The DC Numbers/Estimates Mega Thread

[chastmastr]

AvX has been pretty good so far, actually. Mainly I'm focused on Jason Aaron's stuff, but overall, even with Bendis involved, I am liking it. This does not seem to be another Civil War.

[Cavemold]

Couldnt find the mega thread here's top 100 . no batwing


http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/...ticleID=121105

[Outside_85]

Thx :)

Waiting for the inevitable 'HA the reboot is failing, title X has lost Y amount of readers! BRING BACK THE OLD!" threads.

[Reginleif]

what does the INDEX catgegory mean, is it units sold?

[MartinNL]

what does the INDEX catgegory mean, is it units sold?

No Batman is put on 100% and the rest is based off of that. So for example when Batman sold 100,000 copies, AvX would have sold 121,480 in April. The only thing is no-one never really knows how much any of the books sold to retailers...

[shark]

No Batman is put on 100% and the rest is based off of that. So for example when Batman sold 100,000 copies, AvX would have sold 121,480 in April. The only thing is no-one never really knows how much any of the books sold to retailers...

Thanks for the explanation.

[Reginleif]

No Batman is put on 100% and the rest is based off of that. So for example when Batman sold 100,000 copies, AvX would have sold 121,480 in April. The only thing is no-one never really knows how much any of the books sold to retailers...

so why do we care? Is this just for corporate nationalism?

[Imraith Nimphais]

Couldnt find the mega thread here's top 100 . no batwing


http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/...ticleID=121105

...and no I, Vampire...curse Marvel and their double-shipping tactics!

[USERNAME TAKEN]

so why do we care? Is this just for corporate nationalism?

You shouldn't really care. God knows I don't anymore.

All I do is buy and support what I enjoy.

[USERNAME TAKEN]

...and no I, Vampire...curse Marvel and their double-shipping tactics!

Wait a minute, I don't Marvel double shipped more than 1 or 2 books.

Surely that can't account for I,Vampires low sales. I,Vampire could be suffering (unfairly I might add) from an oversaturation of Vampire angst in media.

From Vampire Diaries to Twilight to Being Human... The vampire thing is everywhere.

It's sad that a book like I, Vampire is selling so low though.

[Godlike13]

so why do we care? Is this just for corporate nationalism?

Because it still gives a rough estimate on how well a titles are doing, and the lower a title is the more likely it is to be on the chopping block.

[MartinNL]

so why do we care? Is this just for corporate nationalism?

You shouldn't. Just read what you like and also look beyond the Top 100.

The chart doesn't say anything about what actually sold to customers and it doesn't say too much about quality either, just about popularity. Mostly these numbers just start up arguments about double shipping and books dropping off the chart because of it, book prices, supposed marketing tactics (what's good and bad about it) and you can also see a lot of general fanboyism (Marvel vs DC).

[Rakzo]

Well, AvsX is achieving the purpose of its creation. Shame that Batwing is not performing so well, still there's a chance that if it gets cancelled, Winick would be free to write JLI now that Batwing is on the team so not everything would be lost.

Too bad for Green Arrow and Birds of Prey dropping below the 20 thousands, such great titles deserve better.

[Reginleif]

Because it still gives a rough estimate on how well a titles are doing, and the lower a title is the more likely it is to be on the chopping block.

isnt profitability the most important qualifier though?

[Cavemold]

Well, AvsX is achieving the purpose of its creation. Shame that Batwing is not performing so well, still there's a chance that if it gets cancelled, Winick would be free to write JLI now that Batwing is on the team so not everything would be lost.

Too bad for Green Arrow and Birds of Prey dropping below the 20 thousands, such great titles deserve better.

GA finished at 84 and BOP 81