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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 100 million 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

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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 Eiichiro Oda Shueisha 112 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1997 – present		 578 million†[2]
Asterix René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
 Dargaud
Les Éditions Albert René		 41 1959 – present[a] 393 million[3][c]
Golgo 13 Takao Saito Shogakukan 217 Big Comic
1968 – present		 300 million†[4]
Peanuts Charles M. Schulz — — 1950 – 2000 300 million[5]
Oriental Heroes Wong Yuk-Long, Tony Culturecom 2427 1969–present 280 million[6][7]
Case Closed Gosho Aoyama Shogakukan 107 Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1994 – present		 270 million[8][e]
Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1984–1995		 260 million[9]
Naruto Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha 72 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1999 – 2014		 250 million[10][g]
The Adventures of Tintin Hergé Casterman
Le Lombard
Egmont Group		 24 1929 – 1976 250 million[11]
Spike and Suzy Willy Vandersteen Standaard Uitgeverij 365 1945 – present 230 million[12]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Koyoharu Gotouge Shueisha 23 2016–2020 220 million†‡[13]
Slam Dunk Takehiko Inoue Shueisha 31 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1990 – 1996		 185 million[14][h]
KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops Osamu Akimoto Shueisha 200 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1976 – 2016		 157.2 million[15][i]
Diabolik Angela Giussani
Luciana Giussani		 Astorina 862 1962 – present 150 million[16]
Crayon Shin-chan Yoshito Usui Futabasha 67 Manga Action
1990 – present		 148 million[j][17]
Attack on Titan Hajime Isayama Kodansha 34 Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
2009 – 2021		 140 million[18]
Garfield Jim Davis — — 1978 – present 135 million[19]
Oishinbo Tetsu Kariya
Akira Hanasaki		 Shogakukan 111 Big Comic Spirits
1983 – present		 135 million[20]
Bleach Tite Kubo Shueisha 74 Weekly Shōnen Jump
2001 – 2016		 130 million[21][k]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Hirohiko Araki Shueisha 134 1987 – present 120 million†[22][l]
Kingdom Yasuhisa Hara Shueisha 76 Weekly Young Jump
2006 – present		 110 million†‡[23]
Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd. 449 1967 – present 100 million[24]
Astro Boy Osamu Tezuka Kobunsha 23 Shōnen
1952 – 1968		 100 million[25]
Casper the Friendly Ghost Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo Harvey Comics — 1949 – present 100 million[26]
Baki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Akita Shoten 191 Weekly Shōnen Champion
1991 – present		 100 million†[m][27]
Fist of the North Star Buronson and Tetsuo Hara Shueisha 27 Weekly Shōnen Jump
1983 – 1988		 100 million[28][n]
Hajime no Ippo George Morikawa Kodansha 143 Weekly Shōnen Magazine
1989 – present		 100 million†[29]
Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami Shueisha 31[o] Weekly Shōnen Jump
2018 – 2024		 100 million†‡[30]
The Kindaichi Case Files Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō Kodansha 95 1992 – present 100 million†[31]
My Hero Academia Kōhei Horikoshi Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump
2014 – 2024		 100 million†‡[32][p]
Touch Mitsuru Adachi Shogakukan 26 Weekly Shōnen Sunday
1981 – 1986		 100 million[33]

Periodical single-issue floppy comics

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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
Superman Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster		 DC Comics 18,732[35] 1938 – 2016 600 million[36][q]
Batman Bob Kane
Bill Finger		 DC Comics 23,193[37] 1939 – 2016 484 million[r][q]
Spider-Man Stan Lee
Steve Ditko		 Marvel 13,500[41] 1963 – 2016 387 million[s][q]
X-Men Stan Lee
Jack Kirby		 Marvel 12,000[46] 1963 – 2016 260 million[47][q]
Captain America Joe Simon
Jack Kirby		 Marvel 9,000[48] 1941 – 2016 210 million[47]
Fantastic Four Stan Lee
Jack Kirby		 Marvel 5,899[49] 1961 – 2005 150 million [50][51]
Diabolik Angela Giussani
Luciana Giussani		 Astorina 862 1962 – 2016 150 million[16]
Spawn Todd McFarlane Image Comics 600[52] 1992 – 2016 150 million[53]
The Phantom Lee Falk Frew Publications 3,000[54] 1936 – 2016 150 million[47]

Comic magazines

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Cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump issue #1 (1968). Weekly Shōnen Jump is the best-selling comic magazine.

