by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my “come on, that Valerian movie wasn’t that bad” country. For any information about the French magazine on US comics I’m editing, please send me a message using my e-mail adress from any of my own commentaries

Another month and another nail on the coffin that Marvel is building for itself. Variant covers are responsible month after month for a bigger and bigger portion of Marvel’s profit on floppies, as another race of customers, called readers, are becoming extinct. But who really cares about those weird people who actually open the floppies and READ what’s inside?! What weird behavior!

Marvel probably asked themselves “What could we do to piss off our variant cover customers?” Hm, let’s see. Why not feature a variant program that will attract attention but, at the same time, will reveal with no doubt that, frankly, they do not care about them? That’s tricky. Who’s one of the biggest stars ever, with a connection to the 90’s, where Marvel is taking all its fantastic marketing strategies from–because it was such a fantastic area, right? Jim Lee of course! Now, the trick is to have variant covers done by Jim Lee but actually using art material already owned by Marvel. Why not use something that will blatantly say “Hey, we can put anything on a cover connected to a trend of someone famous, you will buy it, no matter what?”. So let’s use art made for a set of X-Men trading cards in the beginning of the 90’s by Jim Lee, enlarge it, and use it as 29 variant covers on titles with no relation to the X-Men!

Art not originally done for a cover, enlarged, certainly people will understand we are making fun of them, right? Hm, to be sure, let’s change some of the backgrounds on those cards and instead let’s put some hideous Photoshop backgrounds, you know, ones with sunsets, clouds, the ones your old aunt uses every time she wants to post pictures of you as a child on Facebook, to make you look even cuter!

“With such an ambitious variant program, we are ready for success!” If I were Jim Lee, I wouldn’t be that thrilled that my old art from 28 years ago would be enlarge to be used as a cover, which it wasn’t conceived for. That’s the latest bright idea from the House of Dumb Ideas. The result is a spike in sales, and that’s all that matter for Marvel so let’s congratulate them on such a clever move. The future? Who cares! Go and do your thing, you know, opening the floppy and reading or whatever you call it!”

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

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

2- ASTONISHING X-MEN ($5)
  
07/17	Astonishing X-Men  #1  -	122,287

Two members with guns, one with sharp claws, another with a sword, and one with sharp wings. If it’s not the 90’s, that’s a nice recreation of that area! Adding a third X-Men core series will probably mix the simple message the Blue and Gold series were trying to send. We will soon be back where we started, with lots of X-Men team books and nothing to differentiate one from the other.

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6- SECRET EMPIRE LTD
  
04/17	Secret Empire  #0  -   168,751   
05/17	Secret Empire  # 1  -  157,517   (-  6.7%)
05/17   Secret Empire  # 2  -  100,983   (-35.9%)
05/17   Secret Empire  # 3  -    91,611   (-  9.3%)
06/17	Secret Empire  # 4  -	  91,621   (+ 0.0%)
06/17	Secret Empire  # 5  -	  87,675   (-  4.3%)   
07/17   Secret Empire  # 6  -    85,887   (-  2.0%) 
07/17   Secret Empire  # 7  -    81,365   (-  5.3%)

This is sprobably the new sales level for this kind of thing. 100K will from now on be very difficult to crack outside of fake #1 sales numbers.

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7- STAR WARS 

01/15 Star Wars  #1 -  1,070,137                    
02/15 Star Wars  #2 -	   212,089  (-80.0%)
03/15 Star Wars  #3 -	   175,579  (-17.2%)
04/15 Star Wars  #4 -	   203,817  (+16.1%)
05/15 Star Wars  #5 -	   146,850  (-27.9%)
06/15 Star Wars  #6 -	   152,652  (+ 4.0%)
07/15 Star Wars  #7 -	   160,000  (+ 1.0%)
08/15 Star Wars #8  -	   151,221  (-  5.5%)   
09/15 Star Wars #9  -	   135,817  (-10.2%)
10/15 Star Wars#10 -    134,613  (-  0.9%)
11/15 Star Wars#11 -	   126,780  (-  5.8%)
11/15 Star Wars#12 -	   123,133  (-  2.9%)
12/15 Star Wars#13 - 	   139,918  (+13.6%)   (Vader Down)
01/16 Star Wars#14 - 	   118,471  (- 15.3%)
01/16 Star Wars#15 -     107,858  (-  9.0%)
02/16 Star Wars#16-	   110,407  (+ 2.4%)
03/16 Star Wars#17-	   107,058  (-  3.0%)
04/16 Star Wars#18-	     98,880  (-  7.6%)
05/16 Star Wars#19-	     95,156  (-  3.8%)
06/16 Star Wars#20-       96,047   (+ 0.9%)
07/16 Star Wars#21-       90,863   (- 5.4%)
08/16 Star Wars#22-	    85,126   (- 6.3%)
09/16 Star Wars#23-	    82,570   (-  3.0%)
10/16 Star Wars#24-       78,160   (-  5.3%)
11/16 Star Wars#25-       75,234   (-  3.7%)
12/16 Star Wars#26-     104,563  (+39.0%)
01/17 Star Wars#27-	     72,331 (- 30.8%)
02/17 Star Wars#28-	     74,002  (+ 2.3%)
03/17 Star Wars#29 -	     72,017  (-  2.7%)
04/17 Star Wars#30-	     70,175  (-  2.6%)
05/17 Star Wars#31-       70,907  (+  1.0%)  (SC)
06/17 Star Wars#32-	     70,184  (-  1.0%)   (SC)
07/17  Star Wars#33-      74,969  (+ 6.8%)

Since issue #2: -64.7%
STAR WARS TPB VOL.1:  42,008    
STAR WARS TPB VOL.2:  11,678   
STAR WARS TPB VOL.3:    6,689  
STAR WARS TPB VOL.4:    4,907

STAR WARS TPB VOL.5: 4,569

Steadiness of the floppy, supported by two variant covers. If none of the TPB appear this month in the top 300, the new volume has sales very close to the previous volume, which is an excellent level.

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8- 31- DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN LTD
  
07/17	Deadpool Kills MU Again Ltd  #1  -	74,006
07/17   Deadpool Kills MU Again Ltd  #2  - 42,326

This has been the most successful Marvel Deadpool mini-series ever, selling every month in trade paperback, for the last 4 years. So you can’t blame Marvel for going back to it. And already, those floppy numbers for a Deadpool mini are better than usual.

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10- SPIDER-MEN 2 LTD
  
07/17	Spider-Men 2 Ltd  #1  -   67,362

Because it’s already not complicated enough, let’s ask ourselves who the second Miles Morales (the one born in the new old Marvel Universe) really is. We only need a Miles Morales clone and this will be it!

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12- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 -  304,373                     
02/15 Darth Vader #2 -  125,466  (-58.8%)
…...
08/16 Darth Vader#24-     75,401  (-  2.6%)
09/16 ---
10/16 Darth Vader#25-    111,381  (+47.7%)
….....
06/17	Darth Vader  #1  -	118,644 ($5)
06/17   Darth Vader  #2 -	  66,416  (-44.0%)
07/17   Darth Vader  #3 -          59,522  (-10.4%)

DARTH VADER TPB VOL.1:  41,991   [+689]
DARTH VADER TPB VOL.2:  20,620   [+343]
DARTH VADER TPB VOL.3:  12,677   
DARTH VADER TPB VOL.4:  10,437

Those relaunch numbers are very disappointing. It would have been better to not stop the previous volume. We are way below issue #24 of it. TPB sales are still monstrous so don’t expect this one to be cancelled no matter what.

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13- DARTH MAUL LTD
  
02/17 Darth Maul  # 1 of 5  -  105,177
03/17 Darth Maul  # 2 of 5 -    60,415  (-42.6%)
04/17 Darth Maul  # 3 of 5 -    54,949  (-  9.0%)
05/17 ---
06/17 Darth Maul  # 4 of 5 -    58,240  (+6.0%)
07/17 Darth Maul  # 5 of 5 -    57,805  (- 0.7%)

”Darth” is the new magic adjective!

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14- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 

04/14  Amazing v3 #1  - 532,586  ( 293.1%)
05/14  Amazing v3 #2  - 123,945  ( -76.7%)
...
04/15  Amazing v3 #17 -     99,964  ( +8.3%)
05/15  Amazing v3 #18 -	88,338  (-11.6%)
...
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man  #1 -  265,073                  
10/15 Amazing Spider-Man  #2 -  111,322   (-58.0%)    
11/15 Amazing Spider-Man  #3 -   93,848    (-15.7%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man  #4 -   82,066    (-22.6%)
12/15 Amazing Spider-Man  #5 -   79,122    (- 3.6%)
01/16 Amazing Spider-Man  #6 -   76,517    (- 3.3%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man  #7 -   75,357    (- 1.5%)
02/16 Amazing Spider-Man  #8 -   71,599    (- 5.0%)
03/16 Amazing Spider-Man  #9 -   88,164   (+23.1%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#10 -   73,643   (- 16.5%)
04/16 Amazing Spider-Man#11 -   67,446   (-   8.4%)
05/16 Amazing Spider-Man#12 -   74,963   (+11.1%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#13 -   65,519   (-12.6%)
06/16 Amazing Spider-Man#14 -   65,646   (+  0.2%)
07/16 Amazing Spider-Man#15 -   93,582   (+42.6%)        
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#16 -  185,342  (+98.1%)
08/16 Amazing Spider-Man#17 -   74,869   (-59.6%)
09/16 Amazing Spider-Man#18 -   71,159   (-  5.0%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#19 -   73,215   (+ 2.9%)
10/16 Amazing Spider-Man#20 -   67,530   (-  7.8%)  (CC)
11/16 Amazing Spider-Man#21 -   63,052   (-  6.4%)  (CC)
12/16 Amazing Spider-Man#22 -   63,359   (+ 0.5%)  (CC)
01/17 Amazing Spider-Man#23 -   73,773   (+16.4%) (CC)
02/17 Amazing Spider-Man#24-    61,953   (-16.0%) (CC)
03/17 Amazing Spider-Man#25-  113,934    (+83.9%)  ($10!)
04/17 Amazing Spider-Man#26-    62,515    (-54.9%)
05/17 Amazing Spider-Man#27-    51,404   (-17.8%)
06/17 Amazing Spider-Man#28-    50.925   (+  0.9%)
06/17 Amazing Spider-Man#29-    59,464   (+16.8%)    (SE)
07/17 Amazing Spider-Man#30-    56,560    (-  4.9%)    (SE)

Since #2: -49.2%

With a Jim Lee Bishop variant cover because….well those variant covers customers would pay for anything! Even with the current Marvel sales crisis, Amazing manages to still sell at very good levels, even if it’s not Batman’s. But, currently, that’s as close to it as Marvel can do.

