'Umbrella Academy' is #1!

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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels –March 2019 (3/3/19 - 4/6/19) Rank Title Author Publisher 1 THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE GERARD WAY DARK HORSE COMICS 2 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 18 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 3 THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 31 ROBERT KIRKMAN IMAGE COMICS 4 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 5 DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN DLX. ED. HC VARIOUS DC COMICS 6 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 17 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 7 RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS PATRICK ROTHFUSS IDW PUBLISHING 8 THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 2: DALLAS GERARD WAY DARK HORSE COMICS 9 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 10 BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC KENTARO MIURA DARK HORSE MANGA 11 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 12 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 16 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 13 THE LIFE-CHANGING MANGA OF TIDYING UP: A MAGICAL STORY MARIE KONDO TEN SPEED PRESS 14 BORUTO VOL. 5 UKYO KODACHI VIZ MEDIA 15 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 16 MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES VOL. 4 HIDEYUKI FURUHASHI VIZ MEDIA 17 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 15 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 18 THE HANDMAID'S TALE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL HC MARGARET ATWOOD NAN A. TALESE 19 THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS CLINT MCELROY FIRST SECOND BOOKS 20 TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 SUI ISHIDA VIZ MEDIA Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

Powered by the Netflix series, Dark Horse Comics' first Umbrella Academy volume took the #1 adult graphic novel spot in the book channel in March, based on NPD BookScan data for March (3/3/19-4/6/19), provided to ICv2. That's one higher than its initial appearance on the 2019 chart last month, when it took #2, and especially impressive because it topped new My Hero Academia and The Walking Dead volumes.Batman's 80th made the chart with one title, the Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition HC, which took the #5 position.The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins remained on the chart, although at a lower position, but a new Dungeons & Dragons tie-in charted at #7, the Rick and Morty Vs. Dungeons & Dragons collection from IDW Publishing.Manga took 13 of the top 20 positions, seven of them tied to My Hero Academia. Among new manga volumes, Dark Horse charted with the first volume of its Berserk Deluxe collections.There were no Marvel Comics volumes in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel in March.

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March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels

March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels



For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:

March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales

March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales

March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales





NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.



For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."