by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to yet another Marvel Sales Analysis. Reminder: I’m French, so that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my let’s-scare-Courtney-Love-with-our-mean-taxi-drivers country.

A few reminders: these sales numbers are estimates of sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold around the world in their original floppy editions, but these sales are not taken into account. In addition, keep in mind that just because a shop buys a copy of a comic does not mean a customer ever purchases it from the shop. Finally, digital sales are not taken into account in this analysis.

Secret Wars is here. Some Marvel titles are ending quietly while others are shifting their narratives and settings to suit the crossover event. New titles are appearing, and for each we are faced with a mystery: is this title an ongoing or a mini? All the fuss over the All-New All-Different Marvel preview catalog is a clue: readers and retailers are being kept in the dark as to the details of Marvel’s new line of titles.

However, one thing seems sure: following the conclusion of Secret Wars, all titles will be renumbered at #1—even titles that didn’t reach double-digit issue numbers. This includes books like Hawkeye, Howard the Duck and the armada of female spider characters.

As expected, the “Last Days” banner is attracting a bunch of buyers to titles which were on the brink of cancellation. Of course, this will not change a thing in the end—these readers will leave as quickly as they came.

It’s difficult to compare the sales numbers of Battleworld spin-offs like Civil War and Siege to those of their original incarnations because in some cases, too many years have passed between the two series to make an accurate comparison without adjusting numbers for the shifting size of comics readership. In other situations, a twist inflicted on the title is too strong for readers to make a clear connection between the series despite them sharing a name.

This being the case, what’s left? Unsurprisingly, the Star Wars franchise books are still doing well, with comic shops reordering half of the issues Marvel has already produced under the intergalactic franchise’s banner. Is there even one shop in the US without copies of Marvel’s Star Wars titles on their racks? It seems not, as reorder activity is strong even for titles in their third printing! Money, money, money!

DEADPOOL TPB. VOL.8

176p, $25

Cents per page: 14.2

Sales since May 2015: 4,113

Average +TPB sales #41-45: +10.3%

Average +TPB sales #35-40: +11.7%

DEADPOOL TPB VOL.7 : 5,448 [+445]

Another new Deadpool collection, another huge success. Vol.8 sold at almost the same level as vol.7 did in its first month. Each of the previous contemporary Deadpool volumes as well as a few others are in Diamond’s TOP 300, leaving the merc with a mouth with a total of 16 books in the charts. This title is indisputably Marvel’s sales leader.

1-2- SECRET WARS #1 and #2 LTD ($5)

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #1 – 527,678

05/15 Secret Wars Ltd #2 – 210,807 (-60.1%)

These numbers are really good, especially given the series’ 5$ price tag. We’ll probably see a $6 price tag on next year’s big event.

3- STAR WARS

01/15 Stars Wars #1 – 1,045,476 [+13,619]

02/15 Stars Wars #2 – 206,492 (-80.2%) [+6,705]

03/15 Star Wars #3 – 169,648 (-17.8%) [+8,422]

04/15 Star Wars #4 – 203,817 (+20.1%)

05/15 Star Wars #5 – 146,850 (-27.9%)

Since issue #2: -28.9%

The numbers are falling, but with such an intense reorder activity month after month, it seems like the series as nothing to worry about.

4- DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS LTD ($5)

05/15 Deadpool SSW Ltd 1- 131,839

Since issue #2: +2.0%

Screw the other Battleworld titles! Way ahead of all the others, this mini reveals that Deadpool was a part of the first Secret Wars, and you didn’t even know it! Despite its $5 tag price, it crushed the competition. Deadpool is really one of the most popular characters in the Marvel catalog.

5- A-FORCE

05/15 A-Force- 114,528

This all-female Avengers team (it uses the Force brand-title usually associated with the X-Men— another theft following the mass usage of the “Uncanny” name) is trying to ride the wave of successful female-leading titles appearing here and there. Attracting buyers with a #1 was expected after all the internet fuss about this new team, but we’ll soon see if readers are ready for a change or if buyers were only speculating.

6- OLD MAN LOGAN LTD ($5)

05/15 Old Man Logan Ltd 1 – 114,184

Look who’s back! Seriously, how often can you extort readers with the stories about Wolverine’s origin or final fate? Marvel has proven it can fool 100,000 people once and could probably fool one person 100,000 times, but I didn’t think they’d be able to fool 100,000 people 100,000 times. I guess I’m wrong (plus you can make them pay $5 for the privilege)!

7-DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1- 289,591 [+13,505]

02/15 Darth Vader #2 – 119,693 (-58.7%) [+11,092]

03/15 Darth Vader #3 – 119,454 (- 0.2%)

04/15 Darth Vader #4 – 130,773 (+ 9.5%) [+7,379]

05/15 Darth Vader #5 – 113,025 (-13.6%)

Since issue #2: -5.6%

This title is safely above the 100k barrier and reorder activity is still working like crazy! Following the pattern drawn, issue #5 should climb to 130k with reorder activity in the next months.

8- INFINITY GAUNTLET LTD

05/15 Infinity Gauntlet Ltd 1 – 95,131

Oh, look, a new version of the Infinity Gauntlet event focusing on the Nova family. Thanos and 90’s nostalgia are the key words here. Very good numbers, for sure.

9- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

04/14 Amazing v3 #1 – 532,586 ( 293.1%)[23,871]

05/14 Amazing v3 #2 – 123,945 ( -76.7%)

06/14 Amazing v3 #3 – 109,029 ( -12.0%)

07/14 Amazing v3 #4 – 117,917 ( 8.2%)O.Sin

08/14 Amazing v3 #5 – 101,655 ( -13.8%)O.Sin

09/14 Amazing v3 #6 – 93,564 ( -8.0%)

10/14 Amazing v3 #7 – 116,051 ( 24.0%)

10/14 Amazing v3 #8 – 99,549 ( -14.2%)

11/14 Amazing v3 #9 – 135,280

11/14 Amazing v3 #10 – 100,899

12/14 Amazing v3 #11 – 104,739 ( +3.8%)

01/15 Amazing v3 #12 – 105,458 ( +0.6%)

01/15 Amazing v3 #13 – 103,093 ( -2.2%)

02/15 Amazing v3 #14 – 106,778 ( +3.6%)

02/15 Amazing v3 #15 – 99,660 ( -6.7%)

03/15 Amazing v3 #16 – 92,289 ( -7.4%)

03/15 Amazing v3 #16.1- 73,170 (-20.7%)

04/15 Amazing v3 #17 – 99.964 ( +8.3%)

04/15 Amazing v3 #17.1- 68.907 (- 5.8%)

05/15 Amazing v3 #18 – 88,338 (-11.6%)

Since issue #2: -19.3%

The promise of a huge change in Peter Parker professional life delivered the lowest sales so far for this volume. Still impressive, though. Issue 18.1 was late.

