COMICS: THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN Was The Best-Selling Comic Book Of January 2013

Lol, even with everybody bitchin' about it.

And that's why they keep doing this..

Hahahahahaha Thats great ;D

Its worth noting that ign up until last week was owned by fox which owns spiderman and a few marvel properties so generally are anti - DC. Or point out anything good by marvel when it suits them.
Worth pointing out.

I like spiderman but that story insults previous fans.

I never bought an issue of this comic and I never will.

Aunt May outlived Peter. That is pathetic.

These are all titles with movies recently released i assume these will change with other movies this year.

Really? Batman #16 is number 2? This is bullshit.

Whatever. I'm not picking it up my mate is giving me the digital code. I've read the first 3 and they are poor at best. But I don't care about 616 spidey anymore, I'll start caring again when slott leaves.

Called it, people bitching about life.

To quote Archer: "Doy and/or Hello"!

It was a giant stunt move by Marvel. Of course people are going to buy #1 just to see how terrible the fallout really is (and yes - it's terrible. Some of the worst Spidey writing in decades). The problem with all stunt marketing like this is that you see an increase for the first little bit while the "I can't believe he did that" effect is still going. However, then you get a sharp drop and steady decline about 3-6 issues in when people realize that it's just as bad as they thought. It's temporary gains placed over long term losses.

That's why they're already making moves to bring Peter Parker back. That's why things like Marvel Now and The New 52 only work for so long. And when they start to dip in numbers they'll blame it on something else and do the next giant stunt. Marvel is doing the equivalent of a "going out of business" sale - people flood in for the event, but after a couple "going out of business" sales... people just stop coming. It's the business equivalent of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

fungusmonkey

You're just making crap up. Pulling conjecture out of your ass.

Numbers don't lie.


This just proves Marvel knows what they are doing and all the whinny haters here are completely irrelevant.

All you kids need to grow up and stop being fanboys who hate even the tiniest change. seriously, GROW UP.

Superior Spider-man has been pretty good actually.

"Me thinks he doth protest to much."

BECAUSE MODERN SOCIETY IS A SOCIETY OF HATERS

THEY LOVE TO HATE AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO HATE WHEREVER THEY CAN

So does this mean Slott's a genius, or is the world of comic readers that easy to troll?

They keep producing it because you keep buying it