Buffy Season 8, Issues 01 & 02 sales analysis

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Buffy Season 8, Issues 01 & 02 sales analysis

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (Dark Horse)

04/2001: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #32 - 16,970

04/2002: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #44 - 16,371

03/2007: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #1 - 109,919 [126,793]

04/2007: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #2 - 96,409 (-12.3%)

That’s a rather smooth second-issue drop-off. Issue #1 made the chart again and sold another 16,874 units in April - about what the book’s previous run shifted in the first go five years back. Obviously, this is Dark Horse’s biggest hit in ages, in terms of monthly issues. If the book can maintain even half these numbers once Buffy creator Joss Whedon hands it over to other writers, it’ll still be a massive success.