Marvel Month to Month Sales: October 2013 Infinity rules the roosthttp://ift.tt/1byjayR
by Paul O’Brien
INFINITY remained the main feature of Marvel’s October schedule. Meanwhile, the X-Men continued their own “Battle of the Atom” crossover, and the Ultimate imprint marches stoically towards “Cataclysm”. As usual, the next wave of new launches will come after the event, so there’s not much in the way of new titles – but we do have the return of the Marvel Knights imprint, and the all-ages line gets a refresh.
It’s an unusually close month between Marvel and DC, with Marvel having the edge in unit share by a mere 33.6% to 33.2%, while DC lead in dollar terms by 31% to 30%.
Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.
3,5. INFINITY 08/13 Infinity #1 of 6 - 205,819 09/13 Infinity #2 of 6 - 125,985 (-38.8%) 09/13 Infinity #3 of 6 - 123,285 ( -2.1%) 10/13 Infinity #4 of 6 - 113,003 ( -8.3%) 10/13 Infinity #5 of 6 - 106,567 ( -5.7%)
Holding up pretty nicely, now that the second issue drop is out of the way. We’re still above the 100K mark with one issue to go; Marvel ought to be happy with this.
9,10. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN 10/03 Amazing #500 - 148,928 10/08 Amazing #575 - 68,913 10/09 Amazing #609 - 61,176 10/10 Amazing #645 - 56,709 10/11 Amazing #672 - 57,860 ===== 10/12 Amazing #695 - 58,185 ( -0.5%) 10/12 Amazing #696 - 57,950 ( -0.4%) 11/12 Amazing #697 - 59,872 ( +3.3%) 11/12 Amazing #698 - 87,537 ( +46.2%) 12/12 Amazing #699 - 80,048 ( -8.6%) 12/12 Amazing #.1 - 71,344 ( -10.9%) 12/12 Amazing #700 - 273,305 (+283.1%) 01/13 Superior #1 - 209,944 ( -23.2%) 01/13 Superior #2 - 118,104 ( -43.7%) 02/13 Superior #3 - 101,811 ( -13.8%) 02/13 Superior #4 - 95,892 ( -5.8%) 03/13 Superior #5 - 94,224 ( -1.7%) 03/13 Superior #6 - 86,614 ( -8.1%) 03/13 S. S-M #6AU - 85,807 ( -0.9%) 04/13 Superior #7 - 87,945 ( +2.5%) 04/13 Superior #8 - 85,671 ( -2.6%) 05/13 Superior #9 - 93,656 ( +9.3%) 05/13 Superior #10 - 85,346 ( -8.9%) 06/13 Superior #11 - 84,219 ( -1.3%) 06/13 Superior #12 - 82,338 ( -2.2%) 07/13 Superior #13 - 81,678 ( -0.8%) 07/13 Superior #14 - 80,839 ( -1.0%) 08/13 Superior #15 - 78,636 ( -2.7%) 08/13 Superior #16 - 78,087 ( -0.7%) 09/13 Superior #17 - 89,118 ( +14.1%) 09/13 Superior #18 - 80,178 ( -10.0%) 10/13 Superior #19 - 83,671 ( +4.4%) 10/13 Superior #20 - 85,309 ( +2.0%) 6 mnth ( -0.4%) 1 year ( +46.6%) 2 year ( +47.4%) 3 year ( +50.4%) 4 year ( +39.4%) 5 year ( +23.8%) 10 year ( -42.7%)
These two issues both have variant covers, but even so, the book appears to be on an upswing again, after dipping to 78K in August. Issue #19 is the final part of the “Necessary Evil” storyline, and both these issues were pushed as featuring major plot developments for the title.
And now, virtually an entire crossover bunched together…
12. ALL-NEW X-MEN 11/12 All-New X-Men #1 - 181,693 11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 100,983 (-44.4%) 12/12 All-New X-Men #3 - 90,161 (-10.7%) 12/12 All-New X-Men #4 - 90,946 ( +0.9%) 01/13 All-New X-Men #5 - 86,301 ( -5.1%) 01/13 All-New X-Men #6 - 85,403 ( -1.0%) 02/13 All-New X-Men #7 - 85,234 ( -0.2%) 03/13 All-New X-Men #8 - 90,990 ( +6.8%) 03/13 All-New X-Men #9 - 81,692 (-10.2%) 04/13 All-New X-Men #10 - 84,760 ( +3.8%) 05/13 All-New X-Men #11 - 80,582 ( -4.9%) 06/13 All-New X-Men #12 - 82,178 ( +2.0%) 06/13 All-New X-Men #13 - 77,656 ( -5.5%) 07/13 All-New X-Men #14 - 74,848 ( -3.6%) 08/13 All-New X-Men #15 - 73,035 ( -2.4%) 09/13 All-New X-Men #16 - 84,218 (+15.3%) 10/13 All-New X-Men #17 - 82,843 ( -1.6%) 6 mnth ( -2.3%) 14. UNCANNY X-MEN 10/03 Uncanny X-Men #432 - 92,472 10/08 Uncanny X-Men #503 - 87,196 10/09 Uncanny X-Men #516 - 73,916 10/10 Uncanny X-Men #529 - 62,256 10/11 Uncanny X-Men #544 - 60,212 ===== 10/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #19 - 59,283 ( -0.9%) 10/12 Uncanny X-Men v2 #20 - 65,981 ( +11.3%) 11/12 --- 12/12 --- 01/13 --- 02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #1 - 177,463 (+169.0%) 02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #2 - 94,615 ( -46.7%) 03/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #3 - 85,775 ( -9.3%) 04/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #4 - 80,047 ( -6.7%) 04/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #5 - 78,919 ( -1.4%) 05/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #6 - 73,621 ( -6.7%) 06/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #7 - 73,719 ( +0.1%) 07/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #8 - 70,274 ( -4.7%) 07/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #9 - 67,338 ( -4.2%) 08/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #10 - 70,903 ( +5.3%) 08/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #11 - 65,700 ( -7.3%) 09/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #12 - 76,790 ( +16.9%) 10/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #13 - 75,202 ( -2.1%) 6 mnth ( -4.7%) 1 year ( +26.9%) 2 year ( +24.9%) 3 year ( +20.8%) 4 year ( +1.7%) 5 year ( -13.8%) 10 year ( -18.7%) 15. X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM 09/13 Battle #1 of 2 - 113,928 10/13 Battle #2 of 2 - 73,894 (-35.1%) 16. X-MEN 10/10 X-Men v3 #4 - 63,772 10/11 X-Men v3 #19 - 40,906 ===== 10/12 X-Men v3 #37 - 31,611 ( -1.2%) 11/12 X-Men v3 #38 - 30,289 ( -4.2%) 12/12 X-Men v3 #39 - 29,326 ( -3.2%) 01/13 X-Men v3 #40 - 28,515 ( -2.8%) 02/13 X-Men v3 #41 - 32,488 ( +13.9%) 03/13 --- 04/13 --- 05/13 X-Men v4 #1 - 183,297 (+464.2%) 06/13 X-Men v4 #2 - 73,542 ( -59.9%) 07/13 X-Men v4 #3 - 65,270 ( -11.2%) 08/13 X-Men v4 #4 - 64,010 ( -1.9%) 09/13 X-Men v4 #5 - 73,357 ( +14.6%) 10/13 X-Men v4 #6 - 71,990 ( -1.9%) 6 mnth ( --- ) 1 year (+127.7%) 2 year ( +76.0%) 3 year ( +12.9%)
The second month of the “Battle of the Atom” crossover runs through ALL-NEW X-MEN, UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN and WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN, plus the concluding chapter in X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM. The storyline has certainly helped sales, but it’s very striking to see all the books clustered together except for WATX – which is at number 25 with orders of 57K. That’s quite bizarre considering that this is an old-style crossover where you need all the issues to get the story.
