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Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
2 (N). My Dog: The Paradox *
3 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1
5 (-4). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
6 (+2). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
7 (-2). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
8 (+2). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
9 (+21). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2 *
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #11
11 (-). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
12 (+1). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
13 (+1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
14 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
15 (+9). Saga Volume 1
16 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
17 (N). Sailor Moon 10
18 (-6). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
19 (+3). Darth Vader and Son
20 (-). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
21 (-6). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
22 (+13). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After *
23 (+13). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
24 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
25 (-5). Vader's Little Princess *
26 (-7). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
27 (+1). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
28 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
29 (-8). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
30 (+3). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
31 (-8). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
32 (-14). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
33 (-27). Injustice: Gods Among Us #10 (Kindle)
34 (-8). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
35 (+11). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
36 (-3). Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin volume 1: Activation *
37 (-28). Injustice: Gods Among Us #9 (Kindle)
38 (-6). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
39 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
40 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
41 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
42 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
44 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
45 (N). Big Nate: Game On! *
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
47 (+1). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
48 (-6). Watchmen
49 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
50 (N). Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Volume 1-Force Storm (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:

• Back on top this week is the first Walking Dead Compendium, sitting comfortably at #37 on the overall Amazon book chart. It spent most of the week jockeying with the first volume of Avatar: The Search for the #1 position on the comics chart.
• Coming out of nearly nowhere into the #2 slot as the top debut of the week is a new The Oatmeal book from Matthew Inman, My Dog: The Paradox. As a pre-order it is already #47 on the overall Amazon book chart.
• Injustice Watch: The eleventh issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts in the top ten, but only four of the issues make the comics chart this week, whereas last week all ten issues made the chart.
• Also debuting this week are the tenth Sailor Moon volume, and a discounted Kindle version of the first Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi collection.
• Poor Hawkguy still can't crack the top ten; for the third week in a row, Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon sits at the #11 position on the chart. Still, that's the most sustained interest that a Marvel collection has seen in quite some time.
• Dead Watch: There are nine Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, including two of the top three positions. The season finale is this Sunday, so we'll see if there's a Walking Dead surge in its wake like there was last year...
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up fourteen of the slots on the chart this week, down three from last week. 
• Kindle Watch: Seventeen of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions, down seven from last week. The decline is mainly due to the decline in the number of Injustice issues making the chart.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (+38). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1
4 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
5 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
6 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #10
7 (-1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
8 (+20). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
9 (-1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #9 (Kindle)
10 (-6). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
11 (-). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
12 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
13 (+1). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
14 (-5). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
15 (-8). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
16 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
17 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
18 (+3). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
19 (-). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
20 (-2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
21 (-3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
22 (-9). Darth Vader and Son
23 (+6). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
24 (-12). Saga Volume 1
25 (N). The Activity Volume 1
26 (+1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
27 (-7). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
28 (-5). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
20 (+1). Vader's Little Princess *
30 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2 *
31 (-14). Injustice: Gods Among Us #8 (Kindle)
32 (-6). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
33 (N). Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin volume 1: Activation *
34 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
35 (-13). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After *
36 (-11). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
37 (+3). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
38 (+6). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
39 (N). The Activity Volume 2
40 (+3). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
41 (+1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
42 (-5). Watchmen
43 (+2). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
44 (-10). Injustice: Gods Among Us #7 (Kindle)
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
46 (-13). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
47 (-15). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
48 (-9). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
49 (+1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
50 (R). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)


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:

• Note: This week's chart positions are taken from Saturday morning instead of the usual Friday posting, so take all numbers and comparisons with an extra grain of salt...
• The Kindle edition of the seventh Wimpy Kid returns to the top of the chart this week, pushing The Walking Dead Compendia back down to positions 2 and 4.
• A big surge this week for the first volume of the new Avatar: The Last Airbender series, leaping up 38 places to the #3 slot (corresponding to the #49 position on the overall Amazon chart). Pre-orders for the second debut at #30.
• Injustice Watch: Led by the top ten debut of the tenth issue, all ten digital issues of Injustice: Gods Among Us make the top fifth chart this week.
• Also debuting this week are both volumes of Nathan Edmondson & Mitch Gerads' The Activity; and some kind of Mobile Suit Gundam graphic novel.
• Dead Watch: Just eight Walking Dead collections make the top fifty this week, down two from last week. Once again there are several collections hovering down in what would be the chart positions in the fifties, indicating that the appearance of the Injustice comics this year are keeping TWD from placing many more collections on the top fifty chart like they did last year when the television show was airing. The season finale is a week from Sunday, and we'll see then if the comic collections get their traditional end-of-season boost this year...
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises, which between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week. 
• Kindle Watch: Twenty-four of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (+6). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
6 (+1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
7 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
8 (-3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
9 (-3). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #9 (Kindle)
11 (+23). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon *
12 (-). Saga Volume 1
13 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
14 (-6). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
15 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
16 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
17 (+3). Injustice: Gods Among Us #8 (Kindle)
18 (-3). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
19 (+3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
20 (+5). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
21 (-8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
22 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
23 (-2). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
24 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
25 (-7). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (+1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
27 (+13). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
28 (+3). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
29 (-10). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
30 (-13). Vader's Little Princess *
31 (N). Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl
32 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
33 (-9). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
34 (-6). Injustice: Gods Among Us #7 (Kindle)
35 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
36 (+7). Nemo: Heart of Ice (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) *
37 (+8). Watchmen
38 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
39 (-6). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
40 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
41 (-9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
42 (+8). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
43 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
44 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
45 (+1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
46 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
47 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
48 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
49 (N). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
50 (-1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All


