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September 1996 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
and Heroes World Distribution


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After fourteen months in which there was no reliable way to create an index of all the comics selling to retailers in the Direct Market, I launched a tracking program combining information from Diamond Comic Distributors with information from Heroes World Distribution, the exclusive distributor of Marvel.

The resulting fused list should be accurate down to 355th place, which includes the 55 items that made Diamond's Top 300 but which Marvel pushed out of the combined chart. Diamond computed dollar rankings while Heroes World did not; the chart below estimates likely dollar rankings for the Marvel issues.

The "Heroes Reborn" experiment started this month, in which Image creators Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld returned to Marvel to restart Avengers, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man. All four titles rocketed to the top of the chart, improving greatly on those titles' previous performance. Marvel took all ten slots in the combined Top Ten, showing how much Diamond's charts in the previous year had been missing.

It is not absolutely clear whether the Heroes World data includes United Kingdom sales; it's presumed that it doesn't, but if it did, the Marvel figures below would be reduced by somewhat less than 10%. That would still give Marvel domination of the rankings.

Click to skip to the Top Graphic Novels at Diamond for the month.

—John Jackson Miller

This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 chart and all comics offered by Heroes World.
Items marked (resolicitation) were offered in an earlier month but never shipped; disregard any previously reported figure, as earlier orders were canceled when the books were resolicited.
Distributor charts are regional commodity reports, not measures of a work's total reach. Read our FAQ.
The links lead to current listings for each issue on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

