>The estimated total sales for the 300 comics was 7,925,491 comics which is up by 1,675,994 units from September and down by 483,458 units from October 2014. Marvel Comics had the largest percentage of the top 300 comics with 52.67% of the total units sold followed by DC Comics with 24.92%.
>The top selling comic from Marvel Comics was "Invincible Iron Man (2015)" #1 in slot 1 with an estimated 279,513 units and for DC Comics was "Batman (2011)" #45 in rank 11 with an estimated 109,367 units.
>The estimated total sales for the 300 trades was 395,011 trades which is down by 38,614 units from September and down by 28,661 units from October 2014.
>Topping the trades list in October was "Star Wars v1: Skywalker Strikes" by Marvel Comics with 21,826 units.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/iron-man-spider-man-spider-gwen-more-lead-marvel-to-massive-october-sales
HIGHLIGHTS:
>Omega Men #5 at 10k; got outsold by He-Man
>Bizarro beaten by Figment 2
>Between Doomed and Prez is Ninjak
>Weirdworld barely outsold Sex Criminals
>Telos between WicDiv and S.H.I.E.L.D.
>Secret Wars: Agents of Atlas debuted underwhelmingly
>Older Deadpool and DC trades holding out
>Not a good debut for Yo-Kai Watch (official English translation of the manga) v1
>>77345690
>Not a good debut for Yo-Kai Watch (official English translation of the manga) v1
/vp/ saw it coming.
>>77345690
>Iron Man drops over 212k between 1 & 2
How is Martian Manhunter doing?
>>77345778
That's what fuckload of variant covers does.
>Marvel has sold twice what DC did.
Ouch.
>Spider-Gwen at nearly 200k
Fucking how? It's uninspired even by the standards of distaff counterparts.
>>77345778
Fucking Bendis.
>>77345780
>Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter (2015) 5 18,415
>>77345690
>Uncanny Inhumans outsold New Avengers
>Uncanny Inhumans outsold the fucking Justice League
Huh.
So, is Valiant moving up while DC drops, or is DC's fall just that?
>>77345690
>>Omega Men #5 at 10k; got outsold by He-Man
So much for the buzz around getting uncanceled ;_;
>>77345778
>when not even bendis can save an iron man book from not being in the top 10
so is marvel finally gonna admit that iron man books just don't fucking sell?
>>77345840
Valiant had some debuts, so they probably moved up
DC's hard numbers didn't really change from September to October, their market share is just super fucked
>Based Ant-Man is #22
Thank you lord.
>>77345831
Good, meh, bad, what?
>>77345834
10 variants.
>>77345905
Bad, if it was a Marvel book it would be at the wrap up the book stage, I'm not sure how it is at DC
Let me grab my popcorn and wait for the dcasual butthurt to flow
>>77345778
I guess we know which comic is Brian going to leave next then.
Oh, also he will never leave Guardians of the Galaxy.
im wondering how long these Star Wars books will continue to dominate the market. Star Wars #1 released in January and since then every SW book Marvel put out has debuted somewhere around the top 12. Marvel has a high market share cause they're putting out more books than ever before, while constantly flooding the market with shit tons of #1 issues. it looks good now yeah but in a few months i imagine most of these books will see more than 60% of their current order numbers down the crapper.
shit look at Iron Man. Issue 1 to Issue 2 is a 76% loss. for a book that Marvel wants to be their headliner, it still can't beat Spiderman even with a big name like Bendis on it. ASM lost 50% readership but it's #2 issue is still in the top 10, right around the same numbers it pulled before SW.
I think the reason ANAD did better than DCYou has to do with EVERYTHING being a #1 again. If DCYou relaunched Batman, Superman, etc then they would have killed the market in June. But DC aren't shills who relaunch every year or two.
>>77345928
Of course he won't leave GotG. How else could he fulfill all of his wishes involving Pryde?
Why do you think DC are doing so badly now? Is it the legacy of the Nu52? Is it because of the DC You approach? Is it because Marvel swamped the market with number 1s and variant covers like they did in the 90s?
>>77345928
only because he will never leave his waifu kitty alone. he doesn't give a shit about anyone but her with that book.
>>77345944
Marvel's relaunches and variants plus hilarious marketing.
>>77345944
>Is it the legacy of the Nu52? Is it because of the DC You approach?
partly. some comic retailers have come and said they were wary about DCYou after being burned by New52. Lot of comic sites also kept questioning if DC was really dedicated to this new launch and that kind of shit can really fuck up ordering.
>Is it because Marvel swamped the market with number 1s and variant covers like they did in the 90s?
absolutely this.
marvel is so fucking lucky they are owned by disney and that their characters are now seen as valuable intellectual property outside of comics. they can do all the stupid shit they pulled in the 90s and not get hit by bankruptcy again because of it.
