Amazon Top 50 - September 5, 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 (-). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
2 (N). Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse *
3 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
4 (R). xkcd: volume 0
5 (-3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
6 (-2). The Complete Persepolis
7 (-2). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
8 (+4). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
9 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #22 (Kindle)
11 (-5). Star Wars: Jedi Academy vol. 2: Return of the Padawan
12 (-4). American Born Chinese
13 (+15). The Walking Dead Book 10 *
14 (+4). Saga Volume 1
15 (+2). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
16 (-6). Seconds: A Graphic Novel
17 (+3). Saga Volume 3
18 (N). Fables Vol. 20: Camelot
19 (-3). Attack on Titan 13
20 (-9). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
21 (+5). The Complete Maus (hardcover)
22 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
23 (+2). Saga Volume 2
24 (-2). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances *
25 (-10). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
26 (+1). Goodnight Darth Vader
27 (-6). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
28 (+2). Watchmen
29 (N). The Walking Dead, vol. 22: A New Beginning *
30 (N). Forever Evil (New 52) *
31 (-2). Darth Vader and Son
32 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
33 (N). Arrow: Season 2.5 #1 (Kindle)
34 (-11). V for Vendetta
35 (-4). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
36 (-4). Batman: Year One
37 (-18). Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett & Lanning: The Complete Collection Volume 1
38 (+7). Vader's Little Princess
39 (+4). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
40 (-31). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #21 (Kindle)
41 (-8). Sex Criminals Volume 1
42 (N). Attack on Titan 14 *
43 (-29). Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel
44 (R). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
45 (-10). Marvel Encyclopedia
46 (R). NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
47 (-34). Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad
48 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
49 (R). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
50 (-3). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)


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:

• Persepolis remains on top once again. A few of the other 'University Effect' graphic novels have slipped a bit, but that's likely more due to the strength ofother items on the list than their own sales.
• Debuting surprisingly strong this week is the hardcover collection of Marvel's upcoming Spider-Verse event/crossover, which isn't due for publication until April 2015. Other pre-order debuts this week include DC's Forever Evil collection and the latest volumes of The Walking Dead and Attack on Titan. The latest Fables collection also debuts.
• Joining the latest Injustice Kindle issue this week is the debut issue of Arrow Season 2.5, tying in to the television show. It's very rare for a non-Injustice Kindle single issue to appear on this chart.
• No doubt based on the publicity and notice for Randall Munroe's What If?, his xkcd collection returns to the chart at the #4 position. I've looked at preview pages for What If? and determined that, while it does have cartoon spot illustrations, I wouldn't classify it as a comic. And besides, it appears that Amazon isn't classifying it on their Comics & Graphic Novels category either. But if you're interested, it is currently #1 overall on Amazon's main Books category.