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17- 246- PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN 
  
06/17	PP Spectacular Spider-Man  #1  -	231,566                  [+6,946]
07/17   PP Spectacular Spider-Man  #2  -       54,247   (-76.6%)

That was quick. Amazing will remain the main Spider-Man title. There is a Jim Lee variant, it’s issue #2, so my guess is it will fall very quickly below 40K. That’s probably not what Marvel was expecting. Issue #1 has reorder activity, which is kind of frightening seeing that there are almost 5 times more #1 in US shops than #2. Guess which comics will fill the $1 dollar bins in the following weeks?

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20- 28- X-MEN GOLD
  
04/17	X-Men Gold  #1  -  124,200                 
04/17	X-Men Gold  #2  -    62,283  (-49.9%)
05/17   X-Men Gold  #3  -    57,553  (-  7.6%)
05/17   X-Men Gold  #4  -    52,710  (-  8.4%)
06/17   X-Men Gold  #5  -    54,720  (+ 3.8%)
06/17   X-Men Gold  #6  -    48,569  (-11.2%)
07/17   X-Men Gold  #7  -    53,462   (+10.0%)(SE)
07/17   X-Men Gold  #8  -   46,615   (-12.8%)

Since issue #2: -25.2%

I’m not sure I would have kept this Adrian Syaf cover with this character who put a bullet throught Shadowcat’s skull…

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24- 33- EDGE OF VENOMVERSE
  
06/17	Edge of Venomverse  #  1  -	98,052
07/17   Edge of Venomverse  #  2 -   50,128   (-48.9%)
07/17   Edge of Venomverse  #  3 -   42,167   (-15.9%)

It gets difficult. Ready? That’s Gwenpool turn to be venomized. So a character, whom is already a combination of two existing characters, becomes the combination of three. It perfectly captures the spirit at Marvel right now: just don’t ever stop, do your thing until the end, until everybody becomes sick of it! Who can blame them, it sells, right?

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26- 35-X-MEN BLUE
  
04/17	X-Men Blue  # 1  - 119,565               
04/17	X-Men Blue  # 2  -   54,074  (-54.8%)
05/17  X-Men Blue  # 3   -   48,354  (-10.6%)
05/17  X-Men Blue  # 4   -   44,576  (-  7.8%)
06/17  X-Men Blue  # 5   -   50,374  (+13.0%)
06/17  X-Men Blue  # 6   -   43,337  (-14.0%)
07/17  X-Men Blue  # 7   -   48,481  (+11.9%)(SE)
07/17  X-Men Blue  # 8   -   46,615   (-  3.8%) (SE)

Since issue #2: -13.8%

Issue #7 has the Jim Lee variant cover. Issue #8 has none. So far, those X-Men relaunchs are a success.

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27- OLD MAN  LOGAN 

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #1 -	122,702          
...
10/15 Old Man Logan Ltd #5 -	 62,716  (-  9.3%)
11/15 ---
12/15 ---
01/16 Old Man Logan  #1  -  104,362
02/16 Old Man Logan  #2  -    63,932  (-38.7%)
03/16 Old Man Logan  #3  -    58,855  (-  7.9%)   
04/16 Old Man Logan  #4  -    59,174  (+ 0.5%)
04/16 Old Man Logan  #5  -	  58,870  (-  0.5%)     
05/16 Old Man Logan  #6  -    52,761  (-10.4%)
06/16 Old Man Logan  #7  -    51,926  (-  1.6%)
07/16 Old Man Logan  #8  -    55,311  (+  6.5%)
07/16 Old Man Logan  #9  -    49,804  (-10.0%)  
08/16 Old Man Logan #10 -    52,175  (+  4.8%)
09/16 Old Man Logan #11 -    47,248  (-  9.4%)
10/16 Old Man Logan #12 -    45,384  (-  3.5%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #13 -    43,609  (-  3.9%)
11/16 Old Man Logan #14 -    42,574  (-  2.4%)
12/16 Old Man Logan #15 -    42,216  (-  0.8%)
01/17 Old Man Logan #16 -	  45,807  (+  8.5%)
02/17  Old Man Logan #17-    38,851  (- 15.2%)
02/17  Old Man Logan #18-    38,679  (-  0.4%)
03/17  Old Man Logan #19-    47,428  (+22.6%)
03/17  Old Man Logan #20-    38,151  (-19.6%)
04/17  Old Man Logan #21-    44,806  (+17.4%)
04/17  Old Man Logan #22-    44,026  (-  1.7%)
05/17  Old Man Logan #23-    46,260  (+ 5.1%)
05/17  Old Man Logan #24-    44,170  (-  4.5%)
06/17  Old Man Logan #25-    59,216  (+34.1%)
07/17  Old Man Logan #26-    47,252  (- 20.2%)

Since issue #2: -26.1%
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.1 : 11,723 [+391}
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.2 :   7,575  
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.3:    5,626   
OLD MAN LOGAN VOL.4 :   3,451

With a Jim Lee variant. An amazing success, managing to sell noticeably more copies of its first tpb every month.

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44- 62-DEADPOOL

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

11/15	Deadpool  #1 -  268,392                      
11/15	Deadpool  #2 -   92,008  (-65.7%)
12/15   Deadpool #3 -    72,357  (-21.4%)   
12/15	Deadpool  #4 -   63,149  (-22.7%)
01/16  Deadpool  #5 -    59,645  (-  5.5%)
01/16  Deadpool  #6 -    59.006  (-  1.1%)
02/16  Deadpool  #7 -    88,264  (+49.6%)
03/16  Deadpool  #8 -    72,706  (-17.6%)
04/16  Deadpool  #9 -    57,798  (-20.5%)
04/16  Deadpool #10-    64,509  (+11.6%)
05/16  Deadpool #11-    62,900  (-  2.5%)
05/16  Deadpool #12-    57,805  (-  8.1%)
06/16  Deadpool #13-    78,536  (+35.9%)
06/16  Deadpool #14-    63,334  (-19.4%)  (CV2)
07/16  Deadpool #15-    67,822  (+ 7.1%)  (CV2)
08/16  Deadpool #16-    55,577  (-18.1%)  (CV2)
08/16  Deadpool #17-    57,681  (+  3.8%) (CV2)
09/16  Deadpool #18-    59,027  (+  2.3%) (CV2)
09/16  Deadpool #19-    47,948  (- 18.8%)
10/16  Deadpool #20-    46,109  (-  3.8%)
10/16  Deadpool #21-    51,351 (+11.4%)
11/16  Deadpool #22-    38,630  (-24.8%)
12/16  Deadpool #23-    39.183  (+ 1.4%)
01/17  Deadpool #24-	    40,064  (+ 2.2%)
01/17  Deadpool #25-     42,476  (+6.0%)
02/17  Deadpool #26-     38,560  (- 9.2%)
02/17  Deadpool #27-	     32,836 (-14.8%)
03/17  Deadpool #28-      47,026  (+43.2%)
04/17  Deadpool #29-      36,482  (-22.4%)
05/17  Deadpool #30-      36,022  (-  1.3%)
05/17  Deadpool #31-      34,546  (-  4.1%) (SE)
06/17  Deadpool #32-	      41.755 (+20.9%) (SE)
07/17  Deadpool #33-      40,092 (-   4.0%)  (SE)
07/17  Deadpool #34-      32,282  (-19.5%)  (SE)

Since issue#2 : - 54.6%

Issue #33 as a Jim Lee variant cover (I was thinking at first it was a Rob Liefeld variant!). Issue #34 is back to reality, with the lowest level for the series by far!

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 39- WEAPON X 
  
04/17	Weapon X  # 1  -  68,874
04/17	Weapon X  # 2  -  42,471  (-38.3%)
05/17	Weapon X  # 3 -   37,409  (-11.9%)
06/17   Weapon X #  4 -   35,417  (-  5.3%)
07/17   Weapon X #  5 -   39,307  (+11.0%) (WMD)
07/17   Weapon X #  6  -  35,607  (-  9.4%) (WMD)

Since issue #2: -16.2%

This could encourage Marvel to go into stupid trends like, after Venomizing every character, Wolverining them. Issue #5 has the Jim Lee variant.

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 41- MIGHTY THOR 
  
12/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
...
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42.034  ( 10.1%)
...
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –   89,131  ( -40.9%)
12/14  Thor v6 #3  –   72,563  ( -18.6%)
01/15  Thor v6 #4  -   69,497  ( -4.2%)
02/15  Thor v6 #5  -   69,513  ( +0.0%)
03/15  Thor v6 #6  -   70,569  ( +1.5%)
04/15  Thor v6 #7  -   71,372  ( +1.1%)
05/15  Thor v6 #8  -   86,222  (+20.1%)
...
11/15	Mighty Thor  #1 -  112,053        
12/15	Mighty Thor  #2 -    70,331  (-37.2%)
01/16  Mighty Thor   #3 -    60,345  (-14.2%)
02/16  Mighty Thor   #4 -    56,568  (-  6.3%)
03/16  Mighty Thor   #5 -    54,568  (-  3.5%)
04/16  Mighty Thor   #6 -    52,538  (-  3.7%)
05/16  Mighty Thor   #7 -    47,425  (-  9.7%)
06/16  Mighty Thor   #8 -    51,300  (+  8.2%)
07/16  Mighty Thor   #9 -    48,712  (-  5.0%)
08/16  Mighty Thor  #10-    45,929  (-  5.7%)
09/16  Mighty Thor  #11-    46,434  (+ 1.1%)
10/16  Mighty Thor  #12-    40,326  (-13.2%)
11/16  Mighty Thor  #13-    39,274  (-  2.6%)
12/16  Mighty Thor  #14-    37,624  (-  4.2%)
01/17  Mighty Thor  #15-    47,038  (+25.0%)
02/17  Mighty Thor  #16-    40,175  (-14.6%)
03/17  Mighty Thor  #17-    36,106  (-10.1%)
04/17  Mighty Thor  #18-    37,505  (+ 3.9%)
05/17  Mighty Thor  #19-    35,499  (-  5.3%)
06/17  Mighty Thor  #20-    42,643  (+20.1%)
07/17  Mighty Thor  #21-    39,123  (-  8.3%)

Since issue #2: -44.4%

Still higher than usual thanks to a Jim Lee variant cover.

