From: [a--ar--i] at [news.delphi.com] ([A--R--C] at [DELPHI.COM]) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: Top 150 Black and White Comics for January 1994 Date: 4 Jan 1994 19:28:52 -0500 TOP 150 BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR JANUARY 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 black and white comics for January 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 (91) Sin City: A Dame to Kill #3 Dark Horse 19.5 2 (122) Force Works Ashcan #1 Marvel 15.3 3 (218) Cerebus #178 Aardvark-Vana 5.9 4 (224) Savage Sword of Conan #219 Marvel 5.5 5 (234) Zen Intergalactic Ninja #3 Express 4.8 6 (251) Ranma 1/2 III #2 Viz 3.8 7 (259) Dark Horse Presents #81 Dark Horse 3.6 8 (285) Ninja High School #0 Antarctic Press 3.1 9 (289) Battle Angel Alita III #3 Viz 3.0 10 Conan Saga #84 Marvel 3.0 11 Bio Booster Armor Guyver #4 Viz 2.9 12 Kill Barney! #1 Express 2.8 13 Ultraman Classic #1 Viz 2.8 14 Maison Ikkoku II #1 Viz 2.7 15 Mermaid Forest #2 Viz 2.7 16 Young Zen Intergalactic #3 Express 2.6 17 Bangs and the Gang #1 Silhouette 2.6 18 Caravan Kidd II #8 Dark Horse 2.5 19 Silent Mobius V #2 Viz 2.5 20 Bone #10 Cartoon Books 2.4 21 Animerica v.2 #1 Viz 2.4 22 Horny Biker Sluts #7 Last Gasp 2.2 23 Andrew Vachss Underground #2 Dark Horse 2.1 24 Asylum #5 Millennium 2.1 25 Robotech: Sentinels III #6 Eternity 2.0 26 Robotech: Return to #11 Eternity 2.0 27 Robotech: Invid War #3 Eternity 2.0 28 Dead in the West #2 Dark Horse 1.9 29 Venger Robo #3 Viz 1.9 30 Santuary II #9 Viz 1.8 31 Elvira #9 Eclipse 1.8 32 Cherry #12 (2nd) Kitchen Sink 1.5 33 Omaha #0 (2nd) Kitchen Sink 1.5 34 Eddie Campbell's Alec in the Dark Horse 1.4 35 Starchild #5 Taliesen 1.4 36 Too Much Coffee Man #2 Adhesive 1.4 37 Nightvision Taste the #4 Rebel Studios 1.4 38 Version 2.6 Dark Horse 1.4 39 Cave Woman #1 Basement 1.3 40 Man-Eating Cow #9 New England 1.3 41 Silbuster #1 Antarctic Press 1.3 42 Black Mist #1 Caliber 1.3 43 Nightvision Cold Seduct #4 Rebel Studios 1.3 44 Negative Burn #7 Caliber 1.2 45 Chainsaw Vigilante #3 New England 1.2 46 Cheval Noir #50 Dark Horse 1.2 47 Floaters #5 Dark Horse 1.1 48 Tank Vixens #1 Antarctic Press 1.1 49 Wallace Wood's Sally #1 Fantagraphics 1.1 50 Starchild #1 Taliesen 1.1 51 Trauma Corps Ltd Ashcan #0 Anubis Press 1.0 52 Femforce Up Close #8 AC Comics 1.0 53 Ghoul Gallery #1 AC Comics 1.0 54 Rush Limbaugh Must Die Ex Boneyard 1.0 55 Sixty-Nine #1 Fantagraphics 1.0 56 Splatter Annual #1 Comico 1.0 57 Starchild #2 Taliesen 1.0 58 Gay Comics #21 Gay Comics .9 59 Genus #4 Antarctic Press .9 60 Femme Macabre #2 London Nights .9 61 Wandering Star #5 Pen and Ink .9 62 Waldo World #1 Fantagraphics .8 63 Nightmark Mystery #1 Alpha Comics .8 64 Real Stuff #17 Fantagraphics .8 65 Beck and Caul #1 Caliber .8 66 Vengeance / Aztecs #1 Caliber .8 67 Xanadu: Across Diamond #1 MU Press .8 68 Blonde: Bondage Palace #3 Fantagraphics .8 69 Lone Ranger Comics #4 THE (?) .8 70 Blonde Avenger #3 Fantagraphics .8 71 Crap #3 Fantagraphics .8 72 Mangazine #31 Antarctic Press .8 73 Parts Unknown: Next #3 Eclipse .8 74 Goku #4 Antarctic Press .7 75 Beatles Experience Ann #1 