X-Books Sales Rankings for August 2007

[Joe Acro]

Inspired by Captain Jim, I have decided to post the sales rankings for the various X-Books titles. Hopefully, the information will prove interesting.

Provided below are the rankings for August 2007, limited to the top 100 overall. The number in parentheses is the previous issue's ranking. The month is also listed if the prior issue did not come out in the previous month.

#5 - Astonishing X-Men #22 (6, May)

#10 - Uncanny X-Men #489 (16)

#15 - X-Men #202 (17)

#21 - World War Hulk: X-Men #3 (21)

#25 - Wolverine #56 (4)

#27 - Wolverine Origins #16 (28, June)

#34 - Ultimate X-Men #85 (36)

#40 - New X-Men #41 (52)

#41 - X-Factor #22 (51)

#93 - Exiles #97 (82)

#98 - New Excalibur #22 (86)

#99 - Cable/Deadpool #44 (92)

[RoguishGurl]

How on earth is Ultimate X-men above New X-men and X-Factor?

[Brian M.]

3 Things...

Good for Uncanny, glad that's a top 10 book, sad for First Class in that it's not in the top 100...but rumor is Marvel is quite happy with it's sales and is continueing the book...Good to see CnD crept back in the top 100.

[Joe Acro]

I'm wondering what happened to Wolverine. That's a huge drop.

And Exiles, too, suffered a noticeable decline. At an odd issue, too.

[Dizzy D]

I'm wondering what happened to Wolverine. That's a huge drop.

Loeb/Bianchi to Aaron/Chaykin is my guess.

And Exiles, too, suffered a noticeable decline. At an odd issue, too.

Exiles, I'm not sure about. Would have to see actual sales numbers (could have been a lot more special events comics, no1 etc. out that would push them down in the rankings edit: At first glance I already see:
a) an issue of Astonishing X-Men out for a change.
b) Booster Gold #1
c) Halo #1
and a Batman annual, Black Adam, some Countdown/52 related oneshots, Spider-Man/Red Sonja #1 etc.).

[jarrod]

rankings alone aren't a good indicator though, unless there's a dramatic (like Wolverine) drop. Sales could remain consistant and yet the rankings could still vary quite abit.

[Brett P]

New at 40 makes me happy :) 3rd highest placing since C&C started their run!

[CaptainCanada]

I'm wondering what happened to Wolverine. That's a huge drop.

Loeb's horrible story ended, and Aaron's cool fill-in began and finished. This caused sales to go down, because this is Bizarro World.

[Polaris Rocks]

Loeb's horrible story ended, and Aaron's cool fill-in began and finished. This caused sales to go down, because this is Bizarro World.

The more mindless and action oriented the Wolverine comic the better its sales always seem to be.

[Harlock]

Weird. I guess it's all personal opinion in the end, but lately I have been enjoying X-Men and New X-Men a lot more than both Uncanny and Astonishing.

[Novaya Havoc]

Sales rankings are covered on my blog, with links to the actual units moved.

Yo.

[Erik Lehnsherr]

Odd to see Wolverine that low..I thought he was the top selling X-book these days.

[MartinRedmond]

World War Hulk: X-Men #3

This sells?

[Talon X]

Jee, I didn't think Astonishing to be THAT good and having to wait half a year for it to come out!

[scouse mouse]

Wolverine 55 also had the death of Sabretooth which could have attracted more buyers.

[Pach!]

This sells?

Did you read it?

It was really good. I'm happy for Chris Gage.

[Brett P]

This sells?

It was part of an event so obviously.

But it was actually pretty darn good.

Did you read it?

[Faded]

Hmm, of course I'd want X-Factor and X-Men to rank higher than they do, but for all intents and purposes I suppose they're both still doing rather well.

Sales rankings are covered on my blog, with links to the actual units moved.

Yo.

LMAO, pimp that shit babe!

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Don't wanna brag cause some of us called it waaaayyyyy back about how UXM would get back its edge over Adjectiveless, but oh well... :D

Not by much, but still.