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42- 45-STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA 

12/16  SW Dr Aphra #1  -   99,067
12/16  SW Dr Aphra #2  -   61,417  (-38.0%)
01/17  SW Dr Aphra #3  -   48,592  (-20.9%)
02/17  SW Dr Aphra #4   -   43,475  (-10.5%)
03/17  SW Dr Aphra #5   -   42,465  (-  2.3%)
04/17  SW Dr Aphra #6   -   40,458  (-  4.7%)
05/17  SW Dr Aphra #7   -   43,763  (+ 8.2%)  (SC)
06/17  SW Dr Aphra #8   -   50,216  (+14.7%) (SC)
07/17  SW Dr Aphra #9   -   38,209  (-23.9%)
07/17  SW Dr Aphra #10 -   37,481  (-  1.9%)

Since issue #2: -18.2%
SW DR APHRA TPB VOL.1 : 4,464   [+449]

Stabilizing and, more important, selling almost 500 copies of TPB Vol.1 in the second month of its release.

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44- CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS

05/16  Cap America SR #1  -140,222                  
06/16  Cap America SR #2  -  74,884  (-46.6%)               
07/16  Cap America SR #3  -  65,455  (-12.6%)
08/16  Cap America SR #4  -  49,559  (-24.3%)  (CV2)
09/16  Cap America SR #5  -  50,536  (+  2.0%) (CV2)
10/16  Cap America SR #6  -  49,111  (-   2.8%) (CV2)
11/16  Cap America SR #7  -  48,505  (-   1.2%)
12/16  Cap America SR #8  -  38,610  (-20.4%)
01/17  Cap America SR #9  -  42,637  (+10.4%)
01/17  Cap America SR#10-   40,051  (-  6.1%)
02/17  Cap America SR#11-   36,610  (-  8.6%)
02/17  Cap America SR#12-   32,567  (-11.0%)
03/17  Cap America SR#13-   39,454  (+21.1%)
03/17  Cap America SR#14-   31,592  (- 19.9%)
04/17  Cap America SR#15-   34,863  (+10.4%)
04/17  Cap America SR#16-   37,366  (+  7.1%)
05/17  Cap America SR#17-   35,867  (-   4.0%)   (SE)
06/17  Cap America SR#18-   39,164   (+ 9.2%)  (SE)
07/17  Cap America SR#19-   37,897   (-  3.2%)  (SE)

Since issue#2 : -49.4%

The fact that it managed to stick into the upper 30K makes it one of the most successful Marvel title, no less!

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48- DEFENDERS ($5)
  
06/17	Defenders  #1  -	64,253
06/17   Defenders  #2  -	46,158   (-28.2%)
07/17   Defenders  #3 -          35,763   (-22.5%)

The Defenders brand has gone from being associated with strange, weird menaces and magic to street gang stuff and physical heroes. A lesson in how to deprive a team name from any meaning.

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 55- VENOM 

11/15  Venom Spaceknight  #1 -   59,151
12/15  Venom Spaceknight  #2  -  32,210  (-45.5%)
01/16  Venom Spaceknight  #3  -  25,770  (-20.0%)
02/16  Venom Spaceknight  #4  -  21,545  (-16.4%)
03/16  Venom Spaceknight  #5  -  18,807  (-12.7%)
04/16  Venom Spaceknight  #6  -  17,894   (- 4.9%)
05/16  Venom spaceknight  #7  -   17,370   (- 3.0%)
06/16  Venom Spaceknight  #8  -  16,658   (-  4.1%)
06/16  Venom Spaceknight  #9  -  16,006   (-  3.9%)
07/16  Venom Spaceknight #10 -  15,650   (-  2.2%)
08/16  Venom Spaceknight #11 -  17,548  (+12.1%)  (CV2)
09/16  Venom Spaceknight #12 -  16,193  (-  7.7%)   (CV2)
10/16  Venom Spaceknight #13 -  14,577  (-10.0%)

11/16 Venom   # 1 -   90,138
12/16 Venom   # 2 -   38,043  (-57.9%)
01/17 Venom   # 3 -   55,255  (+45.2%)
02/17 Venom   # 4 -   38,337  (-30.6%)
03/17 Venom   # 5 -   32,088  (-16.3%)
04/17 Venom   # 6 -   62,747  (+95.5%)
05/17 Venom #150 –141,757 (+125.9%)
06/17 Venom #151 -  49.704   (-   64.9%)
07/17 Venom #152 -  34,687   (-   30.2%)

Since issue #2: -8.2%

There is a Jim Lee variant so expect it to fall over 30K soon. Back to reality.

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 56- ALL NEW WOLVERINE

01/14  Wolverine v5 #13-  31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14  Wolverine v6 #1  -  88,923 (185.3%)
02/14  Wolverine v6 #2  -  47,339 (-46.8%)
...
08/14  Wolverine v6 #12 -  50,570 (  2.8%)
09/14  Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975
09/14  Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)
10/14  Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 (  8.9%)
10/14  Death of Wolv #4 -  165,582 ( 17.0%)
11/15  AN Wolverine  #1 -  119,786    
11/15  AN Wolverine  #2 -    55,634  (-53.6%)
12/15  AN Wolverine  #3 -    50,990  (-  8.3%)
01/16  AN Wolverine  #4 -    49,978  (-  2.0%)
02/16  AN Wolverine  #5 -    43,149  (-13.7%)
03/16  AN Wolverine  #6 -    44,668  (+ 3.5%)
04/16  AN Wolverine  #7 -    38,168  (-14.6%)
05/16  AN Wolverine  #8 -    38,242  (+  0.2%)
06/16  AN Wolverine  #9 -    43,545  (+13.9%) (CV2)
07/16  AN Wolverine #10-    38,579  (-11.4%)  (CV2)
08/16  AN Wolverine #11-    40,312  (+  4.5%) (CV2)
09/16  AN Wolverine #12-    35,481  (-12.0%)  (CV2)
10/16  AN Wolverine #13-    38,297  (+  7.9%)
11/16  AN Wolverine #14-    35,437   (-  7.5%)
12/16  AN Wolverine #15-    31,796   (-10.2%)
01/17  AN Wolverine #16-    35,128  (+10.5%)
02/17  AN Wolverine #17-    29,255  (-16.7%)
03/17  AN Wolverine #18-    46,731  (+59.7%)
04/17  AN Wolverine #19-    57,526  (+23.1%)
05/17  AN Wolverine #20-    36,573  (-36.4%)
06/17  AN Wolverine #21-    38,500  (+ 5.2%)
07/17  AN Wolverine #22-    34,610  (-10.1%)

Since issue #2 : -37.8%

Will it manage to stay above 30K whithout the benefit of the Jim Lee variant?

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58- AVENGERS 

11/16  Avengers # 1 -  81,885   
12/16  Avengers # 2 -  64,289  (-21.5%)
01/17  Avengers  #3 -  44,321  (-31.1%)
01/17  Avengers #1.MU -  30,421  (-31.4%)
02/17  Avengers  #4 -  37,383  (+22.9%)
03/17  Avengers  #5 -  39,204  (+  4.9%)
04/17  Avengers  #6 -  31,461  (- 19.7%)
05/17  Avengers  #7 -  30,681  (-  2.5%)
06/17  Avengers  #8 -  45,386  (+47.9%)
07/17  Avengers  #9  - 34,385  (- 24.2%)(SE)

Since issue#2:  -46.5%

Anything is good as long as it is called a variant cover. This enlargement of a Jim Lee card, put on a quickly made photoshop background, would never have been accepted as a standard cover. What makes it acceptable as a variant cover? The fact that people would pay anything because it’s labelled as a variant, with the Jim Lee name attached to it? Don’t come crying when the market will crush down ever more harshly, Marvel!

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59- STAR WARS POE DAMERON

04/16-  SW Poe Dameron  #1  -  175,322    
05/16   SW Poe Dameron  #2  -    68,922   (-60.7%)
06/16   SW Poe Dameron  #3  -    60,889   (-11.7%)
07/16   SW Poe Dameron  #4  -    57,712   (-  5.2%)
08/16   SW Poe Dameron  #5  -    52,281   (-  9.4%)
09/16   SW Poe Dameron  #6  -    50,275   (-  3.8%)
10/16   SW Poe Dameron  #7  -    47,878   (-  4.7%)
11/16   SW Poe Dameron  #8  -    43,034   (- 10.1%)
12/16	SW Poe Dameron  #9  -    38,839   (-  9.7%)
01/17   SW Poe Dameron #10 -    40,091   (+3.2%)
02/17   SW Poe Dameron #11 -    40,235   (+0.4%)
03/17   SW Poe Dameron #12 -    38,696   (- 3.8%)
04/17   SW Poe Dameron #13 -    36,994   (-  4.4%)
05/17   SW Poe Dameron #14 -    37,050  (+  0.2%)
05/17   SW Poe Dameron #15 -    32,658  (-11.9%)
06/17   SW Poe Dameron #16 -    34,826  (+ 6.6%)
07/17   SW Poe Dameron #17 -    34,250  (-  1.7%)

Since issue #2: -50.3%  
POE DAMERON TPB VOL.1: 4,621
POE DAMERON TPB VOL.2: 3,085

Settled as a sales level almost every MU ongoing series would kill to be.

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60- SPIDER-MAN

02/16  Spider-Man  #1  -  99,951
03/16  Spider-Man  #2  -  60,627  (-39.3%)
04/16  Spider-Man  #3  -  59,789  (-  1.4%)
05/16  Spider-Man  #4  -  49,167  (-17.8%)
06/16  Spider-Man  #5  -  47,025  (-  4.4%)
07/16  Spider-Man  #6  -  52,731  (+12.1%) (CV2)
08/16  Spider-Man  #7  -  47,678  (-  9.6%)  (CV2)
09/16  Spider-Man  #8  -  44,745  (-  6.2%)  (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16  Spider-Man  #9  -  39,701  (-11.3%)
12/16  Spider-Man #10 -  40,006   (+0.8%)
12/16  Spider-Man #11 -  35,865   (-10.4%)
01/17  Spider-Man #12 -  47,517  (+32.5%)
02/17  Spider-Man #13 -  34,195  (-28.0%)
03/17  Spider-Man #14-   33,403  (-  2.3%)
04/17  Spider-Man #15-   34,103  (+ 2.1%)
05/17  Spider-Man #16-   30,775  (-  9.8%)
06/17  Spider-Man #17-   29,428  (-  4.4%)
07/17  Spider-Man #18-   33,374  (+13.4%)

Since issue #2: -44.5%             

Probably the only secondary Spider-Man who doesn’t have to worry about his title longevity.

