@zentzen said:
@tigerex78 said:
While the sales figures are interesting, I think it would be more effective to compare Superior Spider-man sales with the sales of Amazing Spider-man, possibly from the big time arc. That way we could compare apples to apples and see how each measures up.
Amazing was doing a lot better than superior
Nope.
From the most recent monthly Mayo Report at Comic Book Resources:
"An example of that near the top of the chart is "Superior Spider-Man" which took two of the top ten slots. "Superior Spider-Man" is sustaining sales about 20,000 units higher than "Amazing Spider-Man" has over the past few years. Likewise, the companion title "Superior Spider-Man Team Up" launched as a top ten title in July. This radical approach to Spider-Man is working and there seems to be no sales reason for Marvel to bring back Peter Parker anytime soon."
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=47287
@danhimself said:
Guardians of the Galaxy seems to be the only Marvel ongoing that is doing better than Superior which I would say is because of the movie coming up....80k an issue for a bimonthly book is still really good and better than what Amazing was doing ....just think where it would be if it weren't for people being turned off because of it's bimonthly sales
Actually, the bump up in GOTG is probably because of its ties to THE AGE OF ULTRON event, along with the introduction of Angela (originally from Spawn and IMAGE comics) into the Marvel Universe. And the additional involvement of comic legend Neil Gaiman, who helped out for the issue. As well as the upcoming movie. ;-)
Side note: The twice a month sales might actually HELP the book instead of hurt it. There's one school of thought that consumers are attracted to more frequent content in a title OVER their concerns of spending money more frequently. In some cases, regularly increased shipping can be a factor in stemming a title's attrition. There are some trends in the market that seem counter-intuitive at first glance, but start making more sense when you see them in action.
@fadetoblackbolt said:
81 thousand people are still stupid.
Nice to see that New Avengers is dropping off. Now to see the same drop off in Avengers and I'd possibly smile.
I will never understand this line of thinking. Why take pleasure in something you don't like failing? Why not spend more time promoting things you enjoy? Or, in other words...
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Last note...
Sorry to hear about the poster's brother in hospital. Hope they get better soon.
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