Marvel Month-to-Month sales February 2007
By Paul O’Brien
After months of hype and a midnight launch, DARK TOWER is finally in the stores, and on the charts.
But it’s far from being a one-book month. February saw the final issue of CIVIL WAR, complete with a few more crossover issues - though even by the end of the month, there were a couple of stragglers still to come. And as one event finishes, two more begin. The Spider-Man books entered “Back in Black”, and the wider Marvel Universe began shipping “Initiative” titles. The Initiative isn’t a crossover so much as a branding exercise for books with lasting effects from the Superhuman Registration Act. But it’s helping to keep up the interest as the Marvel Universe moves past CIVIL WAR.
All this contributes to Marvel giving DC a complete thumping in market share - 42% to 33% in dollars, 47% to 35% in units. Not even remotely close.
It can’t hurt to repeat the caveats that attach to these figures. These are estimated sales based on Diamond’s published chart for North American direct market stores. They don’t include sales to retailers outside the direct market, and they don’t include sales to the UK (which can be substantial, for some books). Equally, we don’t know how many copies were sold on to customers and how many just piled up on the shelves - although obviously, if you’ve got a clear upwards or downwards trend, that gives you a pretty good clue.
Thanks as always to Milton Griepp and ICV2 for permission to use their figures for these calculations.
1. CIVIL WAR
05/06 #1 of 7 - 360,172
06/06 #2 of 7 - 339,527 ( -5.7%)
07/06 #3 of 7 - 335,655 ( -1.1%)
08/06 —
09/06 #4 of 7 - 288,609 (-13.2%)
10/06 —
11/06 #5 of 7 - 281,323 ( -2.5%)
12/06 —
01/07 #6 of 7 - 259,264 ( -7.8%)
02/07 #7 of 7 - 265,935 ( +2.6%)
6 mnth ( -7.9%)
The juggernaut miniseries finally concludes, although if the previous issues are anything to go by, re-orders will continue to crop up for a couple of months yet. In February, issue #4 sold another 1,530 copies, and issue #5 managed 1,805. As usual, those are added into the totals above. There’s a variant cover on this issue, too.
By any reasonable standard, this series has been an enormous hit. Most books would kill to launch with 266K in sales. CIVIL WAR ends with it. It’s in a different league.
This is as good a place as any to mention CIVIL WAR: CASUALTIES OF WAR, a reprint of the three “Casualties of War” one-shots that were added to the schedule at the last minute. It appears on the chart at number 155 with orders of 9,988 - impressive for a high-priced reprint book. There’s also CIVIL WAR: BLACK PANTHER - WAR CRIMES, reprinting BLACK PANTHER #21-23, which charts at number 157 on the strength of 9,614 orders.
2. DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN 02/07 #1 of 7 - 175,214
That’s 172,147 copies from February, plus the 3,067 midnight copies that somehow slipped onto the January chart. As you’d expect, there are two variant covers on this.
175,000 is a excellent launch for any book in the direct market. Of course, it’s not up there with CIVIL WAR. But CIVIL WAR was the lynchpin of a crossover event aimed at the superhero fans. DARK TOWER is clearly intended to have a long and successful afterlife in trade paperback format, where I expect it’ll do a lot better than CIVIL WAR. It’s a Stephen King adaptation, after all.
Marvel have tried to promote this book as a direct market event, as well as an outreach project to new readers. Well, so far, so good.
3. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
02/02 #40 - 90,551
02/03 #50 - 100,439
02/04 #504 - 84,064
02/05 #517 - 78,584
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02/06 #529 - 132,329 (+35.3%)
03/06 #530 - 101,226 (-23.5%)
04/06 #531 - 96,213 ( -5.0%)
05/06 #532 - 119,083 (+23.8%)
06/06 #533 - 137,926 (+15.8%)
07/06 #534 - 125,553 ( -9.0%)
08/06 —-
09/06 #535 - 122,968 ( -2.1%)
10/06 —-
11/06 #536 - 121,003 ( -1.6%)
12/06 —
01/07 #537 - 123,160 ( +1.8%)
02/07 #538 - 142,956 (+16.1%)
6 mnth (+16.3%)
1 year ( +8.0%)
2 year (+81.9%)
3 year (+70.1%)
“Back in Black” was due to start in February, but this is actually the late-running final part of the CIVIL WAR crossover arc. There’s a 1:50 variant cover by Clayton Crain, which probably accounts for a good chunk of that boost. Issue #537 also picks up re-orders of 8,358 thanks to a second printing with a Ron Garney variant cover.
However, the other two Spider-Man titles do start on “Back in Black” this month, and as we’ll see, it’s working out rather nicely for them.
4. NEW AVENGERS
02/02 #51 - 54,381
02/03 #64 - 52,753
02/04 #78 - 58,798
02/05 #3 - 148,973
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02/06 #16 - 124,256 ( +0.1%)
03/06 #17 - 122,847 ( -1.1%)
04/06 #18 - 121,550 ( -1.1%)
05/06 #19 - 125,223 ( +3.0%)
06/06 #20 - 125,600 ( +0.3%)
06/06 #21 - 154,911 ( +23.4%)
07/06 #22 - 143,391 ( -7.4%)
08/06 #23 - 155,550 ( +8.5%)
09/06 —
10/06 #24 - 136,811 ( -12.0%)
11/06 #25 - 136,504 ( -0.2%)
12/06 #26 - 122,670 ( -10.1%)
01/06 —
02/07 #27 - 130,531 ( +6.4%)
6 mnth ( -16.1%)
1 year ( +5.1%)
2 year ( -12.4%)
3 year (+122.0%)
Back on schedule now that CIVIL WAR is out of the way, this is our first Initiative book. As you’d expect, there’s a variant cover on this, so in real terms the jump isn’t that enormous. But the book is holding onto its momentum coming out of the crossover, and that’s the key point here.
5. ASTONISHING X-MEN
02/05 #8 - 134,134
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02/06 #13 - 148,244 (+10.1%)
03/06 —
04/06 #14 - 124,129 (-16.3%)
05/06 —
06/06 #15 - 119,991 ( -3.3%)
07/06 —
08/06 #16 - 121,897 ( +1.6%)
09/06 #17 - 124,026 ( +1.7%)
10/06 —
11/06 #18 - 118,285 ( -4.6%)
12/06 #19 - 124,033 ( +4.9%)
01/07 —
02/07 #20 - 119,736 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth ( -1.8%)
1 year (-19.2%)
2 year (-10.7%)
Detached from all the crossovers and events - though it still gets a variant cover - ASTONISHING X-MEN continues to pull in the sales, comfortably beating the other monthly X-Men titles.
6. WOLVERINE
02/02 #173 - 69,684
02/03 #186 - 63,911
02/04 #11 - 69,686
02/05 #25 - 83,180
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02/06 #39 - 75,285 ( +2.0%)
03/06 #40 - 77,627 ( +3.1%)
04/06 #41 - 70,965 ( -8.6%)
05/06 #42 - 112,209 (+58.1%)
06/06 #43 - 116,540 ( +3.9%)
07/06 #44 - 111,478 ( -4.3%)
08/06 #45 - 110,662 ( -0.7%)
09/06 #46 - 107,865 ( -2.5%)
10/06 #47 - 106,201 ( -1.5%)
11/06 #48 - 99,991 ( -5.8%)
12/06 #49 - 78,807 (-21.2%)
01/07 #50 - 117,160 (+48.7%)
02/07 #51 - 97,181 (-17.1%)
6 mnth (-12.2%)
1 year (+29.1%)
2 year (+18.3%)
3 year (+39.5%)
Once again, there’s a variant cover here. As Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi’s run reaches its second issue, it seems we’re heading for a range below the recent CIVIL WAR crossover arc, but comfortably ahead of the book’s previous level. Marvel should be perfectly happy with that. Issue #50 picks up re-orders of 1,539.
12. NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI 12/06 #1 of 5 - 106,381 01/07 — 02/07 #2 of 5 - 92,881 (-12.7%)
A perfectly comfortable drop. Oh, and there’s no variant on this one, in case you were wondering.
14. CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE
06/06 #1 of 11 - 145,271
06/06 #2 of 11 - 132,858 ( -8.5%)
07/06 #3 of 11 - 128,164 ( -3.5%)
07/06 #4 of 11 - 111,868 (-12.7%)
08/06 #5 of 11 - 111,435 ( -0.4%)
09/06 #6 of 11 - 108,436 ( -2.7%)
10/06 #7 of 11 - 106,588 ( -1.7%)
11/06 #8 of 11 - 100,869 ( -5.4%)
12/06 #9 of 11 - 97,948 ( -2.9%)
01/07 #10 of 11 - 99,795 ( +1.9%)
02/07 #11 of 11 - 89,163 (-10.7%)
6 mnth (-20.0%)
That’s a surprisingly big drop for the final issue of a miniseries. Still, viewed as a whole, this has been selling extremely well, considering that it’s the secondary CIVIL WAR title.
17. UNCANNY X-MEN
02/02 #403 - 97,079
02/03 #419 - 83,714
02/04 #439 - 86,259
02/05 #455 - 88,920
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02/06 #469 - 79,039 ( -1.0%)
03/06 #470 - 79,389 ( +0.4%)
03/06 #471 - 78,286 ( -1.4%)
04/06 #472 - 79,157 ( +1.1%)
05/06 #473 - 79,335 ( +0.2%)
06/06 #474 - 78,140 ( -1.5%)
07/06 #475 - 106,037 (+35.7%)
07/06 #476 - 92,154 (-13.1%)
08/06 #477 - 89,225 ( -3.2%)
09/06 #478 - 89,850 ( +0.7%)
10/06 #479 - 89,052 ( -0.9%)
11/06 #480 - 88,584 ( -0.5%)
12/06 #481 - 85,995 ( -2.9%)
01/07 #482 - 83,860 ( -2.5%)
02/07 #483 - 83,009 ( -1.0%)
6 mnth ( -7.0%)
1 year ( +5.0%)
2 year ( -6.6%)
3 year ( -3.8%)
We’re getting back into more conventional territory here. UNCANNY X-MEN is holding up nicely under Ed Brubaker and Billy Tan, and they’re still ahead of the book’s previous sales.
18. WOLVERINE: ORIGINS
04/06 #1 - 182,672
05/06 #2 - 131,522 (-28.0%)
06/06 #3 - 116,058 (-11.8%)
07/06 #4 - 110,830 ( -4.5%)
08/06 #5 - 120,448 ( +8.7%)
09/06 #6 - 101,013 (-16.1%)
10/06 #7 - 103,273 ( +2.2%)
11/06 #8 - 91,585 (-11.3%)
12/06 #9 - 84,733 ( -7.5%)
01/07 #10 - 97,881 (+15.5%)
02/07 #11 - 78,901 (-19.4%)
6 mnth (-34.5%)
This would be the first issue without a variant cover, so you’d expect a drop. Considering last month’s spike, it’s possible the book will turn out to be stable at this level.
19. X-MEN
02/02 #123 - 105,642
02/03 #137 - 92,470
02/04 #153 - 113,879
02/05 #167 - 84,155
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02/06 #182 - 78,653 ( +6.2%)
02/06 #183 - 79,477 ( +1.0%)
03/06 #184 - 79,480 ( +0.0%)
04/06 #185 - 78,815 ( -0.8%)
05/06 #186 - 79,536 ( +0.9%)
06/06 #187 - 77,918 ( -2.0%)
07/06 #188 - 95,487 (+22.5%)
07/06 #189 - 85,157 (-10.8%)
08/06 #190 - 83,436 ( -2.0%)
09/06 #191 - 82,048 ( -1.7%)
10/06 #192 - 81,816 ( -0.3%)
11/06 #193 - 80,102 ( -2.1%)
12/06 #194 - 78,114 ( -2.5%)
01/07 #195 - 76,900 ( -1.6%)
02/07 #196 - 75,707 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth ( -9.3%)
1 year ( -3.7%)
2 year (-10.0%)
3 year (-33.5%)
In gentle decline. Of course, the X-Men titles have a crossover event in the pipeline.
20. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
02/02 #19 - 77,513
02/03 #36 - 98,475
02/04 #53 - 92,540
02/05 #72 - 86,685
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02/06 #90 - 71,470 ( -0.6%)
03/06 #91 - 74,028 ( +3.6%)
03/06 #92 - 72,269 ( -2.4%)
04/06 #93 - 72,831 ( +0.8%)
05/06 #94 - 74,051 ( +1.7%)
05/06 #95 - 73,564 ( -0.7%)
06/06 #96 - 73,472 ( -0.1%)
07/06 #97 - 76,612 ( +4.3%)
08/06 #98 - 77,304 ( +0.9%)
08/06 #99 - 76,075 ( -1.6%)
09/06 #100 - 119,194 (+56.7%)
10/06 #101 - 78,963 (-33.8%)
11/06 #102 - 77,121 ( -2.3%)
12/06 #103 - 76,251 ( -1.1%)
01/07 #104 - 108,082 (+41.7%)
02/07 #105 - 74,376 (-31.2%)
6 mnth ( -3.8%)
1 year ( +4.1%)
2 year (-14.2%)
3 year (-19.6%)
Back to normal after last month’s spike.
22. X-MEN ANNUAL 02/07 #1 - 65,569
This is by regular writer Mike Carey, and it’s actually important to the plot. The parent title only does around 10K more than this, so I’d say this was a pretty good number.
24. ULTIMATE X-MEN
02/02 #15 - 94,713
02/03 #29 - 84,789
02/04 #42 - 97,299
02/05 #56 - 83,720
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02/06 #67 - 72,700 ( -1.4%)
03/06 #68 - 72,765 ( +0.1%)
04/06 #69 - 73,188 ( +0.6%)
05/06 #70 - 72,235 ( -1.3%)
06/06 #71 - 71,314 ( -1.3%)
07/06 #72 - 70,593 ( -1.0%)
08/06 #73 - 70,153 ( -0.6%)
09/06 #74 - 68,874 ( -1.8%)
10/06 #75 - 73,837 ( +7.2%)
11/06 #76 - 69,054 ( -6.5%)
12/06 #77 - 67,338 ( -2.5%)
01/07 #78 - 66,409 ( -1.4%)
02/07 #79 - 64,363 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.3%)
1 year (-11.5%)
2 year (-23.1%)
3 year (-33.9%)
There’s a clear decline here, and it’s starting to look a little bit unhealthy.
25. THUNDERBOLTS
02/02 #61 - 29,197
02/03 #76 - 25,432
02/05 #5 - 29,377
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02/06 #18 - 23,735 ( +1.4%)
03/06 #100 - 26,798 ( +12.9%)
04/06 #101 - 24,170 ( -9.8%)
05/06 #102 - 23,741 ( -1.8%)
06/06 #103 - 60,823 (+156.2%)
07/06 #104 - 63,850 ( +5.0%)
08/06 #105 - 61,467 ( -3.7%)
09/06 #106 - 31,527 ( -48.7%)
10/06 #107 - 29,624 ( -6.0%)
11/06 #108 - 27,890 ( -5.9%)
12/06 #109 - 27,300 ( -2.1%)
01/07 #110 - 73,557 (+169.4%)
02/07 #111 - 62,791 ( -14.6%)
6 mnth ( +2.2%)
1 year (+165.0%)
2 year (+113.7%)
The second issue of the Ellis/Deodato relaunch, and naturally there’s a variant cover. Meanwhile, issue #110 picks up re-orders of 8,591. We’re in a whole different league from the book’s previous incarnation, and Marvel should be very pleased with these sales.
