Top of the Stack: Best-Selling CGC Comic Titles by Decade (Feb 10 – 23, 2026)

Insights
Written By GPAnalysis Team

Across the most recent fortnight (February 10, 2026, to February 23, 2026), GPAnalysis reports $5,263,573 in sales from 21,762 individual books across major venues offering CGC-graded comics, magazines, and pulps. The median price landed at $97, keeping the ‘typical’ sale firmly in the liquid middle of the market.

Source: GPAnalysis.com, sales recorded from Feb 10 – 23, 2026.

Market Observations

🏆 Trophy Sale

The top sale of the fortnight was All-Select Comics (1943–1946) #9, CGC 9.6 (1945), which sold for $34,995.

🕷️ The Volume King

The most traded title was Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) with 1,394 books sold, totalling roughly $0.6M in sales.

✨ Liquidity held strong.

21,762 sales over two weeks is a healthy throughput, and the $97 median suggests demand isn’t being carried by outliers—it’s being carried by repeatable, tradeable books.

👀 Spider-Man stays the metronome.

With 1,394 copies moving and ~$0.6M in sales, ASM (1963) remains the market’s most reliable engine room: steady volume, steady dollars, steady relevance.

🕷️ Golden Age is doing what Golden Age does: fewer books, louder moments.

The 1940s dollar list is led by Detective Comics (1937) at $86,960, with Batman (1940) also heavy at $45,963, and All-Select Comics delivering the fortnight’s headline sale.

👑 The 1950s lane quietly widened beyond superheroes.

Romance takes the top two sales spots in the decade: Pictorial Romances ($27,767) and Top Love Stories ($25,175), with Action and Batman still present as consistent anchors.

💪🏽 Modern is leaning hard into ‘new-release collectibility’.

The 2020s list is led by Absolute Batman (2024) at $92,445, while contemporary galleries and cosplay cover titles are showing up as high-frequency trading touchpoints—fast, fresh, and easy to chase.

Decade Leaders

Top 5 Titles by Sales Volume Across the Eras.

Let’s step through the ages/eras by decade

Platinum/Golden Age

🕵️ 1930s — Pulp stays scrappy and specific

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Black Mask (1920-1951)

  2. Dime Detective Magazine (1935-1953)

  3. Spider (1933-1943)

  4. Crime Busters (1937-1939)

  5. Spicy Detective Stories (1934-1942)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Superman (1939-1986): $20,384

  2. Dime Detective Magazine (1935-1953): $15,608

  3. Black Mask (1920-1951): $14,728

  4. Weird Tales (1923-1954): $7,900

  5. Spicy Detective Stories (1934-1942): $7,070

Most traded issues

  1. Wonderworld Comics (1939-1942) #4 (1939)

  2. Spider (1933-1943) #62 (1938)

  3. Spider (1933-1943) #64 (1939)

  4. Black Mask (1920-1951) #188 (1934)

  5. Black Mask (1920-1951) #191 (1934)

🦇 1940s — Blue-chip DC, plus a wartime headline

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1949)

  2. Batman (1940)

  3. Black Mask (1920-1951)

  4. Detective Comics (1937)

  5. Superman (1939-1986)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Detective Comics (1937): $86,960

  2. Batman (1940): $45,963

  3. All-Select Comics (1943-1946): $34,995

  4. Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949): $20,012

  5. Action Comics (1938): $14,253

Most traded issues

  1. Batman (1940) #19 (1943)

  2. Action Comics (1938) #112 (1947)

  3. Four Color (1939-1962) #223 (1949)

  4. Human Torch, The (1940-1954) #21 (1945)

  5. Detective Comics (1937) #44 (1940)

💌 1950s — Romance leads the dollars, keys keep the floor firm

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Four Color (1939-1962)

  2. Batman (1940)

  3. Action Comics (1938)

  4. Vault of Horror (1950-1955)

  5. Detective Comics (1937)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Pictorial Romances (1950-1954): $27,767

  2. Top Love Stories (1951-1954): $25,175

  3. Action Comics (1938): $20,366

  4. Batman (1940): $17,747

  5. Detective Comics (1937): $14,256

Most traded issues

  1. Mad (1952) #1 (1952)

  2. Action Comics (1938) #252 (1959)

  3. Archie’s Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950-1987) #1 (1950)

  4. Batman (1940) #121 (1959)

  5. Detective Comics (1937) #267 (1959)

🕷️ 1960s — Marvel’s spine, with ASM out front

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. Fantastic Four (1961)

