Politics & Power Quote by Mark Millar

Here, the flex is disguised as logistics. Millar isn’t simply reporting print runs; he’s stage-managing a success story in the most publisher-friendly language possible. “Second, third and fourth printings” carries the industry’s coded thrill: demand outstripped supply, the market validated the risk, the book has “heat.” It’s a press release tone, but with fan-forum electricity.

The specificity matters. Comic sales are a culture of numbers, scarcity, and bragging rights, and Millar knows how to turn distribution trivia into narrative. “Close to 100,000” is carefully calibrated: big enough to feel like a breakthrough in a medium where most monthly issues don’t sniff that range, but phrased with enough humility to sound factual rather than self-congratulatory. He’s inviting readers to join a winning team, and he’s sending a message up the chain to retailers, editors, and Hollywood: this property moves.

The subtext is also about legitimacy. “North American printings” plants a flag in the industry’s primary battleground; it’s not just cult acclaim, it’s market penetration. For a writer known for high-concept, cinematic comics, that number doubles as proof-of-adaptation. Wanted wasn’t only being read, it was being positioned: as a phenomenon, as an IP asset, as a brand with momentum.

Even the repetition of “Wanted” works like a chant. The quote sells demand as destiny, turning inventory management into inevitability.