Units	Dollars	Comic-book Title	Issue	Price	Publisher	Est. units
1	1	Fantastic Four (Vol. 2)	1	$2.95	Marvel	313,980
2	2	Iron Man (Vol. 2)	1	$2.95	Marvel	277,464
3	3	Avengers (Vol. 2)	1	$2.95	Marvel	276,734
4	4	Captain America (Vol. 2)	1	$2.95	Marvel	274,070
5	6	Uncanny X-Men	338	$1.95	Marvel	203,722
6	7	X-Men	58	$1.95	Marvel	203,141
7	8	Wolverine	107	$1.95	Marvel	184,322
8	9	X.S.E.	1	$1.95	Marvel	172,264
9	17	Incredible Hulk	447	$1.50	Marvel	170,007
10	19	Spectacular Spider-Man	240	$1.50	Marvel	165,377
11	11	Spawn	54	$1.95	Image	161,450
12	12	Curse of the Spawn	1	$1.95	Image	158,930
13	13	Elektra	1	$1.95	Marvel	155,042
14	5	X-Men ’96		$2.95	Marvel	141,158
15	14	Generation X	21	$1.95	Marvel	140,980
16	15	Magneto	1	$1.95	Marvel	138,976
17	16	X-Man	21	$1.95	Marvel	131,663
18	20	X-Force	60	$1.95	Marvel	126,203
19	24	X-Factor	128	$1.95	Marvel	122,161
20	25	Cable	37	$1.95	Marvel	121,737
21	27	X-Men: Rise of Apocalypse	2	$1.95	Marvel	108,406
22	10	Generation X ’96	1	$2.95	Marvel	108,355
23	30	Excalibur	102	$1.95	Marvel	102,189
24	23	Deathblow/Wolverine	1	$2.50	Image	95,838
25	32	Final Night	1	$1.95	DC	91,401
26	49	Amazing Spider-Man	417	$1.50	Marvel	87,870
27	18	X-Men/Clandestine	3	$2.95	Marvel	85,108
28	34	Final Night	2	$1.95	DC	84,635
29	35	Final Night	3	$1.95	DC	83,058
30	36	Spider-Man	74	$1.95	Marvel	82,751
31	37	Final Night	4	$1.95	DC	82,402
32	31	DV8	2	$2.50	Image	74,324
33	39	Sensational Spider-Man	10	$1.95	Marvel	74,244
34	40	Batman	536	$1.95	DC	73,705
35	41	X-Men: Pryde and Wisdom	3	$1.95	Marvel	73,414
36	26	X-Files	22	$2.95	Topps	71,833
37	28	Parallax: Emerald Night	1	$2.95	DC	71,405
38	29	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	70,572
39	45	Star Trek: Voyager	1	$1.95	Marvel	69,024
40	46	Detective Comics	703	$1.95	DC	68,980
41	50	Star Trek Unlimited	1	$1.95	Marvel	67,500
42	51	Supergirl	3	$1.95	DC	67,425
43	53	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	1	$1.95	Marvel	66,732
44	72	Journey into Mystery	503	$1.50	Marvel	66,351
45	54	Superman	117	$1.95	DC	64,986
46	56	Action Comics	727	$1.95	DC	63,600
47	57	Adventures of Superman	540	$1.95	DC	63,489
48	58	Superman: The Man of Steel	62	$1.95	DC	62,399
49	21	Star Wars Boba Fett: When the Fat Lady Swings		$3.95	Dark Horse	61,757
50	33	Sensational Spider-Man ’96	1	$2.95	Marvel	60,079
51	22	X-Files Season One	3	$3.95	Topps	55,736
52	75	Green Lantern	80	$1.75	DC	55,500
53	92	Spider-Man: Redemption	3	$1.50	Marvel	55,404
54	43	Shattered Image	4	$2.50	Image	55,374
55	66	Robin	35	$1.95	DC	55,116
56	67	Nightwing	2	$1.95	DC	54,866
57	68	Batman: Shadow of the Bat	56	$1.95	DC	54,018
58	78	Flash	119	$1.75	DC	53,709
59	38	Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare	3	$2.95	DC	53,244
60	48	CyberForce	27	$2.50	Image	52,780
61	69	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight	88	$1.95	DC	52,205
62	55	Preacher	19	$2.50	DC	50,569
63	77	Catwoman	39	$1.95	DC	48,594
64	59	Preacher Special: Saint of Killers	4	$2.50	DC	48,240
65	90	Superman Adventures	1	$1.75	DC	47,893
66	42	Purgatori: Vampire's Myth	2	$2.95	Chaos	47,540
67	44	Superman: The Man of Steel Annual	5	$2.95	DC	46,596
68	60	The Dreaming	6	$2.50	DC	46,287
69	61	Wetworks	21	$2.50	Image	45,373
70	47	Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground Tatooine	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	45,306
71	82	Wonder Woman	115	$1.95	DC	45,247
72	52	Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual	4	$2.95	DC	44,415
73	89	Superboy	33	$1.95	DC	43,103
74	177	Untold Tales of Spider-Man	15	$.99	Marvel	42,639
75	94	Azrael	23	$1.95	DC	41,378
