slrichte@uok.UUCP (01/14/86)
"First Comics is listing circulation figures for some of its titles,
and the first two to come to our attention were:
AMERICAN FLAGG! 43,624
GRIMJACK 35,537
"BATMAN...announced a total average paid circulation of 75,303 for
the same period. For a direct-sales-only title to have a circulation
amounting to about 58% of that of such a well-known newsstand title,
something must be going well for independent titles."
-- Don & Maggie Thompson
in CBG #636, Jan. 24, 1986
These sales figures actually show how poorly BATMAN is selling. For an
almost universally recognized character like Batman to sell so few copies
is hard to believe. Perhaps the film will help the Dynamic Duo's sales.
Incidentally, I just read that Adam West is 'looking forward to being
reunited with his Batman co-star Burt Ward in the upcoming Batman
feature film.'
--Steve Richter
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Shadow in CBG #636ccastkv@gitpyr.UUCP (KEITH VAGLIENTI) (01/21/86)
That's most interesting that Adam West is looking forward to being reunited
with Burt Ward in the upcoming Batman movie. Interesting because the last I
heard was that the producers wanted to divorce their movie as much as possible
from the old TV show and movie. This was mainly because they wanted to do a
serious Batman movie instead of something campy. In fact I've seen Adam West
on several talk shows where he has said he would like to be in the Batman movie
but they keep telling him they don't want him.
--
Keith Conrad Vaglienti
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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