The Top 10 Collected Editions for June 2010

July 11, 2010
By

The June 2010 Comic Book Sales Figures Estimated (Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors) were recently released and as far as the Trade Paperbacks and Collected Editions go Batman Arkham Asylum: Madness HC came in at #1. Let’s a take a look at the Top 10. As usual, I’ll be sitting down with John Mayo on his Comic Book Page Podcast, to go over these numbers and more very soon.

Top Selling Collected Editions (Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers and Graphic Novels)

  1. Batman Arkham Asylum: Madness HC ($19.99, DC) – In the wake of the other Batman OGN, Joker by Brian Azzarello, author Sam Keith lets you walk inside Arkham Asylum for 24 hours. Looks like it’s paying off.
  2. Chew Volume 2: International Flavor TP (MR) ($12.99, Image) – The sleeper hit of last summer isn’t a sleeper anymore. Time to catch up on the book that everyone else is reading.
  3. Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man & Others TP ($17.99, Dark Horse) – Hellboy is one of those unique titles that sell well in monthly and trade form. My preferred way these days are the Hardcover Library Editions.
  4. Naruto Volume 48 TP ($9.99, Viz) – I don’t know one person (online or real world) who buy these books. But then again I don’t know many teenagers these days.
  5. Final Crisis TP ($19.99, DC) – I love the red skyline of Detroit in the opening pages. Boy, did DC get it right. Looks like every October 30 from 1975-1987.
  6. Batman: R.I.P. TP ($14.99, DC) – I haven’t read this title yet, but I think I’ll catch up with Batman with this trade.
  7. Jonah Hex: No Way Back HC ($19.99, DC/Vertigo) – I’m guessing that more people will buy this book then who liked the movie.
  8. DMZ Volume 8: Hearts And Minds TP (MR) ($16.99, DC/Vertigo) – Another series that I should sit down and read one of these days. Is it on the iPad, yet?
  9. Jack Of Fables Volume 7: The New Adventures Of Jack & Jack TP (MR) ($14.99, DC/Vertigo) – If the word Fables is on the list you can usually find it in the Top 10 every month – trade or hardcover. There’s a damn good reason for that.
  10. Criminal Volume 5: Sinners TP (MR) ($15.99, Marvel/Icon) – I picked up the giant Criminal hardcover last year and I loved every single page of it. If you have not tried this title yet you are really missing some of the best comic book work on the market today.

Related posts:

  1. The Top 10 Collected Editions for May 2010
  2. CCL Podcast #238 – Notable Upcoming Collected Editions for 4Q 2009 and 1Q 2010
  3. Collected Comics Library Podcast #21 June 15, 2005
  4. Collected Comics Library Podcast #22 June 22, 2005
  5. Collected Comics Library Podcast #23 June 29, 2005

Tags: ,

0 Responses to The Top 10 Collected Editions for June 2010

  1. Aziz on July 12, 2010 at 1:29 am

    Chris,

    While Morrison’s previous work in RIP can be read alone as an arc, I’d highly recommend starting at the beginning of his run with Batman & Son, then Black Glove, then RIP.

    It’s one giant story where some stuff is hinted early on that pays off near the end. As I said, you can read RIP alone, but it’s multilayered with the earlier stuff.

    Cheers
    Aziz

    Reply
  2. Jared on July 15, 2010 at 5:27 am

    I think I made a mistake and read Black Glove with no knowledge of the greater story running thru Batman ( I hadn’t read any Batman in years) and to be honest, I was lost. It made little sense to me and I didn’t enjoy it.
    I realised though that it wasn’t probably Morrisons fault. At some stage I was going to go back and read some of the other trades. Thanks to Aziz I now have a bit of a run of trades to look for so I won’t get lost leading into R.I.P

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*