tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post6629318325895510593..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: “Everything ‘Against’ It”?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-20045510402379178262009-02-05T15:43:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:43:00.000-05:00Thanks, Eric! For comparison’s sake, here are sale...Thanks, Eric! For comparison’s sake, here are <A HREF="http://titanstowermonitor.blogspot.com/2009/01/tiny-titans-vs-teen-titans-go.html" REL="nofollow">sales numbers for recent issues</A> of two “all-ages” comics that grew out of DC’s superhero universe: <I>Teen Titans Go!</I> and <I>Tiny Titans</I>. <BR/><BR/><I>Wonderful Wizard of Oz</I> #1 sold more than double the copies of the most recent issues of those magazines, and also handily outsold the debut issue of <I>Tiny Titans</I> a year ago.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-60730025568657886172009-02-05T15:05:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:05:00.000-05:00And The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1 seems to have ra...And <I>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</I> #1 seems to have ranked number 133 in comics sales in Dec. 2008, at least through Diamond Comic Distibutors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-45165144046776011952009-02-05T15:00:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:00:00.000-05:00Okay, here's the sales figure from the initial ord...Okay, here's the sales figure from the initial orders placed by retailers for a Dec 2008 on sale date:<BR/><BR/>Wizard of Oz #1 of 8 - 20,535<BR/><BR/>Paul O'Brien's comment at <A HREF="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/04/marvel-month-to-month-sales-december-08/" REL="nofollow">The Beat</A> was:<BR/><BR/>Unusally high for an all-ages book, but then this has had the benefit of extensive house ads across the line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-58385420658627316132009-02-03T23:41:00.000-05:002009-02-03T23:41:00.000-05:00Well, maybe the early subscriptions seemed slow, b...Well, maybe the early subscriptions seemed slow, but the store sales were higher than the company expected. <BR/><BR/>Some people think that William Goldman's dictum about the movie business also applies to publishing: Nobody really knows in advance what will work with audiences.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-67379253185253391142009-02-03T20:58:00.000-05:002009-02-03T20:58:00.000-05:00Yes, I was referring to how some people signed up ...Yes, I was referring to how some people signed up to subscribe to the comic, but Marvel ended up stopping the offer and refunding people's money, apparently due to lack of interest.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838510995365876113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-61550321084449900492009-01-31T20:14:00.000-05:002009-01-31T20:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for the numerical insights, Eric. That’s go...Thanks for the numerical insights, Eric. That’s good news. <BR/><BR/>I’m scrambling to catch up to your query about the “subscription feature,” Nathan. Do you mean that Marvel offered <I>Wizard of Oz</I> through its online subscription for a while, and then canceled it. Perhaps that early look was to drum up demand for sales. Or are you saying it’s now impossible to subscribe to the printed magazine?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-82064480493155098122009-01-31T19:06:00.000-05:002009-01-31T19:06:00.000-05:00But if it's selling so well, why did they cancel t...But if it's selling so well, why did they cancel the subscription feature?Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838510995365876113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-63066543326761245362009-01-31T18:40:00.000-05:002009-01-31T18:40:00.000-05:00I don't know what any of the print runs have been ...I don't know what any of the print runs have been for either of the printings of either the first two issues. But it's been Marvel Comics's policy for several years now to print only enough copies to fill the initial order from the distributor. That order is a total of all the copies ordered from Diamond <I>Previews</I>, the distributor's monthly catalog, by retail comic book outlets. The fact that these comics are going into second printings means that comic book retailers underestimated the interest in the project and didn't order enough copies to fulfill demand.<BR/><BR/>I don't know when Diamond will release the order numbers and ranking for December, which is the month <I>Wizard</I> #1 came out. That should give a pretty good idea of the initial print run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com