVENGERS VS X-MEN, it’s a pretty quiet month for new titles. The main new launch is WINTER SOLDIER, there’s the much-delayed return of THE TWELVE… and that’s pretty much it.

Normal service is resumed, as Marvel had the largest share of the direct market, leading DC by 39% to 35% in unit share, and 36% to 29% in dollars. Bear in mind, though, that February was a five week month and DC didn’t take advantage of that extra week to ship further material.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

11,12. UNCANNY X-MEN
02/07 #483 - 83,009
02/08 #495 - 90,410
02/09 #506 - 71,684
02/10 #521 - 67,049
=====
02/11 #533 - 53,834 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( +8.0%)
1 year (+10.0%)
2 year (-11.7%)
3 year (-17.4%)
4 year (-34.5%)
5 year (-28.7%)

Once again, UNCANNY X-MEN is Marvel’s top selling title for the month;once again, it ships two issues;and once again, neither of them makes the top 10. Sales are down a bit, following what seems to be a common pattern where retailers order both issues at similar levels even though they’re cutting orders month on month. The upcoming AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover should help.

13,14. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)

Similar points here, really. The drop from January’s issue #4 to February’s issue #5 is probably more significant that the drop between issues #5-6. But it’s Marvel’s second-biggest title and the upcoming crossover can only help.

16,23. NEW AVENGERS
02/07 #27 - 130,531
02/08 #38 - 104,140
02/09 #50 - 106,831
02/10 #62 - 76,405
=====
01/11 #8 - 61,169 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #9 - 60,914 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth ( -8.6%)
1 year (-16.2%)
2 year (-32.9%)
3 year (-52.0%)
4 year (-50.8%)
5 year (-60.7%)

Two issues this month, and issue #21 has a variant cover. The overall trend remains steady.

17. AVENGERS: X-SANCTION
12/11 #1 of 4 - 96,550
01/12 #2 of 4 - 58,578 (-39.3%)
02/12 #3 of 4 - 53,730 ( -8.3%)

Solid numbers but not as spectacular as you’d have expected from something so heavily hyped.

19,21. AVENGERS
02/11 #10 - 63,924 ( -1.5%)
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-13.4%)
1 year (-18.3%)

The December and January issues had variant covers so the drop for February may be slightly exaggerated.

20,22,26. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
02/07 #538 - 142,956
02/08 #551 - 88,084
02/09 #587 - 60,118
02/10 #622 - 53,929
=====
02/11 #653 - 53,103 ( +2.0%)
02/11 #654 - 53,882 ( +1.5%)
02/11 #.1 - 55,283 ( +2.6%)
02/11 #655 - 53,366 ( -3.5%)
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
6 mnth ( -9.8%)
1 year ( -2.3%)
2 year ( -3.8%)
3 year ( -13.7%)
4 year ( -41.1%)
5 year ( -63.7%)

Three issues this month, thanks to a Point One issue (which, as usual trails in a bit behind the regular issues). It’s one of the book’s lower selling months, but AMAZING does tend to wander up and down from story to story, and the next major storyline is upcoming.

24,39. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)

This month’s only new ongoing title, shipping two issues, and naturally fortified with variant covers. The second-issue drop is pretty reasonable, and a 51K launch figure puts the book in very similar territory to last year’s CAPTAIN AMERICA &BUCKY (which launched with 51,187).

25,28. UNCANNY X-FORCE
02/08 #1 - 105,149
02/09 #12 - 51,449
02/10 #24 - 49,790
=====
02/11 #5 - 51,470 ( +0.2%)
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth ( -2.2%)
1 year ( -3.5%)
2 year ( -0.3%)
3 year ( -3.5%)
4 year ( -52.8%)

Holding fairly steady.

33. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)

This is starting to have a whiff of freefall about it, but bear in mind that Marvel have also been dialling back the variant covers and incentives over the course of these four issues. Assuming those covers were making a difference in the first place, that ought to mean that the drops here are being exaggerated.

34. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
02/07 #105 - 74,376
02/08 #119 - 58,045
02/09 #131 - 49,565
02/10 #7 - 42,176
=====
02/11 #153 - 43,986 ( +31.4%)
02/11 #154 - 43,209 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
6 mnth ( +15.5%)
1 year ( +2.9%)
2 year ( +7.3%)
3 year ( -8.7%)
4 year ( -22.0%)
5 year ( -39.1%)

Last issue had a variant cover, hence the drop. The book is still seeing some benefit from the recent relaunch.

35. CAPTAIN AMERICA
02/07 ---
02/08 #35 - 86,038
02/09 #47 - 62,850
02/10 #603 - 63,568
=====
02/11 #615 - 41,935 ( -0.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
6 mnth ( -20.0%)
1 year ( +3.7%)
2 year ( -31.6%)
3 year ( -30.8%)
4 year ( -49.5%)
5 year ( --- )

The previous two issues both had variant covers, hence the sharper than usual drop.

36. INCREDIBLE HULK
02/07 #103 - 46,690
02/08 #2 - 93,725
02/09 #10 - 77,217
02/10 #607 - 45,870
=====
02/11 #622 - 30,404 ( -1.8%)
02/11 #623 - 30,140 ( -0.9%)
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
6 mnth ( +11.9%)
1 year ( +40.6%)
2 year ( -6.8%)
3 year ( -44.6%)
4 year ( -54.4%)
5 year ( -8.4%)

Another book coming off a variant cover on the previous issue. Sales remain way up from the relaunch.

37. FANTASTIC FOUR
02/07 ---
02/08 #554 - 92,654
02/09 #564 - 49,520
02/10 #576 - 37,526
=====
02/11 #588 - 68,153 (-52.7%)
03/11 #1 - 121,172 (+77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-18.3%)
1 year (-37.8%)
2 year (+13.0%)
3 year (-14.3%)
4 year (-54.2%)
5 year ( --- )

We’ve now returned to the trend that was underway before the renumbering.

40. FF
03/11 #1 - 121,172
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
6 mnth (-21.8%)

Still finding its level after being spun off into a separate own title. But it’s also respectably close to the parent title, which is impressive considering that FANTASTIC FOUR hasn’t got a track record of sustaining spin-off titles.

41,46. SECRET AVENGERS
02/11 #10 - 49,717 ( -2.0%)
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth (-19.8%)
1 year (-25.3%)

Issue #22 has a variant cover. The previous issue was a Point One, but factor that out and the book’s looking pretty stable.

43. WOLVERINE
02/07 #51 - 97,181
02/08 #62 - 64,197
02/09 ---
02/10 #10 - 30,132
=====
02/11 #.1 - 44,332 ( -5.5%)
02/11 #6 - 45,932 ( +3.6%)
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
6 mnth ( +0.1%)
1 year (-12.3%)
2 year (+29.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-39.4%)
5 year (-60.0%)

Straight back to previous sales levels following the renumbering, which is pretty much par for the course.

44. DAREDEVIL
02/07 #94 - 46,773
02/08 #105 - 42,098
02/09 ---
02/10 #505 - 38,693
=====
02/11 #2 of 4 - 29,108 ( -15.2%)
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
6 mnth ( -7.6%)
1 year ( +30.2%)
2 year ( -2.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -10.0%)
5 year ( -19.0%)

Back to regular sales after last month’s crossover.

47,48. X-MEN
02/11 #8 - 49,522 (-23.4%)
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-15.5%)
1 year (-26.3%)

Again, the previous month’s issue had a variant cover, so the January to February drop is slightly exaggerated.

49. X-MEN LEGACY
02/07 #196 - 75,707
02/08 #208 - 88,132
02/09 #221 - 56,517
02/10 #233 - 51,344
=====
02/11 #245 - 57,203 (+42.3%)
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth ( -8.6%)
1 year (-36.3%)
2 year (-29.0%)
3 year (-35.5%)
4 year (-58.6%)
5 year (-51.8%)

Considering that issue #261 had a variant, these are very steady sales.

50,73. DEADPOOL
02/09 #7 - 44,082
02/10 #19 - 44,580
=====
02/11 #33 - 28,649 ( -1.7%)
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 36,392 (+46.8%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-24.5%)
6 mnth ( +2.5%)
1 year ( -4.2%)
2 year (-38.4%)
3 year (-37.7%)

You’ll recall that January’s two issues were mistakenly combined on the chart, so I divided the figure in half as a best guess. Issue #50 is an anniversary issue with two variants and was fairly heavily promoted;as usual, sales quickly return to normal with issue #51.

52. MIGHTY THOR
02/07 ---
02/08 #6 - 98,315
02/09 #600 - 96,718
02/10 #607 - 66,973
=====
02/11 #620 - 42,106 ( -1.8%)
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
6 mnth (-21.4%)
1 year (-16.7%)
2 year (-47.6%)
3 year (-63.7%)
4 year (-64.3%)
5 year ( --- )

Continuing its gentle decline. Again, there was a variant cover last month which presumably makes this month’s drop appear a little steeper.

56. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA
01/12 #1 of 5 - 40,340
02/12 #2 of 5 - 34,286 (-15.0%)

That’s a fairly reasonable drop.

57. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
02/07 ---
02/08 #3 of 5 - 97,210
02/09 ---
02/10 ---
=====
02/11 #5 of 5 - 38,663 ( -9.8%)
02/11 #1 of 6 - 49,360 (+47.5%)
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-42.1%)
1 year (-12.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-65.2%)
5 year ( --- )

Seems to be levelling out slowly.

58. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)

The first issue had multiple variants, so a steep drop on issue #2 was always to be expected. The bigger question is what happens on the March chart.

60. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)

Another book which is scaling back the variant covers as it goes on – issue #1 had 1:10, 1:25, 1:50 and 1:200 covers, issue #2 had 1:25 and 1:50s as well as the “I am a Defender” variant, and issue #3 just had a 1:25 plus the “I am a Defender”. The effect of scaling back those variants should presumably be magnifying the book’s underlying drop – it remains to be seen where the title will actually end up once the initial promotional push wears off.

61,72,75,76,78. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth (-22.5%)

Five issues this month, with the book shipping weekly in a sort of self-contained crossover with guest stars X-23, Ghost Rider and Red Hulk. Two of those guest stars have recently had their books cancelled, which might explain why the story is appearing in this form.

62. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
02/07 #15 - 60,662
02/08 #26 - 36,607
02/09 #10 - 51,649
02/10 #23 - 50,027
=====
02/11 #.1 - 42,191 (-22.1%)
02/11 #501 - 41,517 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
6 mnth (-18.3%)
1 year (-22.4%)
2 year (-34.5%)
3 year (-36.6%)
4 year (-10.5%)
5 year (-46.0%)

Coming off a variant cover in January, so the downward trend is probably smoother than it looks. Nonetheless, this book has clearly been shedding readers over the last year or so.

64,66. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
02/11 ---
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )

Issue #7 has a 1:25 variant cover, not that you’d know.

67. ASTONISHING X-MEN
02/07 #20 - 119,736
02/08 ---
02/09 ---
02/10 ---
=====
02/11 #36 - 44,326 (-12.2%)
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.9%)
1 year (-31.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-74.5%)

Gentle downward drift.

70. CARNAGE, U.S.A.
12/11 #1 of 5 - 37,620
01/12 #2 of 5 - 30,378 (-19.3%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 28,272 ( -6.9%)

Levelling out reasonably enough.

80. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND…
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
6 mnth (-27.2%)

Still drifting downward. A revamp as a Captain America team-up book is imminent.

82,83. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)
12/11 #4 of 12 - 31,491 (-12.6%)
12/11 #5 of 12 - 29,343 ( -6.8%)
01/12 #6 of 12 - 26,700 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #7 of 12 - 26,167 ( -2.0%)
02/12 #8 of 12 - 24,394 ( -6.8%)
02/12 #9 of 12 - 24,423 ( +0.1%)

The overall trend remains down, but for some reason issue #9 actually goes back up, if only marginally. I honestly have no idea why.

Issue #1 from last October re-appears on the chart at number 271, with an estimated 5,459 copies. This is presumably a case of Marvel dumping copies on the market, rather than a sudden resurgence of interest, and so I haven’t added them to the totals above.

84,85. X-FACTOR
02/07 #16 - 38,240
02/08 #28 - 56,572
02/09 #40 - 31,943
02/10 #202 - 30,981
=====
02/11 #215 - 25,298 ( +0.7%)
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( +2.1%)
1 year ( -4.4%)
2 year (-22.0%)
3 year (-24.3%)
4 year (-57.3%)
5 year (-36.8%)

88,89. NEW MUTANTS
02/10 #10 - 30,807
=====
02/11 #22 - 41,236 (+73.5%)
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-15.1%)
1 year (-45.1%)
2 year (-26.5%)

Two of the lower-tier X-books, both on the familiar slow drift down.

90. PUNISHER
02/07 #4 - 52,961
02/08 #16 - 32,508
02/09 #2 - 40,928
02/10 #14 - 23,455
=====
02/11 #4 of 5 - 14,861 ( -2.9%)
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -47.0%)
1 year ( +51.3%)
2 year ( -4.1%)
3 year ( -45.1%)
4 year ( -30.8%)
5 year ( -57.5%)

Seems to be levelling out. The upcoming Omega Effect crossover may help.

91. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
6 mnth (-29.2%)

Once again, the January issue had a variant cover, so the actual trend is probably smoother.

93. MOON KNIGHT
02/07 ---
02/08 #15 - 31,553
02/09 #27 - 21,413
02/10 #5 - 19,733
=====
02/11 ---
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #8 - 24,626 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #9 - 22,872 ( -7.1%)
02/12 #10 - 21,986 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( -27.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +11.4%)
3 year ( +2.7%)
4 year ( -30.3%)
5 year ( --- )

Cancelled with issue #12.

94,96. AVENGERS ACADEMY
02/11 #9 - 23,709 ( -1.3%)
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (-11.8%)
1 year ( -8.8%)

Two issues this month, and sales seems to be levelling out a little.

95. HULK
02/08 #2 - 93,725
02/09 #10 - 77,217
02/10 #20 - 51,962
=====
02/11 #29 - 33,375 ( -4.0%)
02/11 #30 - 32,907 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth (-19.1%)
1 year (-34.8%)
2 year (-58.1%)
3 year (-71.8%)
4 year (-76.8%)

More gentle drift. There’s something of a push coming up for issue #50.

101. THUNDERBOLTS
02/07 #111 - 62,791
02/08 ---
02/09 #129 - 45,401
02/10 #141 - 33,948 (+18.5%)
=====
02/11 #153 - 26,098 ( -1.6%)
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-25.0%)
1 year (-25.3%)
2 year (-42.5%)
3 year (-57.0%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-68.9%)

Not great numbers, but it’s about to be relaunched as DARK AVENGERS, which is bound to help.

And from here on, we enter the cancelled titles wrapping up their runs, the low-selling minis that probably wouldn’t have been commissioned under Marvel’s current policies, and the adaptations. (X-23 and Ghost Rider both skipped February, presumably to allow further time for their wrap-up issue.) I’ll chip in where there’s something to add.

109. GENERATION HOPE
02/11 #4 - 22,170 ( -8.0%)
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
11/11 #13 - 21,317 (+15.7%)
12/11 #14 - 19,234 ( -9.8%)
01/12 #15 - 18,878 ( -1.9%)
02/12 #16 - 18,310 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-37.4%)
1 year (-17.4%)

Cancelled with issue #17.

114. MAGNETO: NOT A HERO
11/11 #1 of 4 - 21,543
12/11 #2 of 4 - 19,262 (-10.6%)
01/12 #3 of 4 - 18,804 ( -2.4%)
02/12 #4 of 4 - 17,852 ( -5.1%)

115. PUNISHERMAX [Max]
02/07 #44 - 32,951
02/08 ---
02/09 #67 - 22,267
02/10 #4 - 22,472
=====
02/11 #10 - 19,236 (-10.3%)
03/11 #11 - 19,243 ( +0.0%)
04/11 #12 - 18,740 ( -2.6%)
05/11 #13 - 18,448 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #14 - 17,965 ( -2.6%)
07/11 #15 - 17,706 ( -1.4%)
08/11 #16 - 17,625 ( -0.5%)
09/11 #17 - 17,540 ( -0.5%)
10/11 #18 - 17,541 ( +0.0%)
11/11 #19 - 17,473 ( -0.4%)
12/11 #20 - 17,191 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #21 - 17,267 ( +0.4%)
02/12 #22 - 17,738 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth ( +0.6%)
1 year ( -7.8%)
2 year (-21.1%)
3 year (-20.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-46.2%)

Final issue.

120. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222
12/11 #2 of 6 - 21,702 (-32.6%)
01/12 #3 of 6 - 18,102 (-16.6%)
02/12 #4 of 6 - 16,753 ( -7.5%)

123. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
02/10 #83 - 53,958
=====
02/11 #5 - 28,833 ( -6.2%)
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
11/11 #17 - 18,794 ( -3.5%)
12/11 #18 - 17,806 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #19 - 17,253 ( -3.1%)
01/12 #20 - 16,728 ( -3.0%)
02/12 #21 - 16,538 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-22.4%)
1 year (-42.6%)
2 year (-69.4%)

Cancelled with issue #23.

135. DARK TOWER: WAY STATION
02/07 Gunslinger #1 - 175,214
02/08 ---
02/09 Treachery #6 - 48,127
02/10 Jericho Hill #3 - 27,215
=====
02/11 Little Sisters #3 - 17,748 ( -4.5%)
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)
1 year (-19.4%)
2 year (-47.4%)
3 year (-70.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-91.8%)

139,147. TWELVE
12/07 #0 of 12 - 20,218
01/08 #1 of 12 - 40,199 (+98.8%)
02/08 #2 of 12 - 32,403 (-19.4%)
03/08 #3 of 12 - 32,729 ( +1.0%)
04/08 #4 of 12 - 29,729 ( -9.2%)
05/08 #5 of 12 - 29,876 ( +0.5%)
06/08 #6 of 12 - 29,303 ( -1.9%)
07/08 ---
08/08 #7 of 12 - 27,585 ( -5.9%)
09/08 ---
10/08 #8 of 12 - 25,985 ( -5.8%)
---
02/12 #9 of 12 - 13,915 (-46.4%)
02/12 #10 of 12 - 12,930 ( -7.1%)

Not often that a twelve-issue miniseries manages to rack up a four year comparison (down 60%, if you’re wondering), but THE TWELVE has gone spectacularly off the scheduling rails, with a three and a half year wait between issues #8 and #9.

142. POWERS [Icon]
02/12 #8 - 13,561 (-7.3%)

Along similar lines, this book hasn’t shipped since March 2011. And the issue before that came out in September 2010. Who says long-delayed books are a thing of the past?

143. BLACK PANTHER
02/07 #25 - 56,479
02/08 #34 - 23,395
02/09 #1 - 46,699
02/10 D#1 - 43,241
=====
02/11 #515 - 24,556 (-10.6%)
03/11 #516 - 23,987 ( -2.3%)
04/11 #517 - 23,120 ( -3.6%)
05/11 #518 - 20,906 ( -9.6%)
06/11 #519 - 19,883 ( -4.9%)
06/11 #520 - 19,400 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #521 - 22,163 (+14.2%)
08/11 #522 - 20,342 ( -8.2%)
09/11 #523 - 18,798 ( -7.6%)
09/11 #.1 - 16,592 (-11.7%)
10/11 #524 - 18,248 (+10.0%)
11/11 #525 - 16,295 (-10.7%)
12/11 #526 - 15,015 ( -7.9%)
12/11 #527 - 14,677 ( -2.3%)
01/12 #528 - 14,221 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #529 - 13,516 ( -5.0%)
6 mnth (-33.6%)
1 year (-45.0%)
2 year (-68.7%)
3 year (-71.1%)
4 year (-42.2%)
5 year (-76.1%)

Final issue.

148. X-CLUB
12/11 #1 of 5 - 17,552
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,219 (-19.0%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 12,911 ( -9.2%)

157. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
02/11 #5 - 18,221 ( -5.3%)
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
11/11 #2 - 14,171 (-10.7%)
12/11 #3 - 13,070 ( -7.8%)
01/12 #4 - 12,639 ( -3.3%)
02/12 #5 - 11,982 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth (-18.1%)
1 year (-34.2%)

Cancelled with issue #6.

159. VILLAINS FOR HIRE
02/11 #3 - 22,401 ( -2.7%)
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
11/11 #.1 - 15,281 ( +1.3%)
12/11 #1 of 4 - 15,519 ( +1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 4 - 12,851 (-17.2%)
02/12 #3 of 4 - 11,787 ( -8.3%)
6 mnth (-35.8%)
1 year (-47.4%)

175. AVENGERS: SOLO
10/11 #1 of 5 - 18,427
11/11 #2 of 5 - 13,747 (-25.4%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 11,530 (-16.1%)
01/12 #4 of 5 - 10,922 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #5 of 5 - 10,509 ( -3.8%)

177. THOR: DEVIANTS SAGA
11/11 #1 of 5 - 13,660
12/11 #2 of 5 - 11,273 (-17.5%)
01/12 #3 of 5 - 10,623 ( -5.8%)
02/12 #4 of 5 - 9,928 ( -6.5%)

224. DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ
02/09 #3 of 8 - 15,668
02/10 #4 of 8 - 13,364
=====
02/11 #4 of 8 - 9,159 ( -2.4%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 8 - 8,797 ( -4.0%)
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #5 of 8 - 7,503 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-18.1%)
2 year (-43.9%)
3 year (-52.1%)

247. HALO: FALL OF REACH - INVASION
02/10 #3 of 5 - 8,793
=====
02/11 #4 of 4 - 8,437 ( -1.5%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
10/11 #4 of 4 - 7,142 ( -2.4%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #1 of 4 - 7,155 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #2 of 4 - 6,446 ( -9.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (-23.6%)
2 year (-26.7%)

265. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
02/07 ---
02/08 Guilty #8 - 27,358
02/09 Laughing #5 - 14,095
02/10 Executioner #4 - 9,626
=====
02/11 Ingenue #2 of 5 - 7,352 ( -5.3%)
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
09/11 Scoundrel #1 of 5 - 6,650 ( -0.9%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #2 of 5 - 6,302 ( -5.2%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,914 ( -6.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #4 of 5 - 5,871 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-12.6%)
1 year (-20.1%)
2 year (-39.0%)
3 year (-58.3%)
4 year (-78.5%)
5 year ( --- )

290. SIX GUNS
11/11 #1 of 5 - 9,262
11/11 #2 of 5 - 8,031 (-13.3%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,727 (-28.7%)
01/12 #4 of 5 - 5,159 (-10.0%)
02/12 #5 of 5 - 4,667 ( -9.5%)

And failing to make the top 300 in February: Marvel Adventures SPIDER-MAN and SUPER HEROES, FORMIC WARS, MARVEL INDEX and NORTHANGER ABBEY.

6 month comparisons
===================

+ 15.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 11.9% - Incredible Hulk
+ 8.0% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 2.5% - Deadpool
+ 2.1% - X-Factor
+ 0.6% - PunisherMax
+ 0.1% - Wolverine
- 2.2% - X-Force
- 7.6% - Daredevil
- 8.6% - New Avengers
- 8.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 8.9% - Astonishing X-Men
- 9.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 11.8% - Avengers Academy
- 12.5% - Dark Tower
- 12.6% - Anita Blake
- 13.4% - Avengers
- 15.1% - New Mutants
- 15.5% - X-Men
- 18.1% - Deadpool Max
- 18.3% - Fantastic Four
- 18.3% - Iron Man
- 19.1% - Hulk
- 19.8% - Secret Avengers
- 20.0% - Captain America
- 21.4% - Thor
- 21.8% - FF
- 22.4% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 22.5% - Venom
- 25.0% - Thunderbolts
- 27.2% - Captain America And…
- 27.3% - Moon Knight
- 29.2% - Journey into Mystery
- 33.6% - Black Panther
- 35.8% - Villains for Hire
- 37.4% - Generation Hope
- 42.1% - Ultimates
- 47.0% - Punisher

1 year comparisons
==================

+ 51.3% - Punisher
+ 40.6% - Incredible Hulk
+ 30.2% - Daredevil
+ 10.0% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 3.7% - Captain America
+ 2.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 2.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 3.5% - X-Force
- 4.2% - Deadpool
- 4.4% - X-Factor
- 7.8% - PunisherMax
- 8.8% - Avengers Academy
- 12.3% - Wolverine
- 12.4% - Ultimates
- 16.2% - New Avengers
- 16.7% - Thor
- 17.4% - Generation Hope
- 18.1% - Oz
- 18.3% - Avengers
- 19.4% - Dark Tower
- 20.1% - Anita Blake
- 22.4% - Iron Man
- 23.6% - Halo
- 25.3% - Secret Avengers
- 25.3% - Thunderbolts
- 26.3% - X-Men
- 31.2% - Astonishing X-Men
- 34.2% - Deadpool Max
- 34.8% - Hulk
- 36.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 37.8% - Fantastic Four
- 42.6% - Daken: Dark Wolverine
- 45.0% - Black Panther
- 45.1% - New Mutants
- 47.4% - Villains for Hire

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 29.1% - Wolverine
+ 13.0% - Fantastic Four
+ 11.4% - Moon Knight
+ 7.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 0.3% - X-Force
- 2.1% - Daredevil
- 3.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 4.1% - Punisher
- 6.8% - Incredible Hulk
- 11.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 21.1% - PunisherMax
- 22.0% - X-Factor
- 26.5% - New Mutants
- 26.7% - Halo
- 29.0% - X-Men Legacy
- 31.6% - Captain America
- 32.9% - New Avengers
- 34.5% - Iron Man
- 38.4% - Deadpool
- 39.0% - Anita Blake
- 42.5% - Thunderbolts
- 43.9% - Oz
- 47.4% - Dark Tower
- 47.6% - Thor
- 58.1% - Hulk
- 68.7% - Black Panther
- 69.4% - Daken: Dark Wolverine

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 2.7% - Moon Knight
- 3.5% - X-Force
- 8.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 13.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 14.3% - Fantastic Four
- 17.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 20.3% - PunisherMax
- 24.3% - X-Factor
- 30.8% - Captain America
- 35.5% - X-Men Legacy
- 36.6% - Iron Man
- 37.7% - Deadpool
- 44.6% - Incredible Hulk
- 45.1% - Punisher
- 52.0% - New Avengers
- 52.1% - Oz
- 57.0% - Thunderbolts
- 58.3% - Anita Blake
- 63.7% - Thor
- 70.3% - Dark Tower
- 71.1% - Black Panther
- 71.8% - Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

- 10.0% - Daredevil
- 10.5% - Iron Man
- 22.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 30.3% - Moon Knight
- 30.8% - Punisher
- 34.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 39.4% - Wolverine
- 41.1% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 42.2% - Black Panther
- 49.5% - Captain America
- 50.8% - New Avengers
- 52.8% - X-Force
- 54.4% - Incredible Hulk
- 54.2% - Fantastic Four
- 57.3% - X-Factor
- 58.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 64.3% - Thor
- 65.2% - Ultimates
- 76.8% - Hulk
- 78.5% - Anita Blake

5 year comparisons
==================

- 8.4% - Incredible Hulk
- 19.0% - Daredevil
- 28.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 36.8% - X-Factor
- 39.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 46.0% - Iron Man
- 46.2% - PunisherMax
- 51.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 57.5% - Punisher
- 60.0% - Wolverine
- 60.7% - New Avengers
- 63.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 68.9% - Thunderbolts
- 74.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 76.1% - Black Panther
- 91.8% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/04/05/ma ... uary-2012/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: March 2012

by Paul O’Brien

March sees the start of AVENGERS VS X-MEN, the launch of yet another ongoing Avengers title with AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, a new X-book in AGE OF APOCALYPSE, and Mark Millar’s latest Icon title SUPERCROOKS. It’s a pretty big month for new launches, then – though on the other hand, with the crossovers still a month away, it’s very quiet across the rest of the line.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 40% to 36% in units, and 36% to 31% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICv2.com for permission to use these figures.

