Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday afternoon. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


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

• I have no idea what the Kindle edition of the New 52 Superman #1 is doing back on top of the chart this week. The promotion that caused it to originally shoot up on the chart ended a few weeks ago. Maybe someone is giving away vouchers at SDCC?
• The pre-order for Hyperbole and a Half is at #11 on the overall Amazon books chart, but this week that's only good enough for the #2 slot on the comics chart due to whatever is going on with Superman...
• There's some sort of sale going on for certain Marvel collections on the Kindle; it seems to be mostly Deadpool & Wolverine titles, and one of each shows up for the first time on the chart this week at the bargain price. The first Saga collection for Kindle shows up for the first time as well, but that's at its regular(-ish) price.
• Injustice Watch: The latest issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts at #3 this week. Three additional issues chart as well, up one from last week.
• The other debut this week is the latest volume of Sailor Moon at #21.
• Interest in Marvel's Pacific Rim prequel OGN actually grows in the wake of the movie's release as it moves up into the top ten, which is a good sign for its prospects in the near term.
• Dead Watch: Only four Walking Dead collections make the chart this week, but that's still up one from last week.
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up fifteen of the slots on the chart this week, down two from last week.
• Kindle Watch: Twenty-one of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions, up three from last week.