The Big 3- the slide&comeback of comic books DC INFO Oct. 1

[slym2none]

I am starting this thread now but I am just starting on the intel-gathering. I am going to have a separate post for Marvel, DC, and Image titles. I will be charting the print-runs now three times a year, to give a better picture even though it will be a bit more work. I will take the January, May, and September numbers for each of the past years (1997, up to 2011 for me) in each company's most popular titles, as well as charting the #1, #10, #25, & #50 best-selling title from each of those months for the same 15 years.

My one source here is comichron.com, a trusted source amongst those "in the know," and I am starting at 1997 because that's as far back as they go for combined monthly print runs. '95 & '96 are too much work getting aggregate numbers.

This should be fun!



-slym

[slym2none]

I will list the title, issue number, then in parentheses, I will show the ranking on the sales list followed by the estimated number of copies sold. So an example of Obnoxio The Clown #1, debuting at 73 on Diamonds sales charts with sales around 18,478 copies, would look like this:

Obnoxio The Clown #1 (73) 18.5K

I am showing each title in order of rank on the charts, so they will hop around. (If you'd rather me do the other lists by having the title static, let me know.) My numbers were rounded up or down to the nearest 500, since most of these are estimates anyway. Ready? GO!

January, 1997

• *X-Men #62 (1st) 196K
  Uncanny X-Men #342 (2) 185K
  Fantastic Four #5 (3) 152.5K
  Wolverine #111 (5) 147K
  Avengers #5 (10) 114K
  Amazing Spider-Man #421 (20) 81K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 1997

• *Uncanny X-Men #-1 (2) 162K
  X-Men #-1 (3) 160K
  Fantastic Four #9 (4) 142.5K
  Wolverine #-1 (6) 127.5K
  Avengers #-1 (9) 107.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #-1 (20) 74.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 1997

• *Uncanny X-Men #349 (1st) 163K
  X-Men #62 (2) 162.5K
  Fantastic Four #13 (4) 130K
  Wolverine #118 (5) 128K
  Avengers #13 (7) 109.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #428 (24) 70K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 1998

• *Uncanny X-Men #353 (1st) 154.5 K
  X-Men #73 (2) 148.5K
  Avengers #2 (3) 139K
  Fantastic Four #3 (6) 121.5K
  Wolverine #122 (7) 117K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 432 (21) 68K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 1998

• *Uncanny X-Men #357 (1st) 143K
  X-Men #77 (2) 135K
  Avengers #6 (5) 112.5K
  Wolverine #126 (6) 107.5K
  Fantastic Four #7 (7) 102K
  Amazing Spider-Man #436 (20) 66K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 1998

• *Uncanny X-Men #361 (1st) 138K
  X-Men #81 (2) 132.5K
  Avengers #10 (6) 104.5K
  Wolverine #131 (7) 102K
  Fantastic Four #11 (11) 88K
  Amazing Spider-Man #441 (21) 69K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 1999

• *Uncanny X-Men #366 (1st) 139K
  X-Men #86 (2) 136.5K
  Avengers #14 (6) 94K
  Wolverine #136 (7) 92K
  Amazing Spider-Man #3 (11) 84K
  Fantastic Four #15 (15) 77K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 1999

• *Uncanny X-Men #370 (1st) 127K
  X-Men #90 (2) 124.5K
  Avengers #18 (6) 86K
  Wolverine #140 (7) 86K
  Amazing Spider-Man #7 (15) 71.5K
  Fantastic Four #19 (19) 68.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 1999

• *Uncanny X-Men #374 (1st) 111K
  X-Men #94 (2) 108.5K
  Avengers #22 (5) 81K
  Wolverine #144 (6) 76.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #11 (12) 61K
  Fantastic Four #23 (14) 60K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 2000

• *Uncanny X-Men #378 (1st) 114K
  X-Men #98 (2) 109.5K
  Wolverine #148 (3) 88K
  Avengers #26 (5) 76.5K
  Fantastic Four #27 (11) 58.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #15 (13) 56.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2000

• *Uncanny X-Men #382 (1st) 115K
  X-Men #102 (2) 112K
  Wolverine #152 (3) 81.5K
  Avengers #30 (5) 75K
  Amazing Spider-Man #19 (12) 53K
  Fantastic Four #31 (10) 58K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2000

• *Uncanny #386 (1st) 112K
  X-Men #106 (2) 109.5K
  Wolverine #156 (3) 771.5K
  Avengers #34 (5) 70.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #23 (18) 49K
  Fantastic Four #35 (28) 45K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 2001

• *X-Men #110 (1st) 101K
  Uncanny X-Men #390 (2) 98.5K
  Wolverine #160 (4) 75K
  Avengers #38 (5) 67.5K
  Fantastic Four #39 (11) 51.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 27 (17) 49K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2001

• *X-Men #114 (1st) 145K
  Uncanny X-Men #394 (2) 136K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 31 (8) 74K
  Wolverine #164 (9) 72.5K
  Avengers #42 (11) 68K
  Fantastic Four #43 (15) 54K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2001

• X-Men #118 (2) 127.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #398 (3) 121.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 35 (6) 90K
  Wolverine #168 (9) 76.5K
  Avengers #46 (14) 65.5K
  Fantastic Four #47 (26) 53.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Wolverine: The Origin #1 (1st) 135K

January, 2002

• X-Men #122 (4) 117K
  Uncanny X-Men #402 (6) 108.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 39 (8) 97.5K
  Wolverine #172 (13) 77K
  Avengers #50 (15) 60K
  Fantastic Four #51 (20) 51K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Wolverine: The Origin #6 (1st) 179K

May, 2002

• *X-Men #126 (2) 111K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 41 (4) 105K
  Uncanny X-Men #406 (6) 98K
  Wolverine #176 (13) 74K
  Avengers #54 (17) 57K
  Fantastic Four #55 (25) 46.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2002

• X-Men #132 (3) 105.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 44 (4) 105.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #412 (10) 91K
  Wolverine #181 (13) 74K
  Avengers #58 (25) 58.5K
  Fantastic Four #61 (24) 58.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Ultimates #8 (2nd) 111K

January, 2003

• X-Men #136 (5) 100.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 49 (6) 97K
  Uncanny X-Men #417 (9) 90.5K
  Wolverine #185 (14) 67K
  Avengers #63 (18) 60K
  Fantastic Four #65 (24) 53K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Ultimate War #3 (2nd) 114.5K