1,2. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 #0 of 12 - 134,509
04/12 #1 of 12 - 203,181 (+51.1%)

The big summer crossover is here. Actually, issue #1 was a slightly contentious inclusion on the March chart, since while it was shipped to retailers in March, it wasn’t supposed to go on sale until April.

It’s also right to note that Marvel put a lot of promotional weight behind that first issue, with heavy discounting and incentives. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that – it’s about Marvel taking more of the risk on the first issue in order to get copies on the shelves, in the hope of earning the money back in the long run. But it does make it worth bearing in mind the caveat that these are sales to retailers;there’s no guarantee that all these copies ended up in the hands of actual customers, at least at cover price.

All that being said, let’s not forget that AVENGERS VS X-MEN would have topped the charts anyway with its prologue issue #0. And compare SIEGE #1 in January 2010, which sold 108K in its first month. This is looking good.

5. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 #1 - 100,883

Another ongoing Avengers title. This one is being presented as the standalone book to appeal to readers brought in by the movie who might not want to dive straight into a crossover. Naturally, Marvel have put a lot of promotional effort behind it – there are 1:50 and 1:100 variants, plus a programme of customised covers for individual retailers.

100K is obviously a good number, though Marvel have had bigger launches for ongoing titles in the last year – AVENGING SPIDER-MAN and UNCANNY X-MEN both had higher first issue sales, but not by a huge margin.

14,16. UNCANNY X-MEN
03/07 #484 - 82,043
03/08 #496 - 89,054
03/09 #507 - 77,957
03/10 #522 - 67,996
=====
03/11 #534 - 55,731 ( +3.5%)
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth ( -2.3%)
1 year ( +2.2%)
2 year (-16.2%)
3 year (-26.9%)
4 year (-36.0%)
5 year (-30.6%)

Drifting down, but likely to benefit when the crossover starts in two issues time.

15,22. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
03/07 #539 - 137,730
03/08 #554 - 81,072
03/09 #589 - 58,832
03/10 #627 - 54,206
=====
03/11 #656 - 59,626 ( +11.7%)
03/11 #657 - 58,704 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
6 mnth ( -1.4%)
1 year ( -4.2%)
2 year ( +5.4%)
3 year ( -2.9%)
4 year ( -29.5%)
5 year ( -58.5%)

This is the lead-in to the Ends Of The Earth storyline, with a variant cover on issue #682. Even allowing for that, the book seems to be gaining a bit of momentum right now.

17. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 #1 - 56,426

The other new ongoing title this month was launched off a recent X-FORCE storyline, and revisits the alternate world from the 90s crossover. (Despite the title, Apocalypse isn’t actually in it.)

56K puts us in similar territory to the launch of SCARLET SPIDER. There was a 25% overship on this book.

18. AVENGERS: X-SANCTION
12/11 #1 of 4 - 96,550
01/12 #2 of 4 - 58,578 (-39.3%)
02/12 #3 of 4 - 53,730 ( -8.3%)
03/12 #4 of 4 - 55,677 ( +3.6%)

A slight increase in sales with the last issue, presumably because of interest building in the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover, to which this is a lead-in.

19. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)

Drifting very slowly down, and sure to benefit from the crossover which starts in issue #9 anyway.

20,21. AVENGERS
03/11 #11 - 66,618 ( +4.2%)
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth (-15.2%)
1 year (-21.7%)

Remarkably solid, actually. The Point One issue does better than usual;Marvel did bill it as “the prelude to the Avengers event of the summer”, and perhaps more people bought into the idea that this issue would matter.

23. NEW AVENGERS
03/07 #28 - 119,514
03/08 #39 - 103,046
03/09 #51 - 95,340
03/10 #63 - 76,145
=====
03/11 #10 - 59,929 ( -1.6%)
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth (-10.8%)
1 year (-13.7%)
2 year (-32.1%)
3 year (-45.8%)
4 year (-49.8%)
5 year (-56.7%)

No obvious reason for this issue to go up in sales;it’s the final issue of the Dark Avengers arc. It may just be general anticipation for the crossover.

26. UNCANNY X-FORCE
03/08 #2 - 81,714
03/09 #13 - 51,797
03/10 #25 - 49,910
=====
03/11 #.1 - 50,732 ( -1.4%)
03/11 #6 - 51,248 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth ( -9.1%)
1 year ( -3.7%)
2 year ( -2.1%)
3 year ( -5.7%)
4 year (-40.2%)

The standard gentle decline, which we will be seeing so much of this month.

29. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
03/07 #106 - 73,832
03/08 #120 - 57,728
03/09 ---
03/10 #8 - 40,967 ( -2.9%)
=====
03/11 #155 - 44,067 ( +2.0%)
03/11 #156 - 44,920 ( +1.9%)
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
6 mnth ( -21.1%)
1 year ( +5.0%)
2 year ( +13.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -19.8%)
5 year ( -37.3%)

Variant cover. The Ultimate books seem to be using them more frequently since their last relaunch.

32. KICK-ASS 2 [Icon]
03/11 #2 of 7 - 62,235 (-19.1%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #3 of 7 - 54,270 (-12.8%)
09/11 #4 of 7 - 51,014 ( -6.0%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #5 of 7 - 53,937 ( +5.7%)
12/11 #6 of 7 - 45,390 (-15.8%)
01/12 ---
02/12 ---
03/12 #7 of 7 - 45,213 ( -0.4%)

Earlier delays had some impact on this book’s sales, but if you’ve stuck with it this far, you’re going to buy that final issue. Mark Millar has another creator-owned book, SUPERCROOKS, launching a little further down.

34. FANTASTIC FOUR
03/07 #544 - 73,880
03/08 #555 - 67,416
03/09 #565 - 48,378
03/10 #577 - 35,791
=====
03/11 #1 - 121,172 (+77.8%)
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-20.7%)
1 year (-65.2%)
2 year (+17.7%)
3 year (-12.9%)
4 year (-37.5%)
5 year (-43.0%)

Levelling out nicely. This was an “extra sized issue” (40 pages instead of 32).

35. CAPTAIN AMERICA
03/07 #25 - 290,514
03/08 #36 - 81,378
03/09 #48 - 62,108
03/10 #604 - 56,962
=====
03/11 #.1 - 43,117 ( +2.8%)
03/11 #616 - 44,394 ( +3.0%)
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth ( -23.5%)
1 year ( -3.4%)
2 year ( -26.9%)
3 year ( -33.0%)
4 year ( -48.8%)
5 year ( -85.7%)

This book was pretty stable prior to the relaunch, so the current decline is a little curious.

36. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)

Five issues in, the book is still consistently losing over 10% a month. That’s not good, though next month’s crossover with DAREDEVIL and PUNISHER may help.

37. INCREDIBLE HULK
03/07 #104 - 47,823
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
03/10 #608 - 47,148
=====
03/11 #624 - 32,066 ( +6.4%)
03/11 #625 - 29,792 ( -7.1%)
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( +26.4%)
2 year ( -14.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -15.3%)

Still finding its level after the relaunch – but it remains significantly up from previous sales.

39. DAREDEVIL
03/07 #95 - 46,455
03/08 #106 - 41,537
03/09 #117 - 41,046
03/10 ---
=====
03/11 #3 of 4 - 27,231 ( -6.4%)
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
03/12 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth ( -5.4%)
1 year ( +40.0%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -7.1%)
4 year ( -8.2%)
5 year ( -17.9%)

Leaving aside the blip with issue #7, this has been an extremely consistent title, sticking rigidly to the 38K mark.

42,44. WOLVERINE
03/07 #52 - 95,276
03/08 #63 - 64,465
03/09 #71 - 91,229
03/10 #11 - 29,799
=====
03/11 #7 - 47,337 ( +3.1%)
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( -3.8%)
1 year (-23.2%)
2 year (+22.0%)
3 year (-60.1%)
4 year (-43.6%)
5 year (-61.8%)

43. FF
03/11 #1 - 121,172
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
6 mnth (-30.0%)
1 year (-69.3%)

45,46. X-MEN LEGACY
03/07 #197 - 75,184
03/08 #209 - 82,243
03/09 #222 - 55,605
03/10 #234 - 48,217
=====
03/11 #246 - 47,893 (-16.3%)
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth ( -7.1%)
1 year (-24.9%)
2 year (-25.4%)
3 year (-35.3%)
4 year (-56.3%)
5 year (-52.2%)

47. X-MEN
03/11 #9 - 51,179 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (-14.8%)
1 year (-30.0%)

A bunch of other titles on the traditional gentle downward slide. Not a great deal more to be said about them, really;it’s a quiet month.

This also seems a sensible place to mention SECRET AVENGERS, which probably should have been in that list somewhere, but instead winds up all the way down at number 96 with a wildly improbable sales figure:

96. SECRET AVENGERS
03/11 #11 - 51,353 ( +3.3%)
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 #24 - 18,965 (-48.9%)
6 mnth (-57.8%)
1 year (-63.1%)

This appears to be a case of the book shipping in the last week of the month and sales being disrupted in some parts of the country. This has happened before;the remaining sales will probably show up in the April chart.

49. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)

Still falling quite quickly;we’re some way away from this book finding its level. CAPTAIN AMERICA doesn’t have a good track record for supporting spin-off books, but there’s still room for manoeuvre here.

51. SUPERCROOKS [Icon]
03/12 #1 - 34,673

Mark Millar’s other book. It’s some way below KICK-ASS, but then KICK-ASS is an unusual case. For a creator-owned title, these are excellent sales.

52. ASTONISHING X-MEN
03/07 ---
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
03/10 ---
=====
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
6 mnth ( +4.5%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

This is the debut of the new creative team, Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins. There’s also a variant cover. A good start for the incoming creators, anyhow.

53. MIGHTY THOR
03/07 ---
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
03/10 #608 - 62,012
=====
03/11 #.1 - 41,605 ( -1.2%)
03/11 #621 - 42,104 ( +1.2%)
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-24.9%)
1 year (-18.4%)
2 year (-45.2%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

More gentle decline.

57. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)

Levelling out unusually quickly with the third issue. A good sign there.

59. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
03/07 ---
03/08 ---
03/09 ---
03/10 #1 - 71,279
=====
03/11 #2 of 6 - 44,116 (-10.6%)
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
6 mnth (-24.6%)
1 year (-27.0%)
2 year (-54.8%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

62. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA
01/12 #1 of 5 - 40,340
02/12 #2 of 5 - 34,286 (-15.0%)
03/12 #3 of 5 - 31,456 ( -8.3%)

63. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
03/07 ---
03/08 #27 - 36,011
03/09 #11 - 52,165
03/10 #24 - 49,239
=====
03/11 #502 - 43,899 ( +5.7%)
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-23.9%)
1 year (-28.4%)
2 year (-36.2%)
3 year (-39.8%)
4 year (-12.7%)
5 year ( --- )

64. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
03/07 #80 - 63,037
03/08 #92 - 49,015
03/09 #100 - 51,374
03/10 ---
=====
03/11 #4 - 37,631 (-15.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth (-55.5%)
1 year (-20.1%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-41.4%)
4 year (-38.6%)
5 year (-52.3%)

More books doing the usual gentle drift.

65. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)

Marvel have been dialling back on the variant covers over the course of issues #1-4, which ought to be exaggerating the drops slightly. Even so, this does look a little steep.

68. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
03/11 ---
04/11 #5 of 9 - 31,945 (-0.1%)
05/11 ---
06/11 #6 of 9 - 30,467 (-4.6%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #7 of 9 - 30,247 (-0.7%)
10/11 ---
11/11 ---
12/11 #8 of 9 - 29,601 (-2.1%)
01/12 ---
02/12 ---
03/12 #9 of 9 - 29,509 (-0.3%)

This has been remarkably steady over the last few issues.

69. VENOM
03/11 #1 - 58,936
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
6 mnth (-12.7%)
1 year (-50.9%)

Seems to be gaining a bit of momentum coming out of last month’s one-book-crossover weekly shipping stunt.

70. CARNAGE, U.S.A.
12/11 #1 of 5 - 37,620
01/12 #2 of 5 - 30,378 (-19.3%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 28,272 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 28,707 ( +1.5%)

No obvious reason for the slight increase here – that points to interest in the story.

72. DEADPOOL
03/09 #8 - 53,109
03/10 #21 - 42,062
=====
03/11 #.1 - 28,979 ( +1.2%)
03/11 #34 - 30,299 ( +4.6%)
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
6 mnth ( +5.1%)
1 year ( -3.4%)
2 year (-33.5%)
3 year (-47.3%)

Issue #50 picks up reorders of 4,303, which are added into the numbers above. More generally, it’s clear that DEADPOOL has seen some modest benefit from the promotion around issue #50.

75. CAPTAIN AMERICA ANDÉ
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (-27.0%)

This is dropping a little bit faster than other ongoing titles. We’ll see in April whether the new format of rotating guest stars makes any difference.

77. X-FACTOR
03/07 #17 - 38,067
03/08 #29 - 54,832
03/09 #41 - 31,888
03/10 #203 - 28,924
=====
03/11 #216 - 25,256 ( -0.2%)
03/11 #217 - 25,125 ( -0.5%)
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( +1.4%)
1 year ( -5.6%)
2 year (-17.6%)
3 year (-25.2%)
4 year (-56.5%)
5 year (-37.4%)

Gentle decline.

78,80. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)
12/11 #4 of 12 - 31,491 (-12.6%)
12/11 #5 of 12 - 29,343 ( -6.8%)
01/12 #6 of 12 - 26,700 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #7 of 12 - 26,167 ( -2.0%)
02/12 #8 of 12 - 24,394 ( -6.8%)
02/12 #9 of 12 - 24,423 ( +0.1%)
03/12 #10 of 12 - 23,629 ( -3.3%)
03/12 #11 of 12 - 23,211 ( -1.8%)

Nothing surprising about this, but it’s a good point to mention March’s case of (presumably) unsold stock dumping – FEAR ITSELF #7.2, of all things, charts at number 298, with another 3,329 copies on the shelves.

82. PUNISHER
03/07 #5 - 50,190
03/08 #17 - 31,227
03/09 #3 - 37,570
03/10 #15 - 22,285
=====
03/11 #5 of 5 - 14,468 ( -2.6%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( -16.7%)
1 year ( +54.3%)
2 year ( +0.1%)
3 year ( -40.6%)
4 year ( -28.5%)
5 year ( -55.5%)

Pretty solid over the last couple of issues. April will be a crossover issue, and ought to do better.

83. AVENGERS ACADEMY
03/11 #10 - 23,708 ( -0.0%)
03/11 #11 - 23,636 ( -0.3%)
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth ( -8.8%)
1 year ( -7.9%)

A very slight increase on this one. It does guest star the Runaways, which might be something of a draw, at least on this level.

85. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
6 mnth (-25.1%)

More steady drift.

86. MOON KNIGHT
03/07 #8 - 77,390
03/08 #16 - 29,546
03/09 #28 - 20,866
03/10 #6 - 19,094
=====
03/11 ---
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #8 - 24,626 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #9 - 22,872 ( -7.1%)
02/12 #10 - 21,986 ( -3.9%)
03/12 #11 - 21,581 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -24.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +13.0%)
3 year ( +3.4%)
4 year ( -27.0%)
5 year ( -72.1%)

Cancelled with issue #12. Given the high-profile creative team, the economics are presumably less favourable than for other books at this level.

87. HULK
03/10 #21 - 50,785
=====
03/11 #.1 - 32,163 ( -2.3%)
03/11 #31 - 31,368 ( -2.5%)
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-17.5%)
1 year (-31.4%)
2 year (-57.6%)

Very slow decline. Marvel are giving issue #50 the usual push, so April should be an improvement.

88. NEW MUTANTS
03/10 #11 - 36,629
=====
03/11 #23 - 37,659 ( -8.7%)
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (-16.2%)
1 year (-42.9%)
2 year (-41.3%)

And more gentle decline. I realise this is getting repetitive, but this really is a hugely uneventful month for a lot of Marvel titles.

90. X-23
03/11 #7 - 27,510 ( +1.3%)
03/11 #8 - 27,745 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #9 - 28,562 ( +2.9%)
05/11 #10 - 26,157 ( -8.4%)
06/11 #11 - 25,985 ( -0.7%)
07/11 #12 - 24,605 ( -5.3%)
08/11 #13 - 23,976 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #14 - 23,727 ( -1.0%)
10/11 #15 - 24,043 ( +1.3%)
11/11 #16 - 22,737 ( -5.4%)
11/11 #17 - 22,780 ( +0.2%)
12/11 #18 - 21,999 ( -3.4%)
12/11 #19 - 21,348 ( -3.0%)
01/12 #20 - 20,730 ( -2.9%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #21 - 20,123 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-15.2%)
1 year (-26.9%)

Final issue.

92,101. MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS PRELUDE
03/12 #1 of 4 - 19,829
03/12 #2 of 4 - 17,975 (-9.3%)

This is a lead-in to the movie;books like that rarely do especially well in the direct market, so by their standards, I’d call this a decent number.

95. THUNDERBOLTS
03/07 #112 - 61,395
03/08 #119 - 40,173
03/09 #130 - 52,264
03/10 #142 - 34,132
=====
03/11 #154 - 25,455 ( -2.5%)
03/11 #155 - 26,710 ( +4.9%)
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth (-21.2%)
1 year (-25.1%)
2 year (-44.1%)
3 year (-63.5%)
4 year (-52.5%)
5 year (-68.9%)

Heading for a relaunch as DARK AVENGERS with issue #175.

106. GENERATION HOPE
03/11 #5 - 21,290 ( -4.0%)
04/11 #6 - 20,376 ( -4.3%)
05/11 #7 - 20,375 ( -0.0%)
06/11 #8 - 18,883 ( -7.3%)
07/11 #9 - 18,135 ( -4.0%)
08/11 #10 - 29,245 (+61.3%)
09/11 #11 - 20,243 (-30.8%)
10/11 #12 - 18,424 ( -9.0%)
11/11 #13 - 21,317 (+15.7%)
12/11 #14 - 19,234 ( -9.8%)
01/12 #15 - 18,878 ( -1.9%)
02/12 #16 - 18,310 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #17 - 17,412 ( -4.9%)
6 mnth (-14.0%)
1 year (-18.2%)

Final issue.

113,114. DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE
03/10 #84 - 49,469
=====
03/11 #6 - 27,486 ( -4.7%)
03/11 #7 - 27,224 ( -1.0%)
04/11 #8 - 26,925 ( -1.1%)
05/11 #9 - 26,294 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #.1 - 24,599 ( -6.4%)
06/11 #10 - 24,724 ( +0.5%)
07/11 #11 - 23,207 ( -6.1%)
08/11 #12 - 21,734 ( -6.3%)
08/11 #13 - 21,302 ( -2.0%)
09/11 #14 - 20,460 ( -4.0%)
10/11 #15 - 19,759 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #16 - 19,472 ( -1.5%)
11/11 #17 - 18,794 ( -3.5%)
12/11 #18 - 17,806 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #19 - 17,253 ( -3.1%)
01/12 #20 - 16,728 ( -3.0%)
02/12 #21 - 16,538 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #22 - 16,240 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #23 - 16,202 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (-20.8%)
1 year (-41.1%)
2 year (-67.2%)

Final issue.

119. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222
12/11 #2 of 6 - 21,702 (-32.6%)
01/12 #3 of 6 - 18,102 (-16.6%)
02/12 #4 of 6 - 16,753 ( -7.5%)
03/12 #5 of 6 - 15,481 ( -7.6%)

Largely forgotten about.

129. DARK TOWER: WAY STATION
03/07 G Born #2 - 168,258
03/08 Long Road Home #1 - 123,839
03/09 ---
03/10 ---
=====
03/11 #4 of 5 - 17,490 ( -1.5%)
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 13,987 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth (-11.4%)
1 year (-20.0%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-88.7%)
5 year (-91.7%)

Drawing to a conclusion.

130. GHOST RIDER
06/11 #.1 - 24,830
07/11 #1 - 41,308 (+66.4%)
08/11 #2 - 24,440 (-40.8%)
09/11 #3 - 22,180 ( -9.2%)
10/11 #4 - 21,012 ( -5.3%)
11/11 #5 - 18,664 (-11.2%)
11/11 #6 - 18,297 ( -2.0%)
12/11 #7 - 16,846 ( -7.9%)
01/12 #8 - 14,637 (-13.1%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #9 - 13,716 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth (-38.2%)

Cancelled.

138. TWELVE
12/07 #0 of 12 - 20,218
01/08 #1 of 12 - 40,199 (+98.8%)
03/08 #2 of 12 - 32,403 (-19.4%)
03/08 #3 of 12 - 32,729 ( +1.0%)
04/08 #4 of 12 - 29,729 ( -9.2%)
05/08 #5 of 12 - 29,876 ( +0.5%)
06/08 #6 of 12 - 29,303 ( -1.9%)
07/08 ---
08/08 #7 of 12 - 27,585 ( -5.9%)
09/08 ---
10/08 #8 of 12 - 25,985 ( -5.8%)
---
02/12 #9 of 12 - 13,915 (-46.4%)
02/12 #10 of 12 - 12,930 ( -7.1%)
03/12 #11 of 12 - 12,819 ( -0.9%)

Virtually finished, so at least they’ll be able to get that collected edition out at last. To be honest, if half the audience is still prepared to come back after a break of three and a half years, that’s got to be a sign that the book was doing something right.

142. POWERS [Icon]
03/07 ---
03/08 #28 - 19,256
03/09 ---
03/10 #3 - 16,768
=====
02/12 #8 - 13,561
03/12 #9 - 12,792 ( -5.7%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-23.7%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-33.6%)
5 year ( --- )

And there was me giving up on the idea that POWERS was even an ongoing series at all. Two consecutive issues!

149. X-CLUB
12/11 #1 of 5 - 17,552
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,219 (-19.0%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 12,911 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 11,979 ( -7.2%)

Hangover from an earlier commissioning regime, I think.

152. JOHN CARTER: GODS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 ( -64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 ( -13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 4,998 ( -5.4%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #1 of 5 - 11,896 (+138.0%)
6 mnth ( -38.0%)

That’s an unusually large increase for the start of a second miniseries, and presumably it’s because the film came out in March. Unfortunately, as we all know, the film crashed and burned – so don’t expect this to be sustained.

155. DEADPOOL MAX [Max]
03/11 #6 - 17,528 ( -3.8%)
04/11 #7 - 17,005 ( -3.0%)
05/11 #8 - 16,428 ( -3.4%)
06/11 #9 - 15,802 ( -3.8%)
07/11 #10 - 15,067 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #11 - 14,626 ( -2.9%)
09/11 #12 - 14,507 ( -0.8%)
10/11 #1 - 15,865 ( +9.4%)
11/11 #2 - 14,171 (-10.7%)
12/11 #3 - 13,070 ( -7.8%)
01/12 #4 - 12,639 ( -3.3%)
02/12 #5 - 11,982 ( -5.2%)
03/12 #6 - 11,594 ( -3.2%)
6 mnth (-20.1%)
1 year (-33.9%)

Final issue.

158. VILLAINS FOR HIRE
03/11 #4 - 21,827 ( -2.6%)
04/11 #5 - 21,815 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #6 - 20,057 ( -8.1%)
05/11 #7 - 18,671 ( -6.9%)
06/11 #8 - 18,029 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #9 - 19,676 ( +9.1%)
08/11 #10 - 18,374 ( -6.6%)
09/11 #11 - 17,550 ( -4.5%)
09/11 #12 - 15,698 (-10.6%)
10/11 S-I - 15,079 ( -3.9%)
11/11 #.1 - 15,281 ( +1.3%)
12/11 #1 of 4 - 15,519 ( +1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 4 - 12,851 (-17.2%)
02/12 #3 of 4 - 11,787 ( -8.3%)
03/12 #4 of 4 - 11,267 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth (-28.2%)
1 year (-48.4%)

Final issue.

174. THOR: DEVIANTS SAGA
11/11 #1 of 5 - 13,660
12/11 #2 of 5 - 11,273 (-17.5%)
01/12 #3 of 5 - 10,623 ( -5.8%)
02/12 #4 of 5 - 9,928 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #5 of 5 - 9,643 ( -2.9%)

Another hangover from a more charitable commissioning policy.

227. TOY STORY
03/12 #1 of 4 - 6,564

The all-ages Disney books haven’t generally made much of an impact on the direct market charts, so this is something of an anomaly.

249. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER
03/07 #5 of 12 - 31,136
03/08 #9 of 12 - 26,324
03/09 ---
03/10 #5 of 5 - 9,454
=====
03/11 ---
04/11 #3 of 5 - 7,018 ( -4.5%)
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #4 of 5 - 6,893 ( -1.8%)
07/11 ---
08/11 #5 of 5 - 6,712 ( -2.6%)
09/11 #1 of 5 - 6,650 ( -0.9%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #2 of 5 - 6,302 ( -5.2%)
12/11 #3 of 5 - 5,914 ( -6.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #4 of 5 - 5,871 ( -0.7%)
03/12 #5 of 5 - 5,725 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-13.9%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-39.4%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-78.3%)
5 year (-81.6%)

Marvel haven’t solicited any further minis, so this may be the end of the road.

268. SPIDER-MAN [Marvel Adventures]
03/07 #25 - 6,408
03/08 #37 - 5,877
03/09 #49 - 4,640
03/10 #61 - 4,200
=====
03/11 #12 - 4,965 ( +0.9%)
04/11 #13 - 5,083 ( +2.4%)
05/11 #14 - 5,220 ( +2.7%)
06/11 #15 - 5,052 ( -3.2%)
07/11 #16 - 4,708 ( -6.8%)
08/11 #17 - 4,675 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #18 - 4,673 ( -0.0%)
10/11 #19 - ?,??? ( ??? )
11/11 #20 - 5,363 ( ??? )
12/11 #21 - 4,549 (-15.2%)
01/12 #22 - 4,635 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #23 - ?,??? ( ??? )
03/12 #24 - 4,743 ( ??? )
6 mnth ( +1.5%)
1 year ( -4.5%)
2 year (+12.9%)
3 year ( +2.2%)
4 year (-19.3%)
5 year (-26.0%)

Final issue.

And the following books failed to chart: FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE, SUPER HEROES, OFFICIAL INDEX and NORTHANGER ABBEY.

