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hatte es mir schon gedacht

Nie Statistik in der Schule gehabt?

Also nochmal:
1.Diese Statistiken sind sinnlos, gültig sind bloss diese: https://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1850.html

2.Es gibt keine offiziellen und richtigen Verkaufszahlen, bloss Vermutungen und die Angaben basieren sich immer auf diese Vermutungen.

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Warum einfach, wenn´s auch statistisch geht!


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Re: Monatliche Verkaufszahlen: Top 300 Issues / Top 100 TPB's

Du wirst es vielleicht nicht glauben, aber nein. Ich konnte mich immer darum schlängeln.

Und für angehende Juristen ist "Statistik" neben "Ethik" wohl das überfüssigste was es überhaupt gibt.



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In the 25th Hour wird es genial erklärt https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307901/



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Ich liebe diesen Film, aber was wird da genial erklärt? Statistik?



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Ja, wenn sie aus dem Fenster aufs Ground Zero schauen, rechnen sie sich ihren Chancen bei Frauen anhand von Statistik aus

Re: Monatliche Verkaufszahlen: Top 300 Issues / Top 100 TPB's

Hier die richtigen Zahlen und Batman hat sich irgendwie schlechter als sonst verkauft, das heisst den anderen Serien gehts nicht besser.

Ich frag mich wieso Spider-girl eingestellt wird, wenn sich die 1 der neuen Serien noch schlechter verkaufen als Spider-girl

wie wird das alles bloss im Sommer aussehen, bei all den neuen Serien

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Marvel's big event for the month is the concluding chapters of
Spider-Man crossover "The Other", but there's also the launch of Warren
Ellis and Stuart Immonen's NEXTWAVE to watch out for. Plus there's a
whole range of new miniseries - ARES, DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON, DEAD
GIRL, DOC SAMSON, NEW X-MEN, SABLE & FORTUNE, SENTINEL SQUAD O*N*E,
ULTIMATE EXTINCTION, X-MEN: THE 198 and the third volume of X-MEN: THE
END all make their debut.

Once again, Marvel edge out DC in dollar share, but only by 36.79% to
35.30%. In unit share, the margin is much more comfortable - 42.17% to
37.35%. It's worth mentioning, as well, that Marvel had an unusually
high number of missing books this month. A whopping sixteen titles are
down in the "Skip month" section for January, double the number for
December. Of those, one is on hiatus, two are bimonthly, and one is...
well, KABUKI, which ships when the moon is waxing and the bamboo is
ripe. But that still leaves twelve comics that failed to turn up as
advertised, compared to just five in the previous month.

As always, thanks to Milton Griepp and ICV2 for permission to use their
figures for these calculations.

Once again, DC take the top two slots with INFINITE CRISIS #4 and
ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #2. So we pick up with...

3. NEW AVENGERS
Jan 02 Avengers #50 - 56,009
Jan 03 Avengers #63 - 55,447
Jan 04 n/a
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Jan 05 New Avengers #2 - 155,742 (-44.3%)
Feb 05 New Avengers #3 - 148,973 ( -4.3%)
Mar 05 New Avengers #4 - 158,303 ( +6.3%)
Apr 05 New Avengers #5 - 168,556 ( +6.5%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 New Avengers #6 - 164,592 ( -2.4%)
Jul 05 New Avengers #7 - 158,693 ( -3.6%)
Aug 05 New Avengers #8 - 156,037 ( -1.7%)
Aug 05 New Avengers #9 - 147,501 ( -5.5%)
Sep 05 New Avengers #10 - 143,014 ( -3.0%)
Sep 05 New Avengers #11 - 134,125 ( -6.2%)
Oct 05 New Avengers #12 - 130,110 ( -3.0%)
Nov 05 New Avengers #13 - 126,148 ( -3.0%)
Dec 05 New Avengers #14 - 126,583 ( +0.3%)
Jan 06 New Avengers #15 - 121,758 ( -3.8%)
6 mnth (-23.3%)
1 year (-21.8%)

Issue #14 picks up 2,283 re-orders, which are included in the numbers
above. Strangely enough, this means the book has now gone slightly up
from the previous month. It doesn't affect the overall trend, though,
as the book continues to slip back from its initial high sales. Of
course, a lot of the drop-off is due to the variant covers programme
ending, and the book is still selling more than twice as many copies as
it used to in its previous incarnation, so there's plenty to be happy
about here.

4. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Jan 02 Amazing Spider-Man #39 - 90,788
Jan 03 Amazing Spider-Man #49 - 90,032
Jan 04 Amazing Spider-Man #503 - 87,341
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Jan 05 Amazing Spider-Man #516 - 79,842 ( -4.5%)
Feb 05 Amazing Spider-Man #517 - 78,584 ( -1.6%)
Mar 05 Amazing Spider-Man #518 - 77,025 ( -2.0%)
Apr 05 Amazing Spider-Man #519 - 79,668 ( +3.4%)
May 05 Amazing Spider-Man #520 - 76,143 ( -4.4%)
Jun 05 Amazing Spider-Man #521 - 74,117 ( -2.7%)
Jul 05 Amazing Spider-Man #522 - 73,130 ( -1.3%)
Aug 05 Amazing Spider-Man #523 - 72,046 ( -1.5%)
Sep 05 Amazing Spider-Man #524 - 71,065 ( -1.4%)
Oct 05 Amazing Spider-Man #525 - 91,707 (+29.0%)
Nov 05 Amazing Spider-Man #526 - 90,343 ( -1.5%)
Dec 05 Amazing Spider-Man #527 - 89,922 ( -0.5%)
Jan 06 Amazing Spider-Man #528 - 95,415 ( +6.1%)
6 mnth (+30.5%)
1 year (+19.5%)
2 year ( +9.2%)

The final month of "The Other" sees a healthy climb. AMAZING is always
the highest selling Spider-Man book, and also had the advantage in
January of being promoted as a key issue in the storyline. Meanwhile,
variant covers continue to top up the sales of earlier issues: issue
#526 picks up another 8,995 copies to chart at number 158, and issue
#527 sells a further 10,661 to chart at number 146.

With the earlier chapters, the variant covers were released on a delayed
schedule so that they didn't show up until the next month's chart. This
time round, the variants seem to have made it out during January. But
nonetheless, it's still a significant increase over earlier months of
the same story - unequivocally a success.

6. ULTIMATE GALACTUS TRILOGY
Jan 05 n/a
Feb 05 Ultimate Nightmare #5 (of 5) - 73,082 ( -4.6%)
Mar 05 Ultimate Secret #1 (of 4) - 89,132 (+22.0%)
Apr 05 Ultimate Secret #2 (of 4) - 77,914 (-12.6%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 n/a
Sep 05 Ultimate Secret #3 (of 4) - 67,046 (-13.9%)
Oct 05 Ultimate Secret #4 (of 4) - 64,909 ( -3.2%)
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Ultimate Extinction #1 (of 5) - 82,721 (+27.4%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year (+13.2%)

The much-delayed Ultimate Galactus Trilogy continues with ULTIMATE
EXTINCTION. Once again, retailers seem happy to treat it as a fresh
issue #1 and bump the orders up considerably - although not quite to the
levels of ULTIMATE SECRET #1 last March. Still a very healthy number,
and the highest of this month's Ultimate books (though ULTIMATES would
have been higher if it had shipped).

frag mich immer wieso Hämdler glauben, dass irgend jemand Vol.3 kaufen wird, wenn er 1 und 2 nicht gekauft hat

7. UNCANNY X-MEN
Jan 02 Uncanny X-Men #402 - 101,145
Jan 03 Uncanny X-Men #417 - 83,921
Jan 04 Uncanny X-Men #438 - 88,490
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Jan 05 Uncanny X-Men #454 - 87,411 ( -2.8%)
Feb 05 Uncanny X-Men #455 - 88,920 ( +1.7%)
Feb 05 Uncanny X-Men #456 - 86,767 ( -2.4%)
Mar 05 Uncanny X-Men #457 - 86,365 ( -0.5%)
Apr 05 Uncanny X-Men #458 - 85,299 ( -1.2%)
May 05 Uncanny X-Men #459 - 83,547 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 Uncanny X-Men #460 - 82,457 ( -1.3%)
Jun 05 Uncanny X-Men #461 - 91,221 (+10.6%)
Jul 05 Uncanny X-Men #462 - 91,125 ( -0.1%)
Aug 05 Uncanny X-Men #463 - 87,610 ( -3.9%)
Sep 05 Uncanny X-Men #464 - 85,885 ( -2.0%)
Oct 05 Uncanny X-Men #465 - 84,271 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Uncanny X-Men #466 - 82,825 ( -1.7%)
Dec 05 Uncanny X-Men #467 - 81,282 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Uncanny X-Men #468 - 79,808 ( -1.8%)
6 mnth (-12.4%)
1 year ( -8.7%)
2 year ( -9.8%)

Another nominal Decimation crossover, although the connection is less
than obvious on the page. It makes no difference to sales, anyhow. A
new creative team is just around the corner.

8. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
Oct 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 - 100,430
Nov 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2 - 82,988 (-17.4%)
Dec 05 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 - 81,309 ( -2.0%)
Jan 06 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 - 78,672 ( -3.2%)

More of "The Other." December's issue #3 ships another 8,995 in variant
covers, to place at number 159. Issue #4, on the other hand, gets its
variants onto this month's chart.

These are very healthy numbers for the opening of a new title,
obviously, and now the question is what happens when it turns into an
ordinary book. February's issue #5 will be the first issue without the
benefit of a crossover tie-in.

fragt sich wie tief es nach The Other fallen wird
9. MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN
Jan 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #10 - 61,831 ( -4.1%)
Feb 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #11 - 60,460 ( -2.2%)
Mar 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #12 - 59,983 ( -0.8%)
Apr 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13 - 60,542 ( +0.9%)
May 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #14 - 57,270 ( -5.4%)
Jun 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #15 - 54,102 ( -5.5%)
Jul 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #16 - 50,876 ( -6.0%)
Aug 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #17 - 48,555 ( -4.6%)
Sep 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18 - 47,654 ( -1.9%)
Oct 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19 - 75,461 (+58.4%)
Nov 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20 - 73,262 ( -2.9%)
Dec 05 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21 - 76,763 ( +4.8%)
Jan 06 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #22 - 74,923 ( -2.4%)
6 mnth (+47.3%)
1 year (+21.2%)

The last issue under this title, before it changes its name to
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN in February. It's also bringing up the rear in
the "Other" crossover for the fourth month in a row. As with the other
Spider-Man books, the variant cover for this month's issue came out in
time to be included in the number above, but delayed variants continue
to top up sales from earlier months: issue #21 charts at number 164 with
8,440 more sales.

A second printing of issue #20 picks up 1,322 re-orders to chart at
number 274. Those are probably more conventional re-orders, given that
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN was significantly under-ordered compared to
other parts of the crossover.

Re-orders at that level often go unnoticed, because they don't make it
into the top 300. In December, for example, the number 300 book sold
1,674 copies. But January was a very quiet month - the number 300 book,
TWILIGHT WAR X #2, sold only 929. This means there are quite a few
low-level re-orders clogging up the listings, which normally would have
disappeared beneath the radar.

These are the lowest numbers we've seen on the charts since May 2005
(when DRAWN & QUARTERLY #8 scraped into the number 300 position on the
strength of 860 copies). Every chart since then has stayed above the
1,000 mark.

Anyway. Back to superheroes!

10. X-MEN
Jan 02 New X-Men #122 - 109,246
Jan 03 New X-Men #136 - 93,453
Jan 04 New X-Men #151 - 124,012
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Jan 05 X-Men #166 - 85,934 ( -0.8%)
Feb 05 X-Men #167 - 84,155 ( -2.1%)
Mar 05 X-Men #168 - 83,979 ( -0.2%)
Apr 05 X-Men #169 - 82,793 ( -1.4%)
May 05 X-Men #170 - 81,048 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 X-Men #171 - 80,307 ( -0.9%)
Jun 05 X-Men #172 - 78,889 ( -1.8%)
Jul 05 X-Men #173 - 77,154 ( -2.2%)
Aug 05 X-Men #174 - 76,342 ( -1.1%)
Sep 05 X-Men #175 - 76,555 ( +0.3%)
Oct 05 X-Men #176 - 74,635 ( -2.5%)
Nov 05 X-Men #177 - 78,405 ( +5.1%)
Nov 05 X-Men #178 - 76,195 ( -2.8%)
Dec 05 X-Men #179 - 77,189 ( +1.3%)
Dec 05 X-Men #180 - 75,559 ( -2.1%)
Jan 06 X-Men #181 - 74,094 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( -4.0%)
1 year (-13.8%)
2 year (-40.3%)

Drifting gently down. Next month sees an Apocalypse storyline, so we'll
see if something a little more conventional can spike the sales. A
change of creative team is also on the way.

Issue #180 picks up 1,173 re-orders to chart at number 287. Again, these
are re-orders which would frequently fly beneath the radar, and they
don't really affect the overall pattern.

miese Stories verkauft sich dennoch weiterhin gut

12. ULTIMATE X-MEN
Jan 02 Ultimate X-Men #14 - 97,690
Jan 03 Ultimate X-Men #27 - 84,594
Jan 04 Ultimate X-Men #41 - 99,532
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Jan 05 Ultimate X-Men #54 - 90,619 ( -1.6%)
Jan 05 Ultimate X-Men #55 - 87,447 ( -3.5%)
Feb 05 Ultimate X-Men #56 - 86,130 ( -1.5%)
Mar 05 Ultimate X-Men #57 - 83,835 ( -2.7%)
Apr 05 Ultimate X-Men #58 - 82,606 ( -1.5%)
May 05 Ultimate X-Men #59 - 81,321 ( -1.6%)
Jun 05 Ultimate X-Men #60 - 78,613 ( -3.3%)
Jul 05 Ultimate X-Men #61 - 87,094 (+10.8%)
Aug 05 Ultimate X-Men #62 - 76,229 (-12.5%)
Sep 05 Ultimate X-Men #63 - 74,760 ( -1.9%)
Oct 05 Ultimate X-Men #64 - 75,118 ( +0.5%)
Nov 05 Ultimate X-Men #65 - 74,264 ( -1.1%)
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Ultimate X-Men #66 - 73,720 ( -0.7%)
6 mnth (-15.4%)
1 year (-18.6%)
2 year (-25.9%)

ULTIMATE X-MEN returns after a one-month hiatus with new creative team
Robert Kirkman and Tom Raney. It doesn't seem to make any difference at
all, which is probably good news for Marvel, suggesting that the title
is strong enough now to hold up regardless of creator changes.

13. X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS
Nov 05 Deadly Genesis #1 (of 6) - 114,431
Dec 05 Deadly Genesis #2 (of 6) - 80,083 (-30.0%)
Jan 06 Deadly Genesis #3 (of 6) - 73,401 ( -8.3%)

Marvel have made no secret of the fact that they were expecting bigger
things of this book, which is why they've resorted to basically
revealing the plot and yelling "Look, it's important, honest!" Sales
level out a bit with issue #3, and they're certainly good numbers by
most standards. But Marvel seem to have been hoping for this to be more
of an event. The problem, perhaps, is that they churn out so many
utterly skippable X-MEN miniseries - there's another one launching this
month, for example - that it no longer even crosses anyone's mind that
they might actually matter.

