Batman: Three Jokers tops the Superhero chart for the third month in a row; it came out in November 2020 so it debuted at the top and has stayed there. Also the same for the last three months: Watchmen is in the second spot.
There is just one 2021 release on the chart: Volume 3 of The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus. As in previous months, the chart leans heavily toward DC, but it’s less lopsided than usual, and there’s a greater variety of titles: plenty of Batman, sure, but also Vision, Harleen, and Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, along with some Star Wars titles and the Abrams collection of Marvel Comics Mini-Books.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 'Superheroes' Graphic Novels – January 2021 (1/3/21 - 1/30/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
BATMAN: THREE JOKERS HC |
GEOFF JOHNS |
DC COMICS |
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2 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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3 |
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS HC |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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4 |
VISION: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION |
TOM KING |
MARVEL COMICS |
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5 |
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER BY GREG PAK VOL. 1: DARK HEART OF THE SITH |
GREG PAK |
MARVEL COMICS |
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6 |
HARLEEN HC |
STJEPAN SEJIC |
DC COMICS |
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7 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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8 |
BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH HC |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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9 |
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF KYLO REN |
CHARLES SOULE |
MARVEL COMICS |
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10 |
DOOMSDAY CLOCK: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION |
GEOFF JOHNS |
DC COMICS |
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11 |
THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC |
CHRIS CLAREMONT |
MARVEL COMICS |
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12 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC (NEW EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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13 |
BATMAN: YEAR ONE |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
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14 |
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT |
SEAN MURPHY |
DC COMICS |
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15 |
BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN |
JEPH LOEB |
DC COMICS |
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16 |
BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT |
SEAN MURPHY |
DC COMICS |
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17 |
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
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18 |
MARVEL COMICS MINI-BOOKS COLLECTIBLE BOXED SET: A HISTORY AND FACSIMILES OF MARVEL'S SMALLEST COMIC BOOKS |
MARVEL ENT. |
ABRAMS |
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19 |
WATCHMEN: THE DELUXE EDITION HC |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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20 |
WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH HC |
DANIEL JOHNSON |
DC COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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All but one of the titles on the Adult chart were manga, so this chart doesn’t look much different from that one (see "January 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels"). We just get one additional volume of My Hero Academia in the number 20 slot. The latest volume of that series came out in January and tops the chart, but as we noted previously, readers seem to be picking up and sampling a lot of different series.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – January 2021 (1/3/21 - 1/30/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 26 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 1 |
KAIU SHIRAI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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7 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 24 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
DEATH NOTE BLACK EDITION VOL. 1 |
TSUGUMI OHBA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 2 |
KAIU SHIRAI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 25 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
UZUMAKI HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 18 |
KAIU SHIRAI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 3 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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The one non-manga title on the Adult Top 20 was George Takei’s memoir They Called Us Enemy, so that tops the Author chart. At the bottom is the one new release on the chart: The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, by Eisner Award winner David Walker (Bitter Root, Nighthawk) and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Snow Daze) (see "Three Notable Graphic Novels Focus on Black Culture, History, and Storytelling"). Also worth noting is a December release that didn’t make last month’s chart, probably because it came out late in the month: Gorillaz Almanac, a graphic novel modeled on British annuals by the virtual band Gorillaz (see "‘Gorillaz Almanac’ First Annual from British Virtual Band"). Other than that, the Author chart is all familiar titles that come up every month.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – January 2021 (1/3/21 - 1/30/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE TAKEI |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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2 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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3 |
DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK HC |
FRANK HERBERT |
ABRAMS |
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4 |
SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY: THE BIRTH OF HUMANKIND |
YUVAL NOAH HARARI |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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5 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
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6 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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7 |
MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET) |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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8 |
STRANGER PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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9 |
MARCH: BOOK TWO |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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10 |
GORILLAZ ALAMANAC HC |
GORILLAZ |
Z2 |
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11 |
MARCH: BOOK THREE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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12 |
CRITICAL ROLE: VOX MACHINA ORIGINS LIBRARY ED. SER. I & II COLL. HC |
CRITICAL ROLE |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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13 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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14 |
FANGS HC |
SARAH ANDERSEN |
ANDREWS & MCMEEL |
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15 |
BARELY FUNCTIONAL ADULT: IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE EVENTUALLY |
MEICHI NG |
HARPER PERENNIAL |
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16 |
SNUG: A COLLECTION OF COMICS ABOUT DATING YOUR BEST FRIEND |
CATANA CHETWYND |
ANDREWS & MCMEEL |
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17 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 2: DALLAS |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE |
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18 |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
HARPER LEE |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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19 |
THE BOYS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 |
GARTH ENNIS |
DYNAMITE ENT. |
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20 |
THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HISTORY |
DAVID F. WALKER |
TEN SPEED PRESS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of January 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
January 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
January 2021 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:
January 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids 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."