6 month comparisons
===================

+ 5.1% - Deadpool
+ 4.5% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 1.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 1.4% - X-Factor
- 1.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 2.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 3.8% - Wolverine
- 5.4% - Daredevil
- 7.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 8.8% - Avengers Academy
-10.8% - New Avengers
-11.4% - Dark Tower
-12.7% - Venom
-13.9% - Anita Blake
-14.0% - Generation Hope
-14.8% - X-Men
-15.2% - Avengers
-15.2% - X-23
-16.2% - New Mutants
-16.7% - Punisher
-17.5% - Hulk
-20.1% - Deadpool Max
-20.7% - Fantastic Four
-20.8% - Daken
-21.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-21.2% - Thunderbolts
-23.5% - Captain America
-23.9% - Iron Man
-24.1% - Moon Knight
-24.6% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
-24.9% - Thor
-25.1% - Journey into Mystery
-27.0% - Captain America andÉ
-28.2% - Villains For Hire
-30.0% - FF
-38.0% - John Carter
-38.2% - Ghost Rider
-55.5% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-57.8% - Secret Avengers

1 year comparisons
==================

+54.3% - Punisher
+40.0% - Daredevil
+26.4% - Incredible Hulk
+ 5.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 2.2% - Uncanny X-Men
- 3.4% - Captain America
- 3.4% - Deadpool
- 4.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 4.5% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 5.6% - X-Factor
- 7.9% - Avengers Academy
- 9.1% - X-Force
-13.7% - New Avengers
-18.2% - Generation Hope
-18.4% - Thor
-20.0% - Dark Tower
-20.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-21.7% - Avengers
-23.2% - Wolverine
-24.9% - X-Men Legacy
-25.1% - Thunderbolts
-26.9% - X-23
-27.0% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
-28.4% - Iron Man
-30.0% - X-Men
-31.4% - Hulk
-33.9% - Deadpool Max
-41.1% - Daken
-42.9% - New Mutants
-48.4% - Villains For Hire
-50.9% - Venom
-63.1% - Secret Avengers
-65.2% - Fantastic Four
-69.3% - FF

2 year comparisons
==================

+22.0% -Wolverine
+17.7% - Fantastic Four
+13.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+13.0% - Moon Knight
+12.9% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
+ 5.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 0.1% - Punisher
- 3.7% - X-Force
-14.1% - Incredible Hulk
-16.2% - Uncanny X-Men
-17.6% - X-Factor
-23.7% - Powers
-25.4% - X-Men Legacy
-26.9% - Captain America
-32.1% - New Avengers
-33.5% - Deadpool
-36.2% - Iron Man
-39.4% - Anita Blake
-41.3% - New Mutants
-44.1% - Thunderbolts
-45.2% - Thor
-54.8% - Ultimate Comics Ultimates
-57.6% - Hulk
-67.2% - Daken

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 3.4% - Moon Knight
+ 2.2% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
- 2.1% - X-Force
- 2.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 7.1% - Daredevil
-12.9% - Fantastic Four
-25.2% - X-Factor
-26.9% - Uncanny X-Men
-33.0% - Captain America
-35.3% - X-Men Legacy
-39.8% - Iron Man
-40.6% - Punisher
-41.4% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-45.8% - New Avengers
-47.3% - Deadpool
-60.1% - Wolverine
-63.5% - Thunderbolts

4 year comparisons
==================

- 5.7% - X-Force
- 8.2% - Daredevil
-12.7% - Iron Man
-19.3% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-19.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-27.0% - Moon Knight
-28.5% - Punisher
-29.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-33.6% - Powers
-36.0% - Uncanny X-Men
-37.5% - Fantastic Four
-38.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-43.6% - Wolverine
-48.8% - Captain America
-49.8% - New Avengers
-52.5% - Thunderbolts
-56.3% - X-Men Legacy
-56.5% - X-Factor
-78.3% - Anita Blake
-88.7% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

-15.3% - Incredible Hulk
-17.9% - Daredevil
-26.0% - Spider-Man [Marvel Adventures]
-30.6% - Uncanny X-Men
-37.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-37.4% - X-Factor
-40.2% - X-Force
-43.0% - Fantastic Four
-52.2% - X-Men Legacy
-52.3% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-55.5% - Punisher
-56.7% - New Avengers
-58.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-61.8% - Wolverine
-68.9% - Thunderbolts
-72.1% - Moon Knight
-81.6% - Anita Blake
-85.7% - Captain America
-91.7% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/08/ma ... march-012/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2012

by Paul O’Brien

The crossover season is now firmly underway, with the first proper month of AVENGERS VS X-MEN, and its assorted tie-ins, which are doing pretty well. There’s also the Omega Effect crossover between AVENGING SPIDER-MAN, DAREDEVIL and PUNISHER, all of which see big gains as a result. Further down the chart, Mark Millar launches another creator-owned book, SECRET SERVICE, through the Icon imprint;and the all-ages titles get another relaunch.

As you might expect, April was a good month for Marvel in terms of their market share. They led DC by 39% to 34% in units, and 35% to 30% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

1. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 #0 of 12 - 146,898
04/12 #1 of 12 - 230,162 (+56.7%)
04/12 #2 of 12 - 158,650 (-31.1%)

Although issues #1-2 both went on sale in April, you’ll recall that issue #1 actually appeared on the March chart. That’s because it was shipped to retailers early in order to allow for a promotional launch, and the Diamond chart is based on wholesale figures, not consumer sales.

Sales of the first issue were boosted by heavy discounting, but presumably the sell-through to readers was pretty decent, as the book charts again in April with reorders of 26,981. The prologue issue #0 also reappears, with orders of 12,389. As usual, I’ve added those into the figures shown above.

Given all that, the second issue drop is actually pretty reasonable. And when you consider that Marvel’s last major event, FEAR ITSELF, only reached 136K with its first issue (and dipped below 100K by issue #3), it’s clear that this is a much bigger hit.

4. AVX: VERSUS
04/12 #1 of 6 - 103,436

While previous crossover events have spawned numerous tie-in minis, Marvel are taking a different approach this time. The awkwardly titled AVX: VERSUS is the only tie-in mini for AVENGERS VERSUS X-MEN. In itself, this probably isn’t so surprising;the tie-in minis for FEAR ITSELF performed poorly, with the supposedly important HOME FRONT mini debuting at a mere 33K. In this arena, at least, Marvel have learned the lesson: it’s a lot easier to generate interest in one book than in ten. The same philosophy presumably underpins the move towards axing low-selling books and replacing them with extra issues of existing titles.

In other ways, AVX: VERSUS is a rather odd book. Marvel have been at pains to stress that it consists entirely of extended versions of fight scenes from the main storyline (a point stressed on the front page of every issue). So far from billing this as a book that you need in order to follow the plot, Marvel are actively promoting it as a book with no plot whatsoever.

It’s an odd approach, but thus far it seems to be working. When your B-title is doing over 100K, that’s a success.

And now, it’s time to bring on the tie-in books!

9,20. UNCANNY X-MEN
04/07 #485 - 81,764
04/08 #497 - 93,369
04/09 #508 - 76,443
04/10 #523 - 74,090
=====
04/11 #.1 - 53,473 ( -4.1%)
04/11 #535 - 56,795 ( +6.2%)
04/11 #536 - 53,502 ( -5.8%)
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
04/12 #10 - 56,906 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #11 - 69,875 (+22.8%)
6 mnth (+16.0%)
1 year (+30.7%)
2 year ( -5.7%)
3 year ( -8.6%)
4 year (-25.2%)
5 year (-14.5%)

10. AVENGERS
04/11 #12 - 63,441 ( -4.8%)
04/11 #.1 - 60,455 ( -4.7%)
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
6 mnth (+11.5%)
1 year ( +3.5%)

11,21. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
6 mnth (-34.8%)

12,15. NEW AVENGERS
04/07 #29 - 125,378
04/08 #40 - 110,470
04/09 #52 - 93,975
04/10 #64 - 75,430
=====
04/11 #11 - 61,778 ( +3.1%)
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (+11.2%)
1 year ( +0.3%)
2 year (-17.9%)
3 year (-34.1%)
4 year (-43.9%)
5 year (-50.6%)

The crossover delivers more than 20% increases across the board for the main Avengers and X-Men titles. That’s particularly striking when you bear in mind that earlier events have tended to have a relatively muted effect on the Avengers titles. FEAR ITSELF a year ago had some impact, but nothing like this. Presumably that’s the result of drawing in the X-Men audience, while earlier event books have been focussed primarily on the Avengers.

18,19. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
04/07 ---
04/08 #557 - 77,057
04/09 #591 - 60,508
04/10 #629 - 53,560
=====
04/11 #658 - 61,687 ( +5.1%)
04/11 #659 - 58,258 ( -5.6%)
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth ( -0.7%)
1 year ( -6.9%)
2 year ( +7.3%)
3 year ( -5.0%)
4 year ( -25.4%)
5 year ( --- )

AMAZING is an unusual title in that it actually seems to be able to drive sales for individual storylines simply by pushing them as a big deal. Very few books can do that.

The title is currently in the second month of “Ends of the Earth”, and while sales seem to have peaked with issue #683, there’s nonetheless a very healthy increase from February’s sales.

22. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 #1 - 100,883
04/12 #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)

Even allowing for the deluge of variant covers on issue #1, that’s a big drop. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE is, of course, the book that’s intended to provide a way in for new readers attracted by the film, though quite how those hypothetical new readers are supposed to know that, I’m not entirely clear.

Given the huge success of the film, you would certainly think that there would be new readers to be captured. That said, both Marvel and DC have a dreadful track record for converting film success into anything more than a one-month sales boost, and I’d be surprised if things were any different here. (Personally, I’d have thought that audiences attracted by a one-off Avengers film were more likely to go and buy back catalogue collections than commit to a monthly series straight out the bat anyway.)

24. UNCANNY X-FORCE
04/08 #3 - 85,750
04/09 #14 - 57,308
04/10 #26 - 67,512
=====
04/11 #7 - 54,292 ( +5.9%)
04/11 #8 - 50,908 ( -6.2%)
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
6 mnth ( -3.3%)
1 year ( -6.7%)
2 year (-25.0%)
3 year (-11.6%)
4 year (-40.9%)

There’s a variant cover on this issue, for the first time since issue #19, which presumably explains the slight uptick.

26,42. SECRET AVENGERS
04/11 #12 - 50,641 (-13.9%)
04/11 #.1 - 46,161 ( -8.8%)
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 #26 - 49,842 (+29.6%)
6 mnth (+15.2%)
1 year ( -1.6%)

As I expected, the sales on issue #24 ended up being split between the March and April chart due to a distribution glitch. The book’s remaining 19,394 copies show up on the April chart, bringing its total to the 38,359 figure shown above. SECRET AVENGERS appears to be on something of an uptick going into the AVX crossover, which starts with issue #26. As usual with these crossovers, the lower-selling titles get a proportionately larger boost.

27. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)

30,43. DAREDEVIL
04/07 #96 - 46,198
04/08 ---
04/09 #118 - 44,982
04/10 #506 - 37,467
=====
04/11 ---
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
03/12 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #11 - 46,111 ( +19.9%)
6 mnth ( +17.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +23.1%)
3 year ( +2.5%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -0.2%)

These two books are part of the “Omega Effect” crossover, effectively a DAREDEVIL storyline which expands into issues of AVENGING SPIDER-MAN and PUNISHER. It has a genuine impact on the plot of PUNISHER. As for AVENGING SPIDER-MAN, I guess somebody just figured it was a relatively high-selling book that could help out with sales. And they were probably right. All three books have done well from this crossover, which suggests that retailers thought it really was bringing distinct audiences together.

PUNISHER tails in some way behind the other two, but that’s only to be expected given the relative sales. As we’ll see, it does experience a big sales boost.

34. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
04/07 #108 - 72,713
04/08 #121 - 56,633
04/09 ---
04/10 #9 - 39,955
=====
04/11 #157 - 50,896 ( +13.3%)
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
6 mnth ( -16.7%)
1 year ( -14.1%)
2 year ( +9.4%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -22.8%)
5 year ( -39.9%)

Business as usual, with the standard downward drift.

36. FANTASTIC FOUR
04/07 #537 - 62,940
04/08 #545 - 74,700
04/09 #556 - 65,013
04/10 #578 - 37,940
=====
04/11 #2 - 72,897 ( -39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 ( +52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 ( -30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 ( -11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth ( -12.5%)
1 year ( -41.9%)
2 year ( +11.7%)
3 year ( -34.8%)
4 year ( -43.3%)
5 year ( -32.7%)

Very solid sales over the last few months – though it’s perhaps worth bearing in mind that #604 was an extra-sized issue, and #605 has a variant.

37. INCREDIBLE HULK
04/07 #105 - 53,256
04/08 #3 - 100,167
04/09 #11 - 82,726
04/10 ---
=====
04/11 #626 - 29,782 ( -0.0%)
04/11 #627 - 30,788 ( +3.3%)
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
6 mnth ( -60.4%)
1 year ( +41.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -49.1%)
4 year ( -57.9%)
5 year ( -20.9%)

This has a variant cover, for the first time since issue #4.

38. CAPTAIN AMERICA
04/07 ---
04/08 #37 - 80,635
04/09 #49 - 63,874
04/10 #605 - 59,051
=====
04/11 #617 - 45,400 ( +2.3%)
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( -8.6%)
2 year ( -29.8%)
3 year ( -35.1%)
4 year ( -48.6%)
5 year ( --- )

Gentle decline, slightly mitigated by a variant cover.

40. SECRET SERVICE [Icon]
04/12 #1 of 7 - 39,505

Another very respectable debut for another Mark Millar creator-owned book. With his consistent ability to launch this sort of title at this sort of sales level, Millar almost seems to inhabit a parallel marketplace.

41. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 #1 - 56,426
04/12 #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)

Bearing in mind that issue #1 had a promotional overship, that’s not a bad second-issue drop. It remains to be seen where the book will level out, of course.

44,45. WOLVERINE
04/07 #53 - 98,441
04/08 #64 - 64,871
04/09 ---
04/10 #12 - 30,050
=====
04/11 #8 - 47,010 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth ( -5.0%)
1 year (-20.4%)
2 year (+24.6%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-42.3%)
5 year (-62.0%)

This book is turning into a pretty consistent seller;screen out the major variants and anniversary issues and it’s been hovering at 37-39K since August. Granted, it’s consistent at a level far below the levels the book was managing only a few years ago, but at least it’s solid.

46. FF
04/11 #2 - 72,897 (-39.8%)
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth (-22.9%)
1 year (-48.8%)

A slight uptick this month, though that may just reflect the fact that the March issue didn’t have a variant (in contrast to all the issues around it).

49. X-MEN
04/11 #10 - 50,553 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
6 mnth ( -9.9%)
1 year (-27.1%)

Variant cover.

51. X-MEN LEGACY
04/07 #198 - 74,841
04/08 #210 - 77,441
04/09 #223 - 71,935
04/10 #235 - 65,302
=====
04/11 #247 - 51,970 ( +8.5%)
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -6.2%)
1 year (-31.3%)
2 year (-45.3%)
3 year (-50.4%)
4 year (-53.9%)
5 year (-52.3%)

The usual very, very slow erosion. The book begins its AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover arc in May.

53,56. MIGHTY THOR
04/07 ---
04/08 ---
04/09 #601 - 79,626
04/10 #609 - 64,522
=====
04/11 #1 - 82,071 (+94.9%)
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
6 mnth (-21.6%)
1 year (-58.0%)
2 year (-46.5%)
3 year (-56.7%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

The Point One issue seems to come in at the book’s normal levels, once account is taken of the downward trend. That’s at least an improvement from the lower numbers that Point Ones usually deliver. Marvel seem to have been a little more cautious of late with making sure that the Point One issues aren’t just random filler, and perhaps over time that’s starting to improve their image.

As for issue #13, it has a variant cover.

54. HULK
04/08 #3 - 100,167
04/09 #11 - 82,726
04/10 ---
=====
04/11 #32 - 30,652 ( -2.3%)
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
6 mnth (+35.0%)
1 year (+12.3%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-58.4%)
4 year (-65.6%)

A double-size anniversary issue with multiple variants. The usual pattern is that these spikes don’t last.

57. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)

58. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)

Two recent launches, both levelling out in the low 30K range. SCARLET SPIDER, in particular, seems to have found its level unusually quickly – a promising sign.

61. PUNISHER
04/07 #6 - 53,498
04/08 #18 - 29,565
04/09 #4 - 36,995
04/10 #16 - 23,047
=====
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #10 - 32,412 ( +45.2%)
6 mnth ( +25.4%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +40.6%)
3 year ( -12.4%)
4 year ( +9.6%)
5 year ( -39.4%)

The third and final “Omega Effect” crossover book – some way behind the others but with a massive 45% sales boost nonetheless.

62. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
04/07 #16 - 59,470
04/08 #28 - 35,754
04/09 #12 - 51,774
04/10 #25 - 73,694
=====
04/11 #503 - 45,314 ( +3.2%)
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
6 mnth (-16.3%)
1 year (-28.5%)
2 year (-56.0%)
3 year (-37.4%)
4 year ( -9.4%)
5 year (-45.5%)

Variant cover.

64. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
04/07 ---
04/08 ---
04/09 ---
04/10 ---
=====
04/11 #3 of 6 - 43,822 ( -0.7%)
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
6 mnth (-23.2%)
1 year (-28.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

The standard month-to-month decline continues.

65. ASTONISHING X-MEN
04/07 ---
04/08 ---
04/09 #29 - 67,774
04/10 ---
=====
04/11 ---
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
6 mnth ( -4.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-53.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Back to its regular sales levels, but they’re still looking pretty stable.

68. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA
01/12 #1 of 5 - 40,340
02/12 #2 of 5 - 34,286 (-15.0%)
03/12 #3 of 5 - 31,456 ( -8.3%)
04/12 #4 of 5 - 30,069 ( -4.4%)

Miles adrift from the parent title, but still better than a lot of X-Men minis have done in recent years – compare X-CLUB below. Again, cutting back the range of spin-off product is likely to be working in favour of those that remain.

69. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
04/07 #81 - 62,926
04/08 #93 - 49,107
04/09 ---
04/10 #2 - 47,996
=====
04/11 ---
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-33.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year (-38.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-39.4%)
5 year (-52.7%)

More gentle decline.

71. SUPERCROOKS [Icon]
03/12 #1 of 4 - 50,434
04/12 #2 of 4 - 29,402 (-41.7%)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 15,761, which is pretty much astronomical for a book selling at this level. The second-issue drop has to be seen against that background.

72. DEADPOOL
04/09 #9 - 48,483
04/10 #22 - 43,061
=====
04/11 #35 - 28,517 ( -5.9%)
04/11 #36 - 28,173 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
6 mnth ( +6.5%)
1 year ( +2.9%)
2 year (-31.9%)
3 year (-39.5%)

Now this is interesting. The “Dead” storyline that began in issue #50 got a promotional push to launch it but otherwise has been left to its own devices;no variant covers here. It seems to be gaining sales on its own momentum.

73,77. VENOM
04/11 #2 - 41,006 (-30.4%)
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth (-11.9%)
1 year (-30.6%)

Nice solid sales here, as the book remains locked at around the 28K mark with its regular issues.

76. CARNAGE, U.S.A.
12/11 #1 of 5 - 37,620
01/12 #2 of 5 - 30,378 (-19.3%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 28,272 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 28,707 ( +1.5%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 28,652 ( -0.2%)

Another book that’s been very solid after the initial drop.

78. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)

This, on the other hand, is losing readers rather more quickly than you’d like, five issues into its run. Not looking entirely healthy.

83. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND…
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth (-22.8%)

Gentle downward drift.

86. X-FACTOR
04/07 #18 - 37,851
04/08 #30 - 51,447
04/09 #42 - 32,000
04/10 #204 - 40,534
=====
04/11 #218 - 24,826 ( -1.2%)
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth ( +1.1%)
1 year ( -4.0%)
2 year (-41.2%)
3 year (-25.6%)
4 year (-53.7%)
5 year (-37.1%)

Solid as ever. This is the sort of book that may actually benefit creatively from cranking up the shipping schedule, what with its large cast, self-contained stories, and long-term storylines.

88. FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS
10/11 #1 of 12 - 59,464
11/11 #2 of 12 - 57,794 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #3 of 12 - 36,044 (-37.6%)
12/11 #4 of 12 - 31,491 (-12.6%)
12/11 #5 of 12 - 29,343 ( -6.8%)
01/12 #6 of 12 - 26,700 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #7 of 12 - 26,167 ( -2.0%)
02/12 #8 of 12 - 24,394 ( -6.8%)
02/12 #9 of 12 - 24,423 ( +0.1%)
03/12 #10 of 12 - 23,629 ( -3.3%)
03/12 #11 of 12 - 23,211 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #12 of 12 - 23,210 ( -0.0%)

And with that, 2011’s FEAR ITSELF crossover finally concludes.

92. AVENGERS ACADEMY
04/11 #12 - 23,578 ( -0.2%)
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
6 mnth ( -4.6%)
1 year ( -5.3%)

The very slight uptick on issues #27-28 is presumably attributable to a guest appearance from the Runaways, since there’s no other apparent reason for it. An AVX tie-in arc begins next month.

93,96. NEW MUTANTS
04/10 #12 - 49,591
=====
04/11 #24 - 38,701 ( +2.8%)
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
04/12 #40 - 21,343 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #41 - 21,012 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-17.2%)
1 year (-45.7%)
2 year (-57.6%)

Another book with very, very slow drift. NEW MUTANTS isn’t participating in AVENGERS VS X-MEN;instead, it’s doing its own crossover with JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY in May.

94. MOON KNIGHT
04/07 #9 - 69,196
04/08 #17 - 27,808
04/09 #29 - 22,689
04/10 #7 - 20,718
=====
04/11 ---
05/11 #1 - 49,018 (+167.6%)
06/11 #2 - 35,333 ( -27.9%)
07/11 #3 - 33,781 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #4 - 30,237 ( -10.5%)
09/11 #5 - 28,423 ( -6.0%)
10/11 #6 - 27,493 ( -3.3%)
11/11 #7 - 27,062 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #8 - 24,626 ( -9.0%)
01/12 #9 - 22,872 ( -7.1%)
02/12 #10 - 21,986 ( -3.9%)
03/12 #11 - 21,581 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #12 - 21,185 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -22.9%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +2.3%)
3 year ( -6.6%)
4 year ( -23.8%)
5 year ( -69.4%)

Cancelled. MOON KNIGHT had a high-profile (and thus presumably expensive) creative team, so the economics likely differ from the other books at this level.

95. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
04/11 #622 - 43,925
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth (-23.7%)
1 year (-51.9%)

Going into a crossover with NEW MUTANTS next month. There’s a link-up with THOR after that. Marvel are certainly trying to draw some attention to the book (which is frequently excellent).

100,103. THUNDERBOLTS
04/07 #113 - 65,092
04/08 ---
04/09 #131 - 49,155
04/10 #143 - 35,656
=====
04/11 #156 - 25,117 ( -6.0%)
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth (-19.8%)
1 year (-24.3%)
2 year (-46.7%)
3 year (-61.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-70.8%)

Heading for a relaunch as DARK AVENGERS with issue #175.

119. BRILLIANT [Icon]
09/11 #1 - 28,951
10/11 ---
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #2 - 19,319 (-33.3%)
02/12 ---
03/12 ---
04/12 #3 - 16,026 (-17.0%)

Drifting off the radar, I think.

124. BATTLE SCARS
11/11 #1 of 6 - 32,222
12/11 #2 of 6 - 21,702 (-32.6%)
01/12 #3 of 6 - 18,102 (-16.6%)
02/12 #4 of 6 - 16,753 ( -7.5%)
03/12 #5 of 6 - 15,481 ( -7.6%)
04/12 #6 of 6 - 15,011 ( -3.0%)

Not exactly a big hit, but at least it stabilised. Apparently this book does actually have some lasting effects on other storylines (by revamping Nick Fury), so perhaps it’ll get some attention after the fact.

128,131. MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS PRELUDE
03/12 #1 of 4 - 19,829
03/12 #2 of 4 - 17,975 ( -9.3%)
04/12 #3 of 4 - 14,442 (-19.7%)
04/12 #4 of 4 - 14,070 ( -2.6%)

Move tie-in. These books never sell that well in the direct market.

133. DARK TOWER: WAY STATION
04/07 Gunslinger #3 - 149,168
04/08 Long Road Home #2 - 103,029
04/09 Sorcerer #1 - 39,210
04/10 Jericho Hill #5 - 25,896
=====
04/11 #5 of 5 - 17,283 ( -1.2%)
05/11 ---
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 13,987 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 13,823 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-11.5%)
1 year (-20.0%)
2 year (-46.6%)
3 year (-64.7%)
4 year (-86.6%)
5 year (-90.7%)

Keeping its standard sales pattern.

140. AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES
04/12 #1 - 12,874

A new all-ages title, this time (logically enough) based on the animated version of the Avengers. It’s corporate synergy, but it makes a lot of sense.

141. TWELVE
12/07 #0 of 12 - 20,218
01/08 #1 of 12 - 40,199 (+98.8%)
04/08 #2 of 12 - 32,403 (-19.4%)
04/08 #3 of 12 - 32,729 ( +1.0%)
04/08 #4 of 12 - 29,729 ( -9.2%)
05/08 #5 of 12 - 29,876 ( +0.5%)
06/08 #6 of 12 - 29,303 ( -1.9%)
07/08 ---
08/08 #7 of 12 - 27,585 ( -5.9%)
09/08 ---
10/08 #8 of 12 - 25,985 ( -5.8%)
---
02/12 #9 of 12 - 13,915 (-46.4%)
02/12 #10 of 12 - 12,930 ( -7.1%)
03/12 #11 of 12 - 12,819 ( -0.9%)
04/12 #12 of 12 - 12,808 ( -0.0%)

At least now they can get that collected edition out.

154. X-CLUB
12/11 #1 of 5 - 17,552
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,219 (-19.0%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 12,911 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 11,979 ( -7.2%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 11,551 ( -3.6%)

Pretty much under the radar.

159. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 #1 - 10,886

The other new all-ages book, also based on an animated series – and not to be confused with the other ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, which is technically called ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN these days. Marvel is also soliciting the books under the MARVEL UNIVERSE banner, in reference to the universe in which they aren’t set. I cannot help but wonder whether all this is needlessly confusing.

Regardless, both of the new all-ages books launch with significantly increased sales compared to the titles they replaced – which normally hovered right at the bottom end of the top 300.

184. AVENGERS: THE COMING OF THE AVENGERS!
04/12 One-shot - 9,138

A reprint of AVENGERS #1. Decent number for that sort of book.

235. HALO: FALL OF REACH - INVASION
04/09 #4 of 4 - 25,812
04/10 ---
=====
04/11 #1 of 4 - 8,313 ( -1.5%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
10/11 #4 of 4 - 7,142 ( -2.4%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #1 of 4 - 7,155 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #2 of 4 - 6,446 ( -9.9%)
03/12 ---
04/12 #3 of 4 - 6,224 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)
1 year (-25.1%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-75.9%)

236. CASANOVA: AVARITIA [Icon]
04/11 #4 of 4 - 5,808 ( -5.6%)
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 4 - 7,059 (+21.5%)
10/11 #2 of 4 - 6,483 ( -8.2%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 ---
02/12 ---
03/12 ---
04/12 #3 of 4 - 6,159 ( -5.0%)

Standard declines for both of these erratically scheduled titles.

239. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: HOOKY
04/12 One-shot - 6,112

A reprint of MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #22, originally published in 1986.

241. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
04/11 Thor - 9,251 (+72.8%)
05/11 X-Men - 8,228 (-11.1%)
06/11 Captain America - 6,311 (-23.3%)
07/11 ---
08/11 Fellowship of Fear - 10,448 (+65.6%)
09/11 FF - 6,761 (-35.3%)
10/11 Vampires - 5,220 (-22.8%)
11/11 History o/t MU - 7,284 (+39.5%)
12/11 Defenders - 4,736 (-35.0%)
01/12 ---
02/12 ---
03/12 ---
04/12 Avengers - 6,071 (+28.2%)

Tie-in issue for the movie. No further issues have been solicited, so this would appear to be the end of the series. Bearing in mind that the HANDBOOK has been running almost continually since 2004, it’s had a run many actual comics would envy.

261. JOHN CARTER: GODS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 ( -64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 ( -13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 4,998 ( -5.4%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #1 of 5 - 11,896 (+138.0%)
04/12 #2 of 5 - 5,254 ( -55.8%)

264. TOY STORY
03/12 #1 of 4 - 6,564
04/12 #2 of 4 - 5,034 (-23.3%)

Adaptations. And one Marvel comic missed the charts in April: FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE #5.