  3. Avengers, The (1963)

  4. X-Men, The (1963-1981)

  5. Daredevil (1964-1998)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $261,602

  2. Fantastic Four (1961): $153,139

  3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $91,826

  4. Avengers, The (1963): $79,119

  5. Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996): $75,731

Most traded issues

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #50 (1967)

  2. Iron Man (1968-1996) #1 (1968)

  3. Fantastic Four (1961) #48 (1966)

  4. Silver Surfer, The (1968-1982) #1 (1968)

  5. Captain America (1968-1996) #100 (1968)

Bronze Age

🌌 1970s — Franchise power and wall-to-wall Marvel gravity

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. X-Men, The (1963-1981)

  3. Avengers, The (1963)

  4. Star Wars (1977-1986)

  5. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $128,189

  2. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $79,376

  3. Star Wars (1977-1986): $65,292

  4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $56,849

  5. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $54,460

Most traded issues

  1. Star Wars (1977-1986) #1 (1977)

  2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #129 (1974)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #194 (1979)

  4. Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1 (1975)

  5. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #181 (1974)

🎮 1980s — Key issues keep doing key-issue things

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)

  3. Star Wars (1977-1986)

  4. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985)

  5. Daredevil (1964-1998)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $115,571

  2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $37,769

  3. Wolverine Limited Series (1982): $30,788

  4. Star Wars (1977-1986): $28,669

  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $22,993

Most traded issues

  1. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985) #8 (1984)

  2. Wolverine Limited Series (1982) #1 (1982)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #300 (1988)

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #252 (1984)

  5. Omega Men, The (1983-1986) #3 (1983)

Modern Age

🧬 1990s — #1s and first-steps still drive the churn

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Spider-Man (1990-1998)

  2. X-Men/New X-Men (1991)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  4. Spawn (1992)

  5. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $41,870

  2. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $36,267

  3. Spawn (1992): $26,754

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $21,961

  5. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $18,547

Most traded issues

  1. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #1 (1991)

  2. Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1 (1990)

  3. Spawn (1992) #1 (1992)

  4. New Mutants, The (1983-1991) #98 (1991)

  5. Venom: Lethal Protector (1993) #1 (1993)

🧟 2000s — Indie heat with a noir flare-up

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Invincible (2003)

  2. Spawn (1992)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  4. Batman (1940)

  5. Walking Dead (2003)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Invincible (2003): $54,393

  2. Spider-Man Noir (2009): $13,747

  3. Walking Dead (2003): $13,142

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $12,658

  5. Spawn (1992): $10,175

Most traded issues

  1. Spider-Man Noir (2009) #1 (2009)

  2. NYX (2003) #3 (2004)

  3. Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1 (2000)

  4. Batman (1940) #608 (2002)

  5. Invincible (2003) #1 (2003)

🕸️ 2010s — Modern keys, modern velocity

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Invincible (2003)

  2. Spawn (1992)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man (2014)

  4. Ultimate Fallout (2011)

  5. Venom (2018)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $20,596

  2. Invincible (2003): $17,279

  3. Spawn (1992): $12,551

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $9,691

  5. Edge of Spider-Verse (2014): $9,591

Most traded issues

  1. Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 (2011)

  2. Something is Killing the Children (2019) #1 (2019)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1 (2014)

  4. Black Cat (2019) #1 (2019)

  5. Star Wars (2015) #1 (2015)

⚡ 2020s — Freshness wins, and ‘gallery’ books are a real lane

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Absolute Batman (2024)

  2. Bangers Cover Gallery (2025)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man (2022)

  4. Fantasy of Cosplay Comic Cover Gallery (2024)

  5. Amazing Spider-Man (2018)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Absolute Batman (2024): $92,445

  2. Mark Spears Monsters (2024): $20,311

  3. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $13,690

  4. TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020): $10,848

  5. Bangers Cover Gallery (2025): $10,362

Most traded issues

  1. Absolute Batman (2024) #1 (2024)

  2. Bangers Cover Gallery (2025) #2 (2025)

  3. Fantasy of Cosplay Comic Cover Gallery (2024) #5 (2025)

  4. Batman (2025) #1 (2025)

  5. Duty Calls Girls (2024) #3 (2025)

Final Panel: What the Fortnight Reveals

This fortnight has the shape of a stable, high-liquidity market: big volume, a grounded median, and a top sale that headlines without hijacking the story. The classics keep the foundation sturdy—especially in the 1960s–1980s lanes—while the 2020s continue to reward whatever is newest, loudest, and easiest to trade at speed.

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GPAnalysis Team
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