28. IRON MAN
02/02 #51 - 37,526
02/03 #65 - 32,600
02/04 #77 - 29,748
02/05 —
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02/06 —
03/06 #6 - 40,264 ( -11.0%)
04/06 #7 - 49,404 ( +22.7%)
05/06 #8 - 38,860 ( -21.3%)
06/06 #9 - 37,650 ( -3.1%)
07/06 #10 - 38,102 ( +1.2%)
08/06 #11 - 37,279 ( -2.2%)
09/06 #12 - 36,278 ( -2.7%)
10/06 —
11/06 #13 - 76,800 (+111.7%)
12/06 #14 - 73,388 ( -4.4%)
01/07 —
02/07 #15 - 60,662 ( -17.3%)
6 mnth ( +62.7%)
1 year ( +50.1%)
2 year ( — )
3 year (+103.9%)
Another Initiative book, and of course there’s another variant. One of the big issues about the long term effects of CIVIL WAR has been the treatment of Iron Man, who was almost universally regarded as the villain. But at least people are paying attention to him, and it seems to be reflected in increased sales for his new direction as the director of SHIELD.
29. SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN
02/05 #11 - 60,460
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02/06 #23 - 59,051 (-21.2%)
03/06 #24 - 53,910 ( -8.7%)
04/06 #25 - 51,992 ( -3.6%)
05/06 #26 - 52,496 ( +1.0%)
06/06 #27 - 50,721 ( -3.4%)
07/06 #28 - 58,532 (+15.4%)
08/06 #29 - 55,420 ( -5.3%)
09/06 #30 - 54,467 ( -1.7%)
10/06 #31 - 51,587 ( -5.3%)
11/06 #32 - 50,222 ( -2.6%)
12/06 #33 - 48,443 ( -3.5%)
01/07 #34 - 47,008 ( -3.0%)
02/07 #35 - 59,423 (+26.4%)
6 mnth ( +7.2%)
1 year ( +0.6%)
2 year ( -1.7%)
“Back in Black” delivers a boost to both of the second-tier Spider-Man titles. This is off to a good start.
30. ETERNALS
06/06 #1 of 7 - 110,269
07/06 #2 of 7 - 79,086 (-28.3%)
08/06 #3 of 7 - 73,997 ( -6.4%)
09/06 #4 of 7 - 66,556 (-10.1%)
10/06 –
11/06 #5 of 7 - 66,356 ( -0.3%)
12/06 –
01/07 #6 of 7 - 62,342 ( -6.0%)
02/07 #7 of 7 - 58,699 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth (-20.7%)
Another variant cover. (Would I be quicker pointing out the books that don’t have them?) Considering that Gaiman’s last project for Marvel was MARVEL 1602, these sales are arguably a bit disappointing. But on the other hand, it’s the Eternals, and they’ve always been a bit of a cult draw.
32. BLACK PANTHER
02/02 #41 - 19,523
02/03 #54 - 17,401
02/05 #1 - 50,490
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02/06 #13 - 26,054 ( -6.7%)
03/06 #14 - 28,809 ( +10.6%)
04/06 #15 - 28,361 ( -1.6%)
05/06 #16 - 28,091 ( -1.0%)
06/06 #17 - 27,993 ( -0.3%)
07/06 #18 - 69,912 (+149.7%)
08/06 #19 - 28,372 ( -59.4%)
09/06 #20 - 26,585 ( -6.3%)
10/06 #21 - 34,257 ( +28.9%)
11/06 #22 - 47,556 ( +38.8%)
12/06 #23 - 54,762 ( +15.2%)
01/07 #24 - 59,971 ( +9.5%)
02/07 #25 - 56,479 ( -5.8%)
6 mnth ( +99.1%)
1 year (+116.8%)
2 year ( +11.9%)
This is the concluding part of a CIVIL WAR crossover arc, and as you’d expect, the sales have been boosted accordingly. Issue #24 picks up reorders of 2,262. After this, the Black Panther and Storm join the cast of FANTASTIC FOUR for a while, which should keep up the audience attention. BLACK PANTHER is clearly a high priority for Marvel, but the lingering question is whether the constant string of events is helping it to develop a bigger core following.
35. PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 11/06 #1 - 102,727 12/06 – 01/07 #2 - 96,112 ( -6.4%) 01/07 #3 - 70,143 (-27.0%) 02/07 #4 - 52,961 (-24.5%)
Mind the step. This is the first non-crossover issue, and while it’s not quite as big a drop as HEROES FOR HIRE experienced, it’s still pretty big. Mind you, it’s also selling higher than the PUNISHER Max title, so a lot depends on what happens next month. Meanwhile, issue #2 sells another 8,142, thanks to a second printing with a variant cover.
36. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
02/06 —
03/06 #5 - 59,900 (-23.9%)
03/06 #6 - 58,853 ( -1.7%)
04/06 #7 - 55,381 ( -5.9%)
05/06 #8 - 53,910 ( -2.7%)
06/06 #9 - 50,177 ( -6.9%)
07/06 #10 - 48,902 ( -2.5%)
08/06 #11 - 50,995 ( +4.3%)
09/06 #12 - 48,063 ( -5.7%)
10/06 #13 - 46,293 ( -3.7%)
11/06 #14 - 43,476 ( -6.1%)
12/06 #15 - 42,147 ( -3.1%)
01/07 #16 - 41,832 ( -0.7%)
02/07 #17 - 52,794 (+26.2%)
6 mnth ( +3.5%)
1 year (-11.9%)
Another “Back in Black” book with another big sales increase.
37. ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR
02/04 #3 - 109,801
02/05 —
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02/06 #27 - 67,922 ( -2.5%)
03/06 #28 - 67,480 ( -0.7%)
04/06 #29 - 67,554 ( +0.1%)
05/06 #30 - 103,837 (+53.7%)
06/06 —
07/06 #31 - 84,460 (-18.7%)
08/06 #32 - 80,730 ( -4.4%)
08/06 #33 - 65,191 (-19.2%)
09/06 #34 - 63,447 ( -2.7%)
10/06 #35 - 61,270 ( -3.4%)
11/06 #36 - 57,779 ( -5.7%)
12/06 #37 - 55,047 ( -4.7%)
01/07 #38 - 52,859 ( -4.0%)
02/07 #39 - 52,104 ( -1.4%)
6 mnth (-35.5%)
1 year (-23.3%)
2 year ( — )
3 year (-52.5%)
Well, it’s levelling out, but ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR has definitely been shedding readers lately. That six month drop is ugly.
38. GHOST RIDER: TRAIL OF TEARS 02/07 #1 of 6 - 49,260
Garth Ennis and Clayton Crain with a miniseries about Ghost Rider in the Civil War. Debuts slightly higher than the regular series, which is always impressive with spin-offs on the margins of continuity.
39. GHOST RIDER
02/06 #6 of 6 - 55,802 ( -2.0%)
03/06 —
04/06 —
05/06 —
06/06 —
07/06 #1 - 98,826 (+77.1%)
08/06 #2 - 61,793 (-37.5%)
09/06 #3 - 54,029 (-12.6%)
10/06 #4 - 50,925 ( -5.7%)
11/06 #5 - 47,929 ( -5.9%)
12/06 #6 - 46,673 ( -2.6%)
01/07 #7 - 43,557 ( -6.7%)
02/07 #8 - 48,736 (+11.9%)
6 mnth (-21.1%)
1 year (-12.7%)
Billed as a CIVIL WAR crossover issue, this stretches the definition to breaking point - the link is that Lucifer is possessing the body of the late Jack O’Lantern, who died in CIVIL WAR. You’ve got to admire the closing line of the solicitation: “And what does this all have to do with CIVIL WAR?” Still, the sales boost is duly delivered.
