From: [ag 541] at [yfn.ysu.edu] (Matthew High) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR SEPT 1993 Date: 9 Sep 93 04:04:20 GMT TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER 1993 Here is a listing of the top 150 color comics for September 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 X-Men #26 Marvel 130.7 14 2 Spawn #16 Image 121.8 3 3 Wolverine #75 Marvel 118.3 1 4 X-Men 2099 #2 Marvel 108.5 19 5 Uncanny X-Men #306 Marvel 100.0 26 6 Prophet #1 Image 92.6 4 7 Avengers #368 Marvel 90.0 36 8 Venom: The Madness #1 Marvel 88.1 2 9 Batman #501 DC 87.6 20 10 WildC.A.T.S. #5 Image 87.4 11 11 Team Youngblood #1 Image 86.9 12 12 Detective Comics #668 DC 77.3 52 13 X-Force #28 Marvel 76.2 55 14 Robin #1 D DC 75.5 6 15 Plasm #2 Defiant 72.8 7 16 Images/Shadowhawk #1 Image 71.5 18 17 Adventures of Superman #506 DC 70.0 39 18 Action Comics #693 DC 69.1 40 19 Superman #83 DC 68.7 41 20 Superman: Man of Steel #27 DC 67.3 46 21 Freak Force #1 Image 66.8 22 22 Sabretooth #4 Marvel 66.3 9 23 Codename: Strykeforce #2 Image 66.0 23 24 Savage Dragon #4 Image 65.7 24 25 Gen-X #2 Image 63.5 27 26 Stormwatch #5 Image 63.2 28 27 Brigade #5 Image 61.7 29 28 Amazing Spiderman #383 Marvel 61.6 67 29 Bloodstrike #6 Image 59.1 33 30 Union #3 Image 58.2 35 31 X-Factor #96 Marvel 58.1 72 32 Batman: Shadowbat #20 DC 56.4 50 33 Batman: Shadowbat #21 DC 55.5 51 34 Excalibur #71 Marvel 54.1 8 35 Superpatriot #2 Image 52.7 42 36 Shaman's Tears #5 Image 52.5 44 37 Cable #5 Marvel 50.4 47 38 Spiderman 2099 #13 Marvel 50.1 79 39 Doom's IV #4 Image 49.0 53 40 Spiderman #40 Marvel 49.0 60 41 Supreme #6 Malibu 49.0 54 42 Second Life/Dr. Mirage #2 Valiant 45.8 34 43 Spiderman Unlimited #3 Marvel 45.5 10 44 Deadpool #4 Marvel 44.9 58 45 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #6 Valiant 44.5 38 46 Spiderwoman #1 Marvel 43.2 69 47 Bloodshot #11 Valiant 41.4 57 48 Ren and Stimpy #12 Marvel 41.2 73 49 Infinity Crusade #6 Marvel 41.0 43 50 Daredevil: Man without #2 Marvel 40.1 32 51 Spectacular Spiderman #206 Marvel 39.4 -- 52 Wolverine/Punisher #2 Marvel 39.0 64 53 X-O Manowar #23 Valiant 38.6 59 54 Avengers West Coast #100 Marvel 38.2 16 55 Catwoman #4 DC 37.9 83 56 Thunderstrike #2 Marvel 36.7 -- 57 Secret Weapons #4 Valiant 36.6 61 58 TMNT/Savage Dragon #1 Mirage 36.5 48 59 Web of Spiderman #106 Marvel 35.8 -- 60 Justice League Task F #6 DC 34.7 -- 61 Q-Unit #1 Harris 34.6 45 62 Solar: Man of Atom #28 Valiant 33.9 68 63 Hulk #411 Marvel 33.6 -- 64 Jurassic Park: Raptor #1 Topps 33.6 49 65 Superman: Speeding Bullets DC 33.3 13 66 Eternal Warrior Yearbook Valiant 33.0 21 67 Eternal Warrior #17 Valiant 33.0 70 68 Magnus Robot Fighter #31 Valiant 32.8 71 69 Harbinger #24 Valiant 32.5 62 70 Shadowman #20 Valiant 32.4 63 71 Legends of Dark Kn Ann #3 DC 32.1 37 72 Legends of Dark Knight #54 DC 32.0 86 73 Doom 2099 #11 Marvel 32.0 -- 74 H.A.R.D.Corps #13 Valiant 31.9 74 75 Rai: Future Force #16 Valiant 31.8 75 76 Punisher 2099 #10 Marvel 31.2 -- 77 Aliens Punisher Deadliest#2 Dark Horse 31.2 65 78 Silver Surfer #86 Marvel 31.2 -- 79 Archer and Armstrong #17 Valiant 31.0 66 80 Vortex - Wk1: Division13 #1 Dark Horse 30.8 -- 81 Ghost Rider #43 Marvel 30.8 88 82 Vortex - Wk4: Vortex #4 Dark Horse 30.6 -- 83 Vortex - Wk2: Hero Zero #2 Dark Horse 30.4 -- 84 Vortex - Wk3: King Tiger #3 Dark Horse 30.4 -- 85 Lethal Foes: Spiderman #3 Marvel 29.9 -- 86 X-Men Adventures #13 Marvel 27.9 -- 87 Sandman #55 DC 27.2 91 88 Fantastic Four #382 Marvel 26.9 -- 89 Ghost Rider/Blaze #16 Marvel 26.0 -- 90 Solution #1 Malibu 25.5 95 91 Firearm #1 Malibu 25.2 97 92 1963: Tomorrow Syndicate #6 Image 25.0 98 93 Aliens: Labyrinth #1 Dark Horse 24.7 80 94 Daredevil #322 Marvel 24.4 -- 95 Trencher #5 Image 23.7 100 96 Robin #1 (news) DC 23.0 -- 97 New Warriors #41 Marvel 22.7 -- 98 Transformers: Gen 2 #1foil Marvel 22.4 76 99 Iron Man #298 Marvel 22.3 -- 100 Thor #468 Marvel 22.1 -- 101 Punisher #84 Marvel 21.2 -- 102 Batman: Houdini: Devil's DC 21.0 25 103 Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #2 Malibu 20.6 92 104 Warlock Chronicles #5 Marvel 20.6 -- 105 Warlock Infinity Watch #22 Marvel 20.6 -- 106 Punisher War Zone #21 Marvel 20.6 -- 107 Avengers: Terminatrix #3 Marvel 20.5 -- 108 Thor Corps #3 Marvel 20.3 -- 109 Ravage 2099 #12 Marvel 20.1 -- 110 Wolverine: Killing Marvel 20.1 30 111 Prototype #2 Malibu 19.9 -- 112 Prime #4 Malibu 19.7 -- 113 S.T.A.R. Corps #1 DC 19.4 -- 114 Night Thrasher #4 Marvel 19.3 -- 115 Guardians of the Galaxy #42 Marvel 19.2 -- 116 Stupid #2 (3-D) Image 19.1 85 117 Hardcase #4 Malibu 18.9 -- 118 What If #55 Marvel 18.9 -- 119 Aliens: Colonial Marines #7 Dark Horse 18.7 99 120 Strangers #4 Malibu 18.4 -- 121 Exiles #2 Malibu 18.3 -- 122 Morbius #15 Marvel 18.1 -- 123 Mantra #3 Malibu 18.0 -- 124 Justice League America #82 DC 18.0 -- 125 Freex #3 Malibu 18.0 -- 126 Captain America #421 Marvel 17.9 -- 127 Genesis #0 Malibu 17.9 78 128 Die-Cut #1 Marvel 17.8 -- 129 Batman Adventures #14 DC 17.0 -- 130 Valiant Reader: Guide Valiant 16.9 -- 131 Plasmer #1 Marvel 16.8 -- 132 Outsiders (Alpha) #1A DC 16.8 -- 133 Secret Defenders #9 Marvel 16.7 -- 134 Outsiders (Omega) #1J DC 16.7 -- 135 Silver Sable #18 Marvel 16.5 -- 136 Punisher War Journal #60 Marvel 16.5 -- 137 Scarab #1 DC 16.4 -- 138 Namor, Sub-Mariner #44 Marvel 16.4 -- 139 Team Titans Annual #1 DC 16.2 84 140 Darkhawk #33 Marvel 16.1 -- 141 Sachs and Violens #1 Marvel 15.9 -- 142 Showcase '93 #11 DC 15.7 -- 143 Grendel Tales: Four #2 Dark Horse 15.6 -- 144 New Titans #103 DC 15.4 -- 145 Flash #84 DC 15.3 -- 146 L.E.G.I.O.N. '93 Annual #4 DC 15.3 89 147 Star Trek: Next Gen Sp #1 DC 15.2 90 148 Next Men #18 Dark Horse 15.0 -- 149 Alpha Flight #126 Marvel 14.6 -- 150 Hellstorm #8 Marvel 14.4 -- --- Wizard #26 Wizard ---- 5 --- Rai TPB Valiant ---- 15 --- Hero Illustrated #4 Warrior ---- 17 --- Cyberforce TPB Image ---- 31 --- Sandman: Fables and Refl DC ---- 56 --- Firearm #0/Firearm Video Malibu ---- 77 --- Masterworks: X-Men #24 Marvel ---- 82 --- Justice League Archives #2 DC ---- 94 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 #306. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #306 that were sold, 72.8 copies of Plasm #2 were sold. -- -------- "Oh no! They're doing it clown-style!" Matthew High (Antarctic Press Office Manager) [ag 541] at [yfn.ysu.edu] [n--ts--y] at [delphi.com]