Comments on: November Comic Sales Figures

By: Robert Gross

Robert Gross — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:54:33 +0000

Shag, I may be arguing from a place that reflects my own preferences and perspective, but I don’t think “the biggest nosedive of the new 52″ can be caused by something as esoteric as an impending change of author three issues hence.

My guess, and I admit this is just my trick knee talking and nothing else, is that people aren’t digging the Fury thing. An ugly, lumbering Hulk-like character is too far afield from what people expect from a Firestorm book.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:35:39 +0000

It’s telling to me that 3 of the New 52 books I am really enjoying are not in the Top 100 (OMAC, Men of War, and Blackhawks). I am going to assume that all three of them are going to be on the chopping block at issue 8 (which has been suggested as the cut-off point for the less successful books). So next month’s solicits should be pretty sad. Ditto for Sterling Gates’ exit from Hawk & Dove, which will probably be the death knell for that fun book as well.

Anyway, good to see some things don’t change. Like Savage Hawkman outselling Fury of Firestorm. But perhaps with EVS pencilling a few issues the numbers will trend upwards a little bit.

By: Shag

Shag — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:00:25 +0000

Apparently Firestorm took the biggest dive in November of all the New 52 titles. I think this is just people reacting to Gail Simone news, rather than actually reading the comic. Just my two cents.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/12/14/the-relative-popularity-of-the-52-relaunch-titles-animal-man-up-firestorm-down/

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:38:05 +0000

Sufferin’ shnikies, what the holy hell happened there? All our books were running together in a relatively tight pack, and now this. I’m assuming this is strictly pre-orders, and does not factor in the probable reorders necessary to maintain a more accurate trajectory after #1-2. Maybe the Gail Simone rumors hurt those earlier sales, but one would think EVS penciling two issues would keep people subscribed through April. I’m confident Firestorm will either regain ground or hold steady as Jonah Hex, Deathstroke and Batwing slide downward. Stormwatch has not been a great read, so I’m surprised it’s still performing at these levels. At least Aquaman hasn’t budged…