76	184	Professor X and the X-Men	13	$.99	Marvel	41,104
77	95	Teen Titans	2	$1.95	DC	40,950
78	70	Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2	2	$2.50	Homage	40,685
79	100	Venom: The Hunger	4	$1.95	Marvel	40,244
80	130	What If	91	$1.50	Marvel	39,955
81	134	Daredevil	358	$1.50	Marvel	39,374
82	116	Aquaman	26	$1.75	DC	39,351
83	104	Maxx	27	$1.95	Image	39,137
84	83	Total Justice	1	$2.25	DC	39,086
85	84	Hitman	8	$2.25	DC	38,968
86	74	Glory/Celestine: Dark Angel	1	$2.50	Image	38,968
87	189	Uncanny Origins	3	$.99	Marvel	38,855
88	138	Silver Surfer	122	$1.50	Marvel	37,593
89	63	Avengelyne	6	$2.99	Maximum	37,287
90	64	Dark Chylde	4	$2.99	Maximum	36,668
91	114	2099 World of Tomorrow	54	$1.95	Marvel	35,785
92	81	Backlash	24	$2.50	Image	35,319
93	96	Hitman	7	$2.25	DC	35,319
94	97	Total Justice	2	$2.25	DC	35,246
95	85	Grifter	3	$2.50	Image	34,671
96	102	Total Justice	3	$2.25	DC	34,420
97	131	Impulse	19	$1.75	DC	34,243
98	132	Artemis: Requiem	6	$1.75	DC	34,162
99	71	Bone	26	$2.95	Image	34,000
100	87	Savage Dragon	32	$2.50	Image	33,956
101	88	Arcanum	1	$2.50	Top Cow	33,867
102	91	House of Secrets	2	$2.50	DC	33,403
103	107	Legion of Super-Heroes	86	$2.25	DC	33,130
104	211	Marvel Fanfare	3	$.99	Marvel	32,808
105	123	Birds of Prey: Manhunt	3	$1.95	DC	32,637
106	124	Superboy & The Ravers	3	$1.95	DC	32,379
107	110	Batman: GCPD	4	$2.25	DC	31,649
108	79	Vampirella: Death and Destruction	3	$2.95	Harris	31,627
109	99	Classic Star Wars: Devil Worlds	2	$2.50	Dark Horse	31,546
110	143	Tempest	1	$1.75	DC	31,442
111	111	Starman	24	$2.25	DC	31,406
112	101	StormWatch	40	$2.50	Image	31,266
113	144	Power of Shazam!	20	$1.75	DC	31,221
114	103	Books of Magic	30	$2.50	DC	30,757
115	167	Punisher	13	$1.50	Marvel	30,330
116	80	Hellboy: Wake the Devil	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	30,027
117	108	Glory	15	$2.50	Image	29,600
118	135	Sovereign Seven	16	$1.95	DC	29,504
119	173	Ghost Rider	79	$1.50	Marvel	29,243
120	86	Monkeyman & O'Brien	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	29,084
121	121	Green Arrow	114	$2.25	DC	29,018
122	219	New Gods	12	$.99	DC	28,811
123	62	Vampirella: Sad Wings of Destiny	1	$3.95	Harris	28,708
124	73	Starman Annual	1	$3.50	DC	28,281
125	117	Grifter and The Mask	1	$2.50	Dark Horse	27,470
126	118	Black Lamb	1	$2.50	DC	27,470
127	127	Bloody Mary	2	$2.25	DC	27,359
128	128	Spectre	47	$2.25	DC	27,315
129	76	Avengelyne: Bible Revelations		$3.50	Maximum	27,293
130	166	Batman & Robin Adventures	12	$1.75	DC	26,902
131	98	Batman and Robin Adventures Annual	1	$2.95	DC	26,858
132	120	21	6	$2.50	Image	26,423
133	137	Legionnaires	42	$2.25	DC	25,391
134	140	Hellblazer	107	$2.25	DC	24,824
135	126	Leave It to Chance	1	$2.50	Homage	24,669
136	145	Lobo: Death & Taxes	2	$2.25	DC	24,271
137	146	Lobo	33	$2.25	DC	24,212
138	230	Adventures of the X-Men	8	$.99	Marvel	23,878
139	113	Predator: Dark River	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	23,836
140	153	Simpsons	24	$2.25	Bongo	23,504
141	93	Youngblood	12	$3.50	Image	23,379
142	119	Crow: City of Angels	3	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	22,952
143	139	Ghost	18	$2.50	Dark Horse	22,539
144	141	Lady Supreme	3	$2.50	Image	22,259
145	122	Vampirella of Drakulon	5	$2.95	Harris	21,817
146	175	Essential Vertigo: The Sandman	4	$1.95	DC	21,713
147	148	Badrock Super-Special	1	$2.50	Image	21,618
148	152	Terminal City	5	$2.50	DC	21,500
149	154	Sandman Mystery Theatre	44	$2.50	DC	20,969
150	129	Animal Mystic	2	$2.95	Sirius	20,814
151	198	Aztek: The Ultimate Man	4	$1.75	DC	20,748
152	133	Warrior Nun Areala: Scorpio Rose	1	$2.95	Antarctic	20,121
