Neither Marvel nor DC placed a title in the "Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels" sold in the bookstore channel in February, based on this chart provided exclusively to ICv2.com by Nielsen BookScan. That may have happened before, but we couldn't find it in a quick check of our charts, which go back to 2008 (see "BookScan Top 20 GNs Index"). There was only one Big Two title in the Top 20 last June see "June BookScan--Top 20 Graphic Novels"), but this is a new low for Big Two titles, perhaps since the manga glory years.Eight Image titles (six The Walking Dead and two Saga volumes) and eight manga titles (including six Attack on Titan volumes, tied with The Walking Dead, with Volume 1 at #4; plus the latest Naruto and Bleach volumes) accounted for sixteen of the Top 20.
IDW Publishing's latest Locke & Key hardcover volume (see "IDW at C2E2: 'Mars Attacks Judge Dredd'") debuted at #5, a strong showing for the franchise. BOOM! Studios' Adventure Time and Dark Horse Comics' Avatar: The Last Airbender also debuted new volumes in the Top 20. And Yen Press scored with its graphic novel adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children HC (see "Yen Adds GN of 'Miss Peregrine's Home'"), which hit the chart (at #17) in its debut month.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in February 2014 | |||
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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2 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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3 |
NARUTO VOL. 64 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
|
5 |
LOCKE & KEY VOL. 6: ALPHA & OMEGA HC |
JOE HILL |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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6 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 19 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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7 |
ADVENTURE TIME VOL. 4 |
RYAN NORTH |
BOOM! STUDIOS |
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8 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 11 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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9 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 2 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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10 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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11 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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12 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 3 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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13 |
BLEACH VOL. 59 |
TITE KUBO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 10 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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15 |
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER--THE SEARCH |
MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO |
DARK HORSE |
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16 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 9 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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17 |
MISS PERENGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN HC |
RANSOM RIGGS |
YEN PRESS |
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18 |
THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 1 HC |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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19 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 18 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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20 |
SAGA VOL. 2 |
BRIAN K VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GNs Index."
