Coates doesn't consistently sell books. his cap went from 172,142 with issue 1 to 36,510 on issue 15. His name sales first issues because of his outside comic work and the collect-ability that comes with that but his Stories consistently turns readers away in droves.
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Oh man I just noticed invisible woman... It was doing good I thought it'd be a consistent 20k range seller
As someone who is deeply weary of Coates' BP and who is praying he's off that title in 2020, I have to say it's unfair to slag his work on Cap.
Sales on Cap are doing just fine - it's hardly unusual for a book to have huge sales on a #1 and then drop down and level out.
Is it possible that he'll drag things out to an unbearable degree on this book too? Maybe. But for now, at least, I think Coates is doing right by Cap.
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Since it's a spin off from Avengers, I always thought it should've been Avengers: Agents of Wakanda, and not Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda. If it fails, the naming is a possible reason why. Branding is important!
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It was a tough month for a new comic to debut but Doctor Doom #1 squeaked out ahead over Batman #81. There's already been second printings on issue #1 and for issue #2. Not sure if that means vendors underordered or Marvel's giving it an extra push
Also, as if we didn't know already it looks like with those results on the X-Men titles Hickman can write his own ticket at Marvel or anywhere else he chooses.
Last edited by Iron Maiden; 11-11-2019 at 06:46 PM.
NO it is NOT.
That company had FLOODED the market with Batman books. Books that leave a LARGER pile of unsold books once everyone who wants one buys them.
A pile of unsold books no one wants to talk about but let Ms Marvel leave 1-2 copies. 50 youtube videos and trolls blaming her for the demise of the comic book industry.
Batman is suffering from SUPERSATURATION. Instead of solving some of the issues (self inflicted) with some characters-they flood the market with a Batman book.
The important thing to consider:
Marvel had returned to doing overships to assist select titles during the summer, but that practice was little in evidence in October: the comics retailers received extras on appear to include, in descending order of sales, only Savage Avengers #6, Black Cat #5, Strikeforce #2, and Black Panther and Agents of Wakanda #2.
It may have been a bit. The units and dollars aren't matching up. It probably had variants too. But the DC variant covers are messing up some of the numbers also.
Second issues always drop sharply.
Marvel overshipped Savage Avengers.
I seriously doubt it. Not many new books, unless they are getting some sort of editorial / TV / Movie push, get anywhere near 25 issues. If it is lucky, and sales level out asap, it will get 12 issues. Since it was overshipped, you can half that sales number, and 17K for a second issue doesn't scream success to me.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Big special issue with incentive variants and speculator hype is driving the market. Amazing Spider-Man should be selling as well as Batman. It should be outselling it. Batman is still the top selling monthly/ongoing book. Fact. If that is bombing, that says more about Marvel and the rest of the industry than DC or Batman.
And I did not write this to defend DC or attack Marvel, I just had nothing else to say because my only take away from the sales charts is what a mess, I feel sorry for all the retailers who this information is supposed to help with ordering.