153	158	Supreme	42	$2.50	Image	20,003
154	247	Adventures of Spider-Man	15	$.99	Marvel	19,485
155	164	Blindside	2	$2.50	Image	19,443
156	165	Power Rangers Zeo	1	$2.50	Image	19,436
157	136	Black Pearl	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	19,429
158	193	Steel	32	$1.95	DC	19,296
159	142	Atomik Angels	4	$2.95	Crusade	18,854
160	65	Dhampire Stillborn		$5.95	DC	18,419
161	149	Crow: City of Angels Photo Cover	3	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	18,308
162	109	Elektra Saga	1	$3.95	Marvel	18,308
163	150	Decade of Dark Horse	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	18,294
164	151	22 Brides: Married to the Mob	4	$2.95	Event	18,220
165	169	Maximage	10	$2.50	Image	18,139
166	183	Cyberella	3	$2.25	DC	18,087
167	125	Extremely Youngblood	1	$3.50	Image	17,991
168	112	X-Men Megazine	1	$3.95	Marvel	17,838
169	155	Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	17,741
170	115	Elektra Saga	2	$3.95	Marvel	17,459
171	156	Showcase '96	10	$2.95	DC	17,343
172	157	Body Bags	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	17,063
173	159	Blood: A Tale	1	$2.95	DC	16,945
174	176	Seekers into the Mystery	10	$2.50	DC	16,923
175	161	Kabuki	1	$2.95	Caliber	16,716
176	218	Takion	6	$1.75	DC	16,591
177	162	Priest	2	$2.99	Maximum	16,480
178	197	Vermillion	2	$2.25	DC	16,458
179	163	Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End	3	$2.99	Maximum	16,318
180	172	Grendel: Devil's Legacy	2	$2.75	Dark Horse	16,289
181	229	Ultraforce	12	$1.50	Marvel	15,847
182	187	Poison Elves	16	$2.50	Sirius	15,699
183	171	Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	15,360
184	105	Witchblade Collected Edition	3	$4.95	Image	15,250
185	106	Elfquest	5	$4.95	Warp	15,109
186	235	Rune: Hearts of Darkness	1	$1.50	Marvel	14,980
187	196	NewMen	22	$2.50	Image	14,874
188	209	Gemini Blood	3	$2.25	DC	14,741
189	220	Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing	1	$1.95	DC	14,439
190	225	Hazard	5	$1.75	Image	14,431
191	178	Roswell: Little Green Man	1	$2.95	Bongo	14,277
192	179	Nexus: Executioner's Song	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,181
193	180	Rack & Pain: Killers	2	$2.95	Chaos	14,166
194	202	Ultraverse Unlimited	2	$2.50	Marvel	14,102
195	181	Verotika	12	$2.95	Verotik	14,085
196	182	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	4	$2.95	Topps	13,952
197	147	X-Force Megazine	1	$3.95	Marvel	13,764
198	185	Godzilla	16	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,584
199	207	Vertigo Verite: Unseen Hand	3	$2.50	DC	13,377
200	244	Prime	12	$1.50	Marvel	13,340
201	186	Tongue Lash	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,318
202	210	Kid Supreme	5	$2.50	Image	13,119
203	191	Gunsmith Cats: The Return of Gray	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,839
204	192	Ranma 1/2 Part 5	10	$2.95	Viz	12,758
205	194	Oh My Goddess! Terrible Master Urd	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,662
206	195	Grackle	1	$2.95	Acclaim	12,618
207	160	Hellborne	1	$3.95	London Night	12,515
208	237	Pinky and the Brain	5	$1.75	DC	12,309
209	222	Cerebus	210	$2.25	Aardvark-Vanaheim	12,191
210	199	Bone (reprint)	11	$2.95	Image	12,110
211	200	Age of Reptiles: The Hunt	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,021
212	203	Chronowar	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	11,903
213	204	Gamera	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	11,844
214	217	Fang Testament	1	$2.50	Sirius	11,719
215	168	Sliders Special	2	$3.95	Acclaim	11,513
216	206	Cyberfrog: Reservoir Frog	1	$2.95	Harris	11,402
