Using ICV2.com's number, the Top 200 from June 2005

1	347.82	HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 8)*	$2.99	MAR		233,763
2	251.42	HOUSE OF M #2 (OF 8)*	$2.99	MAR		168,974
3	240.41	NEW AVENGERS #6*	$2.25	MAR		161,575
4	175.3	GREEN LANTERN #2	$2.99	DC		117,816
5	169.77	SUPERMAN BATMAN #20	$2.99	DC		114,099
6	141.91	JLA #115	$2.50	DC		95,375
7	140.44	VILLAINS UNITED #2 (OF 6)	$2.50	DC		94,387
8	139.88	OMAC PROJECT #3 (OF 6)	$2.50	DC		94,011
9	135.73	UNCANNY X-MEN #461*	$2.50	MAR		91,221
10	126.66	SPIDER-MAN HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5)	$2.99	MAR		85,126
11	124.69	RANN THANAGAR WAR #2 (OF 6)	$2.50	DC		83,802
12	122.69	UNCANNY X-MEN #460	$2.50	MAR		82,457
13	119.49	X-MEN #171	$2.50	MAR		80,307
14	118.96	WOLVERINE #29	$2.50	MAR		79,951
15	118.17	ULT SPIDER-MAN #78	$2.50	MAR		79,420
16	117.38	X-MEN #172	$2.50	MAR		78,889
17	116.97	ULTIMATE X-MEN #60	$2.50	MAR		78,613
18	116.72	DAY O/VENGEANCE #3 (OF 6)	$2.50	DC		78,445
19	110.28	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #521	$2.50	MAR		74,117
20	104.96	TEEN TITANS #25	$2.50	DC		70,542

From 2004

1	226.48	IDENTITY CRISIS #1 (Of 7)***	$3.95	DC		163,111
2	225.07	SUPERMAN #206	$2.50	DC		162,095
3	185.76	ASTONISHING X-MEN #2	$2.99	MAR		133,784
4	145.5	ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #60	$2.25	MAR		104,789
5	140.46	ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #61	$2.25	MAR		101,159
6	140.2	ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #6	$2.25	MAR		100,972
7	138.08	ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #7	$2.25	MAR		99,445
8	136.99	UNCANNY X-MEN #445	$2.25	MAR		98,660
9	134.35	X-MEN #158	$2.25	MAR		96,759
10	134.26	ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #8	$2.25	MAR		96,694
11	132.26	ULTIMATE X-MEN #47	$2.25	MAR		95,254
12	130.85	ULTIMATE X-MEN #48	$2.25	MAR		94,238
13	122.59	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #509	$2.25	MAR		88,289
14	116.56	WOLVERINE END #4 (Of 6) (RES)	$2.99	MAR		83,947
15	114.85	MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #3	$2.99	MAR		82,715
16	114.23	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #508	$2.25	MAR		82,268
17	104.74	JLA #100 (Note Price)	$3.50	DC		75,434
18	100	BATMAN #629	$2.25	DC		72,020
19	93.75	WOLVERINE #16	$2.25	MAR		67,519
20	92.23	TEEN TITANS #12	$2.50	DC		66,424

From 2003:

1	100		BATMAN #616	$2.25	DC	141,736
2	78.1		ULTIMATE X-MEN #34	$2.25	MAR	110,753
3	70.7		ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #42	$2.25	MAR	100,151
4	70.5		WOLVERINE #2	$2.25	MAR	99,867
5	69.1		NEW X-MEN #142	$2.25	MAR	97,897
6	64.6		UNCANNY X-MEN #425	$2.25	MAR	91,547
7	63.3		UNCANNY X-MEN #426	$2.25	MAR	89,719
8	48.4		INCREDIBLE HULK #56	$2.25	MAR	68,529
9	47.4		TRANSFORMERS GENERATION ONE VOL 2 #3 (Of 6)	$2.95	DRE	67,211
10	47.2		VENOM #2	$2.25	MAR	66,956
11	47.1		SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #1 (Of 4)	$2.99	MAR	66,729
12	45.1		X-TREME X-MEN #27	$2.99	MAR	63,923
13	44.8		BORN #1 (Of 4) (MR)	$3.50	MAR	63,554
14	42.2		DAREDEVIL #48	$2.99	MAR	59,869
15	41.3		JLA #82	$2.25	DC	58,480
16	40.6		AVENGERS #68	$2.25	MAR	57,587
17	37.4		FANTASTIC FOUR #70	$2.25	MAR	53,066
18	35.3		MARVEL UNIVERSE THE END #6 (Of 6)	$2.99	MAR	50,004
19	34.4		PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN #57	$2.25	MAR	48,686
20	33.6		OUTSIDERS #1	$2.50	DC	47,666

From 2002:

