According to the October sales ranking, Wildcats #1 was the 14th best-selling comic in the direct market.
That’s got to be pretty disappointing: Jim Lee, Grant Morrison, a variant cover by Todd McFarlane, a much-hyped relaunch of a once-successful property created by one of the hottest artists of the past decade… and it gets you 14th? Obviously Civil War and 52 are eating up the market, but that’s a disappointment any way you look at it.
The rest of the Wildstorm relaunch isn’t doing so hot, either: The first issue of The Authority comes in at #27, Gen 13 debuts at #34, Deathblow #1 places 51st, and the second issue of Wetworks slides all the way down to #68.
All the big names and hype appear to have accomplished very little, and most of these titles are bound to slide down the charts with their second issues; the delays to Wildcats and Authority can’t help. And unless they see strong TPB sales – something I can only see happening for Authority and possibly Deathblow – I wonder if this will be Wildstorm’s last kick at the can.