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1993 Comic
Book Sales Figures
Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops as Reported by Capital City Distribution and Diamond Comic Distributors
Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops as Reported by Capital City Distribution and Diamond Comic Distributors
In 1993, the most successful year in comics industry history, comics were sold to more than 10,000 comics shops by several different major distributors who carried all publishers' comics. Diamond Comic Distributors and Capital City Distribution were the largest of them.
The top sellers for each distributor each month can be seen below; lower down, Diamond's Top 300 for the year can be found.
Diamond Comic Distributors
rankings
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Diamond's
final rankings for
all comics and
trade paperbacks during the year appear below. Diamond
reported these issues without indexes allowing actual sales estimates
to be calculated.
| Comic-book Title | Issue | Price | Publisher | |
| 1 | Action Comics | 687 | $1.95 | DC |
| 2 | Adventures of Superman | 501 | $1.95 | DC |
| 3 | Superman | 78 | $1.95 | DC |
| 4 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 22 | $1.95 | DC |
| 5 | Adventures of Superman | 500 | $2.95 | DC |
| 6 | Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | 1 | $3.50 | Valiant |
| 7 | Batman | 500 | $3.95 | DC |
| 8 | Darker Image | 1 | $2.50 | Malibu |
| 9 | Deatblow | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 10 | Deatmate Prologue | $2.95 | Valiant | |
| 11 | Stormwatch | 1 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 12 | Maxx | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 13 | Spawn | 11 | $1.95 | Image |
| 14 | Uncanny X-Men | 300 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 15 | Spawn | 8 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 16 | Youngblood: Strike File | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 17 | Spawn | 12 | $1.95 | Image |
| 18 | Cable | 1 | $3.50 | Marvel |
| 19 | Superman | 82 | $3.50 | DC |
| 20 | Spawn | 10 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 21 | Amazing Spider-Man | 375 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 22 | Spider-Man Unlimited | 1 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 23 | Cyberforce | 25 | $2.50 | Malibu |
| 24 | Magnus: Robot Fighter | 9 | $2.95 | Valiant |
| 25 | Spawn | 500 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 26 | Adventures of Superman | 2 | $2.50 | DC |
| 27 | Stormwatch | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 28 | X-Men 2099 | 1 | $1.50 | Marvel |
| 29 | Tribe | 200 | $2.50 | Image |
| 30 | Spectacular Spider-Man | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 31 | Pitt | 505 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 32 | Adventures of Superman | 1 | $2.50 | DC |
| 33 | Brigade: The Series | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 34 | Shadowhawk II: The Secret Revealed | $1.95 | Image | |
| 35 | X-Men 2099 | 25 | $3.50 | Marvel |
| 36 | WildC.A.T.S. Trilogy | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 37 | Shadowhawk II | 1 | $3.50 | Image |
| 38 | X-O Manowar | 0 | $3.50 | Valiant |
| 39 | Bloodstrike | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 40 | Brigade: The Series | 4 | $2.50 | Malibu |
| 41 | Uncanny X-Men | 304 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 42 | Web of Spider-Man | 100 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 43 | Spawn | 15 | $1.95 | Image |
| 44 | Venom | 2 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 45 | Venom | 3 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 46 | Rai & The Future Force | 9 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 47 | Pitt | 2 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 48 | Sabretooth | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 49 | Shadowhawk | 3 | $2.50 | Malibu |
| 50 | 1963: Mystery, Inc. | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 51 | Savage Dragon | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 52 | Wildstar: Sky Zero | 1 | $2.50 | Malibu |
| 53 | Union | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 54 | Deathmate Yellow | $4.95 | Valiant | |
| 55 | Deathmate Black | $4.95 | Image | |
| 56 | Venom | 4 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 57 | Deathmate Blue | $4.95 | Valiant | |
| 58 | Stormwatch | 3 | $1.95 | Image |
| 59 | X-Factor | 92 | $3.50 | Marvel |
| 60 | Spawn | 13 | $1.95 | Image |
| 61 | Spawn | 14 | $1.95 | Image |
| 62 | Maxx | 2 | $1.95 | Image |
| 63 | Plasm | 1 | $2.95 | Defiant |
| 64 | Secret Weapons | 1 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 65 | Wolverine | 75 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 66 | X-Men Unlimited | 1 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 67 | Superman | 77 | $1.25 | DC |
| 68 | X-Force | 25 | $3.50 | Marvel |
| 69 | Spawn | 16 | $1.95 | Image |
| 70 | Spawn | 7 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 71 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 21 | $1.25 | DC |
