Top 100 Graphic Novels: October 2015
The first story arc of Jason Aaron and John Cassaday's best-selling Star Wars series was collected in Marvel Comics' Star Wars Volume 1: Skywalker Strikes, the best-selling graphic novel of October and one of the publisher's three titles in the top ten.
Image Comics had four titles in the top ten, led by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De's Bitch Planet Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine at #3.
Tony S. Daniel and Sandu Florea's Deathstroke Book and Mask Set from DC Entertainment ranked #4 for the month.
Rounding out the top ten, BOOM! Studios' Lumberjanes Volume 2 ranked #10.
Among the premier publishers, IDW Publishing's Jem and the Holograms Volume 1: Showtime ranked #22, and Dark Horse Comics' He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Mini-Comic Collection ranked #27.
TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2015
| QTY RANK |
DOLLAR RANK |
INDEX | ITEM CODE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | 2 | 19.96 | MAY150811 | STAR WARS TP VOL 01 SKYWALKER STRIKES | $19.99 | MAR |
| 2 | 4 | 9.27 | JUL150827 | STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 01 VADER | $19.99 | MAR |
| 3 | 11 | 9.12 | MAY150482-M | BITCH PLANET TP VOL 01 EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 4 | 3 | 6.91 | JUN150300 | DEATHSTROKE BOOK AND MASK SET | $29.99 | DC |
| 5 | 49 | 6.87 | AUG150846 | MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS TP VOL 01 | $7.99 | MAR |
| 6 | 1 | 6.10 | AUG150497 | WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 03 | $59.99 | IMA |
| 7 | 12 | 6.00 | JUL150565 | SAGA TP VOL 05 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 8 | 14 | 5.79 | JUL150633 | OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA TP VOL 02 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 9 | 13 | 5.38 | AUG151216 | LUMBERJANES TP VOL 02 | $14.99 | BOO |
| 10 | 37 | 4.72 | AUG150488 | INJECTION TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 11 | 46 | 4.24 | AUG150489 | JUPITERS CIRCLE TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 12 | 20 | 4.21 | JUL150603 | DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 03 THE SNAKE PIT (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 13 | 10 | 3.19 | AUG150261 | BATMAN ETERNAL TP VOL 03 | $39.99 | DC |
| 14 | 24 | 2.91 | JUN150827 | ROCKET RACCOON TP VOL 01 A CHASING TALE | $19.99 | MAR |
| 15 | 15 | 2.89 | JUL150293 | CONVERGENCE HC | $29.99 | DC |
| 16 | 79 | 2.82 | AUG120491 | SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 17 | 143 | 2.73 | NOV121345 | HARBINGER TP VOL 01 OMEGA RISING | $9.99 | VAL |
| 18 | 50 | 2.72 | JUL150302 | TEEN TITANS EARTH ONE TP | $14.99 | DC |
| 19 | 22 | 2.69 | AUG150389 | JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS TP VOL 01 SHOWTIME | $19.99 | IDW |
| 20 | 9 | 2.67 | JUN150291 | MULTIVERSITY DLX ED HC | $49.99 | DC |
| 21 | 30 | 2.63 | JUL150340 | FABLES THE WOLF AMONG US TP VOL 01 (MR) | $19.99 | DC |
| 22 | 168 | 2.52 | SEP131132 | MARK WAID GREEN HORNET TP VOL 01 | $19.99 | DE |
| 23 | 35 | 2.50 | AUG150909 | SILK TP VOL 00 LIFE AND TIMES OF CINDY MOON | $19.99 | MAR |
| 24 | 48 | 2.46 | JUL150315 | INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO TP VOL 02 | $16.99 | DC |
| 25 | 33 | 2.29 | AUG150266 | INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE HC VOL 01 | $22.99 | DC |
