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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: November 2012
01/14/2013 By The Beat 17 Comments
PinExt Marvel Month to Month Sales: November 2012

all new x men 2 561 Marvel Month to Month Sales: November 2012
By Paul O’Brien

While the Marvel Now! relaunch programme got under way in October, November saw it in full swing, with the first issue of ALL-NEW X-MEN, new creative teams (and new numbering) on HULK, IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, X-MEN LEGACY, FANTASTIC FOUR and FF, and a new direction for JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. With all the issue #1s supported by extensive promotion, the chart is turned upside down.

You won’t be surprised to hear that this gives Marvel the largest share of the North American direct market in November, leading DC by 40% to 33% in units and a rather closer 34% to 30% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICV2.com for giving us permission to use these figures.

1,11. ALL-NEW X-MEN
11/12 All-New X-Men #1 - 181,693
11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 96,436 (-46.9%)

You could make a strong case for this being a continuation of UNCANNY X-MEN, which ended last month, but since another UNCANNY X-MEN series is due to launch in the new year, I’m treating this one as the new title. For comparison, though, UNCANNY X-MEN was regularly doing around 60K, and when it last relaunched (in, um, November 2011) the first issue did 109,911. So this is doing rather better.

Another view would be that this book is effectively replacing X-MEN, which is about to be cancelled with issue #41. That book does around 30K at the moment, so if you want to draw that comparison, Marvel are trading up quite decisively.

All of the Marvel Now! first issues are heavily supported by variant covers and retailer incentives, and since the whole point of such things is to encourage retailers to order more copies than they otherwise would, the first issue sales do need to be treated with a certain degree of caution. Substantial drops on the second issues are only to be expected where these methods are used.

But thanks to Marvel’s double-shipping programme, we actually do have sales on the November chart for several of the second issues, and we can see that even those sales show a very substantial improvement. There will still be a lot of settling down to do over the next few months, but all signs this month are very good.

3. CAPTAIN AMERICA
11/07 Captain America v6 #32 - 73,310
11/08 Captain America v6 #44 - 75,493
11/09 Reborn #4 - 96,571
11/10 Captain America #612 - 47,343
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11/11 Captain America v7 #4 - 54,157 ( -0.5%)
12/11 Captain America v7 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 Captain America v7 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Captain America v7 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 Captain America v7 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 Captain America v7 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 Captain America v7 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
06/12 Captain America v7 #13 - 39,456 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #14 - 36,812 ( -6.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #15 - 36,433 ( -1.0%)
08/12 Captain America v7 #16 - 35,155 ( -3.5%)
09/12 Captain America v7 #17 - 34,279 ( -2.5%)
10/12 Captain America v7 #18 - 38,318 ( +11.8%)
10/12 Captain America v7 #19 - 40,205 ( +4.9%)
11/12 Captain America v8 #1 - 123,667 (+207.6%)
6 mnth (+218.7%)
1 year (+128.3%)
2 year (+161.2%)
3 year ( +28.1%)
4 year ( +63.8%)
5 year ( +68.7%)

Just one issue this month, but it’s pretty clear that the new series is off to a strong start. Realistically, we’ll have to wait to see the sales on more typical issues to say anything much more than that.

4,21. DEADPOOL
11/08 Deadpool v3 #4 - 49,577
11/09 Deadpool v3 #17 - 46,765
11/10 Deadpool v3 #29 - 31,350
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11/11 Deadpool v3 #46 - 26,260 ( -4.7%)
12/11 Deadpool v3 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 Deadpool v3 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 Deadpool v3 #50 - 40,695 ( +64.2%)
02/12 Deadpool v3 #51 - 27,458 ( -32.5%)
03/12 Deadpool v3 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 Deadpool v3 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
06/12 Deadpool v3 #56 - 29,513 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #57 - 29,155 ( -1.2%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #58 - 28,706 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Deadpool v3 #59 - 28,507 ( -0.7%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #60 - 28,548 ( +0.1%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #61 - 28,351 ( -0.7%)
10/12 Deadpool v3 #62 - 28,897 ( +1.9%)
10/12 Deadpool v3 #63 - 29,049 ( +0.5%)
11/12 Deadpool v4 #1 - 118,976 (+309.6%)
11/12 Deadpool v4 #2 - 67,421 ( -43.3%)
6 mnth (+132.3%)
1 year (+156.7%)
2 year (+115.1%)
3 year ( +44.2%)
4 year ( +36.0%)

Surprising to see DEADPOOL come in so high, when some of Marvel’s big names were also being relaunched this month with more established creative teams attached. But the series has been well received and if it can sustain anything like the sales it’s achieved with its second issue, the relaunch will have done it the world of good.

5. INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK
11/07 Incredible Hulk #111 - 101,536
11/08 Hulk #8 - 90,776
11/09 Incredible Hulk #604 - 40,652
11/10 Incredible Hulks #616 - 35,296
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11/11 Incredible v4 #2 - 80,143 ( -24.7%)
12/11 Incredible v4 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 Incredible v4 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 Incredible v4 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 Incredible v4 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 Incredible v4 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #9 - 40,467 ( -3.8%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #10 - 38,122 ( -5.8%)
07/12 Incredible v4 #11 - 36,743 ( -3.6%)
08/12 Incredible v4 #12 - 36,860 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #13 - 33,858 ( -8.1%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #14 - 33,887 ( +0.1%)
10/12 Incredible v4 #15 - 36,091 ( +6.5%)
11/12 Indestructible #1 - 118,200 (+227.5%)
6 mnth (+180.9%)
1 year ( +47.5%)
2 year (+234.9%)
3 year (+190.8%)
4 year ( +30.2%)
5 year ( +16.4%)

Again, just a first issue here, so it’s hard to read too much into this. It might be pointed out that the last relaunch – just last October – opened with estimated orders of 106,472 and didn’t hold on to them for very long. But that was because it had a 50% overship on its first two issues. I don’t expect to see that repeated on this series.

6,20. IRON MAN
11/07 ---
11/08 Iron Man v5 #7 - 49,356
11/09 Iron Man v5 #20 - 55,160
11/10 Iron Man v5 #32 - 40,978
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11/11 Iron Man #510 - 38,118 ( -1.6%)
12/11 Iron Man #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 Iron Man #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Iron Man #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 Iron Man #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 Iron Man #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 Iron Man #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 Iron Man #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
06/12 Iron Man #518 - 32,553 ( -3.2%)
06/12 Iron Man #519 - 32,518 ( -0.1%)
07/12 Iron Man #520 - 32,765 ( +0.8%)
07/12 Iron Man #521 - 32,172 ( -1.8%)
08/12 Iron Man #522 - 31,464 ( -2.2%)
08/12 Iron Man #523 - 31,568 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Iron Man #524 - 30,976 ( -1.9%)
09/12 Iron Man #525 - 30,885 ( -0.3%)
10/12 Iron Man #526 - 35,934 ( +16.3%)
10/12 Iron Man #527 - 36,981 ( +2.9%)
11/12 Iron Man v6 #1 - 116,529 (+215.1%)
11/12 Iron Man v6 #2 - 72,902 ( -37.4%)
6 mnth (+131.2%)
1 year ( +91.3%)
2 year ( +77.9%)
3 year ( +32.2%)
4 year ( +47.7%)
5 year ( --- )

Another massive increase from previous sales, even on the second issue. These numbers are actually pretty similar to the launch of the last volume – it managed 120K on its first issue and 76K on the second. But that was four years ago.

7. FANTASTIC FOUR
11/07 Fantastic Four #551 - 58,617
11/08 Fantastic Four #561 - 61,331
11/09 Fantastic Four #573 - 39,433
11/10 Fantastic Four #585 - 41,568
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11/11 Fantastic Four #600 - 73,809 ( +52.4%)
12/11 Fantastic Four #601 - 51,080 ( -30.8%)
01/12 Fantastic Four #602 - 45,131 ( -11.6%)
02/12 Fantastic Four #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 Fantastic Four #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 Fantastic Four #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
06/12 Fantastic Four #607 - 40,453 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Fantastic Four #608 - 37,776 ( -6.6%)
08/12 Fantastic Four #609 - 36,496 ( -3.4%)
09/12 Fantastic Four #610 - 35,388 ( -3.0%)
10/12 Fantastic Four #611 - 45,322 ( +28.1%)
11/12 Fantastic Four v5 #1 - 114,532 (+152.7%)
6 mnth (+186.9%)
1 year ( +55.2%)
2 year (+175.5%)
3 year (+190.4%)
4 year ( +86.7%)
5 year ( +95.4%)

Again, huge sales increase, but we’ll have to wait for the second issue sales to put a bit more context on it.

8. UNCANNY AVENGERS
10/12 Uncanny Avengers #1 - 303,722
11/12 Uncanny Avengers #2 - 114,257 (-62.4%)

In percentage terms, that’s an enormous second issue drop – but when the first issue has such an outrageous number of variant covers, that’s going to happen. Even after that drop, UNCANNY AVENGERS is still comfortably over the 100K mark, and that’s the really significant thing here.

10,22. THOR: GOD OF THUNDER
11/07 Thor v3 #4 - 106,541
11/08 ---
11/09 Thor Finale - 53,566
11/10 Thor #617 - 49,165
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11/11 Thor v4 #8 - 40,703 ( -7.5%)
12/11 Thor v4 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 Thor v4 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 Thor v4 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 Thor v4 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 Thor v4 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 Thor v4 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 Thor v4 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
06/12 Thor v4 #15 - 33,674 ( +3.5%)
06/12 Thor v4 #16 - 31,798 ( -5.6%)
07/12 Thor v4 #17 - 30,879 ( -2.9%)
08/12 Thor v4 #18 - 35,392 ( +14.6%)
09/12 Thor v4 #19 - 30,289 ( -14.4%)
09/12 Thor v4 #20 - 30,172 ( -0.4%)
10/12 Thor v4 #21 - 34,550 ( +14.5%)
10/12 Thor v4 #22 - 35,328 ( +2.3%)
11/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443 (+212.6%)
11/12 Thor v5 #2 - 65,533 ( -40.7%)
6 mnth (+101.3%)
1 year ( +61.0%)
2 year ( +33.3%)
3 year ( +22.3%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( -38.5%)

Another relaunch, and another case where the second issue remains miles up from previous sales. (Those percentage comparisons with past years are based on the second issue, by the way, since it’s the most recent.)

For comparison, the last time THOR was relaunched, in 2011, the first two issues had estimated orders of 82K and 50K.

12,34. X-MEN LEGACY
11/07 X-Men v2 #205 - 101,401
11/08 X-Men Legacy #218 - 63,512
11/09 X-Men Legacy #229 - 50,789
11/10 X-Men Legacy #242 - 43,750
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11/11 X-Men Legacy #258 - 38,334 ( +0.7%)
11/11 X-Men Legacy #259 - 41,967 ( +9.5%)
12/11 X-Men Legacy #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 X-Men Legacy #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 X-Men Legacy #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #266 - 43,199 ( +21.0%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #268 - 49,163 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #269 - 46,923 ( -4.6%)
07/12 X-Men Legacy #270 - 44,914 ( -4.3%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #271 - 37,206 ( -17.2%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #272 - 37,120 ( -0.2%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #273 - 36,020 ( -3.0%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #274 - 35,168 ( -2.4%)
10/12 X-Men Legacy #275 - 38,726 ( +10.1%)
11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #1 - 87,081 (+124.9%)
11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #2 - 58,037 ( -33.4%)
6 mnth ( +25.4%)
1 year ( +51.4%)
2 year ( +32.7%)
3 year ( +14.3%)
4 year ( -8.6%)
5 year ( -42.8%)

Though it’s officially a relaunch of X-MEN LEGACY – and I’m treating it as such – this is to all intents and purposes a new book. Specifically, it’s a solo title for minor character Legion, which isn’t the most obviously commercial premise. Unsurprisingly, then, it comes in behind the bigger titles – but it still sees a big sales increase for its new direction.

13,29. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
11/07 ---
11/08 Amazing #578 - 66,564
11/09 Amazing #610 - 61,170
11/10 Amazing #649 - 52,586
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11/11 Amazing #673 - 57,159 ( -1.2%)
11/11 Amazing #674 - 57,723 ( +1.0%)
12/11 Amazing #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 Amazing #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 Amazing #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 Amazing #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 Amazing #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 Amazing #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 Amazing #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 Amazing #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 Amazing #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 Amazing #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 Amazing #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 Amazing #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 Amazing #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
06/12 Amazing #687 - 62,680 ( +7.4%)
06/12 Amazing #688 - 60,409 ( -3.6%)
07/12 Amazing #689 - 59,859 ( -0.9%)
07/12 Amazing #690 - 58,976 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Amazing #691 - 60,767 ( +3.0%)
08/12 Amazing #692 - 91,071 (+49.9%)
09/12 Amazing #693 - 59,772 (-34.4%)
09/12 Amazing #694 - 58,461 ( -2.2%)
10/12 Amazing #695 - 58,185 ( -0.5%)
10/12 Amazing #696 - 57,950 ( -0.4%)
11/12 Amazing #697 - 59,872 ( +3.3%)
11/12 Amazing #698 - 81,342 (+35.9%)
6 mnth (+39.4%)
1 year (+42.3%)
2 year (+54.7%)
3 year (+33.0%)
4 year (+22.2%)
5 year ( --- )

This is the start of the build towards the SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN relaunch, and issue #698 is also bolstered by a variant cover. Considering that there’s still an anniversary issue and the relaunch proper to come, this sort of sales increase looks like a very positive sign.

14. FF
11/11 FF #12 - 49,449 ( +2.1%)
12/11 FF #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 FF #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 FF #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 FF #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 FF #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 FF #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
06/12 FF #19 - 34,260 ( -0.9%)
07/12 FF #20 - 31,652 ( -7.6%)
08/12 FF #21 - 30,220 ( -4.5%)
09/12 FF #22 - 29,847 ( -1.2%)
10/12 FF #23 - 30,844 ( +3.3%)
11/12 FF v2 #1 - 80,701 (+161.6%)
6 mnth (+133.5%)
1 year ( +63.2%)

The FANTASTIC FOUR companion title comes in some way behind the parent, but that’s only to be expected; this has been clearly positioned as the more quirky book, and besides, sales are still way up from the inherited level. The two titles are actually being collected in the same trade paperbacks, so it might be that there will turn out to be a closer connection between the two titles than first appears.

