October 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

Second-issue sales of the "Heroes Reborn" line slipped enough to let the usual X-titles into the top slots in this, the second month a fused chart was available combining sales from Diamond and Heroes World.

DC broke the Top 10 this time, though it was with a Marvel crossover book. The top regular DC book was in 32nd place. Diamond computed dollar rankings while Heroes World did not; the chart below estimates likely dollar rankings for the Marvel issues.

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.
Click to read the methodology for this table's estimates.
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 item on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

Units	Dollars	Comic-book Title	Issue	Price	Publisher	Est. units
1	3	X-Men	59	$1.95	Marvel	202,024
2	4	Uncanny X-Men	339	$1.95	Marvel	200,127
3	7	Wolverine	108	$1.95	Marvel	179,775
4	1	Spawn the Impaler	1	$2.95	Image	172,838
5	9	Spawn	55	$1.95	Image	162,896
6	10	Fantastic Four (Vol. 2)	2	$1.95	Marvel	162,475
7	2	DC/Marvel: All Access	1	$2.95	DC	150,664
8	14	Iron Man (Vol. 2)	2	$1.95	Marvel	139,986
9	15	Generation X	22	$1.95	Marvel	137,175
10	16	Curse of the Spawn: Dark Future Part 2 Blood Lust	1	$1.95	Image	136,955
11	19	Captain America (Vol. 2)	2	$1.95	Marvel	131,863
12	20	Avengers (Vol. 2)	2	$1.95	Marvel	130,961
13	21	X-Man	22	$1.95	Marvel	130,441
14	23	X-Force	61	$1.95	Marvel	125,752
15	5	Spider-Man	75	$2.95	Marvel	124,664
16	6	X-Men Unlimited	13	$2.95	Marvel	122,694
17	12	Gen13	14	$2.50	Image	121,937
18	24	X-Factor	129	$1.95	Marvel	119,680
19	25	Cable	38	$1.95	Marvel	119,162
20	28	Magneto	2	$1.95	Marvel	116,973
21	42	Amazing Spider-Man	418	$1.50	Marvel	112,113
22	32	X-Men: Rise of the Apocalypse	3	$1.95	Marvel	105,266
23	34	Mystique & Sabretooth	1	$1.95	Marvel	102,851
24	35	Excalibur	104	$1.95	Marvel	100,793
25	47	Spectacular Spider-Man	241	$1.50	Marvel	99,661
26	39	Sensational Spider-Man	11	$1.95	Marvel	97,569
27	40	X.S.E.	2	$1.95	Marvel	96,662
28	26	Witchblade	10	$2.50	Top Cow	92,391
29	8	Lady Death: The Crucible	1	$3.50	Chaos	91,719
30	18	Tales of the Witchblade	1	$2.95	Top Cow	87,245
31	56	Incredible Hulk	448	$1.50	Marvel	86,843
32	13	Green Lantern (Enhanced)	81	$3.95	DC	72,269
33	50	Elektra	2	$1.95	Marvel	71,317
34	30	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	70,988
35	31	X-Files	23	$2.95	Topps	70,750
36	52	Batman	537	$1.95	DC	70,014
37	33	Darkchylde/Glory	1	$2.95	Extreme	68,852
38	54	Supergirl	4	$1.95	DC	67,312
39	43	WildC.A.T.S	33	$2.50	Image	66,276
40	36	Darkchylde/Avengelyne	1	$2.99	Maximum	65,120
41	38	Star Wars: Golden Age of the Sith	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	65,078
42	58	Detective Comics	704	$1.95	DC	64,168
43	11	Batman: The Long Halloween	1	$4.95	DC	63,230
44	59	Venom: Tooth & Claw	1	$1.95	Marvel	63,132
45	60	Superman	118	$1.95	DC	62,705
46	64	Nightwing	3	$1.95	DC	56,677
47	29	X-Files Season One	4	$3.95	Topps	56,236
48	90	Journey into Mystery	504	$1.50	Marvel	55,408
49	44	Crypt of Dawn	1	$2.95	Sirius	54,576
