How Marvel has actually fared (failed) in sales this year so far

[Flightpath07]

but as a long term reader I hate new #1's for the sake of it.

See, this is where i respect DC a bit more than Marvel on this point. DC may have pissed some people off with their full-on reboot, but at least that made it have A POINT. Other than the almighty dollar, i mean. Not that DC isn't interested in that, too, though.

[Phil]

A bit more on DC/Marvel numbers lately http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/09/...-marvel-vs-dc/

[Flightpath07]

A bit more on DC/Marvel numbers lately http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/09/...-marvel-vs-dc/

Alright, who broke the internet?! Looks like Bleedingcool has crashed their site, none of their pages will load.

[Mokole]

Well if they are a GoDaddy site, that would explain it.

[Jason Eberly]

See, this is where i respect DC a bit more than Marvel on this point. DC may have pissed some people off with their full-on reboot, but at least that made it have A POINT. Other than the almighty dollar, i mean. Not that DC isn't interested in that, too, though.

It's ALL about the almighty dollar. Nothing wrong with that, per se. The difference is it once seemed that the comic companies depended on a quality product to drive their sales, whereas now it seems more like they depend on gimmicks and events to keep the coffers flowing.

[Le Messor]

...they depend on gimmicks and events to keep the coffers flowing.

Sounds familiar... wait, the 90's!
When the coffers flowed until they became coffins.

- Le Messor
"In the beginning, there was nothing - but nothing is unstable. And nothing borrowed nothing from nothing, within the limits of uncertainty, and became something. The rest is just math."
~ Prof. Kim, Macalester College, Physics

[Flightpath07]

Alright, who broke the internet?! Looks like Bleedingcool has crashed their site, none of their pages will load.

Still down!

[Jason Eberly]

Sounds familiar... wait, the 90's!
When the coffers flowed until they became coffins.

Indeed.

- Le Messor
"In the beginning, there was nothing - but nothing is unstable. And nothing borrowed nothing from nothing, within the limits of uncertainty, and became something. The rest is just math."
~ Prof. Kim, Macalester College, Physics

"You come from nothing, you return to nothing. What've you lost? NOTHING!"
~Eric Idle, Life of Brian.

[Flightpath07]

A bit more on DC/Marvel numbers lately http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/09/...-marvel-vs-dc/

Interesting. So, pretty much neck-n-neck, then?