2. WOLVERINE: ORIGINS
Apr 06 Wolverine: Origins #1 - 150,283

A very strong debut for WOLVERINE: ORIGINS. Marvel's purpose in creating this series is a little obscure. The official line is that they wanted to do a Civil War crossover with the ongoing WOLVERINE title, so they set up this title to continue Daniel Way's storyline. But if that was the only problem, they'd have taken the simpler route and published a CIVIL WAR: WOLVERINE miniseries. Really, it seems more like Marvel are seizing the opportunity to get some more Wolverine on the shelves.

Considering that sales on WOLVERINE have been unspectcular during the Daniel Way period, this has to rate as an extremely impressive start. Of course, it also benefits from a variant cover by Michael Turner. Issue #2 will have a variant cover by Bryan Hitch, and issue #3 has a variant by Simone Bianchi. So it's going to be a little time before we find out what this book can do without stunts. But then, people said that about NEW AVENGERS, and in the long run its sales have held up nicely.

exellenter Start

3. NEW AVENGERS
Apr 01 Avengers #41 - 62,532
Apr 02 Avengers #53 - 53,828
Apr 03 Avengers #66 - 58,312
Apr 04 Avengers #81 - 54,987
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Apr 05 New Avengers #5 - 168,556 ( +6.5%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 New Avengers #6 - 164,592 ( -2.4%)
Jul 05 New Avengers #7 - 158,693 ( -3.6%)
Aug 05 New Avengers #8 - 156,037 ( -1.7%)
Aug 05 New Avengers #9 - 147,501 ( -5.5%)
Sep 05 New Avengers #10 - 143,014 ( -3.0%)
Sep 05 New Avengers #11 - 134,125 ( -6.2%)
Oct 05 New Avengers #12 - 130,110 ( -3.0%)
Nov 05 New Avengers #13 - 126,148 ( -3.0%)
Dec 05 New Avengers #14 - 126,583 ( +0.3%)
Jan 06 New Avengers #15 - 124,143 ( -1.9%)
Feb 06 New Avengers #16 - 124,256 ( +0.1%)
Mar 06 New Avengers #17 - 122,847 ( -1.1%)
Apr 06 New Avengers #18 - 121,550 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -6.6%)
1 year ( -27.9%)
2 year (+121.1%)
3 year (+108.4%)

Despite the post-variants drop-off, NEW AVENGERS continues to sell in very healthy quantities. Issue #17 ships 1,749 reorders to chart at number 285. As always, those are included in the number above. Frequently 1,749 wouldn't be enough to make the charts - April, however, was pretty quiet overall, with the number 300 comic selling only 1,421. In March it was almost double that.

weiterhin konstant

4. ASTONISHING X-MEN
Apr 05 n/a
May 05 Astonishing X-Men #10 - 156,298 (+15.5%)
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 Astonishing X-Men #11 - 127,768 (-18.3%)
Aug 05 Astonishing X-Men #12 - 134,693 ( +5.4%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 Astonishing X-Men #13 - 147,119 ( +9.2%)
Mar 06 n/a
Apr 06 Astonishing X-Men #14 - 119,545 (-18.7%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year (-23.5%)

No, it's not running late - ASTONISHING X-MEN is on a bimonthly schedule after returning from its hiatus. In part, this is a kind of second-issue drop, but it's also significant that issue #13 had a variant and this one doesn't. ASTONISHING figures waver all over the place depending on the scattershot application of variant covers, and this isn't an enormous number by the standards the book has reached in the past, but it's still miles ahead of the rest of the X-books.

verkauft sich schlechter als Season 1, bin wohl nicht der einzige der abgesprungen ist und lieber aufs Trade wartet

6. MOON KNIGHT
Apr 06 Moon Knight #1 - 103,670

You see what happens when you promote a new launch properly? And there was me thinking Marvel had forgotten how. Moon Knight has been a C-list hero for years, so Marvel can take justifiable pride in shifting over 100K of his first issue. A large part of the credit, of course, has to go to artist David Finch, who seems to be a significant sales draw on his own. There's also - say it with me, now - a variant cover. Still, a very good start for a Moon Knight series, and the reaction seems to be generally positive.

Die Uberaschung des Monats wenn nicht des Jahres

7. NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL
Apr 06 New Avengers Annual #1 - 101,877

Not too far behind the parent book, which is about what you'd expect. The main point of interest here is the wedding of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, although that's actually an epilogue to a big fight with the new Super-Adaptoid. (And in fairness, the solicitation text reflects that.)


8. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Apr 01 Amazing Spider-Man #30 - 71,392
Apr 02 Amazing Spider-Man #40 - 99,273
Apr 03 Amazing Spider-Man #52 - 96,624
Apr 04 Amazing Spider-Man #506 - 83,152
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Apr 05 Amazing Spider-Man #519 - 79,668 ( +3.4%)
May 05 Amazing Spider-Man #520 - 76,143 ( -4.4%)
Jun 05 Amazing Spider-Man #521 - 74,117 ( -2.7%)
Jul 05 Amazing Spider-Man #522 - 73,130 ( -1.3%)
Aug 05 Amazing Spider-Man #523 - 72,046 ( -1.5%)
Sep 05 Amazing Spider-Man #524 - 71,065 ( -1.4%)
Oct 05 Amazing Spider-Man #525 - 91,707 (+29.0%)
Nov 05 Amazing Spider-Man #526 - 90,343 ( -1.5%)
Dec 05 Amazing Spider-Man #527 - 89,922 ( -0.5%)
Jan 06 Amazing Spider-Man #528 - 97,807 ( -8.8%)
Feb 06 Amazing Spider-Man #529 - 126,951 (+29.8%)
Mar 06 Amazing Spider-Man #530 - 96,376 (-24.1%)
Apr 06 Amazing Spider-Man #531 - 86,884 ( -9.8%)
6 mnth ( -5.3%)
1 year ( +9.1%)
2 year ( +4.5%)
3 year (-10.1%)

Issue #529, featuring the debut of the Iron Spider costume, goes into a third printing with - altogether now - a variant cover, and shifts a further 14,053 copies. Issue #530 also picks up a respectable quantity of re-orders to chart at number 194 with 6,502 extra sales. And issues #529-531 are all Civil War tie-ins - as are the next several months - so not surprisingly, the book continues to perform above its normal, pre-Other levels. Despite the constant re-orders on issue #529, my inclination is to credit the recent high sales to the Civil War crossover rather than the new crossover, since that would be consistent with the sales boost on FANTASTIC FOUR.

schlechter als The Other  sieht so aus als versuchen einige Reich mit der Kostümausgabe zu werden...

11. UNCANNY X-MEN
Apr 01 Uncanny X-Men #393 - 97,780
Apr 02 Uncanny X-Men #405 - 93,909
Apr 03 Uncanny X-Men #421 - 86,503
Apr 04 Uncanny X-Men #442 - 86,975
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Apr 05 Uncanny X-Men #458 - 85,299 ( -1.2%)
May 05 Uncanny X-Men #459 - 83,547 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 Uncanny X-Men #460 - 82,457 ( -1.3%)
Jun 05 Uncanny X-Men #461 - 91,221 (+10.6%)
Jul 05 Uncanny X-Men #462 - 91,125 ( -0.1%)
Aug 05 Uncanny X-Men #463 - 87,610 ( -3.9%)
Sep 05 Uncanny X-Men #464 - 85,885 ( -2.0%)
Oct 05 Uncanny X-Men #465 - 84,271 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Uncanny X-Men #466 - 82,825 ( -1.7%)
Dec 05 Uncanny X-Men #467 - 81,282 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Uncanny X-Men #468 - 79,808 ( -1.8%)
Feb 06 Uncanny X-Men #469 - 79,039 ( -1.0%)
Mar 06 Uncanny X-Men #470 - 79,389 ( +0.4%)
Mar 06 Uncanny X-Men #471 - 78,286 ( -1.4%)
Apr 06 Uncanny X-Men #472 - 79,157 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth ( -6.1%)
1 year ( -7.2%)
2 year ( -9.0%)
3 year ( -8.5%)

Stable over the last few months. A new creative team is just around the corner.


12. X-MEN
Apr 01 X-Men #113 - 95,696
Apr 02 New X-Men #125 - 104,185
Apr 03 New X-Men #139 - 95,981
Apr 04 New X-Men #155 - 100,088
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Apr 05 X-Men #169 - 82,793 ( -1.4%)
May 05 X-Men #170 - 81,048 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 X-Men #171 - 80,307 ( -0.9%)
Jun 05 X-Men #172 - 78,889 ( -1.8%)
Jul 05 X-Men #173 - 77,154 ( -2.2%)
Aug 05 X-Men #174 - 76,342 ( -1.1%)
Sep 05 X-Men #175 - 76,555 ( +0.3%)
Oct 05 X-Men #176 - 74,635 ( -2.5%)
Nov 05 X-Men #177 - 78,405 ( +5.1%)
Nov 05 X-Men #178 - 76,195 ( -2.8%)
Dec 05 X-Men #179 - 77,189 ( +1.3%)
Dec 05 X-Men #180 - 75,559 ( -2.1%)
Jan 06 X-Men #181 - 74,094 ( -1.9%)
Feb 06 X-Men #182 - 78,653 ( +6.2%)
Feb 06 X-Men #183 - 79,477 ( +1.0%)
Mar 06 X-Men #184 - 79,480 ( +0.0%)
Apr 06 X-Men #185 - 78,815 ( -0.8%)
6 mnth ( +5.6%)
1 year ( -4.8%)
2 year (-21.3%)
3 year (-17.9%)

Again, solid sales during the current Apocalypse storyline, although like UNCANNY, it's done far better in the past. Issue #184 picks up reorders of 1,480 to chart at number 298; without taking those into account, the April issue would have been a marginal climber.


15. ULTIMATE X-MEN
Apr 01 Ultimate X-Men #5 - 101,270
Apr 02 Ultimate X-Men #17 - 95,887
Apr 03 Ultimate X-Men #32 - 90,484
Apr 04 Ultimate X-Men #44 - 96,264
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Apr 05 Ultimate X-Men #58 - 82,606 ( -1.5%)
May 05 Ultimate X-Men #59 - 81,321 ( -1.6%)
Jun 05 Ultimate X-Men #60 - 78,613 ( -3.3%)
Jul 05 Ultimate X-Men #61 - 87,094 (+10.8%)
Aug 05 Ultimate X-Men #62 - 76,229 (-12.5%)
Sep 05 Ultimate X-Men #63 - 74,760 ( -1.9%)
Oct 05 Ultimate X-Men #64 - 75,118 ( +0.5%)
Nov 05 Ultimate X-Men #65 - 74,264 ( -1.1%)
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Ultimate X-Men #66 - 73,720 ( -0.7%)
Feb 06 Ultimate X-Men #67 - 72,700 ( -1.4%)
Mar 06 Ultimate X-Men #68 - 72,765 ( +0.1%)
Apr 06 Ultimate X-Men #69 - 73,188 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth ( -2.6%)
1 year (-11.4%)
2 year (-24.0%)
3 year (-19.1%)

Robert Kirkman seems to have arrested the book's decline, perhaps in part on the strength of his recent MARVEL ZOMBIES miniseries.

wir sind eine starke Bastion, sogar wenn es uns schlecht geht bleiben wir am Ball

16. ULTIMATE GALACTUS TRILOGY
Apr 05 Ultimate Secret #2 (of 4) - 77,914 (-12.6%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 n/a
Sep 05 Ultimate Secret #3 (of 4) - 67,046 (-13.9%)
Oct 05 Ultimate Secret #4 (of 4) - 64,909 ( -3.2%)
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Ultimate Extinction #1 (of 5) - 85,439 (+31.6%)
Feb 06 Ultimate Extinction #2 (of 5) - 75,869 (-11.2%)
Mar 06 Ultimate Extinction #3 (of 5) - 75,773 ( -0.1%)
Apr 06 Ultimate Extinction #4 (of 5) - 73,151 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (+12.7%)
1 year ( -6.1%)

Perfectly normal miniseries numbers, as the trilogy nears its conclusion.


18. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
Apr 01 Ultimate Spider-Man #8 - 78,028
Apr 02 Ultimate Spider-Man #21 - 84,485
Apr 03 Ultimate Spider-Man #39 - 103,531
Apr 04 Ultimate Spider-Man #56 - 91,585
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Apr 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #75 - 83,940 ( +0.1%)
Apr 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #76 - 82,244 ( -2.0%)
May 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #77 - 81,034 ( -1.5%)
Jun 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #78 - 79,420 ( -2.0%)
Jul 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #79 - 78,404 ( -1.3%)
Jul 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #80 - 76,906 ( -1.9%)
Aug 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #81 - 75,572 ( -1.7%)
Sep 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #82 - 75,756 ( +0.2%)
Sep 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #83 - 75,539 ( -0.3%)
Oct 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #84 - 74,670 ( -1.2%)
Nov 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #85 - 74,264 ( -0.5%)
Nov 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #86 - 76,864 ( +3.5%)
Dec 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #87 - 74,537 ( -3.0%)
Dec 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #88 - 74,213 ( -0.4%)
Jan 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #89 - 71,935 ( -3.1%)
Feb 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #90 - 71,470 ( -0.6%)
Mar 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #91 - 74,028 ( +3.6%)
Mar 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #92 - 72,269 ( -2.4%)
Apr 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #93 - 72,831 ( +0.8%)
6 mnth ( -2.5%)
1 year (-13.2%)
2 year (-20.5%)
3 year (-29.7%)

Nudging slightly up, presumably on the strength of an appearance by the X-Men.


19. WOLVERINE
Apr 01 Wolverine #163 - 67,457
Apr 02 Wolverine #175 - 75,528
Apr 03 Wolverine #189 - 61,282
Apr 04 Wolverine #13 - 71,060
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Apr 05 Wolverine #27 - 101,228 ( -6.9%)
May 05 Wolverine #28 - 80,961 (-20.0%)
Jun 05 Wolverine #29 - 79,951 ( -1.2%)
Jul 05 Wolverine #30 - 76,651 ( -4.1%)
Aug 05 Wolverine #31 - 75,618 ( -1.3%)
Sep 05 Wolverine #32 - 89,026 (+17.7%)
Sep 05 Wolverine #33 - 78,508 (-11.8%)
Oct 05 Wolverine #34 - 75,664 ( -3.6%)
Oct 05 Wolverine #35 - 73,684 ( -2.6%)
Nov 05 Wolverine #36 - 94,355 (+28.1%)
Dec 05 Wolverine #37 - 73,866 (-21.7%)
Jan 06 Wolverine #38 - 73,815 ( -0.0%)
Feb 06 Wolverine #39 - 75,285 ( +2.0%)
Mar 06 Wolverine #40 - 77,627 ( +3.1%)
Apr 06 Wolverine #41 - 70,965 ( -8.6%)
6 mnth ( -3.7%)
1 year (-29.9%)
2 year ( -0.1%)
3 year (+15.8%)

A fill-in story between the Daniel Way run and the Civil War crossover, so the sales drop is only to be expected. Issue #40, which was Way's final issue, picks up re-orders of 2,070.


20. ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR
Apr 04 Ultimate Fantastic Four #5 - 102,648
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Apr 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #17 - 72,207 ( -2.4%)
May 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #18 - 71,478 ( -1.0%)
Jun 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #19 - 70,300 ( -1.6%)
Jun 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #20 - 69,097 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 - 91,321 (+32.2%)
Aug 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #22 - 71,767 (-21.4%)
Sep 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #23 - 71,494 ( -0.4%)
Oct 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #24 - 70,549 ( -1.3%)
Nov 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #25 - 70,032 ( -0.7%)
Dec 05 Ultimate Fantastic Four #26 - 69,689 ( -0.5%)
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 Ultimate Fantastic Four #27 - 67,922 ( -2.5%)
Mar 06 Ultimate Fantastic Four #28 - 67,480 ( -0.7%)
Apr 06 Ultimate Fantastic Four #29 - 67,554 ( +0.1%)
6 mnth ( -4.2%)
1 year ( -6.4%)
2 year (-34.2%)

Holding level.


22. FANTASTIC FOUR
Apr 01 Fantastic Four #42 - 48,996
Apr 02 Fantastic Four #54 - 44,808
Apr 03 Fantastic Four #68 - 51,405
Apr 04 Fantastic Four #512 - 52,953
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Apr 05 Fantastic Four #525 - 45,561 ( -2.4%)
May 05 Fantastic Four #526 - 44,935 ( -1.4%)
May 05 Fantastic Four #527 - 75,525 (+68.1%)
Jun 05 Fantastic Four #528 - 55,937 (-25.9%)
Jul 05 Fantastic Four #529 - 52,963 ( -5.3%)
Aug 05 Fantastic Four #530 - 51,782 ( -2.2%)
Sep 05 Fantastic Four #531 - 49,745 ( -3.9%)
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 Fantastic Four #532 - 47,771 ( -4.0%)
Dec 05 Fantastic Four #533 - 46,751 ( -2.1%)
Jan 05 n/a
Feb 06 Fantastic Four #534 - 44,573 ( -4.7%)
Feb 06 Fantastic Four #535 - 43,124 ( -3.3%)
Mar 06 Fantastic Four #536 - 60,999 (+41.5%)
Apr 06 Fantastic Four #537 - 62,940 ( +3.2%)
6 mnth (+31.8%)
1 year (+38.1%)
2 year (+18.9%)
3 year (+22.4%)

Issues #536 and #537 are Civil War crossovers, on top of which they're teasing the return of Thor. Sales duly go through the roof, which has to be great news for next month's Civil War tie-ins. Issue #536 picks up a healthy 3,054 re-orders to chart at number 242.

hier kommt Civil War schon besser an

24. YOUNG AVENGERS
Apr 05 Young Avengers #3 - 75,015 ( -6.2%)
May 05 Young Avengers #4 - 69,925 ( -6.8%)
Jun 05 Young Avengers #5 - 69,956 ( +0.0%)
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 Young Avengers #6 - 68,733 ( -1.7%)
Sep 05 Young Avengers #7 - 67,036 ( -2.5%)
Oct 05 Young Avengers #8 - 63,873 ( -4.7%)
Nov 05 Young Avengers #9 - 63,213 ( -1.0%)
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 Young Avengers #10 - 56,347 (-10.9%)
Mar 06 n/a
Apr 06 Young Avengers #11 - 56,613 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth (-11.4%)
1 year (-24.5%)

Holding steady after last issue's alarming drop-off, but it does seem that the erratic schedule has taken its toll slightly. It took the book five months to drop from 70K to 63K, and then only one month to drop from 63K to 56K? In mid-storyline? That's a worrying sign.


26. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
Oct 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 - 100,430
Nov 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2 - 82,988 (-17.4%)
Dec 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 - 81,309 ( -2.0%)
Jan 06 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 - 78,672 ( -3.2%)
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5 - 59,900 (-23.9%)
Mar 06 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 - 58,853 ( -1.7%)
Apr 06 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7 - 55,381 ( -5.9%)
6 mnth (-44.9%)

Business as usual, from the looks of it.

fällt weiterhin

28. MARVEL ZOMBIES
Dec 05 Marvel Zombies #1 (of 5) - 71,332
Jan 06 Marvel Zombies #2 (of 5) - 55,197 (-22.6%)
Feb 06 Marvel Zombies #3 (of 5) - 59,932 ( +8.6%)
Mar 06 Marvel Zombies #4 (of 5) - 60,399 ( +0.8%)
Apr 06 Marvel Zombies #5 (of 5) - 52,961 (-12.3%)

Once again, MARVEL ZOMBIES continues to sell more copies of its earlier issues. The second printing of issue #4 hits the shelves, and sells 16,087 to chart at 122. There are also re-orders of issues #2 (3,827) and #3 (3,236). All of that's shown above, which makes April's final issue look like it's dropped. In fact, it's a big climber from the first-month sales of issue #4, and no doubt it'll continue to sell in the next few months. This has been an unexpected sleeper hit of the sort that we very rarely see.

Der Hit des Jahres, gibt jedoch keinen Daumenhoch von mir, pfui schämt euch, wenn ihr brutale Comics wollt dann sollt ihr DC lesen

30. SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN
Apr 04 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 - 137,314
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Apr 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13 - 60,542 ( +0.9%)
May 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 - 57,270 ( -5.4%)
Jun 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #15 - 54,102 ( -5.5%)
Jul 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #16 - 50,876 ( -6.0%)
Aug 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #17 - 48,555 ( -4.6%)
Sep 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18 - 47,654 ( -1.9%)
Oct 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19 - 75,461 (+58.4%)
Nov 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20 - 73,262 ( -2.9%)
Dec 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21 - 76,763 ( +4.8%)
Jan 06 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #22 - 74,923 ( -2.4%)
Feb 06 Sensational Spider-Man #23 - 59,051 (-21.2%)
Mar 06 Sensational Spider-Man #24 - 53,910 ( -8.7%)
Apr 06 Sensational Spider-Man #25 - 51,992 ( -3.6%)
6 mnth (-31.1%)
1 year (-14.1%)
2 year (-62.1%)

Still dropping back towards its normal levels after the "Other" crossover.

neuer Autor bitte

31. SQUADRON SUPREME
Apr 04 Supreme Power #9 - 64,284
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Apr 05 Supreme Power #16 - 55,068 ( -0.8%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 Supreme Power #17 - 52,288 ( -5.0%)
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 Supreme Power #18 - 50,594 ( -3.2%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Squadron Supreme #1 - 61,625 (+21.8%)
Apr 06 Squadron Supreme #2 - 51,197 (-16.9%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year ( -7.0%)
2 year (-20.4%)

Issue #1 ships another 1,946 in re-orders. But the bigger story is that April's number crashes straight back to the level of the Max book from the end of its run. The stated aim of this relaunch was to expose the book to a wider audience by making it all-ages, enable Marvel to promote it more enthusiastically (which was duly done), and thereby boost sales. It appears to have failed.

HAHA take that JMS, back to MAX now!

32. X-MEN: THE 198
Jan 06 The 198 #1 (of 5) - 68,698
Feb 06 The 198 #2 (of 5) - 58,540 (-14.8%)
Mar 06 The 198 #3 (of 5) - 53,882 ( -8.0%)
Apr 06 The 198 #4 (of 5) - 50,038 ( -7.1%)

Holding up quite well.


33. IRON MAN
Apr 01 Iron Man #41 - 36,482
Apr 02 Iron Man #53 - 37,636
Apr 03 Iron Man #67 - 32,479
Apr 04 Iron Man #79 - 29,138
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Apr 05 Iron Man #3 - 51,390 ( -6.7%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 Iron Man #4 - 48,403 ( -5.8%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Iron Man #5 - 45,243 ( -6.5%)
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Iron Man #6 - 40,264 (-11.0%)
Apr 06 Iron Man #7 - 49,404 (+22.7%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year ( -3.9%)
2 year (+69.6%)
3 year (+52.1%)

A remarkably large jump, considering that the new creative team on this book are the writers of the not-exactly-mainstream CARNIVALE and the artist from CABLE & DEADPOOL. But wait! What's this? Why, there's a Bryan Hitch variant cover as well, on a 1-in-15 ratio, which distorts the numbers. Still a very solid debut, though, even allowing for that factor.

gute Zahlen, mal sehen ob sie halten

35. ANNIHILATION: SILVER SURFER
Apr 04 Silver Surfer #8 - 25,542
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Apr 06 Silver Surfer #1 (of 4) - 49,120

The first of the four ANNIHILATION lead-in miniseries. Not surprisingly, the Silver Surfer gets the best sales, since he's far and away the biggest star. It's a big improvement from two years ago, when the Surfer was appearing in a swiftly cancelled and horrendously pretentious ongoing series.

nicht schlecht

36. SON OF M
Dec 05 Son of M #1 (of 6) - 62,254
Jan 06 Son of M #2 (of 6) - 52,704 (-15.3%)
Feb 06 Son of M #3 (of 6) - 52,227 ( -0.9%)
Mar 06 Son of M #4 (of 6) - 49,973 ( -4.3%)
Apr 06 Son of M #5 (of 6) - 48,785 ( -2.4%)

Again, the Decimation tie-in miniseries performs very solidly.


