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Invincible Universe : Battle Beast # 1 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley sell nearly 400,000 transcript from Image / Skybound
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It ’s been a very honest twelvemonth for Image / Skybound withThe Energon Universe – Robert Kirkman ’s reimagining of the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises – continue to be a pillar of the comics industry , withJoshua WilliamsonandTom Reilly’sG.I. Joe # 1setting an all - time phonograph recording for a Hasbro comic Bible launch(as we recount you first ) .
And it looks like things are n’t decelerate down at all , as Robert Kirkman andRyan Ottley’sInvincible Universe : Battle Beast # 1has sold nearly 400,000 copy after close orders this week .
Not only is that itself a massive number for a creator - possess comical book of account series in 2025 , it ’s also enough to topple the first printing process numbers forScott SnyderandNick Dragotta’sAbsolute Batman # 1 , which became the new benchmark for blockbuster launch , and seemingly matches order forJeph LoebandJim Lee’sBatman # 158 .
But unlikeAbsolute Batman # 1or evenBatman # 158(AKA the launch of H2sh),Battle Beast did n’t swear on extremely discounted sheaf to dramatically goose orders with retailers , who in this character were invested enough in Kirkman and Ottley ’s new serial publication to order these issues ground on the content and the unique variant cover offerings that attract to unvanquishable rooter new and old .
It ’s not surprising to seeBattle Beast # 1debut so unattackable – after all , it ’s the first newInvinciblecomic Bible content in quite a while and the animated series on Prime Video has become a honest global phenomenon . Unlike so many other risible Quran adaptations , that ’s actually translating into sales at comical shop and bookstores , where over 1,000,000 copies of Invincible vivid novel have been deal since 2021 .
Moreover , it ’s a reminder that Image / Skybound has seen a number of their serial launching – and remain – bigger than so much of the depicted object from the other Big Three caller , namely Marvel and DC , who have the championship of globular corporations to sell their comic .
A big entreaty for both retail merchant and fans has also been theBattle Beast # 1Blind Bags , which contain a number of arbitrarily intermixed cover include the super rare 1:1000 variant ( albeit not dual signed or CGC grade like the orderable variant ) and manifestly some additional surprises that may not be Battle Beast variant at all .
I ’m told that Skybound actually revealed these binding – along with their intermix ratios – to retailers on a particular call last calendar month , to which I was shockingly not invited . Perhaps I ’ve vitiate too many of their bigEnergon Universesecrets ? Alas , retailers seem to have taken Kirkman ’s # KeepTheSecret mantra to heart and not leak out the point to me , which I will begrudgingly admit that I prize .
The one thing I ’m told is that the surprisal contents of this Blind Bag will draw quite a few Marvel and DC fans into stores to see if they can get their hand on these rare issue , so retailer still may not have dictate enough – and that could think of we seeBattle Beast # 1numbers rise even higher as retailers beat to meet demand .
unvanquishable Universe : Battle Beast # 1is on sale on Wednesday , the fourteenth of May at comic shops , but expect to see Blind Bag spoilers much preferably , as I expect that some retailers will be tearing undefended those early to let out the contents sooner than later .
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST # 1IMAGE COMICJAN250459(W ) Robert Kirkman ( A / CA ) Ryan Ottley , Annalisa LeoniSeries Premiere . The honest young ( not quite a ) super - hero series in the universe ! beshrew with an quenchless thirst for fierceness , Battle Beast search the universe for the one warrior mighty than him - and a splendid death , his only wages . But even in a universe of mighty Viltrumites like Invincible and Omni - Man , it seems that no one may be able to stop the galaxy ’s baneful warrior … unless he does the unthinkable . Superstars Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley present the most demand unbeatable story of all time , revealing the occult story of Battle Beast that ’s arrant for any long - time rooter ( no despoiler ! ) and unexampled readers likewise . COVER C Blind pocketbook : This is a first - of - its - sort unsighted bag program . The blind bag will let in a chance to get any of the solicited covers from A through I. However , there are rarefied SURPRISE exit that may or may not be link to Battle Beast or the Invincible Universe that can be bump in these blind bags . Those surprisal issues will not be publicly announced in progression of the issue release . In store : Apr 23 , 2025 SRP : $ 3.99
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST # 2(W ) Robert Kirkman ( A / CA ) Ryan Ottley , Annalisa LeoniTHE BEST NEW ( NOT QUITE A ) SUPERHERO serial publication IN THE UNIVERSE CONTINUES!Battle Beast has entered the Blood Games . This is bad word … but not for him . Retail : $ 3.99 In - depot Date : 5/21/2025
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