10- 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%)

Since issue #2: -19.1%

Scheduled to be re-launched! Will we see again the same craziness over its new #1 sales this fall? Nothing surprises me anymore…

11- THOR

12/12 Thor v5 #1 – 110,443

…

02/14 Thor #19.Now– 42.034 ( 10.1%)

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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%)

Since issue #2: -3.3%

Average +% TPB SALES #1-5: +5.6%

The good old « who is it? » mystery worked like a charm. I would never have guessed that Ka-Zar could wear such long blond hair!

THOR HC VOL.1

136p, $25, cents per page: 18.3

Since May 2015: 3,874

The first collection of « female Thor » is out and it’s doing wonders with a first month sales level close to the Deadpool collections.

12- ANT-MAN

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370

02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)

03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 (- 7.6%)

04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)

05/15 Ant-Man #5 – 83,095 (+162.7%)

Since issue #2: +106.8%

There is probably a special retailer deal behind this explosion in sales because, even taking the movie release into account, you can’t expect to lure so many people into reading the floppy final part of an arc!

13- SPIDER-VERSE ($5)

05/15 Spider-Verse #1 – 76,536

I expected this one, featuring many spider-brand characters, to do better. Anyway, fear not, it’s scheduled to be renumbered and rebranded as Web Warriors once Secret Wars is over. We don’t know yet if it will still be $5…the All New All Different Marvel Previews don’t want you to care about price tags, so there are none.

14- ULTIMATE END LTD

05/15 Ultimate End Ltd #1 – 75,525

It’s surprising to see so many readers attracted to this Battleworld title since the difference between this issue’s sales and the sales of the final Ultimate line one are quite noticeable. Way less than 30,000 were interested by it before.

15- PLANET HULK ($5)

05/15 Planet Hulk #1 – 72,868

That’s quite an impressive number of buyers for a return to an event which is less than 10 years old and is expensive!

16- SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD LTD

05/15 SW Battleworld Ltd #1 – 67,485

A secondary Secret Wars Battleworld mini, focused on…fights! The fact that it’s selling way more than Secret Wars Journal makes you wonder why bother trying to write something elaborate when you can attract way more people with the promise of a purposeless fight!

17- KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN LTD

04/15 Kanan TLP #1 – 113.158 [+4,991]

05/15 Kanan TLP #2 – 64,960 (-42.6%)

It seems that people are WAY less interested in characters who are not from the original movie saga. Still, there is some reorder activity on #1.

18- INHUMAN ATTILAN RISING LTD

05/15 Inhuman Attilan Rising Ltd #1 – 56,963

Attracting readers to this « mini-event » worked quite well, despite the fact that, with a title like « Attilan Rising », customers could have been cast away believing that Attilan would change location once again!

19- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

04/13 Guardians v3 #2 – 88,184

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01/14 Guardian #11.NOW – 61,111 ( 14.7%)

02/14 Guardians v3 #12 – 55,454 ( -9.3%)

03/14 Guardians v3 #13 – 56,764 ( 2.4%)

04/14 Guardians v3 #14 – 53,976 ( -4.9%)

05/14 Guardians v3 #15 – 54,332 ( 0.7%)

06/14 Guardians v3 #16 – 54,827 ( 0.9%)

07/14 Guardians v3 #17 – 62,986 ( 14.9%)

08/14 Guardians v3 #18 – 60,657 ( -3.7%) O.Sin

09/14 Guardians v3 #19 – 55,891 ( -7.9%) O.Sin

10/14 Guardians v3 #20 – 61,072 ( 9.3%)

11/14 Guardians v3 #21 – 62,387 ( 2.2%)

12/14 Guardians v3 #22 – 52,470 ( -15.9%)

01/15 Guardians v3 #23 – 51,466 ( -1.9%)

02/15 Guardians v3 #24 – 60,046 (+16.7%) B.Vortex

03/15 Guardians v3 #25 – 61,798 (+ 2.9%) B.Vortex

04/15 Guardians v3 #26 – 54,124 (-12.4%)

05/15 Guardians v3 #27 – 49,308 (- 8.9%)

Since issue #2: -44.1%

Average +% TPB SALES #18-23: +3.6%

GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241

The series fell behind the 50k line for the first time. It is, however, re-launching with the same creative team post-Secret Wars.

20- INFERNO LTD

05/15 Inferno Ltd #1 – 46,801

I expected this retelling of the Inferno crossover with a twist to do better. But perhaps that’s because I’m old (more than 40). It seems that the current audience is more attracted by the 90’s nostalgia. Yikes, that’s a frightening thought…

21- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14 Uncanny Avengers #18.NOW – 63,516 ( 19.4%)

…

10/14 Uncanny Avengers #25 – 53,263 ( 7.7%)

10/14 Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966 (180.9%)

…

12/14 Aven & X-Men Axis #9 – 69,518 ( 0.1%)

01/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849

02/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)

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04/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50,595 (-1.4%)

05/15 Uncanny Avengers v2 #4 – 46,682 (-7.7%)

Since issue #2: -9.1%

This one will be re-launched ONCE MORE after Secret Wars without Rick Remender, who’s leaving work-for-hire to focus on his creator owned projects. Don’t expect this 3rd re-launch to do better.

22- SECRET WARS 2099 LTD

05/15 Secret Wars 20999 Ltd #1 – 46,228

The final fate of the 2099 universe. Not as popular as the Ultimate one, but this universe has only made a small come back with Spider-Man less than a year ago. Seeing that this mini is selling way more than Spider-Man 2099 did, it can be called a moderate success.

23- UNCANNY X-MEN

02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #2 – 94,615

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03/14 U X-Men #19.NOW – 64,514 ( 17.5%)

04/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #20 – 55,359 (-14.2%)

05/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #21 – 54,747 ( -1.1%)

06/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #22 – 52,731 ( -3.7%)

07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #23 – 55,738 ( 5.7%)

07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #24 – 53,677 ( 5.7%)O.Sin

08/14 —

09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #25 – 58,062 ( 8.2%)

09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #26 – 51,862 (-10.7%)

10/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #27 – 57,908 ( 11.7%)

11/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #28 – 55,939 ( -3.4%)

12/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #29 – 53,502 ( -4.4%)

01/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #30 – 48,824 (-8.7%)

02/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #31 – 46,993 (-3.8%)

03/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #32 – 49,639 (+5.6%)

04/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #33 – 49,278 (-0.7%)

05/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #34 – 45,267 (-8.1%)

Since issue #2: -52.2%

Average +% TPB sales #26-31: +2.7%

UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 5HC: 1,380

Scheduled to re-launch after Secret Wars with a new creative team in a quite reduced line of X-men titles.

