Can we talk about August Sales Numbers?
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DC Titles Under 20K
Batgirl & the Birds of Prey #13 - 18,917
The Hellblazer #13 - 16,111
Superwoman #13 - 14,181
New Super-Man #14 - 12,339
Blue Beetle #12 - 11,574
Cyborg #15 - 10,949
DC Comics under My Little Pony (AKA Under 10K)
Mother Panic #10 - 8,589
Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #11 - 8,231
Shade, the Changing Girl #11 - 8,035
Marvel under 20K
Jean Grey #5 - 19,150
Jean Grey #6 - 18,629
Hulk #9 - 18,093
Mighty Captain Marvel #8 - 17,265
Iron Fist #6 - 17,106
Ms. Marvel #21 - 17,010
Generations X #5 - 16,943
Black Bolt #4 - 16,026
I Am Groot #4 - 15,834
Rocket #4 - 15,156
Secret Empire Brave New World #5 - 14,994
Hawkeye #9 - 14,989
Gwenpool #19 - 14,703
USAvengers #9 - 14,070
Iceman #4 - 14,056
Royals #6 - 14,034
Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #11 - 13,482
Silver surfer #13 - 13,274
Secret Warriors #5 - 12,507
Luke Cage #4 - 12,330
Black Panther The Crew #5 - 11,587
Black Panther The Crew #6 - 11,435
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #23 - 10,281
Zombies Assemble 2 #1 - 10,057
Marvel Comics under My Little Pony (AKA Under 10K)
America #6 - 9,548
Nick Fury #5 - 9,145
Monsters Unleashed #5 - 8,614
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #22 - 7,466
Unstoppable Wasp #8 - 6,882
The biggest take continues to be that Marvel has way more titles under the 20K mark and that their attrition levels are pretty bad.
You got several brand new titles, 5-6 issues into their run and they're selling worse than the worst cape comics from DC, and those are in the double-digits.
If you're selling worse than Blue Beetle #12 and you're just 5 issues in, you're doing something bad.
Rather, you're publishing stuff no one asked for. Sure, it helps you keep your #1 place in market share and dollars -- but you're also printing about 25%-30% more comics than DC every month, even if a good chunk of your comics sell below 20K.