23. A PLUS X
04/12 Versus #1 of 6 - 111,913
05/12 Versus #2 of 6 - 98,819 (-11.7%)
06/12 Versus #3 of 6 - 94,528 ( -4.3%)
07/12 Versus #4 of 6 - 86,526 ( -8.5%)
08/12 Versus #5 of 6 - 78,380 ( -9.4%)
09/12 ---
10/12 Versus #6 of 6 - 75,298 ( -3.9%)
10/12 A+X #1 - 105,420 (+40.0%)
11/12 A+X #2 - 64,606 (-38.7%)
6 mnth (-34.6%)

A typical second issue drop for the Marvel Now books, and I’d say this still counts as a good number for what is essentially a self-contained anthology title.

31. AVX: CONSEQUENCES
10/12 Consequences #1 of 5 - 73,272
10/12 Consequences #2 of 5 - 62,799 (-14.3%)
10/12 Consequences #3 of 5 - 59,896 ( -4.6%)
10/12 Consequences #4 of 5 - 58,527 ( -2.3%)
11/12 Consequences #5 of 5 - 58,469 ( -0.1%)

Wrapping up the transitional miniseries that mostly shipped in October.

36,39. AVENGERS
11/10 Avengers v4 #7 - 89,758
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11/11 Avengers v4 #19 - 56,620 ( -3.9%)
12/11 Avengers v4 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Avengers v4 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 Avengers v4 #25 - 65,664 (+25.9%)
05/12 Avengers v4 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
06/12 Avengers v4 #27 - 68,885 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Avengers v4 #28 - 63,169 ( -8.3%)
08/12 Avengers v4 #29 - 61,653 ( -2.4%)
09/12 Avengers v4 #30 - 58,609 ( -4.9%)
10/12 Avengers v4 #31 - 62,495 ( +6.6%)
10/12 Avengers v4 #32 - 56,204 (-10.1%)
11/12 Avengers v4 #33 - 53,336 ( -5.1%)
11/12 Avengers v4 #34 - 57,315 ( +7.5%)
6 mnth (-15.4%)
1 year ( +1.2%)
2 year (-36.1%)

37,40,43. NEW AVENGERS
11/07 New Avengers #36 - 107,715
11/08 ---
11/09 New Avengers #59 - 74,379
11/10 New Avengers v2 #6 - 66,724
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11/11 New Avengers v2 #18 - 54,454 ( -2.3%)
12/11 New Avengers v2 #19 - 52,915 ( -2.8%)
01/12 New Avengers v2 #20 - 52,910 ( -0.0%)
02/12 New Avengers v2 #21 - 54,105 ( +2.3%)
02/12 New Avengers v2 #22 - 51,235 ( -5.3%)
03/12 New Avengers v2 #23 - 51,697 ( +0.9%)
04/12 New Avengers v2 #24 - 64,533 (+24.8%)
04/12 New Avengers v2 #25 - 61,950 ( -4.0%)
05/12 New Avengers v2 #26 - 64,326 ( +3.8%)
06/12 New Avengers v2 #27 - 64,927 ( +0.9%)
07/12 New Avengers v2 #28 - 62,739 ( -3.4%)
08/12 New Avengers v2 #29 - 59,441 ( -5.3%)
09/12 New Avengers v2 #30 - 56,742 ( -4.5%)
10/12 New Avengers v2 #31 - 53,456 ( -5.8%)
11/12 New Avengers v2 #32 - 52,784 ( -1.3%)
11/12 New Avengers v2 #33 - 50,045 ( -5.2%)
11/12 New Avengers v2 #34 - 53,862 ( +7.6%)
6 mnth (-16.3%)
1 year ( -1.1%)
2 year (-19.3%)
3 year (-27.6%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-50.0%)

The final issues of Brian Bendis’ run. Both books now relaunch under Jonathan Hickman.

46,48. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN
11/11 Wolverine/X-Men #2 - 83,356 (-16.3%)
12/11 Wolverine/X-Men #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 Wolverine/X-Men #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 Wolverine/X-Men #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
06/12 Wolverine/X-Men #12 - 64,838 ( -0.2%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #13 - 62,689 ( -3.3%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #14 - 61,029 ( -2.6%)
08/12 Wolverine/X-Men #15 - 58,441 ( -4.2%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #16 - 55,857 ( -4.4%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #17 - 54,768 ( -1.9%)
10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #18 - 52,331 ( -4.4%)
10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #19 - 50,008 ( -4.4%)
11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #20 - 48,432 ( -3.2%)
11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #21 - 48,244 ( -0.4%)
6 mnth (-25.7%)
1 year (-42.1%)

At long last, we reach a book which is simply going about its ordinary business. Sales maintain the book’s very gentle downward drift.

52,53. UNCANNY X-FORCE
11/08 X-Force v3 #9 - 57,241
11/09 X-Force v3 #21 - 53,967
11/10 X-Force v4 #2 - 56,518
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11/11 X-Force v4 #17 - 50,974 ( -2.7%)
12/11 X-Force v4 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 X-Force v4 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 X-Force v4 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 X-Force v4 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 X-Force v4 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Force v4 #26 - 47,522 ( -6.0%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #27 - 46,325 ( -2.5%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #28 - 46,367 ( +0.1%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #29 - 45,159 ( -2.6%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #30 - 44,918 ( -0.5%)
09/12 X-Force v4 #31 - 44,061 ( -1.9%)
10/12 X-Force v4 #32 - 44,055 ( -0.0%)
11/12 X-Force v4 #33 - 43,589 ( -1.1%)
11/12 X-Force v4 #34 - 43,710 ( +0.3%)
6 mnth (-14.0%)
1 year (-14.3%)
2 year (-22.7%)
3 year (-19.0%)
4 year (-23.6%)

The current series ends with issue #35, after which it’s replaced by two new X-Force titles featuring two different teams both called X-Force. This incarnation of the book, under Rick Remender, has been a big success; erosion has been very slow and sales remain at a very healthy level after two years.

55. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 Avengers Assemble #1 - 100,883
04/12 Avengers Assemble #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 Avengers Assemble #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)
06/12 Avengers Assemble #4 - 43,022 ( -2.0%)
07/12 Avengers Assemble #5 - 38,951 ( -9.5%)
08/12 Avengers Assemble #6 - 36,131 ( -7.2%)
09/12 Avengers Assemble #7 - 36,259 ( +0.4%)
10/12 Avengers Assemble #8 - 36,453 ( +0.5%)
11/12 Avengers Assemble #9 - 42,088 (+15.5%)
6 mnth ( -4.1%)

The first issue by new creative team Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli, this was promoted as a Marvel Now issue and received a variant cover. All these combine to give sales a welcome increase.

17. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
11/07 Spider-Man #116 - 61,534
11/08 Spider-Man #128 - 52,187
11/09 Spider-Man v2 #4 - 49,106
11/10 Spider-Man #150 - 40,553
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11/11 Spider-Man v3 #4 - 51,558 ( -1.8%)
12/11 Spider-Man v3 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 Spider-Man v3 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 Spider-Man v3 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 Spider-Man v3 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 Spider-Man v3 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 Spider-Man v3 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
06/12 Spider-Man v3 #11 - 42,549 ( +0.5%)
07/12 Spider-Man v3 #12 - 42,050 ( -1.2%)
08/12 Spider-Man v3 #13 - 42,642 ( +1.4%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #14 - 40,960 ( -3.9%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #15 - 40,435 ( -1.3%)
10/12 Spider-Man v3 #16 - 39,679 ( -1.9%)
10/12 Spider-Man v3 #.1 - 38,321 ( -3.4%)
11/12 Spider-Man v3 #17 - 38,481 ( +0.4%)
6 mnth ( -9.1%)
1 year (-25.4%)
2 year ( -5.1%)
3 year (-21.6%)
4 year (-26.3%)
5 year (-37.5%)

Slightly up, but then the previous issue was a Point One. Overall, there’s a very slow downward trend continuing.

61. MINIMUM CARNAGE
10/12 Alpha - 41,110
11/12 Omega - 37,376 (-9.1%)

The second bookend for the crossover between VENOM and SCARLET SPIDER. Curiously, both bookends outsell any issue in the crossover proper, which doesn’t make a great deal of sense.

63. DAREDEVIL
11/07 Daredevil v2 #102 - 45,030
11/08 Daredevil v2 #113 - 41,200
11/09 Daredevil #502 - 40,354
11/10 ---
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11/11 Daredevil v3 #6 - 38,302 ( -2.8%)
12/11 Daredevil v3 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 Daredevil v3 #8 - 43,494 (+12.0%)
02/12 Daredevil v3 #9 - 37,891 (-12.9%)
03/12 Daredevil v3 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #11 - 46,111 (+19.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #12 - 39,231 (-14.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
06/12 Daredevil v3 #14 - 43,865 (+12.3%)
07/12 Daredevil v3 #15 - 38,469 (-12.3%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #16 - 37,804 ( -1.7%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #17 - 38,149 ( +0.9%)
09/12 Daredevil v3 #18 - 37,185 ( -2.5%)
10/12 Daredevil v3 #19 - 37,228 ( +0.1%)
11/12 Daredevil v3 #20 - 36,515 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( -6.5%)
1 year ( -4.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -9.5%)
4 year (-11.4%)
5 year (-18.9%)

DAREDEVIL has been hovering at around this level for a year now, occasional spikes aside.

66. HAWKEYE
08/12 Hawkeye v4 #1 - 48,346
09/12 Hawkeye v4 #2 - 33,563 (-30.6%)
10/12 Hawkeye v4 #3 - 35,403 ( +5.5%)
11/12 Hawkeye v4 #4 - 34,208 ( -3.4%)

That’s two straight issues which outsold issue #2. For once, critical acclaim and good word of mouth appear to have worked.

68. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 Scarlet Spider #1 - 53,410
02/12 Scarlet Spider #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 Scarlet Spider #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 Scarlet Spider #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 Scarlet Spider #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)
06/12 Scarlet Spider #6 - 30,722 ( -0.7%)
07/12 Scarlet Spider #7 - 29,140 ( -5.1%)
08/12 Scarlet Spider #8 - 27,690 ( -5.0%)
09/12 Scarlet Spider #9 - 27,140 ( -2.0%)
10/12 Scarlet Spider #10 - 31,786 (+17.1%)
11/12 Scarlet Spider #11 - 32,287 ( +1.6%)
6 mnth ( +4.4%)

This and the previous issue were both part of the “Minimum Carnage” crossover with VENOM.

70. WOLVERINE
11/07 Wolverine v3 #59 - 65,725
11/08 Wolverine v3 #69 - 93,914
11/09 W: Weapon X #7 - 36,108
11/10 Wolverine v4 #3 - 51,600
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11/11 Wolverine v4 #18 - 40,170 ( +1.9%)
11/11 Wolverine v4 #19 - 37,997 ( -5.4%)
12/11 Wolverine v4 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Wolverine #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 Wolverine #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 Wolverine #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 Wolverine #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 Wolverine #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 Wolverine #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Wolverine #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 Wolverine #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
06/12 Wolverine #308 - 35,142 ( +1.9%)
07/12 Wolverine #309 - 33,148 ( -5.7%)
07/12 Wolverine #310 - 60,880 (+83.7%)
08/12 Wolverine #311 - 42,404 (-30.3%)
08/12 Wolverine #312 - 41,030 ( -3.2%)
09/12 Wolverine #313 - 39,262 ( -4.3%)
10/12 Wolverine #314 - 34,504 (-12.1%)
10/12 Wolverine #315 - 38,557 (+11.7%)
11/12 Wolverine #316 - 32,208 (-16.5%)
6 mnth ( -6.6%)
1 year (-19.8%)
2 year (-37.6%)
3 year (-10.8%)
4 year (-65.7%)
5 year (-51.0%)

The current run ends in issue #317, after which it’s being replaced by two titles, WOLVERINE and SAVAGE WOLVERINE. (I’ll be treating WOLVERINE as the continuation of this book, even though it launches second.)

71. SECRET AVENGERS
11/10 Secret Avengers #7 - 59,999
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11/11 Secret Avengers #19 - 41,191 ( -4.8%)
12/11 Secret Avengers #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 Secret Avengers #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 Secret Avengers #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
06/12 Secret Avengers #28 - 51,572 ( +3.5%)
07/12 Secret Avengers #29 - 41,653 (-19.2%)
08/12 Secret Avengers #30 - 38,243 ( -8.2%)
09/12 Secret Avengers #31 - 35,987 ( -5.9%)
10/12 Secret Avengers #32 - 35,346 ( -1.8%)
10/12 Secret Avengers #33 - 34,260 ( -3.1%)
11/12 Secret Avengers #34 - 32,146 ( -6.2%)
6 mnth (-35.5%)
1 year (-22.0%)
2 year (-46.4%)

Drifting down for now, but it relaunches as part of Marvel Now! after issue #37.

72. DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS
10/12 End of Days #1 of 8 - 40,911
11/12 End of Days #2 of 8 - 32,072 (-21.6%)

Perfectly good numbers for an out of continuity miniseries, albeit one with an unusually strong creative team.

74,85. VENOM
11/11 Venom v2 #9 - 32,506 ( +0.7%)
12/11 Venom v2 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 Venom v2 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Venom v2 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 Venom v2 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 Venom v2 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 Venom v2 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 Venom v2 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 Venom v2 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 Venom v2 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
06/12 Venom v2 #19 - 28,702 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Venom v2 #20 - 26,941 ( -6.1%)
07/12 Venom v2 #21 - 26,534 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Venom v2 #22 - 26,734 ( +0.8%)
08/12 Venom v2 #23 - 26,854 ( +0.4%)
09/12 Venom v2 #24 - 30,080 (+12.0%)
09/12 Venom v2 #25 - 25,242 (-16.1%)
10/12 Venom v2 #26 - 31,711 (+25.6%)
11/12 Venom v2 #27 - 31,118 ( -1.9%)
11/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 25,727 (-17.3%)
6 mnth ( -9.1%)
1 year (-20.9%)

Issue #27 was part of the “Minimum Carnage” crossover with SCARLET SPIDER. As for the Point One issue, it’s worth noting that it actually outsold issue #25, albeit marginally – unusual for the Point One books, which normally tail in below regular sales.