>>77345950
Although everyone might find it hard to believe, he genuinely cares about Quill as well.
>>77345944
C-lister books, bad marketing, DC lost a lot of their fanbase since Covergence, launching DCYou in the middle of a Marvel event, new fans being inclined to try out Marvel over DC because of the movies etc.
All these things killed DC basically.
>>77345972
Don't forget that the guy who drove Marvel to bankruptcy is now doing the same thing for DC.
>dc fans still in denial about dc being shit
>instead they continue to fabricate boogeymen to defend dc's failure
>>77345944
I think is mostly Marvel crushing it because of a lot of reasons. Secret Wars, Star Wars, constant relaunches, a shit ton of variants and overall more popularity. Convergence didn't help DC a lot either.
I would like to see this all turn around and bite Marvel in the ass like it once did in the 90's, but with the mouse behind them I doubt it.
>>77345980
as a means of projecting himself onto him and then getting married to kitty.
>>77346006
>still baiting
/co/ will fall for it though
>>77345690
>Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 44,531
>Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - 43,155
Okay, we know which ones are going to be the first cancellation.
>>77345924
16K is the cancellation figure for DC. Outlook not good.
How is Squadron Sinister?
I ask to get a idea of how Supreme might sell.
>>77346019
No, I mean genuinely as in liking him as a character. He always talked good about him and how his story was the best story since Spider-Man or Superman, way before Kitty came aboard.
>>77346025
Angela
>>77345818
>Fucking how?
it's a good book.
>>77345690
>Midnighter 13,234
Help me Satan
>>77346036
No issue of Squadron Sinister was released last month; its final issue will come out on Wednesday.
>>77345818
>Fucking how?
Retards thinking that it will go for 100 bucks on eBay like her first appearance.
>>77346058
>Marvel
>female and/or minority superhero
>good
Nah. It's literally a meme-book.
>>77346122
b-b-but dc bendis
>>77345858
Marvel had some delays that pushed books back till Oct. So Sept. was better than average for DC, but then when those Marvel books did hit, they did worse than average.
Though who knows what will happen with all the rest of the ANAD books and DK3 out soon.
>>77346107
no you are a meme poster.
You don't like it simply because it has a female main character, which for you means it can't be possibly good.
>>77345690
>Guardians of the Galaxy top ten
>without Peter Quill
>without Gamora
>a year after the movie
>after the FF fiasco
>with a C-list X-Men as main character
HOW?????
>>77346174
GotG is popular. Not as much as when the movie first hit but it's still well liked. That name should be able to sustain a book for a good long while. It doesn't hurt that Bendis is writing it and is also popular.
>>77346174
>with a Jew waifu as main character
>>77346157
That's not true. I don't like it because it has a female main character being published by Marvel. I don't mind female main characters when they're not SJW pandering meme keks.
>>77346174I'll buy any book that Ben Grimm is in.
I'm so sorry /co/.
>>77346174
Most of the people buying Spider-Gwen are white dudes wanting to read about their waifu. Kamala is the book that actually has broad appeal.
>Island (2015)
>Image Comics
>Rank: 219
>Index: 6.91
>$7.99
>112 Pages
>Issue #4: 7,552
>Issue #3: 9,166
>Delta: -1,614
>Delta Percent: -17.61%
Face it, /co/:
ANTHOLOGIES
ARE
DEAD
Don't ever be "that Anon" who insists that America needs anthology comics, because America simply isn't interested in buying anthology comics.
>>77346223
>Kamala is the book that actually has broad appeal.
as if ms marvel readers aren't waifufags.
Just look at the posts on here
>>77346208
>it's not true that I don't like it because it has a female main character
>I don't like it because it has a female main character being published by Marvel
kek
>>77346318
America isn't interested in buying comics at all.
>>77346318
My interest dipped a bit when they announced the issue of gay furry porn
>>77345937
Periodic Relaunches are what comics should be doing anyway
>>77345944
Periodic Relaunches, Star Wars, an Event, and more Big name charaters
>>77346122
/co/ is constantly complaining about marvel books though.
>>77346466
>STORY / ART: ONTA, FIL BARLOW, GAEL BERTRAND, & BRANDON GRAHAM
>JANUARY 20 / 112 PAGES / FC / T+ / $7.99
>Onta shows how two very different guys spend a day at the gay pride parade. Plus the recolored return of FIL BARLOW’s fun, bizarre, plastoid conspiracy science fiction: ZOONIVERSE! and more.
It's only going to be like a third of the issue.
