I don't think that's a good sign at all what are those Batman's sales figures on average at issue 21? Both are #1s and can't even beat Batman at issue 21
I expect them to settle at 40,000 units then bleed out slowly
I don't think that's a good sign at all what are those Batman's sales figures on average at issue 21? Both are #1s and can't even beat Batman at issue 21
I expect them to settle at 40,000 units then bleed out slowly
Last edited by ExodusCloak; 05-06-2017 at 07:45 AM.
Were any of the ResurrXion launches subject to Marvel Free Overshipping™ or are these real retail orders?
Last edited by stormphoenix; 05-06-2017 at 09:32 AM.
Iirc, Batman #19 was just a bit shy of 100,000. Quick guess, Batman #20 (#6 in the chart) sold somewhere between 90-95K. I think it's probably safe to assume the Top 5 books all have at least 100K in sales.
The #2s have a free 10% overship promotion if the store orders 90% of #1 orders but none of those are on the Top 10.
That said, as usual there are variants galore boosting the #1 numbers: retailer exclusives such as J. Scott Campbell, 1:1000, Skottie Young and Hip Hop requiring probably 150-250% of some other comic, etc. Although goodness, the X-Men Gold Hip-Hop is freakin' ugly.
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I think the sales between Gold and Blue will be huge, due to the Syaf controversy.
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I don't get this whole mentality that the 05 are keeping 'good' characters from having a spot in the book. Good is totally subjective and just because the 05 are around doesn't mean your favorite d-lister is getting the shaft BECAUSE of them. They O5 are good characters to me and they've been selling just fine.
I don't see the same complaint for Gen X or Weapon ax or even Old Man Logan.
Last edited by Bart; 05-06-2017 at 10:45 AM.
Sigh. These Gold sales have nothing to do with controversy. These are numbers that were final before the controversy.
Not necessarily. X-Men Gold was released April 5 so retailers could've placed reorders for the books. Reorders filled within the month of April still count towards the numbers. That said, it's entirely possible that Marvel just pulped the overprints when the fiasco came to light in which case, the charts wouldn't include 2nd print numbers. Honestly though, reorders are typically less than 3K (else, we would see them in next month's Top 300) so it's not like they're gonna make a huge difference.
Where the controversy actually helps is sell through of X-Men Gold #1 1st print to customers and ebay scalpers.
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I just checked two Batman issues ago was 97000, you're maybe looking at 95000 with #1s. Then you half that due to variants etc. You'll see a massive drop with issue 2 up until issue 5. Then it'll plataue and haemorrhage slower.
The 05 are garbage written by a good writer . Watch how fast that book written by a terrible writer like Hopeless tanks.
Since January, the unit #'s for the top 4 comics have been:
U.S.Avengers #1 - 110,729 / Batman #14 - 106,816 / Batman #15 - 102,802 / Justice League Power Rangers - 86,589
Star Wars Darth Maul #1 - 105,177 / Batman #16 - 102,096 / Batman #17 - 99,637 / Justice League of America #1 - 93,494
Amazing Spider-Man #25 - 113,934 / Dark Knight III Master Race - 107,892 / Batman #18 - 98,100 / Batman #19 - 97,501 / (Of Note, @ 6.) X-Men Prime - 83,689
Batman #21 kicked off "The Button" crossover with The Flash, which pushed it into the top 10 as well, to the 6th spot... right ahead of Batman #20.
Repeating it, doesn't make it any truer, it's still just biased speculation.
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Huh?