41. DAREDEVIL
02/02 #30 - 47,333
02/03 #43 - 58,782
02/04 #57 - 54,644
02/05 #70 - 48,702
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02/06 #82 - 53,058 (+19.9%)
03/06 #83 - 46,804 (-11.8%)
04/06 #84 - 47,123 ( +0.7%)
05/06 #85 - 47,899 ( +1.6%)
06/06 #86 - 48,280 ( +0.8%)
07/06 #87 - 51,989 ( +7.7%)
08/06 #88 - 50,554 ( -2.8%)
09/06 #89 - 55,481 ( +9.7%)
10/06 #90 - 50,500 ( -9.0%)
11/06 #91 - 49,335 ( -2.3%)
12/06 #92 - 48,035 ( -2.6%)
01/07 #93 - 47,124 ( -1.9%)
02/07 #94 - 46,773 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -7.5%)
1 year (-11.8%)
2 year ( -4.0%)
3 year (-14.4%)
In a slight decline.
42. INCREDIBLE HULK
02/02 #37 - 38,844
02/03 #50 - 58,682
02/04 #67 - 47,632
02/05 #78 - 44,721
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02/06 #92 - 53,661 (+49.1%)
03/06 #93 - 47,437 (-11.6%)
04/06 #94 - 47,966 ( +1.1%)
05/06 #95 - 49,089 ( +2.3%)
06/06 —
07/06 #96 - 49,209 ( +0.2%)
08/06 #97 - 48,893 ( -0.6%)
09/06 #98 - 52,987 ( +8.4%)
10/06 #99 - 47,878 ( -9.6%)
11/06 #100 - 84,169 (+75.8%)
12/06 #101 - 47,927 (-43.1%)
01/07 #102 - 46,965 ( -2.0%)
02/07 #103 - 46,690 ( -0.6%)
6 mnth ( -4.5%)
1 year (-13.0%)
2 year ( +4.4%)
3 year (-19.8%)
Holding up just fine as Planet Hulk nears its conclusion. The WORLD WAR HULK crossover is just around the corner.
43. SPIDER-MAN: REIGN 12/06 #1 of 4 - 46,827 01/07 #2 of 4 - 56,788 (+21.3%) 02/07 #3 of 4 - 46,050 (-18.9%)
Selling very respectably for an out-of-continuity miniseries.
44. X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG
02/05 #2 of 5 - 98,339
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09/06 #1 of 5 - 73,503
10/06 #2 of 5 - 54,727 (-25.5%)
11/06 #3 of 5 - 50,222 ( -8.2%)
12/06 #4 of 5 - 46,942 ( -6.5%)
01/07 —
02/07 #5 of 5 - 44,578 ( -5.0%)
2 year (-54.7%)
Fairly standard miniseries numbers, but not in the league of the previous series back in 2005.
45. X-23: TARGET X
02/05 #3 of 6 - 54,239
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12/06 #1 of 6 - 58,125
01/07 #2 of 6 - 44,000 (-24.3%)
02/07 #3 of 6 - 42,132 ( -4.2%)
2 year (-22.3%)
Levelling out nicely, and ahead of the parent title NEW X-MEN. X-23 still seems to be a sales draw, even if things have settled down a bit from her initial surge of popularity.
47. X-FACTOR
02/06 #3 - 48,307 ( -8.3%)
03/06 #4 - 48,183 ( -0.3%)
03/06 #5 - 46,490 ( -3.5%)
04/06 #6 - 45,220 ( -2.7%)
05/06 #7 - 44,315 ( -2.0%)
06/06 #8 - 76,150 (+71.8%)
07/06 #9 - 68,799 ( -9.7%)
08/06 #10 - 44,603 (-35.2%)
09/06 #11 - 43,431 ( -2.6%)
10/06 #12 - 42,909 ( -1.2%)
11/06 #13 - 42,844 ( -0.2%)
12/06 #14 - 40,208 ( -6.2%)
01/07 #15 - 38,693 ( -3.8%)
02/07 #16 - 38,240 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth (-14.3%)
1 year (-20.8%)
Another standard slow decline.
48. SILENT WAR 01/07 #1 of 6 - 44,079 02/07 #2 of 6 - 37,899 (-14.0%)
Standard miniseries numbers. Promotionally, this book seems to have slipped through the cracks. (And when the heck is it meant to be happening, anyway?)
49. NEW X-MEN
02/04 #8 - 37,609
02/05 #10 - 36,910
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02/06 #23 - 41,463 ( -3.4%)
03/06 #24 - 42,044 ( +1.4%)
04/06 #25 - 40,176 ( -4.4%)
05/06 #26 - 40,073 ( -0.3%)
06/06 #27 - 39,785 ( -0.7%)
07/06 #28 - 39,771 ( -0.0%)
08/06 #29 - 40,303 ( +1.3%)
09/06 #30 - 39,658 ( -1.6%)
10/06 #31 - 39,175 ( -1.2%)
11/06 #32 - 37,919 ( -3.2%)
12/06 #33 - 38,076 ( +0.4%)
01/07 #34 - 37,272 ( -2.1%)
02/07 #35 - 37,142 ( -0.3%)
6 mnth ( -7.8%)
1 year (-10.4%)
2 year ( +0.6%)
3 year ( -1.2%)
Fairly steady, and Marvel are pushing the upcoming “Return of Magik” arc heavily with house ads.
50. NEWUNIVERSAL 12/06 #1 - 43,163 01/07 #2 - 49,565 (+14.8%) 02/07 #3 - 36,535 (-26.3%)
Issue #2 picks up 4,782 extra sales thanks to a second printing variant. Surprisingly good numbers so far for this offbeat relaunch of the New Universe characters, who don’t exactly have a huge fanbase of their own to call on.
53. IMMORTAL IRON FIST 11/06 #1 - 60,079 12/06 #2 - 39,265 (-34.6%) 01/07 — 02/07 #3 - 35,654 ( -9.2%)
It’s slipping off schedule - issue #4 won’t be out until April - but the numbers are pretty good for an Iron Fist book. Issue #1 picks up another 10,263 sales thanks to the release of the Director’s Cut edition, while issue #2 sells another 6,046. There’s definite interest in this one, and hopefully the delays won’t prevent the book capitalising.
56. ANNIHILATION: HERALDS OF GALACTUS 02/07 One-shot - 35,548
Keeping the ANNIHILATION brand name out there, and selling remarkably well considering that the lead characters are Terrax and Stardust, of all people. ANNIHILATION seems to have served its function of rekindling interest in Marvel’s cosmic characters generally, if it can sell 35,500 copies of a Stardust comic.
58. FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END 11/06 #1 of 6 - 54,213 11/06 #2 of 6 - 38,928 (-28.2%) 12/06 #3 of 6 - 36,744 ( -5.6%) 01/07 #4 of 6 - 34,169 ( -7.0%) 02/07 #5 of 6 - 33,325 ( -2.5%)
Standard miniseries numbers.
61. PUNISHER [Max]
02/02 #9 - 51,330
02/03 #22 - 41,356
02/04 #3 - 46,396
02/05 #17 - 38,714
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02/06 #30 - 34,293 ( -1.2%)
03/06 #31 - 34,505 ( +0.6%)
04/06 #32 - 34,076 ( -1.2%)
05/06 #33 - 34,480 ( +1.2%)
06/06 #34 - 34,161 ( -0.9%)
07/06 #35 - 34,116 ( -0.1%)
08/06 #36 - 34,227 ( +0.3%)
09/06 #37 - 34,250 ( +0.1%)
09/06 #38 - 33,839 ( -1.2%)
10/06 #39 - 33,962 ( +0.4%)
11/06 #40 - 33,579 ( -1.1%)
11/06 #41 - 33,164 ( -1.2%)
12/06 #42 - 33,003 ( -0.5%)
01/07 #43 - 33,023 ( +0.0%)
02/07 #44 - 32,951 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth ( -3.7%)
1 year ( -3.9%)
2 year (-14.9%)
3 year (-29.0%)
Extremely slow and steady decline.
