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Top 100 Graphic Novels: February 2018

Image Comics' Saga Volume 8 Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga Volume 8 from Image Comics was February's best-selling graphic novel.

Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten, led by Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Volume 2 at #2, followed by Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic: Mace Windu at #5, The Despicable Deadpool Volume 1: Deadpool Kills Cable at #7, and Astonishing X-Men Volume 1: The Life of X at #9.

DC Entertainment also had four titles in the top ten: DC Meets Looney Tunes at #3, Teen Titans Volume 2: The Rise of Aqualad at #4, Justice League Volume 5: Legacy at #6, and Titans Volume 3: A Judas Among Us at #8.

Rounding out the top ten, Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's American Gods Volume 1: Shadows ranked #10.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2018

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEX ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 13 3.17 OCT170715 SAGA TP VOL 08 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
2 10 3.10 NOV171074 STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA TP VOL 02 DOCTOR APHRA ENORMOUS PROFI $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
3 9 3.06 NOV170365 DC MEETS LOONEY TUNES TP $19.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
4 19 2.76 NOV170355 TEEN TITANS TP VOL 02 THE RISE OF AQUALAD REBIRTH $14.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
5 16 2.73 NOV171075 STAR WARS JEDI OF THE REPUBLIC MACE WINDU TP $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
6 15 2.68 NOV170352 JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 05 LEGACY REBIRTH $16.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
7 14 2.65 NOV171066 DESPICABLE DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEADPOOL KILLS CABLE $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
8 18 2.49 NOV170356 TITANS TP VOL 03 A JUDAS AMONG US REBIRTH $16.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
9 20 2.31 NOV171063 ASTONISHING X-MEN BY CHARLES SOULE TP VOL 01 LIFE OF X $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
10 7 2.19 OCT170049 NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS HC VOL 01 SHADOWS $29.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
11 31 2.00 OCT171293 LUMBERJANES TP VOL 08 $14.99 BOOM! STUDIOS
12 77 1.98 AUG120491 SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
13 23 1.94 NOV170366 DC UNIVERSE BY NEIL GAIMAN TP $19.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
14 38 1.86 JUN160956 BLACK PANTHER TP BOOK 01 NATION UNDER OUR FEET $16.99 MARVEL COMICS
15 315 1.85 SEP072167 DARK TOWER PREM HC GUNSLINGER BORN $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
16 285 1.84 JAN092437 DARK TOWER PREM HC TREACHERY $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
17 28 1.83 NOV171061 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN IRONHEART TP VOL 01 RIRI WILLIAMS $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
18 87 1.77 OCT161008 BLACK PANTHER TP BOOK 02 NATION UNDER OUR FEET $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
19 6 1.76 OCT170050 MOEBIUS LIBRARY INSIDE MOEBIUS HC VOL 01 $39.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
20 302 1.75 MAY100674 DARK TOWER PREM HC BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
21 88 1.75 NOV170682 SCALES & SCOUNDRELS TP VOL 01 INTO THE DRAGONS MAW $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
22 89 1.75 DEC170648 BINGO LOVE OGN $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
23 41 1.71 NOV171056 ALL NEW WOLVERINE TP VOL 05 ORPHANS OF X $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
24 42 1.67 NOV171064 UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL TP VOL 07 BEEN WAITING FOR SQUIRREL $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
25 97 1.60 NOV170676 CROSSWIND TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
26 210 1.58 AUG141317 MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER TP VOL 01 FLESH & STEEL $17.99 D. E.
27 47 1.58 NOV170376 SCOOBY APOCALYPSE TP VOL 03 $16.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
28 161 1.58 DEC140948 AVENGERS RAGE OF ULTRON OGN HC $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
29 39 1.55 NOV170370 JACK KIRBY 100TH CELEBRATION COLLECTION TP $19.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
30 46 1.53 NOV171052 AVENGERS & CHAMPIONS TP WORLDS COLLIDE $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
31 92 1.49 NOV170425 STAR WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 02 $9.99 IDW PUBLISHING
32 11 1.48 NOV170367 ELSEWORLDS SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 $34.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
33 350 1.47 NOV100642 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER PREM HC JOURNEY BEGINS $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
34 43 1.45 DEC170494 STAR TREK TNG MIRROR BROKEN TP $17.99 IDW PUBLISHING
35 55 1.44 NOV170337 CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE TP VOL 02 (MR) $16.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
36 60 1.43 NOV171059 WEAPON X TP VOL 02 HUNT FOR WEAPON H $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
37 36 1.43 OCT170525 LOVECRAFT MYTH OF CTHULHU HC $19.99 IDW PUBLISHING
38 78 1.38 DEC171946 TOKYO GHOUL RE GN VOL 03 $12.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC
39 335 1.38 NOV090539 DARK TOWER PREM HC FALL OF GILEAD $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
40 45 1.37 FEB161683 RICK & MORTY TP VOL 02 $19.99 ONI PRESS INC.
41 32 1.33 JUL110745 INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
42 48 1.30 SEP171940 ROBOTECH TP VOL 01 $16.99 TITAN COMICS
43 24 1.29 NOV170357 AQUAMAN BY PETER DAVID TP BOOK 01 $29.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
43 35 1.29 NOV170372 NIGHTWING TP VOL 07 SHRIKE $24.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
45 67 1.27 NOV170338 MOTHER PANIC TP VOL 02 UNDER HER SKIN (MR) $16.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
46 83 1.26 JAN170850 SAGA TP VOL 07 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