| 26 | 83 | 2.27 | AUG151490 | BATTLING BOY FALL OF HOUSE OF WEST GN | $9.99 | ST. |
| 27 | 17 | 2.27 | JUN150035 | HE-MAN & MASTERS OF UNIVERSE HC MINICOMIC COLLECTION | $29.99 | DAR |
| 28 | 56 | 2.27 | JUL150309 | BATMAN ADVENTURES TP VOL 03 | $16.99 | DC |
| 29 | 107 | 2.21 | JUL150835 | COLOR YOUR OWN AGE OF ULTRON TP | $9.99 | MAR |
| 30 | 38 | 2.11 | AUG150409 | MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 08 | $19.99 | IDW |
| 31 | 27 | 2.03 | AUG150325 | FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS HC | $24.99 | IDW |
| 32 | 54 | 2.01 | JUN150832 | JESSICA JONES TP VOL 02 ALIAS (MR) | $19.99 | MAR |
| 33 | 23 | 1.99 | JUL150303 | BATMAN THE ROAD TO NO MANS LAND TP VOL 01 | $29.99 | DC |
| 34 | 34 | 1.96 | JUN150027 | TWO BROTHERS HC | $24.99 | DAR |
| 35 | 61 | 1.94 | NOV070226 | BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC | $17.99 | DC |
| 36 | 77 | 1.94 | JUL150317 | MORTAL KOMBAT X TP VOL 02 (MR) | $14.99 | DC |
| 37 | 55 | 1.92 | NOV118095 | BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP | $19.99 | DC |
| 38 | 65 | 1.86 | MAY150819 | AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER TP | $16.99 | MAR |
| 39 | 47 | 1.84 | JUN150315 | GET JIRO BLOOD AND SUSHI HC (MR) | $22.99 | DC |
| 40 | 82 | 1.82 | OCT140644 | SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 41 | 40 | 1.81 | MAR150526 | DEATH VIGIL TP VOL 01 | $24.99 | IMA |
| 42 | 5 | 1.81 | APR150913-M | SHIELD COMPLETE COLLECTION OMNIBUS HC | $99.99 | MAR |
| 43 | 42 | 1.81 | JAN072436 | CIVIL WAR TP | $24.99 | MAR |
| 44 | 18 | 1.80 | AUG150914 | STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION TP VOL 02 EMPIRE | $39.99 | MAR |
| 45 | 85 | 1.79 | JUN151580 | KILL LA KILL GN VOL 01 | $12.99 | UDO |
| 46 | 90 | 1.74 | APR130443 | SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 47 | 45 | 1.69 | MAY090178 | BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP | $24.99 | DC |
| 48 | 25 | 1.65 | JUL150304 | BATMAN WAR GAMES TP VOL 01 | $34.99 | DC |
| 49 | 28 | 1.61 | APR150917 | DEADPOOL BY POSEHN AND DUGGAN HC VOL 03 | $34.99 | MAR |
| 50 | 91 | 1.60 | AUG151218 | ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 07 | $14.99 | BOO |
| 51 | 149 | 1.58 | AUG150556 | CASANOVA ACEDIA TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 51 | 67 | 1.58 | AUG150903 | AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT TP VOL 02 | $19.99 | MAR |
| 53 | 95 | 1.57 | AUG150907 | GUARDIANS TEAM-UP TP VOL 01 GUARDIANS ASSEMBLE | $16.99 | MAR |
| 54 | 103 | 1.56 | JUL150314 | HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR TP VOL 01 | $14.99 | DC |
| 55 | 100 | 1.55 | JUL150832 | MAGNETO TP VOL 04 LAST DAYS | $15.99 | MAR |
| 56 | 68 | 1.54 | JUL150295 | CONVERGENCE CRISIS TP BOOK 01 | $19.99 | DC |
| 57 | 7 | 1.54 | NOV140863 | HAWKEYE BY MATT FRACTION AND DAVID AJA OMNIBUS HC | $99.99 | MAR |
| 58 | 31 | 1.53 | APR150892-M | STAR WARS MARVEL COVERS HC VOL 01 | $34.99 | MAR |
| 59 | 69 | 1.52 | AUG150335 | TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 12 VENGEANCE PT 1 | $17.99 | IDW |
| 60 | 70 | 1.52 | JUL150294 | CONVERGENCE ZERO HOUR TP BOOK 01 | $19.99 | DC |
| 61 | 72 | 1.51 | JUL150298 | CONVERGENCE FLASHPOINT TP BOOK 01 | $19.99 | DC |
| 62 | 73 | 1.51 | JUL150297 | CONVERGENCE CRISIS TP BOOK 02 | $19.99 | DC |
| 63 | 66 | 1.49 | JUN150036 | BIG GUY & RUSTY BOY ROBOT HC SECOND ED | $19.99 | DAR |
