Comments on: DC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: OCTOBER 2006

by: reviews

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:39:56 +0000

de, - Sunday, February 22, 2004 at 11:47:29 (PST)

by: Bruce Meyer

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:23:34 +0000

Writing as a consumer (for the moment)–I opened up my wallet to buy central plus peripheral issues of Infinite Crisis and House of M, spurred by Green Lantern Rebirth. Infinite Crisis was a very disappointing story at the end; House of M made no difference to speak of in the story line; and Green Lantern started out his new rebirth by sleeping with some chick whose name he didn’t even know.

All I can say is that hardly anyone over there at the Big Houses show us readers any respect. I WANT to spend my own money on good stuff, but they are conspiring to keep it back, it seems.

by: Bruce Meyer

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:23:26 +0000

All I can say is that hardly anyone over there at the Big Houses show us readers any respect. I WANT to spend my own money on good stuff, but they are conspiring to keep it back, it seems.

by: News and commentary about comics » DC’s sales really are sliding into freefall

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:13:38 +0000

[...] PW’s The Beat took another look at DC’s sales results a few weeks ago, and it looks like a lot of the high hopes they may have had sure aren’t as high as they might’ve hoped. I’ll take a look at a few of the things they have to say in turn. Of all the books they’ve put out, it seems that 52 is doing the best of all. I’m really not happy about that, not just because the stories and plots, even at a glance, don’t look like anything great. And, as the Beat contributor says here: Reportedly, a weekly follow-up series is already in the pipeline, so it seems that DC are viewing the book’s frequency as a major factor in its success. [...]

by: The Four Color Media Monitor

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:53:12 +0000

DC’s sales really are sliding into freefall…

PW’s The Beat took another look at DC’s sales results a few weeks ago, and it looks like a lot of the high hopes DC may have had sure aren’t as high as they might’ve hoped. I’ll take a look at a few of the things they have to say in turn….

by: Stealthwise

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:39:13 +0000

“Bringing Spider-man/Black Cat into a conversation about lateness is like bringing Hitler into a conversation about humanity.”

That comment makes no bloody sense whatsoever.

by: Alex Hopkinson

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:35:53 +0000

Whilst 26 is the end of the story, wouldn’t the last issue of Planetary be the currently unsolicited 27?

by: alan brown

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:23:40 +0000

The real reason why all these OYL titles aren’t selling as well as might be hoped is 52.

Look, rough calculations here, but 52 accounts for just about 20% of the total amount spent on DCU floppies. Assuming that a centain percentage of comic buyers are going to have to give up something in order to buy 52, the most logical place where they are going to cut is their DCU titles, especially those that they aren’t already attached/committed to. So, while 52 is looking rock-solid month to month, the other OYL titles are dropping off the map.

by: Ian

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:15:28 +0000

“Depends what you mean - per issue, maybe not, and so miniseries get off just about okay (although, since you say “ultra-late�?, Spider-Man/Black Cat lost half its’ sales between #3 and #4). But with something like the Iron Man Ellis/Granov fiasco, where they relaunched the book and sold not-that-much-more at less than one-third the frequency, you have to figure they lose out. ”

Bringing Spider-man/Black Cat into a conversation about lateness is like bringing Hitler into a conversation about humanity.

by: Marc-Oliver Frisch

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:41:21 +0000

“Summary: A bunch of upper-tier titles from both companies went MIA last month, although DC’s weekly series 52 maintained its schedule and placed consistently in the top-ten bestseller ranks, leading to better chances for both companies’ mid-list titles to do better in the marketplace.”

That’s arguably true for Marvel, but that seems to be solely due to the momentum generated by the “Civil War” crossover. Regarding DC, it’s plainly not the case — on the contrary, many of their titles are back in decline after peaking with “Infinite Crisis” and “One Year Later,” and most of the new books launched since aren’t doing terribly well, either.

by: Somebody

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:45:44 +0000

> Overall, plenty of ultra-late books seem to suffer no discernible damage to their sales.

Depends what you mean - per issue, maybe not, and so miniseries get off just about okay (although, since you say “ultra-late”, Spider-Man/Black Cat lost half its’ sales between #3 and #4). But with something like the Iron Man Ellis/Granov fiasco, where they relaunched the book and sold not-that-much-more at less than one-third the frequency, you have to figure they lose out.

by: Raphe Cheli

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:27:29 +0000

I’ve picked up a number of the new DC titles that sprung out of Infinite Crisis, and they’ve all been decent, but it’s obvious that there’s just too darn many of them. It’s almost like they wanted to throw a bunch at the wall and see what stuck, but nothing did.

Of course, it also seems that while people constantly complain about wanting something new out of their costumed friends, they still go back to ol’ reliable, regardless of how boring and predictable they are.

by: Ian

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:18:58 +0000

Yeah, plus 52 is the only place you can find out about what happened in the DCU for a “whole year”.

by: Paul O'Brien

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:36:46 +0000

Well, in 52’s case, perhaps. But with 52, the weekly schedule and real-time plot is the gimmick. Overall, plenty of ultra-late books seem to suffer no discernible damage to their sales.

by: Shawn Patty

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:31:31 +0000

Wait, you mean that books which come out on time actually sell better? Huh. Who’da thunk that? Maybe both companies can start building in more lead times on books before launching them. Kinda makes sense, right?

by: Journalista » Blog Archive » Nov. 29, 2006: Cats, sex and Nazis

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:02:43 +0000

[…] The Beat has updated its month-to-month sales analyses of Marvel and DC comic books for October. Marc-Oliver Frisch covers DC’s output, while Paul O’Brien does the honors for Marvel. Summary: A bunch of upper-tier titles from both companies went MIA last month, although DC’s weekly series 52 maintained its schedule and placed consistently in the top-ten bestseller ranks, leading to better chances for both companies’ mid-list titles to do better in the marketplace. Yes, that’s right, openings from absent Marvel and DC titles tend simply to provide better chances for other Marvel and DC titles in the Direct Market. Also: Virgin Comics are weird and exotic, and sell for crap in comics shops despite having attracted considerable top-name talent. Welcome to American funnybooks! Hey, wait, where did everybody go… […]

by: ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:27:55 +0000

NEWS: DC Sales For October 2006…

Marc-Oliver Frisch writes “A whole range of upper- and mid-level sellers in DC Comics mainstream superhero line line were missing in October: New issues of All-Star Batman, Justice League of America, Batman, Teen Titans, Supergirl, Superman, Blue Be…