Amazon Top 50 - October 23, 2015

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

1 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
2 (N). If the Raindrops United: Drawings and Cartoons
3 (R). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1
4 (-2). Saga Volume 5
5 (+6). Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection
6 (-3). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
7 (+8). Star Wars Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes
8 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
9 (N). Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire *
10 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death
11 (+13). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 3
12 (R). Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #1 (of 4) (Kindle)
13 (-6). The Walking Dead Compendium One
14 (-2). Goodnight Darth Vader
15 (-6). Darth Vader and Son
16 (N). Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #3 (of 4) (Kindle)
17 (-3). The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition *
18 (-5). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
19 (+2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
20 (-4). The Walking Dead Book 12
21 (-16). Naruto, Vol. 72
22 (+12). Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #2 (of 4) (Kindle)
23 (+21). One-Punch Man, Vol. 1
24 (-1). Vader's Little Princess
25 (N). Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #4 (of 4) (Kindle)
26 (+6). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3)
27 (-23). Saga Volume 1
28 (-11). Batman Vol. 7: Endgame (The New 52)
29 (+10). Civil War
30 (-10). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
31 (-13). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
32 (-10). Marvel Encyclopedia
33 (-5). Saga Volume 2
34 (+14). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
35 (+7). Killing and Dying
36 (N). Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts
37 (-8). Me Without You
38 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
39 (-12). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
40 (N). The Complete Peanuts 1995-1998 Gift Box Set
41 (N). One-Punch Man, Vol. 2
42 (N). The Arab of the Future: A Graphic Memoir
43 (N). The Multiversity Deluxe Edition *
44 (-14). Lumberjanes Vol. 2
45 (-20). The Comic Book Story of Beer
46 (R). Batman: Death of the Family Book and Joker Mask Set
47 (-16). Saga Volume 4
48 (R). Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
49 (-23). Batman Eternal Vol. 3 (The New 52)
50 (N). Star Wars: Princess Leia *


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 third Walking Dead Compendium stays on top for the third week in a row.
• The top debut this week is Judah Friedlander's If the Raindrops United; the comedian/writer/actor has been doing the talk show circuit promoting his book of drawings and cartoons.
• But after that, the big story on the chart this week is Star Wars, with three of the top ten spots and thirteen overall in the top fifty.  The collection of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuts at #9 as a preorder, and all four of the individual digital issues show up on the chart as well. The first volumes of the collections of Marvel's Star Wars & Darth Vader comics make the top ten, while the preorder for the Princess Leia collection sneaks in at #50. And of course several of Jeffrey Brown's Star Wars books show up as well.
• Also debuting this week are Chip Kidd's Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts; another Complete Peanuts box set; the second volume of One Punch Man; the English translation of Riad Sattouf's The Arab of the Future; and the hardcover collection of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity.