Watchmen

playparadise · Post by **playparadise** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:50 pm

Anyone know the print run for Watchmen #1? Thanks.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:00 pm

I assume is going to be very high, the later issues are more difficult to come by in nice shape, issue 9 has the least amount of 9.8's by a large amount compared to the rest of the issues.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:57 pm

id say 100k at least with the amount if issue 1s ive seen issue 9 probably half that

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:24 pm

I looked into this back when the movie came out...
here are the estimates based on Capital City Distribution records:

Watchmen #1 = 227,000 to 341,000
Watchmen #2 = 255,000 to 383,000
Watchmen #3 = 253,000 to 380,000
Watchmen #4 = 270,000 to 405,000
Watchmen #5 = 221,000 to 331,000
Watchmen #6 = 218,000 to 327,000
Watchmen #7 = 201,000 to 301,000
Watchmen #8 = 187,000 to 281,000
Watchmen #9 = 187,000 to 281,000
Watchmen #10 = 179,000 to 268,000
Watchmen #11 = 188,000 to 283,000
Watchmen #12 = 227,000 to 341,000

The lower side of the estimate is probably closer to accurate.
John Jackson Miller (of the Standard Catalog of Comic Books)
also thinks the lower number is the better guess,
possibly even a little lower.

I'd say 200,000 is a safe bet for #1.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:27 pm

So help an ignoramus here. What would cause a publisher to increase the quantities so much from #11 to #12? Do last issues of maxi series sell similar quntities to 1st issues? If so, why?

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:29 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:So help an ignoramus here. What would cause a publisher to increase the quantities so much from #11 to #12? Do last issues of maxi series sell similar quntities to 1st issues? If so, why?

Sales may have dropped off in the middle, as usual,
but word of mouth could have caused people to check back in...
especially if they just wanted to know how it all ends.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:30 pm

I wish I had a penny for each of the issues they released of this series...

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:35 pm

xodacia81 wrote:I wish I had a penny for each of the issues they released of this series...

you wish you had 12 cents?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:41 pm

dellamorte wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:I wish I had a penny for each of the issues they released of this series...
you wish you had 12 cents?

12 cents more than I have now

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:01 am

greg wrote:
BloodOfHeroes wrote:So help an ignoramus here. What would cause a publisher to increase the quantities so much from #11 to #12? Do last issues of maxi series sell similar quntities to 1st issues? If so, why?
Sales may have dropped off in the middle, as usual,
but word of mouth could have caused people to check back in...
especially if they just wanted to know how it all ends.

Also there was a delay in publishing the last issue, giving people that opportunity to check it out after buzz would have built in the old-fashioned ways of print media and word of mouth.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:08 am

Thanks! I appreciate the friendly answers.