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      <title>Heritage auctions Big Boy file copies</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;And speaking of advertising and comics...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;About a decade ago, I interviewed &lt;strong&gt;Manfred Bernhard&lt;/strong&gt;, the advertising executive who produced the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Big Boy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; comics series for the famed restaurant chain — and there began my attempts to begin tracking down some of the unusual artifacts of this series of promotional comics. Now, Hertiage is auctioning a rare gem indeed: &lt;a href="http://comics.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=828&amp;Lot_No=41245"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bernhard's own file copies of Big Boy #1-233&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;img width="331" hspace="5" height="205" align="right" alt="" src="/Portals/2/Images/Graphics/Blog/BigBoy69.jpg" /&gt;Filling in a couple of blanks for Heritage's listing: The "Timely" part of the run isn't defined by when &lt;strong&gt;Dan DeCarlo&lt;/strong&gt; is working on the series; DeCarlo worked for it well into its run. The distinction is that before #13 (that's the issue, to the best of my recollection), Bernhard had been contracting with Timely to produce the comics completely in-house; afterward, Bernhard's own W.E.B.S. Advertising Group managed production, evidently hiring work out to DeCarlo. I spoke with Stan Lee about it some years back; he recalled writing the first issue and meeting Bernhard when Timely had the account.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;And there definitely are "East Coast" editions with a blond Big Boy — redrawn for a splinter group of franchisees until at least issue #152. No doubt there; I've been &lt;a href="http://www.cbgxtra.com/default.aspx?tabid=42&amp;view=topic&amp;forumid=27&amp;postid=1012" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tracking them intermittently here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;Ray Bottorff Jr.&lt;/strong&gt; — lately, with Ray doing all the work. As noted in the auction, only the West Coast, or traditional, versions of Big Boy are in these bound volumes. We had been tracking what Western copies definitely existed, too; I think we can take it from this auction that all the West Coast issues did indeed circulate!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Surely a fascinating artifact — I envy the one who wins it!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Advertising in comics</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;We've got a discussion started on &lt;a href="http://www.comichron.com/ResearchForum/tabid/190/forumid/1/postid/121/scope/posts/Default.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the practices and history of advertising in comics &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;in the forum. I've put in my $0.02, but others certainly know more.  Drop by and help Kris out!