text: how well did grant morrison's jla run sell compared to brian michael bendis' current new avengers run? someone raised a question at my yahoo! group wondering: how well did grant morrison's jla run sell compared to brian michael bendis' new avengers run? let's compare, shall we?  new avengers #12, 127,900 copies. (september 1997) jla #12, 107,000 copies. (october 2005)  it appears new avengers is selling better.