Wow.
Stick around for the end of this. It's worth it.
Today, I woke up to piles of strangers in my mentions attacking the sales of Superman: Son of Kal-El issue #6 and celebrating the failure of our comic... 🧵
Now, this was pretty confusing. I don't believe a story's worth is measured by its sales. But our Superman is selling pretty well. Issue #5, where Jon Kent comes out as bisexual, made the Top 10 in comic sales for November.
I get there are those who want to see this series fail for some pretty obvious, and awful, reasons, but... it's not failing.
Far from it. Issues 1-4 of Superman: Son of Kal-El all sold out and went back for a 2nd printing. Issue 5 well outsold our first issue, even though our first issue had to be reprinted twice. So, what's happening here?
I mean, some guy on youtube can't be wrong, right?
Maybe Superman: Son of Kal-El isn't selling that well AFTER issue 5?
That would make perfect sense. Issue 5 made global news. And yet...
...a quick glance at Amazon shows SEVEN issues of Superman: Son of Kal-El are currently in the Top 50 of the comics Bestseller list.
(Sales are updated hourly. And we only have seven issues out.)
(On closer inspection, it also shows my collaborators and I currently have 13 comics in the top 50, which is kind of mind-blowing. Thank you!)
Maybe we should check how the latest issue is doing on Comixology?
Oh... it's in the Top 10 alongside some sales-juggernauts.
(I've read a few of these. Great comics here. And yes, I've read Nightwing.)
But then... how is this true?
(I'm getting to the best bit. The entire reason for this thread. And, oh, it is good.)
Is this... not true? Is someone LYING on the internet?
Apparently, I'm the one who's lying. And manipulating whole sales charts to support my lies... or something.
Wait. Issue #6 didn't even appear in December sales? What?!
Okay, accurate physical comic sales to stores are hard to come by but some good sites do report estimates. Sometimes they're close. Sometimes they're off by a lot. But I'm sorry to say... this is true. As so many are reporting, Superman #6 DIDN'T sell well in December.
Because... it didn't come out until January.
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