17,18. AVENGERS 10/03 Avengers v3 #72 - 58,437 10/10 Avengers v4 #6 - 73,258 10/11 Avengers v4 #18 - 58,897 ===== 10/12 Avengers v4 #31 - 62,495 ( +6.6%) 10/12 Avengers v4 #32 - 56,204 ( -10.1%) 11/12 Avengers v4 #33 - 53,336 ( -5.1%) 11/12 Avengers v4 #34 - 57,315 ( +7.5%) 12/12 Avengers v5 #1 - 192,952 (+236.7%) 12/12 Avengers v5 #2 - 99,028 ( -48.7%) 01/13 Avengers v5 #3 - 92,165 ( -6.9%) 01/13 Avengers v5 #4 - 83,088 ( -9.8%) 02/13 Avengers v5 #5 - 82,452 ( -0.8%) 02/13 Avengers v5 #6 - 84,868 ( +2.9%) 03/13 Avengers v5 #7 - 78,278 ( -7.8%) 03/13 Avengers v5 #8 - 82,691 ( +5.6%) 04/13 Avengers v5 #9 - 77,780 ( -5.9%) 04/13 Avengers v5 #10 - 78,905 ( +1.4%) 05/13 Avengers v5 #11 - 70,687 ( -10.4%) 05/13 Avengers v5 #12 - 74,978 ( +6.1%) 06/13 Avengers v5 #13 - 68,624 ( -8.5%) 06/13 Avengers v5 #14 - 74,846 ( +9.1%) 07/13 Avengers v5 #15 - 68,472 ( -8.5%) 07/13 Avengers v5 #16 - 72,842 ( +6.4%) 08/13 Avengers v5 #17 - 68,962 ( -5.3%) 08/13 Avengers v5 #18 - 74,697 ( +8.3%) 09/13 Avengers v5 #19 - 92,489 ( +23.8%) 09/13 Avengers v5 #20 - 74,388 ( -19.6%) 10/13 Avengers v5 #21 - 71,751 ( -3.5%) 10/13 Avengers v5 #22 - 70,735 ( -1.4%) 6 mnth ( -10.4%) 1 year ( +13.2%) 2 year ( +20.1%) 3 year ( -3.4%) 10 year ( +21.0%)
These two issues are both INFINITY tie-ins, not that it seems to make a huge amount of difference. Presumably retailers figure that if you’re the sort of person willing to buy the other Jonathan Hickman titles to get the full INFINITY core story, you were most likely reading his AVENGERS already.
19,20. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 10/08 Guardians v2 #6 - 36,546 10/09 Guardians v2 #19 - 23,597 ===== 02/13 Guardians #0.1 - 80,344 03/13 Guardians v3 #1 - 217,993 (+171.3%) 04/13 Guardians v3 #2 - 88,184 ( -59.5%) 05/13 --- 06/13 Guardians v3 #3 - 75,633 ( -14.2%) 06/13 Guardians v3 #4 - 71,575 ( -5.4%) 07/13 Guardians v3 #5 - 110,372 ( +54.2%) 08/13 --- 09/13 Guardians v3 #6 - 69,030 ( -37.5%) 10/13 Guardians v3 #7 - 68,647 ( -0.6%) 10/13 Guardians v3 #8 - 63,494 ( -7.5%) 6 mnth ( -28.0%) 4 year (+169.1%) 5 year ( +73.7%)
Two issues this month, though one of them has slipped from September. Issue #7 is part of Angela’s introduction and came with a raft of variant covers. Issue #8 is an INFINITY tie-in, and comes with fewer variant covers (though still several). Angela would seem to be the bigger draw here.
22. NEW AVENGERS 10/08 New Avengers #46 - 99,513 10/09 New Avengers #58 - 76,656 10/10 New Avengers v2 #5 - 73,409 10/11 New Avengers v2 #17 - 55,732 ===== 10/12 New Avengers v2 #31 - 53,456 ( -5.8%) 11/12 New Avengers v2 #32 - 52,784 ( -1.3%) 11/12 New Avengers v2 #33 - 50,045 ( -5.2%) 11/12 New Avengers v2 #34 - 53,862 ( +7.6%) 12/12 --- 01/13 New Avengers v3 #1 - 116,280 (+115.9%) 01/13 New Avengers v3 #2 - 79,433 ( -31.7%) 02/13 New Avengers v3 #3 - 72,110 ( -9.2%) 03/13 New Avengers v3 #4 - 65,150 ( -9.7%) 04/13 New Avengers v3 #5 - 63,423 ( -2.7%) 05/13 New Avengers v3 #6 - 59,362 ( -6.4%) 06/13 New Avengers v3 #7 - 60,138 ( +1.3%) 07/13 New Avengers v3 #8 - 58,044 ( -3.5%) 08/13 New Avengers v3 #9 - 60,534 ( +4.3%) 09/13 New Avengers v3 #10 - 60,682 ( +0.2%) 10/13 New Avengers v3 #11 - 63,231 ( +4.2%) 6 mnth ( -0.3%) 1 year ( +18.3%) 2 year ( +13.5%) 3 year ( -13.9%) 4 year ( -17.5%) 5 year ( -36.5%)
Another INFINITY tie-in. NEW AVENGERS, which lagged some way behind its sister title despite being notionally equal, seems to be gaining rather more from participating in the crossover.
23. UNCANNY AVENGERS 10/12 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 303,722 11/12 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 114,257 (-62.4%) 12/12 --- 01/13 Uncanny Avengers #3 - 92,165 (-19.3%) 02/13 Uncanny Avengers #4 - 87,539 ( -5.0%) 03/13 Uncanny Avengers #5 - 84,382 ( -3.6%) 04/13 Uncanny Avengers #6 - 80,863 ( -4.2%) 04/13 Uncanny Avengers #7 - 77,027 ( -4.7%) 05/13 Uncanny Avengers #8 - 75,655 ( -1.8%) 05/13 Uncanny Av. #8AU - 72,514 ( -4.2%) 06/13 Uncanny Avengers #9 - 71,842 ( -0.9%) 07/13 Uncanny Avengers #10 - 68,768 ( -4.3%) 08/13 Uncanny Avengers #11 - 65,447 ( -4.8%) 09/13 Uncanny Avengers #12 - 73,357 (+12.1%) 10/13 Uncanny Avengers #13 - 60,597 (-17.4%) 6 mnth (-21.3%) 1 year (-80.0%)
Back to normal after last month’s variant-fuelled spike. Leave that one aside and the book still seems to be shedding sales faster than you might like, but it’s got plenty of margin to play with.
25. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN 10/11 Wolverine/X-Men #1 - 99,611 ===== 10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #18 - 52,331 ( -4.4%) 10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #19 - 50,008 ( -4.4%) 11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #20 - 48,432 ( -3.2%) 11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #21 - 48,244 ( -0.4%) 12/12 Wolverine/X-Men #22 - 45,658 ( -5.4%) 01/13 Wolverine/X-Men #23 - 43,963 ( -3.7%) 01/13 Wolverine/X-Men #24 - 44,716 ( +1.7%) 02/13 Wolverine/X-Men #25 - 45,057 ( +0.8%) 03/13 Wolverine/X-Men #26 - 42,019 ( -6.7%) 03/13 Wolverine/X-Men #27 - 41,960 ( -0.1%) 04/13 Wolv & X-Men #27AU - 47,055 (+12.1%) 04/13 Wolverine/X-Men #28 - 42,718 ( -9.2%) 05/13 Wolverine/X-Men #29 - 40,451 ( -5.3%) 05/13 Wolverine/X-Men #30 - 40,019 ( -1.1%) 06/13 Wolverine/X-Men #31 - 41,661 ( +4.1%) 06/13 Wolverine/X-Men #32 - 39,790 ( -4.5%) 07/13 Wolverine/X-Men #33 - 42,269 ( +6.2%) 08/13 Wolverine/X-Men #34 - 38,473 ( -9.0%) 08/13 Wolverine/X-Men #35 - 38,046 ( -1.1%) 09/13 Wolverine/X-Men #36 - 59,684 (+56.9%) 10/13 Wolverine/X-Men #37 - 57,434 ( -3.8%) 6 mnth (+34.4%) 1 year ( +9.8%) 2 year (-42.3%)
A “Battle of the Atom” tie-in, as previously mentioned. Cancelled with issue #42, though a relaunch would hardly be surprising. While it lags some way behind the other X-Men titles, it’s nowhere near Marvel’s danger zone.
27,39,44. ARMS OF THE OCTOPUS 10/13 All-New X-Men - 56,925 10/13 Hulk - 42,970 10/13 Superior Team-Up - 40,796
A somewhat random crossover between three annuals (or rather, “Specials”). It’s actually pretty decent.
29. MIGHTY AVENGERS 09/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #1 - 101,921 10/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #2 - 54,862 (-46.2%)
That’s a steep drop, even allowing for the additional variant covers on issue #1. These are both INFINITY tie-ins, and there’s an “Inhumanity” tie-in to follow, so Marvel are certainly throwing the storyline promotions at this book in the early going.
