Quote Originally Posted by i_amtrunks View Post
Wonder why they went with a 5 story arc, rather than an actual ongoing like MtMtE ?
Quote Originally Posted by Sharky View Post
probably because of the diminished sales and the lack of actually having a good story line that flows or is as enjoyable as its sister issue
Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
How is MTMTE performing in comparison?
Sharky and Kup, they're not doing too differently at all - with the respective issue #2s for example, MTMTE only sold 16 more copies than RID. And certainly by only issue #5 they wouldn't have that information in time to change the story, art and solicitations in time. It's a five-issue arc because it was written as a five-issue arc. Likewise, despite being an ongoing, MTMTE's first arc ends in #5 after a climax, with a resolution neatly tying up Ratchet's story. This too is so the TPB (Death of Op + MTMTE #1-5) has a strong and clear ending.

The most recent statistics on TF comic sales were:

149th bestselling comic for the month - TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #4. 12,053 copies

150th - TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #4. 11,896 copies.