Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 00:21:23 CST Sender: COMICS Discussion List <[COMICS L] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> From: Bill Hayes <[IANR 012] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> Subject: Volume 4 Issue 11 Part 6 March 22, 1994 The Comics List Weekly Vol. 4 No. 11 Pt. 6 This Week: Antarctic Press : The B&W Market - Top 150 B&W Comics for March 1994 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1994 23:29:06 -0500 (EST) From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 150 B&W Comics for March 1994 TOP 150 BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR MARCH 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 black and white comics for March 1994, 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 (77) Sin City: A Dame to Kill #5 Dark Horse 24.3 2 (174) Bone #13 Cartoon Books 12.6 3 (202) Zen: Starquest #1 Express 9.1 4 (227) Cerebus #180 Aardvark-Vana 7.0 5 (238) Savage Sword of Conan #221 Marvel 6.3 6 (248) Appleseed Databook #1 Dark Horse 5.3 7 (250) Lycanthrocope Leo #1 Viz 5.3 8 (252) Dominion Special #1 Dark Horse 5.1 9 (256) Hate #15 Fantagrahics 5.0 10 (259) Ranma 1/2 III #4 Viz 4.7 11 (260) From Hell #4 Kitchen Sink 4.6 12 (266) Eightball #13 Fantagraphics 4.2 13 (268) Dark Horse Presents #83 Dark Horse 4.2 14 (271) Love and Rockets #44 Fantagraphics 4.1 15 (277) Outlanders Epilogue Dark Horse 3.8 16 (280) Battle Angel Alita III #5 Viz 3.8 17 (286) Tales of the Dead #1 Cry For Dawn 3.6 18 (287) Conan Saga #86 Marvel 3.6 19 (290) Carnal Comics #1 Revolutionary 3.5 20 (297) Bio-Booster Armor Guyver #6 Viz 3.3 21 (304) Milk and Cheese's First #2 Slave Labor 3.2 22 (306) Caravan Kidd II #9 Dark Horse 3.1 23 (307) Tick: Karma Tornado #4 New England 3.1 24 (311) Maison Ikkoku II #3 Viz 3.0 25 (313) Bondage Fairies #1 Antarctic Press 2.9 26 Mermaid Forest #4 Viz 2.8 27 Hellhounds #2 Dark Horse 2.7 28 Joe R. Lansdale's By #1 Dark Horse 2.6 29 Robotech Sentinels III #7 Malibu 2.5 30 Night of the Living Dead #1 Fantagor 2.5 31 Tart #1 Fantagraphics 2.5 32 Robotech: Invid War After #1 Malibu 2.4 33 A Distant Soil #8 Aria Press 2.4 34 Dreamwolves #0 London Nights 2.3 35 Andrew Vachss' Underground #3 Dark Horse 2.3 36 Ultraman Classic: Battle #3 Viz 2.2 37 A Science Affair #1 Antarctic Press 2.0 38 Quagmire USA #1 Antarctic PRess 2.0 39 Venger Robo #5 Viz 2.0 40 Elvira #11 Eclipse 2.0 41 Starchild #6 Taliesen 1.7 42 Razor #7 London Nights 1.6 43 Negative Burn #9 Caliber 1.6 44 Lowlife #5 MU Press 1.6 45 Vietnam Journal Valley #1 Apple 1.5 46 A-Bomb #2 Antarctic Press 1.5 47 Man-Eating Cow #10 New England 1.5 48 Naughty Bits #12 Fantagraphics 1.4 49 Jam: Urban Adventure #7 Dark Horse 1.4 50 Death Rattle: Xenocoic #8 2nd Kitchen Sink 1.4 51 Mecharider #1 Castle Graphics 1.3 52 Morgana X #1 Sky Comics 1.3 53 Silbuster #3 Antarctic Press 1.3 54 Tank Vixens #2 Antarctic Press 1.2 55 Gold Digger #9 Antarctic Press 1.2 56 Gold Digger Mangazine Spec. Antarctic Press 1.2 57 Zone Continuum #1 Caliber 1.2 58 Amazing Strip #2 Antarctic Press 1.1 59 Cud #6 Fantagraphics 1.1 60 Blazing Combat: WW II #2 Apple 1.1 61 Blonde: Bondage Palace #4 Fantagraphics 1.1 62 Diary of a Dominatrix #1 Fantagraphics 1.0 63 Brandon Lee: Taken Too Soon Boneyard 1.0 64 Real Stuff #18 Fantagraphics 1.0 65 Black Enchantress #1 Heroic Pubs 1.0 66 Master of the Void #2 Iron Hammer 1.0 67 Wandering