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1. Four French women cartoonists turn down knighthoods to protest poor treatment

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 2/2/2016
Blog: PW -The Beat (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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by Xavier Lancel [Editor’s note: our French correspondent Xavier Lancel turned in a more knowledgeable view of the ongoing controversy surrounding Angouleme, but the minute he turned it in, a NEW phase of the controversy arose: four female cartoonists turning down their selection as Knights of Letters. Male winner Riad Sattouf has accepted his but […]

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JC Lebourdais said, on 2/3/2016 2:58:00 AM

Hey Xavier, What’s up? Long time no see, too bad I couldn’t make it to Angouleme this year, looks like it was a lot of fun –kinda :-D

Side note: the sheer concept of a minister of culture always baffled me, especially since I read 1984 as a teenager.

Anyhoo…
This clusterf*ck keeps getting better and better. Our beloved socialist government has been in damage control mode almost since day one and this is just a small part of it, it’s a lot more worrying on subjects that actually impact lots of people’s lives (like unemployment, war, justice, you get my drift).
Not that I want to belittle the predicament some of these artists are facing but they always seem to be like a bunch of whiners. Being an artist is not the same as working for the post office. There is not job security and that’s a given from the start. If you can’t make a living from your art, it’s not a job, it’s a hobby. Get a real job. Relying on part-time welfare benefits for artists is a disgrace and a burden for a society that doesn’t need it. Look at american actors, even the big ones waited tables for years before getting their big break. It’s called taking ownership of your own life instead of relying on the nanny state.

Sure, the host of this ceremony is a moron.
Sure, whoever higher-up who signed off on this should be fired, but that’s not going to happen in France. No one ever even gets a slap on the wrist for stuff like this.
We all know that french ministers are not hired based on their skills but only on political leverage, so what were we expecting, seriously?

I’ve lived near Angouleme most of my childhood and I know that the festival has always been dipped in corruption and shady proceedings from local and semi-national politics. Not going to change any time soon.
For these parasites, it’s business as usual, there is zero chance that real issues are ever addressed in this country, as long as inbreeding politics are the way of the land.

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2. The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 4: With a special preview or two

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 1/8/2016
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And here’s the final part of our annual creator survey. It seems people are really looking forward to Rom if you read all of these. Also, thanks to such a wide ranging cross section of this amazing industry we live and work in for taking to time to share their thoughts with us all. Save […]

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3. Marvel Month-to-Month Sales – July 2015: A Cavalcade of Mini-Wars!

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 8/24/2015
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by Xavier Lancel Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, and that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my French-people-are-never-happy country. Reminder: the sales data referenced below is an estimate of sales to comics shops located in North America. American comics do get sold elsewhere in their original floppy […]

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Paul Houston said, on 8/24/2015 11:46:00 AM

I love the Weirdworld comic. I was never a fan of the main character, nor am I too into the whole Secret Wars thing going on, but the art is fantastic and weird and I love it.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/24/2015 1:10:00 PM

I really want to read it: Arkon has been such a jerk, I’m interested to see what was made of him. And of course, I wanna know the terrilbe fate of the Crystal warriors! I’m a huge fans of Saga of Crystar.

Zach said, on 8/24/2015 3:45:00 PM

What happened in Ant-Man #5 that made it jump so far in sales?

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/24/2015 4:02:00 PM

It looks like a special crate/box offer, or a special variant program at the same time than the release of the movie (like “buy 50 of those to 1 special variant cover for this”) but it had clearly nothing to do with readers taking a sudden interest into reading it.

V Wiley said, on 8/24/2015 5:27:00 PM

Hi Xavier! Great column, as usual. The phenominon that is Star Wars sales are outrageous. How would Marvel stack up against DC if they didn’t have the numbers from the Star Wrs titles?

Zach said, on 8/24/2015 8:56:00 PM

Thanks for the response, Xavier.

I do think the Star Wars books are sort of proof that a stable creative team can do a lot for a book/line of books. Darth Vader’s had a stable team, and while Cassaday didn’t stick around on the main book, I’m confident Immonen can deliver on a monthly basis. Sorta like Snyder/Capullo on Batman.

Nathan Aaron said, on 8/25/2015 7:26:00 AM

Why in the world would someone pay $25 dollars for a trade that they could have bought for $18 in floppies?!

THOR HC VOL.2 – 2,562 | 136p, $25
Only two months after the release of volume 1, here is volume 2, at a not-very-friendly price, and collecting very few things (only issue 6-8 and Annual 1). Sales are ok but its less than the first volume. Apparently, reviewers were not really happy with the small amount of stories collected.

Zach said, on 8/25/2015 7:52:00 AM

I mean, there is value in a trade that floppies don’t have (ease of display, ease of re-read, no ads), but also factor in that it’s easier to pay non-cover price for a trade. Amazon marks stuff down on the regular. But I agree, a bit lower a price would be preferable.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/25/2015 8:30:00 AM

Remind yourself that it’s a HC: they are always way more expensive than their floppy counterpart.

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4. Marvel Month-to-Month Sales–June 2015: Too Much Choice On The Menu!

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 8/11/2015
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by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I'm French, that's why I'm talking funny. Please address your complaints to my over-drugged cyclists country.
Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops located in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn't mean it's sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

This month, a horde of mini-series (or ongoing, who knows, Marvel hasn't been very clear on that) is invading the Marvel chart. Only one thing is sure: everything will be relaunched (or should I say renumbered) past Secret Wars (SW). The Last Days banner, supposed to frighten customers ("Oh, look, that's his last adventure in the old MU! "), is working like a charm for titles who were struggling to stay alive.

As always, tons of Star Wars franchise comics are sold, reordered, repackaged. The $5 price tag is less predominant this month but the test worked: customers are ready to pay $5 for, not caviar in a nice box, but paté wrapped in journal paper: you'll have to do your own cover, cut the ads and add the still missing 2 pages that were lost "to keep the prices low "...

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Torsten Adair said, on 8/11/2015 12:47:00 PM

“It should sell like pancakes in bookstores.”
You mean, “It should sell like hotcakes in bookstores.”
Wait a minute… hotcakes don’t sell in bookstores…

Justin said, on 8/11/2015 1:11:00 PM

This was great! It appears to me that your commentary has somewhat muted but nonetheless thank you for this list. I think it is very smart to compare the numbers to issue #2s because of the overinflation of orders for #1s. Great job!

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/11/2015 1:14:00 PM

One day or another, I will translate a french expression word by word in english and everybody will wander what I’m talking about :p
Oh, and I suppose that the House of M floppy collection is in the Graphic Novel top 300 instead of the floppy one for the same reason than the one you mentionnend about Night Nurse in the last analysis, aka the presence of a code specific to bookstores.

Torsten Adair said, on 8/11/2015 1:50:00 PM

Il est comme un Juif parlant chinois! N’est-ce pas? [hmm… the spellchecker only stumbles over “parlant”…]
Or as the Turks say, “Konuya Fransız kaldım!”

HOUSE OF HEM had an EAN…
Maybe Marvel is doing this so it stays in stock at the Diamond warehouse longer?

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/11/2015 1:54:00 PM

Justin: seeing that this analysis was written weeks before the bad feedback on the May analysis, I can assure you that it didn’t change the way I wrote this specific column.
Thanks for the #2 comment, that’s something I really wanted to change once taking over.

Suzene said, on 8/11/2015 1:57:00 PM

“See what I was saying about X-Men’92? How could it outsell this, a retelling of the X-Men best storyline?”

Doesn’t seem that surprising. The whole “X-Men in a future dystopia” bit been revisited a couple dozen times or so since the original in various What-Ifs, AU’s, and knock-offs of the original story. Can’t imagine anyone was just dying for yet another one. Meanwhile, a lot of folks have a lot of fondness for the old 90’s X-Men cartoon. Seems like every 3rd Marvel fan I talk to got into comics thanks to that show, even all these years down the line.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/11/2015 2:20:00 PM

Oh, it was that popular on your side of the ocean? I haven’t seen any full episode of that show, so I couldn’t tell if X-en 92 was closer to in tone to the comics or to the show (itself close to the comics).

Niels van Eekelen said, on 8/11/2015 2:20:00 PM

“The $5 price tag is less predominant this month but the test worked: customers are ready to pay $5 for, not caviar in a nice box, but paté wrapped in journal paper: you’ll have to do your own cover, cut the ads and add the still missing 2 pages that were lost “to keep the prices low “…”

So what comics with 20 pages have actually sold for $5? It’s not like I love any raised prices, but the $5 comics I’m aware of, Marvel has all made oversized. Years of Future past #1, for instance, had 30 story pages. That’s one and a half comic for one and a quarter of the price–considering your interest in price per page, that’s an odd omission.

“I’m more than baffled by this. 1992 was probably one of the worst period for X-Men: Chris Claremont was out, the team was divided into gold and blue teams, there was never ending crossovers, ugly art design with pouches, jackets, guns and claws everywhere….and people are nostalgic for that?!”

People are nostalgic for the ’92 animated series, which this book emulates and which recruited an uncanny amount of new X-fans.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/11/2015 2:31:00 PM

Niels: Oh, of course the $5 have more story. I don’t have access to all those $5 marvel issues so I don’t know if they all have , as you said, 30pages of story so couldn’t say for sure how many pages of art there was for this price. But even with 30pages of story, that’s still a price per page higher than 20pages/2.99$ comics at other companies, so no real wonders here.
The real test was to still sell in huge quantity with a higher than usual cover price, no matter how many pages of art you have. The test worked.

HsssH said, on 8/12/2015 4:54:00 AM

Spider-ladies seam to be in free fall, will be interesting to see how things change (or stay the same) after relaunch.

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5. Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Charts — May 2015: Prepare your $5 Bills!

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 8/6/2015
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Welcome to yet another Marvel Sales Analysis. Reminder: I'm French, so that's why I'm talking funny. Please address your complaints to my let's-scare-Courtney-Love-with-our-mean-taxi-drivers country. However, one thing seems sure: following the conclusion of Secret Wars, all titles will be renumbered at #1—even titles that didn’t reach double-digit issue numbers. This includes books like Hawkeye, Howard the Duck and the armada of female spider characters.

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Nathan Aaron said, on 8/6/2015 2:48:00 PM

109- MASTER OF KUNG-FU LTD
05/15 Master of Kung-Fu Ltd #1 – 23,407

Disappointing, because this is honestly one of the genuinely best (art and writing) Secret Wars minis right now! I was hoping post this mini, the same team would stay on for an on-going – but with these numbers…

Randy C. said, on 8/6/2015 4:20:00 PM

The last Master Of Kung Fu mini series they did, I gave up on it after the second issue. Still gave the Master Of Kung Fu Secret Wars mini a shot and was I ever surprised!! Can’t wait to see how it ends. You can see bits and pieces of the original series in it but these concepts are presented in a different way that actually works. Would like to see a regular series but with these sales it’s not likely to happen.

MJ said, on 8/6/2015 9:41:00 PM

I’ll try and read this article again later – it’s hurt by poor formatting and layout. :(

jacob goddard said, on 8/6/2015 10:35:00 PM

If you guys wanted to hold on to Courtney Love, we wouldn’t mind.

chris said, on 8/7/2015 5:39:00 AM

Wow, extremely negative on so many of these very good books. It’s disappointing that someone that doesn’t like Marvel is doing the sales chart. The other charts are much more even-handed, IMO.

comicsatemybrain said, on 8/7/2015 6:34:00 AM

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: “Shops are probably too fed up to stock unsold issues of these mini-series from outside the MU.”

I think that comment is a little too brusque. The Disney Kingdoms titles (which IIRC BTMR is only the third one so far) are well outside the interest of the majority of comic shop customers. But it is pretty clear that shops underestimated demand for the Figment mini-series, so I’m not sure that “fed up” is really what’s going on here.

Storm: “Don’t expect new solo X-Men titles before a long time.” Sure, there is a general track record of solo X-Men titles not selling in huge numbers. However, I don’t see why Storm’s cancellation should be any more of a belwether event than the cancellation of other X-Men solo titles.
We already know that Old Man Logan and All New Wolverine are coming out. And maybe Wolverine-related titles are special exceptions, but Marvel has a history of trying solo X-Men titles on a fairly regular basis.

The Editor also inserted a note regarding the return of the Squirrel Girl title.

It’s stuff like this that make me wonder if maybe Lancel’s knowledge is too spotty to be effective for this column.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/7/2015 2:41:00 PM

MJ: Sorry for the formating, something happened that indeed, made this chart look different than usual. I will use a completly new format beginnign in August.

Chris: negative? I don’t think i wrote many negative comments on the quality of the books produced but would be happy to argue about anything. I remind that this analysis shouldn’t be taken too seriously, there is some black humor here. To not like Marvel? I’m not sure what that means. I for sure don’t like at all their current pricing and relaunching policy but otherwise, I don’t have anything negative to say about the quality of the books produced.
You’re right when you say that perhaps the other charts are perhaps more even-handed. Good thing: different people are wirting each of them. :)

comicssatemybrain: yes, I repeat, you can find perhaps that some coments are too brusque (but did you spot the “probably”, how can that be brusque?), it’s part of the style in which this column is written. Seing how th shops are cutting theirs orders of those outside-of-the-MU people and reducing their orders drastically from one mini-serie to the other, I really think that they seem to give up on trying to guess how much they’re gonna sell and prefer to cut their orders.

Not Storm more than the other, this comment could have find its way also with the Cyclops serie. Wolverine is certainly not a fair example, he is a brand of his own, that’s pretty clear.

Yes, the editor (thanks to him) inserted a note regarding the Squirrel Girl title because, at the time I wrote this column, there was no confirmation of the return of the title. I corrected this in the June marvel sales charts, written some weeks after this one, if it can help erase one of your many doubts about my ability to write this column.

I can for sure make mistakes and thank god, many people can disagree with many of my comments and find them not fair – but I don’t see in any of your examples any fault on my part, only that we have slightly different opinions on some very specific matters-, that’s the spirit for me of this column.

Anyway, thank you all for your comments!

Dan Slott said, on 8/8/2015 3:52:00 AM

Is there this much cynicism and negativity in the Month-to-Month analysis for the other companies? Or just Marvel?

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 8/8/2015 4:17:00 AM

I plaid ghuilty with the cynicism (but frankly, currently, with Marvel renumbering its titles every 6 months and , despite being the leader, having the lowest production value of all the publishers, its hard for me not to play with that), but not with the negativity. The only really negative comment was on Old Man Logan. Reading the rest, I find many nice things said, and other mainly neutral/factual.
No, the others column have their own tone.
Again, this analysis shouldn’t be taken too seriously. I’m happy to take any comment and will be happy to try to improve this column, but frankly, don’t expect leaps of joys from me for relaunch/renumbering overused gimmicks. Content of those comics matter to me more than the gimmicks surrounding them. I’m trying not to hurt anyone feeling writing it, that’s why I’m almost never saying anything about their inner artistic value and when it happens, it’s mostly for saying how good one member of the artistic team is.

V wiley said, on 8/8/2015 6:59:00 AM

Xavier, you’re doing a great job with the numbers, and your insight is certainly welcome in this internet already filled with spaces devoted to the behemoth Marvel. Keep up the good work.

One quick thing. Since you’ve got a better handle on Marvel numbers, would it be safe to say that if you separated the Star Wars titles and made them their own company, they would be number four? With just FOUR books! And where does that leave Marvel numbers against DC and Image? Food for thought.

Thanks again!

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6. Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2015—Star of the Reorders: The Force Awakens

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 6/12/2015
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by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my sinking-in-the-middle-age country.
Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops located in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that if a copy is sold to a shop that doesn’t mean it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. Digital sales are not taken into account.

This month is again lead by the Star Wars franchise at Marvel, but, more surprisingly, it is literally invading the lower portion of the chart with 10k to 20k reorder activity on several issues! There really are a lot of Marvel floppy comics on sale this month (a little more than 100!!). There were so many different variant covers things going on this month that I didn’t bother trying to understand it.

Marvel is leading the way as the most expensive publisher of floppy comics, its customers have never been asked to spend so much in a month. Well, until next month and its invasion of #1 and famous crossovers!

The Marvel Previews has became a mess, titles being scattered in sections they don’t belong to, the “Marvel Heroes” section serving as the default family of titles. A lot of things are happening right now (Star Wars, the Spider-women trend, the Inhumans rise, the Secret Wars, the new #1s, the new old-crossover…) and frankly, I’m wondering where the die-hard Marvel zombies will find the money to buy all this, or even only what is branded as “important”. All is important….does this means in the end that nothing is?

As always, before our exploration of the floppy market, here is a selection of TPB/HC released this month + some scattered in the chart, associated with their title. As always, Deadpool is really a magnet for TPB sales: its various collected editions keep appearing in the charts, a situation that would not have seen the light of the day if Marvel hadn’t stopped its over exploitation of the Deadpool franchise some years ago. Their current exploitation of the character is perfect and it reflects in sales.

Thanks to ICV2.com and Milton Greipp for permission to use these figures.

RAGE OF ULTRON OGN HC
112p, $25, cents per page: 22.3 cents
Since April 2015: 10,934

Those stories labelled as OGN are really making a lot of profit for Marvel, seeing how expensive they are. This one is of course taking advantage of the Avengers movie release to sell more than usual.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EDGE OF SPIDERVERSE TPB
112p, $16, cents per page: 14.2 cents
Since April 2015: 4,655

After its multiple reprint, this is the place where you can find the first appearance of Spider-Gwen, from issue #2. With no surprise, it sold way more than a standart Spider-Man mini-serie.

SPIDER-VERSE HC
624p, $75, cents per page: 12.0 cents
Since April 2015: 2,365

This huge collection of the whole Spider-verse event is not only quite cheap (it’s $ per page is lower than a TPB), but it’s selling quite well, proving that the Spider_verse event was a huge success.

STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION VOL.1 EMPIRE TPB
440p, $35, cents per page: 8.0 cents
Since April 2015: 2,340

This is in fact a collection of various Dark Horse produced mini-series, all told from the empire side, and focused on Darth Vader. Those are good numbers, not mind-blowing, but seeing that it’s directed toward people who were not buying the Dark horse collections, it’s doing perfectly well.

AVENGERS ULTRON UNBOUND TPB
224p, $25, cents per page: 11.2 cents
Since April 2015: 1,880

That’s pretty smart from Marvel: instead of putting West Coast Avengers in the title -this a collection of WCA episodes + a Vision mini from 19994-, they are only putting Avengers and Ultron in it…and it worked pretty well.

AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION VOL.4 BEHOLD THE VISION TPB
456p, $35, cents per page: 7.7 cents
Since April 2015: 1,401

Good old John Buscema Avengers episodes are selling ok, there is no crazy rise in sales due to the movie.

WEIRDWORLD TPB
312p, $35, cents per page: 11.2 cents
Since April 2015: 801

Who would have thought that this Elfquest-like Marvel fantasy series would ever be collected? Of course, that’s because Weirdworld will come back during Secret Wars, involving Arkon. Sales are not impressive, but it was expected that 1k could not be reached, that’s probably one of the most difficult Marvel series to sell to modern readers. Taking that into account, 800 copies sold is almost good.

SKULL SLAYER TPB
192p, $25, cents per page: 13.0 cents
Since April 2015: 665

See, I would have thought that Weirdworld would have been harder to sell than Skull the Slayer…I suppose that the artists attached to Weirdworld (Mike Ploog & John Buscema) won it over those associated with Skull (Steve Gan & Sal Buscema).

1- 206- 235- STAR WARS

01/15 Stars Wars #1 -  1,031,857          [+12,736]
02/15 Stars Wars #2 -    199,787 (-80.6%) [+10,077]
03/15 Star Wars  #3 -    161,226 (-15.0%) 
04/15 Star Wars  #4 -	203,817 (+26.4%)

Since issue #2: +2.0%

More than the more than 1 million debut sales, this mind-blowing +26.4% (and this unusual +7.4% since issue #2) are the indications that this launch is working very well, probably way more than expected. It should sell like crazy once the paperback editions are out. There are (only) 2 variant covers left. Issue #1 and #2 sell again in reorder.

