The Walking Dead, powered by the visibility the record-setting ratings for the new season (see “’Walking Dead’ Season Premiere Sets New Record”), accounted for five of the "Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novels" sold in the book channel in October, based on this chart provided exclusively to ICv2.com by Nielsen BookScan. That's the most since April, just after the end of the last season, when there were six The Walking Dead titles in the Top 20. Since then, there have only been one to three volumes in the Top 20 each month. And in a continuing indication that there are still big numbers of new readers finding the series, the first volume is on the chart.Behind The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, two creators were tied with three titles each in the Top 20: Scott Snyder, who wrote three Batman volumes on the chart, including at #2 and #3, and Isayama Hajime, the manga-ka responsible for Attack on Titan, which also had three volumes in the Top 20.
The Attack on Titan volumes were three of the five manga titles on the Top 20 chart for October. The mighty Naruto showed its strength in the run-up to the end of the series (see “'Naruto' Finale”) by taking the #1 slot with the latest volume. Vampire Knight was the third manga property represented on the chart.
Snyder's titles were three of five DCs on the chart, with the perennial Batman: The Killing Joke and the latest volume of the videogame tie-in Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 the other.
Saga Vol. 1 was the sixth Image title; Image had the most titles in the Top 20 of any publisher. That represents further slippage for Saga, which regularly had three volumes in the Top 20 until last month, when it had two.
Marvel placed two titles in the Top 20, including the latest volume of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye; and the Guardians of the Galaxy: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, made its debut on the chart.
Bryan O'Malley's Seconds continues to hang around; October was the title's fourth month in the Top 20.
And rounding out the Top 20, American Born Chinese, originally released in 2008, continues to have a great year; this was the title's fifth month in the Top 20 in 2014.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in October 2014 | |||
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
NARUTO VOL. 67 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
BATMAN VOL. 3 DEATH OF THE FAMILY |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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3 |
BATMAN VOL. 5 ZERO YEAR-DARK CITY HC |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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4 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 21 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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5 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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6 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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7 |
THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 10 HC |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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8 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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9 |
HAWKEYE VOL. 3 |
MATT FRACTION |
MARVEL COMICS |
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10 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 13 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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11 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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12 |
BATMAN VOL. 4 ZERO YEAR-- |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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13 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED HC |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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14 |
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY COMPLETE COLL. VOL. 1 |
ABNETT & LANNING |
MARVEL COMICS |
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15 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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16 |
VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOL. 19 |
MATSURI HINO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 2 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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18 |
SECONDS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY |
BALLANTINE BOOKS |
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19 |
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE |
GENE LUEN YANG |
SQUARE FISH |
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20 |
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG |
TOM TAYLOR |
DC COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."
