List of best-selling comic series explained

This page provides lists of best-selling comic book series to date. It includes Japanese manga, American comic books, and European comics.This list includes comic books that have sold at least 100million copies.

There are three separate lists, for three different comic book publication formats: collected comic book volumes, periodical single-issue floppy comics, and comic magazines. They are separated because the sales figures of these publication formats are not directly comparable.

Collected comic book volumes

This list is for comics printed in a traditional book format (paperback or hardcover), typically with a similar number of pages as novels. The list includes graphic novels printed exclusively in this format, and trade paperback/hardcover books which compile periodical comic chapters/issues into larger collected volumes. Japanese manga tankōbon volumes and European comic albums account for the vast majority of collected comic book volume sales.[1] American trade paperbacks and graphic novels are also included in the list.

These comic series were originally serialized either as chapters (typically 15-30 pages each) in comic publications (such as comic magazines) or as single-page comic strips in non-comic publications (such as newspapers), before being collected into a larger comic book volume (which compiles either multiple comic chapters or numerous comic strips).[1] For comic series originally serialized as chapters in comic magazines or manga magazines, their estimated circulation figures in those magazines are given in footnotes.

Denotes comic series currently running
Comic series Creator(s) Publisher No. of collected
volumes 		Serialized Approximate sales
One Piece 109 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1997 – present 		[2]
Asterix René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
Dargaud
Les Éditions Albert René 		40 1959 – present393million[3]
Dragon Ball Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1984–1995 		300 million[4]
Golgo 13Takao SaitoShogakukan203 Big Comic
1968 – present 		300 million[5]
Peanuts 1950 – 2000 300million[6]
Oriental HeroesWong Yuk-Long, TonyCulturecom24271969–present280 million[7] [8]
Case Closed Shogakukan 105 Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1994 – present 		270million[9]
Naruto Shueisha 72 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1999 – 2014		250million[10]
The Adventures of Tintin 24 1929 – 1976 250million[11]
Spike and Suzy 365 1945 – present 230million[12]
Slam Dunk Shueisha 31 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1990 – 1996 		170 million[13]
Shueisha 200 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1976 – 2016		156.5million[14]
Koyoharu GotōgeShueisha23Weekly Shōnen Jump
2016 – 2020		150 million[15]
Diabolik Astorina 862 1962 – present 150million[16]
Crayon Shin-chan 67 Manga Action
1990 – present		148 million[17]
Garfield 1978 – present 135 million[18]
Oishinbo Tetsu Kariya
Akira Hanasaki 		Shogakukan 111 Big Comic Spirits
1983 – present 		135 million[19]
Bleach Shueisha 74 Weekly Shōnen Jump
2001 – 2016 		130 million[20]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Shueisha 131 1987 – present 120 million[21]
Attack on Titan 34 Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
2009 – 2021 		120 million[22]
Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd. 449 1967 – present 100 million[23]
Astro Boy 23 Shōnen
1952 – 1968 		100 million[24]
Casper the Friendly Ghost 1949 – present 100 million[25]
Baki the Grappler 191 Weekly Shōnen Champion
1991 – present 		100 million[26]
Fist of the North Star Shueisha 27 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1983 – 1988 		100 million[27]
Hajime no Ippo Kodansha 141 Weekly Shōnen Magazine
1989 – present 		100 million[28]
Jujutsu Kaisen Shueisha 31 Weekly Shōnen Jump
2018 – 2024 		100 million[29]
The Kindaichi Case Files Kodansha 95 1992 – present 100 million[30]
Kingdom Shueisha 72 Weekly Young Jump
2006 – present 		100 million[31]
My Hero Academia Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump
2014 – 2024		100 million[32]
Touch Shogakukan 26 Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1981 – 1986 		100 million[33]

Periodical single-issue floppy comics

This list is for single-issue floppy comics, also known as the American comic book format. Unlike the paperback book format, floppy comics are thinner periodicals and stapled together. Each floppy comic issue is typically 20–40 pages, and usually consists of a single chapter (as opposed to a larger comic book volume that typically includes multiple chapters). A floppy comic is comparable to a comic magazine, but is thinner in size and is dedicated to a single character or group of characters (whereas a comic magazine is thicker and serializes multiple different unrelated series).[1]

Single-issue floppy comics are the most common publication format for American comics, and account for the vast majority of American superhero comic sales.[34] This list also contains periodical publications from other countries that are similarly dedicated to a single character or group of characters. Some of the numbers reported here may also include sales of trade paperback volumes, which account for a small portion of American comic sales.