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61- DOCTOR STRANGE 

10/15 Doctor Strange  #1 – 145,456  
11/15 Doctor Strange  #2  -   65,091   (-55.3%)  
12/15 Doctor Strange  #3  -   57,135   (-12.2%)
01/16 Doctor Strange  #4  -   52,388   (-  8.3%)
02/16 Doctor Strange  #5  -   43,796   (-16.4%)
03/16 Doctor Strange  #6  -   52,440  (+19.7%)
04/16 Doctor Strange  #7  -   49,590  (-   5.6%)
05/16 Doctor Strange  #8  -   49,427  (-   0.3%)
06/16 Doctor Strange  #9  -   46,306  (-  6.3%)
07/16 ---
08/16 Doctor Strange #10 -   50,083  (+  8.2%)
09/16 Doctor Strange #11 -   53,718  (+  7.3%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #12 -   72,990  (+35.9%)
10/16 Doctor Strange #13 -   41,290  (-43.4%)
11/16 Doctor Strange #14 -   39,390  (-  4.6%)
12/16 Doctor Strange #15 -   39.549  (+ 0.4%)
01/17 Doctor Strange #16 -   41,426  (+ 4.8%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #17 -   37,686  (-  9.0%)
02/17 Doctor Strange #1.MU ($5) -  27,212  (-27.8%)
03/17 Doctor Strange #18 -   41,801  (+53.6%)
04/17 Doctor Strange #19 -   33,246  (- 20.5%)  
05/17 Doctor Strange #21 -   32,142  (-  3.3%) (SE)
06/17 Doctor Strange #20 -   31.497  (-  2.0%)   ($5)
06/17 Doctor Strange #22 -   35,982  (+14.2%) (SE)
07/17 Doctor Strange #23 -   32,745  (-  9.0%)  (SE)

Since issue #2 : -49.7%  
DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.1: 4,468   
DOCTOR STRANGE TPB VOL.2: 2,345

Despite the Secret Empire tag and the Jim Lee variant cover, we are pretty close to the lowest level so far for this title. It will probably fall over the 30K next time.

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64- SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL

01/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #1  -  180,891                             
02/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #2  -    80,512  (- 55.3%)
03/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #3  -    73,238   (-  9.0%)
04/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #4  -    64,931   (-11.3%)
05/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #5  -    63,821   (-  1.7%)
06/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #6  -    64,630   (+  1.3%)
07/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #7  -    62,060   (-  4.0%)
08/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #8  -    69,519   (+12.0%)
09/16  Spider-Man Deadpool  #9  -    65,502   (-  5.8%)
10/16  Spider-Man Deadpool #10 -    52,468   (-19.9%)
11/16  Spider-Man Deadpool #11 -    51,278   (-  2.3%)
12/16  Spider-Man Deadpool #12 -    43,937    (-14.3%)
01/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #13 -    46,934    (+ 6.8%)
01/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #1.MU ($5) – 45,566  (-2.9%)
02/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #14 -	 38,307  (-15.9%)
03/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #15 -    50,691  (+32.3%)
04/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #16 -    40,484  (-20.1%)
05/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #17 -    34,613  (-14.5%)
06/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #18 -    33,616  (-  2.9%)
07/17  Spider-Man Deadpool #19 -    32,090  (-  4.5%)

Since issue #2: -60.1%
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.1: 15,460    [+683]
SPIDERMAN DEADPOOL TOP VOL.2:   4,784    [+442]

If the attrition is more than noticeable, paperbacks sales are still in heaven.

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66- UNCANNY AVENGERS

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

10/15 Uncanny Avengers  #1 - 105,234
11/15 Uncanny Avengers  #2 -   55,008 (-47.3%)
12/15 Uncanny Avengers  #3 -   53,216 (-  3.3%)
01/16 Uncanny Avengers  #4 -   47,172 (-11.4%)
02/16 Uncanny Avengers  #5 -   43,618  (- 7.5%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers  #6 -   41,567  (- 4.7%)
03/16 Uncanny Avengers  #7 -   47,135 (+13.4%)  (Stand Off)
04/16 Uncanny Avengers  #8 -   45,659  (-  3.1%)  (Stand Off)
05/16 Uncanny Avengers  #9 -   40,025  (-12.3%)
06/16 Uncanny Avengers #10-   38,614  (-  3.5%)
07/16 Uncanny Avengers #11-   45,452  (+17.7%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #12-   39,337   (-13.5%)
08/16 Uncanny Avengers #13-   37,908   (-  3.6%) (CV2)
09/16 Uncanny Avengers #14-   34,996   (-  7.7%) (CV2)
10/16 Uncanny Avengers #15-   38,058  (+  8.7%)
11/16 Uncanny Avengers #16-   32,854   (-13.7%)   (CV2)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #17-   31,025   (-  5.6%)
12/16 Uncanny Avengers #18-   30,062   (-  3.1%)
01/17 Uncanny Avengers #19-   33,957  (+13.0%)
02/17 Uncanny Avengers #20-   31,089  (-  8.5%)
03/17 Uncanny Avengers #21-   27,622  (- 11.2%)
04/17 Uncanny Avengers #22-   27,438  (-   0.7%)
05/17 Uncanny Avengers #23-   26,915  (-   1.9%)
06/17 Uncanny Avengers #24-   27,294  (+  1.4%)     (SE)
07/17 Uncanny Avengers #25-   31,648  (+16.0%)    (SE) ($5)

Since issue #2 : -  50.4%

My grandma once send to me the same sunset background used on the Rogue Jim Lee variant cover, as a reminder that I should never let her use Photoshop ever to enhance our family pictures.

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69- 88-DAREDEVIL
 
02/14  Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494  ( -1.8%)
03/14  Daredevil v4 #1  - 76,006  (141.3%)
04/14  Daredevil v4 #2  - 42,811  (-11.7%)
...
09/15  Daredevil v4 #18 -  29,945  (+ 0.1%)
---
---
12/15 Daredevil  #1 -   84,500
12/15 Daredevil  #2 -   49,758  (-41.1%)
01/16 Daredevil  #3 -   45,885  (-  7.8%)
02/16 Daredevil  #4 -   43,741  ( - 4.7%)
03/16  Daredevil  #5 -  44,868  (+  2.6%)
04/16  Daredevil  #6 -  48,745  (+  8.6%)
05/16  Daredevil  #7 -  43,704  (-10.3%)
06/16  Daredevil  #8 -  41,172  (-  5.8%)
07/16  Daredevil  #9 -  43,009  (+  4.4%)
08/16  Daredevil #10-  40,775  (-   5.2%)
09/16  Daredevil #11-  39,135  (-   4.0%)
10/16  Daredevil #12-  34,297  (-12.4%)
11/16  Daredevil #13-  33,910  (-  1.1%)
12/16  Daredevil #14-  30,781  (-  9.2%)
01/17  Daredevil #15-  36,014  (+17.0%)
01/17  Daredevil #16-  33,152  (-  7.9%)
02/17  Daredevil #17-  31,794  (-  4.1%)
03/17  Daredevil #18-  28,050  (-11.8%)
04/17  Daredevil #19-  28,867  (+ 2.9%)
05/17  Daredevil #20-  27,163  (-  5.9%)
06/17  Daredevil #21-  31.622 (+16.4%)
06/17  Daredevil #22-  26,199 (-17.1%)
07/17  Daredevil #23-  30,757(+17.4%)
07/17  Daredevil #24-  25,519 (-17.0%)

Since issue #2 : - 48.7%

Try to guess which issue has the Jim Lee variant.

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71- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN

03/14  Ir. Man #23.NOW  - 43,912  ( 51.3%)
...
06/14  Iron Man v6 #28  - 28,027  (  -0.9%)
...
06/15  Sup. Iron Man #9 – 33,989  (  +6.2%)
...
10/15 Invincible Iron Man  #1 -  279,514  
10/15 Invincible Iron Man  #2 -    66,664  (-76.2%)         
11/15 Invincible Iron Man  #3 -    59,069  (-11.4%)
12/15 Invincible Iron Man  #4 -    57,639  (-  2.4%)
01/16 Invincible Iron Man  #5 -    49,225  (-14.6%)
02/16 Invincible Iron Man  #6 -    63,234 (+28.5%)  (War Machines)
03/16 Invincible Iron Man  #7 -    57,972                  (War Machines)  
04/16 Invincible Iron Man  #8 -    46,520                  (War Machines)
05/16 Invincible Iron Man  #9 -    49,334  (+6.0%)   (CV2)
06/16 Invincible Iron Man #10-    49,141  (- 0.4%)   (CV2)
07/16 Invincible Iron Man #11-    49,439   (+0.6%)  (CV2)
08/16 Invincible Iron Man #12-    50,571   (+2.3%)  (CV2)
09/16 Invincible Iron Man #13-    48,394   (- 4.3%)  (CV2)
10/16 Invincible Iron Man #14-    43,888   (- 9.3%)  (CV2)

11/16  Invincible Iron Man # 1-    97,713
12/16  Invincible Iron Man # 2-    81,271  (-16.8%)
01/17  Invincible Iron Man # 3-    44,184  (-45.7%)
02/17  Invincible Iron Man  #4-    36,600  (-17.2%)
03/17  Invincible Iron Man  #5-    38,746  (+ 5.9%)
04/17  Invincible Iron Man  #6-    31,561  (-18.5%)
05/17  Invincible Iron Man  #7-    28,266  (-10.4%)
06/17  Invincible Iron Man  #8-    33,428 (+18.3%)
07/17  Invincible Iron Man  #9-    30,128  (-  9.9%)

Since issue#2:  -62.9%

There is a Jim Lee variant so don’t be surprised if it fall quickly to 25K.

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72- CABLE
  
05/17  Cable  # 1 – 60,845
06/17  Cable  # 2 – 31,557  (-48.1%)
07/17  Cable  # 3 – 30,000  (-  4.9%)

The Jim Lee variant is trying to lure you into thinking that’s a sucess.

