Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 19:49:29 -0400 (EDT) From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 150 B&W Comics for November 1993 To: [c--m--x] at [world.std.com] TOP 150 BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR NOVEMBER 1993 Here is a listing of the top 150 black and white comics for November 1993, as reported by Internal Correspondence and Capital City. Note that this includes only direct market sales, and is by quantity, not dollar value. Rank Item Publisher Index 1 (70) Sin City: A Dame to Kill #1 Dark Horse 25.0 2 (234) Cerebus #176 Aardvark-Vana 6.0 3 (253) Cry For Dawn #10 Cry For Dawn 5.0 4 (300) Dark Horse Presents #79 Dark Horse 3.7 5 (304) Wizard's Tale #1 Eclipse 3.6 6 (305) Hate #14 Fantagraphics 3.5 7 (315) Bio-Booster Armor Guyver #2 Viz 3.2 8 (320) Ranma 1/2 II #11 Viz 3.2 9 (322) Battle Angel Alita III #1 Viz 3.1 10 Love and Rockets #43 Fantagraphics 3.1 11 Andrew Vacchss' Undergr. #1 Dark Horse 3.0 12 Eightball #12 Fantagraphics 2.9 13 Floaters #3 Dark Horse 2.9 14 Venger Robo #1 Viz 2.7 15 Robotech: Invid War #1 Eternity 2.7 16 Zen Intergalactic Ninja #2sil Express 2.6 17 Razor: Angel in Black #5 London Nights 2.5 18 Caravan Kidd Holiday #1 Dark Horse 2.4 19 Maison Ikkoku #6 Viz 2.3 20 Robotech: Return to Macross #9 Eternity 2.3 21 Silent Mobius IV #5 Viz 2.1 22 Pixy Junket #5 Viz 2.0 23 Street Trash #1 (?) 2.0 24 Elvira #7 Eclipse 1.9 25 Young Zen Intergalactic #2 Express 1.8 26 NHS Perfect Memory vol 2 Antarctic Press 1.7 27 Parts Unknown II: Next #1 Eclipse 1.7 28 Kiss: The Revenge #2 Revolutionary 1.7 29 Sanctuary II #7 Viz 1.6 30 Cry For Dawn #6 (2nd) Cry For Dawn 1.6 31 Cry For Dawn #8 (2nd) Cry For Dawn 1.6 32 Cry For Dawn #7 (2nd) Cry For Dawn 1.6 33 Lorelei #1 Starwarp 1.4 34 Distant Soil Sketchbook Aria Press 1.3 35 Version 2.4 Dark Horse 1.3 36 He Said/She Said #3 First Amendment 1.3 37 Dreamwolves #2 London Nights 1.3 38 Tales of the Beanworld #21 Eclipse 1.3 39 Lowlife #4 MU Press 1.3 40 Faust Act One: Rebel #1 Rebel Studios 1.3 41 Faust Act Two: Rebel #2 Rebel Studios 1.2 42 Liberator #2 Images and Lib 1.2 43 Girl Squad X #1 Fantagraphics 1.2 44 Buck Naked: Crime #1 Heroic Pub 1.2 45 Faust Act Three: Rebel #3 Rebel Studios 1.2 46 Zillion #5 Eternity 1.2 47 Aesop's Desecrated #1 Rip Off Press 1.2 48 Nau Headhunter #2 Neo-Tek 1.2 49 Naughty Bits #11 Fantagraphics 1.2 50 Cheval Noir #48 Dark Horse 1.2 51 Cherry #5 Kitchen Sink 1.2 52 Cherry #3 Kitchen Sink 1.2 53 Negative Burn #5 Caliber 1.1 54 Cud #5 Fantagraphics 1.1 55 Real Stuff #16 Fantagraphics 1.1 56 XXX-Women #3 Fantagraphics 1.0 57 Miseroth: Amok Hell #2A Comico 1.0 58 Goku #2 Antarctic Press 1.0 59 Bluebeard #1 Slave Labor Gr 1.0 60 Hard Rock Comics #22 Revolutionary 1.0 61 Blonde: Bondage Palace #2 Fantagraphics .9 62 Zenith: Phase 2 #3 Fleetway .9 63 Katmandu #1 Antarctic Press .9 64 Starchild #10 Taliesen .9 65 Duplex Planet Illust #5 Fantagraphics .9 66 Mangazine #29 Antarctic Press .9 67 Ironwood #2 Fantagraphics .9 68 Holy Cross #1 Fantagraphics .9 69 Strippers and Sex Queen #2 Fantagraphics .8 70 Genus #3 Antarctic Press .8 71 Short On Plot #1 MU Press .8 72 Idiotland #4 Fantagraphics .8 73 Freak Brothers #4 Rip Off Press .8 74 Guns and Roses On Tour #1 