Amazon Top 50 - March 6, 2015

Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday afternoon. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium One
2 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
3 (+1). The Walking Dead Book 11
4 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
5 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
6 (-). Saga Volume 4
7 (+3). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
8 (N). Monster Musume Vol. 6
9 (+5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
10 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
11 (-3). Sex Criminals Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
12 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 2
13 (+14). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
14 (-1). Marvel Encyclopedia
15 (+9). Civil War
16 (N). Naruto Vol. 69
17 (-14). The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past *
18 (-7). Sex Criminals Volume 1
19 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
20 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #23 (Kindle)
21 (+16). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
22 (-4). Saga Volume 1
23 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
24 (+18). Saga Volume 3
25 (+22). Goodnight Darth Vader
26 (-3). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
27 (+14). Darth Vader and Son
28 (-3). Batman: Year One
29 (+2). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
30 (-21). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue *
31 (+3). Saga Volume 2
32 (R). The Walking Dead Book 10
33 (-4). The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1: The Curse of Herobrine (paperback)
34 (-13). The Sculptor
35 (+3). Superman: Earth One Vol. 3
36 (-10). Me Without You
37 (+13). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
38 (-3). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
39 (-11). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
40 (-8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
41 (-2). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (paperback)
42 (+1). Vader's Little Princess
43 (+6). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
44 (-11). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
45 (R). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
46 (R). The Complete Maus
47 (R). The Complete Persepolis
48 (R). The Walking Dead Book 1
49 (-4). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
50 (-6). Watchmen

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:

• Walking Dead continues to be strong while the television show is airing, taking the top four slots and six of the top ten. 
• The top debut this week is the latest volume of Monster Musume, the rare instance of a manga title debuting in the top ten. This is followed by the debut of the latest volume of Naruto and the new issue of Injustice.
• Long-time readers of this column may recall a couple of years ago when all of the Wimpy Kid volumes (and their ilk) mysteriously disappeared from the Amazon comics charts, apparently reclassified and never to be seen again. Well, I've found where they've been reclassified to: Amazon has a separate classification for Children's Comics & Graphic Novels, which oddly is not considered to be a sub-category of the regular Comics & Graphic Novels category but rather the Children's books category. It is dominated by the Wimpy Kid series and also the works of Raina Telgemeier, the Amulet Series, a few other kids graphic novels, and several things that aren't comics at all. This helps to explain why Brian Hibbs' analysis of the Bookscan numbers for 2014 shows Telgemeier's Sisters, Smile, and Drama holding three of the top five slots there but they didn't show up at all last year on the Amazon comics chart. They were hiding. Bad, bad Amazon!