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Well, I just look at the top selling books and I know I'm not interested much in any of them. So that's my excuse for associating popularity with something I would probably not like. It doesn't rule it out, however - I like plenty of best-seller novels, music, movies.
I wonder where the Legion ranked back in its Levitz heyday. Comics in general were selling more then - maybe it was still skimming the bottom quartile of the top 100.
From: Café Cramer | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: I wonder where the Legion ranked back in its Levitz heyday. Comics in general were selling more then - maybe it was still skimming the bottom quartile of the top 100.
Well, there WAS the time DC picked its top two sellers for the Baxter experiment. The top seller was the Wolfman/Pérez New Teen Titans. Anyone remember the second-top seller, the other book to get the deluxe treatment? Anyone...?
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quote:Originally posted by New Kid: I believe it was....
LSH, Starting with the infamous 5YG.
That was a rhetorical question
But now you've said that, I'd better point out that there were 63 Baxter series issues written by Levitz (hence the reply to the "selling in their Levitz heyday) [+ 12 or so non-reprint "Tales of the LSH" issues) before the 5YG renumbering...
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quote:Originally posted by armsfalloffboy: ... I have never really understood the point of view that the more people like something, the less you like it. Good art can be really popular, as can good comics. ... Let's not forget that the X-Men are where they are now NOT due to endless crappy miniseries, crossovers, and sweatshop cartoons. The X-Men are one of the world's best known comics largely on Chris Claremont's back.
Well put, AFOB. Let's not forget that X-MEN also remains popular because its core concept -- alienation for being different -- is something with which every teenager of any generation can identify.
The Legion's core concept -- a club of super-heroes -- is perhaps less easy for general readers to identify with. It harkens back to a nostalgic era when joining a club was always a good thing. It made you one of the cool kids. Today, perhaps the sense of alienation (and belonging with other freaks) speaks louder than being well recognized and admired as one of the elite.
The title of your thread is aptly named, Awkward Pause Boy. Fear of success is what this is all about. Fear of success is very limiting to anyone, not just comic book series. I prefer to remain optimistic that the Legion can be both a sales winner (which is not the same thing as a Top Ten comic) and earn its success through excellent stories and art.
So Opton B is the worse for me.
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