The reading corner for collectors and enthusiasts, brought to you by GPAnalysis
Top of the Stack: Best-Selling CGC Comic Titles by Decade (Jan 26–Feb 8, 2026)
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.
Hake’s Presents ‘Comic Books – Signed & Certified!’
Hake’s new online-exclusive ‘Comic Books – Signed & Certified!’ auction is live now, featuring 300+ signed and graded/authenticated comics (CGC Signature Series or JSA), with bidding from $10, strong Silver/Bronze Marvel and X-Men keys, and signatures from creators like Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Neal Adams, Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee and more—ending Wednesday, February 25 at hakes.com.
Heritage Auctions London Preview Features Live Conversation with Legendary Artist Simon Bisley on Feb. 11
Heritage Auctions will host a free public preview at its London headquarters on Wednesday, 11 February (6–8 p.m., talk at 6:30), featuring an in-depth conversation with legendary artist Simon Bisley led by Lon Allen and Tim Pilcher, ahead of its upcoming Comic Books Signature® (26–28 Feb) and Comic Art Signature® (27 Feb–1 Mar) auctions.
Record-Breaking Sale: Two 10-Cent Comic Books Sell for $13 Million
Heritage Auctions, working with SemperFi Comics, completed a blockbuster private sale totaling $13 million, pairing a CGC 9.4 Batman No. 1 (highest known, $6M) with a CGC 8.5 Mile High Superman No. 1 (second highest known, $7M) — underscoring the surging demand for elite, investment-grade Golden Age comics.
The Top 10 Rarest Mega-Grails
Many comics are in high demand but relatively prevalent. Others are genuinely rare, yet few collectors care about them. This list of mega-grails highlights the sweet spot where extreme rarity meets sustained demand.
Top of the Stack: Best-Selling CGC Comic Titles by Decade (Jan 13–26, 2026)
Trophy sale, not trophy fortnight: The $69k Amazing Fantasy #15 is a headline, but only 1.32% of total sales — the fortnight isn’t riding on one book.
The Collector Hub: Where Data Meets Comic Book Passion
There’s a certain magic to comic book collecting—the thrill of the hunt, the nostalgia, the obscure trivia that lives rent-free in our heads. But in today’s market, collecting isn’t just about sentiment—it’s about information. That’s where The Collector Hub by GPAnalysis steps in.
Green Lantern: A Legacy Forged in Light
If you’ve ever looked at a glowing green ring and thought, “Wait… what is this guy’s deal?”, you’re not alone. Green Lantern is one of DC Comics’ oldest and most creatively rich superheroes, but also one of its most rebooted, reinterpreted, and, at times, misunderstood.
The Median Is the Truth Serum: How to Read the Market When One Trophy Sale Warps Everything
Here’s a handy way to read any dataset: start with the median and volume, check whether one big sale is skewing the totals, compare mean vs median for distortion, then look at the most-traded titles/issues to see what’s really moving.
Top of the Stack: Best-Selling CGC Comic Titles by Decade (Dec 30, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026)
The CGC-graded market posted $19,205,091 in recorded sales from 18,890 individual books over the last 14 days, with a $95 median holding steady across major venues for comics, magazines, and pulps. The fortnight’s defining moment was a true hobby landmark: Action Comics (1938) #1 CGC 9.0 sold via ComicConnect for $15,000,000.
Metropolis Collectibles/ComicConnect Sets New $15 Million Record with Action Comics #1 (CGC 9.0)
Metropolis Collectibles/ComicConnect has set a new all-time collectibles record with the private $15 million sale of a CGC 9.0 Action Comics #1, surpassing the previous comic and sports card highs.
New Year, New Cape: Resolutions and Fresh Starts for Superheroes
When the calendar flips and the confetti settles, most of us set out with a clean slate—eat better, spend less, be kinder, go to the gym more than twice. But what about our favorite comic book superheroes?
Top of the Stack: Best-Selling Comic Titles by Decade (December 16–29, 2025)
A $90 median and 19,046 slabs tells the story: this wasn’t a thin ‘headline-only’ fortnight—it was a market with breadth. ASM stayed liquid, TMNT delivered the knockout sale, and the 2020s kept punching above their weight with new-era leaders that are starting to look like real pillars rather than passing noise.
Top 10 Collector Hub Articles of 2025
Ten Collector Hub reads that cut through 2025’s noise—spotting true scarcity, exposing hype and fakes, decoding grading/pressing, and tracking the real market signals worth following.
Deck the Halls with Batarangs and Web-Shooters: How Comic Book Heroes Spend the Holidays
It’s easy to imagine superheroes battling alien invasions, time paradoxes, and mutant uprisings. But what happens when the holidays roll around? Do they hang up the cape for cocoa, or keep the spandex on standby for seasonal shenanigans? As it turns out, comic book heroes don’t just survive Christmas and New Year’s—they celebrate them with flair, drama, and surprisingly heartfelt moments.
2025 Year in Review (Top of the Stack, CGC-Graded Comics)
Across the 2025 fortnights where we published total sales and total volume, the CGC-graded market didn’t just move — it marched: at least 165,694 slabs traded hands for more than $57.6M in recorded sales.
Top of the Stack: Best-Selling Comic Titles by Decade (December 2–15, 2025)
$9.4M in sales on 23,489 books with a $90 median—led by Amazing Spider-Man volume and a headline Action Comics #1 sale at $554,428.
Behind the Panels — The Unsung Heroes of Comic Book Creation
Comic books are often celebrated for their colorful splash pages, iconic heroes, and captivating story arcs. The spotlight usually falls on the marquee names: the writer whose story weaves through the panels, or the artist whose style defines a generation.