| 72 | Venom: Funeral Pyre | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 73 | Cyberforce | 0 | $1.95 | Image |
| 74 | Brigade | 2 | $2.95 | Image |
| 75 | Superman | 79 | $1.50 | DC |
| 76 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 23 | $1.50 | DC |
| 77 | Adventures of Superman | 502 | $1.50 | DC |
| 78 | Secret Defenders | 1 | $2.50 | Marvel |
| 79 | Action Comics | 688 | $1.50 | DC |
| 80 | Shaman's Tears | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 81 | X-Men | 26 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 82 | Bloodstrike | 2 | $1.95 | Image |
| 83 | X-Men | 18 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 84 | Action Comics | 689 | $1.50 | DC |
| 85 | The Maxx | 3 | $1.95 | Image |
| 86 | Batman | 497 | $1.25 | DC |
| 87 | Youngblood Yearbook | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 88 | Deathmate Epilogue | $2.95 | Image | |
| 89 | X-Men | 19 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 90 | Venom | 5 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 91 | X-Men | 24 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 92 | Infinity Crusade | 1 | $3.50 | Marvel |
| 93 | Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | 2 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 94 | Tribe | 2 | $1.95 | Axis |
| 95 | Uncanny X-Men | 308 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 96 | Gambit | 1 | $2.50 | Marvel |
| 97 | X-Men | 28 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 98 | Adventures of Superman | 501 | $1.50 | DC |
| 99 | Uncanny X-Men | 303 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 100 | Action Comics | 687 | $1.50 | DC |
| 101 | Uncanny X-Men | 299 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 102 | Superman | 78 | $1.50 | DC |
| 103 | Stormwatch | 0 | $2.50 | Image |
| 104 | Superman | 22 | $1.50 | DC |
| 105 | X-Men | 27 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 106 | X-Men | 20 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 107 | Brigade | 0 | $1.95 | Image |
| 108 | Wildstar: Sky Zero | 2 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 109 | Prophet | 1 | $2.50 | Image |
| 110 | Uncanny X-Men | 298 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 111 | Magnus: Robot Fighter | 24 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 112 | X-Men | 23 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 113 | Amazing Spider-Man | 378 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 114 | WildC.A.T.S. Trilogy | 2 | $1.95 | Image |
| 115 | Uncanny X-Men | 307 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 116 | Youngblood: Strike File | 2 | $2.50 | Image |
| 117 | X-Men 2099 | 2 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 118 | Hellstorm | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 119 | Youngblood: Battlezone | 1 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 120 | Wolverine | 73 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 121 | Cyberforce | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 122 | X-Men | 21 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 123 | Second Life of Doctor Mirage | 1 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 124 | Cable | 2 | $2.00 | Marvel |
| 125 | Uncanny X_Men | 305 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 126 | Venom | 6 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 127 | Uncanny X-Men | 306 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 128 | Batman | 498 | $1.25 | DC |
| 129 | Ninjak | 1 | $3.50 | Valiant |
| 130 | Fantastic Four | 375 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 131 | Uncanny X-Men | 301 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 132 | X-Men | 22 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 133 | Shadowhawk | 3 | $2.95 | Image |
| 134 | Deadpool | 1 | $2.50 | Marvel |
| 135 | Thunderstrike | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 136 | Deathblow | 2 | $1.75 | Image |
| 137 | Adventures of Superman | 503 | $1.50 | DC |
| 138 | Action Comics | 690 | $1.50 | DC |
| 139 | Batman | 501 | $1.50 | DC |
| 140 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 24 | $1.50 | DC |
| 141 | Superman | 80 | $1.50 | DC |
| 142 | Spider-Man Unlimited | 35 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 143 | Savage Dragon | 2 | $2.95 | Image |
| 144 | Team Youngblood | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 145 | Detective Comics | 665 | $1.25 | DC |
| 146 | Detective Comics | 666 | $1.25 | DC |
| 147 | Uncanny X-Men | 302 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 148 | Batman | 499 | $1.25 | DC |
| 149 | Web of Spider-Man | 101 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 150 | X-Force | 20 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 151 | Image Swimsuit Special | 1 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 152 | Amazing Spider-Man | 380 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 153 | Supreme | 3 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 154 | Amazing Spider-Man | 379 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 155 | WildC.A.T.S. | 5 | $1.95 | Image |