50	70	Batman: Shadow of the Bat	57	$1.95	DC	53,960
51	45	Spider-Man Unlimited	14	$2.95	Marvel	53,545
52	92	Spider-Man: Redemption	4	$1.50	Marvel	53,541
53	93	Abominations	1	$1.50	Marvel	53,506
54	17	Superman/WW: Whom the Gods Would Destroy	1	$4.95	DC	53,372
55	71	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight	89	$1.95	DC	51,580
56	72	Robin	36	$1.95	DC	51,230
57	57	Preacher	20	$2.50	DC	51,202
58	22	Preacher Special: The Story of You Know Who	1	$4.95	DC	49,745
59	37	Batman: Death of Innocents	1	$3.95	DC	49,241
60	84	Flash	120	$1.75	DC	49,136
61	48	Robin Plus	1	$2.95	DC	48,947
62	76	Catwoman	40	$1.95	DC	48,373
63	49	Spider-Man Team-Ups	5	$2.95	Marvel	47,589
64	69	Lady Death & The Women of Chaos Gallery	1	$2.25	Chaos	47,316
65	27	World's Finest: Superboy/Robin	1	$4.95	DC	46,637
66	115	What If?	92	$1.50	Marvel	46,097
67	53	Shi: Kaidan	1	$2.95	Crusade	45,768
68	82	Wonder Woman	116	$1.95	DC	44,851
69	83	Untold Tales of Spider-Man '96		$1.95	Marvel	44,468
70	55	Green Lantern Plus	1	$2.95	DC	44,165
71	66	Dreaming	7	$2.50	DC	43,892
72	172	Untold Tales of Spider-Man	16	$.99	Marvel	43,359
73	67	Wetworks	22	$2.50	Image	42,982
74	89	Star Fleet Academy	1	$1.95	Marvel	42,713
75	68	CyberForce	28	$2.50	Top Cow	42,695
76	94	Batman: Gordon's Law	1	$1.95	DC	41,000
77	61	Avengelyne	0	$2.99	Maximum	40,867
78	97	Azrael	24	$1.95	DC	40,678
79	184	Marvel Fanfare	4	$.99	Marvel	40,451
80	98	Daily Bugle	1	$1.95	Marvel	40,246
81	129	Silver Surfer	123	$1.50	Marvel	39,977
82	185	Professor X and the X-Men	14	$.99	Marvel	39,820
83	73	Astro City Vol. 2	3	$2.50	Homage	39,194
84	102	Teen Titans	3	$1.95	DC	38,970
85	62	Azrael Plus	1	$2.95	DC	38,557
86	134	Daredevil	359	$1.50	Marvel	38,479
87	105	Star Trek: Voyager	2	$1.95	Marvel	38,231
88	75	Angels of Destruction		$2.50	Marvel	38,208
89	106	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	2	$1.95	Marvel	37,661
90	107	Superboy	34	$1.95	DC	37,472
91	65	Wonder Woman Annual	5	$2.95	DC	37,304
92	78	Weapon Zero	8	$2.50	Top Cow	35,945
93	79	2099: World of Tomorrow	4	$2.50	Marvel	35,626
94	81	Black Knight: Exodus		$2.50	Marvel	35,396
95	51	Backlash	25	$3.95	Image	35,175
96	127	Impulse	20	$1.75	DC	34,489
97	99	Hitman	9	$2.25	DC	34,447
98	128	Superman Adventures	2	$1.75	DC	34,391
99	130	Aquaman	27	$1.75	DC	34,153
100	85	Glory/Celestine: Dark Angel	2	$2.50	Extreme	34,013
101	119	Birds of Prey: Manhunt	4	$1.95	DC	33,621
102	88	X-O Manowar Vol. 2	1	$2.50	Acclaim	33,376
103	91	Grifter	4	$2.50	Image	32,942
104	96	House of Secrets	3	$2.50	DC	31,871
105	123	Superboy & The Ravers	4	$1.95	DC	31,717
106	110	Starman	25	$2.25	DC	31,303
107	162	Punisher	14	$1.50	Marvel	31,237
108	46	Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller	1	$4.95	Dark Horse	31,037
109	100	Books of Magic	31	$2.50	DC	30,806
110	41	Vampirella 25th Anniversary Special		$5.95	Harris	30,400
111	103	StormWatch	41	$2.50	Image	30,232
112	213	Uncanny Origins	4	$.99	Marvel	30,212
113	80	Hellboy: Wake the Devil	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	30,057
114	108	Star Lord	1	$2.50	Marvel	28,660
115	109	Brass	3	$2.50	Image	28,594
116	87	Crow: Wild Justice	1	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	28,377
117	175	Ghost Rider	80	$1.50	Marvel	28,061
118	122	Legion of Super-Heroes	87	$2.25	DC	27,789
119	114	Glory	16	$2.50	Extreme	27,698
120	124	Legionnaires	43	$2.25	DC	27,299
121	161	Batman & Robin Adventures	13	$1.75	DC	27,159
122	95	Vampirella Strikes	7	$2.95	Harris	27,019
123	132	Lobo/Demon: Helloween	1	$2.25	DC	26,171
124	101	Lady Rawhide	1	$2.95	Topps	26,073
125	120	Allegra	3	$2.50	Image	25,996
126	112	Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3	2	$2.75	Homage	25,352
127	136	Night Force	1	$2.25	DC	25,184
128	121	Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror	2	$2.50	Bongo	25,016
129	137	Simpsons Comics	25	$2.25	Bongo	24,918
130	138	Hellblazer	108	$2.25	DC	24,820
131	139	Bloody Mary	3	$2.25	DC	24,652
132	86	Legionnaires Annual	3	$3.50	DC	24,267
133	74	Razor	1	$3.95	London Night	24,197
134	174	Power of Shazam!	21	$1.75	DC	24,197
135	145	Lobo	34	$2.25	DC	23,917
136	178	Tempest	2	$1.75	DC	23,882
137	131	Evil Ernie	1	$2.50	Chaos	23,707
138	113	Friends of Maxx	2	$2.95	Image	23,518
139	150	Lobo: Death & Taxes	3	$2.25	DC	23,315
140	77	Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck	1	$3.95	Image	23,294
141	166	Sovereign Seven	17	$1.95	DC	23,175
142	168	New Gods	13	$1.95	DC	23,126
143	116	Ash: The Fire Within	3	$2.95	Event	22,475
144	237	Adventures of the X-Men	9	$.99	Marvel	22,329
145	117	Madman Comics	11	$2.95	Dark Horse	22,328
146	118	Predator: Dark River	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	22,244
147	156	Green Arrow	115	$2.25	DC	21,873
148	141	Black Lamb	2	$2.50	DC	21,810
149	142	Youngblood	13	$2.50	Extreme	21,782
150	143	Grifter and The Mask	2	$2.50	Dark Horse	21,690
151	144	Sandman Mystery Theatre	45	$2.50	DC	21,578
152	157	Spectre	48	$2.25	DC	21,543
153	189	Green Lantern (Unenhanced)	81	$1.75	DC	21,522
154	104	Green Lantern Gallery	1	$3.50	DC	21,417
155	147	Lady Supreme	4	$2.50	Extreme	21,305
156	125	Tomoe	1	$2.95	Crusade	20,773
157	182	Essential Vertigo: The Sandman	5	$1.95	DC	20,626
158	126	Sovereign Seven Annual	2	$2.95	DC	20,514
159	152	Terminal City	6	$2.50	DC	20,486
160	154	Supreme	43	$2.50	Extreme	20,171
161	133	Showcase '96	11	$2.95	DC	19,926
162	155	Leave It to Chance	2	$2.50	Homage	19,716
163	170	Scare Tactics	1	$2.25	DC	19,373
164	135	Ash: The Fire Within	3	$2.95	Event	19,254
165	192	Steel	33	$1.95	DC	19,079
166	201	Aztek The Ultimate Man	5	$1.75	DC	19,079
167	63	Mythos: The Final Tour	1	$5.95	DC	19,037
168	256	Adventures of Spider-Man	9	$.99	Marvel	18,342
169	146	Stray Bullets	11	$2.95	El Capitan	18,155
170	151	Bone	12	$2.95	Image	17,658
171	149	Bionix	1	$2.99	Maximum	17,588
172	153	Decade of Dark Horse	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	17,259
173	173	Space Jam	1	$2.50	DC	17,049
174	179	Seekers into the Mystery	11	$2.50	DC	16,558
175	206	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	4	$1.95	Image	16,558
176	167	Grendel: Devil's Legacy	3	$2.75	Dark Horse	16,404
177	158	Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End	4	$2.99	Maximum	16,180
