Legion of SH #37 — 45,803 (+70.8%) "the degree of the increase is unexpected"

[Stéphane G]

Thanks to Shooter & Manapul LOSH is one of my two favorite books these days (the other being Mouse Guard). These figures make me very happy:
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http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/31/dc-month-to-month-sales-december-2007/
50 - THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
12/2001: Legion #3 — 23,338*
12/2002: Legion #15 — 23,962*
12/2003: Legion #28 — 25,042
12/2004: Legion of SH #1 — 50,691 [59,944]
12/2005: –
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12/2006: Supergirl & LoSH #25 — 33,288 (- 2.1%)
01/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #26 — 32,342 (- 2.8%)
02/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #27 — 31,387 (- 3.0%)
03/2007: –
04/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #28 — 31,525 (+ 0.4%)
04/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #29 — 30,906 (- 2.0%)
05/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #30 — 30,767 (- 0.5%)
06/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #31 — 30,385 (- 1.2%)
07/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #32 — 29,826 (- 1.8%)
08/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #33 — 29,315 (- 1.7%)
09/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #34 — 28,294 (- 3.5%)
10/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #35 — 27,370 (- 3.3%)
11/2007: Supergirl & LoSH #36 — 26,814 (- 2.0%)
12/2007: Legion of SH #37 — 45,803 (+70.8%)
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6 months: +50.7%
1 year : +37.6%
2 years : n.a.With the December issue, the new regular creative team of writer Jim Shooter and artist Francis Manapul took over the series, whose title reverted back to The Legion of Super-Heroes in the process.

The fact that sales go up for the return of Shooter, who wrote a fan-favorite run on the property in the late sixties, probably doesn’t come as a great surprise. But the degree of the increase is unexpected. It’s been a while since a simple creative team change prompted this kind of reaction. And, let’s be honest, Shooter’s past merits notwithstanding, putting his name on a book in 2007 was a bit of a gamble, commercially. For now, though, it seems to be paying off for DC.

There’s a variant cover edition, but stores were able to order it separately, without the usual 1-for-10 string attached.

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[Alvatron]

Good to hear.

it brought me on board, it'll be interesting to see just how much steam this thing really gained, but we won't have those numbers for a few months yet.

I really hope this books' jump isn't temporary.

[Skyrider]

Sales for comics are always good the first week with a new creative team.

I'm curious about the 4th issue and how IT will do.

[Grievous]

never really cared for sales.

I bought #37 and #38 because they looks good!;)

[gitwer]

I thought there was a 50-50 split on covers, creating the double spread that's been seen all over for months now. That would certainly help the #'s, as it's a great combined image.

[BillReed]

Sales for comics are always good the first week with a new creative team

Not really. I agree that this is a weird jump.

Anyway, it'll probably be back to its normal sales level in a few issues.

[Grievous]

just under 19 thousand new readers for issue #37.

I have not seen anything like that in a while.

[krammocon]

It brought me on board as well.. Hope Jim and Manapul stays long.

[chrissama200]

Issue #37 was the first Legion book I've picked up since the early 90s. I'll buy the title as long as Shooter writes it.

[Lars]

I just wish it would sell in the shops. The 4 I frequent are hung on them. One of the shops usually only orders whats on pull lists, plus 2-5 extras of a FEW titles (they've done this since the "no return" policy started a few years ago) and a 20 or so of event titles. They still have between 20 and 30 five weeks later, as do the other shops.

Hopefully it's doing better in other parts of the country.

[KirkWarren]

That's quite the increase, especially considering it wasn't any anniversary issue or new #1. Quite shocking to be honest.

[Spot]

Great news, and this book certainly deserves, because both the writing and the artwork are excellent. This is my favorite DC book right now, by far. :cool: