Thank you Karl!

The oldest Archives pre-orders/shipping data that I've had access to thus far was December 2001 -- I think you've had a hand in getting me that far back! -- and I haven't invested much effort in pushing any further back as I've been working on other projects. Thanks very much for pushing two more titles off my unknown list.

If you've got the time and energy, here's the DC Archives that I don't have pre-order / shipping data on yet:

NO DATA

All-Star Comics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Batman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Batman: Dark Knight 1, 2, 3
Black Canary 1
Blackhawk 1
Elfquest 1
Flash 1, 2
Flash (Golden Age) 1
Green Lantern 1, 2, 3
Green Lantern (Golden Age) 1
Justice League Of America 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Legion Of Super-Heroes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
New Teen Titans 1
Plastic Man 1, 2, 3
Shazam! 1, 2
Spirit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Starman (Golden Age) 1
Supergirl 1
Superman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Superman: Action Comics 1, 2, 3, 4
Wonder Woman 1, 2
World's Finest Comics 1


ESTIMATES ONLY

Doom Patrol 5
Elfquest 2, 3, 4
Seven Soldiers Of Victory 3


As for the information I already have in hand, an Excel spreadsheet is available via email to anyone who would like a copy, and a listing will also be published on my Collected DC Universe website in the near future.

UPDATED: Okay, show me a new toy, and I have to stop and play with it. I started running through data for 2001, and thanks to a faulty "next month" link wound up in 2002 and discovered the numbers reported on the Comichron site are larger than the Diamond numbers previously reported. For example:

December 2001 - Sgt. Rock Volume 1 - 3061 / 3290
December 2001 - Spirit Volume 6 - 3041 / 3269
December 2001 - World's Finest Comics Volume 2 - 2677 / 2877
January 2002 - Green Lantern (Golden Age) Volume 2 - 2554 / 2741
February 2002 - Flash Volume 3 - 2647 / 2844
March 2002 - Doom Patrol Volume 1 - 2893 / 3109
April 2002 - Spirit Volume 7 - 3037 / 3264
May 2002 - Wonder Woman Volume 3 - 2517 / 2701
June 2002 - Enemy Act Volume 1 - 2886 / 3095

So, tonight with NHL Playoffs in the background, I'm going to plow through this Comichron site to see what I can add to the list from our list of unknowns and then compare what we previously knew to these other numbers to see how long we've got mis-matched data. Then we can sit down and figure out why there is a difference.

Ah, mysteries!

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Last Edited By: Matthew McCallum May 7 13 8:26 PM. Edited 2 times.