| 156 | X-Force | 21 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 157 | X-Men 2099 | 3 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 158 | Uncanny X-Men | 309 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 159 | Youngblood: Strike File | 3 | $2.50 | Image |
| 160 | Spider-Man Unlimited | 2 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 161 | X-Force | 26 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 162 | Legacy of Superman | 1 | $2.50 | DC |
| 163 | Catwoman | 1 | $1.95 | DC |
| 164 | Rai & The Future Force | 10 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 165 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 25 | $1.50 | DC |
| 166 | Punisher 2099 | 2 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 167 | Stormwatch | 4 | $1.95 | Image |
| 168 | Spectacular Spider-Man | 201 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 169 | Spider-Man 2099 | 5 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 170 | Batman | 502 | $1.50 | DC |
| 171 | Detective Comics | 667 | $1.25 | DC |
| 172 | 2099 Unlimited | 1 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 173 | Venom: The Madness | 1 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 174 | Youngblood : Strike File | 4 | $2.50 | Image |
| 175 | Supemran | 81 | $1.50 | DC |
| 176 | Uncanny X-Men Annual | 17 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 177 | 1963: The Fury | 2 | $1.95 | Image |
| 178 | Spider-Man | 37 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 179 | Adventures of Superman | 504 | $1.50 | DC |
| 180 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 26 | $2.95 | DC |
| 181 | Spider-Man | 36 | $1.95 | Marvel |
| 182 | Silver Surfer/Warlock: Ressurection | 1 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 183 | Superpatriot | 1 | $1.50 | Image |
| 184 | Union | 2 | $1.50 | Image |
| 185 | Bloodshot | 5 | $1.75 | Valiant |
| 186 | WildC.A.T.S. | 6 | $2.50 | Image |
| 187 | Maxx | 5 | $1.95 | Image |
| 188 | Cable | 4 | $1.95 | Marvel |
| 189 | Bloodstrike | 4 | $2.25 | Image |
| 190 | Action Comics | 691 | $1.95 | DC |
| 191 | Rai & The Future Force | 11 | $1.95 | Valiant |
| 192 | WildC.A.T.S. Sourcebook | 1 | $2.00 | Image |
| 193 | Aliens vs. Predator: Deadlies of the Species | 1 | $1.95 | Dark Horse |
| 194 | Shaman's Tears | 2 | $1.50 | Image |
| 195 | Batman | 496 | $2.25 | DC |
| 196 | Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | 3 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 197 | Avengers | 363 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 198 | Avengers | 360 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 199 | Spider-Man 2099 | 6 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 200 | Trencher | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 201 | Web of Spider-Man | 103 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 202 | Cyberforce | 3 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 203 | Cable | 3 | $2.00 | Marvel |
| 204 | Iron Man | 290 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 205 | Death: High Cost of Living | 1 | $1.95 | DC |
| 206 | Showcase 93 | 8 | $1.95 | DC |
| 207 | X-Men 2099 | 4 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 208 | X-Factor | 94 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 209 | Showcase 93 | 93 | $1.95 | DC |
| 210 | Spectacular Spider-Man | 203 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 211 | Bloodshot | 6 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 212 | Maxx | 4 | $1.95 | Image |
| 213 | H.A.R.D. Corps | 7 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 214 | Spider-Man 2099 | 7 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 215 | Savage Dragon | 3 | $1.95 | Image |
| 216 | Sabretooth | 2 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 217 | Detective Comics | 668 | $1.25 | DC |
| 218 | X-Force | 28 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 219 | Detective Comics | 664 | $1.25 | DC |
| 220 | Batman | 500 | $2.50 | DC |
| 221 | X-Force | 23 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 222 | Web of Spider-Man | 102 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 223 | X-Force | 22 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 224 | X-Men Unlimited | 2 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 225 | Arcadia Week One: X | $1.00 | Dark Horse | |
| 226 | Action Comics | 692 | $1.50 | DC |
| 227 | Detective Comics | 669 | $1.50 | DC |
| 228 | Brigade | 3 | $1.95 | Image |
| 229 | Detective Comics | 663 | $1.25 | DC |
| 230 | Cyberforce | 2 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 231 | X-Force | 24 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 232 | X-Force | 27 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 233 | Solar, Man of the Atom | 25 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 234 | Wolverine | 69 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 235 | Superman | 84 | $1.50 | DC |
| 236 | Plasm | 2 | $2.95 | Defiant |
| 237 | Robin | 1 | $2.95 | DC |
| 238 | Venom: Funeral Pyre | 2 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 239 | Bloodstrike | 3 | $1.95 | Image |