34. DEADPOOL 10/08 Deadpool v3 #3 - 61,833 10/09 Deadpool v3 #16 - 46,288 10/10 Deadpool v3 #28 - 34,828 10/11 Deadpool v3 #44 - 26,678 ===== 10/12 Deadpool v3 #62 - 28,897 ( +1.9%) 10/12 Deadpool v3 #63 - 29,049 ( +0.5%) 11/12 Deadpool v4 #1 - 127,977 (+340.6%) 11/12 Deadpool v4 #2 - 76,445 ( -40.3%) 12/12 Deadpool v4 #3 - 64,591 ( -15.5%) 01/13 Deadpool v4 #4 - 57,061 ( -11.7%) 02/13 Deadpool v4 #5 - 57,312 ( +0.4%) 03/13 Deadpool v4 #6 - 57,095 ( -0.4%) 04/13 Deadpool v4 #7 - 57,016 ( -0.1%) 04/13 Deadpool v4 #8 - 52,851 ( -7.3%) 05/13 Deadpool v4 #9 - 51,296 ( -2.9%) 05/13 Deadpool v4 #10 - 50,461 ( -1.6%) 06/13 Deadpool v4 #11 - 54,110 ( +7.2%) 06/13 Deadpool v4 #12 - 48,315 ( -10.7%) 07/13 Deadpool v4 #13 - 47,006 ( -2.7%) 08/13 Deadpool v4 #14 - 45,870 ( -2.4%) 08/13 Deadpool v4 #15 - 46,169 ( +0.7%) 09/13 Deadpool v4 #16 - 45,675 ( -1.1%) 09/13 Deadpool v4 #17 - 45,348 ( -0.7%) 10/13 Deadpool v4 #18 - 47,096 ( +3.9%) 6 mnth ( -10.9%) 1 year ( +63.0%) 2 year ( +76.5%) 3 year ( +29.5%) 4 year ( +1.7%) 5 year ( -23.8%)
There’s a variant cover on this issue, but it’s still very impressive how steadily the book has been selling.
35. THOR: GOD OF THUNDER 10/03 Thor v2 #69 - 32,991 10/08 Thor v3 #11 - 78,673 10/09 --- 10/10 Thor #616 - 51,051 10/11 Thor v4 #7 - 44,017 ===== 10/12 Thor v4 #21 - 34,550 ( +14.5%) 10/12 Thor v4 #22 - 35,328 ( +2.3%) 11/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443 (+212.6%) 11/12 Thor v5 #2 - 65,533 ( -40.7%) 12/12 Thor v5 #3 - 55,547 ( -15.2%) 01/13 Thor v5 #4 - 50,478 ( -9.1%) 02/13 Thor v5 #5 - 51,861 ( +2.7%) 03/13 Thor v5 #6 - 50,481 ( -2.7%) 04/13 Thor v5 #7 - 51,526 ( +2.1%) 05/13 Thor v5 #8 - 48,622 ( -5.6%) 06/13 Thor v5 #9 - 49,125 ( +1.0%) 07/13 Thor v5 #10 - 46,204 ( -5.9%) 08/13 Thor v5 #11 - 45,397 ( -1.7%) 08/13 Thor v5 #12 - 44,865 ( -1.2%) 09/13 Thor v5 #13 - 48,007 ( +7.0%) 10/13 Thor v5 #14 - 46,008 ( -4.2%) 6 mnth ( -10.7%) 1 year ( +33.2%) 2 year ( +4.5%) 3 year ( -9.9%) 4 year ( --- ) 5 year ( -41.5%) 10 year ( +39.5%)
Issues #13 and #14 both had multiple covers, which explains their slight increase. The underlying trend looks to be the more familiar gentle decline that most titles settle into.
43. INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK 10/03 Incredible v3 #62 - 55,530 10/08 Hulk #7 - 110,261 10/09 Incredible Hulk #603 - 49,126 10/10 Incredible Hulks #614 - 39,572 10/11 Incredible v4 #1 - 106,472 ===== 10/12 Incredible v4 #15 - 36,091 ( +6.5%) 11/12 Indestructible #1 - 118,200 (+227.5%) 12/12 Indestructible #2 - 63,653 ( -46.1%) 01/13 Indestructible #3 - 59,431 ( -6.6%) 02/13 Indestructible #4 - 56,214 ( -5.4%) 03/13 Indestructible #5 - 54,967 ( -2.2%) 04/13 Indestructible #6 - 55,470 ( +0.9%) 05/13 Indestructible #7 - 49,956 ( -9.9%) 05/13 Indestructible #8 - 48,866 ( -2.2%) 06/13 Indestructible #9 - 49,427 ( +1.1%) 07/13 Indestructible #10 - 45,531 ( -7.9%) 07/13 Indestructible #11 - 45,241 ( -0.6%) 08/13 Indestructible #12 - 43,673 ( -3.5%) 09/13 Indestructible #13 - 41,805 ( -4.3%) 10/13 Indestructible #14 - 40,963 ( -2.0%) 6 mnth ( -26.2%) 1 year ( +13.5%) 2 year ( -61.5%) 3 year ( +3.5%) 4 year ( -16.6%) 5 year ( -62.8%) 10 year ( -26.2%)
And here’s an example of that trend in action.
46. HAWKEYE 10/12 Hawkeye v4 #3 - 35,403 ( +5.5%) 11/12 Hawkeye v4 #4 - 34,208 ( -3.4%) 12/12 Hawkeye v4 #5 - 34,385 ( +0.5%) 12/12 Hawkeye v4 #6 - 33,440 ( -2.7%) 01/13 Hawkeye v4 #7 - 37,000 (+10.6%) 02/13 Hawkeye v4 #8 - 36,898 ( -0.3%) 03/13 --- 04/13 Hawkeye v4 #9 - 39,678 ( +7.5%) 05/13 Hawkeye v4 #10 - 42,090 ( +6.1%) 06/13 Hawkeye v4 #11 - 40,510 ( -3.8%) 06/13 Hawkeye v4 #12 - 40,837 ( +0.8%) 07/13 --- 08/13 --- 09/13 --- 10/13 Hawkeye v4 #13 - 40,476 ( -0.9%) 6 mnth ( +2.0%) 1 year (+14.3%)
Returning from its hiatus with sales intact, HAWKEYE is that rare book that manages to convert fan buzz and positive reviews into actual sustained sales.
47. KICK-ASS 3 [Icon] 06/13 Kick-Ass 3 #1 of 8 - 78,035 07/13 --- 08/13 Kick-Ass 3 #2 of 8 - 50,102 (-35.8%) 09/13 Kick-Ass 3 #3 of 8 - 44,540 (-11.1%) 10/13 Kick-Ass 3 #4 of 8 - 40,412 ( -9.3%)
Not holding up quite as well as I might have expected, but then the movie promotion is some way behind us now. It’s still doing very well for a creator-owned title.
48,59,62. HUNGER / CATACLYSM 07/13 Hunger #1 of 4 - 70,835 08/13 Hunger #2 of 4 - 44,929 (-36.6%) 09/13 --- 10/13 Hunger #3 of 4 - 39,915 (-11.2%) 10/13 Hunger #4 of 4 - 36,775 ( -7.9%) 10/13 Cataclysm #0.1 - 37,589 ( +2.2%)
Not exactly blow away numbers for the lead-in to a major event book, but we’ll see how they do next month when CATACLYSM proper gets under way.
53,69. IRON MAN 10/03 Iron Man v3 #73 - 34,132 10/08 Iron Man v5 #6 - 53,332 10/09 Iron Man v5 #19 - 47,178 10/10 Iron Man v5 #31 - 45,507 10/11 Iron Man #509 - 38,721 ===== 10/12 Iron Man #526 - 35,934 ( +16.3%) 10/12 Iron Man #527 - 36,981 ( +2.9%) 11/12 Iron Man v6 #1 - 116,529 (+215.1%) 11/12 Iron Man v6 #2 - 72,902 ( -37.4%) 12/12 Iron Man v6 #3 - 59,041 ( -19.0%) 12/12 Iron Man v6 #4 - 56,708 ( -4.0%) 01/13 Iron Man v6 #5 - 50,899 ( -10.2%) 02/13 Iron Man v6 #6 - 46,206 ( -9.2%) 03/13 Iron Man v6 #7 - 44,040 ( -4.7%) 04/13 Iron Man v6 #8 - 43,974 ( -0.1%) 05/13 Iron Man v6 #9 - 78,006 ( +77.4%) 05/13 Iron Man v6 #10 - 45,424 ( -41.8%) 06/13 Iron Man v6 #11 - 44,409 ( -2.2%) 07/13 Iron Man v6 #12 - 40,405 ( -9.0%) 07/13 Iron Man v6 #13 - 39,534 ( -2.2%) 08/13 Iron Man v6 #14 - 38,137 ( -3.5%) 09/13 Iron Man v6 #15 - 36,346 ( -4.7%) 10/13 Iron Man v6 #16 - 35,924 ( -1.2%) 10/13 Iron Man v6 #17 - 39,047 ( +8.7%) 6 mnth ( -11.2%) 1 year ( +8.7%) 2 year ( +0.8%) 3 year ( -14.2%) 4 year ( -17.2%) 5 year ( -26.8%) 10 year ( -14.4%)
Two issues this month, including the final part of “The Secret Origin of Tony Stark”, which has multiple variants. (Including a “Classified Baby Variant” by Greg Land and David Marquez. Really, that’s a thing.) It certainly gives the final chapter a nice spike.
54. DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL 07/13 Deadpool Kills #1 of 4 - 53,066 08/13 Deadpool Kills #2 of 4 - 41,960 (-25.8%) 09/13 Deadpool Kills #3 of 4 - 41,023 ( -2.2%) 10/13 Deadpool Kills #4 of 4 - 38,912 ( -5.1%)
Very respectable numbers, coming in about 10K behind the parent title.
55. CAPTAIN AMERICA 10/03 Captain America v3 #19 - 42,356 10/08 Captain America v6 #43 - 72,405 10/09 --- 10/10 Captain America #611 - 48,788 10/11 --- ===== 10/12 Captain America v7 #18 - 38,318 ( +11.8%) 10/12 Captain America v7 #19 - 40,205 ( +4.9%) 11/12 Captain America v8 #1 - 123,667 (+207.6%) 12/12 Captain America v8 #2 - 64,377 ( -47.9%) 01/13 Captain America v8 #3 - 59,836 ( -7.1%) 02/13 Captain America v8 #4 - 53,112 ( -11.2%) 03/13 Captain America v8 #5 - 49,186 ( -7.4%) 04/13 Captain America v8 #6 - 47,802 ( -2.8%) 05/13 Captain America v8 #7 - 44,024 ( -7.9%) 06/13 Captain America v8 #8 - 43,791 ( -0.5%) 07/13 Captain America v8 #9 - 40,796 ( -6.8%) 08/13 Captain America v8 #10 - 39,356 ( -3.5%) 09/13 Captain America v8 #11 - 38,521 ( -2.1%) 10/13 Captain America v8 #12 - 38,684 ( +0.4%) 6 mnth ( -19.1%) 1 year ( +1.0%) 2 year ( --- ) 3 year ( -20.7%) 4 year ( --- ) 5 year ( -46.6%) 10 year ( -8.7%)
A variant cover probably explains the very slight uptick.
57. MARVEL KNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN 10/13 MK Spider-Man v2 #1 of 5 - 38,379
The first of several miniseries reviving the Marvel Knights imprint, with indie creators doing their take on Marvel characters. This is by Matt Kindt and Marco Rudy. Not a bad number to start with – certainly enough to justify a five issue mini.
65,78. SAVAGE WOLVERINE 01/13 Savage Wolverine #1 - 102,530 02/13 Savage Wolverine #2 - 58,254 (-43.2%) 03/13 Savage Wolverine #3 - 50,310 (-13.6%) 04/13 Savage Wolverine #4 - 45,933 ( -8.7%) 05/13 Savage Wolverine #5 - 42,328 ( -7.8%) 06/13 Savage Wolverine #6 - 59,410 (+40.4%) 07/13 Savage Wolverine #7 - 40,946 (-31.1%) 08/13 --- 09/13 Savage Wolverine #8 - 38,208 ( -6.7%) 10/13 Savage Wolverine #9 - 36,451 ( -4.6%) 10/13 Savage Wolverine #10 - 33,627 ( -7.7%) 6 mnth (-26.8%)
Another book double shipping in order to get back on schedule. This is the title with rotating creative teams, and it’s not exactly holding on to its audience very well. It drops down below the core WOLVERINE title this month, with its second issue.
66,89. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP 10/11 --- ===== 10/12 Avenging Spider-Man #13 - 32,908 ( -7.2%) 11/12 Avenging Spider-Man #14 - 30,102 ( -8.5%) 12/12 Avenging Spider-Man #15 - 28,240 ( -6.2%) 12/12 Avenging Spider-Man #.1 - 41,504 ( +47.0%) 01/13 Avenging Spider-Man #16 - 29,032 ( -30.1%) 02/13 Avenging Spider-Man #17 - 30,783 ( +6.0%) 03/13 Avenging Spider-Man #18 - 31,657 ( +2.8%) 04/13 Avenging Spider-Man #19 - 28,740 ( -9.2%) 05/13 Avenging Spider-Man #20 - 27,609 ( -3.9%) 05/13 Avenging Spider-Man #21 - 27,251 ( -1.3%) 06/13 Avenging Spider-Man #22 - 26,799 ( -1.7%) 07/13 Superior Team-Up #1 - 76,959 (+187.2%) 08/13 Superior Team-Up #2 - 41,155 ( -46.5%) 09/13 Superior Team-Up #3 - 37,363 ( -9.2%) 10/13 Superior Team-Up #4 - 36,296 ( -3.6%) 10/13 Superior Team-Up #5 - 30,424 ( -16.2%) 6 mnth ( +5.9%) 1 year ( -7.5%)
On its way back to pre-relaunch levels. Issues #3 and #4 were an INFINITY tie-in, hence the steeper than usual drop for issue #5.
74. DAREDEVIL 10/03 Daredevil v2 #53 - 58,620 10/08 Daredevil v2 #112 - 46,202 10/09 Daredevil #501 - 45,181 10/10 Daredevil #511 - 43,167 10/11 Daredevil v3 #5 - 39,413 ===== 10/12 Daredevil v3 #19 - 37,228 ( +0.1%) 11/12 Daredevil v3 #20 - 36,515 ( -1.9%) 12/12 Daredevil v3 #21 - 35,848 ( -1.8%) 01/13 Daredevil v3 #22 - 36,102 ( +0.7%) 02/13 Daredevil v3 #23 - 37,170 ( +3.0%) 03/13 Daredevil v3 #24 - 37,231 ( +0.2%) 04/13 Daredevil v3 #25 - 39,678 ( +6.6%) 05/13 Daredevil v3 #26 - 39,788 ( +0.3%) 06/13 Daredevil v3 #27 - 35,834 ( -9.9%) 07/13 Daredevil v3 #28 - 35,364 ( -1.3%) 07/13 Daredevil v3 #29 - 34,915 ( -1.3%) 08/13 Daredevil v3 #30 - 35,240 ( +0.9%) 09/13 Daredevil v3 #31 - 36,666 ( +4.0%) 10/13 Daredevil v3 #32 - 34,957 ( -4.7%) 6 mnth (-11.9%) 1 year ( -6.1%) 2 year (-11.3%) 3 year (-19.0%) 4 year (-22.6%) 5 year (-24.3%) 10 year (-40.4%)
Ends with issue #36, with the creative team moving to a digital title. I’d be pretty astonished if we didn’t get a relaunch of the print book, though – Daredevil is one of those properties that will only get cancelled if the Marvel offices are flattened by a meteor.
75. WOLVERINE 10/03 Wolverine #6 - 82,074 10/08 --- 10/09 W: Weapon X #6 - 38,446 10/10 Wolverine v4 #2 - 63,210 10/11 Wolverine v4 #17 - 39,405 ===== 10/12 Wolverine #314 - 34,504 ( -12.1%) 10/12 Wolverine #315 - 38,557 ( +11.7%) 11/12 Wolverine #316 - 32,208 ( -16.5%) 12/12 Wolverine #317 - 34,367 ( +6.7%) 01/13 --- 02/13 --- 03/13 Wolverine v5 #1 - 117,669 (+242.4%) 04/13 Wolverine v5 #2 - 57,165 ( -51.4%) 05/13 Wolverine v5 #3 - 49,629 ( -13.2%) 06/13 Wolverine v5 #4 - 46,784 ( -5.7%) 06/13 Wolverine v5 #5 - 43,694 ( -6.6%) 07/13 Wolverine v5 #6 - 40,593 ( -7.1%) 07/13 Wolverine v5 #7 - 38,605 ( -4.9%) 08/13 Wolverine v5 #8 - 39,830 ( -3.2%) 09/13 Wolverine v5 #9 - 35,920 ( -9.8%) 10/13 Wolverine v5 #10 - 34,651 ( -3.5%) 6 mnth ( -39.4%) 1 year ( +0.4%) 2 year ( -12.1%) 3 year ( -45.2%) 4 year ( -9.9%) 5 year ( --- ) 10 year ( -57.8%)
Relaunching in February with a fresh issue #1 and the same writer. That’ll be the second WOLVERINE relaunch inside a year, which frankly looks like panic, particularly when they don’t have a new creative team coming aboard. There’s no denying that the title is losing readers. That said, the fact that they’re changing the numbering rather than the creators could be seen as a vote of confidence in the content.
79. SUPERIOR CARNAGE 07/13 Superior Carnage #1 of 5 - 48,053 08/13 Superior Carnage #2 of 5 - 40,864 (-15.0%) 09/13 Superior Carnage #3 of 5 - 36,022 (-11.8%) 10/13 Superior Carnage #4 of 5 - 33,159 ( -7.9%)
Fairly typical miniseries behaviour.
