I assume you meant counterprogramming:
- marketing strategy to distribute something that appeals to audience demographics not targeted by another
- making something available at the same time as something else that contrasts with it
Not readily, and not sure it's even available. They're probably pretty close, if not eXactly identical.
I only posted/screenshot that anyway, to evidence AoXM might be gaining steam, as both Marvel & ComiXology showed a slight uptick for those books over the days since their release.
Deadpool 31,332
Black Panther vs Deadpool 19,699
Spider-Man/Deadpool 17,828
DP total =68,859
Wolverine Infinity Watch 61,123
Return of Wolverine 59,313
Hulkverines 38,477
Dead Man Logan 30,497
Marvel Comics Presents 19,457
Wolverine Long Night Adaptation 19,251
Wolverine total = 228,118
Last edited by phoenixzero23; 03-18-2019 at 05:21 PM.
Come on, there's nothing IMPRESSIVE about AoXM's performance, lol. It's doing okay. Ish.
Except I didn't say anything about Cable's selling power. Merely mocking the x-office's hilariously misguided attempt to make another time-displaced teenage version of a classic character happen without the stars being properly aligned.
Awww. Not a Stryfe believer?
Wolverine is the best and most beloved, it'll always be like that, no matter what virtue signalling X-Men twitter or those stupid podcasts think
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Venom sold more than Spider-Man this month, now i had seen everything.
As for the rest, yeah, nothing very impresive, but is in an acceptable level.
"Wow. You made Spider-Man sad, congratulations. I stabbed The Hulk last week"
Wolverine, Venom Annual # 1 (2018)
Nobody does it better by Jeff Loveness
"I am Thou, Thou Art I"
Persona
Agreed. Wolverine isn't any better than numerous other characters. What he has that others don't is tons of fanboy writers. lol Let some other characters really develop & flourish and they could be sellers as well.
Any character is like that. It's not the character that's bad, it's writers who fail at making them interesting. So then they conclude it's the characters who aren't good, and that they need to go back to focusing on the same old one for quick cash grabs.
I wouldn't say "impressive". They're good for what they are, but not exactly blowing the roof off. A 30K debut still indicates a book that would probably get chopped after the first arc, but since none of these books was ever intended to last more than one arc by design, not so bad. I'm sure Marvel would have liked to see higher numbers, but I don't expect that anyone at the X-Office was weeping into their morning coffee at these pre-orders either.
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They have, Jean, Storm, Cyclops and Iceman were promoted and given solid creative teams, many fans fans of those characters actually enjoyed it and as far i remember they were promoted and giving the as much publicity as any other title and they still didn't sell unless that that Marvel is doing a publicity magic trick with Logan and Wade that i'm not aware of. Comics are a niche, most fans go for what they know as safe, Wolverine and Deadpool are a brand that gurantee at least certain number of people buyin. Those 4?. not so much, at least outside team settings.
"Wow. You made Spider-Man sad, congratulations. I stabbed The Hulk last week"
Wolverine, Venom Annual # 1 (2018)
Nobody does it better by Jeff Loveness
"I am Thou, Thou Art I"
Persona
If those other characters were as good marvel would push them. Marvel is not a charity is a business, they try to sell what works and wolverine works.
Some characters like Jean (my fave), cyclops, storm, etc are pushed for decades because they are interesting and draw some sales, if others were as good they would up there with them. I doubt pushing other characters super hard would have better results this late in the game.
Last edited by phoenixzero23; 03-18-2019 at 06:29 PM.