I believe that those are only USA numbers right? Because even Spiderman getting 350,ooo, the Brazilian "Turma da Mônica Jovem" made his record with 400,000.

Brasilian Chaos Man | March 16, 22:23 CET

Good to see Aftermath didn't drop off hugely... but it will be interesting to see what #19 comes in at now that everyone has a taste...

aapac | March 16, 22:36 CET

That is interesting that Aftermath didn't have that huge a drop. Great job of marketing by IDW.

archon | March 17, 06:18 CET

ICV2's estimated numbers:

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14518.html

Perseo | March 17, 09:21 CET

If most of those sales figures are based on pre-orders though...and even if a few read it in the store before buying or not buying, no pre-ordering and blind-buying reader would have known in advance what it was going to be like, it's just a sign that most if not all of them were willing to give the new writer and arc a chance. Like aapac says, #19 will be a more accurate measure of how receptive the fans were to that first issue. But given that pre-orders are made 2 months in advance, even that would have been bought by many before they'd seen #18. #20 and 21 will be the most revelatory indicators. I imagine even lukewarm reactions will give "Aftermath" a bit longer after #19, but we'll see.

Wish they'd hurry up and publish the rest of Lynch's arc sooner, I'm way behind, having just reserved my "After the Fall" Volume 3 hardcover. But I'm glad I waited for the trades, I don't think I'd be as patient with this series as I am with getting Buffy Season 8 in monthly form.

Kris | March 17, 11:15 CET

Kris, the chart is entirely pre-orders, yes, and more precisely the Diamond circuit's pre-orders, which means most of the US and Canada market. It doesn't include other circuits or Diamond Europe, for instance.

Perseo | March 17, 11:22 CET

Good to see Buffy holding its relative position nicely, even if the actual numbers are down - just like its blonde namesake the comic stands there like a stone wall ;).

Marvel must be pretty happy with the "weekly" experiment on Amazing Spider-man too.

Saje | March 17, 12:08 CET

All titles are down, and when they're up it's because of so-called events or star guest writers (Neil Gaiman on Batman this month). General comics trend and economic recession.

Perseo | March 17, 12:31 CET

Yep and Buffy's actually less down than the average across the top 300 (or has been in previous months).

Saje | March 17, 12:37 CET

I've just done the unthinkable and cancelled Superman and Adventures, but that's because they've written Superman out of the books. WTF?

I continue with Angel and Buffy, but I miss Mr. Lynch something fierce.

redeem147 | March 18, 00:33 CET