Unit sales of manga are just about twice those of superhero comics at the top and the bottom of the chart.

Neither of October's top two releases sold as well as previous volumes in the series.

Several new properties made their way onto the chart for Summer.

Properties new to the chart since Spring included Noelle Stevenson's Nimona, perhaps getting a boost from Stevenson's higher visibility as showrunner for She-Ra.

Dark Nights debuted at #3, behind three volumes that launched strong in June and continued to sell through the season.

After steadily moving up the chart (and releasing more volumes), My Hero Academia was the top manga property, with a heat we haven’t seen since the early days of Naruto.

The Adventure Zone , tied to a long-running podcast in which three brothers play Dungeons & Dragons with their father, hit the Author chart at #1.

Dog Man is hotter than ever, according to the top 20 kids' graphic novels based on NPD BookScan data.

Even in a down month, manga sold rings around superheroes.

Sales of the latest volume of The Walking Dead displayed the dual nature of The Walking Dead property in Fall 2018.

We visited the medium-sized Target store at 5301 Lien Rd. in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday (explaining the thin stock in some displays), September 24, 2018.

My Hero Academia is becoming a phenomenon.