1	289.57		TRANSFORMERS GENERATION ONE #3	$2.95		DRE	131,586
2	260.12		SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO #1 (Of 4)	$2.99		MAR	118,204
3	219.34		NEW X-MEN #127	$2.25		MAR	99,672
4	218.9		ULTIMATES #6	$2.25		MAR	99,473
5	217.9		NEW X-MEN #128	$2.25		MAR	99,018
6	212.44		AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #42	$2.25		MAR	96,537
7	204.25		ULTIMATE X-MEN #19	$2.25		MAR	92,815
8	194.64		UNCANNY X-MEN #407	$2.25		MAR	88,448
9	192.6		ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #23	$2.25		MAR	87,521
10	149.73		SPIDER-MAN BLUE #2 (Of 6)	$3.50		MAR	68,040
11	148.66		GREEN ARROW #15 (RES)	$2.50		DC	67,554
12	148.43		WOLVERINE #177	$2.25		MAR	67,450
13	148.42		CAPTAIN AMERICA #3	$2.99		MAR	67,445
14	148.3		WOLVERINE #178	$2.25		MAR	67,390
15	147.87		X-TREME X-MEN #14	$2.99		MAR	67,195
16	144.88		GI JOE #7	$2.95		IMA	65,836
17	131.34		JLA #67	$2.25		DC	59,684
18	117.14		SPIDER-MAN PETER PARKER #45	$2.25		MAR	53,231
19	114.61		MICRONAUTS #1	$2.95		IMA	52,081
20	113.32		AVENGERS #55	$2.25		MAR	51,495

From 2001:

1	323.84	133,056		NEW X-MEN #115*	$2.25		MAR
2	317.13	130,299		UNCANNY X-MEN #395*	$2.25		MAR
3	278.24	114,320		X-TREME X-MEN #2*	$2.99		MAR
4	245.18	100,737		ULTIMATE X-MEN #7	$2.25		MAR
5	209.23	85,966		PUNISHER #1	$2.99		MAR
6	200.4	82,338		GREEN ARROW #5	$2.50		DC
7	196.5	80,736		ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #10	$2.25		MAR
8	187.35	76,976		AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32	$2.25		MAR
9	171.92	70,637		JLA #55	$2.25		DC
10	170.13	69,901		DAREDEVIL YELLOW #1 (RES)	$3.50		MAR
11	166.47	68,398		WOLVERINE #165	$2.25		MAR
12	157.31	64,634		AVENGERS #43	$2.25		MAR
13	156.5	64,301		BATTLE CHASERS #9	$3.50		IMA
14	155.76	63,997		BROTHERHOOD #2*	$2.25		MAR
15	141.82	58,270		DAREDEVIL #19	$2.99		MAR
16	137.55	56,515		ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM UP #5	$2.25		MAR
17	136.05	55,899		EXILES #1	$2.99		MAR
18	126.17	51,839		SPAWN #111	$2.50		IMA
19	125.56	51,589		FANTASTIC FOUR #44	$2.25		MAR
20	124.82	51,285		PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN #32	$2.25		MAR

Chad Carter wrote: What's laughable is how supporters of comics, superhero comics specifically, look at an Eternals comic by Gaiman and think, "This is what we need. This will heal the awful schism between what we need as great comics and the high school level Manga-esque tripe pervading the headliners."

Now because I like Gaiman and JRjr's ETERNALS book, supposedly I'm thinking that it's because it'll "heal the awful schism" you see in comics?  Wow, you've done a ton of mind reading across the board in this thread, Chad, but this has to take the cake.  I like it because I like it.  I'm not looking to this book to heal anything.  No one book ever could.  I enjoy it, therefore I'll tell others about it.  I'm not a "supporter" of anything but books I find entertaining.  Heaven forbid that I might just possibly like ETERNALS.  God forbid I tell anyone about it.  Damn me for liking a book that, in your mind, isn't working to "better" the industry save that it's a good story well told.

Give me a friggin' break.

QUOTE: I shrug off the Spirit because, as indicated, I believe the new series is under a watchful eye. Cooke is going to do right by the Spirit, it's in his wheelhouse, he's a grand talent himself with the correct sensibilities. Who knows about Gaiman and the Eternals? Jesus, who cares? One more poorly executed comic to join all the rest? Sing the praises.

You'd know if you read it.  Obviously you haven't, yet you feel the need to toss around bullshit as if it's fact. Thanks for the read, however, as I now know not to put any credence in what you write concerning topics you'd rather spout off about than take the time to have an informed opinion.

Wow, it is pretty interesting to look at those numbers.  Thanks for posting them all.  I keep hearing so many people say that the industry is in the worst shape it has ever been in, but when you look at a five year grouping we have a 37% increase over 2001 with a consistently steady increase over the last three.  Yes, I would expect next June to be a bit smaller than this June.  We have a lot of number ones out there as well.  But I wouldn't be surprised to see it still above the 2005 numbers. 

Say what you want about people like Joe Q and Didio, but they are doing their job and it is showing.  I just wish thee was some way to include the non-direct market numbers.