Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+10). Batman: Earth One *
2 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
3 (-1). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
4 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
5 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
6 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
7 (-1). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
8 (+6). Batman: The Killing Joke
9 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
10 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
11 (N). Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: "Only a Poor Old Man" *
12 (+9). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
13 (-4). Darth Vader and Son
14 (-3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
15 (-7). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
16 (N). Fables Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind *
17 (-2). Watchmen
18 (+8). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
19 (+14). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle edition)
20 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
21 (+4). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
22 (+10). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2 - Knightquest
23 (-13). Get Jiro!
24 (N). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 1: Freefall *
25 (+7). Batman: Year One
26 (-8). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
27 (-5). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
28 (-12). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III: Century #3 2009
29 (N). Sailor Moon 6 *
30 (R). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
31 (N). Fever Moon (Kindle) *
32 (+3). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
33 (+7). Big Nate Fun Blaster
34 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
35 (R). Fever Moon *
36 (-8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
37 (-8). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
38 (-26). Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works
39 (+9). Batman: Hush
40 (+9). The Complete Persepolis
41 (-10). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
42 (R). V for Vendetta
43 (R). The Boys, Vol. 11: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men
44 (-25). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
45 (-9). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
46 (-16). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
47 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
49 (-3). Fatale Volume 1: Death Chases Me *
50 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

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:

• This week's new number one is Batman: Earth One, as the new OGN leaps over the top ten to land on the top of the Amazon comics chart. Which leads up right into...
• Bat Watch: Nine Batman titles on the chart this week. Which is actually down one from last week, but of those that remain eight show significant jumps upward.
• Batman sales are no doubt helped by the eminent release of the new Dark Knight movie in a couple of weeks. But compare that to Spider-Man, which despite being the current #1 movie at the box office doesn't show up on the comics chart even once. Clearly DC have a better idea on how to turn movie interest into comic sales than their chief competitor.
• This week's top debut, the first volume in Fantagraphics' Uncle Scrooge stories by the legendary Carl Barks, narrowly misses the top ten. Other debuts include new volumes of Fables, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Sailor Moon; and the Kindle edition of the upcoming Fever Moon graphic novel.
• Dead Watch: Only four Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, though two of those are still in the top ten.