Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 22:00:50 CDT Sender: COMICS Discussion List <[COMICS L] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> Subject: Volume 4 Issue 7 Part 5 February 17, 1994 The Comics List Weekly Vol. 4 No. 7 Pt. 5 This Week: Market Report : Battle for $$$ - Top Publishers for Feb. 1994 : Top 150 Color Comics for Feb. 1994 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 20:39:13 -0500 (EST) From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 150 Color Comics for Feb 94 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR FEBRUARY 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 color comics for February 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 #31 Marvel 110.9 7 2 Uncanny X-Men #311 Marvel 100.0 9 3 Amazing Spiderman #388 (foil) Marvel 87.8 1 4 Wolverine #80 Marvel 73.4 8 5 Pitt #3 Image 71.7 6 6 X-Men 2099 #7 Marvel 66.1 31 7 X-Force #33 Marvel 64.5 33 8 Superman #88 DC 62.5 18 9 WildC.A.T.S. #8 Image 62.5 5 10 Adventures of Superman #511 DC 61.5 20 11 Superman Man of Steel #32 DC 61.4 21 12 Batman #506 DC 61.0 23 13 Action #698 DC 60.9 24 14 Beavis and Butt-Head #2 Marvel 60.3 13 15 X-Factor #101 Marvel 58.1 39 16 Detective #673 DC 57.3 29 17 Fantastic Four #387 (direct) Marvel 57.3 3 18 War Machine #1 (foil) Marvel 53.1 4 19 Spiderman #45 Marvel 48.4 30 20 Gen 13 #1 Image 48.4 12 21 Maxx #8 Image 46.9 22 22 Cable #10 Marvel 45.1 25 23 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #26 DC 43.9 35 24 Green Lantern #51 DC 44.2 52 25 Spiderman 2099 #18 Marvel 42.2 76 26 Superboy #3 DC 41.9 59 27 Venom: Enemy Within #3 Marvel 41.7 10 28 Spectacular Spiderman #211 Marvel 41.4 77 29 Nightwatch #1 (foil) Marvel 41.2 11 30 Batman: Legends/Dark #59 DC 40.9 40 31 Shadowhawk III #3 Image 40.5 34 32 Ninjak #4 Valiant 39.0 27 33 Daredevil #327 Marvel 38.5 82 34 Supergirl #3 DC 38.2 67 35 Pact #1 Image 37.9 38 36 Hulk #416 Marvel 37.5 84 37 Codename: Strykeforce #3 Image 36.6 41 38 Steel #3 DC 35.8 73 39 Catwoman #9 DC 35.6 74 40 Star Wars: Tales / Jedi #5 Dark Horse 35.4 26 41 Itchy and Scratchy #2 Bongo 35.1 46 42 Brigade #7 Image 34.8 47 43 Ren and Stimpy: Powdered #1 Marvel 34.6 14 44 Union #4 Image 34.6 50 45 X-O Manowar #28 Valiant 34.4 28 46 Robin #6 DC 34.3 78 47 Team Youngblood #6 Image 33.8 54 48 Excalibur #76 Marvel 33.3 66 49 Web of Spiderman #111 Marvel 33.1 96 50 Bloodstrike #8 Image 32.4 56 51 Radioactive Man #88 Bongo 32.4 57 52 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #11 Valiant 32.3 32 53 Sandman #59 DC 31.7 60 54 Solar Man of Atom #33 Valiant 31.3 42 55 Supreme #10 Image 31.3 63 56 Ren and Stimpy #17 Marvel 31.0 71 57 Bloodshot #16 Valiant 30.8 43 58 New Warriors #46 Marvel 29.7 59 Silver Surfer #91 Marvel 28.7 60 Freak Force #3 Image 28.6 69 61 Magnus Robot Fighter #36 Valiant 28.2 55 62 Avengers #373 Marvel 28.1 63 Shadowman #25 Valiant 27.5 44 64 Force Works #2 Marvel 27.4 65 Eternal Warrior #22 Valiant 27.2 61 66 H.A.R.D.Corps #18 Valiant 27.2 62 67 Harbinger #29 Valiant 27.1 48 68 Second Life of Dr. Mirage #7 Valiant 27.1 49 69 Rai Future Force #21 Valiant 26.8 64 70 What If #60 Marvel 26.6 71 Archer and Armstrong #22 Valiant 26.5 53 72 X-Men Adv. Season 2 #3 Marvel 26.2 73 Secret Weapons #9 Valiant 26.0 65 74 Ghost Rider #48 Marvel 25.8 88 75 Rune #2 Malibu 25.5 79 76 Iron Man #303 Marvel 25.4 77 Looney Tunes #1 DC 25.3 100 78 War Dancer #1 Defiant 25.1 58 79 Doom 2099 #16 Marvel 25.0 80 Lobo: Contract on Gawd #1 DC 24.9 92 81 Captain America #426 Marvel 24.7 82 Danger Unlimited #1 Dark Horse 24.6 81 83 Punisher 2099 #15 Marvel 24.4 84 2099 Unlimited #4 Marvel 24.3 17 85 War Machine Ashcan Marvel 24.1 86 Northstar #1 Marvel 23.7 97 87 Vanguard #5 Image 23.6 85 88 Official Index: X-Men #1 Marvel 23.4 86 89 Punisher #89 Marvel 23.2 90 Thunderstrike #7 Marvel 23.0 91 Power and Glory #1 Malibu 22.8 68 92 Thor #473 Marvel 22.2 93 Breed #2 Malibu 21.5 72 94 Spiderman: Mutant Agenda #2 Marvel 20.9 95 Damage #1 DC 20.7 96 Ghost Rider / Blaze : Spir #21 Marvel 20.2 97 Punisher War Zone #26 Marvel 20.2 98 Cosmic Powers #2 Marvel 19.8 80 99 Prime #9 Malibu 19.5 99 100 Dr. Strange #64 Marvel 19.3 101 Punisher War Journal #65 Marvel 19.2 102 Jurassic Park Raptors #1 Topps 19.1 83 103 Legends / World's Finest #3 DC 18.9 19 104 Amazing Spiderman #388 (reg) Marvel 18.8 95 105 Warlock / Infinity Watch #27 Marvel 18.7 106 Wrath #2 Malibu 18.1 107 Mantra #8 Malibu 17.8 108 Warriors of Plasm #7 Defiant 17.6 90 109 Aliens: Music / Spears #2 Dark Horse 17.1 93 110 Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #7 Malibu 17.1 94 111 Strangers #9 Malibu 16.8 112 Nova #4 Marvel 16.6 113 Justice League America #87 DC 16.5 114 Batman Adventures #19 DC 16.5 115 X #2 Dark Horse 16.5 116 Night Man #5 Malibu 16.4 117 Predator: Bad Blood #3 Dark Horse 16.4 98 118 Guardians of the Galaxy #47 Marvel 16.4 119 Ravage 2099 #17 Marvel 16.3 120 Sludge #5 Malibu 16.3 121 Star Trek Next Generation #59 DC 16.2 122 Hardcase #9 Malibu 16.1 123 Captain America Drug Wars Marvel 15.8 124 Prototype #7 Malibu 15.5 125 Showcase '94 #4 DC 15.5 126 Solution #6 Malibu 15.5 127 Hawkeye #4 Marvel 15.4 128 Firearm #6 Malibu 15.3 129 Freex #8 Malibu 15.3 130 Morbius #20 Marvel 15.3 131 Dark Dominion #5 Defiant 15.1 132 Grendel Tales: Devil's #1 Dark Horse 15.1 89 133 Defiant: Origin Universe Defiant 15.1 134 Shroud #2 Marvel 14.6 135 Star Trek #59 DC 14.6 136 Fantastic Four #387 (reg) Marvel 14.5 137 Hellblazer #76 DC 14.5 138 Darkhawk #38 Marvel 14.1 139 Midnight Sons Unlimited #5 Marvel 14.1 70 140 Marvel Comics Presents #151 Marvel 13.9 141 Marvel Comics Presents #152 Marvel 13.9 142 Flash #89 DC 13.8 143 Starblast #4 Marvel 13.6 144 Secret Defenders #14 Marvel 13.6 145 Good Guys #4 Defiant 13.5 91 146 Namor #49 Marvel 13.4 147 Justice League Task Force #11 DC 13.1 148 New Titans #110 DC 12.7 149 Legionnaires #13 DC 12.6 150 Silver Sable #23 Marvel 12.6 -- Wizard #31 Wizard -- 2 -- Hero Illustrated #9 Warrior -- 15 -- Wizard Library: Dark Book #1 Wizard -- 16 -- Mystery Play DC -- 36 -- Hero: Super Villians Special Warrior -- 37 -- Wolverine: Weapon X TPB Marvel -- 45 91 Sin City: A Dame #4 (B&W) Dark Horse 22.8 51 -- Punisher in Nam: Final Invas Marvel -- 75 164 Zen Intergalactic Ninja #1 (d) Express 11.4 87 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 #311. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #311 that were sold, 48.4 copies of Gen 13 #1 were sold. Out of the top 200 comics: 81 are from Marvel (down) 50 are from DC Comics (down) 16 are from Malibu (up) 15 are from Valiant (up) 13 are from Image (up) 12 are from Dark Horse (even) 5 are from Defiant (up) 3 are from Topps 2 are from Bongo 1 is from Express 1 is from Chaos 1 is from Kitchen Sink Out of the top 200 comics: 26 are #1's (down), 15 are #2's (up), 12 are #3's (up), 10 are #4's (even), 6 are #5's (down). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- End part 5, more to follow...