6 month comparisons
===================

+35.0% - Hulk
+25.4% - Punisher
+17.0% - Daredevil
+16.0% - Uncanny X-Men
+15.2% - Secret Avengers
+11.5% - Avengers
+11.2% - New Avengers
+ 6.5% - Deadpool
+ 1.1% - X-Factor
- 0.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 3.3% - X-Force
- 4.1% - Astonishing X-Men
- 4.6% - Avengers Academy
- 5.0% - Wolverine
- 6.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 9.9% - X-Men
-11.9% - Venom
-12.5% - Fantastic Four
-12.9% - Halo
-16.3% - Iron Man
-16.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-17.2% - New Mutants
-19.8% - Thunderbolts
-21.6% - Thor
-22.8% - Captain America And...
-22.9% - FF
-22.9% - Moon Knight
-23.2% - Ultimates
-23.7% - Journey into Mystery
-33.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-34.8% - Wolverine and the X-Men
-60.4% - Incredible Hulk
-90.7% - Dark Tower

1 year comparisons
==================

+41.5% - Incredible Hulk
+30.7% - Uncanny X-Men
+12.3% - Hulk
+ 3.5% - Avengers
+ 2.9% - Deadpool
+ 0.3% - New Avengers
- 1.6% - Secret Avengers
- 4.0% - X-Factor
- 5.3% - Avengers Academy
- 6.7% - X-Force
- 6.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 8.6% - Captain America
-14.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-20.4% - Wolverine
-24.3% - Thunderbolts
-25.1% - Halo
-27.1% - X-Men
-28.5% - Iron Man
-28.5% - Ultimates
-30.6% - Venom
-31.3% - X-Men Legacy
-41.9% - Fantastic Four
-45.7% - New Mutants
-48.8% - FF
-51.9% - Journey into Mystery
-58.0% - Thor
-86.6% - Dark Tower

2 year comparisons
==================

+40.6% - Punisher
+24.6% - Wolverine
+23.1% - Daredevil
+11.7% - Fantastic Four
+ 9.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 7.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 2.3% - Moon Knight
- 5.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-17.9% - New Avengers
-25.0% - X-Force
-29.8% - Captain America
-31.9% - Deadpool
-38.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-41.2% - X-Factor
-45.3% - X-Men Legacy
-46.5% - Thor
-46.6% - Dark Tower
-46.7% - Thunderbolts
-56.0% - Iron Man
-57.6% - New Mutants

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 2.5% - Daredevil
- 5.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 6.6% - Moon Knight
- 8.6% - Uncanny X-Men
-11.6% - X-Force
-12.4% - Punisher
-25.6% - X-Factor
-34.1% - New Avengers
-34.8% - Fantastic Four
-35.1% - Captain America
-37.4% - Iron Man
-39.5% - Deadpool
-49.1% - Incredible Hulk
-50.4% - X-Men Legacy
-53.8% - Astonishing X-Men
-56.7% - Thor
-58.4% - Hulk
-61.3% - Thunderbolts
-64.7% - Dark Tower
-75.9% - Halo

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 9.6% - Punisher
- 9.4% - Iron Man
-22.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-23.8% - Moon Knight
-25.2% - Uncanny X-Men
-25.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
-39.4% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-40.9% - X-Force
-42.3% - Wolverine
-43.3% - Fantastic Four
-43.9% - New Avengers
-48.6% - Captain America
-53.7% - X-Factor
-53.9% - X-Men Legacy
-57.9% - Incredible Hulk
-65.6% - Hulk
-86.6% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

- 0.2% - Daredevil
-14.5% - Uncanny X-Men
-20.9% - Incredible Hulk
-32.7% - Fantastic Four
-37.1% - X-Factor
-39.4% - Punisher
-39.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-45.5% - Iron Man
-50.6% - New Avengers
-52.3% - X-Men Legacy
-52.7% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-62.0% - Wolverine
-69.4% - Moon Knight
-70.8% - Thunderbolts
-90.7% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/06/05/ma ... pril-2012/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: [size=150]May 2012[/size]

by Paul O’Brien

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover continued in May, while NEW MUTANTS and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY had their own little private event with “Exiled”. There’s also the launch of the new FURY MAX title, the weekly mini HULK SMASH AVENGERS, more flogging of the undead horse with MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY!, and the return of Icon’s TAKIO.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, though by a smaller than usual margin – they led DC by 39% to 37% in unit share, and 35% to 33% in dollar terms.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

1,2. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 #0 of 12 - 156,270
04/12 #1 of 12 - 246,624 (+57.8%)
04/12 #2 of 12 - 181,973 (-26.2%)
05/12 #3 of 12 - 175,695 ( -3.4%)
05/12 #4 of 12 - 178,330 ( +1.5%)

It’s a hit, and a big one. Earlier issues continue to pick up reorders – issue #0 adds 9,372, issue #1 adds 16,462, and issue #2 adds a mighty 23,323. As usual, those numbers are added in to the totals shown above.

That means that in terms of first month sales, the book has actually increased its audience two issues running. Ignore the re-orders, and issue #3 would be showing a remarkable 10.7% rise. That’s highly unusual for any miniseries, even a major event, and it says that there’s a real demand for this that exceeded retailer expectations.

As we’ll see below, the tie-in issues also continue to perform well. An interesting question is how far Marvel have benefitted from the decision to scale back the tie-ins this time. It might feel like there are tons, but in fact there’s only one miniseries, and the crossover doesn’t extend to any of the Avengers’ solo titles, or to X-MEN, ASTONISHING X-MEN or WOLVERINE. They could have gone a lot further.

I have a pet theory that if you make your crossovers too big, readers just decide that they’ll never be able to read the whole thing, so they just cherry pick the books they really want. Pitch it a bit smaller, and you may actually get more readers picking up extra titles in order to get the whole thing. It’s a thought, anyway.

6. AVX: VS
04/12 #1 of 6 - 111,913
05/12 #2 of 6 - 98,819 (-11.7%)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 8,477, which are included above. Without those reorders, the month-to-month drop would be a mere 4.5% – an incredibly small drop for any title. Even with the reorders factored in, the drop is modest.

14. UNCANNY X-MEN
05/07 #486 - 81,965
05/08 #498 - 82,090
05/09 #510 - 75,139
05/10 #524 - 77,056
=====
05/11 #537 - 53,716 ( +0.4%)
06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
04/12 #10 - 56,906 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #11 - 75,109 (+32.0%)
05/12 #12 - 69,265 ( -7.8%)
6 mnth ( -4.4%)
1 year (+28.9%)
2 year (-10.1%)
3 year ( -7.8%)
4 year (-15.6%)
5 year (-15.5%)

All that being said, you will note that Marvel’s highest-selling ongoing book isn’t in the top ten, ranking behind the three AVX issues and ten DC titles. Still, those ten titles include the first issues of BATMAN INCORPORATED and EARTH 2, as well as the BATMAN ANNUAL, so it’s not a typical month.

UNCANNY X-MEN is (naturally) part of the crossover. April’s issue #11 picks up reorders of 5,234, so the first-month sales are actually holding up very well.

15. AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 163,867
=====
05/11 #13 - 68,086 (+12.6%)
06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
05/12 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
6 mnth (+19.6%)
1 year ( -0.5%)
2 year (-58.7%)

Second month of the AvX tie-in arc, and sales continue to grow.

16,18. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
6 mnth (-22.1%)

A similar pattern here;it’s the second month of the crossover arc, and while sales aren’t up, they’re virtually unchanged from the initial surge.

17. NEW AVENGERS
05/07 #30 - 126,425
05/08 #41 - 109,185
05/09 #53 - 94,367
05/10 Finale - 76,918
=====
05/11 #12 - 60,328 ( -2.3%)
06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #26 - 64,326 ( +3.8%)
6 mnth (+18.1%)
1 year ( +6.6%)
2 year (-16.4%)
3 year (-31.8%)
4 year (-41.1%)
5 year (-49.1%)

More of the crossover. You know the drill by now.

25,26. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
05/07 #540 - 119,662
05/08 #560 - 74,012
05/09 #593 - 58,363
05/10 #632 - 56,723
=====
05/11 #660 - 58,249 ( -0.0%)
05/11 #661 - 59,087 ( +1.4%)
05/11 #662 - 55,883 ( -5.4%)
06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( +1.1%)
1 year ( +0.2%)
2 year ( +2.8%)
3 year ( -0.0%)
4 year ( -21.2%)
5 year ( -51.2%)

The highest placed title not connected with AVX. This continues the “Ends of the Earth” storyline that began in issue #682. Sales remain significantly up from the book’s usual level in the low 50K range. This arc is working.

27. ASTONISHING X-MEN
05/07 #21 - 120,495
05/08 GS1 - 105,508
05/09 ---
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 #37 - 38,513 (-13.1%)
05/11 #38 - 37,580 ( -2.4%)
06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 #50 - 57,931 (+85.1%)
6 mnth (+77.0%)
1 year (+50.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-45.1%)
5 year (-51.9%)

Sales on ASTONISHING X-MEN haven’t been this high since September 2009. It’s not part of the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover;instead, it’s the heavily-promoted gay wedding storyline, which began in issue #48, and has the proposal this issue. The wedding is in issue #51, and no doubt the sales surge will continue.

29. X-FORCE
05/08 #4 - 80,175
05/09 #15 - 58,340
05/10 #27 - 62,509
=====
05/11 #9 - 51,726 ( +1.6%)
05/11 #10 - 50,676 ( -2.0%)
06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( -0.2%)
1 year ( -1.7%)
2 year (-18.7%)
3 year (-12.8%)
4 year (-36.6%)

A very solid seller, outperforming several of the regular X-Men titles even in the midst of the AVX crossover.

32. SECRET AVENGERS
05/10 #1 - 106,750
=====
05/11 #13 - 51,936 (+12.5%)
06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
6 mnth (+21.0%)
1 year ( -4.0%)
2 year (-53.3%)

Back to AVX, and issue #26 picks up re-orders of 5,012. First-month sales are actually marginally up.

37,42. X-MEN LEGACY
05/07 #199 - 75,996
05/08 #212 - 74,033
05/09 #224 - 54,008
05/10 #236 - 64,850
=====
05/11 #248 - 46,083 (-11.3%)
05/11 #249 - 45,063 ( -2.2%)
06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 #266 - 43,199 (+21.0%)
05/12 #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
6 mnth (+10.3%)
1 year ( +0.4%)
2 year (-28.6%)
3 year (-14.3%)
4 year (-37.5%)
5 year (-39.1%)

X-MEN LEGACY joins the crossover a month late, and immediately sees a sales surge. Granted, it’s a surge that mainly just cancels out the book’s decline of the previous year – but it’s still a big climb from last month.

41. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 #1 - 100,883
04/12 #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)

The one Avengers title to skip the crossover is kind of getting lost in the shuffle now that the movie tie-in angle is behind us. The theory here, of course, was supposed to be that this would be the standalone book for new readers brought in by the movie. I wonder whether this may have backfired;movies never seem to have much impact on sales beyond the first month, and the promotion implicitly says that this is the Avengers title you can safely skip.

44. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
05/07 #109 - 72,478
05/08 #122 - 55,759
05/09 #132 - 50,144
05/10 #10 - 39,690
=====
05/11 #158 - 47,941 ( -5.8%)
06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth ( -17.8%)
1 year ( -11.6%)
2 year ( +6.7%)
3 year ( -15.5%)
4 year ( -24.0%)
5 year ( -41.6%)

At long last, we reach a book on the (usually) standard downward drift. ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #4 is listed as having re-orders of 5,791, but since it came out months ago, that’s more likely to be Marvel dumping stock, and I haven’t included those copies in the numbers above.

45,59. INCREDIBLE HULK
05/07 #106 - 110,192
05/08 ---
05/09 ---
05/10 #609 - 46,670
=====
05/11 #628 - 28,822 ( -6.4%)
05/11 #629 - 28,103 ( -2.5%)
06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 #7.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
6 mnth ( -47.5%)
1 year ( +46.0%)
2 year ( -9.8%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -61.8%)

The Point One issue tails in some way behind the regular issues, as per usual. On the whole, the book seems to be hovering in the low 40K range.

46. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL
05/12 #39 - 41,879

About 17K behind the main title, but considering that it’s an old-fashion stand-alone one-shot by a guest creative team, I’d say it’s a surprisingly high number.

49,51. FANTASTIC FOUR
05/07 #546 - 72,173
05/08 #557 - 62,736
05/09 #566 - 46,653
05/10 #579 - 38,415
=====
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth (-45.9%)
1 year (-40.3%)
2 year ( +3.9%)
3 year (-14.4%)
4 year (-36.4%)
5 year (-44.7%)

Another Point One, and the same deal applies. There’s a notable drop from issues #605 to #606, but that’s partly explained by the fact that #605 had a variant cover and #604 was an extra-size special.

53,55. DAREDEVIL
05/07 #97 - 47,200
05/08 #107 - 40,418
05/09 ---
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 #4 of 4 - 26,179 ( -3.9%)
06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
03/12 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #11 - 46,111 ( +19.9%)
05/12 #12 - 39,231 ( -14.9%)
05/12 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth ( +2.0%)
1 year ( +49.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -3.4%)
5 year ( -17.3%)

Back to regular sales after last month’s “Omega Effect” crossover. It’s nice to see that, blips aside, the book has been sitting comfortably in the 37K-40K range since issue #3 – sometimes quality really does draw an audience.

56,58. CAPTAIN AMERICA
05/07 #26 - 126,449
05/08 #38 - 79,350
05/09 #50 - 66,928
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 #618 - 44,748 ( -1.4%)
06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth ( -28.4%)
1 year ( -13.3%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -42.0%)
4 year ( -51.1%)
5 year ( -69.3%)

Standard drift.

60. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
6 mnth (-66.1%)

Back to regular sales after last month’s “Omega Effect” crossover. Issue #2 is shown with re-orders of 5,584, but since that’s the middle chapter of a three-part story that came out last Christmas, I’m assuming Marvel are just dumping stock, and so the numbers aren’t added in above.

61,64. X-MEN
05/11 #11 - 46,519 ( -8.0%)
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth (-11.1%)
1 year (-23.7%)

Standard sales, though the book’s been very steady since February.

66,70. WOLVERINE
05/07 #54 - 96,082
05/08 #65 - 62,451
05/09 #2 - 59,192
05/10 #13 - 29,773
=====
05/11 #9 - 44,635 ( -5.1%)
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -9.2%)
1 year (-22.7%)
2 year (+15.8%)
3 year (-41.7%)
4 year (-44.8%)
5 year (-64.1%)

No variant covers this month, so it’s understandable that sales are slightly lower.

69. FF
05/11 #3 - 66,885 ( -8.2%)
05/11 #4 - 60,571 ( -9.4%)
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
6 mnth (-30.1%)
1 year (-48.3%)

Continuing its general drift. The April issue had a variant cover.

73. THOR
05/07 ---
05/08 #9 - 87,101
05/09 ---
05/10 #610 - 61,779
=====
05/11 #2 - 50,473 (-38.5%)
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
6 mnth (-20.0%)
1 year (-35.5%)
2 year (-47.3%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-62.6%)
5 year ( --- )

Again, the April issue had a variant cover;generally, it’s a steady but slow drift.

74. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 #1 - 56,426
04/12 #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)

Mmm, that’s dropping quite fast for a third issue. Still, it’s got some leeway to level out.

76,78. IRON MAN
05/07 #17 - 63,328
05/08 #1 - 105,864
05/09 #13 - 51,311
05/10 #26 - 53,625
=====
05/11 #504 - 44,791 ( -1.2%)
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth (-17.3%)
1 year (-29.6%)
2 year (-41.2%)
3 year (-38.5%)
4 year (-70.2%)
5 year (-50.2%)

A marginal uptick on this month’s second issue, for no readily apparent reason;issue #515 had a variant, so overall the book has been holding steady since March.

79,80. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
05/07 #13 - 105,745
05/08 ---
05/09 ---
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 #4 of 6 - 43,707 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth (-20.3%)
1 year (-28.3%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-70.4%)

Slightly up with issue #11, and again there’s no obvious reason for it. The book seems steady right now.

81. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)

The April issue had a variant, so the general trend is a bit more steady than it appears.

82. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #5 - 30,646 ( -8.6%)

Same deal here;a variant in April explains the erratic drops.

84,92. VENOM
05/11 #3 - 40,634 ( -0.9%)
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
6 mnth (-12.9%)
1 year (-30.3%)

Two issues this month, and issue #17 has a variant cover. That aside, sales have been pretty steady since the start of the year.

85,88. DEADPOOL
05/09 #10 - 56,123
05/10 #23 - 42,761
=====
05/11 #37 - 28,002 ( -0.6%)
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth (-10.5%)
1 year ( -3.6%)
2 year (-32.1%)
3 year (-48.3%)

The current storyline seems to be working – sales are consistently up ever since issue #50.

86,87. AVENGERS ACADEMY
05/11 #13 - 24,840 ( +5.4%)
05/11 #14 - 23,537 ( -5.2%)
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
05/12 #29 - 29,460 (+31.9%)
05/12 #30 - 29,213 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth (+29.7%)
1 year (+17.6%)

Another book joins the AVX crossover, and while it’s on the periphery of the event, it’s still a huge sales boost for the title.

89,90. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
05/07 #82 - 62,063
05/08 #94 - 49,779
05/09 ---
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 ---
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth (-27.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-42.1%)
5 year (-53.5%)

Another slight uptick for no apparent reason, which seems like a good sign.

91. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN: ALPHA &OMEGA
01/12 #1 of 5 - 40,340
02/12 #2 of 5 - 34,286 (-15.0%)
03/12 #3 of 5 - 31,456 ( -8.3%)
04/12 #4 of 5 - 30,069 ( -4.4%)
05/12 #5 of 5 - 28,609 ( -4.9%)

Comparatively speaking, a good number for an X-Men miniseries – though you can see Marvel’s point that just shipping the same story as extra issues of the regular title would have done even better.

93. SECRET SERVICE [Icon]
04/12 #1 of 7 - 39,505
05/12 #2 of 7 - 28,265 (-28.5%)

Reasonable enough for a second issue drop.

95. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH
05/12 One-shot - 27,347

This is a tie-in to the current AMAZING SPIDER-MAN arc, in which Union Jack and Big Hero Six fight other parts of Dr Octopus’ scheme. It was always going to be one for the completists.

97. SUPERCROOKS [Icon]
03/12 #1 of 4 - 50,434
04/12 #2 of 4 - 29,402 (-41.7%)
05/12 #3 of 4 - 26,969 ( -8.3%)

Levelling out nicely.

99. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)
05/12 #6 - 25,518 ( -8.5%)

The numbers clearly aren’t great. But this is the first issue without a variant cover, so the drop ought to be exaggerated.

101. EXILED
05/12 One-shot - 24,686

102,105. NEW MUTANTS
05/09 #1 - 60,972
05/10 #13 - 49,583
=====
05/11 #25 - 34,724 (-10.3%)
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
04/12 #40 - 21,343 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #41 - 21,012 ( -1.6%)
05/12 #42 - 24,572 (+16.9%)
05/12 #43 - 24,160 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( -6.5%)
1 year (-30.4%)
2 year (-51.3%)
3 year (-60.4%)

103,110. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
05/11 #623 - 39,003 (-11.2%)
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-12.5%)
1 year (-39.1%)

A one-month, five-issue crossover between NEW MUTANTS and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY – two issues of each title, plus a prologue one-shot. Both titles get the usual boost.

106,107. X-FACTOR
05/07 #19 - 37,898
05/08 #31 - 48,231
05/09 #43 - 31,543
05/10 #205 - 41,745
=====
05/11 #219 - 24,766 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth ( +1.2%)
1 year ( -3.0%)
2 year (-42.4%)
3 year (-23.8%)
4 year (-50.2%)
5 year (-36.6%)

Marginally up from April, but the main story is that X-FACTOR sales just don’t budge from that very narrow range it’s been in all year.

109,113. CAPTAIN AMERICA ANDÉ
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
6 mnth (-25.6%)

Still losing sales, and I’m not convinced a rotating team-up format is going to change that.

112. PUNISHER
05/07 #7 - 75,360
05/08 #19 - 29,906
05/09 ---
05/10 ---
=====
05/11 ---
06/11 ---
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #10 - 32,412 ( +45.2%)
05/12 #11 - 23,303 ( -28.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.3%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -22.1%)
5 year ( -69.1%)

Back to regular sales after the “Omega Effect” crossover. There’s a very slight residual gain.

117,120. HULK
05/09 #12 - 73,105
05/10 #22 - 49,618
=====
05/11 #33 - 32,273 ( +5.3%)
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
05/12 #51 - 22,085 (-35.9%)
05/12 #52 - 21,882 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-11.0%)
1 year (-32.2%)
2 year (-55.9%)
3 year (-70.1%)

Similar story here – it’s a swift return to normal sales after April’s anniversary issue.

124,130. FURY MAX [Max]
05/12 #1 - 20,620
05/12 #2 - 19,021 (-7.8%)

A new series from the Max imprint, originally solicited as a mini, but now apparently upgraded to full ongoing status. The Max imprint presumably operates by different rules from the rest of the line – either that or Garth Ennis’s stories are known to do well in other channels.

131. THUNDERBOLTS
05/07 #114 - 66,309
05/08 #120 - 38,330
05/09 #132 - 43,911
05/10 #144 - 33,276
=====
05/11 #157 - 25,063 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #158 - 28,422 (+13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-17.1%)
1 year (-25.0%)
2 year (-43.5%)
3 year (-57.2%)
4 year (-51.0%)
5 year (-71.7%)

Relaunches as DARK AVENGERS in June.

140,151,153,158,162. HULK SMASH AVENGERS
05/12 #1 of 5 - 17,434
05/12 #2 of 5 - 15,342 (-12.0%)
05/12 #3 of 5 - 15,750 ( +2.7%)
05/12 #4 of 5 - 14,625 ( -7.1%)
05/12 #5 of 5 - 14,387 ( -1.6%)

One of those weekly minis that you have to assume somebody in the Marvel offices was passionate about, since it was clearly going to struggle for attention in the midst of an Avengers crossover event. And yes, issue #3 did sell better than issue #2.

148,155. MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY!
05/12 #1 of 5 - 16,375
05/12 #2 of 5 - 15,072 (-8.0%)

Surely the bubble has finally burst on this franchise now?

160. MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS: THE AVENGERS INITIATIVE
05/12 One-shot - 14,440

165,171. AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW STRIKES
05/12 #1 of 3 - 13,682
05/12 #2 of 3 - 12,404 (-9.3%)

Movie prequels.

170. POWERS [Icon]
02/12 #8 - 13,561
03/12 #9 - 12,792 (-5.7%)
04/12 ---
05/12 #10 - 12,484 (-2.4%)

Heading for another relaunch. (I’d list earlier months and years as usual but, such is the book’s erratic shipping schedule, there aren’t any. POWERS hasn’t come out in May within the last five years, and issue #7 shipped way back in March 2011.)

189. TAKIO [Icon]
05/12 #1 - 9,793

The follow-up to last year’s all-ages graphic novel;it’s probably a safe assumption that creators Brian Bendis and Michael Oeming are not relying on the direct market for this project.

235. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 #1 - 10,886
05/12 #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)

That’s a big second issue drop but it’s still ahead of the previous all-ages books (which were doing below 5,000). The same goes for sister title AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES.

238,241. DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ
05/09 #6 of 8 - 15,774
05/10 #6 of 8 - 12,366
=====
05/11 #6 of 8 - 8,753 ( -0.5%)
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #5 of 8 - 7,503 ( -2.5%)
03/12 ---
04/12 ---
05/12 #6 of 8 - 7,475 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #7 of 8 - 7,391 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth (-11.8%)
1 year (-15.6%)
2 year (-40.2%)
3 year (-53.1%)

252. AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES
04/12 #1 - 12,874
05/12 #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)

261. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: PARALLEL LIVES
05/12 One-shot - 6,304

This is a reprint of a story originally published in the MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL series.

291. JOHN CARTER: GODS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 ( -64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 ( -13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 4,998 ( -5.4%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #1 of 5 - 11,896 (+138.0%)
04/12 #2 of 5 - 5,254 ( -55.8%)
05/12 #3 of 5 - 5,180 ( -1.4%)

And TOY STORY failed to make the top 300, implying estimated orders below 4,817.

6 month comparisons
===================

+77.0% - Astonishing X-Men
+29.7% - Avengers Academy
+21.0% - Secret Avengers
+19.6% - Avengers
+18.1% - New Avengers
+10.3% - X-Men Legacy
+ 2.0% - Daredevil
+ 1.2% - X-Factor
+ 1.1% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 0.2% - X-Force
- 4.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 6.5% - New Mutants
- 8.3% - Punisher
- 9.2% - Wolverine
-10.5% - Deadpool
-11.0% - Hulk
-11.1% - X-Men
-11.8% - Oz
-12.5% - Journey into Mystery
-12.9% - Venom
-17.1% - Thunderbolts
-17.3% - Iron Man
-17.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-20.0% - Thor
-20.3% - Ultimates
-22.1% - Wolverine and the X-Men
-25.6% - Captain America And...
-27.3% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-28.4% - Captain America
-30.1% - FF
-45.9% - Fantastic Four
-47.5% - Incredible Hulk
-66.1% - Avenging Spider-Man

1 year comparisons
==================

+50.4% - Astonishing X-Men
+49.2% - Daredevil
+46.0% - Incredible Hulk
+28.9% - Uncanny X-Men
+17.6% - Avengers Academy
+ 6.6% - New Avengers
+ 0.4% - X-Men Legacy
+ 0.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 0.5% - Avengers
- 1.7% - X-Force
- 3.0% - X-Factor
- 3.6% - Deadpool
- 4.0% - Secret Avengers
-11.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-13.3% - Captain America
-15.6% - Oz
-22.7% - Wolverine
-23.7% - X-Men
-25.0% - Thunderbolts
-28.3% - Ultimates
-29.6% - Iron Man
-30.3% - Venom
-30.4% - New Mutants
-32.2% - Hulk
-35.5% - Thor
-39.1% - Journey into Mystery
-40.3% - Fantastic Four
-48.3% - FF

2 year comparisons
==================

+15.8% - Wolverine
+ 6.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 3.9% - Fantastic Four
+ 2.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 9.8% - Incredible Hulk
-10.1% - Uncanny X-Men
-16.4% - New Avengers
-18.7% - X-Force
-28.6% - X-Men Legacy
-32.1% - Deadpool
-40.2% - Oz
-41.2% - Iron Man
-42.4% - X-Factor
-43.5% - Thunderbolts
-47.3% - Thor
-51.3% - New Mutants
-53.3% - Secret Avengers
-55.9% - Hulk
-58.7% - Avengers

3 year comparisons
==================

- 0.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 7.8% - Uncanny X-Men
-12.8% - X-Force
-14.3% - X-Men Legacy
-14.4% - Fantastic Four
-15.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-23.8% - X-Factor
-31.8% - New Avengers
-38.5% - Iron Man
-41.7% - Wolverine
-42.0% - Captain America
-48.3% - Deadpool
-53.1% - Oz
-57.2% - Thunderbolts
-60.4% - New Mutants
-70.1% - Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

- 3.4% - Daredevil
-15.6% - Uncanny X-Men
-21.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-22.1% - Punisher
-24.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-36.4% - Fantastic Four
-36.6% - X-Force
-37.5% - X-Men Legacy
-41.1% - New Avengers
-42.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-44.8% - Wolverine
-45.1% - Astonishing X-Men
-50.2% - X-Factor
-51.0% - Thunderbolts
-51.1% - Captain America
-62.6% - Thor
-70.2% - Iron Man

5 year comparisons
==================

-15.5% - Uncanny X-Men
-17.3% - Daredevil
-36.6% - X-Factor
-39.1% - X-Men Legacy
-41.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-44.7% - Fantastic Four
-49.1% - New Avengers
-50.2% - Iron Man
-51.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
-51.9% - Astonishing X-Men
-53.5% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-61.8% - Incredible Hulk
-64.1% - Wolverine
-69.1% - Punisher
-69.3% - Captain America
-70.4% - Ultimates
-71.7% - Thunderbolts

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/07/09/ma ... -may-2012/

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: [size=150]June 2012[/size]

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover continued to dominate Marvel’s schedule in June, but the month also saw another high profile release – the SPIDER-MEN miniseries, in which the original Spider-Man meets the new Ultimate Universe version of the character. The Icon imprint also launches a HIT-GIRL miniseries. And other than that, it’s a pretty quiet month for new releases, as often tends to be the case in the height of major crossovers.

Despite the sales boost from the summer crossover, it was a very close month in terms of market share in the North American direct market, with DC leading Marvel in unit terms by 38.2% to 37.8%, but Marvel leading in retail share by 33.8% to 33.0%. Effectively a tie, then. DC’s performance can be attributed in large part to all four BEFORE WATCHMEN titles landing in the top 10 with estimated sales of over 100K each.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for allowing us to use these figures.

