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Re: Legion sales
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Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Someone tell me, please, whose brilliant idea it was to base the index number on a title that was selling extraordinarily high rather than a stable one? IIRC, the "industry standard" used to be Amazing Spider-Man. Again, IIRC, Diamond switched to using Batman sometime around the time of the first Tim Burton movie. And of course, the initial reason for choosing the title was that it is/was a gernerally high charting title with stable sales.
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Jim Drew, from LegionPics, has always provided a good, IMO, breakdown of the ranking for The Legion. With his approval (which he gave months ago) I've added his post as a new feature to my site. The first one, the sales for March, is added now and I'll add others as time permits. Let me, and Jim know, what you think. Anything posted here I'll post over to LegionPics for Jim to see. I don't think he's ever made his way over here.
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Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Maybe with Gail and company we will finally crack the top 50. One can hope. Gail's run is coming out biweekly, isn't it? If true, it's a nice sign that DC is still trying to push the title.
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Only Marvel titles below it are X-STATIX (cancelled), CAPTAIN MARVEL (cancelled), SPIDER-MAN/DOC OCTOPUS OUT OF REACH (Of 5) (mini), PUNISHER MOVIE (mini), SPIDER-GIRL, ELEKTRA (cancelled), RUNAWAYS, HAWKEYE (cancelled), INHUMANS (cancelled), NAMOR (cancelled), HULK NIGHTMERICA (mini), HUMAN TORCH (cancelled), HULK UNCHAINED (mini which didn't even get properly solicited). See a pattern? Only two books, both Marvel Age titles, aren't cancelled - Runaways and that perpetual "cancelled - wait, no it's not" title, Spider-Girl.
DC terms, most of the ones below it are Vertigo books, cartoon tie-ins, minis or cancelled too. Taking out the non-DCU titles (including DC Focus books and Mature Readers), we're left with BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT, CATWOMAN, SUPERMAN SECRET IDENTITY (mini), AQUAMAN, GOTHAM CENTRAL, PLASTIC MAN, BATMAN: CITY OF LIGHT (mini), BATMAN/POISON IVY CAST SHADOWS (Prestige one-shot), HERO, ROSE & THORN (mini), MONOLITH.
And of them, Catwoman and Aquaman have had recent pushes (as, indeed, Legion did @ #25), and Plastic Man and Monolith are both under the six-issue mark. It's not quite as unhealthy, but it's not where you'd want to stay and stick around.
[Both of these lists discount reordered books that initially charted higher]
I suppose that this cancellation/possible new #1 should have come as no surprise, huh?
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Sales going back as far as I can get 'em (Feb 1999) [in sq. brackets is change from previous month where available]: Key - Michael Burns Usenet posts (from Google Groups)Carl Henderson's numbers from http://j_carl_henderson.tripod.com icv2's pre-order numbersicv2's actual sales (to retailers) nosPre-DnA: Legionnaires #70 - 18,900Legion of Super-Heroes #114 - 19,600Legionnaires #71 - 18,700 [-1.1%]Legion of Super-Heroes #115 - 19,100 [-2.6%]Legionnaires #72 - 18,400 [-1.8%]Legion of Super-Heroes #116 - 18,800 [-1.3%]Legionnaires #73 - 18,100 [-1.5%]Legion of Super-Heroes #117 - 18,500 [-1.9%]Legionnaires #74 - 17,600 [-2.8%]Legion of Super-Heroes #118 - 18,100 [-2.1%]Legionnaires #75 - 17,700 [+0.6%]Legion of Super-Heroes #119 - 18,000 [-0.6%]Legionnaires #76 - 17,600 [-0.6%]Legion of Super-Heroes #120 - 17,900 [-0.6%]Legionnaires #77 - 17,300 [-0.4%]Legion of Super-Heroes #121 - 17,700 [0%]DnA start: Legionnaires #78 - 17,300 [0%]Legion of the Damned: Legion of Super-Heroes #122 - 18,400 [+4.0%]Legionnaires #79 - 17,200 [-0.6%]Legion of Super-Heroes #123 - 17,700 [-3,8%]Legionnaires #80 - 15,800 [-5,4%]Widening Rifts: Legion of Super-Heroes #124 - 17,200 [0%]Legionnaires #81 - 17,000 [+7.6%]Legion of Super-Heroes #125 - 17,500 [+1.7%]Legion Lost: Legion Lost #1 - 20,900Legion Lost #2 - 19,100 [+8.3%]Legion Lost #3 - 21,200 [+11,0%]Legion Lost #4 - 22,000 [+3.8%] / 21,974 Legion Lost #5 - 22,406 Legion Lost #6 - 21,379 Legion Lost #7 - 21,706 Legion Lost #8 - 21,137 Legion Lost #9 - 21,540 Legion Lost #10 - 20,217 Legion Lost #11 - 19,553 Legion Lost #12 - 20,510 Superboy's Legion: Superboy's Legion #1 - 23,350 Superboy's Legion #2 - 21,080 Legion Worlds: Legion Worlds #1 - 23,830 / 21,955Legion Worlds #2 - 22,020 / 20,570Legion Worlds #3 - 22,080 / 20,954Legion Worlds #4 - 21,960 / 20,832Legion Worlds #5 - 21,410 / 20,685Legion Worlds #6 - 21,520 / 20,129The Legion The Legion #1 - 28,350The Legion #2 - 24,364The Legion #3 - 24,338The Legion #4 - 24,416The Legion #5 - 24,232The Legion #6 - 24,603The Legion #7 - 25,113The Legion #8 - 24,771The Legion #9 - 24,566The Legion #10 - 24,775The Legion #11 - 24,988The Legion #12 - 25,355The Legion #13 - 24,218The Legion #14 - 23,880The Legion #15 - 23,962The Legion #16 - 23,744The Legion #17 - 23,005The Legion #18 - 22.516 / 23,180The Legion #19 - 23,214The Legion #20 - 23,184The Legion #21 - 22,749The Legion #22 - 22,987The Legion #23 - 22,466The Legion #24 - 22,653The Legion #25 - 30,440The Legion Secret Files 3003 - 19,231The Legion #26 - 26,635The Legion #27 - 25,667The Legion #28 - 25,042The Legion #29 - 24,908The Legion #30 - 25,014The Legion #31 - 24,870
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