Revolutionary .7 76 Duplex Planet: Illust #6 Fantagraphics .7 77 Nightshades #0 London Nights .7 78 Deadworld #7 Caliber .7 79 Buster the Amazing Bear #3 Ursus Studios .7 80 Eros Hawk #2 Fantagraphics .6 81 Hate #10 (2nd) Fantagraphics .6 82 Intense #3 THE (?) .6 83 Insomnia #1 Fantagraphics .6 84 Gold Digger #7 Antarctic Press .6 85 Rich Buckler's Secrets #1 Express .6 86 Life Under Sanctions #1 Fantagraphics .6 87 Elvis Presley Exper #7 Revolutionary .6 88 Too Much Coffee Man #1 (2nd) Adhesive .6 89 Furrlough #13 Antarctic Press .6 90 Murcielaga She-Bat #6 Revolutionary .6 91 Torpedo #4 Fantagraphics .6 92 Weird Burlesque #1 Fantagraphics .6 93 O'Neill #1 Rip Off Press .6 94 Terrology #12 New England .6 95 Way Out Strips v.3 #1 Fantagraphics .6 96 Elvis Presley Exper. #6 Revolutionary .6 97 Realm #8 Caliber .5 98 Vamperotica Platinum #1 Brainstorm .5 99 Blood and Kisses #2 Fantagraphics .5 100 Savage Henry #31 Rip Off Press .5 101 Dark Fantasies #1 Dark Horse (?) .5 102 Post Brothers #1 Rip Off Press .5 103 Katmandu #2 Antarctic Press .5 104 Phantom of Fear City #6 Eclipse .5 105 Luxura: Blood Rave #1 Brainstorm .5 106 Miseroth: Amok Hell #3A Comico .5 107 Vile: Devil's Advocate #1 Raging Rhino .5 108 Karate Girl #1 (2nd) Fantagraphics .5 109 Tijuana Bible #7 Fantagraphics .5 110 Blood Hunter #2 Brainstorm .5 111 Starhead Monthly Mini #4 Fantagraphics .5 112 Nightvision #3 Rebel Studios .5 113 Double Edge #1 Nyghtwind .5 114 Final Countdown #1 Sky Comics .5 115 Manosaurs Gold S/N #0 Express .5 116 Razor Signed #3 London Nights .4 117 Rock and Roll: Neil Young#69 Revolutionary .4 118 Dragonrok Saga #2 Hanthercraft .4 119 Femforce Ltd Edition #69 AC Comics .4 120 Command Review vol. 4 Antarctic Press .4 121 Nocturnal Emissions #4 Vortex .4 122 Distant Soil Starter Kit Aria Press .4 123 Wiindows #14 Cult Press .4 124 Jane Doe #7 Raging Rhino .4 125 Flare First Edition #13 Heroic Pub .4 126 Taxx Ltd Ashcan Edition 1/2 Express .4 127 Small-Bodied NHS Collection Antarctic Press .4 128 Black Glass Pt 1 Industrial WOO (?) .4 129 Killing #1 Raging Rhino .4 130 Lethargic Comics #1 Alpha Comics .4 131 Sgt. USA Ltd Ashcan #0 Express .4 132 Berzerker #5 Caliber .4 133 Blood Hunter Signed #1 Brainstorm .4 134 Tales From The Balcony #1 Allied .4 135 Chains #1 Anubis .3 136 Hall of Heroes Presents #5 Hall of Heroes .3 137 Butterscotch #2 (2nd) Fantagraphics .3 138 League of Champions #13 Heroic Pubs .3 139 Bold Endeavors #2 Brainstorm .3 140 Pickle #3 Black Eye .3 141 Vicious Platinum Edition #1 Brainstorm .3 142 Clint Kills 'em All Ash #0 Express .3 143 Stratosfear #2 Caliber .3 144 War Monsters: King #2 GRO (?) .3 145 Girlhero #2 Highland Graphics .3 146 Mx-Superhero #1 RAD (?) .3 147 Rhudiprrt #8 MU Press .3 148 Happy the Clown #3 Caliber .3 149 Hard Rock: Sonic Youth #24 Revolutionary .3 150 Nightvision #2 (2nd) Rebel Studios .3 ...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 #310. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #310, 5.9 copies of Cerebus #178 were sold. NOTE: Figures for June through December for black and white books, September through December for color books.