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Trading Spaces » Sales Chart

» Sales Chart

Well, with the whole thing going on between Jemas, David and Quesada, and how often sales come up when talking about this title I thought it would be interesting to see how it does on a month to month basis. The numbers here are from the estimated pre-order sales numbers, as provided by ICv2 (#17 - current), and Usenet.

It should be noted that comic shops order "blind" on a new series or a new creative team for the first three issues, as that's how far in advance issues are pre-ordered. It's not until the fourth issue that they can gauge reader reaction and adjust their orders accordingly.

Note: If anyone knows where more accurate numbers for the first seven issues please let me know.

MONTH ISSUE PRICE POS QTY % CHANGE
Volume 3
Nov 1999 #1 $2.50 35 43,600 N/A
Dec 1999 #2 $2.50 55 34,000 -22.0%
Jan 2000 #3 $2.50 63 30,000 -11.8%
Feb 2000 #4 $2.50 66 29,300 -2.3%
Mar 2000 #5 $2.50 63 28,300 -3.4%
Apr 2000 #6 $2.50 71 27,800 -1.8%
May 2000 #7 $2.50 81 27,500 -1.1%
Jun 2000 #8 $2.50 80 27,598 +0.4%
Jul 2000 #9 $2.50 73 27,588 -0.04%
Aug 2000 #10 $2.50 81 26,431 -4.2%
Sep 2000 #11 $2.50 80 27,218 +3.0%
Oct 2000 #12 $2.50 73 28,281 +3.9%
Nov 2000 #13 $2.50 87 27,490 -2.8%
Dec 2000 #14 $2.50 84 26,192 -4.7%
Jan 2001 #15 $2.50 81 25,259 -3.6%
Feb 2001 #16 $2.50 72 25,460 +0.8%
Mar 2001 #17 $2.50 67 25,662 +0.8%
Apr 2001 #18 $2.50 62 26,423 +3.0%
May 2001 #19 $2.50 60 25,281 -4.3%
Jun 2001 #20 $2.50 68 25,367 +0.3%
Jul 2001 #21 $2.50 82 24,953 -1.4%
Aug 2001 #22 $2.50 81 24,480 -1.9%
Sep 2001 #23 $2.50 86 23,843 -2.6%
Oct 2001 #24 $2.50 105 22,921 -3.9%
Nov 2001 #25 $2.50 100 22,859 -0.3%
Dec 2001 #26 $2.50 82 22,739 -0.5%
Jan 2002 #27 $2.50 92 21,990 -3.3%
Jan 2002 #28 $2.50 99 20,616 -6.2%
Feb 2002 #29 $2.50 74 21,601 +4.8%
Mar 2002 #30 $2.50 79 21,768 +0.8%
Apr 2002 #31 $2.50 92 22,332 +2.6%
May 2002 #32 $2.50 90 22,622 +1.3%
Jun 2002 #33 $2.50 90 22,707 +0.4%
Jul 2002 #34 $2.50 91 22,754 +0.2%
Aug 2002 #35 $2.50 97 23,024 +1.2%
Volume 4
Sep 2002 #1 $2.25 26 53,248 +131.3%
Oct 2002 #2 $2.25 50 31,906 -40.1%
Nov 2002 #3 $2.25 84 24,536 +20.9%
Nov 2002 #3* $3.50 141 14,041 N/A
Dec 2002 #4 $2.25 58 30,439 -21.1%

* Alex Ross Director's Cut

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