Friday, December 26, 2014

Amazon Top 50 - December 26, 2014

Saga Volume 4
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 (+10). Saga Volume 4
2 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
3 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium One
4 (-1). Dilbert 2015 Day-to-Day Calendar
5 (+7). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
6 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
7 (-). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
8 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
9 (+23). Here
10 (+24). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
11 (+32). Batman: Year One
12 (-6). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
13 (+29). Saga Volume 3
14 (+24). Saga Volume 2
15 (-7). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
16 (-1). Saga Volume 1
17 (+5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
18 (-2). Saga Deluxe Edition Volume 1
19 (R). Watchmen
20 (R). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (Kindle)
21 (R). Darth Vader and Son
22 (R). V for Vendetta
23 (+2). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
24 (-19). Goodnight Darth Vader
25 (R). Kingdom Come
26 (+15). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
27 (R). Civil War
28 (-19). Vader's Little Princess
29 (-9). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
30 (R). Batman: Hush
31 (R). Civil War (Kindle)
32 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween
33 (-15). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2015 Day-to-Day Calendar
34 (+3). Batman: Death of the Family Book and Joker Mask Set
35 (+12). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
36 (-3). Seconds: A Graphic Novel
37 (N). The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1
38 (R). Sex Criminals Volume 1
39 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
40 (R). Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery
41 (-1). Maxine Boxed Calendar (2015)
42 (-12). The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel
43 (+6). The Walking Dead Book 10
44 (R). Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
45 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Search (hardcover)
46 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #13
47 (-28). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (paperback)
48 (-35). The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1: The Curse of Herobrine
49 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
50 (-27). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

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:
  • It's the final Amazon Chart snapshot of 2014, and we have a new #1: The fourth Saga collection reaches the top spot, and the halo effect brings other Saga collections climbing up along with it; all five extant Saga volumes are in the top twenty this week.
  • The other franchise making big gains is Batman, with several volumes jumping up double digits or returning to the chart this week.
  • The paperback and Kindle editions of Marvel's Civil War return to the chart this week. The Kindle edition is on deep discount, but the paperback has its normal Amazon discount so I'm not sure what's going on there...
  • New titles this week are the first collection of Gillen & McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine; an oversized hardcover omnibus of Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Search; and an issue of Injustice Year Three. Injustice has been off of the chart for many weeks; I suspect its return has more to do with the overall sales on the comics chart settling down to its level than a sudden surge of interest for the thirteenth issue.
  • We'll be back next week with the first chart shapshot of 2015; the 2014 year-end wrap-up with follow sometime later in January.

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