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Iron Man sales history across time</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comichron.comhttp://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=283&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;img width="192" height="289" align="right" src="/Portals/2/Images/TitleReports/IronMan1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I did this last year for &lt;a href="http://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=211&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amazing Spider-Man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; when the third movie came out in response to media inquiries; now, I have plunged ahead and listed all the &lt;a href="http://www.comichron.comhttp://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=283&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iron Man sales figures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Statements of Ownership that I have found, from 1980 to 2003. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;I can't locate my copies from Volume 4, so if anyone can dig those out, please post what you find in the &lt;a href="http://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=190&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Research Forum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; under "Scavenger Hunt." And while I went through most of the likely issues, if anyone can find anything from before 1980, please post it. I don't think they ever ran any in the 1970s, which is bizarre, considering it was offered by subscription the whole time. I'll have to ask &lt;strong&gt;Len Wein&lt;/strong&gt; about it some day — he was editing it for a while in there&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I do intend more of these lateral title-centric tables, but after I get some more of the annual tables onto the site. I am up past 2,470 Statements in my database now. (Thanks to Johanna for the new Archie numbers!)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;And this month's &lt;a href="http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=155380" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comichron Report is now online at Newsarama&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>March 2008 comics sales data online</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comichron.comhttp://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=281&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;img width="144" height="222" align="right" src="/Portals/2/Images/MonthlyReports/2008/200803DarkTowerLongRoadHome1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'll be saving the more lengthy analysis for the Newsarama column coming up, but the tables with my raw &lt;a href="http://www.comichron.comhttp://www.comichron.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=281&amp;tabid=171"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;estimates for March&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;can be found here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I will say here that while it is a soft month, it's one that's following a year after a blockbuster March — and the first quarter has historically been slow in most normal years. In the widest category, the quarter is only off by almost exactly $1 million — less than the revenue of a single product, last year's &lt;strong&gt;Captain America #25&lt;/strong&gt;. And the five-year comparatives are way up.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;So it's our first slower quarter in a while — but it takes two down quarters in a row in the general economy to make a recession. And in this business, I'd make that two &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; including the first quarter!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;TOP 300 COMICS UNIT SALES&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;March 2008: 6.08 million copies&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 1 year ago this month: -13%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 5 years ago this month: +9%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 10 years ago this month: -15%&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;YEAR TO DATE: 19.11 million copies, -6% vs. 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;TOP 300 COMICS DOLLAR SALES&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
