Wednesday, January 12, 2011

1985 - Marvel Top Ten for January


Here were the direct sales ranking of Marvel titles (from Marvel Age #27):

  1. Uncanny X-Men #193
  2. Web of Spider-Man #2
  3. Alpha Flight #22
  4. New Mutant #27
  5. Amazing Spider-Man #264
  6. Fantastic Four #278
  7. Thor #355
  8. Avengers #255
  9. Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #102
  10. G.I. Joe #35
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    wow i always assumed that the "B" spider-man titles would have been farther down (though i guess web benefited from still being new, but i'm surprised about spectacular!). would be interesting to see how these stacked up against the overall comics sales for that month.

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  2. CeaseJuly 14, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Wow---John Byrne must've been surprised that the title he did so reluctantly was out-selling his FF run! I've never seen a ranking from this time period. Heady times for Spidey---still getting classic Marvel in Jan. '85! I'm surprised Spectacular did that well, too---that's an inventory story!! So had X-Men pretty much stayed the top seller going back to the Dark Phoenix saga? I dearly loved finding Statements of Ownership and comparing my favorite titles. They were my life back then!

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