id never post a youtube video again if i got a debunk this serious

This issue, yep!

(as loathe as I am to praise Mark Millar for anything)

Right. And Ultimate Spider-Man (both versions) are, basically, just Spider-Man. I think that's why at the time, Ultimates was the one that really caught on, because it was *so* different than the Avengers.

Sure, that's part of it, but really not *that* much.

Flash and GL flatlined pretty quick, and have dropped quite a bit. Superman and WW are trending up, and we're ordering every reprint. Batman is skyrocketing.

I talked with Scott about this when the line was announced, how tricky the "Ultimate" idea is. If it's better than the main book, why not just make that the main title? But Absolute is *different*, which is a key factor. Kids are able to jump into the start of a whole new character.

DC needs to be very, very careful with this one. Comics are fucking awful about running shit into the ground. Let this one just do what it's doing, and don't flood the market with other Absolute titles. You'll kill the line when it's too complicated and quality suffers.

The spectacular @comicsconspiracy.bsky.social in Sunnyvale, CA will have signed bookplates for WE'RE TAKING EVERYONE DOWN WITH US when the collection comes out in December.

Walking Dead had gigantic bumps when the show hit, but these are new, young customers coming in for SINGLE ISSUES. It's propelled by legitimate online word of mouth and out of context meme panels. You can't manufacture this.

But it is limited to Batman, WW, and Superman. Flash and GL really haven't caught on the same. Martian Manhunter is selling to a totally different audience and is outselling basically every other non-Absolute comic being published. It's wild. Image/Vertigo folks, give this one a shot.

Someone get my delivery by accident?

Looks like it's affecting all of the west coast... :/

Remember when people used to own things?