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 Shueisha Japan 2,406[55] 1968 – present 7.6 billion[55][t]
Weekly Shōnen Magazine Kodansha Japan 2,942[56] 1959 – present 5.2 billion[u]
Weekly Young Jump Shueisha Japan 1,765[57] 1979 – present 2.2 billion[v]
The Beano DC Thomson United Kingdom 4,200+ 1938 – present 2 billion[58]
Weekly Shōnen Sunday Shogakukan Japan 2,805[59] 1959 – present 1.9 billion[w]
Weekly Young Magazine Kodansha Japan 1,976 1980 – present 1.8 billion[x]
Micky Maus Egmont Ehapa Germany 3,169 1951 – present 1 billion[y]
Classics Illustrated Elliot Publishing Co.
Gilberton Company, Inc.
Frawley Corporation		 United States 169 1941 – 1971 1 billion[61]
Ribon Shueisha Japan 694[62] 1955 – present 594 million[z]
MAD Magazine EC Comics, DC Comics United States 557 1952 – present 430 million[63]
CoroCoro Comic Shogakukan Japan 480[64] 1977 – present 407 million[aa]
Nakayoshi Kodansha Japan 756 1954 – present 400 million[ab]
Monthly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Japan 317[65] 1970 – 2007 215 million[ac]
Action Comics DC Comics United States 1,000 1938 – present 188 million[ad]
Pilote Dargaud France 420[72] 1959 – 1989 117 million[b]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Serialized in Pilote from 1959 – 1973. Collected comic album releases of the Pilote comics were published from 1961 – 1973. Since 1974, each instalment has been published as a complete album with no prior magazine serialization.
  2. ^ a b See Pilote § Circulation.
  3. ^ In addition to comic album sales, Asterix had a total estimated circulation of approximately 93.5 million copies in the comic magazine Pilote, which serialized Asterix from October 1959 to 1973.[b]
  4. ^ See Weekly Shōnen Sunday § Circulation
  5. ^ In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Case Closed / Detective Conan chapters have had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.3 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine, which has been serializing Detective Conan since January 1994.[d]
  6. ^ a b c d e f See Weekly Shōnen Jump § Manga series
  7. ^ In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Naruto chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 2.3 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.[f]
  8. ^ In addition to tankōbon sales, Slam Dunk had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.7 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.[f]
  9. ^ In addition to tankōbon volume sales, KochiKame chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 6 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.[f]
  10. ^ Includes Crayon Shin-chan, its sequel series, New Crayon Shin-chan, and its spin-off.
  11. ^ In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Bleach chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 2 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.[f]
  12. ^ In addition to tankōbon sales, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure had a total estimated circulation of approximately 3.6 billion copies in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.[f]
  13. ^ Includes Baki the Grappler's sequel series; Baki, Baki Hanma, Baki-Dou, Bakidou, Baki Rahen and spinoffs
  14. ^ In addition to tankōbon volume sales, Fist of the North Star chapters had a total estimated circulation of approximately 1.1 billion copies in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.[f]
  15. ^ Including Jujutsu Kaisen 0
  16. ^ Includes the total print number of all its spin-off manga and side-story light novels
  17. ^ a b c d While the vast bulk of the sales are from single-issue floppy comics, the number may also include trade paperback volumes, which account for a small portion of the sales.
  18. ^ Batman comic sales – 484.900.656 copies
    • Up until 2015 – 460 million[36]
    • 2016 – 5,049,826[38]
    • 2017 – 4,877,167[39]
    • 2018 – 4,622,530[34]
    • 2019 – 6,070,761[40]
  19. ^ Spider-Man comic sales – 384,827,202 copies
    • Up until April 2014 – 360 million[42]
    • May–December 2014 – 3,366,050[43][44]
    • 2015 – 4,719,795[45]
    • 2016 – 4,248,366[38]
    • 2017 – 3,465,005[39]
    • 2018 – 4,522,479[34]
    • 2019 – 4,505,507[40]
  20. ^ See Weekly Shōnen Jump § Manga series.
  21. ^ See Weekly Shōnen Magazine § Circulation.
  22. ^ See Weekly Young Jump § Circulation
  23. ^ See Weekly Shōnen Sunday § Circulation.
  24. ^ See Weekly Young Magazine § Circulation
  25. ^ In 1998, the total number of Micky Maus copies ever sold exceeded 1 billion.[60]
  26. ^ See Ribon § Circulation.
  27. ^ See CoroCoro Comic § Circulation.
  28. ^ See Nakayoshi § Circulation.
  29. ^ See Monthly Shōnen Jump § Circulation
  30. ^ Action Comics sales – est. 187,508,831 copies
    • Up until 1989 – 170,851,312[66]
    • 1993 – 2,203,000[43]
    • 1996–2001 – 3,055,766[43]
    • 2002–2006 – est. 2,400,000[43]
    • 2007–2008 – est. 1,200,000[43]
    • 2009 – 192,400[67]
    • 2010 – 439,000[68]
    • 2011 – 950,600[69]
    • 2012 – 1,035,600[70]
    • 2013 – 777,500[71]
    • 2014 – 583,704[44]
    • 2015 – 440,757[45]
    • 2016 – 1,080,297[38]
    • 2017 – 1,179,798[39]
    • 2018 – 1,119,097[34]

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