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1. Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts December 2014: Time is Running Out for Marvel

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 2/25/2015
Blog: PW -The Beat (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By Jason Enright

Welcome to my 12th and final month as your guide through Marvel’s sales numbers. Due to some career changes and advancements that my family and I have made, I can no longer write these articles. It has been fun and a great learning experience, and I thank you for joining me. But enough about me, let’s look at the monthly breakdown.

76 books in total
6 double shipped books (plus Axis which shipped 3 issues this month)
5 X-Men books (7 if you count X-Factor and X-Force)
6 Avengers books (7 if you count the Ultimates plus an Avengers Marvel Handbook special)
5 Annuals
18 AXIS and AXIS Tie-in Books
4 Death of Wolverine and Death of Wolverine Tie-in books
4 Spider-Verse and Spider-verse Tie-in Books
26 of Marvel’s 76 books or about 1/3 of their books this month are connected to one of their 3 current events

1 titles over 100,000 copies
1 titles between 75,000 and 100,000 copies
12 titles between 50,000 and 75,000 copies
34 titles between 25,000 and 50,000 copies
28 titles under 25,000
10 $4.99 books
61 $3.99 books
1 $3.50 book
4 $2.99 book

So as I was writing this article, Marvel made a big announcement about Secret Wars, and pretty much changed everything I was going to say. So I went through and altered the analysis to reflect the news that apparently the Marvel Universe as we know it is ending and possibly getting rebooted/ relaunched/ combined in some sort of new configuration later this year.

As we dig into the numbers, we’ll be looking at how the new Secret Wars news might affect the titles over the next couple months and asking lots of questions.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com and Milton Griepp for their permission to use these figures.

2. Amazing SPIDER-MAN
12/04  Am Spi #515  –  82,843
12/09  Am Spi #616  -	58,856
12/11  Am Spi #676  -	54,001
12/12  Am Spi #700  - 200,966
---
12/13  Superior #23   -  77,105  (  -5.1%)
12/13  Superior #24   -  76,131  (  -1.3%)
01/14  Superior #25   -  77,311  (   1.5%)
01/14  Superior #26   -  72,591  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Supr #27.Now   -  86,405  (  19.0%)
02/14  Superior #28   -  75,477  ( -12.6%)
03/14  Superior #29   -  76,568  (   1.4%)
03/14  Superior #30   -  75,431  (  -1.5%)
04/14  Superior #31   – 135,484  (  79.6%)[13,234]
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  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #10 - 100,899  ( -14.2%)
12/14  Amazing v3 #11 - 104,739  (   3.8%)
---
6 mnth  (  -3.9%)
1 year  (  37.6%)
2 year  ( -48.0%)
3 year  (  94.8%)
5 year  (  78.0%)
10 year (  26.4%)

Spider-verse keeps Spider-Man sales above 100k. There are 4 issues left (the event is scheduled to end in February), and hopefully the sales can stay this strong for the remainder for the series. Obviously Spider-man is going to stick around after Secret Wars as it is Marvel’s best seller; however there are some aspects of continuity that they could undo or redo. Perhaps the marriage to Mary Jane will make a comeback, or even their long lost daughter will return. Spider-Verse has also introduced a lot of new popular Spider characters and it will be interesting to see where they end up.

3. SHIELD #1
12/14  SHIELD #1 -  94,503

SHIELD debuts with a strong 94k. This series introduces the Agents of SHIELD TV characters to the 616 Marvel Universe in shorter 1 to 2 issue story arcs. Keep an eye on how far it drops next month; a healthy 35 to 40% drop will keep it above 55k. It will be interesting to see how Secret Wars affects some of these newer popular series. It makes sense for something like Shield to tie-in to a world-altering event, and maybe the universe-melding will allow them to incorporate more Marvel Cinematic Universe elements.

5. THOR
12/11  Thor v4 #8   -  40,703  
12/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
---
12/13  Thor v5 #16 -  39,597  ( -4.0%)
01/14  Thor v5 #17 -  38,913  ( -1.7%)
01/14  Thor v5 #18 -  38,190  ( -1.9%)
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42,034  ( 10.1%)
03/14  Thor v5 #20 –  37,895  ( -9.8%)
04/14  Thor v5 #21 –  38,055  (  0.4%)
05/14  Thor v5 #22 –  36,945  ( -2.9%)
06/14  Thor v5 #23 –  36,540  ( -1.1%)
07/14  Thor v5 #24 –  38,330  (  4.9%)
08/14  ---
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –  89,131  ( -40.9%)
12/14  Thor v6 #3  –  72,563  ( -18.6%)
---
6 mnth  (  98.6%)
1 year  (  83.3%)
2 year  (  31.0%)
3 year  (  91.0%)
5 year  (  31.4%)

The new Thor sits at a very comfortable 70k for issue 3. Of Marvel’s recent debuts, Thor currently has the strongest sales, and hopefully it will settle nicely between 50k and 60k, which would put it well above the 35k to 40k level of the previous Thor series. As revealed on the Secret Wars 2 cover yesterday, many Thors from different universes and timelines will be present in Secret Wars. Will the new Thor stick around after the universe-meld? These sales numbers suggest maybe it should.

7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
12/14  Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 -  71,284

The Spider-Man annual does not tie in to Spider-Verse, but even without the support of the event the annual sells 70k which is the lowest the main Spider-Man series ever gets between events.

8, 9, 10. AXIS/UNCANNY AVENGERS
---
12/13  Uncanny Avengers #15 -  57,035  ( -6.1%)
01/14  Uncanny Avengers #16 -  54,670  ( -4.1%)
02/14  Uncanny Avengers #17 –  53,181  ( -2.7%)
03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
04/14  Uncanny Avengers #19 –  52,381  (-17.5%)
05/14  Uncanny Avengers #20 –  51,886  ( -0.9%)
06/14  Uncanny Avengers #21 –  49,762  ( -4.1%)
07/14  Uncanny Avengers #22 –  50,253  (  1.0%)
08/14  Uncanny Avengers #23 –  50,974  (  1.4%)
09/14  Uncanny Avengers #24 –  49,469  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #2 –  87,964  (-36.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #3 –  84,708  ( -3.7%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #4 –  79,068  ( -6.7%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #5 –  74,928  ( -5.2%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #6 –  73,824  ( -1.5%)
12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #7 –  70,194  ( -4.9%)
12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #8 –  69,449  ( -1.1%)
12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #9 –  69,518  (  0.1%)
---
6 mnth  (  39.7%)
1 year  (  21.9%)

Axis sold well for an Uncanny Avengers issue but pretty poorly for a big event book. Even with the accelerated release schedule it dropped to half of its debut sales. The new Uncanny Avengers debuts next month. As we’ve discussed in the past, Marvel’s recent event books are slipping in the sales lately. The question is will a line-wide universe-altering event help get people interested in events again or turn them off even more?

14. SPIDER-MAN & THE X-MEN
12/11  Wolverine/X-Men #2   - 58,438  
12/12  Wolverine/X-Men #21  - 45,658  
---
12/13  Wolverine/X-Men #39 - 39,063  ( -0.1%)
01/14  Wolverine/X-Men #40 - 36,855  ( -5.7%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #41 – 35,800  ( -2.9%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #2  - 40,386  (-26.1%)
04/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #3  - 36,407  ( -9.9%)
05/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #4  - 33,521  ( -7.9%)
06/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #5  - 32,511  ( -3.0%)
07/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #6  - 32,995  (  1.5%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #7  - 30,409  ( -7.8%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #8  - 29,795  ( -2.0%)
09/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #9  - 28,965  ( -2.8%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #10 - 28,108  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #11 - 28,121  (  0.0%)
11/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457  (  1.2%)
12/14  Spider/X-Men v1 #1  - 61,952  (117.7%)
---
6 Mnth  (  90.6%)
1 Year  (  58.6%)
2 Year  (  36.0%)
3 Year  (   6.0%)

Wolverine kicked the bucket so Spider-Man heads to the Jean Grey School to help teach the X-kids. Spidey doubles the normal sales for Wolverine and the X-Men for its debut month, but if it follows the standard issue 2 40% drop, its sales will be right back where they were very quickly. If the sales follow the recent trends for this series, I expect it will be more of a placeholder until Secret Wars changes the line-up of the x-books.

15. ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN
12/14  Angela #1 -  61,398

Angela debuts at 60k. Like most debuts the key to its success will be how big the month 2 and 3 drops are. The sweet spot seems to be between 30k and 40k for a lot of these single character books. Angela is a very interesting new addition to the Marvel universe and one I expect will even more integrated to whatever universe comes out of the back end of Secret Wars.

18. ALL-NEW X-MEN
12/12  All-New X-Men #3  -  83,798  
---
12/13  All-New X-Men #20 -  68,189  ( -4.0%)
01/14  All-New X-Men #21 -  62,876  ( -7.8%)
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   0.8%)
1 year  ( -15.6%)
2 year  ( -31.0%)

Slight drop for All-New X-Men this month, but it stays in its normal 55k to 60k spot that it has been living in for a while. The upcoming Guardians Black Vortex crossover should help both series boost their sales a bit in the coming months. What happens to the original time-displaced X-Men during the universe-melding should be very interesting. Which X-Men and mutants make it through to the other side will be one of the aspects of this whole event that everyone should watch closely.

21. UNCANNY X-MEN
12/04 Uncanny X-Men #453   – 89,956
12/09 Uncanny X-Men #519   – 67,043
12/11 Uncanny X-Men #3     - 64,112
---
12/13 Uncanny #15.INH      - 62,692 ( -4.5%)
01/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #16 - 58,676 ( -6.4%)
02/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #17 – 56,163 ( -4.3%)
03/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #18 - 54,902 ( -2.2%)
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   1.5%)
1 year  ( -14.7%)
3 year  ( -16.5%)
5 year  ( -20.2%)
10 year ( -40.5%)

Uncanny X-Men has been fluctuating between 50k and 55k for a while now and this month’s drop still keeps it in that same sales range. This series has been slowly building towards some potentially big changes in the lineups and teams of the X-universe, but will those organic changes lead to new X-books or will the end of the universe create an entire new X-men lineup?

22. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
12/09  Guardians v2 #21 -  22,271
---
12/13  Guardians v3 #9  -  57,665  (  -9.2%)
12/13  Guardians v3 #10 -  53,527  (  -7.2%)
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   -4.3%)
1 year  (   -2.0%)
5 year  (  135.6%)

First issue in a few months without a themed variant backing it up, and Guardians drops almost 10k copies. Luckily, there is a crossover called Black Vortex starting soon which should boost the Guardians back up to at least 60k. Expect the new Marvel Universe to have a lot of Guardians books in it, as they are now one of Marvel’s sales pillars.

23. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL
12/14  Guardians Annual #1 -  51,828

The Guardians annual sells only slightly less than the main Guardians book, which is pretty good.

25. CAPTAIN AMERICA
12/09  Captain Am. Reborn # 5 -  91,790  
12/11  Captain America v6 # 6 -  47,753 
12/12  Captain America v7 # 2 -  64,377  
---
12/13  Captain America v7 #14 - 34,532  (  -4.5%)
01/14  Captain America v7 #15 - 33,433  (  -3.2%)
02/14  Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)
02/14  Captain America v7 #17 – 33,312  (  -8.8%)
03/14  Captain America v7 #18 – 33,642  (   1.0%)
04/14  Captain America v7 #19 – 34,420  (   2.3%)
05/14  Captain America v7 #20 – 30,341  (  -9.3%)
06/14  Captain America v7 #21 – 30,427  (   0.3%)
07/14  Captain America v7 #22 – 34,563  (  13.6%)
08/14  Captain America v7 #23 – 30,927  ( -10.5%)
09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
11/14  Captain America v8 #1  –120,500  (  62.4%)
12/14  Captain America v8 #2  – 50,077  ( -58.4%)
---
6 Mnth  (  64.6%)
1 Year  (  45.0%)
2 Year  ( -22.0%)
3 Year  (   4.9%)
5 Year  ( -45.4%)

Issue 2 of Captain America drops a huge 70k copies, which puts it only 15k to 20k above where it was selling before the relaunch. Can the book succeed without Steve Rogers wielding the shield? Secret Wars gives Marvel multiple opportunities to bring Steve back or possibly have both a renewed Rogers and Falcap.

32. AVENGERS
12/11  Avengers v4 #20 –  57,145
12/12  Avengers v5 #2  -  93,894
---
12/13  Avengers#24.NOW - 127,466  ( +91.7%)
01/14  Avengers v5 #25 -  65,591  ( -48.5%)
02/14  Avengers v5 #26 –  59,775  (  -8.9%)
03/14  Avengers v5 #27 -  53,966  (  -9.7%)
04/14  Avengers v5 #28 -  52,808  (  -2.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #29 -  58,661  (  11.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #30 -  57,099  (  -2.7%)
06/14  Avengers v5 #31 -  53,933  (  -5.5%) O.Sin 
07/14  Avengers v5 #32 -  56,595  (   4.9%) O.Sin
07/14  Avengers v5 #33 -  51,874  (  -8.3%) O.Sin
08/14  Avengers v5 #34 -  54,413  (   4.9%) O.Sin
09/14  Avenge v5 #34.1 -  45,942  ( -15.6%) 
09/14  Avengers v5 #35 -  50,629  (  10.2%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #36 -  56,771  (  12.1%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #37 -  49,430  ( -12.9%)
11/14  Avengers v5 #38 -  54,368  (   4.3%)
12/14  Avengers v5 #39 -  47,062  ( -13.4%)
---
6 mnth  ( -12.7%)
1 year  ( -63.1%)
2 year  ( -50.0%)
3 year  ( -17.6%)

Avengers marches towards Secret Wars as time continues to run out. However, sales continue to drop as well. The big question on my mind is why is Marvel’s arguably biggest event yet, their reboot, spinning out of two series that aren’t best sellers? The last event to spin out of Hickman’s Avengers books started strong, but ended rather poorly. Can the size and consequences of Secret Wars overcome the lackluster sales of its lead in books? That will be the big question come May.

35. SPIDER-WOMAN
11/14  Spider-Woman #1 -  93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14  Spider-Woman #2 -  44,618  ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)

Spider-Woman drops half its sales for issue 2. It was launched as part of Spider-Verse instead of as a standalone, which could have been confusing for new readers who don’t read Spider-Man, but probably did help boost its launch numbers. Keep an eye on how low it drops over the next few months.

37. ALL NEW X-MEN ANNUAL
12/14  Guardians Annual #1 -  44,052

39. UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL
12/14  Guardians Annual #1 -  43,978

The X-Men annuals crossed over with one another and sold around 10k less than their related main series.

40, 44. DEADPOOL
12/09  Deadpool v3 #18 -  45,914  
12/11  Deadpool v3 #48 -  25,458 
12/12  Deadpool v4 #3  -  60,215 
---
12/13  Deadpool v4 #20 -  43,653  (  -1.2%)
12/13  Deadpool v4 #21 -  43,066  (  -1.3%)
01/14  Deadpool v4 #22 -  41,765  (  -3.0%)
02/14  Deadpool v4 #23 -  41,204  (  -1.3%)
02/14  Deadpool v4 #24 -  41,130  (  -0.2%)
03/14  D'pool #25.NOW  -  48,775  (  18.6%)
03/14  Deadpool v4 #26 -  44,141  (  -9.5%)
04/14  Deadpool v4 #27 -  62,037  (  40.5%)[1,992]
05/14  Deadpool v4 #28 -  45,858  (  26.1%)
05/14  Deadpool v4 #29 -  52,403  (  14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
06/14  Deadpool v4 #30 -  54,072  (  14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Deadpool v4 #31 -  49,930  (  -7.7%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Deadpool v4 #32 -  46,829  (  -6.2%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Deadpool v4 #33 -  50,023  (   6.8%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14  Deadpool v4 #34 -  58,034  (  16.0%) 
09/14  Deadpool v4 #35 -  43,554  ( -25.0%) 
10/14  Deadpool v4 #36 -  46,600  (   7.0%)(Axis)
11/14  Deadpool v4 #37 -  51,579  ( -20.8%)(Axis)
12/14  Deadpool v4 #38 -  43,433  ( -15.8%)(Axis)
12/14  Deadpool v4 #39 -  42,198  (  -2.8%)(Axis)
---
6 mnth  ( -22.0%)
1 year  (  -2.0%)
2 year  ( -30.0%)
3 year  (  65.8%)
5 year  (  -8.1%)

Deadpool drops to the lowest it has been in about a year. As its Axis tie-in ends, will the sales grow or fall? The April solicits suggest they are building toward Deadpool’s death in the issue 250 special, but this is Deadpool so it’s unclear if that will be a real or played for laughs. Then again, it can all be undone in Secret Wars so why not kill him?

46. ROCKET RACCOON
07/14  Rocket Raccoon #1  -  293,913  ( --- )[7,738]
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%)

Rocket Raccoon drops another 10k issues. It is still selling better than a lot of Marvel’s single character issues sell by issue 6.

47. THANOS VS HULK 
12/14  Thanos vs Hulk #1  -  39,862  ( --- )

Thanos Vs. Hulk is a four issue miniseries and will likely sell between 30k and 40k for the rest of its run.

48. NEW AVENGERS
12/09  New Avengers v1 #60 -  72,790  
12/11  New Avengers v2 #19 -  52,915  
---
12/13  N Avengers #13.INH  -  56,624  ( -3.7%)
01/14  ---
02/14  New Avengers v3 #14 -  50,668  (-10.5%)
03/14  New Avengers v3 #15 -  47,178  ( -6.9%)
03/14  N Avengers #16.NOW  -  48,731  (  0.0%)
04/14  New Avengers v3 #17 -  45,885  ( -5.8%)
05/14  New Avengers v3 #18 -  43,668  ( -4.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #19 -  41,989  ( -3.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #20 -  43,962  ( -0.1%)
07/14  New Avengers v3 #21 -  42,699  (  1.8%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #22 -  42,797  (  0.2%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #23 -  40,018  ( -6.3%)
09/14  New Avengers v3 #24 -  45,123  (-12.8%)
10/14  New Avengers v3 #25 -  42,979  ( -4.8%)
11/14  New Avengers v3 #26 -  46,318  (  7.8%)
11/14  New Avengers v3 #27 -  40,408  (-12.8%)
12/14  New Avengers v3 #28 -  39,855  ( -1.4%)
---
6 mnth  (  -5.0%)
1 year  ( -29.6%)
3 year  ( -24.7%)
5 year  ( -45.2%)

Time Runs Out for New Avengers and sales continue to drop as well. This book leads into Secret Wars even more than Avengers, and even though the two books are one story this series sells even less. Not the strongest footing to launch your major world altering event out of, but if anyone can make it successful, it is probably Marvel.

51. IRON MAN
12/04  Iron Man v4 #2   - 53,294
12/09 Inv Iron Man #21  - 47,330
12/11 Inv Iron Man #511 - 35,402
12/12  Iron Man v6 #4   - 56,708
---
12/13  Iron Man v6 #19  - 32,537  ( -10.0%)
01/14  Iron Man v6 #20  - 30,533  (  -6.2%)
01/14  Iron #20.INH     - 30,512  (  -0.1%)
02/14  Iron Man v6 #21  – 29,546  (  -3.2%)
03/14  Iron Man v6 #22  - 29,017  (  -1.8%) 
03/14  Ir. Man #23.NOW  - 43,912  (  51.3%)
04/14  Iron Man v6 #24  - 31,257  ( -28.8%)
05/14  Iron Man v6 #25  - 29,558  (  -5.4%)
05/14  Iron Man v6 #26  - 28,654  (  -3.1%)
06/14  Iron Man v6 #27  - 28,290  (  -1.3%)
06/14  Iron Man v6 #28  - 28,027  (  -0.9%)
11/14  Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994  ( 199.7%)
11/14  Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621  ( -49.3%)
12/14  Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806  (  -9.0%)
---
6 Mnth  (  38.5%)
1 Year  (  19.3%)
2 Year  ( -32.0%)
3 Year  (   9.6%)
5 Year  ( -18.0%)
10 Year ( -27.2%)

3 issues in and Iron Man is only 10k above where it was before it relaunched. No worries though it’ll reboot again because of Secret Wars in less than a year.

53, 57. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: LOGAN LEGACY
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #1 -  71,532  
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #2 -  48,795  ( -31.8%)
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #3 -  47,265  (  -3.9%)
11/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #4 -  42,114  ( -10.9%)
11/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #5 -  39,367  (  -6.5%)
12/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #6 -  36,647  (  -6.9%)
12/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #7 -  34,807  (  -5.0%)

Logan’s Legacy ends with about half the sales it started with two months ago. The Wolverines weekly series starts next month.

55. DEADPOOL vs.
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #1 – 57,275 [4,497]
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #2 – 49,374  (-13.8%)[2,757]
05/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #3 – 46,688  ( -5.4%)
06/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #4 – 47,228  (  1.2%)
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #1 - 54,762  ( --- )
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #2 - 45,047  (-17.7%)
08/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #3 - 38,471  (-14.6%)
09/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #4 – 35,748  ( -7.1%)
09/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #0 – 42,960  ( 20.2%)
10/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #1 – 47,983  ( 11.7%)
11/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #2 – 38,120  (-20.6%)
12/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #3 – 36,162  ( -5.1%)
---
6 Mnth ( -18.4%)

Deadpool vs. Hawkeye is following a similar sales trend as previous Deadpool vs. books.

58. SPIDER-VERSE TEAM UP
10/14  Spider-Verse Team Up #1  -  35,449  (---)
11/14  Spider-Verse Team Up #2  -  34,408  (-2.9%)

Spider-Verse Team Up maintains a very solid sales level.

64. DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR
10/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #1 -  42,673  
11/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #2 -  36,707  (-14.0%)
12/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #3 -  33,151  ( -9.7%)

Deadpool’s Art of War is also very stable.

67. 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%)

Star Lord keeps fluctuating between 32k and 37k, which is a pretty nice area for it to live. It will also probably get a boost during the upcoming Black Vortex crossover. This is a very good sales range for a single character comic and puts Star Lord in good company with books like Daredevil, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor which often sell around this level.

76. AMAZING X-MEN
12/04  Astonishing X-Men #7  - 134,109  
12/09  Astonishing X-Men #33 -  57,592  
12/11  Astonishing X-Men #45 -  31,392  
12/12  Astonishing X-Men #57 -  26,263  
---
11/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #1   - 112,337  (+434.4%)
12/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #2   -  60,870  ( -45.8%)
01/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #3   -  51,431  ( -15.5%)
02/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #4   -  48,161  (  -6.4%)
03/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #5   -  46,242  (  -4.0%)
04/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #6   -  45,095  (  -2.5%)
05/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #7   -  42,512  (  -5.7%)
06/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #8   -  41,613  (  -2.1%)
07/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #9   -  40,562  (  -2.5%)
08/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #10  -  36,405  ( -10.2%)
09/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #11  -  34,552  (  -5.1%)
10/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #12  -  32,966  (  -4.6%)
11/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #13  -  36,338  (  10.2%)
12/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #14  -  31,468  ( -13.4%)(Axis)
---
6  mnth  ( -24.4%)
1  year  ( -48.3%)
2  year  (  20.0%)
3  year  (   0.2%)
5 year   ( -45.4%)
10 year  ( -76.5%)

Amazing X-Men drops 13% this month as it ties into Axis. New story arc featuring the return of the Juggernaut starts soon, which might help boost sales.

77. MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN
12/04  Ult. Spider-Man v1 #70 –  88,964
12/09  Ult. Spider-Man v2 #5  –  45,849
12/11  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #5  –  48,308
12/12  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #18 -  36,944
---
12/13  Cataclysm USM #2 of 3  - 30,293  (-17.1%)
01/14  Cataclysm USM #3 of 3  - 27,650  ( -8.7%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  Ult. Spider-Man #200   - 41,608  ( 50.5%)
05/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #1 - 45,864  ( 10.2%)
06/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #2 - 38,231  (-16.6%)
07/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #3 - 37,240  ( -2.6%)
08/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #4 - 34,836  ( -6.5%)
09/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #5 - 34,140  ( -2.0%)
10/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #6 - 33,057  ( -3.2%)
11/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #7 - 31,607  ( -4.4%)
12/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #8 - 31,448  ( -0.5%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -17.7%)
1 year  (   3.8%)
2 year  ( -15.0%)
3 year  ( -34.9%)
5 year  ( -31.4%)
10 year ( -64.7%)

Miles has been very stable despite the rest of the Ultimate Universe crashing sales wise. It was just announced that the Ultimate books will merge with the main Marvel Universe as part of Secret Wars, and I expect Miles will find a new home and a new #1 in the aftermath of that event.

78. DAREDEVIL
12/04  Daredevil v2 #68 – 50,493
12/04  Daredevil   #503 – 38,680
12/11  Daredevil v3 #7  – 38,824
12/12  Daredevil v3 #21 - 35,848 
---
12/13  Daredevil v3 #34 - 32,331  ( -1.9%)
01/14  Daredevil v3 #35 - 32,067  ( -0.8%)
02/14  Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494  ( -1.8%)
03/14  Daredevil v4 #1  - 76,006  (141.3%)[1,948]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -17.2%)
1 Year  (  -2.9%)
2 Year  ( -12.0%)
3 Year  ( -19.2%)
5 Year  ( -18.9%)
10 Year ( -37.8%)

Daredevil is winding down to the end of Waid and Samnee’s run just in time for Secret Wars and whatever comes next for the Marvel Universe.

80. MS. MARVEL
02/14  Ms. Marvel #1 -  50,286  (  --- ) [15,155]
03/14  Ms. Marvel #2 -  38,357  (-23.7%) [3,440]
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%)
12/14  Ms. Marvel #10 - 30,282  ( -8.0%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -10.4%)

Ms. Marvel sales drop a bit after its one month break, but it stays just above the 30k mark. I expect Ms. Marvel will definitely have a home in the new Marvel universe.

82. X-MEN
12/04  X-Men v2 #165 -  86,637  
12/11  X-Men v3 #22  -  39,121  
12/12  X-Men v3 #39  -  29,326  
---
11/13  X-Men v4 #7  -  56,968  ( -20.9%)
12/13  X-Men v4 #8  -  53,201  (  -6.6%)
01/14  X-Men v4 #9  -  49,412  (  -7.1%)
02/14  X-M  #10.Now -  52,486  (   6.2%)
02/14  X-Men v4 #11 -  47,498  (  -9.5%)
03/14  X-Men v4 #12 -  44,135  (  -7.1%)
04/14  X-Men v4 #13 -  42,065  (  -4.7%)
05/14  X-Men v4 #14 -  39,499  (  -6.1%)
06/14  X-Men v4 #15 -  38,271  (  -3.1%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #16 -  38,937  (   1.7%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #17 -  36,255  (  -6.9%)
08/14  X-Men v4 #18 -  35,543  (  -2.0%)
09/14  X-Men v4 #19 -  33,737  (  -5.1%)
10/14  X-Men v4 #20 -  33,004  (  -2.2%)
11/14  X-Men v4 #21 -  31,468  (  -4.7%)
12/14  X-Men v4 #22 -  30,200  (  -4.0%)
---
6  mnth  ( -21.1%)
1  year  ( -43.2%)
2  year  (   3.0%)
3  year  ( -22.8%)
10 year  ( -65.1%)

The Final issue of the current run drops 1 thousand issues. G. Willow Wilson takes over for a short arc next month.

83. SCARLET SPIDERS
11/14  Scarlet Spiders #1  -  36,281  (---)(Spider-Verse)
12/14  Scarlet Spiders #2  -  29,628  (-18.3%)(Spider-Verse)

Issue 2 of this 3 issue miniseries drops 6k issues, but will probably still end pretty strong.

84, 88. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: WEAPON X PROGRAM
11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #1 - 44,612 
11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #2 - 33,143 (-25.7%)
12/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #3 - 29,355 (-11.4%)
12/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #4 - 27,979 ( -4.7%)

Another Death of Wolverine tie-in. This series ends next month and will likely maintain around 25k issues.

85. CARNAGE
12/11  Carnage USA  #1 – 37,620
---
10/14  AXIS Carnage #1 – 38,548
11/14  AXIS Carnage #2 – 32,015 (-16.9%)
12/14  AXIS Carnage #3 – 28,804 (-10.0%)
---
3 Year  (-23.4%)

These are pretty solid sales for this Carnage mini.

