The May 2010 sales data have been released by Diamond Comic Distributors, including the following Deadpool sales data for the four ongoing Deadpool series.
| Ongoing Deadpool Series May 2010 Sales | ||
|---|---|---|
| Issues Sold | Change From Previous Issue | |
| Deadpool #23 | 42761 |
-0.70% |
| MWAM #11 | 30677 | -9.25% |
| Team-Up #893 | 26578 | -7.83% |
| Deadpool Corps #2 | 28236 | -28.45% |
When this data is combined with the historical sales data, the historical performance of each series as follows, all together and broken out by series:
Deadpool also made the following appearances in one-shots and in other series. The sales data for these appearances is below:
| Deadpool Appearances May 2010 Sales | |
|---|---|
| Issues Sold | |
| Vengeance of the Moon Knight #8 | 20597 |
| Origins of Marvel Comics #1 | 13274 |
| Doomwar #4 | 28307 |
When the number of issues of Deadpool ongoing comics is compared to the total number of comics sold by Marvel in May 2010, Deadpool ongoings make up 4.20% of all Marvel comics sold.
If the number of Deadpool ongoing comics is combined with the number books where Deadpool makes an appearance and compared to the total number of comics sold by Marvel in June 2010, Deadpool comics make up 7.18%% of all Marvel comics sold.
May data via [SOURCE]
Prior Sales Data:
April 2010 Sales Data
March 2010 Sales Data
UPDATE: Based on some of the comics it seemed like a good idea to put these sales number in relation to the performance of other comics. The average number of issues sold by a Marvel comic in May 2010 was 28,274. When the Deadpool sales numbers are compared to the monthly average you get the following results:
| Deadpool Sales vs Average Marvel Comics Sold | ||
|---|---|---|
| Issues Sold | Percent Above/Below Avarge | |
| Deadpool #23 | 42761 |
51.24% |
| MWAM #11 | 30677 | 8.50% |
| Team-Up #893 | 26578 | -6.00% |
| Deadpool Corps #2 | 28236 | -0.13% |
Diamond Comic Distributors releases sales information for the top 300 comics sold each month, so each comic is given a rank based on how it did within the entire group of 300. The rank for the Deadpool comics sold in May 2010 are below. In May 2010 Marvel sold 108 comics, and the rank of each Deadpool book among this group is also below
| Deadpool Sales Rank May 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall Rank |
Marvel Rank |
|
| Deadpool #23 | 41 |
23 |
| MWAM #11 | 66 | 37 |
| Team-Up #893 | 76 | 46 |
| Deadpool Corps #2 | 73 | 43 |
