Friday, February 15, 2013

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
5 (+3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
6 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
7 (+3). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
8 (+1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
9 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
10 (+2). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
11 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
12 (+2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
13 (-). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (+1). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
15 (+2). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
16 (-12). Darth Vader and Son
17 (-1). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
18 (+13). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
19 (-). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
20 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
21 (+5). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
22 (+18). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
23 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
24 (-4). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
25 (+16). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
26 (-8). Building Stories
27 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
28 (-7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
29 (N). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
30 (+7). Batman: The Killing Joke
31 (+4). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
32 (N). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
33 (-1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
34 (-7). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
35 (-10). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
36 (-6). Watchmen
37 (-1). Saga Volume 1
38 (+9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
39 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
40 (N). Batman #17 (Kindle)
41 (-2). Naruto, Vol. 60: Kurama!!
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
45 (-12). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
46 (-). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
47 (-13). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
48 (-6). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
49 (-20). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
50 (N). Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52) *


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:

  • The Kindle edition of The Wimpy Kid 7 retains the #1 slot yet again this week.
  • Dead Watch: The two Walking Dead Compendia move into the #2 & #3 slots, charting at #44 & #53 respectively on the overall Amazon books chart. There are nine WD collections on the chart this week, including the pre-publication debut of volume 18 of the trade editions.
  • Bat Watch: Three Batman titles make their debut on the chart this week, including the Kindle edition of Batman #17, the concluding chapter of the Joker storyline "Death of the Family".
  • Injustice Watch: The top debut this week is the fifth issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us on Kindle; all five issues chart this week.
  • Kindle Watch: Twenty-one of the chart slots this week are taken up by Kindle editions, up two from last week.
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, down two from last week. 

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