86. MIGHTY AVENGERS
12/09  Mighty Avengers   #32 -  48,662  
---
12/13  Mighty Avengers v2 #4 -  35,740  (-15.3%)
01/14  Mighty Avengers#5.INH -  30,251  (-15.4%)
02/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #6 -  27,195  (-10.1%)
02/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #7 -  26,512  ( -2.5%)
03/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #8 -  24,933  ( -6.0%)
04/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #9 -  23,903  ( -4.1%)
05/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #10 - 28,711  ( 20.1%)
06/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #11 - 26,221  ( -8.7%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #12 - 24,851  ( -5.2%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #13 - 22,490  ( -9.5%)
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (   9.6%)
1 Year  ( -19.6%)
5 Year  ( -40.9%)

Mighty Avengers is rapidly returning to its previous low sales numbers. If Secret Wars results in a culling of low-selling lines or a reshuffle and relaunch, I expect Mighty Avengers to be one of the books that gets reimagined.

90. HULK
12/09  Incred Hulk    #605 - 43,964
12/11  Incred Hulk v4 #3   – 46,446
12/12  Incred Hulk v5 #2   - 63,653
---
12/13  Hulk #17.INH        - 35,679  (  -0.5%)
01/14  Hulk #18.INH        - 33,056  (  -7.4%)
02/14  Indestructible #19  - 31,192  (  -5.6%)
03/14  Indestructible #20  - 30,042  (  -3.7%)
04/14  Hulk v3 #1          - 73,551  ( 144.8%)
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -21.7%)
1 Year  ( -22.4%)
2 Year  ( -56.0%)
3 Year  ( -40.4%)
5 Year  ( -37.0%)

After a few months of stability, Hulk drops almost 20% this month falling below the 30k line. With Secret Wars looming, I’m sure some sort of reboot is on the way.

91. Magneto
12/11  Magneto Not a Hero #2 – 19,262
---
03/14  Magneto #1 – 55,337
04/14  Magneto #2 – 35,772  (-35.4%)[2,297]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -16.5%)
3 year  (  42.3%)

Magneto’s first post-Axis issue drops a few thousand copies. It looks like Axis may have been helping keep this title afloat above the 30k line. Will it survive the Secret Wars and get a relaunch?

93. MOON KNIGHT
12/09  Vengeance of MK#4  -  21,482  
12/11  Moon Knight v4 #8  -  24,626  
---
03/14  Moon Knight v5 #1  -  58,022 (  --- ) [7,266]
04/14  Moon Knight v5 #2  -  40,885 (-29.5%) [3,621]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (-34.0%)
3 year  (  8.1%)
5 year  ( 24.0%)

Moon Knight continues its descent since the critically acclaimed creative team moved onto an Image book. There’s much less praise and excitement about the new arc, which seems to be reflected in the shrinking sales.

95, 101. AXIS REVOLUTIONS
10/14  Axis Revolutions #1 - 32,794
11/14  Axis Revolutions #2 - 27,775 (-15.3%)
12/14  Axis Revolutions #3 - 26,364 ( -5.1%)
12/14  Axis Revolutions #4 - 25,445 ( -3.5%)

Axis tie-in series ending at around 1/3 of the main Axis series sales, which isn’t terrible but isn’t great either.

97. INHUMAN 
04/14  Inhuman #1 - 58,309  
05/14  Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%) 
08/14  Inhuman #3 - 37,159 ( -11.1%) 
08/14  Inhuman #4 - 34,215 (  -7.9%) 
09/14  Inhuman #5 - 32,719 (  -4.4%) 
09/14  Inhuman #6 - 30,761 (  -6.0%) 
10/14  Inhuman #7 - 29,903 (  -2.8%)
11/14  Inhuman #8 - 50,766 ( -15.0%)
12/14  Inhuman #9 - 25,962 ( -48.9%)
12/14  Inhuman #10- 25,445 (  -2.0%)
---
6 Mnth  (-39.1%)

So a helpful commenter (thanks Randy C.) pointed out that the big boost to Inhumans #8 last month was due to Marvel shipping stores extra books to cross-promote with the Agents of SHIELD mid-season finale Inhumans reveal. So these lower numbers are much closer to Inhuman’s true sales numbers. Oddly enough despite this book not selling very well at all, Marvel is adding a second Inhumans book in April. This is likely due to the importance of the Inhumans to their overall publishing and film plans. Expect Inhumans to be an even bigger part of the Marvel Universe after Secret Wars.

100. 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%)

Guardians 3000 drops a quarter of its sales this month. Of all the new Guardians books this one is selling the worst, perhaps it because these character aren’t as well known as the ones featured in the movie?

108. FANTASTIC FOUR
12/04  Fantastic Four #521   – 47,636
12/09  Fantastic Four #574   – 38,431
12/11  Fantastic Four #601   – 51,080
12/12  Fantastic Four #  2   - 58,421
---
12/13  Fantastic Four v5 #15 - 27,610  (  -3.7%)
01/14  Fantastic Four v5 #16 - 28,045  (   1.6%)
02/14  Fantastic Four v6 #1  - 65,775  ( 134.5%)
03/14  Fantastic Four v6 #2  - 37,569  ( -42.9%)
04/14  Fantastic Four v6 #3  - 34,930  (  -7.0%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #4  - 33,263  (  -4.8%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #5  - 33,336  (   0.2%)
06/14  Fantastic Four v6 #6  - 33,177  (  -0.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Fantastic Four v6 #7  - 33,687  (   1.5%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #8  - 30,674  (  -8.9%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #9  - 28,827  (  -6.0%)
09/14  Fantastic Four v6 #10 - 28,118  (  -2.5%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #11 - 26,938  (  -4.2%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #12 - 26,638  (  -1.1%)
11/14  Fantastic Four v6 #13 - 25,432  (  -4.5%)
12/14  Fantastic Four v6 #14 - 24,716  (  -2.8%)
---
6 mnth  ( -25.5%)
1 year  ( -10.5%)
2 year  ( -58.0%)
3 year  ( -51.6%)
5 year  ( -35.7%)
10 year ( -48.1%)

Fantastic Four suffers from standard attrition, as it marches towards its end in April. The covers for Secret Wars suggest the FF will play into Secret Wars, but will they all survive it, and what will the FF look like in the new universe.

116. NOVA
12/09  Nova v4 #32 - 22,202
---
12/13  Nova v5 #11 - 27,982  (-14.5%)
01/14  Nova v5 #12 - 25,043  ( -10.5%)
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) 
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.7%)
1 Year  ( -22.1%)
5 Year  (  -1.8%)

Nova gets a little help from Axis, keeping it alive until its next tie-in with a more popular book in February’s Black Vortex. Will Secret Wars finally bring back Richard Rider or keep Sam Alexander around?

117. 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%)[2,269]
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)
---
6 mnth  ( -12.5%)

Loki benefitted from its Axis tie-in at first, but these last few months the sales have dropped off and it is starting to reach the 20k danger zone.

118. ALL NEW MIRACLEMAN ANNUAL
12/14  All New MiracleMan Annual #1 -  21,644

120. BLACK WIDOW
12/04  Black Widow #3  – 24,372
12/09  Deadly Origin #2– 20,925
---
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.7%)
5 Year  (   2.5%)
10 Year ( -12.0%)

Black Widow drops again. Due to her role in the MCU, I expect Black Widow will get a relaunch in the new universe.

122. PUNISHER
12/04  Punisher v7 #15  – 40,359
12/09  Punisher v8 #12  – 24,985
12/11  Punisher v9 #5   - 23,971
12/12  Pun Warzone #2   - 25,471
---
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -18.9%)
2 year  ( -17.0%)
3 year  ( -11.4%)
5 year  ( -15.0%)
10 year ( -47.4%)

Another drop for Punisher, but I expect he’ll get a relaunch in the fall.

123. AXIS HOBGOBLIN
10/14  Axis Hobgoblin #1 - 31,243
11/14  Axis Hobgoblin #2 - 26,066 (-16.6%)
12/14  Axis Hobgoblin #3 - 20,958 (-19.6%)

Hobgoblin doesn’t fare as well as some of the other Axis tie-ins.

124. ALL-NEW X-FACTOR
12/09  X-Factor #200   - 36,577  
12/11  X-Factor #229   - 23,667  
12/12  X-Factor #249   - 21,211  
---
01/14  X-Factor v4 #1  - 45,727  (
01/14  X-Factor v4 #2  - 32,228  ( -29.5%)
02/14  X-Factor v4 #3  - 29,915  (  -3.2%)
03/14  X-Factor v4 #4  - 27,337  (  -8.6%)
03/14  X-Factor v4 #5  - 26,656  (  -2.5%)
04/14  X-Factor v4 #6  - 26,029  (  -2.4%)
05/14  X-Factor v4 #7  - 24,873  (  -4.4%)
05/14  X-Factor v4 #8  - 24,283  (  -2.4%)
06/14  X-Factor v4 #9  - 23,720  (  -2.3%)
07/14  X-Factor v4 #10 - 22,563  (  -4.9%)
07/14  X-Factor v4 #11 - 22,428  (  -0.6%)
08/14  X-Factor v4 #12 - 21,352  (  -4.8%)
09/14  X-Factor v4 #13 - 20,615  (  -3.5%)
09/14  X-Factor v4 #14 - 20,820  (   1.0%)
10/14  X-Factor v4 #15 - 22,240  (   6.8%)(Axis)
11/14  X-Factor v4 #16 - 21,276  (  -4.3%)(Axis)
12/14  X-Factor v4 #17 - 20,916  (  -1.7%)(Axis)
12/14  X-Factor v4 #18 - 19,963  (  -4.6%)(Axis)
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.8%)
2 Year  (  -6.0%)
3 Year  ( -15.7%)
5 Year  ( -45.4%)

X-Factor is another book that got an initial boost from Axis but has started to slip this month. This run ends with issue 20.

126.  AVENGERS WORLD
01/14  Avengers World #1 - 86,727
01/14  Avengers World #2 - 53,693  (-38.1%)
02/14  Avengers World #3 – 39,999  (-25.5%)
03/14  Avengers World #4 – 34,397  (-14.0%)
04/14  Avengers World #5 – 31,110  ( -9.6%)
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)
---
6 Mnth  ( -22.5%)

The Axis boosts of last month did not last until this month. I expect sales to continue to drop without the support of the event tie-in. I wonder what the Avengers line will look like next September.

128. Nightcrawler
12/04  Nightcrawler #3 – 31,437
---
04/14  Nightcrawler #1 – 49,426
05/14  Nightcrawler #2 – 35,356 (-28.5%)
06/14  Nightcrawler #3 – 31,743 (-10.2%)
07/14  Nightcrawler #4 – 27,990 (-11.8%)
08/14  Nightcrawler #5 – 25,627 ( -8.4%)
09/14  Nightcrawler #6 – 23,921 ( -6.7%)
10/14  Nightcrawler #7 – 23,379 ( -2.3%)
11/14  Nightcrawler #8 – 21,845 ( -6.6%)
12/14  Nightcrawler #9 – 20,317 ( -7.0%)
---
6 Mnth  (-36.0%)
10 Year (-35.4%)

Nightcrawler is scheduled to end with issue 12.

130. CAPTAIN MARVEL
12/09  Ms. Marvel #48        - 22,527  
12/12  Captain Marvel #8     - 19,970  
---
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -17.0%)
2 year  (   0.0%)
5 year  ( -11.3%)

Captain Marvel gets a small boost of about 100 issues this month. It will be tying into the new Black Vortex crossover in the spring.

133. Iron Fist: Living Weapon
12/04  Iron Fist #6    -  17,985  
---
04/14  Iron Fist LW #1 -  53,613 (  --- )[2,350]
05/14  Iron Fist LW #2 -  33,643 ( -37.2%)
06/14  Iron Fist LW #3 -  29,816 ( -11.4%)
07/14  Iron Fist LW #4 -  26,147 ( -12.3%)
08/14  Iron Fist LW #5 -  24,178 (  -7.5%)
09/14  Iron Fist LW #6 -  21,926 (  -9.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  ---
12/14  Iron Fist LW #7 -  19,526 ( -10.9%)
---
6  mnth (-34.5%)

Iron Fist drops below the 20k mark. No word of a final issue, but with Secret War on the horizon, expect a lot of books to get a relaunch next fall.

134. SHE-HULK
12/12  Red She-Hulk #60- 20,798
---
02/14  She-Hulk #1     - 41,921  (  --- )[3,270]
03/14  She-Hulk #2     - 26,675  (-36.3%)
04/14  She-Hulk #3     - 27,398  (  2.7%)
05/14  She-Hulk #4     - 25,543  ( -6.8%)
06/14  She-Hulk #5     - 24,736  ( -3.2%)
07/14  She-Hulk #6     - 23,562  ( -3.2%)
08/14  She-Hulk #7     - 22,883  ( -2.9%)
09/14  She-Hulk #8     - 21,349  ( -6.7%)
10/14  She-Hulk #9     - 21,418  (  0.3%)
11/14  She-Hulk #10    - 20,188  ( -5.7%)
12/14  She-Hulk #11    - 19,095  ( -5.4%)
---
6 Mnth  (-22.8%)
2 Year  ( -8.0%)

She-Hulk ends with issue 12 next month.

137. X-FORCE
12/04  X-Force v2 #5  - 38,008  
12/09  X-Force v3 #22 - 51,859  
12/11  X-Force v4 #19 - 55,333
12/12  X-Force v4 #35 - 47,736  
---
12/13  X-Force v5 #15 - 27,567  ( -4.6%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #16 - 27,701  (  0.5%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #17 - 27,319  ( -1.4%)
02/14  X-Force v6 #1  - 47,427  ( 73.6%)
03/14  X-Force v6 #2  - 33,079  (-30.3%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #3  - 29,541  (-10.7%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #4  - 28,067  ( -5.0%)
05/14  X-Force v6 #5  - 26,215  ( -6.6%)
06/14  X-Force v6 #6  - 24,358  ( -7.1%)
07/14  X-Force v6 #7  - 23,675  ( -2.8%)
08/14  X-Force v6 #8  - 22,299  ( -5.8%)
09/14  X-Force v6 #9  - 21,263  ( -4.6%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #10 - 20,539  ( -3.4%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #11 - 20,308  ( -1.1%)
11/14  X-Force v6 #12 - 19,369  ( -4.6%)
12/14  X-Force v6 #13 - 18,759  ( -3.1%)
---
6 mnth  ( -23.0%)
1 year  ( -32.0%)
2 year  ( -61.0%)
3 year  ( -66.1%)
5 year  ( -63.8%)
10 year ( -50.6%)

X-Force ends with issue 15.

pre>141. 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%)
—
5 year (28.8%)

Deathlok continues to drop but is still solicited through issue 7 in April.

145. CYCLOPS
---
05/14  Cyclops #1 – 47,468
06/14  Cyclops #2 – 31,132 ( -34.4%)
07/14  Cyclops #3 – 25,925 ( -16.7%)
08/14  Cyclops #4 – 23,305 ( -16.7%)
09/14  Cyclops #5 – 21,874 (  -6.1%)
10/14  Cyclops #6 – 20,115 (  -8.0%)
11/14  Cyclops #7 – 18,371 (  -8.7%)
12/14  Cyclops #8 – 17,146 (  -6.7%)
---
6 Mnth ( -44.9%)

Cyclops drops another 1000 issues. Still solicited through April and looks like it’ll be tying into Black Vortex.

146. SECRET AVENGERS
12/11  Secret Avengers    #20 - 38,202
12/12  Secret Avengers    #35 - 30,755
---
11/13  Secret Avengers v2 #11 - 25,326  ( -13.1%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #12 - 23,863  (  -5.8%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #13 - 23,172  (  -2.9%)
01/14  Secret Avengers v2 #14 - 21,372  (  -7.8%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #15 – 20,059  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #16 – 20,022  (  -0.2%)
03/14  Secret Avengers v3 #1  - 34,036  (  70.0%)
04/14  Secret Avengers v3 #2  - 24,724  ( -27.4%)
05/14  Secret Avengers v3 #3  - 22,860  (  -7.5%)
06/14  Secret Avengers v3 #4  - 21,335  (  -6.7%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #5  - 20,088  (  -5.8%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #6  - 19,435  (  -3.3%)
08/14  Secret Avengers v3 #7  - 20,017  (   3.0%)
09/14  Secret Avengers v3 #8  - 18,680  (  -6.7%)
10/14  Secret Avengers v3 #9  - 18,974  (   1.6%)
11/14  Secret Avengers v3 #10 - 17,652  (  -7.0%)
12/14  Secret Avengers v3 #11 - 17,109  (  16.5%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -19.8%)
1 Year  ( -28.3%)
2 Year  ( -44.0%)
3 Year  ( -55.2%)

Secret Avengers ends with issue 15 in April.

148. 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%)

Storm continues to drop although the drops are shrinking. It is currently still solicited through issue 10 in April.

162. ALL-NEW INVADERS
12/04  Invaders #4           - 23,708  
---
01/14  All-New Invaders  #1  - 55,167
02/14  All-New Invaders  #2  – 32,293  (-41.5%)
03/14  All-New Invaders  #3  – 27,329  (-15.4%)
04/14  All-New Invaders  #4  – 22,927  (-16.1%)
05/14  All-New Invaders  #5  – 21,843  ( -4.7%)
06/14  All-New Invaders  #6  – 23,470  (  7.4%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  All-New Invaders  #7  – 22,332  ( -4.8%) O.S. Tie-In 
07/14  All-New Invaders  #8  – 19,865  (-11.0%) 
08/14  All-New Invaders  #9  – 18,666  ( -6.0%) 
09/14  All-New Invaders  #10 – 17,821  ( -4.5%) 
10/14  All-New Invaders  #11 – 16,711  ( -6.2%) 
11/14  All-New Invaders  #12 – 15,613  ( -6.6%)
12/14  All-New Invaders  #13 – 14,697  ( -5.9%)
---
6  Mnth  ( -32.7%)

Invaders ends with issue 15 in February.

172. Elektra
---
04/14  Elektra #1 -  47,676 (  --- )
05/14  Elektra #2 -  26,612 (-44.2%)
06/14  Elektra #3 -  22,773 (-14.4%)
07/14  Elektra #4 -  19,125 (-16.0%)
08/14  Elektra #5 -  17,209 (-10.0%)
09/14  Elektra #6 -  16,136 ( -6.2%)
10/14  Elektra #7 -  15,021 ( -6.9%)
11/14  Elektra #8 -  14,132 ( -5.9%)
12/14  Elektra #9 -  13,241 ( -6.3%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -41.9%)

Elektra ends with issue 11.

174. All NEW ULTIMATES
12/04  Ultimates      #2  - 146,277
12/11  Ult comics Ult #5  -  36,396
12/12  Ult comics Ult #19 -  26,971
-
12/13  Cataclysm Ult. #2 - 33,348  (-20.8%)
01/14  Cataclysm Ult. #3 - 29,566  (-11.3%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  All-New Ult #1   - 30,308  ( 39.6%)
05/14  All-New Ult #2   - 24,165  (-20.3%)
06/14  All-New Ult #3   - 21,898  ( -9.4%)
06/14  All-New Ult #4   - 20,561  ( -6.1%)
07/14  All-New Ult #5   - 18,199  (-11.5%)
08/14  All-New Ult #6   - 16,605  ( -8.8%)
08/14  All-New Ult #7   - 16,654  (  0.3%)
09/14  All-New Ult #8   - 16,068  ( -3.5%)
10/14  All-New Ult #9   - 14,917  ( -7.2%)
11/14  All-New Ult #10  - 13,559  ( -9.1%)
12/14  All-New Ult #11  - 13,011  ( -4.0%)
---
6  Mnth  ( -40.6%)
1  Year  ( -61.0%)
2  Year  ( -52.0%)
3  Year  ( -64.3%)
10 Year  ( -91.1%)

Ultimates ends with issue 12 in January.

179. AVENGERS NOW
---
12/14  Avengers Now – 12,497

Avengers Now is a $4.99 Marvel Universe handbook update, and sells pretty well.

186. MEN OF WRATH
---
10/14  Men of Wrath #1 – 20,927
11/14  Men of Wrath #2 – 13,484 (-35.6%)
12/14  Men of Wrath #3 – 11,839 (-12.2%)

The drops are shrinking for this Icon book.

188. MARVEL’s AVENGERS
---
12/14  Marvel’s Avengers – 11,370

A comic book adaptation of the first Avengers film that sells at the normal number for these kinds of adaptations.

198. Dark Tower: Drawing of Three
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #1 – 21,072
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #2 – 12,356  ( -41.4%)
10/14  Dark tower: DoT #3 – 12,130  (  -1.8%)
11/14  Dark tower: DoT #4 – 11,351  (  -6.4%)
12/14  Dark tower: DoT #5 – 10,709  (  -5.7%)

Dark tower is stabilizing around its normal sales numbers.

224. GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT TWO
01/14  Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
02/14  Act One #2 of 5 – 17,624 ( -28.1%)
03/14  Act One #3 of 5 – 15,720 ( -10.8%)
04/14  Act One #4 of 5 – 14,855 (  -5.5%)
06/14  Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 (  -6.3%)
09/14  Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 (  -5.5%)
10/14  Act Two #2 of 5 – 10,360 ( -21.3%)
11/14  Act Two #3 of 5 –  9,047 ( -12.7%)
12/14  Act Two #4 of 5 –  8,331 (  -7.9%)

Empire of the Dead continues to drop, although the drops are shrinking.

299. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
12/12  MUU Spider-Man #9  – 5,235  ( -3.0%)
---
12/13  MUU Spider-Man #21 – 5,015  ( -2.9%)
01/14  MUU Spider-Man #22 - ?,???  (  ??? )
02/14  MUU Spider-Man #23 – 4,761  ( -3.7%)
03/14  MUU Spider-Man #24 – 4,544  ( -4.6%)
04/14  MUU Spider-Man #25 – 4,529  ( -0.3%)
05/14  MUU Spider-Man #26 – 4,759  (  5.1%)
06/14  MUU Spider-Man #27 – 4,713  ( -1.0%)
07/14  ---
08/14  ---
09/14  ---
10/14  ---
11/14  MUU Spider-Man WW #1  – 6,343  (  -1.0%)
12/14  MUU Spider-Man WW #2  – 5,063  ( -20.2%)
---
6 Mnth  (  7.4%)
1 Year  (  1.0%)
2 Year  ( -3.0%)

Web Warriors drops closer to the normal sales for these cartoon tie-ins. The other cartoon tie-in Avengers book didn’t chart this month.

—

6-Month Comparisons

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98.6%	THOR #3
90.6%	SPIDER-MAN AND X-MEN #1
64.6%	ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
41.1%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #7
39.7%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #9
39.6%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #8
38.5%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
9.6%	CAPTAIN AMERICA AND MIGHTY AVENGERS #3 
7.4%	MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #2
1.5%	UNCANNY X-MEN #29
0.8%	ALL NEW X-MEN #34
-3.9%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 (SV)
-4.3%	GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #22
-5.0%	NEW AVENGERS #28 TRO
-10.4%	MS MARVEL #10
-11.8%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #17 
-12.5%	LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #9 
-12.7%	AVENGERS #39 TRO
-15.7%	BLACK WIDOW #13
-15.7%	NOVA #25 (Axis)
-15.8%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #18 
-16.5%	MAGNETO #13
-17.0%	CAPTAIN MARVEL #10
-17.2%	DAREDEVIL #11
-17.7%	MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
-18.9%	PUNISHER #13
-19.7%	DEADPOOL #38 
-19.8%	SECRET AVENGERS #11 
-21.1%	X-MEN #22
-21.7%	HULK #9
-22.0%	DEADPOOL #39 
-22.5%	AVENGERS WORLD #16 
-22.8%	SHE-HULK #11 
-23.0%	X-FORCE #13 
-24.4%	AMAZING X-MEN #14
-25.5%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14 
-32.7%	ALL NEW INVADERS #13 
-34.0%	MOON KNIGHT #10
-34.5%	IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON #7
-36.0%	NIGHTCRAWLER #9 
-39.1%	INHUMAN #10 
-40.2%	GEORGE ROMEROS EMPIRE OF DEAD ACT 2 #4
-40.6%	ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11
-41.9%	ELEKTRA #9
-44.9%	CYCLOPS #8

—

1 Year Comparisons

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83.3%	THOR #3
58.6%	SPIDER-MAN AND X-MEN #1
45.0%	ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
37.6%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 
37.0%	SCARLET SPIDERS #2 
23.1%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #7
21.9%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #9
21.8%	AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #8
19.3%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
3.8%	MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
1.0%	M U ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #2
0.9%	DEADPOOL #38 (Axis)
-2.0%	GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #22
-2.0%	DEADPOOL #39 (Axis)
-2.9%	DAREDEVIL #11
-10.5%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14
-14.7%	UNCANNY X-MEN #29
-15.6%	ALL NEW X-MEN #34
-19.6%	CAPTAIN AMERICA AND MIGHTY AVENGERS #3
-22.1%	NOVA #25
-22.4%	HULK #9
-28.3%	SECRET AVENGERS #11 
-29.6%	NEW AVENGERS #28 TRO
-32.0%	X-FORCE #13
-43.2%	X-MEN #22
-48.3%	AMAZING X-MEN #14 
-61.0%	ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11
-63.1%	AVENGERS #39 TRO

—

2 Year Comparisons

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36%	SPIDER-MAN AND X-MEN #1
31%	THOR #3
20%	AMAZING X-MEN #14 
11%	SCARLET SPIDERS #2 
3%	X-MEN #22
0%	CAPTAIN MARVEL #10
-1%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #17
-3%	MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #2
-6%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #18 
-8%	SHE-HULK #11 
-12%	DAREDEVIL #11
-15%	MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
-17%	PUNISHER #13
-22%	ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
-28%	DEADPOOL #38 (Axis)
-30%	DEADPOOL #39 (Axis)
-31%	ALL NEW X-MEN #34
-32%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
-44%	SECRET AVENGERS #11 
-48%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 
-50%	AVENGERS #39 TRO
-52%	ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11
-56%	HULK #9
-58%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14
-61%	X-FORCE #13

—

3 Year Comparisons

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94.0%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 
91.0%	THOR #3
70.6%	DEADPOOL #38 (Axis)
65.8%	DEADPOOL #39 (Axis)
42.3%	MAGNETO #13
9.6%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
8.1%	MOON KNIGHT #10
6.0%	SPIDER-MAN AND X-MEN #1
4.9%	ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
0.2%	AMAZING X-MEN #14 
-11.4%	PUNISHER #13
-11.6%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #17
-15.7%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #18 
-16.5%	UNCANNY X-MEN #29
-17.6%	AVENGERS #39 TRO
-19.2%	DAREDEVIL #11
-22.8%	X-MEN #22
-23.4%	AXIS CARNAGE #3
-24.7%	NEW AVENGERS #28 TRO
-30.3%	DARK TOWER DoT PRISONER #5
-34.9%	MM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
-40.4%	HULK #9
-51.6%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14
-55.2%	SECRET AVENGERS #11 
-64.3%	ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11
-66.1%	X-FORCE #13

—

5 Year Comparisons

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135.6%	GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #22
119.9%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
78.0%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 
31.4%	THOR #3
28.8%	DEATHLOK #3
24.0%	MOON KNIGHT #10
2.5%	BLACK WIDOW #13
-1.8%	NOVA #25
-5.4%	DEADPOOL #38 (Axis)
-8.1%	DEADPOOL #39 (Axis)
-11.3%	CAPTAIN MARVEL #10
-15.0%	PUNISHER #13
-18.0%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
-18.9%	DAREDEVIL #11
-20.2%	UNCANNY X-MEN #29
-31.4%	MM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
-35.7%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14
-37.0%	HULK #9
-40.9%	CAPT AM & MIGHTY AVENGERS #3
-42.8%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #17
-45.2%	NEW AVENGERS #28 TRO
-45.4%	AMAZING X-MEN #14 
-45.4%	ALL NEW X-FACTOR #18 
-45.4%	ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
-62.2%	DARK TOWER DoT PRISONER #5
-63.8%	X-FORCE #13

—

10 Year Comparisons

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26.4%	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 
-12.0%	BLACK WIDOW #13
-27.2%	SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
-35.4%	NIGHTCRAWLER #9 
-37.8%	DAREDEVIL #11
-40.5%	UNCANNY X-MEN #29
-47.4%	PUNISHER #13
-48.1%	FANTASTIC FOUR #14
-50.6%	X-FORCE #13
-64.7%	MM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #8
-65.1%	X-MEN #22
-76.5%	AMAZING X-MEN #14 
-91.1%	ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11

Secret Wars will be changing everything. This time next year, the makeup of Marvel’s publishing line may look completely different. What books do you want to see get relaunched, which books should end with the event? Do you think the x-books and the Fantastic Four will have a smaller presence to make more room for Inhumans and Guardians of the Galaxy? What aspects of continuity do you expect to see altered or erased? Lots of questions to tackle in the comments, I’m sure you’ll have fun.

Thank you for joining me this last year, and as always keep reading comics!

7 Comments on Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts December 2014: Time is Running Out for Marvel, last added: 2/28/2015

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Kentucky Fried Horse said, on 2/25/2015 4:08:00 PM

I’m hoping this is more of a “Crisis On Infinite Earths” type of deal, rather than a “Flashpoint”.

Steve said, on 2/26/2015 6:17:00 AM

I wonder how much sales of Axis would have fallen if it wasn’t triple-shipped and retailers had been able to adjust numbers accordingly. To me, it was easily the worst “event” series since Fear Itself (if not worse than that one…)

Kev said, on 2/26/2015 7:15:00 AM

I wonder what Marvel is going to try to do to drum up the sales on Captain Marvel before calling it a day…I have my doubts that the Black Vortex crossover is going to do much, though I’m sure the inevitable Ms. Marvel crossover will help.

Mo Walker said, on 2/26/2015 10:32:00 AM

I definitely hope there is some sort of thinning of the Avengers & X-Men lines post Secret Wars. I feel like titles are essential eating themselves and diluting the lines as a whole.

@Kev – The Carol Corps is certain to get a Secret Wars book because a portion of Battleworld is allocated to Captain Marvel. I could see this as the perfect opportunity to do a Captain Marvel/Ms. Marvel team-up book.

Bob said, on 2/26/2015 11:14:00 AM

It’s pretty amazing that we’re getting to the point that in the next few months it’s possible that outside of first issues both the top AVENGERS book and the top X-MEN book will both have sales under 50k in the North American direct market. I’m pretty sure either franchise sinking that low is unprecedented in the modern history of the direct market, for both to reach new lows at the same time doesn’t look good on current management. And I’m not sure how much a reboot or relaunch or whatever they’re doing will help since the architects of that will be mostly the same people bringing in these sales.

hsssh said, on 2/26/2015 12:49:00 PM

@Bob, probably Secret Wars is going to bring a decent increase and we won’t see them dropping below 50k.

Ras said, on 2/28/2015 2:29:00 AM

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Guardians 3000 drops a quarter of its sales this month. Of all the new Guardians books this one is selling the worst, perhaps it because these character aren’t as well known as the ones featured in the movie?
—

The writing was impenetrable. There was nothing to bring me back for a second look.

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2. Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts: November 2014—A Tale of Three Events

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By Jason Enright

Welcome to another month of Marvel sales analysis. This month’s charts are dominated by 3 events and their various tie-in books which make up 28 of Marvel’s books shipped this month, or 1/3 of their output. Let’s look at the monthly breakdown.

76 books in total
7 double shipped books (plus 1 series that shipped more than twice this month)
4 X-Men books (6 if you count X-Factor and X-Force)
5 Avengers books (7 if you count the Ultimates and Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble)
0 Annuals
1 Original Sin Tie-In book
15 AXIS and AXIS Tie-in Books
6 Death of Wolverine and Death of Wolverine Tie-in books
7 Spider-Verse and Spider-verse Tie-in Books
28 of Marvel’s 76 books or 1/3 of their books this month are connected to one of their 3 current events

3 titles over 100,000 copies
4 titles between 75,000 and 100,000 copies
10 titles between 50,000 and 75,000 copies
31 titles between 25,000 and 50,000 copies
28 titles under 25,000
4 $4.99 books
69 $3.99 books
1 $3.95 book
1 $3.50 book
1 $2.99 book

Wow! So that is a lot of AXIS, Spider-Verse, and Death of Wolverine coming out this month. Spider-Verse topped the charts this month, with Axis and some new debuts close behind, but I can’t help but wonder if these events are starting to cannibalize each other’s sales a bit. AXIS seems to be underperforming a bit, and I wonder if people are just getting tired of event after event.

Let’s dive deep into the numbers and look for trends.

As always, thanks to Milton Greipp and ICv2 for information used to compile these charts.

1, 4. Amazing SPIDER-MAN
11/04  Am Spi #514   –  87,118
11/09  Am Spi #613   -	 64,669
11/11  Am Spi #674   -	 57,723
11/12  Am Spi #698   -  81,342
---
11/13  Superior #21  -  74,940  ( -12.2%)
11/13  Superior #22  -  81,250  (  +8.4%)
12/13  Superior #23  -  77,105  (  -5.1%)
12/13  Superior #24  -  76,131  (  -1.3%)
01/14  Superior #25  -  77,311  (   1.5%)
01/14  Superior #26  -  72,591  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Supr #27.Now  -  86,405  (  19.0%)
02/14  Superior #28  -  75,477  ( -12.6%)
03/14  Superior #29  -  76,568  (   1.4%)
03/14  Superior #30  -  75,431  (  -1.5%)
04/14  Superior #31  – 135,484  (  79.6%)[13,234]
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.S. 
08/14  Amazing v3 #5 - 101,655  ( -13.8%)O.S.
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  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #10- 100,899  ( -14.2%)
---
6 mnth  ( -18.6%)
1 year  (  24.2%)
2 year  (  24.0%)
3 year  (  74.8%)
5 year  (  56.0%)
10 year (  15.8%)

Spider-man takes the #1 spot thanks to the premiere issue of Spider-Verse. The last 7 months have been great for Spider-man sales as only two issues have fallen below 100k. Marvel’s various events or #1 issues may unseat him from time to time but Spider-man is definitely the most consistent seller for Marvel, and Spider-verse seems like it will do very well for the company both in boosting Spider-Man sales and in helping launch several spin-off series such as Silk and Spider-Gwen.

2. CAPTAIN AMERICA
11/04  Captain America v5 # 1 -  67,223
11/09  Captain Am. Reborn # 4 -  96,526  
11/11  Captain America v6 # 4 -  54,157 
11/12  Captain America v7 # 1 - 123,667  
---
11/13  Captain America v7 #13 - 36,147  (  -6.6%)
12/13  Captain America v7 #14 - 34,532  (  -4.5%)
01/14  Captain America v7 #15 - 33,433  (  -3.2%)
02/14  Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)
02/14  Captain America v7 #17 – 33,312  (  -8.8%)
03/14  Captain America v7 #18 – 33,642  (   1.0%)
04/14  Captain America v7 #19 – 34,420  (   2.3%)
05/14  Captain America v7 #20 – 30,341  (  -9.3%)
06/14  Captain America v7 #21 – 30,427  (   0.3%)
07/14  Captain America v7 #22 – 34,563  (  13.6%)
08/14  Captain America v7 #23 – 30,927  ( -10.5%)
09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
11/14  Captain America v8 #1  –120,500  (  62.4%)
---
6 Mnth  ( 297.2%)
1 Year  ( 233.4%)
2 Year  (  -3.0%)
3 Year  ( 122.5%)
5 Year  (  24.8%)
10 Year (  79.3%)

The All-New Captain America starring Sam Wilson Soars high with a 120k debut and while not as strong as Thor #1’s debut, it still looks like it’ll be a very successful relaunch for the character. Interestingly enough, the last relaunch of Captain America at the start of Marvel Now two years ago launched at almost the same numbers.

5. SPIDER-WOMAN
11/14  Spider-Woman #1 -  93,723

Spider-Woman launches at 93k copies. Marvel pulled an interesting move here and launched this book as a Spider-Verse tie-in, so I will be very curious to see how this book does after the next few months to see how the sales are being boosted by the Spider-verse connection.

6. THOR
11/11  Thor v4 #8   -  40,703  
11/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
---
11/13  Thor v5 #15 -  41,259  (-10.3%)
12/13  Thor v5 #16 -  39,597  ( -4.0%)
01/14  Thor v5 #17 -  38,913  ( -1.7%)
01/14  Thor v5 #18 -  38,190  ( -1.9%)
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42,034  ( 10.1%)
03/14  Thor v5 #20 –  37,895  ( -9.8%)
04/14  Thor v5 #21 –  38,055  (  0.4%)
05/14  Thor v5 #22 –  36,945  ( -2.9%)
06/14  Thor v5 #23 –  36,540  ( -1.1%)
07/14  Thor v5 #24 –  38,330  (  4.9%)
08/14  ---
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –  89,131  ( -40.9%)
---
6 mnth  ( 296.4%)
1 year  ( 227.9%)
2 year  ( -19.0%)
3 year  ( 119.0%)

So generally a book sees a 40% drop from issue 1 to issue 2, but sometimes when a book debuts with really high numbers, the drop is even steeper. Thor not only had a great debut but only took the standard 40% drop for issue 2, which bodes very well for it. It also had strong issue 1 re-orders so it is possible that issue 3 or 4 might even see a sales increase as stores adjust their orders to meet demand.

7, 42. IRON MAN
11/04  Iron Man v4 #1   - 68,989
11/09 Inv Iron Man #20  - 55,135
11/11 Inv Iron Man #510 - 38,118
11/12  Iron Man v6 #2   - 72,902
---
11/13  Iron Man v6 #18  - 36,135  (  -7.5%)
12/13  Iron Man v6 #19  - 32,537  ( -10.0%)
01/14  Iron Man v6 #20  - 30,533  (  -6.2%)
01/14  Iron #20.INH     - 30,512  (  -0.1%)
02/14  Iron Man v6 #21  – 29,546  (  -3.2%)
03/14  Iron Man v6 #22  - 29,017  (  -1.8%) 
03/14  Ir. Man #23.NOW  - 43,912  (  51.3%)
04/14  Iron Man v6 #24  - 31,257  ( -28.8%)
05/14  Iron Man v6 #25  - 29,558  (  -5.4%)
05/14  Iron Man v6 #26  - 28,654  (  -3.1%)
06/14  Iron Man v6 #27  - 28,290  (  -1.3%)
06/14  Iron Man v6 #28  - 28,027  (  -0.9%)
11/14  Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994  ( 199.7%)
11/14  Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621  ( -49.3%)
---
6 Mnth  (  48.7%)
1 Year  (  17.9%)
2 Year  ( -42.0%)
3 Year  (  11.8%)
5 Year  ( -22.7%)
10 Year ( -38.2%)

Superior Iron Man debuts 40k copies under recent relaunches like Captain America and 70k copies under Thor, followed by a steeper than normal second issue drop of 50%. It seems like evil Iron Man wasn’t as exciting a rebranding as the diverse new takes on Cap and Thor, or maybe it is just being hurt by tying in so closely to AXIS, which has not been an incredibly strong seller for Marvel.

8, 9, 11. AXIS/UNCANNY AVENGERS
11/12  Uncanny Avengers #2  -  114,257
---
11/13  Uncanny Avengers #14 -  60,750  (  0.3%)
12/13  Uncanny Avengers #15 -  57,035  ( -6.1%)
01/14  Uncanny Avengers #16 -  54,670  ( -4.1%)
02/14  Uncanny Avengers #17 –  53,181  ( -2.7%)
03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
04/14  Uncanny Avengers #19 –  52,381  (-17.5%)
05/14  Uncanny Avengers #20 –  51,886  ( -0.9%)
06/14  Uncanny Avengers #21 –  49,762  ( -4.1%)
07/14  Uncanny Avengers #22 –  50,253  (  1.0%)
08/14  Uncanny Avengers #23 –  50,974  (  1.4%)
09/14  Uncanny Avengers #24 –  49,469  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)AXIS
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #2 –  87,964  (-36.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #3 –  84,708  ( -3.7%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #4 –  79,068  ( -6.7%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #5 –  74,928  ( -5.2%)
11/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #6 –  73,824  ( -1.5%)
---
6 mnth  (  42.3%)
1 year  (  21.5%)
2 year  ( -35.0%)

AXIS is not really selling as strongly as I would have expected. I imagine these numbers would be even lower if it wasn’t being released almost weekly and stores had more time to adjust orders. There isn’t even heavy re-order data in the top 300 for last month’s issues, which is normally expected from large event books. I personally think it might be event fatigue as there wasn’t much of a break between this and Original Sin and Death of Wolverine. Also Spider-Verse is happening at the same time. Perhaps fans’ wallets are stretched a little thin or they just aren’t into the whole inversion idea.

13. Spider-Verse
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #1  - 59,237 
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #2  - 54,415  (-8.1%)[9,570]
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #3  - 51,530  (-5.3%)
10/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #4  - 48,877  (-5.1%)
10/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #5  - 52,596  ( 7.6%)
11/14  Spider-Verse #1          - 71,232  (35.4%)

Spider-Verse is a 2-part anthology series telling stories of different Spider characters during the events of the main Spider-Verse story which is taking place in Amazing Spider-Man. For the primary event tie-in book, it is doing quite well and selling around 30% less than the main book, but still selling better than the prelude Edge of Spider-Verse which sold around 50k.

16. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
11/09  Guardians v2 #20 -  22,954
---
12/13  Guardians v3 #9  -  57,665  (  -9.2%)
12/13  Guardians v3 #10 -  53,527  (  -7.2%)
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.S. Tie-In
09/14  Guardians v3 #19 -  55,891  (  -7.9%) O.S. Tie-In
10/14  Guardians v3 #20 -  61,072  (   9.3%)
11/14  Guardians v3 #21 -  62,387  (   2.2%)
---
6 mnth  (   14.8%)
5 year  (  171.8%)

Guardians stays strong at 62k thanks to a new storyline guest starring Venom and a special Rocket & Groot variant.

***Note: This is right around where All-New X-Men would place but no issue shipped this month. Look for it next month.

17, 66. MIGHTY AVENGERS
11/09  Mighty Avengers   #31 -  49,457  
---
11/13  Mighty Avengers v2 #3 -  42,210  (-23.1%)
12/13  Mighty Avengers v2 #4 -  35,740  (-15.3%)
01/14  Mighty Avengers#5.INH -  30,251  (-15.4%)
02/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #6 -  27,195  (-10.1%)
02/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #7 -  26,512  ( -2.5%)
03/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #8 -  24,933  ( -6.0%)
04/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #9 -  23,903  ( -4.1%)
05/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #10 - 28,711  ( 20.1%)
06/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #11 - 26,221  ( -8.7%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #12 - 24,851  ( -5.2%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #13 - 22,490  ( -9.5%)
09/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #14 - 21,516  ( -4.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #1  - 60,206  (179.8%)AXIS
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #2  - 34,428  (-42.8%)AXIS
---
6 Mnth  (  19.9%)
1 Year  ( -18.4%)
5 Year  ( -30.4%)

The new rebranding of Mighty Avengers launches with a decent 60k but then drops down to 34k for issue 2. While this does fit the normal trend of a 40% issue 2 drop, it does not bode well for the series long term health if it doesn’t stabilize out quickly over the next few months. I also wonder if tying into AXIS right from its debut issue, will help or hurt this book?

21. UNCANNY X-MEN
11/04  Uncanny X-Men #451   –  92,047
11/09  Uncanny X-Men #516   –  69,525
11/11  Uncanny X-Men #1     - 109,911
---
11/13  Uncanny X-Men v3 #14 -  65,655  ( -12.7%)
12/13  Uncanny #15.INH      -  62,692  (  -4.5%)
01/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #16 -  58,676  (  -6.4%)
02/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #17 –  56,163  (  -4.3%)
03/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #18 -  54,902  (  -2.2%)
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%)[5,627]O.S. Tie-In
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   2.2%)
1 year  ( -14.8%)
3 year  ( -49.1%)
5 year  ( -19.5%)
10 year ( -39.2%)

Variants and new story arcs may give Uncanny X-men temporary boosts but for the last year it has very consistently sold around 55k to 60k issues.

23. AVENGERS
11/04  Avengers   #503 – 105,757
11/11  Avengers v4 #19 –  56,620
11/12  Avengers v4 #34 -  57,315
---
11/13  Avengers v5 #23 -  66,501  (  -6.0%)
12/13  Avengers#24.NOW - 127,466  ( +91.7%)
01/14  Avengers v5 #25 -  65,591  ( -48.5%)
02/14  Avengers v5 #26 –  59,775  (  -8.9%)
03/14  Avengers v5 #27 -  53,966  (  -9.7%)
04/14  Avengers v5 #28 -  52,808  (  -2.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #29 -  58,661  (  11.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #30 -  57,099  (  -2.7%)
06/14  Avengers v5 #31 -  53,933  (  -5.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Avengers v5 #32 -  56,595  (   4.9%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Avengers v5 #33 -  51,874  (  -8.3%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Avengers v5 #34 -  54,413  (   4.9%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14  Avenge v5 #34.1 -  45,942  ( -15.6%) 
09/14  Avengers v5 #35 -  50,629  (  10.2%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #36 -  56,771  (  12.1%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #37 -  49,430  ( -12.9%)
11/14  Avengers v5 #38 -  54,368  (  10.0%)
---
6 mnth  (  -4.8%)
1 year  ( -18.2%)
2 year  (  -5.0%)
3 year  (  -4.0%)
10 year ( -48.6%)

Avengers is another series that seems to sell pretty consistently within a 5k range and is pretty solidly entrenched between 50 and 55k.

24. ROCKET RACCOON
07/14  Rocket Raccoon #1  -  293,913  ( --- )[7,738]
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%)

Rocket Raccoon drops 8% this month but 5 months in it is still selling a solid 50k issues which is very good compared to the majority of Marvel’s solo books which sell in the 30k range.

26. DEADPOOL
11/09  Deadpool v3 #17  - 46,743  
11/11  Deadpool v3 #46 -  27,552 
11/12  Deadpool v4 #1  - 118,976 
---
11/13  Deadpool v4 #19 -  44,184  (  -6.2%)
12/13  Deadpool v4 #20 -  43,653  (  -1.2%)
12/13  Deadpool v4 #21 -  43,066  (  -1.3%)
01/14  Deadpool v4 #22 -  41,765  (  -3.0%)
02/14  Deadpool v4 #23 -  41,204  (  -1.3%)
02/14  Deadpool v4 #24 -  41,130  (  -0.2%)
03/14  D'pool #25.NOW  -  48,775  (  18.6%)
03/14  Deadpool v4 #26 -  44,141  (  -9.5%)
04/14  Deadpool v4 #27 -  62,037  (  40.5%)[1,992]
05/14  Deadpool v4 #28 -  45,858  (  26.1%)
05/14  Deadpool v4 #29 -  52,403  (  14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
06/14  Deadpool v4 #30 -  54,072  (  14.3%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Deadpool v4 #31 -  49,930  (  -7.7%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Deadpool v4 #32 -  46,829  (  -6.2%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Deadpool v4 #33 -  50,023  (   6.8%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14  Deadpool v4 #34 -  58,034  (  16.0%) 
09/14  Deadpool v4 #35 -  43,554  ( -25.0%) 
10/14  Deadpool v4 #36 -  46,600  (   7.0%) AXIS
11/14  Deadpool v4 #37 -  51,579  (  10.7%) AXIS
---
6 mnth  (  -1.6%)
1 year  (  16.7%)
2 year  ( -57.0%)
3 year  (  87.2%)
5 year  (  10.3%)

Deadpool seems to be benefitting from a tie-in to AXIS as sales rise a bit with people wanting to check out an inverted Deadpool. Of course the boost may just be due to the Rocket and Groot variant program.

29. INHUMAN 
04/14  Inhuman #1 - 58,309  
05/14  Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%) 
08/14  Inhuman #3 - 37,159 ( -11.1%) 
08/14  Inhuman #4 - 34,215 (  -7.9%) 
09/14  Inhuman #5 - 32,719 (  -4.4%) 
09/14  Inhuman #6 - 30,761 (  -6.0%) 
10/14  Inhuman #7 - 29,903 (  -2.8%)
11/14  Inhuman #8 - 50,766 ( 69.8%)
---
6 Mnth  ( 21.4%)

Inhumans gets a big boost of 20k issues this month, which is odd because it has no variants and isn’t a part of a big event. However, perhaps this boost is due to the announcement of the Inhumans movie and the recent TV show story arcs that hint at the coming of the Inhumans.

37, 46. NEW AVENGERS
11/09  New Avengers v1 #59 -  74,345  
11/11  New Avengers v2 #18 -  54,454  
11/12  New Avengers v2 #34 -  53,862  
---
11/13  New Avengers v3 #12 -  58,807  ( -7.0%)
12/13  N Avengers #13.INH  -  56,624  ( -3.7%)
01/14  ---
02/14  New Avengers v3 #14 -  50,668  (-10.5%)
03/14  New Avengers v3 #15 -  47,178  ( -6.9%)
03/14  N Avengers #16.NOW  -  48,731  (  0.0%)
04/14  New Avengers v3 #17 -  45,885  ( -5.8%)
05/14  New Avengers v3 #18 -  43,668  ( -4.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #19 -  41,989  ( -3.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #20 -  43,962  ( -0.1%)
07/14  New Avengers v3 #21 -  42,699  (  1.8%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #22 -  42,797  (  0.2%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #23 -  40,018  ( -6.3%)
09/14  New Avengers v3 #24 -  45,123  (-12.8%)
10/14  New Avengers v3 #25 -  42,979  ( -4.8%)
11/14  New Avengers v3 #26 -  46,318  (  7.8%)
11/14  New Avengers v3 #27 -  40,408  (-12.8%)
---
6 mnth  (  -7.5%)
1 year  ( -31.3%)
2 year  ( -25.0%)
3 year  ( -25.8%)
5 year  ( -45.6%)

There were two New Avengers issues this month and the first jumped up 4k issues and then the second dropped 6k, for a net loss of 2k. It has been hovering 40-42k for a while now and is probably heading towards some sort of relaunch or rebranding after Secret Wars next year.

39, 70. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: WEAPON X PROGRAM
11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #1 - 44,612 
11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #2 - 33,143 (-25.7%)

41. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: LIFE AFTER LOGAN
11/14  DoW: Life after Logan #1 -  43,404

43, 48. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: LOGAN LEGACY
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #1 -  71,532  
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #2 -  48,795  ( -31.8%)
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #3 -  47,265  (  -3.9%)
11/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #4 -  42,114  ( -10.9%)
11/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #5 -  39,367  (  -6.5%)

These Death of Wolverine spin-off series all seem to be selling around 30 to 40k. Luckily most of them seem to be mini-series that will wrap up next month or in January and likely won’t overstay their welcome.

49. SPIDER-MAN 2099
07/14  Spider-Man 2099 #1  -  90,690  ( --- )[6,461]
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%)

2099 is a pretty stable Spider-man spin-off/Spider-verse tie-in series with a 5% month to month attrition which isn’t great but isn’t terrible either. If the drops shrink to 2% each month, it could maintain a pretty healthy sales number.

52. DEADPOOL vs.
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #1 – 57,275 [4,497]
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #2 – 49,374  (-13.8%)[2,757]
05/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #3 – 46,688  ( -5.4%)
06/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #4 – 47,228  (  1.2%)
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #1 - 54,762  ( --- )
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #2 - 45,047  (-17.7%)
08/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #3 - 38,471  (-14.6%)
09/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #4 – 35,748  ( -7.1%)
09/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #0 – 42,960  ( 20.2%)
10/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #1 – 47,983  ( 11.7%)
11/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #2 – 38,120  (-20.6%)
---
6 Mnth ( -18.4%)

The Hawkeye VS. mini-series is still selling pretty well and will likely end with similar numbers to the previous Deadpool Vs. series.

53. 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%)

This series is very stable with issue 5 selling very close to what issue 2 sold. The upcoming Black Vortex crossover spins out of the events of this book and crosses over with Guardians and All-New X-Men which should help boost this series’ sales.

54. DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR
10/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #1 -  42,673  
11/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #2 -  36,707

Art of War is another Deadpool miniseries with very strong sales only a 15k behind the main book. No signs of the Deadpool bubble bursting yet.

57. AMAZING X-MEN
11/04  Astonishing X-Men #6  - 134,835  
11/09  Astonishing X-Men #32 -  62,125  
11/11  Astonishing X-Men #44 -  32,729  
11/12  Astonishing X-Men #56 -  27,583  
---
11/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #1   - 112,337  (+434.4%)
12/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #2   -  60,870  ( -45.8%)
01/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #3   -  51,431  ( -15.5%)
02/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #4   -  48,161  (  -6.4%)
03/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #5   -  46,242  (  -4.0%)
04/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #6   -  45,095  (  -2.5%)
05/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #7   -  42,512  (  -5.7%)
06/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #8   -  41,613  (  -2.1%)
07/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #9   -  40,562  (  -2.5%)
08/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #10  -  36,405  ( -10.2%)
09/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #11  -  34,552  (  -5.1%)
10/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #12  -  32,966  (  -4.6%)
11/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #13  -  36,338  (  10.2%)
---
6  mnth  ( -14.5%)
1  year  ( -67.7%)
2  year  (  32.0%)
3  year  (  11.0%)
5 year   ( -41.5%)
10 year  ( -73.1%)

Amazing X-Men receives a solid 4k boost likely due to a Rocket & Groot variant but possibly also because of a nice standalone issue from a guest creative team.

58. SCARLET SPIDERS
11/14  Scarlet Spiders #1  -  36,281  (---)

Scarlet Spiders has a decent debut at 36k for a 3-isse miniseries tie-in to Spider-Verse.

59. SPIDER-VERSE TEAM UP
10/14  Spider-Verse Team Up #1  -  35,449  (---)

Team-up is another Spider-Verse anthology series but I’m genuinely unclear what sets it apart from the anthology series called Spider-verse which sold 35k more copies. Perhaps they should have just called this Spider-Verse #2.

64. HULK
11/09  Incred Hulk    #604 - 40,633
11/11  Incred Hulk v4 #2   – 80,143
11/12  Incred Hulk v4 #15  -118,200
---
11/13  Indestructible #15  - 37,025  (  -9.6%)
11/13  Indestructible #16  - 35,871  (  -3.1%)
12/13  Hulk #17.INH        - 35,679  (  -0.5%)
01/14  Hulk #18.INH        - 33,056  (  -7.4%)
02/14  Indestructible #19  - 31,192  (  -5.6%)
03/14  Indestructible #20  - 30,042  (  -3.7%)
04/14  Hulk v3 #1          - 73,551  ( 144.8%)
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (  -8.4%)
1 Year  (  -3.9%)
2 Year  ( -71.0%)
3 Year  ( -57.0%)
5 Year  ( -15.1%)

Hulk has been very stable for the last several months as writer Gerry Duggan takes Banner and the Hulk in a new direction.

65. GUARDIANS 3000
10/14  Guardians 3000 #1  -  58,574  (---)
11/14  Guardians 3000 #2  -  34,467  (-41.2%)

Guardians drops 40% with its issue 2 which isn’t bad but could be if future months see more big drops.

73. DAREDEVIL
11/04  Daredevil v2 #67 – 51,345
11/04  Daredevil   #502 – 40,335
11/11  Daredevil v3 #6  – 38,302
11/12  Daredevil v3 #20 - 36,515 
---
10/13  Daredevil v3 #32 - 34,957  ( -4.7%)
11/13  Daredevil v3 #33 - 32,966  ( -5.7%)
12/13  Daredevil v3 #34 - 32,331  ( -1.9%)
01/14  Daredevil v3 #35 - 32,067  ( -0.8%)
02/14  Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494  ( -1.8%)
03/14  Daredevil v4 #1  - 76,006  (141.3%)[1,948]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -17.5%)
1 Year  (  -1.6%)
2 Year  ( -11.0%)
3 Year  ( -15.3%)
5 Year  ( -19.6%)
10 Year ( -36.8%)

Mark Waid and Chris Samnee’s award-winning run on Daredevil continues to sell very steadily, but recent solicits indicate that their run is coming to an end in 2015. Wait holds the longest run on Daredevil of any creator and his book has maintained steady sales as well as critical acclaim. It will be interesting to see who fills his shoes.

74. 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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( 62.6%)

I normally expect to see a 40% drop on 2nd issues, because stores often have to place orders before they have had a chance to read the first issue. The new Winter Soldier issue 2 only drops 30%. Hopefully its drops continue to shrink from here.

75. CARNAGE
11/12  Mini Carnage Omega #1 – 37,376
11/13  Superior Carnage #5   – 31,100
---
10/14  AXIS Carnage #1       – 38,548
11/14  AXIS Carnage #2       – 32,015 (-16.9%)
---
1 year  (  2.9%) 2 Year  (-14.0%)

Carnage is selling very well and should end on a strong note.

***Note this is normally where Ms. Marvel would place but no issue shipped this month. Look for it in next month’s article.

77. MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN
11/04  Ult. Spider-Man v1 #69 –  90,007
11/09  Ult. Spider-Man v2 #4  –  49,083
11/11  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #4  –  51,558
11/12  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #17 -  38,481
---
11/13  Cataclysm USM #1 of 3  - 36,541  (+16.1%)
12/13  Cataclysm USM #2 of 3  - 30,293  (-17.1%)
01/14  Cataclysm USM #3 of 3  - 27,650  ( -8.7%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  Ult. Spider-Man #200   - 41,608  ( 50.5%)
05/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #1 - 45,864  ( 10.2%)
06/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #2 - 38,231  (-16.6%)
07/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #3 - 37,240  ( -2.6%)
08/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #4 - 34,836  ( -6.5%)
09/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #5 - 34,140  ( -2.0%)
10/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #6 - 33,057  ( -3.2%)
11/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #7 - 31,607  ( -4.4%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -31.1%)
1 year  ( -13.5%)
2 year  ( -18.0%)
3 year  ( -38.7%)
5 year  ( -35.6%)
10 year ( -64.9%)

Miles Morales continues to steadily decline, but the upcoming Secret Wars event may provide a way for Miles to integrate into the main Marvel 616 Universe.

78. X-MEN
11/04  X-Men v2 #164 -  88,617  
11/11  X-Men v3 #21  -  39,919  
11/12  X-Men v3 #38  -  30,289  
---
11/13  X-Men v4 #7  -  56,968  ( -20.9%)
12/13  X-Men v4 #8  -  53,201  (  -6.6%)
01/14  X-Men v4 #9  -  49,412  (  -7.1%)
02/14  X-M  #10.Now -  52,486  (   6.2%)
02/14  X-Men v4 #11 -  47,498  (  -9.5%)
03/14  X-Men v4 #12 -  44,135  (  -7.1%)
04/14  X-Men v4 #13 -  42,065  (  -4.7%)
05/14  X-Men v4 #14 -  39,499  (  -6.1%)
06/14  X-Men v4 #15 -  38,271  (  -3.1%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #16 -  38,937  (   1.7%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #17 -  36,255  (  -6.9%)
08/14  X-Men v4 #18 -  35,543  (  -2.0%)
09/14  X-Men v4 #19 -  33,737  (  -5.1%)
10/14  X-Men v4 #20 -  33,004  (  -2.2%)
11/14  X-Men v4 #21 -  31,468  (  -4.7%)
---
6  mnth  ( -20.3%)
1  year  ( -44.8%)
2  year  (   4.0%)
3  year  ( -21.2%)
10 year  ( -64.5%)

For X-men, the standard attrition continues. G. Willow Wilson takes over in January.

81. Magneto
11/11  Magneto Not a Hero #1 – 21,543
---
03/14  Magneto #1 – 55,337
04/14  Magneto #2 – 35,772  (-35.4%)[2,297]
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
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.2%)
3 year  (  39.8%)

Thanks to Axis, Magneto stays above the 30k mark.

82. MOON KNIGHT
11/09  Vengeance of MK#3  -  23,348  
11/11  Moon Knight v4 #7  -  27,062  
---
03/14  Moon Knight v5 #1  -  58,022 (  --- ) [7,266]
04/14  Moon Knight v5 #2  -  40,885 (-29.5%) [3,621]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (-32.5%)
3 year  (  6.2%)
5 year  ( 23.1%)

Moon Knight’s sales drop another couple of thousand issues. Marvel also announced that Cullen Bunn and Ron Ackins will take over with issue 13 after Brian Wood and Greg Smallwood’s arc ends.

83. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN
11/11  Wolverine/X-Men #2   - 83,356  
11/12  Wolverine/X-Men #21  - 48,244  
---
11/13  Wolverine/X-Men #38 - 39,098  (-31.9%)
12/13  Wolverine/X-Men #39 - 39,063  ( -0.1%)
01/14  Wolverine/X-Men #40 - 36,855  ( -5.7%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #41 – 35,800  ( -2.9%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #2  - 40,386  (-26.1%)
04/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #3  - 36,407  ( -9.9%)
05/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #4  - 33,521  ( -7.9%)
06/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #5  - 32,511  ( -3.0%)
07/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #6  - 32,995  (  1.5%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #7  - 30,409  ( -7.8%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #8  - 29,795  ( -2.0%)
09/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #9  - 28,965  ( -2.8%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #10 - 28,108  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #11 - 28,121  (  0.0%)
11/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457  (  1.2%)AXIS
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.1%)
1 Year  ( -27.7%)
2 Year  ( -41.0%)
3 Year  ( -65.9%)

Wolverine and the X-Men ends on a very strong note. Spider-Man and the X-Men starts in December.

86. AXIS REVOLUTIONS
10/14  Axis Revolutions #1 - 32,794
11/14  Axis Revolutions #2 - 27,775 (-15.3%)

The main Axis Tie-in is 1/3 of what the main series sells.

88.  AVENGERS WORLD
01/14  Avengers World #1 - 86,727
01/14  Avengers World #2 - 53,693  (-38.1%)
02/14  Avengers World #3 – 39,999  (-25.5%)
03/14  Avengers World #4 – 34,397  (-14.0%)
04/14  Avengers World #5 – 31,110  ( -9.6%)
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
---
6 Mnth  ( -6.3%)

The beginning of the Avengers World Axis tie-in arc gives this series a good 6k issue boost.

92. AXIS HOBGOBLIN
10/14  Axis Hobgoblin #1 - 31,243
11/14  Axis Hobgoblin #2 - 26,066 (-16.6%)

Another AXIS mini-series, Hobgoblin doesn’t sell as well as Carnage but is still maintaining decent sales.

94. SILVER SURFER
11/04  Silver Surfer v5 #14-  19,287  
---
03/14  Silver Surfer v7 #1 -  64,919  (  --- )[2,757]
04/14  Silver Surfer v7 #2 -  39,132  (-39.7%)
06/14  Silver Surfer v7 #3 -  36,075  ( -7.8%)
07/14  Silver Surfer v7 #4 -  32,747  ( -9.2%)
08/14  Silver Surfer v7 #5 -  31,125  ( -5.0%)
10/14  Silver Surfer v7 #6 -  28,052  ( -9.9%)
11/14  Silver Surfer v7 #7 -  25,759  ( -8.2%)

Silver Surfer continues to slide down a little under 10% each month. It needs to stabilize soon, and I’m sure the delays aren’t helping.

97. FANTASTIC FOUR
11/04  Fantastic Four #520   – 51,683
11/09  Fantastic Four #573   – 39,415
11/11  Fantastic Four #600   – 73,809
11/12  Fantastic Four #  1   -114,532
---
11/13  Fantastic Four v5 #14 - 28,679  (  -9.1%)
12/13  Fantastic Four v5 #15 - 27,610  (  -3.7%)
01/14  Fantastic Four v5 #16 - 28,045  (   1.6%)
02/14  Fantastic Four v6 #1  - 65,775  ( 134.5%)
03/14  Fantastic Four v6 #2  - 37,569  ( -42.9%)
04/14  Fantastic Four v6 #3  - 34,930  (  -7.0%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #4  - 33,263  (  -4.8%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #5  - 33,336  (   0.2%)
06/14  Fantastic Four v6 #6  - 33,177  (  -0.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Fantastic Four v6 #7  - 33,687  (   1.5%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #8  - 30,674  (  -8.9%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #9  - 28,827  (  -6.0%)
09/14  Fantastic Four v6 #10 - 28,118  (  -2.5%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #11 - 26,938  (  -4.2%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #12 - 26,638  (  -1.1%)
11/14  Fantastic Four v6 #13 - 25,432  (  -4.5%)
---
6 mnth  ( -23.7%)
1 year  ( -11.3%)
2 year  ( -78.0%)
3 year  ( -65.5%)
5 year  ( -35.5%)
10 year ( -50.8%)

The return of the Fantastic Four’s blue uniforms didn’t do much to help its falling sales. The series is counting down to an end point in April or May of next year. I’m sure a relaunch is coming after Secret Wars.

100. 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%)[2,269]
05/14  Loki #4 -  26,012  (  -7.0%)
06/14  Loki #5 -  24,794  (  -4.7%)
09/14  Loki #6 -  25,131  (   1.4%)
10/14  Loki #7 -  25,430  (   1.2%)AXIS
11/14  Loki #8 -  23,333  (  -8.2%)AXIS

—
6 mnth ( -10.3%)

Despite tying in to AXIS, Loki drops a couple thousand issues.

101. BLACK WIDOW
11/04  Black Widow #3  – 26,839
11/09  Deadly Origin #1– 29,338
---
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -12.1%)
5 Year  ( -21.7%)
10 Year ( -14.4%)

Black Widow drops a thousand issues after it was stable last month. Black is still solicited through March with issue 16.

102. Nightcrawler
11/04  Nightcrawler #2 – 36,532
---
04/14  Nightcrawler #1 – 49,426
05/14  Nightcrawler #2 – 35,356 (-28.5%)
06/14  Nightcrawler #3 – 31,743 (-10.2%)
07/14  Nightcrawler #4 – 27,990 (-11.8%)
08/14  Nightcrawler #5 – 25,627 ( -8.4%)
09/14  Nightcrawler #6 – 23,921 ( -6.7%)
10/14  Nightcrawler #7 – 23,379 ( -2.3%)
11/14  Nightcrawler #8 – 21,845 ( -6.6%)
---
6 Mnth  (-38.2%)
10 Year (-40.2%)

With the March solicits, Marvel announced that issue 12 will be the finale of Claremont’s Nightcrawler run. It is unclear whether that means the book is cancelled or getting a new creative team, but the numbers make me think it will be cancelled.

104. PUNISHER
11/04  Punisher v7 #14  – 41,512
11/09  Punisher v8 #11  – 24,978
11/11  Punisher v9 #5   - 25,399
---
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -20.7%)
3 year  ( -11.1%)
5 year  (   5.7%)
10 year ( -32.7%)

The Punisher is still solicited throuch March’s issue 16.

105, 106. NOVA
11/09  Nova v4 #31 - 22,917
---
11/13  Nova v5 #10 - 32,716  ( +1.2%)
12/13  Nova v5 #11 - 27,982  (-14.5%)
01/14  Nova v5 #12 - 25,043  ( -10.5%)
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 
---
6 Mnth  (  -0.4%)
1 Year  ( -34.1%)
5 Year  (  -5.9%)

Nova is steadying out nicely thanks to AXIS and in a few months it will be crossing over with Guardians and X-Men as part of Black Vortex, which will likely help boost its sales.

108. ALL-NEW X-FACTOR
11/11  X-Factor #227   - 23,742  
11/12  X-Factor #247   - 22,005  
---
01/14  X-Factor v4 #1  - 45,727  (
01/14  X-Factor v4 #2  - 32,228  ( -29.5%)
02/14  X-Factor v4 #3  - 29,915  (  -3.2%)
03/14  X-Factor v4 #4  - 27,337  (  -8.6%)
03/14  X-Factor v4 #5  - 26,656  (  -2.5%)
04/14  X-Factor v4 #6  - 26,029  (  -2.4%)
05/14  X-Factor v4 #7  - 24,873  (  -4.4%)
05/14  X-Factor v4 #8  - 24,283  (  -2.4%)
06/14  X-Factor v4 #9  - 23,720  (  -2.3%)
07/14  X-Factor v4 #10 - 22,563  (  -4.9%)
07/14  X-Factor v4 #11 - 22,428  (  -0.6%)
08/14  X-Factor v4 #12 - 21,352  (  -4.8%)
09/14  X-Factor v4 #13 - 20,615  (  -3.5%)
09/14  X-Factor v4 #14 - 20,820  (   1.0%)
10/14  X-Factor v4 #15 - 22,240  (   6.8%)AXIS
11/14  X-Factor v4 #16 - 21,276  (  -4.3%)AXIS
---
6 Mnth  ( -18.3%)
2 Year  (  -3.0%)
3 Year  ( -10.4%)

X-Factor is staying just above the 20k line thanks to the AXIS tie-in. It is scheduled to end with issue 20.

110. DEATHLOK
10/14  Deathlok #1 -  43,991  
11/14  Deathlok #2 -  20,883  ( -52.5%)

Deathlok drops over 50% from an already low debut number. It is currently solicited through issue 6 in March.

112. SHE-HULK
11/12  Red She-Hulk #59- 20,668
---
02/14  She-Hulk #1     - 41,921  (  --- )[3,270]
03/14  She-Hulk #2     - 26,675  (-36.3%)
04/14  She-Hulk #3     - 27,398  (  2.7%)
05/14  She-Hulk #4     - 25,543  ( -6.8%)
06/14  She-Hulk #5     - 24,736  ( -3.2%)
07/14  She-Hulk #6     - 23,562  ( -3.2%)
08/14  She-Hulk #7     - 22,883  ( -2.9%)
09/14  She-Hulk #8     - 21,349  ( -6.7%)
10/14  She-Hulk #9     - 21,418  (  0.3%)
11/14  She-Hulk #10    - 20,188  ( -5.7%)
---
6 Mnth  (-21.0%)
2 Year  ( -2.0%)

She-Hulk is scheduled to end with issue 12. No word on a relaunch yet.

113. CAPTAIN MARVEL
11/09  Ms. Marvel #47        - 22,926  
11/12  Captain Marvel #7     - 21,744  
---
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -23.7%)
1 year  (   9.4%)
2 year  (  -9.0%)
5 year  ( -13.3%)

Captain Marvel drops a little bit further this month. With the movie news, it will be interesting to see if this series picks up some new readers.

115. X-FORCE
11/04  X-Force v2 #4  - 41,531  
11/09  X-Force v3 #21 - 53,942  
11/11  X-Force v4 #17 - 50,974 
11/12  X-Force v4 #34 - 43,710  
---
11/13  X-Force v5 #14 - 28,885  ( -5.5%)
12/13  X-Force v5 #15 - 27,567  ( -4.6%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #16 - 27,701  (  0.5%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #17 - 27,319  ( -1.4%)
02/14  X-Force v6 #1  - 47,427  ( 73.6%)
03/14  X-Force v6 #2  - 33,079  (-30.3%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #3  - 29,541  (-10.7%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #4  - 28,067  ( -5.0%)
05/14  X-Force v6 #5  - 26,215  ( -6.6%)
06/14  X-Force v6 #6  - 24,358  ( -7.1%)
07/14  X-Force v6 #7  - 23,675  ( -2.8%)
08/14  X-Force v6 #8  - 22,299  ( -5.8%)
09/14  X-Force v6 #9  - 21,263  ( -4.6%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #10 - 20,539  ( -3.4%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #11 - 20,308  ( -1.1%)
11/14  X-Force v6 #12 - 19,369  ( -4.6%)
---
6 mnth  ( -26.1%)
1 year  ( -32.9%)
2 year  ( -56.0%)
3 year  ( -62.0%)
5 year  ( -64.1%)
10 year ( -53.4%)

X-Force is scheduled to end with issue #15 in February.

120. CYCLOPS
---
05/14  Cyclops #1 – 47,468
06/14  Cyclops #2 – 31,132 ( -34.4%)
07/14  Cyclops #3 – 25,925 ( -16.7%)
08/14  Cyclops #4 – 23,305 ( -16.7%)
09/14  Cyclops #5 – 21,874 (  -6.1%)
10/14  Cyclops #6 – 20,115 (  -8.0%)
11/14  Cyclops #7 – 18,371 (  -8.7%)
---
6 Mnth ( -61.3%)

Cyclops continues to drop rather steeply. It is currently solicited through issue 11 in March.

122. 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%)

Storm also continues to drop. It is currently solicited through issue 9 in March.

124. SECRET AVENGERS
11/11  Secret Avengers    #19 - 41,191
11/12  Secret Avengers    #34 - 32,146
---
11/13  Secret Avengers v2 #11 - 25,326  ( -13.1%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #12 - 23,863  (  -5.8%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #13 - 23,172  (  -2.9%)
01/14  Secret Avengers v2 #14 - 21,372  (  -7.8%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #15 – 20,059  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #16 – 20,022  (  -0.2%)
03/14  Secret Avengers v3 #1  - 34,036  (  70.0%)
04/14  Secret Avengers v3 #2  - 24,724  ( -27.4%)
05/14  Secret Avengers v3 #3  - 22,860  (  -7.5%)
06/14  Secret Avengers v3 #4  - 21,335  (  -6.7%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #5  - 20,088  (  -5.8%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #6  - 19,435  (  -3.3%)
08/14  Secret Avengers v3 #7  - 20,017  (   3.0%)
09/14  Secret Avengers v3 #8  - 18,680  (  -6.7%)
10/14  Secret Avengers v3 #9  - 18,974  (   1.6%)
11/14  Secret Avengers v3 #10 - 17,652  (  -7.0%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -22.8%)
1 Year  ( -30.3%)
2 Year  ( -45.0%)
3 Year  ( -57.1%)

After stabilizing a bit last month, Secret Avengers drops again this month. Issue 14 has been solicited for March.

130. SAVAGE HULK
---
06/14  Savage Hulk #1 – 44,177
07/14  Savage Hulk #2 – 31,194 ( -29.4%)
08/14  Savage Hulk #3 – 24,774 ( -20.6%)
09/14  Savage Hulk #4 – 22,875 (  -7.7%)
10/14  Savage Hulk #5 – 19,351 ( -15.4%)
11/14  Savage Hulk #6 – 16,783 ( -13.3%)

Seemingly cancelled with this issue, no further issues have yet been solicited.

140. ALL-NEW INVADERS
11/04  Invaders #4           - 23,708  
---
01/14  All-New Invaders  #1  - 55,167
02/14  All-New Invaders  #2  – 32,293  (-41.5%)
03/14  All-New Invaders  #3  – 27,329  (-15.4%)
04/14  All-New Invaders  #4  – 22,927  (-16.1%)
05/14  All-New Invaders  #5  – 21,843  ( -4.7%)
06/14  All-New Invaders  #6  – 23,470  (  7.4%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  All-New Invaders  #7  – 22,332  ( -4.8%) O.S. Tie-In 
07/14  All-New Invaders  #8  – 19,865  (-11.0%) 
08/14  All-New Invaders  #9  – 18,666  ( -6.0%) 
09/14  All-New Invaders  #10 – 17,821  ( -4.5%) 
10/14  All-New Invaders  #11 – 16,711  ( -6.2%) 
11/14  All-New Invaders  #12 – 15,613  ( -6.6%) 
---
6  Mnth  ( -28.5%)
10 Year  ( -34.1%)

February’s solicits suggest that issue 15 will be the final issue.

142. ALL NEW GHOST RIDER
11/11  Ghost Rider #6 - 18,297 
---
03/14  All New Ghost Rider  #1  -  50,072 (  --- )[2,567]
04/14  All New Ghost Rider  #2  -  29,429 (-41.2%)
05/14  All New Ghost Rider  #3  -  27,756 ( -5.7%)
06/14  All New Ghost Rider  #4  -  24,627 (-11.3%)
07/14  All New Ghost Rider  #5  -  21,820 (-11.4%)
08/14  All New Ghost Rider  #6  -  20,679 ( -5.2%)
09/14  All New Ghost Rider  #7  -  18,718 ( -9.5%)
10/14  All New Ghost Rider  #8  -  17,907 ( -4.3%)
11/14  All New Ghost Rider  #9  -  15,566 (-13.1%)
---
6 Mnth ( -43.9%)
3 year ( -14.9%)

Looks to be ending in March with issue 12.

147. SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN
10/13  Superior Foes #4 - 26,884  (-10.6%)
11/13  Superior Foes #5 - 23,694  (-11.9%)
11/13  Superior Foes #6 - 21,367  ( -9.8%)
12/13  Superior Foes #7 - 20,858  ( -2.4%)
01/14  ---
02/14  Superior Foes #8 – 19,193  ( -8.0%)
03/14  Superior Foes #9 – 18,620  ( -3.0%)
03/14  Superior Foes #10- 18,437  ( -1.0%)
04/14  Superior Foes #11- 18,143  ( -1.6%)
05/14  ---
06/14  Superior Foes #12- 17,826  ( -1.7%)
07/14  Superior Foes #13- 16,903  ( -5.2%)
08/14  Superior Foes #14- 16,604  ( -1.8%)
09/14  Superior Foes #15- 15,824  ( -4.7%)
10/14  Superior Foes #16- 15,304  ( -3.3%)
11/14  Superior Foes #17- 14,681  ( -4.1%)
---
1 Year  ( -38.0%)

Final issue.

151. MIRACLEMAN
01/14  Miracleman #1  - 52,313
01/14  Miracleman #2  - 36,927  ( -29.4%)
02/14  Miracleman #3  – 25,970  ( -32.6%)  
03/14  Miracleman #4  – 23,557  (  -9.3%)
04/14  ---
05/14  Miracleman #5  – 22,399  (  -4.9%)
05/14  Miracleman #6  – 20,598  (  -8.0%)
06/14  Miracleman #7  – 19,123  (  -7.2%)
07/14  Miracleman #8  – 17,654  (  -7.7%)
08/14  Miracleman #9  – 16,466  (  -6.7%)
09/14  Miracleman #10 – 15,409  (  -6.4%)
10/14  Miracleman #11 – 14,824  (  -3.8%)
10/14  Miracleman #12 – 14,634  (  -1.3%)
11/14  Miracleman #13 – 14,155  (  -3.3%)
---
6 Mnth ( -31.3%)

Sales continue to shrink.

153. Elektra
---
04/14  Elektra #1 -  47,676 (  --- )
05/14  Elektra #2 -  26,612 (-44.2%)
06/14  Elektra #3 -  22,773 (-14.4%)
07/14  Elektra #4 -  19,125 (-16.0%)
08/14  Elektra #5 -  17,209 (-10.0%)
09/14  Elektra #6 -  16,136 ( -6.2%)
10/14  Elektra #7 -  15,021 ( -6.9%)
11/14  Elektra #8 -  14,132 ( -5.9%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -46.9%)

Elektra continues to drop. The series ends with issue 11 in February.

156. All NEW ULTIMATES
11/09  Ult comics Avengers  #4  - 58,996
11/11  Ult comics Ultimates #4  - 39,342
11/12  Ult comics Ultimates #18 - 29,072
-
11/13  Cataclysm Ult. #1 - 42,109  
12/13  Cataclysm Ult. #2 - 33,348  (-20.8%)
01/14  Cataclysm Ult. #3 - 29,566  (-11.3%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  All-New Ult #1   - 30,308  ( 39.6%)
05/14  All-New Ult #2   - 24,165  (-20.3%)
06/14  All-New Ult #3   - 21,898  ( -9.4%)
06/14  All-New Ult #4   - 20,561  ( -6.1%)
07/14  All-New Ult #5   - 18,199  (-11.5%)
08/14  All-New Ult #6   - 16,605  ( -8.8%)
08/14  All-New Ult #7   - 16,654  (  0.3%)
09/14  All-New Ult #8   - 16,068  ( -3.5%)
10/14  All-New Ult #9   - 14,917  ( -7.2%)
11/14  All-New Ult #10  - 13,559  ( -9.1%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -43.9%)
1 Year  ( -67.8%)
2 Year  ( -53.0%)
3 Year  ( -65.5%)
5 Year  ( -77.0%)

Ends with issue 12.

157. MEN OF WRATH
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10/14  Men of Wrath #1 – 20,927
11/14  Men of Wrath #2 – 13,484 (-35.6%)

This 5-issue mini-series drops a little less than expected for an issue 2.

162. NEW WARRIORS
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02/14  New Warriors #1  -  45,765  (  --- )
03/14  New Warriors #2  -  26,006  (-43.2%)
04/14  New Warriors #3  -  23,105  (-11.2%)
05/14  New Warriors #4  -  19,900  (-13.9%)
06/14  New Warriors #5  -  18,576  ( -6.7%)
06/14  New Warriors #6  -  18,156  ( -2.3%)
07/14  New Warriors #7  -  17,304  ( -4.7%)
08/14  New Warriors #8  -  16,081  ( -7.1%)
09/14  New Warriors #9  -  15,166  ( -5.7%)
09/14  New Warriors #10 -  15,056  ( -0.7%)
10/14  New Warriors #11 -  14,026  ( -6.8%)
11/14  New Warriors #12 -  11,351  ( -5.7%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -33.5%)

Final issue.

177. Dark Tower: Drawing of Three
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #1 – 21,072
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #2 – 12,356  ( -41.4%)
10/14  Dark tower: DoT #3 – 12,130  (  -1.8%)
11/14  Dark tower: DoT #4 – 11,351  (  -6.4%)

Drawing of Three continues to drop.

200. GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT TWO
01/14  Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
02/14  Act One #2 of 5 – 17,624 ( -28.1%)
03/14  Act One #3 of 5 – 15,720 ( -10.8%)
04/14  Act One #4 of 5 – 14,855 (  -5.5%)
06/14  Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 (  -6.3%)
09/14  Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 (  -5.5%)
10/14  Act Two #2 of 5 – 10,360 ( -21.3%)
11/14  Act Two #3 of 5 –  9,047 ( -12.7%)

Another large drop for Empire of the Dead.

212. POWERS: THE BUREAU  [Icon] 
11/13  Bureau #8    -  9,693  ( -5.9%)
12/13  ---
01/14  ---
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  Bureau #9    -  8,961  ( -7.6%)
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%)

Standard attrition for Powers Bureau, but there is a relaunch coming to better connect with the TV show.

253. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
11/13  MUU Spider-Man #20 - 5,163  (  ??? )
12/13  MUU Spider-Man #21 – 5,015  ( -2.9%)
01/14  MUU Spider-Man #22 - ?,???  (  ??? )
02/14  MUU Spider-Man #23 – 4,761  ( -3.7%)
03/14  MUU Spider-Man #24 – 4,544  ( -4.6%)
04/14  MUU Spider-Man #25 – 4,529  ( -0.3%)
05/14  MUU Spider-Man #26 – 4,759  (  5.1%)
06/14  MUU Spider-Man #27 – 4,713  ( -1.0%)
07/14  ---
08/14  ---
09/14  ---
10/14  ---
11/14  MUU Spider-Man WW #1  – 6,343  ( -1.0%)
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6 Mnth  (  33.3%)
1 Year  (  22.9%)

286. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
11/13  MUA Assemble #2 -  6,530  (-55.6%)
12/13  MUA Assemble #3 -  5,548  (-15.0%)
01/14  MUA Assemble #4 -  5,082  ( -8.4%)
02/14  MUA Assemble #5 -  4,686  ( -7.8%)
03/14  MUA Assemble #6 -  4,484  ( -4.3%)
04/14  MUA Assemble #7 -  4,412  ( -1.6%)
05/14  MUA Assemble #8 -  4,467  (  1.2%)
06/14  ---
07/14  ---
08/14  ---
09/14  ---
10/14  ---
05/14  MUA Assemble S2 #8 - 5,992 (34.1%)
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6 Mnth  (-8.2%)

Marvel’s all-ages animated series tie-ins return and sell a little bit higher than normal.

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6-Month Comparisons

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297.2%	All New Captain America #1
193.1%	Superior Iron Man #1
141.3%	Thor #2
109.7%	Capt. Am. & Mighty Avengers #1 (AXIS)
62.6%	Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #2
52.4%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #4
48.7%	Superior Iron Man #2
44.4%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #5
42.3%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #6
34.1%	MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #1
22.9%	MU Ultimate Spider-Man Web Warriors #1
21.4%	Inhuman #8
19.9%	Capt. Am. & Mighty Avengers #2 (AXIS)
14.8%	Guardians of Galaxy #21
9.1%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
6.1%	New Avengers #26
2.2%	Uncanny X-Men #28
0.2%	Nova #23 (AXIS)
-0.4%	Nova #24 (AXIS)
-1.6%	Deadpool #37 (AXIS)
-4.8%	Avengers #38
-6.3%	Avengers World #15 (AXIS)
-6.9%	Powers Bureau #12
-7.5%	New Avengers #27
-8.4%	Hulk #8
-10.3%	Loki Agent of Asgard #8 (AXIS)
-12.1%	Black Widow #12
-14.5%	Amazing X-Men #13
-15.1%	Wolverine and X-Men #12 (AXIS)
-15.2%	Magneto #12 (AXIS)
-17.5%	Daredevil #10
-18.3%	All New X-Factor #16 (AXIS)
-18.6%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
-20.3%	X-Men #21
-20.7%	Punisher #12
-21.0%	She-Hulk #10 
-22.8%	Secret Avengers #10
-23.7%	Captain Marvel #9
-23.7%	Fantastic Four #13
-26.1%	X-Force #12
-28.5%	All New Invaders #12
-31.1%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-31.3%	Miracleman #13
-32.5%	Moon Knight #9
-33.5%	New Warriors #12
-38.2%	Nightcrawler #8
-43.9%	All New Ultimates #10 
-43.9%	All New Ghost Rider #9
-46.9%	Elektra #8 (Cancelled after 11)
-61.3%	Cyclops #7

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1 Year Comparisons

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233.4%	All New Captain America #1
132.4%	Superior Iron Man #1
116.0%	Thor #2
68.3%	Scarlet Spiders #1
66.5%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
42.6%	Capt. Am. & Mighty Avengers #1 (AXIS)
30.2%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #4
24.2%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
23.3%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #5
21.5%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #6
17.9%	Superior Iron Man #2
16.7%	Deadpool #37 (AXIS)
13.5%	MU Ultimate Spider-Man Web Warriors #1
9.4%	Captain Marvel #9
2.9%	Axis Carnage #2
-1.6%	Daredevil #10
-3.9%	Hulk #8
-8.2%	MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #1
-11.3%	Fantastic Four #13
-13.5%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-13.6%	Powers Bureau #12
-14.8%	Uncanny X-Men #28
-18.2%	Avengers #38
-18.4%	Capt. Am. & Mighty Avengers #2 (AXIS)
-21.2%	New Avengers #26
-27.2%	Wolverine and X-Men #12 (AXIS)
-30.3%	Secret Avengers #10
-31.3%	New Avengers #27
-32.9%	X-Force #12
-33.7%	Nova #23 (AXIS)
-34.1%	Nova #24 (AXIS)
-38.0%	Superior Foes of Spider-Man #17
-44.8%	X-Men #21
-67.7%	Amazing X-Men #13
-67.8%	All New Ultimates #10

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2 Year Comparisons

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66%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
32%	Amazing X-Men #13
24%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
15%	Superior Iron Man #1
12%	Scarlet Spiders #1
4%	X-Men #21
-2%	She-Hulk #10 
-3%	All New Captain America #1
-3%	All New X-Factor #16 (AXIS)
-5%	Avengers #38
-9%	Captain Marvel #9
-11%	Daredevil #10
-14%	New Avengers #26
-14%	Axis Carnage #2
-18%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-19%	Thor #2
-25%	New Avengers #27
-31%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #4
-34%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #5
-35%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #6
-41%	Wolverine and X-Men #12 (AXIS)
-42%	Superior Iron Man #2
-45%	Secret Avengers #10
-53%	All New Ultimates #10 
-56%	X-Force #12
-57%	Deadpool #37 (AXIS)
-71%	Hulk #8
-78%	Fantastic Four #13

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3 Year Comparisons

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134.4%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
122.5%	All New Captain America #1
120.4%	Superior Iron Man #1
119.0%	Thor #2
87.2%	Deadpool #37 (AXIS)
74.8%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
39.8%	Magneto #12 (AXIS)
11.8%	Superior Iron Man #2
11.0%	Amazing X-Men #13
6.2%	Moon Knight #9
-4.0%	Avengers #38
-10.4%	All New X-Factor #16 (AXIS)
-14.2%	Punisher #12
-14.9%	All New Ghost Rider #9
-14.9%	New Avengers #26
-15.3%	Daredevil #10
-21.2%	X-Men #21
-25.8%	New Avengers #27
-38.7%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-49.1%	Uncanny X-Men #28
-57.0%	Hulk #8
-57.1%	Secret Avengers #10
-62.0%	X-Force #12
-65.5%	All New Ultimates #10 
-65.5%	Fantastic Four #13
-65.9%	Wolverine and X-Men #12 (AXIS)

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5 Year Comparisons

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189.1%	Spider-Woman #1
171.8%	Guardians of Galaxy #21
109.2%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
56.0%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
52.3%	Superior Iron Man #1
24.8%	All New Captain America #1
23.1%	Moon Knight #9
21.7%	Capt. Am. and Mighty Avengers #1 (AXIS)
10.3%	Deadpool #37 (AXIS)
-5.3%	Nova #23 (AXIS)
-5.9%	Nova #24 (AXIS)
-12.8%	Punisher #12
-13.3%	Captain Marvel #9
-15.1%	Hulk #8
-19.5%	Uncanny X-Men #28
-19.6%	Daredevil #10
-21.7%	Black Widow #12
-22.7%	Superior Iron Man #2
-30.4%	Capt. Am. and Mighty Avengers #2 (AXIS)
-35.5%	Fantastic Four #13
-35.6%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-37.7%	New Avengers #26
-41.5%	Amazing X-Men #13
-45.6%	New Avengers #27
-58.4%	Powers Bureau #12
-64.1%	X-Force #12
-65.1%	Dark Tower Drawing of Three Prisoner #4
-77.0%	All New Ultimates #10

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10 Year Comparisons

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79.3%	All New Captain America #1
55.3%	Amazing Spider-Man #9
21.7%	Superior Iron Man #1
15.8%	Amazing Spider-Man #10
-14.4%	Black Widow #12
-34.1%	All New Invaders #12
-36.8%	Daredevil #10
-38.2%	Superior Iron Man #2
-39.2%	Uncanny X-Men #28
-40.2%	Nightcrawler #8
-47.5%	Punisher #12
-48.6%	Avengers #38
-50.8%	Fantastic Four #13
-53.4%	X-Force #12
-64.5%	X-Men #21
-64.9%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #7
-72.3%	Powers Bureau #12
-73.1%	Amazing X-Men #13

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So November gave us lots of events and event tie-in books plus several big new debuts. Some succeeded admirably, others not so much. So reader, how have all these events and new launches been affecting your wallet? Are you suffering from event fatigue? Are there any series you are happy to see debut? Any you are sad to see getting cancelled?

Sound off in the comments below and until next month, Keep Reading Comics!

15 Comments on Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts: November 2014—A Tale of Three Events, last added: 1/10/2015

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Randy C. said, on 1/7/2015 12:51:00 PM

I’m pretty sure that Marvel shipped to stores twice as many copies of Inhuman #8 than what was ordered. That issue arrived the day after the mid season finale of Marvel’s Agents Of SHEILD which was an Inhumans tie-in. I’m really enjoying the book. Wish others felt the same way.

Randy C. said, on 1/7/2015 12:56:00 PM

In hindsight it may not have been the mid season finale but the reason for shipping extra issues of Inhuman #8 still had to do with a reveal on the Marvel’s Agents Of SHEILD TV show.

Steve said, on 1/7/2015 2:03:00 PM

Never quite get why current issues of New Avengers sell less than Avengers (apart from the brand name). It’s chapters of the same story. Are there really people that buy Avengers that do not buy New Avengers? Or are there just lots of unsold copies of Avengers on the shelves?

DanielT said, on 1/7/2015 6:27:00 PM

“Wait [sic] holds the longest run on Daredevil of any creator”

I don’t think so. Bendis was on for at least 5 years and I think Ann Nocenti was around 5 also. I think Waid is at four.

DanielT said, on 1/7/2015 6:30:00 PM

Actually, I think Waid is at about 3.5.

DanielT said, on 1/7/2015 6:39:00 PM

I keep thinking about this. Stan Lee was on longer than Waid also.

And oh man, how could I forget Gene Colon? He drew all but a handful of DD #20-#100, or something like that.

Mo Walker said, on 1/8/2015 8:10:00 AM

I find it intriguing that Marvel would add a second Inhumans series title given the sales on Inhuman. I wonder if it would make more sense to end Inhuman (call it season one) and make Uncanny Inhumans season two. Technically the Inhumans have a second book thanks to Ms. Marvel. I know the company wants to capitalize off of AoS and the 2018 movie, but we all know that movie/television eyeballs generally do not create a large (or sustained) bump in comic sales.

Suzene said, on 1/8/2015 8:18:00 AM

Glad to see Amazing X-Men #13 got a sales bump, no matter the reason. I’ve enjoyed James Tynion IV’s Marvel output in general and this issue in particular. Here’s hoping he sticks around.

For the Q&A: Overall, Marvel hasn’t had a lot of new stuff that’s wowed me lately, but that doesn’t bother me much. Each new book is a chance to find something I’ll like and I don’t *have* to buy any of it. The events, though, have whittled down my Marvel buys quite a bit: I dropped Magneto and Loki after their first arcs when the solits showed they were going to get side-tracked by AXIS and I gave Mighty Avengers 2.0 a pass for the same reason. I don’t really object to the basic premise of AXIS, but the “Gasp! The good guys have turned evil!” bit has been a staple of superhero stories for a long time now, and I can easily get too much of an old thing.

Torsten Adair said, on 1/8/2015 9:45:00 AM

Marvel might be adding more Inhumans series to seed the backlist for when the movie screens.

Marvel has a few reprint collections scheduled this summer, and given the tie-ins with SHIELD and the movie, will probably be a major event.

Hmmm… has the cinematic universe made any mention of the Celestials’ alterations? What about the Kree experimentation? How did the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver get their powers? (Yes, I know… we have to wait and see.)

rob e said, on 1/8/2015 3:23:00 PM

Seemingly cancelled with this issue, no further issues have yet been solicited.
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This comment was listed for Savage Hulk, but it seems to apply for Marvel titles more and more. I just wish that they would announce when and what issue a title is being cancelled. I know some cancellations come rather suddenly, but it seems they could make some kind of announcement somewhere.

DanielT said, on 1/8/2015 3:35:00 PM

I think it’s more surprising that they DO announce cancellations. When a cancellation is announced a percentage of the buyers will immediately drop the book with more leaving as each issue before cancellation arrives. Retailers will drop their orders. Not announcing a cancellation is inconsiderate of the audience but I imagine does minimize losses.

chris said, on 1/8/2015 5:15:00 PM

Why would a reader want to drop a title when it’s cancelled? If they are getting the title, presumably they enjoy what they’re reading. Why not buy the last three issues?

As far as Savage Hulk, the second arc was renamed Thanos Vs Hulk to sell better and market better.

Glenn Simpson said, on 1/8/2015 6:53:00 PM

@chris – while I don’t personally subscribe to it, I believe the idea is that some readers consider each issue an “investment” of some sort, and if the series is cancelled, then there is no chance of some sort of “payoff” for their “investment.”

andersonh1 said, on 1/9/2015 6:06:00 AM

I was enjoying Daredevil until they relaunched the book and hiked the price by $1. I got annoyed enough to drop it at that point. I see the sales numbers are just about back where they were before the relaunch, but Marvel is making another dollar per issue, so I’m sure they’re not too unhappy about that.

And I don’t really root against a book’s success, but I always get annoyed when I see a Captain Marvel title on the shelf that doesn’t feature Billy Batson shouting Shazam.

Rich H said, on 1/10/2015 11:11:00 AM

Marvel must not have faith in Spider-Woman if her first issue is an event tie-in. A shame really. Even Bendis’ run was off the back of an event. I think Jessica Drew is a great character with a great history who can stand on her own, she’s got no connection to Peter Parker apart from the name. Why can’t Marvel see that?

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Death of Wolverine 4 Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts: October 2014 Variations on Variant Themes

By Jason Enright

Hello Sales Chart Analyzers! In October, there were a lot of books. So to start, let’s break down the numbers a bit.

84 books in total
8 double shipped books (plus 3 series that shipped more than twice this month)
5 X-Men books (7 if you count X-Factor and X-Force)
5 Avengers books (6 if you count the Ultimates)
2 Annuals
1 Original Sin Tie-In book
10 Axis and Axis Tie-in Books
7 Death of Wolverine and Death of Wolverine Tie-in books

5 titles over 100,000 copies
3 titles between 75,000 and 100,000 copies
11 titles between 50,000 and 75,000 copies
37 titles between 25,000 and 50,000 copies
28 titles under 25,000
1 $5.99 book
10 $4.99 books
69 $3.99 books
1 $3.50 book
3 $2.99 books

An interesting trend to look at this month is how variant numbers affect the sales. Several titles benefitted from being included in one or more of Marvel’s themed variant programs this month. In October, Marvel had 3 variant themes, the Anti-Bullying variants, Deadpool 75th anniversary variants and Hasbro toy variants. Many of these issues were in the middle of an arc and normally would have suffered standard attrition of -1 to -3%, but due to these variant programs they got a nice +3 to +5% sales boost. Variants are one of many incentive programs that companies use to boost sales. Recently Marvel and DC have been doing these themed variants across multiple books and they definitely seem to be working. Whether or not, they are actually good for comic sales in the long term is another question entirely. What do you think of variants? Let’s discuss it in the comments below. For now let’s dive into the numbers.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com and Milton Griepp for their permission to use these figures.

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2, 4. WOLVERINE
10/04  Wolverine v3 #21 –  83,506
10/09  Wolverine v3 #79 -  60,040
10/11  Wolverine v4 #17 -  39,405	 
10/12  Wolverine #315	 -  38,557	 
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10/13  Wolverine v5 #10 -  34,651 ( -3.5%)
11/13  Wolverine v5 #11 -  35,394 ( +2.1%)
12/13  Wolverine v5 #12 -  32,274 ( -8.8%)
01/14  Wolverine v5 #13 -  31,164 ( -3.4%)
02/14  Wolverine v6 #1  -  88,923 (185.3%)
02/14  Wolverine v6 #2  -  47,339 (-46.8%)
03/14  Wolverine v6 #3  -  40,735 (-14.0%)
04/14  Wolverine v6 #4  -  37,732 ( -7.4%)
04/14  Wolverine v6 #5  -  37,563 ( -0.4%)
05/14  Wolverine v6 #6  -  35,571 ( -5.3%)
05/14  Wolverine v6 #7  -  35,039 ( -1.5%)
06/14  Wolverine v6 #8  -  40,491 ( 15.6%)
06/14  Wolverine v6 #9  -  32,333 (  4.5%)
07/14  Wolverine v6 #10 -  47,813 ( 12.9%)
08/14  Wolverine v6 #11 -  49,181 (  2.9%)
08/14  Wolverine v6 #12 -  50,570 (  2.8%)
09/14  Death of Wolv #1 – 261,975 (418.0%)[7,067]
09/14  Death of Wolv #2 - 129,999 (-50.4%)[13,885]
10/14  Death of Wolv #3 – 141,567 (  8.9%)
10/14  Death of Wolv #4 - 165,582 ( 17.0%)
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6 mnth  ( 340.8%)
1 year  ( 377.9%)
2 year  ( 329.0%)
3 year  ( 320.2%)
5 year  ( 175.8%)
10 year (  98.3%)

Death of Wolverine ends very strong. The idea of killing main characters may be a gimmick but this event was well done. Now let’s start the timer for how long until he comes back, and further down the list we’ll take a look at some of the many Death of Wolverine tie-ins.

3. THOR
10/04  Thor v2 #85  -  49,321
10/11  Thor v4 #7   -  44,017  
10/12  Thor v4 #22  -  35,328 
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10/13  Thor v5 #14 -  46,008  ( -4.2%)
11/13  Thor v5 #15 -  41,259  (-10.3%)
12/13  Thor v5 #16 -  39,597  ( -4.0%)
01/14  Thor v5 #17 -  38,913  ( -1.7%)
01/14  Thor v5 #18 -  38,190  ( -1.9%)
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42,034  ( 10.1%)
03/14  Thor v5 #20 –  37,895  ( -9.8%)
04/14  Thor v5 #21 –  38,055  (  0.4%)
05/14  Thor v5 #22 –  36,945  ( -2.9%)
06/14  Thor v5 #23 –  36,540  ( -1.1%)
07/14  Thor v5 #24 –  38,330  (  4.9%)
08/14  ---
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
09/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)
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6 mnth  ( 296.4%)
1 year  ( 227.9%)
2 year  ( 327.0%)
3 year  ( 242.7%)
10 year ( 205.9%)

The new Thor get a huge issue 1 boost. The next few months will be very telling however. If it has a normal issue 2 drop, of 40 to 50% next month then it will still be selling around 90k copies which is a very nice improvement on the 35k to 40k that Thor had been selling. Recent Marvel relaunches have quickly fallen back to their previous numbers, so with Thor the question will be how long can hold it onto this sales boost.

5, 10, 11, 34. AXIS/UNCANNY AVENGERS
10/12  Uncanny Avengers #1  -  303,722
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10/13  Uncanny Avengers #13 -  60,597  (-17.4%)
11/13  Uncanny Avengers #14 -  60,750  (  0.3%)
12/13  Uncanny Avengers #15 -  57,035  ( -6.1%)
01/14  Uncanny Avengers #16 -  54,670  ( -4.1%)
02/14  Uncanny Avengers #17 –  53,181  ( -2.7%)
03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
04/14  Uncanny Avengers #19 –  52,381  (-17.5%)
05/14  Uncanny Avengers #20 –  51,886  ( -0.9%)
06/14  Uncanny Avengers #21 –  49,762  ( -4.1%)
07/14  Uncanny Avengers #22 –  50,253  (  1.0%)
08/14  Uncanny Avengers #23 –  50,974  (  1.4%)
09/14  Uncanny Avengers #24 –  49,469  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #2 –  87,964  (-36.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #3 –  84,708  ( -3.7%)
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6 mnth  (  61.7%)
1 year  (  39.8%)
2 year  ( -72.0%)

Axis #1 compared to other Marvel events first issues.

05/06 Civil War #1 – 260,706 (-43.6%)
04/08 Secret Invasion #1 – 250,213 (-41.2%)
01/10 Siege #1 – 108,484 ( 36.0%)
04/11 Fear Itself #1 – 128,595 ( 14.3%)
03/12 Av vs. X-Men #1 – 203,181 (-27.6%)
03/13 Age of Ultron #1 – 174,952 (-16.0%)
08/13 Infinity #1 – 205,819 (-28.6%)
05/14 Original Sin #1 – 147,045 ( -5.5%)
10/14 AXIS #1 – 138,966

I chose to list AXIS with Uncanny Avengers because it was originally conceived as just the next Uncanny Avengers story arc, but has grown into a line-wide event. I wanted the comparison to show how big of a sales boost it gets as an event. Nice big boost for Uncanny Avengers.

However, I also wanted to show a comparison to launches of other events from the last 8 years. This list is because people often talk of event fatigue. As you can see the events this year are definitely not selling as well as previously events. AXIS is marketed as Avengers & X-Men: AXIS for a reason. Marvel was hoping it would sell like AVX did. It is not doing that well. Perhaps that is due to event fatigue. Original Sin and Death of Wolverine just ended. Spider-Verse is happening at the same time. There are a lot of Marvel’s books competing with each other for customer’s money and AXIS’s sales seem to be suffering because of it.

7, 8. Amazing SPIDER-MAN
10/04  Am Spi #513  –  89,530
10/09  Am Spi #609  -	61,139
10/11  Am Spi #672  -	57,860
10/12  Am Spi #696  -  57,950
---
10/13  Superior #19 -  83,671  (  +4.4%)
10/13  Superior #20 -  85,309  (  +2.0%)
11/13  Superior #21 -  74,940  ( -12.2%)
11/13  Superior #22 -  81,250  (  +8.4%)
12/13  Superior #23 -  77,105  (  -5.1%)
12/13  Superior #24 -  76,131  (  -1.3%)
01/14  Superior #25 -  77,311  (   1.5%)
01/14  Superior #26 -  72,591  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Supr #27.Now -  86,405  (  19.0%)
02/14  Superior #28 -  75,477  ( -12.6%)
03/14  Superior #29 -  76,568  (   1.4%)
03/14  Superior #30 -  75,431  (  -1.5%)
04/14  Superior #31 – 135,484  (  79.6%)[13,234]
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.S. Tie-In
08/14  Amazing v3 #5- 101,655  ( -13.8%)O.S. Tie-In
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -81.3%)
1 year  (  16.7%)
2 year  (  72.0%)
3 year  (  72.1%)
5 year  (  62.8%)
10 year (  11.2%)

Spider-Verse hasn’t officially started yet, but these two issues are Edge of Spider-verse titles which is basically the build up to Spider-verse proper. They also both had variant covers and both featured prominent guest stars (Ms. Marvel in #7 and Mayday Parker aka Spider-Girl in issue 8). All of this conspired to give these issues nice big boosts. It is going to be a good couple months for Spider-Man sales.

14. CAPTAIN AMERICA
10/04  Captain America v4 #32  - 37,274  
10/12  Captain America v6 #19  - 40,205  
---
10/13  Captain America v7 #12 - 38,684  (  +0.4%)
11/13  Captain America v7 #13 - 36,147  (  -6.6%)
12/13  Captain America v7 #14 - 34,532  (  -4.5%)
01/14  Captain America v7 #15 - 33,433  (  -3.2%)
02/14  Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)
02/14  Captain America v7 #17 – 33,312  (  -8.8%)
03/14  Captain America v7 #18 – 33,642  (   1.0%)
04/14  Captain America v7 #19 – 34,420  (   2.3%)
05/14  Captain America v7 #20 – 30,341  (  -9.3%)
06/14  Captain America v7 #21 – 30,427  (   0.3%)
07/14  Captain America v7 #22 – 34,563  (  13.6%)
08/14  Captain America v7 #23 – 30,927  ( -10.5%)
09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
---
6 Mnth  ( 115.5%)
1 Year  (  91.8%)
2 Year  (  85.0%)
10 Year (  99.0%)

Captain America gets a really nice boost for the final issue of the current run which is also the issue that debuts the new Captain America. Next month we get to see if the new Captain America #1 can sell as well as the new Thor did this month.

15. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: LOGAN LEGACY
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #1 -  71,532  
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #2 -  48,795  ( -31.8%)
10/14  DoW: Logan Legacy #3 -  47,265  (  -3.9%)

The Logan Legacy is a 5 issue mini-series with different teams taking on different characters important to Logan’s life and changed by his death. Issue 1 seems to do very well and then issue 2 saw an expected drop, and issue 3 seems to have leveled out. Still as an extra book tying into the Death of Wolverine, this is doing quite well for them. It will be interesting though to see how much money they can squeeze out of Wolverine’s death and if these tie-in series can do a good job of setting up their new series Wolverines.

20. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
10/09  Guardians v2 #19 -  23,583
---
10/13  Guardians v3 #7  -  68,647  (  -0.6%)
10/13  Guardians v3 #8  -  63,494  (  -7.5%)
11/13  ---
12/13  Guardians v3 #9  -  57,665  (  -9.2%)
12/13  Guardians v3 #10 -  53,527  (  -7.2%)
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.S. Tie-In
09/14  Guardians v3 #19 -  55,891  (  -7.9%) O.S. Tie-In
10/14  Guardians v3 #20 -  61,072  (   9.3%)
---
6 mnth  (   13.1%)
1 year  (   -3.8%)
5 year  (  159.0%)

Guardians #20 had two variants this month and got a nice sales boost putting it back over 60k.

21. ALL-NEW X-MEN
---
10/13  All-New X-Men #17 -  82,843  ( -1.6%)
11/13  All-New X-Men #18 -  82,365  ( -0.6%)
11/13  All-New X-Men #19 -  71,044  (-13.7%)
12/13  All-New X-Men #20 -  68,189  ( -4.0%)
01/14  All-New X-Men #21 -  62,876  ( -7.8%)
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   1.9%)
1 year  ( -27.5%)

All-new X-men gets a nice sales boost mid-storyline likely due to the Stomp Out Bullying and Hasbro toy variants.

22. Guardians 3000
10/14  Guardians 3000 #1  -  58,574  (---)

Guardians 3000 starts at a very respectable number only a few thousand below the main Guardians book. However, the size of issue 2 and 3 drops is always a much stronger measure of interest in the series than a new issue 1. If issue 2 sells over 35k next month, then this book may be doing very well.

23. UNCANNY X-MEN
10/04  Uncanny X-Men #451   –  97,405
10/09  Uncanny X-Men #516   –  73,871
10/11  Uncanny X-Men #544   -  60,212
10/12  Uncanny X-Men v2 #20 -  65,981
---
10/13  Uncanny X-Men v3 #13 -  75,202  (  -2.1%)
11/13  Uncanny X-Men v3 #14 -  65,655  ( -12.7%)
12/13  Uncanny #15.INH      -  62,692  (  -4.5%)
01/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #16 -  58,676  (  -6.4%)
02/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #17 –  56,163  (  -4.3%)
03/14  Uncanny X-Men v3 #18 -  54,902  (  -2.2%)
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%)[5,627]O.S. Tie-In
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   4.6%)
1 year  ( -23.0%)
2 year  ( -12.0%)
3 year  (  -3.8%)
5 year  ( -21.6%)
10 year ( -40.5%)

Uncanny X-Men is another series seeing a nice boost this month because of the Deadpool and Hasbro variants. It will be interesting to see if any of these top tier books get shaken up by the events of Axis when it ends in January.

24. ROCKET RACCOON
07/14  Rocket Raccoon #1  -  293,913  ( --- )[7,738]
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%)

Rocket Raccoon gets a nice boost for its 4th issue which is likely due to having 3 variants.

26. AVENGERS
10/11  Avengers v4 #17 –  61,492
10/12  Avengers v4 #31 -  62,495
---
10/13  Avengers v5 #21 -  71,751  (  -3.5%)
10/13  Avengers v5 #22 -  70,735  (  -1.4%)
11/13  Avengers v5 #23 -  66,501  (  -6.0%)
12/13  Avengers#24.NOW - 127,466  ( +91.7%)
01/14  Avengers v5 #25 -  65,591  ( -48.5%)
02/14  Avengers v5 #26 –  59,775  (  -8.9%)
03/14  Avengers v5 #27 -  53,966  (  -9.7%)
04/14  Avengers v5 #28 -  52,808  (  -2.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #29 -  58,661  (  11.1%)
05/14  Avengers v5 #30 -  57,099  (  -2.7%)
06/14  Avengers v5 #31 -  53,933  (  -5.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Avengers v5 #32 -  56,595  (   4.9%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Avengers v5 #33 -  51,874  (  -8.3%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Avengers v5 #34 -  54,413  (   4.9%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14  Avenge v5 #34.1 -  45,942  ( -15.6%) 
09/14  Avengers v5 #35 -  50,629  (  10.2%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #36 -  56,771  (  12.1%) 
10/14  Avengers v5 #37 -  49,430  ( -12.9%) 
---
6 mnth  (  -6.4%)
1 year  ( -30.1%)
2 year  ( -21.0%)
3 year  ( -19.6%)

The Time Runs Out story arc has provided some ups and downs for the last few issues’ sales. So even though issue 37 is down 9even with some variants), it is still higher than this series’ lowest point of 45k. This 8-month time jump hasn’t clearly hurt or helped the series, it is just staying close to 50k.

37, 45. Edge of Spider-Verse
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #1  - 59,237 
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #2  - 54,415  (-8.1%)
09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #3  - 51,530  (-5.3%)
10/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #4  - 48,877  (-5.1%)
10/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #5  - 52,596  ( 7.6%)

Edge of Spider-Verse was a very successful mini-series for Marvel. Several of these books have been announced for second prints while one of this series’ new characters, Spider-Gwen, is going to be getting her own series in 2015.

41. Original Sin Annual
10/14  Original Sin Annual #1  -  52,105  (---)

I don’t understand how an event mini-series that didn’t last a year can qualify for an overpriced annual but as long as stores continue to order 50k copies of it, then Marvel will continue to make it.

47. DEADPOOL vs.
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #1 – 57,275 [4,497]
04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #2 – 49,374  (-13.8%)[2,757]
05/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #3 – 46,688  ( -5.4%)
06/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #4 – 47,228  (  1.2%)
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #1 - 54,762  ( --- )
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #2 - 45,047  (-17.7%)
08/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #3 - 38,471  (-14.6%)
09/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #4 – 35,748  ( -7.1%)
09/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #0 – 42,960  ( 20.2%)
10/14  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #1 – 47,983  ( 11.7%)
---
6 Mnth ( -16.2%)

Deadpool crossovers continue to make lots of money for Marvel.

48. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: DEADPOOL & CAPTAIN AMERICA
10/14  DoW: Deadpool & Cap #1 -  47,956

A single issue Death of Wolverine tie-in starring Deadpool and Captain America priced at $4.99

50. BUCKY BARNES: WINTER SOLDIER
10/14  BB: Winter Solder #1 -  47,471

Commenting on issue 1s is tough. On the one hand this series sold better than all previous Winter Soldier series, but on the other recent series that debuted at this level have now dropped below 30k and are on their way to 20k. The next two months will be very telling. If issue 2 stays above 30k, then it will likely have healthy staying power. If it drops 40% to 28k, then it might be in trouble. Stay tuned.

