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Top 100 Comics And Graphic Novels For March 2015 – Women Top The Charts

comics-nemo-river-of-ghostsTop 100 comic books and graphic novels sold in March 2013 in North America by Diamond Comic Distributors. It's notable that the best selling GN was the new, and final (for now) League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume, Nemo: River Of Ghosts. Starring the daughter of Captain Nemo, Pirate Jenny taking his role.

But its not just the League that put the women up top. Six out of the top fifteen monthly comic books in March are female solo series. There are five male solo lead series.

Has that ever happened before?

We previously noted that DC's only top ten entry was down to the Arcade Block subscription service, aside from that DC's biggest selling title in the traditional direct market was Harley Quinn at 14, just pipped by Walking Dead at 13 (and at 15). There were relatively strong launches for Descender and All-New Hawkeye but the market did miss its Batman this month. Chrononauts by Millar and Murphy launched surprisingly low…

PLACE PUBLICATION PRICE PUBLISHER
1 PRINCESS LEIA #1 $3.99 MAR
2 STAR WARS #3 $3.99 MAR
3 GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1 $3.99 MAR
4 SPIDER-GWEN #2 $3.99 MAR
5 PRINCESS LEIA #2 $3.99 MAR
6 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16 $3.99 MAR
7 HOWARD THE DUCK #1 $3.99 MAR
8 DARTH VADER #3 $3.99 MAR
9 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT #1 $3.99 DC
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16.1 $3.99 MAR
11 THOR #6 $3.99 MAR
12 SILK #2 $3.99 MAR
13 WALKING DEAD #139 (MR) $2.99 IMA
14 HARLEY QUINN #15 $2.99 DC
15 WALKING DEAD #138 (MR) $2.99 IMA
16 ALL NEW HAWKEYE #1 $3.99 MAR
17 DESCENDER #1 (MR) $2.99 IMA
18 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #25 $4.99 MAR
19 ALL NEW X-MEN #39 $3.99 MAR
20 DETECTIVE COMICS #40 $3.99 DC
21 SAGA #26 (MR) $2.99 IMA
22 BATMAN AND ROBIN #40 $2.99 DC
23 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL #1 $4.99 MAR
24 AVENGERS #42 $3.99 MAR
25 SUPERMAN #39 $3.99 DC
26 UNCANNY X-MEN #32 $3.99 MAR
27 MULTIVERSITY ULTRA COMICS #1 $4.99 DC
28 ALL NEW X-MEN #37 $3.99 MAR
29 DEADPOOL #43 $3.99 MAR
30 BATMAN ETERNAL #48 $2.99 DC
31 NEW AVENGERS #31 $3.99 MAR
32 BATMAN ETERNAL #49 $2.99 DC
33 BATMAN ETERNAL #51 $2.99 DC
34 BATMAN ETERNAL #50 $2.99 DC
35 BATMAN SUPERMAN #20 $3.99 DC
36 CHRONONAUTS #1 (MR) $3.5 IMA
37 GREEN LANTERN #40 $2.99 DC
38 BATGIRL #40 $2.99 DC
39 GRAYSON #8 $2.99 DC
40 LEGENDARY STAR LORD #10 $3.99 MAR
41 GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #3 $3.99 MAR
42 NEW AVENGERS #32 $3.99 MAR
43 SPIDER-WOMAN #5 $3.99 MAR
44 DEADPOOL #44 $3.99 MAR
45 DETECTIVE COMICS ENDGAME #1 $2.99 DC
46 ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 $3.99 MAR
47 GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #2 $3.99 MAR
48 FLASH #40 $3.99 DC
49 TEEN TITANS #8 $2.99 DC
50 ACTION COMICS #40 $3.99 DC
51 OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #7 (MR) $2.99 IMA
52 ROCKET RACCOON #9 $3.99 MAR
53 WYTCHES #5 (MR) $2.99 IMA
54 ANT-MAN #3 $3.99 MAR
55 SUPERIOR IRON MAN #6 $3.99 MAR
56 RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL #2 $3.99 MAR
57 SPIDER-MAN 2099 #10 $3.99 MAR
58 FANTASTIC FOUR #644 $3.99 MAR
59 MS MARVEL #13 $2.99 MAR
60 AQUAMAN #40 $2.99 DC
61 BATGIRL ENDGAME #1 $2.99 DC
62 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #10 $3.99 DC
63 DEATHSTROKE #6 $2.99 DC
64 X-MEN #25 $3.99 MAR
65 NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #8 $2.99 DC
66 NEW 52 FUTURES END #44 (WEEKLY) $2.99 DC
67 SPAWN RESURRECTION #1 $2.99 IMA
68 SOUTHERN CROSS #1 $2.99 IMA
69 NEW 52 FUTURES END #45 (WEEKLY) $2.99 DC
70 DAREDEVIL #14 $3.99 MAR
71 NEW 52 FUTURES END #46 (WEEKLY) $2.99 DC
72 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #40 $3.99 DC
73 THANOS VS HULK #4 $3.99 MAR
74 NEW 52 FUTURES END #47 (WEEKLY) $2.99 DC
75 NOVA #28 $3.99 MAR
76 MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #11 $3.99 MAR
77 JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #1 [*] $3.99 IDW
78 SINESTRO #11 $2.99 DC
79 WOLVERINES #9 $3.99 MAR
80 STAR WARS #2 $3.99 MAR
81 WOLVERINES #10 $3.99 MAR
82 NAMELESS #2 (MR) $2.99 IMA
83 EARTH 2 #32 $2.99 DC
84 WOLVERINES #11 $3.99 MAR
85 AMAZING X-MEN #18 $3.99 MAR
86 HULK #13 $3.99 MAR
87 WOLVERINES #12 $3.99 MAR
88 UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #3 $3.99 MAR
89 CATWOMAN #40 $2.99 DC
90 SUPERGIRL #40 $2.99 DC
91 SPIDER-MAN AND X-MEN #4 $3.99 MAR
92 BLACK SCIENCE #12 (MR) $3.5 IMA
93 HULK #12 $3.99 MAR
94 ANGELA ASGARDS ASSASSIN #4 $3.99 MAR
95 INHUMAN #13 $3.99 MAR
96 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #40 $3.99 DC
97 NINJAK #1 $3.99 VAL
98 EARTH 2 WORLDS END #22 $2.99 DC
99 EARTH 2 WORLDS END #23 $2.99 DC
100 EARTH 2 WORLDS END #24 $2.99 DC

