These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.  During the period for which these reports were generated, there were over 125 stores using the ComicHub system.  As this is a small, non-random sample of over 3,000 stores selling American comics worldwide, these rankings may not be typical for all stores, but do represent a variety of locations and store emphases.

This data was collected from January 1 to December 31, 2022.  These sales rankings represent sales to consumers by comic stores during the period.

Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – Full Year 2022 (ComicHub, via ICv2)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

Clementine Book 1

Image Comics

 Tillie Walden

2

Heartstopper Vol. 1

Graphix

 Alice Oseman

3

Avatar the Last Airbender Vol. 1: The Promise

Dark Horse Comics

 Gene Luen Yang

4

Avatar the Last Airbender Vol. 4: Smoke & Shadow

Dark Horse Comics

 Gene Yuen Lang

5

Avatar the Last Airbender Vol. 5: North & South

Dark Horse Comics

 Gene Luen Yang

6

Sonic the Hedgehog Vol. 1: Fallout

IDW Publishing

 Ian Flynn

7

Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Vol. 1

DC Comics

 Ivan Cohen, Sholly Fisch

8

Avatar the Last Airbender Vol. 2; Search

Dark Horse Comics

 Gene Yuen Lang

9

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 1: While the City Sleeps

Marvel Comics

 Stan Lee

10

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: Great Power

Marvel Comics

 Stan Lee

11

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The World Beyond

Marvel Comics

 Stan Lee

12

Cat Kid Comic Club Vol. 3: On Purpose HC

Graphix

 Dav Pilkey

13

Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 1

Abrams Comicarts

Various

14

Amulet Vol. 1: Stonekeeper

Graphix

 Kazu Kibuishi

15

Avatar the Last Airbender Vol. 3: The Rift

Dark Horse Comics

 Gene Yuen Lang

16

Heartstopper Vol. 2

Graphix

 Alice Oseman

17

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: The Sinister Six

Marvel Comics

 Stan Lee

18

Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven

DC Comics

 Kami Garcia

19

Marvel-Verse: Moon Knight

Marvel Comics

 Doug Moench

20

Heartstopper Vol. 3

Graphix

 Alice Oseman

Source: ComicHub

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