63. EXILES
02/02 #9 - 37,563
02/03 #22 - 35,239
02/04 #42 - 37,147
02/05 #59 - 32,337
=====
02/06 #77 - 32,998 ( +0.5%)
03/06 #78 - 33,506 ( +1.5%)
04/06 #79 - 34,119 ( +1.8%)
05/06 #80 - 34,039 ( -0.2%)
05/06 #81 - 33,908 ( -0.4%)
06/06 #82 - 33,342 ( -1.7%)
06/06 #83 - 33,143 ( -0.6%)
07/06 #84 - 32,866 ( -0.8%)
08/06 #85 - 33,978 ( +3.4%)
09/06 #86 - 33,080 ( -2.6%)
10/06 #87 - 31,946 ( -3.4%)
11/06 #88 - 30,928 ( -3.2%)
12/06 #89 - 36,880 (+19.2%)
01/07 #90 - 31,595 (-14.3%)
02/07 #91 - 31,712 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( -6.7%)
1 year ( -3.9%)
2 year ( -1.9%)
3 year (-14.6%)
Still sticking stubbornly to its normal range, as Chris Claremont settles in.
66. MS MARVEL
03/06 #1 - 73,407
04/06 #2 - 46,204 (-37.1%)
05/06 #3 - 43,048 ( -6.8%)
06/06 #4 - 40,627 ( -5.6%)
07/06 #5 - 38,874 ( -4.3%)
08/06 #6 - 68,330 (+75.8%)
09/06 #7 - 64,973 ( -4.9%)
10/06 #8 - 62,893 ( -3.2%)
11/06 #9 - 37,881 (-39.8%)
12/06 #10 - 34,350 ( -9.3%)
01/07 #11 - 32,298 ( -6.0%)
02/07 #12 - 30,763 ( -4.8%)
6 mnth (-55.0%)
Dropping rather too quickly for comfort. This book needs to hope that the Initiative promotion and the character’s involvement in MIGHTY AVENGERS can bring back some attention.
67,68. NEW EXCALIBUR
02/06 #4 - 45,071 ( -4.5%)
03/06 #5 - 43,523 ( -3.4%)
04/06 #6 - 40,687 ( -6.5%)
05/06 #7 - 38,744 ( -4.8%)
06/06 #8 - 37,428 ( -3.4%)
07/06 #9 - 36,466 ( -2.6%)
08/06 #10 - 36,108 ( -1.0%)
09/06 #11 - 34,104 ( -5.6%)
10/06 #12 - 33,082 ( -3.0%)
11/06 #13 - 32,173 ( -2.7%)
12/06 #14 - 31,318 ( -2.7%)
01/07 #15 - 30,827 ( -1.6%)
02/07 #16 - 30,356 ( -1.5%)
02/07 #17 - 30,073 ( -0.9%)
6 mnth (-16.7%)
1 year (-33.3%)
Chris Claremont returns to the book with two issues in a month, and sales are apparently unaffected.
69. SQUADRON SUPREME: HYPERION VS NIGHTHAWK 01/07 #1 of 4 - 33,922 02/07 #2 of 4 - 29,366 (-13.4%)
A modest second issue drop.
72. SHE-HULK
02/05 #12 - 23,202
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02/06 #5 - 27,183 ( -3.7%)
03/06 #6 - 26,631 ( -2.0%)
04/06 —
05/06 #7 - 26,561 ( -0.3%)
05/06 #8 - 58,053 (+118.6%)
06/06 —
07/06 #9 - 29,902 ( -48.5%)
08/06 #10 - 28,555 ( -4.5%)
08/06 #11 - 27,393 ( -4.1%)
09/06 #12 - 26,448 ( -3.4%)
10/06 —
11/06 #13 - 26,267 ( -0.7%)
12/06 #14 - 24,552 ( -6.5%)
01/07 #15 - 27,600 ( +12.4%)
02/07 #16 - 27,961 ( +1.3%)
6 mnth ( -2.1%)
1 year ( +2.9%)
2 year ( +20.5%)
Slowly gaining sales with the “Planet Without A Hulk” storyline, which is a pleasant surprise.
73. CABLE & DEADPOOL
02/05 #12 - 25,349
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02/06 #25 - 22,918 ( -2.7%)
03/06 #26 - 25,584 ( +11.6%)
04/06 #27 - 26,153 ( +2.2%)
05/06 #28 - 25,665 ( -1.9%)
06/06 #29 - 25,368 ( -1.2%)
07/06 #30 - 59,333 (+133.9%)
08/06 #31 - 59,804 ( +0.8%)
09/06 #32 - 60,177 ( +0.6%)
10/06 #33 - 30,741 ( -48.9%)
11/06 #34 - 29,144 ( -5.2%)
12/06 #35 - 27,785 ( -4.7%)
01/07 #36 - 26,803 ( -3.5%)
02/07 #37 - 26,588 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( -55.5%)
1 year ( +16.0%)
2 year ( +4.9%)
Pretty level, when it’s not participating in crossovers.
74. DOCTOR STRANGE: OATH
02/05 #4 of 6 - 37,449
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10/06 #1 of 5 - 40,280
11/06 #2 of 5 - 29,824 (-26.0%)
12/06 #3 of 5 - 27,046 ( -9.3%)
01/07 #4 of 5 - 26,179 ( -3.2%)
02/07 #5 of 5 - 25,665 ( -2.0%)
2 year (-31.5%)
Not a huge-selling series, but modestly successful and well received.
78. SPIDER-MAN FAMILY 02/07 #1 - 25,225
A new bimonthly series with a mixture of original material and reprints. I question the idea that the market will support yet another Spider-Man title - it hasn’t exactly seemed that bothered about SENSATIONAL or FRIENDLY in the last few months. But considering the five dollar price tag, this is a respectable start.
79. RUNAWAYS
02/04 #11 - 19,978
02/05 #1 - 30,410
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02/06 #13 - 24,313 ( -2.7%)
03/06 #14 - 24,536 ( +0.9%)
04/06 #15 - 24,046 ( -2.0%)
05/06 #16 - 23,842 ( -0.8%)
06/06 #17 - 23,654 ( -0.8%)
07/06 #18 - 24,678 ( +4.3%)
08/06 #19 - 25,042 ( +1.5%)
09/06 #20 - 23,561 ( -5.9%)
10/06 #21 - 25,553 ( +8.5%)
11/06 #22 - 25,908 ( +1.4%)
12/06 —
01/07 #23 - 25,346 ( -2.2%)
02/07 #24 - 25,216 ( -0.5%)
6 mnth ( -0.7%)
1 year ( +3.7%)
2 year (-17.1%)
3 year (+26.2%)
Rock solid, and Joss Whedon’s upcoming run is bound to boost sales.
80. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS 09/06 #1 of 8 - 39,859 10/06 #2 of 8 - 33,688 (-15.5%) 11/06 #3 of 8 - 30,805 ( -8.6%) 12/06 #4 of 8 - 28,455 ( -7.6%) 01/07 #5 of 8 - 26,607 ( -6.5%) 02/07 #6 of 8 - 25,125 ( -5.6%)
Marvel have announced an ongoing series starting in June, so they must be happy enough with these sales. Seems a bit optimistic to me, but we’ll see what comes of it.
82. HEROES FOR HIRE
08/06 #1 - 84,006
09/06 #2 - 66,949 (-20.3%)
10/06 #3 - 60,770 ( -9.2%)
11/06 #4 - 38,070 (-37.4%)
12/06 #5 - 31,318 (-17.7%)
01/07 #6 - 27,513 (-12.1%)
02/07 #7 - 24,476 (-11.0%)
6 mnth (-70.9%)
Terminal decline.
