• Sales Figures For July 2013 Titles

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    Published on 08-14-2013 09:09 AM  Number of Views: 2660  
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    ICV2 have published the estimated sales figures for the month of July 2013     of Comic sales via Diamond to the North American Direct Market, which includes the placement of Uncanny X-Force (which double shipped in July) & Astonishing X-Men, both starring former Alpha Flight characters:

    Uncanny X-Force:

    59 28.61 UNCANNY X-FORCE #8 $3.99 MAR 37,781
    61 28.00 UNCANNY X-FORCE #9 $3.99 MAR 36,978
    Issue #8 drops around 2,500 copies, following on the trend from previous months, with #9 dropping around 1,000 showing signs of stabilization.

    Previous months:

    #7: 40,380
    #6: 42,496
    #5: 45,674
    #4: 47,727
    #3: 51,721
    #2: 56,713
    #1: 86,817

    It's also worth noting the placement of the TPB of the first 6 issues:

    32 1.75 UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 01 LET IT BLEED NOW $17.99 MAR 2,313
    Astonishing X-Men:

    Astonishing X-Men has now been confirmed as cancelled, as of October's #68, which is understandable given the continuing loss of 1,000 sales per issue.
    We know that Northstar is moving across to Amazing X-Men as of November and there's still talk of a reboot for Astonishing, although chances are without Northstar in it.

    108 17.15 ASTONISHING X-MEN #64 $3.99 MAR 22,649

    #63: 23,326
    #62: 24,121
    #61: 27,090
    #60: 27,683
    #59: 24,195
    #58: 25,159

    Note: Puck did not appear in Uncanny X-Force #8 (and only briefly in #9), Northstar did not appear in Astonishing X-Men #64.
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    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 - 08-16-2013
      Um?

      Phil, how come Astonishing drops 1000 issues per month and it is cancelled, and Uncanny drops 1000 issues in a month and is "stabilizing"? If Uncanny continues dropping in sales, it could, in time, drop to just as low numbers as Astonishing; and I disagree (respectfully) that a comic that continues to drop and has not yet (a) stopped dropping, or (b) gained, has indeed stabilized - seems a wee bit premature to say that, yet.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil - 08-16-2013
      Because if the drop from #7 to 8 is 2,500 and then the drop from 8 to 9 is only 1,000 that means that the drop is slowing and the title is showing signs of stabilizing at a level for an established/not-new title. Emphasis on signs of. Not stabilized.

      Astonishing has stabilized with a regular drop of 1,000 per issue.

      Uncanny could well continue to drop to 20,000 sales a month like Astonishing and then it will indeed be cancelled and rightfully so.
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      Flightpath07 - 08-16-2013
      Sorry Phil, wasn't meaning to quibble. I understand a slowing drop; I just don't think, in general, that one month of slowing drop is enough time to predict any sort of trend, that's all. For many reasons, as an example, issue 9 could have had a writer/artist/guest star/plot point that would have caused less people to flee the title (or, non-conversely, more people to buy it), while issue 10 could see the free-fall continue. However, i do appreciate your pointing out of an emphasis on "signs of", as that helps ease this a bit in my flurried mind.