Top of the Stack: Best-Selling Comic Titles by Decade (August 13 – August 26, 2025)
The latest fortnight of sales offers a sharp snapshot of the graded comic market, with $5M traded across nearly 22,000 slabs, and a median price of $92. From Amazing Spider-Man’s continued dominance to standout sales of Amazing Fantasy #15 and the rise of modern indies, the numbers reveal how demand is playing out across every era.
Source: GPAnalysis.com, sales recorded from August 13th to August 26th, 2025.
Market Overview
Total recorded sales: $5,045,468 across 21,912 CGC-graded comics, magazines, and pulps.
Median slab price: $92 — slightly below the recent mid-$90s threshold.
Most-traded title: The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) — 1,611 copies, totalling approximately $0.5M in revenue.
Top single sale: Amazing Fantasy (1962–1996) #15 CGC 4.5 (1962), sold via HA.com for $34,800.
Market Observations
🕰️ Silver Age dominance: Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men continue to set the pace both in sales totals and collector attention.
📜 Golden Age pulps still trade hands: titles like Weird Tales and Planet Comics reinforce long-standing demand.
🚀 Indie momentum builds: Invincible, BRZRKR, and Mark Spears’ Monsters demonstrate how modern franchises command genuine market weight.
📉 Median price dips slightly: the $92 mark suggests more volume in accessible slabs, while high-end key sales were fewer than in previous fortnights.
Top 5 titles in sales by era
Let’s step through the age/eras by decade
Platinum/Golden Age
🕰️ 1930s – Pulps & Proto-Heroes
Top 5 by Volume: Weird Tales, Shadow, Operator #5, Funny Picture Stories Supplement, Marvel Science Stories
Top 5 by Sales:
Wonder Comics (1939) — $6,999
Weird Tales — $6,565
Superman (1939–1986) — $3,215
Operator #5 — $3,168
Spicy Mystery Stories — $3,030
Most Traded Issues: Startling Stories #5 (1939), Astounding Stories #1 (1930), Dime Mystery Magazine #28 (1935), Dynamic Science Stories #1 (1939), Operator #5 #30 (1937)
🦇 1940s – Wartime Icons
Top 5 by Volume: Planet Comics, Planet Stories, Batman, Superman, Detective Comics
Top 5 by Sales:
Planet Comics — $53,762
Detective Comics — $40,903
Superman — $30,613
Batman — $26,742
Planet Stories — $25,812
Most Traded Issues: Is This Tomorrow #nn (1947), Black Terror #12 (1945), Detective Comics #117 (1946), Detective Comics #105 (1945), Planet Comics #29 (1944)
👻 1950s – Code Era & Experiments
Top 5 by Volume: Mad, Justice Traps the Guilty, World’s Finest Comics, Superman, Strange Adventures
Top 5 by Sales:
Sports Illustrated (1954) — $35,333
World’s Finest Comics — $23,345
Action Comics — $13,645
Batman — $12,054
Crime Suspense Stories — $10,074
Most Traded Issues: Sports Illustrated #1 (1954), Haunt of Fear #12 (1952), The Flash #105 (1959), Batman #121 (1959), Crime SuspenStories #19 (1953)
Silver Age
🕷️ 1960s – Silver Age Explosion
Top 5 by Volume: Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, Tales of Suspense
Top 5 by Sales:
Amazing Spider-Man — $266,104
Fantastic Four — $223,434
X-Men — $172,612
Amazing Fantasy — $71,622
Avengers — $65,591
Most Traded Issues: Fantastic Four #49, Fantastic Four #52, Iron Man #1 (1968), Fantastic Four #48, Sub-Mariner #1 (1968)
Bronze Age
🌌 1970s – Bronze Age Breakouts
Top 5 by Volume: Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman, Incredible Hulk, Star Wars
Top 5 by Sales:
Incredible Hulk — $154,603
Amazing Spider-Man — $137,902
X-Men — $54,601
Giant-Size X-Men — $46,442
Batman — $40,641
Most Traded Issues: Hulk #181 (1974), Star Wars #1 (1977), ASM #129 (1974), ASM #194 (1979), Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
🛡️ 1980s – Event Comics Era
Top 5 by Volume: Amazing Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, Batman
Top 5 by Sales:
Amazing Spider-Man — $102,522
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — $42,969
Wolverine Limited Series — $33,095
Secret Wars — $27,487
Uncanny X-Men — $24,777
Most Traded Issues: ASM #300 (1988), Secret Wars #8 (1984), Wolverine LS #1 (1982), ASM #252 (1984), Wolverine #1 (1988)
Modern Age
🧟♂️ 1990s – Speculation Boom
Top 5 by Volume: X-Men/New X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man (1990s), Uncanny X-Men, Spawn
Top 5 by Sales:
Spider-Man (1990) — $39,197
New Mutants — $26,338
Amazing Spider-Man — $26,267
X-Men/New X-Men — $23,736
Spawn — $19,690
Most Traded Issues: X-Men #1 (1991), Spider-Man #1 (1990), Spawn #1 (1992), ASM #361 (1992), Venom: Lethal Protector #1 (1993)
🛡️ 2000s – Indie Energy
Top 5 by Volume: Invincible, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, Spawn, Walking Dead
Top 5 by Sales:
Invincible — $50,600
The Walking Dead — $15,457
Amazing Spider-Man — $7,917
Spawn — $7,711
NYX — $6,099
Most Traded Issues: Hulk #1 (2008), Invincible #1 (2003), The Boys #1 (2006), Green Lantern #25 (2008), Batman #609 (2003)
🧠 2010s – New Modern Keys
Top 5 by Volume: Invincible, Star Wars (2015), Spawn, Amazing Spider-Man (2014), Amazing Spider-Man (2018)
Top 5 by Sales:
Ultimate Fallout (2011) — $20,476
Invincible — $17,761
Spawn — $9,769
Something Is Killing the Children — $9,583
Amazing Spider-Man — $7,904
Most Traded Issues: Ultimate Fallout #4 (2011), ASM (2018) #1, Venom (2018) #3, SIKTC #1 (2019), Black Cat #1 (2019)
🦇 2020s – Current Movers
Top 5 by Volume: Amazing Spider-Man (2022), Batman (2016), Absolute Batman (2024), Mark Spears Monsters (2024), Wolverine (2020)
Top 5 by Sales:
BRZRKR (2021) — $18,813
Amazing Spider-Man (2022) — $16,022
Mark Spears Monsters (2024) — $11,645
TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020) — $9,062
Absolute Batman (2024) — $8,578
Most Traded Issues: Waifu Chronicles #1 (2025), Power Hour Preview #3 (2025), Absolute Batman #1 (2024), Deviant Nation #nn (2025), Ultimate Wolverine #1 (2025)
Final Panel: What the Fortnight Reveals
This fortnight’s numbers underscore the continued strength of the graded market: Silver Age staples set the pace, Bronze Age keys fuel momentum, and modern indies carve out fresh space. With $5M in sales and Spider-Man once again leading, demand remains diverse across eras.
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