Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.

1 (+16). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 *

2 (+6). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *

3 (+8). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1

4 (-). Darth Vader and Son

5 (-4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)

6 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *

7 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1

8 (-5). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)

9 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World *

10 (-4). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

11 (+12). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess *

12 (R). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)

13 (-3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle) *

14 (+1). Watchmen

15 (+6). Batman: The Killing Joke

16 (-7). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded ed.)

17 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

18 (+7). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)

19 (N). Kick-Ass 2 *

20 (+15). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)

21 (-8). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1

22 (-4). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

23 (+11). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2 - Knightquest

24 (-4). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)

25 (-9). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)

26 (+15). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)

27 (+21). The Walking Dead, Book 1

28 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves

29 (-22). Infinity Gauntlet

30 (-3). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)

31 (-1). Batman: Year One

32 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures

33 (-4). The Walking Dead, Book 5

34 (-20). Sailor Moon 5

35 (-3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

36 (-6). The Walking Dead, Book 7

37 (-11). V for Vendetta

38 (-5). The Walking Dead, Book 6

39 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2

40 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain 

41 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3

42 (-11). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)

43 (N). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Kindle)

44 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become

45 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)

46 (-18). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)

47 (R). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One

48 (N). Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 1: Precious Little Life *

49 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

50 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol.12: Life Among Them

Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

• A huge surge by Avatar: The Last Airbender comics gives us a new number 1 on the chart as the three volumes of The Last Promise take up three slots in the top ten, including the top debut, part 3 (which doesn't come out until October).
• Also debuting this week are Kick-Ass 2, the Kindle edition of the latest Big Nate strip collection, and the color hardcover of the first Scott Pilgrim volume.
• Just releasing the title of the next Wimpy Kid book, which doesn't come out until November, gives it a surge into the second slot on the list. Unless something very unusual happens, look for this book to dominate the chart at the end of the year...
• Earlier in the week, before the Avatar surge, Jeffrey Brown's Darth Vader and Son was momentarily in the #1 slot.
• Dead Watch: There are twelve Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, which is up two from last week.
• Bat Watch: There are seven Batman books on the chart this week, same as last (though Morrison's Arkham Asylum takes the place of Morrison's Batman, Inc.).