Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 14:30:52 -0500 Subject: COMICS-L Digest - 18 Jul 1994 - Special issue To: Recipients of COMICS-L digests <[COMICS L] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> 2. Top 150 Color Comics July 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 14:25:44 CDT From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 150 Color Comics July 1994 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR JULY 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 color comics for July 1994, as reported by Internal Correspondence and Capital City. Note that this includes only direct market sales, not newsstand. Rank Item Company Index $Rank 1 X-Men #36 Marvel 107.9 1 2 Uncanny X-Men #316 Marvel 100.0 3 3 Spawn #23 Image 93.5 9 4 Wolverine #85 Marvel 86.3 2 5 Wetworks #1 Image 82.0 11 6 Zero Hour #0 DC 66.1 16 7 Zero Hour #4 DC 65.9 17 8 Zero Hour #3 DC 64.1 19 9 X-Force #38 Marvel 62.0 8 10 Zero Hour #1 DC 62.0 23 11 Zero Hour #2 DC 61.9 24 12 Violator #3 Image 60.9 14 13 X-Factor #106 Marvel 59.5 10 14 WildC.A.T.s #12 Image 57.0 12 15 X-Men Unlimited #6 Marvel 52.3 5 16 Hellshock #1 Image 50.9 15 17 Gen 13 #5 Image 50.7 13 18 Spiderman #50 Marvel 50.5 7 19 Superman #93 DC 47.4 31 20 Superman Man of Steel #37 DC 46.9 32 21 Action #703 DC 46.8 33 22 Adventures of Superman #516 DC 46.5 35 23 Batman #511 DC 43.5 39 24 X-Men 2099 #12 Marvel 43.2 40 25 Detective #678 DC 40.4 49 26 Amazing Spiderman #393 Marvel 38.6 52 27 Doom's IV #1 Image 38.4 20 28 Deadpool #2 Marvel 36.7 25 29 Beavis and Butthead #7 Marvel 35.8 34 30 Youngblood #7 Image 34.9 26 31 Action Annual #6 DC 32.4 21 32 Fantastic Four #392 Marvel 32.4 73 33 Batman: Legend of Dark #64 DC 32.3 43 34 Stormwatch #12 Image 32.2 44 35 Star Wars: Tales of Jedi #1 Dark Horse 32.2 28 36 Batman: Shadow of Bat #31 DC 32.1 45 37 Cable #15 Marvel 32.1 42 38 Stormwatch #11 Image 32.1 46 39 Robin #10 DC 31.7 75 40 Green Lantern #55 DC 31.4 77 41 Superboy #8 DC 30.5 80 42 Catwoman #14 DC 29.9 82 43 Hulk #421 Marvel 29.7 85 44 Excalibur #81 Marvel 29.3 53 45 Deathblow #7 Image 29.0 54 46 Venom: Nights of Veng #2 Marvel 28.1 27 47 Savage Dragon #12 Image 27.9 57 48 Spiderman 2099 #23 Marvel 27.7 91 49 Sandman #63 DC 27.6 60 50 Codename: Strykeforce #6 Image 27.1 64 51 Supreme #15 Image 26.5 37 52 Geomancer #1 Valiant 26.1 18 53 Vengeance of Vampirella #3 Harris 25.9 29 54 Daredevil #332 Marvel 25.6 99 55 Spectacular Spiderman #216 Marvel 25.5 100 56 Team Youngblood #11 Image 25.4 70 57 Force Works #3 Marvel 25.0 103 58 Web of Spiderman #116 Marvel 24.4 107 59 Simpson's Comics #5 Bongo 24.0 58 60 Supreme #16 Image 23.9 50 61 Shadowhawk #12 Image 23.7 78 62 Batman: Shadow of Bat Anniv #2 DC 23.6 22 63 Youngblood: Strikefile #5 Image 23.6 36 64 Steel #8 DC 23.0 113 65 Bloodstrike #12 Image 22.9 84 66 Ren and Stimpy #22 Marvel 22.2 86 67 Youngblood Battlezone #2 Image 22.1 38 68 Ninjak #9 Valiant 21.9 71 69 Avengers #378 Marvel 21.7 118 70 Newmen #4 Image 21.7 90 71 Star Wars: Droids #4 Dark Horse 21.6 59 72 Ghost Rider 2099 #5 Marvel 21.2 122 73 Spiderman 2099 Annual #1 Marvel 20.7 47 74 Green Lantern Annual #3 DC 20.7 48 75 Captain America #431 Marvel 20.3 131 76 Excalibur Annual #2 Marvel 20.2 51 77 Silver Surfer #96 Marvel 19.9 134 78 Showcase '94 #10 DC 19.4 102 79 Lobo #9 DC 19.1 104 80 Mortal Kombat #1 Malibu 19.0 55 81 New Warriors #51 Marvel 18.7 142 82 Troll II Image 18.6 30 83 Spiderman Web of Doom #2 Marvel 18.5 120 84 Ghost Rider #53 Marvel 18.2 110 85 Spectacular Spiderman Ann #14 Marvel 18.1 63 86 Uncanny X-Men #316 (newsst) Marvel 18.1 146 87 Shi #2 Crusade 18.0 81 88 Iron Man #308 Marvel 18.0 148 89 Boof #1 Image 17.7 114 90 X-Men Adventures Season II #8 Marvel 17.7 186 91 X-Men #36 (newsstand) Marvel 17.6 153 92 Spiderman: Arachnis #2 Marvel 17.5 129 93 What If #65 Marvel 17.2 155 94 Edge #1 Malibu 17.1 87 95 Justice League America #92 DC 17.0 158 96 Invisibles #1 DC 16.9 69 97 Freak Force #8 Image 16.6 92 98 War Machine #6 Marvel 16.5 164 99 Shaman's Tears #4 Axis 16.4 121 100 Solo #1 