And NO, that's not me saying UXM is better than Adjectiveless. Not quite sure I can even think of an "the best thing in the last arc was..." since I'm not quite sure anything qualifies as even remotely close.

[MartinRedmond]

Did you read it?

Why would anyone even want to?

[streator]

#5 - Astonishing X-Men #22 (6, May)

#10 - Uncanny X-Men #489 (16)

#15 - X-Men #202 (17)

#21 - World War Hulk: X-Men #3 (21)

#25 - Wolverine #56 (4)

#27 - Wolverine Origins #16 (28, June)

#34 - Ultimate X-Men #85 (36)

#40 - New X-Men #41 (52)

#41 - X-Factor #22 (51)

#93 - Exiles #97 (82)

#98 - New Excalibur #22 (86)

#99 - Cable/Deadpool #44 (92)

everything except for wolverine, cc's books and cable and deadpool saw an increase this month. wolverine's decrease can easily be attributed to last issue's hype and the creative change. the other falling titles have been cancelled. marvel should be happy overall.

[Pach!]

Why would anyone even want to?

Because the writer is really good?

The artist is really good?

The Hulk versus all the X-men sounds like fun?

[Optic Rage!]

Good to see Axm in the top 5.....even tough its a shame its not charting at #1 like it used to.

We can thank the delays for that i suppose.

Stuff for the haters who think people dont care about AXM anymore.

Also, WHY THE HELL IS FIRST CLASS NOT IN THE TOP 100???

[frog]

Why would anyone even want to?

Because we're capable of judging a work's merit's on our own, that's why.

[Novaya Havoc]

Good to see Axm in the top 5.....even tough its a shame its not charting at #1 like it used to.

We can thank the delays for that i suppose.

Stuff for the haters who think people dont care about AXM anymore.

Also, WHY THE HELL IS FIRST CLASS NOT IN THE TOP 100???

First Class ongoing doesn't sell big numbers. It only sold 20K in August.

http://novayahavoc.blogspot.com/2007/09/july-2007-comic-sales-numberwonk.html

But I think that's fine for Marvel. X-Men FC isn't supposed to be a knockout best seller -- it's a continuity retrospective appealing to a nostalgic audience. I doubt FC is going anywhere unless it starts selling very, very low numbers.

Does it even have a wide distribution/circ? I don't think it does, but I'm not sure.

X-Men FC doesn't mess with any others' continuity, so it will keep chugging. If X-Factor can increase like woah over the past couple of issues, good buzz can definitely help FC if it sticks around.

[Beast]

Just putting the placement doesn't show much. The sales for most of them didn't fluctuate much in any of the above titles. It was simply just so much other stuff coming out that pushed the placement numbers down.

[Novaya Havoc]

Just putting the placement doesn't show much. The sales for every book didn't fluctuate much in any of the above titles. It was simply just so much other stuff coming out that pushed the placement numbers down.

X-Factor has held its latest big sales jump. Exiles dipped down into the 20's. Bru's still selling slightly better than Carey.

And Shanna the She Devil sold 25,000 copies. WTF?

Numberwonk is fun.

[CmX]

Why would anyone even want to?

I didn't, but I tried it and this was a very very good solid read. This is one book that shouldn't be judged by it's gorgeous covers lol

[Joe Acro]

Just putting the placement doesn't show much. The sales for most of them didn't fluctuate much in any of the above titles. It was simply just so much other stuff coming out that pushed the placement numbers down.I would say that there likely was some fluctuation. For example, Astonishing didn't have to compete with an event in May, but in August it actually moved up a spot. So either some title(s) started selling less, or it had an increase in sales.

[Novaya Havoc]

I would say that there likely was some fluctuation. For example, Astonishing didn't have to compete with an event in May, but in August it actually moved up a spot. So either some title(s) started selling less, or it had an increase in sales.

Dude. ICv2 has had the actual sales numbers out for over a day now.

Check it and compare between months if you must.

[Joe Acro]

Dude. ICv2 has had the actual sales numbers out for over a day now.