5- 79- 201- 215- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 -  276,086          [+11,637]
02/15 Darth Vader #2 –  119,693 (-56.6%) [+11,837]
03/15 Darth Vader #3 -  119,454 (- 0.2%) [+34,298]
04/15 Darth Vader #4 -  123,394 (+ 3.3%)

Since issue #2: +3.1%

Same miracle here, with only one variant cover. Issue #3 sell again at almost 40% of its release sales level, along with issue #1 and #2, selling even more than its last month reorders! That means that sales are going up for 2 months in a row! With numbers like that, Marvel will perhaps soon try their hands on another licence, a genre that it stayed away from since the mid-90’s. You have to go way back to the end of the 80’s to find such a success for a licenced property at Marvel (it was G.I. Joe).

8- KANAN THE LAST PADAWAN LTD

02/15 Kanan TLP #1 -  108.167

By far the weakest star Wars launch so far. But first, it has no major star artist attached to it and second, it’s about a character that only die-hard fans of Star Wars know about. Will there be a major difference in sales between characters from the original Star Wars trilogy and the rest? The following months will give the answer.

 10- 230- PRINCESS LEIA LTD*

03/15 Princess Leia Ltd #1 of 5 – 264,071 [+10,416]
03/15 Princess Leia Ltd #2 of 5-   96,262 (-63.5%)
04/15 Princess Leia Ltd #3 of 5-  102.434 (+6.4%)

Since issue #2: +6.4%

Again, a nice increase, with only 1 variant cover. Will Marvel dilute the Star Wars franchise as she did with the X-Men and the Avengers, with something like 10 ongoing titles or will it try to keep it strong and focused? Numbers seem to suggest there is still room for more. Issue #1 is back with reorder.

11- 126- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 -  278,575 [+24,501]
03/15 Spider-Gwen #2 -  107,070 (-61.6%)
04/15 spider-Gwen #3 -  102.234 (- 4.5%)

Since issue #2: -4.5%

Back to the land of the falling Marvel Universe titles. Spider-Gwen is still both its leader and a strong title, with a really weak fall from issue #2. Issue #1 sell again 24k from reorder.

12- Amazing SPIDER-MAN

04/14  Amazing v3 #1  - 532,586  ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14  Amazing v3 #2  - 123,945  ( -76.7%)
06/14  Amazing v3 #3  - 109,029  ( -12.0%)
07/14  Amazing v3 #4  - 117,917  (   8.2%)O.Sin 
08/14  Amazing v3 #5  - 101,655  ( -13.8%)O.Sin 
09/14  Amazing v3 #6  -  93,564  (  -8.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #7  - 116,051  (  24.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #8  -  99,549  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #9  - 135,280  
11/14  Amazing v3 #10 – 100,899 
12/14  Amazing v3 #11 – 104,739  ( +3.8%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #12 – 105,458  ( +0.6%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #13 – 103,093  ( -2.2%)
02/15  Amazing v3 #14 – 106,778  ( +3.6%)
02/15  Amazing v3 #15 -  99,660  ( -6.7%)
03/15  Amazing v3 #16 -  92,289  ( -7.4%)
04/15  Amazing v3 #17 -  99.964  ( +8.3%)

03/15  Amazing v3 #16.1- 73,170  (-20.7%)
04/15  Amazing v3 #17.1- 68.907  (- 5.8%)

Since issue #2: -19.3%

I have no idea why the numbers of the ongoing are re-bouncing like that, except if there was a glitch last month. The Gerry Conway mini-series is holding well.

13 DEADPOOL
 
11/12  Deadpool v4 #2  -  76,445 
...
03/14  D'pool #25.NOW  -  48,775  (  18.6%)
... 
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)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #40 -  42,467   (+0.6%)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #41 -  39,848   (-6.2%)
02/15  Deadpool v4 #42 -  46,104   (+15.7%)
03/15  Deadpool v4 #43 -  44,888   (- 2.6%)
03/15  Deadpool v4 #44 -  39,716   (-11.5%)
04/15  Deadpool v4 #45 -  96.897  (+144.0%)

Since issue #2: +26.8%
Average +TPB sales #35-40: +10.7% 
DEADPOOL TPB VOL.7 : 5,003 [+528]

This is supposed to be the 250th issue of Deadpool. Marvel didn’t even push this one strongly: you had to go as far as page 78 of the Marvel Previews to find it! It’s a 100p mammoth, with a $10 price, and tons of variants. $10 is not cheap. Apparently, customers are more than ready to pay this price, even if they are not reading the ongoing Deadpool title. I wouldn’t be surprised if others fake Deadpool anniversary issues would pop up in the future and if their price would go up to 12$. Those last few years, Marvel has been testing its fan base to know how much more money they can charge their floppy customers, for the same product, or even lower in quality. Meantime,the last collected edition rises above the 5k in comics shop.

DEADPOOL CLASSIC COMPANION TPB
384p, 35$, cents per page: 9.1 cents
Since April 2015: 2,106

Deadpool is so popular it managed to sell more than 2k of this collection of really disparate comics -only because he appears in it- but also really atrocious ones, which, otherwise, would never had a chance of ever being collected, like those issues of Secret Defenders or Silver Sable & the Wild Pack!

16- THOR
  
12/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
...
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42.034  ( 10.1%)
...
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –  89,131  ( -40.9%)
12/14  Thor v6 #3  –  72,563  ( -18.6%)
01/15  Thor v6 #4  -  69,497  ( -4.2%)
02/15  Thor v6 #5  -  69,513  ( +0.0%)
03/15  Thor v6 #6  -  70,569  ( +1.5%)
04/15  Thor v6 #7  -  71,372  ( +1.1%)

Since issue #2: -19.9%

The expectation to find out who this new Thor is building, while the title remains one of the strongest title of the Marvel Universe line.

19- UNCANNY INHUMANS

04/15 Uncanny Inhumans #0 -  67.017

Stealing its adjective from the X-Men brand (after the Avengers did it), this is supposed to be a prelude to one of the big Secret Wars launches. Brand it as something important, put a bankable artist (Steve Mc Niven) on it, and you sell thrice more than the usual Inhumans title, even with a 4.99$ cover price. Of course, tons of variants here.

21- 40- AVENGERS

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  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%)
01/15  Avengers v5 #40 -  47,483  ( +0.9%) (SW prelude)
02/15  Avengers v5 #41 -  48,437  ( +2.0%) (SW prelude)
03/15  Avengers v5 #42 -  50,811  ( +4.9%) (SW prelude)
04/15  Avengers v5 #43 -  47.200  ( +7.1%) (SW prelude)
04/15  Avengers v5 #44 -	 62.939  (+33.3%) (SW prelude ) END


Since issue #2: -33.0%

After 5 months of preliminaries, it’s the big explosion! Marvel somehow convinced its customers that a final issue is now a big thing. Of course, only the numbering will be affected in the end, it’s not the final issue of Avengers. Still, +33% readers… Don’t be surprised if in a couple of years, there will be big “final issue” advertisements on Marvel and DC comics!

23- ULTRON FOREVER LTD

04/15  Avengers Ultron Forever	 1 of 3 -  60,351
04/15  New Avengers Ultron Forever 2 of 3 -  42,349 (-39.8%)

It seems to have nothing to do with the movie, but it’s the perfect time-table to sell this good old fashioned Alan Davis mini-series priced at 4.99$. At first, I thought there was a mistake in the Marvel Previews, advertising it both as a mini and a one-shot, but this mini-series is a series of one shot with different names of Avengers titles… Those are more than excellent sales, over-selling the usual Avengers titles for its first part, but I would guess that this weird way of selling it hurt its sales with issue #2. If marvel was thinking “Hey, they will buy more of part 2 because it’s labelled as a #1 issue”, it didn’t work at all. Silliness has its limits.

24- SILK 

02/15 Silk #1 -  86,263 [+11,762]
03/15 Silk #2 -  69,369 (-19.6%)
04/15 Silk #3 -  58.755 (-15.3%)

It’s girl on girl in this issue with a fight against Black Cat. Will we see soon the first try for a Black Cat ongoing series? Felicia Hardy is the example of both a strong-mind and sexy character. She could be Marvel’s Catwoman.

28- GOTG AND X-MEN BLACK VORTEX LTD

02/15 GoTG & X-Men Black Vortex Alpha -  60,412
---
04/15 GoTG & X-Men Black Vortex Omega -  55.955 (-7.4%)

This is in fact part 14 of the Black Vortex crossover! 14!! Are we back to the 90’s or what?! Taking that into account, it’s a miracle so many people stayed with it until the end. Very good numbers among all those events currently at Marvel.

29 NEW AVENGERS
01/13  New Avengers v3 # 2 -  79,433 
...
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%)
01/15  New Avengers v3 #29 -  41,116  (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15  New Avengers v3 #30 -  42,827  (+4.2%) (SW prelude)
03/15  New Avengers v3 #31 -  44,444  (+3.8%) (SW prelude)
03/15  New Avengers v3 #32 -  40,583  (-8.7%) (SW prelude)
04/15  New Avengers v3 #33 -  55.437 (+36.6%) (Sw prelude) END

Since issue #2: -30.2%

The new Last issue syndrome kicks in. I forgot to mention previously that those last issue are 4,99$ each. With result like this, Marvel will "end" his universe every two years from now on! 


18- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

04/13  Guardians v3 #2  -  88,184
...
01/14  Guardian #11.NOW -  61,111  (  14.7%)
02/14  Guardians v3 #12 -  55,454  (  -9.3%)
03/14  Guardians v3 #13 -  56,764  (   2.4%)
04/14  Guardians v3 #14 -  53,976  (  -4.9%)
05/14  Guardians v3 #15 -  54,332  (   0.7%)
06/14  Guardians v3 #16 -  54,827  (   0.9%)
07/14  Guardians v3 #17 -  62,986  (  14.9%)
08/14  Guardians v3 #18 -  60,657  (  -3.7%) O.Sin 
09/14  Guardians v3 #19 -  55,891  (  -7.9%) O.Sin 
10/14  Guardians v3 #20 -  61,072  (   9.3%)
11/14  Guardians v3 #21 -  62,387  (   2.2%)
12/14  Guardians v3 #22 -  52,470  ( -15.9%)
01/15  Guardians v3 #23 -  51,466  ( -1.9%)
02/15  Guardians v3 #24 -  60,046  (+16.7%) B.Vortex
03/15  Guardians v3 #25 -  61,798  (+ 2.9%) B.Vortex
04/15  Guardians v3 #26 -  54.124  (-12.4%)

Since issue #2: -38.6%
Average +% TPB SALES #18-23: +3.6% 
GUARDIANS OTG VOL.4 HC: 2,241

 Black Vortex is over but variant covers are still here. Nothing unusual here. 
35- ALL-NEW X-MEN

11/12  All-New X-Men #2  - 100,983  
...
01/14  All-New #22.NOW   -  76,565  (+21.8%)
02/14  All-New X-Men #23 -  64,625  (-15.6%)
03/14  All-New X-Men #24 -  63,739  ( -1.4%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #25 -  63,827  (  0.1%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #26 -  58,918  ( -7.7%)
05/14  All-New X-Men #27 -  62,269  (  5.7%)
06/14  All-New X-Men #28 -  57,135  ( -8.2%)
07/14  All-New X-Men #29 -  58,817  (  2.9%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #30 -  54,882  ( -6.7%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #31 -  58,535  (  6.7%)
09/14  All-New X-Men #32 -  54,654  ( -6.6%)
10/14  All-New X-Men #33 -  60,032  (  9.8%)
11/14  ---
12/14  All-New X-Men #34 -  57,569  ( -4.1%)
01/15  All-New X-Men #35 -  51,823  (-10.0%)
02/15  All-New X-Men #36 -  49,464  ( -4.6%)
02/15  All-New X-Men #38 -  58,037  (+17.3%) B. Vortex
03/15  All-New X-Men #37 -  48,140  (-17.1%)
03/15  All-New X-Men #39 -  58,490  (+ 0.8%) B. vortex
04/15  All-New X-Men #40 -  50,770  (-13.2%)

Since issue #2: -49.7%
Average +% TPB sales #31-36: +3.2%
ALL NEW X-MEN VOL.6 HC: 1,901

Black Vortex is over and even the revelation that the gayest member of the x-men is gay can't stop a return to average sales. Don't worry, fighters of the invasion of gay snatchers, it's not the real character, only an alternate version of it (like DC's Green Lantern).
37- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
...
10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
...
12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #9 –  69,518  (  0.1%)
01/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849 
02/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)
---
04/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #3 – 50.595 (-1.4%)

Since issue #2: -1.4%

 One month late but look on the bright side: it's already stabilized! So a completely useless relaunch, but no harm done so far!
38- UNCANNY X-MEN

02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #2  - 94,615
---
03/14 U X-Men #19.NOW      - 64,514 ( 17.5%)
04/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #20 - 55,359 (-14.2%)
05/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #21 - 54,747 ( -1.1%)
06/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #22 - 52,731 ( -3.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #23 - 55,738 (  5.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #24 - 53,677 (  5.7%)O.Sin
08/14 ---
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #25 -  58,062 (  8.2%)
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #26 -  51,862 (-10.7%)
10/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #27 -  57,908 ( 11.7%)
11/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #28 -  55,939 ( -3.4%)
12/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #29 -  53,502 ( -4.4%)
01/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #30 -  48,824  (-8.7%)
02/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #31 -  46,993  (-3.8%)
03/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #32 -  49,639  (+5.6%)
04/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #33 -  49,278  (-0.7%)

Since issue #2: -47.9%
Average +% TPB sales #26-31: +2.7%
UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 5HC: 1,380

 If X-men is not the top seller it was, it seems to have stabilized quite well. 
50- HOWARD THE DUCK 

03/15 Howard the Duck #1 – 85,929
04/15 Howard the Duck #2 – 43.572 (-49.3%)


 Despite 3 variant covers and the presence of Rocket Raccoon, the fall is huge. As long as it stays above 30k, Marvel can be more than happy with its sales.
16- ALL NEW HAWKEYE

03/15  All New Hawkeye #1  -  66,608
04/15  All New Hawkeye #2  -  42,730 (-35.8%)
 
 It was to be expected. As long as it ships every month and sell at least the same amount of copies in floppy than the previous volume, Marvel can be happy.
40- LEGENDARY STAR LORD

07/14  Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14  Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14  Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14  Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14  Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14  Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15  Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15  Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15  Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%)   B. Vortex
03/15  Star Lord#10 – 40,836 (+ 4.5%)   B. Vortex
04/15  Star Lord#11 – 41,325 (+ 1.2%)   B. Vortex

Since issue #2: +11.4%

 Part 13 of Black Vortex. The return to reality could have been brutal but the series is temporarily rebranded as a  Kitty Pride & Star-Lord romance book during Secret Wars.
62- FANTASTIC FOUR

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%)
01/15  Fantastic Four   #642 – 30,118  ( +21,9%)
02/15  Fantastic Four   #643 – 32,302  ( + 7.3%)
03/15  Fantastic Four   #644 – 32,947  ( + 2.0%)
04/15  Fantastic Four   #645 – 39.389  ( +19.6%) END

Since issue #2: +4.8%
Average +% TPB sales #11-14: +4.7%

 This extra-sized final issue has a 6$ cover price. I don't know if somebody really died in it or not but the expectation of an incoming death sure did bring more readers than ever, outselling issue #2 of the relaunch. And it wasn't labelled in big letters as the final issue, Marvel could have perhaps catch even more buyers if they had done it! 
FANTASTIC FOUR VOL.3 BACK IN BLUE TPB
120p, 15$, cents per page: 12.5 cents
Since April 2015: 1,255

  The poor-selling results of this collection show the current "disamour" of the FF from customers.
67- ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA*

02/14  Capt AmericaV7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)
...
09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
11/14  Captain America v8 #1  –120,500  (  62.4%)
12/14  Captain America v8 #2  – 50,077  ( -58.4%)
01/15  Captain America v8 #3  - 50,045  ( -0.1%)
02/15  Captain America v8 #4  - 41,222  (-17.6%)
03/15  Captain America v8 #5  - 38,871  (- 5.7%)
04/15  Captain America v8 #6  - 38,199  (- 1.7%)

Since issue #2: -23.7%
The first arc draws to a close as sales seems to stabilize. 
75- 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%)
01/15  Rocket Raccoon #7  -   39,342  ( -4.4%)
02/15  Rocket Raccoon #8  -   38,769  ( -1.5%)
03/15  Rocket Raccoon #9  -   37,549  ( -3.1%)
04/15  Rocket Raccoon#10  -   35,311  ( -6.0%)

Since issue #2: -37.6%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-6: +5.3%
ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC:  3,016
 
 Still falling too fast for comfort but sure to reach at least issue #20 with a sales level like that. Who would have believe that 5 years ago? 
78- 94-SUPERIOR IRON MAN

03/14  Ir. Man #23.NOW  - 43,912  (  51.3%)
---
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%)
01/15  Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515  (  -0,7%)
02/15  Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094  (  -8.9%)
03/15  Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113  (  +5.8%)
04/15  Sup. Iron Man #7 – 34,440  (  -7.2%)
05/15  Sup. Iron Man #8 – 32,006  (  -7.3%)

Since issue #2: -24.9%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5: +4.3% 

 The variant cover is gone. Sales continue to fall but this "since issue #2 %» is still quite good.
SUPERIOR IRON MAN VOL.1 INFAMOUS HC TPB
136p, 25$, cents per page: 18.4 cents
Since April 2015: 1,816

With floppy sales quite disappointing,releasing an HC edition of the series could have been seen like a risky move, it's not: the first volume sold ok.  
80- RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL Ltd

02/15  Return of Living Deadpool #1 of 4  -  41,911
03/15  Return of Living Deadpool #2 of 4  -  35,400 (-15.5%)
04/15  Return of Living Deadpool #3 of 4  -  34,220 (- 3.3%)

HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL TPB: 5,667 [+821]
DEADPOOL ART OF WAR TPB: 4,917 [+553]

Perfect behavior as expected. On the TPB side, the collection of the previous mini continue to sell, like all the Deadpool catalog of TPBs, making them rise above the magical 5k limit!
90- DAREDEVIL

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%)
01/15  Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989  (+1.9%)
02/15  Daredevil v4 #13 – 31,483  (-1.6%)
03/15  Daredevil v4 #14 – 29,575  (-6.1%)
04/15  Daredevil v4 #15 – 32,541 (+10.0%)

Since issue #2: -24.0%
Average +% TPB Sales #6-10: +5.5%
DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB: 2,098

Sales are going back to the previous months level. We are soon at the end of Mark Waid run, which explain the nice little sales jump.
92- 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%)
---
02/15  Ms. Marvel #11 – 29,851  ( -1.4%)
02/15  Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054  ( -2.7%)
03/15  Ms. Marvel #13 – 32,425  (+11.6%)
04/15  Ms. Marvel #14 – 32,058  (- 1.1%)

Since issue #2: -16.4%
Average +% TPB sales #6-11: +20.4%
MS MARVEL VOL.2 GENERATION WHY TPB: 7,364 [+1,964]

 One of the last remaining 2,99$ title at Marvel. Expect this lower price to completly disapear after Secret Wars. On the TPB side, vol.2 is selling again after its release: Ms Marvel is really a juggernaut in collected editions!
93- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14  Spider-Woman #1 -  93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14  Spider-Woman #2 -  44,618  ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15  Spider-Woman #3 -  38,484  (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15  Spider-Woman #4 -  36,058  (- 6.3%)
03/15  Spider-Woman #5 -  40,068  (+11.1%)
04/15  Spider-Woman #6 -  32,041  (-20.0%)

Since issue #2: -28.2%%

Well, we have our answer to last month riddle: that was the new costume trick which made sales jumped. Here is the cruel return to reality and falling sales. The original Spider-Woman is the black sheep of the "Spider-women" group of titles, like Guardians 3000, the original Guardians of Galaxy team is for its own. 
97- 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%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099  #7 -  38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099  #8 -  37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099  #9 -  34,374 (-8.3%)
03/15 Spider-Man 2099 #10 -  33,528 (-2.5%)
04/15 Spider-Man 2099 #11 -  31,665 (-5.6%)

Since issue #2: -33.4%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +5.4%
SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL.1 TPB: 2,556

This ship is sinking a little too fast for confort. 
54- ANT-MAN 

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)
03/15 Ant-Man #3 – 37,139 ( -7.6%)
04/15 Ant-Man #4 – 31,637 (-14.8%)

Since issue #2: -21.3%)

By the time the movie is out, this one could reach the cancellation zone.
100- CAPTAIN MARVEL
  
11/13  Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173  (-20.5%)
12/13  ---
01/14  ---
02/14  ---
03/14  Captain Marvel v7 #1  - 44,248  
04/14  Captain Marvel v7 #2  - 28,008 (-36.7%)
05/14  Captain Marvel v7 #3  - 26,057 ( -7.0%)
06/14  Captain Marvel v7 #4  - 24,062 ( -7.7%)
07/14  Captain Marvel v7 #5  - 23,666 ( -1.6%)
08/14  Captain Marvel v7 #6  - 21,221 (-10.3%)
09/14  Captain Marvel v7 #7  - 21,022 ( -0.9%)
10/14  Captain Marvel v7 #8  - 20,692 ( -1.6%)
11/14  Captain Marvel v7 #9  - 19,885 ( -3.9%)
12/14  Captain Marvel v7 #10 - 19,973 (  0.4%)
01/15  Captain Marvel v7 #11 – 19,527 ( -2,2%)
02/15  Captain Marvel v7 #12 – 19,199 ( -1.7%)
03/15  Captain Marvel v7 #13 – 21,915 (+14.1%)
04/15  Captain Marvel v7 #14 – 30,560 (+39.5%) B. Vortex
---
Since issue #2: +9.1%
Average +%TPB sales #7-12: +14.0%

This one slipped from my list last month. After a Women of Marvel variant, a Black Vortex part 12 make the title soar again for a short time.
CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL. 2 STAY FLY TPB
144p, 20$, cents per page: 13.8 cents
Since April 2015: 2,942

 Captain Marvel is selling really well in TPB. This +14% is really nice, even if TPB sales are boosted by the fact that no HC edition is produced for this series. Still, amazing numbers! 
103- MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN

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%)
01/15  M.M. Ult Spider-man #9 – 30,135  ( -4.2%)
02/15  M.M. Ult Spider-man #10- 29,321  ( -2.7%)
03/15  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #11- 29,101  ( -0.8%)
04/15  M.M. Ult Spider-Man #12- 29,318  ( +0.7%)  END

Since issue #2: -23.3%

It seems to be the last issue before the Secret Wars rebranding. With numbers like that, Miles could come back with his own title again after that.

