Top 100 Graphic Novels: December 2015
Collecting the Eisner Award-winning webcomic by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin, Image Comics' The Private Eye Deluxe Edition is the best-selling graphic novel of December. Also in the top ten for Image was Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga Volume 5 at #5.
DC Comics had two titles in the top ten — Amanda Connor and Jimmy Palmiotti's Harley Quinn Volume 2: Power Outage at #2, and Connor and Palmiotti's Harley Quinn Volume 3: Kiss Kiss Bang Stab at #7.
Dark Horse Comics' Avatar: The Last Airbender Volume 11: Smoke & Shadow Part 2 ranked #3 for the month.
Matthew Rosenberg, Patrick Kindlon, and Josh Hood's We Can Never Go Home from Black Mask Comics ranked #6 for the month and was also the month's best-selling non-premier and small press graphic novel both.
Rounding out the top ten, Marvel Comics had three titles among the top ten — Star Wars: Darth Vader Volume 1: Vader by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca ranked #8, Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Civil War ranked #9, and Dan Slott and Adam Kubert's Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows ranked #10.
Also from the premier publishers, IDW Publishing's My Little Pony: A Canterlot Wedding ranked #37 for the month.
TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2015
| QTY RANK |
DOLLAR RANK |
INDEX | ITEM CODE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | 1 | 6.17 | OCT150484 | PRIVATE EYE DLX ED HC (MR) | $49.99 | IMA |
| 2 | 9 | 4.25 | SEP150302 | HARLEY QUINN TP VOL 02 POWER OUTAGE | $16.99 | DC |
| 3 | 20 | 4.18 | AUG150057 | AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 11 SMOKE & SHADOW PART 2 | $10.99 | DAR |
| 4 | 33 | 3.57 | SEP150285 | BATMAN VS SUPERMAN TP | $9.99 | DC |
| 5 | 18 | 3.46 | JUL150565 | SAGA TP VOL 05 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 6 | 28 | 3.20 | SEP151091 | WE CAN NEVER GO HOME TP (MR) | $9.99 | BLA |
| 7 | 6 | 3.01 | AUG150272 | HARLEY QUINN HC VOL 03 KISS KISS BANG STAB | $24.99 | DC |
| 8 | 16 | 3.01 | JUL150827 | STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 01 VADER | $19.99 | MAR |
| 9 | 11 | 2.84 | JAN072436 | CIVIL WAR TP | $24.99 | MAR |
| 10 | 21 | 2.65 | SEP150861 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS TP | $17.99 | MAR |
| 11 | 19 | 2.65 | MAY150811 | STAR WARS TP VOL 01 SKYWALKER STRIKES | $19.99 | MAR |
| 12 | 67 | 2.42 | AUG120491 | SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 13 | 27 | 2.36 | SEP150288 | BATMAN THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM TP | $16.99 | DC |
| 14 | 17 | 2.17 | JUN150831 | JESSICA JONES TP VOL 01 ALIAS (MR) | $24.99 | MAR |
| 15 | 35 | 2.14 | AUG150915 | STAR WARS TP JOURNEY TO SW FORCE AWAKENS SHATTER EMPIRE | $16.99 | MAR |
| 16 | 38 | 2.12 | AUG150030 | HARROW COUNTY TP VOL 01 COUNTLESS HAINTS | $14.99 | DAR |
| 17 | 40 | 2.11 | NOV128157 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE | $14.99 | IMA |
| 18 | 62 | 1.95 | SEP151460 | ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 17 | $10.99 | RAN |
| 19 | 68 | 1.86 | SEP150298 | TEEN TITANS GO TRUTH JUSTICE AND PIZZA TP | $12.99 | DC |
| 20 | 15 | 1.85 | APR150916 | HAWKEYE HC VOL 02 | $34.99 | MAR |
| 21 | 45 | 1.84 | AUG150874 | INFINITY GAUNTLET TP WARZONES | $16.99 | MAR |
| 22 | 65 | 1.81 | OCT151775 | TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 04 | $12.99 | VIZ |
| 23 | 52 | 1.78 | SEP151090 | SPACE RIDERS TP VOL 01 VENGEFUL UNIVERSE (MR) | $12.99 | BLA |
