BOOSTERRIFIC BLOG

Eyz posted on Apr. 11, 2012 at 10:39 AM
My only conclusion while looking at a graph' like this:
Surely this means we'll get a Booster on-going back?? :D

Grimmy posted on Apr. 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM
I think the "Killing Joke" cover may have had something to do with the bump in sales of BG #5.

This chart shows just how inflated the initial sales for DCnU titles were and it's being reflected in the rapid decline in sales. Either from disenchanted new readers or non-existent readers (i.e. comic shop over-orders) in the first place.

Grimmy posted on Apr. 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Oh, I almost forgot...

"Canceled Comics Cavalcade" Bwahahahahahahahaha

Thanks for the chuckle :)

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 12, 2012 at 6:18 PM
For the record, the numbers I have for JLI sales are low estimates as Diamond is reporting low for the purpose of returnable copies. Also, there is no way to calculate the numbers of digital sales for this series, a purchase option unavailable for BGv2. It is therefore possible that the sales numbers for JLI are somewhat higher than they are shown to be in the above graph, but the slope of sales decline is still likely accurate.

Grimmy posted on Apr. 13, 2012 at 6:39 AM
I'd forgotten about digital sales, that is a problem if DC doesn't publicize that data.
Any idea what the "official" sales figures were for the already axed titles? That might give us some basis of where DC draws the line for cancelling a relatively minor title like Mr Terrific or Sgt Rock.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 13, 2012 at 2:38 PM
To be clear, there is no "official" sales figure as DC has never publicly declared sales in the modern era. Sales estimates are based on what Diamond Comic Distributors indexed sales reports. Sales for the recently-canceled DC books were between 10,700 and 14,300 at the time of cancellation. (Not surprisingly, sales on those books fell off a cliff in the following months.)