There was no aura of success for DC affecting the rest of its line, however; DC’s classic Batman: The Killing Joke Dlx. Ed. HC was the only other DC Comics title in the Top 20, staying in the top five at #4.
Marvel Comics placed four titles in the Top 20, two Deadpool titles, still supported by the continuing success of the movie, and two Wars titles. It’s interesting that the film-fueled sales of the 2007 volume Civil War outsold the collection of Marvel’s huge just-completed editorial event, Secret Wars; Civil War was #6, and Secret Wars was #17.
VIZ Media had another big month, representing for the manga category with nine volumes in the Top 20. One-Punch Man, at #2, was the top manga title. New manga hits outnumbered old, with two One-Punch Man volumes and five Tokyo Ghoul volumes in the Top 20, plus one Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and one Naruto volume.
The Walking Dead compendium volumes are now clearly outselling every other format of the graphic novels. All three placed in the Top 20 in March, as the TV season continued its second-half run.
The latest Plants vs. Zombies volume from Dark Horse Comics moved up between its first and second months of sales; placing at #7 in February and #5 in March.
And the new Dan Clowes graphic novel Patience, which Fantagraphics Books is giving a lot of support, debuted at #15.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in March 2016 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN: THE GREASTEST BATTLES |
VARIOUS |
DC COMICS |
|
2 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 5 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
3 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
4 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
|
5 |
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES VOL 4: GARDEN WARFARE HC |
PAUL TOBIN |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
|
6 |
CIVIL WAR |
MARK MILLAR |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
7 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
8 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 5 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
9 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
10 |
YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL VOL. 8 |
SHIN YOSHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
11 |
DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE |
CULLEN BUNN |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
12 |
DEADPOOL BY DANIEL WAY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 |
DANIEL WAY |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
13 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
14 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
15 |
PATIENCE HC |
DANIEL CLOWES |
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS |
|
16 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 2 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
17 |
SECRET WARS HC |
JONATHAN HICKMAN |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
18 |
NARUTO: THE SEVENTH HOKAGE & THE SCARLET SPRING |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
19 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 4 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
20 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 3 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."
