“‘Spawn’ now the hottest-selling monthly comic book” in 1996

I was on the hunt for articles about non-sport cards and collectible card games when this 1996 article about Todd McFarlane and Spawn landed in my lap. All wrapped up and perfect, this article offers up a snapshot of McFarlane’s work with comics and toys in the nineties, highlighting just how far the comic industry has fallen in twenty years; Spawn was the top comic with 350,000 issues each month in 1996 where few comics break 100,000 issues a month these days. The last time a comic broke 300,000 sold in one month was October 1996, and the drop from the #2 spot to the #3 spot that month was a difference of over 150,000 units.

Forget the comic world of today, kids, and instead enjoy this article from a time when comic books sold a lot better than they do in recent memory.