24- SECRET WARS JOURNAL LTD

05/15 Secret Wars Journal Ltd #1 – 44,606

Despite being advertised as the most continuity-important title of the Battleworld brand, this anthology is selling rather poorly, especially since it’s losing more than 30% of its readers each month!

41- SILK

02/15 Silk #1 – 86,263

03/15 Silk #2 – 69,369 (-19.6%)

04/15 Silk #3 – 58.755 (-15.3%)

05/15 Silk #4 – 44,316 (-24.6%)

Since issue #2: -36.1%

OMG! Silk is dating a character known for making barbecues and nobody told me? Worse, sales are falling like a stone? Let’s….make a re-launch (I’m not kidding)!

44- ULTRON FOREVER LTD ($5)

04/15 Avengers Ultron Forever 1 of 3- 60,351

04/15 New Avengers ultron Forever 2 of 3 – 42,349 (-39.8%)

05/15 Uncanny Avengers Ultron Forever 3 of 3 – 40,619 (- 4.1%)

Final part of this Alan Davis mini, weirdly decomposed into three #1 issues. It sold well.

50- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15 All New Hawkeye #1 – 66,608

04/15 All New Hawkeye #2 – 42,730 (-35.8%)

05/15 All New Hawkeye #3 – 38,087 (-10.9%)

Since issue#2: -10.9%

Scheduled for a re-launch, we will be at volume 3 when the final issue of volume 1 will still not be out. Cry or laugh, I don’t know anymore.

56- HOWARD THE DUCK

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929

04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43.572 (-49.3%)

05/15 Howard the Duck #3 – 35,391 (-18.2%)

Since issue#2: -18.2%

Scheduled to be re-launched post Secret Wars with no change. I guess we will never have the time to discover its sales pattern.

58- RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL Ltd

02/15 Return of Living Deadpool #1 of 4 – 41,911

03/15 Return of Living Deadpool #2 of 4 – 35,400 (-15.5%)

04/15 Return of Living Deadpool #3 of 4 – 34,220 (- 3.3%)

05/15 Return of Living Deadpool #4 of 4 – 33,945 (- 0.8%)

HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL TPB: 6,413 [+746]

DEADPOOL ART OF WAR TPB: 4,917

Now you see why there will always be at least a limited Deadpool series next to its ongoing title. Meanwhile, as usual, almost all the back catalog of Deadpool continues to sell month after month. Hawkeye VS Deadpool is now breaking the 6K barrier!

62- AVENGERS VS LTD ($6)

05/15 Avengers Vs Ltd #1 – 32,662

This compilation of 4 short stories probably comes from Marvel digital, but for some reason, Marvel doesn’t want us to truly know where it comes from. In such conditions, selling more than 30k is quite good and encourages them to continue to this practice.

64- MS. MARVEL

02/14 Ms. Marvel #1 – 50,286 ( — )

03/14 Ms. Marvel #2 – 38,357 (-23.7%)

04/14 Ms. Marvel #3 – 37,140 ( -3.2%)

05/14 Ms. Marvel #4 – 34,839 ( -6.2%)

06/14 Ms. Marvel #5 – 33,795 ( -3.0%)

07/14 Ms. Marvel #6 – 36,041 ( 6.6%)

08/14 Ms. Marvel #7 – 32,866 ( -8.8%)

09/14 Ms. Marvel #8 – 32,182 ( -2.1%)

10/14 Ms. Marvel #9 – 32,915 ( 2.3%)

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12/14 Ms. Marvel #10 – 30,282 ( -8.0%)

—

02/15 Ms. Marvel #11 – 29,851 ( -1.4%)

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

Since issue #2: -16.4%

Average +% TPB sales #6-11: +25.7%

MS MARVEL VOL.2 GENERATION WHY TPB: 9,250 [+1,886]

Finally, no Last Days banner, this title is scheduled for a re-launch (the only that makes real sense among all those useless ones). It’s only $3, hurrah! Meanwhile, the second TPB continue to climb for the third month in a row, almost reaching the out-of-this-world 10k mark!

70- ROCKET RACCOON

07/14 Rocket Raccoon #1 – 293,913 ( — )

08/14 Rocket Raccoon #2 – 56,597 (-80.7%)

09/14 Rocket Raccoon #3 – 52,288 ( -7.6%)

10/14 Rocket Raccoon #4 – 57,830 ( 10.6%)

11/14 Rocket Raccoon #5 – 52,979 ( -8.4%)

12/14 Rocket Raccoon #6 – 41,154 (-22.3%)

01/15 Rocket Raccoon #7 – 39,342 ( -4.4%)

02/15 Rocket Raccoon #8 – 38,769 ( -1.5%)

03/15 Rocket Raccoon #9 – 37,549 ( -3.1%)

04/15 Rocket Raccoon#10 – 35,311 ( -6.0%)

05/15 Rocket Raccoon#11 – 30,983 (-12.3%)

Since issue #2: -45.3%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-6: +5.3%

ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC: 3,016

Will it come back past Secret Wars? The sales pattern is not good, but it still has a lot of rope to cling to.

71- HULK ($5)

12/12 Incred Hulk v5 #2 – 63,653

…

03/14 Indestructible #20 – 30,042 ( -3.7%)

04/14 Hulk v3 #1 – 73,551

04/14 Hulk v3 #2 – 40,590 (-44.8%)

05/14 Hulk v3 #3 – 37,639 ( -7.3%)

06/14 Hulk v3 #4 – 35,377 ( -6.0%)

08/14 Hulk v3 #5 – 34,903 ( -1.3%)

09/14 Hulk v3 #6 – 33,032 ( -5.4%)

10/14 Hulk v3 #7 – 35,084 ( 6.2%)

11/14 Hulk v3 #8 – 34,483 ( -1.7%)

12/14 Hulk v3 #9 – 27,697 (-19.7%)

01/15 Hulk v3 #10 – 27,553 ( -0.5%)

02/15 Hulk v3 #11 – 27,317 ( -0.9%)

03/15 Hulk v3 #12 – 25,568 ( -6.4%)

03/15 Hulk v3 #13 – 26,890 ( +5.2%)

04/15 Hulk v3 #14 – 28,494 (+6.0%)

04/15 Hulk v3 #15 – 26,118 (-8.3%)

05/15 Hulk v3 #16 – 30,730 (+17.7%)

Since issue #2: -24.3%

Average +% TPB sales #5-10: +4.0%

HULK TPB VOL.2 OMEGA HULK: 1,412

That’s the final issue of this volume of Hulk, it will change during Secret Wars and then will be re-launched after with a new creative team. It seems that this issue is packed with revelations and resolutions of Gerry Dugan’s subplots, hence the nice bump despite the $5 price tag.

75- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14 Spider-Woman #1 – 93,723 (Spider-Verse)

12/14 Spider-Woman #2 – 44,618 ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)

01/15 Spider-Woman #3 – 38,484 (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)

02/15 Spider-Woman #4 – 36,058 (- 6.3%)

03/15 Spider-Woman #5 – 40,068 (+11.1%)

04/15 Spider-Woman #6 – 32,041 (-20.0%)

05/15 Spider-Woman #7 – 29,567 (- 7.3%)

Since issue #2: -33.7%

Of course, it’s scheduled for a re-launch…but with a twist. Let’s just say that Jessica will be fatter.

77- ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL ($5)

03/15 Amazing Spider-Man Special Ltd 1 of 3 – 51,632

04/15 Inhuman Special Ltd 2 of 3 – 27,234 (-47.3%)

05/15 Captain America special Ltd 3 of 3 – 29,221 (+ 7.3%)

2k readers found their way back to this confusingly numbered mini-series (each issue is a special#1), and gave their $5 to Marvel

81- DAREDEVIL

02/14 Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494 ( -1.8%)

03/14 Daredevil v4 #1 – 76,006 (141.3%)

04/14 Daredevil #1.50 – 48,462 (-36.2%)

04/14 Daredevil v4 #2 – 42,811 (-11.7%)

05/14 Daredevil v4 #3 – 39,316 (-8.2%)

06/14 Daredevil v4 #4 – 37,902 (-3.6%)

07/14 Daredevil v4 #5 – 36,825 (-2.8%)

07/14 Daredevil v4 #6 – 37,959 ( 3.1%)

07/14 Daredevil #0.1 – 33,437

08/14 Daredevil v4 #7 – 36,785 (-3.1%)

09/14 Daredevil v4 #8 – 37,739 ( 2.6%)

10/14 Daredevil v4 #9 – 33,996 (-9.9%)

11/14 Daredevil v4 #10 – 32,438 (-4.6%)

12/14 Daredevil v4 #11 – 31,382 (-3.3%)

01/15 Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989 (+1.9%)

02/15 Daredevil v4 #13 – 31,483 (-1.6%)

03/15 Daredevil v4 #14 – 29,575 (-6.1%)

04/15 Daredevil v4 #15 – 32,541 (+10.0%)

05/15 Daredevil v4#15.1- 28,919 (-11,1%)

Since issue #2: -24.0%

Average +% TPB Sales #6-10: +5.5%

DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB: 2,098

Mark Waid’s run is quietly reaching its final months. Of course, Daredevil is re-launching post Secret Wars, with a new creative team…and a sidekick!

82- SPIDER-MAN 2099

07/14 Spider-Man 2099 #1 – 90,690 ( — )

08/14 Spider-Man 2099 #2 – 47,512 (-47.6%)

09/14 Spider-Man 2099 #3 – 43,418 ( -8.6%)

10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #4 – 40,755 ( -6.1%)

10/14 Spider-Man 2099 #5 – 40,880 ( 0.3%)

11/14 Spider-Man 2099 #6 – 38,634 ( -5.5%)

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01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 – 38,455 (-0.5%)

01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 – 37,484 (-2.5%)

02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 – 34,374 (-8.3%)

03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 – 33,528 (-2.5%)

04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 – 31,665 (-5.6%)

05/15 Spider-Man 2099 #12 – 28,916 (-8.7%)

Since issue #2: -39.1%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.4%

SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL.1 TPB: 2,556

You know the song: scheduled for a re-launch post Secret Wars. The sales pattern is not very good.

87- MAGNETO

03/14 Magneto #1 – 55,337

04/14 Magneto #2 – 35,772 (-35.4%)

05/14 Magneto #3 – 35,504 ( -0.7%)

05/14 Magneto #4 – 33,070 ( -6.9%)

06/14 Magneto #5 – 32,837 ( -0.7%)

07/14 Magneto #6 – 32,675 ( -0.5%)

07/14 Magneto #7 – 31,001 ( -5.1%)

08/14 Magneto #8 – 29,727 ( -4.1%)

09/14 Magneto #9 – 31,563 ( 6.2%)(Axis)

09/14 Magneto #10– 30,769 ( -2.5%)(Axis)

10/14 Magneto #11– 31,642 ( 2.8%)(Axis)

11/14 Magneto #12– 30,107 ( -4.9%)(Axis)

12/14 Magneto #13– 27,418 ( -8.9%)

01/15 Magneto #14- 26,306 (- 4.1%)

02/15 Magneto #15- 24,052 (- 8.6%)

03/15 Magneto #16- 22,888 (- 4.8%)

04/15 Magneto #17- 22,072 (- 3.6%)

05/15 Magneto #18- 27,788 (+25.9%)

Since issue #2: -22.3%

The « Last days of » banner magnetizes a bunch of new readers for the final issues.

92- WHERE MONSTERS DWELL LTD

05/15 Where Monsters Dwell Ltd #1 – 26,574

It could have been worse! It’s selling more than Master of Kung-Fu and is above the 20k barrier, which is quite a miracle for a classic monsters series.

93- INHUMAN ANNUAL ($5)

05/15 Inhuman Annual #1 – 26,411

This annual takes the place of #15 of the ongoing series and is selling the number of copies it should have, confirming a slow but steady rise, a good sign, especially with a $5 price tag.

95- LEGENDARY STAR LORD

07/14 Star Lord #1 – 78,501

08/14 Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)

09/14 Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)

10/14 Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)

11/14 Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)

12/14 Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)

01/15 Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)

01/15 Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)

02/15 Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%) B. Vortex

03/15 Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%) B. Vortex

04/15 Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%) B. Vortex

05/15 Star Lord#12 – 25,580 (-38.1%)

Since issue #2: -31.1%

After its Secret Wars interlude as a romance book, will be re-launched as simply Star-Lord, with Dave Johnson as the new penciller. There doesn’t seem to be a huge enthusiasm for an ongoing Star-Lord series and I really doubt that a re-launch will change that.

97- GUARDIANS TEAM-UP

03/15 Guardians Team-up #1 – 155,388

03/15 Guardians Team-up #2 – 38,390 (-75.3%)

03/15 Guardians Team-up #3 – 40,637 (+ 5.9%) B. Vortex

04/15 Guardians Team-up #4 – 28,877 (-28.9%)

05/15 Guardians Team-Up #5 – 25,093 (-13.1%)

Since issue #2: -34.6%

Will not come back post Secret Wars. The sales pattern looked atrocious.

