'Avengers Vs X-Men' preorders exceed 'Civil War', says report
Published Mar 2 2012, 16:15 GMT | By Mark Langshaw
Avengers Vs X-Men #1 has received more preorders than the first issue of Marvel Comics' bestselling Civil War event.Bleeding Cool previously reported that the crossover event's debut was approaching the 200,000 advance sales mark, but now claims the title has exceeded the milestone.
© Marvel Comics
© Marvel Comics
Marvel has been backing Avengers Vs X-Men with a high profile marketing campaign, spanning television, radio and online media. The publisher recently extended the first issue's final order cut-off date to allow retailers to stock up.
Avengers vs X-Men, a 12-issue bi-weekly series, sees the super-powered teams come to blows following the return of the Phoenix entity. A companion miniseries titled AvX will showcase the event's individual battles.
Top writers Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction will work on the series, along with artists Frank Cho, John Romita Jr, Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert.
Avengers vs. X-Men #1 will debut on April 3.
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Rishi Joe Sanu Most definitely! Such well thought out dlialogue. Much more of an adult, high brow comic.
March 7th 2012 at 10:03pm
George Hetherington : not to mention the good work done by Kieron Gillen, Uncanny side ? DC universe sucked so bad they had to reboot a rebooted universe.
March 7th 2012 at 9:59pm
I take you dont read Uncanny X-Force then as that is sexual in 60 pages
March 3rd 2012 at 9:40am
The preorders might be good, but they better not drop the ball on this. All the X books, except "Wolverine and the..." and "X-men: Legacy" SUCK! Step it up Marvel! DC is blowing you guys away with story telling and art!
March 3rd 2012 at 12:50am