Friday, July 26, 2013

Amazon Top 50

Scott Pilgrim Color Volume 1: Precious Little Life
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (N). Scott Pilgrim Color Volume 1: Precious Little Life (Kindle)
2 (-). Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened *
3 (+1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle)
4 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #28 (Kindle)
5 (-). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2
6 (+4). Vader's Little Princess
7 (-6). Superman (2011- ) #1 (Kindle)
8 (-2). Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero
9 (-2). Saga Volume 2
10 (+38). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
11 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
12 (+7). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8 *
13 (-10). Injustice: Gods Among Us #27 (Kindle)
14 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
15 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (-1). Saga Volume 1
17 (+3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
18 (-7). Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
19 (+11). Deadpool Vol. 1: Secret Invasion (Kindle)
20 (-8). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
21 (-3). Darth Vader and Son
22 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
23 (-7). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7)
24 (+21). Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Kindle)
25 (-8). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3 *
26 (+10). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
27 (-5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8 (Kindle) *
28 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
29 (-20). Injustice: Gods Among Us #26 (Kindle)
30 (-5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
31 (-). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
32 (-11). Sailor Moon 12
33 (+11). Watchmen
34 (+2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1
35 (R). Batman: Year One
36 (-10). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
37 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2 (Kindle)
38 (N). Hawkeye: Little Hits, Vol. 2 *
39 (-16). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
40 (-11). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
41 (-7). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
42 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
43 (N). Deadpool Classic Vol. 1 (Kindle)
44 (R). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
45 (-10). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
46 (N). Deadpool Vol. 2: Dark Reign (Kindle)
47 (R). Wolverine by Claremont and Miller (Kindle)
48 (N). X-Men: Days of Future Past
49 (R). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
50 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle)


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 sale earlier in the week on the first color edition volume of Scott Pilgrim on the Kindle propelled it to #1 on the chart this week. The sale is now over so expect it to drop off next week. Presumable the sale was done to stoke interest in the entire series, but so far sales on subsequent volumes haven't shown up on the chart.
  • Hyperbole and a Half falls to #74 on the overall Amazon books chart, but that's still good enough for the #2 slot.
  • Injustice Watch: The latest issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts at #3 this week. Two additional issues chart as well, down one from last week.
  • Dead Watch: Only three Walking Dead collections make the chart this week, down from last week, though all three are in the top 15.
  • Batman: The Killing Joke jumps up into the top ten this week, presumable fueled by DCE's announcement at SDCC of a Batman/Superman movie tied with a quote from that landmark graphic novel.
  • Marvel Watch: A combination of factors—movie tie-ins, Kindle sales, and the awesomeness of Hawkguy—give Marvel a whopping ten slots on the comics chart this week, which might be a record. But despite a bald Karen Gillan at SDCC, there's still no sight of Guardians of the Galaxy on the chart.
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up eleven of the slots on the chart this week, down four from last week.
  • Kindle Watch: Twenty of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions, down one from last week.

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