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John Mayo from Comic Book Page and CBR and Chris Marshall of the Collected Comics Library podcast discuss the sales estimates for the top 300 graphic novels and collected editions for July 2010.

Listed are the Top 15 (price, publisher, title, and sales estimates):

  1. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v6: Finest Hour GN 21,305
  2. $14.99 Image Comics Walking Dead v12: Life Among Them TPB 16,627
  3. $29.99 DC Comics Blackest Night HC 13,069
  4. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Green Lantern HC 8,216
  5. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v1: Precious Little Life GN 7,329
  6. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Green Lantern Corps HC 6,719
  7. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v2: Vs the World GN 5,895
  8. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v5: Vs the Universe GN 5,616
  9. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v4: Gets It Together GN 5,517
  10. $11.99 ONI Press Scott Pilgrim v3: Infinite Sadness GN 5,476
  11. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Black Lantern Corps v1 HC 5,414
  12. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Black Lantern Corps v2 HC 5,309
  13. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Rise of the Black Lanterns HC 4,834
  14. $24.99 DC Comics Blackest Night Tales of the Corps HC 4,802
  15. $14.99 DC Comics Green Lantern Rage of the Red Lanterns TPB 4,476

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #283
36,212Kb; 36m 11s

What makes for a great storyline that stand the test of time, copied and refocused and is transformed into another great storyline that will have implications for future generations? A great creative team. They must not only mold their vision but they must also look to the past for inspiration and to the future to envision their long lasting effects.

I’m talking about the Avengers: Kree-Srull War (Avengers #89-97, 1971-1972) by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams (among others). Thomas took the best part of what Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did in the pages of Fantastic Four and created what would turn out to be the first “event” of the Marvel Age of Comics. Even though it was self contained in the Avengers title, it featured a multitude of characters including Captain Mar-vell, Rick Jones, The FF, The Inhumans, and Nick Fury and villains such as Ronan The Accuser and The Super-Skrull. Not only did it establish just where Earth stands in the universe (literally) but also how far humans have come and where they will eventually end up on the evolutionary scale. Minor plot points have lasted into today’s books, as well. The seeds of the relationship with The Vision and Scarlett Witch started here and Infinity Gauntlet series, The (Marvel) Illuminati, Secret Invasion and Annihilation events were based off of this story.

I picked this to read for this past Saturday’s Read Comics In Public Day. I wanted to choose something special and that I have never read before. I pulled out Marvel Masterworks Volume 10 and brought it on a weekend vacation with my family. I’m so glad that I finally got around to reading it. It’s important to delve into history and read the greats. More on my thoughts of this in the podcast.

Also on the show this week:

  • The CCL RSS Feed is fixed thanks to Derek Coward (Comics Book Noise)
  • The Harvey Awards were announced at the Baltimore Comic Con
  • Image Comics is now on iTunes thanks to ComiXology
  • Comic Book Apps for your Android phone
  • Location based apps – Do you check in at you LCS?
  • Giveaway: Manga For The Beginner – Shoujo (Watson-Guptill)

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Thor: Across All Worlds

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