Spider-Woman isn't good for women when she looks like this

[kav]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/22/milo-manara-blames-god-for-spider-woman-1-cover/

[dupont2005]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

I won't pretend to speak for women like you do, but I'll tell you where I think they are. I think they get their heroic fixes with paranormal romance, steampunk and the like

So that eleven million women who liked comic book properties on Facebook were lying? The thirty eight million Avengers tickets sold to women was what then?

 

You can think you know anything about women you like. The FACT is there is something about comics that make women who are interested in comic properties not buy comics. What exactly is different about Avengers comics and Avengers movies? The images posted in this thread are the explanation. As stated on record by nearly thirty three percent of the female buying audience as well as Marvel Comics themselves.

[dupont2005]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

[dupont2005]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

[dupont2005]

(thumbs u "What's inside?" is definitely the bottomline question.

 

All those novel covers I posted earlier came from Goodreads.com. If you're chewing through eBooks at a pretty good clip it's an excellent resource for exploring new releases, what's trending, genre lists, reviews and cover art. I probably go there daily just looking around to jot down possibilities.

 

And I'm curious your eReader doesn't do Covers. They definitely add to the fun. Both my Nook HD and Android tablet do bookshelf-visual-simulations. The android app is Aldiko and nook's is proprietary, and both do a good job.

I gotta have those covers!

 

Are those cartoon picture novels featuring Disney characters also found in children's cartoons?

[kav]

Ever since the GA males have been the majority of comic buyers. It's not Spiderwoman's fault.

[rjpb]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

 

Not for 40 years.

[Rip]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate of New 52 readers. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

 

[kav]

Why is everyone always so concerned to show women do men activities? No one ever pushes that 30% of knitters are men or something like that. Isn't that indirectly saying men are better? Men do X. Hey women do X too!!

[Sauce Dog]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

 

 

Keep in mind that "Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC." has a GREAT deal to do with everything that ISN'T comic books, such as Doctor Who, and Star Trek to name a few. Also the 40% numbers can't really be used as a good metric as they are both from single comic shop owners who are just approximating how much they think it is. I love me some statistics but when it comes to the realm of comics & comic buyers we got lots of wonky digits and lack of any good metrics.

 

 

I think we need to take a break and go back to appreciating some hot covers

 

and a DC one for good measure. If this makes you uncomfortable, ask yourself why and if a cover like this would stop you from buying that comic (my GF says she would buy it, though she was upset there wasn't a Batman version)

 

 

 

 

 

[Rip]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

 

 

Keep in mind that "Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC." has a GREAT deal to do with everything that ISN'T comic books, such as Doctor Who, and Star Trek to name a few. Also the 40% numbers can't really be used as a good metric as they are both from single comic shop owners who are just approximating how much they think it is. I love me some statistics but when it comes to the realm of comics & comic buyers we got lots of wonky digits and lack of any good metrics.

 

 

I think we need to take a break and go back to appreciating some hot covers

 

and a DC one for good measure. If this makes you uncomfortable, ask yourself why and if a cover like this would stop you from buying that comic (my GF says she would buy it, though she was upset there wasn't a Batman version)

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with you on the 40% stat, as cosplay/Star Trek/ etc and other interests interact. I personally would say readership is lower than 40%. But many times higher than 5%. Its not hard to walk into any large comic store and clearly see the female readership is far above 5%. Not to mention clearly increasing in number.

 

[Davenport]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

Well, maybe that's your answer right there. Maybe 'created for children' is the 'something' making women not buy super hero comics.

 

That, or perhaps the 'super' they're looking for comes in Fifty Shades Of Grey.

[Rip]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

Well, maybe that's your answer right there. Maybe 'created for children' is the 'something' making women not buy super hero comics.

 

That, or perhaps the 'super' they're looking for comes in Fifty Shades Of Grey.

 

I actually met E L James at SD Con a couple years ago. She was very nice, polite and I had her sign a copy for my wife. She didn't do many autographs, and I was one of the few people she spoke to.

 

Then a news reporter wanted to interview me about the signing and the conversation.

[dupont2005]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

Well, maybe that's your answer right there. Maybe 'created for children' is the 'something' making women not buy super hero comics.

 

That, or perhaps the 'super' they're looking for comes in Fifty Shades Of Grey.

The first could be it if women didn't buy other products created for children. They do. The second could be it if we were all incredibly sexist and thought romance novels were all women had any sort of interest in and completely ignored all the polls posted in this very thread.

[dupont2005]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate of New 52 readers. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

The statistics I posted earlier in this very thread had women comic purchases at five percent. It was based on actual point of sale, not Facebook likes and online polling. People actually entering a comic shop and buying comics. About five percent of them are women.

 

And seven percent isn't exactly a whole world away from five percent. Also, as has been stated in every thread regarding comic conventions since I joined this forum, the staggering majority of attendees aren't there to buy comics. This actually works against you. It proves comic properties are interesting to females, and yet comics aren't. I've stated this over and over in this very thread. The reason why is because of the depiction of women in comics.

