[QUOTE=Zeeguy91;64376]Which one was that again?[/QUOTE]
he is taking about Amazing Spider-man
it was not only a new#1, it was also very very overpriced, with good reason I might add
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[QUOTE=Zeeguy91;64376]Which one was that again?[/QUOTE]
he is taking about Amazing Spider-man
it was not only a new#1, it was also very very overpriced, with good reason I might add
[QUOTE=Zeeguy91;64376]Which one was that again?[/QUOTE]
That would be Amazing Spider-Man #1, which is rumored to have sold over 700,000 copies.
[QUOTE=Arnoldoaad;64421]he is taking about Amazing Spider-man
it was not only a new#1, it was also very very overpriced, with good reason I might add[/QUOTE]
Marvel made hand over fist with ASM #1. Assuming Marvel takes in 40% of the cover price, that means they earned $1,680,000 off ASM #1. If the issue had been $4 rather than 6, they would have made just $1,120,000. That is a difference of $560,000! To put that in perspective, each issue of Superior Spider-Man sold an average of 76,000 copies over the last three months. Assuming the same 40% cut, that means each issue of Superior made Marvel $121,000, which means that two dollar price hike was worth 4.6 issues of Superior Spider-Man!
Thinking about it in this way, the way DC has been upping the price tag of a few issues of Batman by one dollar is actually hugely significant to DC's bottom line. If a normal issue of Batman brings in $184,000, then a five dollar price tag will rake in $230,000. That is a difference of $46,000, or one quarter of a single issue of Batman. To put that number in perspective, Supergirl earned DC $27,000. So that one dollar price hike on a single Batman issue is worth 1.7 issues of Supergirl (or, more interestingly, 3.8 Batwing issues).
[QUOTE=Zeeguy91;64375]Um....actually, if we look at the numbers, its the times when events from either the Big Two drop that they see a sharp increase in sales. There's a reason they do them....[/QUOTE]
This basically.
[URL="http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2014/2014-04.html"]April 2014 Comic Book Sales Figures[/URL]
Batman Eternal 1-4 combined sales of 316,392 units + the 108,998 of Batman 30 = $$$$
Diamond's estimate of 532k for Amazing Spider-Man shows how incomplete a monthly snapshot of sales are. The books sold on the last week don't get reorders until the next month.
[QUOTE=CagedLeo730;65644]Diamond's estimate of 532k for Amazing Spider-Man shows how incomplete a monthly snapshot of sales are. The books sold on the last week don't get reorders until the next month.[/QUOTE]
Exactly.
The data released by Diamond can only show the sales trends but it really can't be used to make firm judgement on sales.
Which is why I actually stopped debating sales figures because we are dealing with incomplete data.
Batman had some really low sales there. 108k? That's down quite a bit from a month ago (which was around 113-115k). Maybe Batman's sales were being cannibalized a bit by Eternal this month.
[QUOTE=Mister Ferro;65528][URL="http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2014/2014-04.html"]April 2014 Comic Book Sales Figures[/URL]
Batman Eternal 1-4 combined sales of 316,392 units + the 108,998 of Batman 30 = $$$$[/QUOTE]
On an unrelated note, yikes @ that Ultimate relaunch. All-New Ultimates #1 and Ultimate FF #1.
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30k[/B] and [B]23k[/B] for brand-spanking new #1s....
Sinestro seems to have pulled in solid numbers, even if it was not a home run. 46k is very respectable, especially given the rest of the family's numbers.
[QUOTE=Objectively Biased;66474]On an unrelated note, yikes @ that Ultimate relaunch. All-New Ultimates #1 and Ultimate FF #1.
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30k[/B] and [B]23k[/B] for brand-spanking new #1s....[/QUOTE]
The guy who owns my local comic shop said Ultimate FF was the first Marvel Now #1 to not sell a single copy in its first week. That does not bode well for the title.
Just more of Marvel editorial's neglect towards the Ultimates lines. They were actually making a great turnaround with Hickman on Ultimates, but they took him off there to do Avengers and replaced him with Humphries of all writers. I think the results on Avengers and Ultimates really speaks for itself on the foolishness of that move.
Still UFF had a decent run with Bendis, Ellis, Millar and Carey.
[QUOTE=GLFan5994;66490]Sinestro seems to have pulled in solid numbers, even if it was not a home run. 46k is very respectable, especially given the rest of the family's numbers.
The guy who owns my local comic shop said Ultimate FF was the first Marvel Now #1 to not sell a single copy in its first week. That does not bode well for the title.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that and the fact the it wasn't named Batman or Superman so DC didn't give it a big marketing push.
Also, yikes! That sounds pathetic.
[QUOTE=Damos40;66710]Yeah, that and the fact the it wasn't named Batman or Superman so DC didn't give it a big marketing push.[/QUOTE]
What specifically did DC do for Batman or Superman that they didn't do for Sinestro?
[QUOTE=GLFan5994;66490]Sinestro seems to have pulled in solid numbers, even if it was not a home run. 46k is very respectable, especially given the rest of the family's numbers.
The guy who owns my local comic shop said Ultimate FF was the first Marvel Now #1 to not sell a single copy in its first week. That does not bode well for the title.[/QUOTE]
Forget ultimate FF. Just look at regular FF sales. Its down to 60 on the list after three issues. What the heck has happened to this one time flagship title?
[QUOTE=GlennSimpson;66750]What specifically did DC do for Batman or Superman that they didn't do for Sinestro?[/QUOTE]
Simple, hype.
[QUOTE=inisideguy;67528]Forget ultimate FF. Just look at regular FF sales. Its down to 60 on the list after three issues. What the heck has happened to this one time flagship title?[/QUOTE]
It's surprising how poorly FF, Captain America and Iron Man sell. Those numbers on Eternal are pretty amazing. If it can stabilize anywhere north of 50,000 then we will have a Batman weekly forever