Obama stimulus plan already working on comic books
It’s been said that Barack Obama’s web-savvy would help the economy, and now we have proof.
ICv2 reports: "Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #583 rode President Obama’s coattails to a record-setting total of 352,953, making it the bestselling full-price periodical comic book since ICv2 began tracking sales through Diamond Comic Distributors in 2001. Previous high numbers belong to Marvel’s Civil War #3 and Captain America #25, which each sold 290K, but unlike those titles ASM #583’s performance was the result of not just multiple variant covers, but multiple printings–in fact it appears likely that the majority of ASM’s sales came from subsequent printings not its initial run. And, for anyone who thinks that the Obama cover was not the primary sales driver, please note that prior to the Obama story and cover image, the title had been selling south of the 70,000 mark. The sales for this title may not be all over–the fourth printing of ASM #583 shipped in February along with the fifth printing."
Now all we have to do is get Obama to crossover into every single comic published. I bet they’re already discussing it in editorial offices across the land, though it’s going to be tough to slip him into an issue of Jonah Hex.
UPDATE 3:15 PM: Looks like President Awesome has already predicted this.
Only because people who have never bought a comic book in their lives before, but who voted for Obama and want some sort of souvenir, have bought this. It is a gimmick. I doubt main-stream comic buffs care much about it.The guy on the cover doesn't even look like Obama.