quote:Originally posted by Set: Has anyone heard of / seen any numbers yet, or are we still in speculation-land?
I'd love to hear that this is doing better than some of the other stuff they are doing.
Not yet, but CBR has numbers from last month, and LSH is up 8%. Quite a feat.
I posted this in the LSH #45 thread already, but my local store sold out of the regular LSH book in less than a day. It's obviously experiencing a bump from Lo3W.
I would be excited if not for the fact that I have to wait a week to get a copy.
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: Here's where the predictions stand so far:
Highest prediction is a very optimistic # 7/8 and lowest is # 126.
# 10 and two picks for # 13 also seem optimistic.
We also have guesses for 17th and 18th place rankings, which might be possible.
Seems like most see the mini only breaking into the top 30 (with guesses for rankings at # 22, # 25, # 26, # 27, # 28 and # 30) or top 40 (predictions for # 31 and # 35).
Adding to the above tally, predictions post-Lo3W # 1's release (and the glowing reviews that followed, many of which were from first-time Legion readers) tend to be higher.
We have another prediction for # 25 and a prediction for # 19.
A bold prediction for DC's # 2 book of that month and a predicition for # 3 with a rider predicitng Lo3W # 1 breaking the 100k mark.
If the internetwide glowing reviews I've read are any indication and word of mouth carries, Lo3W # 1 might very well break that 100k mark at least by re-orders.
Of course, it may have done it anyway. The Perez artwork is absolutely the most stunning work I've seen from him since CRISIS and TT. Anyone just flipping through it in the store could be swayed by that.
There's still plenty of time to test YOUR Naltorian metagene: WHERE will Lo3W rank in the top 100?!?!
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Thanks Reboot. Lo3W #1 did better than the Action Comics issues featuring the Legion. Of course, having George Perez on the book certainly helps. I believe this is good news and certainly hope DC agrees.
And congrats to Arm Fall Off Boy--official Legion forecaster!
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Yeah, I was just coming here to post the results. Indeed, per icv2.com, Lo3W comes in at # 20 with 68,306 copies ordered. Not too shabby.
But as noted, none of us quite hit the mark. One wonders if re-orders next month will be large, small or non-existent.
So, anyone wanna guess for # 2?
Usually, sales drop off quite a bit for # 2 issues, but this might be a special case. Plus icv2 notes that, although SECRET INVASION is outselling FINAL CRISIS, the FC spinoffs are outselling the SI spinoffs.
I'm going to predict....
Lo3W's dropoff will be minimal. It will place at # 23 with 66-67,000 copies sold.
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This was found on ICv2. What I don't understand it that it was supposedly a rise, but compared to July, it lost 4,000 readers (but it had a single cover). At the same time, Final Crisis Requiem had 74,000 copies compared to L3W.
20 FINAL CRISIS LEGION O/THREE WORLDS #1 (Of 5) 68,306 96 LEGION O/SUPER HEROES #45 25,783
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: So, anyone wanna guess for # 2?
Johns' Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge slumped from 62k to 55k with its' second issue. I don't see any reason why this should be different.
#33.
quote:Originally posted by Ricardo: This was found on ICv2. What I don't understand it that it was supposedly a rise, but compared to July, it lost 4,000 readers (but it had a single cover).
Chart positions are entirely relative (the position is obvious, but the index is a percentage of Batman's sales - or Detective Comics when Batman doesn't ship). If fewer high-selling comics ship, then the stuff below it will rise in chart position even if it falls in sales.
quote:Originally posted by Ricardo: At the same time, Final Crisis Requiem had 74,000 copies compared to L3W.
*heard a guy complaining at his comic shop the other day that he was fooled into getting FC:R because "all the Final Crisis & spinoff covers look the same".*
-------------------- My views are my own and do not reflect those of everyone else... and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I would think that with the near-universal rave reviews and positive buzz combined with the delay on issue #2 allowing for CBS tweaking of orders, there shouldn't be much of a drop for issue 2. Maybe 63,000 copies?
I don't think Rogue's Revenge is a good comparision because it's not a huge event like LO3W. It's a Rogues story (and a very good one) moreso than a Barry story, or Wally story, or Crisis story, etc. Plus it doesn't have Perez art.
A curious thought - since there's much negativity over the main Final Crisis book could that be keeping people from trying LO3W? Would LO3W have gotten higher numbers if it came out at another time and wasn't tied to FC?
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LO3W was underordered bigtime IMO. I expected top 10 at the absolute worst. I imagine there has to be some substantial re-orders with it, but even if there are the total numberes probably won't meet my projection. We'll have to see how the sales hold up throughout the series. I do know all the stores in my area sold out of #1 so I am still interested in the re-order totals.
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