May, 2003

• *Wolverine vol.3 #1 (1st) 158K
  X-Men #141 (6) 95K
  Amazing Spider-Man #53 (7) 95K
  Uncanny X-Men #424 (8) 94K
  Avengers #67 (17) 58K
  Fantastic Four #69 (17) 52K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2003

• X-Men #146 (6) 106K
  Uncanny X-Men #430 (10) 94.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #58 (12) 93K
  Wolverine #5 (13) 82K
  Fantastic Four #504 (27) 54K
  ~no Avengers reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - JLA/Avengers (2) 191K

January, 2004

• X-Men #151 (2) 124K
  Uncanny X-Men #437 (9) 90K
  Amazing Spider-Man #503 (12) 87.5K
  Wolverine #10 (13) 71.5K
  Fantastic Four #509 (23) 50K
  ~no Avengers reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - Ultimate Fantastic Four #2 (1st) 127K

May, 2004

• Uncanny X-Men #444 (5) 112K
  X-Men #157 (6) 107K
  Amazing Spider-Man #507 (12) 82K
  Wolverine #15 (19) 68.5K
  Avengers #82 (22) 555K
  Fantastic Four #513 (26) 51K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Astonishing X-Men #1 (1st) 209K

September, 2004

• Uncanny X-Men #448 (6) 95K
  Avengers #502 (9) 93K
  X-Men #161 (11) 90.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #512 (14) 87K
  Wolverine #19 (20) 65K
  Fantastic Four #518 (32) 49K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Astonishing X-Men #5 (2nd) 131.5K

January, 2005

• *New Avengers #2 (1st) 153.5K [???]
  Uncanny X-Men #454 (6) 87K
  X-Men #166 (7) 867K
  Amazing Spider-Man #516 (9) 79.5K
  Wolverine #24 (10) 79.5K
  Fantastic Four #522 (27) 46K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2005

• Uncanny X-Men #459 (8) 83.5K
  X-Men #170 (11) 81K
  Wolverine #28 (13) 81K
  Amazing Spider-Man #520 (14) 76K
  Young Avengers #4 (17) 70K [???]
  Fantastic Four # 526 (38) 45K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Astonishing X-Men #10 (2nd) 135K

September, 2005

• *New Avengers #10 (2) 143K
  Wolverine #32 (12) 89K
  Uncanny X-Men #464 (13) 86K
  X-Men #175 (18) 76.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man # 524 (25) 71K
  Fantastic Four #531 (43) 50K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 2006

• *New Avengers #15 (3) 121.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #528 (4) 95.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #468 (7) 79.5K
  X-Men #181 (10) 74K
  Wolverine #38 (15) 71K
  ~no FF reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2006

• New Avengers #19 (8) 123K
  Amazing Spider-Man #532 (14) 95K
  Wolverine #42 (15) 93.5K
  X-Men #186 (16) 79.5
  Uncanny X-Men #473 (17) 79.5K
  Fantastic Four #537 (22) 63K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Civil War #1 (1st) 261K

September, 2006

• Amazing Spider-Man #535 (4) 117K
  Wolverine #46 (10) 108K
  Uncanny X-Men #478 (16) 90K
  Fantastic Four #539 (17) 89.5K
  X-Men #191 (18) 82K
  ~no Avengers titles reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - Civil War #4 (1st) 272.5K

January, 2007 (a weird month, with Civil War competing with DC's "52" title)

• Wolverine #50 (3) 115.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #537 (4)
  Fantastic Four #542 (16) 84.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #482 (17) 84K
  X-Men #195 (19) 77K
  ~no Avengers titles reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - Civil War #6 (1st) 259K

May, 2007

• New Avengers #30 (5) 126.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #540 (7) 119.5K
  Wolverine #54 (17) 96K
  Uncanny X-Men #486 (21) 82K
  X-Men #199 (26) 76K
  Fantastic Four #546 (29) 72K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Fallen Son: Death Of Captain America (1st) 170K

September, 2007

• Amazing Spider-Man #544 (2) 146K
  New Avengers #34 (4)
  Uncanny X-Men #490 (9) 88K
  X-Men #203 (10) 85.5K
  Wolverine #57 (18) 74.5K
  ~no FF reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - World War Hulk #4 (1st) 148.5K

January, 2008

• Amazing Spider-Man #546 (2) 128K
  Uncanny X-Men #494 (6) 105.5K
  X-Men #207 (8) 105K
  Mighty Avengers #7 (12) 92.5K [???
  Wolverine #61 (26) 61K
  Fantastic Four #553 (37) 48K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Hulk #1 (1st) 134K

May, 2008

• New Avengers #41 (3) 109K
  Uncanny X-Men #498 (14) 82K
  X-Men #211 (17) 80K
  Amazing Spider-Man #558 (20) 77K
  Fantastic Four #557 (26) 62.5K
  Wolverine #65 (27) 62.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Secret Invasion #2 (1st) 182.5K

September, 2008

• New Avengers #45 (3) 103K
  Uncanny X-Men #502 (7) 83K
  Amazing Spider-Man #570 (10) 82.5K
  X-Men #216 (18) 66.5K
  Fantastic Four #560 (26) 58K
  ~no Wolverine reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - Secret Invasion #6 (1st) 164.5K

January, 2009

• *Amazing Spider-Man #583 (1st) 353K !!!
  New Avengers #49 (5) 90K
  X-Men #220 (16) 59K
  Fantastic Four #563 (18) 52.5K
  ~no Uncanny or Wolverine reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2009

• *New Avengers #53 (1st) 94.5K
  Wolverine #72 (3) 87K
  Uncanny X-Men #510 (7) 75K
  Amazing Spider-Man #595 (9) 72K
  X-Men #224 (21) 54K
  Fantastic Four #566 (27) 46.5
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2009

• New Avengers #57 (7) 85.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #515 (13) 73.5
  Amazing Spider-Man #606 (14) 70K
  Wolverine #78 (21) 60.5K
  Fantastic Four #571 (42) 47.5K
  ~no X-Men reported this month~
  Top Ranked Marvel - Captain America Reborn #2 (2) 108K

January, 2010

• New Avengers #61 (5) 78K
  Amazing Spider-Man #617 (6) 77K
  Uncanny X-Men #520 (10) 66K
  Wolverine #82 (21) 52K
  X-Men #232 (23) 49K
  Fantastic Four #575 (35) 41K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Siege #1 (1st) 108.5K

May, 2010

• *Avengers #1 (1st) 164K
  Uncanny X-Men #524 (10) 77K
  X-Men #236 (15) 65K
  Amazing Spider-Man #630 (21) 58K
  Wolverine #86 (35) 46.5K
  Fantastic Four #579 (49) 38.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

