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March 1996 Comic Book Sales Rankings
Rankings of Comics Preordered by North American Comics Shops
as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors

• Marvel, Viz, and Kitchen Sink were not distributed by Diamond in this month.
• Diamond was the only comics-shop distributor for DC, Image, Dark Horse, Acclaim, Crusade, Sirius, Chaos, London Night, Gemstone, Wizard, and Broadway.
 True industry-wide rankings would thus be much different.


Comic-book Title Issue Price Publisher Order Index
1 DC vs. Marvel 4 $3.95 DC 369.20
2 Legends of the Dark Claw 1 $1.95 DC 267.90
3 JLX 1 $1.95 DC 221.30
4 Amazon 1 $1.95 DC 218.80
5 Spawn 47 $1.95 Image 217.90
6 Spawn 46 $1.95 Image 217.70
7 Super Soldier 1 $1.95 DC 214.00
8 Gen 13 9 $2.50 Image 207.80
9 Assassins 1 $1.95 DC 197.80
10 Doctor Strangefate 1 $1.95 DC 181.20
11 Gen 13 Ordinary Heroes 2 $2.50 Image 166.80
12 Spawn Wildcats 3 $2.50 Image 162.40
13 Lady Death: The Odyssey 1 $3.50 Chaos 127.30
14 Grifter Shi 1 $2.95 Image 123.80
15 Angela Glory Rage of Angels $2.50 Image 111.60
16 Death: The Time of Your Life 2 $2.95 DC 106.00
17 Batman 530 Coll's Ed. $2.50 DC 100.00
18 Wildcats 28 $2.50 Image 93.20
19 Adventures of Superman 534 $1.95 DC 88.60
20 Fire from Heaven 1 $3.50 Image 88.30
21 Action Comics 721 $1.95 DC 88.00
22 Superman The Man of Steel 56 $1.95 DC 86.60
23 X-Files 16 $2.95 Topps 85.30
24 Witchblade 5 $2.50 Image 85.10
25 Star Wars: Heir to the Empire 5 $2.95 Dark Horse 84.20
26 Tomoe 3 $2.95 Crusade 80.00
27 Batman: Shadow of the Bat 50 $1.95 DC 79.70
28 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 82 $1.95 DC 76.10
29 Cyberforce 21 $2.50 Image 70.50
30 Robin 29 $1.95 DC 70.00
31 Sin City: That Yellow Bastard 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 68.60
32 Sigma 1 $2.50 Image 68.00
33 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 67.10
34 Sword of Damocles 1 $2.50 Image 66.80
35 Catwoman 33 $1.95 DC 65.90
36 Azrael 17 $1.95 DC 65.20
37 Wonder Woman 109 $1.95 DC 65.10
38 Weapon Zero 2 $2.50 Image 64.00
39 Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 62.90
40 Deathblow 26 $2.50 Image 62.60
41 Flash 113 $1.75 DC 59.80
42 Superboy 27 $1.95 DC 56.10
43 Team 7 III: Dead Reckoning 3 $2.50 Image 54.50
44 Backlash 18 $2.50 Image 53.30
45 Glory 10 $2.50 Image 52.70
46 Ripclaw 5 $2.50 Image 49.40
47 Deathblow 25 $2.50 Image 48.20
48 Savage Dragon 27 $2.50 Image 48.00
49 Stormwatch 34 $2.50 Image 47.10
50 Impulse 13 $1.75 DC 46.90
51 Youngblood 6 $2.50 Image 46.30
52 Aquaman 20 $1.75 DC 46.10
53 Defcon 2 $2.50 Image 44.50
54 21 3 $2.50 Image 44.30
55 Maximage 4 $2.50 Image 43.10
56 Books of Magic 24 $2.50 DC 40.50
57 Body Count 1 $2.50 Image 40.40
58 Tarzan vs. Predator: At Earth's Core 3 $2.50 Dark Horse 38.90
