List of best-selling comic series

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This page provides lists of best-selling comic book series to date. It includes Japanese manga, American comic books, and European comics. This list includes comic books that have sold at least 100 million copies.

Contents

There are three separate lists, for three different comic book publication formats: collected comic book volumes, periodical single-issue floppy comics, and comic magazines. They are separated because the sales figures of these publication formats are not directly comparable.

Collected comic book volumes

This list is for comics printed in a traditional book format (paperback or hardcover), typically with a similar number of pages as novels. The list includes graphic novels printed exclusively in this format, and trade paperback/hardcover books which compile periodical comic chapters/issues into larger collected volumes. Japanese manga tankōbon volumes and European comic albums account for the vast majority of collected comic book volume sales. [1] American trade paperbacks and graphic novels are also included in the list.

These comic series were originally serialized either as chapters (typically 15-30 pages each) in comic publications (such as comic magazines) or as single-page comic strips in non-comic publications (such as newspapers), before being collected into a larger comic book volume (which compiles either multiple comic chapters or numerous comic strips). [1] For comic series originally serialized as chapters in comic magazines or manga magazines, their estimated circulation figures in those magazines are given in footnotes.

Denotes comic series currently running
Comic seriesCreator(s)PublisherNo. of collected
volumes
SerializedApproximate sales
One Piece Eiichiro Oda Shueisha 109 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1997 – present
516.6 million [2]
Asterix René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
Dargaud
Les Éditions Albert René
401959 – present [lower-alpha 1] 393 million [3] [lower-alpha 3]
Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama Shueisha42Weekly Shōnen Jump
1984–1995
300 million [4]
Golgo 13 Takao Saito Shogakukan203 Big Comic
1968 – present
300 million [5]
Peanuts Charles M. Schulz 1950 – 2000300 million [6]
Oriental Heroes Wong Yuk-Long, Tony Culturecom 24271969–present280 million [7] [8]
Case Closed Gosho Aoyama Shogakukan105 Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1994 – present
270 million [9] [lower-alpha 5]
Naruto Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha72Weekly Shōnen Jump
1999 – 2014
250 million [10] [lower-alpha 7]
The Adventures of Tintin Hergé Casterman
Le Lombard
Egmont Group
241929 – 1976250 million [11]
Spike and Suzy Willy Vandersteen Standaard Uitgeverij 3651945 – present230 million [12]
Slam Dunk Takehiko Inoue Shueisha31Weekly Shōnen Jump
1990 – 1996
170 million [13] [lower-alpha 8]
KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops Osamu Akimoto Shueisha200Weekly Shōnen Jump
1976 – 2016
156.5 million [14] [lower-alpha 9]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Koyoharu GotōgeShueisha23Weekly Shōnen Jump
2016 – 2020
150 million [15]
Diabolik Angela Giussani
Luciana Giussani
Astorina8621962 – present150 million [16]
Crayon Shin-chan Yoshito Usui Futabasha 67 Manga Action
1990 – present
148 million [lower-alpha 10] [17]
Garfield Jim Davis 1978 – present135 million [18]
Oishinbo Tetsu Kariya
Akira Hanasaki
Shogakukan111 Big Comic Spirits
1983 – present
135 million [19]
Bleach Tite Kubo Shueisha74Weekly Shōnen Jump
2001 – 2016
130 million [20] [lower-alpha 11]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Hirohiko Araki Shueisha1311987 – present120 million [21] [lower-alpha 12]
Attack on Titan Hajime Isayama Kodansha 34 Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
2009 – 2021
120 million [22]
Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.4491967 – present100 million [23]
Astro Boy Osamu Tezuka Kobunsha 23Shōnen
1952 – 1968
100 million [24]
Casper the Friendly Ghost Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo Harvey Comics 1949 – present100 million [25]
Baki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Akita Shoten 191 Weekly Shōnen Champion
1991 – present
100 million [lower-alpha 13] [26]
Fist of the North Star Buronson and Tetsuo Hara Shueisha27Weekly Shōnen Jump
1983 – 1988
100 million [27] [lower-alpha 14]
Hajime no Ippo George Morikawa Kodansha141 Weekly Shōnen Magazine
1989 – present
100 million [28]
Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami Shueisha31 [lower-alpha 15] Weekly Shōnen Jump
2018 – 2024
100 million [29]
The Kindaichi Case Files Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō Kodansha951992 – present100 million [30]
Kingdom Yasuhisa Hara Shueisha72 Weekly Young Jump
2006 – present
100 million [31]
My Hero Academia Kōhei Horikoshi Shueisha42Weekly Shōnen Jump
2014 – 2024
100 million [32] [lower-alpha 16]
Touch Mitsuru Adachi Shogakukan26Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1981 – 1986
100 million [33]

