Withpeople ask whether Marvel Comics ’ Siege storyline is a gross sales loser , we ’re wondering : What golden linguistic rule has Siege broken when it come to creating a comic book crossover ?
Siege may have been the highest - selling comedian of last month with launch issue sales of 108,484 , but that may only be because DC ’s Blackest Night took the month off ; the last publication of that serial publication sold 135,695 despite being six calendar month into its run . military blockade ’s debut was also far below first issue sale of premature “ event ” series , asblogger Marc - Oliver Frisch has place out :
For the interest of comparison : In April 2008 , Secret Invasion#1sold an estimated 250,263 units . In May 2008 , Final Crisis#1followed with 144,826 . January 2009 determine Dark Avengers#1(118,579 ) , June Batman and Robin#1(168,604 ) and July Captain America : Reborn#1(193,142 ) . Also in July , Blackest Night#1came out with estimated sales of 177,105 - and none of the five subsequent outcome of Blackest Night released to date have fallen below 135,000 unit .
Just as tellingly , comic al-Qur’an subject matter boards are curiously restrained about the plot line ; there ’s commentary when each effect comes out , yes , but nowhere near the levels of Blackest Night , Secret Invasion or other exchangeable stories – and much of the commentary there is focuses on why the series is disappointing . But why ?
expect at in the abstract , Siege polish off all the right-hand notes : It ’s a plot line that will have wallop for the larger Marvel Universe , includes characters and plot from across the Marvel bank line , written and drawn by rooter - favorite creators . There ’s even been a high - profile death already . But Siege lacks the most of import ingredient for Event Success : the unidentified .
It does n’t avail , of class , that the serial so far has seemed scattered , race and full of events that seem forced in ordination to help the game along , and also seems to tread on the toes of plot line within many titles it ties in with ( Most importantly , Iron Man and Thor , both of which seem slightly out of sync with the serial publication , although Captain America ’s spiritual rebirth was also pushed out of persistence thanks to an surplus issue and need to be done before Siege commence ) . Through no real conclusion of anyone involved , Siege has gained the visual aspect of an by chance clumsy closing to a report arc that ’s been race for age . The query now may be whether that ’s enough for lover to derail off the serial publication they ’ve been adopt , or whether the promise of bright new offset with May ’s Heroic Age will play them back for more .
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