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73- BLACK PANTHER

04/16-  Black Panther  #1  -  286,755                         
05/16	Black Panther   #2  -  102,366   (-64.3%)       
06/16   Black Panther   #3  -    75,037  (-26.7%)
07/16   Black Panther   #4  -    72,302  (-  3.6%)
08/16   Black Panther   #5  -    83,756 (+15.8%)
09/16   Black Panther   #6  -    58,746 (- 29.9%)
10/16   Black Panther   #7  -    60,857 (+  3.6%)
11/16   Black Panther   #8  -    43,451 (-  28.6%)
12/16	Black Panther   #9  -    39,123 (-  10.0%)
01/17   Black Panther  #10 -	 38,741  (-  1.0%)
02/17   Black Panther  #11 -   35,492  (-  8.4%)
03/17   Black Panther  #12 -   37,612  (+ 6.0%)
04/17   Black Panther  #13 -   30,509  (-18.9%)
05/17   Black Panther  #14 -   27,287  (-10.6%)
06/17   Black Panther  #15 -   25,466  (-  6.7%)
07/17   Black Panther  #16 -   29,593 (+16.2%)

Since issue #2: -71.1%

Double dose of variant programs with both a Jim Lee and a Jack Kirby anniversary variant. It’s at the same time one of the best and worst launches at Marvel. Best because Marvel had the opportunity to really make the Black Panther character shine and reach a large audience. Worst because Marvel ruined it pretty quickly with its usual cash grab.

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75- 95-GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

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

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

10/15 Guardians of Galaxy  #1 -   118,342
11/15 Guardians of Galaxy  #2 -     51,690   (-56.3%)
...
01/17 Guardians of Galaxy #16-     32,890  (-48.1%)
02/17 Guardians of Galaxy #17-     31,093  (- 5.5%)
03/17 Guardians of Galaxy #18-     27,094  (-12.9%)
04/17 Guardians of Galaxy #19-     30,028  (+55.4%)

05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 1 -   82,439
05/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 2 –  51,830  (-37.1%)
06/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 3 -   49.907   (-  3.7%)
06/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 4 -   47,385   (-  5.0%)
07/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 5 -   28,488  (-  39.9%)
07/17 Guardians of Galaxy # 6 -   23,277  (-  18.3%)

Since issue #2: -55.1%

We can safely say that this relaunch is an absolute disaster, saleswise. < p>

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76- THANOS

11/16   Thanos # 1 -  54,768   
12/16	Thanos # 2 -  35,187  (-35.8%)
01/17	Thanos # 3 -  36,643  (+  4.1%)
02/17   Thanos # 4 -  32,032  (-12.6%)
03/17   Thanos # 5 -  34,901  (+ 9.0%)
04/17   Thanos # 6 -  27,840  (-20.2%)
05/17   Thanos # 7 -  25,790  (-  7.4%)
06/17   Thanos # 8 -  25,661  (-  0.5%)
07/17   Thanos # 9 -  28,154  (+  9.7%)

Since issue #2: -20.0%

With a Jim Lee variant of course. This one could actually manage to stay around if it could survive Mike Deodato’s departure.

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78- 153- TRUE BELIEVERS ($1)
  
06/17  Amazing Spider-Man #1 – 18,201
06/17  PP Spectacular Spider-Man #1 – 9,422
06/17  Miles Morales Spider-Man #1 – 7,193

07/17  Amazing Fantasy starring spider-man – 27,457
07/17 Spider-Man #1 – 13,305
07/17 Brand New Day – 6,818

The fact that anybody would be ready to pay even $1 to (re)read Brand New Day is a miracle.

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79- CHAMPIONS 

10/16  Champions  #1  -    334,937    
11/16  Champions  #2  -       49,733  (-85.2%)
12/16  Champions  #3  -       47,481  (-  4.5%)
01/17  Champions  #4  -       34,969  (-26.4%)
02/17  Champions  #5  -       31,344  (-10.4%)
02/17  Champions #1.MU ($5) -  20,999  (-33.0%)
03/17  Champions  # 6 -       33,220  (+58.2%)
04/17  Champions  # 7 -       27,734  (-16.5%)
05/17  Champions  # 8 -       24,602  (-11.3%)
06/17  Champions  # 9 -       27,444  (+11.6%)
07/17  Champions  #10-       27,366   (-  0.3%) (SE)

Since issue #2: - 44.8%
CHAMPIONS TPB VOL.1 : 5,035

Steady thanks to the Secret Empire tag + the Jim Lee variant cover.

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82- SPIDER-MAN MASTER PLAN LTD
  
07/17  Spider-Man Master Plan Ltd #1 -  26,804

This $4 40 page comics is supposed to have both a new stand alone story of Spider-Man and a reprint of Amazing Spider-Man #2. So either the solicitation text is wrong, or the new story is 10 page long. 26K is a very good number, taking that into account.

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84-  JEAN GREY
  
05/17   Jean Grey  # 1 – 70,702
05/17   Jean Grey  # 2  - 29,349  (-58.5%)
06/17   Jean Grey  # 3  - 23,140  (-22.2%)
07/17   Jean Grey  # 4  - 26,638 (+15.1%)

Since issue #2: -9.2%

Even whithout the benefit of the Jim Lee variant, seems to behave slightly better than Iceman. June Brigman and Roy Richardson provided a second variant.

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87- PUNISHER

05/16  Punisher  #1  -  110,726     
06/16  Punisher  #2  -    47,524     (-57.1%)
07/16  Punisher  #3  -    46,534     (-  2.1%)
08/16  Punisher  #4  -    44,154     (-  5.1%)
09/16  Punisher  #5  -    38,052     (-13.8%)
10/16  Punisher  #6  -    35,344     (-  7.1%)
11/16  ---
12/16  Punisher  #7  -    33,589     (-  5.0%)
01/17  Punisher  #8  -    32,937     (-  1.9%)
02/17  Punisher  #9  -    27,448     (-16.7%)
03/17  Punisher #10 -    28,433    (+  3.6%)
04/17  Punisher #11 -	   23,863    (- 16.1%)
05/17  Punisher #12 -    23,269    (-  2.5%)
06/17  Punisher #13 -    33,287   (+43.1%)
07/17  Punisher #14 -    25,916    (-22.1%)

Since issue #2 : -45.5%
PUNISHER TPB VOL.1: 2,934

PUNISHER TPB VOL.2: 1,880

With a Jim Lee variant. TPB sales are now below 2K. That’s not encouraging.

—

89-- INFAMOUS IRON MAN

03/16  International Iron Man  #1  -  70,824
04/16  International Iron Man  #2  -   40,459  (-42.9%)
05/16  International Iron Man  #3  -   35,282  (-12.8%)     
06/16  International Iron Man  #4  -   28,998  (-17.8%)
07/16  International iron Man  #5  -   27,697  (-  4.5%)
08/16  International Iron Man  #6  -   28,337  (+ 2.3%)
09/16  International Iron Man  #7  -   25,496  (-10.0%)  (CV2)

10/16  Infamous Iron Man  #1 -  73,735
11/16  Infamous Iron Man  #2  - 40,225  (-45.4%)
12/16  Infamous Iron Man  #3  - 40,546  (+ 0.8%)
01/17  Infamous Iron Man  #4  - 36,373  (-10.3%)
02/17  Infamous Iron Man  #5  - 29,685  (-18.4%)
03/17  Infamous Iron Man  #6  - 28,319  (-  4.6%)
04/17  Infamous Iron Man  #7  - 27,032  (-  4.6%)
05/17  Infamous Iron Man  #8 -  26,330  (-  2.6%)
06/17  Infamous Iron Man  #9 – 25,954  (-  1.4%)
07/17  Infamous Iron Man #10 –25,045  (-  3.5%)

Since issue #2: -37.7%
INFAMOUS IRON MAN TPB VOL.1 : 2,444

Probably not at the sales level expected but losing less than 5% per month whithout any artifice is almost a performance nowdays at Marvel!

—

90-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS 

11/16  ASM Renew your vows # 1 -  96,111
12/16  ASM Renew your vows # 2 -  43,128  (-55.1%)
01/17  ASM Renew your vows # 3 -  41,167  (-  4.5%)
02/17  ASM Renew your vows # 4 -  31,750  (-22.9%)
03/17  ASM Renew your vows # 5 -  37,508  (+18.1%)
04/17  ASM Renew your vows # 6 -  29,131  (-22.3%)
05/17  ASM Renew your vows # 7 -  25,770  (-11.5%)
06/17  ASM Renew your vows # 8 – 29,699  (+15.2%)
07/17  ASM Renew your vows # 9 – 25,387  (- 14.5%)

Since issue #2: -41.1%

No variant at all. Those are not amazing numbers but if it manage to stay above 20K, this will be a small victory as Marvel doesn’t have that many other properties they can launch with such results.

—

93- STAR WARS ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION LTD 
  
04/17	SW Rogue One Ltd #1  -  64,518
05/17   SW Rogue One Ltd #2  -  31,966  (-50.5%)
06/17   SW Rogue One Ltd #3  -  28,256  (-11.6%)
07/17   SW Rogue One Ltd #4  -  23,826  (-15.7%)

Apparently, people keep forgetting they want to read the rest of the story they already know every details about.

—

96- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK 

12/15 Totally Awesome Hulk  #1 -  74,471    
01/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #2 -  39,469  (-47.0%)
02/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #3 -  35,709  ( - 9.5%)
03/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #4 -  35,285  ( - 1.2%)
04/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #5 -  31,165  (- 11.7%)
05/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #6 -  26,775  (- 14.1%)
06/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #7 -  30,808  (+15.1%)  (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #8 -  27,522   (-  9.2%)  (CV2)
07/16 Totally Awesome Hulk  #9 -  26,936   (-  2.1%)  (CV2)
08/16 ---
09/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #10 - 26,193  (-  2.8%)  (CV2)
10/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #11 - 26,259  (+ 1.3%) (CV2)
11/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #12 - 22,448  (-14.5%)
12/16 Totally Awesome Hulk #13 - 22,207  (-  1.1%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #14 -  22,847 (+  2.9%)
01/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #15 -  23,623 (+  3.4%)
02/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #16 -  18,136  (-23.2%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #17 -  23,020  (+26.9%)
03/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #1.MU -  16,040 (-30.3%) ($5)
04/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #18 -  16,009  (-  0.8%)
05/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #19 -  17,742  (+10.8%)
06/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #20 -  23,019  (+29.7%)
07/17 Totally Awesome Hulk #21 -  22,939  (-   0.3%) (WMD)

Since issue #2: - 41.9%

Weapon of Mutant Destruction crossover with lots of character with fangs and claws. What a joy!

—

99- GENERATION X
  
05/17  Generation X  # 1 – 45,028
05/17  Generation X  # 2 – 30,396  (-32.5%)
06/17  Generation X  # 3 – 22,220  (-26.9%)
07/17  Generation X #  4 -  22,486  (+  1.2%)

Since issue #2: -26.0%

Would already be below 20K whithout the Jim Lee variant.

—

100- IRON FIST 
  
03/17	Iron Fist  #1  -  89,652
04/17	Iron Fist  #2  -  28,469  (-68.2%)
05/17   Iron Fist  #3  -  22,466  (-20.1%)
06/17   Iron Fist  #4  -  24,706 (+10.0%)
07/17   Iron Fist  #5  -  22,420  (-  9.3%)

Issue #2: -21.2%

Seing that there is in fact a Jim Lee variant on this one, when can safely assume that the title has fell way over the 20K barreer.

—

102- BEN REILLY SCARLET SIDER 
  
04/17	Ben Reilly scarlet Spider  # 1  -  53,240
05/17   Ben Reilly scarlet Spider  # 2  -  29,501  (-44.6%)
06/17   Ben Reilly scarlet Spider  # 3  -  27,053  (-  8.3%)
06/17   Ben Reilly scarlet Spider  # 4  -  23,939  (-11.5%)
07/17   Ben Reilly scarlet Spider  # 5  -  22,235   (- 7.1%)

Since issue #2: -24.6%

No variant at all. Could it be that there are way too much Spider-Man titles right now? Those results certainly imply that.

—

103- JESSICA JONES

10/16  Jessica Jones  #1  -    74,291
11/16  Jessica Jones  #2  -    36,893  (-50.3%)
12/16  Jessica Jones  #3  -    38,601  (+ 4.6%)
01/17  Jessica Jones  #4  -    32,252  (-16.4%)
02/17  Jessica Jones  #5  -    25,769  (-20.1%)
03/17  Jessica Jones  #6  -    27,342  (+ 6.1%)
04/17  Jessica Jones  #7  -    23,273  (-14.9%)
05/17  Jessica Jones  #8  -    23,043  (-  1.0%)
06/17  Jessica Jones  #9  -    22,261  (-  3.4%)
07/17  Jessica Jones #10 -    21,486  (-  3.5%)

Since issue #2: -41.8%
JESSICA JONES TPB VOL.1 : 3,316

One of the few title trajectory which actually give some hope for the future.

—

 104-SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 -  278,575
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 -  107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen  #3 -  102,234 (- 4.5%)
05/15 Spider-Gwen #4 -    86,586 (-15.3%)
06/15 Spider-Gwen #5 -    67,697 (-21.8%)
07/15 ---
08/15 ---
09/15 ---
10/15 Spider-Gwen  #1 -  197,103   
11/15 Spider-Gwen  #2 -    62,209  (-68.4%)
12/15 Spider-Gwen  #3 -    54,844  (-11.8%)
01/16 Spider-Gwen  #4 -    48,664  (-11.3%)
02/16 Spider-Gwen  #5 -    43,796  (-10.0%)
03/16 Spider-Gwen  #6 -    46,060  (+ 5.2%)
04/16 Spider-Gwen  #7 -    60,900  (+32.2%)  (Spider-Women)
05/16 Spider-Gwen  #8 -    49,681  (-18.4%)   (Spider-Women)
06/16 Spider-Gwen  #9 -    41,713  (-17,1%)
07/16 Spider-Gwen #10-    35,136  (-15.8%)
08/16 Spider-Gwen #11-    36,212  (+ 3.1%)
09/16 Spider-Gwen #12-    34,004  (-  6.1%)
10/16 Spider-Gwen #13-    29,346  (-13.7%)
11/16 Spider-Gwen #14-    28,906  (-  1.5%)
12/16 Spider-Gwen #15-    27,898   (-  3.5%)
01/17 Spider-Gwen #16-    34,768  (+24.6%)
02/17 Spider-Gwen #17-    29,255  (-15.9%)
03/17 Spider-Gwen #18-    34,810  (+19.0%)
04/17 ---
05/17 Spider-Gwen #19-    28,546  (- 18.0%)
05/17 Spider-Gwen #20-    24,603  (- 13.8%)
06/17 Spider-Gwen #21-    28,535  (+16.0%)
07/17 Spider-Gwen #22-    21,372  (- 25.1%)

Since issue #2 : - 65.6%
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.0: 12,022    [+336]
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.1:   6,466    
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.2:   2,848
SPIDER-GWEN VOL.3:   2,306

No variant at all. Lowest level so far for the series. There is still curiosity for the character, as its first paperback keep selling noticeably.

—

 137- MS MARVEL 

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

11/15  Ms Marvel  #1 -  79,222   
12/15  Ms Marvel  #2 -  46,610  (-41.2%)      
01/16  Ms Marvel  #3 -  32,364   (-30.6%)
02/16  Ms Marvel  #4 -  30,916   (-  4.5%)
03/16  Ms Marvel  #5 -  31,871  (  +3.1%)
04/16  Ms Marvel  #6 -  29,863  (-  6.3%)
05/16  Ms Marvel  #7 -  29,840  (-  0.1%)
06/16  Ms Marvel  #8 -  31,798  (+ 6.6%)  (CV2)
07/16  Ms Marvel  #9 -  28,313  (-11.0%)  (CV2)
08/16  Ms Marvel #10-  29,395  (+ 3.8%)  (CV2)
09/16  Ms Marvel #11-  27,278  (-  7.2%)  (CV2)
10/16  Ms Marvel #12-  28,348  (+ 3.9%)
11/16  Ms Marvel #13-  23,621  (-16.7%)
12/16 ---
01/17  Ms Marvel #14-  24,006  (+1.6%)
02/17  Ms Marvel #15-  19,870  (-17.2%)
03/17  Ms Marvel #16-  19,172  (-  3.5%)
04/17  Ms Marvel #17-  20,881  (+ 8.9%)
05/17  Ms Marvel #18-  18,271  (-12.5%)
06/17  Ms Marvel #19-  17,907  (-  2.0%)
07/17  Ms Marvel #20-  20,738 (+15.8%)

Since issue #2 : -55.5 %
VOL.1 : 48,185    [+358]
VOL.2 : 18,698
VOL.3 : 11,282
VOL.4 :   6,642
VOL.5 :    5,200
VOL.6:     3,500
HC vol.1 : 1,942
HC vol.2 : 2,653
HC vol.3 : 776

TPB VOL.7 : 2,970

Marvel current problem with Ms Marvel is that, even if tons and tons of people are picking the first paperback, very few of them are faithful to the series in its entirety. Sales of the new TPB volume released have almost becomes standard. So far, the first TPB keeps selling every month. Marvel is probably be afraid to kill the bird if they ever try to cancel the series or to give it a major relaunch and creative change (remember the Hawkeye fiasco?). There is a Jim Lee variant of course.

—

110-  GWENPOOL

04/16-  Gwenpool  #1  -  100,852  
05/16   Gwenpool  #2  -     38,162    (-62.2%)   
06/16   Gwenpool  #3  -     33,018    (-13.5%)
07/16   Gwenpool  #4  -     33,174    (+ 0.5%)
08/16   Gwenpool  #5  -     30,232    (-  8.9%)
09/16   Gwenpool  #6  -     25,890    (-14.4%)
10/16   Gwenpool  #7  -     34,365   (+32.7%)
11/16   Gwenpool  #8  -     24,395   (- 29.0%)
12/16   Gwenpool  #9  -     20,031    (-17.9%)
01/17   Gwenpool #10 -     21,653   (+  8.1%)
02/17   Gwenpool #11 -     17,975    (-17.0%)
02/17   Gwenpool #12 -     17,080   (-  5.0%)
03/17	Gwenpool #13-      26,850   (+  57.2%)
04/17	Gwenpool #14-      17,972   (-  33.1%)
05/17   Gwenpool #15-      15,624   (- 12.1%)
05/17   Gwenpool #16-      15,500   (-   0.8%)
06/17   Gwenpool #17-      22,292   (+43.8%)
07/17   Gwenpool #18-      19,846   (- 11.0%)

Since issue #2: -48.0%
GWENPOOL VOL.1:   5,677   [+367]
GWENPOOL VOL.2:   1,971

Obviously with a Jim Lee variant. First TPB sales are still growing.

—

113- HULK 

12/16  Hulk #1 -  89,810
01/17  Hulk #2 -  32,585  (-63.7%)
02/17  Hulk #3 -  27,968  (-14.2%)
03/17  Hulk #4 -  30,304  (+ 8.3%)
04/17  Hulk #5 – 22,644  (-25.3%)
05/17  Hulk #6 -  20,482  (-  9.5%)
06/17  Hulk #7 -  25,089  (+22.5%)
07/17  Hulk #8 -  19,143  (- 23.7%)

Since issue #2: -41.3%

She-Hulk is welcome in the 10-20K zone.

—

116- 123- SECRET EMPIRE BRAVE NEW MONEY
  
06/17  SE Brave New World  # 1 – 30,858
06/17  SE Brave New World  # 2 – 21,814  (-29.3%)
07/17  SE Brave New World  # 3 -  18,664  (-14.4%)
07/17  SE Brave New World  # 4 -  16,975  (-  9.0%)

Even mini-series connected to a big event barely sell more than 15K. Welcome to the New World, indeed!

—

118- BLACK BOLT
  
05/17  Black Bolt  # 1 – 45,028
06/17  Black Bolt  # 2 – 26,435  (-41.3%)
07/17  Black Bolt  # 3 -  18,629  (-29.5%)

Amidst all the Marvel catalog, nobody will hear you being cancelled…

—

 

121- CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON 

02/14  Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)
...
09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
11/14  Captain America v8 #1  –120,500  (  62.4%)
12/14  Captain America v8 #2  – 50,077  ( -58.4%)
01/15  Captain America v8 #3  - 50,045  ( -0.1%)
02/15  Captain America v8 #4  - 41,222  (-17.6%)
03/15  Captain America v8 #5  - 38,871  (- 5.7%)
04/15  Captain America v8 #6  - 38,199  (- 1.7%)
...
10/15 CA S. Wilson  #1 -  62,535
10/15 CA S. Wilson  #2 -  40,224  (-35.7%)
11/15 CA S. Wilson  #3 -  33,984  (-15.5%)
12/15 CA S. Wilson  #4 -  29,512  (-13.2%)
01/16 CA S. Wilson  #5 -  29,081  (-  1.5%)
02/16 CA S. Wilson  #6 -  27,111  (-  6.8%)
03/16 CA S. Wilson  #7 -  54,881(+102.4%)
04/16 CA S. Wilson  #8 -  31,052  (-43.4%)  (Stand Off)
05/16 CA S. Wilson  #9  - 27,480  (-11.5%) (Stand Off)
06/16 CA S. Wilson #10 - 31,989  (+16.4%) (CV2)
07/16 CA S. Wilson #11 - 29,145  (-  8.2%)  (CV2)
08/16 CA S. Wilson #12 - 30,479  (+ 4.6%)  (CV2)
09/16 CA S. Wilson #13 - 28,158  (-  7.6%)  (CV2)
10/16 CA S. Wilson #14 - 27,702  (-  1.6%)
11/16 CA S. Wilson #15 - 22,006  (-20.6%)   
12/16 CA S. Wilson #16 - 21,229  (-  3.5%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #17 – 22,852  (+  7.6%)
01/17 CA S. Wilson #18 – 21,848  (-  4.4%)
02/17 CA S. Wilson #19 -  18,105 (-17.1%)
03/17 CA S. Wilson #20 -  17,496  (-  3.4%)
04/17 CA S. Wilson #21 -  18,650  (+  6.6%)
05/17 CA S. Wilson #22 -  18,523  (-   0.7%)  (SE)
06/17 CA S. Wilson #23 -  18,432  (-  0.5%)  (SE)
07/17 CA S. Wilson #24 -  17,818  (-  3.3%)   (SE)

Since issue #2 : -55.7%

Standart attrition.

