The power of the orange-clad ninja compels you. Viz Media took the top spot in the Bookscan lists for the graphic novel section in the month of June with Naruto claiming it with its 70th volume as it barrels towards the finale. The company also secured the fifth spot with Tokyo Ghoul and the eighth spot with A Link to the Past. Kodansha Comics got some manga out there as well with Attack on Titan doing its job by getting to 12th place with its first volume still.
On the comics side, Image Comics ranked highest with The Walking Dead‘s latest volume in third place while also grabbing 13th with Saga volume four. Marvel Comics grabbed 6th with Civil War with interest in the movie coming up and they got a few other positions with the new Thor getting 10th place and Infinity Gauntlet and Ms. Marvel rounding out the bottom of the list. DC Comics had its highest book at 9th place with the deluxe edition of The Killing Joke while Watchmen sticks to the list in 11th place. A couple of other Batman books also populates the list.
| BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in June 2015 | |||
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
| 1 | NARUTO VOL. 70 | MASASHI KISHIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 2 | FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC | ALISON BECHDEL | MARINER BOOKS |
| 3 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 23 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
| 4 | MARVEL THE AVENGERS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE HC | ALAN COWSILL | DK PUBLISHING |
| 5 | TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 | SUI ISHIDA | VIZ MEDIA |
| 6 | CIVIL WAR | MARK MILLAR | MARVEL COMICS |
| 7 | MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE HC | MATT FORBECK | DK PUBLISHING |
| 8 | LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST | SHOTARO ISHINOMORI | PERFECT SQUARE |
| 9 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
| 10 | THOR VOL.1: GODDESS OF THUNDER HC | JASON AARON | MARVEL COMICS |
| 11 | WATCHMEN | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
| 12 | ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 | HAJIME ISAYAMA | KODANSHA COMICS |
| 13 | SAGA VOL. 4 | BRIAN K. VAUGHAN | IMAGE COMICS |
| 14 | MARCH: BOOK 1 | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
| 15 | BATMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 2 HC | GEOFF JOHNS | DC COMICS |
| 16 | SAGA VOL. 1 | BRIAN K. VAUGHAN | IMAGE COMICS |
| 17 | CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING?: A MEMOIR HC | ROZ CHAST | BLOOMSBURY |
| 18 | BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS | FRANK MILLER | DC COMICS |
| 19 | INFINITY GAUNTLET | JIM STARLIN | MARVEL COMICS |
| 20 | MS. MARVEL VOL. 1 | WILLOW G. WILSON | MARVEL COMICS
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[Source: ICv2]
