From: [a--ar--i] at [news.delphi.com] ([A--R--C] at [DELPHI.COM]) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: INFO: Top 150 Color Comics Sept. 1994 Date: 15 Sep 1994 05:41:37 -0000 TOP 150 COLOR COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER 1994 This is a listing of the top-selling color comic books scheduled for release in September 1994. 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 #318. 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 Generation X #1 Marvel 126.7 1 2 X-Men #38 (dlx) Marvel 107.2 4 3 Uncanny X-Men #318 (dlx) Marvel 100.0 5 4 Spawn #25 Image 96.5 6 5 Wolverine #87 (dlx) Marvel 75.5 8 6 Wetworks #3 Image 67.8 10 7 WildC.A.T.s #14 Image 66.9 7 8 X-Force #40 (dlx) Marvel 54.2 17 9 Cyberforce #8 Image 51.8 11 10 Batman #512 DC 50.7 34 11 Amazing Spiderman #395 Marvel 48.6 40 12 X-Factor #108 (dlx) Marvel 47.8 23 13 Superman #94 DC 47.3 43 14 Superman: Man of Steel #38 DC 46.8 44 15 Action #704 DC 46.2 45 16 Adventures of Superman #517 DC 46.1 47 17 Spiderman #52 Marvel 46.1 25 18 Detective #679 DC 45.7 48 19 Fantastic Force #1 Marvel 44.9 13 20 Web of Spiderman #118 Marvel 44.1 53 21 Youngblood #9 Image 43.7 14 22 Prophet #7 Image 43.3 15 23 X-Men 2099 #14 Marvel 43.1 57 24 Hellshock #3 Image 42.6 30 25 Savage Dragon #13 Image 40.6 18 26 WildC.A.T.s Adventures #1 Image 39.7 20 27 Spectacular Spiderman #218 Marvel 39.1 65 28 Batman: Legends of Dark #65 DC 38.3 36 29 Wetworks Sourcebook #1 Image 37.9 22 30 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32 DC 37.6 39 31 Robin #11 DC 35.9 73 32 Shadowhawk #0 Image 35.7 26 33 Deadpool #4 Marvel 35.2 27 34 Stormwatch #15 Image 34.4 51 35 Cable #17 (dlx) Marvel 34.4 50 36 Maxx #11 Image 34.3 52 37 Catwoman #15 DC 34.1 77 38 Excalibur #83 (dlx) Marvel 33.3 55 39 Beavis and Butthead #9 Marvel 32.3 59 40 Green Lantern #56 DC 31.7 85 41 Superboy #9 DC 31.6 86 42 Hulk #423 Marvel 31.4 88 43 Sandman #64 DC 31.2 61 44 Fantastic Four #394 (dlx) Marvel 31.0 24 45 Deathblow #9 Image 30.2 63 46 Badrock and Co. #1 Image 29.6 37 47 Doom's IV #3 Image 29.5 38 48 Venom: Nights of Vengeance #4 Marvel 27.9 31 49 Spiderman 2099 #25 (dlx) Marvel 27.8 32 50 Team Youngblood #13 Image 27.7 46 51 Codename: Strykeforce #7 Image 27.3 75 52 Vengeance of Vampirella #6 Harris 26.1 33 53 Brigade #12 Image 26.0 56 54 Force Works #5 (dlx) Marvel 25.5 35 55 Shadowhawk #13 Image 25.2 79 56 Shi #4 Crusade 24.7 60 57 Starman #1 DC 24.3 87 58 Youngblood: Strikefile #7 Image 24.2 42 59 Supreme #19 Image 24.0 62 60 Bloodstrike #14 Image 23.5 64 61 Daredevil #334 Marvel 23.2 116 62 Steel #9 DC 23.1 119 63 Iron Man #310 (dlx) Marvel 22.3 54 64 Newmen #6 Image 21.8 72 65 Simpson's Comics #6 Bongo 21.5 84 66 Spiderman Unlimited #7 Marvel 21.2 29 67 Silver Surfer #98 Marvel 20.9 129 68 Vertigo Rave DC 20.6 69 Ren and Stimpy #24 Marvel 20.4 97 70 Lobo #10 DC 20.4 98 71 Captain America #433 Marvel 20.0 135 72 Clandestine #2 Marvel 19.9 78 73 Vision #1 Marvel 19.8 117 74 Ghost Rider 2099 #7 Marvel 19.7 137 75 Star Wars: Droids #6 Dark Horse 19.6 80 76 Ninjak #11 Valiant 19.4 92 77 Primal Force #1 DC 19.2 105 78 War Machine #8 (dlx) Marvel 19.2 67 79 Fate #1 DC 19.0 107 80 Marvel Action Hour: FF #1 (dlx) Marvel 18.9 68 81 Aquaman #3 DC 18.8 145 82 Metropolis SCU #1 DC 18.7 148 83 Guardians of Metropolis #1 DC 18.7 147 84 New Warriors #53 Marvel 18.7 149 85 Flash #95 DC 18.6 153 86 R.E.B.E.L.S. '94 #1 DC 18.5 110 87 Vamps #4 DC 18.4 111 88 Freak Force #9 Image 18.3 113 89 Ghost Rider #55 Marvel 18.2 114 90 Marvel Action Hr: Iron #1 (dlx) Marvel 18.1 74 91 Books of Magic #7 DC 17.9 115 92 Thor #480 Marvel 17.4 166 93 Avengers #380 Marvel 17.3 167 94 Batman Adventures #25 DC 17.3 93 95 Batman Adventures: Annual #1 DC 16.5 82 96 Martha Washington Goes To War #5 Dark Horse 16.5 83 97 Manhunter #1 DC 16.5 125 98 X-Men Adventures Season II #10 Marvel 16.4 176 99 Justice League America #93 DC 16.1 179 100 X-O Manowar #35 Valiant 16.1 109 101 Chaos Effect Epilogue #1 Valiant 16.0 89 102 Chaos Effect Epilogue #2 Valiant 15.8 90 103 Doom 2099 #23 Marvel 15.6 188 104 Batman Adventures #26 DC 15.6 190 105 Next Men: Lies #2 Dark Horse 15.4 102 106 Spiderman: Arachnis #4 Marvel 15.3 162 107 What If #67 Marvel 15.2 192 108 Timewalker #2 Valiant 15.0 104 109 Ultraforce #0 Malibu 14.8 106 110 Prowler #1 Marvel 14.8 168 111 Showcase '94 #11 DC 14.7 140 112 Turok Dinosaur Hunter #19 Valiant 14.6 108 113 Hellblazer #83 DC 14.4 150 114 Classic Star Wars: Early #2 Dark Horse 14.3 112 115 Punisher 2099 #22 Marvel 14.2 116 Punisher #96 Marvel 14.2 117 X-Men #38 (regular) Marvel 14.2 118 Invisibles #3 DC 14.2 157 119 Classic Star Wars: Empire #2 Dark Horse 14.1 69 120 Guardians of the Galaxy #54 Marvel 14.0 121 Star Trek: Next Generation #65 DC 14.0 158 122 Babe #3 Dark Horse 13.9 118 123 Mortal Kombat #3 Malibu 13.6 95 124 Shadows Fall #1 DC 13.6 96 125 Bloodshot #23 Valiant 13.6 130 126 Uncanny X-Men #318 (regular) Marvel 13.5 127 Punisher War Zone #33 Marvel 13.4 164 128 Geomancer #3 Valiant 13.4 134 129 Mortal Kombat: Goro #1 Malibu 13.3 99 130 Amazing Spiderman: Milest #149 Marvel 13.2 101 131 Dreadstar #5 Malibu 13.2 122 132 Prime #16 Malibu 13.1 172 133 Thunderstrike #14 Marvel 13.0 134 Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #14 Malibu 13.0 123 135 Giant Sized Rune #1 