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Post by johnnypt on Aug 12, 2019 11:25:30 GMT -5
Numbers are out a little early this month:
21 Savage Avengers (2019) 3 56,222 (change: -11,396 -16.85%), plus #2 got 2190 in reorders
56 Conan the Barbarian (2019) 8 35,955 (change: +1,589 +4.62%)
98 Savage Sword of Conan (2019) 7 23,029 (change: -1,017 -4.23%)
It's almost like one set of readers moved from one book over to the other!
144 Age of Conan: Belit (2019) 5 16,201(change: +552 +3.53%)
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7 Conan The Barbarian v1: Life And Death Of Conan Book One 3,124
14 Conan The Barbarian Original Marvel Years Omnibus v2 2,430
83 Conan Jewels Of Gwahlur And Other Stories 926
Franchise seems to be relatively healthy sales-wise.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2019 11:43:12 GMT -5
Numbers are out a little early this month: 21 Savage Avengers (2019) 3 56,222 (change: -11,396 -16.85%), plus #2 got 2190 in reorders 56 Conan the Barbarian (2019) 8 35,955 (change: +1,589 +4.62%) 98 Savage Sword of Conan (2019) 7 23,029 (change: -1,017 -4.23%) It's almost like one set of readers moved from one book over to the other! 144 Age of Conan: Belit (2019) 5 16,201(change: +552 +3.53%) Trade 7 Conan The Barbarian v1: Life And Death Of Conan Book One 3,124 14 Conan The Barbarian Original Marvel Years Omnibus v2 2,430 83 Conan Jewels Of Gwahlur And Other Stories 926 Franchise seems to be relatively healthy sales-wise. Thanks Johnnypt. By Crom and Tengri. Very impressive estimates for the 2nd CtB Omnibus. Conan The Barbarian Original Marvel Years Omnibus v2 2,430 Previous Conan Omnibus estimates: CONAN THE BARBARIAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 2,199 (206 reorders) Total:2,405 SAVAGE SWORD CONAN HC ORIG MARVEL YRS OMNIBUS VOL 01 1,959 (392 reorders) Total:2351
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2019 13:03:17 GMT -5
This year, only the Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 4 has sold more than the Conan Omnibus volumes for Marvel with a total of 3,406 including reorders.
Cory's done a great job with the Conan volumes.
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Post by theironshadow on Aug 12, 2019 13:08:58 GMT -5
My time of buying single issues of any comic book title ended 20 years ago when i left college, and since then i've made a point of only buying the omnibuses or anthologies of my selected titles, be it Conan, Star Wars or various from 2000AD. Perhaps it's shelf space, or simply i'm more than happy to wait for the collected editions to drop and to enjoy them in that manner. Definitely enjoying the 2 volumes i'be bought so far from Marvel, solid work!
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Post by johnnypt on Sept 16, 2019 10:40:49 GMT -5
Well this was...unexpected:
27 SAVAGE AVENGERS #4 48,464
42 AGE OF CONAN VALERIA #1 39,690
59 CONAN THE BARBARIAN EXODUS #1 30,522
96 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #8 21,572
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336 SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 2,586
367 SAVAGE AVENGERS #3 1,825
Didn't notice any for #2.
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101 MARVEL ART OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN HC 804
203 CONAN THE BARBARIAN ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 427-Reorders
368 CONAN THE BARBARIAN TP VOL 01 LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE 251-Reorders
391 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 01 CULT OF KOGA THUN 237
Not sure if these are the B&W one or if this is possibly a split month with some hitting stores in August and the rest in Sept.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 6:17:29 GMT -5
Here's the Conan related Sales Figures with the additional printings added to figures* from the REH comics facebook page.
Conan the Barbarian #1 - 107,036* #2 - 43,638* #3 - 40,749* #4 - 41,010* #5 - 36,188 #6 - 32,108 #7 - 34,366 #8 - 35,955
Conan The Barbarian Exodus - 30,522
Savage Sword of Conan #1 - 49,640* #2 - 32,107* #3 - 28,679* #4 - 27,252 #5 - 25,935 #6 - 24,046 #7 - 23,029 #8 - 21,572
Age of Conan : Belit #1 - 34,020* #2 - 20,549 #3 - 18,001 #4 -15,649 #5 -16,201
Age of Conan Valeria #1 - 39,690
Savage Avengers #1 - 119,878* #2 - 67,618* #3 - 58,047* #4 - 48,464
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Post by Jason Aiken on Sept 17, 2019 23:20:18 GMT -5
Those are all pretty respectable in this market. I can't believe that many readers are actually buying the Age of Conan books, though.