80,88. UNCANNY X-FORCE 10/08 X-Force v3 #8 - 59,745 10/09 X-Force v3 #20 - 48,921 10/10 X-Force v4 #1 - 99,194 10/11 X-Force v4 #16 - 52,398 ===== 10/12 X-Force v4 #32 - 44,055 ( -0.0%) 11/12 X-Force v4 #33 - 43,589 ( -1.1%) 11/12 X-Force v4 #34 - 43,710 ( +0.3%) 12/12 X-Force v4 #35 - 47,736 ( +9.2%) 01/13 X-Force v5 #1 - 86,187 (+80.5%) 02/13 X-Force v5 #2 - 56,713 (-34.2%) 03/13 X-Force v5 #3 - 51,721 ( -8.8%) 04/13 --- 05/13 X-Force v5 #4 - 47,727 ( -7.7%) 05/13 X-Force v5 #5 - 45,674 ( -4.3%) 06/13 X-Force v5 #6 - 42,496 ( -7.0%) 06/13 X-Force v5 #7 - 40,380 ( -5.0%) 07/13 X-Force v5 #8 - 37,781 ( -6.4%) 07/13 X-Force v5 #9 - 36,978 ( -2.1%) 08/13 X-Force v5 #10 - 35,329 ( -4.5%) 09/13 X-Force v5 #11 - 36,186 ( +2.4%) 10/13 X-Force v5 #12 - 32,559 (-10.0%) 10/13 X-Force v5 #13 - 30,567 ( -6.1%) 6 mnth ( --- ) 1 year (-30.6%) 2 year (-41.7%) 3 year (-69.2%) 4 year (-37.5%) 5 year (-48.8%)
Cancelled with issue #17, apparently merging with the other X-FORCE title for a relaunch in February. So that’ll be two relaunches in just over a year.
81,104. CAPTAIN AMERICA: LIVING LEGEND 10/13 Living Legend #1 of 4 - 32,495 10/13 Living Legend #2 of 4 - 25,546 (-21.4%)
This miniseries was originally announced as ASTONISHING CAPTAIN AMERICA in 2010, and artist Adi Granov got as far as completing the first issue before moving on. Now they’ve got Agustin Alessio to complete the thing, so they’re belatedly recouping some of the cost.
82. NOVA 10/08 Nova v4 #18 - 38,417 10/09 Nova v4 #30 - 22,845 ===== 02/13 Nova v5 #1 - 80,857 03/13 Nova v5 #2 - 46,725 (-42.2%) 04/13 Nova v5 #3 - 40,548 (-13.2%) 05/13 Nova v5 #4 - 38,151 ( -5.9%) 06/13 Nova v5 #5 - 36,545 ( -4.2%) 07/13 Nova v5 #6 - 34,234 ( -6.3%) 08/13 Nova v5 #7 - 31,937 ( -6.7%) 09/13 Nova v5 #8 - 37,767 (+18.3%) 10/13 Nova v5 #9 - 32,323 (-14.4%) 6 mnth (-20.3%) 4 year (+41.5%) 5 year (-15.9%)
The second of two INFINITY tie-ins, though last month had multiple variants too.
84. FANTASTIC FOUR 10/03 Fantastic Four #505 - 52,850 10/08 --- 10/09 Fantastic Four #572 - 41,939 10/10 Fantastic Four #584 - 45,066 10/11 FF #10 - 49,642 ===== 10/12 Fantastic Four #611 - 45,322 ( +28.1%) 11/12 Fantastic Four v5 #1 - 114,532 (+152.7%) 12/12 Fantastic Four v5 #2 - 58,421 ( -49.0%) 01/13 Fantastic Four v5 #3 - 50,555 ( -13.5%) 02/13 Fantastic Four v5 #4 - 44,999 ( -11.0%) 03/13 Fantastic Four v5 #5 - 42,590 ( -5.4%) 03/13 Fantastic Four #5AU - 45,756 ( +7.4%) 04/13 Fantastic Four v5 #6 - 41,291 ( -4.8%) 04/13 Fantastic Four v5 #7 - 39,314 ( -4.8%) 05/13 Fantastic Four v5 #8 - 37,309 ( -5.1%) 06/13 Fantastic Four v5 #9 - 37,071 ( -0.6%) 07/13 Fantastic Four v5 #10 - 34,018 ( -8.2%) 08/13 Fantastic Four v5 #11 - 32,665 ( -4.0%) 09/13 Fantastic Four v5 #12 - 31,426 ( -3.8%) 10/13 Fantastic Four v5 #13 - 31,561 ( +0.4%) 6 mnth ( -19.7%) 1 year ( -30.4%) 2 year ( -36.4%) 3 year ( -30.0%) 4 year ( -24.7%) 5 year ( --- ) 10 year ( -40.3%)
Relaunching in February with a new creative team.
85. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN 10/03 Spider-Man #47 - 99,662 10/08 Spider-Man #127 - 52,584 10/09 Spider-Man v2 #3 - 52,813 10/10 Spider-Man v2 #15 - 34,657 10/11 Spider-Man v3 #3 - 52,521 ===== 10/12 Spider-Man v3 #16 - 39,679 ( -1.9%) 10/12 Spider-Man v3 #.1 - 38,321 ( -3.4%) 11/12 Spider-Man v3 #17 - 38,481 ( +0.4%) 12/12 Spider-Man v3 #18 - 36,944 ( -4.0%) 01/13 Spider-Man v3 #19 - 36,017 ( -2.5%) 02/13 Spider-Man v3 #20 - 35,461 ( -1.5%) 03/13 Spider-Man v3 #21 - 35,284 ( -0.5%) 04/13 Spider-Man v3 #22 - 34,918 ( -1.0%) 05/13 Spider-Man v3 #23 - 35,581 ( +1.9%) 06/13 Spider-Man v3 #24 - 34,011 ( -4.4%) 07/13 Spider-Man v3 #25 - 33,271 ( -2.2%) 08/13 Spider-Man v3 #26 - 32,932 ( -1.0%) 09/13 Spider-Man v3 #27 - 32,200 ( -2.2%) 10/13 Spider-Man v3 #28 - 31,462 ( -2.3%) 6 mnth (-10.0%) 1 year (-20.7%) 2 year (-40.1%) 3 year ( -9.2%) 4 year (-40.4%) 5 year (-40.2%) 10 year (-68.4%)
A CATACLYSM mini replaces it on the schedule next month.
87. CABLE & X-FORCE 12/12 Cable & X-Force #1 - 90,334 12/12 Cable & X-Force #2 - 57,719 (-36.1%) 01/13 Cable & X-Force #3 - 51,761 (-10.3%) 02/13 Cable & X-Force #4 - 46,104 (-10.9%) 03/13 Cable & X-Force #5 - 44,680 ( -3.1%) 03/13 Cable & X-Force #6 - 42,896 ( -4.0%) 04/13 Cable & X-Force #7 - 41,500 ( -3.3%) 05/13 Cable & X-Force #8 - 39,041 ( -5.9%) 06/13 Cable & X-Force #9 - 38,414 ( -1.6%) 06/13 Cable & X-Force #10 - 36,104 ( -6.0%) 07/13 Cable & X-Force #11 - 34,240 ( -5.2%) 08/13 Cable & X-Force #12 - 33,127 ( -3.3%) 08/13 Cable & X-Force #13 - 32,104 ( -3.1%) 09/13 Cable & X-Force #14 - 31,053 ( -3.3%) 10/13 Cable & X-Force #15 - 30,658 ( -1.3%) 6 mnth (-26.1%)
Cancelled with issue #19, and being folded into a single relaunched X-FORCE title.
91,95. THUNDERBOLTS 10/08 Thunderbolts #125 - 41,358 10/09 Thunderbolts #137 - 32,409 10/10 Thunderbolts #149 - 30,580 10/11 Thunderbolts #164 - 23,712 ===== 12/12 Thunderbolts v2 #1 - 83,396 12/12 Thunderbolts v2 #2 - 50,897 (-39.0%) 01/13 Thunderbolts v2 #3 - 44,272 (-13.0%) 02/13 Thunderbolts v2 #4 - 43,287 ( -2.2%) 02/13 Thunderbolts v2 #5 - 41,663 ( -3.8%) 03/13 Thunderbolts v2 #6 - 39,293 ( -5.7%) 03/13 Thunderbolts v2 #7 - 38,553 ( -1.9%) 04/13 Thunderbolts v2 #8 - 36,979 ( -4.1%) 05/13 Thunderbolts v2 #9 - 32,855 (-11.2%) 06/13 Thunderbolts v2 #10 - 32,682 ( -0.5%) 06/13 Thunderbolts v2 #11 - 30,618 ( -6.3%) 07/13 Thunderbolts v2 #12 - 29,081 ( -5.0%) 07/13 Thunderbolts v2 #13 - 28,528 ( -1.9%) 08/13 Thunderbolts v2 #14 - 30,620 ( +7.3%) 09/13 Thunderbolts v2 #15 - 29,703 ( -3.0%) 10/13 Thunderbolts v2 #16 - 29,334 ( -1.2%) 10/13 Thunderbolts v2 #17 - 28,324 ( -3.4%) 6 mnth (-23.4%) 1 year ( --- ) 2 year (+19.5%) 3 year ( -7.4%) 4 year (-12.6%) 5 year (-31.5%)
Continuing an INFINITY tie-in that began in issue #14. The underlying trend is still gently down.