59 Lady Death Odyssey Sneak Preview $1.50 Chaos 38.90
60 Team Youngblood 21 $2.50 Image 38.60
61 Ghost 12 $2.50 Dark Horse 38.60
62 Vamps Hollywood & Vein 4 $2.25 DC 38.40
63 Cybernary 5 $2.50 Image 38.10
64 Vengeance of Vampirella 24 $2.95 Harris 37.70
65 Black Ops 3 $2.50 Image 37.50
66 Batman & Robin Adventures 6 $1.75 DC 37.10
67 Lobo 27 $2.25 DC 36.50
68 Bettie Page Comics 1 $3.95 Dark Horse 36.00
69 Lady Pendragon 2 $2.50 Maximum 35.40
70 Cyberpunx 2 $2.50 Image 34.90
71 Hellblazer 101 $2.25 DC 34.20
72 Barb Wire Movie Special $3.95 Dark Horse 33.50
73 Dart 2 $2.50 Image 33.20
74 Legion of Super-Heroes 80 $2.25 DC 32.70
75 X-Files Special Edition 3 $4.95 Topps 32.00
76 Devlin 1 $2.50 Maximum 31.90
77 Legionnaires 36 $2.25 DC 31.80
78 Vampirella of Drakulon 2 $2.95 Harris 31.30
79 22 Brides Married to the Mob 1 $2.95 Event 31.10
80 GI Joe 3 $1.95 Dark Horse 31.00
81 Kid Supreme 1 $2.50 Image 31.00
82 Ballistic Imagery 2 $2.25 Image 30.80
83 Spectre 41 $2.25 DC 30.60
84 Lethal 2 $2.50 Image 30.50
85 Bloodpool 2 $2.50 Image 30.20
86 Black & White 2 $2.50 Image 29.50
87 Dragon 1 $0.99 Image 29.20
88 Sandman Mystery Theater 38 $2.25 DC 29.20
89 Steel 26 $1.95 DC 29.00
90 Asylum 3 $2.95 Maximum 29.00
91 Concrete Think Like a Mountain 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 29.00
92 Green Arrow 108 $2.25 DC 27.90
93 Supreme 37 $2.50 Image 27.20
94 Christian 1 $2.50 Maximum 26.50
95 New Man 3 $2.50 Image 25.20
96 Invisibles 20 $2.50 DC 25.20
97 New Force 3 $2.50 Image 24.70
98 Grendel Tales The Devil May Care 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 24.70
99 Mister Miracle 2 $1.95 DC 24.60
100 Simpsons Comics 18 $2.25 Bongo 24.50
101 Vertigo Verite: The System 1 $2.95 DC 24.40
102 Mike Grell's Maggie the Cat 3 $2.50 Image 24.30
103 Thunder Agents 2 $2.95 Maximum 24.20
104 Justice League Task Force 34 $1.75 DC 24.20
105 Extreme Justice 16 $1.75 DC 23.80
106 New Shadowhawk 7 $2.50 Image 23.50
107 Lady Rawhide 5 $2.95 Topps 23.40
108 Troubleman 1 $2.25 Image 23.20
109 Bone 5 Image Version $2.95 Image 22.70
110 Guy Gardner Warrior 42 $1.75 DC 22.70
111 Star Wars: Dark Empire $0.99 Dark Horse 22.70
112 Razor Torture 2 $3.00 London Night 22.30
113 Poizon: Lost Child 1 $3.00 London Night 21.50
114 Swamp Thing 166 $2.25 DC 20.90
115 Strikeback 3 $2.50 Image 20.70
116 Dominion Conflict 1: No More No 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 20.40
117 Ray 23 $2.25 DC 20.40
118 Godzilla 10 $2.50 Dark Horse 20.20
119 Batman 530 $1.95 DC 20.00
120 X-O Manowar 66 $2.50 Acclaim 19.80
121 Poison Elves 11 $2.50 Sirius 19.70
122 Fatale 3 $2.50 Broadway 18.90
123 Man Against Time 2 $2.25 Image 18.60
124 Blood & Shadows 3 $5.95 DC 18.50
125 Space Above & Beyond 3 $2.95 Topps 18.10
126 Heroes 1 $2.50 DC 18.00
127 Razor Uncut 20 $3.00 London Night 17.60
