TOP 10 - OUR BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVELS FROM AUGUST 2013

This list is compiled from our 10 best selling graphic novels since we opened at the beginning of August to the end of August.  All these titles are currently in stock and are reorderable. Thought it would be interesting for everyone to see what everyone else is reading at THE COMIC PILE.

 10.  BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE

HC DELUXE EDITION

BY ALAN MOORE & BRIAN BOLLAND

The classic Batman tale by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland returns in an all-new special edition! This edition - celebrating the 20th anniversary of the landmark work - features all-new coloring by Bolland, and includes the story "An Innocent Guy," previously featured in BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE!

 

 09.  BATMAN DC NEW 52 VOL 01: 

THE COURT OF OWLS

BY SCOT SNYDER & GREG CAPULLO

In this new trade paperback, a series of brutal murders rocks not only Gotham City to its core but also the Caped Crusader himself when the prime suspect is one of Batman's closest allies: Dick Grayson!  Collects BATMAN #1-7!  

 

08.  SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL. 01

MY OWN WORST ENEMY

BY DAN SLOTT & RYAN STEGMAN

Peter Parker spent a lifetime fighting to improve the world, but his story ended dramatically with a final, fatal sacrifice. Now, Peter's arch-enemy Dr. Octopus has taken control of his body - and his life. Otto Octavius is Spider-Man! And he's determined to prove himself Superior to his former foe in every way. But his baptism of fire will come when he faces down the new Sinister Six! Is the new Spider-Man in cahoots with J. Jonah Jameson? And has Carlie Cooper figured out his secret identity? Plus: Spider-Man and Mary Jane "reunited"! The return of the Vulture! And how many people must die before the Superior Spider-Man will kill a super villain? Find out as Otto battles Massacre, with hundreds of lives in the balance! A new era of web-slinging excitement starts NOW! Collecting SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1-5.

 

 

07.  FATALE TP VOL 01

DEATH CHASES ME

BY ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS

The first arc of Image's surprise hit is collected just in time for new  readers to jump on board with issue 6!  Secrets, lies, horror, lust and monsters from the time before time all collide in FATALE: DEATH CHASES ME. In present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes instantly obsessed with, and in the 1950s, this same woman destroys the lives of all those who cross her path, on a quest for... what?  ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS best-selling series will leave you craving more!
Collects FATALE #1-5

 

06.  MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 01

SCIENCE BAD

BY JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK PITARRA

What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other, more unusual, programs?  Collecting the coolest new series of the year into one super science package.  Collects THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #1-5  

 

05.  AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP

BY BENDIS, AARON, BRUBAKER, FRACTION & HICKMAN.  ILLUSTRATED BY ROMITA JR, COIPEL, KUBERT & CHO

Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom go to war in the ultimate super-hero showdown! The world-destroying Phoenix Force is back - and while the Avengers are intent on stopping it, Cyclops and his X-Men have other ideas. To Captain America, the Phoenix threatens doom. To Cyclops, it could mean salvation. Marvel's two greatest leaders wage war, with the Phoenix's chosen host - Hope Summers - caught in the middle. How far are both sides willing to go? The answer lies in a battle so big no one world could contain it...and a shocking ending that neither team could have seen coming! Marvel's top writers and artists present a space-faring, world-changing epic - the culmination of a decade's worth of incredible event storytelling. Collecting AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #0-12 and material from POINT ONE #1.

 

04.  MY LITTLE PONY TP VOL. 01

FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

BY KATIE COOK & ANDY PRICE

Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something's not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It's up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it's too late! 

 

03.  BATMAN

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

BY FRANK MILLER & KLAUS JANSON

It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired and Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now as his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and Two-Face for the final time, Batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive. This collection is hailed as a comics masterpiece and was responsible for the launch of the Batman movies.  

 

02.  SAGA TP VOL 02

BY BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & FIONA STAPLES

 Collecting the epic second storyline of the smash hit series Entertainment Weekly called "the kind of comic you get when truly talented superstar creators are given the freedom to produce their dream comic."  Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters her family's greatest challenge yet:  the grandparents.
Collects SAGA #7-12

 

 01.  SAGA TP VOL 01

BY BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & FIONA STAPLES

From New York Times bestselling writer BRIAN K.VAUGHAN (Y: THE LAST MAN, EX MACHINA) and critically acclaimed artist FIONA STAPLES (MYSTERY SOCIETY, NORTH 40), SAGA is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds.  When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.  Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive drama for adults.  This specially priced volume collects the first arc of the smash hit series The Onion A.V. Club calls "the emotional epic Hollywood wishes it could make." 
Collects SAGA #1-6  

 

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