From: [a--ar--i] at [news.delphi.com] ([A--R--C] at [DELPHI.COM]) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR OCTOBER Date: 3 Oct 1993 03:31:04 -0400 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR OCTOBER 1993 Here is a listing of the top 150 color comics for October 1993, as reported by Internal Correspondence and Capital City. Note that this includes only direct market sales, not newsstand. Rank Item Company Index $Rank 1 Uncanny X-Men #307 Marvel 100.0 11 2 Gambit #1 Marvel 98.3 2 3 Spawn #17 Image 94.1 5 4 X-Men #27 Marvel 92.4 14 5 X-Men 2099 #3 Marvel 77.8 25 6 Cyberforce #1 Image 76.6 8 7 WildC.A.T.S. #5 Image 72.1 9 8 Batman #502 DC 66.0 22 9 Avengers #369 Marvel 64.1 4 10 X-Men Unlimited #3 Marvel 62.6 1 11 X-Force #29 Marvel 59.8 49 12 Adventures of Superman #507 DC 59.4 32 13 Superman #84 DC 59.0 34 14 Superman: Man of Steel #28 DC 58.6 35 15 Detective #669 DC 57.9 37 16 Action #694 DC 57.9 38 17 Wolverine #76 Marvel 55.6 24 18 Venom: The Madness #2 Marvel 51.7 7 19 Vanguard #1 Image 51.7 20 20 Savage Dragon #5 Image 49.5 26 21 X-Force #97 Marvel 48.5 61 22 Team Youngblood #2 Image 48.2 27 23 Amazing Spiderman #384 Marvel 48.0 64 24 Prophet #2 Image 46.9 29 25 Dark Dominion #1 Defiant 46.7 13 26 Brigade #6 Image 46.2 30 27 Stomwatch #6 Image 46.0 31 28 Codename: Strykeforce #3 Image 45.0 36 29 Spider-Man #41 Marvel 44.8 46 30 Batman: Shadow/Bat #22 DC 42.8 48 31 Star Wars: Tales / Jedi #1 Dark Horse 42.6 18 32 Wildstar #3 Image 41.9 41 33 Avengers West Coast #101 Marvel 41.8 79 34 Cable #6 Marvel 41.8 40 35 Bloodstrike #7 Image 41.7 42 36 Images / Shadowhawk #2 Image 41.1 43 37 Wildstar #4 Image 41.0 44 38 Supreme #7 Image 39.9 47 39 Warriors of Plasm #3 Defiant 38.3 15 40 Spider-Man 2099 #14 Marvel 38.1 89 41 Valiant Vision Starter #1 Valiant 36.8 17 42 Harbinger #25 Valiant 36.4 10 43 Superpatriot #3 Image 35.9 54 44 Lobo #1 DC 35.8 19 45 Solar / Mand of Atom #29 Valiant 35.4 45 46 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #7 Valiant 34.6 39 47 Daredevil: Man Without #3 Marvel 33.6 21 48 Ren and Stimpy #13 Marvel 32.9 67 49 Robin #2 DC 30.8 92 50 Spectacular Spider-Man #207 Marvel 30.8 51 Web of Spider-Man #107 Marvel 30.8 52 Blaze #1 Marvel 30.4 76 53 X-O Manowar #24 Valiant 29.9 56 54 Daredevil #323 Marvel 29.6 55 Wolverine/Punisher #3 Marvel 29.4 66 56 X-Men versus Dracula #1 Marvel 29.4 83 57 Night Man #1 Malibu 29.2 50 58 Sludge #1 Malibu 29.1 51 59 Second Life / Dr. Mirage #3 Valiant 28.7 53 60 Bloodshot #12 Valiant 28.5 58 61 Legends / Dark Knight #55 DC 28.4 86 62 Catwoman #5 DC 28.1 96 63 Secret Weapons #5 Valiant 28.1 59 64 Hulk #412 Marvel 27.2 65 Ghost Rider #44 Marvel 26.7 90 66 Tribe #1 Axis 26.0 57 67 Silver Surfer #87 Marvel 24.7 68 Eternal Warrior #18 Valiant 24.7 70 69 Magnus Robot Fighter #32 Valiant 24.6 71 70 Thunderstrike #3 Marvel 24.5 71 Shadowman #21 Valiant 24.1 62 72 X-Men Adventures #14 Marvel 23.8 73 Doom 2099 #12 Marvel 23.6 74 Punisher 2099 #11 Marvel 23.6 75 Sandman #56 DC 23.3 94 76 Fantastic Four #383 Marvel 23.2 77 H.A.R.D.Corps #14 Valiant 23.0 82 78 Prime #5 Malibu 22.7 68 79 Ghost Rider / Blaze #17 Marvel 22.5 99 80 Rai, Future Force #17 Valiant 22.4 85 81 Archer and Armstrong #18 Valiant 22.0 72 82 Excalibur #72 