.Diamond and ICv2 have launched their sales figures for the month of October 2011, including the placement of Alpha Flight (Vol.4) #5, the last issue to have been released to the public before the cancellation announcement.
ICv2 have the issue listed at #115:
115 |
12.02 | ALPHA FLIGHT #5 | $2.99 |
MAR | 20,731 |
So, thats:
#5 - 20,731
#4 - 23,242
#3 - 24,872
#2 - 26,862
#1 - 46,851
#.1 - 25,775
That's a massive drop of around 3,000 readers which could be attributed to the loss of the Fear Itself attachment.
Marvel would have had roughs of these figures before going to print, giving them an idea before #5 was even on shelves, which makes the cancellation announcement less of a surprise and general business sense as there doesn't seem to be a stabilisation in sales.
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