Amazon Top 50 - May 8, 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 (+7). Civil War
2 (+3). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
4 (+22). Infinity Gauntlet
5 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
6 (+27). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 *
7 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium One
9 (+3). Marvel Encyclopedia
10 (+9). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
11 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
12 (+35). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
13 (N). Darth Vader and Son (Kindle)
14 (-8). Darth Vader and Son
15 (+2). Vader's Little Princess
16 (-7). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
17 (+1). Batman: Year One
18 (-14). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
19 (N). Vader's Little Princess (Kindle)
20 (-7). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
21 (+14). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
22 (-7). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
23 (-7). Darth Vader and Friends
24 (-4). Saga Volume 4
25 (+3). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
26 (-15). Goodnight Darth Vader
27 (+11). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
28 (-5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
29 (+20). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
30 (-9). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
31 (+11). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
32 (N). Secret Wars #1 of 8
33 (-6). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
34 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1 (Kindle)
35 (R). Civil War (Kindle)
36 (+4). Watchmen
37 (-7). Saga Volume 1
38 (-7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
39 (N). Star Wars Omnibus Knights of the Old Republic Vol. 1 (Kindle)
40 (+4). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
41 (+7). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
42 (R). Saga Volume 3
43 (R). Plants vs Zombies: Timepocalypse
44 (-8). Flash and Bones and the Jungle Demon Agramon (Kindle)
45 (-31). The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition
46 (R). The Sworn Sword (Kindle)
47 (N). Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 14
48 (+2). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City (The New 52)
49 (-12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
50 (R). Me Without You

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:

• Avengers: Age of Ultron had the second largest debut of any movie last weekend, but there are still no Avengers books in the top fifty. However, two upcoming movies that will be follow-ups, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, put associated collections into the top five, with Civil War taking the top slot and Infinity Gauntlet at #4. So Marvel is able to drive sales based on their upcoming movies, if not their current hit. (See also DC's Suicide Squad, which sees its first New 52 collection moving up the chart based on a couple of production stills and cast photos from its upcoming movie.)
• It's actually a pretty good week for Marvel: they have seven titles on the chart this week, including the first issue of Secret Wars (that's the physical comic, sold only through third-party sellers).
• Jeffrey Brown snags six of the spots all by himself this week, with his Star Wars books (which are not produced by Marvel, but by Chronicle Books).