92. SECRET AVENGERS 10/10 Secret Avengers #6 - 68,617 10/11 Secret Avengers #18 - 43,280 ===== 10/12 Secret Avengers #32 - 35,346 ( -1.8%) 10/12 Secret Avengers #33 - 34,260 ( -3.1%) 11/12 Secret Avengers #34 - 32,146 ( -6.2%) 12/12 Secret Avengers #35 - 30,755 ( -4.3%) 01/13 Secret Avengers #36 - 29,330 ( -4.6%) 01/13 Secret Avengers #37 - 32,139 ( +9.6%) 02/13 Secret Avengers v2 #1 - 85,267 (+196.4%) 03/13 Secret Avengers v2 #2 - 46,419 ( -45.6%) 04/13 Secret Avengers v2 #3 - 38,676 ( -16.7%) 05/13 Secret Avengers v2 #4 - 33,428 ( -13.6%) 06/13 Secret Avengers v2 #5 - 31,437 ( -6.0%) 07/13 Secret Avengers v2 #6 - 28,908 ( -8.0%) 08/13 Secret Avengers v2 #7 - 27,222 ( -5.8%) 08/13 Secret Avengers v2 #8 - 26,150 ( -3.9%) 09/13 Secret Avengers v2 #9 - 24,870 ( -4.9%) 10/13 Secret Avengers v2 #10 - 29,134 ( +17.1%) 6 mnth ( -24.7%) 1 year ( -17.6%) 2 year ( -32.7%) 3 year ( -57.5%)
An INFINITY tie-in, making a very noticeable difference to sales.
93. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 10/12 Avengers Assemble #8 - 36,453 ( +0.5%) 11/12 Avengers Assemble #9 - 42,088 (+15.5%) 12/12 Avengers Assemble #10 - 34,035 (-19.1%) 01/13 Avengers Assemble #11 - 31,027 ( -8.8%) 02/13 Avengers Assemble #12 - 29,475 ( -5.0%) 03/13 Avengers Assemble #13 - 28,432 ( -3.6%) 04/13 Av. Assemble #14AU - 35,985 (+26.6%) 05/13 Av. Assemble #15AU - 33,183 ( -7.8%) 06/13 Avengers Assemble #16 - 27,497 (-17.1%) 07/13 Avengers Assemble #17 - 26,640 ( -3.1%) 08/13 Avengers Assemble #18 - 30,597 (+14.9%) 09/13 Avengers Assemble #19 - 29,564 ( -3.4%) 10/13 Avengers Assemble #20 - 28,886 ( -2.3%) 6 mnth (-19.7%) 1 year (-20.8%)
Third part of an INFINITY tie-in. This book now appears to exist almost entirely to participate in crossovers, with “Age of Ultron” in #14-15, “Enemy Within” in #16-17, “Infinity” in #18-20, and “Inhumanity” in #22-23.
94,111. INFINITY: THE HUNT 09/13 Hunt #1 of 4 - 35,562 10/13 Hunt #2 of 4 - 28,694 (-19.3%) 10/13 Hunt #3 of 4 - 23,248 (-19.0%)
The second issue drop isn’t too surprising, but the third is steep.
99. SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN 07/13 Superior Foes #1 - 61,413 08/13 Superior Foes #2 - 34,300 (-44.1%) 09/13 Superior Foes #3 - 30,081 (-12.3%) 10/13 Superior Foes #4 - 26,884 (-10.6%) 100,114. AVENGERS A.I. 07/13 Avengers A.I. #1 - 68,130 08/13 Avengers A.I. #2 - 37,079 (-45.6%) 09/13 Avengers A.I. #3 - 29,776 (-19.7%) 10/13 Avengers A.I. #4 - 25,770 (-13.5%) 10/13 Avengers A.I. #5 - 23,146 (-10.2%)
Two recent launches, both of which are losing readers at quite the rate.
101. YOUNG AVENGERS 01/13 Young Avengers v2 #1 - 76,144 02/13 Young Avengers v2 #2 - 43,559 (-42.8%) 03/13 Young Avengers v2 #3 - 38,469 (-11.7%) 04/13 Young Avengers v2 #4 - 34,378 (-10.6%) 05/13 Young Avengers v2 #5 - 32,159 ( -6.5%) 06/13 Young Avengers v2 #6 - 30,822 ( -4.2%) 07/13 Young Avengers v2 #7 - 28,596 ( -7.2%) 07/13 Young Avengers v2 #8 - 27,844 ( -2.6%) 08/13 Young Avengers v2 #9 - 26,720 ( -4.0%) 09/13 Young Avengers v2 #10 - 25,874 ( -3.2%) 10/13 Young Avengers v2 #11 - 25,754 ( -0.5%) 6 mnth (-25.1%)
Ends with issue #15, though a relaunch seems probable.
107. FF 10/11 FF #10 - 49,642 ===== 10/12 FF #23 - 30,844 ( +3.3%) 11/12 FF v2 #1 - 80,701 (+161.6%) 12/12 FF v2 #2 - 46,096 ( -42.9%) 01/13 FF v2 #3 - 41,108 ( -10.8%) 02/13 FF v2 #4 - 35,815 ( -12.9%) 03/13 FF v2 #5 - 34,601 ( -3.4%) 04/13 FF v2 #6 - 32,937 ( -4.8%) 05/13 FF v2 #7 - 30,960 ( -6.0%) 05/13 FF v2 #8 - 30,061 ( -2.9%) 06/13 --- 07/13 FF v2 #9 - 29,180 ( -2.9%) 07/13 FF v2 #10 - 27,304 ( -6.4%) 08/13 FF v2 #11 - 26,243 ( -3.9%) 09/13 FF v2 #12 - 25,443 ( -3.0%) 10/13 FF v2 #13 - 23,997 ( -5.7%) 6 mnth ( -27.1%) 1 year ( -22.2%) 2 year ( -51.7%)
Cancelled with issue #16.
113. INFINITY HEIST 09/13 Heist #1 of 4 - 32,453 10/13 Heist #2 of 4 - 23,248 (-28.4%)
One for the completists, it seems.
120. SCARLET SPIDER 10/12 Scarlet Spider #10 - 31,786 (+17.1%) 11/12 Scarlet Spider #11 - 32,287 ( +1.6%) 12/12 Scarlet Spider #12 - 26,652 (-17.5%) 12/12 Scarlet Spider #.1 - 25,771 ( -3.3%) 01/13 Scarlet Spider #13 - 25,919 ( +0.6%) 02/13 Scarlet Spider #14 - 24,388 ( -5.9%) 03/13 Scarlet Spider #15 - 23,682 ( -2.9%) 04/13 Scarlet Spider #16 - 24,207 ( +2.2%) 05/13 Scarlet Spider #17 - 24,288 ( +0.3%) 06/13 Scarlet Spider #18 - 22,766 ( -6.3%) 07/13 Scarlet Spider #19 - 22,499 ( -1.2%) 08/13 Scarlet Spider #20 - 25,133 (+11.7%) 08/13 Scarlet Spider #21 - 23,830 ( -5.2%) 09/13 Scarlet Spider #22 - 22,631 ( -5.0%) 10/13 Scarlet Spider #23 - 22,246 ( -1.7%) 6 mnth ( -8.1%) 1 year (-30.0%)
Cancelled with issue #25.
121. AVENGERS ARENA 12/12 Avengers Arena #1 - 64,626 12/12 Avengers Arena #2 - 43,014 (-33.4%) 01/13 Avengers Arena #3 - 38,461 (-10.6%) 02/13 Avengers Arena #4 - 33,611 (-12.6%) 02/13 Avengers Arena #5 - 32,548 ( -3.2%) 03/13 Avengers Arena #6 - 31,617 ( -2.9%) 04/13 Avengers Arena #7 - 29,784 ( -5.8%) 04/13 Avengers Arena #8 - 27,900 ( -6.3%) 05/13 Avengers Arena #9 - 26,873 ( -3.7%) 06/13 Avengers Arena #10 - 25,277 ( -5.9%) 06/13 Avengers Arena #11 - 24,487 ( -3.1%) 07/13 Avengers Arena #12 - 23,969 ( -2.1%) 08/13 Avengers Arean #13 - 22,955 ( -4.2%) 08/13 Avengers Arena #14 - 23,204 ( +1.1%) 09/13 Avengers Arena #15 - 22,180 ( -4.4%) 10/13 Avengers Arena #16 - 22,179 ( -0.0%) 6 mnth (-20.5%)
Cancelled with issue #18, to be replaced by AVENGERS UNDERCOVER.
