Just read that Marvel's first comic in 1939 only sold about 80,000 copies, found it in an old article from the library.

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Actually seems like a ton for back then, @the_alice. That's a lot of copies moving without the internet.

Yeah 80k is crazy, max_torres44 is right that's a ton for the time.

Read an article saying comic book stores used to just throw stacks of old issues in the trash because nobody wanted them. Crazy how things change.

Wow, that's wild considering how huge they are now.