Post by K-Box on Jan 25, 2009 18:39:51 GMT -8
NuSpidey sales figures: More "magic numbers."
Over on the Comic Book Resources Forums thread on the December sales figures for Amazing Spider-Man, tavella, a "Brand New Day" detractor, and Matt Linton, a "Brand New Day" supporter, came up with the following illuminating comparisons, of the respective sales losses and gains that have occurred during three different eras of Spider-Man comics:
First year and first 12 issues of Howard Mackie writing Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 50.36 percent.
First year of J. Michael Straczynski writing Amazing Spider-Man: Sales UP 29 percent.
First 12 issues of J. Michael Straczynski writing Amazing Spider-Man (there was a two-month gap during JMS' first year of writing the title): Sales UP 26.71 percent.
First year of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man (during which 36 issues were published): Sales DOWN 46.2 percent.
First 12 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 38.35 percent.
Linton also ran the following comparisons (one of which was corrected by tavella, which I've reflected in the figures below):
First two years of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 59.9 percent.
First 24 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 39.1 percent.
All 29 issues of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 60.1 percent.
First 29 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 46 percent.
Highest selling issue of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 124,900.
Highest selling issue of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 127,856.
Lowest selling issue of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 48,600.
Lowest selling issue of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man (as of December 2008): 62,979.
Sales at the end of the first year and first 12 issues of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 62,000.
Sales at the end of the first year of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 68,905.
Sales at the end of the first 12 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 77,041.
As tavella said, "So hey, at least they aren't doing *quite* as bad as Mackie!"
Over on the Comic Book Resources Forums thread on the December sales figures for Amazing Spider-Man, tavella, a "Brand New Day" detractor, and Matt Linton, a "Brand New Day" supporter, came up with the following illuminating comparisons, of the respective sales losses and gains that have occurred during three different eras of Spider-Man comics:
First year and first 12 issues of Howard Mackie writing Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 50.36 percent.
First year of J. Michael Straczynski writing Amazing Spider-Man: Sales UP 29 percent.
First 12 issues of J. Michael Straczynski writing Amazing Spider-Man (there was a two-month gap during JMS' first year of writing the title): Sales UP 26.71 percent.
First year of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man (during which 36 issues were published): Sales DOWN 46.2 percent.
First 12 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 38.35 percent.
Linton also ran the following comparisons (one of which was corrected by tavella, which I've reflected in the figures below):
First two years of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 59.9 percent.
First 24 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 39.1 percent.
All 29 issues of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 60.1 percent.
First 29 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: Sales DOWN 46 percent.
Highest selling issue of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 124,900.
Highest selling issue of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 127,856.
Lowest selling issue of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 48,600.
Lowest selling issue of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man (as of December 2008): 62,979.
Sales at the end of the first year and first 12 issues of Mackie's Amazing Spider-Man: 62,000.
Sales at the end of the first year of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 68,905.
Sales at the end of the first 12 issues of "Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man: 77,041.
As tavella said, "So hey, at least they aren't doing *quite* as bad as Mackie!"