128 Firebrand 4 $1.75 DC 17.30
129 Oh! My Goddess Valentine Rhapsody 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 17.00
130 Indiana Jones & the Sargasso Pirates 4 $2.50 Dark Horse 16.80
131 Crush 4 $2.25 Image 16.10
132 Sliders 2 $2.50 Acclaim 15.50
133 Leonard Nimoy's Primortals 15 $2.25 Tekno 15.50
134 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 46 $2.50 Acclaim 15.40
135 Verotika 9 $2.95 Verotik 15.30
136 Mask 13 $2.50 Dark Horse 15.30
137 Killer Instinct 2 $2.50 Acclaim 15.10
138 Double Impact 7 $3.00 High Impact 15.10
139 Jazz Solo 1 $3.00 High Impact 14.90
140 Shadow State 4 $2.50 Broadway 14.90
141 X-O Manowar 24 $2.50 Dark Horse 14.90
142 You're Under Arrest 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 14.80
143 Warrior Nun Portraits 4 $3.95 Antarctic 14.70
144 Goth 3 $2.95 Verotik 14.70
145 Deathstroke 59 $2.25 DC 14.50
146 Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice 11 $2.25 Tekno 14.40
147 Animaniacs 13 $1.75 DC 14.00
148 Mike Deodato's Ramthar 1 $2.95 Caliber 13.90
149 Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger 11 $2.25 Tekno 13.70
150 Dark Horse Presents 107 $2.95 Dark Horse 13.50
151 Fate 18 $2.25 DC 13.40
152 Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds 1 $3.25 Tekno 13.30
153 Legend of Mother: Sarah City of Children 3 $3.95 Dark Horse 13.30
154 Casual Heroes 3 $2.25 Image 13.10
155 Neil Gaiman's Mr Hero the Newmatic Man 17 $2.25 Tekno 13.00
156 Bloodshot 50 $2.50 Acclaim 12.60
157 Mutant Chronicles Golgotha 3 $2.95 Acclaim 12.30
158 Gene Roddenberry's Xander in Lost Universe 8 $2.25 Tekno 12.00
159 Space Usagi 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 11.70
160 Punx Redux 1 $2.50 Acclaim 11.40
161 Foot Soldiers 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 11.20
162 Walter Campaign of Terror 2 $2.50 Dark Horse 11.20
163 Wildstorms Player's Guide 1 $1.95 Image 11.10
164 Serina 1 $2.95 Antarctic 11.00
165 Cerebus 204 $2.25 Aardvark-Vanaheim 11.00
166 High Voltage 0 $2.95 Blackout 10.50
167 Elfquest Hidden Years 29 $2.25 Warp 10.40
168 Sunglasses After Dark 3 $2.95 Verotik 10.30
169 Elfquest Shards 16 $2.25 Warp 10.00
170 Adventures of the Mask 3 $2.50 Dark Horse 9.20
171 Poizon: Lost Child 1 $5.95 London Night 8.90
172 Uncle Scrooge 298 $1.50 Gladstone 8.80
173 Elfquest Kahvi 6 $2.25 Warp 8.60
174 Static 35 $2.50 DC 8.50
175 Andrew Vachss Cross 5 $2.95 Dark Horse 8.50
176 Akiko 1 $2.50 Sirius 8.50
177 Armed & Dangerous 4 $2.95 Acclaim 8.30
178 Spawn 11 $1.95 Image 8.20
179 Araknis 0 $2.50 Mushroom 8.20
180 Looney Tunes 23 $1.75 DC 8.10
181 Hardware 39 $2.50 DC 8.00
182 Haunt of Fear 15 $2.00 Gemstone 7.60
183 Catfight Dream into Action 1 Reprint $2.75 Lightning 7.50
184 Vampire Bayne 1 $2.95 Redline 7.40
185 Stephen R. Bissette's Tyrant 5 $2.95 Spiderbaby 7.40