1,2. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 #0 of 12 - 161,320
04/12 #1 of 12 - 253,938 (+57.4%)
04/12 #2 of 12 - 188,738 (-25.7%)
05/12 #3 of 12 - 179,521 ( -4.9%)
05/12 #4 of 12 - 182,255 ( +1.5%)
06/12 #5 of 12 - 190,705 ( +4.6%)
06/12 #6 of 12 - 186,555 ( -2.2%)

AVENGERS VS X-MEN continues to pile on the reorders. Deep breathÉ issue #0 adds 5,050, issue #1 adds 7,314, issue #2 adds 6,765, issue #3 adds 3,826, and issue #4 adds 3,925. All of those are added into the numbers above. Even allowing for those re-orders, June’s issue #5 still sees sales climb even further, giving the book its second-highest sales so far – presumably because the issue was billed as the end of act 1, with the Phoenix finally arriving. The series is a big hit.

9,20. SPIDER-MEN
06/12 #1 of 5 - 94,548
06/12 #2 of 5 - 68,283 (-27.8%)

Two issues in the first month, and a relatively hefty drop between them. That’s probably attributable to the first issue having one of those variant covers which is customised for each comic shop, a gimmick that still seems to get a response from retailers.

10. AVX: VS
04/12 #1 of 6 - 111,913
05/12 #2 of 6 - 98,819 (-11.7%)
06/12 #3 of 6 - 94,528 ( -4.3%)

Elbowed down the chart by the BEFORE WATCHMEN titles, the AVX secondary title nonetheless continues to sell in big quantities, outperforming all of Marvel’s regular books once again. When the crossover’s B-title (which openly promotes the fact that it contains nothing of importance to the plot whatsoever) is doing this well, something is clearly working.

12. ASTONISHING X-MEN
06/07 ---
06/08 ---
06/09 #30 - 64,408
06/10 #34 - 57,363
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06/11 #39 - 37,127 ( -1.2%)
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 #48 - 34,182 ( +12.1%)
04/12 #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 #50 - 61,866 ( +97.7%)
06/12 #51 - 82,654 ( +33.6%)
6 mnth (+163.3%)
1 year (+122.6%)
2 year ( +44.1%)
3 year ( +28.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

This is the gay wedding issue, following on from last month’s proposal, and sales are through the roof. Issue #50 picks up reorders of 3,935, which are added in above. Obviously, I wouldn’t put money on these sales being sustained in future – Northstar can’t get married every month – but it certainly shows Marvel were right to calculate that the cultural tipping point has arrived where the upside from doing a gay marriage story far outweighs any backlash that it might generate.

17,21. UNCANNY X-MEN
06/07 #487 - 81,471
06/08 #499 - 81,100
06/09 #511 - 71,148
06/10 #525 - 76,068
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06/11 #538 - 53,319 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #539 - 54,284 ( +1.8%)
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
04/12 #10 - 56,906 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #11 - 75,109 (+32.0%)
05/12 #12 - 69,265 ( -7.8%)
06/12 #13 - 70,521 ( +1.8%)
06/12 #14 - 67,793 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( +5.7%)
1 year (+27.1%)
2 year (-10.9%)
3 year ( -4.7%)
4 year (-16.4%)
5 year (-16.8%)

Back with the regular high-sellers, UNCANNY continues to see gains from the AVX crossover, even though its actual role in the storyline is relatively peripheral. The series ends with issue #20, being replaced by ALL-NEW X-MEN as part of the Marvel Now relaunch.

18. AVENGERS
06/10 #2 - 98,788
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06/11 #14 - 64,057 ( -5.9%)
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
05/12 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
06/12 #27 - 68,885 ( +1.7%)
6 mnth (+20.5%)
1 year ( +7.5%)
2 year (-30.3%)

The second month of AVX tie-in stories sees sales continue to grow, another sign of real momentum in the event.

23. NEW AVENGERS
06/07 #31 - 160,911
06/08 #42 - 108,495
06/09 #54 - 93,878
06/10 #1 - 129,084
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06/11 #13 - 57,682 ( -4.4%)
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #26 - 64,326 ( +3.8%)
06/12 #27 - 64,927 ( +0.9%)
6 mnth (+22.7%)
1 year (+12.6%)
2 year (-49.7%)
3 year (-30.8%)
4 year (-40.2%)
5 year (-59.7%)

A similar deal here, as NEW AVENGERS’ sales have returned to, and slightly exceeded, the level set by the first tie-in issue in April.

24. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
06/12 #12 - 64,838 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (+11.0%)

Pretty much solid at the 64-65K range ever since the crossover began.

25,27. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
06/07 #541 - 108,284
06/08 #563 - 70,792
06/09 #596 - 63,525
06/10 #635 - 56,146
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06/11 #663 - 57,040 ( +2.1%)
06/11 #664 - 54,808 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #687 - 62,680 ( +7.4%)
06/12 #688 - 60,409 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth ( +11.9%)
1 year ( +5.9%)
2 year ( +7.6%)
3 year ( -4.9%)
4 year ( -14.7%)
5 year ( -44.2%)

Issue #687 is the final part of “Ends of the Earth” and comes with 2 variants. Issue #688, which actually outsells most of that storyline, presumably benefits from starting a Lizard story intended to tie in with the film.

26. HIT-GIRL [Icon]
06/12 #1 of 5 - 60,409

Once again, Mark Millar gets sales on his creator-owned books that most creators would kill for. The previous series, KICK-ASS 2, debuted in October 2010 with sales of 65,279, so while there’s some erosion here, it’s really quite limited.

32. SECRET AVENGERS
06/10 #2 - 77,933
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06/11 #14 - 49,898 ( -3.9%)
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
06/12 #28 - 51,572 ( +3.5%)
6 mnth (+35.0%)
1 year ( +3.4%)
2 year (-33.8%)

Another AVX tie-in. Once again, it’s way ahead of regular sales and actually increasing month to month.

34,39. X-MEN LEGACY
06/07 #200 - 136,672
06/08 #213 - 71,893
06/09 #225 - 58,374
06/10 #237 - 65,578
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06/11 #250 - 45,070 ( +0.0%)
06/11 #251 - 43,479 ( -3.5%)
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 #266 - 43,199 (+21.0%)
05/12 #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
06/12 #268 - 49,163 ( +6.2%)
06/12 #269 - 46,923 ( -4.6%)
6 mnth (+23.7%)
1 year ( +4.1%)
2 year (-28.4%)
3 year (-19.6%)
4 year (-34.7%)
5 year (-65.7%)

And another AvX tie-in, with the expected sales bump. This series ends with issue #275 as part of the Marvel Now promotion, apparently with no specific title replacing it.

35. UNCANNY X-FORCE
06/08 ---
06/09 #16 - 58,818
06/10 ---
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06/11 #11 - 53,199 ( +5.0%)
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #26 - 47,522 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-14.1%)
1 year (-10.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-19.2%)
4 year ( --- )

The previous two issues had variant covers, so the overall picture is that sales on this title remain incredibly steady.

43. DAREDEVIL
06/07 #98 - 46,816
06/08 #108 - 39,557
06/09 #119 - 41,403
06/10 #507 - 34,744
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06/11 ---
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
03/12 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #11 - 46,111 ( +19.9%)
05/12 #12 - 39,231 ( -14.9%)
05/12 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
06/12 #14 - 43,865 ( +12.3%)
6 mnth ( +13.0%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +26.3%)
3 year ( +5.9%)
4 year ( +10.9%)
5 year ( -6.3%)

Two variant covers on this issue, which will have boosted the sales, but the overall picture remains very healthy – the current incarnation of DAREDEVIL has bucked the trend of eroding sales by settling almost immediately to the high 30K range and staying there.

45. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 #1 - 100,883
04/12 #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)
06/12 #4 - 43,022 ( -2.0%)

After the scary second-month drop, this book now seems to be levelling out quickly.

46. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
06/07 #110 - 73,646
06/08 #123 - 57,187
06/09 #133 - 57,364
06/10 #11 - 39,149
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06/11 #159 - 51,766 ( +8.0%)
06/11 #160 - 166,944 (+222.5%)
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
06/12 #11 - 42,549 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth ( -11.9%)
1 year ( -17.8%)
2 year ( +8.7%)
3 year ( -25.8%)
4 year ( -25.6%)
5 year ( -42.2%)

No apparent reason for that tiny uptick in sales, but it might be spillover from the SPIDER-MEN launch.

49,54. INCREDIBLE HULK
06/07 #107 - 106,931
06/08 #4 - 90,600
06/09 ---
06/10 #610 - 46,461
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06/11 #630 - 28,028 ( -0.3%)
06/11 #631 - 27,456 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 #7.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
06/12 #9 - 40,467 ( -3.8%)
06/12 #10 - 38,122 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth ( -17.9%)
1 year ( +36.0%)
2 year ( -17.9%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -57.9%)
5 year ( -64.3%)

The current run ends with issue #15, presumably to be relaunched as part of the Marvel Now promotion.

50. FANTASTIC FOUR
06/07 #547 - 69,610
06/08 #558 - 61,003
06/09 #567 - 46,225
06/10 #580 - 36,582
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06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
06/12 #607 - 40,453 ( +1.4%)
6 mnth (-20.8%)
1 year (-31.3%)
2 year (+10.6%)
3 year (-12.5%)
4 year (-33.7%)
5 year (-41.9%)

Set for a Marvel Now relaunch after issue #611. (Marvel are billing these as “final issues”, which displays an inventively flexible approach to the concept of finality.)

51. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
06/12 #8 - 39,861 ( +4.9%)
6 mnth (-34.3%)

This is an epilogue to the “Ends of the Earth” storyline running in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (or at least, the framing sequence is – the bulk of the issue is a flashback). That probably explains the sales jump.

52,63. DARK AVENGERS
06/07 #115 - 64,876
06/08 #121 - 37,693
06/09 #133 - 39,479
06/10 #145 - 31,999
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06/11 #158 - 28,422 ( +13.4%)
06/11 #159 - 27,463 ( -3.4%)
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
06/12 #175 - 39,532 (+110.4%)
06/12 #176 - 34,614 ( -12.4%)
6 mnth ( +63.5%)
1 year ( +21.8%)
2 year ( +8.2%)
3 year ( -12.3%)
4 year ( -8.2%)
5 year ( -46.6%)

This is the series formerly known as THUNDERBOLTS. The change of name reflects the addition to the cast of the characters who made up the Dark Avengers in the recent NEW AVENGERS arc, although in storyline terms, it’s very much a continuation of the existing title. As expected, sales are significantly up, though the big question will be where they settle over the next few months.

53. CAPTAIN AMERICA
06/07 #27 - 99,108
06/08 #39 - 79,387
06/09 #600 - 112,287
06/10 #607 - 52,989
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06/11 #619 - 44,796 ( +0.1%)
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
06/12 #13 - 39,456 ( +1.7%)
6 mnth ( -17.4%)
1 year ( -11.9%)
2 year ( -25.5%)
3 year ( -64.9%)
4 year ( -50.3%)
5 year ( -60.2%)

This month’s slight uptick is probably due to a variant cover. The book is due to be relaunched as part of the Marvel Now promotion following the “final” issue #19.

56,60. X-MEN
06/11 #12 - 45,786 ( -1.6%)
06/11 #13 - 44,665 ( -2.4%)
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
06/12 #30 - 37,690 ( +6.2%)
06/12 #31 - 35,789 ( -5.0%)
6 mnth ( -8.5%)
1 year (-21.8%)

The new creative team of Brian Wood and David Lopez begin their run with issue #30, which might account for the slight bounce on that issue – though a variant cover might also play a part.

61. WOLVERINE
06/07 ---
06/08 #66 - 98,026
06/09 #3 - 51,076
06/10 #14 - 30,035
=====
06/11 #10 - 42,677 ( -4.4%)
06/11 #11 - 41,813 ( -2.0%)
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
06/12 #308 - 35,142 ( +1.9%)
6 mnth ( -5.9%)
1 year (-17.7%)
2 year (+17.0%)
3 year (-31.2%)
4 year (-64.2%)
5 year ( --- )

Variant cover. This is the last issue of Cullen Bunn’s first story arc – it’s followed by a fill-in issue, then the heavily promoted Loeb/Bianchi arc, before Bunn returns later in the year.

64. FF
06/11 #5 - 58,925 ( -2.7%)
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
06/12 #19 - 34,260 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-23.8%)
1 year (-41.9%)

Issue #23 is being listed as the “final issue”, although of course that doesn’t tell us whether the book is ending or just being relaunched.

65,71. AVENGERS ACADEMY
06/10 #1 - 45,890
=====
06/11 #.1 - 23,499 ( -0.2%)
06/11 #15 - 26,378 (+12.3%)
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
05/12 #29 - 29,460 (+31.9%)
05/12 #30 - 29,213 ( -0.8%)
06/12 #31 - 34,040 (+16.5%)
06/12 #32 - 32,243 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth (+43.8%)
1 year (+37.2%)
2 year (-29.7%)

A second month of AVENGERS VS X-MEN tie-in stories, continuing to have an enormous impact on sales.

66,73. MIGHTY THOR
06/07 ---
06/08 ---
06/09 #602 - 69,568
06/10 #611 - 56,443
=====
06/11 #3 - 48,114 ( -4.7%)
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
06/12 #15 - 33,674 ( +3.5%)
06/12 #16 - 31,798 ( -5.6%)
6 mnth (-16.3%)
1 year (-33.9%)
2 year (-43.7%)
3 year (-54.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

The current run ends with issue #22, though an immediate relaunch is surely inevitable.

69,70. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
06/07 #19 - 75,096
06/08 #2 - 69,021
06/09 #14 - 53,229
06/10 #27 - 52,268
=====
06/11 #505 - 42,327 ( -5.5%)
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
06/12 #518 - 32,553 ( -3.2%)
06/12 #519 - 32,518 ( -0.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.1%)
1 year (-23.2%)
2 year (-37.8%)
3 year (-38.9%)
4 year (-52.9%)
5 year (-56.7%)

Ends with issue #527, and again, a relaunch is a sure thing.

77. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
06/07 ---
06/08 #4 of 5 - 95,688
06/09 ---
06/10 ---
=====
06/11 #5 of 6 - 42,803 ( -2.1%)
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
06/12 #12 - 30,845 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-15.3%)
1 year (-27.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-67.7%)
5 year ( --- )

A very slight decline, but overall it seems to be pretty steady around the 30-31K mark.

78,85. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #5 - 30,646 ( -8.6%)
06/12 #6 - 30,386 ( -0.8%)
06/12 #7 - 28,984 ( -4.6%)

Issues #4 and #6 had variant covers, hence the slightly wonky trend. The underlying trend is smoother but also clearly downhill.

79. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)
06/12 #6 - 30,722 ( -0.7%)

Issue #4 had a variant cover, which distorts the trend. Allow for that and it seems that this book is levelling out at around the 30K mark – Marvel ought to be happy with that.

80. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 #1 - 56,426
04/12 #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)
06/12 #4 - 30,469 ( -5.0%)

Levelling out, but still shedding a significant chunk of readers each month.

82. THOR ANNUAL
06/12 #1 - 30,038

The last THOR ANNUAL was in 2009, and was also numbered #1. It’s a JM DeMatteis story guest starring the Silver Surfer, which gives it a bit more interest than your typical fill-in. Even so, sales are surprisingly good, fewer than 2,000 copies behind the parent title.

83. DEADPOOL
06/09 #11 - 55,343
06/10 #24 - 38,663
=====
06/11 #38 - 27,809 ( -0.7%)
06/11 #39 - 28,400 ( +2.1%)
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
06/12 #56 - 29,513 ( +1.7%)
6 mnth (+15.9%)
1 year ( +6.1%)
2 year (-23.7%)
3 year (-46.7%)

Sales on this book have been strong ever since issue #50, without the aid of any apparent gimmicks. This really does seem to be a rare example of a comic that has actually capitalised on its anniversary sales boost and kept a significant number of new readers.

84. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
06/07 #83 - 59,677
06/08 #95 - 48,137
06/09 ---
06/10 #3 - 44,568
=====
06/11 #5 - 34,730 ( -7.7%)
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #13 - 29,159 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth (-17.1%)
1 year (-16.0%)
2 year (-34.6%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-39.4%)
5 year (-51.1%)

The first issue of Brian Wood’s run, which presumably accounts for the slight sales increase.

86. VENOM
06/11 #4 - 38,946 ( -4.2%)
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
06/12 #19 - 28,702 ( +1.4%)
6 mnth ( +0.2%)
1 year (-26.3%)

Variant cover. Nonetheless, the book seems to be legitimately hovering around the 27-29K range these days.

93,95. X-FACTOR
06/07 #20 - 37,105
06/08 #32 - 45,104
06/09 #44 - 31,552
06/10 #206 - 40,981
=====
06/11 #220 - 24,926 ( +0.6%)
06/11 #221 - 24,502 ( -1.7%)
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
06/12 #237 - 24,854 ( +3.4%)
06/12 #238 - 23,607 ( -5.0%)
6 mnth ( -0.3%)
1 year ( -5.3%)
2 year (-42.4%)
3 year (-25.2%)
4 year (-47.7%)
5 year (-36.4%)

Locked stubbornly in the 23-25K range all year.

96. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)
05/12 #6 - 25,518 ( -8.5%)
06/12 #7 - 23,574 ( -7.6%)
6 mnth (-72.6%)

That six month comparison is rather misleading, since it mostly reflects the heavily inflated sales on issue #1. Even so, the book continues to shed readers at a worrying rate.

97. PUNISHER
06/07 #8 - 61,376
06/08 #20 - 27,288
06/09 #6 - 32,982
06/10 #18 - 19,605
=====
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #10 - 32,412 ( +45.2%)
05/12 #11 - 23,303 ( -28.1%)
06/12 #12 - 23,329 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( -2.7%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( +19.0%)
3 year ( -29.3%)
4 year ( -14.5%)
5 year ( -62.0%)

Another book that seems to be heading for a relaunch as part of the Marvel Now promotion.

100,102. HULK
06/08 #4 - 90,600
06/09 ---
06/10 #23 - 50,724
=====
06/11 #34 - 29,391 ( -8.9%)
06/11 #35 - 28,539 ( -2.9%)
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
05/12 #51 - 22,085 (-35.9%)
05/12 #52 - 21,882 ( -0.9%)
06/12 #53 - 22,386 ( +2.3%)
06/12 #54 - 22,070 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth ( -3.9%)
1 year (-24.9%)
2 year (-56.5%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-75.6%)

Due to be revamped as a Red She-Hulk title as part of Marvel Now.

103. NEW MUTANTS
06/09 #2 - 43,230
06/10 #14 - 53,926
=====
06/11 #26 - 27,848 (-19.7%)
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
04/12 #40 - 21,343 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #41 - 21,012 ( -1.6%)
05/12 #42 - 24,572 (+16.9%)
05/12 #43 - 24,160 ( -1.7%)
06/12 #44 - 22,069 ( -8.7%)
6 mnth (-13.7%)
1 year (-20.8%)
2 year (-59.1%)
3 year (-48.9%)

Ends with issue #50 – and I’d guess this one’s likely to be for real.

104,112. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
06/11 #624 - 35,834 ( -8.1%)
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
06/12 #639 - 21,914 ( -7.8%)
06/12 #640 - 20,714 ( -5.5%)
6 mnth (-14.3%)
1 year (-42.2%)

Marvel have announced that Kieron Gillen’s run ends in October, but (at least as at the time of writing) they aren’t billing it as a “final issue”, nor does it have a “final issue variant”. Logically that would seem to suggest that the series is continuing, but that would seem a very odd decision given how many other titles are being relaunched when they have much less need of the help.

106,107. CAPTAIN AMERICA ANDÉ
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
06/12 #632 - 21,674 ( -4.5%)
06/12 #633 - 21,822 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth (-23.8%)

Issue #633 is the start of a new arc with Iron Man as the guest star. Presumably that explains the very slight uptick (which is really more notable because the general trend would have been a 4% drop).

128. FURY MAX
05/12 #1 - 20,620
05/12 #2 - 19,021 (-7.8%)
06/12 #3 - 17,152 (-9.8%)

134. UNTOLD TALES OF THE PUNISHER MAX
06/12 #1 of 5 - 16,449

The Max imprint apparently still operates by different commercial rules from those applying to regular Marvel Universe titles.

147. DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER - MAN IN BLACK
06/07 Gunslinger Brn #5 - 132,090
06/08 Long Road Home #4 - 79,270
06/09 Fall of Gilead #2 - 39,978
06/10 Gunslinger #2 - 24,024
=====
06/11 Tull #1 of 5 - 17,667 ( +2.2%)
07/11 #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 13,987 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 13,823 ( -1.2%)
05/12 ---
06/12 Man in Black #1 - 14,672 ( +6.1%)
6 mnth ( -4.5%)
1 year (-17.0%)
2 year (-38.9%)
3 year (-63.3%)
4 year (-81.5%)
5 year (-88.9%)

This series will be the final volume of the adaptation.

153,158. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE
06/12 #1 of 2 - 13,627
06/12 #2 of 2 - 12,477 (-8.4%)

Self-explanatory, really. Movie tie-in comics never do particularly well in the direct market, so these sales are no surprise.

154,157. MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY!
05/12 #1 of 5 - 16,375
05/12 #2 of 5 - 15,072 ( -8.0%)
06/12 #3 of 5 - 13,049 (-13.4%)
06/12 #4 of 5 - 12,501 ( -4.2%)

I can only assume these books are still doing well in collected form, because Marvel keep on commissioning them – a Hallowe’en one-shot has not been announced.

161. AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW STRIKES
05/12 #1 of 3 - 13,682
05/12 #2 of 3 - 12,404 (-9.3%)
06/12 #3 of 3 - 11,618 (-6.3%)

Prequel to the Avengers movie, which seems odd timing.

171. AMAZING FANTASY #15: SPIDER-MAN!
06/12 One-shot - 10,441

A reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, for the obvious movie-promotional reasons.

207. DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ
06/09 #7 of 8 - 15,473
06/10 #7 of 8 - 12,200
=====
06/11 #7 of 8 - 8,672 ( -0.9%)
07/11 #8 of 8 - 8,216 ( -5.3%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #5 of 8 - 7,503 ( -2.5%)
03/12 ---
04/12 ---
05/12 #6 of 8 - 7,475 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #7 of 8 - 7,391 ( -1.1%)
06/12 #8 of 8 - 7,258 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -5.7%)
1 year (-16.3%)
2 year (-40.5%)
3 year (-53.1%)

Another mini, ROAD TO OZ, starts in September.

216. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 #1 - 10,886
05/12 #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)
06/12 #3 - 6,756 (-10.9%)

225. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS
04/12 #1 - 12,874
05/12 #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)
06/12 #3 - 6,345 ( -5.8%)

The all ages books, still finding their level after the recent relaunch.

237. HALO: FALL OF REACH - INVASION
06/11 ---
07/11 #2 of 4 - 7,825 ( -5.9%)
08/11 ---
09/11 #3 of 4 - 7,321 ( -6.4%)
10/11 #4 of 4 - 7,142 ( -2.4%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 #1 of 4 - 7,155 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #2 of 4 - 6,446 ( -9.9%)
03/12 ---
04/12 #3 of 4 - 6,224 ( -3.4%)
05/12 ---
06/12 #4 of 4 - 5,972 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )

Video game adaptations reportedly do much better outside the direct market. The HALO property certainly has to have more interest than this.

246. CASANOVA: AVARITIA [Icon]
09/11 #1 of 4 - 7,059 (+21.5%)
10/11 #2 of 4 - 6,483 ( -8.2%)
11/11 ---
12/11 ---
01/12 ---
02/12 ---
03/12 ---
04/12 #3 of 4 - 6,159 ( -5.0%)
05/12 ---
06/12 #4 of 4 - 5,672 ( -7.9%)

Losing readers rather quickly for a book this far down the chart. Given that the book continues to get good reviews, perhaps the problem lies with the erratic schedule.

258. JOHN CARTER: GODS OF MARS
09/11 #1 of 5 - 19,173
10/11 #2 of 5 - 6,742 ( -64.8%)
11/11 #3 of 5 - 5,845 ( -13.3%)
12/11 #4 of 5 - 5,281 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #5 of 5 - 4,998 ( -5.4%)
02/12 ---
03/12 #1 of 5 - 11,896 (+138.0%)
04/12 #2 of 5 - 5,254 ( -55.8%)
05/12 #3 of 5 - 5,180 ( -1.4%)
06/12 #4 of 5 - 4,709 ( -9.1%)

266. TOY STORY
03/12 #1 of 4 - 6,564
04/12 #2 of 4 - 5,034 (-23.3%)
05/12 #3 of 4 - ?,??? ( ??? )
06/12 #4 of 4 - 4,486 ( ??? )

Two licences from the rest of the Disney empire.

6 month comparisons
===================

+163.3% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 63.5% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+ 43.8% - Avengers Academy
+ 35.0% - Secret Avengers
+ 23.7% - X-Men Legacy
+ 22.7% - New Avengers
+ 20.5% - Avengers
+ 15.9% - Deadpool
+ 13.0% - Daredevil
+ 11.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 11.0% - Wolverine and the X-Men
+ 5.7% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 0.1% - Venom
- 0.3% - X-Factor
- 2.7% - Punisher
- 3.9% - Hulk
- 4.5% - Dark Tower
- 5.7% - Oz
- 5.9% - Wolverine
- 8.1% - Iron Man
- 8.5% - X-Men
- 11.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 13.7% - New Mutants
- 14.1% - X-Force
- 14.3% - Journey into Mystery
- 15.3% - Ultimates
- 16.3% - Thor
- 17.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 17.4% - Captain America
- 17.9% - Incredible Hulk
- 20.8% - Fantastic Four
- 23.8% - FF
- 23.8% - Captain America And...
- 34.3% - Avenging Spider-Man
- 72.6% - Defenders

1 year comparisons
==================

+122.6% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 37.2% - Avengers Academy
+ 36.0% - Incredible Hulk
+ 27.1% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 21.8% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+ 12.6% - New Avengers
+ 7.5% - Avengers
+ 6.1% - Deadpool
+ 5.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 4.1% - X-Men Legacy
+ 3.4% - Secret Avengers
- 5.3% - X-Factor
- 10.7% - X-Force
- 11.9% - Captain America
- 16.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 16.3% - Oz
- 17.0% - Dark Tower
- 17.7% - Wolverine
- 17.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 20.8% - New Mutants
- 21.8% - X-Men
- 23.2% - Iron Man
- 24.9% - Hulk
- 26.3% - Venom
- 27.9% - Ultimates
- 31.3% - Fantastic Four
- 41.9% - FF
- 42.2% - Journey into Mystery
- 43.7% - Thor

2 year comparisons
==================

+ 44.1% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 26.3% - Daredevil
+ 19.0% - Punisher
+ 17.0% - Wolverine
+ 10.6% - Fantastic Four
+ 8.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 8.2% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+ 7.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 10.9% - Uncanny X-Men
- 17.9% - Incredible Hulk
- 19.2% - X-Force
- 23.7% - Deadpool
- 25.5% - Captain America
- 28.4% - X-Men Legacy
- 29.7% - Avengers Academy
- 30.3% - Avengers
- 33.8% - Secret Avengers
- 34.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 37.8% - Iron Man
- 38.9% - Dark Tower
- 40.5% - Oz
- 42.4% - X-Factor
- 49.7% - New Avengers
- 54.3% - Thor
- 56.5% - Hulk
- 59.1% - New Mutants

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 28.3% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 5.9% - Daredevil
- 4.7% - Uncanny X-Men
- 4.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 12.3% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
- 12.5% - Fantastic Four
- 19.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 25.2% - X-Factor
- 25.8% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 29.3% - Punisher
- 30.8% - New Avengers
- 31.2% - Wolverine
- 38.9% - Iron Man
- 46.7% - Deadpool
- 48.9% - New Mutants
- 53.1% - Oz
- 63.3% - Dark Tower
- 64.9% - Captain America

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 10.9% - Daredevil
- 8.2% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
- 14.5% - Punisher
- 14.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 16.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 25.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 33.7% - Fantastic Four
- 34.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 39.4% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 40.2% - New Avengers
- 47.7% - X-Factor
- 50.3% - Captain America
- 52.9% - Iron Man
- 57.9% - Incredible Hulk
- 64.2% - Wolverine
- 67.7% - Ultimates
- 75.6% - Hulk
- 81.5% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

- 6.3% - Daredevil
- 16.8% - Uncanny X-Men
- 36.4% - X-Factor
- 41.9% - Fantastic Four
- 42.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 44.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 46.6% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
- 51.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 56.7% - Iron Man
- 59.7% - New Avengers
- 60.2% - Captain America
- 62.0% - Punisher
- 64.3% - Incredible Hulk
- 65.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 88.9% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/08/02/ma ... june-2012/

je viens de voir que MARVEL a vendu 501.625 expemplaire de cet opus:
Ventes comparées mois par mois pour MARVEL - Page 2 AmazingSpider-Man_583_ThirdPrintingVariant

le président est très attractif :mrgreen:

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: July 2012
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201208271213 Marvel Month to Month Sales: July 2012
by Paul O’Brien

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover continued to dominate both franchises in July. There are also two new ongoing titles – CAPTAIN MARVEL and X-TREME X-MEN – which unusually launch in the middle of the big crossover. And while Marvel have generally eased off on their miniseries of late, we have two this month – SPACE PUNISHER and INFERNAL MAN-THING.