83. PUNISHER PRESENTS BARRACUDA MAX [Max] 02/07 #1 of 5 - 23,886
This isn’t a Punisher story at all; it’s a Barracuda miniseries with an overelaborate name. Not an especially great start, to be honest. HELLSTORM started more strongly than this.
88. THUNDERBOLTS PRESENTS ZEMO: BORN BETTER 02/07 #1 of 4 - 22,680
Another book with an outrageously multi-tiered title. It’s a Baron Zemo miniseries, and it serves as an epilogue to Fabian Nicieza’s run on THUNDERBOLTS, for those readers who might have wanted to know where the plot was going. The numbers aren’t very good, but then it’s unlikely that anyone had particularly high expectations for the book.
89. IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY 01/07 #1 of 6 - 28,630 02/07 #2 of 6 - 22,522 (-21.3%)
Dropping off the radar. Iron Man’s higher profile hasn’t helped this title at all.
96. POWERS [Icon]
02/02 —
02/03 #29 - 25,982
02/04 —
02/05 #9 - 28,512
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02/06 #16 - 24,924 ( -2.8%)
03/06 #17 - 24,139 ( -3.1%)
04/06 —
05/06 #18 - 23,617 ( -2.2%)
06/06 —
07/06 #19 - 23,156 ( -1.9%)
08/06 —
09/06 —
10/06 #20 - 22,943 ( -0.9%)
11/06 #21 - 22,134 ( -3.5%)
12/06 —
01/07 #22 - 22,018 ( -0.5%)
02/07 #23 - 21,939 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth ( -5.3%)
1 year (-12.0%)
2 year (-23.1%)
Still in gentle decline.
97. AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES II 02/05 #7 of 8 - 31,025 ===== 11/06 #1 of 8 - 35,032 11/06 #2 of 8 - 31,871 ( -9.0%) 12/06 #3 of 8 - 27,015 (-15.2%) 12/06 #4 of 8 - 25,622 ( -5.2%) 01/07 #5 of 8 - 22,409 (-12.5%) 02/07 #6 of 8 - 21,873 ( -2.4%)
Not bad numbers for a miniseries set in past continuity, but not that great either, and significantly down on the previous series. Nonetheless, Marvel clearly think there’s a market for stories about Avengers history, since they’re launching AVENGERS CLASSIC, a series combining reprinted 1960s stories with original back-up strips. This format worked (for the first forty issues or so) with CLASSIC X-MEN, but that was back in the days when reprinted stories weren’t so easily available. It’s an unusual project, and I’ll be interested to see whether they can make it pay off in 2007.
99. LEGION OF MONSTERS 02/07 Werewolf by Night - 21,773
The first in a series of one-shots featuring Marvel’s old monster characters. Sales are about what you’d expect for a low-profile project like this.
100. NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.
02/06 —
03/06 #2 - 29,911 (-27.1%)
03/06 #3 - 27,126 ( -9.3%)
04/06 #4 - 26,728 ( -1.5%)
05/06 #5 - 30,818 (+15.3%)
06/06 #6 - 24,626 (-20.1%)
07/06 —
08/06 #7 - 24,245 ( -1.5%)
09/06 #8 - 23,059 ( -4.9%)
10/06 #9 - 22,357 ( -3.0%)
11/06 #10 - 21,644 ( -3.2%)
12/06 #11 - 22,259 ( +2.8%)
01/07 —
02/07 #12 - 21,574 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-11.0%)
1 year (-27.9%)
Cancelled. Perhaps this was just a bit too much of an inside joke.
102. AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL
02/02 #44 - 23,478
02/03 #57 - 23,330
02/04 #70 - 20,541
02/05 #83 - 20,382
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02/06 #95 - 16,778 ( -2.2%)
03/06 #96 - 16,739 ( -0.2%)
04/06 #97 - 17,508 ( +4.6%)
05/06 #98 - 17,738 ( +1.3%)
06/06 #99 - 17,915 ( +1.0%)
07/06 #100 - 22,691 ( +26.7%)
08/06 —-
09/06 —-
10/06 #1 - 47,304 (+108.5%)
11/06 #2 - 28,135 ( -40.5%)
12/06 #3 - 25,645 ( -8.9%)
01/07 #4 - 23,113 ( -9.9%)
02/07 #5 - 21,391 ( -7.5%)
6 mnth ( — )
1 year ( +27.5%)
2 year ( +5.0%)
3 year ( -8.3%)
Still finding its level again after the relaunch. At this rate, it’ll only be a couple of months before SPIDER-GIRL is back where it started - although surely it’ll settle down then, given its famously loyal hardcore audience.
108. BULLET POINTS 11/06 #1 of 5 - 33,503 12/06 #2 of 5 - 25,184 (-24.8%) 01/07 #3 of 5 - 21,721 (-13.8%) 02/07 #4 of 5 - 20,559 ( -5.3%)
A fairly standard miniseries decline.
109. MARVEL 1602: FANTASTICK FOUR 09/06 #1 of 5 - 31,784 10/06 #2 of 5 - 26,702 (-16.0%) 11/06 #3 of 5 - 23,295 (-12.8%) 12/06 #4 of 5 - 21,389 ( -8.2%) 01/07 — 02/07 #5 of 5 - 20,476 ( -4.3%)
Not bad for an out-of-continuity Fantastic Four miniseries, but I imagine this will put paid to the idea of MARVEL 1602 as some kind of franchise.
112. BLADE 09/06 #1 - 37,394 10/06 #2 - 27,170 ( -27.3%) 11/06 #3 - 23,144 ( -14.8%) 12/06 #4 - 21,043 ( -9.1%) 01/07 #5 - 42,513 (+102.0%) 02/07 #6 - 19,087 ( -55.1%)
Returning to normal sales levels after last month’s CIVIL WAR crossover. Obviously, these are not healthy numbers at all.
121. IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN 10/06 #1 - 29,499 11/06 #2 - 23,191 (-21.4%) 12/06 #3 - 19,580 (-15.6%) 01/07 #4 - 17,864 ( -8.8%) 02/07 #5 - 16,900 ( -5.4%)
The lowest-selling ongoing title in the Marvel Universe. What’s more, it holds that dubious distinction by a significant margin, even compared with BLADE (2,000 copies is a lot at this level). And it’s dropping rather quickly. Realistically, the chances of ANT-MAN managing to turn things around at this stage are negligible. Shame, actually. I’ve rather enjoyed it.
130. WHITE TIGER 11/06 #1 of 6 - 24,663 12/06 #2 of 6 - 19,042 (-22.3%) 01/07 #3 of 6 - 15,986 (-16.0%) 02/07 #4 of 6 - 14,554 ( -9.0%)
Disappearing out of view.
139. MARVEL LEGACY HANDBOOKS
02/06 1960s - 12,957
03/06 —
04/06 —
05/06 1970s - 14,161 (+9.3%)
06/06 —
07/06 —
08/06 —
09/06 —
10/06 —
11/06 1980s - 12,096 (-14.6%)
12/06 —
01/07 —
02/07 1990s - 12,683 ( +4.9%)
6 mnth ( — )
1 year ( -2.1%)
The fourth and final entry in the HANDBOOK’s nostalgia spin-offs. In fact, the 1990s HANDBOOK was the only HANDBOOK issue solicited for February. But the previous three issues were treated as a separate series, and counting this as a regular HANDBOOK issue would put a nasty dent in its nice, stable sales. So I’ll be fair and treat it as a separate title, with the HANDBOOK itself on a skip month.
