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Does anyone know if they've gone up since Legion 25? After all, that was the point of Superboy, Darkseid and the big publicity push DC's been giving it wasn't it?
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It'll be a couple of weeks, probably, before we see the sales figures for # 26. With Legion being bi-weekly for the last month we are kinda ahead in issues but behind in the rankings. The last listing was released on 11/11 which had the rankings for # 25. The next one should have # 26, # 27 and the Secret Files.
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I've actually got the figures gathered for the whole year. Just waiting for the final actual numbers for Novemember I believe. I'll post it tonight if I get time.
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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A fellow named Marc-Oliver Frisch has posted the icv2 sales figures on usenet, along with %increases/decreases in sales. Here are his summary calculations. As you can see, Legion is looking good right now in terms of sales gains over the last six months:
+32.5%: Birds of Prey +17.7%: Cartoon Cartoons +14.9%: Legion +11.5%: Wonder Woman +11.0%: Catwoman + 6.9%: Flash + 5.8%: Y: The Last Man + 3.1%: Fables + 2.6%: JSA + 0.8%: Gotham Central - 0.4%: JLA - 0.9%: Nightwing - 1.2%: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight - 1.8%: Batman: Gotham Knights - 2.2%: Lucifer - 2.3%: Detective Comics, Robin - 3.2%: Scooby Doo - 7.2%: Action Comics - 7.5%: Hawkman - 7.7%: Looney Tunes - 7.8%: Hellblazer - 8.1%: Justice League Adventures - 8.3%: Superman & Batman: Generations III - 8.7%: Superman, Adventures of Superman - 9.8%: Sleeper -10.0%: Batgirl -11.8%: Powerpuff Girls -13.0%: Wildcats Version 3.0 -13.7%: Harley Quinn -19.4%: Stormwatch -21.4%: Green Lantern, Gen 13 -22.9%: Superman: Metropolis -24.8%: H.E.R.O. -25.5%: Green Arrow -26.3%: JSA All-Stars -27.8%: Aquaman -34.9%: Batman Adventures -38.9%: Batman -42.2%: The Authority
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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While I like to see the Legion having the third best showing I doubt the accuracy of a list that has Batman at an almost negative 39%. This was a title that sold over 100,000 copies per month for the last year. How can that be a decrease in sales?
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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While I like to see the Legion having the third best showing I doubt the accuracy of a list that has Batman at an almost negative 39%. This was a title that sold over 100,000 copies per month for the last year. How can that be a decrease in sales?
6 months ago we were in the midst of Jim Lee's run onthe title. Now we are past all that. Monstrous sales slip post-Lee.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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Has the drop been that bad? I hadn't noticed the numbers on the new creative team's run yet. And I only thought we were two issues into it. Heck, I'm way behind on my reading.
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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300k copies! I haven't seen numbers like that since the 80's! I bet whoever assigned Loeb and Lee to Batman got a Christmas bonus for those sales.
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Y'know, I usually pay attention to those numbers, but I had not a clue that Legion #25 did 30,000 copies! Very cool. Sure, the subsequent issues didn't maintain that, but they're still doing a whole lot better than the title had been doing.
Thanks Lightning Lad!
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From: Palm Bay FL | Registered: Aug 2003
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