104- AVENGERS OPERATION HYDRA

04/15 Avengers operation Hydra  - 29,302

 Good sales for this one shot story, combined with a reprint of avengers #16, for a very small 3.99$ price.
105- GUARDIANS TEAM-UP

03/15 Guardians Team-up #1 -  155,388
03/15 Guardians Team-up #2 -   38,390 (-75.3%)
03/15 Guardians Team-up #3 -   40,637 (+ 5.9%) B. Vortex
04/15 Guardians Team-up #4 -   28,877 (-28.9%)

Since issue #2: -24.8%

Atrocious sales. I wouldn't be surprised if this one would be rebranded as a mini-series. 
106- 117- HULK

12/12  Incred Hulk v5 #2   - 63,653
...
03/14  Indestructible #20  - 30,042  ( -3.7%)
04/14  Hulk v3 #1          - 73,551 
04/14  Hulk v3 #2          - 40,590  (-44.8%)
05/14  Hulk v3 #3          - 37,639  ( -7.3%)
06/14  Hulk v3 #4          - 35,377  ( -6.0%)
08/14  Hulk v3 #5          - 34,903  ( -1.3%)
09/14  Hulk v3 #6          - 33,032  ( -5.4%)
10/14  Hulk v3 #7          - 35,084  (  6.2%)
11/14  Hulk v3 #8          - 34,483  ( -1.7%)
12/14  Hulk v3 #9          - 27,697  (-19.7%)
01/15  Hulk v3 #10	       - 27,553  ( -0.5%)
02/15  Hulk v3 #11	       - 27,317  ( -0.9%)
03/15  Hulk v3 #12         - 25,568  ( -6.4%)
03/15  Hulk v3 #13         - 26,890  ( +5.2%)
04/15  Hulk v3 #14		  - 28,494  (+6.0%)
04/15  Hulk v3 #15         - 26,118  (-8.3%)

Since issue #2: -35.7%
Average +% TPB sales #5-10: +4.0%
HULK TPB VOL.2 OMEGA HULK: 1,412

Red Hulk VS Green Hulk, this one for real, begins with issue #14. There is  a variant cover with issue #14, explaining perhaps the sales jump because, come on, this red vs green thing has been going on forever. People can't be fooled again by such a cheap trick, right?!
107- X-MEN
 
12/12  X-Men v3 #39  -  29,326  
...
06/13  X-Men v4 #2  -  73,542
...
02/14  X-M  #10.Now -  52,486  (   6.2%)
...
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%)
01/15  X-Men v4 #23 -  29,650  (  -1.8%)
02/15  X-Men v4 #24 -  28,414  (  -4.2%)
03/15  X-Men v4 #25 -  30,876  (  +8.7%)
04/15  X-Men v4 #26 -  27,640  ( -10.5%)

Since issue #2: -62.4% 
X-MEN VOL.4 TPB: 1,592 

Lowest sales so far for an adjectiveless X-Men title.
108- INHUMAN SPECIAL
 
03/15  Amazing Spider-Man Special Ltd 1 of 3  -  51,632
04/15  Inhuman Special            Ltd 2 of 3  -  27,234 (-47.3%)

That makes 3 titles branded Inhumans this month! This special is supposed to be linked with Amazing-Spider-Man and All new Captain America. It is also the continuation of "Inhuman Error", which is... I don't know what, it doesn't appear anywhere else! It's only by pure luck that I connected it with the Spider-man Special from last month, supposed to continue this month! With such a confusing pitch, it's normal Part 2 tanked so compared to Part 1, and a miracle it sold still more than the Inhumans ongoing series!
109- 113- SHIELD 

12/14  SHIELD #1 -  94,503  
01/15  SHIELD #2 -  33,965 (-64.1%)
02/15  SHIELD #3 –  29,790 (-12.3%)
---
04/15  SHIELD #4 -  26,930 (-9.6%)
04/15  SHIELD #5 -  26,614 (-1.2%)

Since issue #2: -21.6%

 Despite several variant covers programmed on those two issues, the fall continue. TPB sales will determine if Marvel will keep this one alive. 
111- AMAZING X-MEN
  
11/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #1   - 112,337  (+434.4%)
12/13  Amazing X-Men v2 #2   -  60,870  ( -45.8%)
...
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)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #15  -  29,868  ( -5.1%)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #16  -  28,416  ( -4.9%)
02/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #17  -  27,513  ( -3.2%)
03/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #18  -  27,058  ( -1.7%)
04/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #19  -  26,859  ( -0.7%)

Since issue #2: -55.9%

We can safely supposed that the american core audience for the X-men, ready to buy several floppy titles of the brand, is 25K. Did all the previous buyers switch to another Marvel brand or did they give up on Marvel, that's the question.
112- GOTG BEST STORY EVER
  
04/15  GOTG Best Story Ever -  26,852

Couldn't Marvel wait a little before releasing again another one shot for the Guardians of the Galaxy fans (despite its weird name, it's not a reprint)? That's the  9th GOTG title for them to buy this month, the 11th if they want to follow Black Vortex! They could have choose a quieter month. But it seems to be in line with their brand spirit: release as much titles on a successful brand as you can, as quick as you can, as long at it sells. Forget about  straightening a brand and let's try to find the next short-term successful one!
114- 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%)
01/15  Cyclops #9 – 16,287 (  -5.0%)
02/15  Cyclops #10- 15,091 (  -7.3%)
03/15  Cyclops #11- 14,481 (  -4.0%)
04/15  Cyclops #12- 26,516 ( +83.1%)  B. Vortex

Since issue #2: -14.8%

The Black Vortex miracle.
115 and below- TRUE BELIEVERS

04/15 Civil War #1          – 26,263
04/15 Infinity Gauntlet #1  - 21,770
04/15 Old Man Logan #1      - 18,128
04/15 Age of Ultron #1      - 17,627
04/15 Marvel Zombies #1     - 17,454
04/15 Planet Hulk #1        - 16,794
04/15 Age of Apocalypse #1  - 16,135
04/15 Miles Morales #1      - 15,690
04/15 House of M #1         - 14,845
04/15 Armor Wars #1         - 13,411
04/15 Powers #1             -  6,852

 This is a series of reprint at 1$ of famous #1 issues. Most of them will come back during Secret Wars in a new incarnation. That's an easy way for Marvel to sell TPB of the old version of those events at the same time than the new series beginning next month. Old or new fans of Marvel will be hooked this way. The new ongoing Powers series is late...again, you can use the 1$ reprint as tissue to cry.
116- 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%)
01/15  Inhuman #11- 24,410  (- 4.1%)
02/15  Inhuman #12- 24,689  (+ 1.1%)
03/15  Inhuman #13- 25,510  (+ 3.3%)
04/15  Inhuman #14- 26,194  (+ 2.7%)

Since issue #2: -37.3%
Average +% TPB sales #7-12: +5.9%
INHUMAN TPB VOL.2 AXIS: 1,777

It's still hard to see the pattern here as there is still variant covers on this one. Marvel put it on the first pages of its previews, it probably helped. Marvel's sudden harassment with the Inhumans brand seems to work, at least on a small scale. 
118- 121- 122- 124- WOLVERINES 

01/15 Wolverines #1 – 73,650
01/15 Wolverines #2 – 43,573  (-41.8%)
01/15 Wolverines #3 – 42,051  (- 3.5%)
01/15 Wolverines #4 – 39,790  (- 5.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #5 – 32,953  (-17.2%)
02/15 Wolverines #6 – 31,710  (-3.8%)
02/15 Wolverines #7 – 30,617  (-3.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #8 – 29,923  (-2.3%)
03/15 Wolverines #9 – 28,004  (-6.4%)
03/15 Wolverines #10– 27,590  (-1.5%)
03/15 Wolverines #11– 27,148  (-1.6%)
03/15 Wolverines #12– 26,755  (-1.4%)
04/15 Wolverines #13- 25,790  (-3.6%)
04/15 Wolverines #14- 25,434  (-1.4%)
04/15 Wolverines #15- 25,173  (-1.0%)
04/15 Wolverines #16- 25,239  (+0.3%)

Since issue #2: -42.1%
Average +% TPB sales #1-5: +5.0%
 Ending next month. Let's hope the numbers of claws-wearing characters at Marvel will be reduced drastically at the end of it.
WOLVERINES VOL. 1 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL TPB
112p, 16$, cents per page: 14.3 cents
Since April 2015: 2,175

 No miracle here. It justifies plainly its printing, but doesn't correct the rather disappointing sales trajectory of its floppy edition. 
128- ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN

12/14  Angela #1 -  61,398  
01/15  Angela #2 -  36,992  (-39.8%)
02/15  Angela #3 -  31,096  (-15.9%)
03/15  Angela #4 -  25,529  (-17.9%)
04/15  Angela #5 -  23,551  (- 7.7%)

Since issue #2: -36.3%

Even with the GOTG co-starring, sales are plummeting. 
132- 133- SPIDER-MAN and THE X-MEN
  
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
---
11/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457  (  1.2%)
12/14  Spider/X-Men v1 #1  - 61,952  (117.7%)
01/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #2  - 34,329  (-44.6%)
02/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #3  - 29,025  (-15.5%)
03/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #4  - 26,247  ( -9.6%)
04/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #5  - 23,551  (-10.3%)
04/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #6  - 22,483  (- 4.5%)

since issue #2: -34.5%

 This disaster is probably over soon. 
134- MOON KNIGHT
  
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%)
01/15  Moon Knight v5 #11 -  24,464 ( -8.1%)
02/15  Moon Knight v5 #12 -  23,486 ( -4.0%)
03/15  Moon Knight v5 #13 -  22,871 ( -2.6%)
04/15  Moon Knight v5 #14 -  22,303 ( -2.5%)

Since issue #2: -45.5%
Average +% TPB sales: +7.3%

Stabilized but doomed.
MOON KNIGHT VOL.2 DEAD WILL RISE TPB
136p, 18$, cents per page: 13.2 cents
Since April 2015: 2,593

 If Moon Knight is not putting the charts on fire with its floppy sales, it's doing really well in TPB form. 
136- 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)
09/14  Magneto #10– 30,769  ( -2.5%)(Axis)
10/14  Magneto #11– 31,642  (  2.8%)(Axis)
11/14  Magneto #12– 30,107  ( -4.9%)(Axis)
12/14  Magneto #13– 27,418  ( -8.9%)
01/15  Magneto #14- 26,306  (- 4.1%)
02/15  Magneto #15- 24,052  (- 8.6%)
03/15  Magneto #16- 22,888  (- 4.8%)
04/15  Magneto #17- 22,072  (- 3.6%)

Since issue #2: -38.3%

Struggling to stay alive. The Last Days sticker will help him next month.
137- 145- 152- 153- AVENGERS MILLENNIUM LTD


04/15 Avengers Millennium Ltd 1 of 4 – 21,922
04/15 Avengers Millennium Ltd 2 of 4 – 20,444 (-6.7%)
04/15 Avengers Millennium Ltd 3 of 4 – 19,553 (-4.4%)
04/15 Avengers Millennium Ltd 4 of 4 – 19,547 (-0,0%)

In an already very busy month in special for Avengers fans (with the Ultron forever and Operation hydra specials), releasing this mini-series from nowhere all in a row seemed like a suicide note. Well, it still found 20k readers who couldn't wait for the TPB at all.
141- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)
03/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 – 26,586 ( +8.0%)
04/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4 – 20,987 (-21.1%)

Since issue #2: -14.8%

 This issue has a very funny pixelated Street Fighter-like videogame cover. Will a good portion from the readers of Ryan North's Adventure Time comics adaptation read this one? If so, Marvel will be very happy with its TPB sales.
142- SILVER SURFER

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%)
---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 -  23,420 (-9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 -  21,716 (-7.3%)
03/15 Silver Surfer #10-  21,100 (-2.8%)
04/15 Silver Surfer #11-  20,776 (-1.5%)

Since issue #2: -46.9% 
This a special oversized issue at 4,99$, with , it seems, some nice graphic experimentations by Mike Allred.
144- 146- AVENGERS WORLD

01/14  Avengers World #2 – 53,693
...
05/14  Avengers World #6 – 28,969  ( -6.9%)
06/14  Avengers World #7 – 27,854  ( -3.8%)
06/14  Avengers World #8 – 26,912  ( -3.4%)
07/14  Avengers World #9 – 24,771  ( -8.0%)
07/14  Avengers World #10– 24,196  ( -2.3%)
08/14  Avengers World #11– 23,493  ( -2.9%)
09/14  Avengers World #12– 22,375  ( -4.8%)
09/14  Avengers World #13– 21,599  ( -3.5%)
10/14  Avengers World #14– 21,095  ( -2.3%)
11/14  Avengers World #15– 27,139  ( 28.7%)(Axis)
12/14  Avengers World #16– 20,853  (-23.2%)(Axis)
---
02/15  Avengers World #17– 20,228  (-3.0%)
03/15  Avengers World #18- 19,497  (-4.6%)
04/15  Avengers World #19- 20,491  (+5.1%)
04/15  Avengers World #20- 20,193  (-1.5%)

Since issue #2: -62.4%
Average +% TPB sales #10-16: +4.6%
AVENGERS WORLD VOL.3 TPB: 1,111

 Branded as a kind of "before Secret Wars begins" issues, hence the tiny jump in sales.
151- PUNISHER

02/14  Punisher v10 #1  – 54,558  (   --- )
02/14  Punisher v10 #2  – 31,709  ( -41.9%)
03/14  Punisher v10 #3  – 29,636  (  -5.6%)
04/14  Punisher v10 #4  – 28,435  (  -5.0%)
05/14  Punisher v10 #5  – 27,471  (  -3.4%)
06/14  Punisher v10 #6  – 26,606  (  -3.1%)
06/14  Punisher v10 #7  – 26,192  (  -1.6%)
07/14  Punisher v10 #8  – 25,957  (  -0.9%)
08/14  Punisher v10 #9  – 25,876  (  -0.3%)
09/14  Punisher v10 #10 – 23,680  (  -8.5%)
10/14  Punisher v10 #11 – 28,710  (  21.2%)
11/14  Punisher v10 #12 – 21,785  ( -24.1%)
12/14  Punisher v10 #13 – 21,248  (  -2.5%)
01/15  Punisher v10 #14 – 21,382  (+ 0.4%)
02/15  Punisher v10 #15 – 19,825  (- 7.3%)
03/15  Punisher v10 #16 – 21,607  (+ 9.0%)
04/15  Punisher v10 #17 – 19,762  (- 8.5%)

Since issue #2: -31.9%

Well, we are still in Washington and sales go back to what they were: a mystery I can live without solving, I hope you too. 
158- BLACK WIDOW*

01/14  Black Widow #1  - 53,879
01/14  Black Widow #2  - 31,260  ( -42.0%)
02/14  Black Widow #3  – 28,127  ( -10.0%)
03/14  Black Widow #4  – 27,378  (  -2.7%)
04/14  Black Widow #5  – 27,055  (  -1.2%)
05/14  Black Widow #6  – 26,136  (  -3.4%)
06/14  Black Widow #7  – 25,423  (  -2.7%)
07/14  Black Widow #8  – 24,555  (  -3.4%)
08/14  Black Widow #9  – 24,885  (   1.3%)
09/14  Black Widow #10 – 23,687  (  -4.8%)
10/14  Black Widow #11 – 23,922  (   1.0%)
11/14  Black Widow #12 – 22,971  (  -4.0%)
12/14  Black Widow #13 – 21,444  (  -6.6%)
01/15  Black Widow #14 – 20,292  ( - 5,4%)
02/15  Black Widow #15 – 20,581  ( + 1.4%)
03/15  Black Widow #16 – 21,607  ( + 5.0%)
04/15  Black Widow #17 – 18,851  ( -12.8%)

Since issue #2: -39.7%

No variant this month. Seeing how many buy a comic only for its cover, I'm surprised Marvel or DC didn't try yet to sell floppy comics only composed of collected variant covers.
159- 161- NOVA

02/14  Nova#13.Now – 26,147  (   4.4%)
03/14  Nova v5 #14 – 23,459  ( -10.3%)
03/14  Nova v5 #15 – 22,996  (  -2.0%)
04/14  Nova v5 #16 – 22,020  (  -4.2%)
05/14  Nova v5 #17 – 21,652  (  -1.7%)
06/14  Nova v5 #18 – 25,875  (  19.5%) O.S. Tie-In
07/14  Nova v5 #19 – 24,580  (  -5.0%) O.S. Tie-In
08/14  Nova v5 #20 – 24,377  (  -0.8%) O.S. Tie-In
09/14  Nova v5 #21 – 22,338  (  -8.4%)
10/14  Nova v5 #22 – 22,485  (   0.7%) 
11/14  Nova v5 #23 – 21,706  (  -3.5%)(Axis) 
11/14  Nova v5 #24 – 21,575  (  -0.6%)(Axis)
12/14  Nova v5 #25 – 21,805  (   1.1%)(Axis) 
01/15  Nova v5 #26 – 19,639  (  -9.9%)
02/15  Nova v5 #27 – 19,168  (  -2.4%)
03/15  Nova v5 #28 – 29,175  ( +52.2%) B. Vortex
04/15  Nova v5 #29 – 18,228  ( -37.5%)
04/15  Nova v5 #30 – 18,635  ( + 2.2%)


 Back to its usual sales level.
160- CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE MIGHTY AVENGERS

09/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #14 - 21,516  ( -4.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #1  - 60,206  (179.8%)
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #2  - 34,428  (-42.8%)
12/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #3  - 28,744  (-16.5%)
01/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #4  - 25,352  (-11.8%)
02/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #5  - 22,246  (-12.3%)
03/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #6  - 20,235  (- 9.0%)
04/15  Cap Amer & M. Avengers  #7  - 18,362  (- 9.3%)

Since issue #2: -46.7%

It did not take long for this one to disappear in limbo.
174- 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)
01/15  Loki #10-  19,856  ( - 8.5%)
02/15  Loki #11-  18,623  ( - 6.2%)
03/15  Loki #12-  17,940  (  -3.7%)
04/15  Loki #13-  17,212  (  -4.0%)
---
Since issue #2: -38.5%
Average +% TPB sales €6-11: +8.3%

Next month, the Last Days banner could do miracles, seeing how the words Final issue attracted readers on Avengers this month.
LOKI VOL.2 CANNOT TELL A LIE TPB TPB
112p, 18$, cents per page: 16.1 cents
Since April 2015: 2,092

 With a not very friendly price tag, this collection is doing rather well. 
177- GUARDIANS 3000

10/14  Guardians 3000 #1  -  58,574  (---)
11/14  Guardians 3000 #2  -  34,467  (-41.2%)
12/14  Guardians 3000 #3  -  25,509  (-26.0%)
01/15  Guardians 3000 #4  -  20,318  (-20.3%)
02/15  Guardians 3000 #5  -  18,155  (-10.6%)
03/15  Guardians 3000 #6  -  17,494  (- 3.6%)
04/15  Guardians 3000 #7  -  16,532  (- 5.5%)

Since issue #2: -52.0% 
In this issue, the meeting between old and new Guardians of the Galaxy and ...readers couldn't care less.
178- 254-MAX RIDE FIRST FLIGHT LTD

04/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #1 of 5– 16,317
04/15 Max Ride First Flight Ltd #2 of 5–  8,638 (-47.1%)

It's a comic adaptation of the novel adventures of Max Ride, from writer James Patterson. It should probably bounced back a little next time thanks to an a end of the month syndrome, because I can't believe shops misjudged their sales so much on this one.
181- SECRET AVENGERS

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%)
01/15  Secret Avengers v3 #12 – 16,525  (  -3.4%)
02/15  Secret Avengers v3 #13 – 16,159  (  -2.2%)
03/15  Secret Avengers v3 #14 – 15,719  (  -2.7%)
04/15  Secret Avengers v3 #15 – 15,925  (  +1.3%)

Since issue #2: -35.6%
Average +% TPB sales #6-10: +6.5%
SECRET AVENGERS VOL. 2 TPB LABYRINTH: 1,269

Was it the cryptic pitch "the end is the beginning is the end is the..." reading like a major crossover selling point that fooled extra customers?
133- IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON LTD
  
04/14  Iron Fist LW #1 of 12 -  53,613 (  --- )[2,350]
05/14  Iron Fist LW #2 of 12 -  33,643 ( -37.2%)
06/14  Iron Fist LW #3 of 12 -  29,816 ( -11.4%)
07/14  Iron Fist LW #4 of 12 -  26,147 ( -12.3%)
08/14  Iron Fist LW #5 of 12 -  24,178 (  -7.5%)
09/14  Iron Fist LW #6 of 12 -  21,926 (  -9.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  ---
12/14  Iron Fist LW #7 of 12 – 19,526 (-10.9%)
01/15  Iron Fist LW #8 of 12-  17,676 (- 9.5%)
02/15  Iron Fist LW #9 of 12-  16,413 (- 7.1%)
03/15  Iron Fist LW #10of 12-  16,237 (- 1.1%)
04/15  Iron Fist LW #11of 12-  15,542 (- 4.3%)

Since issue #2: -53.8%

Is it really reasonable for hundreds of readers to give up one issue before the conclusion?
 192- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER 

05/14  Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 -  19,930  
---
10/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 -  47,471  
11/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 -  32,409  (-31.7%)
---
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #3 -  22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #4 -  19,280 (-12,9%)
02/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #5 -  17,647 (- 8.5%)
03/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #6 -  15,150 (-14.1%)
04/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #7 -  14,779 (– 2.4%)

Since issue #2: -54.4% 
Winter in summer: can't win!
201- STORM

07/14  Storm #1 – 47,566
08/14  Storm #2 – 25,268 ( -46.9%)
09/14  Storm #3 – 22,078 ( -12.6%)
10/14  Storm #4 – 19,862 ( -10.0%)
11/14  Storm #5 – 17,999 ( - 9.4%)
12/14  Storm #6 – 17,028 ( - 5.4%)
01/15  Storm #7 – 15,784 ( - 7.3%)
02/15  Storm #8 – 14,155 ( -10.3%)
03/15  Storm #9 – 13,712  (- 3.1%)
04/15  Storm#10 – 13,398  (- 2.3%)

Since issue #2: -46.9%
Average +% TPB Sales #1-5: +6.1%
STORM VOL.1 TPB: 1,542

Rain in summer....
208- OPERATION SIN

01/15 Operation Sin #1 of 5 -  26,732
02/15 Operation Sin #2 of 5 -  16,240 (-39.2%)
03/15 Operation Sin #3 of 5 -  13,811 (-15.0%)
04/15 Operation Sin #4 of 5 -  11,949 (-13.5%)


 What began like a love story is ending as a disaster.
124- BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN ROAD LTD

03/15 Big Thunder Mountain Road Ltd #1 of 5– 17,567
04/15 Big Thunder Mountain Road Ltd #2 of 5– 11,231 (-36.1%)


Shops seem to have trouble to guess how those comics adaptation will sell in floppy.
237- DARK TOWER DRAWING 3 HOUSE CARDS LTD

03/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #1 of 5 – 11,107
04/15 Dark Tower D3HC Ltd #2 of 5 – 10,019 (-9.8%)


This prove sthat with this oldest franchise, shops know way more accurately what they're gonna sell and so, don't need to drastically adjust their demand for issue #2.
238- DEATHLOK

12/09 Deathlok #2 – 14,059

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10/14 Deathlok #1 – 43,991
11/14 Deathlok #2 – 20,883 (-52.5%)
12/14 Deathlok #3 – 18,112 (-13.3%)
01/15 Deathlok #4 – 14,498 (-20.0%)
02/15 Deathlok #5 – 12,053 (-16.9%)
03/15 Deathlok #6 – 10,066 (-16.5%)
04/15 Deathlok #7 –  9,871 (- 1.9%)

Since issue #2: -52.7%


The lowest ongoing series at Marvel, not yet cancelled.
256. GEORGE ROMERO EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT THREE LTD

01/14  Act One #1 of 5 - 24,515
...
06/14  Act One #5 of 5 – 13,924 (  -6.3%)
...
09/14  Act Two #1 of 5 – 13,163 (  -5.5%)
...
01/15  Act Two #5 of 5 -  7,780  (-6,6%)
…
04/15  Act 3   #1 of 5 -  8,623

Instead of putting them at the end of its Previews catalog, Marvel is now scattering its comics adaptation solicitations between non-related Marvel Universe series.
205- MU GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

02/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #1       – 12,047 
03/15 MU guardians of Galaxy #2       –  9,108 (-24.4%)
04/15 MU guardians of galaxy #3 of  4 -  8,406 (- 7.7%)

 Rebranded as a mini-series with this issue. It's selling more than the others two MU titles so this change remains a mystery.

Thanks for reading until the end! Hope to see you next time. Feel free to comment!

10 Comments on Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2015—Star of the Reorders: The Force Awakens, last added: 6/15/2015

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SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 6/12/2015 2:44:00 PM

Oups, the formating is wrong after 35-, sorry about that.

Suzene said, on 6/12/2015 3:12:00 PM

Spider-Man & the X-Men ended with #6. No idea if it was always intended to be a mini, or if it was just killed off for SW.

JC Lebourdais said, on 6/12/2015 5:24:00 PM

These columns are how I keep track of new comics since I stopped buying them
When I read this, boy, am I glad I did.
btw, preliminaries = foreplay. Just sayin’

the4thpip said, on 6/13/2015 12:43:00 AM

Guardians: Best Story Ever is not a one-shot but actually a small collection of previously released stuff.

granello said, on 6/13/2015 1:41:00 AM

The commentary is cut off on the bottom half of the list! I want to see what you wrote.

I’m half-surprised, half-not at SHIELD’s sales. The show isn’t all that great and I didn’t suspect Coulson as a lead would work out, and the action-adventure angle they’re using doesn’t make sense for an espionage organization. Still, you would think all that promotion and the lure of Mark Waid’s name would draw a few more sales.

DublDownDrew said, on 6/14/2015 7:29:00 AM

Always enjoy reading the sales charts, and like the tiny bit of snark that’s creeped into this one! It is a bummer about the formatting towards the bottom, but what’re you gonna do? I *really* like the price per page comparison on the TPB’s and wish it could be done for the monthlies as well (maybe for the larger priced books would be interesting but then again I’m not the one that would be putting in the time and research to do it!). Good stuff.

Heidi MacDonald said, on 6/14/2015 11:28:00 PM

Fixed the formatting — sorry guys.

Pedro Bouça said, on 6/15/2015 8:38:00 AM

“Seeing how many buy a comic only for its cover, I’m surprised Marvel or DC didn’t try yet to sell floppy comics only composed of collected variant covers.”

Oh, but they DID! A few years ago Marvel published a floppy collection of all the thematic variants in one of those event months as a “Wolverine art appreciation” issue. I have it and it’s quite nice, I must say!

Sadly they haven’t repeated the stunt.

Torsten Adair said, on 6/15/2015 2:24:00 PM

Welcome!

One note on style, not formatting:
On this side of the pond, we use [currency symbol][digit][period][cents].
Like so: $75,428.91 (Yes, we still use pennies here, even though they cost a nickle to manufacture.)

I was quite amazed at the length of the list. Has Marvel been publishing more titles than usual? Did any not make the list?
The order is a bit gemischt at the end as well.

I don’t mind the grouping for those reprints, but it would be nice if you included the number ranking for each title.

As for the Alan Davis Ultron mini-series, Marvel did that a few years ago with three annuals. The covers connected, and it featured Clan Destine.

Al@ said, on 6/15/2015 5:04:00 PM

I LOVE seeing the price-per-page analysis. THANK you for that! It’s our hard earned money going to buy these books, and many of us are looking for value for the dollar.

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7. Marvel Month-to-Month sales: February 2015: Will The Real Spider-Woman Please Stand Up?

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 4/2/2015
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by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m the French guy who took over Jason for this column. Less figures, a comparaison with the issue#2 sales and some TPB sales at the end are the only big differences you could notice.

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

It’s a little hard to be sure what the fate of each title will be after Secret wars: Marvel did release a list of the titles that will come back after the event, and confirmed that The Last Days banner was for titles that will stop publication. But, frankly, it’s hard to believe the list, and seeing that a title can be cancelled to be relaunched one month later with no differences, the word “cancellation” can lose some of its meaning. I’m pretty sure they will change their mind on the way and that, in fact, they are not sure yet which titles will come back, waiting for how many copies those Battleword titles will sell before taking their real decisions.

I’ll have a better idea of what I want to do with the TPB sales. You’ll see it next month. Meanwhile, you’ll find at the bottom the sales of every new collection that was featured in the 2015 Marvel catalogs and which sold some copies in February 2015.

So far, this month, the most noticeable things are that Marvel is expanding successfully (so far) its Star Wars line, and has found, among all the Spider-Women, one who is way more popular with buyers than the others!

Thanks to Milton Griepp and ICv2.com for the permission to use their figures. An overview of ICv2.com’s estimates can be found here.

2, 7- DARTH VADER

02/15 Darth Vader #1 -  264,449
02/15 Darth Vader #2 – 100,010 (-62.2%)

With 9 variant covers, the fall could have been worse. After Star Wars and its mindboggling 1,000,000 copies, let’s go back to reality. We are starting to see a little more clearly what Marvel is gonna do with the Star Wars license. The Dark Horse ongoing series was focused on different timelines or factions. The Marvel ongoing series seem to be focused on characters. Marvel is giving to Star Wars fans what Dark Horse never did: an ongoing Darth Vader series. Clever! Any series that steadily sells more than 50k would be the proof that the move from Dark Horse to Marvel was the right one. 100K for issue #2 of the 2nd launched ongoing Star Wars series seems like a good sign. Issue #1 was slightly bigger than usual with a $4.99 cover price: will we see more of this in the future, seeing that it doesn’t seem to frighten customers?

3- SPIDER-GWEN

02/15 Spider-Gwen #1 -  254,074

Wow! That’s a surprise, and it’s not due to a variant cover frenzy (only 3 for this one). Jason Latour and Robbie Rodriguez are no comic book superstars so what happened? That’s the 2nd title starring a Spider-Woman, and putting Gwen Stacy in the costume seems to have made it! There was already a Spider-Woman character from an alternate Earth who had its little success, that was Spider-Girl, the “losJ” baby of Mary jane and Peter. With Spider-Gwen, Marvel brings back another beloved character from the Spider-Man mythos and this time attracts way more readers. Let’s see if this one will be able to keep more than 100k, that would be pretty amazing.

4,53- STAR WARS

01/15 Stars Wars #1 -  1,019,121 [+33.145]
02/15 Stars Wars #2 -    162,042 (-84.1%)

The first issue is selling again (no surprise here), making it reach one million copies. That’s an amazing number. More than 160k for the second issue is a very good base on which to keep readers, making hope that the ongoing Star Wars series could stay above 100k during its run. John Cassaday is leaving with issue 7, letting Stuart Immonen take his place. Nobody was really expecting John Cassaday to stay, seeing how slow he is.

6, 8- Amazing SPIDER-MAN

04/14  Amazing v3 #1  - 532,586  ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14  Amazing v3 #2  - 123,945  ( -76.7%)
06/14  Amazing v3 #3  - 109,029  ( -12.0%)
07/14  Amazing v3 #4  - 117,917  (   8.2%)O.Sin 
08/14  Amazing v3 #5  - 101,655  ( -13.8%)O.Sin 
09/14  Amazing v3 #6  -  93,564  (  -8.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #7  - 116,051  (  24.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #8  -  99,549  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #9  - 135,280  
11/14  Amazing v3 #10 – 100,899 
12/14  Amazing v3 #11 – 104,739  ( +3.8%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #12 – 105,458  ( +0.6%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #13 – 103,093  ( -2.2%)
02/15  Amazing v3 #14 – 106,778  ( +3.6%)
02/15  Amazing v3 #15 -  99,660  ( -6.7%)
---
Since issue #2: -19.6%

#14 is the conclusion of the Spider-verse storyline, #15 its epilogue, each with two/one variant cover. Sales go back to the level they were at before the event. The series still have to find its level after that.

9- SILK 

02/15 Silk #1 -  74,501

Third Spider-Woman series! You can’t say that Marvel is not putting all his efforts into making a female Spider-Man character stick! This one debuts lower than Spider-Woman and more than 3 times lower than Spider-Gwen! Only 2 variant covers and a creative team (Robbie Thompson & Stacey Lee) mostly unknown to comics readers. I doubt there will room for 3 Spider-Woman characters series. Spider-Gwen is clearly the winner.

11- THOR
  
12/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
...
02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42.034  ( 10.1%)
...
09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –  89,131  ( -40.9%)
12/14  Thor v6 #3  –  72,563  ( -18.6%)
01/15  Thor v6 #4  -  69,497  ( -4.2%)
02/15  Thor v6 #5  -  69,513  ( +0.0%)

Since issue #2: -22,0%

A Phil Noto variant cover can’t be the only explanation for this nice stagnation. More than 65k would be amazing numbers for a Thor series to stay above!

14- GOTG AND X-MEN BLACK VORTEX ALPHA

02/15 Gotg & X-Men Black Vortex Alpha #1 -  60,412

The Guardians of Galaxy brand is called to try to attract readers to an agonizing X-Men family of titles. This $4.99 Black Vortex starting point is selling more than X-Men or GotG titles, so the job is done, at a more than decent sales level, seeing all that is going on in the Marvel universe at the moment.

16- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

04/13  Guardians v3 #2  -  88,184
...
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%)
01/15  Guardians v3 #23 -  51,466  ( -1.9%)
02/15  Guardians v3 #24 -  60,046  (+16.7%) B.Vortex

Since issue #2: -31.9%

Black Vortex is attracting more readers (from the X-Men titles?), bringing this issue to the exact same level than Black Vortex Alpha.

17- THOR ANNUAL

02/15 Thor Annual #1 -  58.664

That’s amazing numbers for a Thor Annual, only 10k below the ongoing series. CM Punk, the hunky-sexy WWF superstar is writing one of the three stories. I would be glad to say that’s the factor explaining the success of this annual but it’s probably only because the Thor brand is strong at the moment. Let’s hope that Marvel will not flood us with Thor titles and disgust us with him/her in less than a year!

18,24- ALL-NEW X-MEN

11/12  All-New X-Men #2  - 100,983  
...
01/14  All-New #22.NOW   -  76,565  (+21.8%)
02/14  All-New X-Men #23 -  64,625  (-15.6%)
03/14  All-New X-Men #24 -  63,739  ( -1.4%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #25 -  63,827  (  0.1%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #26 -  58,918  ( -7.7%)
05/14  All-New X-Men #27 -  62,269  (  5.7%)
06/14  All-New X-Men #28 -  57,135  ( -8.2%)
07/14  All-New X-Men #29 -  58,817  (  2.9%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #30 -  54,882  ( -6.7%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #31 -  58,535  (  6.7%)
09/14  All-New X-Men #32 -  54,654  ( -6.6%)
10/14  All-New X-Men #33 -  60,032  (  9.8%)
11/14  ---
12/14  All-New X-Men #34 -  57,569  ( -4.1%)
01/15  All-New X-Men #35 -  51,823  (-10.0%)
02/15  All-New X-Men #36 -  49,464  ( -4.6%)
02/15  All-New X-Men #38 -  58,037  (+17.3%) B. Vortex

since issue #2: -42.5%

I know, it’s weird: issue #38 is out before issue #37. Did the Hawkeye virus spread out? In fact, that’s because, even if #37 is not ready, #38 had to go out in time because it contains the 4th chapter of Black Vortex. Of course, thanks to it, sales jump back almost to 60k.

22- UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
...
10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
...
12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #9 –  69,518  (  0.1%)
01/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849 
02/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #2 – 51,339 (-31.4%)

Despite 2 variant covers, this one is already below the sales level it reached before the relaunch. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will learn a terrible truth in this issue: that they have the most convoluted lineage tree of the Marvel Universe and that every writer wants to complicate it!

26- AVENGERS

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  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%)
01/15  Avengers v5 #40 -  47,483  ( +0.9%) (SW prelude)
02/15  Avengers v5 #41 -  48,437  ( +2.0%) (SW prelude)

Since issue #2: -48.6%

Am I the only one feeling cheated when Marvel sells me the same cover they used on Ultimates #1? It’s a wink, an homage but I have another: wouldn’t it be neat to pay homage to the Ultimates by selling the issue at the same price The Ultimates #1 was? There is one Phil Noto variant cover for this one.

27- UNCANNY X-MEN

02/13 Uncanny X-Men v3 #2  - 94,615
---
03/14 U X-Men #19.NOW      - 64,514 ( 17.5%)
04/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #20 - 55,359 (-14.2%)
05/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #21 - 54,747 ( -1.1%)
06/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #22 - 52,731 ( -3.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #23 - 55,738 (  5.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #24 - 53,677 (  5.7%)O.Sin
08/14 ---
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #25 -  58,062 (  8.2%)
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #26 -  51,862 (-10.7%)
10/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #27 -  57,908 ( 11.7%)
11/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #28 -  55,939 ( -3.4%)
12/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #29 -  53,502 ( -4.4%)
01/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #30 -  48,824  (-8.7%)
02/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #31 -  46,993  (-3.8%)

Since issue #2: -50.3%

Still in search of its sales level. There is a Phil Noto variant cover.

28- DEADPOOL
 
11/12  Deadpool v4 #2  -  76,445 
...
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)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #40 -  42,467   (+0.6%)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #41 -  39,848   (-6.2%)
02/15  Deadpool v4 #42 -  46,104   (+15.7%)

Since issue #2: -39.7%

We certainly can’t blame the Phil Noto cover for such a boost, nor the appearance of Omega Red. If only those crossovers would stop disrupting the numbers, we could see the real trend here. Still, incredible numbers of course. Wolverine, on the other hand, is old news.

