Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 23:20:22 CDT Sender: COMICS Discussion List <[COMICS L] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> From: Bill Hayes <[IANR 012] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> Subject: Volume 4 Issue 18 Part 3 May 19, 1994 The Comics List Weekly Vol. 4 No. 18 Pt. 3 Sales : Market Share - The top 150 color comics for May +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 22:29:27 -0400 (EDT) From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 150 Color Comics for May 1994 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR MAY 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 color comics for May 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 Spawn #22 Image 111.7 3 2 X-Men #34 Marvel 110.4 8 3 Violator #1 Image 100.3 5 4 Uncanny X-Men #314 Marvel 100.0 10 5 Wolverine #83 Marvel 79.1 9 6 Superman/Doomsday #3 DC 74.3 1 7 WildC.A.T.s #11 Image 68.3 6 8 Batman #509 DC 59.3 11 9 Superman: Man of Steel #35 DC 58.8 22 10 X-Force #36 Marvel 57.5 23 11 Superman #91 DC 56.8 25 12 Adventures/Cyclops&Phoenix #3 Marvel 56.2 7 13 Adventures of Superman #514 DC 56.0 26 14 Action #701 DC 55.6 27 15 X-Men 2099 #10 Marvel 55.4 28 16 X-Factor #104 Marvel 53.1 33 17 Cyberforce #5 Image 52.9 19 18 Gen 13 #4 Image 52.6 13 19 Detective #676 DC 51.4 15 20 Force Works #1 Marvel 51.1 4 21 Beavis and Butt-head #5 Marvel 50.1 20 22 Prophet #7 Image 49.7 21 23 Amazing Spiderman #391 Marvel 48.6 41 24 Catwoman #12 DC 44.1 51 25 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29 DC 43.7 14 26 Robin #8 DC 43.7 52 27 Batman: Legends of Dark #62 DC 42.8 38 28 Superboy #6 DC 41.5 61 29 Stormwatch #25 Image 41.4 18 30 Maxx #9 Image 41.2 30 31 Kindred #3 Image 41.0 31 32 Cable #13 Marvel 39.9 32 33 Spiderman #48 Marvel 39.4 35 34 Green Lantern #53 DC 38.3 69 35 Deathblow #5 Image 37.5 39 36 Deathblow #4 Image 37.3 54 37 Starwatchers #1 Valiant 36.7 16 38 Worlds Collide #1 dlx DC 36.6 12 39 Spiderman 2099 #21 Marvel 36.3 73 40 Steel #6 DC 36.0 74 41 Venom: The Mace #3 Marvel 35.6 17 42 Daredevil #330 Marvel 34.7 78 43 Codename: Strykeforce #4 Image 34.6 48 44 Spiderman/X-Factor #3 Marvel 34.3 49 45 Hulk #419 Marvel 34.2 80 46 Fantastic Four #390 Marvel 34.1 81 47 Team Youngblood #9 Image 32.9 57 48 Brigade #25 Image 32.7 58 49 Excalibur #79 Marvel 32.2 59 50 Sandman #62 DC 32.1 60 51 Simpson's Comics #4 Bongo 31.9 43 52 Ghost Rider 2099 #3 Marvel 31.7 85 53 Spectacular Spiderman #214 Marvel 31.5 87 54 Bloodstrike #25 Image 31.5 62 55 Black Cat #1 Marvel 30.8 91 56 Web of Spiderman #114 Marvel 30.5 92 57 Supreme #25 Image 29.7 68 58 Newmen #2 Image 29.3 70 59 Ren and Stimpy #20 Marvel 29.1 71 60 Ninjak #7 Valiant 28.7 56 61 Star Wars: Droids #2 Dark Horse 28.6 44 62 Star Slammers #1 Malibu 26.1 53 63 Avengers #376 Marvel 25.5 64 Blade: Vampire Hunter #1 Marvel 25.5 37 65 Galactic Guardians #1 Marvel 24.7 66 Batman: Legends of Dark Ann #4 DC 24.6 24 67 Guardians of the Galaxy #50 dx Marvel 24.5 42 68 Silver Surfer #94 Marvel 24.5 69 Captain America #429 Marvel 24.3 70 X-Men Adventures Season II #6 Marvel 24.0 71 War Machine #4 Marvel 23.7 72 Phantom Force #2 Image 23.7 29 73 Lobo #7 DC 23.4 74 Icon #15 DC 23.4 75 Hardware #17 DC 23.3 76 Ren and Stimpy Summer Jobs Marvel 23.2 47 77 Ghost Rider #51 Marvel 23.2 94 78 Blood Syndicate #16 DC 23.1 79 New Warriors #49 Marvel 22.8 80 Iron Man #306 Marvel 22.7 81 Freak Force #6 Image 22.1 100 82 Aliens/Predator: Deadliest #6 Dark Horse 22.0 72 83 X-O Manowar #31 Valiant 21.7 84 84 Doom 2099 #19 Marvel 21.1 85 Thor #476 