Amazon Top 50 - May 16, 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 (-). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
2 (+27). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (The New 52)
3 (N). Injustice Year Two #9
4 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
5 (+7). Darth Vader and Son
6 (-2). Godzilla: Awakening
7 (-1). Saga Volume 3
8 (+3). Saga Volume 1
9 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
10 (+32). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
11 (-3). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
12 (-7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
13 (-11). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (Kindle)
14 (-4). Sex Criminals Volume 1
15 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
16 (-2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
17 (-2). Vader's Little Princess
18 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 *
19 (+12). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
20 (+30). Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
21 (-5). Attack on Titan 1
22 (N). Godzilla: Awakening (Kindle)
23 (+4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
24 (-5). Saga Volume 2
25 (-1). Attack on Titan 2
26 (+17). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
27 (-2). Marvel 1602 (Kindle)
28 (-8). Watchmen
29 (+9). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
30 (+5). The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel
31 (-13). Attack on Titan 12
32 (+1). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
33 (-5). Attack on Titan 3
34 (-8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
35 (-18). NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
36 (R). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
37 (-5). Batman: Year One
38 (-16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
39 (+10). Batman: Hush
40 (-10). Marvel Encyclopedia
41 (R). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (paperback)
42 (N). The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
43 (R). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle)
44 (-7). Attack on Titan 4
45 (R). V for Vendetta
46 (N). Pretty Deadly Volume 1
47 (N). John Constantine, Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins
48 (R). X-Men: Days of Future Past
49 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
50 (-3). Attack on Titan 5


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 new Batman volume is released and rushes up the charts, but it's not strong enough to knock Roz Chast's memoir out of the top slot. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? is currently #40 on the overall Amazon books chart, while Batman vol. 4 is #199.
• Debuting on Kindle this week are a new Injustice issue and the movie prequel Godzilla: Awakening.
• Print items debuting this week are Ben Hatke's The Return of Zita the Spacegirl; Kelly Sue Deconnick & Emma Rios's Pretty Deadly; and the recently-announced-as-a-television-series John Constantine, Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins.
• Amazon is having one of their periodic spats with a publisher, this time Hachette, and Marvel are caught in the crossfire and Hachette is their exclusive distributor to the bookstore market. This has resulted in Amazon not filling their stock quickly on Marvel books and nearly everything being listed as 'available in 1 to 3 weeks.' Not a good place to be with a new X-Men movie out next week. Despite this, X-Men: Days of Future Past manages to creep up onto the chart near the bottom.
• DC meanwhile place eleven titles on the chart this week, but eight of those are Batman and the remaining three are old Vertigo properties.