178	160	1111	1	$2.95	Crusade	16,152
179	196	Cyberella	4	$2.25	DC	16,047
180	163	Body Bags	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	15,830
181	186	Poison Elves	17	$2.50	Sirius	15,711
182	164	Power Rangers Zeo/Youngblood	1	$2.95	Extreme	15,676
183	165	Jaguar God	6	$2.95	Verotik	15,529
184	169	Satanika	5	$2.95	Verotik	15,004
185	234	Ultraforce	13	$1.50	Marvel	14,999
186	171	Black Pearl	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,668
187	195	New Men	23	$2.50	Extreme	14,493
188	205	Vermillion	3	$2.25	DC	14,388
189	176	Blood: A Tale	2	$2.95	DC	14,199
190	111	Elfquest	6	$4.95	Warp	14,192
191	177	Dark Horse Presents	114	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,185
192	180	Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,891
193	183	Priest	3	$2.99	Maximum	13,401
194	187	Hate	25	$2.95	Fantagraphics	13,247
195	188	Ranma 1/2 Part Five	11	$2.95	Viz	12,869
196	190	Gunsmith Cats: The Return of Gray	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,694
197	210	Power Rangers Zeo	2	$2.50	Extreme	12,631
198	191	Vanguard: Strange Visitors	1	$2.95	Image	12,617
199	211	Vertigo Verite: Unseen Hand	4	$2.50	DC	12,596
200	217	Hazard	6	$2.25	Image	12,582
201	219	Gemini Blood	4	$2.25	DC	12,554
202	193	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	5	$2.95	Topps	12,491
203	251	Rune: Hearts of Darkness	2	$1.50	Marvel	12,425
204	252	Prime	13	$1.50	Marvel	12,396
205	212	Kid Supreme	6	$2.50	Extreme	12,386
206	194	Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,323
207	159	Incredible Hulk Megazine		$3.95	Marvel	12,246
208	223	Cerebus	211	$2.25	Aardvark-Vanaheim	12,141
209	242	Pinky and the Brain	6	$1.75	DC	12,099
210	197	Asylum	8	$2.99	Maximum	11,951
211	233	Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing	2	$1.95	DC	11,608
212	140	Witchblade Collected Edition	4	$4.95	Top Cow	11,104
213	203	Rack & Pain Killers	3	$2.95	Chaos	11,048
214	202	Razor Uncut	27	$3.00	London Night	10,908
215	204	Razor Uncut	28	$3.00	London Night	10,845
216	207	Blade of the Immortal Genius	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,831
217	208	Chronowar	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,740
218	209	Gamera	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,740
219	181	Legend of Mother Sarah: City of the Angels	1	$3.95	Dark Horse	10,194
220	259	Takion	7	$1.75	DC	9,984
221	214	Hari Kari: Rebirth	1	$2.95	Blackout	9,984
222	215	Cyberfrog: Reservoir Frog	2	$2.95	Harris	9,830
223	238	Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger	7	$2.25	Big	9,781
224	239	Leonard Nimoy's Primortals	6	$2.25	Big	9,718
225	216	Battle Angel Alita Part Seven	1	$2.95	Viz	9,711
226	218	Knights on Broadway	4	$2.95	Broadway	9,592
227	241	Donald Duck	300	$2.25	Gladstone	9,466
228	264	Animaniacs	20	$1.75	DC	9,368
229	245	Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice	7	$2.25	Big	9,333
230	221	Horseman	2	$2.95	Kevlar	9,326
231	222	Grackle	2	$2.95	Acclaim	9,312
232	220	Razor/Morbid Angel: Soul Search	3	$3.00	London Night	9,193
233	225	Usagi Yojimbo	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,123
