Donovan wrote:
For every issue of Sleepwalker purchased and read, 3 more were probably bagged and hidden away. So numbers sold definitely won't reflect the audience who would demand a reprint.
Donovan, you are officially the Rush Limbaugh of tryin to create a speculator hoax to explain '90s huge sales numbers.  Do you honestly think, even the most hardcore speculator thought Sleepwalker #7 was goin to be invaluable someday?? 

Thanks for the pep talk, but isn't saying that the 90s will be reprinted en masse someday just...speculation?  Who can guarantee Marvel will put a hardcover on anything from the 90s not bearin the names Lee, Liefeld, Mcfarlae, or having an "X" in the title?  Think I'll ever see my obscure comics, my Jungle Adventures from the 90s reprinted?

90s Sales #s explained by sensible Shinobi:  90s= financial boom time.  comic stores everywhere.  comics were mainstream for the 1st time in the modern era.  Marvel was all over the place w/ T.V., video games, trading cards.  Wizard Magazine.  speculation.  u really think your 1 point overshadows those other points? 

Matt, good job on the research.   '91 is the year I'm lookin for.  That was Marvel's peak.  That's the year Sleepwalker debuted.  I saw somewhere that in the 1st 4 months of '91 sales were double what they were in '90.  And since Walker debuted in '91 he was in the 1st wave of new titles before all those titles watered down the market a bit.  So a million per issue of Walker?  Maybe issue #1.  500k per issue?  I can't back that up.  But in '91, when Marvel pretty much owned the market an there were shops everywhere, you cant call me on Walker sellin a couple hundred k per issue.  Factor in, mind you, that the 90s were very focused on art.  Covers sold books.  And Walker had the uber-talented Brett Blevins supplyin some beautiful front pieces. 

All it takes for someone to buy a reprint is nostalgia.  And all it takes to create nostalgia is that person havin 1 issue in the past.  And there a buttload of people who had an issue of Walker. 

What kind of world do I live in anyway, where i have to fight tooth an nail to claim the merits of reprinting a well written series that had the same author throughout, a great premise, an a awesome artist like Blevins for the 1st half??