Revolutionary .8 75 Hate #4 Fantagraphics .8 76 Donielle: Enslaved #9 Raging Rhino .8 77 Alphabet #1 Dark Horse .7 78 Grit Bath #2 Fantagraphics .7 79 Black Dominion #2 Anubis .7 80 Buster the Amazing Bear #2 Ursus Studios .7 81 Cruel and Unusual Punish #1 Fantagraphics .7 82 Strangers in Paradise #1 Antarctic Press .7 83 Alternative Nation #1 Revolutionary .7 84 Gold Digger #5 Antarctic Press .7 85 Savage Henry #30 Rip Off Press .7 86 Hate #9 Fantagraphics .7 87 Original Black Cat #12 Recollections .6 88 Black Web #2 Inks .6 89 Dive Grapix and Stories #1 Fantagraphics .6 90 Hard Rock #1: Metallica Revolutionary .6 91 Twilight-X v.2 #6 Antarctic Press .6 92 Furrlough #11 Antarctic Press .6 93 Footrot Flats #2 Orin Books .6 94 Phantom of Fear City #5 Eclipse .6 95 Elementals Sex Special #1 gold Comico .6 96 No Hope #3 Slave Labor Gr .6 97 Sad Sack #292 Recollections .6 98 Blackwatch #3 Heroic Pub .6 99 Wandering Star #4 Pen and Ink .6 100 Lux and Alby #8 Dark Horse .6 101 Buffalo Wings #2 Antarctic Press .6 102 Demons and Dark Elves #1 (?) .6 103 Vixen Warrior Diaries #5 Raging Rhino .6 104 Spiderrella #1 Brainstorm .6 105 Lathe #1 Sky Comics .5 106 Starhead Mini-Comic #1 Fantagraphics .5 107 Wild Life #4 Antarctic Press .5 108 Zombie War: Earth #4 bagged Fantagor .5 109 Miseroth: Amok Hell #2B Comico .5 110 Butt Babe #1 Brainstorm .5 111 Dr. Radium: Man of Science #4 Slave Labor Gr .5 112 Rock and Roll Comics #67 Revolutionary .5 113 XXX-O Woman-o-Wow #2 Brainstorm .5 114 Dark Visions Publishing #3 Dark Visions .4 115 Jonathan Fox #1 Mariah Graphics .4 116 Argonauts: System #1 Alpha .4 117 Ratsbane Deluxe Edit. #1 London Nights .4 118 Buttman and Bobbin' #1 Boneyard .4 119 Sputnik #1 Black Eye .4 120 Deadbeats #4 Eclipse .4 121 Warlock 5: The Gathering #2 Nyghtwind .4 122 Wiindows #12 Cult Press .4 123 Ripley's Comics Odd #1 Schanes .4 124 Ripley's Comics Strange #2 Schanes .4 125 Jane Doe: Coming of .. #1 Raging Rhino .3 126 Ripley's Comics Golf #1 Schanes .3 127 Sperm Quest Next #2 Brainstorm .3 128 T & A #2 Brainstorm .3 129 Vixen Wars #10 Raging Rhino .3 130 League of Champions #14 Heroic Pub .3 131 Ripley's Comics Ani #2 Schanes .3 132 Joe Sinn #3 Caliber .3 133 Exit #8 Taxi Comics .3 134 Nathan Impaler Mon #1 Nyghtwind .3 135 Strange Attractors #3 Retro Graphix .3 136 Cud #1 Fantagraphics .3 137 Dance of the Radiomen #2 MU Press .2 138 Elfheim: Shade Wars #1 Nyghtwind .2 139 Elflord: Shadow Spell #2 Nyghtwind .2 140 Tales From the Edge #3 Vanguard .2 141 Zombie Love Signed #1 ZuZu Petals .2 142 Hideo Li Files #5 Raging Rhinos .2 143 Bathory: Countess of #1 Boneyard .2 144 Necromancer signed/number #2 Anarchy .2 145 A Distant Soil #3 Aria Press .2 146 Cud #3 Fantagraphics .2 147 Detroit: Murder City #3 Murder City .2 148 Elflore: Fire Mountain #1 Nyghtwind .2 149 Grey Legacy #2 Fragile Elite .2 150 Cud #2 Fantagraphics .2 ...plus a whole buncha others. NOTE: The number in parenthesis is the rank of the comic among ALL comics, including color books. The index rates how well the comic sold in comparison to Uncanny X-Men #308. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #308, 6.0 copies of Cerebus #176 were sold. NOTE: Figures for October, September, August, July, and June are also available.