234	235	Fang: Testament	2	$2.50	Sirius	8,892
235	227	Lilith: Demon Princess	2	$2.95	Antarctic	8,787
236	226	China & Jazz: Code Name Double Impact	1	$3.00	High Impact	8,668
237	200	Tomb of Dracula: Halloween		$3.95	Marvel	8,653
238	294	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	1	$1.50	Archie	8,605
239	229	Hellborne	3	$3.00	London Night	8,283
240	299	Uncle Scrooge Adventures	42	$1.50	Gladstone	8,206
241	230	Morbid Angel: To Hell and Back	1	$3.00	London Night	8,192
242	232	Thundergod	4	$2.95	Crusade	7,786
243	231	Pandora	1	$3.00	Brainstorm	7,695
244	305	Disney Comic Hits	15	$1.50	Marvel	7,590
245	240	Big Bang Comics	5	$2.95	Image	7,275
246	265	Kurt Busiek's Astro City	1	$2.25	Image	7,268
247	243	Xenozoic Tales	14	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	7,134
248	271	I-Bots	7	$2.25	Big	6,973
249	260	Tales from the Crypt	18	$2.50	Gemstone	6,959
250	224	Acme Novelty Library	8	$3.95	Fantagraphics	6,889
251	246	New Love	2	$2.95	Fantagraphics	6,854
252	289	Spawn	45	$1.95	Image	6,826
253	253	Snowman 1944	1	$2.75	Express	6,742
254	274	Youngblood Classics	2	$2.25	Extreme	6,735
255	248	No Need for Tenchi	7	$2.95	Viz	6,574
256	250	Vampress Luxura	2	$2.95	Brainstorm	6,546
257	247	Demonique	2	$3.00	London Night	6,504
258	228	Coventry	1	$3.95	Fantagraphics	6,413
259	236	Maison Ikkoku Part Six	3	$3.50	Viz	6,336
260	270	Icon	40	$2.50	DC	6,315
261	254	Gravediggers	4	$2.95	Acclaim	6,273
262	324	Sonic the Hedgehog	42	$1.50	Archie	6,238
263	298	Sonic Live Special	1	$2.00	Archie	6,231
264	272	6 Lethal Origins	1	$2.50	Byron Preiss	6,224
265	258	La Blue Girl	4	$2.95	CPM	6,007
266	257	Crystal Breeze Unleashed	1	$3.00	High Impact	5,979
267	278	They Call Me The Skul	1	$2.50	Byron Preiss	5,895
268	198	Walt Disney's Comics & Stories	607	$5.95	Gladstone	5,839
269	261	Primal Rage	2	$2.95	Sirius	5,804
270	262	Code Name Scorpio	1	$2.95	Antarctic	5,783
271	279	Araknis	5	$2.50	Mushroom	5,762
272	263	Hot Tails	8	$2.95	Fantagraphics	5,762
273	280	Wise Son: The White Wolf	2	$2.50	DC	5,720
274	283	Berlin	3	$2.50	Black Eye	5,615
275	285	Weird Science	18	$2.50	Gemstone	5,566
276	249	Super Taboo	11	$3.50	Fantagraphics	5,531
277	266	Return of Lum Part Three	6	$2.95	Viz	5,510
278	267	Tribe	0	$2.95	Good	5,510
279	268	Big Blown Baby	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	5,489
280	275	Hellina: Hell's Angel	1	$2.75	Lightning	5,475
281	287	Suit	1	$2.50	Byron Preiss	5,440
282	339	Archie	455	$1.50	Archie	5,370
283	288	Shock SuspenStories	18	$2.50	Gemstone	5,363
284	341	Sonic: The Death Egg Saga	2	$1.50	Archie	5,349
285	269	Previews Presents: Queens of Halloween Ashcan	2	$3.00	Diamond	5,328
286	290	Static	42	$2.50	DC	5,279
287	273	Riot Act Two	7	$2.95	Viz	5,223
288	277	Demon Gun	3	$2.95	Crusade	5,020
289	344	Betty & Veronica	107	$1.50	Archie	5,006
290	319	Archie's Christmas Stocking	4	$2.00	Archie	4,915
291	345	Cheryl Blossom Goes Hollywood	2	$1.50	Archie	4,894
292	300	Hardware	46	$2.50	DC	4,852
293	281	Superfist Ayumi		$2.95	Fantagraphics	4,831
294	282	Vamperotica	20	$2.95	Brainstorm	4,782
295	346	Betty	45	$1.50	Archie	4,698
