Graphic Novel Rankings: 2009, Week 33
Your Executive Summary and Index, Week Ending 9 August 2009
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The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 9 August 2009009
Comics Top 500
1. ↔0 (1) : Watchmen – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [830.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : V for Vendetta – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [730.9] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader – DC, Jul 2009 [723.3] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [720.5] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Batman The Killing Joke – DC, Mar 2008 [701.4] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Batman The Dark Knight Returns – DC, May 1997 [682.9] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Final Crisis – DC, Jun 2009 [681.2] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Dark Tower 3 – Marvel, Apr 2009 [671.2] ::
9. ↑14 (23) : Green Lantern The Sinestro Corps War 1 – DC, Apr 2009 [647.6] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [640.6] ::
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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Comics 500:
Viz Shonen Jump 55
DC Vertigo 46
DC 40
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 35
Viz Shojo Beat 34
Tokyopop 29
Dark Horse 26
Del Rey 22
Marvel 21
Viz 14
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Top 50 Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,171.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Batman – DC [1,947.7] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,556.4] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Sandman – DC Vertigo [1,516.1] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Green Lantern – DC [1,514.0] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,253.0] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [1,216.9] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Dark Tower – Marvel [1,194.3] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Dark Horse [1,158.0] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [1,140.3] ::
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Top 500 Manga:
1. ↔0 (1) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [720.5] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [640.6] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Fullmetal Alchemist 19 – Viz, Jul 2009 [624.3] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Dark Hunters 1 – St. Martin’s Griffin, Apr 2009 [595.1] ::
5. ↑14 (19) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [545.4] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Naruto 43 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [529.7] ::
7. ↓-2 (5) : Fruits Basket 22 – Tokyopop, Mar 2009 [513.8] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Negima! 23 – Del Rey, Jul 2009 [508.6] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Naruto 44 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [503.0] ::
10. ↑17 (27) : Vampire Knight 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2009 [500.9] ::
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Top 50 Manga Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,171.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,556.4] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,253.0] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [1,216.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [1,140.3] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [983.3] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Negima! – Del Rey [977.7] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [969.0] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Death Note – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [908.1] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Del Rey [780.8] ::
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Top 50 New Releases:
(July & August 2009)
3. ↑2 (5) : Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader – DC, Jul 2009 [723.3] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [720.5] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [640.6] ::
12. ↑1 (13) : Asterios Polyp – Random House Pantheon, Jul 2009 [628.0] ::
14. ↓-4 (10) : Fullmetal Alchemist 19 – Viz, Jul 2009 [624.3] ::
15. ↑1 (16) : Green Lantern Rage of the Red Lanterns – DC, Aug 2009 [605.5] ::
18. ↔0 (18) : Superman Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow – DC, Jul 2009 [573.3] ::
29. ↓-7 (22) : Negima! 23 – Del Rey, Jul 2009 [508.6] ::
30. ↑45 (75) : Parker 1 The Hunter – IDW, Jul 2009 [506.0] ::
34. ↑30 (64) : Vampire Knight 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2009 [500.9] ::
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Top 50 Preorders:
138. ↑32 (170) : Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4 – HNA Amulet, Oct 2009 [308.8] ::
210. ↑10 (220) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 5 – Dark Horse, Sep 2009 [244.9] ::
211. ↓-9 (202) : Dean Koontz’s Nevermore – Del Rey/Dabel Bros., Oct 2009 [243.7] ::
331. ↓-92 (239) : Street Fighter SF20: The Art of Street Fighter – Udon, Sep 2009 [171.3] ::
344. ↓-35 (309) : The Book of Genesis – Crumb – WW Norton, Oct 2009 [167.8] ::
347. ↑20 (367) : Peanuts Complete ’71-‘74 – Fantagraphics, Sep 2009 [166.7] ::
403. ↓-14 (389) : Neon Genesis Evangelion The Shinji Ikari Raising Project 1 – Dark Horse, Sep 2009 [146.5] ::
449. ↑21 (470) : Peanuts Complete ’73-‘74 – Fantagraphics, Sep 2009 [130.5] ::
452. ↑159 (611) : Simon’s Cat – Grand Central Publishing, Sep 2009 [130.0] ::
524. ↑29 (553) : Asterix How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy – Orion, Oct 2009 [109.6] ::
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