75. X-MEN
11/10 X-Men v3 #5 - 56,651
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11/11 X-Men v3 #20 - 43,515 ( +6.4%)
11/11 X-Men v3 #21 - 39,919 ( -8.3%)
12/11 X-Men v3 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 X-Men v3 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 X-Men v3 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 X-Men v3 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #30 - 37,690 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #31 - 35,789 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Men v3 #32 - 35,091 ( -2.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #33 - 33,695 ( -4.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #34 - 33,354 ( -1.0%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #35 - 32,049 ( -3.9%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #36 - 31,996 ( -0.2%)
10/12 X-Men v3 #37 - 31,611 ( -1.2%)
11/12 X-Men v3 #38 - 30,289 ( -4.2%)
6 mnth (-14.6%)
1 year (-30.4%)
2 year (-46.5%)

Cancelled with issue #41.

76. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
11/11 Avenging Spider-Man #1 - 112,153
12/11 Avenging Spider-Man #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 Avenging Spider-Man #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 Avenging Spider-Man #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 Avenging Spider-Man #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 Avenging Spider-Man #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 Avenging Spider-Man #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
06/12 Avenging Spider-Man #8 - 39,861 ( +4.9%)
07/12 Avenging Spider-Man #9 - 37,134 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #10 - 34,537 ( -7.0%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #11 - 33,808 ( -2.1%)
09/12 Avenging Spider-Man #12 - 35,462 ( +4.9%)
10/12 Avenging Spider-Man #13 - 32,908 ( -7.2%)
11/12 Avenging Spider-Man #14 - 30,102 ( -8.5%)
6 mnth (-20.8%)
1 year (-73.2%)

Losing sales rather quickly for a book which has been going a year – but it’ll be hoping for a spillover benefit when SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN gets underway.

78. ULTIMATES
11/07 ---
11/08 ---
11/09 ---
11/10 ---
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11/11 Ultimates v5 #4 - 39,342 ( -3.6%)
12/11 Ultimates v5 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 Ultimates v5 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 Ultimates v5 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 Ultimates v5 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 Ultimates v5 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
06/12 Ultimates v5 #12 - 30,845 ( -1.6%)
07/12 Ultimates v5 #13 - 32,380 ( +5.0%)
08/12 Ultimates v5 #14 - 30,311 ( -6.4%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #15 - 30,382 ( +0.2%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #16 - 30,533 ( +0.5%)
10/12 Ultimates v5 #17 - 29,382 ( -3.8%)
11/12 Ultimates v5 #18 - 29,072 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -7.2%)
1 year (-26.1%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Not looking too bad over the last few months, where it’s been locked in the 29-30K range. The broader picture is still one of a slow drift down.

81. ASTONISHING X-MEN
11/07 Astonishing X-Men #23 - 112,920
11/08 ---
11/09 Astonishing X-Men #32 - 62,154
11/10 ---
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11/11 Astonishing X-Men #44 - 32,729 ( +0.3%)
12/11 Astonishing X-Men #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 Astonishing X-Men #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 Astonishing X-Men #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 Astonishing X-Men #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 Astonishing X-Men #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 Astonishing X-Men #50 - 61,866 (+97.7%)
06/12 Astonishing X-Men #51 - 82,654 (+33.6%)
07/12 Astonishing X-Men #52 - 35,766 (-56.7%)
08/12 Astonishing X-Men #53 - 32,268 ( -9.8%)
09/12 Astonishing X-Men #54 - 30,225 ( -6.3%)
10/12 Astonishing X-Men #55 - 29,060 ( -3.9%)
11/12 Astonishing X-Men #56 - 27,583 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (-55.4%)
1 year (-15.7%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-55.6%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-75.6%)

The monthly drops are surely too high for comfort, even though the book has plenty of margin. It’s heading towards a crossover with AGE OF APOCALYPSE and X-TREME X-MEN, though that’s not exactly company I’d be thrilled about keeping, given the dire sales on those books.

82. WOLVERINE MAX
10/12 Wolverine: Max #1 - 37,509
11/12 Wolverine: Max #2 - 27,217 (-27.4%)

For an out-of-continuity Max imprint title, these numbers are actually quite decent.

84,86. GAMBIT
08/12 Gambit v5 #1 - 40,418
08/12 Gambit v5 #2 - 32,336 (-20.0%)
09/12 Gambit v5 #3 - 28,530 (-11.8%)
10/12 Gambit v5 #4 - 27,828 ( -2.5%)
11/12 Gambit v5 #5 - 26,723 ( -4.0%)
11/12 Gambit v5 #6 - 25,522 ( -4.5%)

It’s consistently shedding about 1,000 orders a month, and at these levels, you can’t keep doing that before you get into unhealthy territory.

88,89. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
11/07 ---
11/08 X-Men #98 - 46,446
11/09 ---
11/10 ---
=====
11/11 X-Men v2 #3 - 39,657 (-10.7%)
12/11 X-Men v2 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 X-Men v2 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 X-Men v2 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 X-Men v2 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 X-Men v2 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Men v2 #13 - 29,159 ( +1.1%)
07/12 X-Men v2 #14 - 29,879 ( +2.5%)
08/12 X-Men v2 #15 - 27,847 ( -6.8%)
09/12 X-Men v2 #16 - 27,066 ( -2.8%)
10/12 X-Men v2 #17 - 26,503 ( -2.1%)
10/12 X-Men v2 #18 - 26,322 ( -0.7%)
11/12 X-Men v2 #.1 - 25,425 ( -3.4%)
11/12 X-Men v2 #19 - 25,419 ( -0.0%)
6 mnth (-11.9%)
1 year (-35.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-45.3%)
5 year ( --- )

Another Point One issue that seems to have sold like a regular edition, which I suppose is a step in the right direction. You’ve got to give it to Marvel, they’ve certainly stuck with this idea.

92. ASTONISHING X-MEN ANNUAL
11/12 Annual #1 - 24,690

Less than 3,000 behind the parent title, which isn’t bad at all.

96. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
11/11 J/into Mystery #631 - 27,161 ( -1.9%)
12/11 J/into Mystery #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 J/into Mystery #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 J/into Mystery #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 J/into Mystery #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 J/into Mystery #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #639 - 21,914 ( -7.8%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #640 - 20,714 ( -5.5%)
07/12 J/into Mystery #641 - 19,850 ( -4.2%)
08/12 J/into Mystery #642 - 22,336 (+12.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #643 - 21,109 ( -5.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #644 - 20,588 ( -2.5%)
10/12 J/into Mystery #645 - 20,705 ( +0.6%)
11/12 J/into Mystery #646 - 22,898 (+10.6%)
6 mnth ( -3.7%)
1 year (-15.7%)

This is the first issue of the book’s new direction as a Sif solo title. A debut at 23K is plainly not at all promising, and begs the question of why Marvel have elected not to give this book a fresh issue #1 when the complete change of lead character and creative team would plainly have justified it. Granted, it’s hard to imagine the book ever being a major player, but you have to think it would have done better than this.

99,100. X-FACTOR
11/07 X-Factor v3 #25 - 79,066
11/08 X-Factor v3 #37 - 35,754
11/09 ---
11/10 X-Factor #211 - 26,632
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11/11 X-Factor #227 - 23,742 ( +0.7%)
12/11 X-Factor #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 X-Factor #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 X-Factor #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 X-Factor #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 X-Factor #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 X-Factor #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 X-Factor #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 X-Factor #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 X-Factor #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
06/12 X-Factor #237 - 24,854 ( +3.4%)
06/12 X-Factor #238 - 23,607 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Factor #239 - 23,506 ( -0.4%)
07/12 X-Factor #240 - 23,223 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #241 - 22,943 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #242 - 22,782 ( -0.7%)
09/12 X-Factor #243 - 22,118 ( -2.9%)
09/12 X-Factor #244 - 22,193 ( +0.3%)
10/12 X-Factor #245 - 22,364 ( +0.8%)
11/12 X-Factor #246 - 22,165 ( -0.9%)
11/12 X-Factor #247 - 22,005 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth ( -8.4%)
1 year ( -7.3%)
2 year (-17.4%)
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-38.5%)
5 year (-72.2%)

One of Marvel’s most consistent sellers, stubbornly hovering in the 22K range for months at a time.

101. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS AVENGERS
10/12 MU v Avengers #1 of 4 - 27,650
11/12 MU v Avengers #2 of 4 - 21,949 (-20.6%)

Reasonably decent for an out-of-continuity miniseries. By cutting back on these projects, Marvel may have helped the ones that remain to stand out a bit more.

102. FIRST X-MEN
08/12 First X-Men #1 of 5 - 55,152
09/12 First X-Men #2 of 5 - 31,415 (-43.0%)
10/12 First X-Men #3 of 5 - 25,434 (-19.0%)
11/12 First X-Men #4 of 5 - 21,930 (-13.8%)

Plummetting. The second issue drop is one thing, but continuing drops on the third and fourth issues seem far less encouraging.

104. CAPTAIN MARVEL
11/07 Ms Marvel v2 #21 - 26,484
11/08 Ms Marvel v2 #33 - 23,980
11/09 Ms Marvel v2 #47 - 22,937
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07/12 Captain Marvel v6 #1 - 41,582
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #2 - 28,434 (-31.6%)
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #3 - 27,649 ( -2.8%)
09/12 Captain Marvel v6 #4 - 24,799 (-10.3%)
10/12 Captain Marvel v6 #5 - 28,619 (+15.4%)
10/12 Captain Marvel v6 #6 - 23,103 (-19.3%)
11/12 Captain Marvel v6 #7 - 21,744 ( -5.9%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( -5.2%)
4 year ( -9.3%)
5 year (-17.9%)

The spike on issue #5 makes things look a bit worse than they are, but unfortunately the fact remains that the book is shedding readers at a rate that seems impossible to sustain.

105. AVENGERS ACADEMY
11/10 Avengers Academy #6 - 25,977
=====
11/11 Avengers Academy #21 - 22,713 ( -3.0%)
11/11 Avengers Academy #22 - 22,531 ( -0.8%)
12/11 Avengers Academy #23 - 22,422 ( -0.5%)
01/12 Avengers Academy #24 - 21,857 ( -2.5%)
02/12 Avengers Academy #25 - 21,963 ( +0.5%)
02/12 Avengers Academy #26 - 21,633 ( -1.5%)
03/12 Avengers Academy #27 - 21,830 ( +0.9%)
04/12 Avengers Academy #28 - 22,333 ( +2.3%)
05/12 Avengers Academy #29 - 29,460 (+31.9%)
05/12 Avengers Academy #30 - 29,213 ( -0.8%)
06/12 Avengers Academy #31 - 34,040 (+16.5%)
06/12 Avengers Academy #32 - 32,243 ( -5.3%)
07/12 Avengers Academy #33 - 31,687 ( -1.7%)
08/12 Avengers Academy #34 - 26,572 (-16.1%)
08/12 Avengers Academy #35 - 26,381 ( -0.7%)
09/12 Avengers Academy #36 - 23,822 ( -9.7%)
09/12 Avengers Academy #37 - 23,027 ( -3.3%)
10/12 Avengers Academy #38 - 22,467 ( -2.4%)
11/12 Avengers Academy #39 - 21,632 ( -3.7%)
6 mnth (-26.0%)
1 year ( -4.8%)
2 year (-16.7%)

Final issue. The book is replaced on the schedule by AVENGERS ARENA, but given the change of title, creative team and premise, I’ll be treating it as a separate book.

108. DARK AVENGERS
11/07 ---
11/08 Thunderbolts #126 - 34,640
11/09 Thunderbolts #138 - 31,238
11/10 Thunderbolts #150 - 31,704
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11/11 Thunderbolts #165 - 22,536 ( -5.0%)
11/11 Thunderbolts #166 - 22,680 ( +0.6%)
12/11 Thunderbolts #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Thunderbolts #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 Thunderbolts #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Thunderbolts #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
06/12 Dark Avengers #175 - 39,532 (+110.4%)
06/12 Dark Avengers #176 - 34,614 ( -12.4%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #177 - 30,643 ( -11.5%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #178 - 28,572 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Dark Avengers #179 - 25,835 ( -9.6%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #180 - 23,761 ( -8.0%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #181 - 23,044 ( -3.0%)
10/12 Dark Avengers #182 - 21,936 ( -4.8%)
11/12 Dark Avengers #183 - 21,109 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth ( +12.3%)
1 year ( -6.3%)
2 year ( -33.4%)
3 year ( -32.4%)
4 year ( -39.1%)
5 year ( --- )

Again, losing readers at a rate that seems like it should be difficult to sustain for long.

111. ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN
10/12 Iron Man v3 #1 of 4 - 27,744
11/12 Iron Man v3 #2 of 4 - 20,969 (-24.4%)

This surely has to be a disappointing number, even given the current state of the Ultimate imprint.

112. RED SHE-HULK
11/08 Hulk #8 - 90,776
11/09 Hulk #17 - 52,653
11/10 Hulk #27 - 38,691
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10/11 Hulk #43 - 25,514 ( -5.6%)
11/11 Hulk #44 - 24,596 ( -3.6%)
12/11 Hulk #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 Hulk #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 Hulk #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 Hulk #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 Hulk #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 Hulk #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
05/12 Hulk #51 - 22,085 (-35.9%)
05/12 Hulk #52 - 21,882 ( -0.9%)
06/12 Hulk #53 - 22,386 ( +2.3%)
06/12 Hulk #54 - 22,070 ( -1.4%)
07/12 Hulk #55 - 22,141 ( +0.3%)
08/12 Hulk #56 - 21,558 ( -2.6%)
08/12 Hulk #57 - 21,553 ( -0.0%)
09/12 ---
10/12 Red She-Hulk #58 - 31,136 (+44.5%)
11/12 Red She-Hulk #59 - 20,668 (-33.6%)
6 mnth ( -5.5%)
1 year (-19.0%)
2 year (-46.6%)
3 year (-60.7%)
4 year (-77.2%)

Right back to previous levels, which weren’t healthy to start with. Not a good sign.

113. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 Age of Apocalypse #1 - 56,426
04/12 Age of Apocalypse #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 Age of Apocalypse #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)
06/12 Age of Apocalypse #4 - 30,469 ( -5.0%)
07/12 Age of Apocalypse #5 - 27,223 (-10.7%)
08/12 Age of Apocalypse #6 - 25,393 ( -6.7%)
09/12 Age of Apocalypse #7 - 23,618 ( -7.0%)
10/12 Age of Apocalypse #8 - 22,293 ( -5.6%)
11/12 Age of Apocalypse #9 - 20,630 ( -7.5%)
6 mnth (-35.7%)

You’d figure that with sales like this – not just the level, but the rate of decline – the book surely has to be endangered. (The story also appears to have shifted gears and started building towards a climax.)

119. DEFENDERS
12/11 Defenders v4 #1 - 85,969
01/12 Defenders v4 #2 - 38,935 (-54.7%)
02/12 Defenders v4 #3 - 33,548 (-13.8%)
03/12 Defenders v4 #4 - 29,789 (-11.2%)
04/12 Defenders v4 #5 - 27,893 ( -6.4%)
05/12 Defenders v4 #6 - 25,518 ( -8.5%)
06/12 Defenders v4 #7 - 23,574 ( -7.6%)
07/12 Defenders v4 #8 - 22,504 ( -4.5%)
08/12 Defenders v4 #9 - 21,500 ( -4.5%)
09/12 Defenders v4 #10 - 20,220 ( -6.0%)
10/12 Defenders v4 #11 - 19,361 ( -4.2%)
11/12 Defenders v4 #12 - 18,588 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-27.2%)

Final issue, though another, apparently unconnected DEFENDERS series launches in the new year.

122,125. X-TREME X-MEN
07/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #1 - 36,802
08/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #2 - 25,689 (-30.2%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #3 - 24,490 ( -4.7%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #4 - 22,584 ( -7.8%)
10/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #5 - 19,841 (-12.1%)
11/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #6 - 17,947 ( -9.5%)
11/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #7 - 17,602 ( -1.9%)

Levelling out a bit, but at a point that doesn’t seem encouraging.

131. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND…
11/11 ...Bucky #624 - 30,472 ( -4.9%)
12/11 ...Bucky #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 ...Bucky #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 ...Bucky #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 ...Bucky #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 ...Hawkeye #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
06/12 ...Hawkeye #632 - 21,674 ( -4.5%)
06/12 ...Iron Man #633 - 21,822 ( +0.7%)
07/12 ...Iron Man #634 - 20,641 ( -5.4%)
08/12 ...Iron Man #635 - 19,639 ( -4.9%)
08/12 ...Namor #.1 - 19,152 ( -2.5%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #636 - 19,101 ( -0.3%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #637 - 18,722 ( -2.0%)
10/12 ...Black Widow #638 - 17,944 ( -4.2%)
11/12 ...Black Widow #639 - 17,190 ( -4.2%)
6 mnth (-24.2%)
1 year (-43.6%)

Cancelled with issue #640.

215. ROAD TO OZ
11/09 #1 of 8 - 25,338
11/10 #1 of 8 - 13,222
=====
11/11 #3 of 8 - 8,381 ( -1.4%)
12/11 #4 of 8 - 7,694 ( -8.2%)
01/12 ---
02/12 #5 of 8 - 7,503 ( -2.5%)
03/12 ---
04/12 ---
05/12 #6 of 8 - 7,475 ( -0.4%)
05/12 #7 of 8 - 7,391 ( -1.1%)
06/12 #8 of 8 - 7,258 ( -1.8%)
07/12 ---
08/12 ---
09/12 #1 of 8 - 12,620 (+73.9%)
10/12 #2 of 6 - 7,930 (-37.2%)
11/12 #3 of 6 - 7,619 ( -3.9%)
6 mnth ( +3.1%)
1 year ( -9.1%)
2 year (-42.4%)
3 year (-69.9%)

Standard pattern for the “series of miniseries” format, though this volume has at least put on a few sales compared to the tail end of the previous one.

260. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 MUU Spider-Man #1 - 10,886
05/12 MUU Spider-Man #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)
06/12 MUU Spider-Man #3 - 6,756 (-10.9%)
07/12 MUU Spider-Man #4 - 6,447 ( -4.6%)
08/12 MUU Spider-Man #5 - 6,310 ( -2.1%)
09/12 MUU Spider-Man #6 - 5,873 ( -6.9%)
10/12 MUU Spider-Man #7 - 5,768 ( -1.8%)
11/12 MUU Spider-Man #8 - 5,588 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth (-26.3%)

264. MARVEL'S IRON MAN 2 ADAPTATION
11/12 Iron Man 2 #1 of 2 - 5,464

268. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS
04/12 MU Avengers #1 - 12,874
05/12 MU Avengers #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)
06/12 MU Avengers #3 - 6,345 ( -5.8%)
07/12 MU Avengers #4 - 6,421 ( +1.2%)
08/12 MU Avengers #5 - 6,134 ( -4.5%)
09/12 MU Avengers #6 - 5,906 ( -3.7%)
10/12 MU Avengers #7 - 5,630 ( -4.7%)
11/12 MU Avengers #8 - 5,389 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth (-20.0%)

And finally, the reprint book SPACEKNIGHTS #2 failed to make the top 300, with estimated orders of below 4,341.

6 month comparisons
===================

+218.7% - Captain America
+186.9% - Fantastic Four
+180.9% - Hulk
+133.5% - FF
+132.3% - Deadpool
+131.2% - Iron Man
+101.3% - Thor
+ 39.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 25.4% - X-Men Legacy
+ 12.3% - Dark Avengers / Thunderbolts
+ 4.4% - Scarlet Spider
+ 3.1% - Oz
- 3.7% - Journey into Mystery
- 4.1% - Avengers Assemble
- 5.5% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 6.5% - Daredevil
- 6.6% - Wolverine
- 7.2% - Ultimates
- 8.4% - X-Factor
- 9.1% - Venom
- 9.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 11.9% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 14.0% - X-Force
- 14.6% - X-Men
- 15.4% - Avengers
- 16.3% - New Avengers
- 20.0% - Marvel Universe Avengers
- 20.8% - Avenging Spider-Man
- 24.2% - Captain America And…
- 25.7% - Wolverine and the X-Men
- 26.0% - Avengers Academy
- 26.3% - Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man
- 27.2% - Defenders
- 34.6% - A+X / AvX: Versus
- 35.5% - Secret Avengers
- 35.7% - Age of Apocalypse
- 55.4% - Astonishing X-Men


1 year comparisons
==================

+156.7% - Deadpool
+128.3% - Captain America
+ 91.3% - Iron Man
+ 63.2% - FF
+ 61.0% - Thor
+ 55.2% - Fantastic Four
+ 51.4% - X-Men Legacy
+ 47.5% - Hulk
+ 42.3% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 1.2% - Avengers
- 1.1% - New Avengers
- 4.7% - Daredevil
- 4.8% - Avengers Academy
- 6.3% - Dark Avengers / Thunderbolts
- 7.3% - X-Factor
- 9.1% - Oz
- 14.3% - X-Force
- 15.7% - Astonishing X-Men
- 15.7% - Journey into Mystery
- 19.0% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 19.8% - Wolverine
- 20.9% - Venom
- 22.0% - Secret Avengers
- 25.4% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 26.1% - Ultimates
- 30.4% - X-Men
- 35.9% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 42.1% - Wolverine and the X-Men
- 43.6% - Captain America And…
- 73.2% - Avenging Spider-Man


2 year comparisons
==================

+234.9% - Hulk
+175.5% - Fantastic Four
+161.2% - Captain America
+115.1% - Deadpool
+ 77.9% - Iron Man
+ 54.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 33.3% - Thor
+ 32.7% - X-Men Legacy
- 5.1% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 16.7% - Avengers Academy
- 17.4% - X-Factor
- 19.3% - New Avengers
- 22.7% - X-Force
- 33.4% - Dark Avengers / Thunderbolts
- 36.1% - Avengers
- 37.6% - Wolverine
- 42.4% - Oz
- 46.4% - Secret Avengers
- 46.5% - X-Men
- 46.6% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk


3 year comparisons
==================

+190.8% - Hulk
+190.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 44.2% - Deadpool
+ 33.0% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 32.2% - Iron Man
+ 28.1% - Captain America
+ 22.3% - Thor
+ 14.3% - X-Men Legacy
- 5.2% - Captain Marvel / Ms Marvel
- 9.5% - Daredevil
- 10.8% - Wolverine
- 19.0% - X-Force
- 21.6% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 27.6% - New Avengers
- 32.4% - Dark Avengers / Thunderbolts
- 55.6% - Astonishing X-Men
- 60.7% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 69.9% - Oz


4 year comparisons
==================

+ 86.7% - Fantastic Four
+ 63.8% - Captain America
+ 47.7% - Iron Man
+ 36.0% - Deadpool
+ 30.2% - Hulk
+ 22.2% - Amazing Spider-Man
- 8.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 9.3% - Captain Marvel / Ms Marvel
- 11.4% - Daredevil
- 23.6% - X-Force
- 26.3% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 38.5% - X-Factor
- 39.1% - Dark Avengers / Thunderbolts
- 45.3% - Ultimate Comics X-Men
- 65.7% - Wolverine
- 77.2% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk


5 year comparisons
==================

+ 95.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 68.7% - Captain America
+ 16.4% - Hulk
- 17.9% - Captain Marvel / Ms Marvel
- 18.9% - Daredevil
- 37.5% - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- 38.5% - Thor
- 42.8% - X-Men Legacy / X-Men
- 50.0% - New Avengers
- 51.0% - Wolverine
- 72.2% - X-Factor
- 75.6% - Astonishing X-Men

Marvel Month to Month Sales: December 2012
02/08/2013 by The Beat Leave a Comment
amazing700ditko 02 Marvel Month to Month Sales: December 2012by Paul O’Brien

The second month of Marvel Now titles arguably makes for more interesting sales data than the first. We’re starting to get a sense of where some of the books that had huge launch numbers in November are actually going to settle down. And we’re also seeing how the second-tier Marvel Now books are going to fare, with this month seeing the launches of CABLE & X-FORCE, THUNDERBOLTS and AVENGERS ARENA, as well as the relaunch of AVENGERS itself.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, though not by the widest of margins – they led DC by 36% to 35% in terms of units, and 33% to 30% in dollars.

Thanks as always to ICv2.com for permission to use these figures.

1,14,18. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
12/07 Amazing #545 - 124,481
12/08 Amazing #581 - 68,905
12/09 Amazing #616 - 58,856
12/10 Amazing #650 - 55,996
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12/11 Amazing #675 - 54,652 ( -5.3%)
12/11 Amazing #676 - 54,001 ( -1.2%)
01/12 Amazing #677 - 57,186 ( +5.9%)
01/12 Amazing #678 - 54,252 ( -5.1%)
02/12 Amazing #679 - 52,564 ( -3.1%)
02/12 Amazing #.1 - 50,624 ( -3.7%)
02/12 Amazing #680 - 51,872 ( +2.5%)
03/12 Amazing #681 - 52,143 ( +0.5%)
03/12 Amazing #682 - 57,143 ( +9.6%)
04/12 Amazing #683 - 59,153 ( +3.5%)
04/12 Amazing #684 - 57,454 ( -2.9%)
05/12 Amazing #685 - 58,121 ( +1.2%)
05/12 Amazing #686 - 58,337 ( +0.4%)
06/12 Amazing #687 - 62,680 ( +7.4%)
06/12 Amazing #688 - 60,409 ( -3.6%)
07/12 Amazing #689 - 59,859 ( -0.9%)
07/12 Amazing #690 - 58,976 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Amazing #691 - 60,767 ( +3.0%)
08/12 Amazing #692 - 91,071 ( +49.9%)
09/12 Amazing #693 - 59,772 ( -34.4%)
09/12 Amazing #694 - 58,461 ( -2.2%)
10/12 Amazing #695 - 58,185 ( -0.5%)
10/12 Amazing #696 - 57,950 ( -0.4%)
11/12 Amazing #697 - 59,872 ( +3.3%)
11/12 Amazing #698 - 81,342 ( +35.9%)
12/12 Amazing #699 - 74,904 ( -7.9%)
12/12 Amazing #.1 - 66,245 ( -11.6%)
12/12 Amazing #700 - 200,966 (+203.4%)
6 mnth (+232.7%)
1 year (+267.7%)
2 year (+259.9%)
3 year (+241.5%)
4 year (+191.7%)
5 year ( +61.4%)

Three issues this month, including the much-hyped “final” issue #700, before the book relaunches as SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN in January. The death of Peter Parker (disclaimer: death may not be permanent) once again attracted a surprising amount of mainstream media coverage, particularly considering that it’s not been that long since they did this with Ultimate Spider-Man. But the results speak for themselves, with issue #700 achieving a number higher than any other Marvel Now book with the exception of UNCANNY AVENGERS #1.

Issue #699.1 tails in some way behind the other two issues, but that’s to be expected – it’s normal for Point One books, and besides, it’s really a prologue issue for January’s MORBIUS title.

2,6. AVENGERS
12/10 Avengers v4 #8 - 67,056
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12/11 Avengers v4 #20 - 57,145 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Avengers v4 #21 - 54,803 ( -4.1%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #22 - 52,683 ( -3.9%)
02/12 Avengers v4 #23 - 52,222 ( -0.9%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #24 - 52,242 ( +0.0%)
03/12 Avengers v4 #.1 - 52,164 ( -0.1%)
04/12 Avengers v4 #25 - 65,664 ( +25.9%)
05/12 Avengers v4 #26 - 67,744 ( +3.2%)
06/12 Avengers v4 #27 - 68,885 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Avengers v4 #28 - 63,169 ( -8.3%)
08/12 Avengers v4 #29 - 61,653 ( -2.4%)
09/12 Avengers v4 #30 - 58,609 ( -4.9%)
10/12 Avengers v4 #31 - 62,495 ( +6.6%)
10/12 Avengers v4 #32 - 56,204 ( -10.1%)
11/12 Avengers v4 #33 - 53,336 ( -5.1%)
11/12 Avengers v4 #34 - 57,315 ( +7.5%)
12/12 Avengers v5 #1 - 186,989 (+226.2%)
12/12 Avengers v5 #2 - 93,894 ( -49.8%)
6 mnth ( +36.3%)
1 year ( +64.3%)
2 year ( +40.0%)

AVENGERS relaunches under Jonathan Hickman, and as the major book of the month, it gets one of the largest Marvel Now debut numbers (beating all of last month’s books). The combined effect of the usual second issue drop plus the aggressive deployment of variant covers leads to a hefty 50% drop for issue #2, but that still places the book significantly up on its inherited sales.

