Amazon Top 50 - February 25, 2022

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 (N). Star Wars #23 (Kindle) *
2 (-). The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
3 (N). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #5 (Kindle) *
4 (N). Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #19 (Kindle) *
5 (-4). The Complete Maus
6 (N). Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #21 (Kindle) *
7 (+12). Saga #56 (Kindle)
8 (N). Amazing Spider-Man #93 (Kindle) *
9 (+7). Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
10 (N). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #127 (Kindle) *
11 (N). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #128 (Kindle) *
12 (N). Transformers: Beast Wars Annual 2022 (Kindle) *
13 (+14). My Hero Academia, Vol. 30 *
14 (N). Transformers #41 (Kindle) *
15 (-12). Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
16 (-11). Lore Olympus: Volume Three (hardcover) *
17 (N). X Deaths Of Wolverine #3 (Kindle)
18 (N). She-Hulk #4 (Kindle) *
19 (N). Captain Marvel #37 (Kindle) *
20 (-14). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 9
21 (N). Dark Ages #5 (Kindle) *
22 (-15). Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
23 (-12). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 2
24 (N). Shuna's Journey *
25 (-11). Berserk Deluxe Volume 2
26 (-18). Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 14
27 (N). DC vs. Vampires #5 (Kindle)
28 (-7). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 4
29 (-11). Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition)
30 (-15). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
31 (-7). Maus I & II Paperback Box Set
32 (-10). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3
33 (N). Amazing Spider-Man #90 (Kindle)
34 (-21). Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition
35 (-7). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 7
36 (-26). Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 13
37 (-33). Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 12
38 (-15). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 5
39 (N). Ghost Rider #1 (Kindle)
40 (-28). Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 2
41 (-21). They Called Us Enemy
42 (-10). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 6
43 (N). The Human Target #5 (Kindle)
44 (-27). Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 14
45 (-12). The Action Bible: God's Redemptive Story
46 (N). X-Cellent #2 (Kindle) *
47 (N). Action Comics #1040 (Kindle) *
48 (-15). Chainsaw Man, Vol. 8
49 (-14). Berserk Deluxe Volume 3
50 (-24). Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 15

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:

• The first full week of comiXology integration into the main Amazon site has a major effect on the Amazon comics chart, as a slew of Kindle single issues descend upon the chart, including the top-seller: a pre-order for an upcoming issue of the main Star Wars comic.
• Besides Star Wars titles, other franchises making appearances as single issues include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, a few X-Men & Spider-Man comics, and random other Marvel & DC fare. And Saga, which is one title that appeared on the chart before the changeover. All told, twenty of the top fifty slots are filled by Kindle single issues, by far a new record.
• The only non-Kindle debut on the chart this week is the pre-order for Shuna's Journey, the first English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's text-and-prose fable (which probably isn't 'comics' per se but we'll include it on the chart anyway).
• There are twenty manga titles on the chart this week; way down from previous weeks, but still pretty impressive given the Kindle single issue onslaught.
  
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