Top of the Stack: Best-Selling CGC Comic Titles by Decade (Jan 26–Feb 8, 2026)

Insights
Written By GPAnalysis Team

GPAnalysis tracked $4,802,232 in CGC-graded sales across major venues over the past fortnight, spanning 22,145 individual books (comics, magazines, and pulps). The median price paid was $89, keeping the ‘typical’ transaction grounded even with trophy heat at the top.

Source: GPAnalysis.com, sales recorded from Jan 26–Feb 8, 2026.

Market Observations

🏆 Trophy Sale

The top sale of the fortnight was Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996) #15 CGC 5.0 (1962) via HA.com, landing at $42,700

🕷️ The Volume King

Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) led the engine room: 1,346 books traded for roughly $0.5M in sales.

✨ A healthy “middle” is holding.

A $89 median alongside 22k+ trades signals real liquidity—this is collectors transacting at scale, not a fortnight propped up by a single headline sale.

🕷️ Spider-Man remains the market’s metronome.

When ASM (1963) is both the most traded title and a top-dollar contributor, you’re looking at a market anchored by repeatable demand—steady churn, steady confidence.

👀 The modern end keeps flashing that new-release collectibility.

The 2020s lane is dominated by fresh, chaseable product—variant culture, new #1s, and “gallery” style titles that behave like quick-turn collectibles in slabs.

🦸🏻‍♂️ Invincible is still wearing the crown in the 2000s–2010s lanes.

It’s not just a title that spikes—it’s a title that stays in rotation across decades, showing up as both volume and dollars where modern collectors actually live.

💪🏽 Across eras, the pattern holds: legacy DC keeps older decades liquid.

Golden/Silver-era lists still lean on evergreen DC/Marvel pillars—Batman, Superman, Detective—titles that remain the “safe harbour” when everything else is noisy.

Decade Leaders

Top 5 Titles by Sales Volume Across the Eras.

Let’s step through the ages/eras by decade

Platinum/Golden Age

📰 1930s — Pulps and proto-superheroes still move (selectively)

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Weird Tales (1923-1954)

  2. Superman (1939-1986)

  3. Famous Funnies (1934-1955)

  4. Shadow (1931-1949)

  5. Operator #5 (1934-1939)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Adventure Comics (1938-1983): $13,420

  2. Superman (1939-1986): $8,039

  3. Weird Tales (1923-1954): $5,545

  4. Famous Funnies (1934-1955): $1,836

  5. Jumbo Comics (1938-1953): $976

Most traded issues

  1. Famous Funnies (1934-1955) #17 (1935)

  2. Famous Funnies (1934-1955) #53 (1938)

  3. Amazing Stories (1926-1970) #108 (1935)

  4. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #125 (1934)

  5. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #143 (1935)

🦇 1940s — Batman and the wartime staples keep the lane alive

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Batman (1940)

  2. Superman (1939-1986)

  3. Detective Comics (1937)

  4. Captain Marvel, Jr. (1942-1953)

  5. Four Color (1939-1962)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Batman (1940): $38,213

  2. Superman (1939-1986): $31,138

  3. Detective Comics (1937): $29,378

  4. More Fun Comics (1936-1947): $21,533

  5. All-Select Comics (1943-1946): $16,000

Most traded issues

  1. Batman (1940) #23 (1944)

  2. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (1941-1962) #33 (1944)

  3. Brick Bradford (1948-1949) #6 (1948)

  4. Batman (1940) #36 (1946)

  5. Time (1923) #19 (1945)

🧪 1950s — Classic keys still bite when the right copies surface

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Four Color (1939-1962)

  2. Combat Kelly (1951-1957)

  3. Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (1940)

  4. Batman (1940)

  5. Amazing Detective Cases (1950-1952)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Showcase (1956-1978): $28,897

  2. Detective Comics (1937): $14,063

  3. Flash, The (1959-1985): $12,424

  4. Crime SuspenStories (1950-1955): $11,375

  5. Batman (1940): $10,505

Most traded issues

  1. Batman (1940) #100 (1956)

  2. Human Torch, The (1940-1954) #37 (1954)

  3. Strange Mysteries (1951-1955) #12 (1953)

  4. Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane (1958-1974) #1 (1958)