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2015

PLACE PUBLICATION PRICE PUBLISHER
1 NEMO RIVER OF GHOSTS HC (MR) $14.95 IDW
2 MS MARVEL TP VOL 02 GENERATION WHY $15.99 MAR
3 LOW TP VOL 01 THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE (MR) $9.99 IMA
4 HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL TP $16.99 MAR
5 SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR) $14.99 IMA
6 DEADPOOL TP VOL 07 AXIS $17.99 MAR
7 DEADPOOLS ART OF WAR TP $12.99 MAR
8 DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 02 KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE (MR) $14.99 IMA
9 BIRTHRIGHT TP VOL 01 HOMECOMING (MR) $9.99 IMA
10 BOBS BURGERS TP VOL 01 $17.99 DE
11 SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMA
12 LAZARUS TP VOL 03 CONCLAVE (MR) $14.99 IMA
13 COPPERHEAD TP VOL 01 A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN $9.99 IMA
14 JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 05 FOREVER HEROES (N52) $14.99 DC
15 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $14.99 IMA
16 CIVIL WAR TP $24.99 MAR
17 WAYWARD TP VOL 01 STRING THEORY (MR) $9.99 IMA
18 NAILBITER TP VOL 02 BLOODY HANDS (MR) $14.99 IMA
19 SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 POWER COUPLE (N52) $16.99 DC
20 WOLVERINE ORIGIN II TP $19.99 MAR
21 SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) $14.99 IMA
22 BIG HARD SEX CRIMINALS HC (MR) $39.99 IMA
23 SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMA
24 YU GI OH 5DS GN VOL 07 $9.99 VIZ
25 ROCHE LIMIT TP VOL 01 $9.99 IMA
26 GUARDIANS GALAXY PREM HC VOL 04 ORIGINAL SIN $24.99 MAR
27 BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) $16.99 DC
28 ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 06 $14.99 BOO
29 BATMAN 66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET HC $22.99 DC
30 TINY TITANS RETURN TO THE TREEHOUSE TP $12.99 DC
31 MORNING GLORIES TP VOL 08 $12.99 IMA
32 TEEN TITANS GO TP VOL 01 PARTY PARTY $12.99 DC
33 BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 10 DEVILS WINGS $19.99 DAR
34 SHE-HULK TP VOL 02 DISORDERLY CONDUCT $15.99 MAR
35 MARVELS AVENGERS TP AGE OF ULTRON PRELUDE $16.99 MAR
36 SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR) $14.99 IMA
37 SHAOLIN COWBOY HC THE SHEMP BUFFET $19.99 DAR
38 DEATH OF WOLVERINE TP WEAPON X PROGRAM $19.99 MAR
39 Y THE LAST MAN TP BOOK 02 (MR) $19.99 DC
40 ALL NEW X-MEN PREM HC VOL 06 ULTIMATE ADVENTURE $24.99 MAR
41 PROPHET TP VOL 04 JOINING $17.99 IMA
42 HUMANS TP VOL 01 HUMANS FOR LIFE (MR) $9.99 IMA
43 ALEX + ADA TP VOL 02 $12.99 IMA
44 SUPERMAN DOOMED HC (N52) $49.99 DC
45 WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT (MR) $9.99 IMA
46 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 22 A NEW BEGINNING (MR) $14.99 IMA
47 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA TP VOL 02 SURVIVORS OF EVIL (N52) $16.99 DC
48 INHUMAN TP VOL 02 AXIS $15.99 MAR
49 AVENGERS TP VOL 05 ADAPT OR DIE $19.99 MAR
50 MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL $15.99 MAR
51 SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 02 TWO WORLDS ONE COP (MR) $14.99 IMA
