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Originally posted by Nightcrawler:
We got beat out by Aquaman. :rolleyes:

You can find the full Diamond report at:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3133

(See bottom of post for what "actual" means here.)

November had *three* Legion issues (two issues of The Legion and one
of Legion Secret Files 3003), which will complicate the analysis
here. Sorry.

The Legion #28 (Foundations, part 4) comes in at #82 (#103 in dollar
value), right around #86/103 on issue #27 #85/95 on issue #26. It
sold 27.25 copies for each 100 copies of the #11 book (Batman #622;
mostly special Marvel books are higher), compared with 26.52 and
27.52 for the previous two issues.

82 103 27.25 LEGION #28 $2.50 DC


Since we can expect Batman numbers to continue to lower a little,
it's reasonable to estimate that this issue is coming in at about the
same number ordered as the previous two (which itself is a pretty
good thing), somewhere in the high 30K range. I don't have estimated
actual numbers for Batman for either month to give a better value,
but it's certainly higher than where the Legion sat a few months ago,
in the mid-to-low 20Ks

There are 30 DC/Vertigo/Wildstorm titles above The Legion (4 in the
top 20: two copies of Superman/Batman, Batman, and Teen Titans; JLA
would have made it but for four multiple issues above it). DC
titles within 10 spots of The Legion: Batman: Death & the Maidens
(#72), Adventures of Superman (#766), Hawkman (#77), Y: The Last Man
(#78), Batgirl (#79), Fables (#80), Authority/Lobo Christmas Special
(#81), Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (#83), Superman/Batman:
Generations III (#84), Catwoman (#85), Authority (#87), Thundercats:
Hammerhand's Revenge (#91), and Rose & Thorn (#92). Ten of these
were in the same zone last month, showing that everything from DC is
holding relatively steady in this sales plateau.

Reorders of Batman #621 came in at #237 with a 4.32 ranking, adding
about 5000 copies its orders. CrossGen's Sojourn #30 charts at #90,
and El Cazador is down at #119, both about the same as last month.

There are 9 #1's or special issues (one-shots, anniversaries, special
price issues, or otherwise readily notable items; add a couple more
if a 25-issue multiple is "special") above The Legion (vs. 4 in
November but 11 in October): Ultimate Fantastic Four #1, New X-Men
#150, Ultimate Spider-Man #50, Wanted #1, Transformers: Generation
One vol. 3 #0, Superman #200, Plastic Man #1, Star Wars: Infinities:
Return of the Jedi #1, and Authority/Lobo Christmas Special.

There are 17 mini-series components and one-shots (18 in November;
including a couple not labelled as such, such as Ultimates #12). 6
of these have their last or only issues this month, and one will
probably drop below the Legion's slot.

Seven series dumped two issues (X-Treme X-Men beleched four!) rather
than just one above The Legion this month; compare to 8 last month.
5 of those issues were a month or more late, and 2 others had been
resolicited.

Of the items above The Legion, 11 items were solicited for shipping
in previous months (vs. 12 in November). Spawn, of course, continues
to be Most Notorious, with #131 original solicited the previous
December. (But look positive: it has been monthly for several issues
now, so while it's a year late, it's at least being regular.)

The practical placement of The Legion #26 in terms of ongoing series
is thus #55 (#82 minus known minis, multiples, and one-shots); it was
#54 last month (and #55 the month before that). Placement in terms
of on-time shipping books is #71 (same as last month). Again, major
stability being seen here.

Jim


("Actual": This reflects the "actual sales", the final shipping
number for the month to shops, as opposed to the "initial orders".
This thus includes items which were ordered for earlier months and
just came out now, and doesn't include ones which were ordered for
November but didn't come out. And "actual sales" means what came
into the shops; it doesn't reflect whether a comic sold out at the
shop in two hours or sat untouched for the entire month.)

Originally posted by Pov:
Not with all the X- and Spider-$#!t Marvel's flooding the marketplace with...

Originally posted by Lightning Lad:
I don't think the drop is that bad considering their market share is still up over where they were a year ago (17.14). Maybe with Gail and company we will finally crack the top 50.