Friday, August 15, 2025

Amazon Top 50 - August 15, 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 afternoon. 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 (+1). Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
2 (N). Transformers #23 (Kindle)
3 (N). Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo (paperback)
4 (R). The Ultimates #15 (Kindle)
5 (+5). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
6 (-3). The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
7 (+15). Solo Leveling, Vol. 13 *
8 (N). Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon (paperback)
9 (N). X-Men #20 (Kindle)
10 (N). Fantastic Four #2 (Kindle)
11 (N). Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #3 (Kindle)
12 (+1). Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel, Book Nine—Talons of Power *
13 (R). Spy x Family, Vol. 14
14 (N). Giant-Size X-Men #2 (Kindle)
15 (+14). Absolute Superman Vol. 1: Last Dust of Krypton (hardcover) *
16 (-4). They Called Us Enemy
17 (-3). Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
18 (R). Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, Vol. 3 *
19 (-4). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
20 (+6). The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
21 (N). Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 (Kindle)
22 (N). Power Fantasy #11 (Kindle)
23 (+9). The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel
24 (N). Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 27 *
25 (-9). Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
26 (+9). Dog Man: Fetch-22
27 (-4). Batman: Year One
28 (-3). Berserk Deluxe Volume 2
29 (R). Action Comics #1089 (Kindle)
30 (-24). Dandadan, Vol. 14
31 (-24). All-Star Superman (compact)
32 (-2). Invincible Compendium One
33 (+13). Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel—Legends: Darkstalker *
34 (-10). JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7—Steel Ball Run, Vol. 2
35 (N). Predator Kills The Marvel Universe #1 (Kindle)
36 (N). Green Lantern Corps #7 (Kindle)
37 (N). Magik #8 (Kindle)
38 (+2). Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, Vol. 1
39 (N). Supergirl #4 (Kindle)
40 (+5). JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7—Steel Ball Run, Vol. 1
41 (N). Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Vol. 5
42 (-8). Gachiakuta Vol. 1
43 (-5). Solo Leveling, Vol. 12
44 (R). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
45 (-24). Kingdom Come
46 (-5). Invincible Compendium Two
47 (N). Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #3 (Kindle)
48 (-31). Kagurabachi, Vol. 4
49 (-21). Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition
50 (N). Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - A League for Justice #2 (Kindle)


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 returns to the top spot this week after spending last week at #2.
  • This week's top debut is the Kindle edition of Transformers #23.
  • For some reason, the hardcovers of the first Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman collections aren't on the chart this week, but the paperback editions are. Generally the different formats for graphic novels receive their own separate entries on the chart, but who knows what's going on here? (As I've said before, strange and mysterious are the ways of the Amazon sales charts.) Aside from those two items, the only other print debuts this week are volumes of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You and Jujutsu Kaisen.
  • Normally I have to weed out several non-comics items from Amazon's comics charts, but the past few weeks have seen very few if any such items in the top fifty. Again: strange and mysterious...

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