186 Donald Duck Adventures 38 $1.50 Gladstone 7.20
187 CFD Book of Lingerie 96 Adult $3.95 Cry for Dawn 7.20
188 Bad Eggs 2 $2.95 Acclaim 7.00
189 Spawn 32 $1.95 Image 6.90
190 Vampire Miyu 6 $3.95 Antarctic 6.80
191 Project 1 $5.95 DC 6.80
192 Crime Suspensestories 15 $2.00 Gemstone 6.60
193 Snowman 2 $2.50 Hall of Heroes 6.50
194 Pitt 5 $1.95 Full Bleed 6.30
195 Elementals 4 $2.95 Comico 6.20
196 Tekno-Comix Handbook 1 $3.95 Tekno 6.10
197 Pitt 6 $1.95 Full Bleed 6.00
198 Frontline Combat 4 $2.00 Gemstone 6.00
199 Vamperotica 13 $2.95 Brainstorm 6.00
200 Nira X Cyberangel 0 $2.75 Express 6.00
201 Luxura Leather Special 1 $2.95 Brainstorm 5.90
202 Widow Metal Gypsies 3 $3.00 Ground Zero 5.80
203 Morbid Angel 1 $9.95 London Night 2.80
204 Too Much Coffee Man 5 $2.50 Adhesive 5.80
205 Cud Comics 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 5.80
206 James Bond Goldeneye Special 1 $5.95 Topps 5.70
207 Betty & Veronica 100 $1.50 Archie 5.50
208 Walt Disney's Comics & Stories 603 $5.95 Gladstone 5.40
209 Archie 448 $1.50 Archie 5.20
210 Simpsons Comics & Stories 1 $2.95 Welsh 5.20
211 Fangs of the Widow 6 $3.00 Ground Zero 5.10
212 Sonic the Hedgehog 35 $1.50 Archie 4.50
213 Archie's Spring Break Special 1 $2.00 Archie 4.40
214 Primer 4 $2.95 Comico 4.30
215 Betty & Veronica 38 $1.50 Archie 4.20
216 Nightcry Volume V $2.75 Cry for Dawn 4.20
217 Red Dragon 2 $2.95 Comico 4.10
218 Eddie Vampbell's Bacchus 11 $1.50 Eddie Campbell 4.10
219 Veronica 52 $3.75 Archie 4.00
220 CFD Book of Lingerie 96 $2.95 Cry for Dawn 3.90
221 Fem 5 3 $2.95 Express 3.70
222 Countdown Sex Bombs 5 $3.95 Fantagraphics 3.60
223 Black Raven 1 $1.50 Mad Monkey 3.60
224 Scooby Doo 9 $3.50 Archie 3.60
225 Hot Tails 1 $2.95 Fantagraphics 3.50
226 Oblivion 4 $2.95 Comico 3.50
227 Vortex: The Second Coming 1 $2.95 Express 3.40
228 Oz 15 $2.95 Caliber 3.30
229 Vortex: The Second Coming 1A $2.95 Express 3.30
230 Strike Force America 2 $2.95 Comico 3.30
231 World of Archie 19 $1.50 Archie 3.30
232 Jughead 81 $1.50 Archie 3.30
233 Horny Biker Sluts 10 $3.95 Last Gasp 3.20
234 Stray Bullets 5 $3.50 El Capitain 3.20
235 Distant Soil 14 $2.95 Aria 3.20
236 Thieves & Kings 10 $2.35 I Box 3.20
237 Tug & Buster 3 $2.95 Art & Soul 3.20
238 Tick 1 Reprint $2.75 New England 3.20
239 Stray Bullets 6 $2.95 El Capitain 3.10
240 Betty & Veronica Double Digest 58 $2.75 Archie 3.10
241 Sexhibition 5 $2.95 Fantagraphics 3.00
242 Batman Spawn War Devil $4.95 DC 2.90
243 Super Taboo 4 $2.95 Fantagraphics 2.90
244 Flintstones 10 $1.50 Archie 2.80
245 Stray Bullets 7 $2.95 El Capitain 2.70
246 Replacement God 4 $2.95 Slave Labor 2.70
247 MD Geist Ground Zero 1 $2.95 CPM 2.70
248 Hanna-Barbera All-Stars 5 $1.50 Archie 2.60
249 Betty & Veronica Digest 81 $1.75 Archie 2.60
250 Archie Digest 141 $1.75 Archie 2.60