| 240 | Solar, Man of the Atom | 22 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 241 | Solar, Man of the Atom | 23 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 242 | Sabretooth | 3 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 243 | Secret Weapons | 2 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 244 | X-Force | 29 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 245 | Shadowhawk | 4 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 246 | Adventures of Superman | 507 | $1.50 | DC |
| 247 | Magnus: Robot Fighter | 26 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 248 | X-Men Unlimited | 3 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 249 | Brigade | 4 | $1.95 | Image |
| 250 | Spider-Man 2099 | 8 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 251 | Harbinger | 19 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 252 | Savage Dragon | 4 | $1.95 | Image |
| 253 | Harbinger | 18 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 254 | Maxx | 6 | $1.95 | Image |
| 255 | X-Men Annual | 2 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 256 | Vanguard | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 257 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 28 | $1.50 | DC |
| 258 | Superman | 85 | $1.50 | DC |
| 259 | Adventures of Superman | 508 | $1.50 | DC |
| 260 | X-Force | 30 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 261 | Supreme | 4 | $1.95 | Image |
| 262 | Batman | 503 | $1.50 | DC |
| 263 | Punisher 2099 | 3 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 264 | X-O Manowar | 18 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 265 | Spectacular Spider-Man | 202 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 266 | Shadowhawk III | 1 | $1.95 | Image |
| 267 | Gambit | 2 | $2.00 | Marvel |
| 268 | Action Comics | 694 | $1.50 | DC |
| 269 | Darkhawk | 25 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 270 | Wild Thing | 1 | $2.50 | Marvel |
| 271 | Eternal Warrior | 12 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 272 | Bloodstrike | 5 | $1.95 | Image |
| 273 | Superman: The Man of Steel Annual | 2 | $2.50 | DC |
| 274 | X-Factor | 89 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 275 | Brigade | 3 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 276 | Punisher 2099 | 75 | $2.75 | Marvel |
| 277 | Wolverine | 76 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 278 | Doom 2099 | 3 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 279 | Amazing Spider-Man | 382 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 280 | Stormwatch | 5 | $1.95 | Image |
| 281 | X-Factor | 88 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 282 | Amazing Spider-Man Annual | 27 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 283 | Excalibur | 71 | $3.95 | Marvel |
| 284 | Shadowman | 15 | $2.50 | Valiant |
| 285 | Namor the Sub-Mariner | 37 | $2.00 | Marvel |
| 286 | Spider-Man 2099 | 9 | $1.25 | Marvel |
| 287 | Supreme | 2 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 288 | Sabretooth | 4 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 289 | X-O Manowar | 17 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 290 | Savage Dragon vs. Savage Megaton Man | 1 | $1.95 | Malibu |
| 291 | Superman: The Man of Steel | 29 | $1.50 | DC |
| 292 | Wolverine | 68 | $1.75 | Marvel |
| 293 | Bloodshot | 8 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 294 | Bloodshot | 7 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 295 | Venom: Funeral Pyre | 3 | $2.95 | Marvel |
| 296 | Detective Comics | 670 | $1.50 | DC |
| 297 | H.A.R.D. Corps | 8 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| 298 | Superman | 83 | $1.50 | DC |
| 299 | Image Plus | 1 | $2.25 | Image |
| 300 | Eternal Warrior | 11 | $2.25 | Valiant |
| Trade Paperback Title | Price | Publisher | ||
| 1 | WildC.A.T.S. | $9.95 | Image | |
| 2 | Batman/Houdini: Devil's Workshop | $5.95 | DC | |
| 3 | X-O Manowar | $9.95 | Valiant | |
| 4 | Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight Halloween Special | $6.95 | DC | |
| 5 | X-Men Survival Guide to the Man | $6.95 | Marvel | |
| 6 | RAI | $11.95 | Valiant | |
| 7 | Wolverine: Blood Hungry | $6.95 | Marvel | |
| 8 | Savage Dragon | $9.95 | Image | |
| 9 | Batman: Sword of Azrael | $9.95 | DC | |
| 10 | Warriors of Plasm: Home for the Holidays | $5.95 | Defiant | |
| 11 | Spider-Man/Punisher: Designer Genes | $8.95 | Marvel | |
| 12 | Star Wars: Dark Empire | $16.95 | Dark Horse | |
| 13 | Venom Death Trap: The Vault | $6.95 | Marvel | |
| 14 | Spider-Man: Carnage | $6.95 | Marvel | |
| 15 | Shadow Hawk: Out of the Shadows | $19.95 | Image | |
| 16 | Ren & Stimpy: Running Joke | $12.95 | Marvel | |
| 17 | Batman: Dark Joker The Wild HC | $24.95 | DC | |
| 18 | Batman: The Collected Adventures | $5.95 | DC | |
| 19 | Spider-Man: Venom Returns | $12.95 | Marvel | |
| 20 | Superman: Panic in the Sky | $9.95 | DC | |
| 21 | Marvel Universe Master Ed. | $4.50 | Marvel | |
| 22 | Valiant Era | $13.95 | Valiant | |
| 23 | Monster Massacre | $7.95 | Atomeka | |
| 24 | Marvel Universe Master Ed. | $4.95 | Marvel | |
| 25 | Marvel Universe Master Ed. | $4.95 | Marvel |
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