—

119- ROYALS 
  
04/17	Royals  # 1  -  40,941
04/17	Royals  # 2  -   28,469  (-30.5%)
05/17   Royals  # 3  -   19,650  (-31.0%)
06/17   Royals  # 4  -   17,007  (-13.4%)
07/17   Royals  # 5  -   18,622  (+ 9.5%)

Since issue #2: -34.6%

Jim Lee variant of course. No matter under which name Marvel hides it, not that many people want to read the modern Inhumans adventures.

—

 126- ULTIMATES

11/15  Ultimates  #1 -  61,406  
12/15  Ultimates  #2 -  37,055   (-39.7%)
01/16  Ultimates  #3 -  30,068   (-18.9%)
02/16  Ultimates  #4 -  27,177   (-  9.6%)
03/16  Ultimates  #5 -  28,627   (+ 5.3%)
04/16  Ultimates  #6 -  26,146   (-  8.7%)
05/16  Ultimates  #7 -  26,500   (+ 1.4%)
06/16  Ultimates  #8 -  30,675   (+15.6%) (CV2)
07/16  Ultimates  #9 -  27,588   (-10.1%)  (CV2)
08/16  Ultimates #10-  26,848   (-  2.7%)  (CV2)
09/16  Ultimates #11-  26,030   (-  3.0%)  (CV2)
10/16  Ultimates #12-  23,871   (-  8.3%)  (CV2)  END

11/16  Ultimates 2  # 1-  34,646
12/16  Ultimates 2  # 2-  23,844  (-31.2%)
01/17  Ultimates 2   #3-  24,369  (+2.2%)
02/17  Ultimates 2   #4-  21,235  (-12.9%)
03/17  Ultimates 2   #5-  17,975  (-15.4%)
04/17  Ultimates 2   #6-  17,350  (  -3.5%)
05/17  Ultimates 2   #7-  18,490  (+  6.6%) (SE)
06/17  Ultimates 2   #8-  16,801  (-   9.1%)
07/17  Ultimates 2   #9-  16,488  (-   1.9%)

Since issue #2: -30.9%

Seem to have stabilized since reaching 16-17K, with only standart attrition kicking in.

—

130- ICEMAN
  
06/17 Iceman  # 1  -   34,202
06/17 Iceman  # 2  -   22,075   (-35.5%)
07/17 Iceman  # 3  -   15,743   (-28.7%)

A sales disaster that everyone saw coming.

—

132- MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13  Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173  (-20.5%)
...
03/14  Captain Marvel v7 #1  - 44,248  
04/14  Captain Marvel v7 #2  - 28,008 (-36.7%)
...
05/15  Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)
...
06/15  Cap Marvel & Carol Corps Ltd #1 -  47,302
...
08/15  Cap Marvel & Carol Corps Ltd #4 -  22,106 (-   9.0%)
...
01/16  Captain Marvel  #1  -  52,972  
02/16  Captain Marvel  #2  -  28,962  (-45.4%)   
03/16  Captain Marvel  #3  -  28,469  (  -1.7%)  
04/16  Captain Marvel  #4  -  25,156  (-11.6%)
05/16  Captain Marvel  #5  -  23,812  (-  5.3%)
06/16  Captain Marvel  #6  -  28,213  (+18.5%)  (CV2)
07/16  Captain Marvel  #7  -  23,895  (-15.3%)   (CV2)
08/16  Captain Marvel  #8  -  23,024  (-  3.5%)   (CV2)
09/16  Captain Marvel  #9  -  24,753  (+ 7.5%)   (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16  Captain Marvel #10 -  19,893  (-19.6%)
12/16  Mighty Captain Marvel #0 -  53,263
01/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #1 -  48,519  (-8.9%)
02/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #2 -  24,172  (-50.2%)
03/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #3 -  28,649  (+17.8%)
04/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #4 -  17,893  (-37.5%)
05/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #5 -  17,164   (- 4.1%)(SE)
06/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #6 -  20,870  (+21.6%)(SE)
07/17  Mighty Captain Marvel #7 -  15,672   (-24.9%)(SE)

Since issue #2: -67.7%
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.1 : 2,409
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL.2: 1,621

Time to call it a day.

—

133- I AM GROOT
  
05/17  I Am Groot  # 1 – 32,260
06/17  I Am Groot  # 2 – 23,202  (-28.1%)
07/17  I Am Groot  # 3 - 15,333  (-33.9%)

Groot figurines probably sold better than that.

—

139- US AVENGERS
  
01/17  US Avengers   #1 -  110,729
01/17  US Avengers   #2 -    29,523  (-73.3%)
02/17  US Avengers   #3 -    19,476  (-33.4%)
03/17  US Avengers	#4 -    17,073
04/17  US Avengers	#5 -    17,880  (+  4.7%)
05/17  US Avengers   #6 -     16,491  (-   7.8%)  (SE)
06/17  US Avengers   #7 -     15,664  (-   5.0%)  (SE)
07/17  US Avengers   #8 -     14,821  (-  5.4%)   (SE)

Since issue #2: -49.8%

With so few people reading those new uncessufull series and tie-in to Secret Empire, Marvel will have to deal with lot of readers unaware of the events happening in it. But, yeah, who cares. Covers! Let’s think about covers!

—

 

157- SPIDER-MAN 2099 

07/14 Spider-Man 2099  #1  -  90,690  ( --- )
08/14 Spider-Man 2099  #2  -  47,512  (-47.6%)
09/14 Spider-Man 2099  #3  -  43,418  ( -8.6%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099  #4  -  40,755  ( -6.1%)
10/14 Spider-Man 2099  #5  -  40,880  (  0.3%)
11/14 Spider-Man 2099  #6  -  38,634  ( -5.5%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099  #7 -  38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099  #8 -  37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099  #9 -  34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 -  33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 -  31,665 (-5.6%)
05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 -  28,916 (-8.7%)
...
10/15 Spider-Man 2099  #1 -  57,719
10/15 Spider-Man 2099  #2 -  40,701  (-29.5%)
11/15 Spider-Man 2099  #3 -  34,969  (-14.1%)
12/15 Spider-Man 2099  #4 -  32,464  (-  7.2%)
01/16 Spider-Man 2099  #5 -  28,489  (-12.2%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099  #6 -  26,626  ( - 6.5%)
02/16 Spider-Man 2099  #7 -  26,163  (-  1.7%)
03/16 Spider-Man 2099  #8 -  28,580  ( +9.2%)
04/16 Spider-Man 2099  #9 -  24,081  (-15.7%)
05/16 Spider-Man 2099 #10-  23,040  (-  4.3%)
06/16 Spider-Man 2099 #11-  22,722  (-  1.4%)
07/16 Spider-Man 2099 #12-  22,480  (-  1.1%)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #13-  22,793  (+ 1.4%)  (CV2)
08/16 Spider-Man 2099 #14-  21,908   (- 3.9%)  (CV2)
09/16 Spider-Man 2099 #15-  21,362   (- 2.5%)  (CV2)
10/16 Spider-Man 2099 #16-  20,671   (- 3.2%)  (CV2)
11/16 Spider-Man 2099 #17-  19,271   (- 6.8%)
12/16 Spider-Man 2099 #18-  18,053   (- 6.3%)
01/17 Spider-Man 2099 #19-  20,262  (+12.2%)
02/17 Spider-Man 2099 #20-  16,690  (- 17.6%)
03/17 Spider-Man 2099 #21-  15,770  (-  5.5%)
04/17 Spider-Man 2099 #22-	 15,273  (-  3.2%)
05/17 Spider-Man 2099 #23-  15,187  (-  0.6%)
06/17 Spider-Man 2099 #24-  14,828  (-  2.4%)
07/17 Spider-Man 2099 #25-  14,763  (-   0.4%)   ($5)

Since issue #2: -63.7%

9 more issues to go before it will outlive the original series.

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141- DR STRANGE SORCERERS SUPREME

10/16  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #1  -    149,710  
11/16  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #2  -      29,349  (-80.4%)
12/16  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #3  -      25,054  (-14.6%)
01/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #4  - 	    26,098  (+ 4.1%)
02/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #5 -       19,402  (-25.7%)
03/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #6 -       18,094  (-  6.7%)
04/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #7 -       16,887  (-  6.7%)
05/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #8 -       15,702  (-  7.0%)
06/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme  #9 -       15,129  (-  3.6%)
07/17  Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #10-       14,539  (-  3.9%)

Since issue#2: -50.5%

Took its sweet time to stabilize. Too late.

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142- SECRET WARRIORS
  
05/17  Secret Warriors  # 1 – 31,864                  (SE)
05/17  Secret Warriors  # 2 -  23,902  (-25.0%)  (SE)
06/17  Secret Warriors  # 3 -  20,457  (-14.5%) (SE)
07/17  Secret Warriors  # 4 -  14,534  (- 29.0%)(SE)

Since issue#2: -39.2%

Not every title can accomplish that: having their hardest fall with issue #4.

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144- LUKE CAGE
  
05/17  Luke Cage  # 1 – 34,132
06/17  Luke Cage  # 2 – 17,277  (-49.4%)
07/17  Luke Cage  # 3 – 14,320  (-17.1%)

Compared to Iron Fist numbers, that’s a massive negative response.