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:

• The first Walking Dead Compendium remains at #1 on the comics chart this week and is ranked #35 on the overall chart. 
• Injustice Watch: Led by the top ten debut of the ninth issue, all nine digital issues of Injustice: Gods Among Us make the top fifty chart this week.
• Dead Watch: The property most hurt by the Injustice surge is The Walking Dead; while it has two of the top three slots, it holds only ten slots overall, down six from last week. There are several WD collections knocking at the cellar door in the sub-50 positions on the chart; the Injustice issues having pushed them barely off of the top fifty chart.
• Diary Watch:  Not really hurt by the Injustice surge are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises, which between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week.
• Marvel place three titles on the chart: Hawkeye surging up to #11, and the debuts of Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Two of these aren't even set in the Marvel Universe (and Hawkeye is rather atypical for a MU book), which maybe speaks to where Marvel should be concentrating its bookstore efforts...

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
2 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
5 (+2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
6 (+5). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
7 (+1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
8 (+4). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
9 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
10 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
11 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
12 (-7). Saga Volume 1
13 (-). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (+9). Darth Vader and Son
15 (+7). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
16 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
17 (N). Vader's Little Princess *
18 (+3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
19 (-4). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
20 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #8 (Kindle)
21 (-4). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
22 (-4). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
23 (-9). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
24 (+7). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
25 (-9). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
26 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
27 (-2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
28 (-9). Injustice: Gods Among Us #7 (Kindle)
29 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
30 (+18). The Walking Dead, Book 2
31 (+13). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
32 (+11). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
33 (-7). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
34 (N). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon *
35 (-1). Batman: The Killing Joke
36 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
37 (-2). The Walking Dead vol. 3 (Kindle)
38 (+8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
39 (-12). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
40 (-10). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
41 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
42 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
43 (-19). Nemo: Heart of Ice (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) *
44 (+5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
45 (-12). Watchmen
46 (-7). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
47 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 8
48 (R). The Walking Dead vol. 4 (Kindle)
49 (-11). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
50 (R). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (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:

• Hey look, a new Number One! Well, new-ish; the first Walking Dead Compendium has been at #1 before, but it returns to that spot after The Wimpy Kid 7 has held it for many weeks. It's currently #37 on the overall Amazon books chart.
• The top debut this week is the pre-order of Vader's Little Princess, Jeffrey Brown's follow-up to his surprise hit Darth Vader and Son.
• Other debuts this week are the latest issue of Injustice; and the first collection of Fraction and Aja's Hawkeye. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see Hawkguy make the chart!
• Dead Watch: There are sixteen Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, up three from last week, including three in the top ten. This week sees an increased demand for the hardcover collections.
• Kindle Watch: Twenty-one of the chart slots this week are taken up by Kindle editions, up two from last week.
• Diary Watch:  The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, up one from last week.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
5 (+6). Saga Volume 1
6 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
7 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
8 (+1). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
9 (+4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
10 (+9). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
11 (-5). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
12 (-4). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
13 (+5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (-2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
15 (-5). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
16 (+1). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
17 (-2). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
18 (-4). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
19 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #7 (Kindle)
20 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
21 (+12). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
22 (-1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
23 (-2). Darth Vader and Son
24 (N). Nemo: Heart of Ice (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) *
25 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
26 (+10). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
27 (R). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
28 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
29 (N). AAAA!: A FoxTrot Kids Edition (Kindle)
30 (+1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
31 (-5). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
32 (-10). The Walking Dead, Book 1
33 (+1). Watchmen
34 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke
35 (+4). The Walking Dead vol. 3 (Kindle)
36 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
37 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
38 (+8). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
39 (-23). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
40 (+5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
41 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
42 (-10). Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52)
43 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
44 (-1). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
45 (R). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
46 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
47 (-9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
48 (-21). The Walking Dead, Book 2
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
50 (-21). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)


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:

• The Kindle edition of The Wimpy Kid 7 retains the #1 slot yet again this week. Can anything dethrone the Kid?
• Dead Watch: The two Walking Dead Compendia remain in the #2 & #3 slots, though they slip to #45 & #67 respectively on the overall Amazon books chart. There are thirteen WD collections on the chart this week, down one from last week
• Injustice Watch: The seventh issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us is the top debut this week; #1 and #6 are the only other issues that make the chart this week. At this point it appears that there is a core readership that is coming to the Kindle every week for their fix, and also a steady stream of new readers trying the series for the first time. Issue #7 is also the top seller on comiXology right now, beating out even the heavily-promoted Batman Incorporated #8. Like it or not, this is currently the best-selling super-hero comic outside of the direct market.
• Also debuting this week are Nemo: Heart of Ice (the latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic) and a Kindle collection of FoxTrot comic strips.
• Kindle Watch: Nineteen of the chart slots this week are taken up by Kindle editions, down one from last week.
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up sixteen of the slots on the chart this week, down one from last week.