X-Books sales December

[The_Phenom2893]

http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomi...7/2017-12.html

3 1 Phoenix Resurrection Return of Jean Grey 1 145,057
19 16 Weapon X 12 48,912
32 27 X-Men Gold 17 38,148
33 28 Old Man Logan 32 38,018
36 30 X-Men Gold 18 37,616
38 13 X-Men Grand Design 1 37,041
41 37 Astonishing X-Men 6 35,437
42 39 X-Men Blue 17 34,408
44 41 X-Men Blue 18 33,283
46 44 Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan 3 32,279
48 45 Despicable Deadpool 290 32,024
52 51 All New Wolverine 28 29,512
60 54 Despicable Deadpool 291 28,583
74 65 Spider-Man Deadpool 25 26,080
80 68 Generation X 85 24,953
89 91 Champions 15 23,190
90 82 Uncanny Avengers 30 23,044
103 101 Cable 152 20,720
108 273 True Believers Enter The Phoenix 19,104
118 121 Jean Grey 10 16,911
126 321 True Believers Phoenix Bizarre Adventures 14,054
133 333 True Believers Phoenix Presents Cyclops & Marvel Girl 12,787
135 334 True Believers Phoenix What If 12,714
136 338 True Believers Phoenix Returns 12,571
137 342 True Believers Phoenix Presents Wedding Summers & Grey 12,418
139 344 True Believers Death of Phoenix 12,311
141 348 True Believers Phoenix Classic 11,885
142 142 Iceman 8 11,847
144 351 True Believers Phoenix Origins 11,745
156 355 True Believers Phoenix Presents Jean Grey vs. Sabretooth 11,126

Damn, that's a lot of True believers, lol.

[wano]

Poor iceman

[butterflykyss]

wow these numbers are depressing

[Silver Fang]

wow these numbers are depressing

So were the last 2 relaunches lol

[butterflykyss]

So were the last 2 relaunches lol

I know it's been a real mess. I was thinking what needs to happen for this to be corrected. I hate seeing the xmen do so poorly.

[Silver Fang]

I know it's been a real mess. I was thinking what needs to happen for this to be corrected. I hate seeing the xmen do so poorly.

I have to wonder if both recent relaunches was to finish of Axel's Marvel run -a transitional period until CB settled in, and the new-possibly more solid stuff was gonna start in the summer.

We got a lot of cancellations, new books being relunached. Even Duggan's Deadpool run is finally coming to an end in June. I am hoping the new books are better than anything we got since ResurrXion.

[butterflykyss]

I have to wonder if both recent relaunches was to finish of Axel's Marvel run -a transitional period until CB settled in, and the new-possibly more solid stuff was gonna start in the summer.

We got a lot of cancellations, new books being relunached. Even Duggan's Deadpool run is finally coming to an end in June. I am hoping the new books are better than anything we got since ResurrXion.

hmmm possibly but will people care to return to the books with numbers like this?

[Dementia5]

Kind of moot at this point, but it’s nice to see that 10,000 issue Legacy boost to GenX.

[Silver Fang]

hmmm possibly but will people care to return to the books with numbers like this?

I think so. No matter how bad some stuff gets, the hardcore fans will come back to see if their hope for quality comes true.

Heaven knows I have tried to drop Weapon X twice, only to end up reading the next chapter to see if it's gotten better...It hasn't. lol Maybe the new arc is the relaunch, with a new (better) writer.

[butterflykyss]

I think so.No matter how bad some stuff gets, the hardcore fans will come back to see if their hope for quality comes true.

Heaven knows I have tried to drop Weapon X twice, only to end up reading the next chapter to see if it's gotten better.....It hasn't. lol Maybe the new arc is the relaunch, with a new (better) writer.

lololol good point I will be optimistic. hopefully these books end in the summer and WE get stories with better writers and better direction than what we currently have.

[wano]

lololol good point I will be optimistic. hopefully these books end in the summer and WE get stories with better writers and better direction than what we currently have.

Gail Simone is a good starting point

[RLAAMJR.]

Xmne gold and xmen blue are bimonthly. Its number would gave been better if only one issue is released evrry month.


Awesome sales for Resurrection?
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[Criticalfan]

Comics as an industry by this metric dropped 25% since December 2016, so... In that context maybe X-Men isn't doing so badly, it's still 2nd best IP out there. Except Batman.

[Jackraow21]

As someone who went entirely to digital a couple years back, I do wonder how much that has taken out of direct market sales.

[Disciple of Redd]

Comics as an industry by this metric dropped 25% since December 2016, so... In that context maybe X-Men isn't doing so badly, it's still 2nd best IP out there. Except Batman.

I feel like we have to say this every month.

This is just where the industry is at. Should there be a 100k monthly X-Book? Maybe, but keep in mind that the most popular character in the industry is the only one doing that consistently.

The fact of the matter is that there are a ton of ways to spend five bucks and a 20-page short-story (if you even get a full story in a given issue) in which you barely learn anything about the characters probably isn't worth the money unless you are already deeply invested in those characters.