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[Jim]

The Diamond numbers don't include sales outside of the US either. Transformers is very popular here in the UK (GI Joe not as much sadly), so the numbers shown are far from accurate for overall sales.

Plus there are Trade sales which if high enough make it worth having a lower selling monthly book.
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[ER]

Jim, thanks for the info! Are there UK numbers available somewhere that you could post for us? It would be interesting to see.

[Jim]

Sadly I don't think that info is made public, if it is I've never seen it. I know certain chains (like Forbidden Planet) have their own "top 10", but I've never seen anything official released from Diamond UK.

As well as US imports, a lot of Europe (and probably the rest of the world) also create localised reprints.

For example, here in the UK Panini publish Marvel reprints which are about 18 months or so behind the actual US books (Secret Invasion is just starting), these are mass distributed to newsagents. Transformers also has a comic with UK exclusive stories (based in the movie-verse) and back ups that reprint the IDW stuff. So money from licensing the strips already printed in the US could contribute to "healthy" sales, which would keep Hasbro happy.

So, I can either go to the local comic shop and buy the exact same comics you guys in the US do, I can go to the newsagents and buy a reprint that's a year or so behind or I can go to the bookshop and buy a collection of comics. That's 3 ways that IDW, Marvel, DC etc can get my money that is never taken into account with the Diamond US charts.
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[ER]

Jim, that's cool that you can get issues from a year and a half earlier in case you miss something the first time around - nice

Here's IDW's top 10 sellers in USA comic shops for March 2010:

1) Angel #31 (18,538 copies sold)
2) G.I. Joe #15 (13,607)
3) G.I. Joe #16 (13,288)
4) The Transformers #5 (11,994)
5) G.I. Joe: Origins #13 (11,043)

6) G.I. Joe: Cobra II #3 (10,562)
7) Angel Special Lorne (10,110)
8 G.I. Joe: Operation Hiss #2 (8,818)
9) TF: Nefarious #1 (8,810)
10) TF: Bumblebee #4 (8,601)

[ER]

And I forgot to mention for the TF fans; Last Stand of the Wreckers #3 sold 7,855 copies which is over 2,000 copies more than what #2 did in February - a very impressive jump in sales!

[Jim]

[jamarmiller]

so sales for GI JOE are about the same as DDP's sales was then ( maybe a little lower infact )
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[Jim]

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[shanecdavis]

I don't think you can compare sales between IDW and DDP. DDP cancelled series after series due to fledging sales. IDW, on the other hand, started with one ongoing title and two series, and are now giving Joe fans FOUR ongoing titles and a few more series.

[Jim]

IDWs other titles are in a far healthier state than DDPs were as well.
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[shanecdavis]

Like I said, you cannot compare those numbers. They are in no way accurate, and the actual numbers are, as said by the editor, privileged information.

There is no way the numbers can be truly similar if DDP cancelled their ARAH run due to sales while IDW is providing top notch talent and adding additional titles. As it has been said, Diamond is only a slice of total sales. It is pretty obvious to me that Joe is pretty profitable for IDW, much more profitable than it was for DDP.

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[Jim]