37. DAREDEVIL
Apr 01 Daredevil #17 - 59,122
Apr 02 Daredevil #32 - 47,576
Apr 03 Daredevil #46 - 60,517
Apr 04 Daredevil #59 - 54,398
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Apr 05 Daredevil #72 - 48,803 ( -1.8%)
May 05 Daredevil #73 - 48,681 ( -0.2%)
Jun 05 Daredevil #74 - 48,175 ( -1.0%)
Jul 05 Daredevil #75 - 47,800 ( -0.8%)
Aug 05 Daredevil #76 - 46,424 ( -2.9%)
Sep 05 Daredevil #77 - 45,945 ( -1.0%)
Oct 05 Daredevil #78 - 45,071 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Daredevil #79 - 44,250 ( -1.8%)
Dec 05 Daredevil #80 - 43,309 ( -2.1%)
Jan 06 Daredevil #81 - 44,252 ( +2.2%)
Feb 06 Daredevil #82 - 53,058 (+19.9%)
Mar 06 Daredevil #83 - 46,804 (-11.8%)
Apr 06 Daredevil #84 - 47,123 ( +0.7%)
6 mnth ( +4.6%)
1 year ( -3.4%)
2 year (-13.4%)
3 year (-22.1%)

A very marginal increase, which at least shows continuing interest in Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark's run.

Diese Leser haben Geschmack

39. MS MARVEL
Mar 06 Ms Marvel #1 - 73,407
Apr 06 Ms Marvel #2 - 46,204 (-37.1%)

Erk. That's an awfully big drop. But then, MS MARVEL #1 had two variant covers by Michael Turner - one normal cover, on a 1-in-15 ratio, and one sketch cover, on a 1-in-35 ratio. MS MARVEL #2 doesn't. The "real" drop - from the actual readers on issue #1, rather than the number including variant collectors - is probably much more sensible. Nonetheless, it's a powerful illustration of the degree to which variant covers are now distorting sales

ouch

41. CAPTAIN AMERICA
Apr 01 Captain America #42 - 36,754
Apr 02 Captain America #1 - 90 567
Apr 03 Captain America #12 - 51,804
Apr 04 Captain America #25 - 38,584
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Apr 05 Captain America #5 - 46,976 ( +0.7%)
May 05 Captain America #6 - 58,660 (+24.9%)
Jun 05 Captain America #7 - 47,160 (-19.6%)
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 Captain America #8 - 51,842 ( +9.9%)
Aug 05 Captain America #9 - 44,638 (-13.9%)
Sep 05 Captain America #10 - 52,609 (+17.9%)
Oct 05 Captain America #11 - 45,162 (-14.2%)
Nov 05 Captain America #12 - 45,038 ( -0.3%)
Dec 05 Captain America #13 - 44,954 ( -0.2%)
Jan 05 n/a
Feb 06 Captain America #14 - 44,041 ( -0.2%)
Feb 06 Captain America #15 - 43,350 ( -1.6%)
Mar 06 Captain America #16 - 44,717 ( +3.2%)
Apr 06 Captain America #17 - 45,541 ( +1.8%)
6 mnth ( +0.8%)
1 year ( -3.1%)
2 year (+18.0%)
3 year (-12.1%)

Nudging slightly up this month. In the absence of stunts and crossovers, CAPTAIN AMERICA continues to place solidly in the mid-40K range.

42. X-FACTOR
Dec 05 X-Factor #1 - 64,861
Dec 05 X-Factor #2 - 52,705 (-18.7%)
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 X-Factor #3 - 48,307 ( -8.3%)
Mar 06 X-Factor #4 - 48,183 ( -0.3%)
Mar 06 X-Factor #5 - 46,490 ( -3.5%)
Apr 06 X-Factor #6 - 45,220 ( -2.7%)

Still finding its level, but nothing to worry about.

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43. INCREDIBLE HULK
Apr 01 Hulk #27 - 33,608
Apr 02 Hulk #39 - 44,517
Apr 03 Hulk #53 - 57,837
Apr 04 Hulk #71 - 46,837
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Apr 05 Hulk #80 - 48,404 (+11.3%)
May 05 Hulk #81 - 43,822 (-10.5%)
Jun 05 Hulk #82 - 43,248 ( -1.3%)
Jul 05 Hulk #83 - 63,881 (+47.7%)
Jul 05 Hulk #84 - 58,583 ( -8.3%)
Aug 05 Hulk #85 - 53,177 ( -9.2%)
Sep 05 Hulk #86 - 52,992 ( -0.3%)
Oct 05 Hulk #87 - 42,454 (-19.9%)
Nov 05 Hulk #88 - 41,141 ( -3.1%)
Nov 05 Hulk #89 - 39,635 ( -3.7%)
Dec 05 Hulk #90 - 36,924 ( -6.8%)
Jan 06 Hulk #91 - 35,980 ( -2.6%)
Feb 06 Hulk #92 - 53,661 (+49.1%)
Mar 06 Hulk #93 - 47,437 (-11.6%)
Apr 06 Hulk #94 - 44,907 ( -5.3%)
6 mnth ( +5.8%)
1 year ( -7.2%)
2 year ( -4.1%)
3 year (-22.4%)

Issues #92 and #93 both pick up re-orders (2,012 and 3,746 respectively), which tends to support Marvel's claim that Planet Hulk is generating real buzz. On the other hand, it's still not delivering especially high numbers by the historical standards of this book. Mixed signals, then.


45. X-MEN: THE END
Apr 05 Book Two #2 (of 6) - 63,005 (-11.5%)
May 05 Book Two #3 (of 6) - 58,870 ( -6.6%)
Jun 05 Book Two #4 (of 6) - 54,875 ( -6.8%)
Jul 05 Book Two #5 (of 6) - 51,949 ( -5.3%)
Aug 05 Book Two #6 (of 6) - 49,565 ( -4.6%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Book Three #1 (of 6) - 52,891 ( +6.7%)
Feb 06 Book Three #2 (of 6) - 47,370 (-10.4%)
Mar 06 Book Three #3 (of 6) - 44,899 ( -5.2%)
Apr 06 Book Three #4 (of 6) - 44,586 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year (-29.2%)

Remaining solid as the end draws near, which tends to be the way things go on titles like this. After all, if you've stuck with it this far, you're not going to give up now. Fortunately, since no co-writers have been announced, Chris Claremont presumably completed his scripts on this book before his recent ill health.

