Amazon Top 50 - January 23, 2015

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). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
2 (-). Saga Volume 4
3 (-2). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
4 (-1). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
5 (-1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
6 (+1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
7 (+2). The Complete Persepolis
8 (+11). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
9 (-1). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
10 (-). Saga Volume 1
11 (+15). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
12 (+1). American Born Chinese
13 (+7). Watchmen
14 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
15 (+14). Me Without You
16 (-5). The Walking Dead Compendium One
17 (-). The Complete Maus
18 (-4). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
19 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
20 (-14). Star Wars #1 (Marvel Comics 2015)
21 (+27). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (N). March: Book Two
23 (-1). Saga Volume 3
24 (-1). Saga Volume 2
25 (+3). Batman: Year One
26 (-17). Dilbert 2015 Day-to-Day Calendar
27 (-9). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
28 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #17 (Kindle)
29 (+1). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
30 (-9). V for Vendetta
31 (+1). Sex Criminals Volume 1
32 (+6). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
33 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
34 (-9). Darth Vader and Son
35 (+12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
36 (R). March: Book One
37 (-12). Civil War
38 (+12). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
39 (+6). Batman: Hush
40 (-3). Goodnight Darth Vader
41 (-1). Minecraft: The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Volume 1 (Kindle)
42 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
43 (-19). Abina and the Important Men
44 (-11). Vader's Little Princess
45 (-4). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (The New 52)
46 (-4). The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1
47 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
48 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Search (hardcover)
49 (-). Minecraft: The Legend of Herobrine Part One (Kindle)
50 (R). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe

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:

• The first Ms. Marvel collection, which spent most of the last half of 2014 hanging around the middle to lower part of the Amazon Top 50 chart, suddenly returns in the top spot this week. Usually when this happens there is some kind of mention in national news, but I can't find anything out of the ordinary (other than typically positive reviews on comics and other geek-type sites). So this looks like just a general groundswell of interest in the comic. Which is very unusual for a Marvel book to do so without some sort of movie tie-in.
• The top debut this week is the second volume of March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell, and the first volume returns to the chart as well.
• It is otherwise business as usual: books used in college classes are still in the top ten; Walking Dead, Batman and Saga still prove popular.