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

• Marvel, new Viz items, 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 Spawn 52 $1.95 Image 221.00
2 Kingdom Come 3 $4.95 DC 218.60
3 Gen 13 12 $2.50 Image 181.80
4 Backlash Spider-Man 1 $2.50 Image 126.30
5 Backlash Spider-Man 2 $2.50 Image 122.20
6 Youngblood X-Force $4.95 Image 110.40
7 Witchblade 8 $2.50 Image 104.80
8 Supergirl 1 $1.95 DC 101.80
9 Batman 534 $1.95 DC 100.00
10 Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 95.70
11 Purgatori The Vampire's Myth 1 $3.50 Chaos 94.20
12 Detective Comics 701 $1.95 DC 92.10
13 Batman Black & White 4 $2.95 DC 90.40
14 Shi Way of the Warrior 11 $2.95 Crusade 86.70
15 Superman 115 $1.95 DC 83.30
16 X-Files 20 $2.95 Topps 82.50
17 Batman: Shadow of the Bat 54 $1.95 DC 82.00
18 Adventures of Superman 538 $1.95 DC 81.90
19 Action Comics 725 $1.95 DC 81.80
20 Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age $0.99 Dark Horse 81.70
21 Superman: The Man of Steel 60 $1.95 DC 80.40
22 Robin 33 $1.95 DC 77.20
23 X-Files Season One 1 $3.95 Topps 76.80
24 Manga Shi Shiseji 1 $2.95 Crusade 74.10
25 Batman Grendel II Bk. 2 Devil's Dance $4.95 Dark Horse 73.90
26 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 86 $1.95 DC 73.30
27 Sin City That Yellow Bastard 6 $3.50 Dark Horse 70.80
28 Dreaming 4 $2.50 DC 70.40
29 Savage Dragon 30 $2.50 Image 69.40
30 Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare 1 $2.95 DC 68.50
31 Preacher Special Saint of Killers 2 $2.50 DC 68.20
32 Green Lantern 78 $1.75 DC 65.60
33 Wetworks 19 $2.50 Image 65.50
34 Catwoman 37 $1.95 DC 64.90
35 Preacher Special Saint of Killers 17 $2.50 DC 64.70
36 Star Wars Rogue Squadron: Battalion Tatooine 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 64.50
37 Flash 117 $1.75 DC 63.70
38 Batman Legend of the Dark Knight Anniversary 6 $2.95 DC 63.60
39 Wonder Woman 113 $1.95 DC 62.00
40 Azrael 21 $1.95 DC 60.60
41 Grifter 1 $2.50 Image 60.30
42 Vampirella Death & Destruction 1 $2.95 Harris 59.00
43 Allegra 1 $2.50 Image 56.80
44 Superboy & The Ravers 1 $1.95 DC 55.50
45 Avengelyne 4 $2.50 Maximum 54.90
46 Weapon Zero 6 $2.50 Image 54.40
47 Flash Annual 9 $2.95 DC 53.60
48 Birds of Prey Manhunt 1 $1.95 DC 53.00
49 Backlash Spider-Man 22 $2.50 Image 52.70
50 Avengeblade 1 $2.99 Maximum 52.20
51 Superboy & The Ravers 31 $1.95 DC 52.10
52 Batman GCPD 2 $2.25 DC 52.00
53 Brass 1 $2.50 Image 52.00
54 Cyberforce Annual 2 $2.95 Image 51.30
55 Artemis Requiem 4 $1.75 DC 50.10
56 Deathblow 0 $2.95 Image 50.10
57 Monkeyman & Obrien 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 48.60
58 Impulse 17 $1.75 DC 46.30
59 Hitman 5 $2.25 DC 46.20
60 Aquaman 24 $1.75 DC 44.30
61 Stormwatch 38 $2.50 Image 43.70
62 Glory 14 $2.50 Image 42.80
63 21 4 $2.50 Image 42.20
