Amazon Top 50 - October 10, 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 (+1). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
2 (N). The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward (The New 52) (Kindle)
3 (+21). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
4 (+2). Saga Volume 4 *
5 (N). Zen Pencils: Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks *
6 (+8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
7 (-4). Star Wars: Jedi Academy vol. 2: Return of the Padawan
8 (-3). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
9 (-7). Batman: Death of the Family Book and Joker Mask Set
10 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
11 (-). The Walking Dead, vol. 22: A New Beginning *
12 (R). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City (The New 52)
13 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
14 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 10
15 (+17). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
16 (N). Naruto, Vol. 67
17 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
18 (-10). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
19 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #2 (Kindle)
20 (-7). Saga Volume 1
21 (-4). Goodnight Darth Vader
22 (+15). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
23 (-19). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Kindle)
24 (-5). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
25 (+8). Vader's Little Princess
26 (N). Star Wars: Tales Volume 1 (Kindle)
27 (+7). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
28 (-19). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
29 (-9). Batman: Year One
30 (+20). Marvel Encyclopedia
31 (-4). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (paperback)
32 (-16). Saga Volume 3
33 (+5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
34 (+10). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
35 (+7). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
36 (+13). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
37 (-15). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
38 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
39 (R). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
40 (N). Star Wars: Tales Volume 2 (Kindle)
41 (-13). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
42 (+1). Watchmen
43 (R). xkcd: volume 0
44 (-13). Seconds: A Graphic Novel
45 (N). Star Wars: Tales Volume 3 (Kindle)
46 (-21). Forever Evil (New 52)
47 (R). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
48 (-19). Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 Vol. 1
49 (-3). V for Vendetta
50 (N). Star Wars: Tales Volume 4 (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:

• Matthew Inman's latest Oatmeal book, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances, comes in at #1 for the second week in a row. It is currently #67 on the overall Amazon books chart.
• The top debut this week is the Kindle edition of the first New 52 collection of the Flash, buoyed by the debut of the Flash television show and the $6 sale price.
• Also on sale this week are the Kindle editions of the Star Wars Tales collections; at a bargain $2 a piece four of them make the top 50 chart this week.
• The top print debut this week is Zen Pencils: Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks, an anthology of short comics stories inspired by inspirational quotes. Also debuting this week is the latest volume of Naruto.
• The second issue of Injustice Year Three debuts much lower on the chart than usual for issues of Injustice. A sign of declining interest, a statistical blip, or is everything else just selling stronger this week?