Star #6 Pen and Ink 1.0 68 Elvis Special: Secret #1 Revolutionary 1.0 69 Necromancer Dlx Ed #1 Anarchy .9 70 Nestrobber #2 Blue Sky Blue .9 71 Aztec Anthropomorphic #1 Antarctic Press .9 72 Genus #5 Antarctic Press .9 73 Blonde Avenger #4 Fantagraphics .9 74 Duplex Planet Illust #7 Fantagraphics .9 75 Sixty Nine #2 Fantagraphics .9 76 Cave Woman #2 Basement Comics .8 77 Waldo World #2 Fantagraphics .8 78 Furrlough #15 Antarctic Press .8 79 Idiotland #5 Fantagraphics .8 80 Fat Freddy's Cat #5 Rip Off Press .7 81 Ghoul's Gallery #2 AC Comics .7 82 Days of Wrath #4 Apple .7 83 Terrology #13 New England .7 84 Black Pearl #1 (2nd) Fantagraphics .7 85 Beck and Caul #2 Caliber .7 86 Xanadu: Across Diamond #3 MU Press .7 87 Whot Not #3 Fantagraphics .7 88 Post Brothers #37 Rip Off Press .7 89 Strangers in Paradise #1 (2d) Antarctic Press .7 90 Olivia Lavender/Lace Mini Comico .7 91 Gunfighters in Hell Rebel Studios .7 92 Torpedo #5 Fantagraphics .7 93 Sherlock Holmes: Tales #4 Comico .7 94 Blues Superstars #1 Revolutionary .6 95 Tijuana Bible #9 Fantagraphics .6 96 Lowlife #4 MU Press .6 97 Realm #7 Caliber .6 98 Vile #0 Raging Rhino .6 99 Phantom of Fear City #7 Eclipse .6 100 Bill the Bull: Blowtorch Kiss Boneyard .6 101 Book of Spells #1 Double Edge .6 102 Eightball #1 Fantagraphics .6 103 Avant Guard #1 Day One Comics .6 104 Eightball #3 Fantagraphics .5 105 Eightball #6 Fantagraphics .5 106 Kinky Kook #1 Fantagraphics .5 107 Rock and Roll: Meat Loaf #71 Revolutionary .5 108 Eightball #11 Fantagraphics .5 109 Eightball #5 Fantagraphics .5 110 Eightball #4 Fantagraphics .5 111 Sin Comics #2 Black Eye .5 112 Eightball #2 Fantagraphics .5 113 Hard Rock: Slayer #26 Revolutionary .5 114 Boom Boom #1 MU Press .5 115 Eightball #12 Fantagraphics .5 116 League of Champions #14 Heroic Pubs .5 117 Deepest Dimension #3 Revolutionary .4 118 Warlash: San Diego Edition Anubis .4 119 O'Neill #2 Rip Off Press .4 120 Eightball #7 Fantagraphics .4 121 Eightball #9 Fantagraphics .4 122 Lowlife #3 Mu Press .4 123 Eightball #10 Fantagraphics .4 124 Vamperotica Signed Ed #1 Brainstorm .4 125 Vapor Loch #1 Sky Comics .4 126 Jane Doe #8 Raging Rhino .4 127 Sirens #2 Caliber .4 128 Strange Attractors #4 Retrographix .4 129 Mangazine #8 Antarctic Press .4 130 Butterscotch #3 (2nd) Fantagraphics .4 131 Caliber Presents: Cinder #1 Caliber .4 132 Wiindows #15 Cult Press .4 133 Def Leppard's Greatest Hits Revolutionary .4 134 Expose #2 Cracked Pepper .4 135 Naughty Bits #3 (2nd) Fantagraphics .3 136 Aeon Focus #1 MU Press .3 137 Arthur: King of Britian #4 Caliber .3 138 Battle B.I.T.C.H. 2000 #1 Hyper Jump .3 139 Bill the Bull: Burnt Cain Boneyard .3 140 Portable Lowlife MU Press .3 141 Spirit Paperback Kitchen Sink .3 142 Very Vicky #3 Meet Danny Ocean .3 143 Alternative: B52's/Smash #5 Revolutionary .3 144 Bill the Bull: Blowtorch Boneyard .3 145 Baseball Superstars #21 Revolutionary .3 146 Elfin Romance #1 Mt. Wilson .3 147 Godhead #4 Anubis .3 148 Killing: Death Becomes #2 Raging Rhino .3 149 Lost Laughter #4 Bad Habits .3 150 Starhead Monthly Mini #7 Fantagraphics .3 ...out of 228 black and white comics. 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 #312. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #312, 7.0 copies of Cerebus #180 were sold. NOTE: Figures are available for June through February for black and white books, September through February for color books.