Top 100 Graphic Novels: May 2015

Batman faces threats from the Riddler, Killer Croc, and Two-Face in Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's original graphic novel Batman: Earth One Volume 2 from DC Entertainment, the best-selling graphic novel in May.

Marvel Comics had three titles in the top ten; Night Nurse ranked #2, Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Civil War ranked #4, and Deadpool Volume 8: All Good Things ranked #8.

Image Comics had four titles in the top ten, led by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch, and Stjepan Sejic's Rat Queens Volume 2 at #3. Also in the top ten were Southern Bastards Volume 2: Gridiron at #4, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga Volume 4 at #6, and Saga Volume 1 at #10.

VIZ Media's The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a collection of the famous Nintendo Power storyline, ranked #7 for the month.

Rounding out the ten was Valiant Entertainment with The Valiant, also at #8 for May.

From the premier publishers, IDW Publishing's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Volume 7 was the publisher's top book for May at #19. Finally, Dark Horse Comics' Aliens: Fire and Stone, a collection of the storyline that relaunched the sci-fi horror franchise, ranked #37 as the publisher's top book.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in May 2015

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Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.