September, 2010

• *Wolverine #1 (1st) 104.5K
  Avengers #5 (6) 82.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #641 (10) 68.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #528 (13) 62.5K
  X-Men #240 (22) 51K
  Fantastic Four #583 (36) 42K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

January, 2011

• *Fantastic Four #587 (1st) 115.5K
  Avengers #9 (5) 65K
  Amazing Spider-Man #651 (10) 56.5K
  Uncanny X-Men #532 (12) 54K
  Wolverine #5 (19) 47K
  X-Men #244 (24) 40K
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2011

• Avengers #13 (4) 68K
  Fantastic Four #3 (5) 67K
  Amazing Spider-Man #661 (10) 59K
  Uncanny X-Men #537 (16) 53.5K
  X-Men #248 (27) 46K
  Wolverine #9 (31) 44.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Fear Itself #2 (1st) 96K

September, 2011

• Amazing Spider-Man #669 (18) 72K
  Avengers #17 (23) 61.5k
  Uncanny X-Men #543 (25) 58.5K
  Fantastic Four #9 (34) 53K
  X-Men #255 (66) 39K
  Wolverine #15 (69) 38K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Fear Itself #6 (8) 93K

January, 2012

• *Uncanny X-Men #5 (11) 63.5K
  Wolverine & The X-Men #4 (13) 59.5K
  Amazing Spider-Man #677 (17) 57K
  Avengers #21 (18) 55K
  Fantastic Four #602 (36) 45K
  X-Men #260 (50) 37K !!!
  Top Ranked Marvel - *

May, 2012

• Uncanny X-Men #12 (14) 69K
  Avengers #26 (15) 67.5K
  Wolverine #11 (16) 65K
  Amazing Spider-Man #686 (25) 58.5K
  X-Men #267 (37) 46K
  Fantastic Four #606 (49) 40K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Avengers v/s X-Men #4 (1st) 178.5K

September, 2012

• Uncanny X-Men #18 (13) 60K
  Amazing Spider-Man #693 (14) 60K
  Avengers #30 (15) 58.5K
  Wolverine #16 (19) 56K
  X-Men #273 (50) 36K !!!!!
  Fantastic Four #610 (53) 35.5K
  Top Ranked Marvel - Avengers v/s X-men #1 (1st) 167K

1 down, 3 more to go, but DC will be larger than Image & The Top #s combined.





-slym

[slym2none]

DC-1

Here I am chronicling 1997-2004 DC books, as I just went over the 60000 character limit on the Marvel list and DC will be much longer. The books I am following are the following, in no particular order: JLA; Batman; Detective Comics; Superman; Action Comics; Adventures of Superman; & Superman: Man Of Steel. I will also follow the top-ranked DC for each month, and as before, if it's one of the titles I am following already, I will give it the *.

As before, NSR means "no sales reported" for that month.

*NOTE* Superman: Man Of Steel was cancelled in March of 2003. I will make a note of that in the May '03 list again, just to make sure everyone knows (as in, they "tl:dr"'d this post .)

Aaaaannndd we're off!

January, 1997

• *JLA #3 (21) 74K
  Batman #540 (32) 63K
  Detective Comics #707 (35) 57K
  Superman #121 (38) 56K
  Action Comics #731 (41) 54.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #65 (43) 54K
  Adventures Of Superman #544 (44) 54K
  Top Ranked DC - * (that's right, DC first entry on the top 300 list was ranked #21)

May, 1997

• *JLA #7 (11) 103.5K
  Superman #125 (21) 73.5K
  Action Comics #735 (23) 70K
  Adventures Of Superman #548 (24) 70K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #69 (25) 69.5K
  Batman #544 (31) 58.5K
  Detective Comics #711 (35) 53.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 1997

• *JLA #12 (9) 107K
  Superman #129 (29) 62K
  Action Comics #739 (32) 60K
  Adventures Of Superman #552 (33) 60K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #73 (34) 59.5K
  Batman #548 (37) 56K
  Detective Comics #715 (44) 50K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 1998

• *JLA #16 (8) 109K
  Superman #133 (28) 54.5K
  Action Comics #742 (29) 52.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #77 (31) 52K
  Batman #552 (33) 51K
  Detective Comics #719 (41) 46K
  Adventures Of Superman - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 1998

• *JLA #20 (8) 100K
  Superman #136 (33) 54.5K
  Action Comics #746 (34) 53K
  Adventures Of Superman #559 (35) 53K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #81 (37) 53K
  Batman #556 (39) 50K
  Detective Comics #723 (43) 48.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 1998

• *JLA #1,000,000 (9) 100K
  Superman #1,000,000 (35) 58K
  Action Comics #1,000,000 (37) 57K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #1,000,000 (42) 56K
  Adventures Of Superman #1,000,000 (43) 56K
  Batman #1,000,000 (45) 54.5K
  Detective Comics #1,000,000 (49) 52K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 1999

• *JLA #27 (9) 90K
  Batman #563 (38) 48K
  Detective Comics #730 (44) 46K
  Adventures Of Superman #565 (49) 42.5K
  Action Comics #752 (52) 42K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #87 (53) 41K
  Superman - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 1999

• *JLA #31 (5) 86.5K
  Batman #567 (37) 52K
  Detective Comics #734 (40) 50K
  Superman #146 (58) 41K
  Action Comics #755 (60) 41K
  Adventures Of Superman #569 (62) 40K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #90 (63) 40K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 1999

• *JLA #35 (3) 83.5K
  Batman #571 (26) 52K
  Detective Comics #738 (30) 50K
  Superman #150 (59) 40.5K
  Action Comics #759
  Adventures Of Superman #572 (72) 37.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #94 (75) 37K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2000

• *JLA #39 (4) 78K
  Batman #575 (18) 51K
  Detective Comics #742 (22) 49K
  Superman #154 (39) 40K
  Action Comics #763 (46) 38K
  Adventures Of Superman #576 (48) 37.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #98 (49) 37K
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2000

• *JLA #43 (4) 77K
  Batman #579 (14) 50.5K
  Detective Comics #746 (18) 49K
  Superman #158 (33) 42K
  Action Comics #767 (41) 39K
  Adventures Of Superman #580 (46) 38K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #102 (47) 38K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 2000

• *JLA #47 (4) 76.5K
  Detective Comics #750 (25) 46K
  Batman #583 (26) 46K
  Superman #162 (33) 42.5K
  Action Comics #771 (36) 40.5K
  Adventures Of Superman #584 (43) 38K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #106 (44) 38K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2001

• *Superman #166 (12) 51.5K
  Justice League whatever, there were a LOT of them this month, the best was ranked (18) @ 48K
  Batman #587 (19) 47K
  Detective Comics #754 (22) 45K
  Action Comics #775 (47) 37K
  Adventures Of Superman #588 (53) 35K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #110 (55) 35K
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2001

• JLA #54 (7) 74K
  Superman #170 (21) 44K
  Batman #591 (24) 43.5K
  Detective Comics #758 (26) 41K
  Adventures Of Superman #592 (32) 38K
  Action Comics #779 (34) 38K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #114 (38) 36K
  Top Ranked DC - Green Arrow #4 (5) 85.5K

September, 2001

• JLA # 58 (10) 74.5K
  Superman #174 (34) 45K
  Batman #595 (37) 44K
  Derptective #762 (42) 41K
  Adventures Of Superman #596 (43) 40.5K
  Action Comics #783 (44) 40K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #118 (45) 40K
  Top Ranked DC - Green Arrow #8 (7) 86K

January, 2002

• JLA #62 (14) 68K
  Detective Comics #766 (17) 53K
  Batman #599 (21) 50.5
  Adventures Of Superman #600 (25) 47K
  Superman #178 (31) 43.5K
  Action Comics #787 (40) 38.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #122 (44) 37
  Best-Selling DC - Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure (not ranked) 702K
  The Real Top Ranked DC - Dark Knight Strikes Again #2 (2) 167K

May, 2002

• JLA #66 (15) 65K
  Batman #603 (18) 55.5K
  Detective Comics #770 (19) 53K
  Superman #182 (38) 41K
  Action Comics #791 (49) 35K
  Adventures Of Superman #604 (51) 34.5K
  Superman: Man Of Steel # 126 (55) 33.5K
  Top Ranked DC - Green Arrow #15 (12) 74.5K

September, 2002

• JLA #72 (18) 65K
  Batman #607 (32) 46.5K ( ***NOTE*** for 10/02, Batman 608 sold 120K copies)
  Detective Comics #774 (34) 44.5K
  Superman #186 (42) 40
  Adventures Of Superman #608 (50) 36k
  Action Comics #795 (51) 36K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #130 (52) 35K
  Top Ranked DC - ThunderCats #2 (12) 82K

January, 2003

• *Batman #611 (1st) 129.5K
  JLA #77 (16) 65K
  Detective Comics #778 (34) 41K
  Adventures Of Superman #612 (48) 33K
  Action Comics #799 (44) 34K
  Superman: Man Of Steel #154 (50) 33K
  Superman - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2003

• *Batman #615 (2) 143K
  JLA #81 (16) 60K
  Detective Comics #782 (38) 38K
  Superman #193 (46) 34.5K
  Action Comics #803 (54) 32K
  Adventures Of Superman #616 (66) 30K
  Top Ranked DC - *
  Superman: Man Of Steel was cancelled on 03/03

September, 2003

• *Batman #619 (1st) 235K !!!
  JLA #86 (21) 60K
  Detective Comics #786 (47) 38K
  Superman #197 (52) 33.5K
  Action Comics #807 (58) 31K
  Adventures Of Superman #620 (67) 28K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2004

• *Batman #623 (10) 89K
  JLA #92 (17) 58K
  Superman #210 (37) 36K
  Detective Comics #790 (412) 35.5K
  Action Comics #811 (46) 34K
  Adventures Of Superman #624 (52) 31.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2004

• *Superman #205 (2) 208K
  Batman #627 (13) 77K
  JLA #98 (17) 70K
  Adventures Of Superman #628 (28) 49.5K
  Action COmics #815 (29) 45.5K
  Detective Comics #794 (52) 35K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 2004

• Superman #209 (4) 117K
  Batman #632 (19) 71K
  JLA #105 (23) 61K
  Detective Comics #798 (33) 49K
  Action Comics #819 (46) 42.5K
  Adventures Of Superman #632 (60) 38K
  Top Ranked DC - Superman/Batman #12 (1st) 139.5K

Part II coming next, if I don't fall asleep at the computer...



-slym

[slym2none]

DC-2

January, 2005

• JLA #110 (15) 64K
  Batman #636 (19) 58.5K
  Detective Comics #802 (32) 40.5K
  Adventures Of Superman #636 (37) 39K
  Action Comics #823 (40) 36.5K
  Superman - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Teen Titans #20 (14) 66K

May, 2005

• Superman #216 (16) 70K
  Batman #640 (20) 66.5K
  JLA #114 (23) 64K
  Action Comics #827 (39) 44K
  Adventures Of Superman #640 (53) 37K
  Detective Comics - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Green Lantern #1 (1st) 168.5K

September, 2005

• JLA #119 (9) 94K
  Superman #221 (27) 69K
  Batman #645 (30) 66K
  Action Comics #831 (35) 55K
  Adventures Of Superman #644 (44) 49K
  Detective Comics #811 (56) 39K
  Top Ranked DC - All-Star Batman & Robin #2 (1st) 178.5K

January, 2006

• JLA #124 (11) 74K
  Batman #649 (19) 62.5K
  Superman #225 (20) 62K
  Adventures Of Superman #648 (31) 45K
  Action Comics #835 (41) 41K
  Detective Comics #815 (47) 45.5K
  Top Ranked DC - Infinite Crisis #4 (1st) 182.5

May, 2006

• Batman #653 (20) 77K
  Superman #652 (28) 70.5K
  Detective Comics #819 (29) 65.5K
  Action Comics #838 (30) 62.5K
  JLA - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Infinite Crisis #7 (2) 198.5K
  *NOTE* Adventures Of Superman went back to just Superman, using its numbers, and Adventures ended

September, 2006

• *JLA #2 (2) 143.5K
  Batman #657 (15) 91.5K
  Superman #656 (29) 64K
  Detective Comics #823 (30) 64K
  Action Comics #843 (35) 56K
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2007 (a weird month for DC - "52" was in swing)

• Batman #662 (20) 72.5K
  Superman #658 (26) 60.5K
  Detective Comics - NSR
  Action Comics - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - 52 #35 (6) 105K

May, 2007

• *JLA #9 (3) 129K
  Batman #665 (24) 80K
  Action Comics #850 (44) 56K
  Superman #662 (45) 55K
  Detective Comics #832 (50) 52K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 2007