[dupont2005]

The discussion is about tolerating artistic expressions of fantasy. Yes? Male fantasy, female fantasy,

Children's fantasy...

 

These are super heroes we're talking about. Cartoon characters. Created for children.

 

Not for 40 years.

[kav]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate of New 52 readers. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

The statistics I posted earlier in this very thread had women comic purchases at five percent. It was based on actual point of sale, not Facebook likes and online polling. People actually entering a comic shop and buying comics. About five percent of them are women.

 

And seven percent isn't exactly a whole world away from five percent. Also, as has been stated in every thread regarding comic conventions since I joined this forum, the staggering majority of attendees aren't there to buy comics. This actually works against you. It proves comic properties are interesting to females, and yet comics aren't. I've stated this over and over in this very thread. The reason why is because of the depiction of women in comics.

How do you explain low female readership in golden and silver age?

[dupont2005]

How do you explain low female readership in golden and silver age?

Do you have statistics regarding female readership in the GA and SA?

[Rip]

'Confusion' is in the eye-of-the-beholder as much as either beauty or offense.

It's no coincidence that nearly the entire population of women on the planet find these comics to be unreadable garbage.

Ok, I'm out. (thumbs u I didn't realize you were speaking for "nearly the entire population of women on the planet."

They spoke with their wallets, by not buying comics. And with their words, in the hundreds upon hundreds of articles and comments regarding this very topic. If females make up five percent of comic readership, and there's thirty thousand Marvel readers, that means fifteen hundred of them are women. Five hundred of them (a third of total readership) must have made negative comments about the portrayal of women in comics at this point. That's pretty significant. What's also significant is there are over seven thousand times more female fans of the movies than the comics. The main difference that I see is the portrayal of female heroes.

 

How many millions of men paid admission to Marvel films this summer yet will never pay for or read a comic? Does that mean they find them to be unreadable trash too? It would be the same logic to jump to the same conclusion. Like the fact that billions of people, including me, have never paid to get into the Louvre, so it must be a waste of building space.

Ninety five percent of the comic reading audience is male. Only fifty percent of the comic property movie watching audience is male. I can't think of another market outside pornography with that much of the following being male. Can you? The drop off from movies to comics is not proportionate. Something is making women not buy the comics.

 

Actually Women readers are increasing and no current poll I am aware of shows only 5%. The lowest I can find is 7% which was the DC's low estimate of New 52 readers. The high DC estimate of Female readership was 23% with their online polling. There has been a lot of debate as to the survey methods and how they are arriving at a number. Comicopia numbers claim 35-40% of customers are female.

 

Women also account for over 40% of attendance (of a 130,000 total) at some of the largest comic conventions, including SDCC and NYCC.

 

Sources

http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/women-dont-read-comics/

http://comicsbeat.com/facebook-stats-40-of-comics-fans-are-women/

 

Another article came up with 30-45% as well.

"in the last six or seven years, he's seen a major growth in women comics buyers."

 

"It seems likely, then, that women make up a substantial proportion of comics readers—not quite half perhaps, but in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 percent, depending on what metrics are used."

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/just-how-many-women-read-comic-books/374736/2/

 

 

More on the DC survey

http://www.themarysue.com/rood-interview-dc-survey/

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

The statistics I posted earlier in this very thread had women comic purchases at five percent. It was based on actual point of sale, not Facebook likes and online polling. People actually entering a comic shop and buying comics. About five percent of them are women.

 

And seven percent isn't exactly a whole world away from five percent. Also, as has been stated in every thread regarding comic conventions since I joined this forum, the staggering majority of attendees aren't there to buy comics. This actually works against you. It proves comic properties are interesting to females, and yet comics aren't. I've stated this over and over in this very thread. The reason why is because of the depiction of women in comics.

 

Nothing in your link claims 5% female readership.

Unless you listed another link than what I listed below. I already mentioned and addressed the DC info.

You link is below.

http://comicsalliance.com/dc-comics-readers-survey-reports-new-52-readership-93-male/

 

The survey was conducted online, via e-mail, and in comic shops.

You claimed: "It was based on actual point of sale, not Facebook likes and online polling. People actually entering a comic shop and buying comics."

This info is incorrect

 

As I showed from my link

"For what it’s worth, in-store we had 167 completed, the online survey was over 5000 completed surveys and then from our online list that we solicited via third party email, the people on our digital purchase list, we had over 600 completed surveys."

 

DC administered its survey in three ways: by physical polling at selected comic book stores on Wednesdays in September, the first month that the New 52 was available; by issuing a survey available only to select purchasers of its digital comics; and by putting an open survey online that eschewed readers who had not purchased actual New 52 issues (with the insertion of a trick question and by asking openly). The results were released last week and revealed that the first issues of the New 52, according to those polled, had been purchased by a group that was only 5% new readers, and mostly men between the ages of 13 and 34.

 

In the future please carefully quote your sources and read information given in return.

[kav]

Probably the best way to tell would be to count letters in comics which are majority written by males. And the anecdotal stuff-countless stories of 'my dad's comic collection' personally I haven't come across a 'my mom's comic collection' although there are doubtless a few but not as much.