Title: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: TELLE on March 26, 2007, 08:26:03 PM Now there's a site that collects all those postal regulations statements from old comics. Fun to compare the half million monthly Superman sales from 1968 to the paltry sales of the 90s and today.
http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/26/dare-you-facecomichron/ Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: Gangbuster on March 27, 2007, 08:12:39 AM Wow...that comes to 3,720,635 in Superman sales for the number of statements that they have in 1968, compared to not even in the top 10 in the 90s (though I remember them doing well in '93.) Big difference.
Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: Michel Weisnor on March 27, 2007, 10:59:19 AM The late 1960's, when Archie roamed the earth! ;D
Telle thanks for posting this info. Comichron is chalk full of comic greatness. "The figures include copies sold through newsstand and other channels, as well as copies sold by subscription. They are not the print runs, which would be higher." As Gangbuster pointed out, Superman's print run would be astronomical. Wait a go 1960's DC . I always believed Marvel ruled, as soon as, Silver Age Marvel titles took hold. This is not the case. 1969 Comic Book Sales Figures @ Comichron. Title Publisher Circulation 1) Archie Archie 515,356 2) Superman DC 511,984 3) Superboy DC 465,462 4) Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane DC 397,346 5) Betty and Veronica Archie 384,789 6) Action Comics DC 377,535 7) Amazing Spider-Man Marvel 372,352 8) World's Finest Comics DC 366,618 9) Batman DC 355,782 10) Adventure Comics DC 354,123 DC certainly rocked! Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: MatterEaterLad on March 27, 2007, 11:42:51 AM 1968 was probably my prime of bugging my parents and brothers to buy comics at the drug store. I'm amazed at how well Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane sold, I only ever had a couple of Jimmy Olsens and no LLs and I didn't know that many kids that did. But from the list, both outsold Action.
Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: Klar Ken T5477 on March 27, 2007, 01:01:03 PM Hmmm...1969 was also the year Action and Adventure changed formats IIRC. Supergirl moved from the back pages of Action to take over Adventure relegating the LSH to I think Action until they crossed over to Superboy and inevitably stealing his mag away.
I bought and read everyone of the Superman-DC titles, then the Bat-books. Also shocked not to see any of the Kirby Marvels especially the FF in the top ten which were my sole Marvel reading - the FF and Captain America (which may have been Steranko's run by then). Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: TELLE on March 27, 2007, 02:50:08 PM Although it might explain the long-running Spider-Man animated cartoon and the various 70s Spidey spin-offs compared to the largely abortive cartoons of the FF and other Marvel properties...
(and the turn to non-superheroes at Marvel in the 70s) And let's not forget: DC controlled Marvel's distribution through the 60s. Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: Super Monkey on March 27, 2007, 07:45:09 PM The 1960's was DC's glory years, they were at their peak producing the best superhero comics in the world. The myth that Marvel came in and took over is far from true, that didn't happen until long after the Silver Age.
I would love to see the 1970's and 1980's numbers. Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: MatterEaterLad on March 27, 2007, 07:48:20 PM Still, "Lois Lane" outselling "Action"? Were girls buying these comics?
Title: Re: Superman Sales Figures Through the Ages Post by: Klar Ken T5477 on March 27, 2007, 10:16:21 PM Evidently they weren't buying "Detective". No love for Ralph Dibny perhaps? ;)
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