Robert Kirkman’s Energon Universe Sold Over A Million Copies So Far

Article Summary

• Energon Universe comics surpass a million gross sales in beneath a 12 months.
• Records set by Transformers, G.I. Joe, and new Void Rivals sequence.
• Kelly Thompson’s Scarlett and Dan Watters’ Destro poised for fulfillment.
• Retailers see regular Energon sequence demand, with scarce collectible variants.

That’s been pushed by Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s Void Rivals, Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers, and Joshua Williamson’s G.I. Joe associated launches in Duke (with Tom Reilly) and Cobra Commander (with Andrea Milana) that not solely launched at record-setting ranges, however have persistently seen gross sales rising with every subject, in current months again and again). It does not harm that retailers are frequently promoting out of these sequence, with each subject of Void Rivals, Transformers, Cobra Commander, and Duke all going again to print a number of instances – even with Image & Skybound speeding again new printings on a relentless foundation (with no allocations). In reality, Void Rivals #1 is on a seventh printing and appears on observe for a record-setting tenth printing, one thing we’ve not often seen within the fashionable comics trade. But will even that be sufficient to fulfill the demand of the brand new readers that comedian retailers are seeing each week?

Now with the announcement of two new Energon Universe sequence, together with Kelly Thompson & Marco Ferrari’s Scarlett and Dan Watters & Andrei Bressan’s Destro, the Energon Universe appears on observe to interrupt by the close to not possible two million items mark by the tip of 2024. Along the best way to creating extra comics historical past, will Scarlett and Destro grow to be the most recent Image & Skybound releases to outsell Amazing Spider-Man and Batman? I’m advised that a lot of the dialogue from retailers on the current ComicsProfessional Annual occasion centred across the success of the Energon Universe and difficult each Marvel and DC to deliver related outcomes with their international franchises. That contains bringing again the collectors we noticed fuelling trade progress simply years in the past, who’ve clearly stayed round for the Energon Universe excessive ratio variants, reminiscent of David Mack’s 1:250 Cobra Commander #1 seeing no drop in worth at $350 months later or a 1:100 Jonboy Meyers Duke #1 variant promoting for practically $250. Even the Transformers #1 second printing by Jason Howard is seeing graded gross sales at over $150, numbers that have not been seen in years on fashionable reprints exterior of Miles Morales’ first look.

In the meantime, you could find copies of Energon Universe sequence at your native comedian retailers – that’s in the event that they have not bought out once more by the point you are studying this.