april sales numbers

[varo]

not bad for omega #1.


TOP 100 COMICS
Based on Actual Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2007
Qty Rank Retail Rank Index Title Price Ven
1 3 279.46 FALLEN SON DEATH O/CAPTAIN AMERICA WOLVERINE $2.99 MAR
2 1 275.36 JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #7* $3.50 DC
3 4 250.13 FALLEN SON DEATH O/CAPTAIN AMERICA AVENGERS $2.99 MAR
4 2 235.38 DARKTOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #3 (Of 7)* $3.99 MAR
5 5 231.62 JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #8* $2.99 DC
6 6 227.06 AVENGERS INITIATIVE #1 CWI $2.99 MAR
7 7 222.76 NEW AVENGERS #29 CWI $2.99 MAR
8 8 215.63 MIGHTY AVENGERS #2 CWI $2.99 MAR
9 10 174.90 WOLVERINE #53* $2.99 MAR
10 11 174.24 JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #5* $2.99 DC
11 15 172.47 52 WEEK #50 $2.50 DC
12 12 171.29 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #2 NEW PTG $2.99 DAR
13 16 169.59 WORLD WAR III PART ONE CALL TO ARMS $2.50 DC
14 17 169.14 WORLD WAR III PART TWO VALIANT $2.50 DC
15 18 169.09 WORLD WAR III PART FOUR UNITED WE STAND $2.50 DC
16 19 168.67 52 WEEK #51 $2.50 DC
17 20 168.41 WORLD WAR III PART THREE HELL IS FOR HEROES $2.50 DC
18 21 168.28 52 WEEK #48 $2.50 DC
19 22 168.22 52 WEEK #49 $2.50 DC
20 9 167.01 JUSTICE #11 (Of 12) $3.50 DC
21 13 163.98 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #7 $2.99 DC
22 14 145.27 UNCANNY X-MEN #485 $2.99 MAR
23 23 132.97 X-MEN #198 $2.99 MAR
24 24 132.91 SUPERMAN BATMAN #33 $2.99 DC
25 25 132.72 FANTASTIC FOUR #545 CWI $2.99 MAR
26 26 129.19 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #108 $2.99 MAR
27 27 126.64 SUPERMAN BATMAN #34 $2.99 DC
28 28 126.08 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #13 $2.99 MAR
29 29 123.36 MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY O/DARKNESS #2 (Of 5) $2.99 MDE
30 30 122.94 MOON KNIGHT #9 CW $2.99 MAR
31 31 115.65 THUNDERBOLTS #113 CWI* $2.99 MAR
32 32 111.80 ULTIMATE X-MEN #81 $2.99 MAR
33 33 110.54 ACTION COMICS #848 $2.99 DC
34 34 108.47 TEEN TITANS #45 $2.99 DC
35 35 106.90 WONDER WOMAN #7 $2.99 DC
36 36 105.66 IRON MAN #16 $2.99 MAR
37 37 105.20 BRAVE & BOLD #3 $2.99 DC
38 38 104.42 WONDER WOMAN #8 $2.99 DC
39 39 103.32 OMEGA FLIGHT #1 CWI (Of 5) $2.99 MAR
40 40 102.21 SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #37 $2.99 MAR
41 41 100.00 DETECTIVE COMICS #831 $2.99 DC
42 42 99.94 RUNAWAYS #25 $2.99 MAR
43 43 99.03 SUPERMAN #661 $2.99 DC
44 44 98.51 AMAZONS ATTACK #1 (Of 6) $2.99 DC
45 45 95.05 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #6 $2.99 MAR
46 46 94.62 INCREDIBLE HULK #105 $2.99 MAR
47 47 91.75 SUPERGIRL #16 $2.99 DC