64 Books of Magic 28 $2.50 DC 42.00
65 Eradicator 2 $1.75 DC 41.70
66 Starman 22 $2.25 DC 41.70
67 Aquamna Annual 2 $2.95 DC 41.00
68 Prophet 8 $2.50 Image 40.80
69 Hellboy Wake the Devil 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 40.80
70 Cyberella 1 $2.25 DC 40.40
71 Predator Dark River 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 40.40
72 Alpha Centurion Special 1 $2.95 DC 40.00
73 Dark Chylde 2 $2.95 Maximum 39.90
74 Youngblood X-Force 10 $2.50 Image 39.80
75 Friends of Maxx 2 $2.95 Image 38.40
76 Essential Vertigo The Sandman 2 $1.95 DC 36.70
77 Sovereign Seven 14 $1.95 DC 36.50
78 Decade of Dark Horse 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 36.30
79 Batman & Robin Adventures 10 $1.75 DC 35.90
80 Wonder Woman Gallery 1 $3.50 DC 34.80
81 Animal Mystic Water Wars 1 $2.95 Sirius 34.60
82 Hellblazer 105 $2.25 DC 34.10
83 Lobo 31 $2.25 DC 33.80
84 Legion of Super-Heroes 84 $2.25 DC 33.60
85 Ghost 16 $2.50 Dark Horse 33.40
86 Gemini Blood 1 $2.25 DC 33.00
87 Aztek The Ultimate Man 2 $1.75 DC 33.00
88 Legionnaires 40 $2.25 DC 32.80
89 Power of Shazam 18 $1.75 DC 31.50
90 Maximage 8 $2.50 Image 30.90
91 Showcase 8 $2.95 DC 29.70
92 Terminal City 3 $2.50 DC 29.60
93 Sandman Mystery Theater 42 $2.25 DC 28.80
94 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 $1.95 Image 28.80
95 Spectre 45 $2.25 DC 28.70
96 Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 28.30
97 Hazard 3 $1.75 Image 28.00
98 Cyberpunx 2 $2.50 Image 27.00
99 Green Arrow 112 $2.25 DC 26.80
100 Steel 30 $1.95 DC 26.80
101 Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End 1 $2.99 Maximum 25.90
102 Union 2 $1.75 Image 25.90
103 Witchblade Collector's Ed. Vol. 1 1 $4.95 Image 25.90
104 Invisibles 24 $2.50 DC 25.50
105 Supreme 40 $2.50 Image 24.80
106 Seekers into the Mystery 8 $2.50 DC 24.20
107 Vertigo Verite Girl 3 $2.50 DC 24.20
108 Simpsons Comics 22 $2.25 Bongo 24.10
109 Concrete Think Like a Mountain 5 $2.95 Dark Horse 23.90
110 Vampirella of Drakulon 4 $2.95 Harris 23.90
111 Vertigo Verite the Unseen Hnad 1 $2.50 DC 23.80
112 Flex Mentallo 4 $2.50 DC 23.00
113 Barb Wire Ace of Spades 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 22.50
114 Poison Elves 15 $2.50 Sirius 22.10
115 Mister Miracle 6 $1.95 DC 21.60
116 Kid Supreme 3 $2.50 Image 21.50
117 Nexus Executioner's Song 2 $2.95 Dark Horse 20.60
118 Swamp Thing 170 $2.25 DC 20.60
119 Thundergod 1 $2.95 Crusade 20.50
120 22 Brides Married to the Mob 3 $2.95 Event 19.60
121 Knights on Broadway 1 $2.95 Broadway 19.60
122 Razor Torture 6 $3.00 London Night 19.30
123 Bone 9 $2.95 Image 19.30
124 Pinky & the Brain 3 $1.75 DC 19.30
125 Mike Grell's Maggie the Cat 7 $2.50 Image 19.00
126 Godzilla 14 $2.95 Dark Horse 19.00
127 New Gods 11 $1.95 DC 18.80