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47. ANNIHILATION: SUPER-SKRULL
Apr 06 Super-Skrull #1 (of 4) - 42,779

48. ANNIHILATION: NOVA
Apr 06 Nova #1 (of 4) - 42,458

I'd have expected NOVA to be the number two title in ANNIHILATION, but it turns out that he's officially 321 copies less popular than the Super-Skrull. Funny old world, isn't it? Still, good solid numbers for the start of a miniseries.

wow Super-Skrull

49. NEW EXCALIBUR
Nov 05 New Excalibur #1 - 58,333
Dec 05 New Excalibur #2 - 48,816 (-16.3%)
Jan 06 New Excalibur #3 - 47,196 ( -3.3%)
Feb 06 New Excalibur #4 - 45,071 ( -4.5%)
Mar 06 New Excalibur #5 - 43,523 ( -3.4%)
Apr 06 New Excalibur #6 - 40,687 ( -6.5%)

Still dropping, and rather too quickly for comfort by this point. Writer Chris Claremont is absent for the time being with ill health, which can't help matters - NEW EXCALIBUR seems to exist for the purpose of catering to the Claremont fanbase, which is a perfectly good reason to exist, but only if you've got Chris Claremont to write it.

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50. NEW X-MEN
Apr 04 New Mutants #11 - 34,148
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Apr 05 New X-Men #12 - 35,779 ( +0.6%)
May 05 New X-Men #13 - 35,033 ( -2.1%)
May 05 New X-Men #14 - 34,579 ( -1.3%)
Jun 05 New X-Men #15 - 34,007 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 New X-Men #16 - 49,217 (+44.7%)
Aug 05 New X-Men #17 - 43,908 (-10.8%)
Sep 05 New X-Men #18 - 43,286 ( -1.4%)
Oct 05 New X-Men #19 - 41,691 ( -3.7%)
Nov 05 New X-Men #20 - 59,466 (+42.6%)
Dec 05 New X-Men #21 - 43,473 (-26.9%)
Jan 06 New X-Men #22 - 42,923 ( -1.3%)
Feb 06 New X-Men #23 - 41,463 ( -3.4%)
Mar 06 New X-Men #24 - 42,044 ( +1.4%)
Apr 06 New X-Men #25 - 40,176 ( -4.4%)
6 mnth ( -3.6%)
1 year (+12.3%)
2 year (+17.7%)

Dropping back somewhat, but still considerably up on the book's previous incarnations.


51. ANNIHILATION: RONAN
Apr 06 Ronan #1 (of 4) - 39,010

The straggler of ANNIHILATION, but he's not too far behind the pack. And 39K for the debut issue of a Ronan the Accuser miniseries is pretty good, to be fair.

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2. SPIDER-WOMAN: ORIGIN
Dec 05 Origin #1 (of 5) - 66,791
Jan 06 Origin #2 (of 5) - 43,684 (-34.6%)
Feb 06 Origin #3 (of 5) - 40,553 ( -7.2%)
Mar 06 Origin #4 (of 5) - 39,768 ( -1.9%)
Apr 06 Origin #5 (of 5) - 38,602 ( -2.9%)

A fairly typical miniseries decline, bearing in mind that issue #1 was boosted by variants.


58. SENTRY
Sep 05 Sentry #1 (of 8) - 93,021
Oct 05 Sentry #2 (of 8) - 53,384 (-42.6%)
Nov 05 Sentry #3 (of 8) - 47,903 (-10.3%)
Dec 05 Sentry #4 (of 8) - 41,901 (-12.5%)
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 Sentry #5 (of 8) - 39,257 ( -6.3%)
Feb 06 Sentry #6 (of 8) - 37,230 ( -5.2%)
Mar 06 Sentry #7 (of 8) - 35,203 ( -5.4%)
Apr 06 Sentry #8 (of 8) - 34,192 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-36.0%)

Levelling off in the later months, but still a bit of an underperformer considering that he's in NEW AVENGERS.


59. EXILES
Apr 02 Exiles #12 - 38,766
Apr 03 Exiles #25 - 36,414
Apr 04 Exiles #45 - 37,878
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Apr 05 Exiles #62 - 33,965 (-19.5%)
Apr 05 Exiles #63 - 33,728 ( -0.7%)
May 05 Exiles #64 - 34,033 ( +0.9%)
Jun 05 Exiles #65 - 34,484 ( +1.3%)
Jul 05 Exiles #66 - 34,092 ( -1.1%)
Jul 05 Exiles #67 - 33,751 ( -1.0%)
Aug 05 Exiles #68 - 33,815 ( +0.2%)
Sep 05 Exiles #69 - 43,794 (+29.5%)
Sep 05 Exiles #70 - 42,434 ( -3.1%)
Oct 05 Exiles #71 - 41,131 ( -3.1%)
Nov 05 Exiles #72 - 34,329 (-16.5%)
Nov 05 Exiles #73 - 34,008 ( -0.9%)
Dec 05 Exiles #74 - 33,881 ( -0.4%)
Jan 06 Exiles #75 - 33,485 ( -1.2%)
Jan 06 Exiles #76 - 32,843 ( -1.9%)
Feb 06 Exiles #77 - 32,998 ( +0.5%)
Mar 06 Exiles #78 - 33,506 ( +1.5%)
Apr 06 Exiles #79 - 34,119 ( +1.8%)
6 mnth (-17.0%)
1 year ( +0.5%)
2 year ( -9.9%)
3 year ( -6.3%)

Nudging slightly upwards as "World Tour" continues. This time, it's the Future Imperfect world from Peter David's INCREDIBLE HULK run. Basically, though, EXILES continues to hover stubbornly in the mid-30K range. One of Marvel's most consistent mid-table performers.


60. PUNISHER
Apr 02 Punisher #11 - 44,956
Apr 03 Punisher #24 - 40,503
Apr 04 Punisher #5 - 34,234
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Apr 05 Punisher #19 - 38,753 ( +1.1%)
Apr 05 Punisher #20 - 38,130 ( -1.6%)
May 05 Punisher #21 - 37,998 ( -0.3%)
Jun 05 Punisher #22 - 37,811 ( -0.5%)
Jul 05 Punisher #23 - 37,376 ( -1.2%)
Aug 05 Punisher #24 - 37,022 ( -0.9%)
Sep 05 Punisher #25 - 37,149 ( +0.3%)
Oct 05 Punisher #26 - 36,450 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Punisher #27 - 36,072 ( -1.0%)
Dec 05 Punisher #28 - 35,535 ( -1.5%)
Jan 05 Punisher #29 - 34,708 ( -2.3%)
Feb 06 Punisher #30 - 34,293 ( -1.2%)
Mar 06 Punisher #31 - 34,505 ( +0.6%)
Apr 06 Punisher #32 - 34,076 ( -1.2%)
6 mnth ( -6.5%)
1 year (-12.1%)
2 year ( -0.5%)
3 year (-15.9%)

Another book with extremely solid sales, although there's a slow downward slide visible in the long run.


66. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE VS DRACULA
Feb 06 Apocalypse vs Dracula #1 (of 4) - 37,057
Mar 06 Apocalypse vs Dracula #2 (of 4) - 31,719 (-14.4%)
Apr 06 Apocalypse vs Dracula #3 (of 4) - 29,010 ( -8.5%)

Pretty good numbers when you consider that it's an Apocalypse versus Dracula miniseries.


69. BLACK PANTHER
Apr 01 Black Panther #31 - 19,699
Apr 02 Black Panther #43 - 19,883
Apr 03 Black Panther #57 - 16,431
======
Apr 05 Black Panther #3 - 44,925 ( -5.5%)
May 05 Black Panther #4 - 40,804 ( -9.2%)
Jun 05 Black Panther #5 - 37,401 ( -8.1%)
Jul 05 Black Panther #6 - 35,256 ( -5.7%)
Aug 05 Black Panther #7 - 42,905 (+21.7%)
Sep 05 Black Panther #8 - 46,239 ( +7.8%)
Oct 05 Black Panther #9 - 40,173 (-13.1%)
Nov 05 Black Panther #10 - 31,987 (-20.4%)
Dec 05 Black Panther #11 - 29,327 ( -8.3%)
Jan 06 Black Panther #12 - 27,933 ( -4.7%)
Feb 06 Black Panther #13 - 26,054 ( -6.7%)
Mar 06 Black Panther #14 - 28,809 (+10.6%)
Apr 06 Black Panther #15 - 28,361 ( -1.6%)
6 mnth (-29.4%)
1 year (-36.9%)
2 year ( n/a )
3 year (+72.6%)

Part two of a five-part arc leading into the wedding. It's arrested the slide, bt that's really all you can say for it. There's no sign of this generating anything like the sort of interest Marvel seemed to be hoping for. The wedding issue itself will do fine - it's a CIVIL WAR crossover. Then again, given that this stunt has been aggressively hyped to a mainstream, non-comics-reading black audience, you really have to question the wisdom of bringing them in and then delivering them a tie-in issue of a seventy part crossover. Who IS this storyline aimed at, exactly?


74. NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.
Jan 06 Nextwave #1 - 41,041
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Nextwave #2 - 29,911 (-27.1%)
Mar 06 Nextwave #3 - 27,126 ( -9.3%)
Apr 06 Nextwave #4 - 26,728 ( -1.5%)

Levelling out nicely.

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77. CABLE & DEADPOOL
Apr 04 Cable & Deadpool #2 - 39,472
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Apr 05 Cable & Deadpool #14 - 24,994 ( -2.2%)
May 05 Cable & Deadpool #15 - 24,837 ( -0.6%)
Jun 05 Cable & Deadpool #16 - 24,612 ( -0.9%)
Jul 05 Cable & Deadpool #17 - 34,393 (+39.7%)
Aug 05 Cable & Deadpool #18 - 25,304 (-26.4%)
Sep 05 Cable & Deadpool #19 - 25,298 ( -0.0%)
Sep 05 Cable & Deadpool #20 - 24,982 ( -1.2%)
Oct 05 Cable & Deadpool #21 - 25,030 ( +0.2%)
Nov 05 Cable & Deadpool #22 - 23,746 ( -5.1%)
Dec 05 Cable & Deadpool #23 - 23,296 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Cable & Deadpool #24 - 23,542 ( +1.1%)
Feb 06 Cable & Deadpool #25 - 22,918 ( -2.7%)
Mar 06 Cable & Deadpool #26 - 25,584 (+11.6%)
Apr 06 Cable & Deadpool #27 - 26,153 ( +2.2%)
6 mnth ( +4.5%)
1 year ( +4.6%)
2 year (-33.7%)

Nudging marginally up. Issues #26 and #27 are a prequel to the "Blood of Apocalypse" storyline in X-MEN, which is the likely explanation.

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83. STORM
Feb 06 Storm #1 (of 6) - 32,831
Mar 06 Storm #2 (of 6) - 25,905 (-21.1%)
Apr 06 Storm #3 (of 6) - 24,214 ( -6.5%)

Levelling out. In fairness, it's substantially outselling the ORORO: BEFORE THE STORM miniseries from last summer. But again, the hype would lead you to expect more.


84. THUNDERBOLTS
Apr 01 Thunderbolts #51 - 34,746
Apr 02 Thunderbolts #63 - 29,042
Apr 03 Thunderbolts #78 - 21,806
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Apr 05 New Thunderbolts #7 - 28,977 ( -0.4%)
May 05 New Thunderbolts #8 - 27,769 ( -4.2%)
Jun 05 New Thunderbolts #9 - 27,300 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 New Thunderbolts #10 - 25,978 ( -4.8%)
Aug 05 New Thunderbolts #11 - 37,036 (+42.6%)
Sep 05 New Thunderbolts #12 - 25,912 (-30.0%)
Oct 05 New Thunderbolts #13 - 29,250 (+12.9%)
Oct 05 New Thunderbolts #14 - 27,864 ( -4.7%)
Nov 05 New Thunderbolts #15 - 25,245 ( -9.4%)
Dec 05 New Thunderbolts #16 - 25,084 ( -0.6%)
Jan 06 New Thunderbolts #17 - 23,417 ( -6.7%)
Feb 06 New Thunderbolts #18 - 23,735 ( +1.4%)
Mar 06 Thunderbolts #100 - 26,798 (+12.9%)
Apr 06 Thunderbolts #101 - 24,170 ( -9.8%)
6 mnth (-13.3%)
1 year (-16.6%)
2 year ( n/a )
3 year (+10.8%)

Back to normal after the anniversary issue.


86. RUNAWAYS
Apr 03 Runaways #1 - 25,833
Apr 04 Runaways #14 - 19,363
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Apr 05 Runaways #3 - 30,332 ( -3.2%)
May 05 Runaways #4 - 28,968 ( -4.5%)
Jun 05 Runaways #5 - 28,409 ( -1.9%)
Jul 05 Runaways #6 - 27,365 ( -3.7%)
Aug 05 Runaways #7 - 27,063 ( -1.1%)
Sep 05 Runaways #8 - 26,954 ( -0.4%)
Oct 05 Runaways #9 - 26,800 ( -0.6%)
Nov 05 Runaways #10 - 25,761 ( -3.9%)
Dec 05 Runaways #11 - 25,260 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Runaways #12 - 24,989 ( -1.1%)
Feb 06 Runaways #13 - 24,313 ( -2.7%)
Mar 06 Runaways #14 - 24,536 ( +0.9%)
Apr 06 Runaways #15 - 24,046 ( -2.0%)
6 mnth (-10.3%)
1 year (-20.7%)
2 year (+24.2%)
3 year ( -6.9%)

Slow but steady decline.


91. X-MEN UNLIMITED
Apr 01 X-Men Unlimited #31 - 43,274
Apr 02 X-Men Unlimited #35 - 39,897
Apr 03 X-Men Unlimited #43 - 35,756
Apr 04 X-Men Unlimited #2 - 42,597
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Apr 05 X-Men Unlimited #8 - 25,686 ( -4.9%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 X-Men Unlimited #9 - 25,398 ( -1.1%)
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 X-Men Unlimited #10 - 23,717 ( -6.6%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 X-Men Unlimited #11 - 23,344 ( -1.6%)
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 X-Men Unlimited #12 - 22,134 ( -5.2%)
Jan 06 n/a
Feb 06 X-Men Unlimited #13 - 25,257 (+14.1%)
Mar 06 n/a
Apr 06 X-Men Unlimited #14 - 22,749 ( -9.9%)
6 mnth ( -2.5%)
1 year (-11.4%)
2 year (-46.6%)
3 year (-36.4%)

Back to its normal range.


93. SENTINEL SQUAD O*N*E
Jan 06 Sentinel Squad O*N*E #1 (of 5) - 34,988
Feb 06 Sentinel Squad O*N*E #2 (of 5) - 26,971 (-22.9%)
Mar 06 Sentinel Squad O*N*E #3 (of 5) - 24,334 ( -9.8%)
Apr 06 Sentinel Squad O*N*E #4 (of 5) - 21,874 (-10.1%)

Disappearing off the radar altogether.

ouch

95. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
Apr 05 Spider-Man 2005 - 25,530 (-31.1%)
May 05 Teams 2005 - 22,564 (-11.6%)
Jun 05 Fantastic Four 2005 - 21,970 ( -2.6%)
Jul 05 Avengers 2005 - 23,668 ( +7.7%)
Aug 05 Ultimate Universe 2005 - 25,436 ( +7.5%)
Sep 05 Alternate Universes 2005 - 18,680 (-26.6%)
Oct 05 Horror 2005 - 15,849 (-15.2%)
Nov 05 X-Men 2005 - 22,986 (+45.0%)
Dec 05 Ultimates/Ultimate X-Men 2005 - 20,795 ( -9.5%)
Jan 06 A to Z #1 (of 12) - 23,423 (+12.6%)
Feb 06 A to Z #2 (of 12) - 21,828 ( -6.8%)
Mar 06 A to Z #3 (of 12) - 21,681 ( -0.7%)
Apr 06 A to Z #4 (of 12) - 21,531 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (+35.9%)
1 year (-15.7%)

Well, my assumption that the A TO Z series would go into a typical miniseries decline has been comprehensively disproved. Since it doesn't cover characters already featured in earlier volumes, this is largely a tour around the obscure corners of the Marvel Universe, but it's still drawing 21,000 readers religiously every month. (Interestingly, "Horror" was apparently a significantly less enticing theme than "a bunch of random characters with names between D and G.")

96. FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST FAMILY
Mar 06 First Family #1 (of 6) - 26,435
Apr 06 First Family #2 (of 6) - 21,444 (-18.9%)

Normal second-issue drop.


101. FOUR
Apr 04 Marvel Knights 4 #4 - 45,926
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Apr 05 Marvel Knights 4 #17 - 29,189 ( -1.4%)
May 05 Marvel Knights 4 #18 - 28,649 ( -1.9%)
Jun 05 Marvel Knights 4 #19 - 28,153 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 Marvel Knights 4 #20 - 27,548 ( -2.1%)
Aug 05 Marvel Knights 4 #21 - 27,023 ( -1.9%)
Sep 05 Marvel Knights 4 #22 - 26,446 ( -2.1%)
Oct 05 Marvel Knights 4 #23 - 25,100 ( -5.1%)
Nov 05 Marvel Knights 4 #24 - 24,129 ( -3.9%)
Dec 05 Marvel Knights 4 #25 - 22,753 ( -5.7%)
Jan 06 Marvel Knights 4 #26 - 21,365 ( -6.1%)
Feb 06 Marvel Knights 4 #27 - 20,977 ( -1.8%)
Mar 06 Four #28 - 20,976 ( -0.0%)
Apr 06 Four #29 - 21,233 ( +1.2%)
6 mnth (-15.4%)
1 year (-27.3%)
2 year (-53.8%)

Cancelled with issue #30, and the marginal increase is too little too late.


102. THING
Nov 05 Thing #1 - 30,188
Dec 05 Thing #2 - 23,606 (-21.8%)
Jan 06 Thing #3 - 21,839 ( -7.5%)
Feb 06 Thing #4 - 21,190 ( -3.0%)
Mar 06 Thing #5 - 20,348 ( -4.0%)
Apr 06 Thing #6 - 20,577 ( +1.1%)

The same applies here. O'Brien's first law of comics sales: by the time the creative team are publicly lobbying for you to buy their comic, it's probably too late. THING is axed with issue #8, and the very marginal increase in sales - less than 200 copies - really doesn't undermine that decision. Plenty of books see marginal increases and then resume their decline the next month. Genuine turnarounds are few and far between and remember, Marvel have already seen the sales figures for the following issues.


104. IRON MAN: INEVITABLE
Dec 05 Inevitable #1 (of 6) - 31,032
Jan 06 Inevitable #2 (of 6) - 25,382 (-18.2%)
Feb 06 Inevitable #3 (of 6) - 22,997 ( -9.4%)
Mar 06 Inevitable #4 (of 6) - 21,430 ( -6.8%)
Apr 06 Inevitable #5 (of 6) - 20,329 ( -5.1%)

Quietly forgotten.


108. MARVEL TEAM-UP
Apr 05 Marvel Team-Up #7 - 24,800 ( +0.2%)
May 05 Marvel Team-Up #8 - 24,270 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 Marvel Team-Up #9 - 23,530 ( -3.0%)
Jul 05 Marvel Team-Up #10 - 22,549 ( -4.2%)
Aug 05 Marvel Team-Up #11 - 22,150 ( -1.8%)
Sep 05 Marvel Team-Up #12 - 21,240 ( -4.1%)
Oct 05 Marvel Team-Up #13 - 21,048 ( -0.9%)
Nov 05 Marvel Team-Up #14 - 26,200 (+24.5%)
Dec 05 Marvel Team-Up #15 - 20,000 (-23.7%)
Jan 06 Marvel Team-Up #16 - 19,955 ( -0.2%)
Feb 06 Marvel Team-Up #17 - 19,422 ( -2.7%)
Mar 06 Marvel Team-Up #18 - 18,944 ( -2.5%)
Apr 06 Marvel Team-Up #19 - 19,891 ( +5.0%)
6 mnth ( -5.5%)
1 year (-19.8%)

The lowest selling Marvel Universe title that hasn't been cancelled yet.

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110. FURY: PEACEMAKER
Feb 06 Peacemaker #1 (of 6) - 27,423
Mar 06 Peacemaker #2 (of 6) - 21,612 (-21.2%)
Apr 06 Peacemaker #3 (of 6) - 19,177 (-11.3%)

Another miniseries disappearing off the radar, which is surprising considering the creators involved.

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115. SPIDER-GIRL
Apr 01 Spider-Girl #33 - 23,995
Apr 02 Spider-Girl #46 - 23,781
Apr 03 Spider-Girl #59 - 23,199
Apr 04 Spider-Girl #72 - 20,533
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Apr 05 Spider-Girl #85 - 19,682 ( -1.8%)
May 05 Spider-Girl #86 - 19,452 ( -1.2%)
Jun 05 Spider-Girl #87 - 19,605 ( +0.8%)
Jul 05 Spider-Girl #88 - 18,983 ( -3.2%)
Aug 05 Spider-Girl #89 - 18,538 ( -2.3%)
Sep 05 Spider-Girl #90 - 18,344 ( -1.0%)
Oct 05 Spider-Girl #91 - 18,159 ( -1.0%)
Nov 05 Spider-Girl #92 - 17,597 ( -3.1%)
Dec 05 Spider-Girl #93 - 17,057 ( -3.1%)
Jan 06 Spider-Girl #94 - 17,148 ( +0.5%)
Feb 06 Spider-Girl #95 - 16,778 ( -2.2%)
Mar 06 Spider-Girl #96 - 16,739 ( -0.2%)
Apr 06 Spider-Girl #97 - 17,508 ( +4.6%)
6 mnth ( -3.6%)
1 year (-11.0%)
2 year (-14.7%)
3 year (-24.5%)

Cancelled with issue #100. Again, this month's increase really isn't that significant in the bigger picture, when you compare the sort of sales that SPIDER-GIRL was regularly generating between 2001 and 2003. It just isn't the solid (albeit modest) performer that it used to be.

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125. X-STATIX PRESENTS DEAD GIRL
Apr 01 X-Force #115 - 36,361
Apr 02 X-Force #127 - 42,014
Apr 03 X-Statix #10 - 31,009
Apr 04 X-Statix #21 - 25,911
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Jan 06 Dead Girl #1 (of 5) - 20,685
Feb 06 Dead Girl #2 (of 5) - 17,369 (-16.0%)
Mar 06 Dead Girl #3 (of 5) - 16,048 ( -7.6%)
Apr 06 Dead Girl #4 (of 5) - 15,606 ( -2.8%)
2 year (-39.8%)
3 year (-49.7%)

A book which seems to have been generally ignored. Oh well.


145. DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON
Jan 06 Daughters of the Dragon #1 (of 6) - 17,522
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Daughters of the Dragon #2 (of 6) - 13,256 (-24.3%)
Mar 06 Daughters of the Dragon #3 (of 6) - 12,104 ( -8.7%)
Apr 06 Daughters of the Dragon #4 (of 6) - 11,604 ( -4.1%)

Leading in to a new HEROES FOR HIRE title, which debuts as part of CIVIL WAR. To judge by the sales on this miniseries, it'll need all the help it can get.


154. BOOK OF LOST SOULS
Oct 05 Book of Lost Souls #1 - 24,365
Nov 05 Book of Lost Souls #2 - 20,002 (-17.9%)
Dec 05 Book of Lost Souls #3 - 15,308 (-23.5%)
Jan 06 Book of Lost Souls #4 - 13,455 (-12.1%)
Feb 06 Book of Lost Souls #5 - 11,941 (-11.3%)
Mar 06 n/a
Apr 06 Book of Lost Souls #6 - 10,627 (-11.0%)
6 mnth (-56.4%)

An Icon book, so Marvel don't really care how well it sells. Nonetheless, this is a remarkably low number for a title written by one of their star creators. Admittedly, Straczynski wouldn't be the first writer whose fanbase didn't follow him beyond superhero comics, but the difference is that he already had a vocal fanbase before coming to comics. I'd always assumed there were rather more of them, but apparently not. The book goes on hiatus after this, although the creators say that issue #7 will be solicited in due course.