Malibu 12.9 124 136 Spectre #23 DC 12.8 174 137 Legionnaires #19 DC 12.8 138 Guy Gardner: Warrior #25 DC 12.7 126 139 Star Trek #65 DC 12.6 177 140 Magnus Robot Fighter #43 Valiant 12.6 142 141 Star Trek DS9: Hearts #4 Malibu 12.6 128 142 Conan the Adventurer #6 Marvel 12.4 143 Justice League Task Force #17 DC 12.4 144 Star Trek Next Gen. Annual #5 DC 12.4 81 145 Punisher War Journal #72 Marvel 12.4 181 146 Legion of Superheroes #62 DC 12.4 180 147 Solar Man of Atom #40 Valiant 12.3 156 148 Ray #6 DC 12.2 183 149 Xenobrood #1 DC 12.2 150 Star Slammers #4 Malibu 12.1 133 --- Wizard #38 Wizard 65.0 2 --- Vertigo Tarot Card Book Set DC 4.5 3 --- Generation X Dealer Loader Marvel .1 9 --- Batman: Madness DC 24.9 12 --- Pitt Sculpture Bowe & Board .6 16 --- Batman: Last Angel DC 7.7 19 --- Marvels Hardback Marvel 2.8 21 --- Wolverine: Evilution Marvel 14.6 28 --- Legion Archives #5 DC 1.4 41 --- DC Depot with Electric Light DC .2 49 --- Daredevil: Fall from Grace TPB Marvel 3.2 58 187 Alice Cooper: Last Tempt #3 Marvel 9.8 66 --- Hero Illustrated #16 Warrior 13.9 70 169 Penthouse Comix #4 Penthouse 11.1 71 --- Cain/Vampirella Flip Book Harris 7.4 76 --- Angry Christ Comix TPB Sirius 3.4 91 178 Shadowman Yearbook #1 Valiant 10.5 94 --- Greatest Battles X-Men TPB Marvel 2.4 100 --- Hellboy Seeds of Destruct TPB Dark Horse 2.1 103 --- Maximum Carnage 5" Action Figure Toy Biz 1.5 120 --- X-Men Press Poster Marvel 6.8 121 252 Dirty Pair Anime Comics #1 Viz 6.4 127 182 Grendel Tales: Devil in #5 Dark Horse 10.3 131 206 Hardcase #16 Malibu 8.7 132 155 Shadowman #32 Valiant 11.9 136 156 Lone Ranger #2 Topps 11.8 138 161 Harbinger #36 Valiant 11.5 139 --- Maximum Carnage Battle Pack Asst Toy Biz .2 141 --- Malibu 14-pocket spinner Malibu .2 143 --- Visions: Art Arthur Suydam TPB Dark Horse .9 144 164 Avengers Double Feature #2 Marvel 11.3 146 Breakdown by company: Company name: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 Marvel 38 71 104 DC 30 53 71 Image 25 27 27 Malibu 14 26 Dark Horse 2 8 21 Valiant 2 20 20 Topps 1 5 Defiant 5 Warp 4 Viz 1 3 Kitchen Sink 2 IMM (?) 2 Harris 1 1 1 Crusade 1 1 1 Bongo 1 1 1 Penthouse 1 1 Ominous 1 1 Spiderbaby Grafix 1 Aardvark-Vanaheim 1 Lightning 1 Chaos 1 Gladstone 1 Breakdown by issue number: Issue #: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 0 1 2 3 1 17 27 44 2 1 9 15 3 4 15 19 4 4 10 13 5 2 7 13 6-10 20 25 45 11 and up 50 105 147 Breakdown by price: (Average price: $2.40) Price: Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 $1.50 and under 31 53 75 $1.51 to $1.95 32 65 96 $1.96 to $2.50 23 53 85 $2.51 to $2.95 12 22 31 $2.96 to $3.95 2 5 8 $3.96 and up 2 5