52 SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 02 WAR AND PEACE (N52) $24.99 DC
53 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
54 SEX TP VOL 03 BROKEN TOYS (MR) $14.99 IMA
55 BATMAN BEYOND JUSTICE LORDS BEYOND TP $16.99 DC
56 BATMAN TP VOL 02 THE CITY OF OWLS (N52) $16.99 DC
57 UNITY TP VOL 01 TO KILL A KING $14.99 VAL
58 SHADOW TP VOL 01 FIRE OF CREATION (MR) $19.99 DE
59 COLDEST CITY HC $19.99 ONI
60 DOCTOR WHO 10TH HC VOL 01 REVOLUTIONS TERROR $19.99 TTN
61 NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP VOL 04 (MR) $13.99 DAR
62 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 DC
63 NARUTO GN VOL 69 $9.99 VIZ
64 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 03 $34.99 MAR
64 DOCTOR WHO 11TH HC VOL 01 AFTER LIFE $19.99 TTN
66 RAT QUEENS TP VOL 01 SASS & SORCERY (MR) $9.99 IMA
67 AVENGERS OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 $99.99 MAR
68 BATMAN TP VOL 03 DEATH OF THE FAMILY (N52) $16.99 DC
69 HULK TP VOL 02 OMEGA HULK BOOK 01 $19.99 MAR
70 SUPERMAN RED SON TP NEW EDITION $17.99 DC
71 FLASHPOINT TP $16.99 DC
72 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED HC VOL 1 JUSTICE LEAGUE CANADA (N52) $24.99 DC
73 UNCANNY X-MEN PREM HC VOL 05 OMEGA MUTANT $24.99 MAR
74 CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TP $29.99 DC
75 ASTRO CITY VICTORY TP $16.99 DC
76 DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP $14.99 MAR
77 CRIMINAL TP VOL 03 THE DEAD AND THE DYING (MR) $14.99 IMA
78 USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 02 $24.99 DAR
79 ALL NEW X-FACTOR TP VOL 03 AXIS $24.99 MAR
80 SECRET AVENGERS TP VOL 02 LABYRINTH $12.99 MAR
81 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 21 ALL OUT WAR PT 2 (MR) $14.99 IMA
82 RUNAWAYS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 03 $39.99 MAR
83 SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN (MR) $9.99 IMA
84 SUPERMAN EARTH ONE HC VOL 03 $22.99 DC
85 MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 09 $75 MAR
86 DEAD BOY DETECTIVES TP VOL 02 GHOST SNOW $14.99 DC
87 UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC PREM HC VOL 01 TRUTH (MR) $24.99 MAR
88 ROCKETEER THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES TP $19.99 IDW
89 BATMAN TP VOL 04 ZERO YEAR SECRET CITY (N52) $16.99 DC
90 SUPER VILLAINS UNITE TP COMPLETE SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP $34.99 MAR
91 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS $14.99 IMA
92 ALL STAR WESTERN TP VOL 06 END OF THE TRAIL (N52) $14.99 DC
92 KINGDOM COME TP NEW PTG $19.99 DC
92 SEXCASTLE OGN (MR) $15.99 IMA
95 ASTRO CITY PRIVATE LIVES HC $24.99 DC
96 TREES TP VOL 01 (MR) $14.99 IMA
97 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION TP ROUND ROBIN $34.99 MAR
98 GODZILLA CATACLYSM TP $19.99 IDW
99 HAWKEYE TP AVENGING ARCHER $34.99 MAR
100 DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEAD PRESIDENTS NOW $15.99 MAR

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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