From: [A--R--C] at [news.delphi.com] ([A--R--C] at [DELPHI.COM]) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: INFO: Top 150 Color Comics January 1995 Date: 17 Feb 1995 20:23:39 -0500 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR JANUARY 1995 This is a listing of the top-selling color comic books scheduled for release in JANUARY 1995. Sales figures are for direct market sales, as reported by Capital City Distributors. The rank on the left is by number of copies sold; the rank on the right is by dollar value. The index shows sales compared to Uncanny X-Men #322. Note: the "unit rank" is only for single issue comic books; the "dollar rank" includes comic-related items (such as TPB's, figures, toys, and posters). Rank Title Company Index $rank 1 Mutants: Amazing X-Men #1 Marvel 101.0 3 2 Mutants: Astonishing X-Men #1 Marvel 100.0 4 3 Weapon-X #1 Marvel 94.4 5 4 Mutants: Generation Next #1 Marvel 90.7 7 5 Gambit and the X-Ternals #1 Marvel 84.8 9 6 Factor-X #1 Marvel 80.8 12 7 X-Man #1 Marvel 79.5 14 8 X-Calibre #1 Marvel 75.3 17 9 Spawn #28 Image 63.0 8 10 X-Men Chronicles #1 Marvel 62.7 2 11 Angela #2 Image 46.3 11 12 Rogue #3 Marvel 44.0 6 13 Wetworks #5 Image 40.9 13 14 Bishop #4 Marvel 37.3 10 15 WildC.A.T.s #17 Image 36.7 18 16 Team 7 #4 Image 33.1 22 17 Pitt #8 Image 33.0 26 18 Batman #516 DC 32.5 43 19 Batman/Predator II: Bloodm #4 DC 31.6 23 20 Amazing Spiderman #399 Marvel 31.1 46 21 Star Wars: Dark Empire II #2 Dark Horse 31.0 19 22 Superman #98 DC 30.3 47 23 Action #708 DC 30.1 48 24 Adventures of Superman #521 DC 29.7 50 25 Azrael #2 DC 29.6 28 26 Superman: Man of Steel #42 DC 29.6 52 27 Spiderman #56 Marvel 29.3 29 28 Detective #683 DC 29.3 54 29 Web of Spiderman #122 Marvel 26.1 63 30 Spectacular Spiderman #222 Marvel 26.0 66 31 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #36 DC 25.9 39 32 Batman: Legends of Dark Kn #69 DC 25.2 41 33 X-Men 2099 #18 Marvel 24.3 72 34 Robin #15 DC 24.1 73 35 Star Wars: Dark Lords Sith #4 Dark Horse 23.4 27 36 Prophet #10 Image 22.8 30 37 Hulk #427 Marvel 22.5 55 38 Elektra: Root of Evil #1 Marvel 22.4 25 39 Backlash #4 Image 21.7 31 40 Warblade: Endangered Species #1 Image 21.7 32 41 Lost Universe #2 Tekno Comix 21.6 56 42 Sandman #68 DC 21.5 58 43 Batman: Gotham Nights II #1 DC 21.1 59 44 Catwoman #19 DC 21.0 83 45 Extreme Sacrifice Prelude Image 21.0 34 46 Primortals #3 Tekno Comix 20.9 60 47 Shi #6 Crusade 20.5 37 48 Green Lantern #60 DC 20.4 86 49 Mr. Hero: Newmatic Man #3 Tekno Comix 20.1 64 50 Extreme Sacrifice: Epilogue Image 20.1 40 51 Grifter: One Shot #1 Image 20.0 15 52 Power of Shazam! #1 DC 19.8 88 53 Fantastic Four #398 (dlx) Marvel 19.6 42 54 Maxx #13 Image 18.4 74 55 Superboy #13 DC 18.2 98 56 Venom: Separation Anxiety #4 Marvel 18.1 33 57 Cyberforce: Origins Special Image 17.8 51 58 Savage Dragon #17 Image 17.7 53 59 Vengeance of Vampirella #10 Harris 17.6 36 60 Spiderman 2099 #29 Marvel 17.2 104 61 Beavis and Butthead #13 Marvel 16.8 80 62 Team Youngblood #17 Image 16.8 57 63 Flash #99 DC 16.6 111 64 Brigade #16 Image 16.2 61 65 Supreme #23 Image 16.1 62 66 Ash #2 Event 15.5 67 67 Cyberforce: Universe Sourcebk#2 Image 15.5 68 68 Bloodstrike #18 Image 15.4 69 69 Newmen #10 Image 15.2 70 70 Evil Ernie: Revenge #4 Chaos 14.9 71 71 Shaman's Tears #5 Image 14.9 91 72 Aquaman #7 DC 14.7 129 73 Youngblood: Strikefile #11 Image 14.0 75 74 Avengers #384 Marvel 14.0 139 75 Captain America #437 Marvel 14.0 140 76 Silver Surfer #102 Marvel 13.9 141 77 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #3 Hamilton 13.7 100 78 Jonah Hex: Riders of Worm #1 DC 13.2 65 79 X-Files #1 Topps 13.2 79 80 Force Works #9 Marvel 13.2 149 81 Spiderman: Funeral Octopus #1 Marvel 13.2 118 82 Iron Man #314 Marvel 13.0 152 83 Lobo #14 DC 12.9 106 84 Punisher #100 (dlx) Marvel 12.9 38 85 Star Trek: Voyager Premiere A Malibu 12.8 82 86 Krusty Comics #1 Bongo 12.7 93 87 Shadowhawk #16 Image 12.6 84 88 Daredevil #338 Marvel 12.5 155 89 Books of Magic #11 DC 12.4 113 90 Star Trek: Voyager Premiere B Malibu 12.3 85 91 Steel #13 DC 11.7 168 92 Aliens: Berzerker #1 Dark Horse 11.7 90 93 Chains of Chaos: Link Three Harris 11.6 76 94 Wonder Woman #95 DC 11.2 185 95 Ren and Stimpy #28 Marvel 11.1 133 96 Thor #484 Marvel 11.0 187 97 Ghost Rider #59 Marvel 10.9 137 98 Justice League America #97 DC 10.9 191 99 Ghost Rider 2099 #11 Marvel 10.9 190 100 Star Wars: Droids Special Dark Horse 10.8 99 101 Hulk 2099 #4 Marvel 10.7 196 102 ClanDestine #6 Marvel 10.6 101 103 Batman: Mitefall DC 10.6 35 104 New Warriors #57 Marvel 10.4 198 105 Starman #5 DC 10.3 147 106 X-Men Adventures Season III #1 Marvel 10.3 107 Warchild #2 Maximum 10.1 105 108 Badrock and Company #5 Image 10.1 107 109 Legend of Supreme #2 Image 10.0 108 110 Batman Adventures #30 DC 10.0 111 Star Trek: Next Generation #69 DC 10.0 150 112 Deadly Duo #3 Image 10.0 110 113 Groo #2 Image 10.0 151 114 Fantastic Force #5 Marvel 10.0 170 115 War Machine #12 Marvel 10.0 116 What If #71 Marvel 9.9 117 Marvel: Portrait of Universe #1 Marvel 9.9 89 118 Star Trek Next Gen: Shadowh #4 DC 9.8 154 119 Star Trek DS9: Terok Nor #0 Malibu 9.8 92 120 Dr Strange #75 dlx Marvel 9.7 77 121 Extreme Justice #2 DC 9.6 122 Doom 2099 #27 Marvel 9.6 123 Ghostdancing #1 DC 9.5 158 124 Hellblazer #87 DC 9.4 160 125 Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 dlx DC 9.4 95 126 Spiderman: Clone Journals Marvel 9.4 161 127 Spectre #27 DC 9.4 162 128 Showcase '95 #3 DC 9.3 116 129 Spiderman Friends and Enem #3 Marvel 9.2 164 130 Spiderman Power of Terror #3 Marvel 9.2 165 131 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #18 Malibu 9.1 119 132 Blood Pack #1 DC 9.1 133 Freak Force #13 Image 9.1 120 134 WildC.A.T.s Adventures #5 Image 9.0 121 135 Godwheel #0 Malibu 9.0 123 136 Black Flag #1 Maximum 8.9 126 137 Classic Star Wars: Early