Amazon Top 50 - July 25, 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 (R). Batman: The Complete Hush (Kindle)
2 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle)
3 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween (Kindle)
4 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke (Kindle)
5 (R). Batman: Year One (Kindle)
6 (N). Batman: The Black Mirror (Kindle)
7 (N). Batman: Arkham Asylum (Kindle)
8 (-7). Seconds: A Graphic Novel
9 (N). Batman: Batman and Son (Kindle)
10 (R). Batman: Earth One (Kindle)
11 (R). Batman: Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (Kindle)
12 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 *
13 (-5). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
14 (-7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
15 (-). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
16 (+4). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
17 (N). Injustice Year Two #16 (Kindle)
18 (+5). The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel
19 (-14). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
20 (-8). Saga Volume 1
21 (-3). Goodnight Darth Vader
22 (-9). Saga Volume 3
23 (R). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
24 (N). Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years
25 (-15). Star Wars: Jedi Academy vol. 2: Return of the Padawan *
26 (-23). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
27 (-21). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
28 (-3). Watchmen
29 (+13). Batman: Year One
30 (-21). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
31 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
32 (-15). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
33 (-22). Darth Vader and Son
34 (N). The Strain Volume 1 (Kindle)
35 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Kindle)
36 (-14). Saga Volume 2
37 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 2: A Dame to Kill (Kindle)
38 (-12). Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book One
30 (-10). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
40 (-9). The Complete Persepolis
41 (-9). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
42 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 3: The Big Fat Kill (Kindle)
43 (-8). The Harlem Hellfighters
44 (R). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle)
45 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 4: That Yellow Bastard (Kindle)
46 (-19). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
47 (R). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (Kindle)
48 (-9). Marvel Encyclopedia
49 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 7: Hell and Back (Kindle)
50 (N). Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 5: Family Values (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:

• On Wednesday ("Batman Day"—the officially designated 75th Anniversary of Batman) Amazon offered several Batman graphic novels and collections on the Kindle at the sale from of $2.99. This led those collections to zoom to the top of the Comics & Graphic Novel chart where they've stayed, even though the sale is now over. (Amazon was giving away Kindle copies of Batman Eternal #1; it's our policy to not include free items on these chart summaries, so even though it is technically at the top of hte chart this week we are excluding it here.)
• On sale right now are the Kindle editions of Frank Miller's Sin City at $2.99. Six of the seven volumes debut on the chart this week (and volume 6—Booze, Broads & Bullets—would have been #51). 
• Also on sale right now on the Kindle is the first volume of The Strain, which debuts on the chart this week (helped also no doubt by the new TV series).
• The only print debut this week is Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years.
• Seconds fans don't worry, the book is still selling well and is #46 on the overall Amazon book chart this week.