March 2008: $19.14 million&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 1 year ago this month: -15% &lt;br /&gt;
Versus 5 years ago this month: +22%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 10 years ago this month: +10%&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;YEAR TO DATE: $64.14 million, -7% vs. 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TOP 100 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
March 2008: $4.33 million&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 1 year ago this month: +5%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 5 years ago this month, just the Top 50 vs. the Top 50: +17%&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;YEAR TO DATE: $12.47 million, +5% vs. 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;TOP 300 COMICS + TOP 100 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;March 2008: $23.47 million&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 1 year ago this month: -12%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 5 years ago this month, counting just the Top 50 TPBs: +21%&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;YEAR TO DATE: $72.23, -5% vs. 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
March 2008: $31.21 million ($34.67 million with UK)&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 1 year ago this month: -7%&lt;br /&gt;
Versus 5 years ago this month: +27%&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;YEAR TO DATE: $98.3 million, -1% vs. 2007, +46% vs. 2003&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>March 2008 rankings</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;It will be a bit yet before the calculations appear here (New York Comicon took everyone's weekend, along with my voice) but for the curious, here are the vanilla rankings for the Diamond Top 300, released today. This is raw — no clean-up work, no formatting. The "ratio" is the number of copies sold per 100 issues of &lt;strong&gt;Detective Comics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; sold. (Edit: And the Newsarama preliminary report is &lt;a href="http://www.newsarama.com/marketreport/Mar08sales.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.) Check back for the full report, soon!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;1) Dark Tower Long Road Home #1 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 250.56&lt;br /&gt;
2) New Avengers #39  • MAR • Ratio 208.49&lt;br /&gt;
3) Thor #7 • MAR • Ratio 197.25&lt;br /&gt;
4) Amazing Spider-Man #552 • MAR • Ratio 181.76&lt;br /&gt;
5) Uncanny X-Men #496  • MAR • Ratio 180.18&lt;br /&gt;
6) Buffy Vampire Slayer #12 • DAR • Ratio 179.93&lt;br /&gt;
7) Justice League O/America #19 • DC • Ratio 177&lt;br /&gt;
8) Amazing Spider-Man #553 • MAR • Ratio 167.22&lt;br /&gt;
9) Mighty Avengers #11 • MAR • Ratio 166.42&lt;br /&gt;
10) X-Men Legacy #209  • MAR • Ratio 166.4&lt;br /&gt;
11) Mighty Avengers #10 • MAR • Ratio 166.21&lt;br /&gt;
12) X-Force #2  • MAR • Ratio 165.33&lt;br /&gt;
13) Captain America #36 • MAR • Ratio 164.65&lt;br /&gt;
14) Amazing Spider-Man #554 • MAR • Ratio 164.03&lt;br /&gt;
15) All Star Superman #10 • DC • Ratio 148.86&lt;br /&gt;
