If you look at sales numbers, you have to wonder if there is more to the story. There are stats here that will make you actually wonder what is going on with print comics.
Legacy Isn’t Going to Save Marvel Comics
No one, not even DC Comics, wants Marvel’s comic sales to crash and burn. The direct-market comic industry, comprised of specialty shops that carry monthly print comics, is too small, and too dominated by the Big Two publishers of Marvel and DC, to absorb the hit of a Marvel implosion.
