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Topic	In 5 weeks, DC Comics sales are up 37% and Marvel sales are down 18%
MrGreenonion 04/26/17 11:05:44 PM #140:	So since we're talking about our first comics... https://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/77/893496-3281_4_220.jpg https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/4/50102-2870-65558-1-spectacular-spider-m.jpg My first comic of any kind, and my first superhero comic. Both purchased from random newsstands to keep me occupied while my parents had stuff to do. It's a shame they're not readily available for kids like that anymore, though I guess with smartphones now they might not move copies even if they were. Certainly not at $4-$5 an issue. But that was my comics-buying experience for many years, just buying a couple issues for a few months in a row of whatever looked good at the newsstand. What really made me a diehard Marvel guy for decades though was the 1990 series Marvel Trading Cards. I didn't have access to back issues but reading all the information on these cards, I felt like I was familiar with all of them so I wasn't put off by any comic I might pick up. No matter what it was I knew who the major characters were, what their powers were, what they were like, where they came from. What should have been the DC equivalent, all their TV properties (Batman TAS, Adam West, Super Friends, etc), just reinforced the idea that DC comics were not for me because anytime I tried to read an issue it was completely different in tone and content. I think that's a big part of why Rebirth worked for me, it feels like there was a real effort to make things accessible for people like me who were only familiar with DC through stuff like the animated movies and the CW shows, or just a general awareness of the major characters. --- SuperNiceDog didn't have to reconcile his name... But Dauntless Hunter is now MrGreenonion <cite>MrGreenonion posted [p:877978272] in In 5 weeks... [t:75282189]...</cite> <quote>So since we're talking about our first comics... https://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/77/893496-3281_4_220.jpg https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/4/50102-2870-65558-1-spectacular-spider-m.jpg My first comic of any kind, and my first superhero comic. Both purchased from random newsstands to keep me occupied while my parents had stuff to do. It's a shame they're not readily available for kids like that anymore, though I guess with smartphones now they might not move copies even if they were. Certainly not at $4-$5 an issue. But that was my comics-buying experience for many years, just buying a couple issues for a few months in a row of whatever looked good at the newsstand. What really made me a diehard Marvel guy for decades though was the 1990 series Marvel Trading Cards. I didn't have access to back issues but reading all the information on these cards, I felt like I was familiar with all of them so I wasn't put off by any comic I might pick up. No matter what it was I knew who the major characters were, what their powers were, what they were like, where they came from. What should have been the DC equivalent, all their TV properties (Batman TAS, Adam West, Super Friends, etc), just reinforced the idea that DC comics were not for me because anytime I tried to read an issue it was completely different in tone and content. I think that's a big part of why Rebirth worked for me, it feels like there was a real effort to make things accessible for people like me who were only familiar with DC through stuff like the animated movies and the CW shows, or just a general awareness of the major characters. --- SuperNiceDog didn't have to reconcile his name... But Dauntless Hunter is now MrGreenonion</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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