296	357	Wizard (Free Promotion)	63	$.00	Wizard	4,666
297	286	Bio Booster Armor Guyver Part Five	6	$2.95	Viz	4,649
298	303	Glory	1	$2.50	Image	4,579
299	348	Veronica	59	$1.50	Archie	4,467
300	291	Demon Beast Invasion	1	$2.95	CPM	4,397
301	292	Eddie Campbell's Bacchus	18	$2.95	Eddie Campbell	4,383
302	293	Star Blazers	8	$2.95	Argo	4,376
303	309	Akiko	8	$2.50	Sirius	4,369
304	310	Wandering Star	17	$2.50	Sirius	4,362
305	295	Fist of the North Star Part Three	4	$2.95	Viz	4,355
306	296	Reality Check	2	$2.95	Sirius	4,299
307	313	Gothic Nights Two		$2.50	Rebel	4,292
308	297	Lost	1	$2.95	Caliber	4,278
309	244	Manga Vizion Vol. 2	10	$4.95	Viz	4,243
310	350	Betty & Veronica Spectacular	21	$1.50	Archie	4,194
311	317	Joe Psycho & Moo Frog	2	$2.50	Goblin	4,068
312	307	Betty & Veronica Double Digest	62	$2.75	Archie	4,054
313	340	Vampire Bayne Vol. 2	1	$2.00	Comicolor	4,019
314	284	Sanctuary Part Five	8	$3.50	Viz	3,998
315	312	Archangels the Saga	4	$2.75	Eternal	3,921
316	302	Elementals vs. Charnal Priests Special	2	$2.95	Comico	3,900
317	314	Archangels the Saga	3	$2.75	Eternal	3,879
318	304	Gold Digger	32	$2.95	Antarctic	3,865
319	276	Ninja High School Yearbook 1996		$3.95	Antarctic	3,760
320	326	Demongate	6	$2.50	Sirius	3,718
321	306	Sade	5	$3.00	London Night	3,718
322	352	Scooby Doo	16	$1.50	Archie	3,704
323	255	Pandora	1	$5.00	Brainstorm	3,690
324	311	Tug & Buster	6	$2.95	Art & Soul	3,683
325	349	Archie Digest	145	$1.79	Archie	3,613
326	330	Warrior	3	$2.50	Ultimate	3,606
327	353	Jughead	88	$1.50	Archie	3,536
328	315	Rebels of Avalon	1	$2.95	Comico	3,522
329	351	Betty & Veronica Digest	85	$1.79	Archie	3,473
330	316	Elementals Sex Special	4	$2.95	Comico	3,459
331	335	Warrior	4	$2.50	Ultimate	3,417
332	301	Melty Feeling	1	$3.50	Antarctic	3,417
333	323	Pals 'N' Gals Double Digest	23	$2.75	Archie	3,410
334	347	Silver	1	$2.00	Comicolor	3,396
335	327	Jughead's Double Digest	41	$2.75	Archie	3,368
336	331	Milk & Cheese's Other #1		$2.75	Slave Labor	3,228
337	325	Gideon	1	$2.95	Caliber	3,151
338	308	Who Is the Crooked Man	2	$3.50	Crusade	3,144
339	199	Witchblade Collected Ed. Vol. 4 w/Custom Slipcase		$10.95	Top Cow	3,130
340	322	Moxi: Strange Daze	1	$3.00	Lightning	3,130
341	343	Adventures of the Mask	10	$2.50	Dark Horse	3,074
342	336	Nira X: Soulskurge	1	$2.75	Express	3,060
343	329	Rose and Gunn	3	$3.00	London Night	3,046
344	332	Blood Hunter	1	$2.95	Brainstorm	2,997
345	333	Safety Belt Man: All Hell	5	$2.95	Sirius	2,983
346	337	W	1	$2.95	Good	2,843
347	354	Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego	4	$1.75	DC	2,780
348	356	Calibrations	5	$.99	Caliber	2,773
349	338	Lady Bathory - Baby Universal	3	$2.95	Comico	2,759
350	321	Batman: Legacy Collectors Set	1	$3.55	DC	2,661
351	342	Blue Dog	1	$3.00	Ground Zero	2,605
352	328	Batman: Legacy Collectors Set	2	$3.55	DC	2,598
353	318	Taboux Book Three	1	$3.95	Antarctic	2,535
354	334	Box Office Poison	1	$3.50	Antarctic	2,500
355	148	Onslaught: Marvel Universe Gold		$50.00	Marvel	1,059
356	355	Archie's Story & Game Digest	37	$1.79	Archie	2,479
357	320	Biologic Show	2	$3.95	Fantagraphics	2,465

