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Top 100 Graphic Novels: April 2019

Image Comics -- The Magic OrderMark Millar and Olivier Coipel's The Magic Order Volume 1 from Image Comics was the best-selling graphic novel of April.

Also in the top ten from Image Comics was Gideon Falls Volume 2: Original Sins at #3 and Unnatural Volume 2 at #9.

Marvel Comics had three titles in the top ten: Venom by Donny Cates Volume 2 at #2, Star Wars Volume 10: Escape at #6, and Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter at #10.

Dark Horse Comics had two titles in the top ten, Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: The Apocalypse Suite at #4 and The Umbrella Academy Volume 2: Dallas at #8, thanks to the new Umbrella Academy television series on Netflix.

DC Comics also had two titles in the top ten: Catwoman Volume 1: Copycats at #5 and Batman: Detective Comics Volume 9: Deface the Face at #7.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2019

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEX ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 3 5.35 FEB190095-M MAGIC ORDER TP VOL 01 (MR) $19.99 IMAGE COMICS
2 7 4.25 JAN191101 VENOM BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 02 $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
3 9 4.24 FEB190077 GIDEON FALLS TP VOL 02 ORIGINAL SINS (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
4 11 3.10 SEP108136 UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 01 APOCALYPSE SUITE $17.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
5 15 3.07 JAN190665 CATWOMAN TP VOL 01 COPYCATS $16.99 DC COMICS
6 14 3.04 JAN191095 STAR WARS TP VOL 10 ESCAPE $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
7 21 2.66 JAN190661 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 09 DEFACE THE FACE $16.99 DC COMICS
8 19 2.54 DEC098005 UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 02 DALLAS $17.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
9 23 2.47 FEB190120 UNNATURAL TP VOL 02 (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
10 20 2.42 JAN191027 JESSICA JONES MPGN TP PURPLE DAUGHTER $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
11 26 2.37 JAN190650 ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS TP VOL 01 ACTION DETECTIVE $16.99 DC COMICS
12 18 2.21 JAN191356 FIREFLY UNIFICATION WAR HC VOL 01 $19.99 BOOM! STUDIOS
13 32 2.18 JAN190701 WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 08 DARK GODS $16.99 DC COMICS
14 8 2.15 NOV180079 PAPER GIRLS DLX ED HC VOL 02 $34.99 IMAGE COMICS
15 45 2.07 JAN191099 SHURI TP VOL 01 SEARCH FOR BLACK PANTHER $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
16 17 2.06 JUL110745 INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
17 53 2.00 DEC181030 MARVELS AVENGERS TP ENDGAME PRELUDE $14.99 MARVEL COMICS
18 44 1.99 JAN190700 TEEN TITANS TP VOL 01 FULL THROTTLE $16.99 DC COMICS
19 58 1.96 JAN190801-M STAR WARS ADVENTURES TALES FROM VADERS CASTLE TP $12.99 IDW PUBLISHING
20 69 1.93 JAN190538 BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA TP VOL 02 $12.99 DC COMICS
21 37 1.82 JAN191118 MARVEL UNIVERSE TP THE END $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
22 47 1.80 AUG140912 MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 REVIVAL $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
23 51 1.79 JAN190695 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 01 THE KILLERS OF KRYPTON $16.99 DC COMICS
24 88 1.72 DEC181968 QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO QUEER & TRANS IDENTITIES $9.99 ONI PRESS INC.
25 13 1.72 DEC180366 NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS HC VOL 02 MY AINSEL $29.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
26 55 1.72 JAN190688 PLASTIC MAN TP $16.99 DC COMICS
27 63 1.71 JAN191100 SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL TP VOL 08 ROAD TRIP $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
28 64 1.56 FEB190117 SPAWN DARK HORROR TP $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
29 57 1.56 FEB190085 KICK-ASS NEW GIRL TP VOL 02 (MR) $17.99 IMAGE COMICS
30 61 1.56 FEB190018 LITTLE GIRLS TP $17.99 IMAGE COMICS
31 28 1.52 JAN190672 FINAL CRISIS DC ESSENTIAL EDITION TP $24.99 DC COMICS
32 1 1.47 OCT181002 INFINITY WAR OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MARVEL COMICS
33 91 1.47 DEC181066 SPIDEY GN TP FRESHMAN YEAR $12.99 MARVEL COMICS
34 67 1.45 JAN191102 RUNAWAYS BY ROWELL AND ANKA TP VOL 03 THAT WAS YESTERDAY $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
35 71 1.44 FEB190068 EXORSISTERS TP VOL 01 $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
36 68 1.43 JAN191108 MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH TP $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
37 108 1.43 DEC180702 MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS TP BOOK 01 NEW DANGER $9.99 IDW PUBLISHING
38 39 1.42 OCT180598 MISTER MIRACLE TP (MR) $24.99 DC COMICS
39 43 1.39 JAN190696 SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS HC VOL 01 INVISIBLE MAFIA $24.99 DC COMICS
40 59 1.39 OCT180569 DARK NIGHTS METAL TP $19.99 DC COMICS
41 42 1.38 JAN190677 INJUSTICE VS MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE HC $24.99 DC COMICS
42 25 1.37 JAN190682 JUSTICE LEAGUE AQUAMAN DROWNED EARTH HC $29.99 DC COMICS
43 75 1.37 JAN190678 INJUSTICE 2 TP VOL 04 $16.99 DC COMICS
44 30 1.36 FEB191176 JOHN WICK HC VOL 01 $24.99 DYNAMITE
45 80 1.33 JAN191109 BLACK ORDER TP WARMASTERS OF THANOS $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
46 99 1.29 FEB192273 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 27 (MR) $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS
47 6 1.25 OCT181009-M MMW AVENGERS HC VOL 19 $75.00 MARVEL COMICS
48 50 1.23 JAN191106 DECADES MARVEL 70S TP LEGION OF MONSTERS $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
48 52 1.23 JAN180104 HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION $24.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
50 73 1.21 FEB140265-M WATCHMEN TP $19.99 DC COMICS
51 122 1.21 DEC180410 DISNEY PIXAR TOY STORY ADVENTURES TP VOL 01 $10.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
52 38 1.20 JAN190698 SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN BY JACK KIRBY TP $29.99 DC COMICS
53 86 1.17 JAN190691 SCARLET TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 DC COMICS
54 74 1.16 JAN190693 SANDMAN TP VOL 07 BRIEF LIVES 30TH ANNIV ED (MR) $19.99 DC COMICS
55 161 1.15 DEC180412 DISNEY PRINCESS HC ARIEL AND SEA WOLF (YOUNG READERS) $7.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
56 96 1.12 DEC180415 BERSERK TP FLAME DRAGON KNIGHT $14.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
57 22 1.12 JAN191112 AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP FEAR THE REAPER $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
58 36 1.08 FEB191746 COMPLETE LIFE & TIMES SCROOGE MCDUCK HC VOL 01 ROSA $29.99 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
59 24 1.07 JAN191111 IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION TP MAN WHO KILLED TONY STARK $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
60 126 1.07 NOV180569 SHAZAM ORIGINS TP $12.99 DC COMICS
61 46 1.06 JAN190660 BATMAN NOIR GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT HC $29.99 DC COMICS
62 116 1.06 JUL180297 SAGA TP VOL 09 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
63 66 1.06 JAN072434 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
64 166 1.06 AUG120491 SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
65 95 1.06 FEB190105 SEX TP VOL 06 WORLD HUNGER (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
66 56 1.05 DEC180766 TRANSFORMERS UNICRON TP $24.99 IDW PUBLISHING
67 182 1.05 MAY140626-M DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 01 REAGAN YOUTH (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
68 2 1.01 SEP180566 DEATH & RETURN OF SUPERMAN OMNIBUS HC $150.00 DC COMICS
69 40 1.00 JAN190669 ELSEWORLDS SUPERMAN TP VOL 02 $34.99 DC COMICS
70 410 0.98 JUL180153 ISOLA TP VOL 01 $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
71 27 0.97 JAN191115 SPIDER-MAN 2099 VS VENOM 2099 TP $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
72 278 0.97 APR178855 EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
73 31 0.96 JAN191097 STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION EMPIRE TP VOL 05 $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
74 33 0.95 JAN191081 CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION TP HEART YAG-KOSHA $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
75 112 0.95 FEB191349 ANIMOSITY TP VOL 04 WALLED CITY $14.99 AFTERSHOCK COMICS
76 103 0.94 DEC181035 ICEMAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS TP $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
77 41 0.93 DEC180378 ALIENS HC DEAD ORBIT $34.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
78 48 0.92 OCT181011 DOCTOR STRANGE BY DONNY CATES HC $34.99 MARVEL COMICS
79 186 0.92 APR160803 MONSTRESS TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
80 102 0.91 DEC181360 GO GO POWER RANGERS TP VOL 03 $16.99 BOOM! STUDIOS
80 141 0.91 DEC181065 UNSTOPPABLE WASP GIRL POWER GN TP $12.99 MARVEL COMICS
82 83 0.91 JAN191899 IS THIS HOW YOU SEE ME HC LOVE & ROCKETS $19.99 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
83 97 0.90 FEB190089 MAGE TP VOL 06 HERO DENIED BOOK THREE (PART TWO) $19.99 IMAGE COMICS
84 65 0.89 DEC180641 DETECTIVE COMICS 80 YEARS OF BATMAN DLX ED HC $29.99 DC COMICS
84 109 0.89 NOV070226 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 DC COMICS
86 124 0.87 JAN191103 UNSTOPPABLE WASP TP UNLIMITED FIX EVERYTHING $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
87 120 0.87 DEC181386 STEVEN UNIVERSE ORIGINAL GN VOL 04 CAMP PINING PLAY $14.99 BOOM! STUDIOS
88 90 0.85 JAN192018 INVADER ZIM TP VOL 07 $19.99 ONI PRESS INC.
89 171 0.85 FEB191737 NOW #6 NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY (MR) $9.99 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
90 82 0.84 JAN191114 SHIELD BY HICKMAN & WEAVER TP HUMAN MACHINE $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
91 105 0.82 JAN190817 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 16 $17.99 IDW PUBLISHING
92 60 0.81 JAN190663 BATMAN DETECTIVE REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 04 $34.99 DC COMICS
93 123 0.81 FEB190102 ROSE TP VOL 03 $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
94 84 0.81 JAN190685 KAMANDI CHALLENGE TP $24.99 DC COMICS
95 54 0.79 JUL182470 SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO CLASSIC COLLECTION GN $29.99 SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
96 87 0.79 JAN190681 INJUSTICE 2 HC VOL 05 $24.99 DC COMICS
97 4 0.79 OCT181005 INFINITY BY STARLIN & HICKMAN OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MARVEL COMICS
98 49 0.78 JAN191122 AVENGING SPIDER-MAN TP COMPLETE COLLECTION $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
99 107 0.77 JAN191925 BART SIMPSON BREAKS OUT TP $16.99 HARPER DESIGN
100 12 0.77 SEP180593 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN JUBILEE ED HC $75.00 DC COMICS

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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.

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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.

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