Amazon Top 50 - April 18, 2014

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 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
2 (+5). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (-2). Saga Volume 3
4 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
5 (+5). The Harlem Hellfighters
6 (N). NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
7 (-2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
8 (-). Saga Volume 1
9 (N). A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York
10 (N). Fray: Future Slayer (Kindle)
11 (N). Sex Criminals Volume 1 *
12 (-3). Marvel 1602 (Kindle)
13 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
14 (+3). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
15 (-2). Saga Volume 2
16 (-). Darth Vader and Son
17 (+15). Attack on Titan 1
18 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
19 (+6). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
20 (-5). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
21 (-17). The Walking Dead #125 (Kindle)
22 (-). Attack on Titan 2
23 (+22). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
24 (-4). Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection
25 (-7). Vader's Little Princess
26 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something To Fear
27 (+4). Marvel Encyclopedia
28 (+9). The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel
29 (-8). The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (Kindle)
30 (+10). X-Men: Days of Future Past
31 (R). Attack on Titan 3
32 (+1). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
33 (-27). Injustice Year Two #7 (Kindle)
34 (N). Injustice Year Two #8 (Kindle) *
35 (-16). Watchmen
36 (-24). How About Never—Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
37 (+7). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
38 (-). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
39 (+4). The Walking Dead Book 9
40 (N). NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette (Kindle)
41 (R). Neurocomic
42 (-15). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle)
43 (N). The Harlem Hellfighters (Kindle)
44 (N). Saga Volume 3 (Kindle)
45 (N). Sex Criminals #1 (Kindle)
46 (-10). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
47 (-21). New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout (Kindle)
48 (-20). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
49 (-20). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
50 (-15). Naruto: Hashirama and Madara, Vol. 65


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 two Walking Dead Compendia return to the top two slots this week. WD has three of the top five, though just ten of the top fifty.
• The top debut this week is NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, a graphic how-to guide for surviving in New York City. Also debuting high this week in print are A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York; and the first collection of Sex Criminals. 
• The Kindle edition of Joss Whedon and Karl Moline's Fray: Future Slayer shows up in the #10 slot; usually when an older title debuts this high it signifies some sort of sale, but I haven't noticed anything of the sort this past week... Also debuting are the Kindle editions of NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, The Harlem Hellfighters & Saga Volume 3; plus the new issue of Injustice and the on-sale first issue of Sex Criminals.
• Marvel see a bit of (unusual for them) movie-based success, with both Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection and X-Men: Days of Future Past charting this week.