October 1996 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's Top Graphic Novel charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

The links lead to title details on Amazon (paid links). You can also find the books at your comics shop.

Diamond ranked its graphic novels by dollar volume first, meaning that there's an incomplete look at the top ten by units. Heroes World graphic novel data was also not available, so Marvel is not included in this list.

Dollars	Units	Trade Paperback title	Price	Publisher	Est. units
1	6	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 10th Anniv Slipcase Ed.	$100.00	DC	n/a
2	7	Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 6	$49.95	DC	n/a
3	10	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 10th Anniv HC	$45.00	DC	n/a
4	14	Aliens/Predator Deadliest of the Species	$29.95	Dark Horse	n/a
5	2	Big Book of Thugs	$14.95	DC	n/a
6	1	Amber: The Guns of Avalon #3	$6.95	DC	n/a
7	13	Sin City: That Yellow Bastard HC	$25.00	Dark Horse	n/a
8	5	Bone Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm	$16.95	Cartoon	n/a
9	22	Freak Force Vol. 1	$29.95	Image	n/a
10	15	WildC.A.T.S/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct	$16.95	Image	n/a

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One point on the chart released by Diamond equals
700 copies.

COMICS UNIT SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold
10.26 million copies

The 357 comics for which sales are known:
10.44 million copies

COMICS DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold had a total retail price of
$24.58 million

The 357 comics for which sales are known:
$25.18 million

Diamond did not report indexed graphic novel sales, but did provide product category breakdowns suggesting that all its trade paperback sold for a minimum of
$3.8 million

Heroes World did not report graphic novel sales.