52. DEADPOOL
10/09 Deadpool v3 #16 - 46,260  
10/11 Deadpool v3 #45 - 27,552 
10/12 Deadpool v3 #63 - 29,049 
---
10/13 Deadpool v4 #18 - 47,096 ( +3.9%)
11/13 Deadpool v4 #19 - 44,184 ( -6.2%)
12/13 Deadpool v4 #20 - 43,653 ( -1.2%)
12/13 Deadpool v4 #21 - 43,066 ( -1.3%)
01/14 Deadpool v4 #22 - 41,765 ( -3.0%)
02/14 Deadpool v4 #23 - 41,204 ( -1.3%)
02/14 Deadpool v4 #24 - 41,130 ( -0.2%)
03/14 D'pool #25.NOW  - 48,775 ( 18.6%)
03/14 Deadpool v4 #26 - 44,141 ( -9.5%)
04/14 Deadpool v4 #27 - 62,037 ( 40.5%)[1,992]
05/14 Deadpool v4 #28 - 45,858 ( 26.1%)
05/14 Deadpool v4 #29 - 52,403 ( 14.3%)O.S. Tie-In
06/14 Deadpool v4 #30 - 54,072 ( 14.3%)O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Deadpool v4 #31 - 49,930 ( -7.7%)O.S. Tie-In
07/14 Deadpool v4 #32 - 46,829 ( -6.2%)O.S. Tie-In
08/14 Deadpool v4 #33 - 50,023 (  6.8%)O.S. Tie-In
09/14 Deadpool v4 #34 - 58,034 ( 16.0%) 
09/14 Deadpool v4 #35 - 43,554 (-25.0%) 
10/14 Deadpool v4 #36 - 46,600 (  7.0%)Axis Tie-In
---
6 mnth  ( -24.9%)
1 year  (  -1.1%)
2 year  (  60.0%)
3 year  (  69.1%)
5 year  (   0.7%)

Deadpool gets a nice little 7% boost this month as it ties into Axis and has a 75th anniversary variant cover. Deadpool continues to be a monetary powerhouse for Marvel.

56. DEATHLOK
10/14  Deathlok #1 -  43,991

Another issue 1 with promising numbers, but if Deathlok gets the normal 40% drop it will be at 26k. Next month, look to see if there are issue 1 re-orders and how big the drop will be. A few thousand re-orders and a 30% drop would put this in a healthy place.

59. NEW AVENGERS
10/09  New Avengers v1 #58 -  76,610  
10/11  New Avengers v2 #17 -  55,732  
10/12  New Avengers v2 #31 -  53,456  
---
10/13  New Avengers v3 #11 -  63,231  (  4.2%)
11/13  New Avengers v3 #12 -  58,807  ( -7.0%)
12/13  N Avengers #13.INH  -  56,624  ( -3.7%)
01/14  ---
02/14  New Avengers v3 #14 -  50,668  (-10.5%)
03/14  New Avengers v3 #15 -  47,178  ( -6.9%)
03/14  N Avengers #16.NOW  -  48,731  (  0.0%)
04/14  New Avengers v3 #17 -  45,885  ( -5.8%)
05/14  New Avengers v3 #18 -  43,668  ( -4.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #19 -  41,989  ( -3.8%)
06/14  New Avengers v3 #20 -  43,962  ( -0.1%)
07/14  New Avengers v3 #21 -  42,699  (  1.8%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #22 -  42,797  (  0.2%)
08/14  New Avengers v3 #23 -  40,018  ( -6.3%)
09/14  New Avengers v3 #24 -  45,123  (-12.8%)
10/14  New Avengers v3 #25 -  42,979  ( -4.8%)
---
6 mnth  (  -6.3%)
1 year  ( -32.0%)
2 year  ( -20.0%)
3 year  ( -22.9%)
5 year  ( -43.9%)

Last month, New Avengers had a nice boost for the start of the Time Runs Out storyline, and now this month there is a slight drop but the numbers are still higher than before the story arc started so it is still a net positive. This issue did have one variant so that likely also contributed to keeping the sales higher.

61. DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR
10/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #1 -  42,673

Another Deadpool mini-series set to make Marvel a lot of money.

62, 63. SPIDER-MAN 2099
07/14  Spider-Man 2099 #1  -  90,690  ( --- )[6,461]
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%)

Spider-Man 2099 seems to be leveling out and next month gets more involved with Spider-verse which may help boost sales even more.

67. AXIS CARNAGE
10/12  Minimum Carnage Alpha #1 – 41,110
10/13  Superior Carnage #4      – 33,159
---
10/14  AXIS Carnage #1          – 38,548
---
1 year  (  16.3%) 2 Year  (  -6.0%)

The new 3-issue Carnage mini-series that ties into AXIS starts with pretty good sales and in line with the last few Carnage minis.

71. 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%)

Star Lord #4 gets a nice sales bump and sells a little bit more than #2 did which is really good at a time when most new series see consistent month to month drops.

78. Thanos: A God Up There Listening
10/14  Thanos #1  -  35,660  ( --- )
10/14  Thanos #2  -  31,564  (-11.5%)
10/14  Thanos #3  -  30,771  ( -2.5%)
10/14  Thanos #4  -  29,699  ( -3.5%)

Thanos is a 4-issue mini-series that sold pretty well and continued the story of Thane, son of Thanos who was introduced in Infinity.

81. HULK
10/09  Incred Hulk    #603 - 49,096
10/11  Incred Hulk v4 #1   – 106,472
10/12  Incred Hulk v4 #15  - 36,091
---
10/13  Indestructible #14  - 40,963  (  -2.0%)
11/13  Indestructible #15  - 37,025  (  -9.6%)
11/13  Indestructible #16  - 35,871  (  -3.1%)
12/13  Hulk #17.INH        - 35,679  (  -0.5%)
01/14  Hulk #18.INH        - 33,056  (  -7.4%)
02/14  Indestructible #19  - 31,192  (  -5.6%)
03/14  Indestructible #20  - 30,042  (  -3.7%)
04/14  Hulk v3 #1          - 73,551  ( 144.8%)
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -52.3%)
1 Year  ( -14.4%)
2 Year  (  -3.0%)
3 Year  ( -67.0%)
5 Year  ( -28.5%)

Hulk gets a nice boost although it is probably do to having several variants.

85. DAREDEVIL
10/04  Daredevil v2 #66 – 53,087
10/04  Daredevil   #501 – 45,154
10/11  Daredevil v3 #4  – 39,413
10/12  Daredevil v3 #18 - 37,228 
---
10/13  Daredevil v3 #32 - 34,957  ( -4.7%)
11/13  Daredevil v3 #33 - 32,966  ( -5.7%)
12/13  Daredevil v3 #34 - 32,331  ( -1.9%)
01/14  Daredevil v3 #35 - 32,067  ( -0.8%)
02/14  Daredevil v3 #36 – 31,494  ( -1.8%)
03/14  Daredevil v4 #1  - 76,006  (141.3%)[1,948]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -20.6%)
1 Year  (  -2.7%)
2 Year  (  -9.0%)
3 Year  ( -13.7%)
5 Year  ( -24.7%)
10 Year ( -36.0%)

Daredevil sales dip this month with no variants or tie-ins, however this book is generally very stable between 30 and 40k. With no variants or tie-ins planned through January, it will be interesting to see if the ever-stable Daredevil series dips below 30k.

88. MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN
10/04  Ult. Spider-Man v1 #67 –  94,980
10/09  Ult. Spider-Man v2 #3  –  52,781
10/11  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #3  –  52,521
10/12  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #16 -  39,679
---
10/13  Ult. Spider-Man v3 #28 - 31,462  ( -2.3%)
11/13  Cataclysm USM #1 of 3  - 36,541  (+16.1%)
12/13  Cataclysm USM #2 of 3  - 30,293  (-17.1%)
01/14  Cataclysm USM #3 of 3  - 27,650  ( -8.7%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  Ult. Spider-Man #200   - 41,608  ( 50.5%)
05/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #1 - 45,864  ( 10.2%)
06/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #2 - 38,231  (-16.6%)
07/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #3 - 37,240  ( -2.6%)
08/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #4 - 34,836  ( -6.5%)
09/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #5 - 34,140  ( -2.0%)
10/14  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #6 - 33,057  ( -3.2%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -20.6%)
1 year  (   5.1%)
2 year  ( -17.0%)
3 year  ( -37.1%)
5 year  ( -37.4%)
10 year ( -65.2%)

Sales for Miles are fairly stable still.

89. X-MEN
10/04  X-Men v2 #163 -  88,530  
10/11  X-Men v3 #19  -  40,906  
10/12  X-Men v3 #37  -  31,611  
---
10/13  X-Men v4 #6  -  71,990  (  -1.9%)
11/13  X-Men v4 #7  -  56,968  ( -20.9%)
12/13  X-Men v4 #8  -  53,201  (  -6.6%)
01/14  X-Men v4 #9  -  49,412  (  -7.1%)
02/14  X-M  #10.Now -  52,486  (   6.2%)
02/14  X-Men v4 #11 -  47,498  (  -9.5%)
03/14  X-Men v4 #12 -  44,135  (  -7.1%)
04/14  X-Men v4 #13 -  42,065  (  -4.7%)
05/14  X-Men v4 #14 -  39,499  (  -6.1%)
06/14  X-Men v4 #15 -  38,271  (  -3.1%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #16 -  38,937  (   1.7%)
07/14  X-Men v4 #17 -  36,255  (  -6.9%)
08/14  X-Men v4 #18 -  35,543  (  -2.0%)
09/14  X-Men v4 #19 -  33,737  (  -5.1%)
10/14  X-Men v4 #20 -  33,004  (  -2.2%)
---
6  mnth  ( -21.5%)
1  year  ( -54.2%)
2  year  (   4.0%)
3  year  ( -19.3%)
10 year  ( -62.7%)

Adjectiveless X-men is another fairly stable mid-tier book. Marc Guggenheim is currently writing an arc through December and then G. Willow Wilson takes over for a story arc. It will be interesting to see if rotating creative teams effects sales positively or negatively.

90. AMAZING X-MEN
10/09  Astonishing X-Men #31 -  67,024  
10/11  Astonishing X-Men #43 -  32,620  
10/12  Astonishing X-Men #55 -  29,060  
---
10/13  Astonishing X-Men #68 -  21,023  (  -0.0%)
11/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #1   - 112,337  (+434.4%)
12/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #2   -  60,870  ( -45.8%)
01/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #3   -  51,431  ( -15.5%)
02/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #4   -  48,161  (  -6.4%)
03/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #5   -  46,242  (  -4.0%)
04/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #6   -  45,095  (  -2.5%)
05/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #7   -  42,512  (  -5.7%)
06/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #8   -  41,613  (  -2.1%)
07/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #9   -  40,562  (  -2.5%)
08/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #10  -  36,405  ( -10.2%)
09/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #11  -  34,552  (  -5.1%)
10/14  Amazing X-Men v2 #12  -  32,966  (  -4.6%)
---
6  mnth  ( -26.9%)
1  year  (  56.8%)
2  year  (  13.0%)
3  year  (   1.1%)
5 year   ( -50.8%)

Amazing X-men continues to have little drops each month. With Axis and Secret War on the horizon, this is a book that could benefit from a relaunch or rebranding later in 2015.

91. MS. MARVEL
02/14  Ms. Marvel #1 -  50,286  (  --- ) [15,155]
03/14  Ms. Marvel #2 -  38,357  (-23.7%) [3,440]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -11.4%)

Ms. Marvel sees a boost this month. There was one variant, but still this title is very stable and the trade paperback was #1 on the book list this month. Hard to argue with this book’s success.

92. AXIS REVOLUTIONS
10/14  Axis Revolutions #1 - 32,794

Revolutions is a four-part Axis tie-in mini-series. Sales aren’t great, but aren’t really terrible yet. Still as the main tie-in it is interesting that it is selling so far below the main book.

93. MOON KNIGHT
10/09  Vengeance of MK#2  -  26,477  
10/11  Moon Knight v4 #6  -  27,493  
---
03/14  Moon Knight v5 #1  -  58,022 (  --- ) [7,266]
04/14  Moon Knight v5 #2  -  40,885 (-29.5%) [3,621]
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (-20.7%)
3 year  ( 18.0%)
5 year  ( 22.5%)

Moon Knight continues to drop and the drops are getting steaper.

95. Magneto
---
03/14  Magneto #1 – 55,337
04/14  Magneto #2 – 35,772  (-35.4%)[2,297]
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 Tie-in
09/14  Magneto #10– 30,769  ( -2.5%)Axis Tie-in
10/14  Magneto #11– 31,642  (  2.8%)Axis Tie-in
---
6 Mnth  ( -11.5%)

Magneto gets a nice boost as it ties in with Axis.

97. AXIS HOBGOBLIN
10/14  Axis Hobgoblin #1 - 31,243

Hobgoblin is another 3-issue mini-series tying in with Axis. It doesn’t sell as well as Carnage but should do alright for 3 issues.

99. INHUMAN 
04/14  Inhuman #1 - 58,309  
05/14  Inhuman #2 - 41,810 ( -28.3%) 
08/14  Inhuman #3 - 37,159 ( -11.1%) 
08/14  Inhuman #4 - 34,215 (  -7.9%) 
09/14  Inhuman #5 - 32,719 (  -4.4%) 
09/14  Inhuman #6 - 30,761 (  -6.0%) 
10/14  Inhuman #7 - 29,903 (  -2.8%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -48.7%)

Inhuman sales continue to slide slowly downward.

101. PUNISHER
10/04  Punisher v7 #11  – 42,661
10/09  Punisher v8 #10  – 27,151
10/11  Punisher v9 #4   - 25,847
---
10/13  Trial #2 of 2    - 20,143  (-11.0%)
11/13  ---
12/13  ---
01/14  ---
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%)
---
6 mnth  (   1.0%)
3 year  ( -11.1%)
5 year  (   5.7%)
10 year ( -32.7%)

Punisher gets a nice sales boost even without variants or tie-ins, which is always nice to see.

102, 103. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN
10/11  Wolverine/X-Men #1   - 95,855  
10/12  Wolverine/X-Men #18  - 52,331  
---
10/13  Wolverine/X-Men #37 - 57,434  ( -3.8%)
11/13  Wolverine/X-Men #38 - 39,098  (-31.9%)
12/13  Wolverine/X-Men #39 - 39,063  ( -0.1%)
01/14  Wolverine/X-Men #40 - 36,855  ( -5.7%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #41 – 35,800  ( -2.9%)
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #2  - 40,386  (-26.1%)
04/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #3  - 36,407  ( -9.9%)
05/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #4  - 33,521  ( -7.9%)
06/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #5  - 32,511  ( -3.0%)
07/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #6  - 32,995  (  1.5%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #7  - 30,409  ( -7.8%)
08/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #8  - 29,795  ( -2.0%)
09/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #9  - 28,965  ( -2.8%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #10 - 28,108  ( -3.0%)
10/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #11 - 28,121  (  0.0%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -22.8%)
1 Year  ( -51.0%)
2 Year  ( -46.0%)
3 Year  ( -70.7%)

Wolverine and the X-men is very stable as it deals with the aftermath of Wolverine’s death and gets one month closer to its conclusion.

104. SILVER SURFER
10/04  Silver Surfer v5 #14-  19,287  
---
03/14  Silver Surfer v7 #1 -  64,919  (  --- )[2,757]
04/14  Silver Surfer v7 #2 -  39,132  (-39.7%)
06/14  Silver Surfer v7 #3 -  36,075  ( -7.8%)
07/14  Silver Surfer v7 #4 -  32,747  ( -9.2%)
08/14  Silver Surfer v7 #5 -  31,125  ( -5.0%)
10/14  Silver Surfer v7 #6 -  28,052  ( -9.9%)
---
6 Mnth  (-28.3%)
10 year ( 45.4%)

Silver Surfer drops a bit further this month and sinks below the 30k point.

107, 109. FANTASTIC FOUR
10/04  Fantastic Four #519   – 47,923
10/09  Fantastic Four #572   – 41,914
10/12  Fantastic Four #611   - 45,322
---
10/13  Fantastic Four v5 #13 - 31,561  (  +0.4%)
11/13  Fantastic Four v5 #14 - 28,679  (  -9.1%)
12/13  Fantastic Four v5 #15 - 27,610  (  -3.7%)
01/14  Fantastic Four v5 #16 - 28,045  (   1.6%)
02/14  Fantastic Four v6 #1  - 65,775  ( 134.5%)
03/14  Fantastic Four v6 #2  - 37,569  ( -42.9%)
04/14  Fantastic Four v6 #3  - 34,930  (  -7.0%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #4  - 33,263  (  -4.8%)
05/14  Fantastic Four v6 #5  - 33,336  (   0.2%)
06/14  Fantastic Four v6 #6  - 33,177  (  -0.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Fantastic Four v6 #7  - 33,687  (   1.5%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #8  - 30,674  (  -8.9%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Fantastic Four v6 #9  - 28,827  (  -6.0%)
09/14  Fantastic Four v6 #10 - 28,118  (  -2.5%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #11 - 26,938  (  -4.2%)
10/14  Fantastic Four v6 #12 - 26,638  (  -1.1%)

---
6 mnth  ( -23.7%)
1 year  ( -15.6%)
2 year  ( -41.0%)
5 year  ( -36.4%)
10 year ( -44.4%)

Fantastic Four drops 2000 copies this month as it double ships again. Should be interesting if sales pick up as this series moves to a conclusion is early 2015.

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%)[2,269]
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 Tie-in
10/14  Loki #7 -  25,430  (   1.2%)Axis Tie-in
---
6 mnth  ( -7.4%)

Loki continues to be very stable as it ties in with Axis.

116. FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL
---
10/14  Fantastic Four Annual #1 – 24,910

The Fantastic Four annual comes in slightly below the main series.

120. BLACK WIDOW
10/04  Black Widow #2  – 30,460
---
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%)
---
6 Mnth  (  -11.6%)
10 Year (  -21.5%)

Black Widow gets a nice little boost this month from a Deadpool variant cover.

123. Nightcrawler
04/14  Nightcrawler #1 – 49,426
05/14  Nightcrawler #2 – 35,356 (-28.5%)
06/14  Nightcrawler #3 – 31,743 (-10.2%)
07/14  Nightcrawler #4 – 27,990 (-11.8%)
08/14  Nightcrawler #5 – 25,627 ( -8.4%)
09/14  Nightcrawler #6 – 23,921 ( -6.7%)
10/14  Nightcrawler #7 – 23,379 ( -2.3%)
---
6 Mnth (-52.7%)

Nightcrawler is relatively stable this month and only loses a few hundred orders this month.

127. NOVA
10/09  Nova v4 #30 - 22,831
---
10/13  Nova v5 #9  - 32,323  (-14.4%)
11/13  Nova v5 #10 - 32,716  ( +1.2%)
12/13  Nova v5 #11 - 27,982  (-14.5%)
01/14  Nova v5 #12 - 25,043  ( -10.5%)
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%) 
---
6 Mnth  (   2.1%)
1 Year  ( -30.4%)
5 Year  (  -1.5%)

Nova gets a slight boost from a Deadpool variant cover this month.

128. ALL-NEW X-FACTOR
10/09 X-Factor #50    - 30,120 
10/11 X-Factor #226   - 23,569  
10/12 X-Factor #245   - 22,364  
---
01/14 X-Factor v4 #1  - 45,727  
01/14 X-Factor v4 #2  - 32,228 (-29.5%)
02/14 X-Factor v4 #3  - 29,915 ( -3.2%)
03/14 X-Factor v4 #4  - 27,337 ( -8.6%)
03/14 X-Factor v4 #5  - 26,656 ( -2.5%)
04/14 X-Factor v4 #6  - 26,029 ( -2.4%)
05/14 X-Factor v4 #7  - 24,873 ( -4.4%)
05/14 X-Factor v4 #8  - 24,283 ( -2.4%)
06/14 X-Factor v4 #9  - 23,720 ( -2.3%)
07/14 X-Factor v4 #10 - 22,563 ( -4.9%)
07/14 X-Factor v4 #11 - 22,428 ( -0.6%)
08/14 X-Factor v4 #12 - 21,352 ( -4.8%)
09/14 X-Factor v4 #13 - 20,615 ( -3.5%)
09/14 X-Factor v4 #14 - 20,820 (  1.0%)
10/14 X-Factor v4 #15 - 22,240 (  6.8%)Axis Tie-In
---
6 Mnth  ( -14.6%)
2 Year  (  -1.0%)
3 Year  (  -5.6%)
5 Year  ( -26.2%)

X-Factor gets a nice boost this month as it ties in with Axis.

131. MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY 
---
10/14  Marvel 75th Anniversary #1 – 21,476

The $6 oversized anniversary special doesn’t bring in great sales numbers.

132. SHE-HULK
10/04  She-Hulk v1  #7  - 25,302
---
02/14  She-Hulk #1      - 41,921  (  --- )[3,270]
03/14  She-Hulk #2      - 26,675  (-36.3%)
04/14  She-Hulk #3      - 27,398  (  2.7%)
05/14  She-Hulk #4      - 25,543  ( -6.8%)
06/14  She-Hulk #5      - 24,736  ( -3.2%)
07/14  She-Hulk #6      - 23,562  ( -3.2%)
08/14  She-Hulk #7      - 22,883  ( -2.9%)
09/14  She-Hulk #8      - 21,349  ( -6.7%)
10/14  She-Hulk #9      - 21,418  (  0.3%)
---
6 Mnth   (-20.0%)
10 Year  (-15.6%)

She-Hulk gets a tiny boost this month. Last month’s solicits revealed that the current volume will end at issue 12. No word yet on whether or not it will get relaunched at some point.

136.  AVENGERS WORLD
01/14  Avengers World #1 - 86,727
01/14  Avengers World #2 - 53,693  (-38.1%)
02/14  Avengers World #3 – 39,999  (-25.5%)
03/14  Avengers World #4 – 34,397  (-14.0%)
04/14  Avengers World #5 – 31,110  ( -9.6%)
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%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -32.2%)

Avengers World is slowly dying a death of a thousand cuts. Issue 17 solicited for February is going to tie in with Time Runs Out which should help sales.

137. MEN OF WRATH
---
10/14  Men of Wrath #1 – 20,927

Jason Aaron’s Icon book debuted with pretty respectable numbers.

141. CAPTAIN MARVEL
10/09  Ms. Marvel #46        - 25,701  
10/12  Captain Marvel #4     - 28,619  
---
10/13  ---
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%)
---
6 mnth  ( -26.1%)
2 year  ( -28.0%)
5 year  ( -19.5%)

Captain Marvel drops a bit more this month. It will be interesting to see if sales start to rise now that the movie announcement has been made.

142, 145. X-FORCE
10/04  X-Force v2 #3  - 46,484  
10/09  X-Force v3 #20 - 48,891  
10/11  X-Force v4 #16 - 52,398 
10/12  X-Force v4 #32 - 44,055  
---
10/13  X-Force v5 #12 - 32,559  (-10.0%)
10/13  X-Force v5 #13 - 30,567  ( -6.1%)
11/13  X-Force v5 #14 - 28,885  ( -5.5%)
12/13  X-Force v5 #15 - 27,567  ( -4.6%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #16 - 27,701  (  0.5%)
01/14  X-Force v5 #17 - 27,319  ( -1.4%)
02/14  X-Force v6 #1  - 47,427  ( 73.6%)
03/14  X-Force v6 #2  - 33,079  (-30.3%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #3  - 29,541  (-10.7%)
04/14  X-Force v6 #4  - 28,067  ( -5.0%)
05/14  X-Force v6 #5  - 26,215  ( -6.6%)
06/14  X-Force v6 #6  - 24,358  ( -7.1%)
07/14  X-Force v6 #7  - 23,675  ( -2.8%)
08/14  X-Force v6 #8  - 22,299  ( -5.8%)
09/14  X-Force v6 #9  - 21,263  ( -4.6%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #10 - 20,539  ( -3.4%)
10/14  X-Force v6 #11 - 20,308  ( -1.1%)
---
6 mnth  ( -27.6%)
1 year  ( -33.6%)
2 year  ( -54.0%)
3 year  ( -61.2%)
5 year  ( -58.5%)
10 year ( -56.3%)

X-Force double ships this month and sales are quite stable.

143. THUNDERBOLTS
10/09  Thunderbolts  #137  - 32,389  
10/11  Thunderbolts  #164  - 23,712  
---
10/13  Thunderbolts v2 #16 - 29,334  ( -1.2%)
10/13  Thunderbolts v2 #17 - 28,324  ( -3.4%)
11/13  Thunderbolts v2 #18 - 26,502  ( -6.4%)
12/13  Thunderbolts v2 #19 - 24,959  ( -5.8%)
01/14  Thunderblts #20.NOW - 28,994  ( 16.2%)
01/14  Thunderbolts v2 #21 - 24,293  (-16.2%)
02/14  Thunderbolts v2 #22 – 23,629  ( -2.7%)
03/14  Thunderbolts v2 #23 – 22,701  ( -3.9%)
04/14  Thunderbolts v2 #24 – 22,619  ( -0.4%)
04/14  Thunderbolts v2 #25 – 22,092  ( -2.3%)
05/14  Thunderbolts v2 #26 – 21,771  ( -1.5%)
06/14  Thunderbolts v2 #27 – 21,778  (  0.0%)
07/14  Thunderbolts v2 #28 – 21,652  ( -0.6%)
08/14  Thunderbolts v2 #29 – 21,144  ( -2.3%)
08/14  Thunderbolts v2 #30 – 21,016  ( -0.6%)
09/14  Thunderbolts v2 #31 – 20,591  ( -2.0%)
10/14  Thunderbolts v2 #32 – 20,414  ( -0.9%)
---
6 Mnth  (  -9.7%)
1 Year  ( -27.9%)
3 Year  ( -13.9%)
5 Year  ( -37.0%)

Thunderbolts concludes this month and so far there has been no solicitations for a new series.

147. CYCLOPS
---
05/14  Cyclops #1 – 47,468
06/14  Cyclops #2 – 31,132 ( -34.4%)
07/14  Cyclops #3 – 25,925 ( -16.7%)
08/14  Cyclops #4 – 23,305 ( -16.7%)
09/14  Cyclops #5 – 21,874 (  -6.1%)
10/14  Cyclops #6 – 20,115 (  -8.0%)

Cyclops continues to drop. It is still solicited for February, but I wonder how low it will be allowed to drop.

148. 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%)D.O.W. Tie-in

The sales for Storm take another big hit. Issue 8 was solicited for February, but I expect it to end with issue 10 at the end of the second arc in May.

151. SAVAGE HULK
---
06/14  Savage Hulk #1 – 44,177
07/14  Savage Hulk #2 – 31,194 ( -29.4%)
08/14  Savage Hulk #3 – 24,774 ( -20.6%)
09/14  Savage Hulk #4 – 22,875 (  -7.7%)
10/14  Savage Hulk #5 – 19,351 ( -15.4%)

The Hulk anthology series continues to shed sales numbers.

153. SECRET AVENGERS
10/11  Secret Avengers    #18 - 43,280
10/12  Secret Avengers    #32 - 35,346
---
10/13  Secret Avengers v2 #10 - 29,134  ( +17.1%)
11/13  Secret Avengers v2 #11 - 25,326  ( -13.1%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #12 - 23,863  (  -5.8%)
12/13  Secret Avengers v2 #13 - 23,172  (  -2.9%)
01/14  Secret Avengers v2 #14 - 21,372  (  -7.8%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #15 – 20,059  (  -6.1%)
02/14  Secret Avengers v2 #16 – 20,022  (  -0.2%)
03/14  Secret Avengers v3 #1  - 34,036  (  70.0%)
04/14  Secret Avengers v3 #2  - 24,724  ( -27.4%)
05/14  Secret Avengers v3 #3  - 22,860  (  -7.5%)
06/14  Secret Avengers v3 #4  - 21,335  (  -6.7%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #5  - 20,088  (  -5.8%)
07/14  Secret Avengers v3 #6  - 19,435  (  -3.3%)
08/14  Secret Avengers v3 #7  - 20,017  (   3.0%)
09/14  Secret Avengers v3 #8  - 18,680  (  -6.7%)
10/14  Secret Avengers v3 #9  - 18,974  (   1.6%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -23.3%)
1 Year  ( -34.9%)
2 Year  ( -46.0%)
3 Year  ( -56.2%)

Secret Avengers gets a slight boost from a Deadpool Variant.

156. ALL NEW GHOST RIDER
10/11  Ghost Rider #4 - 21,012 
---
03/14  All New Ghost Rider  #1  -  50,072 (  --- )[2,567]
04/14  All New Ghost Rider  #2  -  29,429 (-41.2%)
05/14  All New Ghost Rider  #3  -  27,756 ( -5.7%)
06/14  All New Ghost Rider  #4  -  24,627 (-11.3%)
07/14  All New Ghost Rider  #5  -  21,820 (-11.4%)
08/14  All New Ghost Rider  #6  -  20,679 ( -5.2%)
09/14  All New Ghost Rider  #7  -  18,718 ( -9.5%)
10/14  All New Ghost Rider  #8  -  17,907 ( -4.3%)
---
6 Mnth ( -39.2%)
3 year ( -14.8%)

Ghost Rider had a Deadpool variant but still lost some orders this month.