30- NEW AVENGERS

01/13  New Avengers v3 # 2 -  79,433 
...
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%)
01/15  New Avengers v3 #29 -  41,116  (+3.1%) (SW prelude)
02/15  New Avengers v3 #30 -  42,827  (+4.2%) (SW prelude)

Since issue #2: -46.1%

People really seems excited by this Secret Wars stuff, and ready to pay for it!

39- RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL Ltd

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

Once again, the proof that Deadpool is able to support several titles, whenever Marvel don’t overdue it and keeps a certain quality to it. At the same level as the ongoing series, which is fantastic!

41- CAPTAIN AMERICA

02/14  Capt America V7 #16.Now – 36,534  (   9.3%)

09/14  Captain America v7 #24 – 33,517  (   8.4%)
10/14  Captain America v7 #25 – 74,183  ( 121.3%)
11/14  Captain America v8 #1  –120,500  (  62.4%)
12/14  Captain America v8 #2  – 50,077  ( -58.4%)
01/15  Captain America v8 #3  - 50,045  ( -0.1%)
02/15  Captain America v8 #4  - 41,222  (-17.6%)

Since issue #2: -17.6%

Ouch, victory was called too soon! The change to Sam Wilson as the new Captain America is not a failure, but will perhaps not bring the extra readers we hoped if it continues to fall. One Phil Noto variant on this one.

44- ANT-MAN 

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370
02/15 Ant-Man #2 – 40,192 (-45.2%)

I have tons of funny jokes about Ant-Man ready to use… Sales are shrinking (ih ih!) as they usually do after a first issue, even if a little more than usual. There are 2 variant covers left. This title will stay alive no matter what until the movie is released and forgotten.

45- 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%)
01/15  Rocket Raccoon #7  -   39,342  ( -4.4%)
02/15  Rocket Raccoon #8  -   38,769  (-1.5%)

Since issue #2: -31,5%

Not sure if Rocket Raccoon has found its level yet, as there are two variant covers on this issue. Anyway, no matter what, those are still good numbers, especially when you see Star Lord way lower.

46- LEGENDARY STAR LORD

07/14  Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14  Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14  Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14  Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14  Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14  Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15  Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14.3%)
01/15  Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10.5%)
02/15  Star Lord #9 – 38,655 (+53.2%)   B. Vortex

Since issue #2: +4.2%

The Black Vortex crossover with the X-Men is bringing at least 13k readers to a Star Lord title who was in dire need of that! It does not reach the same level as the previous chapter in Guardians of Galaxy, meaning that more than 2/3 of the readers of Black Vortex Alpha or Guardians of The Galaxy will miss this chapter of the crossover and don’t seem to care.

49- SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14  Spider-Woman #1 -  93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14  Spider-Woman #2 -  44,618  ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15  Spider-Woman #3 -  38,484  (-13.8%) (spider-Verse)
02/15  Spider-Woman #4 -  36,058  (- 6.3%)

Since issue #2: -19.2%%

That’s a Spider-verse epilogue. Next month will be decisive. The series doesn’t have a lot of rope left, it needs to stabilize at more than 25k.

50- SUPERIOR IRON MAN

03/14  Ir. Man #23.NOW  - 43,912  (  51.3%)
---
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%)
01/15  Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515  (  -0,7%)
02/15  Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094  (  -8.9%)

Since issue #2: -17.7%

While Iron Man is not in danger of being cancelled, this is clearly a disappointment sales wise. In this issue, we learn the origin of Teen Abomination (yes, that’s who you think it is!).

51- 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%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 -  38,455 (-0.5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 -  37,484 (-2.5%)
02/15 Spider-Man 2099 #9 -  34,374 (-8.3%)

Since issue #2: -27.7%

Despite showing Spider-Man 2099 visiting the Future Imperfect storyline, this issue shows a huge drop in sales. It seems that readers of the series want their Spider-Man 2099 in the Marvel Universe, not the year 2099. Yep, that’s weird.

54,60,64,68. WOLVERINES 

01/15 Wolverines #1 – 73,650
01/15 Wolverines #2 – 43,573  (-41.8%)
01/15 Wolverines #3 – 42,051  (- 3.5%)
01/15 Wolverines #4 – 39,790  (- 5.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #5 – 32,953  (-17.2%)
02/15 Wolverines #6 – 31,710  (-3.8%)
02/15 Wolverines #7 – 30,617  (-3.4%)
02/15 Wolverines #8 – 29,923  (-2.3%)

Since issue #2: -31.3%

The cutback to real customer numbers with issue #5 is harsh, the rest of the fall is due to standard attrition. Will this one end with issue#20, as the solicitation for future paperback collections seems to imply? It would seems logical, as it will be just under 20k if it keeps following this trend.

56- HAWKEYE

09/12  Hawkeye v4 #2 - 33,563
---
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 – 39,546  ( -0.8%)
12/13  ---
01/14  Hawkeye v4 #16 - 37,074  ( -6.3%)
02/14  ---
03/14  Hawkeye v4 #17 – 35,545  ( -4.1%)
04/14  Hawkeye v4 #18 – 35,045  ( -1.4%)
05/14  ---
06/14  ---
07/14  Hawkeye v4 #19 – 34,131  ( -2.6%)
08/14  ---
09/14  Hawkeye v4 #20 – 34,169  (  0.1%)
10/14  ---
11/14  ---
12/14  ---
01/15  ---
02/15  Hawkeye v4 #21 – 32,607  (- 4.6%) END

Since issue #2: -2,8%

Hawkeye has been both a fantastic success for Marvel (one of their best TPB sellers and a non super-hero approach to one of their character, praised by critics) and a laughing stock concerning its schedule, especially for the last 18 months. The way the floppy issues have gone out makes simply no sense at all. Marvel quickly understood that Hawkeye couldn’t ship monthly, so they decided to order another parallel storyline about the female Hawkeye, drawn by Annie Wu and to run it at the same time as the David Aja Hawkeye storyline about his building. Yet, it didn’t work out and both were late. Not only did the issues not come out in time, but sometimes in reverse order, making no sense and transforming a long final arc into a never ending storyline. And they made people who made the effort to buy the floppy issues pay 1$ more for each, after they placed their pre-order! Was Marvel in such a hurry to gain even more $ on such a poorly scheduled project? The best way to be disgusted to buy floppy issues instead of TPB was to buy Hawkeye. The new series will have to make us forget this disaster. Still, check that awesome “since issue #2” percentage: -2,8%! Marvel would kill to have another steady seller like that again.

57- FANTASTIC FOUR


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%)
01/15  Fantastic Four   #642 – 30,118  ( +21,9%)
02/15  Fantastic Four   #643 – 32,302  ( + 7.3%)

Since issue #2: -14.0%

2 variant covers and the continuation of the final arc of the series, with the promise of a death, continue to bring back more readers. Fantastic Four will go out with a small Bang!

61- DAREDEVIL

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%)
01/15  Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989  (+1.9%)
02/15  Daredevil v4 #13 – 31,483  (-1.6%)

Since issue #2: -26.5%

The final arc of the Waid/Samnee run is beginning, with the same numbers of readers than before the relaunch. This will probably be remembered as one of the best runs of the title. I wouldn’t want to be the next creative team to come aboard…

62- THANOS VS HULK  

12/14  Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #1  -  39,862  
01/15  Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #2  -  33,891 (-15.0%)
02/15  Thanos vs Hulk Ltd #3  -  31,337 (-7.5%)

Even if this mini-series is slipping down, it is still at a nice level for an old-school project like that. Featuring Blastaar!

63- ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN

12/14  Angela #1 -  61,398  
01/15  Angela #2 -  36,992  (-39.8%)
02/15  Angela #3 -  31,096  (-15.9%)

Since issue #2: -15.9%

We are starting to find that all this fuss about Angela was an empty shell: the audience for her ongoing series is rather small, as should be expected.

69,75- 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%)
---
02/15  Ms. Marvel #11 – 29,851  ( -1.4%)
02/15  Ms. Marvel #12 – 29,054  ( -2.7%)

Since issue #2: -24.3%

This is the only title for whom the Last Days banner during Secret Wars makes no sense. Sales are good and the title is one of the few remaining with a $2.99 cover price. I expect a relaunch à la Daredevil: same creative team, same content, with a more expensive cover price.

71- SHIELD 

12/14  SHIELD #1 -  94,503  
01/15  SHIELD #2 -  33,965 (-64.1%)
02/15  SHIELD #3 –  29,790 (-12.3%)

Since issue #2: -12.3%

This title will probably have to struggle to stay above the cancellation line. There are still 2 variant covers so the fall could still go on.

74- MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN

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%)
01/15  M.M. Ult Spider-man #9 – 30,135  ( -4.2%)
02/15  M.M. Ult Spider-man #10- 29,321  ( -2.7%)

Since issue #2: -23.3%

This title could easily live for another year without trouble. That’s more than half the line of Marvel books can say!

76- SPIDER-MAN and THE X-MEN
  
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
---
11/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457  (  1.2%)
12/14  Spider/X-Men v1 #1  - 61,952  (117.7%)
01/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #2  - 34,329  (-44.6%)
02/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #3  - 29,025  (-15.5%)

since issue #2: -15.5%

Even if it’s too early, with a sales level so low and what seems to be the beginning of an atrocious sales trajectory, I wouldn’t expect this one to last more than 12 issues.

78- X-MEN
 
12/12  X-Men v3 #39  -  29,326  
...
06/13  X-Men v4 #2  -  73,542
...
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%)
01/15  X-Men v4 #23 -  29,650  (  -1.8%)
02/15  X-Men v4 #24 -  28,414  (  -4.2%)

Since issue #2: -61.4%

Probably the lowest level ever reached for the X-Men title. Something needs to be done and it’s called cutting the mass of indistinct X-Men titles!

79- AMAZING X-MEN
  
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)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #15  -  29,868  ( -5.1%)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #16  -  28,416  ( -4.9%)
02/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #17  -  27,513  ( -3.2%)

Since issue #2: -54,8%

Having a rather new X-men core book selling less than 25k will probably not do it for Marvel so expect to hear the death bell soon.

81- HULK
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%)
01/15  Hulk v3 #10	       - 27,553  ( -0.5%)
02/15  Hulk v3 #11	       - 27,317  ( -0.9%)

Since issue #2: -32,7%

Sales stabilized, with a Phil Noto variant cover. Still, it’s not fantastic for a title which relaunched less than a year ago…

86- 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%)
01/15  Inhuman #11- 24,410  (- 4.1%)
02/15  Inhuman #12- 24,689  (+ 1.1%)
---
Since issue #2: -40.9%

There doesn’t seem to have any reason for this nice little boost, except a Phil Noto variant, like on almost all Marvel title with a variant cover this month. That’s a rather good sign for Marvel: they should be able to let this title live for some time, allowing them to imprint the Inhumans as major players in the Marvel universe.

87- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 - 41,693
02/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2 – 24,621 (-40.9%)

Already on the verge of the cancellation zone. Yet, this one has probably more rope, seeing that Marvel probably wants to keep Ryan North on board and expects to sell copies to young readers (that means a cancellation zone way lower than usual).

91- 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)
09/14  Magneto #10– 30,769  ( -2.5%)(Axis)
10/14  Magneto #11– 31,642  (  2.8%)(Axis)
11/14  Magneto #12– 30,107  ( -4.9%)(Axis)
12/14  Magneto #13– 27,418  ( -8.9%)
01/15  Magneto #14- 26,306  (- 4.1%)
02/15  Magneto #15- 24,052  (- 8.6%)

Since issue #2: -32.8%

The series is supposed to end during Secret Wars, with the Last Days banner. The sales evolution of late would agree with this decision but, from all the solo X-Men titles launched recently, this is the most successful, with the most difficult subject. This one would deserve a little more rope or…sigh…a relaunch (I can’t believe I just said that!).

94- MOON KNIGHT
  
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%)
01/15  Moon Knight v5 #11 -  24,464 ( -8.1%)
02/15  Moon Knight v5 #12 -  23,486 ( -4.0%)
---
Since issue #2: -42.6%

Changing writer every arc is not the best solution to keep your readers, especially on a character in need of a firm characterization like Moon Knight. The third arc begins next month with Cullen Bunn replacing Brian Wood : difficult in those conditions to give to this volume a clear and specific identity.

97,107,114,115- ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA FEAR HIM Ltd

02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 1 of 4 – 22,451
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 2 of 4 – 19,969 (-11.1%)
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 3 of 4 – 19,090 (- 4.4%)
02/15 Captain America Fear Him Ltd 4 of 4 – 18,961 (- 0.7%)

Since issue #2: -5.0%

It’s not written in the solicitation text, but this online Infinite Comics was storyboarded by Geoffo & Mast, two very talented French artists, who are hard at work on a bunch of Infinity Comics. This print edition sells rather well, seeing that Marvel dropped this all in one month without any mention of where it comes from. In those conditions, why would people bother to buy this instead of the TPB collection? Marvel really needs to find something to advertise specifically those print editions of online comics.

98- CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE MIGHTY AVENGERS

09/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #14 - 21,516  ( -4.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #1  - 60,206  (179.8%)
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #2  - 34,428  (-42.8%)
12/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #3  - 28,744  (-16.5%)
01/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #4  - 25,352  (-11.8%)
02/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #5  - 22,246  (-12.3%)
---
Since issue #2: -35.4%

Still losing readers by a truckload, and an amazing cover by Sanford Greene, it’s nice to see him working at Marvel!

99- SILVER SURFER

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%)
---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 -  23,420 (-9.1%)
02/15 Silver Surfer #9 -  21,716 (-7.3%)

Since issue #2: -44.5%

The trend is hella clear: with a sale trajectory like that, this title can’t survive and is scheduled to end during Secret Wars with the Last Days banner.

109- PUNISHER

02/14  Punisher v10 #1  – 54,558  (   --- )
02/14  Punisher v10 #2  – 31,709  ( -41.9%)
03/14  Punisher v10 #3  – 29,636  (  -5.6%)
04/14  Punisher v10 #4  – 28,435  (  -5.0%)
05/14  Punisher v10 #5  – 27,471  (  -3.4%)
06/14  Punisher v10 #6  – 26,606  (  -3.1%)
06/14  Punisher v10 #7  – 26,192  (  -1.6%)
07/14  Punisher v10 #8  – 25,957  (  -0.9%)
08/14  Punisher v10 #9  – 25,876  (  -0.3%)
09/14  Punisher v10 #10 – 23,680  (  -8.5%)
10/14  Punisher v10 #11 – 28,710  (  21.2%)
11/14  Punisher v10 #12 – 21,785  ( -24.1%)
12/14  Punisher v10 #13 – 21,248  (  -2.5%)
01/15  Punisher v10 #14 – 21,382  (+ 0.4%)
02/15  Punisher v10 #15 – 19,825  (- 7.3%)

Since issue #2: -37.5%

This volume is scheduled to be cancelled during Secret Wars, with the Last Days banner. Nothing to worry about. Marvel will probably try to put someone else in the costume to bring readers back to it and attract attention.

101- BLACK WIDOW

01/14  Black Widow #1  - 53,879
01/14  Black Widow #2  - 31,260  ( -42.0%)
02/14  Black Widow #3  – 28,127  ( -10.0%)
03/14  Black Widow #4  – 27,378  (  -2.7%)
04/14  Black Widow #5  – 27,055  (  -1.2%)
05/14  Black Widow #6  – 26,136  (  -3.4%)
06/14  Black Widow #7  – 25,423  (  -2.7%)
07/14  Black Widow #8  – 24,555  (  -3.4%)
08/14  Black Widow #9  – 24,885  (   1.3%)
09/14  Black Widow #10 – 23,687  (  -4.8%)
10/14  Black Widow #11 – 23,922  (   1.0%)
11/14  Black Widow #12 – 22,971  (  -4.0%)
12/14  Black Widow #13 – 21,444  (  -6.6%)
01/15  Black Widow #14 – 20,292  ( - 5,4%)
02/15  Black Widow #15 – 20,581  ( + 1.4%)

Since issue #2: -34.2%

No variant cover, nothing specific that could explain this little bump. Anyway, it’s too late, the tile will stop during Secret wars, with the Last Days banner.

105- 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%)
---
02/15 She-Hulk #12     – 20,364   (+6.6%) END

Since issue #2: -23.7%

That’s a wrap. The Ally McBeal approach to Ms Hulk is working (people stayed with the title, check this nice -23.7% decline since issue#2) but it doesn’t attract enough people to begin with. It would be nice to see her again with this approach once every year with a mini-series.

106- AVENGERS WORLD

01/14  Avengers World #2 – 53,693
...
05/14  Avengers World #6 – 28,969  ( -6.9%)
06/14  Avengers World #7 – 27,854  ( -3.8%)
06/14  Avengers World #8 – 26,912  ( -3.4%)
07/14  Avengers World #9 – 24,771  ( -8.0%)
07/14  Avengers World #10– 24,196  ( -2.3%)
08/14  Avengers World #11– 23,493  ( -2.9%)
09/14  Avengers World #12– 22,375  ( -4.8%)
09/14  Avengers World #13– 21,599  ( -3.5%)
10/14  Avengers World #14– 21,095  ( -2.3%)
11/14  Avengers World #15– 27,139  ( 28.7%)(Axis)
12/14  Avengers World #16– 20,853  (-23.2%)(Axis)
---
02/15  Avengers World #17– 20,228  (-3.0%)

Since issue #2: -62.3%

This one will probably never come back from Secret Wars. It stabilized, but way too low for an Avengers title.

112- CAPTAIN MARVEL
  
11/13  Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173  (-20.5%)
12/13  ---
01/14  ---
02/14  ---
03/14  Captain Marvel v7 #1  - 44,248  
04/14  Captain Marvel v7 #2  - 28,008 (-36.7%)
05/14  Captain Marvel v7 #3  - 26,057 ( -7.0%)
06/14  Captain Marvel v7 #4  - 24,062 ( -7.7%)
07/14  Captain Marvel v7 #5  - 23,666 ( -1.6%)
08/14  Captain Marvel v7 #6  - 21,221 (-10.3%)
09/14  Captain Marvel v7 #7  - 21,022 ( -0.9%)
10/14  Captain Marvel v7 #8  - 20,692 ( -1.6%)
11/14  Captain Marvel v7 #9  - 19,885 ( -3.9%)
12/14  Captain Marvel v7 #10 - 19,973 (  0.4%)
01/15  Captain Marvel v7 #11 – 19,527 ( -2,2%)
02/15  Captain Marvel v7 #12 – 19,199 ( -1.7%)
---
Since issue #2: -31.5%

The relaunch kept the title for one year above the cancellation zone before it reached it again. Turning it into a kind of female Blackhawk series will perhaps have the same effect, if not better.

113- NOVA

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) 
01/15  Nova v5 #26 – 19,639  (  -9.9%)
02/15  Nova v5 #27 – 19,168  (  -2.4%)

Here is a title where Marvel should perhaps ignore its cancellation zone and keep it going, seeing as it holds it sales levels quite well, especially since Marvel has been searching for a winning formula for this character for decades.

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)
01/15  Loki #10-  19,856  ( - 8.5%)
02/15  Loki #11-  18,623  ( - 6.2%)
---
Since issue #2: -33.4%

Loki is scheduled to be cancelled during the Secret Wars, seeing that it will feature the Last Days banner. The series had some difficulty keeping its readers but managed to sell at a nice level for such an unusual series.

119- GUARDIANS 3000

10/14  Guardians 3000 #1  -  58,574  (---)
11/14  Guardians 3000 #2  -  34,467  (-41.2%)
12/14  Guardians 3000 #3  -  25,509  (-26.0%)
01/15  Guardians 3000 #4  -  20,318  (-20.3%)
02/15  Guardians 3000 #5  -  18,155  (-10.6%)

Since issue #2: -47.3%

One variant cover doesn’t change the fact that the title is already in the cancellation zone after only 5 issues. Seeing that the Guardians of Galaxy brand is at its maximum hype, don’t expect another Guardians of Galaxy ongoing series featuring the old cast before long, seeing how this one tanked! That’s quite sad.

