In this video, we discuss the top 10 best selling comics of all time. See how it compares to the top 100 bestsellers of all time. One piece is the 3rd highest grossing comic of all time. The man of steel is probably the most beloved superhero. Maybe because, like ancient myths, people are drawn to overthetop stories about beings greater than, yet still bearing the same human flaws we all. Top 10 best selling comic books of all time youtube. List reflects works from multiple countries, cultures and time periods. Diamond reveals 100 bestselling comics of the past decade cbr. With over 210 million sales, captain america is one of the best selling comic books of all time. Looking at the mostordered comic books in the north american comic market, dc entertainment had a particularly strong year, with seven of the top 10 issues of the year being. Superman ranks at the top of the list of bestselling comic book series of all time, having sold an estimated 600 million copies worldwide. One piece is the bestselling comic by a single author and the bestselling manga of all time, having sold the most collected. Free comic book appraisal service find out what your books.
Click on up and down arrows to affect items ranking add item. Sales charts archives the beat the news blog of comics. The 30 bestselling comic book series of all time 1 micky maus by egmont ehapa. As comic book sales data from 1938 to the 1980s was a little harder to come by, when we say of all time we really mean. List of 100 best books of all time, as voted on by 100 writers in 54 different countries. Bestselling american comic books of all time in the u. Captain america stands for all that america should be. Marvel comics was given an award from the guinness book of world records at comic con in san diego. Superman was created in 1938 and continues to be loved by both kids and adults around the. Keep in mind the difference between highest grossing and highest selling. The first novel in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, 9 making it one of the bestselling books of all time. Written and drawn by eiichiro oda, one piece is the frenetic and freewheeling tale of a boy named monkey d. Rated 6 points posted 10 years ago by artofwar11 in category other. Search all our comic book price guides thousands of comics priced, all sorted alphabetically by issue name.
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Written and drawn by eiichiro oda, one piece is the frenetic and freewheeling tale of a boy named. If youre selling them yourself online, you need to invest a lot of time and effort into a process in which youre not even guaranteed to find a seller. Best manga of all time this is a list of the best japanese manga of all time. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, harry potter by j. The top 9 bestselling comic books of all time ppcorn. This is the bestselling manga series of all time, launched in 1997 and still going strong. Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the pictures, panels, and text that brought them to. To compile the list, eight contributors and editors made eight separate top 100 or fewer than 100 for some lists of. The journal published a 20thcentury comics canon in its 210th issue february 1999.
The 100 most influential pages in comic book history. This book, which goes for around 5,000 dollars is a grail for many comics. Learn how to grade before you sell old comic books. Collected comic book volumes edit cover of one piece vol. Now, from a monetary standpoint, your comic book may not be worth much of anything. Click on any storyline for a writeup on that story complete with some sample pages from the story. Asian comic book company and power full heros like 1. The result was four months of alternatereality comic books. The greatest comic book artists of all time, according to me. After numerous comic book lists and rankings were averaged together, here are the when it was cool 100 greatest comic books of all time. Top 10 most valuable comic books of all time youtube. Librarything connects you to people who read what you do.
Superman with over 600 million copies sold since it first appeared in 1938, superman is undisputedly the best selling comic book of all time. Best selling comic books of all time insider monkey. Diamond released a list of the top 100 bestselling comics of the 2010s. Top 10 best selling comic books of the modern era zap. All box office dc roundup drokking scrotnig get a grip hixmen moment of the week indie view kibbles n bits making comics matt chats mint condition queerness in comics the internets strangest superhero songs the marvel rundown the retailers view theres blood on my comics. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. Top 10 best selling comic books of the modern era zapkapow. Luffy, leader of a gang of pirates on a world dominated by two vast oceans. The data is collected from sales made in thousands of comic book specialty shops across the globe.
The comic journals top 100 comics of the 20th century. Here is a master list of all the top 100 comic book storylines, as voted on by you, our readers over a thousand of you. Comic books are worth something, especially to the owners that have collected and read those comics. Aided by five slightly different variant covers, spiderman was the highest selling comic book of alltime for about a year. The 25 most iconic comic book covers of all time ign. This is an important thing to think about when you are selling your comic book. Action comics, the series which introduced the superman character, remains very popular even today with its thousandth issue. The symbol of america has long touched the hearts and minds of free people everywhere. While i am super happy to see one piece is so popular, its important to remember that batmansuperman comics were at the height of their popularity back in the earlymid 20th century, when comics. When i sold comics back then young people would ask me what comic i thought would go up in value. For more on your favorite comic book heroes, check out our roundup of the craziest retcons marvel and dc have ever.
Some have managed to break the million selling mark due to popularity, some to notoriety, some down to sheer perseverance. Now, comic books or the longform, graphic novels are as ubiquitous in pop culture as any other legitimate variety of literature. The allamerican hero first appeared in 1941, some time before the united states entered. During the heat of the comics boom of the early 1990s, marvel published the bestselling comic book of all time.
The 30 bestselling comic book series of all time best life. The 10 bestselling comic book titles of 21st century. The comic sales of the 90s as i remember them was fueled by speculation not necessarily comic fans. In celebration of national superhero day, yahoo news counts down americas top ten bestselling comic books of all time.
The 100 best comic book characters of all time paste. Top 20 comic book artists ever best, most ranked user. Finally, the bestselling comic of all time is the iconic superman, which has sold more than 600 million copies. One piece is the bestselling comic by a single author and the bestselling manga of all time, having sold the most collected comic book volumes. With these qualities, captain america easily makes it on the list as one of the top comic book.
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