On the plus side, re-order activity is solid. Issue #1 picks up
re-orders of 4,198 to chart at number 201 (albeit with multiple covers),
and issue #2 picks up another 4,485 sales to chart at number 194. So
perhaps retailers are starting to be convinced.

niemand scheint mehr dem Marvel hype zu glauben

14. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
Jan 02 Ultimate Spider-Man #17 - 79,203
Jan 03 Ultimate Spider-Man #34 - 93,789
Jan 04 Ultimate Spider-Man #52 - 95,854
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Jan 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #71 - 83,987 ( -5.6%)
Feb 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #72 - 86,685 ( +3.2%)
Mar 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #73 - 83,943 ( -3.2%)
Mar 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #74 - 83,817 ( -0.2%)
Apr 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #75 - 83,940 ( +0.1%)
Apr 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #76 - 82,244 ( -2.0%)
May 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #77 - 81,034 ( -1.5%)
Jun 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #78 - 79,420 ( -2.0%)
Jul 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #79 - 78,404 ( -1.3%)
Jul 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #80 - 76,906 ( -1.9%)
Aug 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #81 - 75,572 ( -1.7%)
Sep 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #82 - 75,756 ( +0.2%)
Sep 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #83 - 75,539 ( -0.3%)
Oct 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #84 - 74,670 ( -1.2%)
Nov 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #85 - 74,264 ( -0.5%)
Nov 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #86 - 76,864 ( +3.5%)
Dec 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #87 - 74,537 ( -3.0%)
Dec 05 Ultimate Spider-Man #88 - 74,213 ( -0.4%)
Jan 06 Ultimate Spider-Man #89 - 71,935 ( -3.1%)
6 mnth ( -6.5%)
1 year (-14.3%)
2 year (-25.0%)

Continuing the downward drift. Issue #88 picks up 1,229 re-orders to
chart at number 280.

15. WOLVERINE
Jan 02 Wolverine #172 - 71,574
Jan 03 Wolverine #185 - 62,218
Jan 04 Wolverine #10 - 71,374
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Jan 04 Wolverine #24 - 81,618 ( -1.1%)
Feb 05 Wolverine #25 - 83,180 ( +1.9%)
Mar 05 Wolverine #26 - 108,677 (+30.7%)
Apr 05 Wolverine #27 - 101,228 ( -6.9%)
May 05 Wolverine #28 - 80,961 (-20.0%)
Jun 05 Wolverine #29 - 79,951 ( -1.2%)
Jul 05 Wolverine #30 - 76,651 ( -4.1%)
Aug 05 Wolverine #31 - 75,618 ( -1.3%)
Sep 05 Wolverine #32 - 89,026 (+17.7%)
Sep 05 Wolverine #33 - 78,508 (-11.8%)
Oct 05 Wolverine #34 - 75,664 ( -3.6%)
Oct 05 Wolverine #35 - 73,684 ( -2.6%)
Nov 05 Wolverine #36 - 94,355 (+28.1%)
Dec 05 Wolverine #37 - 73,866 (-21.7%)
Jan 06 Wolverine #38 - 70,944 ( -4.0%)
6 mnth ( -7.4%)
1 year (-13.1%)
2 year ( -0.6%)

Still dropping, and while 70,000 is far from a bad number, I remain
deeply sceptical about the wisdom of spinning the storyline off into a
separate series. Issue #37 picks up 3,150 reorders to chart at number
219, mind you, so maybe it's starting to get somewhere.

16. X-MEN: THE 198
Jan 06 The 198 #1 (of 5) - 68,698

Another month, another X-Men spin-off miniseries. This is a good debut
number, possibly helped by the Decimation tie-in (although, as noted
above, it hasn't made much difference to other titles).

wetten dass bei der 2ten Ausgabe gut 20% wenn nicht mehr wegspringen

21. ULTIMATE X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR
Dec 05 Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four - 63,859
Jan 06 Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men - 60,489 (-5.3%)

The second half of the two-part crossover, and with sales holding up
remarkably well for the second issue, Marvel's bizarre non-numbering
strategy may have been vindicated. Last month's issue scrapes onto the
chart at number 297 with re-orders of 954.

gute Marvel Strategie

23. GHOST RIDER
Sep 05 Ghost Rider #1 (of 6) - 119,575
Oct 05 Ghost Rider #2 (of 6) - 71,473 (-40.2%)
Nov 05 Ghost Rider #3 (of 6) - 62,914 (-12.0%)
Dec 05 Ghost Rider #4 (of 6) - 59,678 ( -5.1%)
Jan 06 Ghost Rider #5 (of 6) - 56,958 ( -4.6%)

Levelling out in typical miniseries fashion.

24. X-MEN: THE END
Jan 05 n/a
Feb 05 n/a
Mar 05 Book Two #1 (of 6) - 71,230 ( +7.6%)
Apr 05 Book Two #2 (of 6) - 63,005 (-11.5%)
May 05 Book Two #3 (of 6) - 58,870 ( -6.6%)
Jun 05 Book Two #4 (of 6) - 54,875 ( -6.8%)
Jul 05 Book Two #5 (of 6) - 51,949 ( -5.3%)
Aug 05 Book Two #6 (of 6) - 49,565 ( -4.6%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Book Three #1 (of 6) - 52,891 ( +6.7%)
6 mnth ( +1.8%)

The third and final volume of Chris Claremont's 18-issue X-MEN: THE END
story only gets a slight boost, much as happened with Book Two. This is
fair enough, because it's all one story and the Books don't tell
self-contained stories. It's hard to imagine anyone jumping on board at
this point.

dass sich soviele das noch kaufen


25. SON OF M
Dec 05 Son of M #1 (of 6) - 62,254
Jan 06 Son of M #2 (of 6) - 52,704 (-15.3%)

At the heavier end of the scale for second issue drops, but nothing
alarming.

26. SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: EVIL THAT MEN DO
Jun 02 Spider-Man/Black Cat #1 (of 4) - 118,204
Jul 02 Spider-Man/Black Cat #2 (of 4) - 101,607 (-14.0%)
Aug 02 Spider-Man/Black Cat #3 (of 4) - 99,110 ( -2.5%)
Sep 02 Spider-Man/Black Cat #4 (of 4) - 94,749 ( -4.4%)
Oct 02 Spider-Man/Black Cat #5 (of 5) - 88,956 ( -6.1%)
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Dec 05 Spider-Man/Black Cat #4 (of 6) - 57,089 (-35.8%)
Dec 05 Spider-Man/Black Cat #5 (of 6) - 54,909 ( -3.8%)
Jan 06 Spider-Man/Black Cat #6 (of 6) - 51,538 ( -6.1%)

End of series, hell freezes over. When Marvel launched this book, they
can't have imagined that their four-issue miniseries would finish up
with issue #6, almost four years later, placing below the second issue
of a Quicksilver miniseries.

Issue #5 picks up 1,090 re-orders to chart at number 294.

Ha! irgendwie gibt es weniger comicleser oder niemand interessiert sich mehr an Kevin smith, gut die Hälfte hat sich nicht mehr daran interessiert die story zu ende zu lesen

29. NEW EXCALIBUR
Nov 05 New Excalibur #1 - 58,333
Dec 05 New Excalibur #2 - 48,816 (-16.3%)
Jan 06 New Excalibur #3 - 47,196 ( -3.3%)

Levelling out nicely after a steep drop last month.

32. IRON MAN
Jan 02 Iron Man #50 - 43,097
Jan 03 Iron Man #64 - 41,306
Jan 04 Iron Man #76 - 30,197
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Jan 05 n/a
Feb 05 n/a
Mar 05 n/a
Apr 05 Iron Man #3 - 51,390 ( -6.7%)
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 Iron Man #4 - 48,403 ( -5.8%)
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Iron Man #5 - 45,243 ( -6.5%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year ( n/a )
2 year (+49.8%)

Hmm. They're already back down to the 45K range, which is alright but
hardly exceptional by the standards of this title (before it went into a
tailspin during 2003, at least). And they're only selling three issues
in a year, so that's nine months of no income. Was this really worth
it?

33. DAREDEVIL
Jan 02 Daredevil #29 - 48,012
Jan 03 Daredevil #42 - 62,770
Jan 04 Daredevil #56 - 56,351
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Jan 05 Daredevil #69 - 48,727 ( -3.5%)
Feb 05 Daredevil #70 - 48,702 ( -0.0%)
Mar 05 Daredevil #71 - 49,715 ( +2.1%)
Apr 05 Daredevil #72 - 48,803 ( -1.8%)
May 05 Daredevil #73 - 48,681 ( -0.2%)
Jun 05 Daredevil #74 - 48,175 ( -1.0%)
Jul 05 Daredevil #75 - 47,800 ( -0.8%)
Aug 05 Daredevil #76 - 46,424 ( -2.9%)
Sep 05 Daredevil #77 - 45,945 ( -1.0%)
Oct 05 Daredevil #78 - 45,071 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Daredevil #79 - 44,250 ( -1.8%)
Dec 05 Daredevil #80 - 43,309 ( -2.1%)
Jan 06 Daredevil #81 - 44,252 ( +2.2%)
6 mnth ( -7.4%)
1 year ( -9.2%)
2 year (-21.5%)

A slight increase for Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev's final issue, which
was also solicited as featuring "a major, major change." Brubaker and
Lark take over in February.