127. ASTONISHING X-MEN 10/08 Astonishing X-Men #27 - 86,770 10/09 Astonishing X-Men #31 - 67,064 10/10 --- 10/11 Astonishing X-Men #43 - 32,620 ===== 09/12 Astonishing X-Men #54 - 30,225 ( -6.3%) 10/12 Astonishing X-Men #55 - 29,060 ( -3.9%) 11/12 Astonishing X-Men #56 - 27,583 ( -5.1%) 12/12 Astonishing X-Men #57 - 26,263 ( -4.8%) 01/13 Astonishing X-Men #58 - 25,159 ( -4.2%) 02/13 Astonishing X-Men #59 - 24,195 ( -3.8%) 03/13 Astonishing X-Men #60 - 27,683 (+14.4%) 04/13 Astonishing X-Men #61 - 27,090 ( -2.1%) 05/13 Astonishing X-Men #62 - 24,121 (-11.0%) 06/13 Astonishing X-Men #63 - 23,326 ( -3.3%) 07/13 Astonishing X-Men #64 - 22,649 ( -2.9%) 08/13 Astonishing X-Men #65 - 22,010 ( -2.8%) 08/13 Astonishing X-Men #66 - 21,757 ( -1.1%) 09/13 Astonishing X-Men #67 - 21,044 ( -3.3%) 10/13 Astonishing X-Men #68 - 21,023 ( -0.0%) 6 mnth (-22.4%) 1 year (-30.4%) 2 year (-35.6%) 3 year ( --- ) 4 year (-68.7%) 5 year (-75.8%)
Final issue, but it relaunches as AMAZING X-MEN in November.
128. A+X 10/12 Versus #6 of 6 - 75,298 ( -3.9%) 10/12 A+X #1 - 105,420 (+40.0%) 11/12 A+X #2 - 64,606 (-38.7%) 12/12 A+X #3 - 56,700 (-12.2%) 01/13 A+X #4 - 48,091 (-15.2%) 02/13 --- 03/13 A+X #5 - 37,250 (-22.5%) 03/13 A+X #6 - 34,434 ( -7.6%) 04/13 A+X #7 - 31,183 ( -9.4%) 05/13 A+X #8 - 26,967 (-13.5%) 06/13 A+X #9 - 25,803 ( -4.3%) 07/13 A+X #10 - 24,371 ( -5.5%) 08/13 A+X #11 - 23,222 ( -4.7%) 09/13 A+X #12 - 21,282 ( -8.4%) 10/13 A+X #13 - 20,908 ( -1.8%) 6 mnth (-33.0%) 1 year (-80.2%)
Surely this can’t be sustained that much longer?
133. PUNISHER: TRIAL OF THE PUNISHER 09/13 Trial #1 of 2 - 22,626 10/13 Trial #2 of 2 - 20,143 (-11.0%)
Another Punisher relaunch is due in February.
134. MARVEL: NOW WHAT?! 10/13 Now What?! - 19,833
Comedy anthology.
135. X-MEN LEGACY 10/03 New X-Men #147 - 105,647 10/08 X-Men Legacy #217 - 65,888 10/09 X-Men Legacy #228 - 52,855 10/10 X-Men Legacy #241 - 48,133 10/11 X-Men Legacy #257 - 38,070 ===== 10/12 X-Men Legacy #275 - 38,726 ( +10.1%) 11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #1 - 87,081 (+124.9%) 11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #2 - 58,037 ( -33.4%) 12/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #3 - 45,407 ( -21.8%) 01/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #4 - 37,673 ( -17.0%) 01/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #5 - 34,823 ( -7.6%) 02/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #6 - 31,074 ( -10.8%) 03/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #7 - 29,231 ( -5.9%) 03/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #8 - 28,174 ( -3.6%) 04/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #9 - 28,405 ( +0.8%) 05/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #10 - 25,911 ( -8.8%) 05/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #11 - 25,048 ( -3.3%) 06/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #12 - 23,996 ( -4.2%) 07/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #13 - 23,146 ( -3.5%) 07/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #14 - 22,119 ( -4.4%) 08/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #15 - 21,599 ( -2.4%) 09/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #16 - 20,995 ( -2.8%) 09/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #17 - 20,382 ( -2.9%) 10/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #18 - 19,767 ( -3.0%) 6 mnth ( -30.4%) 1 year ( -49.0%) 2 year ( -48.1%) 3 year ( -58.9%) 4 year ( -62.6%) 5 year ( -70.0%) 10 year ( -81.3%)
The numbers aren’t pretty, but the story seems to be building to a natural conclusion anyway.
138. THOR: THE CROWN OF FOOLS 10/13 Crown of Fools - 19,610
A one-shot presumably targeted at moviegoers.
139. VENOM 10/11 Venom v2 #8 - 32,266 ===== 10/12 Venom v2 #26 - 31,711 (+25.6%) 11/12 Venom v2 #27 - 31,118 ( -1.9%) 11/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 25,727 (-17.3%) 12/12 Venom v2 #28 - 25,573 ( -0.6%) 01/13 Venom v2 #29 - 24,644 ( -3.6%) 01/13 Venom v2 #30 - 24,551 ( -0.4%) 02/13 Venom v2 #31 - 23,441 ( -4.5%) 03/13 Venom v2 #32 - 22,521 ( -3.9%) 04/13 Venom v2 #33 - 22,327 ( -0.9%) 04/13 Venom v2 #34 - 22,120 ( -0.9%) 05/13 Venom v2 #35 - 21,591 ( -2.4%) 06/13 Venom v2 #36 - 21,288 ( -1.4%) 07/13 Venom v2 #37 - 20,872 ( -2.0%) 07/13 Venom v2 #38 - 20,325 ( -2.6%) 08/13 Venom v2 #39 - 20,212 ( -0.6%) 09/13 Venom v2 #40 - 20,781 ( +2.8%) 09/13 Venom v2 #41 - 20,189 ( -2.8%) 10/13 Venom v2 #42 - 19,561 ( -3.1%) 6 mnth (-12.4%) 1 year (-38.3%) 2 year (-39.4%)
Final issue.
140. FANTOMEX MAX 10/13 Fantomex Max #1 of 4 - 19,259
Expectations are evidently lower for Max titles, so Marvel are likely to be happy enough with this.
142. FEARLESS DEFENDERS 10/12 Defenders v4 #11 - 19,361 ( -4.2%) 11/12 Defenders v4 #12 - 18,588 ( -4.0%) 12/12 --- 01/13 --- 02/13 Defenders v5 #1 - 53,688 (+188.8%) 03/13 Defenders v5 #2 - 28,244 ( -47.4%) 04/13 Defenders v5 #3 - 23,514 ( -16.7%) 05/13 Defenders v5 #4 - 20,657 ( -12.2%) 05/13 Defenders #4AU - 24,984 ( +20.9%) 06/13 Defenders v5 #5 - 20,168 ( -19.3%) 07/13 Defenders v5 #6 - 17,752 ( -12.0%) 07/13 Defenders v5 #7 - 17,411 ( -1.9%) 08/13 Defenders v5 #8 - 16,653 ( -4.4%) 09/13 Defenders v5 #9 - 15,841 ( -4.9%) 10/13 Defenders v5 #10 - 18,543 ( +17.1%) 6 mnth ( -21.1%) 1 year ( -4.2%)
Cancelled with issue #12. This issue is an INFINITY tie-in.
146. DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS 06/13 Dark Nights #1 of 8 07/13 Dark Nights #2 of 8 - 22,322 (-13.3%) 08/13 Dark Nights #3 of 8 - 20,659 ( -7.5%) 09/13 Dark Nights #4 of 8 - 19,364 ( -6.3%) 10/13 Dark Nights #5 of 8 - 18,163 ( -6.2%)
Drifting off the radar.
