The Numbers: Week 43
Not much has changed in the past month. Countdown’s slight rise at issue 16 proved to be just a temporary jump, as numbers were back to pre-blip levels by issue 12. Overall, it’s as if January’s rise never happened, with week 40 sliding right back into the week 1-35 decline.
As was the case with 52, the general curves seem to be leveling out — probably a combination of two factors: 1. There is bound to be a smaller and smaller number of readers who get fed up with each issue, as there is a smaller and smaller numbers reading each issue, and 2. As we get closer to the end of the series, there may be a bit of renewed interest in seeing where this was all going.
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this or not, but the initial numbers for January were higher than actual due to an error.
See here:
http://comiksdebris.blogspot.com/2008/02/on-numbers-update.html
Hi Jason — thanks for that info. That certainly makes a lot more sense than people actually caring that much about Earth-51’s Batman.