• *JLA #13 (13) 119.5K
  Batman #669 (20) 73.5K
  Detective Comics #836 (37) 49.5K
  Superman #667 (39) 48.5K
  Action Comics - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2008

• *JLA #17 (11) 94.5K
  Batman #673 (22) 69K
  Action Comics #861 (30) 56K
  Detective Comics #840 (35) 51.5K
  Superman #672 (40) 44.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2008

• Batman #676 (7) 105K
  JLA #21 (11) 90K
  Detective Comics #844 (44) 48.5K
  Action Comics #865 (47) 47K
  Superman #676 (49) 45.5K
  Top Ranked DC - Final Crisis #1 (2) 145K

September, 2008

• Detective Comics #848 (16) 68K
  Action Comics #869 (39) 49.5K
  Superman #680 (43) 46.5K
  Batman - NSR
  JLA - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - All-Star Batman & Robin #10 (4) 94K

January, 2009

• Batman #685 (7) 72.5K
  JLA #29 (9) 72K
  Detective Comics #852 (17) 56.5K
  Action Comics #873 (20) 52K
  Superman #684 (25) 48.5
  Top Ranked DC - Final Crisis #6 (3) 111K

May, 2009

• JLA #33 (11) 64K
  Action Comics #877 (35) 42K
  Superman #688 (36) 41.5K
  Batman - NSR
  Detective Comics - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Batman: Battle For The Cowl #3 (2) 89K

September, 2009

• Batman #690 (11) 77K
  Detective Comics #857 (25) 57K
  JLA #37 (26) 55.5K
  Adventures Comics #2 (44) 47K
  Superman #692 (58) 37.5K
  Action Comics #881 (60) 36K
  Top Ranked DC - Blackest Night #3 (1st) 140.5K

January, 2010

• Batman #695 (12) 63.5K
  JLA #41 (13) 62K
  Detective Comics #861 (29) 46K
  Superman #696 (59) 32K
  Action Comics #885 (62) 30.5K
  Top Ranked DC - Green Lantern #50 (2) 106.5K

May, 2010

• JLA #45 (17) 62.5K
  Batman #699 (18) 62.5K
  Detective Comics #865 (44) 41.5K
  Adventure Comics #11 (54) 35K
  Action Comics - NSR
  Superman - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Batman: Return Of Bruce Wayne #3 (3) 108.5K

September, 2010

• Batman #703 (8) 77K
  JLA #49 (18) 57.5K
  Detective Comics #869 (42) 37.5K
  Action Comics #893 (51) 34K
  Superman - NSR
  Adventure Comics - NSR
  Top Ranked DC - Brightest Day #9 (2) 88.5K

January, 2011

• Batman #706 (9) 60K
  JLA #53 (17) 47K
  Superman #707 (23) 42K
  Detective Comics #873 (27) 38.5K
  Action Comics #897 (36) 32K
  Adventure Comics #522 HAH! (64) 23K - I knew it would go back to the original #s!
  Top Ranked DC - Brightest Day #17 (2) 73K

May, 2011

• Batman #710 (14) 55K
  JLA #57 (25) 46.5K
  Acton Comics #901 (32) 44K
  Detective Comics #877 (35) 39.5K
  Superman #711 (38) 38.5K
  Adventure Comics #526 (78) 22K
  Top Ranked DC - Flashpoint #1 (2) 87K

September, 2011

• *Batman #1 (1st) 188.5K
  Action Comics #1 (2) 183K
  Superman #1 (5) 118.5K
  Detective Comics #1 (6) 103.5K
  Justice League #1 (44) 46.5K (not sure if this was the 'right' JLA, there were a lot of Justice Leagues this month!)
  Top Ranked DC - *

January, 2012

• *Justice League #5 (1st) 138.5K
  Batman #5 (2) 130.5K
  Action Comics #5 (3) 105K
  Detective Comics #5 (4) 99.5K
  Superman #5 (7) 73.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

May, 2012

• *Batman #9 (3) 134.5K
  Justice League #9 (4) 131.5K
  Detective Comics #9 (8) 96K
  Action Comics #9 (9) 89K
  Superman #9 (21) 62K
  Top Ranked DC - *

September, 2012

• *Batman #0 (2) 156.5K
  Justice League #0 (3) 126K
  Detective Comics #0 (5) 84K
  Action Comics #0 (6) 78.5K
  Superman #0 (12) 60.5K
  Top Ranked DC - *

-slym

[slym2none]

For Image, I am pretty much following Spawn & Savage Dragon because they have published their books from the start in 1991, as well as the top Image book and The Walking Dead after it starts going.

NSR= no sales reported for that month, for whatever reason

January, 1997

• *Spawn #58 (4) 149K
  Savage Dragon #35 (87) 33K
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 1997

• *Spawn #62 (1st) 167K
  Savage Dragon #39 (100) 27.5K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 1997

• *Spawn #66 (3) 147K
  Savage Dragon #41 (110) 25K
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 1998

• *Spawn #70 (4) 138K
  Savage Dragon #45 (101) 24K
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 1998

• *Spawn #74 (4) 130.5K
  Savage Dragon #49 (106) 22.5K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 1998

• *Spawn #78 (4) 110K
  Savage Dragon #53 (118) 22K
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 1999

• *Spawn #82 (4) 101.5K
  Savage Dragon #57 (102) 21K
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 1999

• *Spawn #86 (3) 93.5K
  Savage Dragon #61 (120) 21K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 1999

• *Spawn #90 (4) 83K
  Savage Dragon #67 (143) 19.5K
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2000

• *Spawn #94 (6) 73.5K
  Savage Dragon #71 (117) 18K
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2000

• *Spawn #98 (7) 68K
  Savage Dragon #75 (131) 19K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2000

• *Spawn #102 (8)
  Savage Dragon #79 (131) 18K
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2001

• *Spawn #106 (7) 62.5K
  Savage Dragon #83 (118) 17.5K
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2001

• *Spawn #110 (14) 56K
  Savage Dragon #87 (112) 15K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2001

• Spawn #114 (28) 52K
  Savage Dragon #90 (141) 14.5K
  Top Ranking Book - G.I. Joe #1 (13) 67K

January, 2002

• Spawn #118 (26) 46.5K
  Savage Dragon #95 (145) 13.5K
  Top Ranking Book - G.I. Joe #3 (12) 81K

May, 2002

• Spawn #122 (28) 45K
  Savage Dragon #99 (148) 13.5K
  Top Ranking Book - G.I. Joe #6 (10) 77K

