I'm not going to say that DC will keep these same numbers up, but we should realize what DC has done for themselves and the comic book industry as a whole.
For themselves:
1) A lot of these books were actually pretty good. (Stop bitching and moaning about costumes this, costumes that.....that shit is really, really unimportant)
2) Even bigger than bringing in new readers, same-day digital allows readers who have wanted to purchase DC books but simply could not due to having the nearest shop be about 45 minutes away....purchase DC books.
3) I saw a lot of new readers going in to the shop I frequent here in Muncie. And I mean, a lot. I can't say whether or not all of them will return, but, there's something to this.
For the industry:
1) This is the big one. Think of all the excitement there is now for the latest comic book news. DC has helped to bring back that air of anticipation around Wednesday releases and that is a plus for everyone.
Remember, though the relaunch gave us a few duds, for every Hawk and Dove, there was Swamp Thing, Batman, Action Comics, Animal Man, Deathstroke, Demon Knights, Superboy, Teen Titans, etc. So, yeah. Job well done, DC.
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