217	208	Razor Uncut	26	$3.00	London Night	11,085
218	228	Youngblood Classics	1	$2.25	Image	10,798
219	212	Razor: Morbid Angel Soul Search	2	$3.00	London Night	10,584
220	233	Leonard Nimoy's Primortals	5	$2.25	Big	10,341
221	258	Animaniacs	19	$1.75	DC	10,311
222	213	Double Impact Vol. 2	2	$3.00	High Impact	10,245
223	234	Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger	6	$2.25	Big	10,142
224	215	Distant Soil	16	$2.95	Image	10,105
225	216	Knights on Broadway	3	$2.95	Broadway	10,090
226	214	CreeD: Cranial Disorder	1	$3.00	Lightning	10,024
227	188	Mythography	1	$3.95	Bardic	9,928
228	236	Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice	6	$2.25	Big	9,773
229	221	Blade of Immortal Conquest	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,456
230	232	G.I. Joe	4	$2.50	Dark Horse	9,419
231	223	Starlord Megazine	1	$2.95	Marvel	9,267
232	170	From Hell	10	$4.95	Kitchen Sink	9,154
233	224	Battle Angel Alita Part Six	8	$2.95	Viz	8,992
234	201	Satanika Illustrations		$3.95	Verotik	8,977
235	286	Uncle Scrooge	301	$1.50	Gladstone	8,933
236	226	Thundergod	3	$2.95	Crusade	8,520
237	227	Sunglasses After Dark	5	$2.95	Verotik	8,454
238	259	Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadow Death	6	$2.25	Big	8,019
239	231	Tommi Gun	0.5	$3.00	London Night	7,879
240	190	Wingbird Black & White Bondage		$4.95	Verotik	7,761
241	251	Goblin Lord	1	$2.50	Goblin	7,643
242	254	Big Bang Comics	4	$2.50	Image	7,569
243	255	Wise Son: The White Wolf	1	$2.50	DC	7,488
244	300	Donald Duck Adventures	41	$1.50	Gladstone	7,400
245	238	War of the Worlds	1	$2.95	Caliber	7,267
246	239	Kaos Moon	1	$2.95	Caliber	7,223
247	241	Moebius Comics	3	$2.95	Caliber	7,171
248	174	Gon	4	$5.95	DC	7,135
249	240	Demonique	1	$3.00	London Night	7,090
250	270	Isaac Asimov's I-Bots	6	$2.25	Big	7,039
251	243	Whoa Nellie!	3	$2.95	Fantagraphics	7,009
252	245	Warrior	1	$2.95	Ultimate Warrior	6,715
253	266	Icon	40	$2.50	DC	6,715
254	246	No Need for Tenchi	6	$2.95	Viz	6,663
255	248	La Blue Girl	3	$2.95	Central Park	6,530
256	314	Disney Comic Hits	13	$1.50	Marvel	6,509
257	250	Maison Ikkoku Part Six	2	$2.95	Viz	6,479
258	252	Dark Horse Presents	113	$2.95	Dark Horse	6,457
259	253	Warrior	2	$2.95	Ultimate Warrior	6,427
260	249	CreeD: Cranial Disorder	1	$3.00	Lightning	6,412
261	256	Hot Tails	7	$2.95	Fantagraphics	6,324
262	301	Looney Tunes	26	$1.75	DC	6,287
263	257	Gravediggers	3	$2.95	Acclaim	6,154
264	260	Bratpack/Maximortal Super Special	1	$2.95	King Hell	6,110
265	262	Big Blown Baby	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	5,992
266	263	Escape	4	$2.95	Comico	5,985
267	261	Dead Boys: Vampire Knights	1	$3.00	London Night	5,963
268	242	Super Taboo	10	$3.50	Fantagraphics	5,918
269	265	Spunky Knight Special		$2.95	Fantagraphics	5,911
270	267	Reality Check	1	$2.95	Sirius	5,690
271	205	Walt Disney's Comics & Stories	606	$5.95	Gladstone	5,661
272	268	Return of Lum Part Three	5	$2.95	Viz	5,631
273	330	Sonic the Hedgehog	41	$1.50	Archie	5,579
274	304	Spawn	40	$1.95	Image	5,484
275	282	Haunt of Fear	17	$2.50	Gemstone	5,484
276	283	Static	41	$2.50	DC	5,476
277	269	Drywall: Unzipped	1	$2.95	Fireman	5,432
278	332	Cheryl Blossom Goes Hollywood	1	$1.50	Archie	5,329
279	271	Riot Act Two	6	$2.95	Viz	5,307
280	335	Sonic: The Death Egg Saga	1	$1.50	Archie	5,299
281	273	All New Armed & Dangerous	4	$2.95	Acclaim	5,248
282	339	Archie	454	$1.50	Archie	5,145
283	274	THB	6	$2.95	Horse	5,049
284	292	Hardware	45	$2.50	DC	4,953
285	276	Vampfire	1	$2.95	Brainstorm	4,791
286	277	Cell	1	$2.95	Antarctic	4,754
287	347	Betty & Veronica	106	$1.50	Archie	4,739
