QUOTE: shouldn't a Grant Morrison Action Comics available in stores and on digital devices be able to sell better than a 1975 issue of "Ghostly Tales"?

I don't know about that, but I do know that I'd rather read that issue of Ghostly Tales.

Robinson in many respects epitomizes everything I dislike in modern comics. In the the "Golden Age" mini-series, for the sake of a throwaway line, he undercut and dismissed the ideals and purpose of the character Mr. Terrific. "Rumor has it he acquired his aircraft company through intimidation and shady business practices. So much for "fair play," huh, Terry?"

Later, he gave us the story in which Starman, the Flash, and the Green Lantern willfully and unapologetically killed the Rag Doll and conspired to keep his murder a secret. Because super-hero death squads are cool and Ted, Jay, and Alan are exactly the sort of people who would do that.

Still, later, he no doubt gave tons of violence-junkie fans one of their best fixes with his "Mary-Sue Mist" character single-handedly killing the entire JL-Europe team. 'Cuz she's just that bad-ass...

As near as I can tell, James Robinson is nothing more than a second-generation wannabe Warren Ellis clone.

Also, how many of those 135,000 were returned by newsstands?

Those were actual sales.  The print run of the book was about twice as big.

Mike

“It’s not going to be a superhero book. I can guarantee you that, it’s not a superhero book. It’s a horror book.”

An old 'mazing Man ad told: "DC: we made comics fun again."

Now they could write: "DC: sorry, it will never happen anymore".

It's been done before.

It's hard to say if Azzarello even understands what "horror" means when it isn't being bastardized for marginal crud television shows and movies. I like Azzarello, but I've never read his superhero stuff outside of a Batman story or two.

If he means that Wonder Woman has a relationship to a world of creeping menace, the Lovecraftian, the Hellboyian, then I'm down with that. It'll be hard to drive me away from that book, in particular, just because Cliff Chiang is drawing it. I mean, Chiang is one of those artists who should always be supported.

Nicola Scott is another. Gabriel Hardman. Francesco Francavilla. Phil Winslade. Chris Samnee. I had to buy that stupid Red Hulk stuff for Hardman, because the fantastic ATLAS book was cancelled. I mean, really, what more need be said when ATLAS had to die so Red Hulk could live on? Thankfully, Hardman is off that book and going to work for BOOM! on a PLANET OF THE APES book, which can only be a really, really good thing. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33990