How come Marvel sold so well? /copol/ told me they're all SJW pandering political books that no one will buy?
>>77346512
I do not think there is ANYTHING I could say to convince my LCS that I am not a gay furry with a cover like that
>>77346512
bungle of the year
>>77346512
is not real?
>>77346512
>>77346555
>>77346579
>>77346621
>it's January
>in The Year of Our Lord 2016
>be in my local LCS shop
>nervously approach the shopkeep
>ask for my pull list
>shopkeeper grins and starts talking loudly
>"Oh, you want the latest issue of Island? I hear it's ~furry~ good."
>other patrons are turning to look
>shopkeep holds up the issue for all to see
>"I bet you can't wait to get your ~paws~ on this one!"
>other patrons are now giggling
>I start to get sweaty, feel my face turning red
>I yank the issue out of their hands
>"What's the matter? I'm just ~horsing~ around with you!"
>all the patrons are laughing at me
>even that cute qt that I like
>I hand the shopkeep my allowance and run out
>I can feel their eyes on me
>I can feel the kibble tumbling out of my pockets
>I'm so martyfied that I can never return there ever again
>>77346534
/co/ doesn't buy comics you idiot. they just like to complain about them.
>>77346670
That implies /co/ reads them. I certainly don't. Not with all the manga I'm pulling in. Who has the time?
>>77346694
eh, they read some, but most of their opinions are parroting and shilling.
i read like 2 or 3 comics a month, i come here for the banter.
>>77345690
>Marvel choking the life out of the industry with their shitty overrated books
It's cool I wanted to wait ten years to enjoy things anyway
>>77346631
>I can feel the kibble tumbling out of my pockets
>filename
You got me.
>>77346534
he believed the /pol/ is always right meme, absolute madman
>>77346025
I assume you aren't insinuating that Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is ever getting cancelled. I know the drama over it is overplayed, but you know that that's going to be one of those books that's never going away.
>>77346798
How many books has Marvel published that dipped below the traditional cancellation level and yet still lived on? I know "Captain Marvel" did.
>>77345937
Star Wars will dominate for quite a while under Force Awakens is prequel-tier.
>>77346318
Or maybe comics collected in that anthology don't appeal to the wider audience. Come on, even Prophet only managed to get around 5k sales.
>>77346157
It's not good because Gwen Is a fucking piece of cardboard who has yet to have any personality that isn't Peter Parker lite and makes jokes even Slott would reject.
As for female characters, it's actually a fairly sexist book. Mary Jane is a raging bitch, Betty is an airhead, and Glory is black sista with a side of anger. Felicia might be interesting but we left her story In the middle and so she's just a Lady Gaga rip off with an extra side of bitch.
The book is just not that good. Sorry.
>>77346019
Heh I am getting the feeling he's not too keen on Kitty and Quill anymore, sure he had her kiss his cheek and flirt with him in the beginning and he approved of Humphries handling their relationship buy in X-Men 600 Colossus asks Kitty if she was going to get married and she was like "We'll see" and Magik wanted Piotr to make a move on Kitty and even between the months gap she still isn't married to him and Bendis said things between her and Quill were rocky (and GotG #1 pretty much confirmed that while they were in good terms they were starting to have problems).
>>77346019
I think you're talking about Humphries, guy mostly handled Kitty nd Peter even when he had Bendis' blessing and he made it cringey and cliche, I honestly think Bendis writes them more like a normal couple but Humphries definitely maked them like what a kid thinks romance is.
>>77345797
>That's what fuckload of variant covers does.
Marvel forcing shops to buy their comics for variants is just messing up the whole system of judging success by issues sold.
I want to know how many buckets of unsold Iron Man #1 vanilla cover will be piling up in shops afterwards.
>>77345853
Marvel will never admit they are wrong, they will just quietly move from this.
Brevoort still defends OMD and Osborn fucking Gwen as good stories, soooooo.
>>77345928
Even when he was shit on Moon Knight he didn’t leave, I hooe he stays on those two IM books because it keeps him from fucking with more characters.
>>77346174
Popularity, variant covers, major marketing support from Marvel, recognized brand name, and #1 issue.
>>77349714
>Brevoort still defends OMD and Osborn fucking Gwen as good stories
You are not being serious ? i knew he was a stubborn idiot but not like this
Does comichron have a twitter or something for updates on their status? When do we start worrying?
>>77346534
>/copol/ told me they're all SJW pandering political books that no one will buy?
Marvel has found a new niche to mine: young people.
I know, I know, it seems strange and dangerous.
But it turns out even recouping 1% of the film audience from a comic book movie is a path to success.
>>77349803
Wait, it's back now, I didn't check and just assumed OP's statement was still relevant.
