The deluxe hardcover edition of Dark Nights: Metal, the preview Dark Days: The Road to Metal, and the spinoff Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising took the number 1, 4, and 5 spots, respectively.
Aside from that, the superhero chart is really all over the place: Classics (Watchmen, The Killing Joke), movie tie-in (Infinity Gauntlet, Black Panther), a Hellboy omnibus, Sandman, Ms. Marvel, Deadpool, Star Wars, and a comic based on the game Gears of War. Some are old, some are new—this is a very incoherent top 20.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 'Superhero' Graphic Novels – June 2018 (5/28/18 - 7/1/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DARK NIGHTS: METAL: DLX. ED. HC |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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2 |
INFINITY GAUNTLET |
JIM STARLIN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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3 |
BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET |
TA-NEHISI COATES |
MARVEL COMICS |
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4 |
DARK DAYS: THE ROAD TO METAL HC |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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5 |
DARK NIGHTS: METAL: DARK KNIGHTS RISING HC |
PETER TOMASI. |
DC COMICS |
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6 |
WATCHMEN |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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7 |
GEARS OF WAR: THE RISE OF RAAM |
KURTIS J. WIEBE |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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8 |
DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE |
CULLEN BUNN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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9 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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10 |
DEADPOOL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 |
DANIEL WAY |
MARVEL COMICS |
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11 |
OVERWATCH: ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 HC |
BLIZZARD ENT. |
DARK HORSE BOOKS |
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12 |
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 2 |
CHARLES SOULE |
MARVEL COMICS |
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13 |
INFINITY WAR |
JIM STARLIN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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14 |
DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE |
BUNN CULLEN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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15 |
MS. MARVEL VOL. 1 |
G. WILLOW WILSON |
MARVEL COMICS |
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16 |
HELLBOY OMNIBUS VOL. 1: SEED OF DESTRUCTION |
MIKE MIGNOLA |
DARK HORSE BOOKS |
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17 |
SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL VOL. 1 |
JOE KELLY |
MARVEL COMICS |
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18 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 1 |
NEIL GAIMAN |
VERTIGO |
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19 |
STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL - SON OF DATHOMIR |
JEREMY BARLOW |
MARVEL COMICS |
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20 |
BATMAN VOL. 5 (REBIRTH) |
TOM KING |
DC COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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The manga chart, on the other hand, is extremely consistent, with My Hero Academia taking up 11 of the 20 slots. What’s more, almost all the titles are YA, except for Splatoon, which skews younger, and My Solo Exchange Diary and Wotakoi, which are josei (manga for young women).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – June 2018 (5/28/18 - 7/1/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 13 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 12 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 5 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
MY SOLO EXCHANGE DIARY VOL. 1 |
KABI NAGATA |
SEVEN SEAS |
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7 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 11 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
SPLATOON VOL. 3 |
SANKICHI HINODEYA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
RWBY: OFFICIAL MANGA ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 |
VARIOUS |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 3 |
AKIRA HIMEKAWA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 10 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 19 |
KAZUE KATO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 9 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 6 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 4 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
WOTAKOI: LOVE IS HARD FOR OTAKU VOL. 2 |
FUJITA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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The author chart sits somewhere in between (let's call it lumpy), with a couple of volumes of Saga, Snotgirl, and Paper Girls, two volumes and the collected box set of March, the perennial Fun Home, some social media tie-ins (Am I There Yet?, Everyone’s A Aliebn), and a sprinkling of other things. While the types of stories are pretty diverse, Image dominates the top 20; but remember that this is BookScan, and the top slots go to books that have strong appeal for readers who may not normally read comics but are drawn in by either the creator or the subject matter.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – June 2018 (5/28/18 - 7/1/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
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2 |
AM I THERE YET?: THE LOOP-DE-LOOP, ZIGZAGGING JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD HC |
MARI ANDREW |
CLARKSON POTTER |
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3 |
RICANSTRUCTION: REMINISCING & REBUILDING PUERTO RICO |
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ |
SOMOS ARTE, LLC |
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4 |
SNOTGIRL VOL. 2 |
BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY |
IMAGE COMICS |
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5 |
SAGA VOL. 8 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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6 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
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7 |
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SNOOPY HC |
CHARLES M. SCHULZ |
RUNNING PRESS |
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8 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 29 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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9 |
MARCH: BOOK TWO |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
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10 |
SNOTGIRL VOL. 2 (BARNES & NOBLE EXCLUSIVE) |
BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY |
IMAGE COMI |
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11 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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12 |
PAPER GIRLS VOL. 4 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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13 |
PAPER GIRLS VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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14 |
EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC |
JOMNY SUN |
HARPER PERENNIAL |
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15 |
SAGA, VOL. 7 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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16 |
MONSTRESS VOL. 1 |
LIU MARJORIE |
IMAGE COMICS |
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17 |
SAGA VOL. 2 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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18 |
SNOTGIRL VOL. 1 |
BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY |
IMAGE COMICS |
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19 |
MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET) |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
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20 |
AMERICAN GODS VOL. 1: SHADOW HC |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DARK HORSE BOOKS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of June graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
June 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."