16) Cable #1  • MAR • Ratio 138.9&lt;br /&gt;
17) Green Lantern #28 • DC • Ratio 137.73&lt;br /&gt;
18) Countdown To Final Crisis 8 • DC • Ratio 137.66&lt;br /&gt;
19) Countdown To Final Crisis 7 • DC • Ratio 137.62&lt;br /&gt;
20) Countdown To Final Crisis 6 • DC • Ratio 137.37&lt;br /&gt;
21) Countdown To Final Crisis 5 • DC • Ratio 136.95&lt;br /&gt;
22) Fantastic Four #555 • MAR • Ratio 136.4&lt;br /&gt;
23) Green Lantern #29 • DC • Ratio 134.62&lt;br /&gt;
24) Wolverine #63  • MAR • Ratio 130.45&lt;br /&gt;
25) Logan #1 (Of 3) • MAR • Ratio 128.05&lt;br /&gt;
26) Serenity Better Days #1 (Of 3) • DAR • Ratio 126.05&lt;br /&gt;
27) Ultimate Spider-Man #120 • MAR • Ratio 116.8&lt;br /&gt;
28) X-Factor #29  • MAR • Ratio 110.94&lt;br /&gt;
29) Avengers Initiative #10 • MAR • Ratio 110.11&lt;br /&gt;
30) Wolverine Origins #23 • MAR • Ratio 100.42&lt;br /&gt;
31) Angel After Fall #5 • IDW • Ratio 100.27&lt;br /&gt;
32) Detective Comics #842 • DC • Ratio 100&lt;br /&gt;
33) Incredible Hercules #115 • MAR • Ratio 99.82&lt;br /&gt;
34) Teen Titans #57 • DC • Ratio 99.36&lt;br /&gt;
35) Ultimate X-Men #92 • MAR • Ratio 99.17&lt;br /&gt;
36) Superman Batman Annual #2 • DC • Ratio 94.89&lt;br /&gt;
37) Green Lantern Corps #22 • DC • Ratio 94.56&lt;br /&gt;
38) Ultimate Human #3 (Of 4) • MAR • Ratio 92.34&lt;br /&gt;
39) Justice League New Frontier Special • DC • Ratio 87.5&lt;br /&gt;
40) Superman #674 • DC • Ratio 84.4&lt;br /&gt;
41) Daredevil #106 • MAR • Ratio 84.04&lt;br /&gt;
42) Ultimate Iron Man Ii #4 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 83.67&lt;br /&gt;
43) Ms Marvel #25  • MAR • Ratio 82.94&lt;br /&gt;
44) Wonder Woman #18 • DC • Ratio 82.49&lt;br /&gt;
45) Captain Marvel #4 (Of 5)  • MAR • Ratio 82.19&lt;br /&gt;
46) Thunderbolts #119 • MAR • Ratio 81.28&lt;br /&gt;
47) Ultimate Fantastic Four #52 • MAR • Ratio 77.18&lt;br /&gt;
48) Brave &amp; Bold #11 • DC • Ratio 76.38&lt;br /&gt;
49) Batman &amp; Outsiders #5 • DC • Ratio 74.45&lt;br /&gt;
50) Booster Gold #7 • DC • Ratio 73.12&lt;br /&gt;
51) Iron Man #27 • MAR • Ratio 72.86&lt;br /&gt;
52) Wolverine First Class #1 • MAR • Ratio 72.22&lt;br /&gt;
53) Flash #238 • DC • Ratio 72.04&lt;br /&gt;
54) Teen Titans Year One #3 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 67.02&lt;br /&gt;
55) Last Defenders #1 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 66.9&lt;br /&gt;
56) Green Arrow Black Canary #6 • DC • Ratio 66&lt;br /&gt;
57) Supergirl #27 • DC • Ratio 65.95&lt;br /&gt;
58) Tangent Supermans Reign #1 (Of 12) • DC • Ratio 65.51&lt;br /&gt;
59) Immortal Iron Fist #13 • MAR • Ratio 64.84&lt;br /&gt;
60) Punisher #55 • MAR • Ratio 63.28&lt;br /&gt;
61) Punisher War Journal #17 • MAR • Ratio 63.18&lt;br /&gt;
62) New Exiles #3 • MAR • Ratio 61.67&lt;br /&gt;
63) Legion O/Super Heroes #40 • DC • Ratio 61.46&lt;br /&gt;
64) Nightwing #142 • DC • Ratio 61.21&lt;br /&gt;
65) Star Wars Legacy #21 • DAR • Ratio 61.16&lt;br /&gt;
66) Death O/New Gods #7 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 60.42&lt;br /&gt;
67) Moon Knight #16 • MAR • Ratio 59.78&lt;br /&gt;
68) Annihilation Conquest #5 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 59.58&lt;br /&gt;
69) Twelve #3 (Of 12) • MAR • Ratio 59.21&lt;br /&gt;
70) Nova #11 • MAR • Ratio 56.98&lt;br /&gt;
71) Boys #16 • DE • Ratio 56.42&lt;br /&gt;
72) World O/Warcraft #5 • DC • Ratio 54.95&lt;br /&gt;
73) Robin #172 • DC • Ratio 54.45&lt;br /&gt;
74) World War Hulk Aftersmash Warbound #4 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 54.11&lt;br /&gt;
75) Ghost Rider #21 • MAR • Ratio 53.67&lt;br /&gt;
76) Anita Blake Vh Guilty Pleasures #9 (Of 12) • MAR • Ratio 53.26&lt;br /&gt;
77) Salvation Run #5 (Of 7) • DC • Ratio 52.18&lt;br /&gt;
78) Batman Confidential #14 • DC • Ratio 51.25&lt;br /&gt;
79) Dc Special Raven #1 (Of 5) • DC • Ratio 49.64&lt;br /&gt;
80) Countdown To Adventure #7 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 49.15&lt;br /&gt;
81) Batman Confidential #15 • DC • Ratio 49.13&lt;br /&gt;
82) Fables #71 • DC • Ratio 48.57&lt;br /&gt;
83) New Warriors #10 • MAR • Ratio 48.33&lt;br /&gt;
84) Gotham Underground #6 (Of 9) • DC • Ratio 48.1&lt;br /&gt;
85) Star Wars Knights O/Old Republic #26 Vector Part 2 • DAR • Ratio 47.48&lt;br /&gt;
86) Countdown To Adventure #8 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 46.45&lt;br /&gt;
87) Birds O/Prey #116 • DC • Ratio 45.78&lt;br /&gt;
88) Walking Dead #47 • IMA • Ratio 45.75&lt;br /&gt;
89) Spider-Man With Great Power #3 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 44.57&lt;br /&gt;
90) World War Hulk Aftersmash Damage Control #3 (Of 3) • MAR • Ratio 44.18&lt;br /&gt;
91) Countdown To Mystery #6 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 43.8&lt;br /&gt;
92) She-Hulk 2 #27 • MAR • Ratio 43.34&lt;br /&gt;
93) Black Panther #35 • MAR • Ratio 43.16&lt;br /&gt;
94) Spawn #176 • IMA • Ratio 42.7&lt;br /&gt;
95) Witchblade #116 Sejic Cvr A • IMA • Ratio 42.68&lt;br /&gt;
96) Penance Relentless #5 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 41.77&lt;br /&gt;
97) Superman Confidential #13 • DC • Ratio 41.33&lt;br /&gt;
98) War Is Hell First Flight Phantom Eagle #1 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 41.22&lt;br /&gt;
99) Powers #28 • MAR • Ratio 38.96&lt;br /&gt;
100) Star Wars Rebellion #12 • DAR • Ratio 38.51&lt;br /&gt;
101) Catwoman #77 • DC • Ratio 37.65&lt;br /&gt;
102) Countdown Lord Havok &amp; Extremists #5 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 37.55&lt;br /&gt;
103) Jla Classified #54 • DC • Ratio 37.49&lt;br /&gt;
104) Order #9 • MAR • Ratio 37.06&lt;br /&gt;
105) Countdown Lord Havok &amp; Extremists #6 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 35.14&lt;br /&gt;
106) Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash #6 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 34.59&lt;br /&gt;
107) Jack O/Fables #21 • DC • Ratio 33.58&lt;br /&gt;
108) Red Sonja #31 • DE • Ratio 33.47&lt;br /&gt;
109) Terry Moores Echo #1 • ABS • Ratio 33.11&lt;br /&gt;
110) Bprd 1946 #3 (Of 5) • DAR • Ratio 32.87&lt;br /&gt;
111) Checkmate #24 • DC • Ratio 32.67&lt;br /&gt;
112) JSA Classified #36 • DC • Ratio 32.64&lt;br /&gt;
113) Spirit #15 • DC • Ratio 32.45&lt;br /&gt;
114) Amazing Spider-Girl #18 • MAR • Ratio 32.19&lt;br /&gt;
115) Abe Sapien Drowning #2 (Of 5) • DAR • Ratio 31.94&lt;br /&gt;
116) Suicide Squad Raise Flag #7 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 31.93&lt;br /&gt;
117) Lone Ranger &amp; Tonto #1 • DE • Ratio 31.75&lt;br /&gt;
118) Ex Machina #35 • DC • Ratio 31.36&lt;br /&gt;
119) Clandestine #2 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 31.09&lt;br /&gt;
120) Marvel Comics Presents #7 • MAR • Ratio 30.38&lt;br /&gt;
121) Shadowpact #23 • DC • Ratio 30.29&lt;br /&gt;
122) X-Men First Class Vol 2 #10 • MAR • Ratio 30.16&lt;br /&gt;
123) Simon Dark #6 • DC • Ratio 29.71&lt;br /&gt;
124) Gi Joe Americas Elite #33 • DEV • Ratio 29.14&lt;br /&gt;
125) Invincible #49 • IMA • Ratio 29.09&lt;br /&gt;
126) Blue Beetle #25 • DC • Ratio 28.94&lt;br /&gt;
127) Dark Ivory #1 (Of 4) • IMA • Ratio 28.48&lt;br /&gt;
128) Uncle Sam &amp; Freedom Fighters #7 (Of 8) • DC • Ratio 27.73&lt;br /&gt;
