Friday Night Fights: Groo vs. An Army

from Groo: Hell on Earth #4 (2008) by Sergio Aragonés with Mark Evanier (words), Tom Luth (colors) & Stan Sakai (letters).

A plan? We don't need no stinkin' plan. It's a Free-for-All!

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Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth *
2 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
3 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
4 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
5 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
6 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
7 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (+3). Odd Is on Our Side *
9 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
10 (N). X-Men: Second Coming
11 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
12 (-2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
13 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale *
14 (+7). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14) *
15 (+7). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (+10). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
17 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 12
18 (N). Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s *
19 (N). American Vampire Vol. 1 *
20 (+3). Lost at Sea
21 (-5). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3
22 (-7). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight *
23 (-3). Hetalia Axis Powers Volume 1
24 (-6). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
25 (+8). The Walking Dead, Book 6 *
26 (-11). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
27 (+5). Naruto, Vol. 49 *
28 (-3). Watchmen
29 (N). Berserk Volume 34
30 (-11). Kick-Ass
31 (+9). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
32 (+9). Blackest Night
33 (-3). Empowered Volume 6 *
34 (+12). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (-8). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
36 (-22). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
37 (+10). V for Vendetta
38 (-14). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
39 (-8). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
40 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
41 (+4). American Born Chinese
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
43 (+7). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
44 (R). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
45 (N). Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy HC
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
47 (-9). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
50 (R). The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects


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:

* Yup, the new Wimpy Kid is still at the top of the chart, and at #9 on the overall list. The deeply-discounted Scott Pilgrim volumes clock in at #34, 35, 36, 37, 39 & 41 on the overall list. Dog Days is at #299. The bottom of the list is at #3,064 on the overall chart.

* A surprisingly high debut for X-Men: Second Coming at #10. I don't think an X-Men volume has ever placed so high before. Other debuts include Four Color Fear, American Vampire, Berserk, and Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy.

* Just one month out from the TV series debut, interest in The Walking Dead remains strong; the property takes up eight of the slots in this week's chart.

* The list was remarkably 'clean' this week; I only had to remove one item for not actually being a comic (last week it was at least ten!)