Amazon Top 50 - October 3, 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 (-1). Batman: Death of the Family Book and Joker Mask Set
3 (+5). Star Wars: Jedi Academy vol. 2: Return of the Padawan
4 (N). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Kindle)
5 (-). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
6 (-3). Saga Volume 4 *
7 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #1 (Kindle)
8 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
9 (-3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
10 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
11 (+1). The Walking Dead, vol. 22: A New Beginning *
12 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 10
13 (+3). Saga Volume 1
14 (+15). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
15 (+20). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (+1). Saga Volume 3
17 (-4). Goodnight Darth Vader
18 (-4). Darth Vader and Son
19 (-4). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
20 (+10). Batman: Year One
21 (+7). Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse *
22 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
23 (+23). Sex Criminals Volume 1
24 (R). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
25 (-3). Forever Evil (New 52)
26 (+22). American Born Chinese
27 (-3). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (paperback)
28 (-9). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
29 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 Vol. 1
30 (+1). Saga Volume 2
31 (-4). Seconds: A Graphic Novel
32 (-6). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
33 (-1). Vader's Little Princess
34 (-13). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
35 (N). Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain (Kindle)
36 (-2). Big Nate: I Smell a Pop Quiz! (Kindle)
37 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
38 (+12). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
39 (+4). Fables Vol. 20: Camelot
40 (-22). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
41 (R). Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery
42 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
43 (-4). Watchmen
44 (-6). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
45 (R). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
46 (-21). V for Vendetta
47 (N). Arrow: Season 2.5 #3 (Kindle)
48 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
49 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
50 (-14). Marvel Encyclopedia


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, is released this week and jumps to the top of the Amazon comics chart, and is #26 on the overall Amazon books chart. The Kindle edition also appears, debuting in the #4 spot.
• Most debuts this week are Kindle editions, including the first issue of Injustice Year Three; an issue of Arrow Season 2.5; and Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain, a Kindle serial graphic novel that somehow involves best-selling author Neal Stephenson.
• The only non-Kindle debut this week is a print collection of the digital-first Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2.
• Bryan Lee O'Malley's Seconds was only on the top of the chart for one week earlier in the year, but since then it has hung around on the chart, developing into a solid seller. 
• The pre-release of Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse keeps yo-yo-ing up-and-down the chart during the course of the week, as some Amazon algorithm keeps knocking the price way down, and then someone notices and fixes the price back to a reasonable-ish level. This $75 hardcover has been offered for at least as low as $21 at one point.
• Rat Queens pops back onto the top 50 chart this week. It has shown up a couple of times before, but never for long or very high. Maybe work of mouth is keeping this one around and it is long-tailing itself to becoming a solid seller?