Periodical single-issue floppy comics

This list is for single-issue floppy comics, also known as the American comic book format. Unlike the paperback book format, floppy comics are thinner periodicals and stapled together. Each floppy comic issue is typically 20–40 pages, and usually consists of a single chapter (as opposed to a larger comic book volume that typically includes multiple chapters). A floppy comic is comparable to a comic magazine, but is thinner in size and is dedicated to a single character or group of characters (whereas a comic magazine is thicker and serializes multiple different unrelated series). [1]

Single-issue floppy comics are the most common publication format for American comics, and account for the vast majority of American superhero comic sales. [34] This list also contains periodical publications from other countries that are similarly dedicated to a single character or group of characters. Some of the numbers reported here may also include sales of trade paperback volumes, which account for a small portion of American comic sales.

According to the most recently available data, the best-selling American single-issue comic of all time was X-Men #1, which was published in 1991 and has since sold almost 8.2 million copies.

Comic seriesCreator(s)PublisherNo. of issuesSerializedApproximate sales
Superman Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
DC Comics 18,732 [35] 1938 – 2016600 million [36] [lower-alpha 17]
Batman Bob Kane
Bill Finger
DC Comics 23,193 [37] 1939 – 2016484 million [lower-alpha 18] [lower-alpha 17]
Spider-Man Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Marvel 13,500 [41] 1963 – 2016387 million [lower-alpha 19] [lower-alpha 17]
X-Men Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel 12,000 [46] 1963 – 2016260 million [47] [lower-alpha 17]
Captain America Joe Simon
Jack Kirby
Marvel 9,000 [48] 1941 – 2016210 million [47]
Diabolik Angela Giussani
Luciana Giussani
Astorina8621962 – 2016150 million [16]
Spawn Todd McFarlane Image Comics 600 [49] 1992 – 2016150 million [50]
The Phantom Lee Falk Frew Publications 3,000 [51] 1936 – 2016150 million [47]

Comic magazines

Cover of Weekly Shonen Jump issue #1 (1968). Weekly Shonen Jump is the best-selling comic magazine. Jump-Cover-1.jpg
Cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump issue #1 (1968). Weekly Shōnen Jump is the best-selling comic magazine.

This list is for comic magazines, which are anthology magazines that serialize multiple different unrelated comic series. This list includes Japanese manga magazines, European comic magazines, and English-language comic magazines.

In Japan, manga magazines account for the vast majority of manga sales. Most manga series first appear in manga magazines, before later being sold separately as collected tankobon volumes. [1]

Comic magazinePublisherCountryNo. of issuesSerializedApproximate sales
Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Japan2,406 [52] 1968 – present7.6 billion [52] [lower-alpha 20]
Weekly Shōnen Magazine Kodansha Japan2,942 [53] 1959 – present5.2 billion [lower-alpha 21]
Weekly Young Jump Shueisha Japan1,765 [54] 1979 – present2.2 billion [lower-alpha 22]
The Beano DC Thomson United Kingdom4,200+1938 – present2 billion [55]
Weekly Shōnen Sunday Shogakukan Japan2,805 [56] 1959 – present1.9 billion [lower-alpha 23]
Weekly Young Magazine Kodansha Japan1,9761980 – present1.8 billion [lower-alpha 24]
Micky Maus Egmont Ehapa Germany3,1691951 – present1 billion [lower-alpha 25]
Classics Illustrated Elliot Publishing Co.
Gilberton Company, Inc.
Frawley Corporation
United States1691941 – 19711 billion [58]
Ribon Shueisha Japan694 [59] 1955 – present594 million [lower-alpha 26]
MAD Magazine EC Comics, DC Comics United States5571952 – present430 million [60]
CoroCoro Comic Shogakukan Japan480 [61] 1977 – present407 million [lower-alpha 27]
Nakayoshi Kodansha Japan7561954 – present400 million [lower-alpha 28]
Monthly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Japan317 [62] 1970 – 2007215 million [lower-alpha 29]
Action Comics DC Comics United States 1,000 1938 – present188 million [lower-alpha 30]
Pilote Dargaud France420 [69] 1959 – 1989117 million [lower-alpha 2]

