Milestone - Issue List

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:26 am

Brother J wrote:Here's a start of one, feel free to add anything you might know of:

Blood Syndicate: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 2-35
Deathwish: 1-4
Hardware: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 1, (alternate cover, signed), 1 (Platinum), 2-17, 17 (2nd print), 18-50
Heroes: 1-6
Holocaust: 1-5
Icon: 1, 1 (Newsstand, alternate cover), 2-42
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome TPB
Kobalt: 1-16
Long Hot Summer: 1-3
Shadow Cabinet: 0, 1-17
Shadow War Preview
Static: 1, 1 (newsstand alternate cover), 1 (platinum), 2-45
Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool: 1-4
Static Shock: Trial By Fire TPB
Wise Son: The White Wolf: 1-4
Xombi: 0, 1, 1 (platinum), 2-21

I will change this a bit and make it a stickey.

Yay, Nay ?

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:41 pm

Knightt wrote:
Brother J wrote:Here's a start of one, feel free to add anything you might know of:

Blood Syndicate: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 2-35
Deathwish: 1-4
Hardware: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 1, (alternate cover, signed), 1 (Platinum), 2-17, 17 (2nd print), 18-50
Heroes: 1-6
Holocaust: 1-5
Icon: 1, 1 (Newsstand, alternate cover), 2-42
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome TPB
Kobalt: 1-16
Long Hot Summer: 1-3
Shadow Cabinet: 0, 1-17
Shadow War Preview
Static: 1, 1 (newsstand alternate cover), 1 (platinum), 2-45
Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool: 1-4
Static Shock: Trial By Fire TPB
Wise Son: The White Wolf: 1-4
Xombi: 0, 1, 1 (platinum), 2-21
I will change this a bit and make it a stickey. Yay, Nay ?

Yay!

PS - I thought you were 'elsewhere'?

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:48 pm

Knightt wrote:
Brother J wrote:Here's a start of one, feel free to add anything you might know of:

Blood Syndicate: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 2-35
Deathwish: 1-4
Hardware: 1, 1 (Newsstand), 1, (alternate cover, signed), 1 (Platinum), 2-17, 17 (2nd print), 18-50
Heroes: 1-6
Holocaust: 1-5
Icon: 1, 1 (Newsstand, alternate cover), 2-42
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome TPB
Kobalt: 1-16
Long Hot Summer: 1-3
Shadow Cabinet: 0, 1-17
Shadow War Preview
Static: 1, 1 (newsstand alternate cover), 1 (platinum), 2-45
Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool: 1-4
Static Shock: Trial By Fire TPB
Wise Son: The White Wolf: 1-4
Xombi: 0, 1, 1 (platinum), 2-21
I will change this a bit and make it a stickey. Yay, Nay ?

Yes, please

tictuck · Post by **tictuck** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:51 pm

Good man Knightt, Good man

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:44 am

Also the 9/11 book for a Static short story possibly needs inclusion.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:37 pm

leonmallett wrote:Also the 9/11 book for a Static short story possibly needs inclusion.

I didnt know that there was one.

Do you have a scan of this book ?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:31 pm

Knightt wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Also the 9/11 book for a Static short story possibly needs inclusion.
I didnt know that there was one.

Do you have a scan of this book ?

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:26 pm

I remember that cover now.

9-11 still gets me in the gut. I am glad it was my last combat deployment.

It wasn't vengeance. It wasn't payback. It was Punishment.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:59 pm

I will be updating this list with a sticky when I get back next week. I will working out of state again from Monday to Friday which is kind of a bummer being away from the family and all but one consolation is that I am working in Hawaii for the next week.

I will get to work on this when I get back.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:57 am

Knightt wrote:I will be updating this list with a sticky when I get back next week. I will working out of state again from Monday to Friday which is kind of a bummer being away from the family and all but one consolation is that I am working in Hawaii for the next week.

I will get to work on this when I get back.

Cheers.

PS. Enjoy Hawaii.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:02 am

Knightt wrote:I remember that cover now.

9-11 still gets me in the gut. I am glad it was my last combat deployment.

It wasn't vengeance. It wasn't payback. It was Punishment.

I remember clearly where I was was I learned of the events. It doesn't seem like almost 6 years ago which is a sign of the impact this event had. 'Event' doesn't do justice to what happened, but I still struggle to find the right words to put something like this in context.

When I hear mealy-mouthed politicians in my country talking of distancing ourselves from the USA I think how crass and stupid it is to do so, because I think each nation has found the strength of a good ally in the other over many years.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:55 am

Some numbers
from Dwayne McDuffie regarding Milestone publication levels:

I think our lowest-selling issue was an issue of Kobalt that did 12,500 copies. Our best-selling book was north of 600,000. Average, between 35 and 80 thousand.