48 48 89.38 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #19 $2.99 MAR
49 51 83.44 FLASH FASTEST MAN ALIVE #11 $2.99 DC
50 238 82.17 PAINKILLER JANE #0 $0.25 DE
51 52 82.08 DAREDEVIL #96 $2.99 MAR
52 53 78.15 GHOST RIDER #10 $2.99 MAR
53 55 76.25 NOVA #1 $2.99 MAR
54 56 76.18 MS MARVEL #14 CWI $2.99 MAR
55 57 74.09 X-23 TARGET X #5 OF(6) $2.99 MAR
56 59 67.40 NEW X-MEN #37 $2.99 MAR
57 60 67.25 X-FACTOR #18 $2.99 MAR
58 61 66.22 GHOST RIDER TRAIL O/TEARS #3 (Of 6) $2.99 MAR
59 62 66.02 IMMORTAL IRON FIST #4 $2.99 MAR
60 63 64.35 BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5 $2.99 DC
61 64 64.25 SILENT WAR #4 (Of 6) $2.99 MAR
62 49 62.80 NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2 $3.99 DC
63 50 62.74 ANNIHILATION HERALDS O/GALACTUS SILVER SURFER FIRELORD $3.99 MAR
64 66 59.53 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #11 $2.99 DC
65 67 59.39 PUNISHER #46 (MR) $2.99 MAR
66 68 59.04 NEWUNIVERSAL #5 $2.99 MAR
67 69 58.47 SPIDER-MAN FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR
68 70 58.41 TRIALS O/SHAZAM #6 (Of 12) $2.99 DC
69 54 57.48 FRANK FRAZETTAS DEATH DEALER #1 (MR)* $3.99 IMA
70 71 56.02 NIGHTWING #131 $2.99 DC
71 72 56.01 SUPERGIRL & LEGION O/SUPER HEROES #28 $2.99 DC
72 74 54.91 SUPERGIRL & LEGION O/SUPER HEROES #29 $2.99 DC
73 75 54.65 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES #6 (Of 12) $2.99 MAR
74 58 54.62 OUTSIDERS ANNUAL #1 $3.99 DC
75 76 54.54 EXILES #93 $2.99 MAR
76 77 54.46 GREEN ARROW #73 $2.99 DC
77 78 52.62 NEW EXCALIBUR #18 $2.99 MAR
78 79 51.55 NEW EXCALIBUR #19 $2.99 MAR
79 80 50.33 BIRDS O/PREY #105 $2.99 DC
80 82 49.16 SHE-HULK 2 #17 $2.99 MAR
81 84 48.29 ROBIN #161 $2.99 DC
82 87 46.39 CABLE DEADPOOL #39 $2.99 MAR
83 88 46.28 FABLES #60 (MR) $2.99 DC
84 90 46.11 SQUADRON SUPREME HYPERION VS NIGHTHAWK #4 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR
85 91 44.60 CONAN #39 (MR) $2.99 DAR
86 92 43.31 LONERS #1 (Of 6) $2.99 MAR
87 95 42.44 SPIRIT #5 $2.99 DC
88 96 41.86 STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/OLD REPUBLIC #15 $2.99 DAR
89 73 41.77 SPIDER-MAN BACK I/BLACK HANDBOOK $3.99 MAR
90 97 41.61 X-MEN FIRST CLASS #8 (Of 8) $2.99 MAR
91 99 40.38 ASTROCITY DARK AGE BOOK TWO #3 $2.99 DC
92 100 39.71 JLA CLASSIFIED #37 $2.99 DC
93 101 39.18 JSA CLASSIFIED #25 $2.99 DC
94 102 38.62 WALKING DEAD #37 (MR) $2.99 IMA
95 103 38.10 HEROES FOR HIRE #9 $2.99 MAR
96 106 37.24 POWERS #24 (MR) $2.95 MAR
97 104 36.86 SHADOWPACT #12 $2.99 DC
98 83 36.78 CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 2ND PTG EPTING VAR CW $3.99 MAR
99 105 36.76 RED SONJA #21* $2.99 DE
100 65 36.74 SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #2 $4.99 MAR