251 Heritage Collection 2 $3.50 Heritage 2.50
252 Hurricane Girls 5 $2.95 Antarctic 2.50
253 Jim Vol. II 6 $3.50 Fantagraphics 2.40
254 Robotech II: The Sentinels 4 $2.95 Academy 2.40
255 Jetsons 10 $1.50 Archie 2.40
256 La Cosa Nostroid 1 $2.95 Fireman 2.40
257 Death by Chocolate 1 $2.50 Sleeping Giant 2.40
258 Jughead's Double Digest 37 $2.75 Archie 2.40
259 Young Witches II: London Babylon 5 $3.50 Fantagraphics 2.30
260 Tick 10 Reprint $2.75 New England 2.30
261 Negative Burn 33 $3.95 Caliber 2.30
262 A-Bomb 11 $2.95 Antarctic 2.30
263 Jinx 1 $2.95 Caliber 2.20
264 Sade Rose & Gun Confederate 1 $3.00 Bishop 2.20
265 Robotech Macross Saga Booby Trap 1 $2.95 Academy 2.20
266 F-III Bandit 8 $2.95 Antarctic 2.20
267 Jimbo 4 $2.95 Bongo 2.10
268 Chesty Sanchez 2 $2.95 Antarctic 2.10
269 Robotech Return to Macross 30 $2.95 Academy 2.10
270 Vampire Verses 3 $2.95 Cry for Dawn 2.00
271 Rare Bit Fiends 18 $2.95 King Hell 2.00
272 Misstrx 1 $2.95 Doom Theater 2.00
273 Superman: The Man of Tomorrow 1 $3.00 DC 2.00
274 Shadowhawk Special 1 $1.95 Image 2.00
275 Elvira 35 $3.50 Claypool 1.90
276 Naked Angels 1 $2.50 Fantagraphics 1.90
277 Robotech Mechanagel 2 $2.95 Academy 1.90
278 Femforce 92 $2.95 AC 1.90
279 Strangehaven 4 $2.95 Abiogenesis 1.80
280 Visions of a Distant Soil $2.95 Aria 1.00
281 Faust Love of the Damned Act Four $2.25 Rebellion 1.70
282 Vampirella Strikes 1 $2.95 DIA 1.70
283 Furrlough 39 $2.95 Antarctic 1.70
284 Carnal Comics Superstars of ER 2 $2.95 Revolutionary 1.70
285 Faust Love of the Damned Act One $2.25 Rebellion 1.70
286 Carnal Comics Porn Star Fantasy 5 $2.95 Revolutionary 1.70
287 X-Files Conspiracy $2.95 Topps 1.70
288 Wildcats 21 $2.50 Image 1.60
289 Appleseed Databook 1 $3.50 Dark Horse 1.60
290 Devil-Jack 4 $3.00 Doom Theater 1.60
291 Appleseed Databook 2 $3.50 Dark Horse 1.60
292 Fantastic Panic Vol. 2 3 $2.95 Antarctic 1.60
293 Bushwacked $2.95 Fantagraphics 1.60
294 Legendlore 2 $2.95 Caliber 1.50
295 Land of Nod 1 $2.95 Blackout 1.40
296 Yuppies, Rednecks, & Lesbian Bit 4 $2.95 Fantagraphics 1.40
297 Shanda 14 $2.95 Antarctic 1.40
298 Appraition 2 $2.95 Caliber 1.40
299 Raven Chronicles 7 $2.95 Caliber 1.40
300 Countdown Sex Bombs 1 $2.95 Fantagraphics 1.40
Top Trade Paperbacks (sales not reported)
Trade Paperback title Price Publisher
1 Magic the Gathering the Uzra-Mishra War $5.95 Acclaim
2 Vertigo Verite Seven Miles A Second $7.95 DC
3 Life, The Universe, & Everything $6.95 DC
4 Signal to Noise $14.95 Dark Horse
5 Shi Senryaku $13.95 Crusade
6 Posion Elves Requiem for an Elf $14.95 Sirius
7 Catwoman The Catfile $9.95 DC
8 Superman Batman Alternate Histories $14.95 DC
9 Black Dragon $17.95 Dark Horse
10 Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color $8.95 Gladstone




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