(See bottom of post for what "actual" means here.)
November had *three* Legion issues (two issues of The Legion and one of Legion Secret Files 3003), which will complicate the analysis here. Sorry.
The Legion #28 (Foundations, part 4) comes in at #82 (#103 in dollar value), right around #86/103 on issue #27 #85/95 on issue #26. It sold 27.25 copies for each 100 copies of the #11 book (Batman #622; mostly special Marvel books are higher), compared with 26.52 and 27.52 for the previous two issues.
82 103 27.25 LEGION #28 $2.50 DC
Since we can expect Batman numbers to continue to lower a little, it's reasonable to estimate that this issue is coming in at about the same number ordered as the previous two (which itself is a pretty good thing), somewhere in the high 30K range. I don't have estimated actual numbers for Batman for either month to give a better value, but it's certainly higher than where the Legion sat a few months ago, in the mid-to-low 20Ks
There are 30 DC/Vertigo/Wildstorm titles above The Legion (4 in the top 20: two copies of Superman/Batman, Batman, and Teen Titans; JLA would have made it but for four multiple issues above it). DC titles within 10 spots of The Legion: Batman: Death & the Maidens (#72), Adventures of Superman (#766), Hawkman (#77), Y: The Last Man (#78), Batgirl (#79), Fables (#80), Authority/Lobo Christmas Special (#81), Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (#83), Superman/Batman: Generations III (#84), Catwoman (#85), Authority (#87), Thundercats: Hammerhand's Revenge (#91), and Rose & Thorn (#92). Ten of these were in the same zone last month, showing that everything from DC is holding relatively steady in this sales plateau.
Reorders of Batman #621 came in at #237 with a 4.32 ranking, adding about 5000 copies its orders. CrossGen's Sojourn #30 charts at #90, and El Cazador is down at #119, both about the same as last month.
There are 9 #1's or special issues (one-shots, anniversaries, special price issues, or otherwise readily notable items; add a couple more if a 25-issue multiple is "special") above The Legion (vs. 4 in November but 11 in October): Ultimate Fantastic Four #1, New X-Men #150, Ultimate Spider-Man #50, Wanted #1, Transformers: Generation One vol. 3 #0, Superman #200, Plastic Man #1, Star Wars: Infinities: Return of the Jedi #1, and Authority/Lobo Christmas Special.
There are 17 mini-series components and one-shots (18 in November; including a couple not labelled as such, such as Ultimates #12). 6 of these have their last or only issues this month, and one will probably drop below the Legion's slot.
Seven series dumped two issues (X-Treme X-Men beleched four!) rather than just one above The Legion this month; compare to 8 last month. 5 of those issues were a month or more late, and 2 others had been resolicited.
Of the items above The Legion, 11 items were solicited for shipping in previous months (vs. 12 in November). Spawn, of course, continues to be Most Notorious, with #131 original solicited the previous December. (But look positive: it has been monthly for several issues now, so while it's a year late, it's at least being regular.)
The practical placement of The Legion #26 in terms of ongoing series is thus #55 (#82 minus known minis, multiples, and one-shots); it was #54 last month (and #55 the month before that). Placement in terms of on-time shipping books is #71 (same as last month). Again, major stability being seen here.
Jim
("Actual": This reflects the "actual sales", the final shipping number for the month to shops, as opposed to the "initial orders". This thus includes items which were ordered for earlier months and just came out now, and doesn't include ones which were ordered for November but didn't come out. And "actual sales" means what came into the shops; it doesn't reflect whether a comic sold out at the shop in two hours or sat untouched for the entire month.)
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All I know is, I was able to get to of my comics buddies to buy Legion. They even went as far as buying "The Legion" back issues, from 1-24 (they started on Legion 25!
All it takes is 1 person to get another person. If all 25,000 Legion readers (I don't think Legion's a title yet that people are compelled to buy 2 copies for) got one other person, we'd be looking at numbers like 50,000! Word-of-mouth really does it!
If 150 people on this board get at least 2 people, then that'll be 300 additional issues! I know it sounds illogical, but word-of-mouth can do that! I've stopped harping about DC's lack of advertising support, which is why I'm running out of saliva just talking to people about how good this book is!
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Well you're off by one. I buy two of each Legion every month. Have since the new title started.
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I've gotten 5 others into reading the Legion, but i haven't hooked them far enough for them to buy copies for themselves yet... Living on a meager allowance tends to do that.
Which, if you remember, was up from previous months and mostly contributed to the push for the anniversary issue. So here is January's figures:
77 27.97 LEGION #29 $2.50
It'll be another couple of weeks before the actual figures are released but they are up almost another 3/4 a point. Maybe 4 issues out from #25 is still too soon but just maybe The Legion has finally started reaching out to new readers.
Unfortunately it's probably Chris' and Chip's art that's doing it and we're loosing them soon.
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Have we confirmed that Chris & Chip are going?
After DnA there is a fill-in, then Gail Simone for (5?) issues, then unknown for a regular writer.
But I have not yeat head any confirmation of a new art team, even for any of the upcoming new writers
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But after DnA have finished their run, Gail gets a shot, and right now Gail is DC's golden goose. Didn't Birds of Prey jump up 30% in sales or something? (I know I started reading it) Either way, her name should grab a few new readers.
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The December numbers, which I didn't have above, were sales of 25,042, so we're down less than 150 issues, which I don't think is too shabby. Especially compared to the numbers for the previous months where we dropped 1500+ from November to December. Five issues, almost 6 months worth of stories (I know we had double issue months) and we've leveled off about 3000 issues above what the numbers used to be. That has to be a good thing.
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February's figures are in. No actual numbers yet, that will come later.
78 29.75 LEGION #30 $2.50
So we fell by one notch but our shar of sales went up by 1.78. Not to bad, in my eyes.
One other title I have to note. Dark Horse's Conan #1 came in at 28 with an index of 61.15, beating out the first issue of The Pulse. The new Conan is quickly becoming one of my favorite titles.
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