<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi all!<BR>
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Here are the Gemstone sales for December 2004:<BR>
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227. Uncle Scrooge #337 5,207<BR>
232. Donald Duck and Friends #323 4,854<BR>
240. Mickey Mouse and Friends #272 4,482<BR>
248. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #652 4,214<BR>
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Non-Gemstone, but noteworthy:<BR>
243. The Incredibles #1 (of 4) 4,427<BR>
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Graphic Novels:<BR>
25. Donald Duck Adventures #9 3,161<BR>
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About the same as usual. It seems that comics don't really have big sales surges during the Christmas season like other media like videogames, DVDs, etc. do.<BR>
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Top 300 Comics:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/6291.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/6291.html</A><BR>
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Top 100 Graphic Novels:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/6292.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/6292.html</A> <BR>
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Derek Smith</FONT></HTML>