3,29. CABLE & X-FORCE
12/12 Cable & X-Force #1 - 90,334
12/12 Cable & X-Force #2 - 57,719 (-36.1%)

The first of two new X-Force books which seem to have no connection beyond sharing a name. This is the one with Cable leading a group of characters on the run. The other, a relaunch of UNCANNY X-FORCE, will be on the January chart.

Given the heavy use of variant covers on issue #1, the second issue drop is really not bad at all.

9,11. ALL-NEW X-MEN
11/12 All-New X-Men #1 - 181,693
11/12 All-New X-Men #2 - 96,436 (-46.9%)
12/12 All-New X-Men #3 - 83,798 (-13.1%)
12/12 All-New X-Men #4 - 80,665 ( -3.7%)

On its way out of the top ten already, which is a little bit of a surprise – but sales are leveling out at a number which is clearly going to be more than acceptable.

I’m treating this as a new title rather than as a continuation of previous flagship UNCANNY X-MEN (since there’s going to be another book of that title along in February), but for comparison, it was generally in the mid 50K range before the AVX crossover kicked in.

10,38. THUNDERBOLTS
12/07 ---
12/08 Thunderbolts #127 - 36,378
12/09 Thunderbolts #139 - 29,957
12/10 Thunderbolts #151 - 27,943
=====
12/11 Thunderbolts #167 - 21,167 ( -6.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #168 - 20,585 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Thunderbolts #169 - 20,316 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Thunderbolts #170 - 19,505 ( -4.0%)
03/12 Thunderbolts #171 - 19,073 ( -2.2%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #172 - 19,203 ( +0.7%)
04/12 Thunderbolts #173 - 19,017 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Thunderbolts #174 - 18,792 ( -1.2%)
06/12 ---
07/12 ---
08/12 ---
09/12 ---
10/12 ---
11/12 ---
12/12 Thunderbolts v2 #1 - 83,396
12/12 Thunderbolts v2 #2 - 50,897 ( -39.0%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year (+140.5%)
2 year ( +82.1%)
3 year ( +69.9%)
4 year ( +39.9%)
5 year ( --- )

A slightly odd one, this – the previous volume of THUNDERBOLTS was retitled DARK AVENGERS with issue #175 and is still continuing the same stories, while this is a completely new team reusing the Thunderbolts’ name. But with some hesitation I’m going to treat this as the successor to earlier versions of THUNDERBOLTS.

A launch number of 83K is in similar territory to what THOR managed last year, so a pretty clear indication that the Marvel Now! brand is elevating books that otherwise wouldn’t be expected to deliver sales in this range.

19,50. AVENGERS ARENA
12/12 Avengers Arena #1 - 64,626
12/12 Avengers Arena #2 - 43,014 (-33.4%)

Ah, the controversial one. This is a book which has divided opinion. Or at least, it’s a premise which divided opinion. Or maybe it’s an advertising campaign which has divided opinion. Regardless, there are opinions, and they are divided most sorely.

I’m treating this as a new title because, although it replaces AVENGERS ACADEMY on the schedule, the actual concept is drastically different. But for comparison, ACADEMY was selling in the low 20K range, and launched in June 2010 with an estimated 46K.

20. CAPTAIN AMERICA
12/07 Captain America v6 #33 - 78,279
12/08 Captain America v6 #45 - 71,186
12/09 Reborn #5 - 91,790
12/10 Captain America #613 - 42,871
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12/11 Captain America v7 #5 - 47,333 ( -12.6%)
12/11 Captain America v7 #6 - 47,753 ( +0.9%)
01/12 Captain America v7 #7 - 46,954 ( -1.7%)
02/12 Captain America v7 #8 - 43,487 ( -7.4%)
03/12 Captain America v7 #9 - 41,631 ( -4.3%)
04/12 Captain America v7 #10 - 41,474 ( -0.4%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #11 - 39,012 ( -5.9%)
05/12 Captain America v7 #12 - 38,800 ( -0.5%)
06/12 Captain America v7 #13 - 39,456 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #14 - 36,812 ( -6.7%)
07/12 Captain America v7 #15 - 36,433 ( -1.0%)
08/12 Captain America v7 #16 - 35,155 ( -3.5%)
09/12 Captain America v7 #17 - 34,279 ( -2.5%)
10/12 Captain America v7 #18 - 38,318 ( +11.8%)
10/12 Captain America v7 #19 - 40,205 ( +4.9%)
11/12 Captain America v8 #1 - 123,667 (+207.6%)
12/12 Captain America v8 #2 - 64,377 ( -47.9%)
6 mnth ( +63.2%)
1 year ( +36.0%)
2 year ( +50.2%)
3 year ( -29.9%)
4 year ( -9.6%)
5 year ( -17.8%)

Another hefty drop for the second issue, but about on a par with the other major launches – this was always likely to be the result of using variant covers so extensively on the first issues.

22. INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK
12/07 Incredible Hulk #112 - 77,119
12/08 Hulk #9 - 87,786
12/09 Incredible Hulk #605 - 43,964
12/10 Incredible Hulks #618 - 34,868
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12/11 Incredible v4 #3 - 46,446 ( -42.0%)
01/12 Incredible v4 #4 - 45,876 ( -1.2%)
02/12 Incredible v4 #5 - 42,760 ( -6.8%)
03/12 Incredible v4 #6 - 40,522 ( -5.2%)
04/12 Incredible v4 #7 - 42,135 ( +4.0%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #.1 - 38,472 ( -8.7%)
05/12 Incredible v4 #8 - 42,076 ( +9.4%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #9 - 40,467 ( -3.8%)
06/12 Incredible v4 #10 - 38,122 ( -5.8%)
07/12 Incredible v4 #11 - 36,743 ( -3.6%)
08/12 Incredible v4 #12 - 36,860 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #13 - 33,858 ( -8.1%)
09/12 Incredible v4 #14 - 33,887 ( +0.1%)
10/12 Incredible v4 #15 - 36,091 ( +6.5%)
11/12 Indestructible #1 - 118,200 (+227.5%)
12/12 Indestructible #2 - 63,653 ( -46.1%)
6 mnth ( +67.0%)
1 year ( +37.0%)
2 year ( +82.6%)
3 year ( +44.8%)
4 year ( -27.5%)
5 year ( -17.5%)

Similar story here. HULK has sold more than this within recent memory, but you have to go back to the brief period in 2008 when it was the hottest book in the line. Compared with more recent years, it’s way up.

25. DEADPOOL
12/08 Deadpool v3 #5 - 46,856
12/09 Deadpool v3 #18 - 45,914
12/10 Deadpool v3 #30 - 30,488
=====
12/11 Deadpool v3 #47 - 25,910 ( -1.3%)
12/11 Deadpool v3 #48 - 25,458 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #49 - 24,783* ( -2.7%)
01/12 Deadpool v3 #.1 - 24,783* ( --- )
02/12 Deadpool v3 #50 - 40,695 ( +64.2%)
02/12 Deadpool v3 #51 - 27,458 ( -32.5%)
03/12 Deadpool v3 #52 - 27,990 ( +1.9%)
04/12 Deadpool v3 #53 - 29,334 ( +4.8%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #54 - 29,644 ( +1.1%)
05/12 Deadpool v3 #55 - 29,022 ( -2.1%)
06/12 Deadpool v3 #56 - 29,513 ( +1.7%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #57 - 29,155 ( -1.2%)
07/12 Deadpool v3 #58 - 28,706 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Deadpool v3 #59 - 28,507 ( -0.7%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #60 - 28,548 ( +0.1%)
09/12 Deadpool v3 #61 - 28,351 ( -0.7%)
10/12 Deadpool v3 #62 - 28,897 ( +1.9%)
10/12 Deadpool v3 #63 - 29,049 ( +0.5%)
11/12 Deadpool v4 #1 - 118,976 (+309.6%)
11/12 Deadpool v4 #2 - 67,421 ( -43.3%)
12/12 Deadpool v4 #3 - 60,215 ( -10.7%)
6 mnth (+104.0%)
1 year (+132.4%)
2 year ( +97.5%)
3 year ( +31.1%)
4 year ( +28.5%)

Levelling out quite fast, and clearly set to land way up from the previous volume. It’s a hit.

26,31. IRON MAN
12/07 Iron Man v4 #24 - 38,834
12/08 Iron Man v5 #8 - 56,708
12/09 Iron Man v5 #21 - 49,986
12/10 Iron Man v5 #33 - 41,890
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12/11 Iron Man #511 - 35,402 ( -7.1%)
01/12 Iron Man #512 - 35,159 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Iron Man #513 - 32,748 ( -6.9%)
03/12 Iron Man #514 - 31,424 ( -4.0%)
04/12 Iron Man #515 - 32,409 ( +3.1%)
05/12 Iron Man #516 - 31,374 ( -3.2%)
05/12 Iron Man #517 - 31,536 ( +0.5%)
06/12 Iron Man #518 - 32,553 ( -3.2%)
06/12 Iron Man #519 - 32,518 ( -0.1%)
07/12 Iron Man #520 - 32,765 ( +0.8%)
07/12 Iron Man #521 - 32,172 ( -1.8%)
08/12 Iron Man #522 - 31,464 ( -2.2%)
08/12 Iron Man #523 - 31,568 ( +0.3%)
09/12 Iron Man #524 - 30,976 ( -1.9%)
09/12 Iron Man #525 - 30,885 ( -0.3%)
10/12 Iron Man #526 - 35,934 ( +16.3%)
10/12 Iron Man #527 - 36,981 ( +2.9%)
11/12 Iron Man v6 #1 - 116,529 (+215.1%)
11/12 Iron Man v6 #2 - 72,902 ( -37.4%)
12/12 Iron Man v6 #3 - 59,041 ( -19.0%)
12/12 Iron Man v6 #4 - 56,708 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth ( +74.4%)
1 year ( +60.2%)
2 year ( +35.4%)
3 year ( +13.4%)
4 year ( n/c )
5 year ( +46.0%)

Another one that seems to be levelling out quite fast now that the initial drops are out of the way – though it should be noted that it did ship two issues in December, and when that happens, retailers sometimes seem to make the larger cuts within a month. These figures are pretty similar to those for the book’s last relaunch back in 2008, which was at 58K with its fourth issue.

27. FANTASTIC FOUR
12/07 Fantastic Four #552 - 51,320
12/08 Fantastic Four #562 - 54,062
12/09 Fantastic Four #574 - 38,431
12/10 Fantastic Four #586 - 42,829
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12/11 Fantastic Four #601 - 51,080 ( -30.8%)
01/12 Fantastic Four #602 - 45,131 ( -11.6%)
02/12 Fantastic Four #603 - 42,419 ( -6.0%)
03/12 Fantastic Four #604 - 42,126 ( -0.7%)
04/12 Fantastic Four #605 - 42,372 ( +0.6%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #.1 - 39,475 ( -6.8%)
05/12 Fantastic Four #606 - 39,914 ( +1.1%)
06/12 Fantastic Four #607 - 40,453 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Fantastic Four #608 - 37,776 ( -6.6%)
08/12 Fantastic Four #609 - 36,496 ( -3.4%)
09/12 Fantastic Four #610 - 35,388 ( -3.0%)
10/12 Fantastic Four #611 - 45,322 ( +28.1%)
11/12 Fantastic Four v5 #1 - 114,532 (+152.7%)
12/12 Fantastic Four v5 #2 - 58,421 ( -49.0%)
6 mnth ( +44.4%)
1 year ( +14.4%)
2 year ( +36.4%)
3 year ( +52.0%)
4 year ( +8.1%)
5 year ( +13.8%)

The size of the drop is typical for a Marvel Now second issue, and sales remain significantly improved. It looks like the book will settle down to the levels it was achieving four or five years ago, but Marvel ought to be happy enough with that.

32. A PLUS X
04/12 Versus #1 of 6 - 111,913
05/12 Versus #2 of 6 - 98,819 (-11.7%)
06/12 Versus #3 of 6 - 94,528 ( -4.3%)
07/12 Versus #4 of 6 - 86,526 ( -8.5%)
08/12 Versus #5 of 6 - 78,380 ( -9.4%)
09/12 ---
10/12 Versus #6 of 6 - 75,298 ( -3.9%)
10/12 A+X #1 - 105,420 (+40.0%)
11/12 A+X #2 - 64,606 (-38.7%)
12/12 A+X #3 - 56,700 (-12.2%)
6 mnth (-40.0%)

Still doing remarkably well for an anthology title in the modern market.

33. THOR: GOD OF THUNDER
12/07 Thor v3 #5 - 101,551
12/08 Thor v3 #12 - 73,784
12/09 Thor #605 - 55,242
12/10 Thor #618 - 45,142
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12/11 Thor v4 #9 - 38,000 ( -6.6%)
01/12 Thor v4 #10 - 37,577 ( -1.1%)
02/12 Thor v4 #11 - 35,066 ( -6.7%)
03/12 Thor v4 #12 - 33,967 ( -3.1%)
04/12 Thor v4 #.1 - 33,533 ( -1.3%)
04/12 Thor v4 #13 - 34,500 ( +2.9%)
05/12 Thor v4 #14 - 32,550 ( -5.7%)
06/12 Thor v4 #15 - 33,674 ( +3.5%)
06/12 Thor v4 #16 - 31,798 ( -5.6%)
07/12 Thor v4 #17 - 30,879 ( -2.9%)
08/12 Thor v4 #18 - 35,392 ( +14.6%)
09/12 Thor v4 #19 - 30,289 ( -14.4%)
09/12 Thor v4 #20 - 30,172 ( -0.4%)
10/12 Thor v4 #21 - 34,550 ( +14.5%)
10/12 Thor v4 #22 - 35,328 ( +2.3%)
11/12 Thor v5 #1 - 110,443 (+212.6%)
11/12 Thor v5 #2 - 65,533 ( -40.7%)
12/12 Thor v5 #3 - 55,547 ( -15.2%)
6 mnth ( +74.7%)
1 year ( +46.2%)
2 year ( +23.0%)
3 year ( +0.6%)
4 year ( -24.7%)
5 year ( -45.3%)

Still finding its level, but very comfortably up from the last couple of years. The book was doing better under J Michael Straczynski, but that was when it was being pushed front and centre as the big comic of the day.