| 64 | 44 | 1.47 | JUN150322 | FABLES DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 11 (MR) | $29.99 | DC |
| 65 | 99 | 1.47 | JUL130235 | BATMAN TP VOL 02 THE CITY OF OWLS (N52) | $16.99 | DC |
| 66 | 74 | 1.46 | JUL150300 | CONVERGENCE FLASHPOINT TP BOOK 02 | $19.99 | DC |
| 66 | 75 | 1.46 | JUL150296 | CONVERGENCE ZERO HOUR TP BOOK 02 | $19.99 | DC |
| 68 | 51 | 1.46 | JUL151086 | JIM HENSONS DARK CRYSTAL HC VOL 03 CREATION MYTHS | $24.99 | BOO |
| 69 | 76 | 1.45 | JUL150299 | CONVERGENCE INFINITE CRISIS TP BOOK 01 | $19.99 | DC |
| 70 | 26 | 1.45 | JUN150305 | GRAPHIC INK THE DC COMICS ART OF DARWYN COOKE HC | $39.99 | DC |
| 71 | 87 | 1.44 | JUN150028 | EI8HT TP VOL 01 | $17.99 | DAR |
| 72 | 71 | 1.44 | JUN150057 | SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 20 | $19.99 | DAR |
| 72 | 108 | 1.44 | JAN140556 | SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 74 | 80 | 1.42 | JUL150301 | CONVERGENCE INFINITE CRISIS TP BOOK 02 | $19.99 | DC |
| 75 | 162 | 1.38 | JUL150554 | DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 75 | 114 | 1.38 | JUN140725 | MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL | $15.99 | MAR |
| 77 | 29 | 1.37 | JUL150847 | INFINITY WAR AFTERMATH TP | $39.99 | MAR |
| 78 | 57 | 1.36 | AUG151390 | KILLING & DYING HC | $22.95 | DRA |
| 79 | 32 | 1.35 | AUG150912 | MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION TP SHADOWS OF MOON | $39.99 | MAR |
| 80 | 89 | 1.34 | JUL150321 | SECRET SIX TP VOL 03 CATS CRADLE | $19.99 | DC |
| 81 | 62 | 1.34 | MAY150830 | DOCTOR STRANGE TP DONT PAY FERRYMAN | $24.99 | MAR |
| 82 | 86 | 1.32 | FEB058404 | BATMAN DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN TP | $19.99 | DC |
| 83 | 41 | 1.32 | JUL150840 | X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE TP VOL 02 REIGN | $34.99 | MAR |
| 84 | 112 | 1.29 | DEC120323 | BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) | $16.99 | DC |
| 85 | 126 | 1.29 | JUL150342 | WOLF MOON TP (MR) | $14.99 | DC |
| 86 | 6 | 1.28 | APR150895-M | STAR WARS MARVEL YRS OMNIBUS HC VOL 03 | $125.00 | MAR |
| 87 | 92 | 1.26 | JUN150087 | RAT GOD HC | $19.99 | DAR |
| 88 | 129 | 1.25 | JUL150320 | SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 02 | $14.99 | DC |
| 89 | 21 | 1.25 | JUN150303 | CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS DLX ED HC | $49.99 | DC |
| 89 | 165 | 1.25 | SEP151699 | ONE PIECE GN VOL 76 | $9.99 | VIZ |
| 91 | 127 | 1.24 | NOV128157 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE | $14.99 | IMA |
| 92 | 58 | 1.23 | JUN150299 | BATMAN YEAR 100 DLX ED HC | $29.99 | DC |
| 93 | 8 | 1.23 | APR150923-M | WEREWOLF BY NIGHT OMNIBUS HC | $125.00 | MAR |
| 94 | 117 | 1.23 | AUG150900 | NOVA TP VOL 06 HOMECOMING | $16.99 | MAR |
| 95 | 36 | 1.22 | JUL151095 | PEANUTS A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M SCHULZ HC | $34.99 | BOO |
| 96 | 171 | 1.21 | SEP151709 | BLEACH GN VOL 65 | $9.99 | VIZ |
| 97 | 16 | 1.16 | APR150900-M | MMW DEFENDERS HC VOL 05 | $75.00 | MAR |
| 98 | 97 | 1.16 | JUL151082 | WILDS END TP VOL 01 FIRST LIGHT | $19.99 | BOO |
| 99 | 39 | 1.16 | MAY150241 | GREEN LANTERN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC | $39.99 | DC |
| 100 | 206 | 1.15 | MAR150524 | WYTCHES TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
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