Dollar sales for the 357 comic books at Heroes World and Diamond for which sales are known, combined with all Diamond (but no Marvel) graphic novels were worth a minimum of
$28.98 million

Average cost of comics in the Top 300:
$2.54

Average cost of comics in the Top 300, weighted by orders:
$2.40

Average cost of comics in the Top 25:
$2.10

Median cost of comics in the Top 300:
$2.50

Most common cost of comics in the Top 300:
$2.95

MARKET SHARES

Share of Units in Top 300
Marvel	40.28%
DC	25.64%
Image	9.64%
Dark Horse	4.27%
Top Cow	2.63%
Extreme	2.49%
Chaos	1.69%
Topps	1.61%
Maximum	1.61%
Crusade	0.93%
Sirius	0.83%
Homage	0.82%
London Night	0.76%
Harris	0.66%
Archie	0.54%
Viz	0.50%
Bongo	0.49%
Fantagraphics	0.49%
Acclaim	0.48%
Event	0.41%
Big	0.35%
Kitchen Sink	0.35%
Verotik	0.30%
Gladstone	0.23%
Brainstorm	0.19%
El Capitan	0.18%
Gemstone	0.17%
Byron Preiss	0.17%
High Impact	0.14%
Antarctic	0.14%
Warp	0.14%
Aardvark-Vanaheim	0.12%
CPM	0.10%
Blackout	0.10%
Broadway	0.09%
Kevlar	0.09%
Express	0.07%
Mushroom	0.06%
Black Eye	0.05%
Good	0.05%
Lightning	0.05%
Diamond	0.05%
Eddie Campbell	0.04%

Share of Dollars in Top 300
Marvel	32.64%
DC	27.43%
Image	10.09%
Dark Horse	5.49%
Top Cow	3.01%
Extreme	2.75%
Topps	2.22%
Chaos	2.11%
Maximum	2.01%
Harris	1.18%
Crusade	1.15%
London Night	1.05%
Sirius	0.97%
Homage	0.88%
Fantagraphics	0.66%
Viz	0.62%
Acclaim	0.53%
Event	0.50%
Bongo	0.48%
Kitchen Sink	0.43%
Verotik	0.37%
Archie	0.36%
Big	0.33%
Warp	0.29%
Gladstone	0.28%
Brainstorm	0.23%
El Capitan	0.22%
Gemstone	0.18%
High Impact	0.18%
Byron Preiss	0.18%
Antarctic	0.17%
CPM	0.12%
Blackout	0.12%
Broadway	0.12%
Kevlar	0.11%
Aardvark-Vanaheim	0.11%
Express	0.08%
Good	0.07%
Diamond	0.07%
Lightning	0.06%
Mushroom	0.06%
Black Eye	0.06%
Eddie Campbell	0.05%

Items in Top 300
DC	80
Marvel	56
Dark Horse	21
Image	21
Extreme	11
Archie	10
London Night	7
Viz	7
Maximum	6
Crusade	5
Top Cow	5
Fantagraphics	4
Big	4
Chaos	4
CPM	4
Sirius	4
Topps	4
Acclaim	3
Brainstorm	3
Byron Preiss	3
Gemstone	3
Gladstone	3
Harris	3
Homage	3
Antarctic	2
Bongo	2
Event	2
High Impact	2
Kitchen Sink	2
Verotik	2
Aardvark-Vanaheim	1
Black Eye	1
Blackout	1
Broadway	1
Diamond	1
Eddie Campbell	1
El Capitan	1
Express	1
Good	1
Kevlar	1
Lightning	1
Mushroom	1
Warp	1

Product Breakdown of Diamond Sales
Comic Books	47.70%
Games	17.80%
Trading Cards	8.70%
Graphic Novels	7.20%
Magazines	5.90%
Toys & Models	5.50%
Books	2.30%
Video/Audio and Video Games	1.50%
Apparel	1.30%
Posters & Prints	0.90%
Comic Supplies	0.40%
Non-comic Novelties	0.30%
Diamond Publications	0.30%
Comics Novelties	0.10%
Card Supplies	0.10%

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October 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

October 1996 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks Preordered by North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's Top Graphic Novel charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

The links lead to title details on Amazon (paid links). You can also find the books at your comics shop.

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