Marvel 21.7 83 Mantra #4 Malibu 21.5 73 84 Prototype #3 Malibu 21.4 74 85 Hardcase #5 Malibu 21.4 75 86 Lethal Foes / Spider-Man #4 Marvel 21.1 87 Strangers #5 Malibu 21.0 77 88 Freex #4 Malibu 21.0 78 89 Firearm #2 Malibu 20.9 80 90 Exiles #3 Malibu 20.8 81 91 Bloodbath #1 DC 20.7 52 92 Solution #2 Malibu 20.4 84 93 Wolverine: Global Jeopardy Marvel 20.3 65 94 Batman: Two Face #1 DC 19.9 23 95 Aquaman: Time and Tide #1 DC 19.9 96 Bloodbath #2 DC 19.8 55 97 Spider-Woman #2 Marvel 19.8 98 Morbius #16 Marvel 19.6 99 Jurassic Park: Raptor #2 Topps 19.1 69 100 Thor #469 Marvel 19.0 101 Batman: Two Face #2 DC 18.9 28 102 Iron Man #299 Marvel 18.8 103 New Warriors #42 Marvel 18.0 104 Art of Homage Studios Image 17.9 33 105 Punisher #85 Marvel 17.5 106 Warlock: Infinity Wat #23 Marvel 17.0 107 Warlock Chronicles #6 Marvel 16.5 108 Avengers: Terminatrix #4 Marvel 16.5 109 Nightstalkers #14 Marvel 16.4 110 Dr. Strange #60 Marvel 16.4 111 Marvel Comics Presents #144 Marvel 16.0 112 Punisher War Zone #22 Marvel 15.9 113 Aliens: Labyrinth #2 Dark Horse 15.8 98 114 Q-Unit #2 Harris 15.7 91 115 Thor Corps #4 Marvel 15.7 116 Fantastic Four Unlimited #4 Marvel 15.3 60 117 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #3 Malibu 15.3 118 Next Men: Faith #1 Dark Horse 15.3 93 119 Ravage 2099 #13 Marvel 15.2 120 Vortex #1 Dark Horse 15.2 121 Children's Crusade #1 DC 15.2 63 122 Captain America #422 Marvel 14.9 123 Darkhold #15 Marvel 14.8 124 What If #56 Marvel 14.6 125 Justice League America #83 DC 14.5 126 Night Thrasher #5 Marvel 14.4 127 Guardians of the Galaxy #43 Marvel 14.2 128 Batman Adventures #15 DC 13.8 129 Grendel Tales: Four Devils #3 Dark Horse 13.1 100 130 Silver Sable #19 Marvel 13.0 131 Pinhead #1 Marvel 13.0 132 Green Lantern #48 DC 12.7 133 Secret Defenders #10 Marvel 12.7 134 Spectre #13 DC 12.7 135 Justice League Task Force #7 DC 12.7 136 Showcase '93 #12 DC 12.5 137 Namor, Sub-Mariner #45 Marvel 12.4 138 New Titans #104 DC 12.3 139 Marvel Comics Presents #143 Marvel 12.3 140 New Titans #105 DC 12.3 141 Darkhawk #34 Marvel 12.2 142 Flash #85 DC 12.1 143 Star Trek: The Next Gen. #55 DC 12.0 144 Alpha Flight #127 Marvel 11.3 145 Black Orchid Annual #1 DC 11.1 95 146 Melting Pot #1 Kitchen Sink 11.1 147 Punisher Armory #8 Marvel 11.0 148 Hawkman #4 DC 10.9 149 Sandman Mystery Theatre #9 DC 10.8 150 Star Trek #55 DC 10.8 -- Wizard, Guide to Comics #27 Wizard 3 -- Batman: Dark Joker/The Wild DC 6 -- Legend / Dark Knight Hallow DC 12 -- Hero Illustrated #5 Warrior 16 -- Masterworks 25: FF#41-5 Marvel 87 161 Golden Age #4 DC 9.7 88 277 Jurassic Park TPB Topps 4.0 97 NOTE: $RANK is the rank of comic products by their total dollar value. Only the top 100 of these are noted. NOTE: INDEX is the percentage sales as compared to Uncanny X-Men #307. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #307 that were sold, 26.0 copies of Tribe #1 were sold. Out of the top 200 comics: 83 are from Marvel 58 are from DC Comics 17 are from Image 14 are from Valiant 12 are from Malibu 6 are from Dark Horse 2 are from Defiant 2 are from Topps 2 is from Continuity 1 is from Axis, Kitchen Sink, Harris, and Mirage each. Out of the top 200 comics: 32 are #1's, 19 are #2's, 14 are #3's, 12 are #4's, 9 are #5's.