From: ejs16@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Eric Jaron Stieglitz)
Subject: Re: The Top 100 books for October and a Contest (Long). 
Reply-To: ejs16@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Eric Jaron Stieglitz)
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:41:22 GMT


>In article <1ihpdbINN8b9@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> lore@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lore Christian Sjoberg) writes:
>>
>>Does anybody care to post the Top 100?

The following is from the February 1993 issue of CVM, which got the list from
Diamond Comics Distributors.

1. Venom #1
2. Spawn #8
3. Punisher 2099 #1
4. Pitt #2
5. Wetworks #3
6. X-Men #17
7. Uncanny X-Men #297
8. Spider-Man 2099 #4
9. Youngblood: Battlezone #1
10. X-Force #19
11. Amazing Spider-Man #374
12. Supreme #4
13. Doom 2099 #2
14. X-Factor #87 
15. Superman #76
16. Superman: Man of Steel #20
17. Adventures of Superman #499
18. Punisher #75
19. Wolverine #66
20. Action Comics #686
21. Bloodshot #2
22. Spider-Man #31
23. Ravage 2099 #3
24. Doctor Strange #50
25. Ghost Rider #34
26. Shadow Riders #1
27. Robin III #4
28. Robin III #5
29. Death's Head II #4
30. Archer&Armstrong/Eternal Warrior #8
31. Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #7
32. X-O Manowar #14
33. Incredible Hulk #402
34. Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1
35. Splitting Image #2
36. Morbius #6
37. Spectacular Spider-Man #197
38. Web of Spider-Man #97
39. H.A.R.D. Corps #4
40. Spider-Man: Skating #3
41. Death's Head II: Killbat.Tide #40
42. Silver Surfer #77
43. Spider-Man: Double Trouble #30
44. X-Men Adventures #4
45. Punisher War Zone #12
46. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #9
47. Legends of the Dark Knight #42
48. Spider-Man: Hit & Run
49. Excalibur #62
50. Warlock & the Infinity Watch #13
51. Spider-Man: Chaos in Calgary #51
52. Batman: Seduction/Gun #1
53. New Warriors #32
54. Wolverine: Inner Fury
55. Thor #459
56. Harbinger #15
57. What If? #46
58. Shadowman #11
59. Iron Man #289
60. Marvel Comics Presents #121
61. Marvel Comics Presents #122
62. Magnus: Robot Fighter #22
63. Fantastic Four #373
64. Sandman #46
65. Solar Man of the Atom #19
66. Dracula #3
67. Punisher War Journal #51
68. Batman #489
69. Ren & Stimpy #3
70. Darkhawk #24
71. Detective Comics #656
72. Nightstalkers #4
73. Next Men #10
74. Silver Sable #9
75. Guardians of the Galaxy #33
76. Darkhold #5
77. Grendel: War Child #5
78. Captain America #412
79. Punisher Armory #5
80. Namor the Sub-Mariner #35
81. Daredevil #313
82. Justice League America #71
83. Avengers #359
84. Nomad #10
85. Team Helix #2
86. Batman Adventures #5
87. New Titans #95
88. Avengers West Coast #91
89. Deathlok #20
90. Team Titans #6
91. Deathstroke Terminator #19
92. Alpha Flight #117
93. Incomplete Death's Head #2
94. Eclipso #4
95. Showcase 93 #2
96. Quasar #43
97. Classic Star Wars #5
98. Justice League Europe #47
99. Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #1
100. Green Lantern #36

Okay, now here are some questions:

1. Why are all the image titles in the top 10?
2. According to issue #11 of Nomad, the Nomad print run is about 300,000
   copies. Does this mean that any book ranked higher than Nomad had a higher
   print run than this?  
3. Is it perfectly legal for me to copy this list onto Usenet? (okay, so its 
   after the fact...)





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