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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-08-06 06:35 pm

[ SECRET POST #2408 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2408 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2013-08-07 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
You've got a point. I've sometimes thought the same thing, and I say that as an on-again, off-again fan of superhero comics. The massive shared universes are an integral part of the mainstream U.S. comic industry, and it's something that fans would scream bloody murder about if you tried to take it away, but I wonder how much good it's doing.

It's worth noting that it's mostly just an American thing -- in the two other big comic markets I'm aware of, Europe and Japan, crossovers are rare and big shared continuities are pretty much nonexistent. And though it's hard finding sales figures, especially for European sales, it's pretty clear the American market isn't very healthy in comparison. The bestselling American comic in 2012 is estimated to have sold about 350,000 copies. The bestselling Japanese comic magazine in 2012 sold about 2.8 million copies. And that's even more impressive when you consider it per capita -- Japan's a less populous nation than the U.S.