Friday, March 15, 2013

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (+6). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
6 (+1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
7 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
8 (-3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
9 (-3). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #9 (Kindle)
11 (+23). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon *
12 (-). Saga Volume 1
13 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
14 (-6). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
15 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
16 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
17 (+3). Injustice: Gods Among Us #8 (Kindle)
18 (-3). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
19 (+3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
20 (+5). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
21 (-8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
22 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
23 (-2). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
24 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
25 (-7). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (+1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
27 (+13). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
28 (+3). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
29 (-10). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
30 (-13). Vader's Little Princess *
31 (N). Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl
32 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
33 (-9). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
34 (-6). Injustice: Gods Among Us #7 (Kindle)
35 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
36 (+7). Nemo: Heart of Ice (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) *
37 (+8). Watchmen
38 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
39 (-6). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
40 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
41 (-9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
42 (+8). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
43 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
44 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
45 (+1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
46 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
47 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
48 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
49 (N). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
50 (-1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All


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 first Walking Dead Compendium remains at #1 on the comics chart this week and is ranked #35 on the overall chart. 
  • Injustice Watch: Led by the top ten debut of the ninth issue, all nine digital issues of Injustice: Gods Among Us make the top fifty chart this week.
  • Dead Watch: The property most hurt by the Injustice surge is The Walking Dead; while it has two of the top three slots, it holds only ten slots overall, down six from last week. There are several WD collections knocking at the cellar door in the sub-50 positions on the chart; the Injustice issues having pushed them barely off of the top fifty chart.
  • Diary Watch:  Not really hurt by the Injustice surge are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises, which between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week.
  • Marvel place three titles on the chart: Hawkeye surging up to #11, and the debuts of Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Two of these aren't even set in the Marvel Universe (and Hawkeye is rather atypical for a MU book), which maybe speaks to where Marvel should be concentrating its bookstore efforts...

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