clessidraman wrote:

If you think about it there is no reason why a Jimmy Olsen transformations has to sell more then (for example) Lois Lane in 1954
at the same same price point and page count, the readership is the same.


We'll have to agree to disagree on this. While going with years rather than volume numbers would avoid the turnoff of e.g. "Chronicles Volume 5", I think the title of a themed collection ("Lois Lane, BRIDEZILLA") will hook more casual shoppers than e.g. Lois Lane 1965 - 1966. The latter would receive a passing glance and a stifled yawn from me, at best. I would at least pick the former up off the shelf to read its back cover and learn more about its contents.

I honestly think I'd like to see some combination of approaches. I'd love to see Sea Devils: Origins collecting the earliest Sea Devils stories. But I'd rather see themed followups. My expectation is that a sequential series of SD tpbs would be unlikely to go past a volume or two anyway. I'd prefer the scarcest, most expensive issues in the first tpb (and these are usually the easliest issues.) And if additional volumes are possible, I'd prefer themed collections that feature high points from the remainder of the series. I think this approach would be a good one for many DC series other than the proven sellers that are likely to support a long series of tpbs.

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