Why? Because if AFTERMATH appears with a 1 on the cover, there are still some retailers who will bump the orders on that one, then slash the orders on subsequent issues.

The inmates are now actually BURNING DOWN the asylum. . .

Dying by slow strangulation has never been very high on my list of Things to Do.

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* Do you hear that? It's the whirring sound of tiny minds racing to come up with venues in which it would be utterly inappropriate to sell comics.

JB: The NEXT MEN sequel is a go-ahead...

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HELL YEAH!!!!

MORE NEXT MEN, BABY!!!! :D

...sorry. I know I have totally missed the point of this thread. I'm just REALLY happy to hear the news!!! :)

Trying hard to remember... I'll have to go back and look through the threads... I think we see more of Nathan in AFTERMATH... I hope so! :)

Wheeeee! This is great :D

JB: Someday, if we all pray very hard for him, our young Nathan may be able to break out of his shell. . . .

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HA!

You know, JB, I wish you would stop doing all these event comics.  It's killing me having to buy all those issues you do.  I only have so much money!

Oh, and I second Nathan's "HELL YEAH!".  I'll chance it by missing the point.

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Again, we must go back to the REASON the DSM was created in the first place: precisely so that retailers/dealers WOULD be "left holding the bag" -- the "bag" being a steady supply of issues that would maintain their back issue stock.

Because -- one more time --THE DIRECT SALES MARKET WAS NOT CREATED TO BE THE PRIMARY VENUE. It was created as an "aftermarket". So now, again, it has been twisted, warped, morphed and basically perverted into something it was never meant to be -- AND IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

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It spins right out of the "last" issue of NEXT MEN, and features several familiar characters.

It also takes a very, very, very different direction!!!

What I have learned about stupid people behavior -- like the issue #1 retailer ordering pattern -- is that it becomes predictable and therefore subject to adroit manipulation: an ace up a sleeve.

This is a case in point.

And I have no problem with Next Men continuing its numbering run. JB is young enough to at least break Kirby's run on FF. Less than 6 years to go!

It's a double edged sword. It's nice that Next Men is doing well enough that IDW thinks by keeping the name attached it will keep the sales steady. But it is a shame that the industry has a hard time supporting a "new" title. Maybe Aftermath will do well enough that you can drop the Next Men portion after a healthy run.

Comics may be doomed but it's looking very bright for the Next Men and its fans :-)

I'm hoping this will eventually mean a third black and white phonebook!