 122- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER 

05/14  Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 -  19,930  
---
10/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 -  47,471  
11/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 -  32,409  (-31.7%)
---
01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #3 -  22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #4 -  19,280 (-12,9%)
02/15 Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #5 -  17,647 (- 8.5%)

Since issue #2: -45.5%

This series is scheduled to be cancelled during Secret Wars (it has the Last Days banner), no surprise here.

123- 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%)
01/15  Nightcrawler #10- 18,832 (-7.3%)
02/15  Nightcrawler #11- 17,620 (-6.4%)

Since issue #2: -50.2%

One more issue to go and Chris Claremont will once again be without a monthly at Marvel. It would have been nice to see him on Spider-Woman, seeing the awesome job he did on the tile in the 80’s.

125- X-FORCE

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%)
01/15  X-Force v6 #14 – 17,576  (-6.3%)
02/15  X-Force v6 #15 – 17,332  (-1.4%)   END
---
Since issue #2: -47.6%

It’s time to forget the name X-Force ever existed.

132- Iron Fist: Living Weapon
  
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%)
01/15  Iron Fist LW #8 -  17,676 ( -9.5%)
02/15  Iron Fist LW #9 -  16,413 (- 7.1%)

Since issue #2: -51.2%

More than half the people who read issue #2 are gone….Kaare Andrews graphic approach is not targeted to a large audience, it’s rather radical, but it can’t be the only explanation for this: there was probably a better way to put this maxi-series into the light, for example by selling it with a better package (quality paper on the cover for example), to make it count.

134- OPERATION SIN 

01/15 Operation Sin #1 of 5 -  26,732
02/15 Operation Sin #2 of 5 -  16,240 (-39.2%)

Ouch, that’s pretty steep for a mini-series. We are back at what I would have expected a non-superhero Marvel mini-series to sell, even tied to Agent Carter

135- SECRET AVENGERS

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%)
01/15  Secret Avengers v3 #12 – 16,525  (  -3.4%)
02/15  Secret Avengers v3 #13 – 16,159  (  -2.2%)

Since issue #2: -34.6%

2 more issues to go. This one has a very funny Tradd Moore cover with M.O.D.O.K. asking for help to tie his huge headband!

143- 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%)
01/15  Cyclops #9 – 16,287 (  -5.0%)
02/15  Cyclops #10- 15,091 (  -7.3%)

Since issue #2: -51.5%

Marvel said that this title will only be on hiatus during Secret Wars and will come back. I can’t believe it and expect that they will forget it and never let it come back. More than half the debut readers are gone.

145 – MARVELS ANT-MAN PRELUDE

02/15 Marvels Ant-Man Prelude – 14,971

Seeing how poorly it was advertised, this prequel to the upcoming Ant-Man movie sold what it deserved. Too bad, that was one of the scarce $2.99 comics at Marvel.

150- MIRACLE MAN

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%)
---
01/15 Miracle Man #14 -  14,024 (-0.9%)
02/15 Miracle Man #15 -  14,548 (+3.7%)

Since issue #2: -60.6%

Still reprinting old material with bonuses. There are two very nice variant cover artists: Tim Sale and Bill Sienkiewicz, explaining perhaps the sales bump.

152- STORM

07/14  Storm #1 – 47,566
08/14  Storm #2 – 25,268 ( -46.9%)
09/14  Storm #3 – 22,078 ( -12.6%)
10/14  Storm #4 – 19,862 ( -10.0%)
11/14  Storm #5 – 17,999 ( - 9.4%)
12/14  Storm #6 – 17,028 ( - 5.4%)
01/15  Storm #7 – 15,784 ( - 7.3%)
02/15  Storm #8 – 14,155 ( -10.3%)

Since issue #2: -37,5%

As with Cyclops, I don’t believe in the return of this series after Secret Wars. The numbers are just too awful.

156- ALL-NEW INVADERS

12/04  Invaders #4           - 23,708  
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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%)
01/15  All-New Invaders  #14 – 13,959  (-5.0%)
02/15  All-New Invaders  #15 – 13,452  (-3.6%)  END

Since issue #2: -58.3%

Not even the final issue or the promise to learn the final fate of Hairball the cat were able to bring more readers to this title. It was really time to pull the trigger….

169- ALL NEW GHOST RIDER

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%)
---
01/15 All New Ghost Rider #10 -  13,866 (-10.9%)
02/15 All New Ghost Rider #11 -  12,490 (- 9.9%)

Since issue #2: -57.6%

Marvel completely failed to attract attention to this volume. Times are difficult for the old vigilante glories of the 90’s (X-force, Punisher and Ghost Rider). This title will shift to a Mad Max variation during Secret Wars.

174- DEATHLOK

12/09 Deathlok #2 – 14,059
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10/14 Deathlok #1 – 43,991
11/14 Deathlok #2 – 20,883 ( -52.5%)
12/14 Deathlok #3 – 18,112 ( -13.3%)
01/15 Deathlok #4 – 14,498 (-20.0%)
02/15 Deathlok #5 – 12,053 (-16.9%)

Since issue #2: -42.3%

The first arc draws to a close. I don’t expect the series to go further than the second arc. It has been a complete disaster sales wise. Another old vigilante from the 90’s who can’t manage to come back!

175- MU GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

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

I’m not following Marvel TV and movie deals but this ongoing series was supposed to show comics adaptations of an upcoming Disney XD Guardians of the Galaxy anime series. But this comics adaptation is already cancelled with its 4th issue, and it’s not because of its sales level. So what happened?

191- MEN OF WRATH

10/14  Men of Wrath #1 of 5–  20,927
11/14  Men of Wrath #2 of 5–  13,484 (-35.6%)
12/14  Men of Wrath #3 of 5–  11,839 (-12.2%)
01/15  Men of Wrath #4 of 5 – 10,367 (-12.4%)
02/15  Men of Wrath #5 of 5 – 10,168 (- 1.9%)

Not bad for a title that a lot of people don’t even know is published by Marvel. There is an Alex Ross variant cover.

211- UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC

05/14 Murder Inc #1  -  18,474  (  --- )
06/14 Murder Inc #2  -  13,561  (-26.6%)
07/14 Murder Inc #3  -  11,444  (-15.6%)
08/14 Murder Inc #4  -  10,419  ( -9.0%)
09/14 Murder Inc #5  -   9,729  ( -6.6%)
---
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---
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02/15 Murder Inc #6 -  8,284    (-14.7%)

Since issue #2: -38.9%

Is Marvel really the best place for Bendis and Oeming to sell their creator owned comics? I don’t know if they have any say in the matter, but advertising the new volume of Powers and Murder Inc. as monthlies is also perhaps not the best move, as they can never keep the pace. Wouldn’t it be better to have them as bimonthly? And guess what, the new volume of Powers is already late. Issue #3 was supposed to come out in February, issue #2 was still not out in February… They would for sure sell more at any other major publisher. The competition between creator owned books is at its peak right now, any scheduling trouble can be disastrous for sales.

223- EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE

09/14  Edge of Spider-Verse #2  - 62,120  [+7,705]

Look who’s there! The first appearance of Spider-Gwen! It sold again nicely with a new printing, making this issue the best selling one of this Spider-verse mini-series (issue#1 sold 59,237 copies at the time). Will it also have the power to sell floppy collections of really old classic Gwen Stacy storylines from Amazing Spider-Man? I’m sure we’ll soon find out!

NEW TPB SALES FOR THE FEBRUARY SOLICITATIONS

I’ll put an indicator of $ cents per page, as some TPB really are a bargain, and other not. Of course, HC will have a higher price per page, but can still be compared one to another. So far, you can say that the maximum price per page for Marvel for a floppy is 19 cents a page.

Floppies are at such a poor production quality right now at Marvel (no cover, ads in the middle of the story, for mostly $4 for 20 pages of art) that I won’t bother looking back to find the total price of what was collected in each TPB. When you purchase a Marvel TPB, you have a cover, no ads and bonus content, often with some of the variant covers. So let’s them have their own value.

13.2 cents a page seems to be the standard price for small collections (under 200 p) right now.
Huge softcover collections are under 10 cents a page.

ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC
136p $25, $ per page: 18.3 cents
Since February 2015:  3,016


That's a good sign of the popularity of Rocket Raccoon and of Skottie Young cartoony approach to it.

SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL.1 TPB
120p, $18, $ per page: 15.0 cents
Since February 2015: 2,556

AVENGERS & X-MEN AXIS HC
240p, $50, $ per page: 20.8 cents
Since February 2015: 2,554

DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB
144p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents 
Since February 2015: 2,098


If the floppy series didn't put the charts on fire, the collections sell better and I expect them to continue to do so for a long time.

DEATH OF WOLVERINE LOGAN LEGACY TPB
160p, $18, $ per page: 11.3 cents
Since February 2015: 2,011

AXIS CARNAGE AND HOBGOBELIN TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,994

NEW AVENGERS VOL.3 TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,656

X-MEN VOL.4 TPB
112p, $18, $ per page: 16.1 cents
Since February 2015: 1,592

STORM VOL.1 TPB
112p, $16, $ per page: 14.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,542 

Eh, that's actually quite good! But god, what an awful name for a Storm tpb: Make it Rain. Thank god, the series will not live long, if not I can't imagine the other funny weather titles we would have to endure!

AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT VOL.2 HC
112p, $25, $ per page: 22.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,375

INHUMANITY TPB
360p, $35, $ per page: 9.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,360

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WHO AM I HC
168p, $25, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,356

The cheapest HC of the month, by far! This is the collection of the Spider-Man Who Am I online Infinite comics, partially released during the free comic book Day. Geoffo and Mast, two French artists hard at work on a lot of Marvel online comics did the storyboard for this. Well done, guys, it sold well!

DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TPB
136p, $20: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,313

This one will sell way better in bookstores.

UNCANNY AVENGERS OMNIBUS HC
672p, $100, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,160

OZ EMERALD CITY OF OZ TPB
120p, $20, $ per page: 16.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,139

AVENGERS WORLD VOL.3 TPB
160p, $20, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,111

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK VOL.3 TPB
144 p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,099

CIVIL WAR NEW WARRIORS TPB
144p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,034

Collecting for the first time the mini-séries New Warriors sold during Civil War.

BLACK PANTHER WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER TPB
200p, $25, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,025

This collects again the first 6 issues of the old Black Panther series which launched with Romita Jr on art + some old stuff.

DEXTER TPB
120p, $20, $ per page: 16.7 cents
Since February 2015: 1,020

THOR EPIC COLLECTION TO WAKE MANGOG
456p, $35, $ per page: 0,77 cents
Since February 2015: 1007

Those Epic Collection really have an amazing value per page, two times less than a classic tpb!

SAVAGE WOLVERINE VOL.3 TPB
136p, $20, $ per page: 14.7 cents
Since February 2015: 970

SPIDER-MAN 2099 CLASSIC VOL. 3 TPB
296 p, $35, $ per page: 11.8 cents
Since February 2015: 943

DEATHLOK TPB RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 
$35 456P, $ per page: 7.7 cents    
Since January 2015: 1 256  [+535]

Once again, best bargain of the month and it sold again at 2/3 of its first month sales, going over the 1,000 line. It collects the Joe Casey & Leonarod Manco  Marvel Tech series and plenty of other stuff.

SECRET SERVICE TP  
160p, $13, $ per page: 8.1 cents
Since January 2015:  1,551 [+464]

ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 5 TPB
312p, $35, $ per page: 11.2 cents
Since February 2015: 457

Thanks for reading until the end! Hope to see you next time. Feel free to comment!

14 Comments on Marvel Month-to-Month sales: February 2015: Will The Real Spider-Woman Please Stand Up?, last added: 4/3/2015

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Michael P said, on 4/2/2015 1:35:00 PM

There’s one more issue of Hawkeye left.

Sitcomics said, on 4/2/2015 4:10:00 PM

Please add the $ per page for the monthly books too. It would be informative.

Kiyoshi said, on 4/2/2015 5:50:00 PM

I don’t think Cyclops and Storm are coming back after Secret Wars actually – weren’t they listed as two of the 33 Marvel titles that would be axed prior to the crossover?

Kim said, on 4/2/2015 7:31:00 PM

Ooookay so what just happened? I clicked on the link for the february month-to-month sales, and it all went completely wide-screen. With my widescreen monitor, it makes things a chore to read. On a 1920×1080 monitor, having text going from one end to the other isn’t…. nice. Well, at least it fixes the problem of numbers getting cut off in the chart. But… What happened O_o

Mathieu Doublet said, on 4/2/2015 8:55:00 PM

Nice idea for She-Hulk: I’d like the mini-series format too with the same light tone.

HsssH said, on 4/2/2015 10:10:00 PM

Previous version of Nova actually sold better (had longer run and didn’t drop below 20k IIRC), so I’m not sure if current version is “winning formula”.

Niels van Eekelen said, on 4/3/2015 3:35:00 AM

Can’t help but detect somewhat of an anti X-Men bias in all this.
Black Vortex is the grand GotG helping out the poor ailing X-franchise? GotG and All-New X-Men have been selling close together–the real winner in this so far is Star Lord.
And the fouth(!) X-Men series selling at the level it is, is terrible, but the one Inhuman book–selling even lower–is somehow a great launchpad for what Marvel’s been trying really hard to make a big franchise?

Also, the Last Days banner has not been announced as the end for those titles. I mean, sure, the smart money is on relaunches after Secret Wars, but that goes for pretty much *every* Marvel book.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 4/3/2015 4:56:00 AM

Hum, their just seems to have a trouble with the editing on the TPB comments. It should be fixed soon, sorry about that.
No, no anti X-men biasis, it seems clear that the X-men franchise is in deep trouble right now. One wouldn’t know if had been at the top of Marvel list of books for more than two decades looking at this chart.
Yep, Inhuman is in trouble to serve as a launching pad, but it’s still very early: it tooks years to make the X-men the brand it was, so we wshouldn’t expect Marvel to make it work instantly.
Marvel just made cryptic announcement I read somewhere that the Lats Days banner titile would feature the “last adventures” for their character before the end of the Marvel Universe. As I read here on the Beat in the annoucement:
“In addition, those Secret Wars banners may have been more important than we initially thought, as the books branded as having their Last Days are the ones that are coming to an end. “LAST DAYS titles are creators bringing their stories to their natural conclusions before the destruction of the Marvel Universe.”

Glenn Simpson said, on 4/3/2015 5:10:00 AM

FWIW, I accidentally failed to pre-order Legendary Star-Lord #9 – maybe it wasn’t clearly labeled as Black Vortex in Previews or something?

chris said, on 4/3/2015 6:26:00 AM

Terrific idea with breaking down the TPB sales, too. Good job! Really enjoyed your column.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 4/3/2015 8:16:00 AM

If like me, you can’t read the TPB comments, here they are:
ROCKET RACOON VOL.1 HC
136p 25$, $ per page: 18.3 cents
Since February 2015: 3,016
That’s a good sign of the popularity of Rocket Racoon and of Skottie Young cartoony approach to it.

DAREDEVIL VOL.2 TPB
144p, 20$, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since February 2015: 2,098
If the floppy serie didn’t put the charts on fire, the collections sell better and I expect them to continue to do so for a long time.

STORM VOL.1 TPB
112p, 16$, $ per page: 14.3 cents
Since February 2015: 1,542
Eh, that’s actually quite good! But god, what an awful name for a Storm tpb: Make it Rain. Thank god, the serie will not live long, if not I can’t imagine the other funny weather titles we would have to endure!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WHO AM I HC
168p, 25$, $ per page: 14.9 cents
Since February 2015: 1,356
The cheapest HC of the month, by far! This is the collection of the Spider-Man Who Am I online Infinite comics, partially released during the free comic book Day. Geoffo and Mast, two french artists hard at work on a lot of Marvel online comics did the storyboard for this. Well done, guys, it sold well!

BLACK PANTHER WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER TPB
200p, 25$, $ per page: 12.5 cents
Since February 2015: 1,025
This collects again the first 6 issues of the old Black Panther serie which lauched with Romita Jr on art + some old stuff.

THOR EPIC COLLECTION TO WAKE MANGOG
456p, 35$, $ per page: 0,77 cents
Since February 2015: 1007
Those Epic Collection really have an amazing value per page, two times less than a classic tpb!

DEATHLOK TPB RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
35$ 456P, $ per page: 7.7 cents
Since January 2015: 1 256 [+535]
Once again, best bargain of the month and it sold again at 2/3 of its first month sales, going over the 1,000 line. It collects the Joe casey & Leonarod Manco Marvel Tech series and plenty of other stuff.

Florent said, on 4/3/2015 8:22:00 AM

Good job Xavier!

I’m so tired of the relaunches… Ms.Marvel will surely have a new #1, as it is a fan favorite and a generally awesome series. Too bad it was one of the few books still at 2,99$ and the last one I read from Marvel…

Cerebro said, on 4/3/2015 9:42:00 AM

“It’s a little hard to be sure what the fate of each title will be after Secret wars: Marvel did release a list of the titles that will come back after the event”

And where would one find this list? Link? And is there some sort of scorecard out there telling us which Secret Wars/Battleworld/whatever minis are replacing which ongoings? I honestly have no clue what I’m buying if I wish to, effectively, continue buying the books that I’ve already been buying. It’s all pretty confusing.

“Something needs to be done and it’s called cutting the mass of indistinct X-Men titles!”

I’ve been saying this for years, now. Marvel seem to keep bending over backwards to try to convince us that each of the X-Men books has a distinct reason for being. And with each passing month, they just seem to get more and more interchangeable. I’m a longtime X-Men fan. The whole line of mutant books needs a serious kick in the butt. I do hope the X-books can rise back to greatness after Bendis leaves.

Heidi MacDonald said, on 4/3/2015 9:50:00 AM

OOPS formatting strikes. I’ll fix the tags.

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8. Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2015: From Star Wars to Secret Wars

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 3/16/2015
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Cover by John Cassaday & Laura Martin

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to my first analysis of the Marvel sales. If you think I have a weird way to express myself, that’s because I’m French. I’m the editor of one of the oldest printed magazine about US comics, Scarce, published in France since 1983. A decade ago, I used to make a monthly analysis of the indie charts for a French forum so I hope I’ll adequatly fill the void created by Jason’s departure from the Marvel charts. No big changes at the horizon, but I have decided to try to give fewer figures but to give more meaning to the ones I will feature. So that you will not take that for laziness on my part, from now on I will also feature Marvel TPB sales: this way, we’ll see which series sell well in paperback compared to his floppy sales. We’ll start slowly only with the new releases from the January solicitations and then each month, I’ll add the sales for each paperback. That should provide some new insight on the Marvel sales.

Reminder: those sales are estimates. Most of what I’m saying is like predicting the future and the course of planets with a screening glass, so don’t take it too seriously.

Grab a coffee, some sweeties and let’s plunge into numbers magic forest!

Keep in mind that not only are those estimates, but it’s only sales to comics shops situed in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in the world in their original floppy editions and, seeing the really low numbers on some titles, it DOES make a difference.

Keep also in mind that just because a copy is sold to a shop doesn’t mean it’s sold to a customer. This would be way too easy. With the variant cover craziness, some shops will not be bothered if they have extra copies, they’ll sell them at a higher price later or use them as entrance point for people wanting to try a new title without paying for a whole paperback.

The most radical change is that my long-term % comparison will be with the issue #2 of a title, not the #1 because they don’t reflect readers numbers at all. At least, with issue 2, you have a better grasp at who really wants to read the story. Call me old fashioned, but I like comics for what’s inside!

Finally, Marvel is making it hard for me to start, as its whole line will be changed during Secret Wars, perhaps never to go back to the old titles. So please excuse me if I’m not aware of breaking news which impacts what I wrote.

Finally, when I’m using bad words about a title, it’s not about the quality of the product (unless I make that clear), it’s only about its sales trajectory. I love comics, and most of the titles I like are poor sellers or don’t have a nice sales trajectory. That’s life. So I hope I will not hurt any feeling of artists stopping by: I love you guys and hope you’ll make tons of money and sell like crazy!

Thanks as always to ICV2.com and Milton Griepp for their permission to use these figures and to the french comics shop Comics Zone in Lyon for using their previews catalogs.

