Spider book sales February 2019

[Frontier]

Well I guess the love for Miles is there, I just hope the writing sharpens up and gets a little meatier. I think the oversaturation of Peter Parker Spiderman is setting in. I think that there should have been two books for him at most, then effort should go to other Spiderverse characters.

Well, SM/DP is ending soon so that'll leave just ASM and FNSM.

I wonder if Spider-Gwen is indication of how Spiderverse characters not named Spider-Man will sell.

I'm curious how Black Cat's upcoming ongoing will do. I'm cautiously optimistic, but I don't think the writer and Travel Foreman are the types to set the sales world on fire.

I wonder if Friendly Neighborhood is just a really milquetoast name for a book.

It definitely doesn't have the prestiege the Spectacular name does, but I think Spec also benefitted from being the first solo Spidey satellite in a long while (even if it initially wasn't much of a solo book).

[Celgress]

Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider selling less than Spider-Gwen?

Hope SpOck stays around.

I'm far from surprised by this as the current run has not been very good IMO, so far at least.

I hope so too. *crosses fingers*

Edit - I find it interesting how Spider-Gwen received little if any sales boost from the success of the Spider-Verse movie (this in spite of being pushed hard by Disney in all of her incarnations).

[CrimsonEchidna]

I mentioned this before but relaunching Gwen's book only to have the first four issues be a tie-in to the Spider-Geddon event was a mistake. Those four issues really should've just been a mini-series leading to the relaunch of her book.

Miles' book seems like it has stabilized pretty nicely. Issues 1-3 have all gotten reorders, so balancing at the mid-thirties is solid stuff.

Oof at the Champions dive though. I'd argue the time to relaunch was probably when Zubb had originally taking over the writer duties from Waid. I like the direction the book is going in but at this rate I can't see it lasting long term unless it's really benefitting from those school book fair sales.

I wonder if Friendly Neighborhood is just a really milquetoast name for a book.

Dang, am I the only one who kind of likes FNSM? Even though I think PPSSM was better, I know that Taylor will kick it up a notch with issue 5 (the Peter/Aunt May issue)

I'd like to say that part of it is it kind of lacks the same pull that Spectacular did when it launch. Spectacular launched at a time where Slott had been on Amazing for near a decade so it was the first true ongoing Spider-Man book for an alternative on the character.

[Celgress]

....I'd like to say that part of it is it kind of lacks the same pull that Spectacular did when it launch. Spectacular launched at a time where Slott had been on Amazing for near a decade so it was the first true ongoing Spider-Man book for an alternative on the character.

A great point. It capitalized on Slott fatigue (and hate as the poor guy certainly gets more than his fair share).

[Snoop Dogg]

Wait, Dan doesn't really like Vulture, so before Speccy he wasn't in a book for years. Clearly those sales came from an intense demand for that handsome old buzzard!

[Digifiend]

Oof at the Champions dive though. I'd argue the time to relaunch was probably when Zubb had originally taking over the writer duties from Waid. I like the direction the book is going in but at this rate I can't see it lasting long term unless it's really benefitting from those school book fair sales.

Yeah, I agree there, it should've been the first Fresh Start title, reset to #1 at last April's LGY #19. I'm still encountering people who think it's still Waid and haven't tried Zub's superior run. The reason? Because it didn't relaunch back then.

[Batman Begins 2005]

I'm far from surprised by this as the current run has not been very good IMO, so far at least.

I hope so too. *crosses fingers*

Edit - I find it interesting how Spider-Gwen received little if any sales boost from the success of the Spider-Verse movie (this in spite of being pushed hard by Disney in all of her incarnations).

I'm not either. I dropped the book with #4.

Crossing my fingers for Superior Spider-Man as well. Hard to type like it .

[WebSlingWonder]

A great point. It capitalized on Slott fatigue (and hate as the poor guy certainly gets more than his fair share).

I second that. Spencer, for now, is much better received than Slott was, and is freshly starting his run. But Taylor is facing two battles: following Zdarsky's surprise hit of a run and being the secondary title to Spencer's good run.

[wleakr]

I second that. Spencer, for now, is much better received than Slott was, and is freshly starting his run. But Taylor is facing two battles: following Zdarsky's surprise hit of a run and being the secondary title to Spencer's good run.

Was this a really a hit? I know everyone talks of the Jonah issue and his final "ode to Spidey" issue. Not sure those define his entire run as a hit? He really had just 1 long dragging storyline for much of the run (tinkerer, time travel et al).

[Inversed]

While it hasn't been near the quality of Latour and Rodriguez', I do think McGuire has been doing a good job with writing the character and making it fun, but yeah, starting it off with the Spider-Geddon tie-in and not having the series really start until Issue 5 was a mistake, that should've been number 1. Especially with Takeshi Miyazawa also being brought on as (seemingly) the new main artist.

[WebSlingWonder]

Was this a really a hit? I know everyone talks of the Jonah issue and his final "ode to Spidey" issue. Not sure those define his entire run as a hit? He really had just 1 long dragging storyline for much of the run (tinkerer, time travel et al).

Yeah, I'd say it was a hit. Even with those two issues, Zdarsky proved he understood Peter and Spider-Man. And you're forgetting the other stories mixed in there like "Amazing Fantasy" (my personal favorite), "Cracked Hourglass", and the awesome Annual. He didn't get a long run, but he got a really solid one.

[Frontier]

I mentioned this before but relaunching Gwen's book only to have the first four issues be a tie-in to the Spider-Geddon event was a mistake. Those four issues really should've just been a mini-series leading to the relaunch of her book.

"Well, we did it with one Spider-Woman, why not another" ?

I also just wonder if losing Latour and Rodriguez caused some people to tune out, because they were a big part of the original volume's (and Spider-Gwen's) appeal and they ended their run on such a finite note.

Oof at the Champions dive though. I'd argue the time to relaunch was probably when Zubb had originally taking over the writer duties from Waid. I like the direction the book is going in but at this rate I can't see it lasting long term unless it's really benefitting from those school book fair sales.

Considering how long Moon Girl has been able to last on just those alone, I think Champions should be fine unless Marvel doesn't use those strictly as a barometer for certain titles.

[Batman Begins 2005]

Yeah, I'd say it was a hit. Even with those two issues, Zdarsky proved he understood Peter and Spider-Man. And you're forgetting the other stories mixed in there like "Amazing Fantasy" (my personal favorite), "Cracked Hourglass", and the awesome Annual. He didn't get a long run, but he got a really solid one.

Another fan here of Amazing Fantasy. No More also.

[Tendrin]

SpOck is doing pretty decent, yeah. Let's hope that continues. It's great.

[Valcrist]

we like Venom @ #1