Flashback to April 1984

Marvel Editor Tom Brevoort posted Marvel's direct sales figures from April 1984. (Direct sales are to comic book stores. In 1984, most of Marvel's sales was to convenience and grocery stores).

April 1984 was a big month for Rachel Summers, since that marked her first appearance in X-books since Days of Future Past.

Uncanny X-Men #184 was the second highest selling Marvel comics with 223,500 copies sold (to comic book stores). Next on the list was New Mutants #18 (where Rachel first arrived) which sold 184,500 copies.

Nowadays, Uncanny X-Men averages around 84,000 copies direct sales.