According to the most recently available data, the best-selling American single-issue comic of all time was X-Men #1, which was published in 1991 and has since sold almost 8.2 million copies.

Comic series Creator(s) Publisher No. of issues Serialized Approximate sales
SupermanJerry Siegel
Joe Shuster		DC Comics18,732[35] 1938 – 2016 [36]
BatmanBob Kane
Bill Finger		DC Comics23,193[37] 1939 – 2016 484million
Spider-ManStan Lee
Steve Ditko		Marvel13,500[38] 1963 – 2016
X-MenStan Lee
Jack Kirby		Marvel12,000[39] 1963 – 2016 [40]
Captain America 9,000[41] 1941 – 2016 210million
Diabolik Astorina 862 1962 – 2016 150million
Spawn 600[42] 1992 – 2016 150million[43]
The Phantom 3,000[44] 1936 – 2016 150million

Comic magazines

This list is for comic magazines, which are anthology magazines that serialize multiple different unrelated comic series. This list includes Japanese manga magazines, European comic magazines, and English-language comic magazines.

In Japan, manga magazines account for the vast majority of manga sales. Most manga series first appear in manga magazines, before later being sold separately as collected tankobon volumes.[1]

Comic magazine Publisher Country No. of issues Serialized Approximate sales
Weekly Shōnen Jump Japan 2,406 1968 – present 7.6billion[45]
Weekly Shōnen Magazine Japan 2,942[46] 1959 – present 5.2billion
Weekly Young Jump Japan 1,765[47] 1979 – present 2.2billion
The BeanoDC ThomsonUnited Kingdom4,200+1938 – present2 billion[48]
Weekly Shōnen Sunday Japan 2,805[49] 1959 – present 1.9billion
Weekly Young Magazine Japan 1980 – present 1.8billion
Micky Maus Germany 3,169 1951 – present 1billion
Classics Illustrated Elliot Publishing Co.
Gilberton Company, Inc.
Frawley Corporation 		United States 169 1941 – 1971 1 billion[50]
Ribon Japan 694[51] 1955 – present 594million
MAD Magazine United States 557 1952 – present 430 million[52]
CoroCoro Comic Japan 480[53] 1977 – present 407million
Nakayoshi Japan 1954 – present 400million
Monthly Shōnen Jump Japan 317[54] 1970 – 2007 215million
Action Comics United States 1938 – present 188million
Pilote France 420[55] 1959 – 1989 117million

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Pineda. Rafael. One Piece Manga Sets Guinness World Record With Over 500 Million Published. Anime News Network. August 5, 2022. August 4, 2022. One Piece manga has surpassed 500 million copies published worldwide […] 416,566,000 of those copies are in Japan, and 100 million copies are in 60 countries and territories outside of Japan. (In the past, Shueisha has used the Japanese term for "published" in reporting its manga statistics, but clarified that these figures include both print and digital copies.). August 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220807235718/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-04/one-piece-manga-sets-guinness-world-record-with-over-500-million-published/.188352. live.
  3. News: Abbatescianni . Davide . At Cartoon Next, Céleste Surugue shares the secrets behind Asterix's success story . . April 20, 2022 . August 19, 2022 .
  4. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Global Theatrical Release Dates . . June 15, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221212074137/https://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/press/press-220615.html . December 12, 2022 . July 13, 2023 . live . the manga’s popularity has continued to grow with an astonishing record of 260 million copies sold worldwide.
  5. Web site: 8号ではさいとう・たかを「ゴルゴ13」の200巻到達とシリーズ累計3億冊突破を記念し、「ゴルゴ13」が巻頭カラーで登場する。さらに、ともに連載作が200巻を突破したさいとうと「こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所」の秋本治による対談も掲載。. Natalie. ja-JP. March 25, 2021.
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  10. Web site: 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ―ナルト―」作者・岸本斉史さん 新連載『サムライ８（エイト）八丸伝（ハチマルデン）』スタート 君も完璧じゃなくていい : エンタメ・文化. May 3, 2019. 読売新聞オンライン. ja. July 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190715235050/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20190502-OYT1T50164/. July 15, 2019. dead.
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  17. Web site: クレしんは1958年生まれの臼井儀人さんが1990年からマンガ連載を開始（アニメは1992年）し、2015年の段階で国内外と関連書籍を合わせると1億4800万部 . Chika Lab . ja . May 20, 2020.
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