[DelBubs]

That's pretty good numbers for OF. Even considering it was a number one, it still ain't bad. Do you know if that includes the reprint numbers?

BTW just out of interest, who picked up the reprint?

[-K-M-]

Damn, Avengers: Initiative beat OF.

[Mokole]

But OF beat Runaways, She-Hulk (easily, by a huge margin), Incredible Hulk, Excalibur, Punisher, X-23, and Cable/Deadpool, of Marvel titles that are supposed to be editor's choices. 8)

[Ben]

That's pretty good numbers for OF. Even considering it was a number one, it still ain't bad. Do you know if that includes the reprint numbers?

BTW just out of interest, who picked up the reprint?

That wouldn't include the reprint. I've got mine waiting for me, haven't been into the comic shop in a few weeks, so I'm assuming it's there for me.

Ben

[jay042]

In just Marvel titles, it's one of their top 20 sellers.

[Dfense75]

So whats it "officially" gonna take to prove this title is worthy of ongoing status?

[Corvus]

So whats it "officially" gonna take to prove this title is worthy of ongoing status?

From a Marvel point of view, they probably wouldn't want to announce one until after number five had come out, to keep people motivated to buy the mini in hopes of an ongoing coming out.

[Canucklehead]

Do we know how many thousand it sold? 50? 40? 30? 20?

[-K-M-]

Do we know how many thousand it sold? 50? 40? 30? 20?

It sold very well, from the chart it seems like it sold 100,000, which is like 57K

I'm properly reading it wrong

[DelBubs]

At the top of the list is a legend stating based on actual units sold, so I would assume it's sold 103.32 which is pretty solid for a comic nowadays.

[Captain Primate]

At the top of the list is a legend stating based on actual units sold, so I would assume it's sold 103.32 which is pretty solid for a comic nowadays.

yeah, but what does that mean in actual numbers? How does the index equate to a number?

I also wonder how many more would have sold if the print run would have been bigger? Also, I wonder if they increased the print run for issue #2 given the fact that #1 sold out.

[Beta Ray Daz]

#1 sold out quickly in my regular store, i was lucky to get it hot off the transit the day it came out in Aus. I didn't notice #2 selling out (at least another half a dozen copies on shelf) but maybe they were prepared and had more copies in stock.

[DaVeO]

Wow, I expected it in the 70's but 39! That is VERY good. If only my beloved Manhunter could get those numbers. :(
For a title that Marvel didn't have much faith in I'd say it's doing rather well.

[DelBubs]

At the top of the list is a legend stating based on actual units sold, so I would assume it's sold 103.32 which is pretty solid for a comic nowadays.

yeah, but what does that mean in actual numbers? How does the index equate to a number?

I also wonder how many more would have sold if the print run would have been bigger? Also, I wonder if they increased the print run for issue #2 given the fact that #1 sold out.

Quantity and Rank are the wrong way around at the top of the list. So QTY should be column two which states 103,000+

[Damien]

Omega Flight beat a Batman comic.

What's not to love?

[varo]

very cool blog with numbers and analysis:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/31/marvel-month-to-month-sales-april-2007/

[Barnacle13]

Hopefully it will keep pulling these numbers. Looks like it outsold a lot of the bigger titles. Even Iron Man is having trouble reaching the numbers OF#1 put up. I'd say if we can keep the numbers up around 50K we should get an ongoing. Looks like 25-30K even merits an ongoing if you're a name character or team. Omega and even Alpha Flight should be in that number!

[varo]

its kind of odd, in my opinion, that mike has not spoken about omega in months.

[-K-M-]

its kind of odd, in my opinion, that mike has not spoken about omega in months.

Thinking the same thing

[Mokole]

Agreed. Maybe he'll be here soon and give us some news and such, or Scot, or Brian..... :)

[Le Messor]

its kind of odd, in my opinion, that mike has not spoken about omega in months.

Not really... He can't talk about what he's working on. Also, I'm surprised he's even allowed here. There's legal issues when people post all their story ideas, and something similar happens in the series (even if MAO came up with it first. Should we call him the chairman?)

- Le Messor
"Ducharme's Precept: Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment."

[SmurfInABlender]

yeah.. I miss oeming too :-(

[Canucklehead]

He'll be in Toronto next week. Maybe he'll come with news (good or bad).

[Mokole]

Think positive. He will have good news! :D

[Le Messor]

Think positive. He will have good news! :D

I'm Positive he'll have bad news! :D :P

j/k