129) Doctor Who #2 • IDW • Ratio 27.56&lt;br /&gt;
130) Iron Man Enter Mandarin #6 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 27.41&lt;br /&gt;
131) Jonah Hex #29 • DC • Ratio 27.19&lt;br /&gt;
132) Captain America #34 Directors Cut (Pp #804) • MAR • Ratio 27.17&lt;br /&gt;
133) Authority Prime #6 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 27.05&lt;br /&gt;
134) Young Liars #1 • DC • Ratio 26.66&lt;br /&gt;
135) All New Atom #21 • DC • Ratio 26.4&lt;br /&gt;
136) Evil Dead #3 (Of 4) • DAR • Ratio 26.2&lt;br /&gt;
137) Northlanders #4 • DC • Ratio 26&lt;br /&gt;
138) Star Trek New Frontier #1 • IDW • Ratio 25.97&lt;br /&gt;
139) Avengers Fairy Tales #1 (Of 4) • MAR • Ratio 25.82&lt;br /&gt;
140) Army O/Darkness Xena Why Not #1 (Of 4) • DE • Ratio 25.8&lt;br /&gt;
141) Super Friends #1 • DC • Ratio 25.4&lt;br /&gt;
142) Gen 13 #18 • DC • Ratio 25.08&lt;br /&gt;
143) Spawn Godslayer #7 • IMA • Ratio 24.18&lt;br /&gt;
144) Hellblazer #242 • DC • Ratio 24.11&lt;br /&gt;
145) Jungle Girl #5 • DE • Ratio 23.97&lt;br /&gt;
146) End League #2 • DAR • Ratio 23.94&lt;br /&gt;
147) New Avengers #31 Cwi • MAR • Ratio 23.82&lt;br /&gt;
148) Tiny Titans #2 • DC • Ratio 23.13&lt;br /&gt;
149) Grendel Behold Devil #5 (Of 8) • DAR • Ratio 23.08&lt;br /&gt;
150) Foolkiller #4 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 22.97&lt;br /&gt;
151) Infinity Inc #7 • DC • Ratio 22.92&lt;br /&gt;
152) X-Force #1  • MAR • Ratio 22.9&lt;br /&gt;
153) Darkness Vs Eva #1 (Of 4) • DE • Ratio 22.79&lt;br /&gt;
154) New Dynamix #1 (Of 5) • DC • Ratio 22.42&lt;br /&gt;
155) Transformers Spotlight Mirage • IDW • Ratio 22.35&lt;br /&gt;
156) Ultimates 3 #1 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 22.35&lt;br /&gt;
157) Secret History Authority Jack Hawksmoor #1 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 22.19&lt;br /&gt;
158) Marvel Atlas #2 (Of 2) • MAR • Ratio 22.04&lt;br /&gt;
159) 100 Bullets #89 • DC • Ratio 22.01&lt;br /&gt;
160) Midnighter #17 • DC • Ratio 21.96&lt;br /&gt;
161) Goon #22 • DAR • Ratio 21.04&lt;br /&gt;
162) Dmz #29 • DC • Ratio 20.77&lt;br /&gt;
163) Astounding Wolf-Man #5 • IMA • Ratio 20.75&lt;br /&gt;
164) Ghost Whisperer #1 • IDW • Ratio 20.33&lt;br /&gt;
165) Dead O/Night Featuring Man Thing #2 (Of 4) • MAR • Ratio 20.32&lt;br /&gt;
166) Army O/Darkness #7 Long Road Home • DE • Ratio 20.13&lt;br /&gt;
167) Invincible Presents Atom Eve #2 (Of 2) • IMA • Ratio 19.82&lt;br /&gt;
168) Grimm Fairy Tales #25 • ZEN • Ratio 19.69&lt;br /&gt;
169) New Battlestar Galactica Season Zero #6 • DE • Ratio 19.47&lt;br /&gt;
170) Madman Atomic Comics #7 • IMA • Ratio 18.94&lt;br /&gt;
171) Sword #6 • IMA • Ratio 18.82&lt;br /&gt;
172) Tarot Witch O/Black Rose #49 • BRO • Ratio 18.78&lt;br /&gt;
173) Grimm Fairy Tales #24 • ZEN • Ratio 18.57&lt;br /&gt;
174) Avengers Classic #10 • MAR • Ratio 18.56&lt;br /&gt;
175) Savage Tales #6 • DE • Ratio 18.56&lt;br /&gt;
176) Simpsons Comics #140 • BON • Ratio 18.49&lt;br /&gt;
177) Grimm Fairy Tales #23 • ZEN • Ratio 18.38&lt;br /&gt;
178) Bat Lash #4 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 18.34&lt;br /&gt;
179) Grimm Fairy Tales Piper #1 (Of 4) • ZEN • Ratio 18.03&lt;br /&gt;
180) Sheena #5 • DEV • Ratio 17.83&lt;br /&gt;
181) Justice League Unlimited #43 • DC • Ratio 17.52&lt;br /&gt;
182) Omega Unknown #6 (Of 10) • MAR • Ratio 17.39&lt;br /&gt;
183) Wildstorm Revelations #5 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 17.16&lt;br /&gt;
184) Battlestar Galactica Origins #4 • DE • Ratio 16.9&lt;br /&gt;