>>77349803
They do and comichron is up again.
>Earth 2: Society (2015)
>-1,984
good
>>77349830
Also
Invincible Iron Man 1 279,514
Invincible Iron Man 2 66,664
>>77349860
No, not god, Dan is finally assuming this shit, even though i hate this book like any normal human, it has to live
>>77349163
See guys, this is how you do criticism. Calling something a meme-book is stupid and gets not point across.
This one the other hand is good criticism relative to what you usually get on /co/.
>>77349879
Abnett is on the book to tie up the last arc and put it out to pasture. Then hopefully they relaunch a proper JSA title that doesn't get hijacked by a bunch of Superman and Batman characters.
>>77345818
>>Marvel has sold twice what DC did.
>Ouch.
#1s do that. People buy shittons of number one comics and Marvel is rolling them out.
>>77349900
>Thinking this will happen
i have faith in Abnett as much as you anon but i don't know he can do miracles
>>77345818
>>Marvel has sold twice what DC did.
That's cause this month there was a lot of Marvel debuts.
But as you can see from >>77349867
The only ones from Marvel that might stay at the 100,000 level might be the Star Wars comics.
>>77349867
that's fucking hilarious
>>77349867
>not even Bendis can make people care about Iron Man
I wish I could be in the room when some Disney exec storms in, ragingly demanding to know why Inhumans isn't selling more than X-men.
>>77349969
All it really is, is to show how much they kept pushing variant covers and who knows what else. Was #1 part of some Loot Crate-type deal? Anyone know?
Also this was the sales on Superior Iron Man:
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #1 - 83,994 ( 199.7%)
11/14 Sup. Iron Man #2 - 42,621 ( -49.3%)
12/14 Sup. Iron Man #3 - 38,806 ( -9.0%)
01/15 Sup. Iron Man #4 – 38,515 ( -0,7%)
02/15 Sup. Iron Man #5 – 35,094 ( -8.9%)
03/15 Sup. Iron Man #6 – 37,113 ( +5.8%)
>>77350044
Well it's still too early to say. I'd wait about the fifth issue though since the second issue was out the same month as the first (retailers would've had to make a guess on dropoff) If it wasn't for the variants and other shit the first issue might've just been at 90,000-80,000.
>>77350050
I don't think Disney actually cares that much. It feels like it's the Marvel executives who are behind this kind of thing and foolishly believing that comic fans care that much about movies.
>>77345690
That's really kinda shitty.
Even if it is understandable.
Still Invincible Iron Man is an odd pain to read through, like to some extent I can read through Bendis books, but this one... it's too crap. It's like there isn't enough to grasp enjoyment from.
>>77350089
Well I guess we'll see. I'm thinking the #2 sales are closer to what the actual demand on the book is for the earlier issues and then we'll see the usual larger drops until it settles in around 30k. Of course they will just reboot it again at that point.
>>77350059
Superior Iron Ma wasn't a real reboot, though, it was just a retitling and mini (so it's less of a #1, more of a 1, Invincible is basically a reboot.
but yes, the variants are a big part of it too
>>77350107
>>77350157
Does he think this is how adults act?
>>77350157
>I just let my archenemy get away with one of the most powerful magical instruments in the world and kill two people
>lemmie get a highfive first from dr strange before I try and save other peoples lives
>because the writer's been watching too much how I met your mother on netflix
Their attempt to mix a serious story with humor is pretty shitty.
You know something's going wrong when even the corniest 1960s Marvel books are a masterwork when compared to this ANAD crap.
>>77349749
it didn't have more variants and support from Marvel than Uncanny Inhumans.
>>77349630
It's called drama and it's the only way Bendis knows how to write a relationship. Don't get your hopes high, he has been doing it this way for years.
>>77345690
>>Between Doomed and Prez is Ninjak
Ninjak, Rai, and Bloodshot are currently the best overall books being put out by someone other than the big two. I just hope that Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior is as good as Valiant is hyping it up to be
>>77350301
You know, I would even dare to say it's a step in the right direction. Ending this honeymoon stage and finally dealing with what a relationship this evolved truly means. Having both characters dealing with the consequences of the fast decisions they made, showing them wondering what exactly they like about each other when the dust settles, having them facing the idea of marriage=having to grow up. It would be the best way to pave the way into their future oversized, 50 variant, marriage issue.
>>77349900
It pretty much has to be a hard reboot for it to work at this point. The whole backstory up to this point is such a mess.
>>77350312
No love for Imperium? Harada is my favorite Valiant character by far.
>>77350701
I love Harada, but the rebooted Harbinger is tough to slog through. I've been meaning to get into Imperium as I've heard nothing but good things