288	278	Bio Booster Armor Guyver Part Five	5	$2.95	Viz	4,710
289	279	Mister X	3	$2.95	Caliber	4,710
290	281	Ninja High School	53	$2.95	Antarctic	4,695
291	285	Fist of the North Star Part Three	3	$2.95	Viz	4,548
292	355	Betty	44	$1.50	Archie	4,511
293	287	Luftwaffe 1946	2	$2.95	Antarctic	4,467
294	264	Vampfire (Nude)	1	$3.95	Brainstorm	4,459
295	289	Eddie Campbell's Bacchus	17	$2.95	Eddie Campbell	4,400
296	302	Frontline Combat	6	$2.50	Gemstone	4,400
297	303	Wandering Star	16	$2.50	Sirius	4,334
298	360	Veronica	58	$1.50	Archie	4,319
299	291	Sade	4	$3.00	London Night	4,245
300	306	Akiko	7	$2.50	Sirius	4,223
301	307	Sister of Mercy: When Razors Cry Crimson Tears	1	$2.50	No Mercy	4,172
302	275	Sanctuary Part Five	7	$3.50	Viz	4,120
303	318	Spawn: Blood Feud (reorder)	1	$2.25	Image	4,083
304	293	Elementals Sex Special	3	$2.95	Comico	4,046
305	294	Lady Vampre vs. Black Lace	1	$2.95	Black Out	4,010
306	280	Who is the Crooked Man	1	$3.50	Crusade	3,965
307	295	Cud Comics	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	3,951
308	272	Morbid Angel: Penance Revised Color Special		$3.95	London Night	3,943
309	297	Vamperotica	19	$2.95	Brainstorm	3,928
310	660	Free Wizard	62	$.00	Wizard	3,884
311	324	Spawn: Blood Feud (reorder)	2	$2.25	Image	3,855
312	299	Elementals vs. Charnal Priests Special	1	$2.95	Comico	3,855
313	319	Thieves & Kings	13	$2.35	I Box	3,847
314	327	Spawn: Blood Feud (reorder)	3	$2.25	Image	3,744
315	288	Widow: Bound by Blood	2	$3.50	Ground Zero	3,744
316	328	Spawn: Blood Feud (reorder)	4	$2.25	Image	3,729
317	317	Demongate	5	$2.50	Sirius	3,700
318	346	Maxx	8	$1.95	Image	3,671
319	313	Nira X Cyberangel Annual	1	$2.75	Express	3,634
320	381	Scooby Doo	15	$1.50	Archie	3,619
321	385	World of Archie	21	$1.50	Archie	3,582
322	308	All New Bad Eggs	4	$2.95	Acclaim	3,523
323	309	Vamperotica Deluxe	19	$2.95	Brainstorm	3,501
324	310	Mike Deodato Comics Jonas	19	$2.95	Caliber	3,486
325	311	THB	7	$2.95	Horse	3,471
326	312	Safety-Belt Man: All Hell	4	$2.95	Sirius	3,435
327	316	Archie Double Digest	89	$2.75	Archie	3,427
328	284	Gold Digger Annual 1996		$3.95	Antarctic	3,398
329	325	Adventures of the Mask	9	$2.50	Dark Horse	3,390
330	394	Archie's Pal, Jughead Comics	87	$1.50	Archie	3,383
331	296	Underwater	7	$3.50	Drawn and Quarterly	3,324
332	315	Oz	17	$2.95	Caliber	3,228
333	369	Archie Digest	144	$1.79	Archie	3,221
334	290	Widow Cinegraphic Special	1	$4.00	Ground Zero	3,214
335	320	Milk & Cheese 666 (2nd printing)	1	$2.75	Slave Labor	3,206
336	321	Catfight: Escape from Limbo	1	$2.75	Lightning	3,184
337	338	Passion	1	$2.50	Blue Dog	3,088
338	326	Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest	22	$2.75	Archie	3,073
339	350	Brinke of Disaster	1	$2.25	High Impact	3,066
340	323	Replacement God	6	$2.95	Slave Labor	3,059
341	305	Gen13/Maxx	1	$3.50	Image	3,029
342	322	A-Bomb	14	$2.95	Antarctic	2,941
343	455	Calibrations	4	$.99	Caliber	2,926
344	298	Genus	20	$3.95	Antarctic	2,926
345	333	Catfight: Escape from Limbo	1	$2.75	Lightning	2,904
346	329	Atomic City Tales	3	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	2,838
347	399	Laugh Digest	131	$1.79	Archie	2,771
348	400	Jughead with Archie Digest	130	$1.79	Archie	2,742
349	331	Iczer III	1	$2.95	Central Park	2,712
350	334	Red Dragon	2	$2.95	Comico	2,698
351	387	Maxx (reorder)	2	$1.95	Image	2,690
352	389	Maxx (reorder)	4	$1.95	Image	2,690
353	336	Reid Fleming World's Toughest Milkman Comics (4th printing)	3	$2.95	Deep Sea	2,646
354	337	Reid Fleming World's Toughest Milkman Comics (3rd printing)	4	$2.95	Deep Sea	2,646
355	392	Maxx (reorder)	5	$1.95	Image	2,646