42. UNCANNY X-FORCE
12/08 X-Force v3 #10 - 58,801
12/09 X-Force v3 #22 - 51,859
12/10 X-Force v4 #3 - 55,520
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12/11 X-Force v4 #18 - 54,274 ( +6.5%)
12/11 X-Force v4 #19 - 55,333 ( +2.0%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #.1 - 50,399 ( -8.9%)
01/12 X-Force v4 #20 - 51,054 ( +1.3%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #21 - 50,654 ( -0.8%)
02/12 X-Force v4 #22 - 49,665 ( -2.0%)
03/12 X-Force v4 #23 - 48,867 ( -1.6%)
04/12 X-Force v4 #24 - 50,667 ( +3.7%)
05/12 X-Force v4 #25 - 50,851 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Force v4 #26 - 47,522 ( -6.0%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #27 - 46,325 ( -2.5%)
07/12 X-Force v4 #28 - 46,367 ( +0.1%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #29 - 45,159 ( -2.6%)
08/12 X-Force v4 #30 - 44,918 ( -0.5%)
09/12 X-Force v4 #31 - 44,061 ( -1.9%)
10/12 X-Force v4 #32 - 44,055 ( -0.0%)
11/12 X-Force v4 #33 - 43,589 ( -1.1%)
11/12 X-Force v4 #34 - 43,710 ( +0.3%)
12/12 X-Force v4 #35 - 47,736 ( +9.2%)
6 mnth ( +0.5%)
1 year (-12.0%)
2 year (-14.0%)
3 year ( -8.0%)
4 year (-18.8%)

The end of Rick Remender’s run, with the now familiar increase in sales for the “final” issue. A new run started in January.

45. FF
12/11 FF #13 - 44,970 ( -9.1%)
01/12 FF #14 - 42,609 ( -5.3%)
02/12 FF #15 - 40,583 ( -4.8%)
03/12 FF #16 - 37,152 ( -8.5%)
04/12 FF #17 - 37,325 ( +0.5%)
05/12 FF #18 - 34,555 ( -7.4%)
06/12 FF #19 - 34,260 ( -0.9%)
07/12 FF #20 - 31,652 ( -7.6%)
08/12 FF #21 - 30,220 ( -4.5%)
09/12 FF #22 - 29,847 ( -1.2%)
10/12 FF #23 - 30,844 ( +3.3%)
11/12 FF v2 #1 - 80,701 (+161.6%)
12/12 FF v2 #2 - 46,096 ( -42.9%)
6 mnth ( +34.5%)
1 year ( +2.5%)

A fairly typical second issue drop – on the low side for a Marvel Now book, if anything, though it’s starting from a more realistic number than some of the others. So far, it’s comfortably ahead of the previous run.

47. WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN
12/11 Wolverine/X-Men #3 - 58,438 (-29.9%)
01/12 Wolverine/X-Men #4 - 59,530 ( +1.9%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #5 - 55,788 ( -6.3%)
02/12 Wolverine/X-Men #6 - 55,341 ( -0.8%)
03/12 Wolverine/X-Men #7 - 54,559 ( -1.4%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #8 - 53,757 ( -1.5%)
04/12 Wolverine/X-Men #9 - 64,984 (+20.9%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #10 - 63,650 ( -2.1%)
05/12 Wolverine/X-Men #11 - 64,936 ( +2.0%)
06/12 Wolverine/X-Men #12 - 64,838 ( -0.2%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #13 - 62,689 ( -3.3%)
07/12 Wolverine/X-Men #14 - 61,029 ( -2.6%)
08/12 Wolverine/X-Men #15 - 58,441 ( -4.2%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #16 - 55,857 ( -4.4%)
09/12 Wolverine/X-Men #17 - 54,768 ( -1.9%)
10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #18 - 52,331 ( -4.4%)
10/12 Wolverine/X-Men #19 - 50,008 ( -4.4%)
11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #20 - 48,432 ( -3.2%)
11/12 Wolverine/X-Men #21 - 48,244 ( -0.4%)
12/12 Wolverine/X-Men #22 - 45,658 ( -5.4%)
6 mnth (-29.6%)
1 year (-21.9%)

Continuing the title’s gentle slide, which seems to have set in after the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossovers ended.

48. X-MEN LEGACY
12/07 X-Men v2 #194 - 78,114
12/08 X-Men Legacy #206 - 97,871
12/09 X-Men Legacy #219 - 60,587
12/10 X-Men Legacy #230 - 49,776
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12/11 X-Men Legacy #260 - 37,946 ( -9.6%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #.1 - 37,160 ( -2.1%)
01/12 X-Men Legacy #261 - 37,577 ( +1.1%)
02/12 X-Men Legacy #262 - 36,461 ( -3.0%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #263 - 35,999 ( -1.3%)
03/12 X-Men Legacy #264 - 35,953 ( -0.1%)
04/12 X-Men Legacy #265 - 35,712 ( -0.7%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #266 - 43,199 ( +21.0%)
05/12 X-Men Legacy #267 - 46,279 ( +7.1%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #268 - 49,163 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men Legacy #269 - 46,923 ( -4.6%)
07/12 X-Men Legacy #270 - 44,914 ( -4.3%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #271 - 37,206 ( -17.2%)
08/12 X-Men Legacy #272 - 37,120 ( -0.2%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #273 - 36,020 ( -3.0%)
09/12 X-Men Legacy #274 - 35,168 ( -2.4%)
10/12 X-Men Legacy #275 - 38,726 ( +10.1%)
11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #1 - 87,081 (+124.9%)
11/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #2 - 58,037 ( -33.4%)
12/12 X-Men Legacy v2 #3 - 45,407 ( -21.8%)
6 mnth ( -3.2%)
1 year ( +19.7%)
2 year ( -8.8%)
3 year ( -25.1%)
4 year ( -53.6%)
5 year ( -41.9%)

Hmm. X-MEN LEGACY is already back to the sales that the previous volume was achieving during the AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover, and has an unusually high drop for the third issue. But then again, compared to its compatriots, it had an unusually low drop for the second, besides which the book is now a Legion solo title without big name creators attached, making this a very respectable number in absolute terms.

53,75. AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
12/11 Avenging Spider-Man #2 - 60,682 (-45.9%)
01/12 Avenging Spider-Man #3 - 52,371 (-13.7%)
02/12 Avenging Spider-Man #4 - 45,622 (-12.9%)
03/12 Avenging Spider-Man #5 - 40,877 (-10.4%)
04/12 Avenging Spider-Man #6 - 47,430 (+16.0%)
05/12 Avenging Spider-Man #7 - 38,012 (-19.9%)
06/12 Avenging Spider-Man #8 - 39,861 ( +4.9%)
07/12 Avenging Spider-Man #9 - 37,134 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #10 - 34,537 ( -7.0%)
08/12 Avenging Spider-Man #11 - 33,808 ( -2.1%)
09/12 Avenging Spider-Man #12 - 35,462 ( +4.9%)
10/12 Avenging Spider-Man #13 - 32,908 ( -7.2%)
11/12 Avenging Spider-Man #14 - 30,102 ( -8.5%)
12/12 Avenging Spider-Man #15 - 28,240 ( -6.2%)
12/12 Avenging Spider-Man #.1 - 41,504 (+47.0%)
6 mnth ( +4.1%)
1 year (-31.6%)

For once, a Point One issue selling way above the norm. That’ll be because it’s a tie-in to the SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN storyline.

57. ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
12/07 Spider-Man #117 - 60,361
12/08 Spider-Man #129 - 51,071
12/09 Spider-Man v2 #5 - 45,849
12/10 Spider-Man #151 - 33,707
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12/11 Spider-Man v3 #5 - 48,308 ( -6.3%)
01/12 Spider-Man v3 #6 - 49,840 ( +3.2%)
02/12 Spider-Man v3 #7 - 45,266 ( -9.2%)
03/12 Spider-Man v3 #8 - 46,290 ( +2.3%)
04/12 Spider-Man v3 #9 - 43,724 ( -5.5%)
05/12 Spider-Man v3 #10 - 42,356 ( -3.1%)
06/12 Spider-Man v3 #11 - 42,549 ( +0.5%)
07/12 Spider-Man v3 #12 - 42,050 ( -1.2%)
08/12 Spider-Man v3 #13 - 42,642 ( +1.4%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #14 - 40,960 ( -3.9%)
09/12 Spider-Man v3 #15 - 40,435 ( -1.3%)
10/12 Spider-Man v3 #16 - 39,679 ( -1.9%)
10/12 Spider-Man v3 #.1 - 38,321 ( -3.4%)
11/12 Spider-Man v3 #17 - 38,481 ( +0.4%)
12/12 Spider-Man v3 #18 - 36,944 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth (-13.2%)
1 year (-23.5%)
2 year ( +9.6%)
3 year (-19.4%)
4 year (-27.7%)
5 year (-38.8%)

The standard gentle decline.

58. DAREDEVIL
12/07 Daredevil v2 #103 - 43,874
12/08 Daredevil v2 #114 - 44,351
12/09 Daredevil #502 - 38,680
12/10 Daredevil #512 - 40,317
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12/11 Daredevil v3 #7 - 38,824 ( +1.4%)
01/12 Daredevil v3 #8 - 43,494 (+12.0%)
02/12 Daredevil v3 #9 - 37,891 (-12.9%)
03/12 Daredevil v3 #10 - 38,137 ( +0.6%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #.1 - 38,463 ( +0.9%)
04/12 Daredevil v3 #11 - 46,111 (+19.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #12 - 39,231 (-14.9%)
05/12 Daredevil v3 #13 - 39,056 ( -0.4%)
06/12 Daredevil v3 #14 - 43,865 (+12.3%)
07/12 Daredevil v3 #15 - 38,469 (-12.3%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #16 - 37,804 ( -1.7%)
08/12 Daredevil v3 #17 - 38,149 ( +0.9%)
09/12 Daredevil v3 #18 - 37,185 ( -2.5%)
10/12 Daredevil v3 #19 - 37,228 ( +0.1%)
11/12 Daredevil v3 #20 - 36,515 ( -1.9%)
12/12 Daredevil v3 #21 - 35,848 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (-18.3%)
1 year ( -7.7%)
2 year (-11.5%)
3 year ( -7.3%)
4 year (-19.2%)
5 year (-18.3%)

On the whole, DAREDEVIL sales have proven remarkably solid, though there’s some erosion starting to be visible.

61,65. HAWKEYE
08/12 Hawkeye v4 #1 - 48,346
09/12 Hawkeye v4 #2 - 33,563 (-30.6%)
10/12 Hawkeye v4 #3 - 35,403 ( +5.5%)
11/12 Hawkeye v4 #4 - 34,208 ( -3.4%)
12/12 Hawkeye v4 #5 - 34,385 ( +0.5%)
12/12 Hawkeye v4 #6 - 33,440 ( -2.7%)

With sales refusing to budge from the 33-35K range since issue #2, this is looking like it could be one of those rare sales rocks that bucks the trend of erosion.

62. WOLVERINE
12/07 Wolverine v3 #60 - 63,194
12/08 Wolverine v3 #70 - 98,915
12/09 W: Weapon X #8 - 33,470
12/10 Wolverine v4 #4 - 52,812
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12/11 Wolverine v4 #20 - 37,360 ( -1.7%)
01/12 Wolverine #300 - 58,681 (+57.1%)
02/12 Wolverine #301 - 38,891 (-33.7%)
03/12 Wolverine #302 - 37,213 ( -4.3%)
03/12 Wolverine #303 - 36,368 ( -2.3%)
04/12 Wolverine #304 - 37,836 ( +4.0%)
04/12 Wolverine #305 - 37,440 ( -1.0%)
05/12 Wolverine #306 - 34,873 ( -6.9%)
05/12 Wolverine #307 - 34,485 ( -1.1%)
06/12 Wolverine #308 - 35,142 ( +1.9%)
07/12 Wolverine #309 - 33,148 ( -5.7%)
07/12 Wolverine #310 - 60,880 (+83.7%)
08/12 Wolverine #311 - 42,404 (-30.3%)
08/12 Wolverine #312 - 41,030 ( -3.2%)
09/12 Wolverine #313 - 39,262 ( -4.3%)
10/12 Wolverine #314 - 34,504 (-12.1%)
10/12 Wolverine #315 - 38,557 (+11.7%)
11/12 Wolverine #316 - 32,208 (-16.5%)
12/12 Wolverine #317 - 34,367 ( +6.7%)
6 mnth ( -2.2%)
1 year ( -8.0%)
2 year (-34.9%)
3 year ( +2.7%)
4 year (-65.3%)
5 year (-45.6%)

Final issue of the current run, and the sales increase is presumably connected with that, since the actual story is basically a fill-in arc. Two new Wolverine titles will launch to replace this one.

63. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
03/12 Avengers Assemble #1 - 100,883
04/12 Avengers Assemble #2 - 53,024 (-47.4%)
05/12 Avengers Assemble #3 - 43,886 (-17.2%)
06/12 Avengers Assemble #4 - 43,022 ( -2.0%)
07/12 Avengers Assemble #5 - 38,951 ( -9.5%)
08/12 Avengers Assemble #6 - 36,131 ( -7.2%)
09/12 Avengers Assemble #7 - 36,259 ( +0.4%)
10/12 Avengers Assemble #8 - 36,453 ( +0.5%)
11/12 Avengers Assemble #9 - 42,088 (+15.5%)
12/12 Avengers Assemble #10 - 34,035 (-19.1%)
6 mnth (-20.9%)

Returning to regular sales levels after last month’s spike.

71. SECRET AVENGERS
12/10 Secret Avengers #8 - 54,048
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12/11 Secret Avengers #20 - 38,202 ( -7.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #21 - 38,082 ( -0.3%)
01/12 Secret Avengers #.1 - 35,320 ( -7.3%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #22 - 39,337 (+11.4%)
02/12 Secret Avengers #23 - 37,140 ( -5.6%)
03/12 Secret Avengers #24 - 38,359 ( +3.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #25 - 38,466 ( +0.3%)
04/12 Secret Avengers #26 - 54,854 (+42.6%)
05/12 Secret Avengers #27 - 49,851 ( -9.1%)
06/12 Secret Avengers #28 - 51,572 ( +3.5%)
07/12 Secret Avengers #29 - 41,653 (-19.2%)
08/12 Secret Avengers #30 - 38,243 ( -8.2%)
09/12 Secret Avengers #31 - 35,987 ( -5.9%)
10/12 Secret Avengers #32 - 35,346 ( -1.8%)
10/12 Secret Avengers #33 - 34,260 ( -3.1%)
11/12 Secret Avengers #34 - 32,146 ( -6.2%)
12/12 Secret Avengers #35 - 30,755 ( -4.3%)
6 mnth (-40.4%)
1 year (-19.5%)
2 year (-43.1%)

Relaunches after issue #37.