Taken from Dawyne McDuffie's own message board.

Also which was the best-selling book:

Hardware #1.

Over the course of the line it was Icon, however. It became our top-seller around issue #3, and never looked back.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:58 am

Re Static #1:

Quoted from a source on Dwayne McDuffie's forum site:

newsstand edition, direct edition, direct edition poly-bagged with extras

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:06 pm

Knightt wrote:I will be updating this list with a sticky when I get back next week. I will working out of state again from Monday to Friday which is kind of a bummer being away from the family and all but one consolation is that I am working in Hawaii for the next week.

Wow, can I have your job?!

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:08 pm

leonmallett wrote:Some numbers
from Dwayne McDuffie regarding Milestone publication levels:

I think our lowest-selling issue was an issue of Kobalt that did 12,500 copies. Our best-selling book was north of 600,000. Average, between 35 and 80 thousand.

Good golly, those are Valiant numbers during their heyday.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:23 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Some numbers
from Dwayne McDuffie regarding Milestone publication levels:

I think our lowest-selling issue was an issue of Kobalt that did 12,500 copies. Our best-selling book was north of 600,000. Average, between 35 and 80 thousand.
Good golly, those are Valiant numbers during their heyday.

I think the 600,000 is a freak number, the 30-80,000 would have been below VALIANT's numbers, pretty much.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:30 pm

leonmallett wrote:Re Static #1:

Quoted from a source on Dwayne McDuffie's forum site:

newsstand edition, direct edition, direct edition poly-bagged with extras

Hmmm, I thought all the direct edition ones were the poly-bagged ones, didn't recall there being any that weren't poly-bagged. If there was a non bagged direct edition for Static, then there must have been unbagged direct edition copies for the other ones that were bagged (Hardware, Icon, and Blood Syndicate)

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:35 pm

Brother J wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Re Static #1:

Quoted from a source on Dwayne McDuffie's forum site:

newsstand edition, direct edition, direct edition poly-bagged with extras
Hmmm, I thought all the direct edition ones were the poly-bagged ones, didn't recall there being any that weren't poly-bagged. If there was a non bagged direct edition for Static, then there must have been unbagged direct edition copies for the other ones that were bagged (Hardware, Icon, and Blood Syndicate)

Further investigation needed methinks. The source from McDuffie's site references Comic Collector Live as stating ther are the 3 versions. As you say, the same may hold true for the other bagged number ones. This set grwos by the day it seems, especially considering I thought I had most of it...

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:09 pm

leonmallett wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Some numbers
from Dwayne McDuffie regarding Milestone publication levels:

I think our lowest-selling issue was an issue of Kobalt that did 12,500 copies. Our best-selling book was north of 600,000. Average, between 35 and 80 thousand.
Good golly, those are Valiant numbers during their heyday.
I think the 600,000 is a freak number, the 30-80,000 would have been below VALIANT's numbers, pretty much.

Yeah, the 600,000 number is the one I was refering to. The other numbers are more in line with today's books.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:39 am

Lightning Strike wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Some numbers
from Dwayne McDuffie regarding Milestone publication levels:

I think our lowest-selling issue was an issue of Kobalt that did 12,500 copies. Our best-selling book was north of 600,000. Average, between 35 and 80 thousand.
Good golly, those are Valiant numbers during their heyday.
I think the 600,000 is a freak number, the 30-80,000 would have been below VALIANT's numbers, pretty much.
Yeah, the 600,000 number is the one I was refering to. The other numbers are more in line with today's books.

The Milestone era was roughly speaking in line with the VH1 era. I don't know where 30-80,000 placed in relative terms then. I think it unlikley that such numbers would automatically be replicated, so comparing then to now is hard.

I don't know what other new lines like Ultraverese were doing at the time.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:49 am

Lightning Strike wrote:
Knightt wrote:I will be updating this list with a sticky when I get back next week. I will working out of state again from Monday to Friday which is kind of a bummer being away from the family and all but one consolation is that I am working in Hawaii for the next week.
Wow, can I have your job?!

Oh I will have payback... I return and then a week later I will get some desert time.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:54 am

Knightt wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Knightt wrote:I will be updating this list with a sticky when I get back next week. I will working out of state again from Monday to Friday which is kind of a bummer being away from the family and all but one consolation is that I am working in Hawaii for the next week.
Wow, can I have your job?!
Oh I will have payback... I return and then a week later I will get some desert time.

I first read that as 'dessert time' and thought, "yum"...

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:59 am

I wish.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:03 am

Knightt wrote:I wish.

Hawaii to dessert eating - now that would be a heck of a job, wouldn't it?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:14 am

correction to my list:

Hardware #16 has two different covers, not sure if one is more rare than the other.