![]() ![]() STRANGER PLANET HC (MORROW GIFT) 4,025 units.2: THE PILLARS OF CIVILIZATION (HARPER PERENNIAL) 4,774 units DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK 1 HC (ABRAMS) 5,838 units.STRANGE PLANET HC (MORROW GIFT) 6,063 units.SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY VOL.: THE BIRTH OF HUMANKIND (HARPER PERENNIAL) 6,141 units.CRITICAL ROLE: THE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS–JESTER LAVORRE (DARK HORSE COMICS) 9,649 units.LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE (DEL REY) 27,669 units.LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE HC (DEL REY) 31,901 units.NPD December 2021 Top 20 Author Graphic Novels It is worth noting how IDW continues to fall behind Boom and Dark Horse in the battle for the fourth-largest American comic book publisher. Del Ray Manga, Seven Seas Entertainment, Fantagraphics Books, Vault Comics, and IDW Publishing all slotted one title in the Top 100. The remained of the Top 100 was rounded out with Kodansha Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Graphix placing three titles apiece. It is fascinating to see how manga is beginning to make inroads into local comic book shops as American superhero comics continue to fade.īoom nabbed fifth place with six titles in the Top 100. VIZ Media took fourth place with a strong thirteen volumes. Nine of the twenty titles were from the Batman franchise. It depends on how you want to look at it.ĭC Comics came in at third place with twenty titles in the Top 100. That is either an impressive showing for Image or a sad showing by DC Comics. Image Comics edged out DC Comics for second place by placing twenty-one titles in the Top 100. And one of those titles was an old Stan Lee/Jack Kirby volume. It is worth noting that only two of Marvel’s titles were from the X-Men franchise. This really highlights how much Marvel Comics has come to rely on Star Wars and Spider-Man as they account for a combined fifteen of Marvel’s twenty-six titles. Marvel takes first place by slotting twenty-six titles in the Top 100. Del Ray Manga and Graphix had one title each. Rounding out the rest of the Top 50 publishers included Kodansha Comics and Dark Horse Comics with three volumes apiece. VIZ Media took fourth place with 5 volumes. Image Comics took third place with 10 titles in the Top 50. As usual, DC Comics relied heavily on the Batman franchise which accounted for five of their eleven titles. That is a poor showing.ĭC Comics came in second place with 11 titles in the Top 50. That leaves just six titles from Marvel’s superhero line of comics outside of Spider-Man. ![]() Three of the twelve titles were from the Spider-Man franchise. Three of the twelve titles were Star Wars titles. Marvel Comics began to break away from the pack by placing twelve titles in the Top 50. Kodansha Comics, Del Ray Manga, and Graphix all placed one title each in the Top 20.Īgain, this is a surprising showing for manga publishers in stores that are traditional safe spaces for American comics. VIZ Media, Image Comics, and Boom all placed three titles in the Top 20. Top 20ĭC Comics and Marvel Comics were tied for first place with four titles apiece in the Top 20. Image Comics was tied with VIZ Media with two titles.īoom, Graphix, and Marvel all placed just one title in the Top 10. Two of the three titles were from the Batman franchise. Not bad at all.ĭC Comics took first place with three titles in the Top 10. However, VIZ Media managed to place two volumes in the Top 10. These are historically the last bastion of American superhero comic books and not the province of manga. Keep in mind that the ComicHub numbers come from local comic book shops.
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