Check it and compare between months if you must.Although it seems Astonishing actually went down when compared to last issue, Fallen Son has ended and, by August, Captain America is down off its sales boon. If you put World War Hulk in place of Fallen Son, it's as I said. Something's sales dropped.

[Dizzy D]

Although it seems Astonishing actually went down when compared to last issue, Fallen Son has ended and, by August, Captain America is down off its sales boon. If you put World War Hulk in place of Fallen Son, it's as I said. Something's sales dropped.

Yes, Captain America. Previous Astonishing issue was pushed 1 place down because Captain America and Fallen Son were up there (WWH replaces one of these. The other 3 titles above Astonishing are Dark Tower, JLA and New Avengers). Actual sales of Astonishing 22 is a bit less than Astonishing 21, so nothing abnormal going on.

Edit: I'm more surprised by Uncanny picking up another 1-2k readers. Endangered Species?

[Brian M.]

Yes, Captain America. Previous Astonishing issue was pushed 1 place down because Captain America and Fallen Son were up there (WWH replaces one of these. The other 3 titles above Astonishing are Dark Tower, JLA and New Avengers). Actual sales of Astonishing 22 is a bit less than Astonishing 21, so nothing abnormal going on.

Edit: I'm more surprised by Uncanny picking up another 1-2k readers. Endangered Species?

Depends...what was the sales between the last non-ES issue and the first ES issue?

[Joe Acro]

Depends...what was the sales between the last non-ES issue and the first ES issue?I don't see a jump. Both the June and July issues clocked in at 16th, though there was a slight increase in sales between months by about five thousand people or so.

[Omega Alpha]

Depends...what was the sales between the last non-ES issue and the first ES issue?

Uncanny without ES (June):

16 Uncanny X-Men 487 $2.99 Marvel 81,430

Uncanny on August (with an ES chapter):

10 UNCANNY X-MEN #489 $2.99 MAR 88,068

[Brian M.]

Uncanny without ES (June):

16 Uncanny X-Men 487 $2.99 Marvel 81,430

Uncanny on August (with an ES chapter):

10 UNCANNY X-MEN #489 $2.99 MAR 88,068

It's a nice 10% increase...I'd say it's because of ES. While X-Men dropped a bit after the Anniversery issue it's still doing quite good.

[killerbass]

Wolverine 55 also had the death of Sabretooth which could have attracted more buyers.

And it also had three different covers... one of which had the black & white version of the comic...

--Tom

[xarathos]

I love how the concept of the X-men has vertially been destroyed by someone at Marvel who had the idea to wipe out most of mutant kind in magic fashion. I'm not saying Q this person may be. However, look how great it does. New Avengers will not hold up so well, compared to the X-men that is.

[MartinRedmond]

Tsk sales haven't gone down 20K, it's the OTHER TITLES that have gone UP in popularity silly.

[rwsmith]

I love how the concept of the X-men has vertially been destroyed by someone at Marvel who had the idea to wipe out most of mutant kind in magic fashion. I'm not saying Q this person may be. However, look how great it does. New Avengers will not hold up so well, compared to the X-men that is.

The X-men haven't been destroyed. They still sell very well. It's just that the Avengers have replaced them as Marvel's main franchise. Mainly because they have the X-men's most popular member (Wolverine) and Marvel's most popular character overall (Spider-man) now on the New Avengers team. Plus the fact that most of the big Marvel events now spin out of the Avengers books instead of the X-books.

I think Messiah Complex will put the X-men back on top, at least for a little while. Then the whole Secret War thing will hit and put the Avengers back on top again. Comics are very event-driven these days, and most of the events revolve around the Avengers characters.

[Alex A Sanchez]

Why would anyone even want to?

Cuz its freakin good. And when was the last time you read a title that featured most of the X-characters (X-Factor and new X-men included)? Simply put, it was a lot of fun.


Also- when was the last time X-Factor joined up for a big super fight? I haven't seen these guys cut loose since they got their own series, it was nice for a change.