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Everybody read comic books whether in the past or nowadays: that’s why everybody know Superman and that’s why super hero movies are so popular today. Let’s check the Top Five Best Selling Comic Books of the recent years.
5. Spider Man N.1 – 1990
In 1990 Todd McFarlane took control of the operations for the character of Spider-man releasing the No 1 issue of the re-branded Spider-Man. The success was huge selling 2.5 million copies worldwide and repeating the same success few years later with Spawn (1992) No. 1.
4. Superman N.75 – 1987
The No 75 issue of Superman will be forever remembered because DC decided to kill their biggest superhero, giving the comic book a red bleeding cover on black background. Later on the Man of Steel will return but this crazy idea made sell the issue over 3 million copies.
3. Adventures of Superman N.500 – 1987
The death of Superman sold really a lot bring plenty of cash in DC’s wallets, but something overtook this result: the return of Superman from the death! So many copies were pre-ordered as the news came out and the issue No 500 ended up to sell 4.2 million copies.
2. X-Force N.1 – 1992
In 1992 Rob Liefeld decided to create a darker and rougher version of the X-Men creating a milestone in Comic Books History: X-Force was born and brought more than 5 million sold copies only for the first issue.
1. X-Men N.1 – 1991
Behind the X-Men there is the genius of Jim Lee who today is one of the leaders in DC Comics. But back in 1991 his creation was a Marvel signature and was the hottest ever. The first issue of X-Men sold so far more than 7 million copies and the number keeps increasing.
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