B...But Nuperman was selling gangbusters! He was bringing in legions and legions of new readers and fans until the demonic duo of Satan's sons Dan Jurgens and Geoff Johns conspired to ruin him with their brilliant evil plan to replace Superman with a 10 year old kid! I mean, that's what I was told on the CBR message boards! It MUST BE TRUE! LIAR!!! You are just an old fogie who hates change!! Stop talking down the REAL SUPERMAN to prop up the selfish imposter and his horrible wife and bratty cousin Oliver kid! Superwonder forever!!!
( Yes...I was just kidding.)
Seriously, sales numbers weren't horrible then, but they certainly weren't that great. To pretend otherwise is just rewriting history. Doesn't necessarily justify the process DC chose with killing Nuperman and swapping him, but to say all was well is just willfully rewriting history and ignoring facts. Pre FLASHPOINT Superman had anemic sales, and after a year or so of a sales spike, so was Nuperman. The jury is still out on Rebirth. We won't really know how well things truly are until next June and the year to year sales comparisons.