  5. Sub-Mariner Comics (1941-1955) #42 (1955)

🕷️ 1960s — Silver Age Marvel stays the centre of gravity

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. Fantastic Four (1961)

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

  4. Avengers, The (1963)

  5. Tales of Suspense (1959-1968)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $173,305

  2. Fantastic Four (1961): $154,563

  3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $127,661

  4. Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996): $109,841

  5. Avengers, The (1963): $82,029

Most traded issues

  1. Fantastic Four (1961) #49 (1966)

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

  3. Avengers, The (1963) #57 (1968)

  4. X-Men, The (1963-1981) #14 (1965)

  5. Avengers, The (1963) #9 (1964)

Bronze Age

🌌 1970s — Bronze demand: Spidey, Hulk, X-Men, and a Star Wars anchor

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

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

  3. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999)

  4. Star Wars (1977-1986)

  5. Avengers, The (1963)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $116,739

  2. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $90,730

  3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $71,809

  4. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $38,049

  5. Tomb of Dracula (1972-1979): $31,608

Most traded issues

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

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

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

  4. Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998) #1 (1976)

  5. X-Men, The (1963-1981) #101 (1976)

🕸️ 1980s — Keys and iconic covers keep rotating

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)

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

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

  5. Daredevil (1964-1998)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $120,014

  2. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $34,403

  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $33,424

  4. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $32,757

  5. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $30,138

Most traded issues

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

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

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

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

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

Modern Age

💥 1990s — Spec-era staples still dominate the turn

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  2. Spider-Man (1990-1998)

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

  4. Spawn (1992)

  5. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $33,201

  2. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $30,253

  3. Spawn (1992): $26,321

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $25,645

  5. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $24,321

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. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #361 (1992)

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

🧟 2000s — Modern blue-chips: early prints and first issues

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Invincible (2003)

  2. Batman (1940)

  3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)

  4. Spawn (1992)

  5. Walking Dead (2003)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Invincible (2003): $64,831

  2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $9,477

  3. Batman (1940): $8,532

  4. Walking Dead (2003): $6,424

  5. NYX (2003): $6,382

Most traded issues

  1. Invincible (2003) #1 (2003)

  2. Marvel Team-Up (2005) #14 (2006)

  3. Masters of the Universe (2002) #1 (2002)

  4. Highlander (2006) #0 (2006)

  5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #601 (2009)

🕷️ 2010s — Keys are concentrated, and the same monsters keep reappearing

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Invincible (2003)

  2. Venom (2018)

  3. Spawn (1992)

  4. Ultimate Fallout (2011)

  5. Secret Wars (2015)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Invincible (2003): $31,281

  2. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $24,287

  3. Edge of Spider-Verse (2014): $10,993

  4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $9,237

  5. Something is Killing the Children (2019): $8,537

Most traded issues

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

  2. Venom (2018) #3 (2018)

  3. Sex Criminals (2013) #1 (2013)

  4. Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #800 (2018)

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

🧨 2020s — The chase lane: fresh #1s, loud covers, fast turnover

Top 5 titles by volume

  1. Absolute Batman (2024)

  2. Bangers Cover Gallery (2025)

  3. Fantasy of Cosplay Comic Cover Gallery (2024)

  4. Amazing Spider-Man (2022)

  5. Batman (2016)

Top 5 titles by sales

  1. Absolute Batman (2024): $80,178

  2. Transformers (2023): $14,487

  3. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $14,120

  4. Bangers Cover Gallery (2025): $13,063

  5. Something is Killing the Children (2019): $10,696

Most traded issues

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

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

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

  4. Waifu Chronicles (2025) #1 (2025)

  5. Batman (2025) #1 (2025)

Final Panel: What the Fortnight Reveals

This fortnight reads like a liquid, functioning market: high volume, a median that keeps the “typical” sale honest, and a top sale that’s meaningful without hijacking the narrative. Spider-Man stays the engine room—steady books, steady dollars—while the 2020s lane continues to reward whatever is newest, sharpest, and easiest to chase.

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GPAnalysis Team
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