During the August 11–24, 2026 reporting window, the 1960s comfortably led every individual decade, with its top five titles hauling in an impressive $775,433. Yet when you roll the full eras together, the Silver Age doesn't take the ultimate crown.

Take a look beneath the raw dollar totals, though, and a very different question emerges: rather than just tracking where the heaviest capital landed, how reliant was each decade on its single biggest performer?

During the August 11–24 reporting period, the original 1963 run proved the point yet again, leading the entire CGC-graded market with 1,695 copies changing hands for roughly $0.6 million.

During the August 11–24 window, the trading charts for 1950s issues looked exactly like you’d expect. Superman led the pack, followed by Batman, Tales from the Crypt, Detective Comics, and Action Comics. It’s a murderer’s row of vintage heavyweights.