Amazon Top 50 - October 9, 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 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Three *
2 (N). Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine *
3 (-2). Saga Volume 5
4 (+3). Naruto, Vol. 72
5 (-1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
6 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
7 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death
8 (+15). The Walking Dead Book 12
9 (+27). Star Wars Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes
10 (R). Darth Vader and Son (Kindle)
11 (-6). Batman Vol. 7: Endgame (The New 52)
12 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
13 (-3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
14 (+7). The Walking Dead Compendium One
15 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #23 (Kindle)
16 (-5). Saga Volume 1
17 (N). Killing and Dying
18 (-6). Goodnight Darth Vader
19 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
20 (+2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part One
21 (-7). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3)
22 (-6). Vader's Little Princess
23 (+3). Saga Volume 3
24 (+10). Me Without You
25 (-5). Saga Volume 4
26 (-2). Saga Volume 2
27 (N). Minecraft: Flash and Bones vs Bandits and the Magic Underworld (Kindle)
28 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
29 (+10). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
30 (R). Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection *
31 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
32 (R). Trick 'r Treat: Days of the Dead
33 (N). Poorly Drawn Lines: Good Ideas and Amazing Stories
34 (N). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1 *
35 (-20). The Joker: Endgame
36 (-5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
37 (-4). Marvel Encyclopedia
38 (R). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
39 (-14). Civil War
40 (+1). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
41 (-12). Watchmen
42 (-14). Batman: Year One
43 (+1). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 3 *
44 (+4). V for Vendetta
45 (+5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
46 (N). The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition *
47 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
48 (-11). Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
49 (-11). Wytches Volume 1
50 (-31). American Born Chinese


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:

• A new number one this week: The third massive Walking Dead Compendium makes it to the top of the chart just in time for the debut of the new season of the TV show this weekend. 
• Debuting in the #2 slot this week is the first Bitch Planet collection, which was featured prominently in an NPR interview with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick on Wednesday. 
• Also debuting this week are a new issue of Injustice, Adrian Tomine's Killing and Dying, a new Minecraft comic, a collection of the Webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines, and the first collection of Marvel's Darth Vader comic.
• Rounding out this week's debuts is the collection of The Sandman: Overture. I'd expect that by the time the holiday shopping season gets into full swing in a little over a month this will be up in the top five.