102- MODOK ASSASSIN LTD

05/15 Modok Assassin Ltd #1 – 26,574

This funny take on MODOK was never expected to sell more. In a crowd of serious titles about fights, destruction and angst, this one is a very enjoyable oasis.

104- 105- 106- WOLVERINES

01/15 Wolverines #1 – 73,650

01/15 Wolverines #2 – 43,573 (-41.8%)

01/15 Wolverines #3 – 42,051 (- 3.5%)

01/15 Wolverines #4 – 39,790 (- 5.4%)

02/15 Wolverines #5 – 32,953 (-17.2%)

02/15 Wolverines #6 – 31,710 (-3.8%)

02/15 Wolverines #7 – 30,617 (-3.4%)

02/15 Wolverines #8 – 29,923 (-2.3%)

03/15 Wolverines #9 – 28,004 (-6.4%)

03/15 Wolverines #10– 27,590 (-1.5%)

03/15 Wolverines #11– 27,148 (-1.6%)

03/15 Wolverines #12– 26,755 (-1.4%)

04/15 Wolverines #13- 25,790 (-3.6%)

04/15 Wolverines #14- 25,434 (-1.4%)

04/15 Wolverines #15- 25,173 (-1.0%)

04/15 Wolverines #16- 25,239 (+0.3%)

05/15 Wolverines #17- 24,333 (-3.6%)

05/15 Wolverines #18- 24,037 (-1.2%)

05/15 Wolverines #19- 23,999 (-0.2%)

Since issue #2: -44.9%

Average +% TPB sales #1-5 : +5.0%

Average +% TPB sales #6-10: +5.0%

WOLVERINES TPV VOL. 1: 2,175

One issue left to go. It began way too high but did ok once the first month excitement was over. Planning a weekly series on more than 20 issues at Marvel seems like a risky move (except one starring Spider-Man or Deadpool).

WOLVERINES VOL. 2 TPB

112p, $16, cents per page: 14.3

Since May 2015: 1,570

The second collection is out and sales take a hit, falling to mediocre levels but maintaining the +% of people buying the paperback compared to the floppy edition.

107- CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE MIGHTY AVENGERS

09/14 Mighty Avengers v2 #14 – 21,516 ( -4.3%)

10/14 —

11/14 Cap & M. Avengers #1 – 60,206 (179.8%)

11/14 Cap & M. Avengers #2 – 34,428 (-42.8%)

12/14 Cap & M. Avengers #3 – 28,744 (-16.5%)

01/15 Cap & M. Avengers #4 – 25,352 (-11.8%)

02/15 Cap & M. Avengers #5 – 22,246 (-12.3%)

03/15 Cap & M. Avengers #6 – 20,235 (- 9.0%)

04/15 Cap Amer &M. Avengers #7 – 18,362 (- 9.3%)

05/15 Cap Amer &M. Avengers #8 – 23,996 (+30.7%)

Since issue #2: -30.3%

Call upon the « Last days of » banner and suddenly everything is fine.

109- MASTER OF KUNG-FU LTD

05/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #1 – 23,407

Despite the support of a « Battleworld » banner, those numbers are quite low. Marvel has been trying hard to make Shang-Shi a viable character again (with a Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu mini released last year) but it just doesn’t click with buyers.

110- SHIELD

12/14 SHIELD #1 – 94,503

01/15 SHIELD #2 – 33,965 (-64.1%)

02/15 SHIELD #3 – 29,790 (-12.3%)

—

04/15 SHIELD #4 – 26,930 (-9.6%)

04/15 SHIELD #5 – 26,614 (-1.2%)

05/15 SHILED #6 – 23,152(-13.0%)

Since issue #2: -31.8%

Scheduled to be re-launched post Secret Wars with a new creative team and a new name, Agents of SHIELD. French artist extraordinaire Paul Renaud is pencilling the final issues.

113- ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN

12/14 Angela #1 – 61,398

01/15 Angela #2 – 36,992 (-39.8%)

02/15 Angela #3 – 31,096 (-15.9%)

03/15 Angela #4 – 25,529 (-17.9%)

04/15 Angela #5 – 23,551 (- 7.7%)

05/15 Angela #6 – 22,272

Since issue #2: -5.4%

Scheduled for a re-launch post Secret Wars as Angela: Asgard’s local baker. Only one bit of information is false in this sentence.

114- LOKI, AGENT OF ASGARD

02/14 Loki #1 – 41,921 ( — )

03/14 Loki #2 – 27,968 ( -33.3%)

04/14 Loki #3 – 27,472 ( -1.8%)

05/14 Loki #4 – 26,012 ( -7.0%)

06/14 Loki #5 – 24,794 ( -4.7%)

09/14 Loki #6 – 25,131 ( 1.4%)(Axis)

10/14 Loki #7 – 25,430 ( 1.2%)(Axis)

11/14 Loki #8 – 23,333 ( -8.2%)(Axis)

12/14 Loki #9 – 21,697 ( -7.0%)(Axis)

01/15 Loki #10- 19,856 ( – 8.5%)

02/15 Loki #11- 18,623 ( – 6.2%)

03/15 Loki #12- 17,940 ( -3.7%)

04/15 Loki #13- 17,212 ( -4.0%)

05/15 Loki #14- 21,904 ( +27.3%)

—

Since issue #2: -21.7%

Average +% TPB sales #6-11: +8.3%

LOKI TPB VOL. 02: 2,092

The power of the « Last Days of » banner? Rewinding time as it was like 5 months ago.

115- MOON KNIGHT

12/11 Moon Knight v4 #8 – 24,626

—

03/14 Moon Knight v5 #1 – 58,022 ( — )

04/14 Moon Knight v5 #2 – 40,885 (-29.5%)

05/14 Moon Knight v5 #3 – 42,607 ( 4.2%)

06/14 Moon Knight v5 #4 – 40,348 ( -5.3%)

07/14 Moon Knight v5 #5 – 38,630 ( -4.3%)

08/14 Moon Knight v5 #6 – 37,646 ( -2.5%)

09/14 Moon Knight v5 #7 – 35,630 ( -5.4%)

10/14 Moon Knight v5 #8 – 32,434 ( -9.0%)

11/14 Moon Knight v5 #9 – 28,739 (-11.4%)

12/14 Moon Knight v5 #10 – 26,633 ( -7.3%)

01/15 Moon Knight v5 #11 – 24,464 ( -8.1%)

02/15 Moon Knight v5 #12 – 23,486 ( -4.0%)

03/15 Moon Knight v5 #13 – 22,871 ( -2.6%)

04/15 Moon Knight v5 #14 – 22,303 ( -2.5%)

05/15 Moon Knight v5 #15 – 21,794 ( -2.3%)

Since issue #2: -46.7%

Average +% TPB sales: +7.3%

MOON KNIGHT TPB VOL. 02: 2,593

Moon Knight will not reappear after Secret Wars. This volume had a strong visual appeal but has changed writers too many times make a strong impression in the character’s history.

