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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Oct. 2017: “To Sell Or Not To Sell To Customers"

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Oct. 2017: “To Sell Or Not To Sell To Customers”

by Xavier Lancel Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my “guess where I will force Heidi to eat smelly cheese later this month” country. For any information about the French magazine on US comics I’m editing -running for a prize during Angouleme FCBD, wish me luck!-, please send me a message using my…

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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2016: To Be Able To Count Past Issue 12 Or Not? That's The Question.

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2016: To Be Able To Count Past Issue 12 Or Not? That’s The Question.

by Xavier Lancel Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please adress your complaints to my «it’s-always-weird-for-most-french-people-to-see-that-many-US-flags-when-we-travel-because-we-are-ashamed-of-our-own, mostly-a-symbol-of-racism-and-intolerance» country. First, please excuse me again for the lateness of this column. As it was…

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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Charts — May 2015: Prepare your $5 Bills!

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Charts — May 2015: Prepare your $5 Bills!

by Xavier Lancel Welcome to yet another Marvel Sales Analysis. Reminder: I’m French, so that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my let’s-scare-Courtney-Love-with-our-mean-taxi-drivers country. A few reminders: these sales numbers are estimates of sales to comics shops situated in North America. American comics do get sold around the world in their original floppy editions,…

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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2015—Star of the Reorders: The Force Awakens

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2015—Star of the Reorders: The Force Awakens

by Xavier Lancel Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m French, that’s why I’m talking funny. Please address your complaints to my sinking-in-the-middle-age country. Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops located in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original floppy edition. Keep also in mind that if a copy is sold to a…

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Marvel Month-to-Month sales: February 2015: Will The Real Spider-Woman Please Stand Up?

Marvel Month-to-Month sales: February 2015: Will The Real Spider-Woman Please Stand Up?

by Xavier Lancel

Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I’m the French guy who took over Jason for this column. Less figures, a comparaison with the issue#2 sales and some TPB sales at the end are the only big differences you could notice.

Reminder: those sales are estimates, sales to comics shops in North America. American comics do get sold somewhere else in their original…

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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2015: From Star Wars to Secret Wars

Marvel Month-to-Month Sales January 2015: From Star Wars to Secret Wars

Cover by John Cassaday & Laura Martin

by Xavier Lancel 

Welcome to my first analysis of the Marvel sales. If you think I have a weird way to express myself, that’s because I’m French. I’m the editor of one of the oldest printed magazine about US comics, Scarce, published in France since 1983. A decade ago, I used to make a monthly analysis of the indie charts for a French forum so I hope I’ll…

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