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161. NEW MANGAVERSE
Jan 06 New Mangaverse #1 (of 5) - 14,403
Feb 06 New Mangaverse #2 (of 5) - 11,462 (-20.4%)
Mar 06 New Mangaverse #3 (of 5) - 10,427 ( -9.0%)
Apr 06 New Mangaverse #4 (of 5) - 9,723 ( -6.8%)

162. DOC SAMSON
Jan 06 Doc Samson #1 (of 5) - 18,240
Feb 06 Doc Samson #2 (of 5) - 13,230 (-27.5%)
Mar 06 Doc Samson #3 (of 5) - 10,827 (-18.2%)
Apr 06 Doc Samson #4 (of 5) - 9,621 (-11.1%)

File under "Well, what did they expect?"


166. AMAZING FANTASY
Apr 05 Amazing Fantasy #7 - 21,802 ( -8.9%)
May 05 Amazing Fantasy #8 - 17,773 (-18.5%)
Jun 05 Amazing Fantasy #9 - 15,606 (-12.2%)
Jul 05 Amazing Fantasy #10 - 14,729 ( -5.6%)
Aug 05 Amazing Fantasy #11 - 12,788 (-13.2%)
Sep 05 Amazing Fantasy #12 - 11,983 ( -6.3%)
Oct 05 Amazing Fantasy #13 - 11,973 ( -0.0%)
Oct 05 Amazing Fantasy #14 - 11,623 ( -2.9%)
Nov 05 Amazing Fantasy #15 - 13,958 (+20.1%)
Dec 05 Amazing Fantasy #16 - 11,816 (-15.3%)
Jan 06 Amazing Fantasy #17 - 10,517 (-11.0%)
Feb 06 n/a
Mar 06 Amazing Fantasy #18 - 10,108 ( -3.9%)
Mar 06 Amazing Fantasy #19 - 9,535 ( -5.7%)
Apr 06 Amazing Fantasy #20 - 8,929 ( -6.4%)
6 mnth (-23.2%)
1 year (-59.0%)

Axed, as reality finally catches up on the beleaguered anthology.

wer kauft sich solche Sachen, für das Geld kan man mit der Freundin zum türken essen gehen

 169. UNDERWORLD
Feb 06 Underworld #1 (of 5) - 12,479
Mar 06 Underworld #2 (of 5) - 11,134 (-10.8%)
Apr 06 Underworld #3 (of 5) - 8,667 (-22.2%)

Disastrous. UNDERWORLD really isn't that bad, but with two issues yet to go, it looks set to break records for a Marvel Universe title. If it carries on dropping at this rate, it's in serious danger of falling below MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN, and I can't remember any Marvel Universe book doing that before.


178. AVENGERS & POWER PACK ASSEMBLE!
Apr 06 Avengers & Power Pack Assemble #1 (of 4) - 7,857

The third POWER PACK miniseries, which must be doing good business in digest format, since they're certainly not selling in the direct market.


186. SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE
Dec 05 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #1 - 11,171
Jan 06 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #2 - 8,590 (-23.1%)
Feb 06 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #3 - 7,648 (-11.0%)
Mar 06 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #4 - 7,672 ( +0.3%)
Apr 06 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #5 - 7,165 ( -6.6%)

Solid, if nothing else.


189. SABLE & FORTUNE
Jan 06 Sable & Fortune #1 (of 4) - 15,451
Feb 06 Sable & Fortune #2 (of 4) - 10,751 (-30.4%)
Mar 06 Sable & Fortune #3 (of 4) - 7,755 (-27.9%)
Apr 06 Sable & Fortune #4 (of 4) - 6,968 (-10.1%)

Cut back from an initial six issues. This issue features fill-in art that might tactfully be described as unfortunate. The artist, who is capable of much better and was presumably working on a tight deadline, can perhaps take some comfort in knowing that very few people saw it.

Wenn ich einer dieser Autoren wäre dann würde ich so  rumlaufen

200. MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN
Apr 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #2 - 10,305 (-28.2%)
May 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #3 - 9,110 (-11.6%)
Jun 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #4 - 8,878 ( -2.5%)
Jul 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #5 - 8,075 ( -9.0%)
Aug 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #6 - 7,636 ( -5.4%)
Sep 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #7 - 7,199 ( -5.7%)
Oct 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #8 - 7,088 ( -1.5%)
Nov 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #9 - 6,637 ( -6.4%)
Dec 05 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #10 - 6,391 ( -3.7%)
Jan 06 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #11 - 6,107 ( -4.4%)
Feb 06 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #12 - 6,087 ( -0.3%)
Mar 06 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #13 - 5,899 ( -3.1%)
Apr 06 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #14 - 5,970 ( +1.2%)
6 mnth (-15.8%)
1 year (-42.1%)

215. MARVEL ADVENTURES: FANTASTIC FOUR
May 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #0 - 9,723
Jun 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #1 - 9,617 ( -1.1%)
Jul 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #2 - 6,864 (-28.6%)
Aug 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #3 - 6,447 ( -6.1%)
Sep 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #4 - 6,064 ( -5.9%)
Oct 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #5 - 5,969 ( -1.6%)
Nov 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #6 - 5,522 ( -7.5%)
Dec 05 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #7 - 5,058 ( -8.4%)
Jan 06 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #8 - 4,834 ( -4.4%)
Feb 06 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #9 - 4,711 ( -2.5%)
Mar 06 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #10 - 4,663 ( -1.0%)
Apr 06 Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #11 - 4,526 ( -2.9%)
6 mnth (-24.2%)

The Marvel Adventures titles are aimed primarily at the digest market, so their direct market sales aren't particularly important.


220. MARVEL ROMANCE REDUX
Feb 06 But He Said He Loved Me - 7,070
Mar 06 Guys & Doll - 6,150 (-13.0%)
Apr 06 Restraining Orders Are For Other Girls - 4,359 (-29.1%)

Well, this is looking like a disaster. Still, at least there are no artists to pay. My initial theory was that Marvel might get their money back by repackaging it as a humour book for the bookstores, but bizarrely, the series is full of comics industry jokes, which puts paid to that idea.

This month's MARVEL MILESTONES reprint is AMAZING ADVENTURES #11 (the story from 1972 where the Beast becomes furry) backed up with UNCANNY X-MEN #153 ("Kitty's Fairy Tale", presumably to tie in with May's X-MEN: FAIRY TALES miniseries). It sells 3,367 copies to chart at number 233. One has to wonder, even as reprint books, whether the MILESTONES books are really worth Marvel's time when they sell at this level.


235. MARVEL SPOTLIGHT
Dec 05 John Cassaday & Sean McKeever - 9,763
Jan 06 Warren Ellis & Jim Cheung - 6,843 (-29.9%)
Feb 06 Joss Whedon & Michael Lark - 5,947 (-13.1%)
Mar 06 David Finch & Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - 4,146 (-30.3%)
Apr 06 Daniel Way & Olivier Coipel - 3,309 (-20.2%)

Incredibly, Marvel continue to solicit these things. They're 32-page interview and sketch books with no adverts, which makes you wonder how they can possibly be making anything but a massive loss. If sales continue to drop at this rate, there's a real likelihood of MARVEL SPOTLIGHT becoming Marvel's first ongoing, non-reprint series to drop off the top 300 altogether. In fact, if sales continue to drop at this rate, it'll be selling less than zero in six months time.

NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI
Mar 06 Illuminati - 122,920

March's one-shot sells 15,008 more copies in re-orders, placing at number 127.

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