Thursday's Headlines | Throwback In Comics - 1995

April 1995 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Preorded by North American Comics Shops
from Diamond Comic Distributors

X-Men Omega wrapped up the end of the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline. The titles involved in the promotion would return to their normal names in May. The reflective cover of the Omega issue means that it remains one of the most difficult comic books to depict photographically. 

Capital City Distribution had preorders of 38,975 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #402, the item, and the title's Statement of Ownership reported average monthly sales comics-shop and newsstand sales of 208,090 copies for the year. Diamond's sales on that issue were likely in the 73,000-copy range, meaning one point on this chart equals 700-800 comic books sold by Diamond.

1	1	X-Men Omega		$3.95	Marvel	338.5
2	4	Amazing X-Men	4	$1.95	Marvel	271.4
3	5	Astonishing X-Men	4	$1.95	Marvel	269.0
4	6	Weapon X	4	$1.95	Marvel	260.8
5	7	Generation Next	4	$1.95	Marvel	243.4
6	8	Gambit & the X-Ternals	4	$1.95	Marvel	237.1
7	9	Factor-X	4	$1.95	Marvel	228.6
8	10	X-Man	4	$1.95	Marvel	226.5
9	11	X-Calibre	4	$1.95	Marvel	216.3
10	2	X-Chronicles	2	$3.95	Marvel	208.6
11	12	Spawn	31	$1.95	Image	206.3
12	3	X-Universe	2	$3.50	Marvel	170.7
13	20	Superman	101	$1.95	DC	111.3
14	23	Adventures of Superman	524	$1.95	DC	108.8
15	24	Superman the Man of Steel	45	$1.95	DC	108.2
16	25	Action Comics	710	$1.95	DC	108.1
17	16	WildC.A.T.s	19	$2.50	Image	101.2
18	41	Amazing Spider-Man	402	$1.50	Marvel	100.0
19	15	Star Wars: Dark Empire II	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	97.7
20	26	Pitt	9	$1.95	Image	97.0
21	27	Batman	519	$1.95	DC	96.2
22	31	Spider-Man Adventures	59	$1.95	Marvel	91.0
23	18	Magic the Gathering: Ice Age	2	$2.50	Acclaim	88.5
24	35	Detective Comics	686	$1.95	DC	86.7
25	21	Magic the Gathering: The Shadow Image	2	$2.50	Acclaim	86.4
26	13	Spectacular Spider-Man	225 Enhanced Ed.	$3.95	Marvel	83.3
27	14	Web of Spider-Man	125 Enhanced Ed.	$3.95	Marvel	81.4
28	40	Batman: Shadow fo the Bat	39	$1.95	DC	77.5
29	34	Cyberforce	13	$2.25	Image	77.2
30	42	Batman Legends of the Dark Knight	72	$1.95	DC	76.0

What comics do you have from the 90's? Email us nwcomicsgames@gmail.com tell us what you like about the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline.