For an over-view and analysis of the best-selling comics and graphic novels in September, see 'Ultimate September.'
For an analysis of the dollar trends in September, see 'Comic Growth Rate Slows in Q3.'
For the top 50 graphic novels in September, see 'Top 50 Graphic Novels--September 2002.'
QtyRank Guide Description Price Pub Est.Qty 1 274.14 TRANSFORMERS GENERATION ONE #6 $2.95 DRE 119,533 2 238.51 ULTIMATES #8 (RES) $2.25 MAR 103,998 3 227.05 NEW X-MEN #132 $2.25 MAR 99,001 4 226.63 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #45 $2.25 MAR 98,817 5 217.3 SPIDER-MAN BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO #4 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR 94,749 6 215.82 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #26 $2.25 MAR 94,104 7 215.71 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #27 $2.25 MAR 94,056 8 211.45 ULTIMATE X-MEN #22 $2.25 MAR 92,199 9 206.28 TRANSFORMERS ARMADA #3 $2.95 DRE 89,944 10 195.54 UNCANNY X-MEN #412 $2.25 MAR 85,261 11 195.01 UNCANNY X-MEN #413 $2.25 MAR 85,030 12 176.38 THUNDERCATS #2 (Of 5) $2.95 DC 76,907 13 159.4 WOLVERINE #181 $2.25 MAR 69,503 14 150.7 SPIDER-MAN BLUE #5 (Of 6) $3.50 MAR 65,710 15 147.3 X-TREME X-MEN #18 $2.99 MAR 64,227 16 144.51 CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 $2.99 MAR 63,011 17 142.14 GI JOE #10 $2.95 IMA 61,977 18 139.39 JLA #72 $2.25 DC 60,778 19 139.31 BATTLE O/T PLANETS #3 $2.99 IMA 60,743 20 139 JLA #71 $2.25 DC 60,608 21 134.59 WEAPON X #1 $2.25 MAR 58,685 22 129.95 SPIDER-MAN PETER PARKER #48 $2.25 MAR 56,662 23 129.91 GREEN ARROW #17 $2.50 DC 56,645 24 126.23 FANTASTIC FOUR #61 $2.25 MAR 55,040 25 125.6 AVENGERS #58 $2.25 MAR 54,765 26 122.12 CAPTAIN MARVEL #1* $2.25 MAR 53,248 27 119.32 DAREDEVIL #37 $2.99 MAR 52,027 28 116.97 INCREDIBLE HULK #45 $2.25 MAR 51,002 29 109.81 PUNISHER #17 $2.99 MAR 47,880 30 109.6 PUNISHER #16 $2.99 MAR 47,789 31 108.42 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL II #3 (Of 6) $3.50 DC 47,274 32 100 BATMAN #607 $2.25 DC 43,603 33 98.11 JSA #40 $2.50 DC 42,779 34 95.49 DETECTIVE COMICS #774 $2.75 DC 41,637 35 94.5 WOLVERINE NETSUKE #1 (Of 4) $3.99 MAR 41,205 36 92.83 SPAWN #126 $2.50 IMA 40,477 37 90.86 X-STATIX #3 $2.25 MAR 39,618 38 89.06 EXILES #17 $2.25 MAR 38,833 39 88.5 X-MEN UNLIMITED #38 $2.25 MAR 38,589 40 88.35 GREEN LANTERN #154 $2.25 DC 38,523 41 86.44 THOR #54 $2.25 MAR 37,690 42 85.31 SUPERMAN #186 $2.25 DC 37,198 43 82.87 IRON MAN #59 $2.25 MAR 36,134 44 82.5 PLANETARY/JLA TERRA OCCULTA $5.95 DC 35,972 45 81.6 HAWKMAN #7 $2.50 DC 35,580 46 80.66 ULTIMATE ADVENTURES #1 $2.25 MAR 35,170 47 80.53 BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS #33 $2.75 DC 35,113 48 78.89 BATGIRL #32 $2.50 DC 34,398 49 77.93 SHANG CHI MASTER OF KUNG FU #1 (Of 4) (MR) $2.99 MAR 33,980 50 77.68 ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #608 $2.25 DC 33,871 51 77.14 ACTION COMICS #795 $2.25 DC 33,635 52 74.77 SUPERMAN MAN OF STEEL #130 $2.25 DC 32,602 53 73.58 NIGHTWING #73 $2.25 DC 32,083 54 71.53 PARADISE X DEVILS $4.50 MAR 31,189 55 71.4 AGENT X #3 $2.25 MAR 31,133 56 70.46 GEN 13 #1 $2.95 DC 30,723 57 67.83 ELEKTRA #14 $2.99 MAR 29,576 58 67.48 FLASH #190 $2.25 DC 29,423 59 67.35 SOLDIER X #3 $2.25 MAR 29,367 60 66.46 ALIAS #14 (MR) $2.99 MAR 28,979 61 65.39 CALL OF DUTY BROTHERHOOD #4 (Of 6) $2.25 MAR 28,512 62 64.36 BIRDS OF PREY #47 $2.50 DC 28,063 63 63.98 THUNDERBOLTS #71 $2.25 MAR 27,897 64 63.95 THUNDERBOLTS #72 $2.25 MAR 27,884 65 63.87 BATMAN LEGENDS O/T DARK KNIGHT #159 $2.50 DC 27,849 66 63.6 STAR WARS EMPIRE #1 $2.99 DAR 27,732 67 63.57 SMALLVILLE THE COMIC $3.95 DC 27,718 68 63.07 POWERS #25 (MR) $2.95 IMA 27,500 69 62.81 CATWOMAN #11 $2.50 DC 27,387 70 62.64 SPIDER-MAN GET KRAVEN #4 (Of 7) $2.25 MAR 27,313 71 61.16 CALL OF DUTY PRECINCT #3 (Of 5) $2.25 MAR 26,668 72 60.57 SABRETOOTH MARY SHELLEY OVERDRIVE #4 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR 26,410 73 60.29 CALL OF DUTY WAGON #2 (Of 4) $2.25 MAR 26,288 74 60.16 STAR WARS INFINITIES ESB #3 (Of 4) $2.99 DAR 26,232 75 59.62 ROBIN #106 $2.25 DC 25,996 76 59.42 SPIDER-MAN TANGLED WEB #18 $2.99 MAR 25,909 77 59.35 X-MEN ICONS CHAMBER #2 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR 25,878 78 59.06 FILTH #4 (Of 13) (MR) $2.95 DC 25,752 79 58.37 MARVILLE FOIL CVR #1* $3.99 MAR 25,451 80 58.34 TOMB RAIDER #24 $2.99 IMA 25,438 81 58.15 LEGION #12 $2.50 DC 25,355 82 57.18 SPIDER-GIRL #51 $2.25 MAR 24,932 83 57.18 WITCHBLADE #59 $2.50 IMA 24,932 84 56.9 KISS #3 (Of 3)* $2.99 DAR 24,810 85 56.47 MARVILLE #1 $2.25 MAR 24,623 86 55.58 WONDER WOMAN #185 $2.25 DC 24,235 87 55.06 SOJOURN #15 $2.95 CRO 24,008 88 54.77 AVENGERS ICONS VISION #2 $2.99 MAR 23,881 89 53.87 YOUNG JUSTICE #49 $2.75 DC 23,489 90 50.86 TITANS #45 $2.75 DC 22,176 91 50.74 WILDCATS VERSION 3.0 #2 (MR) $2.95 DC 22,124 92 50.14 SUPERMAN ALIENS II GODWAR #3 (Of 4) $2.99 DAR 21,863 93 50.08 STAR WARS TALES #13* $5.99 DAR 21,836 94 48.22 MARVEL MANGAVERSE #6 $2.25 MAR 21,025 95 47.84 STAR WARS REPUBLIC #46 (1 Of 4) $2.99 DAR 20,860 96 47.26 THING FREAKSHOW #4 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR 20,607 97 47.25 RUSE #11 $2.95 CRO 20,602 98 47.18 TOM STRONG #18 $2.95 DC 20,572 99 45.82 GOTHAM GIRLS #2 (Of 5) $2.25 DC 19,979 100 45.09 HARLEY QUINN #24 $2.50 DC 19,661 101 44.67 STORMWATCH TEAM ACHILLES #3 (MR) $2.95 DC 19,477 102 44.65 JLA DESTINY #4 (Of 4) $5.95 DC 19,469 103 44.39 FABLES #5 (MR) $2.50 DC 19,355 104 43.98 CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1 $4.95 DC 19,177 105 43.96 WAY O/T RAT #5 $2.95 CRO 19,168 106 43.64 BLACK PANTHER #49 $2.50 MAR 19,028 107 43.38 SUPERGIRL #74 $2.50 DC 18,915 108 43.36 PATH #6 $2.95 CRO 18,906 109 42.59 APACHE SKIES #3 (Of 4) (MR) $2.99 MAR 18,571 110 42.56 HELLBLAZER #177 (MR) $2.75 DC 18,557 111 42.17 ARKANIUM #1 $2.95 DRE 18,387 112 41.69 LADY DEATH/CROW #1 $2.99 CHA 18,178 