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| That's interesting that the "Marvel Adventures" line...which seems to sell predominately on magazine racks in variety stores and super markets...sells consistently in the 3.5-4.5 thousand issues...after an initial 10,000+ sell on the #1's (Shop stocks?)... Too bad they never got their 7-11/Mini-market program off and running... I'd love to find some figures on the Target exclusives that no one seems to have any info on...
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| Just had an interesting conversation with my LCS owner... Seems "Reborn" was solicited in previews with just a black promotional page...no creator info of any kind...and after searching the net and finding nothing from Marvel to promote it...they pre-ordered the barest minimum to cover pulls... His complaint was that Marvel is consistently pulling bait and switch tactics to get dealers to buy into series that have no potential...In fact...due to poor overall sales on nearly every Marvel title...and customer complaints about the company's handling of the Spiderman character and their apparently obvious lack of support for dealers in general (a feeling coming from a number of dealers across the country)...not only has he cut his Marvel orders to almost nothing except to cover customer pre-orders...but it's the general feeling that they hope Marvel bites the big one!...a sentiment that probably won't happen anytime soon as long as the movie division keeps cranking out entertaining episodes... There was a time when Marvel and DC actually had departments for communication directly to the dealers...now it seems they leave that all up to Diamond...who, having a monoply on the market, seem to only do the least they have to... It seems to me...between the problem economy...Diamond's monopoly...and the Big Guys' lack of involvement...circumstance are going to kill the medium of comic books no matter how resilient the collectors are...
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Seems "Reborn" was solicited in previews with just a black promotional page...no creator info of any kind...and after searching the net and finding nothing from Marvel to promote it...they pre-ordered the barest minimum to cover pulls... This is not the first I have heard of this. I've read several articles online that state this exact sentiment.
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| Are those national sales figures, or global sales?
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The Beat has the latest Marvel sales analysis from Paul O'BrienBy Paul O’Brien After a quiet May, things pick up a bit this month. The big event of the month, of course, was CAPTAIN AMERICA #600. Meanwhile, Dark Reign continued to sprawl over the rest of the Marvel Universe. The more notable tie-ins include WOLVERINE’s relaunch as DARK WOLVERINE, and the start of a crossover between UNCANNY X-MEN and DARK AVENGERS. It’s a quiet month for new titles, though, with only one new book - the fortnightly X-MEN FOREVER. Once again, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market by a comfortable margin. They beat DC by 51% to 29% in units, and 45% to 27% in dollars. You can read the rest of the article over at the Beat... http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/08/05/marvel-month-to-motnh-sales-june-2009/#more-8343 |
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