Marvel 16.4 140 101 Black Cat #3 Marvel 16.3 166 102 Thor #478 Marvel 16.2 167 103 Justice: Four Balance #1 Marvel 16.2 169 104 Aquaman #2 DC 15.9 175 105 Doom 2099 #21 Marvel 15.9 176 106 Martha Washington Goes to #3 Dark Horse 15.7 79 107 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #17 Valiant 15.2 101 108 Guy Gardner Warrior #24 DC 15.2 179 109 Thunderstrike #12 Marvel 15.2 180 110 Books of Magic #5 DC 14.8 137 111 Vamps #2 DC 14.8 138 112 Babe #1 Dark Horse 14.8 106 113 Punisher 2099 #20 Marvel 14.7 187 114 Boof and Bruise Crew #1 Image 14.7 141 115 Bloodshot #21 Valiant 14.4 119 116 Dreadstar #3 Malibu 14.4 108 117 Flash #94 DC 14.3 189 118 Wolverine #85 (newsstand) Marvel 14.2 109 119 Blaze #2 Marvel 14.1 143 120 Punisher #94 Marvel 14.1 191 121 Classic Star Wars: New #2 Dark Horse 13.9 56 122 Star Slammers #3 Malibu 13.9 112 123 Eternal Warrior #27 Valiant 13.8 124 124 Moonshadow #1 DC 13.7 126 125 Justice League Internat #68 DC 13.7 195 126 Magnus Yearbook #1 Valiant 13.6 61 127 Bruce Lee #1 Malibu 13.5 95 128 Fantastic Four Unlimited #7 Marvel 13.3 65 129 Ghost Rider Annual #2 Marvel 13.3 96 130 Prime #14 Malibu 13.3 154 131 Punisher War Zone #31 Marvel 13.1 157 132 Guardians of the Galaxy #52 Marvel 13.0 198 133 Star Trek Next Generation #63 DC 13.0 159 134 Justice League Task Force #16 DC 13.0 199 135 Little Mermaid #1 Marvel 12.8 136 Punisher War Journal #70 Marvel 12.8 161 137 Beauty and the Beast #1 Marvel 12.7 138 Galactic Guardians #3 Marvel 12.6 139 Conan the Adventurer #4 Marvel 12.6 140 Legionnaires #18 DC 12.6 141 Judge Dredd #2 DC 12.5 165 142 Marvel Masterpieces II #3 Marvel 12.5 105 143 Aliens: Stronghold #3 Dark Horse 12.5 123 144 Dr. Strange #69 Marvel 12.4 170 145 Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #12 Malibu 12.4 125 146 Legion of Superheroes #61 DC 12.4 171 147 Spectre #22 DC 12.3 173 148 Star Trek: DS 9 Hearts #2 Malibu 12.3 128 149 Star Trek: Next Gen Special #2 DC 12.3 74 150 Morbius #25 Marvel 12.2 130 --- Sandman Arabian Nights Statue DC 1.0 4 --- Wizard #36 Wizard 50.7 6 --- Hero Illustrated #14 Warrior 16.3 41 --- Crypt-Keeper Cold Cast Porc Graphitti .3 62 --- Savage Dragon Sculpture Image .3 66 234 Lady Death: Reckoning Chaos 7.3 67 --- Complete Bone Adventures #2 Cartoon Books 3.9 68 --- Star Wars: Tales of Jedi TPB Dark Horse 3.3 72 --- Image Illustrated #1 Warrior 12.0 76 166 Ghost Special #1 Dark Horse 11.3 83 205 Penthouse Comix #3 Penthouse 8.6 88 118* Bone #15 (B&W) Cartoon Books 14.4 89 179 Predator: Invaders Fourth Dark Horse 10.2 93 --- Lady Death: Reckoning Ltd Ed Chaos 1.6 94 --- Batman: Dark Joker The Wild DC 3.9 97 184 Brute and Babe: It Begins Ominous 9.7 98 --- Marvel Ltd: Very Best X-Men Marvel .3 111 --- Marvel's Greatest Super-Battle Marvel 2.1 115 165 Flash Annual #7 DC 11.5 116 191 Firearm #11 Malibu 9.4 117 200 L.E.G.I.O.N. Annual #5 DC 8.8 127 178 Concrete: Killer Smile #1 Dark Horse 10.3 132 153 Shadowman #30 Valiant 12.1 133 159 Second Life of Dr. Mirage Valiant 11.8 135 181 Grendel Tales: Devils in #3 Dark Horse 10.0 136 164 Giant-Sized Mantra #1 Malibu 11.5 139 170 L.E.G.I.O.N. 94 #70 DC 11.0 144 210 Schism #1 Defiant 8.4 145 --- Mask Returns TPB Dark Horse 1.8 147 --- Superman: Time and Time Again DC 3.6 149 157 Secret Weapons #14 Valiant 11.9 150 NOTE: $RANK is the rank of comic products by their total dollar value. Only the top 200 of these are noted. NOTE: INDEX is the percentage sales as compared to Uncanny X-Men #316. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #316 that were sold, 27.6 copies of Sandman #63 were sold. Out of the top 200 comics: 78 are from Marvel (up 4) 55 are from DC Comics (up 9) 25 are from Image (up 5) 14 are from Malibu (up 1) 13 are from Dark Horse (down 1) 9 are from Valiant (down 15) 1 each from Bongo, Harris, Crusade, Axis, Cartoon Books, and Ominous Out of the top 200 comics: 1 is #0's (-), 30 are #1's (++++++), 18 are #2's (+++), 13 are #3's (even), 6 are #4's (-----), 9 are #5's (+++). NOTE: Any inconsistencies are the result of human error and laziness.