72. X-MEN
12/10 X-Men v3 #6 - 53,005
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12/11 X-Men v3 #22 - 39,121 ( -2.0%)
01/12 X-Men v3 #23 - 38,719 ( -1.0%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #24 - 36,906 ( -4.7%)
02/12 X-Men v3 #25 - 36,488 ( -1.1%)
03/12 X-Men v3 #26 - 35,833 ( -1.8%)
04/12 X-Men v3 #27 - 36,843 ( +2.8%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #28 - 35,838 ( -2.7%)
05/12 X-Men v3 #29 - 35,483 ( -1.0%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #30 - 37,690 ( +6.2%)
06/12 X-Men v3 #31 - 35,789 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Men v3 #32 - 35,091 ( -2.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #33 - 33,695 ( -4.0%)
08/12 X-Men v3 #34 - 33,354 ( -1.0%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #35 - 32,049 ( -3.9%)
09/12 X-Men v3 #36 - 31,996 ( -0.2%)
10/12 X-Men v3 #37 - 31,611 ( -1.2%)
11/12 X-Men v3 #38 - 30,289 ( -4.2%)
12/12 X-Men v3 #39 - 29,326 ( -3.2%)
6 mnth (-18.1%)
1 year (-25.0%)
2 year (-44.7%)

Relaunches after issue #41.

73. DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS
10/12 End of Days #1 of 8 - 40,911
11/12 End of Days #2 of 8 - 32,072 (-21.6%)
12/12 End of Days #3 of 8 - 29,273 ( -8.7%)

Decent numbers for an out of continuity miniseries, though the high-profile creative team has to help.

78,80. ULTIMATES
12/07 Ultimates v3 #1 - 131,401
12/08 ---
12/09 ---
12/10 ---
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12/11 Ultimates v5 #5 - 36,396 ( -7.5%)
01/12 Ultimates v5 #6 - 34,865 ( -4.2%)
02/12 Ultimates v5 #7 - 33,863 ( -2.9%)
03/12 Ultimates v5 #8 - 32,222 ( -4.8%)
04/12 Ultimates v5 #9 - 31,336 ( -2.7%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #10 - 31,257 ( -0.3%)
05/12 Ultimates v5 #11 - 31,344 ( +0.3%)
06/12 Ultimates v5 #12 - 30,845 ( -1.6%)
07/12 Ultimates v5 #13 - 32,380 ( +5.0%)
08/12 Ultimates v5 #14 - 30,311 ( -6.4%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #15 - 30,382 ( +0.2%)
09/12 Ultimates v5 #16 - 30,533 ( +0.5%)
10/12 Ultimates v5 #17 - 29,382 ( -3.8%)
11/12 Ultimates v5 #18 - 29,072 ( -1.1%)
12/12 Ultimates v5 #.1 - 27,659 ( -4.9%)
12/12 Ultimates v5 #19 - 26,971 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-12.6%)
1 year (-25.9%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year ( --- )
5 year (-79.5%)

Continuing the usual erosion.

81,83. SCARLET SPIDER
01/12 Scarlet Spider #1 - 53,410
02/12 Scarlet Spider #2 - 33,794 (-36.7%)
03/12 Scarlet Spider #3 - 32,616 ( -3.5%)
04/12 Scarlet Spider #4 - 33,097 ( +1.5%)
05/12 Scarlet Spider #5 - 30,932 ( -6.5%)
06/12 Scarlet Spider #6 - 30,722 ( -0.7%)
07/12 Scarlet Spider #7 - 29,140 ( -5.1%)
08/12 Scarlet Spider #8 - 27,690 ( -5.0%)
09/12 Scarlet Spider #9 - 27,140 ( -2.0%)
10/12 Scarlet Spider #10 - 31,786 (+17.1%)
11/12 Scarlet Spider #11 - 32,287 ( +1.6%)
12/12 Scarlet Spider #12 - 26,652 (-17.5%)
12/12 Scarlet Spider #.1 - 25,771 ( -3.3%)
6 mnth (-16.1%)

Returning to normal sales levels after the “Minimum Carnage” crossover in October and November.

82. ASTONISHING X-MEN
12/07 ---
12/08 ---
12/09 Astonishing X-Men #33 - 57,592
12/10 ---
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12/11 Astonishing X-Men #45 - 31,392 ( -4.1%)
01/12 Astonishing X-Men #46 - 31,134 ( -0.8%)
02/12 Astonishing X-Men #47 - 30,490 ( -2.1%)
03/12 Astonishing X-Men #48 - 34,182 (+12.1%)
04/12 Astonishing X-Men #49 - 31,291 ( -8.5%)
05/12 Astonishing X-Men #50 - 61,866 (+97.7%)
06/12 Astonishing X-Men #51 - 82,654 (+33.6%)
07/12 Astonishing X-Men #52 - 35,766 (-56.7%)
08/12 Astonishing X-Men #53 - 32,268 ( -9.8%)
09/12 Astonishing X-Men #54 - 30,225 ( -6.3%)
10/12 Astonishing X-Men #55 - 29,060 ( -3.9%)
11/12 Astonishing X-Men #56 - 27,583 ( -5.1%)
12/12 Astonishing X-Men #57 - 26,263 ( -4.8%)
6 mnth (-68.2%)
1 year (-16.3%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-54.4%)
4 year ( --- )
5 year ( --- )

Gentle decline. With the relaunch of X-MEN, this book is now quite some way adrift of any of its sister titles.

85. VENOM
12/11 Venom v2 #10 - 29,465 ( -9.4%)
12/11 Venom v2 #11 - 28,658 ( -2.7%)
01/12 Venom v2 #12 - 28,728 ( +0.2%)
02/12 Venom v2 #13 - 33,174 (+15.5%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 27,520 (-17.0%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.2 - 27,155 ( -1.3%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.3 - 26,969 ( -0.7%)
02/12 Venom v2 #.4 - 27,135 ( +0.6%)
03/12 Venom v2 #14 - 28,926 ( +6.6%)
04/12 Venom v2 #15 - 28,858 ( -0.2%)
04/12 Venom v2 #16 - 28,440 ( -1.4%)
05/12 Venom v2 #17 - 30,157 ( +6.0%)
05/12 Venom v2 #18 - 28,309 ( -6.1%)
06/12 Venom v2 #19 - 28,702 ( +1.4%)
07/12 Venom v2 #20 - 26,941 ( -6.1%)
07/12 Venom v2 #21 - 26,534 ( -1.5%)
08/12 Venom v2 #22 - 26,734 ( +0.8%)
08/12 Venom v2 #23 - 26,854 ( +0.4%)
09/12 Venom v2 #24 - 30,080 (+12.0%)
09/12 Venom v2 #25 - 25,242 (-16.1%)
10/12 Venom v2 #26 - 31,711 (+25.6%)
11/12 Venom v2 #27 - 31,118 ( -1.9%)
11/12 Venom v2 #.1 - 25,727 (-17.3%)
12/12 Venom v2 #28 - 25,573 ( -0.6%)
6 mnth (-10.9%)
1 year (-13.2%)

As with SCARLET SPIDER, basically.

86. PUNISHER WAR ZONE
12/07 Journal v2 #14 - 38,471
12/08 Journal v2 #26 - 22,243
12/09 Punisher v7 #12 - 24,985
12/10 In the Blood #2 - 16,608
=====
12/11 Punisher v8 #6 - 23,971 ( -5.6%)
01/12 Punisher v8 #7 - 22,908 ( -4.4%)
02/12 Punisher v8 #8 - 22,488 ( -1.8%)
03/12 Punisher v8 #9 - 22,318 ( -0.8%)
04/12 Punisher v8 #10 - 32,412 (+45.2%)
05/12 Punisher v8 #11 - 23,303 (-28.1%)
06/12 Punisher v8 #12 - 23,329 ( +0.1%)
07/12 Punisher v8 #13 - 23,075 ( -1.1%)
08/12 Punisher v8 #14 - 22,046 ( -4.5%)
09/12 Punisher v8 #15 - 21,829 ( -1.0%)
09/12 Punisher v8 #16 - 21,565 ( -1.2%)
10/12 War Zone v3 #1 of 5 - 27,010 (+25.2%)
11/12 ---
12/12 War Zone v3 #2 of 5 - 25,471 ( -5.7%)
6 mnth ( +9.2%)
1 year ( +6.3%)
2 year (+53.4%)
3 year ( +1.9%)
4 year (+14.5%)
5 year (-33.8%)

Pretty standard for miniseries numbers.

87. ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
12/07 X-Men #88 - 51,633
12/08 X-Men #99 - 44,360
12/09 ---
12/10 ---
=====
12/11 X-Men v2 #4 - 37,115 ( -6.4%)
12/11 X-Men v2 #5 - 35,153 ( -5.3%)
01/12 X-Men v2 #6 - 33,975 ( -3.4%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #7 - 32,353 ( -4.8%)
02/12 X-Men v2 #8 - 30,822 ( -4.7%)
03/12 X-Men v2 #9 - 30,080 ( -2.4%)
04/12 X-Men v2 #10 - 29,743 ( -1.1%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #11 - 28,711 ( -3.5%)
05/12 X-Men v2 #12 - 28,839 ( +0.4%)
06/12 X-Men v2 #13 - 29,159 ( +1.1%)
07/12 X-Men v2 #14 - 29,879 ( +2.5%)
08/12 X-Men v2 #15 - 27,847 ( -6.8%)
09/12 X-Men v2 #16 - 27,066 ( -2.8%)
10/12 X-Men v2 #17 - 26,503 ( -2.1%)
10/12 X-Men v2 #18 - 26,322 ( -0.7%)
11/12 X-Men v2 #.1 - 25,425 ( -3.4%)
11/12 X-Men v2 #19 - 25,419 ( -0.0%)
12/12 X-Men v2 #20 - 24,789 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-15.0%)
1 year (-33.2%)
2 year ( --- )
3 year ( --- )
4 year (-44.1%)
5 year (-52.0%)

More attrition.

89. GAMBIT
08/12 Gambit v5 #1 - 40,418
08/12 Gambit v5 #2 - 32,336 (-20.0%)
09/12 Gambit v5 #3 - 28,530 (-11.8%)
10/12 Gambit v5 #4 - 27,828 ( -2.5%)
11/12 Gambit v5 #5 - 26,723 ( -4.0%)
11/12 Gambit v5 #6 - 25,522 ( -4.5%)
12/12 Gambit v5 #7 - 23,978 ( -6.0%)

This isn’t looking terribly healthy – drops of this size can’t be surely sustained for long when you’re nearing the 20K mark.

90. WINTER SOLDIER
02/12 Winter Soldier #1 - 50,932
02/12 Winter Soldier #2 - 41,164 (-19.2%)
03/12 Winter Soldier #3 - 34,923 (-15.2%)
04/12 Winter Soldier #4 - 33,519 ( -4.0%)
05/12 Winter Soldier #5 - 30,646 ( -8.6%)
06/12 Winter Soldier #6 - 30,386 ( -0.8%)
06/12 Winter Soldier #7 - 28,984 ( -4.6%)
07/12 Winter Soldier #8 - 27,317 ( -5.8%)
08/12 Winter Soldier #9 - 26,255 ( -3.9%)
09/12 Winter Soldier #10 - 25,811 ( -1.7%)
09/12 Winter Soldier #11 - 25,310 ( -1.9%)
10/12 Winter Soldier #12 - 24,807 ( -2.0%)
11/12 ---
12/12 Winter Soldier #13 - 23,951 ( -3.5%)
6 mnth (-17.4%)

Continuing decline – this isn’t looking too sustainable either.

92. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
12/11 J/into Mystery #632 - 24,159 (-11.0%)
01/12 J/into Mystery #633 - 23,869 ( -1.2%)
02/12 J/into Mystery #634 - 22,323 ( -6.5%)
03/12 J/into Mystery #635 - 21,617 ( -3.2%)
04/12 J/into Mystery #636 - 21,148 ( -2.2%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #637 - 24,378 (+15.3%)
05/12 J/into Mystery #638 - 23,766 ( -2.5%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #639 - 21,914 ( -7.8%)
06/12 J/into Mystery #640 - 20,714 ( -5.5%)
07/12 J/into Mystery #641 - 19,850 ( -4.2%)
08/12 J/into Mystery #642 - 22,336 (+12.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #643 - 21,109 ( -5.5%)
09/12 J/into Mystery #644 - 20,588 ( -2.5%)
10/12 J/into Mystery #645 - 20,705 ( +0.6%)
11/12 J/into Mystery #646 - 22,898 (+10.6%)
12/12 J/into Mystery #647 - 22,514 ( -1.7%)
6 mnth ( +8.7%)
1 year ( -6.8%)

The second issue of the Sif story at least sustains most of the modest sales increase that it achieved.

93,95. X-FACTOR
12/07 X-Factor v3 #26 - 74,699
12/08 X-Factor v3 #38 - 34,425
12/09 X-Factor #200 - 36,577
12/10 X-Factor #212 - 26,433
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12/11 X-Factor #228 - 23,461 ( -1.2%)
12/11 X-Factor #229 - 23,667 ( +0.9%)
01/12 X-Factor #230 - 25,707 ( +8.6%)
02/12 X-Factor #231 - 24,362 ( -5.2%)
02/12 X-Factor #232 - 24,173 ( -0.8%)
03/12 X-Factor #233 - 23,840 ( -1.4%)
04/12 X-Factor #234 - 23,821 ( -0.1%)
05/12 X-Factor #235 - 24,051 ( +1.0%)
05/12 X-Factor #236 - 24,031 ( -0.1%)
06/12 X-Factor #237 - 24,854 ( +3.4%)
06/12 X-Factor #238 - 23,607 ( -5.0%)
07/12 X-Factor #239 - 23,506 ( -0.4%)
07/12 X-Factor #240 - 23,223 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #241 - 22,943 ( -1.2%)
08/12 X-Factor #242 - 22,782 ( -0.7%)
09/12 X-Factor #243 - 22,118 ( -2.9%)
09/12 X-Factor #244 - 22,193 ( +0.3%)
10/12 X-Factor #245 - 22,364 ( +0.8%)
11/12 X-Factor #246 - 22,165 ( -0.9%)
11/12 X-Factor #247 - 22,005 ( -0.7%)
12/12 X-Factor #248 - 21,664 ( -1.5%)
12/12 X-Factor #249 - 21,211 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth (-10.1%)
1 year ( -9.6%)
2 year (-19.8%)
3 year (-42.0%)
4 year (-28.4%)
5 year (-71.6%)

Eroding, but only very slowly. The upcoming anniversary issue, which launches the “Hell on Earth War” storyline, might help. (Marvel say Peter David had written far enough ahead that his health problems won’t force an interruption.)