September 1996 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Graphic Novels Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.
Marvel titles are not included in the list.

The links lead to details about each title on Amazon. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

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Heroes World graphic novel data was not available, so Marvel is not included in this list. But it's pretty obvious one book that would have made the Top 10 would have been the Marvel version of the Amalgam Age of Comics. Diamond would not index its graphic novel data for some time, so no estimates are available.

Units	Dollars	Trade Paperback title	Price	Publisher	Est. units
1	4	Amber: The Guns of Avalon	$6.95	DC	n/a
2	2	Big Book of Hoaxes	$14.95	DC	n/a
3	3	Amalgam Age of Comics: DC Comics	$12.95	DC	n/a
4	6	Joker: Devil's Advocate	$12.95	DC	n/a
5	1	Fax from Sarajevo	$24.95	Dark Horse	n/a
6	7	Witchcraft	$14.95	DC	n/a
7	5	Ranma 1/2 Vol. 7	$15.95	Viz	n/a
8	9	Batman: Haunted Knight	$12.95	DC	n/a
9	8	Shi: The Way of the Warrior Vol. 2	$14.95	Crusade	n/a
10	14	Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color	$17.95	Dark Horse	n/a

September 1996 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
and Heroes World Distribution

September 1996 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Graphic Novels Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.
Marvel titles are not included in the list.

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September 1996 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors and Heroes World Distribution

September 1996 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Graphic Novels Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it. Marvel titles are not included in the list.

The links lead to details about each title on Amazon. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

The month in comics shops

Vital statistics

MARKET SHARES

THE FINE PRINT

LATEST UPDATES

VIDEOS

RECENT ARTICLES

CONTACT

BLOG TOPICS

RESOURCES

DONATE

REFERENCE DEPT.

Estimated Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
and Heroes World Distribution

This list includes all items on Diamond's chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.
Marvel titles are not included in the list.