35. SPIDER-WOMAN: ORIGIN
Dec 05 Origin #1 (of 5) - 66,791
Jan 06 Origin #2 (of 5) - 43,684 (-34.6%)

Issue #1 picks up 2,838 re-orders to chart at number 224, but this
month's issue drops like a stone. It's a precipitous drop by any
standards, and more than a little worrying. The book needs to level out
quickly, especially considering that it's supposed to be trailing an
upcoming SPIDER-WOMAN ongoing title.

34% das ist enorm viel

36. NEW X-MEN
Jan 05 New X-Men #8 - 40,179 ( -6.6%)
Jan 05 New X-Men #9 - 38,197 ( -4.9%)
Feb 05 New X-Men #10 - 36,910 ( -3.4%)
Mar 05 New X-Men #11 - 35,549 ( -3.7%)
Apr 05 New X-Men #12 - 35,779 ( +0.6%)
May 05 New X-Men #13 - 35,033 ( -2.1%)
May 05 New X-Men #14 - 34,579 ( -1.3%)
Jun 05 New X-Men #15 - 34,007 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 New X-Men #16 - 49,217 (+44.7%)
Aug 05 New X-Men #17 - 43,908 (-10.8%)
Sep 05 New X-Men #18 - 43,286 ( -1.4%)
Oct 05 New X-Men #19 - 41,691 ( -3.7%)
Nov 05 New X-Men #20 - 59,466 (+42.6%)
Dec 05 New X-Men #21 - 43,473 (-26.9%)
Jan 06 New X-Men #22 - 42,923 ( -1.3%)
6 mnth (-12.8%)
1 year ( -6.8%)

Still comfortably up on the book's previous incarnation. X-23=$$$. The
six-month drop is deceptive - it's a comparison with a HOUSE OF M
crossover which was further boosted by variant covers.



40. GENERATION M
Nov 05 Generation M #1 (of 5) - 54,617
Dec 05 Generation M #2 (of 5) - 44,747 (-18.1%)
Jan 06 Generation M #3 (of 5) - 41,551 ( -7.1%)

Levelling out somewhat, but still losing readers a little fast. Issue #2
picks up re-orders of 1,198 to chart at 284.

44. MARVEL ZOMBIES
Dec 05 Marvel Zombies #1 (of 5) - 35,497
Jan 06 Marvel Zombies #2 (of 5) - 38,494 (+8.4%)

Well, that's certainly unexpected.

For once, the "sold out" press release is for real - this is a genuine
sleeper hit. No massive hype, no big-name creative team, nothing really
to boost its sales aside from a tie-in with ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR.
And it climbs 8.4% with its second issue, something that's almost
impossible to do these days. Amazing.

There's now a reprint of issue #1 with a variant cover, so look for
significant re-orders to hit the chart in future months.

wie kann man sich sowas makaberes bloss kaufen

45. X-MEN: THE 198 FILES
Jan 06 The 198 Files - 36,535

The OFFICIAL HANDBOOK's contribution to "Decimation", doing far better
than the regular title.

46. INCREDIBLE HULK
Jan 02 Hulk #36 - 36,422
Jan 03 Hulk #49 - 48,089
Jan 04 Hulk #65 - 49,049
======
Jan 05 Hulk #77 - 47,180 (+52.2%)
Feb 05 Hulk #78 - 44,721 ( -5.2%)
Mar 05 Hulk #79 - 43,508 ( -2.7%)
Apr 05 Hulk #80 - 48,404 (+11.3%)
May 05 Hulk #81 - 43,822 (-10.5%)
Jun 05 Hulk #82 - 43,248 ( -1.3%)
Jul 05 Hulk #83 - 63,881 (+47.7%)
Jul 05 Hulk #84 - 58,583 ( -8.3%)
Aug 05 Hulk #85 - 53,177 ( -9.2%)
Sep 05 Hulk #86 - 52,992 ( -0.3%)
Oct 05 Hulk #87 - 42,454 (-19.9%)
Nov 05 Hulk #88 - 41,141 ( -3.1%)
Nov 05 Hulk #89 - 39,635 ( -3.7%)
Dec 05 Hulk #90 - 36,924 ( -6.8%)
Jan 06 Hulk #91 - 35,980 ( -2.6%)
6 mnth (-38.6%)
1 year (-23.7%)
2 year (-26.6%)

The concluding part of "Peace in our Time", the lead-in to "Planet
Hulk." Marvel are claiming massive success for February's first issue,
but it's doubtful whether this transitional storyline has done much to
contribute.

49. SENTINEL SQUAD O*N*E
Jan 06 Sentinel Squad O*N*E #1 (of 5) - 34,988

Because you demanded it - the origin story of Second Guard From The
Left! At the very least, I'm deeply sceptical about the timing of this
series, which comes out before the Squad have become remotely
established as characters. This is the standard "first issue of an
X-Men miniseries that only completists will buy" number - COLOSSUS did
about the same for its first issue.

soviele? das hat mich sogar nicht interessiert

50. PUNISHER
Jan 02 Punisher #8 - 54,305
Jan 03 Punisher #21 - 41,607
Jan 04 Punisher #1 - 56,334
======
Jan 05 Punisher #16 - 39,341 ( -2.5%)
Feb 05 Punisher #17 - 38,714 ( -1.6%)
Mar 05 Punisher #18 - 38,348 ( -0.9%)
Apr 05 Punisher #19 - 38,753 ( +1.1%)
Apr 05 Punisher #20 - 38,130 ( -1.6%)
May 05 Punisher #21 - 37,998 ( -0.3%)
Jun 05 Punisher #22 - 37,811 ( -0.5%)
Jul 05 Punisher #23 - 37,376 ( -1.2%)
Aug 05 Punisher #24 - 37,022 ( -0.9%)
Sep 05 Punisher #25 - 37,149 ( +0.3%)
Oct 05 Punisher #26 - 36,450 ( -1.9%)
Nov 05 Punisher #27 - 36,072 ( -1.0%)
Dec 05 Punisher #28 - 35,535 ( -1.5%)
Jan 05 Punisher #29 - 34,708 ( -2.3%)
6 mnth ( -7.1%)
1 year (-11.8%)
2 year (-38.4%)

Still drifting slowly down.

51,52. EXILES
Jan 02 Exiles #8 - 39,382
Jan 03 Exiles #21 - 36,109
Jan 04 Exiles #40 - 37,277
======
Jan 05 Exiles #58 - 32,129 ( -3.2%)
Feb 05 Exiles #59 - 32,337 ( +0.6%)
Mar 05 Exiles #60 - 42,898 (+32.7%)
Mar 05 Exiles #61 - 42,217 ( -1.6%)
Apr 05 Exiles #62 - 33,965 (-19.5%)
Apr 05 Exiles #63 - 33,728 ( -0.7%)
May 05 Exiles #64 - 34,033 ( +0.9%)
Jun 05 Exiles #65 - 34,484 ( +1.3%)
Jul 05 Exiles #66 - 34,092 ( -1.1%)
Jul 05 Exiles #67 - 33,751 ( -1.0%)
Aug 05 Exiles #68 - 33,815 ( +0.2%)
Sep 05 Exiles #69 - 43,794 (+29.5%)
Sep 05 Exiles #70 - 42,434 ( -3.1%)
Oct 05 Exiles #71 - 41,131 ( -3.1%)
Nov 05 Exiles #72 - 34,329 (-16.5%)
Nov 05 Exiles #73 - 34,008 ( -0.9%)
Dec 05 Exiles #74 - 33,881 ( -0.4%)
Jan 06 Exiles #75 - 33,485 ( -1.2%)
Jan 06 Exiles #76 - 32,843 ( -1.9%)
6 mnth ( -2.7%)
1 year ( +2.2%)
2 year (-11.9%)

This month it's the 2099 Universe, but it doesn't make a great deal of
difference to sales. We're still locked in the book's normal range.