September, 2002

• Spawn #126 (36) 43K
  Savage Dragon #103 (158) 13K
  Top Ranking Book - G.I. Joe #10 (17) 66K

January, 2003

• Spawn #130 (36) 40K
  Savage Dragon #107 (143) 13K
  Top Ranking Book - Masters Of The Universe #3 (25) 53K

May, 2003

• *Spawn #125 (32) 40.5K
  Savage Dragon #107 (148) 12K
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2003

• Spawn #128 (46) 38.5K
  Savage Dragon #110 (175) 10.5K
  Top Ranking Book - G.I. Joe/Transformers #1 (19) 61K

January, 2004

• Spawn NSR
  The Walking Dead #4 (154) 7019 (!)
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - Wanted #2 (40) 36K

May, 2004

• Spawn NSR
  The Walking Dead #7 (157) 10.5K
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - Witchblade/Wolverine #nn, 44K

September, 2004

• Spawn #138 (83) 31K
  The Walking Dead #10 (159) 13.5K
  Savage Dragon #117 (191) 9039
  Top Ranking Book - Wanted #5 (41) 44.5K

January, 2005

• Spawn #142 (65) 28.5K
  The Walking Dead #14 (144) 15K
  Savage Dragon #119 (189) 8672
  Top Ranking Book - Wanted #6 (29) 43K

May, 2005

• Spawn #145 (75) 28K
  The Walking Dead #18 (118) 15.5K
  Savage Dragon #121 (170) 8234
  Top Ranking Book - Rising Stars: Voices Of The Dead #1 (96) 20.5K

September, 2005

• *Spawn #149 (83) 27K
  The Walking Dead #21 (123) 17.5
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2006

• *Spawn #152 (70) 27K
  The Walking Dead NSR
  Savage Dragon #122 (173) 7177
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2006

• *Spawn #156 (84) 27K
  The Walking Dead #28 (102) 20K
  Savage Dragon #126 (211) 6889
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2006

• *Spawn #160 (85) 25.5K
  The Walking Dead #31 (103) 21.5
  Savage Dragon #128 (145) 10K
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2007

• *Spawn #164 (84) 24.5
  The Walking Dead #34 (107) 21K
  Savage Dragon #131 (259) 3907
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2007

• Spawn #167 (94) 24K
  The Walking Dead NSR
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #2 (91) 26K

September, 2007

• Spawn #171 (99) 24K
  The Walking Dead #42 (102) 23K
  Savage Dragon #132 (199) 6698
  Top Ranking Book - Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #4 (98) 24K

January, 2008

• *Spawn #174 (99) 22.5K
  The Walking Dead #45 (107) 22.5K
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2008

• *The Walking Dead #49 (101) 23K
  Spawn #178 (116) 20K
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2008

• *The Walking Dead #52 (103) 23.5K
  Spawn #182 (122) 19K
  Savage Dragon #137 (202)
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2009

• *The Walking Dead #57 (78) 23.5K
  Spawn #188 (91) 21.5K
  Savage Dragon #144 (206) 5644
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2009

• *The Walking Dead #61 (84) 24K
  Spawn NSR
  Savage Dragon #148 (220) 6051
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2009

• *The Walking Dead #65 (101) 25K
  Spawn NSR
  Savage Dragon #152 (260) 5988
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2010

• The Walking Dead #69 (84) 23.5K
  Spawn NSR
  Savage Dragon #156 (211) 6152
  Top Ranking Book - Haunt #4 (75) 26.5K

May, 2010

• *The Walking Dead #72 (84) 25K
  Spawn #197 (108) 18.5K
  Savage Dragon #160 (244) 5411
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2010

• *The Walking Dead #77 (69) 27.5
  Spawn #199 (115) 18K
  Savage Dragon #164 (280) 5312
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2011

• *Spawn #200 (4) 65.5k
  The Walking Dead #80 (48) 29.5k
  Savage Dragon #168 (205) 4880
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2011

• *The Walking Dead #85 (40) 37.5k
  Spawn #207 (111) 15k
  Savage Dragon #NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

September, 2011

• *Spawn #211 (154) 13.5k
  The Walking Dead NSR
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

January, 2012

• *The Walking Dead #93 (59) 31.5k
  Spawn #215 (136) 13k
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book - *

May, 2012

• *The Walking Dead #97 (28) 53.5k
  Spawn #219 (168) 13k
  Savage Dragon NSR
  Top Ranking Book -*

September, 2012

• *The Walking Dead #102 (24) 53.5k
  Spawn #223 (105) 22k
  Savage Dragon #181 (298) 4556
  Top Ranking Book - *

-slym

[lorddunlow]

[kjjohanson]

How will account for when those months have 5 weeks instead of 4?

[slym2none]

The following list comprises the #1, #5, #25, & #50 book of each month that I am listing. This is just to see what's hot and not-so-hot, as well as the print runs of each book.

January, 1997

• #1 - X-Men #62, 196K
  #10- Avengers #5, 114K
  #25- Incredible Hulk/Pitt #3, 72.5K
  #50- Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition #nn, 50.5K

May, 1997

• #1- Spawn #62, 167K
  #10- Generation X #-1, 104K
  #25- Superman: Man Of Steel #69 (giggity), 69K (GIGGITY GIGGITY GOO!)
  #50- Batman: Legend Of The Dark Knight #96, 44K

September, 1997

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #349, 163K
  #10- Darkness #8, 106K
  #25- Gambit #3, 68K
  #50- Flash #131, 44K

January, 1998

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #353, 154.5K
  #10- Witchblade #20, 97K
  #25- Spectacular Spider-Man #20, 61K
  #50- Wildcore #3 (Image), 39K

May, 1998

• #1-Uncanny X-Men #357, 143K
  #10- Iron Man #6, 90K
  #25- X-Man #40, 61.5K
  #50- Superman/Lois Lane #1, 41.5K

September, 1998

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #361, 138K
  #10- Daredevil #1, 95K
  #25- Crimson #5 (Image), 65K
  #50- Nightwing #1000000, 52K

January, 1999

• #1Uncanny X-Men #366, 139K
  #10- Gambit #2, 86K
  #25- Crimson #8, 58.5K
  #50- Star Wars: Boba Fett, Enemy Of The Empire #nn, 42.5K

May, 1999

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #370, 127K
  #10- Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace #3, 82.5K
  #25- Avengers Forever #8, 63K
  #50- Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #87, 44K

