Three Marvel Star Wars titles appeared in the Top 20 during the month the new film was released, joining Civil War and two of DK Publishing’s Marvel related Encyclopedias for a total of six Marvel-ish titles.
Gift-givers preferred the compendium format for The Walking Dead, putting all three 1000-page volumes in the Top 20. The latest Saga volume made it four Image Comics titles in the Top 20 for December.
Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition HC, which debuted last month, remained in the top five, and along with a collection of 40s Batman stories by Chartwell Books and Batman: The Killing Joke Dlx. Ed. HC, made up three DC-ish titles in the Top 20.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in December 2015 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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2 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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3 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE DLX ED HC |
NEIL GAIMAN |
VERTIGO |
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5 |
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED AND EXPANDED HC |
MATT FORBECK |
DK PUBLISHING |
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6 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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8 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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9 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 4 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
STAR WARS: JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS--SHATTERED EMPIRE |
GREG RUCKA |
MARVEL COMICS |
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11 |
CIVIL WAR |
MARK MILLAR |
MARVEL COMICS |
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12 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 2 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 3 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 1 |
KIERON GILLEN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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15 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 3 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
STAR WARS VOL. 1: SKYWALKER STRIKES |
JASON AARON |
MARVEL COMICS |
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17 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 2 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ENCYCLOPEDIA HC |
MATT FORBECK |
DK PUBLISHING |
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19 |
SAGA VOL. 5 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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20 |
BATMAN: THE WAR YEARS 1939-1945 HC |
ROY THOMAS |
CHARTWELL BOOKS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."
