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" The Walking Dead #100 has become the bestselling comic in 15 years. Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard&amp;#039;s landmark issue sold 383,612 in initial orders, making it the most popular comic since 1997&amp;#039;s The Darkness #11.   The Image Comics issue includes 13 variant covers to mark the anniversary of its top title. &amp;quot;This is a remarkable achievement,&amp;quot; said Image publisher Eric Stephenson. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s extremely uncommon, if not flat-out rare, for a comic book to see a sustained increase in sales following its first issue, but The Walking Dead steadily climbed up and up since its launch in 2003, and we couldn&amp;#039;t be more proud of Robert, Charlie and the whole Walking Dead team.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The Walking Dead continues to greatly exceed all my expectations in all forms,&amp;quot; Kirkman added. &amp;quot;I am especially excited for what this means for comics as an industry, that this is an independent comic hitting that number. &amp;quot;The future of comics couldn&amp;#039;t be brighter as more and more readers are embracing new ideas in a big way.&amp;quot; The Walking Dead #100 was released on July 11. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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