113 41.61 GREEN LANTERN EVILS MIGHT #2 (Of 3) $5.95 DC 18,143 114 41.58 WARLANDS AGE OF ICE #9 $2.95 DRE 18,130 115 41.18 B-SIDES #1 (Of 3) $3.50 MAR 17,956 116 40.99 21 DOWN #1 $2.95 DC 17,873 117 40.93 HOOD #5 (Of 6) (MR) $2.99 MAR 17,847 118 40.68 TRANSMETROPOLITAN #60 (MR) $2.50 DC 17,738 119 39.17 LIMBO CITY #1 $2.95 DRE 17,079 120 38.9 100 BULLETS #39 (MR) $2.50 DC 16,962 121 38.23 ELEKTRA GLIMPSE & ECHO #3 (Of 4) $2.99 MAR 16,669 122 37.45 JLA/HAVEN ANATHEMA $5.95 DC 16,329 123 37.45 SPECTRE #21 $2.75 DC 16,329 124 36.94 BONE #50 $2.95 CAR 16,107 125 36.76 BTVS #49 HELLMOUTH TO MOUTH (3 Of 4)* $2.99 DAR 16,028 126 36.54 SCION #28 $2.95 CRO 15,933 127 36.38 BEAUTIFUL KILLER #2 (Of 3) $2.99 BLA 15,863 128 36.14 POWER COMPANY #8 $2.75 DC 15,758 129 36.09 DOOM PATROL #12 $2.50 DC 15,736 130 35.85 JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES #11 $2.25 DC 15,632 131 34.88 BTVS WILLOW & TARA WILDERNESS #2 (Of 2)* $2.99 DAR 15,209 132 34.84 BLACK SUN #1 (RES) (MR) $2.95 DC 15,191 133 34.61 ROUTE 666 #4 $2.95 CRO 15,091 134 34.5 SHIDIMA #7 $2.95 DRE 15,043 135 34.4 RESISTANCE #1 $2.95 DC 14,999 136 34.24 HIGH ROADS #6 (Of 6) $2.95 DC 14,930 137 33.38 AZRAEL AGENT O/T BAT #94 $2.95 DC 14,555 138 33.29 SIMPSONS COMICS #74 $2.50 BON 14,515 139 33.27 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #8 $3.50 BON 14,507 140 33.18 FATE O/T BLADE #2 (MR) $2.95 DRE 14,467 141 32.62 LUCIFER #30 (MR) $2.50 DC 14,223 142 31.64 VIOLENT MESSIAHS LAMENTING PAIN #1 (Of 4)* $2.95 IMA 13,796 143 31.39 CRUX #18 $2.95 CRO 13,687 144 31.04 NEGATION #10 $2.95 CRO 13,534 145 30.84 MYSTIC #28 $2.95 CRO 13,447 146 30.62 FIGHT FOR TOMORROW #1 (Of 6) (MR) $2.50 DC 13,351 147 30.52 Y THE LAST MAN #3 (MR) $2.95 DC 13,308 148 30.24 SIGIL #28 $2.95 CRO 13,186 149 29.9 GRENDEL RED WHITE & BLACK #1 (Of 4) (MR) $4.99 DAR 13,037 150 29.9 FIRST #23 $2.95 CRO 13,037 151 29.86 HELLSPAWN #17 $2.50 IMA 13,020 152 29.79 MERIDIAN #27 $2.95 CRO 12,989 153 28.9 HUNTER AGE OF MAGIC #15 (MR) $2.75 DC 12,601 154 28.76 LADY DEATH MOURNING #2 $2.99 CHA 12,540 155 28.44 POINT BLANK #2 (Of 5) (MR) $2.95 DC 12,401 156 28.32 STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL III #53 $2.95 ABS 12,348 157 28.25 BATMAN GOTHAM ADVENTURES #54 $2.25 DC 12,318 158 27.99 SAVAGE DRAGON #103 $2.95 IMA 12,204 159 27.56 AUTOMATIC KAFKA #3 (MR) $2.95 DC 12,017 160 27.52 CODENAME KNOCKOUT #17 (MR) $2.75 DC 12,000 161 27.43 LADY DEATH DARK ALLIANCE #4 (Of 5) $2.99 CHA 11,960 162 24.34 VAMPIRELLA #13 REG ED $2.99 HAR 10,613 163 24.32 VAMPI #23 REG ED $2.99 HAR 10,604 164 23.43 AMERICAN CENTURY #19 (MR) $2.75 DC 10,216 165 22.44 TAROT WITCH O/T BLACK ROSE #16 $2.95 BRO 9,785 166 22.36 MUTANT EARTH #3* $2.95 IMA 9,750 167 22.01 LAB RATS #6 $2.50 DC 9,597 168 21.93 ESTABLISHMENT #13 $2.50 DC 9,562 169 21.81 POWERPUFF GIRLS #30 $2.25 DC 9,510 170 21.57 MIDNIGHT MASS #6 (Of 8) (MR) $2.50 DC 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