As I said earlier, this was the polybagged Harley variant month. Drove all sales up across the board.
Don't get me wrong - happy to see WW sales go up, but there's nothing to indicate this is due to the story/Cheetah appearance.
As I said earlier, this was the polybagged Harley variant month. Drove all sales up across the board.
Don't get me wrong - happy to see WW sales go up, but there's nothing to indicate this is due to the story/Cheetah appearance.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
I'm not happy - indeed, I would rather see them go down, because it is obvious that DC's primary concern is the bottom line and its only by folks voting with their wallets that you get change happening. You said it yourself G - its only taken 12 months for the current team to drop in sales to where the previous team was after three times that long. Clearly the buying audience is much less enthusiastic about spending money on the title as it stands.
If ten years of recording The Young and the Restless for my mother have taught me anything, it's that characters in serial dramas are always happily in love...until they're not
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” - the 4th Doctor
I would factor in the price increase. That may have made the call for some readers who were on the fence.
It shouldn't be all that hard to tell. If issue #48's numbers look more like issue #45 or issue #46, it will probably be safe to say that it was mostly a boost based on a cover variant.
Why would that indicate the increase was mostly about the variant cover than Cheetah? Perhaps it was 50/50 or something similar. Imagine if the Joker hadn't appeared in Batman for 4 years and finally made an appearance. Don't you think long-time fans who maybe weren't buying the book wouldn't suddenly pick up the issue to read a Joker story?
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
There were four different covers of one of the most popular DC characters randomly mixed in the bags. Batman fans who don't care about Wonder Woman bought one or more copies trying to get the Harley art they wanted. This was guaranteed from the start to drive up the demand of the book and increase sales across the board. It happens every time any comic offers blind bag anything.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
If ten years of recording The Young and the Restless for my mother have taught me anything, it's that characters in serial dramas are always happily in love...until they're not
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” - the 4th Doctor
People have not left the book, nor would they return to the book because of Cheetah. They have left and stay away due to the current creative team. If anything, they picked the book off the stands to see if Cheetah's appearance was worth picking up and after a few pages realized it was not.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
That's part of what I was talking about.
If the current issue(with Diana vs. Super Baddie) drops back down to the sales levels before last issue, it seems pretty safe to say that "Super Baddie" demand is not really what was driving the increase in sales.
Seems pretty simple.