or Civil War: Iron Man is Rich and Thinks He’s Better Than You.

I think his star declined after everyone realized he was an ASS.

His ol’ FF books are still good reading, though, don’t get me wrong.

yup, it was a reprint..

can anyone tell me WHY they bothered? It was an ok story, sure, but I’m not seeing the reasoning.

Thanks, I forgot about that mini-series. I was disappointed the tone was so “dark.” I’m holding out for a more traditional version.

LL

Was Batgirl originally billed as Six issue limited series?

Because according to the cover of issue 2 is not is a 6 issue mini.

But the cover to issue 1 does not make such a claim (or i can’t find it)

You seem to think ‘Somebody’ is referring to this series.
http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=15595

Not the case. Check your dates as Somebody clearly says he/she is referring to the post Infinite Crisis series here:
http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=55663

If you’re a Creeper fan and not familiar with this most recent series, maybe you should check out the TPB

They did a Creeper reboot miniseries after Infinite Crisis. It didn’t sell.

[They also did a Deadman series under Vertigo around the same time, IIRC]

Cheers.

The book is selling 50% better than the last issue, Flash #200, the creative team did.

The book is selling double what the current Flash series is selling.

The book sold higher than any of Geoff’s issues of the Flash.

The book sold better than Geoff’s Action comics and comparable to the current Green Lantern. The book is retailing at $1.00 more than the current issues of these other series.

Now if Flash: Rebirth has these kind of numbers, then I’d panic.

Hopefully, Final Crisis will result in re-launches for some “old favorites” like the Creeper and Deadman (I know they’re not appearing in FC).

LL

Jim,

Any chance of them reconsidering? I love little bits of present DC lore making its way to the past of DC lore (I loved John Ostrander’s THE KENTS of a decade back).
If such a story makes it out, I’ll say more things like, “JONAH HEX #35 was a great book. I wish we had more stories like it.”
Well, I’ll say such things anyways- but maybe I won’t say them here. As much. And by as much, I mean, every day instead of every couple of hours.
Do not risk my wrath.

Couldn’t have put it better myself. The books need to be working on their own, not because Earth-23 is exploding. It’s already been discussed, however, so I’ll stop there.

Cheers.

You’re backpedaling. Marvel’s string of events since House of M have all been sold on the basis of shared universe-wide conflict. Whether alternate universes (like, I dunno, House of M) are involved or not is irrelevant.

At best your argument is that fans want to read about characters, with the characters preferably being all in one book and a part of the same story and plot.

In any case, you’re made an incorrect assessment and you’re covering with semantics.

I have to say this: DC had marketed Batman R.I.P. well. I for one had no desire to read Morrison take on Batman. Some how they managed to get people to pick this up. Had they actually put forth the same effort promoting Blue Beetle as with this book, they could have had a hit on their hands. To me, it’s almost if Batman/Batbooks are spead out too thin. Many who read Nightwing and/or Robin probably doesn’t read Batman or Detective. Some people actually preffered Detective over what Morrison was doing in Batman. Marvels experiment with A single Spider-Man book might being watched by DC. After all in the 80’s and 90’s they did have a “continuity” between the Superman books and the Batman books.

And it’s pretty clear Mr. Frisch analysis has something to be desired. For example- Batgirl book actually does slightly better than when it was canceled- and yet it’s considered a failure? To be sure: It’s written by a writer who’s considered a hack among her loyal followers. I suspect there will be a drastic drop off in the book… It isn’t because they don’t like the character-it’s because the writer really hasn’t improved.

With the Final Crisis crossovers: Is it possible that there is some backlash at DC about these “extra” books? When it was originally pitched: DC claimed that there would be no crossover issues to buy. Then they added a book or two. The next thing we know there are several books added to list. Most people I know aren’t too thrilled with Final Crisis…however Some are rabid about it. I’m not a Morrison fan, I’m meh on the subject.

As for Rouges Revenge: Considering that the story does not have any appearance of the Flashs -I’d say it is doing damn well. (Well Jay but in a cameo) What you are seeing is how big of a draw that Goeff Johns is as a writer.

And FC: Requium was a nice issue- but the attraction was the JLA seeing one of their people off…for now. Not bad numbers for a B lister actually.

Genius, Marvel tells stories about their characters not their multiple universes. And when they do have crossovers like SI, WWH and Civil War, those crossovers are about the characters themselves, not about keeping track of various versions over an infinite number of universes. Which is why Marvel crossovers outsell DC crossovers each and every time.

Identity Crisis wasn’t about a multiple universe either. And while Infinite Crisis was, it was considered a huge letdown by many and the stink of it still lives on in DC today.

Which may explain a lot of DC’s poor sales.

the sales spike for hex with the darwyn issue would have been better but dc sold out of the extra copies and didnt go back to print on it…so the only way to get it is to get the upcoming trade probably out next year.

I thank everyone who gave it a try .

Jimmy