Sales Review: October 2017 - Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrated here in the states. As you read this, I am either preparing or participating in a feast! Hooray for me.

As Supergirl fans, we should be giving a little thanks for the recent uptick in sales. Since Artgerm came on to do variants, or perhaps since the Cyborg Superman/Xa-Du storyline ended, or perhaps since the Mr. Oz/Doomsday Clock is ramping up, the main title has seen an unswing of almost 33%.

The October numbers have been posted over on ICv2. Here is a link to that report.
http://ift.tt/2zU8gMn

I have stopped worrying overall about the health of comics long term.

Supergirl #14 was a crossover with New Super-Man. It had Supergirl contemplating ways to control her recently amped up powers. She talks about the inherent desire for people to help one another. She helps a violent misunderstanding become a community building exercise. It was a very nice issue.

The sales were down a bit.

Supergirl #14 had 31720 issues ordered, down just over 2000 but still much higher than the 22K we saw at this titles sales nadir.

I suppose stores are no re-adjusting to the added interest without over-ordering.

But to be sandwiched between Suicide Squad and Nightwing is a nice place for this title to be.

Superwoman's cancellation was ordered and that book is still sitting at about 16K in sales.

New Super-Man has not been canceled although it is nearing the end of the first major arc and the culmination of his training.

New Super-Man #16 sold just over 11,500 units. That is pretty low.

I do wonder if DC is aiming for diversity and is more than happy to keep this book on the shelf. I have enjoyed this book since its inception. I doubt any new 'big names' artists will be attached to this book. But for now, while it is being published, I am happy and entertained.

Thanks for coming here and reading my nonsense!

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