Marvel 20.9 86 Breed #5 Malibu 20.8 77 87 Warstrike #1 Malibu 20.7 88 Vengeance of Vampirella #2 Harris 20.6 63 89 Martha Washington Goes to #1 Dark Horse 20.6 64 90 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #14 Valiant 20.6 79 91 Punisher 2099 #18 Marvel 20.5 92 Shadowhawk Gallery #1 Image 20.4 93 Steel Annual #1 DC 20.3 65 94 Thunderstrike #10 Marvel 20.2 95 Punisher #92 Marvel 20.0 96 Dreadstar #2 Malibu 19.9 82 97 Marvel Masterpieces v2 #1 Marvel 19.9 67 98 Lobo: Contract with Gawd #4 DC 19.4 99 Bloodshot #19 Valiant 19.2 99 100 Magnus Robot Fighter #39 Valiant 19.0 101 Prime #12 Malibu 19.0 50 102 Armorines #3 Valiant 19.0 103 Rune #5 Malibu 19.0 104 Showcase '94 #8 DC 18.9 105 Cosmic Powers #5 Marvel 18.7 90 106 Lobo Annual #2 DC 18.5 55 107 2099 Unlimited #5 Marvel 18.5 40 108 Aliens: Stronghold #1 Dark Horse 18.3 93 109 Avengers Annual #23 Marvel 18.2 75 110 Turok Yearbook #1 Valiant 18.0 45 111 What If #63 Marvel 18.0 112 Punisher War Zone #29 Marvel 17.7 113 X-Men: Early Years #3 Marvel 17.7 114 Solar, Man of Atom #36 Valiant 17.6 115 Rai, Future Force #24 Valiant 17.0 116 Punisher War Journal #68 Marvel 17.0 117 Lady Death #1 Chaos 16.8 66 118 Power and Glory #4 Malibu 16.8 119 Official Index of X-Men #4 Marvel 16.7 120 Secret Weapons #12 Valiant 16.6 121 Huntress #2 DC 16.6 122 Next Men: Power #3 Dark Horse 16.4 123 Prudence and Caution #1 Defiant 16.4 76 124 Warlock/Infinity Watch #30 Marvel 16.3 125 Eternal Warrior #25 Valiant 16.1 126 Iron Man Annual #15 Marvel 16.0 88 127 Shadowman #28 Valiant 15.8 128 Danger Unlimited #4 Dark Horse 15.7 129 Dr. Strange #67 Marvel 15.7 130 Second Life of Dr. Mirage #10 Valiant 15.6 131 Justice League America #90 DC 15.5 132 Nightwatch #4 Marvel 15.5 133 Star Trek Next Generation #61 DC 15.4 134 Ray #3 DC 15.3 135 Sabretooth Classics #3 Marvel 15.3 136 Conan the Adventurer #2 Marvel 15.2 137 Archer and Armstrong #25 Valiant 15.1 138 Blackwulf #2 Marvel 15.1 139 Harbinger #32 Valiant 15.0 140 H.A.R.D.Corps #21 Valiant 15.0 141 Batman Adventures #22 DC 15.0 142 Mantra #11 Malibu 15.0 143 Books of Magic #3 DC 14.8 144 Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #10 Malibu 14.7 145 Predator: Bad Blood #4 Dark Horse 14.3 146 Nova #9 Marvel 14.1 147 X #5 Dark Horse 14.1 148 Flash #92 DC 14.0 149 Sach and Violens #4 Marvel 13.9 150 Star Trek #62 DC 13.9 --- Wizard #34 Wizard 57.7 2 --- Bone Ltd. Cold Cast Figurine Dark Horse 0.8 34 --- Hero Illustrated #12 Warrior 19.0 36 105* Lady Death Swimsuit #1 Chaos 18.8 89 --- Wizard Library: DC Special #2 Wizard 17.8 46 121* Bone #14 Cartoon Books 16.7 83 173 Midnight Sons Unlimited #6 Marvel 12.0 86 181 Vertigo: Visions Dr Occult DC 11.4 95 161 Classic Star Wars #20 Dark Horse 12.6 96 --- Vampirella Cold Cast Porcelain Graphitti 0.3 97 --- Lois and Clark New Adv of Sup DC 4.3 98 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 #314. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #314 that were sold, 52.6 copies of Gen 13 #4 were sold. Out of the top 200 comics: 74 are from Marvel (down 5) 50 are from DC Comics (up 2) 20 are from Image (up 4) 19 are from Malibu (up 3) 17 are from Valiant (up 1) 11 are from Dark Horse (even) 2 are from Defiant (down 2) 2 are from Chaos (up 2) 1 is from Bongo, Harris, Cartoon Books, Viz, and Topps Out of the top 200 comics: 25 are #1's (up), 11 are #2's (down), 11 are #3's (down), 13 are #4's (up), 9 are #5's (up). NOTE: Any inconsistencies are the result of human error and laziness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- End part 3, more to follow Friday evening.