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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Booster Gold Versus T.O. Morrow
I know that I may have seemed especially negative as of late (sorry, it's been a bad few weeks personally), but don't blame the messenger for what I am about to show you, blame the math. At this rate, Booster Gold Volume 2, #50 is looking like a double-sized final issue.
Disclaimer: I'm not T.O. Morrow. I can't say that I looked into the future and saw the actual sales figures for issues 42-47. (Sales data for issue 42 won't be available until next month, and of course there's no telling what can happen during Flashpoint.) I can only say that the slope of that white projected sales line is pretty well defined by recent sales trends.
It might be time to start buying two copies of each issue if you want to keep Booster Gold alive.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Booster Gold Versus Calculator
Just in time for the announcement that they would be leaving the book, it appears that Giffen and DeMatteis may have finally found their audience on Booster Gold, as the decline in month-to-month sales seems to be decreasing.
There has been a lot of talk on sites like comichron.com and icv2.com about the fact that far fewer comic books were released by Diamond Comics Distributors in January 2011, giving comic book buyers a chance to actually pick up books they might otherwise have to pass on. Maybe this perceived weakness in offerings is a strength for books like Booster Gold. If fewer number one issues mean that more people are instead picking up copies of Booster Gold, I'm all for it.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Generation Lost Versus Amos Fortune
The numbers are in for 2010, and I was a bit surprised by this:
The title is selling great, and should be considered a sales success, even if it is only selling half as many copies as it's sister title, Brightest Day. (That's to be expected, especially since Brightest Day doesn't say Generation Lost on the cover.) I'm just surprised that the sales drop on a limited series like this has been a straight line for most of a year, that's all.
Before you ask, issue 7 spiked sales because the 1:10 alternate cover was part of the "White Lantern" Sistene Chapel montage by Ryan Sook. Issue 7 was also the first Keith Giffen-less issue of the series, but I doubt that drove many new sales.
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Booster Gold Versus the Invisibles
Start your year with some good not terrible news:
Sure, Booster Gold sales dropped in November, but at a slower rate than in months previous. Two weeks ago, I predicted November sales of 17,025; the reported number was 17,276. While that's not great news, it's not really bad news, all things considering. (I'm trying to be positive here, people!)
Maybe Booster Gold Volume 2 is finding its new plateau in the post-Dan Jurgens era. Here's hoping.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
As I Promised: A Discussion of Sales Numbers
Comicsbeat.com finally released their number crunching for DC October sales last week, and it looks pretty much like what I expected. Of interest are the annual sales comparisons for Booster Gold:
- Sales down 10.2% over 6 months ago;
- Sales down 17.6% over 1 year ago;
- Sales down 40.5% over 2 years ago.
These declines are pretty much in line with the other mid-tier DC books. So surprise, surprise, despite the doom and gloom numbers I keep harping over, Booster Gold is about exactly where we should expect it to be. Booster fans can breathe easier!
Diamond has yet to release the sales numbers for Booster Gold for November, but I think I can probably venture a pretty good guess about where they will be. November wasn't a great month for DC sales in general, especially when compared to last year when DC offered the Blackest Night ring promotion. So I expect the sales slide to continue to about 17,025 issues. We'll see what we see when the real numbers arrive.
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