168. ALL-NEW INVADERS
10/04  Invaders #3           - 27,260  
---
01/14  All-New Invaders  #1  - 55,167
02/14  All-New Invaders  #2  – 32,293  (-41.5%)
03/14  All-New Invaders  #3  – 27,329  (-15.4%)
04/14  All-New Invaders  #4  – 22,927  (-16.1%)
05/14  All-New Invaders  #5  – 21,843  ( -4.7%)
06/14  All-New Invaders  #6  – 23,470  (  7.4%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  All-New Invaders  #7  – 22,332  ( -4.8%) O.S. Tie-In 
07/14  All-New Invaders  #8  – 19,865  (-11.0%) 
08/14  All-New Invaders  #9  – 18,666  ( -6.0%) 
09/14  All-New Invaders  #10 – 17,821  ( -4.5%) 
10/14  All-New Invaders  #11 – 16,711  ( -6.2%) 
---
6  Mnth  ( -27.1%)
10 Year  ( -38.7%)

Invaders drops another 1000 orders this month. The solicitation text for February says “As the series draws to a close”, so the end is coming sometime in early 2015, maybe March or April.

175. SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN
10/13  Superior Foes #4 - 26,884  (-10.6%)
11/13  Superior Foes #5 - 23,694  (-11.9%)
11/13  Superior Foes #6 - 21,367  ( -9.8%)
12/13  Superior Foes #7 - 20,858  ( -2.4%)
01/14  ---
02/14  Superior Foes #8 – 19,193  ( -8.0%)
03/14  Superior Foes #9 – 18,620  ( -3.0%)
03/14  Superior Foes #10- 18,437  ( -1.0%)
04/14  Superior Foes #11- 18,143  ( -1.6%)
05/14  ---
06/14  Superior Foes #12- 17,826  ( -1.7%)
07/14  Superior Foes #13- 16,903  ( -5.2%)
08/14  Superior Foes #14- 16,604  ( -1.8%)
09/14  Superior Foes #15- 15,824  ( -4.7%)
10/14  Superior Foes #16- 15,304  ( -3.3%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -15.6%)
1 Year  ( -43.1%)

The penultimate issue of Superior Foes drops a few hundred orders.

177. Elektra
---
04/14  Elektra #1 -  47,676 (  --- )
05/14  Elektra #2 -  26,612 (-44.2%)
06/14  Elektra #3 -  22,773 (-14.4%)
07/14  Elektra #4 -  19,125 (-16.0%)
08/14  Elektra #5 -  17,209 (-10.0%)
09/14  Elektra #6 -  16,136 ( -6.2%)
10/14  Elektra #7 -  15,021 ( -6.9%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -68.5%)

Elektra continues to fall. The February solicits state that issue 11 will be its finale. No word if it will be relaunched with a new #1

179. All NEW ULTIMATES
10/09  Ult comics Avengers  #3  - 62,678
10/11  Ult comics Ultimates #3  - 40,792
10/12  Ult comics Ultimates #17 - 29,382
-
11/13  Cataclysm #1 of 3 - 28,422  (+46.4%)
12/13  Cataclysm #2 of 3 - 24,819  (-12.7%)
01/14  Cataclysm #3 of 3 - 21,705  (-12.5%)
02/14  ---
03/14  ---
04/14  All-New Ult #1   - 30,308  ( 39.6%)
05/14  All-New Ult #2   - 24,165  (-20.3%)
06/14  All-New Ult #3   - 21,898  ( -9.4%)
06/14  All-New Ult #4   - 20,561  ( -6.1%)
07/14  All-New Ult #5   - 18,199  (-11.5%)
08/14  All-New Ult #6   - 16,605  ( -8.8%)
08/14  All-New Ult #7   - 16,654  (  0.3%)
09/14  All-New Ult #8   - 16,068  ( -3.5%)
10/14  All-New Ult #9   - 14,917  ( -7.2%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -50.8%)
2 Year  ( -49.0%)
3 Year  ( -63.4%)
5 Year  ( -76.2%)

Ultimates drops again and is slated to end with issue 12 in January.

181, 183. MIRACLEMAN
01/14  Miracleman #1  - 52,313
01/14  Miracleman #2  - 36,927  ( -29.4%)
02/14  Miracleman #3  – 25,970  ( -32.6%)  
03/14  Miracleman #4  – 23,557  (  -9.3%)
04/14  ---
05/14  Miracleman #5  – 22,399  (  -4.9%)
05/14  Miracleman #6  – 20,598  (  -8.0%)
06/14  Miracleman #7  – 19,123  (  -7.2%)
07/14  Miracleman #8  – 17,654  (  -7.7%)
08/14  Miracleman #9  – 16,466  (  -6.7%)
09/14  Miracleman #10 – 15,409  (  -6.4%)
10/14  Miracleman #11 – 14,824  (  -3.8%)
10/14  Miracleman #12 – 14,634  (  -1.3%)

Miracleman double ships this month and drops 800 orders.

189. NEW WARRIORS
---
02/14  New Warriors #1  -  45,765  (  --- )
03/14  New Warriors #2  -  26,006  (-43.2%)
04/14  New Warriors #3  -  23,105  (-11.2%)
05/14  New Warriors #4  -  19,900  (-13.9%)
06/14  New Warriors #5  -  18,576  ( -6.7%)
06/14  New Warriors #6  -  18,156  ( -2.3%)
07/14  New Warriors #7  -  17,304  ( -4.7%)
08/14  New Warriors #8  -  16,081  ( -7.1%)
09/14  New Warriors #9  -  15,166  ( -5.7%)
09/14  New Warriors #10 -  15,056  ( -0.7%)
10/14  New Warriors #11 -  14,026  ( -6.8%)
---
6 Mnth  ( -39.3%)

New Warriors ends next month with issue 12.

207. Dark Tower: Drawing of Three
---
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #1 – 21,072
09/14  Dark tower: DoT #2 – 12,356  ( -41.4%)
10/14  Dark tower: DoT #3 – 12,130  (  -1.8%)

The drop is much smaller this month.

210. FIGMENT
---
06/14  Figment #1  -  12,735  (  --- )
07/14  Figment #2  -  11,929  ( -6.3%)
08/14  Figment #3  -  13,105  (  9.9%)
09/14  Figment #4  -  12,843  ( -2.0%)
10/14  Figment #5  -  11,562  (-10.0%)

Figment ends with decent sales numbers.

223. GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT TWO
01/14  Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
02/14  Act One #2 of 5 – 17,624 ( -28.1%)
03/14  Act One #3 of 5 – 15,720 ( -10.8%)
04/14  Act One #4 of 5 – 14,855 (  -5.5%)
06/14  Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 (  -6.3%)
09/14  Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 (  -5.5%)
10/14  Act Two #2 of 5 – 10,360 ( -21.3%)
---
6 Mnth -30.3%(

Interest in this series is waning.

—

6-Month Comparisons

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340.8%	Death of Wolverine #4
296.4%	Thor #1
276.9%	Death of Wolverine #3
165.3%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #1
115.5%	Captain America #25
113.8%	Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #1
67.9%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #2
61.7%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #3
13.1%	Guardians of Galaxy #20
7.5%	Avengers #36
4.6%	Uncanny X-Men #27
2.1%	Nova #22
1.9%	All New X-Men #33
1.7%	Uncanny Avengers #25
1.0%	Punisher #11
-6.3%	New Avengers #25
-6.4%	Avengers #37
-7.4%	Loki Agent of Asgard #7 Axis
-9.7%	Thunderbolts #32 
-11.4%	Ms Marvel #9
-11.5%	Magneto #11 Axis
-11.6%	Black Widow #11
-14.6%	All New X-Factor #15 Axis 
-15.6%	Superior Foes of Spider-Man #16
-16.2%	Hawkeye Vs Deadpool #1
-20.6%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6
-20.6%	Daredevil #9
-20.7%	Moon Knight #8
-21.5%	X-Men #20
-21.8%	She-Hulk #9 
-22.8%	Wolverine and X-Men #11
-22.8%	Wolverine and X-Men #10
-22.9%	Fantastic Four #11
-23.3%	Secret Avengers #9
-23.7%	Fantastic Four #12
-24.9%	Deadpool #36 Axis
-26.1%	Captain Marvel #8
-26.8%	X-Force #10
-26.9%	Amazing X-Men #12
-27.1%	All New Invaders #11
-27.6%	X-Force #11
-28.3%	Silver Surfer #6
-30.3%	Empire of Dead Act Two #2
-32.2%	Avengers World #14
-39.2%	All New Ghost Rider #8
-39.3%	New Warriors #11
-48.7%	Inhuman #7
-50.8%	All New Ultimates #9 
-52.3%	Hulk #7
-52.7%	Nightcrawler #7
-68.5%	Elektra #7
-78.2%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
-81.3%	Amazing Spider-Man #8

—

1 Year Comparisons

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377.9%	Death of Wolverine #4
308.6%	Death of Wolverine #3
227.9%	Thor #1
129.3%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #1
91.8%	Captain America #25
56.8%	Amazing X-Men #12
45.2%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #2
39.8%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #3
36.0%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
16.7%	Amazing Spider-Man #8
16.3%	Axis Carnage #1
5.1%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6
-1.1%	Deadpool #36 Axis
-2.7%	Daredevil #9
-3.8%	Guardians of Galaxy #20
-12.1%	Uncanny Avengers #25
-14.4%	Hulk #7
-14.6%	Fantastic Four #11
-15.6%	Fantastic Four #12
-19.7%	Avengers #36
-23.0%	Uncanny X-Men #27
-27.5%	All New X-Men #33
-27.9%	Thunderbolts #32 
-30.1%	Avengers #37
-30.4%	Nova #22
-32.0%	New Avengers #25
-32.8%	X-Force #10
-33.6%	X-Force #11
-34.9%	Secret Avengers #9
-43.1%	Superior Foes of Spider-Man #16
-51.0%	Wolverine and X-Men #11
-51.1%	Wolverine and X-Men #10
-54.2%	X-Men #20

—

2 Year Comparisons

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329%	Death of Wolverine #4
327%	Thor #1
267%	Death of Wolverine #3
100%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
91%	Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #1
85%	Captain America #25
72%	Amazing Spider-Man #8
60%	Deadpool #36 Axis
13%	Amazing X-Men #12
4%	X-Men #20
-1%	All New X-Factor #15 Axis 
-3%	Hulk #7
-6%	Axis Carnage #1
-9%	Daredevil #9
-9%	Avengers #36
-12%	Uncanny X-Men #27
-17%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6
-20%	New Avengers #25
-21%	Avengers #37
-28%	Captain Marvel #8
-41%	Fantastic Four #11
-41%	Fantastic Four #12
-46%	Wolverine and X-Men #11
-46%	Wolverine and X-Men #10
-46%	Secret Avengers #9
-49%	All New Ultimates #9 
-53%	X-Force #10
-54%	X-Force #11
-54%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #1
-71%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #2
-72%	Avengers and X-Men Axis #3
-82%	Uncanny Avengers #25

—

3 Year Comparisons

---

320.2%	Death of Wolverine #4
259.3%	Death of Wolverine #3
242.7%	Thor #1
100.6%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
72.1%	Amazing Spider-Man #8
69.1%	Deadpool #36 Axis
18.0%	Moon Knight #8
11.1%	Punisher #11
1.1%	Amazing X-Men #12
-3.8%	Uncanny X-Men #27
-5.6%	All New X-Factor #15 Axis 
-7.7%	Avengers #36
-13.7%	Daredevil #9
-13.9%	Thunderbolts #32 
-14.8%	All New Ghost Rider #8
-19.3%	X-Men #20
-19.6%	Avengers #37
-22.9%	New Avengers #25
-37.1%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6
-56.2%	Secret Avengers #9
-60.8%	X-Force #10
-61.2%	X-Force #11
-63.4%	All New Ultimates #9 
-67.0%	Hulk #7
-70.7%	Wolverine and X-Men #11
-70.7%	Wolverine and X-Men #10

—

5 Year Comparisons

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175.8%	Death of Wolverine #4
159.0%	Guardians of Galaxy #20
135.8%	Death of Wolverine #3
89.8%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
62.8%	Amazing Spider-Man #8
22.5%	Moon Knight #8
5.7%	Punisher #11
0.7%	Deadpool #36 Axis
-1.5%	Nova #22
-19.5%	Captain Marvel #8
-21.6%	Uncanny X-Men #27
-24.7%	Daredevil #9
-26.2%	All New X-Factor #15 Axis 
-28.5%	Hulk #7
-35.7%	Fantastic Four #11
-36.4%	Fantastic Four #12
-37.0%	Thunderbolts #32 
-37.4%	Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6
-43.9%	New Avengers #25
-50.8%	Amazing X-Men #12
-58.0%	X-Force #10
-58.5%	X-Force #11
-76.2%	All New Ultimates #9

—

10 Year Comparisons

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205.9%	Thor #1
99.0%	Captain America #25
98.3%	Death of Wolverine #4
69.5%	Death of Wolverine #3
45.4%	Silver Surfer #6
29.6%	Amazing Spider-Man #7
11.2%	Amazing Spider-Man #8
-21.5%	Black Widow #11
-32.7%	Punisher #11
-36.0%	Daredevil #9
-38.7%	All New Invaders #11
-40.5%	Uncanny X-Men #27
-43.8%	Fantastic Four #11
-44.4%	Fantastic Four #12
-55.8%	X-Force #10
-56.3%	X-Force #11
-62.7%	X-Men #20
-65.2%	M Morales Ultimate Spider-Man #6

—

Original Sin and Death of Wolverine come to a close as Spider-Verse and Axis ramp up and lots of books benefit from tie-ins or special variant covers. So how do these things affect what you buy? Do events get you excited to try out new titles or are you suffering from event fatigue? Do you buy variants and if so what kind of variants do you like?

Until next month, keep reading comics!

8 Comments on Marvel Month to Month Sales Charts: October 2014 Variations on Variant Themes, last added: 11/21/2014

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chris said, on 11/19/2014 10:06:00 AM

Both Inhuman and Moon Knight are very good. Sad to see people dropping off these. Maybe the TV tie-ins will help Inhuman. MK wasn’t even given a chance by people once Ellis/Shalvey left, but it’s been stellar!

So happy for Ms Marvel’s success. Such a fun book.

I like that you put AXIS under Uncanny Avengers, since it’s basically just a continuation of Remender’s story.

F4 is finally really getting good, but too many people dropped off it. Here’s to a good ‘getting the band back together’ storyline as its sendoff (for at least a year).

Black Widow, Loki and Magneto are all good, too. Lots of the solo titles are good fun with great artwork. The team books have too much artist rotation changes, despite me liking them. Allred on Silver Surfer is great.

Robinson really understands the Invaders, but I dont think there are many fans interested in this team; the team is breaking up with all the changes, anyway.

Pak really gets Storm, too bad to see the numbers.

I must be one of the few online not liking Captain Marvel.

She-Hulk is one of their best books. Glad to see it got a good 12 issue run.

All in all, the state of Marvel is fine, IMO. They are putting out some good work on the solo titles with some very distinct artwork.

Goggles said, on 11/19/2014 11:43:00 AM

I believe Logan Legacy is seven, not a five issue mini.

Steve said, on 11/19/2014 1:54:00 PM

It sure does seem that 18K is now the magical “this book will be cancelled soon” cut-off mark

Zach said, on 11/19/2014 3:14:00 PM

@ Jason – what criteria are you using to say that Death of Wolverine was a well done event? The main book sold well, but it had, you know ,the death of Wolverine and Steve McNiven. Everything else has looked very thrown together (the tie in minis, the forthcoming “Wolverines” weekly series) or just bad (the Nightcrawler tie in issues are really, really bad).

johnrobiethecat said, on 11/19/2014 9:22:00 PM

1 $5.99 book ——— nerd tax (or what we’ll charge for Star Wars)
10 $4.99 books ——- the next normal
69 $3.99 books —— the new normal
1 $3.50 book ———- the variant price
3 $2.99 books ———umm, goodbye $3 comics

Jason Enright said, on 11/20/2014 10:18:00 AM

@goggles You are totally right Logan Legacy is 7 not 5. Don’t know where I got 5 from. There are so many numbers in my head when writing this article. Sorry my bad.

@Zach Perhaps I termed that wrong about Death of Wolverine. I was not commenting at all on the quality of the series. When I say Death of Wolverine seemed gimmicky but was well done. I mean it was well-sold, well-promoted. I don’t know if Death of Wolverine was a good story or had good art or not, and for this article, that doesn’t matter. It is too “eye of the beholder” for this a numbers analysis article. I just can tell from talking stores, looking at how Marvel promoted it and what incentives they offered retailers, and the final numbers, that it sold very well and the event was well-handled in terms of sales and marketing. I’ll leave the quality question to you the commentators and to much more qualified comic reviewers and journalists. I am just here to talk numbers.

Zach said, on 11/20/2014 7:34:00 PM

@ Jason – fair enough, thanks for running the numbers. Always a good read.

TotalSnorefest said, on 11/21/2014 4:10:00 AM

Feels like I’m one of the few people still reading All-New Ultimates haha. Oh well, glad to be getting the full story.

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4. All-New Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2014 Now with a new writer!

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 2/28/2014
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By Jason Enright

Hi everyone! My name is Jason Enright and I am going to be analyzing the Marvel sales charts for you. I have a background as a comic book retailer and now a comic book marketing specialist. As we go along I’ll be adding in my thoughts as to why we may be seeing these numbers and what they tell me as a fan, retailer, and marketing guy.

A few things to keep in mind about these charts:

1. The direct market (comic book shops that order through Diamond) does not track sell-through. So these numbers don’t represent what actually sold, but instead represent what retailers ordered. A book can get high orders and sit on the shelf (which often leads to lower orders in later months) and a book can be under-ordered and sell out (see Black Widow further down this chart). These numbers are what retailers estimated would sell in their shops.

2. We currently don’t have any digital sales data so this is only a look at what is selling in stores. Until we somehow convince Marvel and all the other publishers to release their digital sales numbers, we have no clue how well most of these books are really doing, as digital is a very quickly growing marketplace which sees a lot of new first-time comic readers.

So all that being said, think of this as a snapshot of one portion of the comics industry. Where this is really helpful is to look at the trends. How does a comic do over time, does it grow or shrink? How do gimmicks like variant covers, crossovers, renumbering, etc. effect sales? At what point does a book start to face cancellation or relaunch?

So why don’t we get started?

Thanks as always to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com‘s estimates can be found here.
3,21. AVENGERS WORLD
01/14 Avengers World #1 – 86,727
01/14 Avengers World #2 – 53,693 (-38.1%)
02/14 Avengers World #3
03/14 Avengers World #4
04/14 Avengers World #5

A new book debuting with 7 variant covers while issue 2 has 3 variants. Not as strong a debut as other recent Avengers titles and with a sharp drop on orders for issue 2 already. This begs the question is there enough goodwill towards the Avengers to support 5 Avengers titles? Or will they start to cannibalize each other and cause marketplace confusion? If I was still a retailer, I’d be asking how I sell this as a unique title distinct from the other 4. What makes this Avengers book different?

5,7. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN

01/04 Amazing #503 87,366 ( -11.5%)
01/09 Amazing #584 63,735 ( +21.3%)
01/11 Amazing #651 56,749 ( +36.2%)
01/12 Amazing #677 57,186 ( +35.0%)

—
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%)
11/13 Superior #21 – 74,940 ( -12.2%)
11/13 Superior #22 – 81,250 ( +8.4%)
12/13 Superior #23 – 77,105 ( -5.1%)
12/13 Superior #24 – 76,131 ( -1.3%)
01/14 Superior #25 – 77,311 ( +1.5%)
01/14 Superior #26 – 72,591 ( -6.1%)

Issue 25 sees a small bump because it had a variant, but then issue 26 sees a sharper drop than the normal standard attrition. Still this book has remained significantly popular almost two years in and will surely see a large sales boost from the return of Peter Parker and the ‘Amazing’ moniker in April.

6,14. ALL-NEW X-MEN
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%)
11/13 All-New X-Men #18 – 82,365 ( -0.6%)
11/13 All-New X-Men #19 – 71,044 (-13.7%)
12/13 All-New X-Men #20 – 68,189 ( -4.0%)
01/14 All-New X-Men #21 – 62,876 ( -7.8%)
01/14 All-New #22.NOW – 76,565 (+21.8%)

We see a pretty nice bump for issue 22.now which has 5 variants and is the beginning of the Trial of Jean Grey crossover with Bendis’s Guardians of the Galaxy series. This is a book to keep an eye on since it has spent much of the last 6 months as part of one crossover or another but then sees a drop of around 10,000 copies whenever it has to stand on its own.

9. AVENGERS
01/04 Avengers v3 #76 – 57,487 ( +14.1%)
01/09
01/11 Avengers v4 #9 – 64,867 ( +1.1%)
01/12 Avengers v4 #21 – 54,803 ( +19.7%)
—
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%)
11/13 Avengers v5 #23 – 66,501 ( -6.0%)
12/13 Avengrs. #24.NOW – 127,466 ( +91.7%)
01/14 Avengers v5 #25 – 65,591 ( -48.5%)

The 24.Now issue and its 6 variants saw a huge increase in orders but even with 3 variants issue 25 dropped right back into the standard attrition this series has been seeing. It will be interesting to see how far the sales on this drop between now and its next crossover (Original Sin) coming in May.

13. ORIGIN II
09/01 Origin #1 of 6 – 135,561
10/01 Origin #2 of 6 – 131,582
10/01 Origin #3 of 6 – 128,978
12/01 Origin #4 of 6 – 168,460
01/02 Origin #5 of 6 – 178,231
02/02 Origin #6 of 6 – 179,251
—
12/13 Origin II #1 of 5 – 131,724
01/14 Origin II #2 of 5 – 64,631 ( -50.9%)

Just for fun, I’d thought I’d compare Origin II to the original. As you can see, although the first issue had a strong debut thanks to its 5 variant covers, Issue 2 sees a significant sales drop. It is not quite as big a hit as its predecessor, which saw sales growth as it continued.

15. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
01/09 Guardianz v2 #9 – 28,494 (+114.5%)
—
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%)
11/13 —
12/13 Guardians v3 #9 – 57,665 ( -9.2%)
12/13 Guardians v3 #10 – 53,527 ( -7.2%)
01/14 Guardian #11.NOW – 61,111 ( +14.7%)
02/14 Guardians v3 #12
03/14 Guardians v3 #13
04/14 Guardians v3 #14

A nice sales bump for issue 11.Now which has 5 variants and crosses over with All-New X-Men. Recently, this book has been seeing a drop in orders. It’ll be interesting to see if this book sees renewed interest with the marketing push for the new movie beginning in earnest. Although with the trade collections currently out of print until April, interested new fans may find it difficult to catch up on the comic series.

17. UNCANNY X-MEN
01/04 Uncanny X-men #437 – 89,923 ( -34.7%)
01/09 Uncanny X-Men Ann. #2- 62,485 ( -6.1%)
01/11 Uncanny X-Men #532 – 54,071 ( +8.5%)
01/12 Uncanny X-men #4 – 63,175 ( -7.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #14 – 65,655 ( -12.7%)
12/13 Uncanny #15.INH – 62,692 ( -4.5%)
01/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #16 – 58,676 ( -6.4%)

As soon as ‘Battle of the Atom’ ended, this book’s sales started dropping again. Whether this is indicative of X-Men fatigue, or a case of too many x-books (currently 5) crowding the marketplace, it is worrying that these big flagship books can’t maintain sales without annual reboots.

18. ALL-NEW INVADERS
01/14 All-New Invaders #1 – 55,167
02/14 Invaders #2
03/14 Invaders #3
04/14 Invaders #4
#1 – 5 variants
#2 – variant
#3 – 2 variants

With 5 variant covers backing it up, this is a rather low number for a debut. If this sees the regular issue 2 sales drop of 40% to 50%, this will become a 25k to 30k book in a month and then start seeing standard attrition. The prognosis for the Invaders doesn’t look good.

19. UNCANNY AVENGERS
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%)
11/13 Uncanny Avengers #14 – 60,750 ( +0.3%)
12/13 Uncanny Avengers #15 – 57,035 ( -6.1%)
01/14 Uncanny Avengers #16 – 54,670 ( -4.1%)

With no variants to back it up, we see this book dropping 3,000 copies a month. Even with rumors of characters dying and ultimate battles looming. With no crossovers or events in the near future, it’ll be interesting to see if this book is able to stabilize.

20,63. BLACK WIDOW
04/10 Black Widow v4. #1 – 32,807
—
01/14 Black Widow #1 – 53,879
01/14 Black Widow #2 – 31,260 ( -42.0%)
02/14 Black Widow #3
03/14 Black Widow #4
04/14 Black Widow #5
#1 – 5 variants
#2-3 – 1 variant

Part of the new All-New Marvel Now launch and one of Marvel’s new wave of female-led books, you can see that its first issue did much better than the last time Black Widow had her own series, but that big issue 2 drop is concerning. However, some have argued that the main audience for these books isn’t going to comic shops but instead buying digitally. We’ll have to wait and see if this series finds a fan base as some of the other Avengers spinoff series like Captain Marvel and Hawkeye have.

23,44. MIRACLEMAN
01/14 Miracleman #1 – 52,313
01/14 Miracleman #2 – 36,927 ( -29.4%)

Not sure what Marvel was hoping with this recolored reprint of this early 90s Alan Moore series, but the retailers and readers don’t seem to be going along for the ride. A sharp drop for issue 2 even with 4 variants supporting it.

24. AMAZING X-MEN
01/09 Astonishing X-Men #28 – 72,589 ( -29.1%)
01/12 Astonishing X-Men #46 – 31,134 ( +65.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Amazing X-Men v2 #1 – 112,337 (+434.4%)
12/13 Amazing X-Men v2 #2 – 60,870 ( -45.8%)
01/14 Amazing X-Men v2 #3 – 51,431 ( -15.5%)

Steep drops for issue 2 and 3. With this being the fifth X-men book and the second following Wolverine’s team, it begs the question of how many times a month you can go to the X-well before people get tired of it. Not even the return of fan-favorite Nightcrawler seems to be a boost for this series.

25. X-MEN
01/11 X-Men v3 #7 – 64,615 ( -23.5%)
01/12 X-Men v3 #23 – 38,719 ( +28.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 X-Men v4 #7 – 56,968 ( -20.9%)
12/13 X-Men v4 #8 – 53,201 ( -6.6%)
01/14 X-Men v4 #9 – 49,412 ( -7.1%)

No variants for the last few months and we’ve seen this book take a big hit in sales numbers. It saw a bit of a bump during the ‘Battle of the Atom’ crossover but now it seems like it is struggling to find the bottom level of its sales.

27,36. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL
01/14 Night #1 of 4 – 47,596
01/14 Night #2 of 4 – 40,241 (-15.5%)

Decent debut that matches pretty closely to the sales of the main title. ‘Deadpool’ continues to be the little brand that could with its impressive ability to draw sales.

30,57. ALL-NEW X-FACTOR

01/09 X-factor #39 – 32,786 (+39.5%)
01/11 X-factor #213 – 25,403 (+80.0%)
01/12 X-factor #230 – 25,707 (+78.0%)
—
01/13 X-Factor #250 – 22,521 ( +6.2%)
02/13 X-Factor #251 – 21,096 ( -6.3%)
02/13 X-Factor #252 – 20,929 ( -0.8%)
03/13 X-Factor #253 – 20,835 ( -0.4%)
04/13 X-Factor #254 – 20,579 ( -1.2%)
05/13 X-Factor #255 – 20,442 ( -0.7%)
05/13 X-Factor #256 – 20,602 ( +0.8%)
06/13 X-Factor #257 – 20,264 ( -1.6%)
06/13 X-Factor #258 – 20,154 ( -0.5%)
07/13 X-Factor #259 – 20,065 ( -0.4%)
08/13 X-Factor #260 – 19,982 ( -0.4%)
08/13 X-Factor #261 – 19,781 ( -1.0%)
09/13 X-Factor #262 – 20,382 ( +3.0%)
10/13 —
11/13 —
12/13 —
01/14 X-Factor v4 #1 – 45,727
01/14 X-Factor v4 #2 – 32,228 (-29.5%)

Multiple variants for both issues and we see an increase over the previous X-factor sales but not a big enough bump that it won’t fall back to previous numbers in a few months. It seems pretty clear that X-Factor is just going to comfortable live in the 20,000 range.