116- BLACK WIDOW

01/14 Black Widow #1 – 53,879

01/14 Black Widow #2 – 31,260 ( -42.0%)

02/14 Black Widow #3 – 28,127 ( -10.0%)

03/14 Black Widow #4 – 27,378 ( -2.7%)

04/14 Black Widow #5 – 27,055 ( -1.2%)

05/14 Black Widow #6 – 26,136 ( -3.4%)

06/14 Black Widow #7 – 25,423 ( -2.7%)

07/14 Black Widow #8 – 24,555 ( -3.4%)

08/14 Black Widow #9 – 24,885 ( 1.3%)

09/14 Black Widow #10 – 23,687 ( -4.8%)

10/14 Black Widow #11 – 23,922 ( 1.0%)

11/14 Black Widow #12 – 22,971 ( -4.0%)

12/14 Black Widow #13 – 21,444 ( -6.6%)

01/15 Black Widow #14 – 20,292 ( – 5,4%)

02/15 Black Widow #15 – 20,581 ( + 1.4%)

03/15 Black Widow #16 – 21,607 ( + 5.0%)

04/15 Black Widow #17 – 18,851 ( -12.8%)

05/15 Black Widow #18 – 21,532 ( +14.2%)

Since issue #2: -31.1%

The series is living its last days and will not come back. It managed to stay nicely afloat the 20k.

120- 146- AVENGERS WORLD

01/14 Avengers World #2 – 53,693

…

05/14 Avengers World #6 – 28,969 ( -6.9%)

06/14 Avengers World #7 – 27,854 ( -3.8%)

06/14 Avengers World #8 – 26,912 ( -3.4%)

07/14 Avengers World #9 – 24,771 ( -8.0%)

07/14 Avengers World #10– 24,196 ( -2.3%)

08/14 Avengers World #11– 23,493 ( -2.9%)

09/14 Avengers World #12– 22,375 ( -4.8%)

09/14 Avengers World #13– 21,599 ( -3.5%)

10/14 Avengers World #14– 21,095 ( -2.3%)

11/14 Avengers World #15– 27,139 ( 28.7%)(Axis)

12/14 Avengers World #16– 20,853 (-23.2%)(Axis)

—

02/15 Avengers World #17– 20,228 (-3.0%)

03/15 Avengers World #18- 19,497 (-4.6%)

04/15 Avengers World #19- 20,491 (+5.1%)

04/15 Avengers World #20- 20,193 (-1.5%)

05/15 Avengers World #21- 20,108 (-0.4%)

Since issue #2: -62.6%

Average +% TPB sales #10-16: +4.6%

AVENGERS WORLD VOL.3 TPB: 1,111

This one is, of course, not coming back once Secret Wars is over.

121- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 – 41,693

02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)

03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)

04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)

05/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5 – 20,088 (- 4.3%)

Since issue #2: -18.4%

It doesn’t seem to be scheduled for a re-launch post Secret Wars so does it means good-bye soon? [Ed. Note: It is, of course, coming back this fall with the same creative team, so no tears now. Only dreams.]

124- CAPTAIN MARVEL

11/13 Captain Marvel v6 #17 – 18,173 (-20.5%)

12/13 —

01/14 —

02/14 —

03/14 Captain Marvel v7 #1 – 44,248

04/14 Captain Marvel v7 #2 – 28,008 (-36.7%)

05/14 Captain Marvel v7 #3 – 26,057 ( -7.0%)

06/14 Captain Marvel v7 #4 – 24,062 ( -7.7%)

07/14 Captain Marvel v7 #5 – 23,666 ( -1.6%)

08/14 Captain Marvel v7 #6 – 21,221 (-10.3%)

09/14 Captain Marvel v7 #7 – 21,022 ( -0.9%)

10/14 Captain Marvel v7 #8 – 20,692 ( -1.6%)

11/14 Captain Marvel v7 #9 – 19,885 ( -3.9%)

12/14 Captain Marvel v7 #10 – 19,973 ( 0.4%)

01/15 Captain Marvel v7 #11 – 19,527 ( -2,2%)

02/15 Captain Marvel v7 #12 – 19,199 ( -1.7%)

03/15 Captain Marvel v7 #13 – 21,915 (+14.1%)

04/15 Captain Marvel v7 #14 – 30,560 (+39.5%) B. Vortex

05/15 Captain Marvel v7 #15 – 19,740 (-35.4%)

—

Since issue #2: -29.5%

Average +%TPB sales #7-12: +14.0%

CAPTAIN MARVEL TPB VOL.2 : 2,942

Scheduled for a re-launch with a new creative team post Secret Wars and its temporary Blackhawk mini-series recreation.

125- PUNISHER

02/14 Punisher v10 #1 – 54,558 ( — )

02/14 Punisher v10 #2 – 31,709 ( -41.9%)

03/14 Punisher v10 #3 – 29,636 ( -5.6%)

04/14 Punisher v10 #4 – 28,435 ( -5.0%)

05/14 Punisher v10 #5 – 27,471 ( -3.4%)

06/14 Punisher v10 #6 – 26,606 ( -3.1%)

06/14 Punisher v10 #7 – 26,192 ( -1.6%)

07/14 Punisher v10 #8 – 25,957 ( -0.9%)

08/14 Punisher v10 #9 – 25,876 ( -0.3%)

09/14 Punisher v10 #10 – 23,680 ( -8.5%)

10/14 Punisher v10 #11 – 28,710 ( 21.2%)

11/14 Punisher v10 #12 – 21,785 ( -24.1%)

12/14 Punisher v10 #13 – 21,248 ( -2.5%)

01/15 Punisher v10 #14 – 21,382 (+ 0.4%)

02/15 Punisher v10 #15 – 19,825 (- 7.3%)

03/15 Punisher v10 #16 – 21,607 (+ 9.0%)

04/15 Punisher v10 #17 – 19,762 (- 8.5%)

05/15 Punisher v10 #18 – 19,563 (- 1.0%)

Since issue #2: -38.3%

Quietly finishing its run.

128- NOVA

02/14 Nova#13.Now – 26,147 ( 4.4%)

03/14 Nova v5 #14 – 23,459 ( -10.3%)

03/14 Nova v5 #15 – 22,996 ( -2.0%)

04/14 Nova v5 #16 – 22,020 ( -4.2%)

05/14 Nova v5 #17 – 21,652 ( -1.7%)

06/14 Nova v5 #18 – 25,875 ( 19.5%) O.S. Tie-In

07/14 Nova v5 #19 – 24,580 ( -5.0%) O.S. Tie-In

08/14 Nova v5 #20 – 24,377 ( -0.8%) O.S. Tie-In

09/14 Nova v5 #21 – 22,338 ( -8.4%)

10/14 Nova v5 #22 – 22,485 ( 0.7%)

11/14 Nova v5 #23 – 21,706 ( -3.5%)(Axis)

11/14 Nova v5 #24 – 21,575 ( -0.6%)(Axis)

12/14 Nova v5 #25 – 21,805 ( 1.1%)(Axis)

01/15 Nova v5 #26 – 19,639 ( -9.9%)

02/15 Nova v5 #27 – 19,168 ( -2.4%)

03/15 Nova v5 #28 – 29,175 ( +52.2%) B. Vortex

04/15 Nova v5 #29 – 18,228 ( -37.5%)

04/15 Nova v5 #30 – 18,635 ( + 2.2%)

05/15 Nova v5 #31 – 18,129 ( -2.7%)

Scheduled for a re-launch post Secret Wars with a completely new creative team, and a stronger father + son angle it seems.

137- GUARDIANS 3000

10/14 Guardians 3000 #1 – 58,574 (—)

11/14 Guardians 3000 #2 – 34,467 (-41.2%)

12/14 Guardians 3000 #3 – 25,509 (-26.0%)

01/15 Guardians 3000 #4 – 20,318 (-20.3%)

02/15 Guardians 3000 #5 – 18,155 (-10.6%)

03/15 Guardians 3000 #6 – 17,494 (- 3.6%)

04/15 Guardians 3000 #7 – 16,532 (- 5.5%)

05/15 Guardians 3000 #8 – 15,660 (- 5.3%)

Since issue #2: -54.6%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-6: +4.2%

The good old Guardians will not come back post Secret Wars.

GUARDIANS 3000 TPB VOL.01

128p, $16, cents per page: 12.5 cents

Since May 2015: 1,446

Despite its nice price tag, the first collection is doing rather badly, selling below the 1,500 mark despite having the Guardians label and no HC edition.

142- IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON LTD

04/14 Iron Fist LW #1 of 12 – 53,613 ( — )

05/14 Iron Fist LW #2 of 12 – 33,643 ( -37.2%)

06/14 Iron Fist LW #3 of 12 – 29,816 ( -11.4%)

07/14 Iron Fist LW #4 of 12 – 26,147 ( -12.3%)

08/14 Iron Fist LW #5 of 12 – 24,178 ( -7.5%)

09/14 Iron Fist LW #6 of 12 – 21,926 ( -9.3%)

10/14 —

11/14 —

12/14 Iron Fist LW #7 of 12 – 19,526 (-10.9%)

01/15 Iron Fist LW #8 of 12- 17,676 (- 9.5%)

02/15 Iron Fist LW #9 of 12- 16,413 (- 7.1%)

03/15 Iron Fist LW #10of 12- 16,237 (- 1.1%)

04/15 Iron Fist LW #11of 12- 15,542 (- 4.3%)

05/15 Iron Fist LW #12of 12- 15,059 (- 3.1%)

Since issue #2: -55.2%

Probably not the success Marvel was hoping for. It could have been the ultimate Iron Fist story, attracting new readers to the character. There is still the trade market but Marvel is not very good at selling trades.

146- AVENGERS

12/12 Avengers v5 #2 – 93,894

…

12/13 Avengers#24.NOW – 127,466 ( +91.7%)

…

12/14 Avengers v5 #39 -47,062 ( -13.4%)

01/15 Avengers v5 #40 -47,483 ( +0.9%) (SW prelude)

02/15 Avengers v5 #41 -48,437 ( +2.0%) (SW prelude)

03/15 Avengers v5 #42 -50,811 ( +4.9%) (SW prelude)

04/15 Avengers v5 #43 -47.200 ( +7.1%) (SW prelude)

04/15 Avengers v5 #44 -77.233 (SW prelude) END [+14,294]

Since issue #2: -33.0%

Look who’s back! The fact that it’s overselling all the other remaining titles to follow just with reorders due to its « final issue » tag is kind of depressing.

147- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER

05/14 Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 – 19,930

—

10/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 – 47,471

11/14 Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 – 32,409 (-31.7%)

—

01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #3 – 22,125 (-31,7%)

01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #4 – 19,280 (-12,9%)

02/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #5 – 17,647 (- 8.5%)

03/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #6 – 15,150 (-14.1%)

04/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #7 – 14,779 (– 2.4%)

05/15 Bucky Barnes Winter soldier #8 – 13,646 (- 7.7%)

Since issue #2: -57.9%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.2%

Winter is coming for the Winter Soldier. Marvel really pushed it but it didn’t work.

BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLIDER TPB VOL.1

112p, $17, cents per page: 14.2

Since May 2015: 1,682

The first collection is out and is not setting the charts on fire. The numbers are nothing to be ashamed of either, but they’re no reason to save the series from cancellation.

156- STORM

07/14 Storm #1 – 47,566

08/14 Storm #2 – 25,268 ( -46.9%)

09/14 Storm #3 – 22,078 ( -12.6%)

10/14 Storm #4 – 19,862 ( -10.0%)

11/14 Storm #5 – 17,999 ( – 9.4%)

12/14 Storm #6 – 17,028 ( – 5.4%)

01/15 Storm #7 – 15,784 ( – 7.3%)

02/15 Storm #8 – 14,155 ( -10.3%)

03/15 Storm #9 – 13,712 (- 3.1%)

04/15 Storm #10 – 13,398 (- 2.3%)

05/15 Storm #11 – 12,674 (- 5.4%)

Since issue #2: -49.8%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +6.1%

STORM VOL.1 TPB: 1,542

This Storm title will disappear during Secret Wars and not come back…no surprise here. Don’t expect new solo X-Men titles before a long time.

171- OPERATION SIN LTD

01/15 Operation Sin #1 of 5 – 26,732

02/15 Operation Sin #2 of 5 – 16,240 (-39.2%)

03/15 Operation Sin #3 of 5 – 13,811 (-15.0%)

04/15 Operation Sin #4 of 5 – 11,949 (-13.5%)

05/15 Operation Sin #5 of 5 – 10,638 (-10.9%)

There is no point in starting strongly if, at the end….

174- POWERS

05/14 Bureau #10 – 9,002 ( 0.5%)

06/14 —

07/14 —

08/14 —

09/14 Bureau #11 – 8,747 ( -2.8%)

10/14 —

11/14 Bureau #12 – 8,379 ( -4.2%)

—

—

01/15 Powers #1 – 16,467

—

03/15 Powers #2 – 12,266 (-25.5%)

—

05/15 Powers #3 – 10,485 (-14.5%)

Since issue#2: -14.5%

It should be issue #6 by now. It’s clear that the title is bimonthly, not monthly. There is no problem with that as long as the schedule is regular. Marvel should just stop advertising the book as a monthly series in their previews. It’s ridiculous.

190- DARK TOWER DRAWING 3 HOUSE CARDS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107

04/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #2 of 5 – 10,019 (-9.8%)

05/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #3 of 5 – 9,248 (-7.7%)

No miracle here, this type of title is doomed to go below 10k.

193- DEATHLOK

12/09 Deathlok #2 – 14,059

—

10/14 Deathlok #1 – 43,991

11/14 Deathlok #2 – 20,883 (-52.5%)

12/14 Deathlok #3 – 18,112 (-13.3%)

01/15 Deathlok #4 – 14,498 (-20.0%)

02/15 Deathlok #5 – 12,053 (-16.9%)

03/15 Deathlok #6 – 10,066 (-16.5%)

04/15 Deathlok #7 – 9,871 (- 1.9%)

05/15 Deathlok #8 – 8,931 (- 9.5%)

Since issue #2: -57.2%

Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +4.7%

Will of course not come back after Secret Wars. It could break a record as the lowest selling ongoing series at Marvel with its final issue. That’s sad.

DEATHLOK TPB VOL.1

120p, $17, cents per page: 14.2

Since May 2015: 980

First collection is out and can’t even crack the 1K which is really bad for a first edition collection of new material. There will be a vol.2 but its release will be a technical one.

204- BIG THUNDER MOUTAIN ROAD LTD

03/15 Big Thunder Mountain Road Ltd #1 of 5– 17,567

04/15 Big Thunder Mountain Road Ltd #2 of 5– 11,231 (-36.1%)

05/15 Big Thunder Mountain Road Ltd #3 of 5- 8,407 (-25.1%)

Shops are probably too fed up to stock unsold issues of these mini-series from outside the MU.

20?- NIGHT NURSE ($8)

05/15 Night Nurse- 8,344

This reprint one shot is composed not only of the hard to find first 4 issues of Night Nurse but also a modern issue of Daredevil where she makes an appearance. Usually these reprints appear with other floppies but, strangely enough, this one was put in the TPB section. This makes no sense because you can bet that you will not find Night Nurse in bookshops. The price is incredibly attractive though: $8 for 112p, that’s even cheaper than DC Comics Presents reprint collections.

Can we attribute the sales to the cheaper price or the fact that those Night Nurse issues are scarce? It attracted a nice bunch of people. The numbers aren’t extraordinary, but for a collection featuring such an obscure character, it did quite well.

218- MU GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

02/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #1 of 4 – 12,047

03/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #2 of 4 – 9,108 (-24.4%)

04/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #3 of 4 – 8,406 (- 7.7%)

05/15 MU Guardians of Galaxy #4 of 4 – 7,468 (-18.0%)

Ending in mystery as it was selling 3K more than the others MU young age titles.

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

01/14 Act One #1 of 5 – 24,515

…

06/14 Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 (-6.3%)

…

09/14 Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 (-5.5%)

…

01/15 Act Two #5 of 5 – 7,780 (-6,6%)

…

04/15 Act 3 #1 of 5 – 8,623

05/15 Act 3 #2 of 5 – 7,191

Given the current trend of declining sales, Act 4, if there is one, would began below 5k!

228- ALL-NEW X-MEN

11/12 All-New X-Men #2 – 100,983

…

01/14 All-New #22.NOW – 76,565 (+21.8%)

02/14 All-New X-Men #23 – 64,625 (-15.6%)

03/14 All-New X-Men #24 – 63,739 ( -1.4%)

04/14 All-New X-Men #25 – 63,827 ( 0.1%)

04/14 All-New X-Men #26 – 58,918 ( -7.7%)

05/14 All-New X-Men #27 – 62,269 ( 5.7%)

06/14 All-New X-Men #28 – 57,135 ( -8.2%)

07/14 All-New X-Men #29 – 58,817 ( 2.9%)

08/14 All-New X-Men #30 – 54,882 ( -6.7%)

08/14 All-New X-Men #31 – 58,535 ( 6.7%)

09/14 All-New X-Men #32 – 54,654 ( -6.6%)

10/14 All-New X-Men #33 – 60,032 ( 9.8%)

11/14 —

12/14 All-New X-Men #34 – 57,569 ( -4.1%)

01/15 All-New X-Men #35 – 51,823 (-10.0%)

02/15 All-New X-Men #36 – 49,464 ( -4.6%)

02/15 All-New X-Men #38 – 58,037 (+17.3%) B. Vortex

03/15 All-New X-Men #37 – 48,140 (-17.1%)

03/15 All-New X-Men #39 – 58,490 (+ 0.8%) B. vortex

04/15 All-New X-Men #40 – 57,797 [+7,027]

Since issue #2: -49.7%

Average +% TPB sales #31-36: +3.2%

ALL NEW X-MEN VOL.6 HC: 1,901

The « OMG you’re gay !» issue is making a comeback. Seeing that it pushed the sales to the same level as the Black Vortex issue, I guess you can open the salvo of gay-themed jokes using Black or Vortex references now…

266- PRINCESS LEIA LTD*

03/15 Princess Leia Ltd #1 of 5 – 264,071

03/15 Princess Leia Ltd #2 of 5- 101,727 (-61.5%)[+5,465]

04/15 Princess Leia Ltd #3 of 5- 102,434 (+0.7%)

Since issue #2: +0.7%

While issue #4 is late, sales of #2 is rising to the level of #3 sales thanks to reorders.

MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS

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

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11/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #1 – 6,343 ( -1.0%)

12/14 MUU Spider-Man WW #2 – 5,063 ( -20.2%)

01/15 MUU spider-Man WW #3 – 4,873 (-3,8%)

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05/15 MUU spider-man WW #7 – 4,843

Since issue #2: -4,3%

Keeping its sales level after being invisible in the charts for many months.

291- MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO



01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 – 4,503

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05/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #7 – 4,665

This one managed to even gain 200 new readers!

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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 fanzine on US comics (32 years old!). He is the new editor of the magazine since 2008. He also runs two blogs, one devoted to Ernie Colon and the other devoteded to barechested men in comics. He sometimes appear as a comics character (because French people are funny-weird) in strips by Tim Fish.