185) Wildstorm Revelations #6 (Of 6) • DC • Ratio 16.88&lt;br /&gt;
186) Power Pack Day One #1 (Of 4) • MAR • Ratio 16.79&lt;br /&gt;
187) Gravel #2 • AVA • Ratio 16.43&lt;br /&gt;
188) Hulk #2 • MAR • Ratio 15.93&lt;br /&gt;
189) St Tng Intelligence Gathering #3 (Of 5) • IDW • Ratio 15.34&lt;br /&gt;
190) Dan Dare #5 (Of 7) • VIR • Ratio 15.21&lt;br /&gt;
191) Futurama Comics #36 • BON • Ratio 15.16&lt;br /&gt;
192) Secret Invasion Saga (Bundle Of 25) (Net) • MAR • Ratio 14.96&lt;br /&gt;
193) Teen Titans Go #53 • DC • Ratio 14.82&lt;br /&gt;
194) Halloween Nightdance #2 • DEV • Ratio 14.8&lt;br /&gt;
195) Loveless #23 • DC • Ratio 14.24&lt;br /&gt;
196) Scalped #15 • DC • Ratio 14.17&lt;br /&gt;
197) Lords O/Avalon Sod #2 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 14.15&lt;br /&gt;
198) Ultimates 3 #2 (Of 5) • MAR • Ratio 14.11&lt;br /&gt;
199) Fx #1 (Of 6) • IDW • Ratio 14.05&lt;br /&gt;
200) Streets Of Glory #4 (Of 6) • AVA • Ratio 14.02&lt;br /&gt;
201) Sonic The Hedgehog #186 • ARC • Ratio 13.92&lt;br /&gt;
202) Dead Space #1 (Of 6) • IMA • Ratio 13.86&lt;br /&gt;
203) Countdown Special Eclipso 80 Page Giant • DC • Ratio 13.82&lt;br /&gt;
204) Exterminators #27 • DC • Ratio 13.59&lt;br /&gt;
205) Doctor Who Classics #4 • IDW • Ratio 13.56&lt;br /&gt;
206) Painkiller Jane #5 • DE • Ratio 13.54&lt;br /&gt;
207) Savage Dragon #135 • IMA • Ratio 13.47&lt;br /&gt;
208) Fallen Son Death O/Captain America Iron Man • MAR • Ratio 13.25&lt;br /&gt;
209) Batman Strikes #43 • DC • Ratio 13.24&lt;br /&gt;
210) Legion O/Super Heroes I/31St Century #12 • DC • Ratio 12.81&lt;br /&gt;
211) Hedge Knight 2 Sworn Sword #5 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 12.73&lt;br /&gt;
212) Scud Disposable Assassin #22 • IMA • Ratio 12.39&lt;br /&gt;
213) Locke &amp; Key #2 • IDW • Ratio 12.39&lt;br /&gt;
214) Terminator 2 Infinity #7 • DE • Ratio 12.27&lt;br /&gt;
215) Vinyl Underground #6 • DC • Ratio 12.21&lt;br /&gt;
216) Programme #9 (Of 12) • DC • Ratio 12.18&lt;br /&gt;
217) Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #37 • MAR • Ratio 11.89&lt;br /&gt;
218) Hack Slash Series #10 • DEV • Ratio 11.77&lt;br /&gt;
219) Uncanny X-Men #495  • MAR • Ratio 11.68&lt;br /&gt;
220) Speed Racer Chronicles O/T Racer #2 • IDW • Ratio 11.58&lt;br /&gt;
221) Zombies Vs Robots Vs Amazons #3 (Of 3) • IDW • Ratio 11.55&lt;br /&gt;
222) Franklin Richards Spring Break • MAR • Ratio 11.5&lt;br /&gt;
223) Dynamo 5 #11 • IMA • Ratio 11.38&lt;br /&gt;
224) Usagi Yojimbo #110 • DAR • Ratio 11.31&lt;br /&gt;
225) Marvel Adventures Avengers #22 • MAR • Ratio 11.28&lt;br /&gt;
226) Civil War Chronicles #9 • MAR • Ratio 11.2&lt;br /&gt;
227) Drain #6 • IMA • Ratio 11.18&lt;br /&gt;
228) Wolverine #62 2Nd Ptg Garney Var • MAR • Ratio 11.13&lt;br /&gt;
229) Fantastic Four #554 • MAR • Ratio 11.04&lt;br /&gt;
230) Fallen Angel Idw #25 • IDW • Ratio 11.01&lt;br /&gt;
231) New Avengers Illuminati Secret History • MAR • Ratio 11&lt;br /&gt;
232) Fear Agent #19 Hatchet Job (Pt 3 Of 5) • DAR • Ratio 10.71&lt;br /&gt;
233) Gargoyles #8 • SLG • Ratio 10.7&lt;br /&gt;
234) Marvel Illustrated Iliad #4 (Of 8) • MAR • Ratio 10.52&lt;br /&gt;
235) Warhammer 40K Blood &amp; Thunder #4 (Of 4) • BOO • Ratio 10.36&lt;br /&gt;
236) Crossing Midnight #17 • DC • Ratio 10.22&lt;br /&gt;
237) Twelve #2 (Of 12) • MAR • Ratio 9.82&lt;br /&gt;
238) Speed Racer Chronicles O/T Racer #3 • IDW • Ratio 9.79&lt;br /&gt;
239) Pax Romana #2 (Of 4) • IMA • Ratio 9.7&lt;br /&gt;
240) Un-Men #8 • DC • Ratio 9.63&lt;br /&gt;
241) Captain Marvel #3 (Of 5) 2Nd Ptg Var • MAR • Ratio 9.62&lt;br /&gt;
242) Sonic X #31 • ARC • Ratio 9.58&lt;br /&gt;
