Forbes Says Comic Readers Moving Away From Superhero Comics!
[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/10/08/surprising-new-data-shows-comic-readers-are-leaving-superheroes-behind/?fbclid=IwAR13XYmgRe5yi_zEmgdsxs9lbXVbbLpAt3RWWQwD4nAOXBJUmz_6xDTOpwU#9a7ba924d680[/url]
Capankirby posted this in the marvel forum but this also effects DC so i'll post it here. Forbes shows comic readers are moving away from superhero comics and monthly floppies and are buying trades and graphic novels as well as mangas of non hero comics.
So we are back in the 1950s again. In the 50s everything sold better then heroes. They still had superman, batman, wonder woman and captain marvel but dell comics and ec comics (before the comic code) ruled. Disney comics, west comics, space comics, teen romance, archie type comics, scary and crime comics were kings. Also comics for a time outsold books in America! Uncle scrooge outsold superman. batman and wonder woman at the time.
Look at the newest smile book. It came in first place on the book charts and that dogman kids trade made the top 10 also! My little niece knows the smile books and bone and i'm shocked by this the smurfs trades are hits at my library in the kids section!
One piece may pass batman in sales and if you count the japan shonen jump it has passed batman in sales!
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[url]https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/03/06/one-piece-sales-batman-record-manga/[/url]