47 82 1.26 OCT170053 SECRET LOVES OF GEEKS TP $14.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
48 133 1.24 JAN160645 PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
48 439 1.24 JUL100511 DARK TOWER TP LONG ROAD HOME $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
50 64 1.23 DEC171040 JIMMYS BASTARDS TP VOL 01 (MR) $14.99 AFTERSHOCK COMICS
51 29 1.20 NOV170375 TEEN TITANS BY GEOFF JOHNS TP BOOK 02 $29.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
52 72 1.19 DEC170572 KICK-ASS DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
53 365 1.19 JUN150834 DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TP HOUSE OF CARDS (MR) $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
54 30 1.19 NOV170377 YOUNG JUSTICE TP BOOK 02 $29.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
55 141 1.18 APR160803 MONSTRESS TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
56 52 1.17 NOV171154 PESTILENCE TP VOL 01 (MR) $17.99 AFTERSHOCK COMICS
56 376 1.17 JUL161073 DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TP BITTER MEDICINE (MR) $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
58 51 1.16 NOV171799 INVADER ZIM TP VOL 05 $19.99 ONI PRESS INC.
59 57 1.16 JUN170380-M BATMAN FLASH THE BUTTON DELUXE ED HC $19.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
60 380 1.16 DEC150887 DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TP LADY OF SHADOWS (MR) $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
61 387 1.14 DEC140971 DARK TOWER TP DRAWING OF THREE PRISONER (MR) $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
62 62 1.13 FEB140265-M WATCHMEN TP $19.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
63 105 1.13 DEC171657 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN VOL 01 $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS
64 137 1.12 JAN182044 ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 13 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC
65 91 1.11 APR130443 SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
66 58 1.11 OCT170041 BTVS SEASON 11 TP VOL 02 ONE GIRL IN ALL WORLD $19.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
67 140 1.10 DEC171948 ONE PIECE GN VOL 85 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC
68 50 1.08 NOV170362 BATMAN LEGACY TP VOL 02 $24.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
69 424 1.07 JUL130718 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER TP LAST SHOTS $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
70 17 1.07 NOV171038 MARVEL LEGACY HC $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
71 405 1.04 OCT161024 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN TP $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
72 440 1.02 NOV110612 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER PREM HC BATTLE OF TULL $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
73 70 1.02 OCT170018 INCOGNEGRO A GRAPHIC MYSTERY HC $19.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
74 22 1.01 NOV171080 DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION TP MIKE MURDOCK MUST DIE $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
75 1 0.98 JUL170478 HOUSE OF SECRETS THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS HC $125.00 DC ENTERTAINMENT
76 25 0.98 NOV171081 EXCALIBUR EPIC COLLECTION TP CROSS-TIME CAPER $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
77 104 0.96 NOV171049 INHUMANS ONCE AND FUTURE KING TP $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
78 33 0.95 NOV170354 SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 02 $34.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
79 293 0.95 APR150929 STORM TP VOL 02 BRING THUNDER $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
80 37 0.94 OCT171270 GRASS KINGS HC VOL 01 $29.99 BOOM! STUDIOS
81 26 0.94 NOV171082 NEW MUTANTS EPIC COLLECTION TP CURSE OF VALKYRIES $39.99 MARVEL COMICS
82 96 0.93 DEC170573 KICK-ASS DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS TP VOL 02 (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
83 577 0.93 FEB120681 DARK TOWER TP BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL $19.99 MARVEL COMICS
84 93 0.92 AUG171045 STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 01 IMPERIAL MACH $17.99 MARVEL COMICS
85 119 0.91 JAN140556 SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
86 8 0.91 AUG170339 NEW TEEN TITANS OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 $75.00 DC ENTERTAINMENT
87 100 0.91 DEC170575 KICK-ASS DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS TP VOL 04 (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
88 54 0.90 AUG171504 BRANDON SANDERSON WHITE SAND HC VOL 02 $24.99 D. E.
89 79 0.90 NOV170469 TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 18 TRIAL OF KRANG $19.99 IDW PUBLISHING
90 49 0.89 NOV170361 BATMAN THE GOLDEN AGE TP VOL 04 $29.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
91 103 0.89 DEC170574 KICK-ASS DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS TP VOL 03 (MR) $16.99 IMAGE COMICS
92 167 0.88 SEP170087 LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 02 TURF WARS PT 2 $10.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
93 12 0.87 SEP170551 STAR WARS CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS HC VOL 02 $49.99 IDW PUBLISHING
94 124 0.87 MAR160684 SAGA TP VOL 06 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
95 123 0.86 OCT140644 SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR) $14.99 IMAGE COMICS
96 122 0.85 NOV171047 UNCANNY AVENGERS UNITY TP VOL 05 STARS AND GARTERS $15.99 MARVEL COMICS
97 4 0.85 AUG171007 DEADPOOL BY DANIEL WAY OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $100.00 MARVEL COMICS
98 186 0.85 OCT170086 PLANTS VS ZOMBIES GREATEST SHOW UNEARTHED HC $9.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
99 44 0.83 AUG170341 ROBIN YEAR ONE DELUXE EDITION HC $34.99 DC ENTERTAINMENT
100 516 0.82 JAN171129 DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE TP SAILOR (MR) $19.99 MARVEL 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.

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.

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