243) Transformers Best O/Uk Space Pirates #1 • IDW • Ratio 9.44&lt;br /&gt;
244) Marvel Spotlight Hamilton Martin • MAR • Ratio 9.42&lt;br /&gt;
245) Return O/T Gremlins #1 (Of 3) (Res) • DAR • Ratio 9.36&lt;br /&gt;
246) Casanova #12 • IMA • Ratio 9.33&lt;br /&gt;
247) X-Factor #28  • MAR • Ratio 9.31&lt;br /&gt;
248) Marvel Adventures Iron Man #11 • MAR • Ratio 9.25&lt;br /&gt;
249) Vampirella Quarterly Winter 2008 Reg Ed • HAR • Ratio 9.2&lt;br /&gt;
250) Everybodys Dead #1 • IDW • Ratio 9.04&lt;br /&gt;
251) Scooby Doo #130 • DC • Ratio 9.03&lt;br /&gt;
252) Angel After Fall #6 • IDW • Ratio 8.9&lt;br /&gt;
253) Marvel Adventures Hulk #9 • MAR • Ratio 8.89&lt;br /&gt;
254) Knights O/Dinner Table #137 • KEN • Ratio 8.72&lt;br /&gt;
255) Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #34 • MAR • Ratio 8.45&lt;br /&gt;
256) Angel After Fall #3 2Nd Ptg • IDW • Ratio 8.42&lt;br /&gt;
257) Transhuman #1 (Of 4) • IMA • Ratio 8.27&lt;br /&gt;
258) Marvel Illustrated Moby Dick #2 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 8&lt;br /&gt;
259) Shonen Jump Apr 08 • VIZ • Ratio 7.84&lt;br /&gt;
260) Marvel Illustrated Picture Dorian Gray #4 (Of 6) • MAR • Ratio 7.84&lt;br /&gt;
261) Gft Return To Wonderland Cvr Gallery #1 • ZEN • Ratio 7.45&lt;br /&gt;
262) Atomic Robo #6 (Of 6) • RED • Ratio 7.43&lt;br /&gt;
263) Silent Hill Sinners Reward #2 • IDW • Ratio 7.42&lt;br /&gt;
264) Gutsville #3 (Of 6) • IMA • Ratio 7.35&lt;br /&gt;
265) 24 Cold Warriors • IDW • Ratio 7.29&lt;br /&gt;
266) Tron #5 • SLG • Ratio 7.27&lt;br /&gt;
267) Speak O/T Devil #5 (Of 6) • DAR • Ratio 7.17&lt;br /&gt;
268) Gamekeeper Series 2 #1 • VIR • Ratio 7.11&lt;br /&gt;
269) Pvp #39 • IMA • Ratio 7.01&lt;br /&gt;
270) Omega One #2 • BIG • Ratio 7&lt;br /&gt;
271) Tales From Crypt #5 • NBM • Ratio 6.58&lt;br /&gt;
272) Badger Saves World #3 (Of 5) • IDW • Ratio 6.56&lt;br /&gt;
273) Gene Simmons Zipper #4 • IDW • Ratio 6.48&lt;br /&gt;
274) Sisterhood #1 (Of 3) • ARS • Ratio 6.32&lt;br /&gt;
275) New Exiles #2 • MAR • Ratio 6.27&lt;br /&gt;
276) Proof #6 • IMA • Ratio 6.1&lt;br /&gt;
277) Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #2 • DYN • Ratio 6.06&lt;br /&gt;
278) Dragon Cross #4 • BIG • Ratio 5.83&lt;br /&gt;
279) Badger Saves World #4 (Of 5) • IDW • Ratio 5.8&lt;br /&gt;
280) Stranded #3 • VIR • Ratio 5.73&lt;br /&gt;
281) Looney Tunes #160 • DC • Ratio 5.68&lt;br /&gt;
282) Spooks #2 Dellesandro Cvr A • DEV • Ratio 5.58&lt;br /&gt;
283) Wasteland #15 • ONI • Ratio 5.52&lt;br /&gt;
284) Ride Die Valkyrie #3 (Of 3) • IMA • Ratio 5.51&lt;br /&gt;
285) Comic Book Comics #1 • EVI • Ratio 5.47&lt;br /&gt;
286) Tempest #4 • BIG • Ratio 5.47&lt;br /&gt;
287) Drafted #6 • DEV • Ratio 5.33&lt;br /&gt;
288) Rogue Angel Teller O/Tales #2 • IDW • Ratio 5.29&lt;br /&gt;
289) Screamland #1 (Of 5) • IMA • Ratio 5.11&lt;br /&gt;
290) Tales O/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44 • MIR • Ratio 5.08&lt;br /&gt;
291) Buddha Story O/Enlightenment #1 • VIR • Ratio 5.06&lt;br /&gt;
292) Kong King O/Skull Island #3 (Of 5) • DIA • Ratio 5&lt;br /&gt;
293) Betty &amp; Veronica #234 • ARC • Ratio 4.74&lt;br /&gt;
294) New World Order #2 • IMA • Ratio 4.6&lt;br /&gt;
295) Sabrina Vol 2 #92 • ARC • Ratio 4.46&lt;br /&gt;
296) Graveslinger #4 (Of 4) • IMA • Ratio 4.36&lt;br /&gt;
297) Hulk #1 • MAR • Ratio 4.31&lt;br /&gt;
298) Sorrow #4 (Of 4) • IMA • Ratio 4.31&lt;br /&gt;
299) Cemetery Blues #2 • IMA • Ratio 4.3&lt;br /&gt;
300) Circle #5 • IMA • Ratio 4.27&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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