Dark Horse Gold Key Estimated Print Runs

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:49:06 pm

Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:44:09 am

Second_Death wrote:Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.

I think this is VERY similar to how the GK books would have gone. Bad art and not exactly stunning stories will do this to any book.

On a seperate note I'm suprised Starborn was the worst seller, seemed the most interesting from the first issue.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:20:57 am

ian_house wrote:
Second_Death wrote:Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.
I think this is VERY similar to how the GK books would have gone. Bad art and not exactly stunning stories will do this to any book.

On a seperate note I'm suprised Starborn was the worst seller, seemed the most interesting from the first issue.

Reading the line of 3 since the start, Starborn has had the weakest art and most confusing storyline in my view, and I find it the least enjoyable.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:46:42 pm

ian_house wrote:
Second_Death wrote:Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.
I think this is VERY similar to how the GK books would have gone. Bad art and not exactly stunning stories will do this to any book.

In my opinion, the Dr Solar stories were stunning beginning with issue 5.

The rest of the stories were strongly trending upward, too.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:20:16 am

StarBrand wrote:
ian_house wrote:
Second_Death wrote:Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.
I think this is VERY similar to how the GK books would have gone. Bad art and not exactly stunning stories will do this to any book.

In my opinion, the Dr Solar stories were stunning beginning with issue 5. The rest of the stories were strongly trending upward, too.

But sadly you don't pick up readers at issue 5, only lose them. I agree they were getting better. But with a non-existant time schedule and more than half of the readers scared off by the first few issues they didn't stand a chance.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:10:52 am

ian_house wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
ian_house wrote:
Second_Death wrote:Posted this on the DK board today.

Also, not sure if I have discussed the Boom Stan Lee books here or did so at the Valiant boards but look at the numbers for these July books.

275 STAN LEE TRAVELER #9 4,251
276 STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10 4,250
284 STAN LEE STARBORN #8 3,995

So much for these books being in higher demand than the DK line. Even the low print run Samson was generating more sales than this. To no surprise, I found this weekend that the Stan Lee books will be discontinued with the 12th issues of each being their last. Boom deserves credit for at least hanging in there long enough to comfortably conclude those titles. Not sure how good they have been since have only read preview samples of them but at least they did not experience the production delays which plagued our DK books.
I think this is VERY similar to how the GK books would have gone. Bad art and not exactly stunning stories will do this to any book.

In my opinion, the Dr Solar stories were stunning beginning with issue 5. The rest of the stories were strongly trending upward, too.
But sadly you don't pick up readers at issue 5, only lose them. I agree they were getting better. But with a non-existant time schedule and more than half of the readers scared off by the first few issues they didn't stand a chance.

No doubt if they'd started the series with issue 5, and sustained their publishing schedule, we'd be talking about a hit book right now.

cplsimon · Post by **cplsimon** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:22:22 am

Anyone have the numbers for the later issues?

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:03:55 am

cplsimon wrote:Anyone have the numbers for the later issues?

I don't think any numbers came out this month on this line.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:55:46 am

Added Magnus 1 For $1 info.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:31:31 pm

Added numbers for Dr Solar 8 and Turok 3.

cplsimon · Post by **cplsimon** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:05:04 pm

Thanks for the update

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:24:09 am

cplsimon wrote:Thanks for the update

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:54:46 pm

Did anyone see an estimated print-run on the Magnus trade?

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:21:48 pm

I added numbers on Turok 4 and Mighty Samson 4. I had to estimate Mighty Samson 4 myself, and that's explained next to the number I entered for it.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:41:55 pm

Added new Occultist #1 numbers.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:06:12 pm

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166 - Turok Son of Stone Aztlan Vol. 1 $15.99 Dark Horse - 533

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:50:03 am

Is that the trade print run of turok?

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:29:43 am

That would be pretty pathetic if it was

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:46:54 am

If one writes to dark horse would they tell you the official print run?

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:09:02 am

Phantom.. wrote:If one writes to dark horse would they tell you the official print run?

Knowing the way they promoted Dark Key they probably would be like - "We released that? You Sure? Wow, We didn't know that."

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:37:52 am

Phantom.. wrote:Is that the trade print run of turok?

That's pretty likely that 533 is the number that Diamond sold through. I've yet to see a DK trade of any kind in a shop or at a convention. If customers didn't like the singles, there's no chance in hell that retailers gambled on trades. Those 533 were probably mostly pre-orders.

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:11:45 pm

that is mega low. as in embarsing.

shame dark horse screwd the line up so bad.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Sun May 20, 2012 3:14:40 pm

Did anyone ever figure out, or does anyone know how to figure estimated print runs for the Magnus, Turok and Mighty Samson trades from this line?

TheVisitor · Post by **TheVisitor** » Sat May 26, 2012 4:47:00 pm

StarBrand wrote:Did anyone ever figure out, or does anyone know how to figure estimated print runs for the Magnus, Turok and Mighty Samson trades from this line?

Mighty Samson Judgement 447 copies
Turok Son of Stone Aztlan 533 copies
Magnus Robot Fighter Vol. 1 1,068 copies

--Phil

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:24:34 pm

TheVisitor wrote:
StarBrand wrote:Did anyone ever figure out, or does anyone know how to figure estimated print runs for the Magnus, Turok and Mighty Samson trades from this line?
Mighty Samson Judgement 447 copies
Turok Son of Stone Aztlan 533 copies
Magnus Robot Fighter Vol. 1 1,068 copies

--Phil

Thanks, Phil.

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