149,152. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN 10/03 X-Men #38 - 108,112 10/08 --- 10/09 --- 10/10 --- 10/11 X-Men v2 #2 - 44,399 ===== 10/12 X-Men v2 #17 - 26,503 ( -2.1%) 10/12 X-Men v2 #18 - 26,322 ( -0.7%) 11/12 X-Men v2 #.1 - 25,425 ( -3.4%) 11/12 X-Men v2 #19 - 25,419 ( -0.0%) 12/12 X-Men v2 #20 - 24,789 ( -2.5%) 01/13 X-Men v2 #21 - 23,479 ( -5.3%) 02/13 X-Men v2 #22 - 22,456 ( -4.4%) 02/13 X-Men v2 #23 - 22,197 ( -1.2%) 03/13 X-Men v2 #24 - 21,862 ( -1.5%) 04/13 X-Men v2 #25 - 21,139 ( -3.3%) 05/13 X-Men v2 #26 - 20,330 ( -3.8%) 06/13 X-Men v2 #27 - 19,298 ( -5.1%) 06/13 X-Men v2 #28 - 19,421 ( +0.6%) 07/13 X-Men v2 #29 - 19,381 ( -0.2%) 08/13 X-Men v2 #30 - 18,634 ( -3.9%) 09/13 X-Men v2 #31 - 18,220 ( -2.2%) 10/13 X-Men v2 #32 - 17,921 ( -1.6%) 10/13 X-Men v2 #33 - 17,719 ( -1.1%) 6 mnth (-16.2%) 1 year (-33.1%) 2 year (-60.1%) 3 year ( --- ) 4 year ( --- ) 5 year ( --- ) 10 year (-83.6%)
Replaced with a CATACLYSM tie-in mini next month.
167. WOLVERINE MAX 10/12 Wolverine: Max #1 - 37,509 11/12 Wolverine: Max #2 - 27,217 (-27.4%) 12/12 --- 01/13 Wolverine: Max #3 - 24,058 (-11.6%) 02/13 Wolverine: Max #4 - 22,072 ( -8.3%) 03/13 Wolverine: Max #5 - 20,479 ( -7.2%) 04/13 Wolverine: Max #6 - 19,316 ( -5.7%) 05/13 Wolverine: Max #7 - 18,239 ( -5.6%) 06/13 Wolverine: Max #8 - 17,247 ( -5.4%) 07/13 Wolverine: Max #9 - 16,931 ( -1.8%) 08/13 Wolverine: Max #10 - 16,057 ( -5.2%) 09/13 Wolverine: Max #11 - 15,707 ( -2.2%) 10/13 Wolverine: Max #12 - 15,106 ( -3.8%) 6 mnth (-21.8%) 1 year (-59.7%)
Cancelled with issue #15.
168. DEXTER 07/13 Dexter #1 of 5 - 20,540 08/13 Dexter #2 of 5 - 17,304 (-15.8%) 09/13 Dexter #3 of 5 - 17,586 ( +1.6%) 10/13 Dexter #4 of 5 - 14,920 (-15.2%)
Licensed tie-ins also have different sales expectations, presumably because they’re likely to do a disproportionate amount of their business in collected editions. Marvel must be happy enough with this, as another mini starts in February.
170. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 10/12 MU Avengers #7 - 5,630 ( -4.7%) 11/12 MU Avengers #8 - 5,389 ( -4.3%) 12/12 MU Avengers #9 - 5,207 ( -3.4%) 01/13 MU Avengers #10 - 4,951 ( -4.9%) 02/13 MU Avengers #11 - 4,940 ( -0.2%) 03/13 MU Avengers #12 - 4,960 ( +0.4%) 04/13 MU Avengers #13 - 4,911 ( -1.0%) 05/13 MU Avengers #14 - ?,??? ( ??? ) 06/13 MU Avengers #15 - 4,744 ( ??? ) 07/13 MU Avengers #16 - ?,??? ( ??? ) 08/13 MU Avengers #17 - ?,??? ( ??? ) 09/13 MU Avengers #18 - ?,??? ( ??? ) 10/13 MUA Assemble #1 - 14,713 ( ??? ) 6 mnth (+199.6%) 1 year (+161.3%) 245. HULK: AGENTS OF S.M.A.S.H. 10/13 Hulk #1 of 4 - 8,834
And two all-ages books to round us off. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #19 didn’t make the top 300 – hardly surprising, as the cut-off point this month was 6,491, and MUUS-M was doing less than that even in the days when it did make the chart.
6 month comparisons =================== +199.6% - MU Avengers Assemble + 34.4% - Wolverine and the X-Men + 5.9% - Superior Spider-Man Team-Up + 2.0% - Hawkeye - 0.3% - New Avengers - 0.4% - Superior Spider-Man - 2.3% - All-New X-Men - 4.7% - Uncanny X-Men - 8.1% - Scarlet Spider - 10.0% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 10.4% - Avengers - 10.7% - Thor - 10.9% - Deadpool - 11.2% - Iron Man - 11.9% - Daredevil - 12.4% - Venom - 16.2% - Ultimate Comics X-Men - 19.1% - Captain America - 19.7% - Fantastic Four - 19.7% - Avengers Assemble - 20.3% - Nova - 20.5% - Avengers Arena - 21.1% - Defenders - 21.3% - Uncanny Avengers - 21.8% - Wolverine Max - 22.4% - Astonishing X-Men - 23.4% - Thunderbolts - 24.7% - Secret Avengers - 25.1% - Young Avengers - 26.1% - Cable & X-Force - 26.2% - Hulk - 26.8% - Savage Wolverine - 27.1% - FF - 28.0% - Guardians of the Galaxy - 30.4% - X-Men Legacy - 33.0% - A+X - 39.4% - Wolverine 1 year comparisons ================== +161.3% - MU Avengers Assemble +127.7% - X-Men + 63.0% - Deadpool + 46.6% - Superior Spider-Man + 33.2% - Thor + 26.9% - Uncanny X-Men + 18.3% - New Avengers + 14.3% - Hawkeye + 13.5% - Hulk + 13.2% - Avengers + 9.8% - Wolverine and the X-Men + 8.7% - Iron Man + 1.0% - Captain America + 0.4% - Wolverine - 4.2% - Defenders - 6.1% - Daredevil - 7.5% - Superior Spider-Man Team-Up - 17.6% - Secret Avengers - 20.7% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 20.8% - Avengers Assemble - 22.2% - FF - 30.0% - Scarlet Spider - 30.4% - Fantastic Four - 30.4% - Astonishing X-Men - 30.6% - Uncanny X-Force - 33.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men - 38.3% - Venom - 49.0% - X-Men Legacy - 59.7% - Wolverine Max - 80.0% - Uncanny Avengers - 80.2% - A+X 2 year comparisons ================== + 76.5% - Deadpool + 76.0% - X-Men + 47.4% - Superior Spider-Man + 24.9% - Uncanny X-Men + 20.1% - Avengers + 19.5% - Thunderbolts + 13.5% - New Avengers + 4.5% - Thor + 0.8% - Iron Man - 11.3% - Daredevil - 12.1% - Wolverine - 32.7% - Secret Avengers - 35.6% - Astonishing X-Men - 36.4% - Fantastic Four - 39.4% - Venom - 40.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 41.7% - Uncanny X-Force - 42.3% - Wolverine and the X-Men - 48.1% - X-Men Legacy - 51.7% - FF - 60.1% - Ultimate Comics X-Men - 61.5% - Hulk 3 year comparisons ================== + 50.4% - Superior Spider-Man + 29.5% - Deadpool + 20.8% - Uncanny X-Men + 12.9% - X-Men + 3.5% - Hulk - 3.4% - Avengers - 7.4% - Thunderbolts - 9.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 9.9% - Thor - 13.9% - New Avengers - 14.2% - Iron Man - 19.0% - Daredevil - 20.7% - Captain America - 30.0% - Fantastic Four - 45.2% - Wolverine - 57.5% - Secret Avengers - 58.9% - X-Men Legacy - 69.2% - Uncanny X-Force 4 year comparisons ================== +169.1% - Guardians of the Galaxy + 41.5% - Nova + 39.4% - Superior Spider-Man + 1.7% - Deadpool + 1.7% - Uncanny X-Men - 9.9% - Wolverine - 12.6% - Thunderbolts - 16.6% - Hulk - 17.2% - Iron Man - 17.5% - New Avengers - 22.6% - Daredevil - 24.7% - Fantastic Four - 37.5% - Uncanny X-Force - 40.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 62.6% - X-Men Legacy - 68.7% - Astonishing X-Men 5 year comparisons ================== + 73.7% - Guardians of the Galaxy + 23.8% - Superior Spider-Man - 13.8% - Uncanny X-Men - 15.9% - Nova - 23.8% - Deadpool - 24.3% - Daredevil - 26.8% - Iron Man - 31.5% - Thunderbolts - 36.5% - New Avengers - 40.2% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 41.5% - Thor - 46.6% - Captain America - 48.8% - Uncanny X-Force - 62.8% - Hulk - 70.0% - X-Men Legacy - 75.8% - Astonishing X-Men 10 year comparisons =================== + 39.5% - Thor + 21.0% - Avengers - 8.7% - Captain America - 14.4% - Iron Man - 18.7% - Uncanny X-Men - 26.2% - Hulk - 40.3% - Fantastic Four - 40.4% - Daredevil - 42.7% - Superior Spider-Man - 57.8% - Wolverine - 68.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man - 81.3% - X-Men Legacy - 83.6% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
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