Adv #6 Dark Horse 8.9 128 138 Star Trek #69 DC 8.9 172 139 Punisher War Zone #37 Marvel 8.8 175 140 Legion of Superheroes #66 DC 8.8 177 141 New Titans #119 DC 8.8 178 142 Punisher War Journal #76 Marvel 8.8 179 143 Godwheel #1 Malibu 8.8 131 144 Thunderstrike #18 Marvel 8.8 145 Invisibles #7 DC 8.7 184 146 Ninjak #15 Valiant 8.7 132 147 Legionnaires #23 DC 8.7 148 X-O Manowar #42 Valiant 8.6 153 149 Godwheel #2 Malibu 8.5 134 150 Godwheel #3 Malibu 8.5 135 --- After Xavier Dealer #4 ($4680) Marvel .07 1 --- Wizard #42A Wizard 24.3 16 --- Superman: Kal DC 15.0 20 --- After Xavier Dealer #3 ($2340) Marvel .04 21 --- Wizard #42B Wizard 18.7 24 66* Sin City: Big Fat Kill #3 (B&W) Dark Horse 16.0 44 --- Star Wars Galaxy Col Ed #2 dlx ?? 11.8 45 --- Wizard Guide to Magic Gathering Wizard 17.9 49 153 Fantastic Four Unlimited #9 Marvel 8.4 78 --- Death T-Shirt XL Graphitti 1.9 81 186 Penthouse Comix #6 (direct) Penthouse 6.1 87 --- Hero Illustrated #20 Warrior 7.1 94 --- Restaurant at the End of #1 DC 1.6 96 207 Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Dark Horse 5.5 97 --- Fantastic Four Action Figure As Toy Biz .2 102 --- Weapon X TPB Marvel 2.0 103 --- Iron Man Action Figure Asstmnt Toy Biz .2 109 --- Tank Girl Volume 2 TPB Dark Horse 1.4 112 177 Mortal Kombat US Special #1 Malibu 6.8 114 --- Old Witch Ltd Ed Cold Cast Graphitti .1 115 159 Breed II: Book of Revelat #3 Malibu 7.9 117 161 Madman Comics #5 Dark Horse 7.6 122 162 Nocturnals #1 (d) Malibu 7.6 124 163 WildCATs Adventures Sourceb #1 Image 7.6 125 127* E.R. Burrough's Tarzan #1 (B&W) Dark Horse 7.6 127 --- Books of Magic: Bindings TPB DC 1.7 130 --- X-Men: Days of Future Pres TPB Marvel 1.4 136 --- Combo #2 Century 5.4 138 173 Grendel Tales: Homecoming #2 Dark Horse 7.0 142 --- Marvel Ltd. SHIELD/Steranko Marvel .1 143 179* Kabuki: Dance of Death #1 (B&W) London Night 6.8 144 156 Punisher: Year One #4 Marvel 8.1 145 157 Wolverine vs Spiderman Marvel 8.0 146 --- Wolverine Press Poster #184 Marvel 4.0 148 Breakdown by company: Company name: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 Marvel 34 62 90 DC 25 55 75 Image 24 31 31 Malibu 2 12 24 Valiant 14 23 Dark Horse 4 10 18 Warp Graphics 6 Topps 1 1 4 Tekno Comix 3 3 3 Viz 3 Harris 2 2 2 Chaos 1 2 2 Maximum Press 2 2 Gladstone 2 Crusade 1 1 1 Event 1 1 1 Hamilton 1 1 1 Bongo 1 1 1 London Night 1 1 Penthouse 1 1 Caliber 1 Aardvark-Vanaheim 1 Verotik 1 Fantagraphics 1 Spiderbaby Graphics 1 Sanctuary Press 1 Millennium 1 Lightning 1 Breakdown by issue number: Issue #: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 0 2 4 1 28 45 57 2 7 16 26 3 6 14 22 4 7 13 20 5 3 11 17 6-10 7 17 30 11 and up 42 81 128 Breakdown by price: (Average price: $2.47) Price: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 $1.50 and under 29 48 67 $1.51 to $1.95 29 60 84 $1.96 to $2.50 30 63 102 $2.51 to $2.95 9 20 39 $2.96 to $3.95 2 6 11 $3.96 and up 1 3 5