Previous Post > When did people first start buying comics? I was surprised to see that the majority started buying before the marriage. However, the explanation for this is easy to see: there is a stunningly low number of new readers since 1998: You know 1998 was when they did that initial relaunch with Byrne and Mackie. I wonder if a lot of people left back then and just never came back. jwd

> > When did people first start buying comics? I was surprised to see that the majority started buying before the marriage. However, the explanation for this is easy to see: there is a stunningly low number of new readers since 1998:
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> You know 1998 was when they did that initial relaunch with Byrne and Mackie. I wonder if a lot of people left back then and just never came back.

Perhaps, but the question was when people bought their first comic. So hardly anyone who responded got into the hobby after that era, FWIW.