| 24 | 37 | 1.75 | SEP150307 | SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 02 THE NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY | $19.99 | DC |
| 25 | 13 | 1.74 | SEP150880 | STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION TP INFINITIES | $39.99 | MAR |
| 26 | 46 | 1.72 | SEP150871 | SPIDER-VERSE WARZONES TP | $17.99 | MAR |
| 27 | 12 | 1.72 | JUL150645 | RAT QUEENS DLX HC VOL 01 (MR) | $39.99 | IMA |
| 28 | 43 | 1.71 | NOV070226 | BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC | $17.99 | DC |
| 29 | 123 | 1.63 | AUG150535 | KAPTARA TP VOL 01 FEAR NOT TINY ALIEN | $9.98 | IMA |
| 30 | 72 | 1.59 | SEP150290 | BATMAN SUPERMAN TP VOL 03 SECOND CHANCE | $14.99 | DC |
| 31 | 73 | 1.58 | OCT150556 | REVIVAL TP VOL 06 THY LOYAL SONS & DAUGHTERS (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 32 | 39 | 1.57 | AUG150010 | BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 12 METAMORPHOSIS | $19.99 | DAR |
| 33 | 81 | 1.49 | OCT150603 | BIG MAN PLANS TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 34 | 32 | 1.47 | OCT150992 | JESSICA JONES TP VOL 04 ALIAS (MR) | $24.99 | MAR |
| 35 | 50 | 1.45 | SEP150303 | NIGHTWING TP VOL 03 FALSE STARTS | $19.99 | DC |
| 36 | 66 | 1.42 | OCT150974 | PLANET HULK TP WARZONES | $17.99 | MAR |
| 37 | 163 | 1.42 | OCT150332 | MY LITTLE PONY A CANTERLOT WEDDING TP | $7.99 | IDW |
| 38 | 36 | 1.41 | SEP150294 | EARTH 2 WORLDS END TP VOL 02 | $24.99 | DC |
| 39 | 85 | 1.40 | SEP150293 | DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR TP VOL 02 SYMPATHY | $14.99 | DC |
| 40 | 79 | 1.36 | SEP150869 | WEIRDWORLD TP VOL 00 WARZONES | $16.99 | MAR |
| 41 | 58 | 1.35 | MAR130303 | PREACHER TP BOOK 01 (MR) | $19.99 | DC |
| 42 | 22 | 1.34 | JUN150818 | DEADPOOL BY POSEHN AND DUGGAN HC VOL 04 | $34.99 | MAR |
| 43 | 91 | 1.34 | JUN150590 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 24 LIFE AND DEATH (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 44 | 31 | 1.34 | JUL151618 | 21ST CENTURY TANK GIRL HC | $22.99 | TTN |
| 45 | 94 | 1.32 | OCT140644 | SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 46 | 64 | 1.32 | OCT150982 | SUPERIOR IRON MAN TP VOL 01 INFAMOUS | $19.99 | MAR |
| 47 | 155 | 1.31 | OCT150531 | EMPTY ZONE TP VOL 01 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 48 | 97 | 1.30 | APR130443 | SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 48 | 29 | 1.30 | SEP150305 | SUPERMAN DOOMED TP | $29.99 | DC |
| 50 | 63 | 1.30 | OCT150335 | MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER TP VOL 05 | $17.99 | IDW |
| 51 | 77 | 1.30 | OCT150973 | FUTURE IMPERFECT TP WARZONES | $17.99 | MAR |
| 52 | 44 | 1.26 | JUL150333-M | SANDMAN OVERTURE DELUXE ED HC (MR) | $24.99 | DC |
| 53 | 5 | 1.26 | AUG150497 | WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 03 | $59.99 | IMA |
| 54 | 98 | 1.25 | SEP150868 | RUNAWAYS BATTLEWORLD TP | $15.99 | MAR |
| 55 | 4 | 1.24 | JUN150819-M | MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 17 | $75.00 | MAR |
| 56 | 83 | 1.24 | SEP150306 | SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS TP VOL 06 SUPERDOOM | $16.99 | DC |
| 57 | 70 | 1.24 | JUN150832 | JESSICA JONES TP VOL 02 ALIAS (MR) | $19.99 | MAR |
| 58 | 7 | 1.22 | MAR092419 | WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR) | $59.99 | IMA |
| 59 | 88 | 1.22 | SEP150864 | INFERNO WARZONES TP | $16.99 | MAR |
| 60 | 108 | 1.22 | SEP150287 | BATMAN 66 TP VOL 03 | $14.99 | DC |
| 61 | 93 | 1.22 | AUG150885 | SQUADRON SINISTER TP | $16.99 | MAR |
| 62 | 25 | 1.20 | SEP150877 | BLACK PANTHER BY PRIEST TP VOL 02 COMPLETE COLLECTION | $34.99 | MAR |
| 63 | 167 | 1.19 | MAY150482 | BITCH PLANET TP VOL 01 EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 64 | 74 | 1.17 | SEP150295 | DEMON TP VOL 01 HELLS HITMAN | $19.99 | DC |
| 65 | 89 | 1.17 | DEC120323 | BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) | $16.99 | DC |
| 66 | 69 | 1.16 | NOV118095 | BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP | $19.99 | DC |
| 67 | 75 | 1.16 | SEP150291 | CATWOMAN TP VOL 04 THE ONE YOU LOVE | $19.99 | DC |
| 68 | 177 | 1.16 | SEP140684 | WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 69 | 110 | 1.15 | SEP088204 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 70 | 182 | 1.15 | SEP150589 | DRIFTER TP VOL 02 (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 71 | 55 | 1.13 | APR150908 | UNCANNY X-MEN PREM HC VOL 06 STORYVILLE | $24.99 | MAR |
| 72 | 3 | 1.13 | APR150293 | ABSOLUTE BATMAN THE COURT OF OWLS HC | $99.99 | DC |
| 73 | 100 | 1.13 | SEP150325 | FLINCH TP BOOK 01 (MR) | $16.99 | DC |
| 74 | 122 | 1.12 | AUG150077 | NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP VOL 07 (MR) | $13.99 | DAR |
| 75 | 82 | 1.11 | FEB140265-M | WATCHMEN TP NEW ED | $19.99 | DC |
| 76 | 190 | 1.10 | DEC140670 | LOW TP VOL 01 THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 77 | 56 | 1.10 | AUG150267 | BATMAN SUPERMAN HC VOL 04 SIEGE | $24.99 | DC |
| 78 | 96 | 1.09 | OCT151483 | GRANT MORRISONS 18 DAYS TP VOL 01 WAR BEGINS | $14.99 | GRA |
| 79 | 107 | 1.08 | SEP150300 | JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED TP VOL 01 JUSTICE LEAGUE CANADA | $16.99 | DC |
| 80 | 86 | 1.07 | SEP150881 | JESSICA JONES TP VOL 03 ALIAS (MR) | $19.99 | MAR |
| 80 | 124 | 1.07 | JAN140556 | SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 82 | 34 | 1.04 | SEP150879 | WOLVERINE EPIC COLLECTION TP DYING GAME | $34.99 | MAR |
| 83 | 103 | 1.03 | SEP150297 | GREEN ARROW TP VOL 04 BLOOD OF THE DRAGON | $17.99 | DC |
| 84 | 109 | 1.03 | FEB151172 | LUMBERJANES TP VOL 01 | $14.99 | BOO |
| 85 | 117 | 1.01 | AUG150878 | HAIL HYDRA TP | $16.99 | MAR |
| 86 | 118 | 1.00 | OCT150976 | WHERE MONSTERS DWELL TP PHANTOM EAGLE FLIES SAVAGE SKIES | $16.99 | MAR |
| 87 | 125 | 0.98 | JUN150822 | STAR WARS PRINCESS LEIA TP | $16.99 | MAR |
| 88 | 131 | 0.98 | JUN140725 | MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL | $15.99 | MAR |
| 89 | 121 | 0.98 | MAY130224 | FLASH TP VOL 01 MOVE FORWARD (N52) | $16.99 | DC |
| 90 | 137 | 0.97 | AUG120709 | DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP | $14.99 | MAR |
| 91 | 71 | 0.97 | AUG150259 | BATMAN 66 HC VOL 04 | $24.99 | DC |
| 92 | 212 | 0.96 | JUL150554 | DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS (MR) | $9.99 | IMA |
| 93 | 41 | 0.96 | OCT150990 | X-MEN EPIC COLLECTION TP GIFT | $34.99 | MAR |
| 94 | 42 | 0.96 | JUN150815 | ALL NEW X-MEN HC VOL 03 | $34.99 | MAR |
| 95 | 161 | 0.95 | SEP151462 | ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL GN VOL 06 | $10.99 | RAN |
| 96 | 104 | 0.95 | AUG150916 | STAR WARS KANAN TP VOL 01 LAST PADAWAN | $19.99 | MAR |
| 97 | 166 | 0.93 | OCT150558 | ROCHE LIMIT TP VOL 02 CLANDESTINY (MR) | $12.99 | IMA |
| 98 | 78 | 0.93 | AUG150294 | KID ETERNITY DELUXE ED HC (MR) | $24.99 | DC |
| 99 | 87 | 0.93 | OCT151235 | ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE GONE ADRIFT TP | $19.99 | BOO |
| 100 | 57 | 0.92 | AUG150295 | SCALPED HC BOOK 03 DELUXE EDITION | $29.99 | DC |
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