VALIANT Archer & Armstrong #5, Shadowman #2 get Second Printing

[BugsySig]

http://comicbuzz.com/2013/02/valiant...ond-printings/

Always nice to see sell outs and 2nd prints. Good PR and hopefully increases retailer orders.

I also dig those grey background covers more so than the black and white 2nd prints they did earlier.

[Pil]

It is a real pleasure to see Valiant doing well. Apparently the sales of the trades is also going well, which I think will boost sales even more.

[BugsySig]

It is a real pleasure to see Valiant doing well. Apparently the sales of the trades is also going well, which I think will boost sales even more.

XO Vol 1 was in the top 25 trades for December. Harbinger Vol 1 was #44, and XO Vol 1 cracked the top 100 again, in January.

[Alton]

XO Vol 1 was in the top 25 trades for December. Harbinger Vol 1 was #44, and XO Vol 1 cracked the top 100 again, in January.

As opposed to Comic Buzz these are real numbers I can get behind.How have the second printings bumped up the number of per issue sales.The relatively low per issue numbers lately should be looking a lot better but by how much?

[Captain Craig]

Reprints this far into A&A can only be good news!

I'll be curious to also see how the $1 #1 reissues do this May. I guess that's aimed at people who not only didn't get on board originally NOR people who decided to trade wait. It's wanting to get the person, imo, who might've been curious but decided for budget reasons to not try the #1's first time around. Now they can get all 5 for essentially the same price as just one book originally.

[BugsySig]

As opposed to Comic Buzz these are real numbers I can get behind.How have the second printings bumped up the number of per issue sales.The relatively low per issue numbers lately should be looking a lot better but by how much?

The second printing numbers have been relatively low. Usually enough to just slip into the top 300 (which varies from 2-5k).

The individual sales per issue is still pretty good, espescially when compared to other Indy titles. The VALIANT books generally are the highest selling non Big 2/non top Image sellers outside of a few licensed properties (Star Wars, Buffy, Adventure Time, etc), typically landing in an area at or above the top Indy sellers.

Of course they only have 5 titles, so their total sales are lower, but they have spent the last 3-4 months hovering around 1% of the market share. Thats just below BOOM!, who sit around 1.2-1.5% market sahre, and about a third of Dark Horse and Dynamite, who go anywhere from 2.5-3% share depending on the month.

Overall the sales seem to be levelling out for all 5 titles between 12-15k, with the occasional spike for a new appearance or story arc (XO sold almost 17k last month after 2 months at ~14.5k). XO has been the highest seller, with Bloodshot the lowest (just dipped below 12k last month). Shadowman's sales remain to be seen, but the drop off from issue 2-3 was not so bad after a pretty normal near 40% drop after issue 1.