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It seems like the "conventional wisdom" nowadays is to lean towards series of mini-series instead of tolling up the #s in an ongoing. When there is an ongoing, it's rare for those to make it more than a few years.

As John & I were getting ready to record Episode #100 of our podcast (we've done 300+ shows, but this is #100 of the Weekly review), I had the idea to add in some reviews of #100 issues from the past. This was pretty easy for Marvel/DC, but less so once we moved away from the "Big 2", in most cases just because we both did not necessarily have the #100s that were available out there.

I did some research and here is what I came up with for series that had an issue #100 (I may have missed some, feel free to point out those omissions on this thread).

Summary (by company):
DC (63) – 27 were “non-Super-Hero”, War/Western/Mystery/Comedy, incl 2 Vertigo
Marvel (51) – only 12 were “non-Super-Hero”
Archie (26) – Let’s give Archie some credit for selling a heck of a lot of books
Harvey (14)
Dell (10)
Charlton (9)
Disney (6)
Fawcett (5)
Dark Horse (4)
ACG (3) / Gold Key (3) / Image (3) / Lev Gleason (3) / Warren (3)

Details in the next post......

The list may be flawed in that I was searching for #100 issues. There are anomalies in titles that never had an issue #100 (for instance Thor was "Journey into Mystery" at #100, and is listed as that title). Also, things like Doom Patrol, which certainly had a #100, but since this took over from "My Greatest Adventure", the majority of the run to that point was certainly not Doom Patrol comics (same with Thor, for that matter, that started in JiM #83). I also just counted the various Disney comics as "Disney" instead of breaking them up by whomever held the license to publish them when they hit a #100.

Anyway, this was an interesting exercise. What I found was that there were a LOT of non super-hero books that had made it to #100, and Archie, though they don't get much respect, has published a TON of comics.

So, here is the list, feel free to post additions/corrections:

DC (63)
100 Bullets (Vertigo)
Action Comics
Adventure Comics
Adventures of Bob Hope
Adventures of Jerry Lewis
All American Comics
All American Men of War
All Star Western
Azrael
Batman
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989)
Birds of Prey
Blackhawk
Brave & the Bold
Detective
Doom Patrol
Firestorm
Flash (1940)
Flash (1987)
Fox & Crow
Ghosts
GI Combat
Green Arrow
Green Lantern (1960)
Green Lantern (1990)
Hellblazer (Vertigo)
Hopalong Cassidy
House of Mystery (1951)
House of Secrets (1956)
JLA
Justice League of America (1960)
Justice League America (1989)
Legion of Super-Heroes
Looney Tunes (1994)
More Fun Comics
Mystery in Space
New Titans
Nightwing
Our Army at War
Our Fighting Forces
Real Screen Comics
Robin
Scooby Doo
Secret Hearts
Showcase
Star Spangled Comics
Star Spangled War Stories
Strange Adventures
Superboy (1949)
Superboy (1994)
Superman (1939)
Superman (1987)
Superman: The Man of Steel (1991)
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen
Swamp Thing (1985)
Tales of the Unexpected
Tomahawk
Warlord
Wonder Woman (1942)
Wonder Woman (1987)
World’s Finest Comics
Young Love

Marvel (51)
Alpha Flight
Amazing Spider-Man
Avengers
Avengers West Coast
Cable
Captain America
Conan the Barbarian
Daredevil (1964)
Daredevil (1998)
Defenders
Excalibur
Exiles
Fantastic Four
GI Joe
Groo the Wanderer (Epic)
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Journey into Mystery
Kid Colt Outlaw
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Super-Heroes
Marvel Tales
Marvel Team-up
Marvel Two-in-One
Master of Kung Fu
Millie the Model
New Mutants
Patsy & Hedy
Patsy Walker
Power Man & Iron Fist
Punisher (1987)
Rawhide Kid
Savage Sword of Conan
Sgt. Fury
Silver Surfer (1987)
Spectacular Spider-Man
Spider-Girl
Star Wars
Strange Tales
Tales to Astonish
Thunderbolts
Two-Gun Kid
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate X-Men
Uncanny X-Men (1963)
Web of Spider-Man
What If? (1989)
Wolverine (1988)
X-Factor (1986)
X-Force (1991)
X-Men (1991)

Archie (26)
Archie
Archie & Friends
Archie & Me
Archie at Riverdale High
Archie Digest
Archie Double Digest
Archie’s Girls Betty & Veronica
Archie’s Jokebook
Archie’s Pal Jughead
Archie’s PalsnGals
Archie’s PalsnGals Double Digest
Archie’s TV Laugh Out
Betty
Betty & Me
Betty & Veronica
Betty & Veronica Digest
Betty & Veronica Double Digest
Everything’s Archie
Josie & the Pussycats
Jughead’s Double Digest
Life with Archie
Little Archie
Pep
Reggie & Me
Sabrina
Sonic the Hedgehog

Harvey (14)
Casper
Dagwood Comics
Dick Tracy Comics
Felix the Cat
Harvey Hits
Hot Stuff
Little Dot
Little Lulu
Richie Rich
Richie Rich Dollars & Cents
Richie Rich Millions
Richie Rich Success Stories
Sad Sack
Sad Sack & Sarge

Dell (10)
Daffy
Four Color Comics
Gene Autry
Lone Ranger
New Funnies (Walter Lantz)
Popular Comics
Red Ryder
Roy Rogers
Tarzan
Woody Woodpecker (Walter Lantz)

Charlton (9)
Beetle Bailey
Billy the Kid
Fightin Army
Fightin Marines
Fightin Navy
Ghostly Tales
Love Diary
Popeye
Sweethearts (1954)

Disney (6)
Donald Duck
Donald & Mickey
Mickey & Friends
Mickey Mouse
Uncle Scrooge
Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories

Fawcett (5)
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Master Comics
Sweethearts (1948)
Whiz Comics

Dark Horse (4)
Blade of the Immortal
Dark Horse Presents
Oh My Goddess
Usagi Yojimbo

ACG (3)
Adventures into the Unknown
Forbidden Worlds
My Romantic Adventures

Gold Key (3)
Bugs Bunny (Gold Key)
Porky Pig (Gold Key)
Turok Son of Stone (Gold Key)

Image (3)
Savage Dragon
Spawn
Witchblade

Lev Gleason (3)
Boy Comics
Crime Does Not Pay
Daredevil (1941)

Warren (3)
Creepy
Eerie
Vampirella

Other
2000 AD (Fleetway/Quality)
Adventures of Big Boy (Big Boy)
Blondie (McKay)
Blue Bolt (Premium)
Cerebus the Aardvark (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Classics Illustrated (Gilberton)
Elvira Mistress of the Dark (Claypool)
Famous Funnies (Famous Funnies)
Femforce (AC)
Furrlough (Radio Comix)
Gold Digger (Antarctic)
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House)
Jungle Comics (Fiction House)
Knights of the Dinner Table (KenzerCo)
Mad Magazine (1952 - EC)
Marvelman (L. Miller & Son)
Modern Comics (Quality)
Nexus (Capital/First/Dark Horse/Rude Dude)
Ninja High School (Malibu)
Police Comics (Comic Magazines)
Simpson’s Comics (Bongo)
Young Marvelman (L. Miller & Son)

Wow. That's really cool. Really not a very long list when you think about it...

It's crazy how short that list is...especially since some of those, particularly the Warren books, are also filled with A LOT of all re-print issues