Current CGC Market Trends from GPA (10/08/2024 to 10/21/2024)
In the most recent fortnight (October 8th 2024, to October 21st 2024), GPAnalysis reports $4.5M in sales from 18,617 individual books across major venues offering CGC-graded comics, magazines and pulps. The median price point was $98.
The most traded title was Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963), which sold 1,344 books, totalling $0.5M in sales.
The top sale among all books sold in the past fortnight was Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1 CGC 9.8 (1975), which sold for $35,000.
Total Sales by Decade (Top 5 Titles)
Notable 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. More Fun Comics (1936-1947)
3. Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939)
4. All-American Comics (1939-1948)
5. Terror Tales (1934-1941)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. More Fun Comics (1936-1947): $11,586
2. Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938-1940): $10,938
3. Adventure Comics (1938-1983): $9,640
4. Terror Tales (1934-1941): $5,364
5. Weird Tales (1923-1954): $4,793
Most traded issues:
1. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #146 (1936)
2. Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939) #2 (1938)
3. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #190 (1939)
4. More Fun Comics (1936-1947) #28 (1938)
5. Amazing-Man Comics (1939-1942) #6 (1939)
1940's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Planet Comics (1940-1954)
2. Action Comics (1938)
3. Batman (1940)
4. Sensation Comics (1942-1952)
5. All-American Comics (1939-1948)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Planet Comics (1940-1954): $38,879
2. Action Comics (1938): $34,839
3. Superman (1939-1986): $30,755
4. Batman (1940): $25,458
5. All-American Comics (1939-1948): $24,308
Most traded issues:
1. Sensation Comics (1942-1952) #71 (1947)
2. Planet Comics (1940-1954) #51 (1947)
3. Superman (1939-1986) #7 (1940)
4. Detective Comics (1937) #153 (1949)
5. All-American Comics (1939-1948) #69 (1945)
1950's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Four Color (1939-1962)
2. Action Comics (1938)
3. Batman (1940)
4. Superman (1939-1986)
5. Detective Comics (1937)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Spirou: $54,837
2. Batman (1940): $21,746
3. Action Comics (1938): $16,969
4. Famous Funnies (1934-1955): $15,381
5. Tales of Terror Annual (1951-1953): $12,999
Most traded issues:
1. Action Comics (1938) #252 (1959)
2. Four Color (1939-1962) #386 (1952)
3. Blackhawk (1944-1984) #133 (1959)
4. Captain Science (1950-1951) #6 (1951)
5. Four Color (1939-1962) #495 (1953)
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. Tales To Astonish (1959-1968)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $247,470
2. Fantastic Four (1961): $160,678
3. Tales of Suspense (1959-1968): $72,866
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $70,216
5. Avengers, The (1963): $66,109
Most traded issues:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #50 (1967)
2. Silver Surfer, The (1968-1982) #1 (1968)
3. Iron Man (1968-1996) #1 (1968)
4. Silver Surfer, The (1968-1982) #3 (1968)
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #41 (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. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $122,849
2. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $85,156
3. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $49,516
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $43,926
5. Batman (1940): $34,094
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. Spider-Woman (1978-1983) #1 (1978)
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. X-Men, The (1963-1981)
5. Batman (1940)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $98,473
2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $35,168
3. Wolverine Limited Series (1982): $21,526
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $21,086
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $20,335
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. Spider-Man (1990-1998)
3. X-Men/New X-Men (1991)
4. Spawn (1992)
5. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $28,342
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $26,911
3. Spawn (1992): $19,666
4. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $18,977
5. X-Men/New X-Men (1991): $16,390
Most traded issues:
1. Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1 (1990)
2. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #1 (1991)
3. Spawn (1992) #1 (1992)
4. Venom: Lethal Protector (1993) #1 (1993)
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #361 (1992)
2000's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)
2. Batman (1940)
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963)
4. Walking Dead (2003)
5. Young Avengers (2005)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Invincible (2003): $13,521
2. Batman (1940): $11,594
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $7,346
4. Walking Dead (2003): $6,813
5. NYX (2003): $5,520
Most traded issues:
1. Young Avengers (2005) #1 (2005)
2. Hulk (2008) #1 (2008)
3. Captain America (2005) #6 (2005)
4. Amazing Fantasy (2004) #15 (2006)
5. Batman (1940) #608 (2002)
2010's
Top 5 titles by volume:
1. Venom (2018)
2. Spawn (1992)
3. Immortal Hulk (2018)
4. Ultimate Fallout (2011)
5. Amazing Spider-Man (2015)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Venom (2018): $22,601
2. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $18,313
3. Spawn (1992): $15,967
4. Invincible Iron Man (2015): $9,906
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $9,216
Most traded issues:
1. Venom (2018) #3 (2018)
2. Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 (2011)
3. Spawn (1992) #300 (2019)
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. Batman (2016)
3. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024)
4. Wolverine (2020)
5. Venom (2018)
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $19,636
2. Superman (2023): $10,698
3. Wolverine (2020): $10,061
4. TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020): $7,975
5. Transformers (2023): $6,704
Most traded issues:
1. X-Men (2024) #1 (2024)
2. Witchblade (2024) #1 (2024)
3. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1 (2024)
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) #1 (2024)
5. Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII (2024) #1 (2024)
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