See also

Notes

  1. Serialized in Pilote from 1959 – 1973. Collected comic album releases of the Pilote comics were published from 1961 – 1973. Since 1974, each instalment has been published as a complete album with no prior magazine serialization.
  2. 1 2 See Pilote § Circulation.
  3. In addition to comic album sales, Asterix had a total estimated circulation of approximately 93.5 million copies in the comic magazine Pilote , which serialized Asterix from October 1959 to 1973. [lower-alpha 2]
  4. See Weekly Shōnen Sunday § Circulation
  5. In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Case Closed / Detective Conan chapters have had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.3 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine, which has been serializing Detective Conan since January 1994. [lower-alpha 4]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 See Weekly Shōnen Jump § Manga series
  7. In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Naruto chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 2.3 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. [lower-alpha 6]
  8. In addition to tankōbon sales, Slam Dunk had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.7 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. [lower-alpha 6]
  9. In addition to tankōbon volume sales, KochiKame chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 6 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. [lower-alpha 6]
  10. Includes Crayon Shin-chan, its sequel series, New Crayon Shin-chan, and its spin-off.
  11. In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Bleach chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 2 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. [lower-alpha 6]
  12. In addition to tankōbon sales, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure had a total estimated circulation of approximately 3.6 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. [lower-alpha 6]
  13. Includes Baki the Grappler's sequel series; Baki, Baki Hanma, Baki-Dou, Bakidou, Baki Rahen and spinoffs
  14. In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Fist of the North Star chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.1 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. [lower-alpha 6]
  15. Including Jujutsu Kaisen 0
  16. Includes the total print number of all its spin-off manga and side-story light novels
  17. 1 2 3 4 While the vast bulk of the sales are from single-issue floppy comics, the number may also include trade paperback volumes, which account for a small portion of the sales.
  18. Batman comic sales – 484.900.656 copies
    • Up until 2015 – 460 million [36]
    • 2016 – 5,049,826 [38]
    • 2017 – 4,877,167 [39]
    • 2018 – 4,622,530 [34]
    • 2019 – 6,070,761 [40]
  19. Spider-Man comic sales – 384,827,202 copies
    • Up until April 2014 – 360 million [42]
    • May–December 2014 – 3,366,050 [43] [44]
    • 2015 – 4,719,795 [45]
    • 2016 – 4,248,366 [38]
    • 2017 – 3,465,005 [39]
    • 2018 – 4,522,479 [34]
    • 2019 – 4,505,507 [40]
  20. See Weekly Shōnen Jump § Manga series.
  21. See Weekly Shōnen Magazine § Circulation.
  22. See Weekly Young Jump § Circulation
  23. See Weekly Shōnen Sunday § Circulation.
  24. See Weekly Young Magazine § Circulation
  25. In 1998, the total number of Micky Maus copies ever sold exceeded 1 billion. [57]
  26. See Ribon § Circulation.
  27. See CoroCoro Comic § Circulation.
  28. See Nakayoshi § Circulation.
  29. See Monthly Shōnen Jump § Circulation
  30. Action Comics sales – est. 187,508,831 copies
    • Up until 1989 – 170,851,312 [63]
    • 1993 – 2,203,000 [43]
    • 1996–2001 – 3,055,766 [43]
    • 2002–2006 – est. 2,400,000 [43]
    • 2007–2008 – est. 1,200,000 [43]
    • 2009 – 192,400 [64]
    • 2010 – 439,000 [65]
    • 2011 – 950,600 [66]
    • 2012 – 1,035,600 [67]
    • 2013 – 777,500 [68]
    • 2014 – 583,704 [44]
    • 2015 – 440,757 [45]
    • 2016 – 1,080,297 [38]
    • 2017 – 1,179,798 [39]
    • 2018 – 1,119,097 [34]

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