Big Two Blanked on Current Core Characters

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in July 2017 Rank Title Author Publisher 1 EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC JOMNY SUN HARPER PERENNIAL 2 MONSTRESS VOL. 2 MARJORIE LIU IMAGE COMICS 3 MARCH: BOOK ONE JOHN LEWIS TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS 4 THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE VOL. 7 KORE YAMAZAKI SEVEN SEAS 5 THE LIFE-CHANGING MANGA OF TIDYING UP: A MAGICAL STORY MARIE KONDO TEN SPEED PRESS 6 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 7 VALERIAN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 HC PIERRE CHRISTIN CINEBOOK LTD 8 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 5 AKIRA HIMEKAWA VIZ MEDIA 9 TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 SUI ISHIDA VIZ MEDIA 10 TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 13 SUI ISHIDA VIZ MEDIA 11 SAGA VOL. 7 BRIAN K. VAUGHAN IMAGE COMICS 12 BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC ALAN MOORE DC COMICS 13 BERSERK VOL. 38 KENTARO MIUARA DARK HORSE 14 DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 1 AKIRA TORIYAMA VIZ MEDIA 15 WATCHMEN ALAN MOORE DC COMICS 16 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 17 STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 1 KIERON GILLEN MARVEL COMICS 18 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 8 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 19 BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 17 KAZUE KATAO VIZ MEDIA 20 STAR WARS VOL. 5 JASON AARON MARVEL COMICS

Neither Marvel nor DC placed a volume featuring its current core characters in the July 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan. Each placed two graphic novels in the Top 20 (DC had two 80s classics, and Marvel had two Star Wars volumes), but there was nary a collection of current material featuring their own characters between them.Jomny Sun’s Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book, based on his @jonnysun Twitter account, moved up one slot to the #1 position in July.Another title that may have been missed is Kondo Marie’s The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up (see " Manga Round-Up: Decluttering "), a story tied to her self-help book, which debuted at #5.Valerian: The Complete Collection moved up four spots behind the increased visibility provided by the Luc Besson film, which released in July.The top manga for the month was the latest volume of Seven Seas’ The Ancient Magus’ Bride, which hit the chart at #4.

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