Big Time and the fresh start -- the new sales results and predictions mega-thread

[oldschool]

Thanks, oldschool. I can't take the credit, though. Another poster made the comparison a while back and I just ran with it. But you look at the parallels, and it can't be a coincidence! From Flash breaking up with Betty to protect her from his secret to fighting his own variation of the Sinister Six, it's a beautifully twisted love letter to Lee/Ditko. And worth pointing out that it's not derivative in the slightest.

Very cool----I am motivated to read the entire series ("Venom", not ASM!) over again now!

[ShaggyB]

Aquaman still destroying Spidey

its not like aquaman is a bad book right now

[oldschool]

its not like aquaman is a bad book right now

Not at all. And it's certainly not "destroying" ASM either.

[SpideyCzar]

Aquaman still destroying Spidey

Destroying is not the word I'd use. Aquaman's pre orders were a little over 2500 copies more than Amazing Spider-Man. That's with having one of the biggest names in comics (Geoff Johns) on the title. Also with Aquaman being a well written and drawn title. So no idea why you've posted this multiple times...

Also the last few issues of Amazing Spider-Man have gone onto 2nd prints, and rank high on the re order charts.

[SpideyCzar]

So Amazing Spider-Man #682,683 & 684 have all gone to 2nd printings. Congrats to Slott & company.

[Mister Mets]

Due to a quirk in how Diamond reports its figures, retail sales for trade paperbacks seem to be higher than estimated.

[Therion]

25 	19 	43.34 	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686  
26 	20 	43.18 	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685
60 	41 	28.24 	AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #7
81 	92 	22.98 	SCARLET SPIDER #5
92 	102 	21.03 	VENOM #18
95 	76 	20.32 	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH #1

Kinda big drop for Avenging...

[Therion]

Comichron numbers:

25 	19 	58,337 	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686  
26 	20 	58,121	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685
46 	39 	41,879 	Amazing Spider-Man Annual #39
60 	41 	38,012	AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #7
81 	92 	30,932 	SCARLET SPIDER #5
92 	102 	28,309 	VENOM #18
95 	76 	27,347 	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH #1

Venom stays at 28k, both ASM in their higher range (58k)...ASM annual sold more than Avenging... .

[classicgmer]

Did Scarlet Spider # 4 have variant covers or something....I hope so otherwise whats with that drop In the words of the great Stan Van Gundy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15JFmHs7pU


Just substitute numbers for intensity

[Xenon]

2,3, and 4 were nearly identical in sales according to Diamond. 5 seems to have dropped 3k, but I can only hope it's because people are buying it digitally or something. Scarlet Spider is so good.

Avenging Spider-Man dropping is not surprising given it's relative meh quality. The only reason I'm still around is because I like Ms. Marvel and she's in two issues (and, of course, the next issue is just an Amazing Spider-Man supplement). After that I'm back on the fence.

The rest of the titles seem consistent. ~58k seems to be the number for Amazing.

Here's hoping Scarlet Spider doubles its sales next month. Because it's awesome.

[Therion]

Scarlet drop was a bit over 2k, or around 6 or 7 per cent, so it is not really time to worry (maybe the lack of a Supervillain had something to do with it)... Avenging fell nearly 20% , guess they could bring down the price to 2.99 - or bring back the ASM 3 x per month...

[classicgmer]

Scarlet drop was a bit over 2k, or around 6 or 7 per cent, so it is not really time to worry (maybe the lack of a Supervillain had something to do with it)... Avenging fell nearly 20% , guess they could bring down the price to 2.99 - or bring back the ASM 3 x per month...

I'm not too worried about it but I was just trying to figure out why the book took a drop like that.....Looking at the charts agian I think it's probably because DC had four new # 1's launching to replace four cancelled books & they also had a couple of annuals out that month.

[oldschool]

Scarlet drop was a bit over 2k, or around 6 or 7 per cent, so it is not really time to worry (maybe the lack of a Supervillain had something to do with it)... Avenging fell nearly 20% , guess they could bring down the price to 2.99 - or bring back the ASM 3 x per month...

I can see this title going up and down in sales each month depending on the guest-star and/or creative team. This is really the same issue that Marvel Team-Up had; this sort of title has fewer steady fans and more folks "trying it out" issue-to-issue or arc-to-arc.

[Mister Mets]

Scarlet drop was a bit over 2k, or around 6 or 7 per cent, so it is not really time to worry (maybe the lack of a Supervillain had something to do with it)... Avenging fell nearly 20% , guess they could bring down the price to 2.99 - or bring back the ASM 3 x per month...

In order to make money by dropping the price of Avenging to three bucks a month, they would have to increase sales by more than a third.

[ViewtifulJC]

ASM seems pretty consistent. SS seems to be in line with Winter Soldier, take that for what you will. I wonder how the departure of Stegman will affect things. Avenging has still yet to find a floor.