Friday, May 16, 2025

Amazon Top 50 - May 16, 2025



Book cover for "Dog Man: Big Jim Begins" by Dav Pilkey. The cover features Dog Man and Petey, in superhero costumes, standing on a small planet against a blue sky with lightning bolts.  Dog Man is a canine superhero in a red cape and boots, while Petey is a large purple cat in a red superhero outfit. Two smaller characters are visible in the bottom right corner. The title "Dog Man" is prominently displayed in large, bold letters, with "Big Jim Begins" underneath.  The author's name, "Dav Pilkey," is at the bottom, along with the credit "Creator of Cat Kid Comic Club".
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.  (Note: All Kindle Unlimited, FreeTime Unlimited, comiXology Unlimited, & Prime Reading books are removed from the chart.) 

1 (-). Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
2 (N). Absolute Batman #8 (Kindle)
3 (N). One World Under Doom #4 (Kindle)
4 (N). Transformers #20 (Kindle)
5 (R). Wings of Fire, Book Eight: Escaping Peril
6 (-2). Invincible Compendium One
7 (-1). Solo Leveling, Vol. 12 *
8 (-). Dog Man: Fetch-22
9 (N). Uncanny X-Men #14 (Kindle)
10 (-). Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection
11 (-9). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 18
12 (+12). JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7—Steel Ball Run, Vol. 1 *
13 (R). Spider-Ham: Aporkalypse Now (Kindle)
14 (-3). Invincible Compendium Three
15 (R). Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1 (Kindle)
16 (-4). Invincible Compendium Two
17 (-3). Magic Tree House Graphic Novels Boxed Set
18 (+3). Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 26 *
19 (+1). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
20 (+7). Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
21 (N). Supergirl #1 (Kindle)
22 (N). Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 13
23 (N). Phoenix #11 (Kindle)
24 (-15). Lore Olympus: Volume Eight (hardcover)
25 (-7). Solo Leveling, Vol. 11
26 (-1). Solo Leveling, Vol. 10
27 (N). Feeding Ghosts
28 (-5). Solo Leveling, Vol. 9
29 (-10). Solo Leveling, Vol. 8
30 (+2). Berserk Deluxe Volume 2
31 (N). Green Lantern Corps #4 (Kindle)
32 (N). X-Factor #10 (Kindle)
33 (N). Ultimate Black Panther #16 (Kindle)
34 (N). Immortal Thor #23 (Kindle)
35 (R). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes (Kindle)
36 (N). Ultimate X-Men #15 (Kindle)
37 (-3). Smile
38 (N). Wolverine #9 (Kindle)
39 (N). Exquisite Corpses #1 (Kindle)
40 (-5). Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 25
41 (+1). Guts
42 (R). Berserk Deluxe Volume 3
43 (N). DC vs Vampires: World War V #9 (Kindle)
44 (-14). Blue Lock Vol. 18
45 (-5). Solo Leveling, Vol. 2
46 (N). Godzilla Vs. X-Men #1 (Kindle)
47 (-9). Solo Leveling, Vol. 3
48 (-12). Solo Leveling, Vol. 7
49 (-8). Solo Leveling, Vol. 1
50 (-2). Saga Volume 12


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

Items with dollar signs ($) were part of a deeply discounted Kindle sale this week
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:  
  • Dog Man: Big Jim Begins stays on top this week. 
  • Debuting in the #2 spot is a new issue of Absolute Batman on the Kindle. In all there are sixteen Kindle single issues debuting this week in the top fifty.
  • The top print debut this week is a new volume of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.  Also debuting is the print edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts (the Kindle edition showed up a few weeks ago when it was on deep discount)

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