Amazon Top 50 - December 27, 2013

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 (-). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
2 (-). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
3 (-). Dilbert 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar: There's No Kill Switch on Awesome
4 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
6 (+9). Batman: The Complete Hush (Kindle)
7 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
8 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
9 (+16). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
10 (+20). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Kindle)
11 (+18). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
12 (+25). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle)
13 (+8). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
14 (+24). Batman: The Killing Joke (Kindle)
15 (-10). Darth Vader and Son
16 (R). Big Nate: I Smell a Pop Quiz! (Kindle)
17 (N). Fables Vol. 19: Snow White
18 (-11). Vader's Little Princess
19 (+9). Saga Volume 2
20 (+3). Saga Volume 1
21 (+1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (R). Watchmen (Kindle)
23 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
24 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
25 (+7). Batman: The Long Halloween (Kindle)
26 (-13). The Argyle Sweater 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar
27 (+9). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle)
28 (+18). V for Vendetta (Kindle)
29 (N). Kingdom Come (Kindle)
30 (R). Stephen King's N. (Kindle)
31 (+8). The Walking Dead, Book 9
32 (-21). Marvel Encyclopedia
33 (-13). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
34 (-28). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
35 (R). Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
36 (-17). I Am Pusheen the Cat
37 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3
38 (N). Parker: Slayground
39 (+1). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar
40 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
41 (N). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War *
42 (-30). Hyperbole and a Half (hardcover)
43 (R). Batman: Year One (Kindle)
44 (-11). The Walking Dead, Book 1
45 (+2). Batman: Year One
46 (-19). Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
47 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween
48 (R). Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Kindle)
49 (-31). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (hardcover)
50 (R). V for Vendetta


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:

• In this first post-holiday Amazon Top 50 comics chart the top three slots remain the same (led of course by Hyperbole and a Half, #14 in the overall books chart again this week), but there's a good deal of shifting and readjustment in spots below that. 
• Batman seems to be quite popular to those with new Kindle devices and gift cards in hand. 
• The sharp fall-off of some items, such as the Jeffrey Brown Star Wars books, the Calvin & Hobbes books, and the Hyperbole and a Half hardcover suggests that those were titles that had been popular as gifts.
• The DC graphic novel and collection Kindle sale enters its second week, and a few more titles enter the chart along with the Batman boom.
• The top debut this week is the latest Fables collection. Also debuting are the latest Darwyn Cooke Parker adaptation and the pre-order for the upcoming new Walking Dead collection.
• This is the final Amazon Top 50 comics chart for 2013; I'll be compiling the year-end data soon and post that in a week or so.