128 Ray 27 $2.25 DC 18.30
129 G.I. Joe 2 $2.50 Dark Horse 18.30
130 Takion 4 $1.75 DC 18.20
131 Dominion Conflict 1: No More Noise 5 $2.95 Dark Horse 17.70
132 Oh! My Goddess: Terrible Master Urd 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 17.20
133 Siliders: Darkest Hour 2 $2.50 Acclaim 17.10
134 Sliders Special 1 $3.95 Acclaim 17.00
135 Poizon 0 $3.00 London Night 17.00
136 Space Above and Beyond the Gauntlet 2 $2.95 Topps 16.80
137 Girl Crazy 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 16.10
138 Razor Uncut 24 $3.00 London Night 16.10
139 Age of Reptiles: The Hunt 3 $2.95 Dark Horse 16.00
140 Dragon 5 $0.99 Image 14.90
141 Satanika 4 $2.95 Verotik 14.60
142 Horseman 1 $2.95 Kevlar 14.40
143 Distant Soil 15 $2.95 Image 14.40
144 Double Impact Vol. 2 1 $4.00 High Impact 14.30
145 You're Under Arrest 8 $2.95 Dark Horse 14.20
146 Gravediggers 1 $2.95 Acclaim 14.10
147 Blade of the Immortal: Conquest 1 $2.95 Dark Horse 13.90
148 Powers That Be 8 $2.95 Broadway 13.70
149 Shotgun Mary Deviltown $2.95 Antarctic 13.60
150 Elfquest 3 $4.95 Warp 13.60
151 Animaniacs 17 $1.75 DC 13.30
152 Hari Kari: The Beginning 1 $2.95 Blackout 13.30
153 Fate 22 $2.25 DC 13.30
154 Verotika 11 $2.95 Verotik 13.30
155 Usagi Yojimbo 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 12.80
156 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 2 $2.95 Topps 12.50
157 Leonard Nimoy's Primortals 3 $2.25 Tekno 12.30
158 Tommi Gunn: Digital Meltodwn 3 $3.00 London Night 12.30
159 Strangers in Paradise: Molly & Poo $2.75 Abstract 12.20
160 Legend of Mother Sarah City of Children 7 $3.95 Dark Horse 12.10
161 Mask Southern Discomfort 4 $2.50 Dark Horse 11.90
162 Big Bang Comics 3 $2.50 Image 11.90
163 Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice 4 $2.25 Tekno 11.60
164 Venus Domina 1 $4.95 Verotik 11.50
165 Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger 4 $2.25 Tekno 11.50
166 Kabuki Dreams of the Dead $2.95 Caliber 11.20
167 Firebrand 8 $1.75 DC 11.10
168 Spirit of Wonder 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 10.80
169 Dogs of War 2 $2.95 Crusade 10.70
170 Backlash Spider-Man 1 $2.50 Image 10.50
171 Cerebus 208 $2.25 Aardvark-Vanaheim 10.30
172 Morphos the Shapechanger $4.95 Dark Horse 10.20
173 Solo 1 $2.50 Dark Horse 9.70
174 Dark Horse Presents 111 $2.95 Dark Horse 9.60
175 Neil Gaiman's Phage Shadow of Death 4 $2.25 Tekno 9.50
176 Prelude to War: Twilight on the World of Magic the Gathering $5.95 Acclaim 9.30
177 Heartbreakers 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 9.30
178 I-Bots 4 $2.25 Tekno 8.80
179 Tales From the Crypt 17 $2.50 Gemstone 8.70
180 Heroes 5 $2.50 DC 8.70
181 Looney Tunes 25 $1.75 DC 8.60
182 Sunglasses After Dark 5 $2.95 Verotik 8.50
183 Warrior 3 $2.50 Ultimate 8.40
