WHO WAS MORE POPULAR IN THEIR PRIME?
x-men made it look like the marvel universe revolved around them because of the sheer number of events they did that have massive repercussions.
pic related, but DC ruins all it touches.
McFarlane Spider-Man #1 sold 2.65 mil
Claremont/Lee X-Men #1 sold 8.1 mil
I would say maybe go so far as do Spiderman vs Wolverine. But in the 90s these were the comics to buy, and spawn.
didn't they purposely over sell Xmen books to store to inflate numbers?
Why would they need to inflate X-Men's numbers?
X-Men make more sense when they're not in 616
X-Men literally kept Marvel from going bankrupt in the 90s even after selling their movie rights. Spider-Man has been a merchandise juggernaut for the company and is responsible for most of their money to an insane degree. So Spider-Man wins out.
Why do people that don't read X-Men comics keep saying ghis?
True. He was the most talked-about of the Golden Age heroes in 60s-70s nostalgia articles and fanzines, and was referenced a lot in pop culture like The Beatles Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill and Gomer Pyle saying ''Shazam''. One of the first comic book specialty stores in the 70s also used a knock-off Mr. Mind as their mascot.
It's astonishing how far the X-Men have fallen.
Uncanny, even.
Doubt it, there were a lot of comic shops back then, and places outside comics (newsstands, book stores, supermarkets, convenience stores) still carried them. With that in mind there wouldn't be a need to overship.
>merchandise
about that, considering that sony owns spider-man it might change. it's kinda funny because the reason that there was no x-men merch was due to movie rights. and now, it's going to happen to spider-man
well now that the X Men are back in Marvel we will most likely see a resurgence in X Men popularity that mirrors the 90s
Spider-Man 1 sold a million and X-Men 1 sold 6 million so
do you know the store name or have any pictures?
I doubt X-Men will ever reach their 90s popularity again, a lot of things went right, Lee art, the cartoon, Capcom fighting games, the toy collection.
>X Men rights back at Marvel
>Hickman saving mutants popularity
>no more Spider Man wank
we are home
>about that, considering that sony owns spider-man it might change.
Maybe not. Sony only has film rights but not merchandise rights.
that can change since a new deal between Disney and Sony for MCU Spider Man could say "Sony keeps half of the merchandise profits"
Right there you can say good bye to Spider Man comics for a good chunk of your life
feels good bruh
same deal was with the x-men but it didn't stop the pettiness at marvel