Here's Monthly totals for the Comic plus monthly averages (yes, I know you can't sell fractions of a comic but thought I would run the decimal point on the hopefully NOT final totals.)
I hope that these will NOT prove to be the final figures.

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Voltron #0 ........... May 2003 .... 28,213
Voltron #1/5 ......... May 2003 .... 40,504
Voltron #2/5 ......... June 2003 .... 22,975
Voltron #3/5 ......... July 2003 .... 19,732
Voltron #4/5 ........ Sep. 2003 .... 18,375
Voltron #5/5 ........ Oct. 2003 .... 17,104
Voltron V2 - #1 ..... Jan. 2004 .... 14,560
Voltron V2 - #2 ..... Feb. 2004 .... 11,561
Voltron V2 - #3 ..... Mar. 2004 .... 11,439
Voltron V2 - #4 ..... Apr. 2004 .... 11,024
Voltron V2 - #5 ..... May 2004 .... 10,702
Voltron V2 - #6 ..... June 2004 .... 10,465
Voltron V2 - #7 ..... July 2004 .... 9,995
Voltron V2 - #8 ..... Aug. 2004 .... 9,520
Voltron V2 - #9 ..... Sep. 2004 .... 9,539
Voltron V2 - #10 .... Oct. 2004 .... 9,121
Voltron V2 - #11 .... Dec. 2004 .... 8,897

Total Issues (16): 235,513
Average/Month: 14,719.5625

Total including Voltron #0 (17 issues): 263,726
Average: 15,513.29411

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Source for sales numbers: Icv2 Website: http://www.icv2.com/index.html

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[b:a3b51e0844]Question:[/b:a3b51e0844] Does the Board have a way to get columns of figures to align correctly? I tried the "list" & list= commands, but couldn't get all columns to align.

most people I think are right when it can be said that a lot of people may have assumed that the Voltron comic series ended at the end of issue 5 of the first book.

Trying to extend it out as long as they did was kinda suicidal.

I've wonderd if DD ever tried to sell the comics over seas or if WEP even tried it? Since WEP seems to be making deals in other counties, why didn't they try to get a deal made for the comics as well, if they weren't sold overseas?

I lot of people also atribute it to the fact that once DDP separated from Image the totals significantly decreased.

I don't think I have ever seen any other DDP titles carry any ads for the Voltron comics either.

I have a few of their GI Joe and GI Joe v. Transformers and I saw no ads promoting Voltron.

Did they want this comic to fail deliberately?

There were a number of factors which led to the comic's demise. One can obviously see that the numbers basically halved when DDP separated from Image. There was little advertising for the book, even on the pages of other DDP books. ANd the fact that the book came out irregularly was a big hit for them. I work for a monthly magazine and I can tell you that on the occassion we come out later than expected, our distribution is not nearly as good that month. With the comic frequently coming out irregularly, they were really shooting themselves in the foot because fans didn't get it when they expected it and then they basically just said "to hell with it" until next month when the cycle would repeat.

[quote:97a6def8a3="Effect"]I've wonderd if DD ever tried to sell the comics over seas or if WEP even tried it? Since WEP seems to be making deals in other counties, why didn't they try to get a deal made for the comics as well, if they weren't sold overseas?[/quote:97a6def8a3]
The comics WERE sold overseas. Overseas comic book stores had the comic imported to them via Diamond distribution.

[quote:7dda4c411d="ViceroyThrok"]I lot of people also atribute it to the fact that once DDP separated from Image the totals significantly decreased.

I don't think I have ever seen any other DDP titles carry any ads for the Voltron comics either.

I have a few of their GI Joe and GI Joe v. Transformers and I saw no ads promoting Voltron.

Did they want this comic to fail deliberately?[/quote:7dda4c411d]

The change in art style from E.J. SU to that of ISSUE#11, didn't help either.

Part of the problem was underadvertising. I have people I work with that had NO IDEA that Voltron went beyond the 5th book of the first series. After the split with Image...there as virtually no advertising to attract newer audiences.

Then, I don't know WHAT happened to the art in issues 9-11. The handwriting was on the wall when they took EJ Su off of the project. :?

[quote:07ac44c4eb="PrincessAlluraP"]Part of the problem was underadvertising. I have people I work with that had NO IDEA that Voltron went beyond the 5th book of the first series. After the split with Image...there as virtually no advertising to attract newer audiences.

Then, I don't know WHAT happened to the art in issues 9-11. The handwriting was on the wall when they took EJ Su off of the project. :?[/quote:07ac44c4eb]

If E.J. was unavailable, then why couldn't they get the artists from the first story arc?

Well, Clint Hilinski and Mike Norton did work on #9-11, but in different capacities. Hilinski was still doing pencils, but I think he only did incidental stuff. Norton, who seemingly did the bulk of the pencils in Vol 1 #1-5, was doing the graphic designs.

Man you guys are going to hate me about this. last month i went to comic book con here in altanta ga. and dan the man was there and i got all my voltron comics sined by him. :lol: :twisted:

[quote:9a57ca20b8="SGB"]Well, Clint Hilinski and Mike Norton did work on #9-11, but in different capacities. Hilinski was still doing pencils, but I think he only did incidental stuff. Norton, who seemingly did the bulk of the pencils in Vol 1 #1-5, was doing the graphic designs.[/quote:9a57ca20b8]

Who was the main artist on ISSUE#11?
(I don't have access to my comics right now.)

Alitha Martinez.

Yeah, she definitely wasn't good.

Anybody else notice how the colors and shape of the crest on Voltron's chest kept changing per issue? Let's see DC do that to Superman's S and see how well the book does.