184 Vamperotica 17 $2.95 Brainstorm 8.40
185 Jazz 3 $3.00 High Impact 8.20
186 Too Much Coffee Man Full Color Special 1 $2.95 Adhesive 7.80
187 Man Against Time 6 $2.25 Image 7.70
188 Girly Show 1 $2.95 Blackout 7.70
189 Static 39 $2.50 DC 7.70
190 All New Armed & Dangerous 2 $2.95 Acclaim 7.60
191 Dark Chylde 2 $2.95 Maximum 7.60
192 Double Impact Vol. 2 1 $3.00 High Impact 7.60
193 Eightball 17 $3.95 Fantagraphics 7.30
194 Sade 2 $3.00 London Night 7.20
195 Gon 2 $5.95 DC 7.20
196 Hardware 43 $2.50 DC 7.00
197 Archie 452 $1.50 Archie 7.00
198 Weird Zcience 17 $2.50 Gemstone 6.90
199 Escape 2 $2.95 Comico 6.80
200 Sonic the Hedgehog 39 $1.50 Archie 6.70
201 Wandering Star 14 $2.50 Sirius 6.70
202 Shock Suspenstories 17 $2.50 Gemstone 6.70
203 Luftwaffe 1 $2.95 Antarctic 6.60
204 Donald Duck Adventures 40 $1.50 Gladstone 6.60
205 Knights on Broadway 1 Signed $2.95 Broadway 6.60
206 Fatale 5 $2.95 Broadway 6.50
207 Lethal Strike Annual 1 $5.95 London Night 6.50
208 New Love 1 $2.95 Fantagraphics 6.40
209 Betty & Veronica 104 $1.50 Archie 6.40
210 La Blue Girl 1 $2.95 CPM 6.40
211 Sisters of Mercy 5 $2.50 No Mercy 6.20
212 Whoa Nellie 1 $2.95 Fantagraphics 6.10
213 Akiko 5 $2.50 Sirius 6.10
214 Lethargic Lad 2 $2.95 Crusade 6.10
215 Demongate 3 $2.50 Sirius 6.10
216 Araknis 3 $2.50 Mushroom 6.10
217 Sonic & Knuckles Mecha Madness 1 $2.00 Archie 6.00
218 Betty & Veronica 42 $1.50 Archie 5.90
219 Veronica 56 $1.50 Archie 5.80
220 Hellina Nira X Angels of Death 1 $3.00 Lightning 5.80
221 Vamperotica 17 $5.00 Brainstorm 5.80
222 Tex Avery's Comics and Stories 4 $2.95 Dark Horse 5.60
223 Serina 3 $2.95 Antarctic 5.50
224 Safety Belt Man All Hell 2 $2.95 Sirius 5.40
225 Adventures of the Mask 7 $2.50 Dark Horse 5.30
226 Betty & Veronica Spectacular 20 $1.50 Archie 5.30
227 All New Bad Eggs 2 $2.95 Acclaim 5.30
228 Nira X Heaven & Hell 1 $2.95 Express 5.20
229 Moebius Comics 2 $2.95 Caliber 5.20
230 Creed 1 $5.95 Lightning 5.10
231 Halo 4 $2.95 Sirius 5.10
232 Hellina Nira X Angels of Death 1 $3.00 Lightning 5.10
233 Walt Disney Comics and Stories 605 $5.95 Gladstone 5.00
234 Baby Angel 3 $2.95 Brainstorm 5.00
235 Lady Bathory Baby Universal 1 $2.95 Comico 4.80
236 Elementals: Vampire's Revenge 3 $2.95 Comico 4.80
237 Hanna Barbera Presents 8 $1.50 Archie 4.80
238 Elemental Babes 2 $3.95 Comico 4.70
239 Jughead 85 $1.50 Archie 4.70
240 Skeema 1 $2.95 DIG 4.60
241 Blood Reign Saga 2 $3.00 London Night 4.50
242 Scooby Doo 13 $1.50 Archie 4.50
243 Betty & Veronica Double Digest 60 $2.75 Archie 4.50
244 Stargate 3 $2.95 Express 4.50
245 Archie's Double Digest 88 $2.75 Archie 4.50
246 Nira X Heaven & Hell 1A $2.95 Express 4.40
247 Pitt 2 $1.95 Full Bleed 4.20
248 Elementals: How the War was One 3 $2.95 Comico 4.20
249 Cauldron 4 $2.95 Realm 4.20