Once again, EXILES impresses with its consistent sales. Six Marvel
titles show a year-on-year increase in January. Three of them do it by
renumbering; two of them are Spider-Man books getting a crossover sales
boost. Only EXILES has achieved a year-on-year increase without stunts.

If you're wondering, Marvel only have three books which are up over the
last six months - two Spider-Man crossover titles, and X-MEN: THE END
benefitting from a renumbering. Only two books are up from two years
ago - AMAZING, thanks to the crossover, and IRON MAN, thanks to a
relaunch. Everything else is either going down, or its on a skip month.

58. SUPREME POWER: NIGHTHAWK
Sep 05 Nighthawk #1 (of 6) - 39,505
Oct 05 Nighthawk #2 (of 6) - 35,183 (-10.9%)
Nov 05 Nighthawk #3 (of 6) - 33,228 ( -5.6%)
Dec 05 Nighthawk #4 (of 6) - 32,207 ( -3.1%)
Jan 06 Nighthawk #5 (of 6) - 30,828 ( -4.3%)

Perfectly good miniseries numbers.

59. MYTHOS
Jan 06 X-Men - 30,634

Hmm. This is the first in a series of painted origin stories of Marvel
heroes, reinterpreted to try and make them more accessible to film
audiences. It's a $3.99 book, giving it a number 38 place on the dollar
rankings. A middling number - could have been a lot worse, but I
suspect Marvel may have been hoping for better. But it's hard to see
why direct market audiences should be interested in a comic whose
admitted purpose is to promote the characters to casual readers.

bin erstaunt dass das so gefloppt ist, wohl der Preis

65. NEXTWAVE
Jan 06 Nextwave #1 - 28,545

Erk. Despite a reasonable amount of promotion, this is not a good start
at all. It's lower than THING #1, and even marginally below NICK FURY'S
HOWLING COMMANDOS #1. The first issue of SHE-HULK beat it by 9,000. It
can't have helped that solicitations wrongly listed this as a
twelve-issue miniseries, but that can't be the sole reason - DEFENDERS
#1 beat this number by 11,000. Come to think of it, it's also a couple
of thousand below PUNISHER VS BULLSEYE #1. You get the point.

Personally, I rather enjoyed it, but clearly retailers weren't convinced
at all. Things will have to turn around sharpish. I suspect the
problem here is that people expect Warren Ellis to laugh AT superheroes
rather than WITH them, and the superhero audience just isn't feeling
sufficiently self-loathing right now to find that an attractive
prospect. It's debatable whether the comic really does approach
superheroes that way - I'd say it doesn't, personally - but it's the
perception that drives sales more than the reality. And the perception
of Warren Ellis comedy superhero comics, I suspect, may not be in tune
with the retro-crossover zeitgeist.

A tie-in issue of MARVEL MILESTONES, featuring stories about Bloodstone,
X-51 and Captain Marvel, charts at number 221 with orders of 3,075.

die Fanboys weinen im Netz und ie Händler hatten recht, mit der 2 aus dem Abo geworfen, ist sowas wie die Godzilla filme auf RTL 2

66. SHE-HULK
Jan 05 She-Hulk #11 - 23,235 ( -2.6%)
Feb 05 She-Hulk #12 - 23,202 ( -0.1%)
Mar 05 n/a
Apr 05 n/a
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 n/a
Aug 05 n/a
Sep 05 n/a
Oct 05 She-Hulk #1 - 37,220 (+60.4%)
Nov 05 She-Hulk #2 - 31,610 (-15.1%)
Dec 05 She-Hulk #3 - 29,428 ( -6.9%)
Jan 06 She-Hulk #4 - 28,214 ( -4.1%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year (+21.4%)

Levelling out, but not quite fast enough for comfort.

67. BLACK PANTHER
Jan 02 Black Panther #40 - 18,808
Jan 03 Black Panther #53 - 17,754
======
Feb 05 Black Panther #1 - 69,930
Mar 05 Black Panther #2 - 47,533 (-32.0%)
Apr 05 Black Panther #3 - 44,925 ( -5.5%)
May 05 Black Panther #4 - 40,804 ( -9.2%)
Jun 05 Black Panther #5 - 37,401 ( -8.1%)
Jul 05 Black Panther #6 - 35,256 ( -5.7%)
Aug 05 Black Panther #7 - 42,905 (+21.7%)
Sep 05 Black Panther #8 - 46,239 ( +7.8%)
Oct 05 Black Panther #9 - 40,173 (-13.1%)
Nov 05 Black Panther #10 - 31,987 (-20.4%)
Dec 05 Black Panther #11 - 29,327 ( -8.3%)
Jan 06 Black Panther #12 - 27,933 ( -4.7%)
6 mnth (-21.5%)

Again, levelling out somewhat, but still miles away from where Marvel
want it to be. The wedding storyline has its work cut out for it.

68. PULSE
Jan 02 Alias #5 - 35,836
Jan 03 Alias #19 - 26,997
Jan 04 n/a
======
Jan 05 Pulse #7 - 34,779 (-15.0%)
Feb 05 n/a
Mar 05 Pulse #8 - 33,367 ( -4.1%)
Apr 05 n/a
May 05 n/a
Jun 05 Pulse #9 - 32,771 ( -1.8%)
Jul 05 Pulse #10 - 56,628 (+72.8%)
Aug 05 n/a
Sep 05 Pulse #11 - 34,919 (-38.3%)
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 Pulse #12 - 30,418 (-12.9%)
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Pulse #13 - 27,671 ( -9.0%)
6 mnth (-51.1%)
1 year (-20.4%)

Axed with issue #14. The arc originally planned to start in issue #15
is going to be remodelled into a CIVIL WAR tie-in miniseries, which will
doubtless sell much, much better.

69. DEFENDERS
Jul 05 Defenders #1 (of 5) - 39,510
Aug 05 Defenders #2 (of 5) - 32,853 (-16.8%)
Sep 05 Defenders #3 (of 5) - 30,768 ( -6.3%)
Oct 05 Defenders #4 (of 5) - 29,075 ( -5.5%)
Nov 05 n/a
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Defenders #5 (of 5) - 27,596 ( -5.1%)
6 mnth (-30.2%)

Pretty good numbers, all things considered. The two-month delay is
something of a mystery to me.

74. IRON MAN: INEVITABLE
Dec 05 Inevitable #1 (of 6) - 31,032
Jan 06 Inevitable #2 (of 6) - 25,382 (-18.2%)

Rather nasty drop-off, especially considering that there's four issues
to go. Not promising.

75. BOOKS OF DOOM
Jan 02 Doom: Emperor Returns #3 - 26,470
======
Nov 05 Books of Doom #1 (of 6) - 34,413
Dec 05 Books of Doom #2 (of 6) - 27,767 (-19.3%)
Jan 06 Books of Doom #3 (of 6) - 25,157 ( -9.4%)

Levelling out somewhat, but not exactly doing well.

76. RUNAWAYS
Jan 04 Runaways #10 - 20,108
======
Feb 05 Runaways #1 - 43,128 (+131.7%)
Mar 05 Runaways #2 - 31,330 ( -27.4%)
Apr 05 Runaways #3 - 30,332 ( -3.2%)
May 05 Runaways #4 - 28,968 ( -4.5%)
Jun 05 Runaways #5 - 28,409 ( -1.9%)
Jul 05 Runaways #6 - 27,365 ( -3.7%)
Aug 05 Runaways #7 - 27,063 ( -1.1%)
Sep 05 Runaways #8 - 26,954 ( -0.4%)
Oct 05 Runaways #9 - 26,800 ( -0.6%)
Nov 05 Runaways #10 - 25,761 ( -3.9%)
Dec 05 Runaways #11 - 25,260 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Runaways #12 - 24,989 ( -1.1%)
6 mnth ( -8.7%)
1 year ( n/a )
2 year ( -24.3%)

Relatively stable, but drifting slowly down.

