Top 100 Graphic Novels: March 2022

The Hero Initiative’s JLA/Avengers, a special reprint of the Marvel and DC crossover by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez to raise money for the charity in honor of Pérez, was March’s best-selling graphic novel through Diamond.

VIZ Media had two titles in March’s top ten, led by Kouhei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia Volume 30 at #2.

Image Comics had four books in the top ten: Skottie Young and Jorge Corona’s The Me You Love in the Dark Volume 1 (#3), Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson’s Astro City MetroBook Volume 1 (#4), A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance Volume 1 (#6), and Radiant Black Volume 2 (#7).

Kentaro Miura’s Berserk Deluxe Volume 10, published by Dark Horse Comics, ranked #5 for the month. Also in the top ten, Avatar: The Last Airbender: North & South Omnibus ranked #10.

Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora’s Once & Future Volume 4, the modern Arthurian fantasy from BOOM! Studios, ranked #9.

From the other premier publishers, Marvel Comics’ top book, The Death of Doctor Strange, ranked #36, while Dynamite’s top book, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Bigfoot, ranked #91.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2022

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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

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 Image Comics' monthly Spawn comic book. (Spawn is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Spawn 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.