Viper -
Welcome to the conversation. What you are talking about may be 100% accurate. I think the resistance comes from you being someone that has no established reputation here and coming in and talking about comic flipping on a large scale, which is a taboo subject, even though everyone does it. If you read through the threads you will see a distaste for the larger scale speculation you are describing. I have no problem with what you are doing at all (more power), but many here are also big fans of artists, writers, and content of the books you seem to be reducing to commodities. This talk just rub some the wrong way.
Be well in your Oceanside manor.
Ryan