September, 1999

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #374, 111K
  #10- X-Men: Children Of The Atom #1, 65K
  #25- Avengers: Domination Factor #1.2 (!!!), 52K
  #50- Sin City: Hell & Back #3, 42K

January, 2000

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #378, 114K
  #10- X-Men Unlimited #26, 62K
  #25- X-Force #100, 46.5K
  #50- Warlands #6 (Image), 37K

May, 2000

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #382, 115K
  #10- Fantastic Four #31, 58K
  #25- Cable #81, 46K
  #50- Gambit #18, 37K

September, 2000

• #1- Uncanny X-Men #386, 112K
  #10- X-Men Black Sun: The New X-Men #1, 61K
  #25- Detective Comics #750, 46K
  #50- Hellspawn #2, 36K

January, 2001

• #1- X-Men #110, 101K
  #10- Ultimate Spider-Man #5, 52K
  #25-Justice League's Justice League At Arkham #1, 44K
  #50- Witchblade/Aliens/Darkness/Predator #2, 35.5K

May, 2001

• #1- X-Men #114, 145K
  #10- Brotherhood #1 (Marvel), 72K
  #25- JSA #24, 41.5K
  #50- Wonder Woman #170, 30K

September, 2001

• #1- Wolverine: The Origin #1, 135K
  #10- JLA #58, 74.5K
  #25- Rogue #2, 55K
  #50- Nightwing #61, 37.5K

January, 2002

• #1- Wolverine: The Origin #6, 179K
  #10- X-Treme X-Men #9, 83.5K
  #25- Adventures Of Superman #600, 47K
  #50- Howard The Duck #1, 34K (no, this is not a joke)

May, 2002

• #1- Transformers Generation One #2, 124K
  #10- G.I. Joe #6, 77K
  #25- Fantastic Four #55, 47K
  #50- Alias #9, 34.5K

September, 2002

• #1- Transformers Generation One #6, 127.5K
  #10- Uncanny X-Men #412, 91K
  #25- Avengers #58, 58.5K
  #50- Adventures Of Superman #608, 36K

January, 2003

• #1- Batman #611, 129.5K
  #10- Uncanny X-Men #419, 90K
  #25- Masters Of The Universe #3, 53K
  #50- Superman: Man Of Steel #134, 33K

May, 2003

• #1-Wolverine #1 (vol. 3), 158K
  #10- Venom #1, 92K
  #25- Captain America #13, 49K
  #50-Aquaman #6, 33K

September, 2003

• #1- Batman #619, 235K
  #10- Uncanny X-Men #430, 94.5K
  #25- Incredible Hulk #61, 57.5K
  #50- Thor: Vikings #3, 35K

January, 2004

• #1- Ultimate Fantastic Four #2, 127K
  #10- Batman #623, 89K
  #25- Incredible Hulk #61, 49K
  #50- Mystique #10, 32.5K

May, 2004

• #1- Astonishing X-Men #1, 209K
  #10- Ultimate Spider-Man #58, 91K
  #25- Spectaular Spider-Man #14, 51K
  #50- Cable-Deadpool #3, 37K

September, 2004

• #1- Superman/Batman #12, 139.5K
  #10- Avengers #86/#501, 91K
  #25- JLA #106, 60K
  #50- JSA #65, 41.5K

January, 2005

• #1-New Avengers #2, 153.5K
  #10- Wolverine #24, 79.5K
  #25- Spectacular Spider-Man #24, 47.5K
  #50- Space Ghost #3 (DC), 32K

May, 2005

• #1- Green Lantern #1, 135K
  #10- Ultimate X-Men #59, 81.5K
  #25- X-Men: The End Heroes & Martyrs #3, 59K
  #50- Conan #16 (DH), 37.5K

September, 2005

• #1-All-Star Batman & Robin #2, 178.5K
  #10- OMAC Project #6, 93.5K
  #25- Amazing Spider-Man #524, 71K
  #50-JLA Classified #12, 43.5K

January, 2006

• #1- Infinite Crisis #4, 182.5K
  #10- X-Men #181, 74K
  #25- Son Of M #2, 52.5K
  #50- Punisher #29, 34.5K

May, 2006

• #1- Civil War #1, 261K
  #10- Superman/Batman #26, 119K
  #25- Ultimate X-men #70, 72K
  #50- X-Factor #7, 44.5K

September, 2006

• #1-Civil War #4, 272.5K
  #10- Wolverine #46, 108K
  #25- Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #4, 66.5K
  #50- X-Men: First Class #1, 40K

January, 2007

• #1- Civil War #6, 259K
  #10- '52' #36, 97K
  #25- Eternals #6, 62K
  #50- Star Wars Legacy #7, 34K

May, 2007

• #1- Fallen Son: Death Of Captain America #nn, 170K
  #10- World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker #nn, 111K
  #25- Countdown #48, 80K
  #50- Detective Comics #832, 52K

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September, 2007

• #1- World War Hulk #4, 148.5K
  #10- X-Men #203, 85.5K
  #25- Tales Of Sinestro Corps: Parallax #nn, 66K
  #50- Sub-Mariner #4, 40K

January, 2008

• #1- Hulk #1, 134K
  #10- Amazing Spider-Man #548, 98K
  #25- Green Lantern #27, 67.5K
  #50- Flash #236, 41.5K

May, 2008

• #1- Secret Invasion #2, 182.5K
  #10- Mighty Avengers #14, 95K
  #25- Green Lantern #31, 66K
  #50- Angel After The Fall #7 (IDW), 45.5K

September, 2008

• #1- Secret Invasion #6, 164.5K
  #10- Amazing Spider-Man #570, 82.5K
  #25- Secret Invasion: Thor #2, 59K
  #50- Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men Annual #1, 44K

January, 2009

• #1- Amazing Spider-Man #538, 353K
  #10- Buffy The Vampire Slayer #21, 70K
  #25- Superman #684, 48.5K
  #50- G.I. Joe #1 (IDW), 33K

May, 2009

• #1- New Avengers #53, 94.5K
  #10- Captain America #50, 67K
  #25- Power Girl #1, 47.5K
  #50- Wonder Woman #32, 33K

September, 2009

• #1- Blackest Night #3, 140.5K
  #10- Blackest Night Superman #2, 78.5
  #25- Detective Comics #857, 57K
  #50- Wolverine Origins #40, 42.5K

January, 2010

• #1- Siege #1 (Marvel), 108.5K
  #10- Uncanny X-Men #520, 66K
  #25- Buffy The Vampire Slayer #31, 47K
  #50- Phantom Stranger #42, 36K