250 Elementals Sex Special 1 $2.95 Comico 4.10
251 Archie Digest 143 $1.75 Archie 4.10
252 Stargate 3 $3.50 Express 4.10
253 Pals N Gals Double Digest 21 $2.75 Archie 3.80
254 Nightcry Vol. VI $2.75 Cry for Dawn 3.60
255 Super Taboo 8 $2.95 Fantagraphics 3.60
256 Hot Tails 5 $3.50 Fantagraphics 3.60
257 Frank 1 $2.95 Fantagraphics 3.60
258 THB Special Pig Dog Parade 1 $4.95 Horse 3.60
259 Veronica's Digest 5 $1.75 Archie 3.50
260 Eddie Campbell's Bacchus 15 $2.95 Eddie Campbell 3.50
261 Flintstones 14 $1.50 Archie 3.40
262 Jughead with Archie Digest 129 $1.50 Archie 3.30
263 Caliber One Shot the Sussex Vampire $2.95 Caliber 3.30
264 Hall of Heroes Presents 1 $2.50 Hall of Heroes 3.20
265 Laugh Digest 130 $1.75 Archie 3.20
266 Fem 5 0 $2.75 Express 3.10
267 Thieves & Kings 12 $2.35 I Box 3.10
268 Berlin 2 $2.50 Blackout 3.10
269 Amalgam Collector's Set 2 $2.60 DC 3.00
270 Oz 16 $2.95 Caliber 3.00
271 Contagion Collector's Set 1 $3.55 DC 3.00
272 Dream Girl 0 $2.95 Angus 2.90
273 Vampire Bayne Lord of the Night 3 $2.95 Redline 2.90
274 Contagion Collector's Set 2 $3.55 DC 2.80
275 Calibrations 2 $0.99 Caliber 2.80
276 Weezul 1 Var. $2.75 Lightning 2.80
277 Spunky Knight 3 $2.95 Fantagraphics 2.80
278 Tick Special Ed. 2 $5.95 New England 2.70
279 Mike Deodato Comics Prime Cuts $2.95 Caliber 2.60
280 Negative Burn 37 $3.95 Caliber 2.60
281 Oz Romance in Rags 3 $2.95 Caliber 2.50
282 Weezul 1 Var. $2.75 Lightning 2.40
283 Song of the Siren's Fire 1 $2.95 Millennium 2.40
284 Ship of Fools 1 $2.95 Caliber 2.30
285 Sinnamon 7 $2.75 Catfish 2.10
286 Robotech II: The Sentinels Book IV 8 $2.95 Academy 2.10
287 Elflord 2 $6.95 Mad Monkey 2.10
288 Genus 19 $2.95 Antarctic 2.10
289 A-Bomb 13 $2.95 Antarctic 2.10
290 Milk & Cheeses Fourth 1 3rd Prtg. $2.75 Slave Labor 2.10
291 Tick Special Ed. 2 $2.75 New England 2.00
292 Action Planet Comics 2 $3.95 Action Planet 2.00
293 Exit 5 $2.95 Caliber 1.90
294 Alpha Korps 1 $2.50 Diversity 1.90
295 Tick Special Ed. 3 $2.75 New England 1.90
296 Tick Special Ed. 4 2..75 New England 1.90
297 Tick Special Ed. 1 $2.75 New England 1.90
298 Animal Rights Comics 1 $2.95 Caliber 1.90
299 Searchers 2 $2.95 Caliber 1.90
300 Gold Digger Perfect Memory Vol. I $4.50 Antarctic 1.90
Top Trade Paperbacks (sales not reported)
Trade Paperback title Price Publisher rs
1 Sandman: The Kindly Ones $19.95 DC
2 H. Ellison's Dream Corridor Quarterly $15.95 Dark Horse
3 Astro City: Life in the Big City $19.95 Homage
4 Nine Princes in Amber #3 $6.95 DC
5 Lady Death $30.00 Chaos
6 Maxx 2nd Prtg. $12.95 Image
7 Art Adam's Creature Features $13.95 Dark Horse
8 Stray Bullets Vol. 1 HC $29.95 El Capitain
9 Batman Contagion $12.95 DC
10 Aliens Outbreak Remastered $17.95 Dark Horse




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