Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.

1 (-). Darth Vader and Son
2 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World *
3 (-). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
4 (-). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
5 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
6 (+1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
7 (-1). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
8 (+1). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
9 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
10 (-2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
11 (N). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle edition)
12 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
13 (+6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
14 (R). Watchmen (Kindle edition)
15 (R). Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works
16 (-4). Watchmen
17 (-2). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
18 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
19 (N). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Kindle edition)
20 (+12). Batman: Year One
21 (-8). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
22 (+12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
23 (+4). Kick-Ass 2
24 (-8). Batman: The Killing Joke
25 (N). Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Faces of Death
26 (+7). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
27 (-10). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
28 (-7). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
29 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 7
30 (-10). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
31 (-7). The Boys, Vol. 11: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men *
32 (-6). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
33 (N). V for Vendetta (Kindle edition)
34 (+6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
35 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 5
36 (-5). The Walking Dead, Book 6
37 (-8). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2 - Knightquest
38 (-15). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
39 (+2). Batman: The Black Mirror
40 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
41 (R). Batman: The Complete Hush (Kindle edition)
42 (-6). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
43 (N). Dracula: A Classic Pop-Up Tale (Graphic Pops)
44 (N). Big Nate Makes the Grade *
45 (R). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
46 (-16). The Walking Dead, Book 1
47 (-12). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
48 (-30). Marvel Encyclopedia
49 (R). Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (The New 52)
50 (R). Batman: Year One (Kindle)

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:

• Jeffrey Brown's Darth Vader and Son remains at the top of the list for the second week in a row, a week which saw very little change at the top of the chart. The top five are exactly the same as last week, and nine of the top ten were in the top ten last week.
• A huge surge in Kindle editions this week as Amazon makes color graphic novels available on the Kindle app on Android and iOS. Such color graphic novels are almost exclusively from DC, which gives them a big boost on the chart.
• Only three non-Kindle books are new this week: The first New 52 Detective Comics collection; Dracula: A Classic Pop-Up Tale, a bargain priced pop-up comic book (which was way up in the top fifteen just yesterday); and the pre-order for the latest Big Nate comic compilation.
• Dead Watch: Just six Walking Dead compilations this week, with others being pushed out of the top fifty by DC's Kindle editions.
• Bat Watch: Eleven Batman titles on the chart this week, helped by Kindle editions of several classic Batman collections.