In terms of market share, DC won the month, leading Marvel by 37% to 35% in units and 33% to 32% in dollars. The other big news, of course, is the remarkable sales of WALKING DEAD #100, which topped the charts with an extraordinary estimated sale of over 335,000 – but that’s a story for another column. (It also seems like a good opportunity to remind people that these figures only reflect sales to the direct market in North America. Total sales are therefore bound to be higher once you factor in sales through other channels, most obviously to the UK and Europe.)

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

2,3. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 #0 of 12 - 165,821
04/12 #1 of 12 - 258,586 (+55.9%)
04/12 #2 of 12 - 193,162 (-25.3%)
05/12 #3 of 12 - 184,126 ( -4.7%)
05/12 #4 of 12 - 182,255 ( -1.0%)
06/12 #5 of 12 - 190,705 ( +4.6%)
06/12 #6 of 12 - 186,555 ( -2.2%)
07/12 #7 of 12 - 179,208 ( -3.9%)
07/12 #8 of 12 - 174,910 ( -2.4%)

The core miniseries continues to pile on the re-orders, at least on the early issues. This month, issue #0 adds 4,501;issue #1 adds 4,648, issue #2 adds 4,424;and issue #3 adds 4,605. All of those are factored into the totals shown above.

The book is starting to settle into a more conventional sales pattern as it goes on, but the total numbers remain extremely impressive.

7. AVX: VS
04/12 #1 of 6 - 111,913
05/12 #2 of 6 - 98,819 (-11.7%)
06/12 #3 of 6 - 94,528 ( -4.3%)
07/12 #4 of 6 - 86,526 ( -8.5%)

This isn’t holding on to its sales quite so well, perhaps because the “no story whatsoever” gimmick wears thin more quickly. Nonetheless, it remains a very high seller for a crossover B-title.

14,16. UNCANNY X-MEN
07/07 #488 - 86,747
07/08 #500 - 151,955
07/09 #513 - 83,399
07/10 #526 - 66,723
=====
07/11 #540 - 57,206 ( +5.4%)
07/11 #541 - 55,856 ( -2.4%)
08/11 #542 - 54,840 ( -1.8%)
09/11 #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
04/12 #10 - 56,906 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #11 - 75,109 (+32.0%)
05/12 #12 - 69,265 ( -7.8%)
06/12 #13 - 70,521 ( +1.8%)
06/12 #14 - 67,793 ( -3.9%)
07/12 #15 - 66,114 ( -2.5%)
07/12 #16 - 63,835 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth ( +0.6%)
1 year (+11.6%)
2 year ( -4.3%)
3 year (-23.5%)
4 year (-58.0%)
5 year (-26.4%)

Still benefitting from the crossover, which has been running now since issue #11. The book is scheduled for a relaunch as ALL-NEW X-MEN after issue #20.

18. AVENGERS
07/10 #3 - 87,410
=====
07/11 #15 - 62,580 (-17.9%)
08/11 #16 - 60,295 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
05/12 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
06/12 #27 - 68,885 ( +1.7%)
07/12 #28 - 63,169 ( -8.3%)
6 mnth (+15.3%)
1 year ( +0.9%)
2 year (-27.7%)

19. NEW AVENGERS
07/07 #32 - 122,991
07/08 #43 - 108,751
07/09 #55 - 84,745
07/10 #2 - 83,397
=====
07/11 #14 - 58,306 ( +1.1%)
08/11 #15 - 56,035 ( -3.9%)
09/11 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #26 - 64,326 ( +3.8%)
06/12 #27 - 64,927 ( +0.9%)
07/12 #28 - 62,739 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth (+18.6%)
1 year ( +7.6%)
2 year (-24.8%)
3 year (-26.0%)
4 year (-42.3%)
5 year (-49.0%)

Much the same applies here. Both core Avengers titles are seeing big increases from the crossover – more than they usually get from major events, presumably because this one’s bringing in more X-Men readers. And both titles are set for a relaunch after issue #34.

20,22. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 #1 - 99,611
11/11 #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
06/12 #12 - 64,838 ( -0.2%)
07/12 #13 - 62,689 ( -3.3%)
07/12 #14 - 61,029 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth ( +2.5%)

A similar story, except without the imminent reboot. This title has been running crossover stories since issue #9 and will continue all the way through to issue #17.

23,61. WOLVERINE
07/07 #55 - 130,707
07/08 #67 - 89,062
07/09 ---
07/10 #15 - 29,555
=====
07/11 #12 - 42,110 ( +0.7%)
08/11 #13 - 39,296 ( -0.7%)
08/11 #14 - 38,869 ( -0.1%)
09/11 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #300 - 58,681 ( +57.1%)
02/12 #301 - 38,891 ( -33.7%)
03/12 #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
06/12 #308 - 35,142 ( +1.9%)
07/12 #309 - 33,148 ( -5.7%)
07/12 #310 - 60,880 ( +83.7%)
6 mnth ( +3.7%)
1 year ( +44.6%)
2 year (+106.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -31.6%)
5 year ( -53.4%)

Two issues this month. Issue #309 is a fill-in story, so sales are fairly ordinary.

Issue #310, on the other hand, is the first part of Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi’s arc, a sequel to a story from over five years ago which, so far as I’m aware, doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation among online fans. Nonetheless, Marvel have heavily promoted this arc, and sales nearly double as a result – presumably helped by three variant covers, with incentive ratios of 1:50, 1:100 and 1:200.

Curiously, these two issues shipped in reverse order. One plausible theory is that Marvel wanted issue #310 to be out in time for San Diego.

24,25. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
07/07 #542 - 105,715
07/08 #566 - 68,912
07/09 #599 - 72,412
07/10 #636 - 56,011
=====
07/11 #665 - 56,948 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #666 - 135,568 (+138.1%)
08/11 #667 - 71,235 ( -47.5%)
08/11 #668 - 57,533 ( -19.2%)
09/11 #669 - 71,944 ( +25.0%)
09/11 #670 - 57,959 ( -19.4%)
10/11 #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #687 - 62,680 ( +7.4%)
06/12 #688 - 60,409 ( -3.6%)
07/12 #689 - 59,859 ( -0.9%)
07/12 #690 - 58,976 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( +8.7%)
1 year ( +3.6%)
2 year ( +5.3%)
3 year ( -18.6%)
4 year ( -14.4%)
5 year ( -44.2%)

Continuing to hover around the upper 50K range, which Marvel should be happy with, considering that six months ago they were around 52K. Both of these issues have Lizard variant covers.

26. SPIDER-MEN
06/12 #1 of 5 - 94,548
06/12 #2 of 5 - 68,283 (-27.8%)
07/12 #3 of 5 - 57,739 (-15.4%)

Significant drops now that the initial burst of hype is complete – but even so, the book is selling at around the same level as AMAZING, and way ahead of ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN. That’s a good result.

31,32. UNCANNY X-FORCE
07/08 #5 - 72,818
07/09 #17 - 61,104
07/10 #28 - 61,680
=====
07/11 #12 - 55,413 ( +4.2%)
08/11 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #26 - 47,522 ( -6.0%)
07/12 #27 - 46,325 ( -2.5%)
07/12 #28 - 46,367 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( -9.2%)
1 year (-16.3%)
2 year (-24.8%)
3 year (-24.1%)
4 year (-36.3%)

X-FORCE sales seem to wobble up and down a little bit more than most books. The general trend is very slowly down, but there’s certainly nothing to worry about here – this X-Men spin-off is, after all, comfortably outselling most of the actual X-Men books.

35. HIT-GIRL [Icon]
06/12 #1 of 5 - 60,409
07/12 #2 of 5 - 45,338 (-24.9%)

Perhaps on the steep side for a second issue drop, but nothing out of the ordinary.

37. X-MEN LEGACY
07/07 #201 - 86,278
07/08 #214 - 69,863
07/09 #226 - 59,298
07/10 #238 - 53,313
=====
07/11 #252 - 41,365 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #253 - 40,466 ( -2.2%)
08/11 #254 - 39,896 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 #266 - 43,199 (+21.0%)
05/12 #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
06/12 #268 - 49,163 ( +6.2%)
06/12 #269 - 46,923 ( -4.6%)
07/12 #270 - 44,914 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth (+19.5%)
1 year ( +8.6%)
2 year (-15.8%)
3 year (-24.3%)
4 year (-35.7%)
5 year (-47.9%)

Back to the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover. This is the book’s final crossover issue, and sales remain some 10K up from normal. It returns to regular stories in August and then gets relaunched after issue #275.

40. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
07/07 #111 - 75,487
07/08 #124 - 55,262
07/09 #2 of 2 - 41,374
07/10 #12 - 37,879
=====
07/11 #1 of 6 - 49,084 ( -70.6%)
07/11 #2 of 6 - 45,371 ( -7.6%)
07/11 #3 of 6 - 44,492 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #4 of 6 - 96,815 (+117.6%)
08/11 #5 of 6 - 41,336 ( -57.3%)
08/11 #6 of 6 - 39,190 ( -5.2%)
09/11 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
06/12 #11 - 42,549 ( +0.5%)
07/12 #12 - 42,050 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -15.6%)
1 year ( -14.3%)
2 year ( +11.0%)
3 year ( +1.6%)
4 year ( -23.9%)
5 year ( -44.3%)

Virtually level over the last couple of months, which must be a good sign.

41. SECRET AVENGERS
07/10 #3 - 72,293
=====
07/11 #15 - 46,712 ( -6.4%)
08/11 #16 - 46,317 ( -0.8%)
09/11 #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
06/12 #28 - 51,572 ( +3.5%)
07/12 #29 - 41,653 (-19.2%)
6 mnth ( +9.4%)
1 year (-10.8%)
2 year (-42.4%)

The first X-Men/Avengers title to emerge from the other side of the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover and return to its normal stories. Sales are naturally down, but they’re still up by over 9% from before the crossover – not a bad result.

42. CAPTAIN MARVEL
07/07 Ms Marvel #17 - 38,003
07/08 Ms Marvel #29 - 41,231
07/09 Ms Marvel #42 - 25,103
=====
07/12 Captain Marvel #1 - 41,582
3 year (+65.6%)
4 year ( +0.9%)
5 year ( +9.4%)

The first of this month’s two new titles. Although Captain Marvel (the former Ms Marvel) is appearing in AVENGERS VS X-MEN, the launch hasn’t been tied in to the crossover. In some ways that’s a rather surprising decision, though it can also be viewed as a commendable willingness to let the series launch on its own terms rather than forcing a promotional stunt on it.

For comparison, a launch at 42K puts the book in similar territory to 2011’s launches of PUNISHER (45K), and GHOST RIDER (41K).

46. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 #1 - 100,883
04/12 #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)
06/12 #4 - 43,022 ( -2.0%)
07/12 #5 - 38,951 ( -9.5%)

This is the first issue without a variant, hence the steeper than usual drop. Even so, the book is losing sales rather more quickly than you’d expect.

47. DAREDEVIL
07/07 ---
07/08 #109 - 39,258
07/09 ---
07/10 #508 - 38,438
=====
07/11 #1 - 64,866 (+147.8%)
08/11 #2 - 40,990 ( -36.8%)
09/11 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 #8 - 43,494 ( +12.0%)
02/12 #9 - 37,891 ( -12.9%)
03/12 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #11 - 46,111 ( +19.9%)
05/12 #12 - 39,231 ( -14.9%)
05/12 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
06/12 #14 - 43,865 ( +12.3%)
07/12 #15 - 38,469 ( -12.3%)
6 mnth ( -11.6%)
1 year ( -40.7%)
2 year ( +0.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( -2.0%)
5 year ( --- )

The book continues to hover stubbornly around the 38-39K mark (when it isn’t being spiked by variant covers or crossovers).

48. FANTASTIC FOUR
07/07 ---
07/08 ---
07/09 #568 - 45,828
07/10 #581 - 35,505
=====
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
06/12 #607 - 40,453 ( +1.4%)
07/12 #608 - 37,776 ( -6.6%)
6 mnth (-16.3%)
1 year (-32.1%)
2 year ( +6.4%)
3 year (-17.6%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Set for a relaunch after issue #611.

49. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 #1 - 112,153
12/11 #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
06/12 #8 - 39,861 ( +4.9%)
07/12 #9 - 37,134 ( -6.8%)
6 mnth (-29.1%)

Still drifting downwards, though last month’s crossover bump slightly exaggerates the drop.

50,54. CAPTAIN AMERICA
07/07 #28 - 89,721
07/08 #40 - 79,317
07/09 #1 - 193,142
07/10 ---
=====
07/11 #1 - 96,926 (+116.4%)
08/11 #2 - 54,384 ( -43.9%)
09/11 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
06/12 #13 - 39,456 ( +1.7%)
07/12 #14 - 36,812 ( -6.7%)
07/12 #15 - 36,433 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth ( -22.4%)
1 year ( -62.4%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -81.1%)
4 year ( -54.1%)
5 year ( -59.4%)

Seems to be levelling out. The current run ends with issue #19, after which it’s relaunch time again.

51. X-TREME X-MEN
07/12 #1 - 36,802

This is a spin-off from a recent ASTONISHING X-MEN arc featuring an alternate-reality team of X-Men jumping between worlds. In other words, despite the title, it’s effectively a relaunch of EXILES, which was cancelled back in 2009.

If the idea here is that the “X-Men” label ought to sell more copies, it hasn’t really worked. Estimated sales of 37K put the book almost exactly on par with the late 2010 launches of NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT (37,399) and GENERATION HOPE (37,398). Should this be seen as a warning sign that Marvel has stretched the X-Men brand too thin?

52. INCREDIBLE HULK
07/07 #108 - 105,036
07/08 ---
07/09 #600 - 92,343
07/10 ---
=====
07/11 #632 - 28,518 ( +3.9%)
07/11 #633 - 27,216 ( -4.6%)
08/11 #634 - 27,310 ( +0.3%)
08/11 #635 - 38,223 ( +40.0%)
09/11 ---
10/11 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 #7.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
06/12 #9 - 40,467 ( -3.8%)
06/12 #10 - 38,122 ( -5.8%)
07/12 #11 - 36,743 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth ( -19.9%)
1 year ( +28.8%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -60.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -65.0%)

Set for a relaunch after issue #15. Sales are drifting down, but remain comfortably improved from the previous run.

57. ASTONISHING X-MEN
07/07 ---
07/08 #25 - 110,724
07/09 ---
07/10 ---
=====
07/11 #40 - 35,593 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #41 - 33,470 ( -6.0%)
09/11 #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 #50 - 61,866 (+97.7%)
06/12 #51 - 82,654 (+33.6%)
07/12 #52 - 35,766 (-56.7%)
6 mnth (+14.9%)
1 year ( +0.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-67.7%)
5 year ( --- )

Back to regular material after the wedding hype. The book does hold on a few thousand extra readers, though.

59. X-MEN
07/10 #1 - 140,332
=====
07/11 #14 - 45,150 ( +1.1%)
07/11 #15 - 43,038 ( -4.7%)
08/11 #.1 - 38,078 (-11.5%)
08/11 #16 - 43,161 (+13.3%)
09/11 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
06/12 #30 - 37,690 ( +6.2%)
06/12 #31 - 35,789 ( -5.0%)
07/12 #32 - 35,091 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth ( -9.4%)
1 year (-22.3%)
2 year (-75.0%)

The familiar gentle drift down.

62,65. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
07/07 #20 - 72,831
07/08 #3 - 63,043
07/09 #15 - 50,554
07/10 #28 - 48,690
=====
07/11 #506 - 41,052 ( -3.0%)
08/11 #507 - 40,082 ( -2.4%)
09/11 #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
06/12 #518 - 32,553 ( -3.2%)
06/12 #519 - 32,518 ( -0.1%)
07/12 #520 - 32,765 ( +0.8%)
07/12 #521 - 32,172 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth ( -8.5%)
1 year (-21.6%)
2 year (-33.9%)
3 year (-36.4%)
4 year (-49.0%)
5 year (-55.8%)

Due to relaunch after issue #527. Sales are currently rock solid in the 31-32K range.

63. FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL
07/12 #33 - 32,435

About 5,000 behind the regular title, which isn’t bad at all.

64. ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES
07/07 ---
07/08 ---
07/09 ---
07/10 #3 of 5 - 47,840
=====
07/11 #6 of 6 - 42,760 ( -0.1%)
08/11 #1 - 58,522 (+36.9%)
09/11 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
06/12 #12 - 30,845 ( -1.6%)
07/12 #13 - 32,380 ( +5.0%)
6 mnth ( -7.1%)
1 year (-24.3%)
2 year (-32.3%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

A variant cover explains the slight increase.

68. AVENGERS ACADEMY
07/10 #2 - 38,061
=====
07/11 #16 - 25,379 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #17 - 24,898 ( -1.9%)
08/11 #18 - 24,538 ( -1.4%)
09/11 #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
05/12 #29 - 29,460 (+31.9%)
05/12 #30 - 29,213 ( -0.8%)
06/12 #31 - 34,040 (+16.5%)
06/12 #32 - 32,243 ( -5.3%)
07/12 #33 - 31,687 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (+45.0%)
1 year (+24.9%)
2 year (-16.7%)

Cancelled with issue #39, though it’s always possible some sort of successor title will emerge.

69. FF
07/11 #6 - 55,601 ( -5.6%)
07/11 #7 - 54,022 ( -2.8%)
08/11 #8 - 51,917 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
06/12 #19 - 34,260 ( -0.9%)
07/12 #20 - 31,652 ( -7.6%)
6 mnth (-25.7%)
1 year (-43.1%)

Set for a relaunch after issue #23.

71. MIGHTY THOR
07/07 #1 - 165,325
07/08 #10 - 83,784
07/09 ---
07/10 #612 - 53,373
=====
07/11 #4 - 44,586 ( -7.3%)
08/11 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
06/12 #15 - 33,674 ( +3.5%)
06/12 #16 - 31,798 ( -5.6%)
07/12 #17 - 30,879 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-17.8%)
1 year (-30.7%)
2 year (-42.1%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-63.1%)
5 year (-81.3%)

Set for a relaunch after issue #22.

72,81. DARK AVENGERS
07/07 ---
07/08 #122 - 47,170
07/09 #134 - 40,885
07/10 #146 - 31,501
=====
07/11 #160 - 27,810 ( +1.3%)
08/11 #161 - 26,439 ( -4.9%)
08/11 #162 - 25,990 ( -1.7%)
09/11 #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
06/12 #175 - 39,532 (+110.4%)
06/12 #176 - 34,614 ( -12.4%)
07/12 #177 - 30,643 ( -11.5%)
07/12 #178 - 28,572 ( -6.8%)
6 mnth ( +40.6%)
1 year ( +2.7%)
2 year ( -10.5%)
3 year ( -30.1%)
4 year ( -39.4%)
5 year ( --- )

Rapidly dropping back following issue #175’s relaunch – but it’s still a good 10K ahead of former THUNDERBOLTS sales, for now at least.

73. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
07/07 #84 - 59,929
07/08 #96 - 48,011
07/09 ---
07/10 ---
=====
07/11 ---
08/11 ---
09/11 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
06/12 #13 - 29,159 ( +1.1%)
07/12 #14 - 29,879 ( +2.5%)
6 mnth (-12.1%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-37.8%)
5 year (-50.1%)

There’s a variant cover on this issue, but since it’s the third consecutive issue to post an increase, there may be some underlying momentum too.

78,80. DEADPOOL
07/09 #12 - 58,807
07/10 #25 - 36,828
=====
07/11 #40 - 27,303 ( -3.9%)
08/11 #41 - 26,766 ( -2.0%)
08/11 #42 - 26,794 ( +0.1%)
09/11 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
06/12 #56 - 29,513 ( +1.7%)
07/12 #57 - 29,155 ( -1.2%)
07/12 #58 - 28,706 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth (+15.8%)
1 year ( +5.1%)
2 year (-22.1%)
3 year (-51.2%)

Set for a relaunch after issue #63.

79. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 #1 - 53,410
02/12 #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)
06/12 #6 - 30,722 ( -0.7%)
07/12 #7 - 29,140 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (-45.4%)

85. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 #1 - 50,932
02/12 #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)
05/12 #5 - 30,646 ( -8.6%)
06/12 #6 - 30,386 ( -0.8%)
06/12 #7 - 28,984 ( -4.6%)
07/12 #8 - 27,317 ( -5.8%)

86. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 #1 - 56,426
04/12 #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)
06/12 #4 - 30,469 ( -5.0%)
07/12 #5 - 27,223 (-10.7%)

Three recent launches, all of which are still to find their level. In explaining his upcoming departure from WINTER SOLDIER, Ed Brubaker was originally going to end around issue #14 due to low sales, but has since been reprieved. Make of that what you will.

87,88. VENOM
07/11 #5 - 35,102 ( -9.9%)
08/11 #6 - 35,033 ( -0.2%)
09/11 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
06/12 #19 - 28,702 ( +1.4%)
07/12 #20 - 26,941 ( -6.1%)
07/12 #21 - 26,534 ( -1.5%)
6 mnth ( -7.6%)
1 year (-24.4%)

A slow downward trend, once you filter out the variant spikes.

91,93. X-FACTOR
07/07 #21 - 50,227
07/08 #33 - 53,088
07/09 #46 - 31,213
07/10 #207 - 32,082
=====
07/11 #222 - 24,794 ( +1.2%)
08/11 #223 - 23,854 ( -3.8%)
08/11 #224 - 23,681 ( -0.7%)
09/11 #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
06/12 #237 - 24,854 ( +3.4%)
06/12 #238 - 23,607 ( -5.0%)
07/12 #239 - 23,506 ( -0.4%)
07/12 #240 - 23,223 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -9.7%)
1 year ( -6.3%)
2 year (-27.6%)
3 year (-25.6%)
4 year (-56.3%)
5 year (-53.8%)

Rock solid as usual.

94. PUNISHER
07/07 #9 - 56,854
07/08 #21 - 26,299
07/09 #7 - 31,277
07/10 #19 - 24,947
=====
07/11 ---
08/11 #1 - 44,725 (+209.1%)
08/11 #2 - 42,459 ( -5.1%)
09/11 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #10 - 32,412 ( +45.2%)
05/12 #11 - 23,303 ( -28.1%)
06/12 #12 - 23,329 ( +0.1%)
07/12 #13 - 23,075 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( +0.7%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -7.5%)
3 year ( -26.2%)
4 year ( -12.3%)
5 year ( -59.4%)

The current run ends with issue #16, leading into the WAR ZONE mini.

95. SECRET SERVICE [Icon]
04/12 #1 of 7 - 39,505
05/12 #2 of 7 - 28,265 (-28.5%)
06/12 ---
07/12 #3 of 7 - 22,993 (-18.7%)

Unusually heavy for a third issue drop, but still a very good number for a creator-owned book.

97. DEFENDERS
12/11 #1 - 85,969
01/12 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)
05/12 #6 - 25,518 ( -8.5%)
06/12 #7 - 23,574 ( -7.6%)
07/12 #8 - 22,504 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth (-42.2%)

Cancelled with issue #12.

99. HULK
07/09 ---
07/10 ---
=====
07/11 #36 - 28,651 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #37 - 30,318 ( +5.8%)
08/11 #38 - 29,059 ( -4.2%)
08/11 #39 - 26,895 ( -7.4%)
09/11 #40 - 26,591 ( -1.1%)
09/11 #41 - 26,084 ( -1.9%)
10/11 #42 - 27,025 ( +3.6%)
10/11 #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
05/12 #51 - 22,085 (-35.9%)
05/12 #52 - 21,882 ( -0.9%)
06/12 #53 - 22,386 ( +2.3%)
06/12 #54 - 22,070 ( -1.4%)
07/12 #55 - 22,141 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth ( -2.5%)
1 year (-22.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )

This is being revamped as a RED SHE-HULK title with issue #59. Curiously, Marvel are passing up what would seem to be a legitimate opportunity for an issue #1.

104,106. NEW MUTANTS
07/09 #3 - 42,961
07/10 #15 - 35,426
=====
07/11 #27 - 27,963 ( +0.4%)
07/11 #28 - 26,130 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #29 - 27,205 ( -4.1%)
08/11 #30 - 26,678 ( -1.9%)
09/11 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
04/12 #40 - 21,343 ( -0.8%)
04/12 #41 - 21,012 ( -1.6%)
05/12 #42 - 24,572 (+16.9%)
05/12 #43 - 24,160 ( -1.7%)
06/12 #44 - 22,069 ( -8.7%)
07/12 #45 - 20,751 ( -6.0%)
07/12 #46 - 20,396 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth (-14.6%)
1 year (-27.1%)
2 year (-42.4%)
3 year (-52.5%)

Cancelled with issue #50.

105. CAPTAIN AMERICA ANDÉ
07/11 #620 - 51,187
08/11 #621 - 36,069 (-29.5%)
09/11 #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
06/12 #632 - 21,674 ( -4.5%)
06/12 #633 - 21,822 ( +0.7%)
07/12 #634 - 20,641 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth (-25.3%)
1 year (-59.7%)

Still going, but with sales like this, you have to wonder how long that can last.

109. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
07/11 #625 - 33,781 ( -5.7%)
08/11 #626 - 31,549 ( -6.6%)
08/11 #.1 - 27,877 (-11.6%)
09/11 #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
06/12 #639 - 21,914 ( -7.8%)
06/12 #640 - 20,714 ( -5.5%)
07/12 #641 - 19,850 ( -4.2%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)
1 year (-41.2%)

This is being relaunched as a Sif title with issue #646. Again, the decision to pass up an issue #1 seems curious.

123. SPACE PUNISHER
07/12 #1 of 4 - 17,446

It’s the Punisher in space. Not a great number, but probably better than it would have done in the days when Marvel were deluging the lower end of the chart with minis.

125,158. INFERNAL MAN-THING
07/12 #1 of 3 - 17,132
07/12 #2 of 3 - 12,476 (-27.2%)

This is a previously unpublished Steve Gerber script which has been in the pipeline for years.

135. FURY MAX
05/12 #1 - 20,620
05/12 #2 - 19,021 (-7.8%)
06/12 #3 - 17,152 (-9.8%)
07/12 #4 - 16,329 (-4.8%)

This hasn’t been solicited past issue #6, but Marvel say it’s not cancelled. Presumably it’s going to a series-of-minis format.

151. UNTOLD TALES OF THE PUNISHER MAX
06/12 #1 of 5 - 16,449
07/12 #2 of 5 - 14.148 (-14.0%)

This isn’t too far below the sales of the ongoing series when it was cancelled, so Marvel should be happy enough.

153. DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER - MAN IN BLACK
07/07 Gun'r Born #6 - 128,336
07/08 Long Road Home #5 - 74,981
07/09 Fall of Gilead #3 - 36,982
07/10 Gunslinger #3 - 22,744
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07/11 Tull #2 of 5 - 16,888 ( -4.4%)
08/11 #3 of 5 - 16,337 ( -3.3%)
09/11 #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 13,987 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 13,823 ( -1.2%)
05/12 ---
06/12 Man in Black #1 - 14,672 ( +6.1%)
07/12 #2 of 5 - 13,831 ( -5.7%)
6 mnth ( -6.7%)
1 year (-18.1%)
2 year (-39.2%)
3 year (-62.6%)
4 year (-81.6%)
5 year (-89.2%)

The concluding volume of the adaptation.

161. MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY!
05/12 #1 of 5 - 16,375
05/12 #2 of 5 - 15,072 ( -8.0%)
06/12 #3 of 5 - 13,049 (-13.4%)
06/12 #4 of 5 - 12,501 ( -4.2%)
07/12 #5 of 5 - 11,859 ( -5.1%)

The franchise will be back for a Hallowe’en special, so Marvel apparently consider these numbers satisfactory.

222. MUPPETS
07/12 #1 of 4 - 7,558

The first MUPPETS book to come out from Marvel after the Boom licence expired. Licensed all-ages properties never do especially well in the direct market, and by those standards, this is actually a decent performance.

240. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 #1 - 10,886
05/12 #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)
06/12 #3 - 6,756 (-10.9%)
07/12 #4 - 6,447 ( -4.6%)

241. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS
04/12 #1 - 12,874
05/12 #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)
06/12 #3 - 6,345 ( -5.8%)
07/12 #4 - 6,421 ( +1.2%)

Both appear to be levelling out at reasonably healthy levels – again, by the standards of all-ages titles. Neither of these titles should be relying on the direct market.

271. TAKIO [Icon]
05/12 #1 - 9,793
06/12 ---
07/12 #2 - 5,337 (-45.5%)

Considering that this is a Bendis/Oeming comic, albeit an all-ages one, I really am surprised by these numbers.

Finally, JOHN CARTER: GODS OF MARS #5 failed to make the top 300, implying estimated orders below 4,187.

6 month comparisons
===================

+ 45.0% - Avengers Academy
+ 40.6% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+ 19.5% - X-Men Legacy
+ 18.6% - New Avengers
+ 15.8% - Deadpool
+ 15.3% - Avengers
+ 14.9% - Astonishing X-Men
+ 9.4% - Secret Avengers
+ 8.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 3.7% - Wolverine
+ 2.5% - Wolverine and the X-Men
+ 0.7% - Punisher
+ 0.6% - Uncanny X-Men
- 2.5% - Hulk
- 6.7% - Dark Tower
- 7.1% - Ultimates
- 7.6% - Venom
- 8.5% - Iron Man
- 9.2% - X-Force
- 9.4% - X-Men
- 9.7% - X-Factor
- 11.6% - Daredevil
- 12.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 14.6% - New Mutants
- 15.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 16.3% - Fantastic Four
- 16.8% - Journey into Mystery
- 17.8% - Thor
- 19.9% - Incredible Hulk
- 22.4% - Captain America
- 25.3% - Captain America And...
- 25.7% - FF
- 29.1% - Avenging Spider-Man
- 42.2% - Defenders
- 45.4% - Scarlet Spider

1 year comparisons
==================

+ 44.6% - Wolverine
+ 28.8% - Incredible Hulk
+ 24.9% - Avengers Academy
+ 11.6% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 8.6% - X-Men Legacy
+ 7.6% - New Avengers
+ 5.1% - Deadpool
+ 3.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 2.7% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+ 0.9% - Avengers
+ 0.5% - Astonishing X-Men
- 6.3% - X-Factor
- 10.8% - Secret Avengers
- 14.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 16.3% - X-Force
- 18.1% - Dark Tower
- 21.6% - Iron Man
- 22.3% - X-Men
- 22.7% - Hulk
- 24.3% - Ultimates
- 24.4% - Venom
- 27.1% - New Mutants
- 30.7% - Thor
- 32.1% - Fantastic Four
- 40.7% - Daredevil
- 41.2% - Journey into Mystery
- 43.1% - FF
- 59.7% - Captain America And ...
- 62.4% - Captain America

2 year comparisons
==================

+106.0% - Wolverine
+ 11.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 6.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 5.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 0.1% - Daredevil
- 4.3% - Uncanny X-Men
- 7.5% - Punisher
- 10.5% - Dark Avengers
- 15.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 16.7% - Avengers Academy
- 22.1% - Deadpool
- 24.8% - New Avengers
- 24.8% - X-Force
- 27.6% - X-Factor
- 27.7% - Avengers
- 32.3% - Ultimates
- 33.9% - Iron Man
- 39.2% - Dark Tower
- 42.1% - Thor
- 42.4% - Secret Avengers
- 42.4% - New Mutants
- 75.0% - X-Men

3 year comparisons
==================

+ 65.6% - Captain Marvel / Ms Marvel
+ 1.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 17.6% - Fantastic Four
- 18.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 23.5% - Uncanny X-Men
- 24.1% - X-Force
- 24.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 25.6% - X-Factor
- 26.0% - New Avengers
- 26.2% - Punisher
- 30.1% - Dark Avengers
- 36.4% - Iron Man
- 51.2% - Deadpool
- 52.5% - New Mutants
- 60.2% - Incredible Hulk
- 62.6% - Dark Tower
- 81.1% - Captain America

4 year comparisons
==================

+ 0.9% - Captain Marvel / Ms Marvel
- 2.0% - Daredevil
- 12.3% - Punisher
- 14.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 23.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 31.6% - Wolverine
- 35.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 36.3% - X-Force
- 37.8% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 39.4% - Dark Avengers
- 42.3% - New Avengers
- 49.0% - Iron Man
- 54.1% - Captain America
- 56.3% - X-Factor
- 58.0% - Uncanny X-Men
- 63.1% - Thor
- 67.7% - Astonishing X-Men
- 81.6% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

- 26.4% - Uncanny X-Men
- 44.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 44.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 47.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 49.0% - New Avengers
- 50.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 53.4% - Wolverine
- 53.8% - X-Factor
- 55.8% - Iron Man
- 59.4% - Captain America
- 59.4% - Punisher
- 65.0% - Incredible Hulk
- 81.3% - Thor
- 89.2% - Dark Tower

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/08/27/ma ... july-2012/

Ven 26 Oct 2012 - 18:06

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: September 2012

By Paul O’Brien

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover built towards its finale in September (though the actual final issue slipped to the next month). And – well, yes, that’s about it in terms of notable releases in September. Schedules don’t get much quieter than this, and with many of the titles also on their way to an imminent relaunch, the main points of interest on this month’s chart really involve seeing how recent launches are getting on.

The quiet schedule is most likely because Marvel are leaving their next wave of new launches for Marvel Now!, starting in October – though it also has the side effect of avoiding direct competition with DC’s Zero Month stunt.

Naturally enough, in these circumstances, DC had the largest share of the North American direct market in September by a comfortable margin, leading Marvel by 36% to 31% in dollar share, and 41% to 34% in units.

Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2 for allowing us to use these figures.

1. AVENGERS VS X-MEN
03/12 AvX #0 of 12 - 165,821
04/12 AvX #1 of 12 - 258,586 (+55.9%)
04/12 AvX #2 of 12 - 193,162 (-25.3%)
05/12 AvX #3 of 12 - 184,126 ( -4.7%)
05/12 AvX #4 of 12 - 182,255 ( -1.0%)
06/12 AvX #5 of 12 - 190,705 ( +4.6%)
06/12 AvX #6 of 12 - 186,555 ( -2.2%)
07/12 AvX #7 of 12 - 179,208 ( -3.9%)
07/12 AvX #8 of 12 - 174,910 ( -2.4%)
08/12 AvX #9 of 12 - 174,346 ( -0.3%)
08/12 AvX #10 of 12 - 169,529 ( -2.8%)
09/12 AvX #11 of 12 - 167,327 ( -1.3%)

As already noted, issue #12 was also due out in September, but slipped. Sales continue to hold up very nicely – DC otherwise swept the top ten, but AVENGERS VS X-MEN is still at the top.

(It’s worth noting that if AVENGERS VS X-MEN #12 had come out in October, so too would the directly related AVX: VERSUS #6 – and it’s a pretty safe bet that that would have given Marvel three top ten books, making the top of the chart look a little bit less lopsided.)

13. UNCANNY X-MEN
09/07 Uncanny X-Men #478 - 89,850
09/08 Uncanny X-Men #490 - 87,592
09/09 Uncanny X-Men #502 - 82,883
09/10 Uncanny X-Men #515 - 73,585
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09/11 Uncanny X-Men #543 - 58,326 ( +6.4%)
10/11 Uncanny X-Men #544 - 60,212 ( +3.2%)
11/11 Uncanny X-Men v2 #1 - 109,911 (+82.5%)
11/11 Uncanny X-Men v2 #2 - 72,485 (-34.1%)
12/11 Uncanny X-Men v2 #3 - 64,112 (-11.6%)
01/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #4 - 63,175 ( -1.5%)
01/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #5 - 63,477 ( +0.5%)
02/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #6 - 59,834 ( -5.7%)
02/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #7 - 59,200 ( -1.1%)
03/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #8 - 57,568 ( -2.8%)
03/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #9 - 56,976 ( -1.0%)
04/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #10 - 56,906 ( -0.1%)
04/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #11 - 75,109 (+32.0%)
05/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #12 - 69,265 ( -7.8%)
06/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #13 - 70,521 ( +1.8%)
06/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #14 - 67,793 ( -3.9%)
07/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #15 - 66,114 ( -2.5%)
07/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #16 - 63,835 ( -3.4%)
08/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #17 - 61,095 ( -4.3%)
09/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #18 - 59,794 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth ( +4.9%)
1 year ( +2.5%)
2 year (-18.7%)
3 year (-27.9%)
4 year (-31.7%)
5 year (-33.5%)

Still participating in the AvX crossover. The book ends with issue #20, to be replaced by ALL-NEW X-MEN.

14,16. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
09/07 Amazing #544 - 146,215
09/08 Amazing #572 - 75,574
09/09 Amazing #604 - 63,435
09/10 Amazing #641 - 68,345
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09/11 Amazing #669 - 71,944 (+25.0%)
09/11 Amazing #670 - 57,959 (-19.4%)
10/11 Amazing #671 - 59,426 ( +2.5%)
10/11 Amazing #672 - 57,860 ( -2.6%)
11/11 Amazing #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 Amazing #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 Amazing #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 Amazing #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 Amazing #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 Amazing #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 Amazing #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 Amazing #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 Amazing #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 Amazing #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 Amazing #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 Amazing #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 Amazing #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 Amazing #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 Amazing #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
06/12 Amazing #687 - 62,680 ( +7.4%)
06/12 Amazing #688 - 60,409 ( -3.6%)
07/12 Amazing #689 - 59,859 ( -0.9%)
07/12 Amazing #690 - 58,976 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Amazing #691 - 60,767 ( +3.0%)
08/12 Amazing #692 - 91,071 (+49.9%)
09/12 Amazing #693 - 59,772 (-34.4%)
09/12 Amazing #694 - 58,461 ( -2.2%)
6 mnth ( +2.3%)
1 year ( +0.9%)
2 year (-14.5%)
3 year ( -7.8%)
4 year (-22.6%)
5 year (-60.0%)

Relaunching as SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN after issue #700 in December. Meanwhile, it continues to hover in the 58-59K range.

Incidentally, I’m measuring the one-year comparison from issue #670, as issue #669 received a massive sales spike from a customised variant cover promotion.

15. AVENGERS
09/10 Avengers v4 #5 - 82,411
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09/11 Avengers v4 #17 - 61,492 ( +2.0%)
10/11 Avengers v4 #18 - 58,897 ( -4.2%)
11/11 Avengers v4 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 Avengers v4 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Avengers v4 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 Avengers v4 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
05/12 Avengers v4 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
06/12 Avengers v4 #27 - 68,885 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Avengers v4 #28 - 63,169 ( -8.3%)
08/12 Avengers v4 #29 - 61,653 ( -2.4%)
09/12 Avengers v4 #30 - 58,609 ( -4.9%)
6 mnth (+12.2%)
1 year ( -4.7%)
2 year (-28.9%)

The last of the AvX tie-in issues. The book relaunches after issue #34. (You’ll be reading a lot of comments along those lines today.)

18. NEW AVENGERS
09/07 New Avengers #34 - 112,815
09/08 New Avengers #45 - 103,326
09/09 New Avengers #57 - 85,598
09/10 New Avengers v2 #4 - 77,479
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09/11 New Avengers v2 #16 - 57,959 ( +3.4%)
09/11 New Avengers v2 #.1 - 51,506 (-11.1%)
10/11 New Avengers v2 #17 - 55,732 ( +8.2%)
11/11 New Avengers v2 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 New Avengers v2 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 New Avengers v2 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 New Avengers v2 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 New Avengers v2 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 New Avengers v2 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 New Avengers v2 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 New Avengers v2 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
05/12 New Avengers v2 #26 - 64,326 ( +3.8%)
06/12 New Avengers v2 #27 - 64,927 ( +0.9%)
07/12 New Avengers v2 #28 - 62,739 ( -3.4%)
08/12 New Avengers v2 #29 - 59,441 ( -5.3%)
09/12 New Avengers v2 #30 - 56,742 ( -4.5%)
6 mnth ( +9.8%)
1 year ( -2.1%)
2 year (-26.8%)
3 year (-33.7%)
4 year (-45.1%)
5 year (-49.7%)

Last of the AvX tie-in issues. The series relaunches after issue #34. (See?)

19,21. WOLVERINE &THE X-MEN
10/11 Wolverine/X-Men #1 - 99,611
11/11 Wolverine/X-Men #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 Wolverine/X-Men #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 Wolverine/X-Men #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 Wolverine/X-Men #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
06/12 Wolverine/X-Men #12 - 64,838 ( -0.2%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #13 - 62,689 ( -3.3%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #14 - 61,029 ( -2.6%)
08/12 Wolverine/X-Men #15 - 58,441 ( -4.2%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #16 - 55,857 ( -4.4%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #17 - 54,768 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( +0.4%)

Issue #17 was meant to be the last of the AvX tie-in issues, but (perhaps because it would have spoiled the ending of AVENGERS VS X-MEN #12) it’s been swapped with issue #18, a one-off Doop story with guest artist Mike Allred. The crossover resumes in October, but these orders will of course reflect what Marvel actually solicited.

27. SPIDER-MEN
06/12 Spider-Men #1 of 5 - 94,548
06/12 Spider-Men #2 of 5 - 68,283 (-27.8%)
07/12 Spider-Men #3 of 5 - 57,739 (-15.4%)
08/12 Spider-Men #4 of 5 - 54,215 ( -6.1%)
09/12 Spider-Men #5 of 5 - 52,525 ( -3.1%)

Excellent numbers – the series wraps up a good 12K ahead of parent title ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.

34. UNCANNY X-FORCE
09/08 X-Force v3 #7 - 64,911
09/09 X-Force v3 #19 - 49,817
09/10 X-F: S&V #3 - 37,283
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08/11 X-Force v4 #13 - 53,904 ( -2.7%)
08/11 X-Force v4 #14 - 50,770 ( -5.8%)
09/11 X-Force v4 #15 - 53,771 ( +5.9%)
10/11 X-Force v4 #16 - 52,398 ( -2.6%)
11/11 X-Force v4 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 X-Force v4 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 X-Force v4 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 X-Force v4 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 X-Force v4 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 X-Force v4 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Force v4 #26 - 47,522 ( -6.0%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #27 - 46,325 ( -2.5%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #28 - 46,367 ( +0.1%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #29 - 45,159 ( -2.6%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #30 - 44,918 ( -0.5%)
09/12 X-Force v4 #31 - 44,061 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( -9.8%)
1 year (-18.3%)
2 year (+18.2%)
3 year (-11.6%)
4 year (-32.1%)

Relaunching after issue #35 as two separate titles. This seems to coincide quite nicely with Rick Remender’s storylines building to a natural conclusion.

36. HIT-GIRL [Icon]
06/12 Hit-Girl #1 of 5 - 60,409
07/12 Hit-Girl #2 of 5 - 45,338 (-24.9%)
08/12 ---
09/12 Hit-Girl #3 of 5 - 42,678 ( -5.9%)

Fairly typical behaviour for a miniseries, levelling out quickly after the initial drop. As usual, Mark Millar has the rare ability to make his creator-owned work sell in the same quantities as Marvel and DC’s superhero books.

38,40. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
09/07 Spider-Man #114 - 66,682
09/08 Spider-Man #126 - 54,604
09/09 Spider-Man v2 #2 - 57,477
09/10 Spider-Man v2 #14 - 35,776
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09/11 Spider-Man v3 #1 - 95,483 (+143.6%)
09/11 Spider-Man v3 #2 - 58,672 ( -38.6%)
10/11 Spider-Man v3 #3 - 52,521 ( -10.5%)
11/11 Spider-Man v3 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 Spider-Man v3 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 Spider-Man v3 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 Spider-Man v3 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 Spider-Man v3 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 Spider-Man v3 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 Spider-Man v3 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
06/12 Spider-Man v3 #11 - 42,549 ( +0.5%)
07/12 Spider-Man v3 #12 - 42,050 ( -1.2%)
08/12 Spider-Man v3 #13 - 42,642 ( +1.4%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #14 - 40,960 ( -3.9%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #15 - 40,435 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth ( -12.6%)
1 year ( -57.7%)
2 year ( +13.0%)
3 year ( -29.7%)
4 year ( -25.9%)
5 year ( -39.4%)

Continuing the book’s very slow downward trend.

43. WOLVERINE
09/07 Wolverine v3 #57 - 74,588
09/08 ---
09/09 W: Weapon X #5 - 40,975
09/10 Wolverine v4 #1 - 104,414
=====
09/11 Wolverine v4 #15 - 37,951 ( -2.4%)
09/11 Wolverine v4 #16 - 37,796 ( -0.4%)
10/11 Wolverine v4 #17 - 39,405 ( +4.3%)
11/11 Wolverine v4 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 Wolverine v4 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 Wolverine v4 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Wolverine #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 Wolverine #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 Wolverine #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 Wolverine #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 Wolverine #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 Wolverine #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Wolverine #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 Wolverine #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
06/12 Wolverine #308 - 35,142 ( +1.9%)
07/12 Wolverine #309 - 33,148 ( -5.7%)
07/12 Wolverine #310 - 60,880 (+83.7%)
08/12 Wolverine #311 - 42,404 (-30.3%)
08/12 Wolverine #312 - 41,030 ( -3.2%)
09/12 Wolverine #313 - 39,262 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth ( +8.0%)
1 year ( +3.5%)
2 year (-62.4%)
3 year ( -4.2%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-47.4%)

Relaunching after issue #317. This is the final part of Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi’s “Sabretooth Reborn” arc, and by this point sales have drifted back to typical levels from the Jason Aaron run.

47. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 Avengers Assemble #1 - 100,883
04/12 Avengers Assemble #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 Avengers Assemble #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)
06/12 Avengers Assemble #4 - 43,022 ( -2.0%)
07/12 Avengers Assemble #5 - 38,951 ( -9.5%)
08/12 Avengers Assemble #6 - 36,131 ( -7.2%)
09/12 Avengers Assemble #7 - 36,259 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth (-64.1%)

No apparent reason for that slight uptick, so take it as a sign that sales may have finally levelled out.

48. DAREDEVIL
09/07 Daredevil v2 #100 - 78,143
09/08 Daredevil v2 #111 - 46,305
09/09 ---
09/10 Daredevil #510 - 44,728
=====
09/11 Daredevil v3 #3 - 39,477 ( -3.7%)
09/11 Daredevil v3 #4 - 40,311 ( +2.1%)
10/11 Daredevil v3 #5 - 39,413 ( -2.2%)
11/11 Daredevil v3 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 Daredevil v3 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 Daredevil v3 #8 - 43,494 (+12.0%)
02/12 Daredevil v3 #9 - 37,891 (-12.9%)
03/12 Daredevil v3 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #11 - 46,111 (+19.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #12 - 39,231 (-14.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
06/12 Daredevil v3 #14 - 43,865 (+12.3%)
07/12 Daredevil v3 #15 - 38,469 (-12.3%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #16 - 37,804 ( -1.7%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #17 - 38,149 ( +0.9%)
09/12 Daredevil v3 #18 - 37,185 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth ( -2.5%)
1 year ( -5.8%)
2 year (-16.9%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-19.7%)
5 year (-52.4%)

Still holding steady in the 37-38K range where it’s spent most of the year.

50,54. X-MEN LEGACY
09/07 X-Men v2 #203 - 85,652
09/08 X-Men Legacy #216 - 66,434
09/09 ---
09/10 X-Men Legacy #240 - 50,984
=====
09/11 X-Men Legacy #255 - 39,284 ( -1.5%)
09/11 X-Men Legacy #256 - 38,680 ( -1.5%)
10/11 X-Men Legacy #257 - 38,070 ( -1.6%)
11/11 X-Men Legacy #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 X-Men Legacy #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 X-Men Legacy #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 X-Men Legacy #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 X-Men Legacy #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #266 - 43,199 (+21.0%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #268 - 49,163 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #269 - 46,923 ( -4.6%)
07/12 X-Men Legacy #270 - 44,914 ( -4.3%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #271 - 37,206 (-17.2%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #272 - 37,120 ( -0.2%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #273 - 36,020 ( -3.0%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #274 - 35,168 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth ( -2.2%)
1 year (-10.5%)
2 year (-31.0%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-47.1%)
5 year (-58.9%)

Relaunching as a Legion solo title after issue #275 – which pretty much amounts to cancelling the book and replacing it with an entirely different title of the same, admittedly relevant, name.

51. SECRET AVENGERS
09/10 Secret Avengers #5 - 69,546
=====
09/11 Secret Avengers #17 - 44,890 ( -3.1%)
10/11 Secret Avengers #18 - 43,280 ( -3.6%)
11/11 Secret Avengers #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 Secret Avengers #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 Secret Avengers #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 Secret Avengers #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
06/12 Secret Avengers #28 - 51,572 ( +3.5%)
07/12 Secret Avengers #29 - 41,653 (-19.2%)
08/12 Secret Avengers #30 - 38,243 ( -8.2%)
09/12 Secret Avengers #31 - 35,987 ( -5.9%)
6 mnth ( -6.2%)
1 year (-19.8%)
2 year (-48.3%)

Relaunching in February. Sales are drifting down in the meantime.

52. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 Avenging Spider-Man #1 - 112,153
12/11 Avenging Spider-Man #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 Avenging Spider-Man #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 Avenging Spider-Man #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 Avenging Spider-Man #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 Avenging Spider-Man #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 Avenging Spider-Man #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
06/12 Avenging Spider-Man #8 - 39,861 ( +4.9%)
07/12 Avenging Spider-Man #9 - 37,134 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #10 - 34,537 ( -7.0%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #11 - 33,808 ( -2.1%)
09/12 Avenging Spider-Man #12 - 35,462 ( +4.9%)
6 mnth (-13.2%)

No variant covers or crossovers here, so the sales jump is presumably due to the content – a Deadpool guest appearance, written by Kevin Shinick, which has got a bit of press coverage for his involvement.

53. FANTASTIC FOUR
09/07 ---
09/08 Fantastic Four #560 - 58,258
09/09 Fantastic Four #571 - 47,468
09/10 Fantastic Four #583 - 46,267
=====
09/11 FF #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 FF #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 FF #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 Fantastic Four #600 - 73,809 (+52.4%)
12/11 Fantastic Four #601 - 51,080 (-30.8%)
01/12 Fantastic Four #602 - 45,131 (-11.6%)
02/12 Fantastic Four #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 Fantastic Four #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 Fantastic Four #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
06/12 Fantastic Four #607 - 40,453 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Fantastic Four #608 - 37,776 ( -6.6%)
08/12 Fantastic Four #609 - 36,496 ( -3.4%)
09/12 Fantastic Four #610 - 35,388 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth (-16.0%)
1 year (-33.3%)
2 year (-23.5%)
3 year (-25.4%)
4 year (-39.3%)
5 year ( --- )

Relaunches after issue #611.

57. CAPTAIN AMERICA
09/07 Captain America v6 #30 - 79,554
09/08 Captain America v6 #42 - 75,574
09/09 Reborn #3 - 108,331
09/10 Captain America #610 - 47,986
=====
09/11 Captain America v7 #3 - 54,413 ( +0.1%)
10/11 ---
11/11 Captain America v7 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 Captain America v7 #5 - 47,333 (-12.6%)
12/11 Captain America v7 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Captain America v7 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 Captain America v7 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 Captain America v7 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 Captain America v7 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
06/12 Captain America v7 #13 - 39,456 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #14 - 36,812 ( -6.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #15 - 36,433 ( -1.0%)
08/12 Captain America v7 #16 - 35,155 ( -3.5%)
09/12 Captain America v7 #17 - 34,279 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-17.7%)
1 year (-37.0%)
2 year (-28.6%)
3 year (-68.4%)
4 year (-54.6%)
5 year (-56.9%)

Relaunches after issue #19.

58,59. INCREDIBLE HULK
09/07 Incredible v2 #110 - 96,835
09/08 Hulk #5 - 102,105
09/09 Incredible Hulk #602 - 51,582
09/10 Incredible Hulks #613 - 40,063
=====
09/11 ---
10/11 Incredible v4 #1 - 106,472 (+178.6%)
11/11 Incredible v4 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 Incredible v4 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 Incredible v4 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 Incredible v4 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 Incredible v4 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 Incredible v4 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #9 - 40,467 ( -3.8%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #10 - 38,122 ( -5.8%)
07/12 Incredible v4 #11 - 36,743 ( -3.6%)
08/12 Incredible v4 #12 - 36,860 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #13 - 33,858 ( -8.1%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #14 - 33,887 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( -16.4%)
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( -15.4%)
3 year ( -36.2%)
4 year ( -66.8%)
5 year ( -65.0%)

Relaunches after issue #15.

60. HAWKEYE
08/12 Hawkeye v4 #1 - 48,346
09/12 Hawkeye v4 #2 - 33,563 (-30.6%)

Issue #1 picks up reorders of 6,394 so that second-issue drop is rather exaggerated. Without the reorders, it would be a drop of 20% – rather more typical for a second issue.

62,63. X-MEN
09/10 X-Men v3 #3 - 66,549
=====
09/11 X-Men v3 #17 - 43,200 ( +0.1%)
09/11 X-Men v3 #18 - 42,066 ( -2.6%)
10/11 X-Men v3 #19 - 40,906 ( -2.8%)
11/11 X-Men v3 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 X-Men v3 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 X-Men v3 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 X-Men v3 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 X-Men v3 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 X-Men v3 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #30 - 37,690 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #31 - 35,789 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Men v3 #32 - 35,091 ( -2.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #33 - 33,695 ( -4.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #34 - 33,354 ( -1.0%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #35 - 32,049 ( -3.9%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #36 - 31,996 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (-10.7%)
1 year (-25.9%)
2 year (-51.9%)

Continuing its steady downward drift.

66. FIRST X-MEN
08/12 First X-Men #1 of 5 - 55,152
09/12 First X-Men #2 of 5 - 31,415 (-43.0%)

Big drop there, but that’s largely a reflection of Marvel putting a big promotional push behind the first issue.

68,69. IRON MAN
09/07 Iron Man v4 #22 - 46,691
09/08 Iron Man v5 #5 - 60,444
09/09 Iron Man v5 #17 - 47,182
09/10 Iron Man v5 #30 - 47,238
=====
09/11 Iron Man #508 - 41,295 ( +3.0%)
10/11 Iron Man #509 - 38,721 ( -6.2%)
11/11 Iron Man #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 Iron Man #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 Iron Man #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Iron Man #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 Iron Man #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 Iron Man #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 Iron Man #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 Iron Man #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
06/12 Iron Man #518 - 32,553 ( -3.2%)
06/12 Iron Man #519 - 32,518 ( -0.1%)
07/12 Iron Man #520 - 32,765 ( +0.8%)
07/12 Iron Man #521 - 32,172 ( -1.8%)
08/12 Iron Man #522 - 31,464 ( -2.2%)
08/12 Iron Man #523 - 31,568 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Iron Man #524 - 30,976 ( -1.9%)
09/12 Iron Man #525 - 30,885 ( -0.3%)
6 mnth ( -1.7%)
1 year (-25.2%)
2 year (-34.6%)
3 year (-34.5%)
4 year (-48.9%)
5 year (-33.9%)

Relaunching after issue #527.