May, 2010

• #1- Avengers #1, 164K
  #10- Uncanny X-Men #524, 77K
  #25- Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #1, 55.5K
  #50- Avengers Initiative #35, 38K

September, 2010

• #1- Wolverine #1 (reboot, whothehellcaresatthispoint?), 104.5K
  #10- Amazing Spider-Man #641, 68.5K
  #25- Avengers Prime #3, 48K
  #50- Avengers: Children's Crusade #2, 35.5K

January, 2011

• #1- Fantastic Four #587, 115K
  #10- Amazing Spider-Man #651, 56.5K
  #25- Buffy The Vampire Slayer #40, 39.5K
  #50- Deadpool #32, 29K

May, 2011

• #1- Fear Itself #2 (Marvel), 96K
  #10- Amazing Spider-Man #661, 59K
  #25- JLA #57, 46.5K
  #50- Birds Of Prey #12, 29.5K

September, 2011

• #1- Batman #1, 188.5K
  #10- Batman & Robin #1, 85K
  #25- Uncanny X-Men #543 , 58.5K
  #50- Secret Avengers #17, 45K

January, 2012

• #1- Justice League #5, 138.5K
  #10- Aquaman #5, 65K
  #25- Batwoman #5, 52K
  #50- X-Men #260 , 37K

May, 2012

• #1- Avengers Vs. X-Men #4, 178.5K
  #10- Green Lantern #9, 87.5K
  #25- Amazing Spider-Man #686, 58.5K
  #50-Ravagers #1, 40K

September, 2012

• #1- Avengers Vs. X-Men #11, 167K
  #10- Batman Inc. #0, 66K
  #25- Before Watchmen: Night Owl #3
  #50- X-Men #273, 36K

-slym

[slym2none]

How will account for when those months have 5 weeks instead of 4?

Irrelevant.

I will take the January, May, and September numbers...

...My one source here is comichron.com, a trusted source amongst those "in the know."

Don't like it? Do your own!

I am expanding out to 15 years instead of ten, as looking at the later issues printed of the mutant titles past the year 2000, they were pretty interesting on their scarcity. Not too long after 2011, too many reboots make this a difficult venture, at least for my sake. As stated in my edited 1st post, I am forced to start at 1997 as that is as far back as comichron.com goes for combined monthly print runs (I wanted to get 20 years in, 1992-2011.)



-slym

[grendeljd]

[slym2none]

Got a little more than half the info left to collate. I am also gathering what the top Marvel, DC, & Image book is each of those months, plus if the #1 overall wasn't any of those titles I am looking at. It just seemed unfair to not list those - luckily, there wasn't much in the way of titles that weren't going to be way up there until around 2001, when G.I. Joe started to kick butt, then Transformers Generation One took the overall #1 slot, and DC had Green Arrow kicking everything else they put outs' butt.

Then, I have to type it all out... y'all might get sick of popcorn.



-slym

[slym2none]

Oh yeah, I might list out what I am looking at: print runs on all of these titles.

Marvel: Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, "adjectiveless"-to-"New"-back-to-"adjectiveless" X-Men, & Wolverine. (I might throw Fantastic Four in as I kinda forgot about them, and when I started collating the data, I noticed they were in the top 10, if not top 5, for the first half of the timeframe I am collecting, although I don't know where they will end up. That's why I am still onthe fence with them.)

DC: JLA, Batman, Detective Comics, Superman, Action Comics, Adventures Of Superman, Superman: Man Of Steel (ends in 2003, yay!)

Image: Spawn; will track The Walking Dead when it starts to appear on my list (Jan. '04)

Then, the top numbers, as I call them: each months' #1, #10, #25, & #50 title.

Also, as stated in my post above this one, I will be tracking the overall top seller for each of the three companies I am following, if it differs from any of the titles I am covering.

Yeesh... yes, I am disorganised. I have never really done something like this before!





-slym

[lorddunlow]

Got a little more than half the info left to collate. I am also gathering what the top Marvel, DC, & Image book is each of those months, plus if the #1 overall wasn't any of those titles I am looking at. It just seemed unfair to not list those - luckily, there wasn't much in the way of titles that weren't going to be way up there until around 2001, when G.I. Joe started to kick butt, then Transformers Generation One took the overall #1 slot, and DC had Green Arrow kicking everything else they put outs' butt.

Then, I have to type it all out... y'all might get sick of popcorn.



-slym

There are many varieties of flavored popcorn. We'll be fine.

[slym2none]

Aren't you supposed to be on vacation?





-slym

[lorddunlow]

Aren't you supposed to be on vacation?





-slym

Very hot in Florida. We had to get up at 5am to catch the plane (I went to bed at 3:30),so family was tired. Wife and son are napping.

We were originally only going to go on the cruise starting Saturday but we purchased season passes last December (we went in December 2013, I have a conference in WDW every March, and will go back before they expire in December, so it saved a ton of money), so we figured what the hell, it would only be the cost of food and lodging to go to WDW before.

Season pass is fun if justifiable as you don't feel compelled to squeeze everything in each day. Before if would go for a week, we'd purchase a 5 day pass (two days out of the parks), but if it rained after you scanned your tickets at 8am, you were screwed as the ticket is now use or lose it. Very flexible with the annual pass. If I could justify it every year I would.

[slym2none]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.





-slym (went S-L-O-W today, as far as progress on this project - but is halfway done)

[lorddunlow]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.





-slym (went S-L-O-W today, as far as progress on this project - but is halfway done)

Can I put them together?

[comicsyte95]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.





-slym (went S-L-O-W today, as far as progress on this project - but is halfway done)

[slym2none]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.

Can I put them together?

If you want, but your taste buds might go into blissful shock and OD.





-slym

[slym2none]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.

Slow-roasted whole heads of garlic is the way to go for the proper garlic butter.





-slym

[slym2none]

STAB MY EYES I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS PROJECT ANYMORE... IT IS PUTTING ME TO SLEEP... SO BORING...





-slym

[comicsyte95]

Well, for the next batch of 'corn, I suggest either my home-made chili powder, or a nice heady garlic butter.

Slow-roasted whole heads of garlic is the way to go for the proper garlic butter.





-slym

Don't want to go off topic ..but I am 1/2 Italian so its no surprise I love garlic.

[slym2none]

I'm Scots/Irish and I love garlic!!!





-slym

[comicsyte95]

I'm Scots/Irish and I love garlic!!!





-slym

I am Irish also on my dad's side.

[slym2none]

I'mma have a beer and see if it goes somewhere.





-slym