1. STAR WARS

01/15 stars Wars #1 -  985,976

With a $4.99 cover price, that’s a lot of money. Marvel should be very happy about it. But let me be less enthusiastic: remember that those numbers are not the copies sold to the customers, but sold to stores. With tons of variants, the promise that the Star Wars franchise will be more present than ever in theaters, TV, toys…, those shops are more than tempted to buy way more issues than they’re gonna sell. So, Marvel did sell many copies, but the real test for the Star Wars franchise will be in 6 months and then in something like two years: will they be able to do something as good with the franchise as Dark Horse did ?

3, 4. Amazing SPIDER-MAN

04/14  Amazing v3 #1  - 532,586  ( 293.1%)[23,871]
05/14  Amazing v3 #2  - 123,945  ( -76.7%)
06/14  Amazing v3 #3  - 109,029  ( -12.0%)
07/14  Amazing v3 #4  - 117,917  (   8.2%)O.Sin 
08/14  Amazing v3 #5  - 101,655  ( -13.8%)O.Sin 
09/14  Amazing v3 #6  -  93,564  (  -8.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #7  - 116,051  (  24.0%)
10/14  Amazing v3 #8  -  99,549  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #9  - 135,280  ( -14.2%)
11/14  Amazing v3 #10 - 100,899  ( -14.2%)
12/14  Amazing v3 #11 - 104,739  ( +3.8%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #12 – 105,458  ( +0,6%)
01/15  Amazing v3 #13 – 103,093  ( -2,2%)
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Since issue #2: -16,8%

Sales continue to stick above 100k. Only one more month to go before the end of the Spider-verse main storyline.

5. UNCANNY AVENGERS

03/14  U Avengers #18.NOW   -  63,516  ( 19.4%)
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10/14  Uncanny Avengers #25 –  53,263  (  7.7%)
10/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #1 – 138,966  (180.9%)
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12/14  Aven & X-Men Axis #9 –  69,518  (  0.1%)
01/15  Uncanny Avengers v2 #1 – 74,849

That’s disappointing, to say the least. Seeing those numbers, it’s clear that there is a multiple relaunch fatigue going on, especially with the multiple Avengers titles. This title has been already falsely relaunched 9 months ago, under the Marvel Now banner. With a real new issue #1, it’s only selling 11,000 issues more. With 5 variant covers, expect it to end up very quickly at the same level where the previous series ended up, if not below 50k.

6, 25, 27,32. WOLVERINES 

01/15 Wolverines #1 – 73,650
01/15 Wolverines #2 – 43,573 (-41,8%)
01/15 Wolverines #3 – 42,051 (-3,5%)
01/15 Wolverines #4 – 39,790 (-5,4%)

Since issue #2: -8,7%

A weekly Wolverines-like character series selling between 40k and 30k would be perfectly ok for Marvel, seeing that Wolverine is just not the top seller he was before. The -5,4% shouldn’t worry you too much, as this issue made it to the stores on the last week of the month.

7. ANT-MAN 

01/15 Ant-Man #1 – 73,370

That’s a pretty good starting selling point for an Ant-Man series, especially since it’s a slightly oversized $4.99 issue. There is the usual crowd of variant covers. Still, a novelty appeared. I don’t know if it should make us cry or laugh: the shrinking numbered variant cover, which, for each of them, the Ant-Man character drawn on it has a unique size… I can’t wait for the slightly-fading variant covers for a Shadowcat series!

8. THOR
  
12/12  Thor v5 #1   - 110,443
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02/14  Thor #19.Now–  42,034  ( 10.1%)
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09/14  Thor v5 #25 –  53,047  (  38.4%)
10/14  Thor v6 #1  – 150,862  ( 184.4%)[10,756]
11/14  Thor v6 #2  –  89,131  ( -40.9%)
12/14  Thor v6 #3  –  72,563  ( -18.6%)
01/15  Thor v6 #4  -  69,497  ( -4,2%)

Since issue #2: -22,0%

It’s still a little too early to tell where this one is gonna go but its sales level is quite high so far. I would have expected a sales bump with this male VS female Thor issue. Did you check how awesome this male Thor by Russel Dauterman on the cover is? Big nipples, hairy chest, it was time for Thor to enter the realm of masculine hairy guys!

12. ALL-NEW X-MEN

12/12  All-New X-Men #3  -  83,798  
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01/14  All-New #22.NOW   -  76,565  (+21.8%)
02/14  All-New X-Men #23 -  64,625  (-15.6%)
03/14  All-New X-Men #24 -  63,739  ( -1.4%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #25 -  63,827  (  0.1%)
04/14  All-New X-Men #26 -  58,918  ( -7.7%)
05/14  All-New X-Men #27 -  62,269  (  5.7%)
06/14  All-New X-Men #28 -  57,135  ( -8.2%)
07/14  All-New X-Men #29 -  58,817  (  2.9%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #30 -  54,882  ( -6.7%)
08/14  All-New X-Men #31 -  58,535  (  6.7%)
09/14  All-New X-Men #32 -  54,654  ( -6.6%)
10/14  All-New X-Men #33 -  60,032  (  9.8%)
11/14  ---
12/14  All-New X-Men #34 -  57,569  ( -4.1%)
01/15  All-New X-Men #35 -  51,823  (-10,0%)

Lowest level so far for the X-Men locomotive. It’s quite funny that it’s the only proudly standing title with the All-New appellation, yet at the same time the one who specifically doesn’t deserve it, since it features old versions of its characters! Where will it go once Brian Bendis will be done? That’s the question.

13. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

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%)
01/15  Guardians v3 #23 -  51,466  ( -1,9%)

Guardians of the Galaxy is the new Avengers. This series keep staying well above 50k, making babies every other month. There is clearly a ”movie” effect on this one, as we will see below.

16, 83. CAPTAIN AMERICA

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%)
01/15  Captain America v8 #3  - 50,045  ( -0,1%)

Since issue #2: -0,1%

Will the real Captain America please stand up? With this very nice -0,1% percentage, it seems that Steve Wilson could replace our good old Cap…before he returns in another title, so that you will buy one more Captain America series (there are 3 so far this month with Captain America & the Mighty Avengers and Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier)

17. SPIDER-VERSE

11/14 Spider-Verse #1 of 2 – 71,232
12/14 ---
01/15 Spider-Verse #2 of  2 -  49,044 (-31,5%)

That’s a big drop for a scheduled 2-part anthology. Still, very good numbers.

18. UNCANNY X-MEN

12/11 Uncanny X-Men #3     - 64,112
---
03/14 U X-Men #19.NOW      - 64,514 ( 17.5%)
04/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #20 - 55,359 (-14.2%)
05/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #21 - 54,747 ( -1.1%)
06/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #22 - 52,731 ( -3.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #23 - 55,738 (  5.7%)
07/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #24 - 53,677 (  5.7%)O.Sin
08/14 ---
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #25 -  58,062 (  8.2%)
09/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #26 -  51,862 (-10.7%)
10/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #27 -  57,908 ( 11.7%)
11/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #28 -  55,939 ( -3.4%)
12/14 Uncanny X-Men v3 #29 -  53,502 ( -4.4%)
01/15 Uncanny X-Men v3 #30 -  48,824  (-8,7%)

Same punition than All New X-Men, as this serie drops to his lowest level. Trouble is, the Uncanny brand, which was connected to the X-Men history, has no meaning anymore. Which X-Men title is supposed to be the main one? That’s a mystery, and the title adjectives don’t help at all.

19, 41. 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  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%)
01/15  Avengers v5 #40 -  47,483  ( +0,9%)

09/14  Avengers v5 #34.1 -  45,942  ( -15.6%)
01/15  Avengers v5 #34.2 -  38,078   (-17,1%)

This “.” Numbering is just plain silly. The result is not only that you get a poor seller, but that people buying their issues afterwards, will never know they missed a bunch of issues, as they go from issue 34 to 35, like any logical person would do. We have a bunch of new “old New Universe characters” in this one. I’ve got a future title idea for Marvel: All-new New Universe! Terrific, no?

26. DEADPOOL
 
12/12  Deadpool v4 #3  -  60,215 
---
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)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #40 -  42,467   (+0,6%)
01/15  Deadpool v4 #41 -  39,848   (-6,2%)

Issue 40 was a special one, taking the form of an educational coloring book. It seems to have attracted readers. After that, it’s back to business as the extra Axis readers leave and the standard attrition kicks back. Nothing to be worried about I suppose.

29- UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL

01/15 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 41,693

Marvel took Ryan North from the successful Adventure Time comics and probably expect that this weird ongoing series, with a character related to no big brand, will turn into a nice all-ages seller in paperback form. More than 40k is not a bad debut that all for such a project, especially since the variant frenzy has cooled down a bit (only 3 variant covers). Marvel seems way less protective of its characters than DC when it comes to parody and humor. The success of Harley Quinn at DC will perhaps change their aim too.

30. NEW AVENGERS

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%)
01/15  New Avengers v3 #29 -  41,116  (+3,1%) (SW prelude)

Sales jumps up a bit thanks to the Secret Wars prelude sticker “Times run out.”

34. 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%)
01/15  Rocket Raccoon #7  -   39,342  ( -4,4%)

Since issue #2: -30,5%

Rocket Raccoon is still going down faster than it should at this point. However, it is still quite high for such an unusual character.

37. IRON MAN

12/12  Iron Man v6 #4   - 56,708

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%)
01/15  Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515  (  -0,7%)

Since issue #2: -9,6%

Marvel is probably really disappointed with the sale level of this one. The Superior effect didn’t work for Iron Man, but at least sales seem to have stabilized and are still some thousands above where they were before.

39. SPIDER-WOMAN

11/14  Spider-Woman #1 -  93,723 (Spider-Verse)
12/14  Spider-Woman #2 -  44,618  ( -52.4%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15  Spider-Woman #3 -  38,484  (-13,8%) (spider-Verse)

Since issue #2: -13,8%

Spider-Verse is not over yet and still this one is plunging like there is no tomorrow. It sill hurts to see Spider-Woman who, originally, was one of the most original Marvel female characters (with a temper, so rare!), being reduced visually to a bimbo thanks to Greg Land and silly covers. That’s certainly not the graphic approach I was expecting, especially for her. Let’s hope that the presence of Dennis Hopeless, who did a great job with Avengers Arena, will be enough to make a difference and stop this bleeding.

40,42- 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%)
---
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #7 -  38,455 (-0,5%)
01/15 Spider-Man 2099 #8 -  37,484 (-2,5%)

Since issue #2: -21,1%

This title has stabilized but seeing that it’s currently in a Spider-verse tie-in, this stagnation could hide a severe attrition. It seems scheduled to change into Secret Wars 2099 during Secret Wars.

43. ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN

12/14  Angela #1 -  61,398  
01/15  Angela #2 -  36,992  (-39,8%)

Not bad for a character whose original stories most people buying this have never read. It’s nice to see Phil Jimenez back on a mainstream title after all those years. With Wonder Woman, he has already shown that he is a penciller with a respectful graphic approach to female characters.

45. DEADPOOL vs.

04/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #1 of 4 – 57,275 [4,497]
…
06/14  Dpool vs. Carnage #4 of 4 – 47,228  (  1.2%)
07/14  Dpool vs. X-Force #1 - 54,762  ( --- )
...
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%)
01/15  Dpool vs. Hawkeye #4 of 4 – 36,082  (-0,2%)

This mini-series did the job. Expect more to come.

49. SPIDER-MAN & THE X-MEN
  
02/14  Wolverine/X-Men #42 – 35,392  ( -1.1%)
03/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #1  - 54,675  ( 54.5%)
---
11/14  Wolver/X-Men v2 #12 - 28,457  (  1.2%)
12/14  Spider/X-Men v1 #1  - 61,952  (117.7%)
01/15  Spider/X-Men v1 #2  - 34,329  (-44,6%)

See what I told you? Relaunch fatigue. Already relaunched 9 months ago, this one could have aimed higher, since Spider-Man is currently way more popular than Wolverine. Hell, it’s already way below where the previous volume was at the same time. Putting Spider-Man everywhere (after having been an Avenger, now an X-Man?), without considering that his presence is hurting the identity of this X-men book, is perhaps the wrong move…

50. SHIELD 

12/14  SHIELD #1 -  94,503  
01/15  SHIELD #2 -  33,965 (-64,1%)

That’s what you get when most of the #1 copies are not for readers, but for stores to keep in stock, expecting interest from viewers of the TV show, or from collectors of #1 hype variant covers. This issue features the new Ms Marvel. It will be interesting to see if Marvel, with the aid of the TV show, is able to keep a series featuring central non-super powered characters running.

51. THANOS VS HULK 

12/14  Thanos vs Hulk #1  -  39,862  
01/15  Thanos vs Hulk #2  -  33,891 (-15,0%)

Thanos is more the selling point than Hulk for this one, obviously. For such an old school project, that is quite a performance.

55. DAREDEVIL

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%)
01/15  Daredevil v4 #12 – 31,989  (+1,9%)

Since issue #2: -25,3%

The fake relaunch didn’t change a thing, Mark Waid & Chris Samnee Daredevil is at the same level than before, except that it cost $1 more per issue for the last 10 months..

56. SPIDER-VERSE TEAM UP

10/14  Spider-Verse Team Up #1  of 3 -  35,449  (---)
11/14  Spider-Verse Team Up #2  of 3 -  34,408  (-2.9%)
01/15  Spider-Verse Team Up #3 of  3  -  31,617 (-8,1%)

Last issue of this Spiderverse tie-in mini-series. It didn’t set the charts on fire but at the same time, Marvel is really asking for our money on every front so, choices have to be made.

61. DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR

10/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #1 of 4-  42,673  
11/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #2 of 4-  36,707  (-14.0%)
12/14  Deadpool’s Art of War #3 of 4-  33,151  ( -9.7%)
01/15  Deadpool's Art of War #4 of 4 -  30,865  ( -6.9%)

Another Deadpool mini is ending. As long as they keep selling easily above 30k, we’ll keep seeing them regularly.

63. SCARLET SPIDERS

11/14  Scarlet Spiders #1  of 3-  36,281  (---)(Spider-Verse)
12/14  Scarlet Spiders #2  of 3-  29,628  (-18.3%)(Spider-Verse)
01/15  Scarlet Spiders #3  of 3 -  30,262  ( +2,1%)

Was it the promise that one of the Scarlet Spiders will die in this last issue that helped the sales rebound?.

64. MILES MORALES ULT SPIDER-MAN

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%)
01/15  M.M. Ult Spider-man #9 – 30,135  ( -4,2%)

Since issue #2: -21,2%

Sole survivor of the Ultimate line for the remaining months to come, struggling to stay above the 30k line..

66, 71. AMAZING X-MEN
  
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)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #15  -  29,868  ( -5,1%)
01/15  Amazing X-Men v2 #16  -  28,416  ( -4,9%)

Since issue #2: -53,3%

The “guess who’s the new Juggernaut” storyline hasn’t attracted readers, to say the least. All those X-men books can’t be told one from the other with their their name: Amazing X-Men could be Amazing X-Men or All New X-men or X-men. Wouldn’t a unique weekly X-men comic be a better choice?

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%)

Since issue #2: -21,1%

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. Curiously, it has the Last Days banner during Secret Wars, suggesting that perhaps this banner is not a cancellation warning sign.

65. FANTASTIC FOUR

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%)
01/15  Fantastic Four   #642 – 30,118  ( +21,9%)

Since issue #2: -19,8%

3 more months to go. People are coming back to see who will survive.

67. X-MEN
 
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%)
01/15  X-Men v4 #23 -  29,650  (  -1,8%)

G. Willow Wilson, writer of Ms Marvel takes over the title for one story arc. It slowed down the sales erosion. The X-men brand is really weak right now. This X-Men title is at the sales level its previous volume was, except it reached it way faster, despite the help of a Marvel Now fake relaunch.

73, 85. LEGENDARY STAR LORD

07/14  Star Lord #1 – 78,501
08/14  Star Lord #2 – 37,109 (-52.7%)
09/14  Star Lord #3 – 32,918 (-11.3%)
10/14  Star Lord #4 – 37,123 ( 12.8%)
11/14  Star Lord #5 – 36,905 ( -0.6%)
12/14  Star Lord #6 – 32,863 (-11.0%)
01/15  Star Lord #7 – 28,174 (-14,3%)
01/15  Star Lord #8 – 25,227 (-10,5%)

Since issue #2: -32,0%

Ouch! Is reality checking back on the Guardians of the Galaxy brand? 4 books at $3.99 each, with some of them double shipping is probably too much.

75. HULK
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%)
01/15  Hulk v3 #10	    - 27,553  ( -0,5%)

Since issue #2: -32,1%

Both DC (with the Green lantern group of books shrinking) and Marvel see the long term consequences of playing the “same character with different colors” game. This Red hulk VS Green Hulk fight managed at least to stop the bleeding. Apparently the title will be replaced and give birth to Planet Hulk during Secret Wars.

76. OPERATION SIN

01/15 Operation Sin #1 of 5 -  26,732

It will be interesting to see if this espionage-mini will stay above 15k (and let’s dream, 20k!). It is so hard for Marvel to sell anything that is not 100% super-heroes. With the SHIELD TV show success, there is probably a little more interest from readers for this genre. This mini was also mysteriously tied in with the Original Sin event, it probably helped. Good sales!

79. 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)
09/14  Magneto #10– 30,769  ( -2.5%)(Axis)
10/14  Magneto #11– 31,642  (  2.8%)(Axis)
11/14  Magneto #12– 30,107  ( -4.9%)(Axis)
12/14  Magneto #13– 27,418  ( -8.9%)
01/15  Magneto #14- 26,306  (- 4,1%)

Since issue #2: -26,5%

Who would have thought that, among all the solo X-Men series, this one would be the successful one, with all the other tanking very quickly? It’s almost selling the same amount of copies than the adjecttiveless X-Men book! Now, it needs to stabilize saleswise.

80. AVENGERS NO MORE BULLYING

01/15 Avengers no more bullying -  26,164

A very good surprise. Only $1.99 for this extra-size issue (30p of art) featuring three tales involving bullying, one from the point of view of a young boy (involving Spider-Man), another from Hawkeye in the Avengers and the final one from an alien (with the Guardians of Galaxy). Short, clever, effective and educational without being boring! Marvel could have probably sold more if they put more heart to it: the preview solicitation listed no artist, nor the fact that the issue was such a bargain (it should have been 3 times more expensive!). Marcio Takara art on the Spider-Man story is just amazing! Oh, and French penciller Paul Renaud did the main cover, cocorico!

83. MIGHTY AVENGERS

09/14  Mighty Avengers v2 #14 - 21,516  ( -4.3%)
10/14  ---
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #1  - 60,206  (179.8%)
11/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #2  - 34,428  (-42.8%)
12/14  Cap & M. Avengers  #3  - 28,744  (-16.5%)
01/15  Cap & M. Avengers  #4  - 25,352   (-11,8%)
---
Since issue #2: -26,4%

If Stan Wilson as the new Captain America is to be accepted, thinking that another relaunch (again!) with the addition of his name to the title would help sales was perhaps a bit too optimistic. That’s a disaster, to say the least. TOO MUCH AVENGERS TEAM BOOKS! (It’s scheduled under the Last Days banner during Secret Wars)

86. DEATH OF WOLVERINE: WEAPON X PROGRAM

11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #1 of 5 - 44,612 
11/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #2 of 5 - 33,143 (-25.7%)
12/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #3 of 5 - 29,355 (-11.4%)
12/14  DoW: Weapon X Program #4 of 5 - 27,979 ( -4.7%)
01/15  DoW: Weapon X Program #5 of 5 – 24,955  (-10.8%)

This mini probably shed more readers than it should have but 25k is not that bad. The moderate success of the Death of Wolverine event will perhaps prevent us from having a major character “killed” every year.

88. MOON KNIGHT
  
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%)
01/15  Moon Knight v5 #11 -  24,464 ( -8,1%)
---
Since issue #2: -40,1%

The original creative team leaving really killed this one. Things would probably not have been that different but with results like this, it probably means that Moon Knight will be put to rest soon for quite some time.