98. RED SHE-HULK
12/08 Hulk #9 - 87,786
12/09 Hulk #18 - 53,222
12/10 Hulk #28 - 34,755
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12/11 Hulk #45 - 23,273 ( -5.4%)
12/11 Hulk #46 - 22,974 ( -1.3%)
01/12 Hulk #47 - 22,720 ( -1.1%)
02/12 Hulk #48 - 21,751 ( -4.3%)
03/12 Hulk #49 - 21,510 ( -1.1%)
04/12 Hulk #50 - 34,437 (+60.1%)
05/12 Hulk #51 - 22,085 (-35.9%)
05/12 Hulk #52 - 21,882 ( -0.9%)
06/12 Hulk #53 - 22,386 ( +2.3%)
06/12 Hulk #54 - 22,070 ( -1.4%)
07/12 Hulk #55 - 22,141 ( +0.3%)
08/12 Hulk #56 - 21,558 ( -2.6%)
08/12 Hulk #57 - 21,553 ( -0.0%)
09/12 ---
10/12 Red She-Hulk #58 - 31,136 (+44.5%)
11/12 Red She-Hulk #59 - 20,668 (-33.6%)
12/12 Red She-Hulk #60 - 20,798 ( +0.6%)
6 mnth ( -5.8%)
1 year (-10.6%)
2 year (-40.2%)
3 year (-60.9%)
4 year (-76.3%)

Comparing this book’s sales with HULK feels a bit unfair, but then it did inherit the numbering. The sales obviously aren’t huge, but with a small uptick in December, they are at least steady.

100. DARK AVENGERS
06/12 Dark Avengers #175 - 39,532
06/12 Dark Avengers #176 - 34,614 (-12.4%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #177 - 30,643 (-11.5%)
07/12 Dark Avengers #178 - 28,572 ( -6.8%)
08/12 Dark Avengers #179 - 25,835 ( -9.6%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #180 - 23,761 ( -8.0%)
09/12 Dark Avengers #181 - 23,044 ( -3.0%)
10/12 Dark Avengers #182 - 21,936 ( -4.8%)
11/12 Dark Avengers #183 - 21,109 ( -3.8%)
12/12 Dark Avengers #184 - 20,584 ( -2.5%)
6 mnth (-40.5%)

Erosion, at a level that looks problematic.

103. CAPTAIN MARVEL
12/07 Ms Marvel v2 #22 - 25,540
12/08 Ms Marvel v2 #34 - 29,770
12/09 Ms Marvel v2 #48 - 22,527
12/10 ---
=====
07/12 Captain Marvel v6 #1 - 41,582
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #2 - 28,434 (-31.6%)
08/12 Captain Marvel v6 #3 - 27,649 ( -2.8%)
09/12 Captain Marvel v6 #4 - 24,799 (-10.3%)
10/12 Captain Marvel v6 #5 - 28,619 (+15.4%)
10/12 Captain Marvel v6 #6 - 23,103 (-19.3%)
11/12 Captain Marvel v6 #7 - 21,744 ( -5.9%)
12/12 Captain Marvel v6 #8 - 19,970 ( -8.2%)
6 mnth ( --- )
1 year ( --- )
2 year ( --- )
3 year (-11.4%)
4 year (-32.9%)
5 year (-21.8%)

Losing orders at an alarming rate, I’m sorry to say. This surely can’t go on.

104. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS AVENGERS
10/12 MU v Avengers #1 of 4 - 27,650
11/12 MU v Avengers #2 of 4 - 21,949 (-20.6%)
12/12 MU v Avengers #3 of 4 - 19,355 (-11.8%)

Considering it’s an out of continuity miniseries, really not bad at all.

105. AGE OF APOCALYPSE
03/12 Age of Apocalypse #1 - 56,426
04/12 Age of Apocalypse #2 - 39,263 (-30.4%)
05/12 Age of Apocalypse #3 - 32,085 (-18.3%)
06/12 Age of Apocalypse #4 - 30,469 ( -5.0%)
07/12 Age of Apocalypse #5 - 27,223 (-10.7%)
08/12 Age of Apocalypse #6 - 25,393 ( -6.7%)
09/12 Age of Apocalypse #7 - 23,618 ( -7.0%)
10/12 Age of Apocalypse #8 - 22,293 ( -5.6%)
11/12 Age of Apocalypse #9 - 20,630 ( -7.5%)
12/12 Age of Apocalypse #10 - 19,337 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth (-36.5%)

Cancelled with issue #14. Presumably for real, with sales like this.

107. ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN
10/12 Iron Man v3 #1 of 4 - 27,744
11/12 Iron Man v3 #2 of 4 - 20,969 (-24.4%)
12/12 Iron Man v3 #3 of 4 - 18,992 ( -9.4%)

Somewhat under the radar.

120,122. X-TREME X-MEN
07/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #1 - 36,802
08/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #2 - 25,689 (-30.2%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #3 - 24,490 ( -4.7%)
09/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #4 - 22,584 ( -7.8%)
10/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #5 - 19,841 (-12.1%)
11/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #6 - 17,947 ( -9.5%)
11/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #7 - 17,602 ( -1.9%)
12/12 X-Treme X-Men #7.1 - 16,682 ( -5.2%)
12/12 X-Treme X-Men v2 #8 - 16,536 ( -0.9%)

Cancelled with issue #13.

123. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND…
12/11 ...Bucky #625 - 28,652 ( -6.0%)
01/12 ...Bucky #626 - 27,632 ( -3.6%)
02/12 ...Bucky #627 - 26,276 ( -4.9%)
03/12 ...Bucky #628 - 24,881 ( -5.3%)
04/12 ...Hawkeye #629 - 24,750 ( -0.5%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #630 - 23,774 ( -3.9%)
05/12 ...Hawkeye #631 - 22,684 ( -4.6%)
06/12 ...Hawkeye #632 - 21,674 ( -4.5%)
06/12 ...Iron Man #633 - 21,822 ( +0.7%)
07/12 ...Iron Man #634 - 20,641 ( -5.4%)
08/12 ...Iron Man #635 - 19,639 ( -4.9%)
08/12 ...Namor #.1 - 19,152 ( -2.5%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #636 - 19,101 ( -0.3%)
09/12 ...Black Widow #637 - 18,722 ( -2.0%)
10/12 ...Black Widow #638 - 17,944 ( -4.2%)
11/12 ...Black Widow #639 - 17,190 ( -4.2%)
12/12 ...Black Widow #640 - 16,530 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth (-24.3%)
1 year (-42.3%)

Final issue.

145. FURY MAX
05/12 Fury Max #1 - 20,620
05/12 Fury Max #2 - 19,021 ( -7.8%)
06/12 Fury Max #3 - 17,152 ( -9.8%)
07/12 Fury Max #4 - 16,329 ( -4.8%)
08/12 Fury Max #5 - 15,646 ( -4.2%)
09/12 Fury Max #6 - 14,646 ( -6.4%)
10/12 ---
11/12 ---
12/12 Fury Max #7 - 14,345 ( -2.1%)
6 mnth (-16.4%)

This book seems to be effectively in the “series of miniseries” format, though unusually it’s just continuing its numbering. The solicitation for issue #10 described it as the start of the “final arc”.

And bringing up the rear, the usual clutch of adaptations and all-ages books, none of which are expected to survive on the strength of direct market sales anyway.

219. CASTLE: A CALM BEFORE THE STORM
12/12 Castle #1 of 5 - 7,174

269. MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
04/12 MUU Spider-Man #1 - 10,886
05/12 MUU Spider-Man #2 - 7,581 (-30.4%)
06/12 MUU Spider-Man #3 - 6,756 (-10.9%)
07/12 MUU Spider-Man #4 - 6,447 ( -4.6%)
08/12 MUU Spider-Man #5 - 6,310 ( -2.1%)
09/12 MUU Spider-Man #6 - 5,873 ( -6.9%)
10/12 MUU Spider-Man #7 - 5,768 ( -1.8%)
11/12 MUU Spider-Man #8 - 5,588 ( -3.1%)
12/12 MUU Spider-Man #9 - 5,235 ( -6.3%)
6 mnth (-22.5%)

273. MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS
04/12 MU Avengers #1 - 12,874
05/12 MU Avengers #2 - 6,733 (-47.7%)
06/12 MU Avengers #3 - 6,345 ( -5.8%)
07/12 MU Avengers #4 - 6,421 ( +1.2%)
08/12 MU Avengers #5 - 6,134 ( -4.5%)
09/12 MU Avengers #6 - 5,906 ( -3.7%)
10/12 MU Avengers #7 - 5,630 ( -4.7%)
11/12 MU Avengers #8 - 5,389 ( -4.3%)
12/12 MU Avengers #9 - 5,207 ( -3.4%)
6 mnth (-17.9%)

289. MONSTERS INC
12/12 Monsters Inc #1 of 2 - 4,917

And failing to make the top 300, MARVEL’S IRON MAN 2 ADAPTATION #2 and the reprint book SPACEKNIGHTS #3.

6 month comparisons
===================

+232.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+104.0% - Deadpool
+ 74.7% - Thor
+ 74.4% - Iron Man
+ 67.0% - Hulk
+ 63.2% - Captain America
+ 44.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 34.5% - FF
+ 9.2% - Punisher
+ 8.7% - Journey into Mystery
+ 4.1% - Avenging Spider-Man
+ 0.5% - Uncanny X-Force
- 2.2% - Wolverine
- 3.2% - X-Men Legacy
- 5.8% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 10.1% - X-Factor
- 10.9% - Venom
- 12.6% - Ultimates
- 13.2% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 15.0% - Ultimate X-Men
- 16.1% - Scarlet Spider
- 16.4% - Fury Max
- 17.4% - Winter Soldier
- 17.9% - Marvel Universe Avengers
- 18.1% - X-Men
- 18.3% - Daredevil
- 20.9% - Avengers Assemble
- 22.5% - Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man
- 24.3% - Captain America And…
- 29.6% - Wolverine and the X-Men
- 36.5% - Age of Apocalypse
- 40.0% - A+X
- 40.4% - Secret Avengers
- 40.5% - Dark Avengers
- 68.2% - Astonishing X-Men

1 year comparisons
===================

+267.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+140.5% - Thunderbolts
+132.4% - Deadpool
+ 60.2% - Iron Man
+ 46.2% - Thor
+ 37.0% - Hulk
+ 36.3% - Avengers
+ 36.0% - Captain America
+ 19.7% - X-Men Legacy
+ 14.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 6.3% - Punisher
+ 2.5% - FF
- 6.8% - Journey into Mystery
- 7.7% - Daredevil
- 8.0% - Wolverine
- 9.6% - X-Factor
- 10.6% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 12.0% - Uncanny X-Force
- 13.2% - Venom
- 16.3% - Astonishing X-Men
- 19.5% - Secret Avengers
- 21.9% - Wolverine and the X-Men
- 23.5% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 25.0% - X-Men
- 25.9% - Ultimates
- 31.6% - Avenging Spider-Man
- 33.2% - Ultimate X-Men
- 42.3% - Captain America And…

2 year comparisons
==================

+259.9% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 97.5% - Deadpool
+ 82.6% - Hulk
+ 82.1% - Thunderbolts
+ 64.3% - Avengers
+ 53.4% - Punisher
+ 50.2% - Captain America
+ 36.4% - Fantastic Four
+ 35.4% - Iron Man
+ 23.0% - Thor
+ 9.6% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 8.8% - X-Men Legacy
- 11.5% - Daredevil
- 14.0% - Uncanny X-Force
- 19.8% - X-Factor
- 34.9% - Wolverine
- 40.2% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk
- 43.1% - Secret Avengers
- 44.7% - X-Men

3 year comparisons
==================

+241.5% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 69.9% - Thunderbolts
+ 52.0% - Fantastic Four
+ 44.8% - Hulk
+ 40.0% - Avengers
+ 31.1% - Deadpool
+ 13.4% - Iron Man
+ 2.7% - Wolverine
+ 1.9% - Punisher
+ 0.6% - Thor
- 7.3% - Daredevil
- 8.0% - Uncanny X-Force
- 11.4% - Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel
- 19.4% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 25.1% - X-Men Legacy
- 29.9% - Captain America
- 42.0% - X-Factor
- 54.4% - Astonishing X-Men
- 60.9% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk

4 year comparisons
==================

+191.7% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 39.9% - Thunderbolts
+ 28.5% - Deadpool
+ 14.5% - Punisher
+ 8.1% - Fantastic Four
n/c - Iron Man
- 9.6% - Captain America
- 18.8% - Uncanny X-Force
- 19.2% - Daredevil
- 24.7% - Thor
- 27.5% - Hulk
- 27.7% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 28.4% - X-Factor
- 32.9% - Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel
- 44.1% - Ultimate X-Men
- 53.6% - X-Men Legacy
- 65.3% - Wolverine
- 76.3% - Red She-Hulk / Hulk

5 year comparisons
==================

+ 61.4% - Amazing Spider-Man
+ 46.0% - Iron Man
+ 13.8% - Fantastic Four
- 17.5% - Hulk
- 17.8% - Captain America
- 18.3% - Daredevil
- 21.8% - Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel
- 33.8% - Punisher
- 38.8% - Ultimate Spider-Man
- 41.9% - X-Men Legacy
- 45.3% - Thor
- 45.6% - Wolverine
- 52.0% - Ultimate X-Men
- 71.6% - X-Factor
- 79.5% - Ultimates