141. WISDOM [Max] 11/06 #1 of 6 - 20,021 12/06 – 01/07 #2 of 6 - 14,855 (-25.8%) 02/07 #3 of 6 - 12,400 (-16.5%) 143. HELLSTORM, SON OF SATAN [Max] 10/06 #1 of 5 - 27,045 11/06 #2 of 5 - 17,398 (-35.7%) 12/06 #3 of 5 - 14,593 (-16.1%) 01/07 #4 of 5 - 13,289 ( -8.9%) 02/07 #5 of 5 - 12,292 ( -7.5%) 145. WONDER MAN 12/06 #1 of 5 - 22,282 01/07 #2 of 5 - 15,645 (-29.8%) 02/07 #3 of 5 - 12,009 (-23.2%)
Alarmingly low-selling miniseries, two of which certainly deserved better. (I haven’t read HELLSTORM, so I’m not going to venture an opinion on that one.) These are poor numbers by any standard, so let’s just commiserate and move on.
180. MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS [All ages]
05/06 #1 - 13,891
06/06 #2 - 9,359 (-32.7%)
07/06 #3 - 9,006 ( -3.8%)
08/06 #4 - 8,610 ( -4.4%)
09/06 #5 - 7,994 ( -7.2%)
10/06 #6 - 7,879 ( -1.4%)
11/06 #7 - 7,642 ( -3.0%)
12/06 #8 - 7,512 ( -1.7%)
01/07 #9 - 7,315 ( -2.6%)
02/07 #10 - 7,053 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-18.1%)
189. MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN [All ages]
02/06 #12 - 6,087 ( -0.3%)
03/06 #13 - 5,899 ( -3.1%)
04/06 #14 - 5,970 ( +1.2%)
05/06 #15 - 6,165 ( +3.3%)
06/06 #16 - 6,114 ( -0.8%)
07/06 #17 - 6,133 ( +0.3%)
08/06 #18 - 6,220 ( +1.4%)
09/06 #19 - 6,057 ( -2.6%)
10/06 #20 - 6,131 ( +1.2%)
11/06 #21 - 6,529 ( +6.5%)
12/06 #22 - 6,396 ( -2.0%)
01/07 #23 - 6,271 ( -2.0%)
02/07 #24 - 6,678 ( +6.5%)
6 mnth ( +7.4%)
1 year ( +9.7%)
Two MARVEL ADVENTURES titles, and the usual comments apply: these books sell most copies outside the direct market, so their low sales on this chart are academic.
197. ORSON SCOTT CARD’S WYRMS [DBPro] 02/07 #1 of 6 - 6,246
Much the same applies to the DBPro books (aside from the crossover hit ANITA BLAKE). This is the second printing of WYRMS #1, but it shows the same increase in direct market sales that’s been apparent across DBPRo’s line since hooking up with Marvel. Curiously, this is also the only DBPro book to ship in February - ANITA BLAKE #5, MAGICIAN #6, PTOLUS #5 and RED PROPHET #6 were all solicited for February, and failed to ship.
198. SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE [All ages]
02/06 #3 - 7,648 (-11.0%)
03/06 #4 - 7,672 ( +0.3%)
04/06 #5 - 7,165 ( -6.6%)
05/06 #6 - 7,069 ( -1.3%)
06/06 #7 - 6,834 ( -3.3%)
07/06 #8 - 6,769 ( -1.0%)
08/06 #9 - 6,719 ( -0.7%)
09/06 #10 - 6,623 ( -1.4%)
10/06 #11 - 6,586 ( -0.6%)
11/06 #12 - 6,520 ( -1.0%)
12/06 #13 - 6,311 ( -3.2%)
01/07 #14 - 6,329 ( +0.3%)
02/07 #15 - 6,121 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth ( -8.9%)
1 year (-20.0%)
207. SPIDER-MAN & POWER PACK [All ages]
11/06 #1 of 4 - 7,897
12/06 #2 of 4 - 6,350 (-19.6%)
01/07 #3 of 4 - 5,880 ( -7.4%)
02/07 #4 of 4 - 5,605 ( -4.7%)
223. MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR [All ages]
02/06 #9 - 4,711 ( -2.5%)
03/06 #10 - 4,663 ( -1.0%)
04/06 #11 - 4,526 ( -2.9%)
05/06 #12 - 4,836 ( +6.8%)
06/06 #13 - 4,752 ( -1.7%)
07/06 #14 - 4,668 ( -1.8%)
08/06 #15 - 4,569 ( -2.1%)
09/06 #16 - 4,687 ( +2.6%)
10/06 #17 - 4,557 ( -2.8%)
11/06 #18 - 4,614 ( +1.3%)
12/06 #19 - 4,533 ( -1.8%)
01/07 #20 - 4,459 ( -1.6%)
02/07 #21 - 4,508 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth ( -1.3%)
1 year ( -4.3%)
And a few more all-ages books to round things off.
Skip months =========== ULTIMATES 02/02 #2 - 107,342 02/03 #9 - 101,490 02/04 — 02/05 #3 - 108,378 ===== 02/06 — 03/06 #10 - 94,900 ( +0.4%) 04/06 — 05/06 — 06/06 #11 - 96,751 ( +2.0%) 07/06 — 08/06 — 09/06 #12 - 99,538 ( +2.9%) 10/06 — 11/06 — 12/06 — 01/07 — 02/07 —
Late, of course.
FANTASTIC FOUR 02/02 #52 - 46,355 02/03 #66 - 48,512 02/04 #510 - 49,129 02/05 #523 - 46,276 ===== 02/06 #534 - 44,573 ( -4.7%) 02/06 #535 - 43,124 ( -3.3%) 03/06 #536 - 79,680 (+84.8%) 04/06 #537 - 79,576 ( -0.1%) 05/06 — 06/06 #538 - 92,624 (+16.4%) 07/06 — 08/06 #539 - 89,676 ( -3.2%) 09/06 —- 10/06 #540 - 88,933 ( -0.8%) 11/06 —- 12/06 #541 - 84,895 ( -4.5%) 01/07 #542 - 84,338 ( -0.7%) 02/07 —
Skip month.
CAPTAIN AMERICA 02/02 — 02/03 #9 - 52,627 02/04 #23 - 39,695 02/05 #3 - 48,104 ===== 02/06 #14 - 44,041 ( -0.2%) 02/06 #15 - 43,350 ( -1.6%) 03/06 #16 - 44,717 ( +3.2%) 04/06 #17 - 45,541 ( +1.8%) 05/06 #18 - 46,740 ( +2.6%) 06/06 #19 - 47,315 ( +1.2%) 07/06 #20 - 47,357 ( +0.1%) 08/06 — 09/06 #21 - 49,050 ( +3.6%) 09/06 #22 - 86,875 (+77.1%) 10/06 #23 - 81,323 ( -6.4%) 11/06 #24 - 82,348 ( +1.3%) 12/06 — 01/07 — 02/07 —
Waiting for CIVIL WAR to finish.
MOON KNIGHT 04/06 #1 - 114,533 05/06 #2 - 77,552 (-32.3%) 06/06 #3 - 72,206 ( -6.9%) 07/06 – 08/06 #4 - 67,802 ( -6.1%) 09/06 #5 - 64,736 ( -4.5%) 10/06 – 11/06 #6 - 74,017 (+14.3%) 12/06 – 01/07 #7 - 76,921 ( +3.9%) 02/07 – ULTIMATE POWER 10/06 #1 of 9 - 113,823 11/06 #2 of 9 - 76,654 (-32.7%) 12/06 #3 of 9 - 70,148 ( -8.5%) 01/07 — 02/07 — ONSLAUGHT REBORN 11/06 #1 of 5 - 82,642 12/06 #2 of 5 - 55,111 (-33.3%) 01/07 — 02/07 — ULTIMATE VISION 11/06 #0 of 5 - 40,004 12/06 #1 of 5 - 53,069 (+32.7%) 01/07 #2 of 5 - 40,288 (-24.1%) 02/07 —
All late.
