May was a slightly smaller calendar month inwards comics, but it silent had its hits in addition to 1 of them was Brian Wood's build ...
May was a slightly smaller calendar month inwards comics, but it silent had its hits in addition to 1 of them was Brian Wood's build novel Marvel NOW! X-Men series. The championship - which has move known as the "adjective-less" X-Men - was the highest selling comic of May, in addition to it seems that the many delays the championship suffered may accept helped it to a greater extent than than people expected! The comic sold a really impressive 177,000 copies. In TEN's monthly Comic Sales report, we're going to move talking the hits in addition to misses of final month, but first, here's the Top 10.
Top Sellers
Marvel: As I mentioned above, Marvel's top-selling comic of final calendar month was Brian Wood's X-Men alongside Age of Ultron #7 in addition to #8 rounding out their Top 3. Just missing out on a location inwards the Top 10 was Kieron Gillen's Iron Man #9 which settled for No. xi selling but over 78,000 copies.
DC: As you lot tin flaming come across from the grid, Scott Snyder's Batman championship continues to move DC's best-selling mass alongside nearly 130,000 copies sold final calendar month - in addition to that number volition for sure move upward side past times side calendar month when Snyder's side past times side big even out Zero Year begins. Justice League remains but behind Batman, yet this may alter shortly alongside DC's Summer number Trinity War but roughly the corner.
Outside the Top 10, DC's Justice League of America #4 has a house at No. 12 (77,856 copies sold), alongside DC's final Top xx championship beingness Green Lantern #20 which is at No. nineteen alongside 67,414 copies sold.
Meanwhile, over at DC's Vertigo imprint Scott Snyder launched his novel mini-series The Wake. The mass came inwards at a respectable No. 40, yet I was expecting a higher entry considering but how big the author is at the moment.
Image: It was yet some other dandy calendar month for Image as the publisher's The Walking Dead continues to sell really strongly. The Walking Dead #110 ranks at No. thirteen alongside 76,455 copies sold. However, that wasn't all as J. Michael Straczynski's novel mass Ten Grand besides launched final calendar month as role of the publisher's relaunched Joe's Comics imprint. It made a really expert debut ranking No. 24 alongside over 57,000 copies sold. However, Image's novel serial Bounce left something to move desired, alongside a somewhat lacklustre launch leaving it at No. 95 alongside 24,259 copies sold. Still, Image remains the solely independent publisher whose sales numbers stack upward quite as against the big ii (Marvel in addition to DC).
Other Publishers: While none accept quite the nautical chart presence as Image, many other independent publishers had books inwards the Top 100. Dark Horse's Star Wars serial - written past times chart-topper Brian Wood - continues to create good charting at No. 41 alongside 44,310 copies sold.
Meanwhile, Boom Studio's novel serial Regular Show got off to a expert start ranking No. 56 alongside 38,466 copies sold.
IDW managed to larn ii titles inwards the Top 100 final calendar month alongside My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #7 at No. 68 (32,188 copies sold), in addition to their TMNT ongoing serial at No. 78 alongside 27,759 copies sold.
Cancellation Watch!
Marvel accept started cutting away at their lower selling titles lately alongside Dark Avengers, The Winter Soldier, Red She-Hulk, Gambit in addition to the long-running titles X-Factor in addition to Journey Into Mystery all beingness cancelled. The tidings besides came lately that the firstly cancellation of 1 of Marvel's all-new Marvel NOW! titles is Morbius: The Living Vampire - hardly surprising seeming as the championship was selling worse than all Marvel's other recent cancellations (apart from Journey Into Mystery). Last calendar month saw #5 of the series, in addition to some of its lowest numbers yet alongside but over 15,000 copies sold leaving it at No. 149. The serial is ending inwards September alongside its 9th issue.
So what could move side past times side for Marvel's itchy cancelling finger? Venom, Scarlet Spider, in addition to Fearless Defenders would all move security bets, as all iii appear to move dropping inwards numbers fast. This could hateful that Cullen Bunn volition accept a picayune to a greater extent than fourth dimension on his hands as he is the author of ii of those titles. We'll hold you lot updated on all the cancellation rumours.
However, spell Marvel may accept a few struggling titles it has to move said that it is DC who is worse off. Almost all of the novel titles the publisher has been launching are rapidly turning into utter failures! This includes The Phantom Stranger (No. 135), JLA's Vibe (No. 150), in addition to JLA's Katana (No. 152). However, it is Batwing that is silent DC's lowest selling, non yet cancelled mass past times a long shot. The book's May sales were a measly 13,302 leaving it at No. 161. It seems thence that Jimmy Palmiotti in addition to Justin Gray's creative shake-up did picayune to aid this championship in addition to DC may shortly accept no alternative but to surrender on it.
This calendar month saw the launch of ii novel DC titles, The Movement in addition to The Green Team, both of which larn by to exit a grade on the charts debuting at No. 74 in addition to No. 77 respectively. I can't aid but intend that these ii books part a similar hereafter to the aforementioned Vibe, Katana, in addition to Phantom Stranger...
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