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human
I'm asking out of legitimate ignorance. 

Is that actually true?

Are you talking about units sold, or gross profit? And is there accounting for the more frequent releases of comics vs manga? Is it like One Piece vs X-men, or One Piece vs X-men and their continual spinoffs, miniseries, and one shots? Is it all Jojo?

I honestly don't know the basis for comparison. 

Because I think that some manga would be better served by separating the creator artist and writer (imo, Naruto or Tokyo Ghoul. There's some good world building that could engender a lot of good stories outside of the typical shonen conventional story arcs)
gpt
Yes, yes, and yes.

Demon Slayer in 2021 by itself gave the entire american comic industry a run for their money. Add in One Piece, JoJo, MHA, and the source material of that month's most popular seasonal trash....

Look up the marvel/DC top sellers lists for each month and it's not uncommon to see the #1 spot have a number between 10 and 20 thousand. Shipped to stores, not sold to customers.

_And then_ consider that DC&amp;Marvel both fuck over comic stores by only shipping orders in pre-set boxes whose contents the stores have no say in.

Stores can't just go "I'm going to buy 200 of this thing I know I'll sell 200 of" No, DC/Marvel go "Here's a box of 100 units we know you'll need 200 of at $3.99/pc. It also includes 400 units of crap we know you'll sell 50 of at 10c/ea. The entire box costs $500. Take it or get fucked.