—

146- ROCKET 

01/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #1  -  59,028
02/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #2  -  29,180  (-50.6%)    
03/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #3  -  24,855  (-14.8%)
04/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #4  -  24,179  (-  2.7%)
05/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #5  -  21,138  (-12.6%)
06/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #6  -  20,392  (-  3.5%)
07/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #7  -  19,142  (-  6.1%)
08/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #8  -  20,646  (+ 7.9%)  (CV2)
09/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #9  -  17,522  (-15.1%)  (CV2)
09/16  Rocket Raccoon & Groot  #10-  16,505  (-  5.8%)  (CV2)
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16  Rocket Raccoon  # 1 -  59,305
01/17  Rocket Raccoon  # 2 -  22,113  (-62.7%)
02/17  Rocket Raccoon  # 3 – 15,791  (-28.6%)
03/17  Rocket Raccoon  # 4 -  14,324  (-  9.3%)
04/17  Rocket Raccoon  # 5 – 13,373   (- 6.6%)

05/17 Rocket  # 1 – 27,749
06/17 Rocket  # 2 – 16,177  (-41.7%)
07/17 Rocket  # 3 -  14,126  (-12.7%)

Another usuless relaunch.

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150- HAWKEYE 

03/15  All New Hawkeye #1  -  66,608
04/15  All New Hawkeye #2  -  42,730  (-35.8%)
05/15  All New Hawkeye #3  -  38,087  (-10.9%)
06/15  ---
07/15  All New Hawkeye #4  -  31,661  (-16.9%)
08/15  ---
09/15	All New Hawkeye #5  - 31,141  (-  1.6%)
10/15  ---
11/15  All New Hawkeye  #1  -  68,933
12/15  All New Hawkeye  #2  -  35,363  (-48.7%)
01/16  All New Hawkeye  #3  -  26,913  (-23.9%)
02/16  All New Hawkeye  #4  -  24,903   (- 7.5%)
03/16  All New Hawkeye  #5  -  24,779   (- 0.5%)
04/16  All New Hawkeye  #6  -  21,209  (-14.4%)
05/16 ---
06/16 ---
07/16 ---
08/16 ---
09/16 ---
10/16 ---
11/16 ---
12/16  Hawkeye #1 -  70,884
01/17  Hawkeye #2 -  27,049  (-61.8%)
02/17  Hawkeye #3 -  20,089  (-25.7%)
03/17  Hawkeye #4 -  17,234  (-14.2%)
04/17  Hawkeye #5 -  16,031  (-  7.0%)
05/17  Hawkeye #6 -  15,304  (-  4.5%)
06/17  Hawkeye #7 -  14,474  (-  5.4%)
07/17  Hawkeye #8 -  13,772  (-  4.9%)

Since issue#2 : -49.1%

VOL.1:  47,268
VOL.2:  25,657
VOL.3:  13,536
VOL.4:   8,814
VOL.5:   4,109
VOL.6:   2,583
 VOL.1:  2,210

TPB sales are not responding. Renumbering the TPB volumes didn’t work.

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151- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TELLTALE SERIES 
  
07/17  GoG Telltale Series # 1  -  13,467

The prequel to a GoG video game. Launching many products featuring GoG when its main title is in shreds salewise is probably not the best strategy, except if you are only trying to make the most money before dumping it.

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155- BLACK PANTHER CREW 
  
04/17	BP Crew  #1  -  35,604
05/17   BP Crew  #2  -  18,183  (-48.9%)
06/17   BP Crew  #3  -  14,634  (-19.5%)
07/17   BP Crew  #4  -  13,050  (-10.8%)

That’s as far as Marvel will go to feature a “Milestone” black team.

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174- AMERICA
  
04/17  America # 1 -  43,592
04/17  America # 2 -  23,987  (-45.0%)
05/17  America # 3 -  16,262  (-32.2%)
06/17  America # 4 -  12,624  (-22.4%)
07/17  America # 5 -  11,354  (-10.1%)

Since issue #2: -52.7%

Only amazing TPB sales could save it at this point.

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177- NICK FURY 
  
04/17	Nick Fury  #1  -  31,683
05/17   Nick Fury  #2  -  16,690  (-47.3%)
06/17   Nick Fury  #3  -  12,689  (-24.0%)
07/17   Nick Fury  #4  -  10,973  (-13.5%)

Since issue #2: -34.3%

If the sales results of Jessica Jones gave me any hope about the future, it is now gone.

 

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181- ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE  LTD ($5)
  
05/17  Zombies Assemble  Ltd #1 –  18,036
06/17  Zombies Assemble Ltd  #2  -  11,887  (-34.1%)
06/17  Zombies Assemble Ltd  #3  -  10,558  (-11.2%)
07/17  Zombies Assemble Ltd  #0  -  10,705  (+ 1.4%)

Hey, let’s propose a prelude to our limited series, but after issue#3. And let’s numbered it #0… Sometimes, it’s a wonder Marvel manage to sell that much copies of their comics, with so confusing strategies.

—

 

182-  UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL 

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621  (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586  ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987  (-21.1%)
05/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088  (- 4.3%)
06/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #6 – 19,341  (- 3.7%)
07/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #7 – 19,801  (+ 2.4%)
08/15 Unbeateable Squirrel Girl #8 -  19,134  (- 3.4%)
09/15 ---
10/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #1 -  43,155
11/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #2 -  23,064  (-46.6%)
12/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #3 -  25,350  (+ 9.9%)
01/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #4 -  19,923  (-21.4%)
02/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #5 -  17,743  (-10.9%)
03/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #6 -  20,739 (+16.9%)
04/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #7 -  17,869 (-13.8%)
05/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #8 -  15,131 (-15.3%)
06/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl  #9 -  14,692  (- 2.9%)
07/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #10-  14,590  (- 0.7%)
08/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11-  13,872  (- 4.9%)
09/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #12-  14,379  (+ 3.7%)
10/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #13-  14,688  (+ 2.1%)
11/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #14-  12,933  (-11.9%)
12/16 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #15-  12,556  (-  2.9%)
01/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #16-  17,569  (+39.9%)
02/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #17-  11,898  (-32.3%)
03/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #18-  17,765 (+49.3%)
04/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #19-  11,074  (-37.7%)
05/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #20-  10,999  (-  0.7%)
06/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #21-  10,937  (-  0.5%)
07/17 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #22-  10,425  (-  4.7%)

Since issue #2 : -54.8%
TPB VOL.2: 8,884  
TPB VOL.3 : 2,928
TPB VOL.4:  2,387
TPB VOL.5:  2,151

That’s the proof that those weird variant cover buyers have no taste. Because, yes, it’s the standard cover and there is in fact no variant on this issue, but have you seen how amazing this Erica Henderson Savage Land painted cover is?!

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191- OCCUPY AVENGERS 

11/16  Occupy Avengers # 1 -  38,400
12/16  Occupy Avengers # 2 -  32,974  (-14.1%)
01/17  Occupy Avengers # 3 -  18,499  (-43.9%)
02/17  Occupy Avengers # 4 -  11,965  (-35.7%)
03/17  Occupy Avengers # 5 -  17,413  (+45.5%)
04/17  Occupy Avengers # 6 – 10,296  (-40.8%)
05/17  Occupy Avengers # 7 –   9,624  (-  6.5%)
06/17  Occupy Avengers # 8 -  10,404  (+  8.1%) (SE)
07/17  Occupy Avengers # 9 -  10,092   (-  3.0%) (SE)

Since issue#2: -69.4%

Doesn’t occupy a lot of space on the racks, obviously.

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192-MONSTERS UNLEASHED 
  
01/17  Monsters Unleashed Ltd  #1 -   91,154                   
02/17  Monsters Unleashed Ltd  #2  -  51,389  (-43.6%) 
02/17  Monsters Unleashed Ltd  #3  -  38,205  (-25.7%)
03/17  Monsters Unleashed Ltd  #4  -  34,937  (-  8.6%)
03/17  Monsters Unleashed Ltd  #5  -  33,205  (-  5.0%)
04/17  Monsters Unleashed  #1  -  27,317   
05/17  Monsters Unleashed  #2  -  15,324  (-43.9%)
06/17  Monsters Unleashed  #3  -  12,033  (-21.5%)
07/17  Monsters Unleashed  #4  -  10,004  (-16.9%)

Since issue #2: -34.7%

As long as Kajumax (at Oni) is still published, I’m OK wth it.

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195- 223-THOR RAGNAROK PRELUDE LTD 
  
07/17  Thor Ragnarok Prelude Ltd # 1  -  9,751
07/17  Thor Ragnarok Prelude Ltd # 2  -  8,037

This is either the cheapest marketing ploy or genius. This is NOT an adaptation of Thor Ragnarok, neither a prelude to it, but a comic adaptation of The Incredible Hulk – the last movie I suppose? Nothing is too good to lure customers to empty their pockets!

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 232- MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR

11/15  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #1 - 38,133
12/15  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #2 -  21,715  (-43.1%)
01/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #3 -  18,424  (-15.2%)
02/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #4 -  14,941  (-18.9%)
03/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #5 -  14,771  (-  1.1%)
04/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #6 -  12,253  (-17.0%)
05/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #7 -  12,879  (+ 5.1%)
06/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #8 -  12,721  (-  1.2%)
07/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur  #9 -  10,338  (-18.7%)
08/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10-  11,862 (+14.7%)
09/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #11-    9,765 (-17.7%)
10/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #12-    9,509 (-   2.6%)
11/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13-  11,113 (+16.9%)
12/16  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #14-    9,370 (-15.7%)
01/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #15-   10,966(+17.0%)
02/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #16-     8,440 (-23.0%)
02/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #17-     8,273 (-  2.0%)
04/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18-     7,966  (- 3.7%)
05/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19-   14,244(+78.8%)
06/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #20-     7,731  (-45.7%)
07/17  Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #21-     7,586  (-  1.9%)

Since issue #2 : -65.1%
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.1: 4,275  
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.2: 1,664
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR VOL.3: 1,576

TPB activity is non-existent, at least in US comic book stores.

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235- UNSTOPPABLE WASP 
  
01/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 1 -  37,415
02/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 2 -  16,292   (-56.5%)
03/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 3 -  12,324   (-24.4%)
04/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 4 -    9,780   (-20.6%)
05/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 5 -    9,013   (-  7.8%)
06/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 6 -    8,051   (-10.7%)
07/17  Unstoppable Wasp  # 7 -    7,431

Since issue #2: -50.6%

A fish drawing a wasp. You should check the result. I’m not being sacarstic.

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

Xavier Lancel, born 1973 in France, living in the beautiful city of Lyon, has been working since 1999 for Scarce, one of the longest running fanzines on US comics (32 years old!). He has been editor of the magazine since 2008. He also runs two blogs, one devoted to Ernie Colon (http://erniecolonunlimited.blogspot.fr/) and the other devoted to barechested men in comics (http://chestofchests.blogspot.fr/). He sometimes appears as a comics character (because French people are funny-weird) in strips by Tim Fish (http://www.timfishworks.blogspot.fr/).