[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel bounces back on April sales charts, absolute green arrow sells out.
[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel announces fall of Kylo Red.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for me 18, 20, 26.
[SPEAKER_00]: After several months of getting absolutely crushed by DC Comics, Marvel bounced back on the April 2026 single issue sales charts.
[SPEAKER_00]: However, there might be a good reason for that.
[SPEAKER_00]: ICV2, whose data we've been reporting off of, has doubled the number of stores it's using in its top 50 sales chart.
[SPEAKER_00]: Not to delay getting to the good stuff, but in addition to Comic Sub, which reports customer sales for 125 stores, ICV2 has added 100 stores that use the Comics Assistant software.
[SPEAKER_00]: Which is still only 225 stores meeting a small snapshot of the industry as a whole.
[SPEAKER_00]: But hey, it's better than nothing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, back to the charts.
[SPEAKER_00]: Overall, Marvel took 23 spots on the top 50 and while they've been struggling to get any footholds in the top 10, this month they sort of came in at number 1 with their side of the Spider-Man Superman crossover with DC Comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: That said, two issues of the amazing Spider-Man crossover death spiral came in at number 5 and 7.
[SPEAKER_00]: Curiously, Venom, which was the other half of the crossover, only ranked one issue at number 27.
[SPEAKER_00]: Meanwhile, Daredevil number 1 hit at number 6 in Web of Venom, which was not part of the crossover hit at number 8.
[SPEAKER_00]: That did leave the rest of the top 10 for DC Comics, which had 19 slots total on the charts.
[SPEAKER_00]: Absolute Batman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 19 naturally came in at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 2, while DC's Superhead Spider-Man ranked No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 3 after coming out the previous month.
[SPEAKER_00]: Absolute Wonder Woman No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 19 hit at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 4 and Zentana No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 9.
[SPEAKER_00]: Image Comics taged 5 slots on the top 50, with Transformers 31 coming at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 10 and Invincible Universe battle beast revered hot on its heels at No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 11, and IDW took the other remaining slot on the top 50 for the latest issue of TDHB Ninja Turtles.
[SPEAKER_00]: Speaking of comic book sales, DC has announced an absolute green arrow number one has sold out mere days before its release in comic book stores, that to be clear as at the distributor level, meaning it should likely be available this Wednesday on the shelves themselves, but you know, get there early just in case.
[SPEAKER_00]: That said, DC will go ahead and release a second printing of the issue featuring the main cover with a recolored logo and new variant covers by Ivan Till and to the Lotte.
[SPEAKER_00]: The re-print of absolute green arrow number one will hit stores on June 17, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: The same day is absolute green arrow number two.
[SPEAKER_00]: Charles Sol and Will Sliny are back on that Ben Solo beat with Star Wars the Fall of Kylo Red, which confusingly for everyone, and not just me, will debut in late summer for Marvel Comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: Picking up after the events of the legacy of Vader mini-series, the Fall of Kylo Red will detail the title characters returned to the first order, and lead directly into the events of the beloved trilogy-capper The Rise of Skywalker.
[SPEAKER_00]: Calling it, quote, a pivotal turning point for Kylo Hux and Pride, an essential reading for every Star Wars fan, Star Wars, the fall of Kylo Renn number one hits on August 12, which again is late summer and not, uh, fall, I get it now.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alvin, and words are really confusing, right?
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