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    Quote Originally Posted by DIGGER View Post
    Can they change their forms into polar bears or snowy owls? If they can that would be one heck of a riot!

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    No, but they are old and can get real cranky real fast! Plus, most of them are on drugs.

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    Lol!
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    I tried to find the book in two stores today while finally getting a day to shop, both sold out yesterday.
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    Considering that CHAOS WAR: ALPHA FLIGHT came out on the 24th of November, right before Thanksgiving, cost $3.99 a copy, and was competitive with other titles also on sale at the time (and hoarding multiple copies doesn't seem to be much of a factor this time), I'd say ALPHA FLIGHT is holding its own. I don't know if this is enough to warrant another one-shot, but based on the story that was told, I certainly hope it is.
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    Well argued!
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    The sales would have been based upon initial orders though, so I don't think the Thanksgiving argument would be valid. It highlights the importance of pre-ordering though.
    The price is standard of Marvel, and certainly of all the Chaos War titles, so again that doesn't add to it, although it does say something about the general sales of the comic industry.

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    well, i hope the positive reaction to the story warrants something more. it was very well done.

    on a side note, i just saw that kazar has a ongoing starting in march, and i don't want to disrespect kazar fans, but it drives me nuts that books like that get a ongoing and alpha doesnt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by varo View Post
    well, i hope the positive reaction to the story warrants something more. it was very well done.

    on a side note, i just saw that kazar has a ongoing starting in march, and i don't want to disrespect kazar fans, but it drives me nuts that books like that get a ongoing and alpha doesnt.
    On-going in name only, I imagine. What will probably happen is that the numbers for the first issue will come in, they will be awful, Marvel will pull the plug, and the book will be canceled by issue five, maybe four or six depending. See also: S.W.O.R.D, Young Allies, Hawkeye and Mockingbird, etc.

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    teah, was thinking the same thing. whats really sad is of those books you listed, hawkeye/mockingbird was a very fun read. maybe some maxi series like the inhumans, with 12 issue runs.

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    I'd love to see a 12 issue maxi series of Alpha Flight...Maybe a maxi-series every year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cmdrkoenig67 View Post
    I'd love to see a 12 issue maxi series of Alpha Flight...Maybe a maxi-series every year?

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    Would that mean Mac has to die at the end of every maxi series? lol
    Yeah, he could be the Kenny of Marvel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
    The sales would have been based upon initial orders though, so I don't think the Thanksgiving argument would be valid. It highlights the importance of pre-ordering though.
    The price is standard of Marvel, and certainly of all the Chaos War titles, so again that doesn't add to it, although it does say something about the general sales of the comic industry.

    So if two people order 50,000 copies each, CW:AF would be an unqualified success no matter how many copies are actually bought? I don't understand.

    17,000 x $3.99 = $67,830 ...that I can understand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garry/Al-Fan View Post
    So if two people order 50,000 copies each, CW:AF would be an unqualified success no matter how many copies are actually bought? I don't understand.
    17,000 x $3.99 = $67,830 ...that I can understand.
    You guys didn't all order 50,000 copies each?
    You shall consider your fanhoods cheap that you weren't there on Chaos War Alpha's day!

    ... slightly less unseriously, I take it that comic shops do pre-ordering, and the sales figures we have are based on that. How many of them make it into fans' hands is what we're more concerned with, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garry/Al-Fan View Post
    So if two people order 50,000 copies each, CW:AF would be an unqualified success no matter how many copies are actually bought? I don't understand.

    17,000 x $3.99 = $67,830 ...that I can understand.
    Ordering = Buying.

    The sales figures are how many copies Diamond sell to retailers.

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