While AMC’s The Walking Dead is currently on hiatus until later this year, that hasn’t stopped the comic that started the phenomenon from continuing to conquer the sales charts.
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Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead is sitting high and mighty as the top comic of 2016 so far according to Google Play’s records for the first half of the year. Specifically, issue #151 is the book currently sitting at number one, but that isn’t the only place the critically acclaimed series shows up.
It also takes the number three spot with The Walking Dead Vol. 25 and the fourth spot with The Walking Dead #154. Another top billed franchise resides on the list as well, that being Marvel’s Star Wars series of books. Star Wars 4 -Collection Bundle by Jason Aaron, Greg Rucka, Kieron Gillen, and Mark Waid takes the second position, while Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol.2 – Shadows and Secrets by Kieron Gillen resides at number five. Star Wars Vol. 2 Showdown on the Smuggler’s Moon by Jason Aaron rounds out the top ten.
The other entry’s include The White Donkey: Terminal Lance by Maximillian Uriarte at number six, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three Vol. 2 by Brian Buccellato and Tom Taylor at number seven, Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman at number eight, and Justice League Vol. 7 Darkseid War Part 1 by Geoff Johns at number nine. It’s interesting that while Marvel took four spots on the list, 3 of those spots were due to Star Wars, and the one other was their big event book Secret Wars.