89. 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%)
01/15  Inhuman #11- 24,410  (- 4,1%)
---
Since issue #2: -41,6%

“All New Young guns” sticker or not, Marvel’s efforts to make X-men fans switch to the Inhumans are not working yet. It’s difficult to make people care for those characters when Mavel used them mostly like puppets (making them constantly move from one location to another for example).

91. SILVER SURFER

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%)
---
01/15 Silver Surfer #8 -  23,420 (-9,1%)

Since issue #2: -40,2%

Those numbers are not good. The series seems to be scheduled to end with issue 12 with the Last Days banner.

 95, 114- BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER 

05/14  Winter Soldier Bitter March #4 -  19,930  
---
10/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #1 -  47,471  
11/14  Bucky Barnes: Winter Solder #2 -  32,409  (-31.7%)
---
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #3 -  22,125 (-31,7%)
01/15 Bucky Barnes winter soldier #4 -  19,280 (-12,9%)

Since issue #2: -40,5%

After only 4 issues, it’s back to the level of the previous mini-series. Now it needs to stabilize very quickly if it wants to reach double digit issue number. It’s scheduled with the “last days” label during Secret Wars, not a good sign!

100. 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%)
01/15  Punisher v10 #14 – 21,382  (+ 0,4%)

Since issue #2: -32,6%

Stabilized. Will Marvel be happy with it and does it want to put the Punisher back in trend with a new twist on the character (and a relaunch of course)? That seems to be the plan as Punisher will have the Last Days label during Secret Wars. Marvel hasn’t turned its attention to him in years.

103,115. ALL-NEW X-FACTOR
  
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)
01/15  X-Factor v5 #19 – 19,104
01/15  X-Factor v5 #20 – 21,132  (+10,6%)

Since issue #2: -34,4%

Marvel has double shipped this book like crazy: 20 issues in 13 months! Curiosity attracted extra readers for this final issue. Peter David is going back to Hulk with the upcoming Future Imperfect mini.

106. GUARDIANS 3000

10/14  Guardians 3000 #1  -  58,574  (---)
11/14  Guardians 3000 #2  -  34,467  (-41.2%)
12/14  Guardians 3000 #3  -  25,509  (-26.0%)
01/15  Guardians 3000 #4  -  20,318  (-20,3%)

Since issue #2: -40,1%

See I told you that the Guardians of Galaxy franchise can’t perhaps support so many books at the same time? What is really sad is that it’s the return of the original series that would suffer from it. Guardians of Galaxy will be known from now on as Starlord and Co, not Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk… With the Legion of Super-Heroes gone, this could have been a nice alternative. I’m afraid it’s gonna end very soon, even if Marvel replaces it with the series called Korvac Saga, scheduled to appear during Secret Wars.

107. BLACK WIDOW
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01/14  Black Widow #1  - 53,879
01/14  Black Widow #2  - 31,260  ( -42.0%)
02/14  Black Widow #3  – 28,127  ( -10.0%)
03/14  Black Widow #4  – 27,378  (  -2.7%)
04/14  Black Widow #5  – 27,055  (  -1.2%)
05/14  Black Widow #6  – 26,136  (  -3.4%)
06/14  Black Widow #7  – 25,423  (  -2.7%)
07/14  Black Widow #8  – 24,555  (  -3.4%)
08/14  Black Widow #9  – 24,885  (   1.3%)
09/14  Black Widow #10 – 23,687  (  -4.8%)
10/14  Black Widow #11 – 23,922  (   1.0%)
11/14  Black Widow #12 – 22,971  (  -4.0%)
12/14  Black Widow #13 – 21,444  (  -6.6%)
01/15  Black Widow #14 – 20,292  ( - 5,4%)

Since issue #2: -35,1%

During Secret Wars, Black Widow will live her Last Days. A premonition of the fate that should await her with sales going down like that?

111. Loki, Agent of Asgard
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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)
01/15  Loki #10-  19,856  ( - 8,5%)
---
Since issue #2: -39,0%

The Axis tie-in hides a shedding readers situation. What is the cause of it, boring readers who don’t care about it? Loki will stay around during Secret Wars with a Last Days tag, so we will have the answer soon.

112. 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) 
01/15  Nova v5 #26 – 19,639   ( -9,9%)

Back to the standard attrition accumulated during the Axis tie-in. Nova is not putting the charts on fire but is keeping its readers interested: that’s most than a lot of others books can say! It will be replaced by the Infinity Gauntlet series once Secret Wars kicks in

113. CAPTAIN MARVEL
  
11/13  Captain Marvel v6 #17 - 18,173  (-20.5%)
12/13  ---
01/14  ---
02/14  ---
03/14  Captain Marvel v7 #1  - 44,248  
04/14  Captain Marvel v7 #2  - 28,008 (-36.7%)
05/14  Captain Marvel v7 #3  - 26,057 ( -7.0%)
06/14  Captain Marvel v7 #4  - 24,062 ( -7.7%)
07/14  Captain Marvel v7 #5  - 23,666 ( -1.6%)
08/14  Captain Marvel v7 #6  - 21,221 (-10.3%)
09/14  Captain Marvel v7 #7  - 21,022 ( -0.9%)
10/14  Captain Marvel v7 #8  - 20,692 ( -1.6%)
11/14  Captain Marvel v7 #9  - 19,885 ( -3.9%)
12/14  Captain Marvel v7 #10 - 19,973 (  0.4%)
01/15  Captain Marvel v7 #11 – 19,527 ( -2,2%)
---
Since issue #2: -30,3%

This book stabilized. Yet, it’s in the danger zone. Will Marvel keep it to maintain his current nice bunch of female lead character books? It should get a nice bump with a relaunch under the name Captain Marvel and the Carol Cops during Secret Wars, a kind of modernized Blackhawk title?

116. 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%)
01/15  Nightcrawler #10- 18,832  (-7,3%)
---
Since issue #2: -46,7%

Ending unsurprisingly with issue 12. Half the readers are gone now (I’m talking from issue 2 number, issue 1 numbers not being significant for real readers.

123. X-FORCE

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%)
01/15  X-Force v6 #14 – 17,576  (-6,3%)
---
Since issue #2: -46,3%

Only one more issue to go. Relaunching this was a disaster. It’s time to put this brand name to rest.

133. Iron Fist: Living Weapon
  
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%)
01/15  Iron Fist LW #8 -  17,676 ( -9,5%)

Since issue #2: -47,5%

Only 4 more issues to go for this maxi-series. It’s lost half of its readers now. When you accustom your audience to a lot of double shipping books, don’t expect them to keep their patience with a 12 part storyline published less than monthly…

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%)

Since issue #2: -28,4%

She-Hulk ends with issue 12 next month.

129. SECRET AVENGERS

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%)
01/15  Secret Avengers v3 #12 – 16,525   (-3,4%)

Since issue #2: -33,2%

3 more issues to go until issue 15. Another completely failed relaunch.

131. POWERS

05/14  Bureau #10   -  9,002  (  0.5%)
06/14  ---
07/14  ---
08/14  ---
09/14  Bureau #11   -  8,747  ( -2.8%)
10/14  ---
11/14  Bureau #12   -  8,379  ( -4.2%)
---
---
01/15 Powers #1 -  16,467 (+96,5%)

How many times has the series been renumbered with the promise to release it regularly? One issue is solicited every month from now on, with even an annual thrown as a bonus in the May solicitation so this one could be it. Nice debut sales, but if we apply the usual post #1 decline, this will go back almost to where it was.

133. 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%)
01/15  Cyclops #9 – 16,287  (-5,0%)

Since issue #2: -47,7%

Another failing X-men solo title. Half the readers are gone. It will be probably not survive the Secret Wars relaunch thingie.

137. STORM

07/14  Storm #1 – 47,566
08/14  Storm #2 – 25,268 ( -46.9%)
09/14  Storm #3 – 22,078 ( -12.6%)
10/14  Storm #4 – 19,862 ( -10.0%)
11/14  Storm #5 – 17,999 (  -9.4%)
12/14  Storm #6 – 17,028 (  -5.4%)
01/15  Storm #7 – 15,784  (-7,3%)

Since issue #2: -37,5%

Another failed attempt at a solo X-men title. This one is sinking even faster. Dead whenever Secret Wars will kick in.

147. DEATHLOK

12/09 Deathlok #2 – 14,059
---
10/14 Deathlok #1 – 43,991
11/14 Deathlok #2 – 20,883 ( -52.5%)
12/14 Deathlok #3 – 18,112 ( -13.3%)
01/15 Deathlok #4 – 14,498  (-20,0%)

Since issue #2: -30,6%

If it keeps falling, it will end with less than 10k sales. So far, it’s still solicited until issue 8.

149. MIRACLE MAN

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%)
---
01/15 Miracle Man #14 -  14,024 (-0,9%)

Since issue #2: -62,0%

It seems to have found his level. Not bad for a reprint.

150. 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%)
01/15  All-New Invaders  #14 – 13,959  (-5,0%)

Since issue #2: -56,8%

Ending next month. More than 60% of the debut readers are gone. Marvel did try this last decade to make the title work but it just won’t click with buyers.

151. ALL NEW GHOST RIDER

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%)
---
01/15 All New Ghost Rider #10 -  13,866 (-10,9%)

Since issue #2: -52,9%

This will switch after issue 12 to a new title during Secret Wars, featuring several Ghost Riders on a Mad Max ride (no kidding!).

163. All NEW ULTIMATES

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%)
01/15  All-New Ult #12  - 12,179  (-6,4%) END
---
Since issue #2: -49,6%

This is the end. The casting and the story had nothing to do with the Ultimates. This was mostly a way to sell a new Cloak and Dagger series (with some extra characters in the mix and Spider-Man to help sales) under a false name. It totally crashed and burned.

164. 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%)
01/15  Elektra #10-  12,121  (-8,5%)

Since issue #2: -54,5%

Ending next month. Half the debut readers are gone.

179. MEN OF WRATH

10/14  Men of Wrath #1 of 5– 20,927
11/14  Men of Wrath #2 of 5– 13,484 (-35.6%)
12/14  Men of Wrath #3 of 5– 11,839 (-12.2%)
01/15  Men of Wrath #4 of 5 – 10,367 (-12,4%)

Marvel is letting this one sell by itself, that’s not a bad result. One more issue until the limited series ends.

189. MARVEL’s AVENGERS LTD
---
12/14  Marvel’s Avengers #1 of 2– 11,370
01/15  Marvel's Avengers #2 of 2– 9,147 (-19,6%)

Business as usual. There had to be a Marvel comics adaptation of the movie. At least it’s $2.99 per issue.

215. 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%)
01/15  Act Two #5 of 5 -  7,780  (-6,6%)

If this one keeps getting published after that, this will be probably because of a licensing obligation.

281. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

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

10/14  ---
11/14  MUU Spider-Man WW #1  – 6,343  (  -1.0%)
12/14  MUU Spider-Man WW #2  – 5,063  ( -20.2%)
01/15  MUU spider-Man WW #3  - 4,873  (-3,8%)

Since issue #2: -3,8%

The “share your universe” line is welcoming a 3rd title next month: the Guardians of Galaxy. Then the title is cancelled with its 4th April issue. Something mysterious happened there…

295. MU AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO
---
01/15 MU Avengers Assemble Season Two #3 4,503

For several months the MU Avengers “share your universe” title hasn’t appeared in the top 300. It’s at the same level as before.

NEW TPB SALES FOR THE JANUARY SOLLICTATIONS

I’ll put an indicator of $ cents per page, as some TPBs really are a bargain, and other not. Of course, HC will have a higher price per page, but can still be compared one to another. So far, you can say that the maximum price per page for Marvel for a floppy is 19 cents a page.

Floppies are at such a poor production quality right now at Marvel (no cover, ads in the middle of the story, for mostly $4 for 20 page of art) that I won’t bother looking back to find the total price of what was collected in each TPB. When you purchase a Marvel TPB, you have a cover, no ads and bonus content, often with some of the variant covers. So let’s give them their own value.

13.2¢ a page seems to be the standard price for small collections (under 200 p) right now.
Huge softcover collections are under 10¢ a page.

DEADPOOL THE ONES WITH DEADPOOL TPB 
128p $16,  $ per page: 12.5 cents 
Since January 2015:  3,520

Quite good sales from Marvel fan favorite character, especially when you consider that this is only a random selection of 3 Deadpool annuals and a special.

GOTG / ALL NEW X-MEN TRIAL OF JEAN GREY TPB 
144p, $20, $ per page: 13.9 cents
Since January 2015: 3,207

Combining the remake of the most famous X-Men story and the most successful Marvel brand of the moment? This could make a very nice regular back seller.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN TPB 2 DEATH OF WOLVERINE   
136p, $18, $ per page: 13.2 cents
Since January 2015: 1,661

SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN TPB 3   
136p, $18, $ per page: 13.2 cents
Since January 2015:  1,561

Not bad for such a low seller tier characters series!

SECRET SERVICE TP  
160p, $13, $ per page: 8.1 cents
Since January 2015:  1,087

With this very nice price, this collection could have its chance in the back catalog, helped by the success of the movie.

CATACLYSM THE ULTIMATES LAST STAND TPB  
432p, $40, $ per page: 9.3 cents  
Since January 2015:   907

NEW WARRIORS  TPB 2 ALWAYS AND FOREVER  18$  
136p, $18, $ per page: 13.2 cents
Since January 2015:    794

SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB 3 BIG TIME  
352p, $45, $ per page: 9.9 cents
Since January 2015:     765

DEATHLOK TPB RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 
$35 456P, $ per page: 7.7 cents    
Since January 2015: 721 
This one contains the whole Marvel Tech Deathlok series (Leonardo Manco at his best!) and episodes connected to a Red Skrull storyline. That's the winner of this month for the best bargain!

Thanks for reading until the end! Hope to see you next time. Feel free to comment!

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

14 Comments on Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2015: From Star Wars to Secret Wars, last added: 3/19/2015

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chris said, on 3/16/2015 10:31:00 AM

I would argue the Daredevil relaunched worked; they got more sales out of it for 10 issues and at a dollar more.

As for Inhuman, it’s quite sad it doesn’t sell as well. it’s a really good story.

Torsten Adair said, on 3/16/2015 11:28:00 AM

A note to readers:
Europeans use commas instead of periods. Since M. Lancel is doing the calculations, it’s not a big deal.

A few suggestions:
1) If possible, could you list the variants for the latest issue, as well as the ratios? The Diamond retailer order form usually lists them.
2) When listing the paperbacks, could you list the ranking from the ICV2 GN list? \
2,5) You might want to add that paperback analysis into the list above, based on which issues are reprinted in those trade collections. Perhaps even take an average of the single issue sales, and compare them to the sales for the books.

Goggles said, on 3/16/2015 11:38:00 AM

Just a suggestion, rather than computing the drop off of issue 2, why not start with the second month? Cap & the Mighty Avengers shipped twice in the first month. I would think retailers had to guess on both issues not just issue one.

SCARCE- Xavier Lancel said, on 3/16/2015 11:46:00 AM

Chris: money wise, the daredevil relaunch probably made Marvel happy. But they were hoping to catch more readers due to the very good reviews the title had, and to translate it into readers who would stay with the title. Didn’t happen.

Torsten, yes, I will correct my orthographic frenchness next time :)

1- Arf, variants….I’ll try to put a little more information on them
2- Hum, not sure the ranking has a real meaning for the TPB, since they sell over a big period of time. In fact, I would like to perhaps drop the ICV2 ranking for the floppy and replace it with a Marvel ranking.
3- Yes, that’s I would like to do, put the TPB in the major list whenever it’s directly related to a title into it.

Googles: i’ll stick with issue 2. they also have to guess for the next month in fact. But their guess for issue 2, no matter which month it sells, is their guess for readers.

tanks for the suggestions!

rob e said, on 3/16/2015 11:47:00 AM

Welcome aboard, Xavier. Outstanding first effort.

The main thing I take from your report is that there are simply too many Avengers and X titles. I grew up in the 1970s where, for the most part it was a “one character, one book” mentality. The exception was Superman ( Superman and Action Comics) and Batman (Batman and Detective Comics). I personally miss those days. I know that for a while those hundreds of books featuring the same character(s) sold like gangbusters, but that’s mostly cooled off by now.

I never was a huge X fan–I’m probably one of the few readers to despise Wolverine—but I’ve followed the Avengers since the early 70s (and read the earlier stuff through reprint titles and trades). The biggest thing for me about the Avengers, and I know this sounds silly, was that in the Avengers, it always seemed that being an Avenger was a huge honor. Not many heroes had been Avengers, and a hero simply didn’t turn down the offer (with the exception being Spider-Man). Nowadays, it’s hard to rattle off ten semi/major names who HAVEN’T been an Avenger—three-fourths of the Fantastic Four have been members, for cryin’ out loud! The Avengers currently remind me of the “Defender For A Day” storyline where heroes thought they could become members of the Defenders simply by saying they were. It almost makes me wish Marvel could “New 52″ their universe and once again make the Avengers an exclusive club, restoring the uniqueness of it all. It’s the only way I can think to even begin to put that particular genie back into it’s bottle.

comicsatemybrain said, on 3/16/2015 1:19:00 PM

“not sure the ranking has a real meaning for the TPB, since they sell over a big period of time. In fact, I would like to perhaps drop the ICV2 ranking for the floppy and replace it with a Marvel ranking.”

For most of their collected editions, Marvel treats them like periodicals: they often print quantities that aren’t that much higher than retailer pre-orders in order to reduce their warehousing costs. And Marvel doesn’t go back to press very often for their collected editions (for the more popular releases, they might repackage the material in a different format, but generally speaking they only rarely keep a book in print after the initial printing and release). Much of this is in response to the sales activity of collected editions since very few appear on the Diamond charts more than once… after that first month of release, the number of units that move each month is pretty tiny. And we know from Brian Hibbs’ analysis of the Bookscan numbers that retailers such as Amazon usually don’t add many sales beyond the Diamond numbers.

JC LEBOURDAIS said, on 3/16/2015 3:35:00 PM

nicely done :)

Niels van Eekelen said, on 3/16/2015 3:52:00 PM

“I can’t wait for the slightly-fading variant covers for a Shadowcat series!”

I kinda want this now. Always like a good image of Kitty partway through a wall.

A lot of disastrous relaunches, if I read this, but I expect that from Marvel’s perspective those same relaunches kept the book afloat another year and sold another bunch of comics for them.

Kevin Fisher said, on 3/16/2015 6:04:00 PM

Welcome Xavier, you did a great job!

I think the numbers are telling: Marvel’s constant relaunches are only bringing short term gains. I would postulate that, if a series just kept going and the numbers kept high, it would probably remain more stable over time and may even sell better.

Brian Hibbs said, on 3/16/2015 7:04:00 PM

” i’ll stick with issue 2. they also have to guess for the next month in fact. But their guess for issue 2, no matter which month it sells, is their guess for readers. ”

I don’t think that is as true as you do. Generally, we have a programmatic drop between issue #1 & #2 (eg, 70% of #1), but there’s a BIG difference between a Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) order for a two-times-in-a-month series, vs a properly monthly comic. In properly monthly we have FIRST WEEK SALES DATA to help us decide; in a twice-a-month comic (where there are less than three weeks between issues) we do not.

-B

Zach said, on 3/16/2015 8:32:00 PM

Thanks for running the numbers, Xavier. A good read. Just a minor note – I believe you called Falcon “Stan Wilson” at one point.

Mathieu Doublet said, on 3/16/2015 8:41:00 PM

Nice job, Xavier, with an interesting point of view. :)
Don’t know if it’s my navigator or something but I can’t read whole comments about TPBs. :)
Keep up the good work, hein ! ;)

Kyle Pinion said, on 3/16/2015 8:51:00 PM

Squirrel Girl dropped to around 24k for issue 2 last month per http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2015/2015-02.html

It’s going to need to find a hold and fast, or it may not last terribly long, which is a shame given what a talented writer North is.

HsssH said, on 3/18/2015 11:58:00 PM

Its kinda strange that Marvel is facing rather obvious problem with relaunch fatigue and their solution to that is bunch of new relaunches during and after Secret Wars? Will it work this time?

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