Gail, the problem is, the New 52 thing hasn't really done anything extremely substantial for DC sales-wise, has it? I mean, from what I understand, things are pretty much what they are before the reboot, and in the process countless loyal fans have been a

No, that’s just internet mythology.

I’m sorry, whoever is saying the new52 didn’t boost sales is so completely off-base they couldn’t be actually BE more wrong.

I can’t get into the total numbers. But sales are up, way up. There are still flop books, but there will always be flop books. TPBS are up, digital is through the roof, overseas sales are up, individual issues are up.

Yes, loyal fans have been alienated. I am not denying that at all. But talk to virtually any retailer, not internet experts who haven’t got a clue what they’re talking about (not talking about you, here, but I’ve seen some of this goofyass analysis), and I guarantee you almost all of them will tell you their DC subscriptions are way up.

You can be upset about the new52 for a multitude of reasons.  But sales are way up.

Sales have nothing to do with the creative validity of a work, anyway. I kind of hate this argument.  Some of the best books sell nothing and some of the top books are horrid, the industry has always been that way.

I have mixed feelings about the new52. There’s stuff I love, stuff I don’t, and stuff I am still hoping to see. We don’t have to agree on that, but hopefully you acknowledge my right to a differing opinion from yours.

I think most people got that my Flash statement was hyperbole, for Pete’s sake. But seventy years of continuity can pile up pretty significantly.