dude you need to stop doing drugs, wench thor has dropped like a stone in sales, its pretty pathetic really, her first 5 issues pale in comparison to the JMS run, over a 140,000 issues less sold than male thor vol3 compared to female thor v4, there are plenty of threads about it, should we all praise aaron for a subpar run because he mutilates years of comic canon to force a pr stunt down our throat?
OK, seriously, do you know anything about actual sales statistics or are you just looking at the "140,000" number and hoping nobody will actually examine what you say?
Let's bring things down to reality. Here are Thor Volume 3 first 5 issues, and Thor Volume 4 first 5 issues, but also the Thor Vol 1 600 run that started right after Thor Vol 3 ended, Also throwing in Vol 2 and God of Thunder.
Thor Vol 3 1 | $2.99 | 165,267 | Thor Vol 4 1 | $3.99 | 150,862 | |
Thor Vol 3 2 | $2.99 | 108,602 | Thor Vol 4 2 | $3.99 | 89,131 | |
Thor Vol 3 3 | $2.99 | 109,930 | Thor Vol 4 3 | $3.99 | 72,563 | |
Thor Vol 3 4 | $2.99 | 106,503 | Thor Vol 4 4 | $3.99 | 69,497 | |
Thor Vol 3 5 | $2.99 | 101,490 | Thor Vol 4 5 | $3.99 | 69,513 |
Thor 600 | $4.99 | 96,700 | Thor:GOT 1 | $3.99 | 110,443 | ||
Thor 601 | $3.99 | 79,620 | Thor:GOT 2 | $3.99 | 65,533 | ||
Thor 602 | $3.99 | 69,541 | Thor:GOT 3 | $3.99 | 55,547 | ||
Thor 603 | $3.99 | 65,210 | Thor:GOT 4 | $3.99 | 50,478 | ||
Thor 604 | $2.99 | 61,608 | Thor:GOT 5 | $3.99 | 51,861 |
Thor Vol 2 1 | $2.99 | 134,677 |
Thor Vol 2 2 | $1.99 | 100,607 |
Thor Vol 2 3 | $1.99 | 81,314 |
Thor Vol 2 4 | $1.99 | 78,246 |
Thor Vol 2 5 | $1.99 | 74,237 |
First off that is not "pretty pathetic." Volume 3 was just abnormally high. Actually one could spin it that the first 5 issues of Thor Volume 4 has earned Marvel more money than the first 5 issues of Volume 3. And that's also not even factoring in digital sales. And Thor Vol 4 is very popular digitally. It's consistently in the top 5 sellers when it comes out, and during the BOGO sale comixology had last month for marvel, comixology released the best selling items of that time period:
- Silk #1
- Star Wars #2
- Darth Vader #1
- Star Wars #1
- Ms. Marvel #12
- Ms. Marvel #11
- Ms. Marvel #10
- Thor #5
- Ms. Marvel #9
- Thor #4
We already know Ms Marvel is a huge Digital success, selling as much digitally as she does physically, and Thor is usually right next to Ms Marvel at the top of the Top sellers on comixology when they are both out.
Pushing digital out of the way. Let's look at the "pathetic" sales numbers. That pathetic Thor #5 last month was the number 11 best seller for the month (first time out of the top 10). most of the top 10 were number 1s and Number 2s (the 2s were both Star Wars books). Those that weren't 1s or 2s were Batman #39, Amazing Spiderman #14 and #15, and Justice League #39. Sooo the only not brand new books outselling Thor out of all of comicbookdom are Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Justice League? Gee, that is pathetic.
In reality, Thor Vol 4 is selling very well. The decline rate is pretty standard among comics, and the digital sales are waaay above standard. So, yeah, people like you and @winter_kills: can make statements about the readership dropping without examining details all you want. But reality remains reality.
@killraven4334 said:
Thor isn't worthy of the very hammer his life force was bound to in order to repair? or are you just a bandwagon liberal who knows nothing of thor and is supporting the wench of thunder for no other reason than her being a wench? she has no reason to talk like thor, no reason to act like thor, she has no personality of her own, shes literally the worst way to introduce a female character, Thor has been Thor for thousands and thousands of years, this witch has held the hammer for all of 5 minutes, so sit down and shut it, comicbook men are talking
Soo... is repeatedly calling her wench and witch, and using the line "men are talking" supposed to make you sound like you're not "Misogynistic, immature and narrow-minded?"
Also, I'm not even sure you read Thor... She uses Asgardian speech patterns, but she doesn't act like He-Thor, or even have remotely the same personality. He-Thor is all about expressions of dominance and strength when speaking to enemies. Thor is more about mockery and baiting. The tone is very different. Their tones and behavior are different for everything else as well, but I suppose if you don't actual read what's being said and just look at the font or use of thy and thine, then sure. Exactly the same.
Actually no you can't make that argument because the JMS run still made more money when you adjust for inflation, and since digital sales where not available for the JMS run you can't really use those either, and lets not discount the Oprah factor either, which is an unheard of advantage for a comic title that has never before seen more publicity and hype.
Actually the point is to refer to her as classic thor would, but since you didn't manage to get that I am going to just go ahead and lump you in with all the other bleeding heart bandwagon fans of female thor and give your opinion all the consideration that it deserves.
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