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Post by terryallenuk on Sept 18, 2019 13:23:42 GMT -5
Didn't think SA sales would be falling_quite_as quickly considering the characters involved , CtB holding well , slight increases too apart from the one-off Exodus. Surprised SSOC is still dipping as the current arc is getting positive reviews , be interesting to see what happens when Thomas/Davis arrive. Good opening for Valeria , better than Belit , wonder how many readers thought it was the film version of her ? LOL. With the slightly better reviews perhaps it will hold better.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 13:56:14 GMT -5
Didn't think SA sales would be falling_quite_as quickly considering the characters involved Interestingly Gerry Duggan recently tweeted about the increase of orders for Savage Avengers. Will the comic-shop orders be up for the next issue? Here's what he had to say on the 14th of September: @gerryduggan
Ordinarily comic sales slowly decline, but Savage Avengers orders are increasing. Thank you, all. The return of Kulan Gath is going the wild ride throughout the @marvel Universe.
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Post by terryallenuk on Sept 23, 2019 13:22:00 GMT -5
Possibly means the orders for additional printings though even taking those into account it's still losing readers , plus how many additionals are going to the same folks who like to collect multiple copies just for the different covers. We'll see how next months look.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2019 9:02:54 GMT -5
Possibly means the orders for additional printings though even taking those into account it's still losing readers , plus how many additionals are going to the same folks who like to collect multiple copies just for the different covers. We'll see how next months look. It'd be a lot better if I could find a tweet saying the same thing about CtB or SSOC (instead of the books with Conan in the modern Marvel universe) - and of course it would help if sales figures did actually justify the claim. I'm pretty close to giving up on this new stuff - gonna be around a year earlier than when I gave up on the DH comics.
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Post by wolfshead on Sept 24, 2019 11:56:30 GMT -5
Actually, sales of Savage Avengers could be considered as remarkably low, considering that many, perhaps most, of the sales can be attributed to fans of the other characters. Punisher and Wolverine are always a big draws, and Venom is hot right now. We're looking at it from the point of view of Conan fans. Even though he was spotlighted, he may be only a minor draw for other readers.
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 21, 2019 10:53:49 GMT -5
32 SAVAGE AVENGERS #5 44,615
76 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #9 26,923
93 AGE OF CONAN VALERIA #2 23,409
106 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #9 21,106
166 MARVEL COMICS #1000 13,02 (Conan's got a page)
364 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 2,533 (wow, re-re-reorders...)
432 SAVAGE AVENGERS #4 1,429 (reorders)
477 AGE OF CONAN BELIT #1 1,163 (did they have some kind of discount-please take these off our hands?)
The CTB #9 is kind of troubling in the sense it's a big drop from the previous issue. But it did miss a month so minor caveat. But 4 Conan releases almost in the top 100 isn't bad.
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60 AGE OF CONAN TP BELIT 1,262
Considering DH sold less with better material, call it a win.
438 CONAN THE BARBARIAN TP VOL 01 LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE 190 (reorders)
Hard to know if the Conan comic line is helping fund/propel the reissue line or vice versa...or a little of both. They may not need a big seller, just a consistent one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2019 11:11:43 GMT -5
32 SAVAGE AVENGERS #5 44,615 76 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #9 26,923 93 AGE OF CONAN VALERIA #2 23,409 106 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #9 21,106 166 MARVEL COMICS #1000 13,02 (Conan's got a page) 364 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 2,533 (wow, re-re-reorders...) 432 SAVAGE AVENGERS #4 1,429 (reorders) 477 AGE OF CONAN BELIT #1 1,163 (did they have some kind of discount-please take these off our hands?) The CTB #9 is kind of troubling in the sense it's a big drop from the previous issue. But it did miss a month so minor caveat. But 4 Conan releases almost in the top 100 isn't bad. Trades 60 AGE OF CONAN TP BELIT 1,262 Considering DH sold less with better material, call it a win. 438 CONAN THE BARBARIAN TP VOL 01 LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE 190 (reorders) Hard to know if the Conan comic line is helping fund/propel the reissue line or vice versa...or a little of both. They may not need a big seller, just a consistent one. That's quite a drop on orders for CtB. At this rate Marvel will have to relaunch both CtB & SSOC before the 50th anniversary next summer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2019 11:38:25 GMT -5
I think the gap between recent issues of CtB has not helped.
Jason Aaron could have told this story in a 6 issue story-arc. The exploration into the past of the Cimmerian with one-shots has not worked and obviously readers have lost interest.
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