Current CGC Market Trends from GPA (11/5/2024 to 11/18/2024)
In the most recent fortnight (November 5th 2024, to November 18th 2024), GPAnalysis reports $4.8M in sales from 18,288 individual books across major venues offering CGC-graded comics, magazines and pulps. The median price point was $100.
The most traded title was Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963), which saw 1,268 books sold, totalling $0.4M in sales.
The top sale among all books sold in the past fortnight was Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996) #15 CGC 4.0 (1962), which sold for $31,102.
Total Sales by Decade (Top 5 Titles)
Top 5 breakdown by decade
Title volume, title sales and issues traded
1930's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Weird Tales (1923-1954)
2. Spider (1933-1943)
3. Adventure Comics (1938-1983)
4. Funny Picture Stories Supplement (1937)
5. Action Comics (1938)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Spicy Mystery Stories (1935-1942): $18,900
2. Weird Tales (1923-1954): $11,372
3. Adventure Comics (1938-1983): $9,300
4. Action Comics (1938): $7,104
5. Superman (1939-1986): $4,960
Most traded issues:
1. Action Comics (1938) #5 (1938)
2. Adventure Comics (1938-1983) #36 (1939)
3. More Fun Comics (1936-1947) #49 (1939)
4. Amazing-Man Comics (1939-1942) #8 (1939)
5. Funny Pages (1936-1940) #10 (1937)
1940's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Superman (1939-1986)
2. Sensation Comics (1942-1952)
3. Detective Comics (1937)
4. Flash Comics (1940-1949)
5. Batman (1940)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. All-Star Comics (1940-1978): $37,120
2. Punch Comics (1941-1948): $36,032
3. Superman (1939-1986): $35,542
4. Sensation Comics (1942-1952): $34,804
5. Detective Comics (1937): $31,249
Most traded issues:
1. Action Comics (1938) #46 (1942)
2. Sensation Comics (1942-1952) #32 (1944)
3. Superman (1939-1986) #44 (1947)
4. Four Color (1939-1962) #9 (1942)
5. Superman (1939-1986) #58 (1949)
1950's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Detective Comics (1937)
2. Superman (1939-1986)
3. Action Comics (1938)
4. Four Color (1939-1962)
5. Batman (1940)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Detective Comics (1937): $51,589
2. Showcase (1956-1978): $20,629
3. Batman (1940): $16,909
4. Action Comics (1938): $16,807
5. Superman (1939-1986): $16,098
Most traded issues:
1. Showcase (1956-1978) #6 (1957)
2. Mad (1952) #26 (1955)
3. Superman (1939-1986) #72 (1951)
4. Superman (1939-1986) #93 (1954)
5. Action Comics (1938) #252 (1959)
1960's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
2. Fantastic Four (1961)
3. X-Men, The (1963-1981)
4. Avengers, The (1963)
5. Daredevil (1964-1998)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $211,449
2. Fantastic Four (1961): $197,159
3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $141,327
4. Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996): $104,562
5. Avengers, The (1963): $95,597
Most traded issues:
1. Fantastic Four (1961) #52 (1966)
2. Iron Man (1968-1996) #1 (1968)
3. Fantastic Four (1961) #48 (1966)
4. Silver Surfer, The (1968-1982) #1 (1968)
5. Fantastic Four (1961) #49 (1966)
1970's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
2. X-Men, The (1963-1981)
3. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999)
4. Star Wars (1977-1986)
5. Batman (1940)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $153,615
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $87,772
3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $48,542
4. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $39,366
5. Star Wars (1977-1986): $34,778
Most traded issues:
1. Star Wars (1977-1986) #1 (1977)
2. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #181 (1974)
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #129 (1974)
4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #194 (1979)
5. X-Men, The (1963-1981) #94 (1975)
1980's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)
3. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985)
4. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999)
5. X-Men, The (1963-1981)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $100,960
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $45,833
3. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $33,405
4. Wolverine Limited Series (1982): $31,034
5. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $20,000
Most traded issues:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #300 (1988)
2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985) #8 (1984)
3. Wolverine Limited Series (1982) #1 (1982)
4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #252 (1984)
5. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #340 (1988)
1990's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
2. X-Men/New X-Men (1991)
3. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)
4. Spawn (1992)
5. Spider-Man (1990-1998)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $34,752
2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $25,010
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $25,003
4. Spawn (1992): $24,221
5. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $18,010
Most traded issues:
1. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #1 (1991)
2. Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1 (1990)
3. Venom: Lethal Protector (1993) #1 (1993)
4. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981) #266 (1990)
5. New Mutants, The (1983-1991) #98 (1991)
2000's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Batman (1940)
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
3. Spawn (1992)
4. Hulk (2008)
5. Walking Dead (2003)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Walking Dead (2003): $33,569
2. Invincible (2003): $9,642
3. Batman (1940): $8,660
4. Spawn (1992): $8,084
5. Hulk (2008): $6,159
Most traded issues:
1. Hulk (2008) #1 (2008)
2. Young Avengers (2005) #1 (2005)
3. Batman (1940) #608 (2002)
4. Walking Dead (2003) #1 (2003)
5. Sentry (2000) #1 (2000)
2010's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Spawn (1992)
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
3. Venom (2018)
4. Ultimate Fallout (2011)
5. Batman (2011)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $21,715
2. Spawn (1992): $10,746
3. Something is Killing the Children (2019): $9,547
4. Venom (2018): $6,819
5. Ghost-Spider (2019): $5,964
Most traded issues:
1. Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 (2011)
2. Something is Killing the Children (2019) #1 (2019)
3. Venom (2018) #3 (2018)
4. Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #4 (2014)
5. Venom (2018) #1 (2018)
2020's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Amazing Spider-Man (2022)
2. Wolverine (2020)
3. Batman (2016)
4. Venom (2018)
5. X-Men (2024)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $21,688
2. Superman (2023): $13,506
3. Wolverine (2020): $9,774
4. TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020): $8,563
5. Absolute Batman Ashcan (2024): $7,299
Most traded issues:
1. X-Men (2024) #1 (2024)
2. Wolverine (2024) #1 (2024)
3. Power Hour (2022) #2 (2024)
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) #1 (2024)
5. Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #1 (2022)
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