80. PUNISHER VS BULLSEYE
Nov 05 Punisher vs Bullseye #1 (of 5) - 30,048
Dec 05 Punisher vs Bullseye #2 (of 5) - 25,121 (-16.4%)
Jan 06 Punisher vs Bullseye #3 (of 5) - 23,872 ( -5.0%)

Levelling out. Not bad numbers considering that it hasn't been pushed
much.

81. CABLE & DEADPOOL
Jan 05 Cable & Deadpool #11 - 25,844 ( -4.0%)
Feb 05 Cable & Deadpool #12 - 25,349 ( -1.9%)
Mar 05 Cable & Deadpool #13 - 25,551 ( +0.8%)
Apr 05 Cable & Deadpool #14 - 24,994 ( -2.2%)
May 05 Cable & Deadpool #15 - 24,837 ( -0.6%)
Jun 05 Cable & Deadpool #16 - 24,612 ( -0.9%)
Jul 05 Cable & Deadpool #17 - 34,393 (+39.7%)
Aug 05 Cable & Deadpool #18 - 25,304 (-26.4%)
Sep 05 Cable & Deadpool #19 - 25,298 ( -0.0%)
Sep 05 Cable & Deadpool #20 - 24,982 ( -1.2%)
Oct 05 Cable & Deadpool #21 - 25,030 ( +0.2%)
Nov 05 Cable & Deadpool #22 - 23,746 ( -5.1%)
Dec 05 Cable & Deadpool #23 - 23,296 ( -1.9%)
Jan 06 Cable & Deadpool #24 - 23,542 ( +1.1%)
6 mnth (-31.6%)
1 year ( -8.9%)

Nudging slightly up, for no apparent reason. There's a guest appearance
by Spider-Man, but he doesn't usually make much difference. Remarkably
stable in its range - the six month drop is misleading, because it's
drawing a comparison with the HOUSE OF M crossover issue

84. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
Jan 05 Women of Marvel 2005 - 20,837 ( +20.1%)
Feb 05 Marvel Knights 2005 - 18,182 ( -12.7%)
Mar 05 X-Men: Age of Apocalypse 2005 - 37,056 (+103.8%)
Apr 05 Spider-Man 2005 - 25,530 ( -31.1%)
May 05 Teams 2005 - 22,564 ( -11.6%)
Jun 05 Fantastic Four 2005 - 21,970 ( -2.6%)
Jul 05 Avengers 2005 - 23,668 ( +7.7%)
Aug 05 Ultimate Universe 2005 - 25,436 ( +7.5%)
Sep 05 Alternate Universes 2005 - 18,680 ( -26.6%)
Oct 05 Horror 2005 - 15,849 ( -15.2%)
Nov 05 X-Men 2005 - 22,986 ( +45.0%)
Dec 05 Ultimates/Ultimate X-Men 2005 - 20,795 ( -9.5%)
Jan 06 A to Z #1 (of 12) - 23,423 ( +12.6%)
6 mnth ( -1.0%)
1 year ( +12.4%)

First of a twelve-part series with the odd plan of focussing on the
characters they haven't already covered - which means almost none of the
major names are included, but it's great news if you've been hanging on
for a profile of China Force or the B-Sides. In all fairness, Marvel
deserve credit for not simply recycling old material and selling the
same profiles to the same readers twice - which they could quite easily
have done. But ironically, I suspect the market is going to punish them
for it, because I can't help thinking they've ended up with a book of
very marginal appeal.

Until now, the HANDBOOK has hovered up and down according to subject
matter. Presumably it'll now go into the usual sales decline, and
23,423 isn't a very good start for a twelve-issue miniseries. But then
again, it's a very odd book, so it could always do something unexpected
and level out at 15K - which seems to be their bedrock sales level for
deeply unfashionable subject matter. Marvel would probably regard that
as acceptable, given the $3.99 price tag and the lack of original art.

85. NEW THUNDERBOLTS
Jan 02 Thunderbolts #60 - 29,912
Jan 03 n/a
======
Jan 05 New Thunderbolts #4 - 31,725 ( -3.0%)
Feb 05 New Thunderbolts #5 - 29,377 ( -7.4%)
Mar 05 New Thunderbolts #6 - 29,103 ( -0.9%)
Apr 05 New Thunderbolts #7 - 28,977 ( -0.4%)
May 05 New Thunderbolts #8 - 27,769 ( -4.2%)
Jun 05 New Thunderbolts #9 - 27,300 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 New Thunderbolts #10 - 25,978 ( -4.8%)
Aug 05 New Thunderbolts #11 - 37,036 (+42.6%)
Sep 05 New Thunderbolts #12 - 25,912 (-30.0%)
Oct 05 New Thunderbolts #13 - 29,250 (+12.9%)
Oct 05 New Thunderbolts #14 - 27,864 ( -4.7%)
Nov 05 New Thunderbolts #15 - 25,245 ( -9.4%)
Dec 05 New Thunderbolts #16 - 25,084 ( -0.6%)
Jan 06 New Thunderbolts #17 - 23,417 ( -6.7%)
6 mnth ( -9.9%)
1 year (-26.2%)

Continuing a general downward trend.

bald weg vom tisch...

88. X-MEN: COLOSSUS - BLOODLINE
Sep 05 Colossus #1 (of 5) - 36,509
Oct 05 Colossus #2 (of 5) - 28,886 (-20.9%)
Nov 05 Colossus #3 (of 5) - 26,123 ( -9.6%)
Dec 05 Colossus #4 (of 5) - 23,694 ( -9.3%)
Jan 06 Colossus #5 (of 5) - 22,450 ( -5.3%)

Standard miniseries numbers.

90. THING
Nov 05 Thing #1 - 30,188
Dec 05 Thing #2 - 23,606 (-21.8%)
Jan 06 Thing #3 - 21,839 ( -7.5%)

Levelling out, but the numbers are deeply unhealthy.

92. MARVEL KNIGHTS 4
Jan 05 Marvel Knights 4 #14 - 31,291 ( -4.1%)
Feb 05 Marvel Knights 4 #15 - 30,230 ( -3.4%)
Mar 05 Marvel Knights 4 #16 - 29,600 ( -2.1%)
Apr 05 Marvel Knights 4 #17 - 29,189 ( -1.4%)
May 05 Marvel Knights 4 #18 - 28,649 ( -1.9%)
Jun 05 Marvel Knights 4 #19 - 28,153 ( -1.7%)
Jul 05 Marvel Knights 4 #20 - 27,548 ( -2.1%)
Aug 05 Marvel Knights 4 #21 - 27,023 ( -1.9%)
Sep 05 Marvel Knights 4 #22 - 26,446 ( -2.1%)
Oct 05 Marvel Knights 4 #23 - 25,100 ( -5.1%)
Nov 05 Marvel Knights 4 #24 - 24,129 ( -3.9%)
Dec 05 Marvel Knights 4 #25 - 22,753 ( -5.7%)
Jan 06 Marvel Knights 4 #26 - 21,365 ( -6.1%)
6 mnth (-22.4%)
1 year (-31.7%)

Axed with issue #30, presumably because the slow but inexorable sales
decline has finally caught up with it.

Fall seit Monaten, sensational wird es wohl genauso gehen...
97. X-STATIX PRESENTS DEAD GIRL
Jan 02 X-Force #124 - 45,670
Jan 03 X-Statix #7 - 33,792
Jan 04 X-Statix #18 - 25,246
======
Jan 06 Dead Girl #1 (of 5) - 20,685
2 year (-18.1%)

A disappointing debut given the numbers that X-STATIX used to deliver.
Oh well.