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER [DBPro] 10/06 #1 of 12 - 53,277 11/06 #2 of 12 - 39,450 (-26.0%) 12/06 #3 of 12 - 36,091 ( -8.5%) 01/07 #4 of 12 - 32,363 (-10.3%) 02/07 —
Late, but continuing to mount up the re-orders. Issue #1 shipped a further 6,753 with a third printing, issue #3 managed 5,481 (thanks in part to a variant), and issue #4 shifted 1,971. These are impressive numbers for a crossover hit, especially when you consider DBPro’s usual level of presence in the direct market.
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT 02/06 Whedon/Lark - 5,947 ( -13.1%) 03/06 Finch/Sacasa - 4,146 ( -30.3%) 04/06 Way/Coipel - 3,309 ( -20.2%) 05/06 — 06/06 Millar/McNiven - 7,668 (+131.7%) 06/06 Gaiman/Larroca - 5,449 ( -28.9%) 07/06 Kirkman/Land - 3,963 ( -27.3%) 08/06 Brubaker/Tan - 3,580 ( -9.7%) 09/06 Lee/Kirby - 6,313 ( +76.3%) 10/06 Onslaught Reborn - 4,557 ( -27.8%) 11/06 Bendis/Bagley - 5,869 ( +28.8%) 12/06 — 01/07 Ghost Rider - 7,902 ( +34.6%) 01/07 Dark Tower - 18,922 (+139.5%) 02/07 —
Delayed by CIVIL WAR. The February issue was meant to be the “aftermath” book, and it came out in March.
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE 02/05 Marvel Knights - 18,182 ===== 02/06 #2 of 12 - 21,828 ( -6.8%) 03/06 #3 of 12 - 21,681 ( -0.7%) 04/06 #4 of 12 - 21,531 ( -0.7%) 05/06 #5 of 12 - 21,331 ( -0.9%) 06/06 #6 of 12 - 20,731 ( -2.8%) 07/06 #7 of 12 - 20,124 ( -2.9%) 08/06 #8 of 12 - 19,926 ( -1.0%) 09/06 #9 of 12 - 18,966 ( -4.8%) 10/06 #10 of 12 - 18,767 ( -1.0%) 11/06 #11 of 12 - 18,285 ( -2.6%) 12/06 #12 of 12 - 21,183 (+15.8%) 01/07 Update #1 - 17,182 (-18.9%) 02/07 —
Skip month, unless you count the 1990s HANDBOOK.
CRIMINAL [Icon] 10/06 #1 - 25,978 11/06 #2 - 21,115 (-18.7%) 12/06 #3 - 17,702 (-16.2%) 01/07 #4 - 16,827 ( -4.9%) 02/07 —
Late, but only because it slipped from the last week of February to the first week of March.
KABUKI [Icon] 02/06 #6 - 11,349 ( -0.6%) 03/06 — 04/06 — 05/06 — 06/06 — 07/06 — 08/06 #7 - 10,798 ( -4.9%) 09/06 — 10/06 — 11/06 — 12/06 — 01/07 #8 - 9,961 ( -7.8%) 02/07 —
Late. Issue #9 is currently scheduled for May.
MAGICIAN: APPRENTICE [DBPro] 10/06 #1-2 of 12 - 1,892 11/06 #3 of 12 - 4,595 (+142.9%) 12/06 #4 of 12 - 7,266 ( +58.1%) 01/07 #5 of 12 - 7,206 ( -0.8%) 02/07 — JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS [Icon] 07/06 #1 - 13,514 08/06 #2 - 9,301 (-31.2%) 09/06 — 10/06 #3 - 7,716 (-17.0%) 11/06 — 12/06 — 01/07 #4 - 6,010 (-22.1%) 02/07 — RED PROPHET: TALES OF ALVIN MAKER [DBPro] 10/06 #1-2 of 12 - 1,617 11/06 #3 of 12 - < 3,170 ( ?.?%) 12/06 #4 of 12 - 5,034 ( +?.?%) 01/07 #5 of 12 - 4,480 (-11.0%) 02/07 --- PTOLUS: CITY BY THE SPIRE [DBPro] 10/06 #1 of 6 - 1,873 11/05 #2 of 6 - < 3,170 ( ?.?%) 12/06 #3 of 6 - 5,796 ( +?.?%) 01/07 #4 of 6 - 4,379 (-24.4%) 02/07 ---
All late, and slipping to March.
6 month comparisons =================== +99.1% - Black Panther +62.7% - Iron Man +16.3% - Amazing Spider-Man + 7.4% - Marvel Adventures Spider-Man + 7.2% - Sensational Spider-Man + 3.5% - Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man + 2.2% - Thunderbolts - 0.7% - Runaways - 1.3% - Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four - 1.8% - Astonishing X-Men - 2.1% - She-Hulk - 3.7% - Punisher - 3.8% - Ultimate Spider-Man - 4.5% - Incredible Hulk - 5.3% - Powers - 6.7% - Exiles - 7.0% - Uncanny X-Men - 7.5% - Daredevil - 7.8% - New X-Men - 7.9% - Civil War - 8.3% - Ultimate X-Men - 8.9% - Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane - 9.3% - X-Men -11.0% - Nextwave -12.2% - Wolverine -14.3% - X-Factor -16.1% - New Avengers -16.7% - New Excalibur -18.1% - Marvel Adventures Avengers -20.0% - Civil War: Front Line -20.7% - Eternals -21.1% - Ghost Rider -34.5% - Wolverine: Origins -35.5% - Ultimate Fantastic Four -55.0% - Ms Marvel -55.5% - Cable & Deadpool -70.9% - Heroes for Hire 1 year comparison ================= +165.0% - Thunderbolts +116.8% - Black Panther + 50.1% - Iron Man + 29.1% - Wolverine + 27.5% - Amazing Spider-Girl + 16.0% - Cable & Deadpool + 9.7% - Marvel Adventures Spider-Man + 8.0% - Amazing Spider-Man + 5.1% - New Avengers + 5.0% - Uncanny X-Men + 4.1% - Ultimate Spider-Man + 3.7% - Runaways + 2.9% - She-Hulk + 0.6% - Sensational Spider-Man - 2.1% - Marvel Legacy Handbooks - 3.7% - X-Men - 3.9% - Punisher - 3.9% - Exiles - 4.3% - Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four - 10.4% - New X-Men - 11.5% - Ultimate X-Men - 11.8% - Daredevil - 11.9% - Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - 12.0% - Powers - 12.7% - Ghost Rider - 13.0% - Incredible Hulk - 19.2% - Astonishing X-Men - 20.0% - Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane - 20.8% - X-Factor - 23.3% - Ultimate Fantastic Four - 27.9% - Nextwave - 33.3% - New Excalibur 2 year comparisons ================== +113.7% - Thunderbolts + 81.9% - Amazing Spider-Man + 20.5% - She-Hulk + 18.3% - Wolverine + 11.9% - Black Panther + 5.0% - Spider-Girl + 4.9% - Cable & Deadpool + 4.4% - Incredible Hulk + 0.6% - New X-Men - 1.7% - Sensational Spider-Man - 1.9% - Exiles - 4.0% - Daredevil - 6.6% - Uncanny X-Men - 10.0% - X-Men - 10.7% - Astonishing X-Men - 12.4% - New Avengers - 14.2% - Ultimate Spider-Man - 14.9% - Punisher - 17.1% - Runaways - 22.3% - X-23 - 23.1% - Ultimate X-Men - 23.1% - Powers - 31.5% - Doctor Strange - 54.7% - X-Men: Phoenix 3 year comparisons ================== +122.0% - New Avengers +103.9% - Iron Man + 70.1% - Amazing Spider-Man + 39.5% - Wolverine + 26.2% - Runaways - 1.2% - New X-Men - 3.8% - Uncanny X-Men - 8.3% - Spider-Girl - 14.4% - Daredevil - 14.6% - Exiles - 19.6% - Ultimate Spider-Man - 19.8% - Incredible Hulk - 29.0% - Punisher - 33.5% - X-Men - 33.9% - Ultimate X-Men - 52.5% - Ultimate Fantastic Four