71,72. ULTIMATES
08/07 ---
08/08 Ultimates v3 #5 - 86,851
08/09 ---
08/10 ---
=====
09/11 Ultimates v5 #2 - 42,728 (-27.0%)
10/11 Ultimates v5 #3 - 40,792 ( -4.5%)
11/11 Ultimates v5 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 Ultimates v5 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 Ultimates v5 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 Ultimates v5 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 Ultimates v5 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 Ultimates v5 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
06/12 Ultimates v5 #12 - 30,845 ( -1.6%)
07/12 Ultimates v5 #13 - 32,380 ( +5.0%)
08/12 Ultimates v5 #14 - 30,311 ( -6.4%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #15 - 30,382 ( +0.2%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #16 - 30,533 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth ( -5.2%)
1 year (-28.5%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-64.8%)
5 year ( --- )

Interesting – the book seems to have levelled out at 30K and started to very slowly climb again. (Issue #13 had a variant cover, which obscures the trend slightly.)

73,75. THOR
09/07 ---
09/08 ---
09/09 Thor #603 - 65,265
09/10 Thor #614 - 53,505
=====
08/11 Thor v4 #5 - 44,594 ( +0.0%)
09/11 Thor v4 #6 - 45,231 ( +1.4%)
10/11 Thor v4 #7 - 44,017 ( -2.7%)
11/11 Thor v4 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 Thor v4 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 Thor v4 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 Thor v4 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 Thor v4 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 Thor v4 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 Thor v4 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 Thor v4 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
06/12 Thor v4 #15 - 33,674 ( +3.5%)
06/12 Thor v4 #16 - 31,798 ( -5.6%)
07/12 Thor v4 #17 - 30,879 ( -2.9%)
08/12 Thor v4 #18 - 35,392 (+14.6%)
09/12 Thor v4 #19 - 30,289 (-14.4%)
09/12 Thor v4 #20 - 30,172 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth (-11.2%)
1 year (-32.3%)
2 year (-43.6%)
3 year (-53.8%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Relaunching after issue #22. This is part of a crossover with the lower-selling JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, but there’s little apparent effect on sales.

74. ASTONISHING X-MEN
09/07 ---
09/08 ---
09/09 ---
09/10 ---
=====
09/11 Astonishing X-Men #42 - 32,700 ( -2.3%)
10/11 Astonishing X-Men #43 - 32,620 ( -0.2%)
11/11 Astonishing X-Men #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 Astonishing X-Men #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 Astonishing X-Men #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 Astonishing X-Men #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 Astonishing X-Men #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 Astonishing X-Men #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 Astonishing X-Men #50 - 61,866 (+97.7%)
06/12 Astonishing X-Men #51 - 82,654 (+33.6%)
07/12 Astonishing X-Men #52 - 35,766 (-56.7%)
08/12 Astonishing X-Men #53 - 32,268 ( -9.8%)
09/12 Astonishing X-Men #54 - 30,225 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth (-11.6%)
1 year ( -7.6%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Drifting back down to the levels Marjorie Liu inherited when she took over the book with issue #48.

76,89. VENOM
09/11 Venom v2 #7 - 33,130 ( -5.4%)
10/11 Venom v2 #8 - 32,266 ( -2.6%)
11/11 Venom v2 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 Venom v2 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 Venom v2 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Venom v2 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 Venom v2 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 Venom v2 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 Venom v2 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 Venom v2 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 Venom v2 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 Venom v2 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
06/12 Venom v2 #19 - 28,702 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Venom v2 #20 - 26,941 ( -6.1%)
07/12 Venom v2 #21 - 26,534 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Venom v2 #22 - 26,734 ( +0.8%)
08/12 Venom v2 #23 - 26,854 ( +0.4%)
09/12 Venom v2 #24 - 30,080 (+12.0%)
09/12 Venom v2 #25 - 25,242 (-16.1%)
6 mnth (-12.7%)
1 year (-23.8%)

Not sure about the reason for the spike on issue #24 – there’s a variant cover, but the same went for the previous two issues.

77. FF
09/11 FF #9 - 53,091 ( +2.3%)
10/11 FF #10 - 49,642 ( -6.5%)
10/11 FF #11 - 48,433 ( -2.4%)
11/11 FF #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 FF #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 FF #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 FF #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 FF #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 FF #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 FF #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
06/12 FF #19 - 34,260 ( -0.9%)
07/12 FF #20 - 31,652 ( -7.6%)
08/12 FF #21 - 30,220 ( -4.5%)
09/12 FF #22 - 29,847 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-19.7%)
1 year (-43.8%)

Relaunching after issue #23.

78,81. DEADPOOL
09/08 Deadpool v3 #2 - 59,850
09/09 Deadpool v3 #15 - 50,479
09/10 Deadpool v3 #27 - 36,404
=====
09/11 Deadpool v3 #43 - 26,643 ( -0.6%)
10/11 Deadpool v3 #44 - 26,678 ( +0.1%)
10/11 Deadpool v3 #45 - 27,552 ( +3.3%)
11/11 Deadpool v3 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 Deadpool v3 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 Deadpool v3 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 Deadpool v3 #50 - 40,695 (+64.2%)
02/12 Deadpool v3 #51 - 27,458 (-32.5%)
03/12 Deadpool v3 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 Deadpool v3 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
06/12 Deadpool v3 #56 - 29,513 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #57 - 29,155 ( -1.2%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #58 - 28,706 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Deadpool v3 #59 - 28,507 ( -0.7%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #60 - 28,548 ( +0.1%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #61 - 28,351 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( +1.3%)
1 year ( +6.4%)
2 year (-22.1%)
3 year (-43.8%)
4 year (-52.6%)

Relaunching after issue #63.

79. GAMBIT
08/12 Gambit v5 #1 - 40,418
08/12 Gambit v5 #2 - 32,336 (-20.0%)
09/12 Gambit v5 #3 - 28,530 (-11.8%)

Levelling out, but that’s still a sharp drop for a third issue.

82. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 Scarlet Spider #1 - 53,410
02/12 Scarlet Spider #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 Scarlet Spider #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 Scarlet Spider #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 Scarlet Spider #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)
06/12 Scarlet Spider #6 - 30,722 ( -0.7%)
07/12 Scarlet Spider #7 - 29,140 ( -5.1%)
08/12 Scarlet Spider #8 - 27,690 ( -5.0%)
09/12 Scarlet Spider #9 - 27,140 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-16.8%)

Still on a gentle downward trend.

83. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
08/07 X-Men v1 #86 - 55,346
08/08 ---
=====
09/11 X-Men v2 #1 - 67,625 (+94.7%)
10/11 X-Men v2 #2 - 44,399 (-34.3%)
11/11 X-Men v2 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 X-Men v2 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 X-Men v2 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 X-Men v2 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 X-Men v2 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 X-Men v2 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Men v2 #13 - 29,159 ( +1.1%)
07/12 X-Men v2 #14 - 29,879 ( +2.5%)
08/12 X-Men v2 #15 - 27,847 ( -6.8%)
09/12 X-Men v2 #16 - 27,066 ( -2.8%)
6 mnth (-10.0%)
1 year (-60.0%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-51.1%)

Another book with the standard gentle decline.

86,88. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 Winter Soldier #1 - 50,932
02/12 Winter Soldier #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 Winter Soldier #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 Winter Soldier #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)
05/12 Winter Soldier #5 - 30,646 ( -8.6%)
06/12 Winter Soldier #6 - 30,386 ( -0.8%)
06/12 Winter Soldier #7 - 28,984 ( -4.6%)
07/12 Winter Soldier #8 - 27,317 ( -5.8%)
08/12 Winter Soldier #9 - 26,255 ( -3.9%)
09/12 Winter Soldier #10 - 25,811 ( -1.7%)
09/12 Winter Soldier #11 - 25,310 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth (-27.5%)

And much the same here.

90. CAPTAIN MARVEL
09/07 Ms Marvel v2 #19 - 32,371
09/08 Ms Marvel v3 #30 - 40,041
09/09 Ms Marvel v2 #45 - 30,528
=====
07/12 Captain Marvel v6 #1 - 41,582
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #2 - 28,434 (-31.6%)
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #3 - 27,649 ( -2.8%)
09/12 Captain Marvel v6 #4 - 24,799 (-10.3%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-18.8%)
4 year (-38.1%)
5 year (-23.4%)

The relatively small drop on issue #3 looks to have been mainly a result of shipping two books in the same month. The overall trend is a bit hard to figure, but it’s dropping rather more quickly than I’d like.

91,99. X-TREME X-MEN
07/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #1 - 36,802
08/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #2 - 25,689 (-30.2%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #3 - 24,490 ( -4.7%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #4 - 22,584 ( -7.8%)

An 8% drop, four issues in, and below the 25K mark? This isn’t looking at all healthy.

93,96. AVENGERS ACADEMY
09/10 Avengers Academy #4 - 31,212
=====
09/11 Avengers Academy #19 - 23,928 ( -2.5%)
10/11 Avengers Academy #20 - 23,412 ( -2.2%)
11/11 Avengers Academy #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 Avengers Academy #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 Avengers Academy #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 Avengers Academy #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 Avengers Academy #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 Avengers Academy #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 Avengers Academy #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 Avengers Academy #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
05/12 Avengers Academy #29 - 29,460 (+31.9%)
05/12 Avengers Academy #30 - 29,213 ( -0.8%)
06/12 Avengers Academy #31 - 34,040 (+16.5%)
06/12 Avengers Academy #32 - 32,243 ( -5.3%)
07/12 Avengers Academy #33 - 31,687 ( -1.7%)
08/12 Avengers Academy #34 - 26,572 (-16.1%)
08/12 Avengers Academy #35 - 26,381 ( -0.7%)
09/12 Avengers Academy #36 - 23,822 ( -9.7%)
09/12 Avengers Academy #37 - 23,027 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth ( +5.5%)
1 year ( -3.8%)
2 year (-26.2%)

Cancelled with issue #39.

95,97. DARK AVENGERS
09/07 ---
09/08 Thunderbolts #124 - 43,429
09/09 Thunderbolts #135 - 39,961
09/10 Thunderbolts #148 - 32,190
=====
09/11 Thunderbolts #163 - 24,199 ( -6.9%)
09/11 Thunderbolts #.1 - 22,596 ( -6.6%)
10/11 Thunderbolts #164 - 23,712 ( +4.9%)
11/11 Thunderbolts #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 Thunderbolts #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 Thunderbolts #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Thunderbolts #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 Thunderbolts #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Thunderbolts #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
06/12 Dark Avengers #175 - 39,532 (+110.4%)
06/12 Dark Avengers #176 - 34,614 ( -12.4%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #177 - 30,643 ( -11.5%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #178 - 28,572 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Dark Avengers #179 - 25,835 ( -9.6%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #180 - 23,761 ( -8.0%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #181 - 23,044 ( -3.0%)
6 mnth ( +20.8%)
1 year ( -4.8%)
2 year ( -28.4%)
3 year ( -42.3%)
4 year ( -46.9%)
5 year ( --- )

Still drifting back to previous sales levels, from the look of things.

96. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 Age of Apocalypse #1 - 56,426
04/12 Age of Apocalypse #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 Age of Apocalypse #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)
06/12 Age of Apocalypse #4 - 30,469 ( -5.0%)
07/12 Age of Apocalypse #5 - 27,223 (-10.7%)
08/12 Age of Apocalypse #6 - 25,393 ( -6.7%)
09/12 Age of Apocalypse #7 - 23,618 ( -7.0%)
6 mnth (-58.1%)

Freefall. I’ll be surprised if it makes it to a second year at this rate.

101,103. X-FACTOR
09/07 X-Factor v3 #23 - 53,311
09/08 X-Factor v3 #35 - 44,481
08/09 X-Factor v3 #48 - 30,305
08/10 X-Factor #209 - 29,626
=====
09/11 X-Factor #.1 - 23,220 ( -1.9%)
09/11 X-Factor #225 - 23,507 ( +1.2%)
10/11 X-Factor #226 - 23,569 ( +0.3%)
11/11 X-Factor #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 X-Factor #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 X-Factor #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 X-Factor #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 X-Factor #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 X-Factor #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 X-Factor #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 X-Factor #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 X-Factor #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 X-Factor #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
06/12 X-Factor #237 - 24,854 ( +3.4%)
06/12 X-Factor #238 - 23,607 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Factor #239 - 23,506 ( -0.4%)
07/12 X-Factor #240 - 23,223 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #241 - 22,943 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #242 - 22,782 ( -0.7%)
09/12 X-Factor #243 - 22,118 ( -2.9%)
09/12 X-Factor #244 - 22,193 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth ( -6.9%)
1 year ( -4.4%)
2 year (-25.1%)
3 year (-26.8%)
4 year (-50.1%)
5 year (-58.4%)

Still hovering steadily around the 22K mark.

106,108. PUNISHER
09/07 Journal v2 #11 - 47,220
09/08 Journal v2 #23 - 27,384
09/09 Punisher v7 #9 - 28,424
09/10 Franken-Castle #21 - 20,036
=====
09/11 Punisher v8 #3 - 26,802 ( -36.9%)
10/11 Punisher v8 #4 - 25,847 ( -3.6%)
11/11 Punisher v8 #5 - 25,399 ( -1.7%)
12/11 Punisher v8 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 Punisher v8 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 Punisher v8 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 Punisher v8 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 Punisher v8 #10 - 32,412 ( +45.2%)
05/12 Punisher v8 #11 - 23,303 ( -28.1%)
06/12 Punisher v8 #12 - 23,329 ( +0.1%)
07/12 Punisher v8 #13 - 23,075 ( -1.1%)
08/12 Punisher v8 #14 - 22,046 ( -4.5%)
09/12 Punisher v8 #15 - 21,829 ( -1.0%)
09/12 Punisher v8 #16 - 21,565 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -3.4%)
1 year ( -19.5%)
2 year ( +7.6%)
3 year ( -24.1%)
4 year ( -21.2%)
5 year ( -54.3%)

Final issue, though it’s followed up by the WAR ZONE miniseries next month.

110,113. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
09/11 J/into Mystery #627 - 29,678 ( +6.5%)
09/11 J/into Mystery #628 - 28,843 ( -2.8%)
10/11 J/into Mystery #629 - 28,054 ( -2.7%)
10/11 J/into Mystery #630 - 27,701 ( -1.3%)
11/11 J/into Mystery #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 J/into Mystery #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 J/into Mystery #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 J/into Mystery #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 J/into Mystery #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 J/into Mystery #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #639 - 21,914 ( -7.8%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #640 - 20,714 ( -5.5%)
07/12 J/into Mystery #641 - 19,850 ( -4.2%)
08/12 J/into Mystery #642 - 22,336 (+12.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #643 - 21,109 ( -5.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #644 - 20,588 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth ( -4.8%)
1 year (-30.6%)

Revamping as a Sif title with issue #646. This is the third part of “Everything Burns”, a crossover with THOR.

116. DEFENDERS
12/11 Defenders v4 #1 - 85,969
01/12 Defenders v4 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 Defenders v4 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 Defenders v4 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 Defenders v4 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)
05/12 Defenders v4 #6 - 25,518 ( -8.5%)
06/12 Defenders v4 #7 - 23,574 ( -7.6%)
07/12 Defenders v4 #8 - 22,504 ( -4.5%)
08/12 Defenders v4 #9 - 21,500 ( -4.5%)
09/12 Defenders v4 #10 - 20,220 ( -6.0%)
6 mnth (-32.1%)

Cancelled with issue #12.

120,124. CAPTAIN AMERICA ANDÉ
09/11 ...Bucky #622 - 34,096 ( -5.5%)
10/11 ...Bucky #623 - 32,041 ( -6.0%)
11/11 ...Bucky #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 ...Bucky #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 ...Bucky #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 ...Bucky #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 ...Bucky #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 ...Hawkeye #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
06/12 ...Hawkeye #632 - 21,674 ( -4.5%)
06/12 ...Iron Man #633 - 21,822 ( +0.7%)
07/12 ...Iron Man #634 - 20,641 ( -5.4%)
08/12 ...Iron Man #635 - 19,639 ( -4.9%)
08/12 ...Namor #.1 - 19,152 ( -2.5%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #636 - 19,101 ( -0.3%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #637 - 18,722 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-24.8%)
1 year (-45.1%)

Cancelled with issue #640.

121. NEW MUTANTS
09/09 New Mutants v3 #5 - 31,502
09/10 New Mutants v3 #17 - 31,684
=====
09/11 New Mutants v3 #31 - 25,672 ( -3.8%)
10/11 New Mutants v3 #32 - 25,364 ( -1.2%)
11/11 New Mutants v3 #33 - 28,665 (+13.0%)
11/11 New Mutants v3 #34 - 25,847 ( -9.8%)
12/11 New Mutants v3 #35 - 25,564 ( -1.1%)
01/12 New Mutants v3 #36 - 23,891 ( -6.5%)
02/12 New Mutants v3 #37 - 23,262 ( -2.6%)
02/12 New Mutants v3 #38 - 22,656 ( -2.6%)
03/12 New Mutants v3 #39 - 21,508 ( -5.1%)
04/12 New Mutants v3 #40 - 21,343 ( -0.8%)
04/12 New Mutants v3 #41 - 21,012 ( -1.6%)
05/12 New Mutants v3 #42 - 24,572 (+16.9%)
05/12 New Mutants v3 #43 - 24,160 ( -1.7%)
06/12 New Mutants v3 #44 - 22,069 ( -8.7%)
07/12 New Mutants v3 #45 - 20,751 ( -6.0%)
07/12 New Mutants v3 #46 - 20,396 ( -1.7%)
08/12 New Mutants v3 #47 - 19,856 ( -2.6%)
08/12 New Mutants v3 #48 - 19,593 ( -1.3%)
09/12 New Mutants v3 #49 - 18,943 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth (-11.9%)
1 year (-26.2%)
2 year (-40.2%)
3 year (-39.9%)

Cancelled with issue #50.

146. FURY MAX
05/12 Fury Max #1 - 20,620
05/12 Fury Max #2 - 19,021 (-7.8%)
06/12 Fury Max #3 - 17,152 (-9.8%)
07/12 Fury Max #4 - 16,329 (-4.8%)
08/12 Fury Max #5 - 15,646 (-4.2%)
09/12 Fury Max #6 - 14,646 (-6.4%)

The series continues with issue #7 in December.

158. THANOS: THE FINAL THREAT
09/12 One-shot - 13,556

A reprint of AVENGERS ANNUAL #7 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2.

162. DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER - MAN IN BLACK
09/07 ---
09/08 Treachery #1 - 82,541
09/09 Fall of Gilead #5 - 34,522
09/10 Gunslinger #5 - 21,323
=====
09/11 Tull #4 of 5 - 15,788 ( -3.4%)
10/11 #5 of 5 - 15,613 ( -1.1%)
11/11 ---
12/11 Way Station #1 - 15,367 ( -1.6%)
01/12 #2 of 5 - 14,827 ( -3.5%)
02/12 #3 of 5 - 14,302 ( -3.5%)
03/12 #4 of 5 - 13,987 ( -2.2%)
04/12 #5 of 5 - 13,823 ( -1.2%)
05/12 ---
06/12 Man in Black #1 - 14,672 ( +6.1%)
07/12 #2 of 5 - 13,831 ( -5.7%)
08/12 #3 of 5 - 13,677 ( -1.1%)
09/12 #4 of 5 - 13,240 ( -3.2%)
6 mnth ( -5.3%)
1 year (-16.1%)
2 year (-37.9%)
3 year (-61.6%)
4 year (-84.0%)
5 year ( --- )

Continuing its downward drift. A further mini has been solicited to start in January.

168. ROAD TO OZ
09/10 ---
=====
09/11 #1 of 8 - 10,648 (+29.6%)
10/11 #2 of 8 - 8,504 (-20.1%)
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #5 of 8 - 7,503 ( -2.5%)
03/12 ---
04/12 ---
05/12 #6 of 8 - 7,475 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #7 of 8 - 7,391 ( -1.1%)
06/12 #8 of 8 - 7,258 ( -1.8%)
07/12 ---
08/12 ---
09/12 #1 of 8 - 12,620 (+73.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (+18.5%)
2 year ( --- )

Later issues have been solicited as part of a six issue mini, rather than eight.

171. UNTOLD TALES OF THE PUNISHER MAX
06/12 UTotPM #1 of 5 - 16,449
07/12 UTotPM #2 of 5 - 14,148 (-14.0%)
08/12 UTotPM #3 of 5 - 12,734 (-10.0%)
09/12 UTotPM #4 of 5 - 12,074 ( -5.2%)

173. SPACE PUNISHER
07/12 Space Punisher #1 of 4 - 17,446
08/12 Space Punisher #2 of 4 - 13,569 (-22.2%)
09/12 Space Punisher #3 of 4 - 11,713 (-13.7%)

A couple of low-selling minis.

180,192,205,216. DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
08/12 Deadpool Kills #1 of 4 - 42,352
08/12 Deadpool Kills #2 of 4 - 38,355 (-9.4%)
08/12 Deadpool Kills #3 of 4 - 36,986 (-3.6%)
08/12 Deadpool Kills #4 of 4 - 36,447 (-1.5%)

This mini shipped weekly in August, but the whole thing charts again in September with substantial sales. Issue #1 adds 10,993;issue #2 adds 9,451;issue #3 8,536;and issue #4, 7,989. They're all added into the total above. This appears to be a case of genuine under-ordering on the first printing, as the effect is for the series to outsell the parent title quite comfortably.

265. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS
04/12 MU Avengers #1 - 12,874
05/12 MU Avengers #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)
06/12 MU Avengers #3 - 6,345 ( -5.8%)
07/12 MU Avengers #4 - 6,421 ( +1.2%)
08/12 MU Avengers #5 - 6,134 ( -4.5%)
09/12 MU Avengers #6 - 5,906 ( -3.7%)

267. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 MUU Spider-Man #1 - 10,886
05/12 MUU Spider-Man #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)
06/12 MUU Spider-Man #3 - 6,756 (-10.9%)
07/12 MUU Spider-Man #4 - 6,447 ( -4.6%)
08/12 MUU Spider-Man #5 - 6,310 ( -2.1%)
09/12 MUU Spider-Man #6 - 5,873 ( -6.9%)

281. MUPPETS
07/12 Muppets #1 of 4 - 7,558
08/12 Muppets #2 of 4 - 5,755 (-23.9%)
09/12 Muppets #3 of 4 - 5,259 ( -8.6%)

Finally, the Icon book TAKIO #3 didn't make the top 300, implying sales below 4,404 (which would be consistent with its sales pattern).

6 month comparisons
===================

+20.8% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
+12.2% - Avengers
+ 9.8% - New Avengers
+ 8.0% - Wolverine
+ 5.5% - Avengers Academy
+ 4.9% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 2.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 1.3% - Deadpool
- 1.7% - Iron Man
- 2.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 2.5% - Daredevil
- 3.4% - Punisher
- 4.8% - Journey into Mystery
- 5.2% - Ultimates
- 5.3% - Dark Tower
- 6.2% - Secret Avengers
- 6.9% - X-Factor
- 9.8% - X-Force
-10.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-10.7% - X-Men
-11.2% - Thor
-11.6% - Astonishing X-Men
-11.9% - New Mutants
-12.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-12.7% - Venom
-13.2% - Avenging Spider-Man
-16.0% - Fantastic Four
-16.4% - Incredible Hulk
-16.8% - Scarlet Spider
-17.7% - Captain America
-19.7% - FF
-24.8% - Captain America And...
-27.5% - Winter Soldier
-32.1% - Defenders
-58.1% - Age of Apocalypse

1 year comparisons
==================

+18.5% - Road to Oz
+ 6.4% - Deadpool
+ 3.5% - Wolverine
+ 2.5% - Uncanny X-Men
+ 0.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 0.4% - Wolverine and the X-Men
- 2.1% - New Avengers
- 3.8% - Avengers Academy
- 4.4% - X-Factor
- 4.7% - Avengers
- 4.8% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
- 5.8% - Daredevil
- 7.6% - Astonishing X-Men
-10.5% - X-Men Legacy
-16.1% - Dark Tower
-18.3% - X-Force
-19.5% - Punisher
-19.8% - Secret Avengers
-23.8% - Venom
-25.2% - Iron Man
-25.9% - X-Men
-26.2% - New Mutants
-28.5% - Ultimates
-30.6% - Journey into Mystery
-32.3% - Thor
-33.3% - Fantastic Four
-37.0% - Captain America
-43.8% - FF
-45.1% - Captain America And...
-57.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-60.0% - Ultimate Comics X-Men

2 year comparisons
==================

+18.2% - X-Force
+13.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
+ 7.6% - Punisher
-14.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
-15.4% - Incredible Hulk
-16.9% - Daredevil
-18.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-22.1% - Deadpool
-23.5% - Fantastic Four
-25.1% - X-Factor
-26.2% - Avengers Academy
-26.8% - New Avengers
-28.4% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
-28.6% - Captain America
-28.9% - Avengers
-31.0% - X-Men Legacy
-34.6% - Iron Man
-37.9% - Dark Tower
-40.2% - New Mutants
-43.6% - Thor
-48.3% - Secret Avengers
-51.9% - X-Men
-62.4% - Wolverine
-64.1% - Avengers Assemble

3 year comparisons
==================

- 4.2% - Wolverine
- 7.8% - Amazing Spider-Man
-11.6% - X-Force
-18.8% - Captain Marvel
-24.1% - Punisher
-25.4% - Fantastic Four
-26.8% - X-Factor
-27.9% - Uncanny X-Men
-29.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-33.7% - New Avengers
-34.5% - Iron Man
-36.2% - Incredible Hulk
-39.9% - New Mutants
-42.3% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
-43.8% - Deadpool
-53.8% - Thor
-61.6% - Dark Tower
-68.4% - Captain America

4 year comparisons
==================

-19.7% - Daredevil
-21.2% - Punisher
-22.6% - Amazing Spider-Man
-25.9% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-31.7% - Uncanny X-Men
-32.1% - X-Force
-38.1% - Captain Marvel
-39.3% - Fantastic Four
-45.1% - New Avengers
-46.9% - Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
-47.1% - X-Men Legacy
-48.9% - Iron Man
-50.1% - X-Factor
-52.6% - Deadpool
-54.6% - Captain America
-64.8% - Ultimates
-66.8% - Incredible Hulk
-84.0% - Dark Tower

5 year comparisons
==================

-23.4% - Captain Marvel
-33.5% - Uncanny X-Men
-33.9% - Iron Man
-39.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
-47.4% - Wolverine
-49.7% - New Avengers
-51.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
-52.4% - Daredevil
-54.3% - Punisher
-56.9% - Captain America
-58.4% - X-Factor
-58.9% - X-Men Legacy
-60.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
-65.0% - Incredible Hulk

http://comicsbeat.com/marvel-month-to-m ... mber-2012/

Sam 27 Oct 2012 - 15:42

48. DAREDEVIL
Still holding steady in the 37-38K range where it’s spent most of the year.

60. HAWKEYE
Issue #1 picks up reorders of 6,394 so that second-issue drop is rather exaggerated. Without the reorders, it would be a drop of 20% – rather more typical for a second issue.

De bons chiffres pour ces deux séries.

Sam 27 Oct 2012 - 15:51

non..
Pour DD ce sont de bons chiffres car il est stabilisé entre 37-39000 ex selon les variants ou un cross...
C est donc bien

Hawkeye... c est pas dit...
C est en general pas encourageant : WS avait commencé par là et aurait du etre arrété sans le film en prévision...
Ce sera bon pour Hawkeye s il se maitient vite.. et serait mieux qu il gagne..(sce qui est rare)...
n oublie pas que 25000 semble devenir la zone couperet..