Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Batman: Earth One
2 (+6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
3 (+4). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
4 (-2). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
5 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
6 (-2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
7 (+18). Batman: Year One
8 (-5). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
10 (+8). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle edition)
11 (+4). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest
12 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
13 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
14 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween
15 (+10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
16 (-7). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
17 (+20). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
18 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
19 (+22). Batman: Year One (Kindle)
20 (N). Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition
21 (+25). Batman: Hush
22 (-9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
23 (-17). Get Jiro!
24 (+7). Batman: Earth One (Kindle)
25 (-5). Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks *
26 (-9). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
27 (-11). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
28 (N). The Underwater Welder *
29 (-7). Fables Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind
30 (-9). Watchmen
31 (-8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
32 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 1
33 (+2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
34 (-7). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
35 (+12). Superman: Earth One
36 (R). Fever Moon (Kindle)
37 (-3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
38 (R). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
39 (R). Batman: The Black Mirror
40 (+5). Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Born to Kill (The New 52)
41 (R). Batman: Dark Victory
42 (+8). The Complete Persepolis
43 (N). Batman: A Death in the Family
44 (-16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
45 (R). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
46 (R). Parker: The Score
47 (-23). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
48 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 7
50 (-18). Fever Moon

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:

• For a third straight week, Batman: Earth One is at the top of the chart, and is #65 overall on Amazon. It spent most of the week wrapping places with The Dark Knight Returns and The Third Wheel, but when the wheel stopped on Friday morning it was Earth One in first place.
• Bat Watch: An impressive eighteen Batman titles in the top fifty this week—up eight from last week—four of the top five and seven of the top ten. In case anyone is wondering, this is what it looks like when your popular movie is driving comic sales.
• Two of those eighteen are new editions of old Batman material making their top fifty debut: A Death in the Family and a deluxe hardcover of Year One (in fact, there are three different editions of Batman: Year One on the chart). This only other debut this week is Jeff Lemire's OGN The Underwater Welder.
• Dead Watch: There are just six Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, down ten from last week as Batman takes his toll against the zombies.