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<DIV>In a message dated 10/16/2003 3:52:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ZeldasTriforce@aol.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2><<As for US and WDC, I guess they've found their niche. I see them staying about the same in sales for the foreseeable future. >></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>since most comic book shops in the usa only feature superheroes and related genres, I;m really surprised to see Mickey actually selling 7,000 copies in comic shops (and are we on this list buying all the 5,500 copies of WDC&S). Is Gemstone selling comics outside the direct market? If so - that is where i would expect sales to be (after all Heavy Metal sells 300,000 copies outside of the direct market, Archies from 70,000-150,000 per comic outside the direct market)</DIV>
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<DIV>steven rowe</DIV>
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