98. ARES
Jan 06 Ares #1 (of 5) - 20,541

About what you'd expect for an underpublicised miniseries about a fairly
minor character. However, Marvel have now announced that Ares is
joining one of their major teams - presumably the Avengers - so we might
see a bit more attention paid to later issues. Could be worth keeping an
eye on.

schade dass Ares so niedrig liegt :(

99. MARVEL TEAM-UP
Jan 05 Marvel Team-Up #4 - 27,216 ( -6.4%)
Feb 05 Marvel Team-Up #5 - 28,141 ( +3.4%)
Mar 05 Marvel Team-Up #6 - 24,762 (-12.0%)
Apr 05 Marvel Team-Up #7 - 24,800 ( +0.2%)
May 05 Marvel Team-Up #8 - 24,270 ( -2.1%)
Jun 05 Marvel Team-Up #9 - 23,530 ( -3.0%)
Jul 05 Marvel Team-Up #10 - 22,549 ( -4.2%)
Aug 05 Marvel Team-Up #11 - 22,150 ( -1.8%)
Sep 05 Marvel Team-Up #12 - 21,240 ( -4.1%)
Oct 05 Marvel Team-Up #13 - 21,048 ( -0.9%)
Nov 05 Marvel Team-Up #14 - 26,200 (+24.5%)
Dec 05 Marvel Team-Up #15 - 20,000 (-23.7%)
Jan 06 Marvel Team-Up #16 - 19,955 ( -0.2%)
6 mnth (-11.5%)
1 year (-26.7%)

Down by forty-five copies from last month, MARVEL TEAM-UP may finally
have found its level at around the 20K mark.

104. ASTONISHING X-MEN SAGA
Jan 06 Astonishing X-Men Saga - 18,920

A clip book recapping the first twelve issues of ASTONISHING X-MEN, in
the style of the similar 1980s recap book MARVEL SAGA. I'm genuinely
shocked that it sold this well - are there really 19,000 people willing
to pay $3.99 for a bunch of clipped panels and a plot recap? That's
over 10% of the audience who bought the original book! I can't see it
myself, but I suppose the retailers must have their reasons.

da gab es mehr solche wie der Legacy

108. DOC SAMSON
Jan 06 Doc Samson #1 (of 5) - 18,240

110. DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON
Jan 06 Daughters of the Dragon #1 (of 6) - 17,522

Generic miniseries numbers for marginal characters with no publicity.
Very unusually, DOC SAMSON changes writer with issue #3. This may
suggest a troubled production.

doc samson verkauft sich besser als die Girls, welch eine Schande

112. SPIDER-GIRL
Jan 02 Spider-Girl #43 - 23,076
Jan 03 Spider-Girl #55 - 23,564
Jan 04 Spider-Girl #68 - 20,544
======
Jan 05 Spider-Girl #82 - 20,005 ( -2.0%)
Feb 05 Spider-Girl #83 - 20,382 ( +1.9%)
Mar 05 Spider-Girl #84 - 20,050 ( -1.6%)
Apr 05 Spider-Girl #85 - 19,682 ( -1.8%)
May 05 Spider-Girl #86 - 19,452 ( -1.2%)
Jun 05 Spider-Girl #87 - 19,605 ( +0.8%)
Jul 05 Spider-Girl #88 - 18,983 ( -3.2%)
Aug 05 Spider-Girl #89 - 18,538 ( -2.3%)
Sep 05 Spider-Girl #90 - 18,344 ( -1.0%)
Oct 05 Spider-Girl #91 - 18,159 ( -1.0%)
Nov 05 Spider-Girl #92 - 17,597 ( -3.1%)
Dec 05 Spider-Girl #93 - 17,057 ( -3.1%)
Jan 06 Spider-Girl #94 - 17,148 ( +0.5%)
6 mnth ( -9.7%)
1 year (-14.3%)
2 year (-16.5%)

Cancelled with issue #100, so naturally it chooses this month to go up
in sales. Mind you, it's only by 91 copies, so I wouldn't read too much
into it.

116. SABLE & FORTUNE
Jan 06 Sable & Fortune #1 (of 4) - 15,451

Ouch. Even by the standards of Marvel's obscure character minis, this
is a very dodgy number. If the hope was that Ultimate Silver Sable
might generate some interest... well, she didn't.

123. NEW MANGAVERSE
Jan 02 Mangaverse: New Dawn #1 - 29,119
======
Jan 06 New Mangaverse #1 (of 5) - 14,403

What, AGAIN?! How many times does this idea have to fail before Marvel
give up?

verdient

26. SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED
Jan 04 Spider-Man Unlimited #1 - 53,413
======
Jan 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #7 - 18,316 (-12.7%)
Feb 05 n/a
Mar 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #8 - 17,640 ( -3.7%)
Apr 05 n/a
May 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #9 - 16,953 ( -3.9%)
Jun 05 n/a
Jul 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #10 - 16,104 ( -5.0%)
Aug 05 n/a
Sep 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #11 - 15,684 ( -2.6%)
Oct 05 n/a
Nov 05 Spider-Man Unlimited #12 - 15,150 ( -3.4%)
Dec 05 n/a
Jan 06 Spider-Man Unlimited #13 - 13,780 ( -9.0%)
6 mnth (-14.4%)
1 year (-24.8%)
2 year (-74.2%)

This is starting to get silly. Most of the books down at this end of
the chart have at least a reasonable hope of making their money back in
digest or trade paperback format. SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED doesn't get
reprinted anywhere, and I'm honestly amazed that it's still going.
Issue #14 has a David Finch story, so it'll be interesting to see if he
makes any difference.

128. BOOK OF LOST SOULS
Oct 05 Book of Lost Souls #1 - 24,365
Nov 05 Book of Lost Souls #2 - 20,002 (-17.9%)
Dec 05 Book of Lost Souls #3 - 15,308 (-23.5%)
Jan 06 Book of Lost Souls #4 - 13,455 (-12.1%)

Er... levelling out? Perhaps, but this is still plummetting towards the
10,000 mark at high speed, and it's already lost almost half of the
initial audience. Bad, bad numbers. Of course, it's an Icon book, so
the normal economics don't apply.

wird sicherlich weiterhin fallen, ich bin auch weg

132. SENTINEL
Jan 04 Sentinel #11 - 15,744
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Nov 05 Sentinel #1 (of 5) - 18,866 (+25.7%)
Dec 05 Sentinel #2 (of 5) - 14,108 (-25.2%)
Jan 06 Sentinel #3 (of 5) - 12,438 (-11.8%)
6 mnth ( n/a )
1 year ( n/a )
2 year (-21.0%)

Not very good numbers either, if we're being honest. 12% drops on the
third issue are too high.

140. NICK FURY'S HOWLING COMMANDOS
Oct 05 Howling Commandos #1 - 29,743
Nov 05 Howling Commandos #2 - 17,360 (-41.6%)
Dec 05 Howling Commandos #3 - 13,331 (-23.2%)
Jan 06 Howling Commandos #4 - 11,297 (-15.3%)

Cancelled with issue #6, and looking to reach disastrous sales levels by
that point.

147. AMAZING FANTASY
Jan 05 n/a
Feb 05 n/a
Mar 05 n/a
Apr 05 Amazing Fantasy #7 - 21,802 ( -8.9%)
May 05 Amazing Fantasy #8 - 17,773 (-18.5%)
Jun 05 Amazing Fantasy #9 - 15,606 (-12.2%)
Jul 05 Amazing Fantasy #10 - 14,729 ( -5.6%)
Aug 05 Amazing Fantasy #11 - 12,788 (-13.2%)
Sep 05 Amazing Fantasy #12 - 11,983 ( -6.3%)
Oct 05 Amazing Fantasy #13 - 11,973 ( -0.0%)
Oct 05 Amazing Fantasy #14 - 11,623 ( -2.9%)
Nov 05 Amazing Fantasy #15 - 13,958 (+20.1%)
Dec 05 Amazing Fantasy #16 - 11,816 (-15.3%)
Jan 06 Amazing Fantasy #17 - 10,517 (-11.0%)
6 mnth (-28.6%)

Horrendous figures. It's solicited through to issue #20, which is the
end of the current storyline. With sales like this, surely that's got
to be it. No official cancellation announcement, though, so we'll just
have to wait and see whether issue #21 appears in the May solicitaitons.

162. SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE
Dec 05 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #1 - 11,171
Jan 06 Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #2 - 8,590 (-23.1%)

A nasty drop, but this is a title aimed at the digest audience, and the
direct market sales aren't critical.

take that Mckeever

171. X-MEN & POWER PACK
Oct 05 X-Men & Power Pack #1 (of 4) - 12,295
Nov 05 X-Men & Power Pack #2 (of 4) - 9,482 (-22.9%)
Dec 05 X-Men & Power Pack #3 (of 4) - 8,380 (-11.6%)
Jan 06 X-Men & Power Pack #4 (of 4) - 8,590 ( +2.5%)

Apparently Cyclops is slightly more popular than I thought. There's
another miniseries scheduled for the spring, so presumably POWER PACK
must have done respectably in digest format.

177. MARVEL SPOTLIGHT
Dec 05 John Cassaday & Sean McKeever - 9,763
Jan 06 Warren Ellis & Jim Cheung - 6,843 (-29.9%)

Yikes. These are appalling numbers already, but the book is still
solicited through to May (Daniel Way & Olivier Coipel). With at least
another four issues to go, this could reach terrifying depths.

I suspect this is a format whose time has passed. In this day and age,
they'd be better off just putting all the material on their website. Is
anyone really so short of Warren Ellis publicity interviews that they
feel the need to pay money for them?

https://groups.google.es/group/rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks/msg/0441e6ba87a350a3?&hl=es&q=marvel+sales+january+2006

Re: Monatliche Verkaufszahlen: Top 300 Issues / Top 100 TPB's

Die Serie rockt und das sieht man auch an den brillanten Verkaufszahlen. Wird sich mittelfristig bei 110000 einpendeln.

ASM kommt dank "THE OTHER" nahe an die 100000 ran. Die nächsten Ausgaben werden sich wohl ebenfalls gut verkaufen, da einerseits die Fans das neue Kostüm in Aktion sehen wollen und andererseits bald Civil War beginnt.

Marvel sollte jedoch ernsthaft darüber nachdenken JMS nach CIVIL WAR von der Serie zu nehmen. Doch wer könnte die Serie übernehmen?

Ich zähle die Tage bis Claremont die Serie verlässt. Ob die Verkaufszahlen mit Brubaker und Tan explodieren? Ich denke schon, dass die ersten 6 Monate nach der Übernahme die Zahlen regelmässig um die 120'000 liegen sollten.

Ich freu mich schon riesig auf diese Serie. David ist momentan einfach sehr gut drauf. Verkaufsmässig wird die Serie wohl keine Bäume ausreisen. Mittelfristig zwischen 35'000 und 45'000.

Diese Serie wurde von Marvel nach dem Abgang von Millar stiefmütterlich behandelt. Zuerst Hudlin und Tan und dann Hudlin und Superstar. Nun wäre mit Sacasa die Autorenstelle hoffnungsvoll besetzt aber Medina zeichnet am liebsten Spider-Spawn

Sensational Spider-Man wird es wohl nicht all zu lange machen.

Bin mit Vao einer Meinung: Sehr schlechte Serie bei denen die Verkaufszahlen mehr als nur erstaunen Ich freue mich jedoch auf die Apocalypse Storyline. Und obwohl ich es nicht gerne zugebe: Mike Careys Projekt klingt schon ziemlich interessant. Wenn da nicht Bachalo wäre

Vaughan ist weg und der übermütige Kirkman übernimmt das Ruder. Ob es ihm endlich gelingt eine gute "MARVEL"-Serie zu schreiben? Ich zweifle. Ich hätte ihn lieber an USM gesehen, aber Bendis kommt gerade wieder in Fahrt und so wäre es wohl am absolut besten gewesen, wenn Kirkman sich noch 1-2 Jahre mit Zombies befasst hätte.

Die Tatsache, dass Marvel praktisch den ganzen Plot im Voraus bekannt gegeben hat, macht die Serie nicht sonderlich interessant. Trotzdem Brubaker ist ein Muss obwohl er momentan einige Schwächen zeigt (Books of Doom soll ja todlangweilig sein).

Nach einer langen schwachen Phase von ca. 4 Storylines bereitet mir die Serie momentan sehr viel Freude. Sie ist frisch, unterhaltsam und zeigt Spidey wie ich ihn sehen will. Bendis is back, better than ever.

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob es eine gute Idee war, eine zweite Serie einzuführen. Was jedoch die Hauptserie betrifft hätte ich lieber ein etabliertes Kreativ Team gesehen. Dieses kurzfristige Wechseln der Autoren und Zeichner ist Gift für die Verkaufszahlen. Guggenheim ist ein unbeschriebenes Blatt und kann durchaus gut sein, aber Ramos Bitte nicht! Wäre schön gewesen Millar und Romita Jr. länger an Bord zu haben. Was wäre eure Traumbesetzung gewesen?

Ist die Serie gut? Traue Hine nicht über den Weg. Muniz ist nicht schlecht.

Unglaubliche Zahlen für ein angeblich sooooo schwaches X-over. Carey und Marvel wird es freuen.

Ob die Ongoing über #12 hinaus überlebt. Da ich kein grosser Fan dieses Charakters bin, ist es mir ziemlich Schnuppe

[qoute]SON OF M[/quote]Auf diese Mini freue ich mich hingegen sehr. Wunderbare Cover von Watson!

SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: EVIL THAT MEN DO

Seit Daredevil Guardian Devil bin ich ein grosser Fan von Kevin Smith. Schade das er ein fat, lazy Bastard ist. An ihm geht ein guter Autor verloren.

Ich freue mich schon auf Granovs Zeichnungen. Im Allgemeinen nimmt es mich wunder, wie IRON MAN ab jetzt dargestellt wird.

Beste Serie, die niemand liest. Naja nicht niemand aber verhältnismässig wenige. Daran wird wohl auch Brubaker nicht viel ändern.

Kein Wunder. Die Luna Brothers sind kaum Mainstream Material, obwohl mir ihr Artwork bei Girls gut gefällt.

Als grosser Jenkins Fan wird dieses Trade natürlich gekauft.

Eine Episode aus der Rubrik "Comics, die die Welt nicht braucht"

Diese Serie braucht dringend einen neuen Impuls. Mir der Bruce Jones Run unheimlich gut gefallen hat und auch PAD hat einen guten Job gemacht (was auch sonst). Ob Planet Hulk die Serie wieder zum Leben erweckt. Ich hoffe es, aber ich bezweifle es. Klingt nicht gerade gut.

Schon der Punisher ist nicht mein Fall, aber der "Ennisher" schon gar nicht. Hier wäre Way der richtige Mann. Daniel "Punisher, Bullseye, Ghost Rider" Way.

Ob Claremont seine grosse Fanbasis mit zu den Exiles mitnimmt? Abwarten. Qualitätsmässig war dieser Schritt wohl der Todesstoss. R.I.P. EXILES. (Übrigens auch eine Serie die mich nie interessiert hat)

Auf diese Mini freue ich mich sehr. Die Reviews waren sehr positiv.

Die Serie wurde aussergewöhnlich stark gepusht. Ob die Zahlen wie bei THE WALKING DEAD besser werden? I don't think so.

Für She Hulk sind die Zahlen ziemlich gut. Season 3 wird locker über 30'000 Issues pro Monat verkaufen

Die Zahlen sind sehr entäuschend. Damit passen sie zur Serie Dennoch kann man davon ausgehen, dass die Serie noch lange nicht gecancelled wird. Ob Hudlin bald abgesetzt wird? Both fingers crossed.

Soll sehr sehr boring sein.

Gute Serie und RELATIV gesunde Zahlen. Sollte mit der Zeit noch besser werden.

Mein Liebling. Wird wohl nicht mehr lange dauern, bis sie eingestellt wird. Cable geht zu den X-Men, Deadpool zu X-Factor. Yay! Deadpool bei X-Factor!!!!

Meinetwegen

Schlechte Zahlen für eine Serie auf die ich mich ausserordentlich freue! Wird wohl knapp die #12 erreichen

MARVEL TEAM-UP

Bye, bye

Wer zum Teufel liest das schon ???

Bin sehr darauf gespannt!



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