33. DEADPOOL

01/09 Deadpool v3 #6 – 46,535 ( -10.3%)
01/11 Deadpool v3 #31 – 29,167 ( +43.2%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #49 – 49,567 ( -16.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Deadpool v4 #19 – 44,184 ( -6.2%)
12/13 Deadpool v4 #20 – 43,653 ( -1.2%)
12/13 Deadpool v4 #21 – 43,066 ( -1.3%)
01/14 Deadpool v4 #22 – 41,765 ( -3.0%)

This series is standing pretty solid at the 40k mark and should see a significant boost from the upcoming wedding storyline. Deadpool is becoming a strong brand for Marvel outside of the comics as well with a video game and an upcoming HeroClix set which is pretty impressive for a character who is kind of a goofball.

37,39. THOR: GOD OF THUNDE
01/04 Thor v2 #73 – 31,150 ( +24.9%)
01/11 Thor #619 – 42,899 ( -9.3%)
01/12 Thor v4 #10 – 37,487 ( +4.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Thor v5 #15 – 41,259 (-10.3%)
12/13 Thor v5 #16 – 39,597 ( -4.0%)
01/14 Thor v5 #17 – 38,913 ( -1.7%)
01/14 Thor v5 #18 – 38,190 ( -1.9%)

No variants or special gimmicks/crossovers and yet pretty stable sales. This book might be finding its level sales point right around 35 to 40k which is pretty good. Although it always surprises me that even with 2 major Hollywood blockbusters these books don’t sell better, especially when you look and see that ten years ago—before any of the films—this book sold roughly the same amount of books a month.

43. HAWKEYE
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%)
11/13 Hawkeye v4 #14 – 39,863 ( -1.5%)
11/13 Hawkeye v4 #15
12/13 —
01/14 Hawkeye v4 #16 – 37,074 ( -7.0%)

Even without variants or crossovers this book continues to sell pretty well. Although with big delays between issues, it will be interesting to see if those delays start to hurt sales. The real success of this series is evident if you look at the Bookscan numbers from 2013 where it was Marvel’s best-selling graphic novel. This book has found critical and sales success outside of the direct market in ways no other Marvel title currently has. It also seems to be the inspiration for many of their new Avengers solo books which also show what the Avengers do on their days off from being Avengers. Time will tell if Marvel finds similar success with those titles.

45. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN
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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%)
11/13 Wolverine/X-Men #38 – 39,098 (-31.9%)
12/13 Wolverine/X-Men #39 – 39,063 ( -0.1%)
01/14 Wolverine/X-Men #40 – 36,855 ( -5.7%)

This series has seen some sales drop recently but will be relaunching as a #1 in March as part of even newer Marvel Now All-New. It’ll be interesting to see how much of a boost the relaunch gives it in the long run.

52. CAPTAIN AMERICA
01/04 Capt. America v3 #22 – 41,278 ( -19.0%)
01/09 Capt. America v6 #46 – 73,162 ( -54.3%)
01/11 Capt. America #614 – 42,119 ( -20.6%)
01/12 Capt. America v7 #7 – 46,954 ( -29.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Captain America v8 #13 – 36,147 ( -6.6%)
12/13 Captain America v8 #14 – 34,532 ( -4.5%)
01/14 Captain America v8 #15 – 33,433 ( -3.2%)

Interestingly enough, this book isn’t getting a tie-in comic or reboot to go along with the upcoming Marvel studios film. It will be getting a .now issue and some variants though. Still the sales on this aren’t very high or even very stable for a book starring one of Marvel’s A-list Avengers characters.

53. INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK
01/04 Inc. Hulk v3 #64 – 51,960 ( -36.4%)
01/11 Inc. Hulks #620 – 30,992 ( +6.7%)
01/12 Inc. Hulk v4 #3 – 45,876 ( -28.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Indestructible #15 – 37,025 ( -9.6%)
11/13 Indestructible #16 – 35,871 ( -3.1%)
12/13 Hulk #17.INH – 35,679 ( -0.5%)
01/14 Hulk #18.INH – 33,056 ( -7.4%)

Another A-list Avenger solo book having trouble maintaining sales even with an Inhumanity tie-in. This one will probably be part of their next wave of reboots but for now we have to wonder how low the sales will go.

54. ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE
01/14 Point One – 32,929

A one-shot book containing short stories that tie in to some of the new series coming out such as Ms. Marvel.

58. DAREDEVIL
01/04 Dardevil v2 #56 – 56,367 (-43.1%)
01/09 Daredevil v2 #115- 40,202 (-20.2%)
01/11 DD Reborn #1 – 34,310 ( -6.5%)
01/12 Daredevil v3 #8 – 43,494 (-26.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Daredevil v3 #33 – 32,966 ( -5.7%)
12/13 Daredevil v3 #34 – 32,331 ( -1.9%)
01/14 Daredevil v3 #35 – 32,067 ( -0.8%)

Sales have been slumping for what is consistently one of marvel’s best books, but never fear we are about two months away from a soft reboot which should re-invigorate sales for a bit.

64. WOLVERINE
01/04 Wolverine v3 #10 – 71,395 ( -56.3%)
01/11 Wolverine v4 #5 – 46,920 ( -33.6%)
01/12 Wolverine #300 – 58,681 ( -47.0%)
—
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%)
11/13 Wolverine v5 #11 – 35,394 ( +2.1%)
12/13 Wolverine v5 #12 – 32,274 ( -8.8%)
01/14 Wolverine v5 #13 – 31,164 ( -3.4%)

Numbers have gotten pretty low, but they are relaunching next month with a new #1 so that should help.

65,66. IRON MAN

—
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%)
11/13 Iron Man v6 #18 – 36,135 ( -7.5%)
12/13 Iron Man v6 #19 – 32,537 ( -10.0%)
01/14 Iron Man v6 #20 – 30,533 ( -6.2%)
01/14 Iron #20.INH – 30,512 ( -0.1%)

The Inhumanity tie-in doesn’t help boost sales, but maybe the upcoming .Now issue will. It seems a shame that Marvel’s biggest movie star can’t maintain better sales numbers in the comics world.

67. 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%)
11/13 Savage Wolverine #11 – 30,338 ( -9.8%)
11/13 Savage Wolverine #12 – 29,739 ( -2.0%)
12/13 Savage Wolverine #13 – 27,490 ( -7.6%)
01/14 Savage #14.NOW – 30,370 (+10.5%)

Nice bump from the .Now and its 4 variants, but still this second Wolverine series isn’t bringing in huge sales.

68. MIGHTY AVENGERS
09/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #1 – 101,921
10/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #2 – 54,862 (-46.2%)
11/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #3 – 42,210 (-23.1%)
12/13 Mighty Avengers v2 #4 – 35,740 (-15.3%)
01/14 Mighty Avengers v2 #5 – 30,251 (-15.4%)

Big sales drop for yet another Avengers team book that isn’t that distinguishable in concept from the other 5. A shame too as this one is actually pretty cool.

69. INHUMANITY: SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN
01/14 One-shot – 30,126

Decent numbers but nowhere near what Superior normally sells.

71,84. 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%)
11/13 Cataclysm #1 of 5 – 42,109 (+12.0%)
12/13 Cataclysm #2 of 5 – 33,348 (-20.8%)
01/14 Cataclysm #3 of 5 – 29,566 (-11.3%)
01/14 Cataclysm #4 of 5 – 26,363 (-10.8%)

Excitement for this world-shattering event is winding down. Hopefully, the post-event relaunch will help bolster the falling sales of the Ultimate universe.

72,93. THUNDERBOLTS
01/09 Thunderbolts #128 – 39,207 (-26.0%)
01/11 Thunderbolts #152 – 26,515 ( +9.3%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #168 – 20,585 ( +41%)
—
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%)
11/13 Thunderbolts v2 #18 – 26,502 ( -6.4%)
12/13 Thunderbolts v2 #19 – 24,959 ( -5.8%)
01/14 Thunderblts #20.NOW – 28,994 (+16.2%)
01/14 Thunderbolts v2 #21 – 24,293 (-16.2%)

Again we see a nice boost from the .NOW issue and its 4 variant but then the numbers drop right back down afterwards. This is starting to get into relaunch territory.

75,82. CABLE & X-FORCE
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%)
11/13 Cable & X-Force #16 – 28,564 ( -6.8%)
12/13 Cable & X-Force #17 – 27,712 ( -3.0%)
01/14 Cable & X-Force #18 – 27,285 ( -1.5%)
01/14 Cable & X-Force #19 – 28,208 ( +3.4%)

Final issue before this book merges with the other X-force book for a relaunch.

76. FANTASTIC FOUR
01/04 Fantastic Four #509 – 50,275 (-44.2%)
01/09 Fantastic Four #563 – 52,731 (-46.8%)
01/11 Fantastic Four #587 -115,448 (-75.7%)
01/12 Fantastic Four #602 – 45,131 (-38%)
—
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%)
11/13 Fantastic Four v5 #14 – 28,679 ( -9.1%)
12/13 Fantastic Four v5 #15 – 27,610 ( -3.7%)
01/14 Fantastic Four v5 #16 – 28,045 ( +1.6%)

Final issue before the relaunch. Sales on this dropped very quickly and the relaunch button is being pushed only a year after the last relaunch.

77,81. UNCANNY X-FORCE
01/09 X-force v3 #11 – 5,1801 (-47.3%)
01/11 X-force v4 #4 – 51,381 (-46.8%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #19.1- 50,399 (-46%)
—
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%)
11/13 X-Force v5 #14 – 28,885 ( -5.5%)
12/13 X-Force v5 #15 – 27,567 ( -4.6%)
01/14 X-Force v5 #16 – 27,701 ( +0.5%)
01/14 X-Force v5 #17 – 27,319 ( -1.4%)

Last issue before the relaunch/merger with the other X-force book which will hopefully give a boost to sales.

78. CATACLYSM: ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
01/04 Spider-Man #52 – 95,882 (-71.2%)
01/09 Spider-Man #130 – 49,622 (-44.3%)
01/11 Spider-Man #152 – 33,481 (-17.4%)
01/12 Spider-Man v3 #6 – 49,840 (-45%)
—
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%)
11/13 Cataclysm #1 of 3 – 36,541 (+16.1%)
12/13 Cataclysm #2 of 3 – 30,293 (-17.1%)
01/14 Cataclysm #3 of 3 – 27,650 ( -8.7%)

With the conclusion of Cataclysm this book will take a 2-month break before issue #200 and then see a post-event relaunch. These Ultimate books aren’t doing so great but the relaunches shake up the teams in some interesting ways that could breathe new life into this line of books.

86. NOVA
01/09 Nova v4 #21 – 25,639 ( -2.3%)
—
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%)
11/13 Nova v5 #10 – 32,716 ( +1.2%)
12/13 Nova v5 #11 – 27,982 (-14.5%)
01/14 Nova v5 #12 – 25,043 (-10.5%)

These numbers aren’t looking too promising, but there is a .Now issue coming up with some variants that could help boost sales for a month. The question here is will Nova get a relaunch or some sort of crossover with another more popular book or just get cancelled?

88. DISNEY KINGDOMS: SEEKERS OF THE WEIRD
01/14 Seekers #1 of 5 – 24,910

3 Variants on this miniseries and the launch numbers aren’t too great. Feels like this could have benefitted from a clearer marketing strategy or as being launched as part of a larger Disney-themed line.

91. GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT ONE
01/14 Act One #1 of 5 – 24,515

Another miniseries with variant support that launches quite low.

100. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP
01/12 Avenging #3 -52,371 ( -56%)
—
01/13 Avenging #16 – 29,032 ( -30.1%)
02/13 Avenging #17 – 30,783 ( +6.0%)
03/13 Avenging #18 – 31,657 ( +2.8%)
04/13 Avenging #19 – 28,740 ( -9.2%)
05/13 Avenging #20 – 27,609 ( -3.9%)
05/13 Avenging #21 – 27,251 ( -1.3%)
06/13 Avenging #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%)
11/13 Superior Team-Up #6 – 27,189 ( -10.6%)
12/13 Sup. Team-up #7.NOW – 25,514 ( -6.2%)
12/13 Superior Team-Up #8 – 24,296 ( -4.8%)
01/14 Superior Team-Up #9 – 23,071 ( -5.0%)

This book wasn’t solicited for May, so issue 12 may be its last issue or it may see a relaunch to match back up with the new Amazing Spider-man book.

103. 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%)
11/13 Young Avengers v2 #12 – 23,790 ( -7.6%)
12/13 Young Avengers v2 #13 – 23,019 ( -3.2%)
12/13 Young Avengers v2 #14 – 22,692 ( -1.4%)
01/14 Young Avengers v2 #15 – 21,961 ( -3.2%)

Final issue of this ‘season’ of Young Avengers. No word yet on a new season starting anytime soon. This book had a large online following and it will be bear watching to see how it does sales wise as a graphic novel over the next few years.

105. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
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%)
11/13 Avengers Assemble #21 – 24,831 (-14.0%)
12/13 Av. Assemble #22.INH – 24,168 ( -2.7%)
01/14 Av. Assemble #23.INH – 21,943 ( -9.2%)

Wrapping up with issue 25 in March. When this launched 2 years ago it was meant to be the book that movie fans would gravitate towards as it shared the same cast but slowly moved away from that concept and got lost amidst the plethora of other Avengers team books.

107. CATACLYSM: ULTIMATES
01/11 U.C. Avengers 3 #6- 33,454 (-35.1%)
01/12 Ultimates v5 #6 – 34,865 (-38%)
—
01/13 Ultimates v5 #20 – 25,613 ( -5.0%)
02/13 Ultimates v5 #21 – 23,811 ( -7.0%)
03/13 Ultimates v5 #22 – 23,442 ( -1.5%)
04/13 Ultimates v5 #23 – 22,778 ( -2.8%)
05/13 Ultimates v5 #24 – 21,429 ( -5.9%)
06/13 Ultimates v5 #25 – 21,636 ( +1.0%)
06/13 Ultimates v5 #26 – 20,785 ( -3.9%)
07/13 Ultimates v5 #27 – 20,024 ( -3.7%)
07/13 Ultimates v5 #28 – 19,859 ( -0.8%)
08/13 Ultimates v5 #29 – 19,657 ( -1.0%)
09/13 Ultimates v5 #30 – 19,420 ( -1.2%)
10/13 —
11/13 Cataclysm #1 of 3 – 28,422 (+46.4%)
12/13 Cataclysm #2 of 3 – 24,819 (-12.7%)
01/14 Cataclysm #3 of 3 – 21,705 (-12.5%)

Relaunching in April with a new cast of Avengers post-cataclysm. It looks like an interesting line-up that could help boost the withering Ultimate universe books.

108. FF
01/12 FF #14 – 42,609 (-49%)
—
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%)
11/13 FF v2 #14 – 22,726 ( -5.3%)
12/13 FF v2 #15 – 22,034 ( -3.0%)
01/14 FF v2 #16 – 21,658 ( -1.7%)

Final issue.

109. INHUMANITY: THE AWAKENING
12/13 Awakening #1 of 2 – 25,582
01/14 Awakening #2 of 2 – 21,391 (-16.4%)

Inhumanity tie-in that follows some of the young X-men and Avengers Academy kids but did not garner a large number of orders.

110. SECRET AVENGERS
01/11 Secret Avengers #9 – 50,748 ( -57.9%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #21 – 38,082 ( -44%)
—
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%)
11/13 Secret Avengers v2 #11 – 25,326 ( -13.1%)
12/13 Secret Avengers v2 #12 – 23,863 ( -5.8%)
12/13 Secret Avengers v2 #13 – 23,172 ( -2.9%)
01/14 Secret Avengers v2 #14 – 21,372 ( -7.8%)

Relaunching in March to bolster its very low sales numbers.

113. CATACLYSM: ULTIMATE X-MEN
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%)
11/13 Cataclysm #1 of 3 – 26,328 (+48.6%)
12/13 Cataclysm #2 of 3 – 22,508 (-14.5%)
01/14 Cataclysm #3 of 3 – 20,431 ( -9.2%)

Being replaced by a new Ultimate FF book after Cataclysm.

115. 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%)
11/13 Avengers A.I. #6 – 20,037 (-13.4%)
12/13 Avengers A.I. #7 – 19,879 ( -0.8%)
01/14 A.I. #8.NOW – 20,084 ( +1.0%)

Small bump from the .Now issue and the multiple variants but this book isn’t doing a very good job distinguishing itself from the other 5 Avengers team books.

119. MARVEL KNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN
10/13 MK Spider-Man v2 #1 of 5 – 38,379
11/13 MK Spider-Man v2 #2 of 5 – 26,581 (-30.7%)
12/13 MK Spider-Man v2 #3 of 5 – 22,878 (-13.9%)
01/14 MK Spider-Man v2 #4 of 5 – 19,328 (-15.5%)

This experiment with the Marvel Knights line wraps up next month. Not terrible sales for a miniseries but nothing extraordinary either.

124. A+X
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%)
11/13 A+X #14 – 19,318 ( -7.6%)
12/13 A+X #15 – 18,648 ( -3.5%)
01/14 A+X #16 – 17,913 ( -3.9%)

Ends in March with issue 18.

125,126. X-MEN LEGACY
01/04 New X-Men #151 – 124,048 (-85.6%)
01/09 X-Men legacy #220 – 59,268 (-69.9%)
01/11 X-Men Legacy #244 – 40,193 (-55.5%)
01/12 X-Men legacy #261 – 37,577 (-52%)
—
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%)
11/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #19 – 19,149 ( -3.1%)
11/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #20 – 18,754 ( -2.1%)
12/13 X-Men Legacy v2 #21 – 18,754 ( n/c )
01/14 X-Men Legacy v2 #22 – 17,868 ( -4.7%)
01/14 X-Men Legacy v2 #23 – 17,636 ( -1.3%)

Looks like March’s issue 300 may be the last issue for this series. No word yet on a relaunch.

130,142,146. REVOLUTIONARY WAR
01/14 Alpha – 16,788
01/14 Dark Angel – 14,083
01/14 Knights of Pendragon – 13,440

Not a great launch for these even with variants.

131. MARVEL KNIGHTS: X-MEN
11/13 X-Men #1 of 5 – 30,214
12/13 X-Men #2 of 5 – 22,549 (-25.4%)
01/14 X-Men #3 of 5 – 16,581 (-26.5%)

Not doing as well as the MK Spider-Man series.

137. 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%)
11/13 Dark Nights #6 of 8 – 17,032 ( -6.2%)
12/13 Dark Nights #7 of 8 – 15,996 ( -6.1%)
01/14 Dark Nights #8 of 8 – 14,861 ( -7.1%)

This miniseries ends with less-than-stellar sales.

140. MARVEL KNIGHTS: HULK
12/13 Hulk #1 of 4 – 22,169
01/14 Hulk #2 of 4 – 14,568 (-34.3%)

The bottom of the pack for the new Marvel Knights books.

150. WOLVERINE MAX
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%)
11/13 Wolverine: Max #13 – 14,341 ( -5.1%)
12/13 Wolverine: Max #14 – 14,118 ( -1.6%)
01/14 Wolverine: Max #15 – 13,368 ( -5.3%)

Final issue for this low-selling Wolverine series.

187. FANTOMEX MAX
10/13 Fantomex Max #1 of 4 – 19,259
11/13 Fantomex Max #2 of 4 – 14,171 (-26.4%)
12/13 Fantomex Max #3 of 4 – 12,064 (-14.9%)
01/14 Fantomex Max #4 of 4 – 9,890 (-18.0%)

Final issue.

223. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: MOVIE ADAPTATION
01/14 #1 of 2 – 7,563
02/14 #2 of 2

Not a lot of interest in this.

283. PAINKILLER JANE [Icon]
11/13 Painkiller Jane #1 of 4 – 8,967
12/13 Painkiller Jane #2 of 4 – 6,196 (-30.9%)
01/14 Painkiller Jane #3 of 4 – 5,248 (-15.3&)

Ends next month.

290. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
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 ( ??? )
11/13 MUA Assemble #2 – 6,530 (-55.6%)
12/13 MUA Assemble #3 – 5,548 (-15.0%)
01/14 MUA Assemble #4 – 5,082 ( -8.4%)

Barely holding onto its place on the top 300 chart.

Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man and Hulk: Agents of S.M.A.S.H. did not chart.

6 Month Comparisons

+127.9% ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
+127.1% AMAZING X-MEN #3
+8.4% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES #3
+5.4% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE X-MEN #3
+2.3% ALL NEW X-MEN #22.NOW
-0.3% THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
-4.2% AVENGERS #25
-5.3% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
-9.2% HAWKEYE #16
-9.3% DAREDEVIL #35
-11.1% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26
-11.1% DEADPOOL #22
-12.8% WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #40
-15.8% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17
-16.0% ALL NEW X-MEN #21
-16.5% THUNDERBOLTS #21
-16.5% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
-16.9% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-17.3% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18
-17.6% FANTASTIC FOUR #16
-17.6% CABLE AND X-FORCE #19
-17.6% AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #23.INH
-18.0% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-20.3% CABLE AND X-FORCE #18
-20.5% UNCANNY AVENGERS #16
-21.0% WOLVERINE MAX #15 (MR)
-22.8% X-MEN LEGACY #22
-23.2% YOUNG AVENGERS #15
-23.2% WOLVERINE #13
-23.8% X-MEN LEGACY #23
-24.3% X-MEN #9
-24.4% IRON MAN #20
-25.8% FF #16
-25.8% SAVAGE WOLVERINE #14.NOW
-26.1% SECRET AVENGERS #14
-26.5% A PLUS X #16
-26.7% UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
-26.8% NOVA #12
-27.4% INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #18.INH
-27.7% UNCANNY X-FORCE #17
-33.4% DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #8
-44.6% GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #11.NOW
-58.3% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES LAST STAND #3
-62.8% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES LAST STAND #4
-70.0% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #9
-70.5% AVENGERS AI #8.NOW

1 Year Comparisons

104.4% AMAZING X-MEN #3
103.0% ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
73.3% X-MEN #9
0.2% HAWKEYE #16
-11.2% DAREDEVIL #35
-11.3% ALL NEW X-MEN #22.NOW
-13.0% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE X-MEN #3
-15.3% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES #3
-16.2% WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #40
-20.5% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #9
-22.9% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17
-23.2% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-24.3% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18
-26.8% DEADPOOL #22
-27.1% SECRET AVENGERS #14
-27.1% ALL NEW X-MEN #21
-28.8% AVENGERS #25
-29.3% AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #23.INH
-34.5% THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
-36.3% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
-40.0% IRON MAN #20
-44.1% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-44.4% INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #18.INH
-44.4% WOLVERINE MAX #15 (MR)
-44.5% FANTASTIC FOUR #16
-45.1% THUNDERBOLTS #21
-45.5% CABLE AND X-FORCE #19
-47.3% CABLE AND X-FORCE #18
-47.3% FF #16
-52.6% X-MEN LEGACY #22
-53.2% X-MEN LEGACY #23
-62.8% A PLUS X #16
-63.2% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
-65.4% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26
-67.9% UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
-68.3% UNCANNY X-FORCE #17
-70.4% SAVAGE WOLVERINE #14.NOW
-71.2% YOUNG AVENGERS #15

2 Year Comparisons

+78% ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
+65% AMAZING X-MEN #3
+41% THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
+35% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
+28% X-MEN #9
+19.7% AVENGERS #25
+4% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17
-7% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
-13% IRON MAN #20
-16% DEADPOOL #22
-26% DAREDEVIL #35
-28% INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #18.INH
-29% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-38% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES #3
-38% FANTASTIC FOUR #16
-38% WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #40
-40% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE X-MEN #3
-44% SECRET AVENGERS #14
-45% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-46% UNCANNY X-FORCE #17
-47% WOLVERINE #13
-49% FF #16
-52% X-MEN LEGACY #22
-56% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #9

3 Year Comparisons

+80.0% ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
+43.2% DEADPOOL #22
+36.2% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
+9.3% THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
+8.5% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
+6.7% INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #18.INH
+1.1% AVENGERS #25
-6.5% DAREDEVIL #35
-9.3% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17
-17.4% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-20.6% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-23.5% X-MEN #9
-33.6% WOLVERINE #13
-35.1% CATACLYSM ULTIMATES #3
-43.7% IRON MAN #20
-46.8% UNCANNY X-FORCE #17
-55.5% X-MEN LEGACY #22
-57.9% SECRET AVENGERS #14
-75.7% FANTASTIC FOUR #16

5 Year Comparisons

+114.5% GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #11.NOW
+39.5% ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
+21.3% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
- 2.3% NOVA #12
- 6.1% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
-10.3% DEADPOOL #22
-20.2% DAREDEVIL #35
-26.0% THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
-29.1% AMAZING X-MEN #3
-38.0% IRON MAN #20
-44.3% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-46.8% FANTASTIC FOUR #16
-47.3% UNCANNY X-FORCE #17
-54.3% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-69.9% X-MEN LEGACY #22

10 Year Comparisons

+24.9% THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17
+14.1% AVENGERS #25
+ 1.1% IRON MAN #20
-11.5% SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
-19.0% CAPTAIN AMERICA #15
-34.7% UNCANNY X-MEN #16
-36.4% INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #18.INH
-43.1% DAREDEVIL #35
-44.2% FANTASTIC FOUR #16
-56.3% WOLVERINE #13
-71.2% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
-79.5% CATACLYSM ULTIMATE X-MEN #3
-85.6% X-MEN LEGACY #22

15 Comments on All-New Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2014 Now with a new writer!, last added: 3/1/2014

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Snark Oliver-Fish said, on 2/28/2014 2:26:00 PM

Formatting, bro.

chris said, on 2/28/2014 2:35:00 PM

welcome aboard

Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, said, on 2/28/2014 3:07:00 PM

5 Avengers titles?

If only there were just 5.

Michael P said, on 2/28/2014 3:19:00 PM

Fact check:

Superior Spider-Man is a little over a year old, not two.

Miracleman is from the ’80s, not the ’90s.

A Hulk relaunch was announced before these numbers even came out.

chris said, on 2/28/2014 3:31:00 PM

avengers
new avengers
avengers world
secret avengers
mighty avengers
avengers undercover
uncanny avengers
avengers assemble (cancelled)

so, 7 remain

JG said, on 2/28/2014 3:48:00 PM

Welcome!

I like how you not sugar coat Marvel’s horrible sales numbers and trends.

Dave said, on 2/28/2014 4:20:00 PM

Nice Job. My question by reading these numbers: Is anybody buying Marvel anymore? lol

Dave Carter said, on 2/28/2014 5:12:00 PM

Welcome, Jason! Make sure that Heidi teaches you the secret handshake…

Cory!! Strode said, on 2/28/2014 5:42:00 PM

Nice debut! Any way you could have the “Average numbers” thing at the end like DC does? It’s a good way to judge their line overall!

chris said, on 2/28/2014 8:20:00 PM

No, dave, no one is buying the #1 company’s stuff.

jsf said, on 2/28/2014 8:30:00 PM

There are some really atrocious declines here. I think the pricing and double shipping is beginning to bite them a bit.

PeterCSM730 said, on 2/28/2014 11:32:00 PM

Lots of X-Men and Avengers books. And a column that was a treat to read!
Our local shops all got shorted Cataclysm: Ult Spider-Man 3 by Diamond. Was that a national thing or only for this area?

It’s interesting how much a bump series get with the NOW issues when the .1 issues from a year ago did the opposite. Good branding on those specific issues. I’m also surprised by how low Thors sales are considering the films and his various roles in other books (I’m a little less surprised by low Captain America sales).

hsssh said, on 3/1/2014 12:59:00 AM

@Peter, didn’t all NOW issues had multiple variants various bonuses for retailers? IIRC .1 didn’t have any promotion like that.

What surprised me:
Invaders starting with 55k, feels like its going to be Defenders of these relaunches.
Revolutionary War pretty much dead on arrival, I wasn’t expecting big sales but doing 16-12k seams like something that Marvel didn’t expect.

the4thpip said, on 3/1/2014 2:29:00 AM

Thanks for the hard work, and it was a good first-time effort.

Let me add to the above fact-check that you twice used “begs the question” when you meant “raises the question.” http://begthequestion.info/
Pet peeve of mine.

And I think “Mighty Avengers” is by far the most distinguishable of the books: Mostly street level Avengers and some big hitters going up against street level and some Avengers level threats. Can you paraphrase the other titles as easily?

Jon Q. Citizen said, on 3/1/2014 2:37:00 AM

great column….don’t change a thing!

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