Current CGC Market Trends from GPA (7/8/2024 to 7/21/2024)
Marvel Comics
Market stats courtesy of GPAnalysis. Here’s a snapshot of comic book sales from July 8 to July 21, 2024. In these two weeks, 22,596 issues were sold, totalling $5,346,753.
At a glance
In the most recent fortnight, GPAnalysis reports:
$5.3M in sales from 22,596 individual books across major venues offering CGC-graded comics, magazines and pulps
The median price point was $90
The most traded title was Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963), which saw a total of 1,485 books sold, totalling $0.6M in sales
The top sale across all books sold in the past fortnight was Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996) #15 CGC 4.5 (1962), via HA.com
Let’s take a look at how sales have shifted in the last two weeks grouped by decade.
1930's
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Weird Tales (1923-1954): $21,335
2. Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939): $9,360
3. Startling Stories (1939-1955): $7,332
4. Terror Tales (1934-1941): $5,328
5. Detective Story Magazine (1915-1949): $4,080
Most traded issues:
1. Startling Stories (1939-1955) #5 (1939)
2. Planet Stories (1939-1955) #1 (1939)
3. Dynamic Science Stories (1939) #2 (1939)
4. Marvel Tales (1939-1940) #1 (1939)
5. Adventure (1910-1969) #544 (1935)
1940's
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Planet Stories (1939-1955): $39,665
2. Batman (1940): $32,806
3. Detective Comics (1937): $27,442
4. Startling Stories (1939-1955): $21,537
5. Action Comics (1938): $18,941
Most traded issues:
1. Brick Bradford (1948-1949) #6 (1948)
2. Marvel Stories (1940-1941) #1 (1940)
3. Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953) #27 (1943)
4. Batman (1940) #41 (1947)
5. Action Comics (1938) #41 (1941)
1950's
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Planet Stories (1939-1955): $22,256
2. Teen-Age Romances (1949-1955): $21,954
3. Batman (1940): $20,054
4. Diary Secrets (1950-1955): $15,780
5. Showcase (1956-1978): $14,459
Most traded issues:
1. Batman (1940) #100 (1956)
2. Four Color (1939-1962) #386 (1952)
3. Nightmare (1953-1954) #13 (1954)
4. Pictorial Romances (1950-1954) #12 (1952)
5. Sports Illustrated (1954) #1 (1954)
1960’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $308,623
2. Fantastic Four (1961): $201,659
3. Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996): $193,647
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $144,440
5. Avengers, The (1963): $62,937
Most traded issues:
1. Fantastic Four (1961) #49 (1966)
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #50 (1967)
3. Fantastic Four (1961) #52 (1966)
4. Fantastic Four (1961) #48 (1966)
5. Iron Man (1968-1996) #1 (1968)
1970’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $153,284
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $106,951
3. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $69,592
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $68,188
5. Star Wars (1977-1986): $52,873
Most traded issues:
1. Star Wars (1977-1986) #1 (1977)
2. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #181 (1974)
3. Iron Fist (1975-1977) #14 (1977)
4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #129 (1974)
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #194 (1979)
1980’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $109,091
2. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $45,050
3. Wolverine Limited Series (1982): $39,904
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $29,387
5. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $26,164
Most traded issues:
1. Wolverine Limited Series (1982) #1 (1982)
2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985) #8 (1984)
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #300 (1988)
4. Wolverine (1988) #1 (1988)
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963) #252 (1984)
1990’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $62,254
2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $24,626
3. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $23,456
4. Spawn (1992): $22,020
5. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $21,942
Most traded issues:
1. Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1 (1990)
2. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #1 (1991)
3. New Mutants, The (1983-1991) #98 (1991)
4. Spawn (1992) #1 (1992)
5. Venom: Lethal Protector (1993) #1 (1993)
2000’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Hulk (2008): $29,911
2. Invincible (2003): $17,600
3. NYX (2003): $13,706
4. Walking Dead (2003): $13,484
5. Spawn (1992): $11,152
Most traded issues:
1. Hulk (2008) #1 (2008)
2. NYX (2003) #3 (2004)
3. Hulk (2008) #2 (2008)
4. Wolverine: Origins (2006) #10 (2007)
5. Young Avengers (2005) #1 (2005)
2010’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $21,188
2. Spawn (1992): $10,308
3. Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (2009): $9,282
4. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $7,182
5. Venom (2017): $6,462
Most traded issues:
1. Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 (2011)
2. Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (2009) #7 (2010)
3. Venom (2018) #3 (2018)
4. Darth Vader (2015) #3 (2015)
5. Detective Comics (1937) #1000 (2019)
2020’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $32,733
2. Wolverine (2020): $15,834
3. TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020): $12,776
4. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024): $12,367
5. Transformers (2023): $8,943
Most traded issues:
1. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1 (2024)
2. Power Hour (2022) #2 (2024)
3. X-Men '97 (2024) #1 (2024)
4. Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII (2024) #1 (2024)
5. Peyton Blue "Woman of War" (2023) #nn (2024)
Thanks for checking out our comic book sales update. Stay tuned for more insights from GPAnalysis. Whether you’re a collector or just love comics, there’s always something exciting happening.
Till next time!
