Current CGC Market Trends from GPA (7/22/2024 to 8/4/2024)
Marvel Comics
Market stats courtesy of GPAnalysis. Here’s a snapshot of comic book sales from July 22 to August 4, 2024. In these two weeks, 22,113 issues were sold, totalling $5,409,632.
At a glance
In the most recent fortnight, GPAnalysis reports:
$5.4M in sales from 22,113 individual books across major venues offering CGC-graded comics, magazines and pulps
The median price point was $94
The most traded title was Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963), which saw a total of 1,424 books sold, totalling $0.6M in sales
The top sale across all books sold in the past fortnight was New Mutants, The (1983-1991) #98 CGC 9.8 (1991)
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. Funny Pages (1936-1940): $20,304
2. Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938-1940): $14,760
3. Amazing-Man Comics (1939-1942): $8,424
4. Keen Detective Funnies (1938-1940): $7,692
5. Jumbo Comics (1938-1953): $7,200
Most traded issues:
1. Little Giant Movie Funnies (1938) #1 (1938)
2. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #142 (1935)
3. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #163 (1937)
4. Weird Tales (1923-1954) #166 (1937)
5. Shadow (1931-1949) #4 (1936)
1940's
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Superman (1939-1986): $42,951
2. Silver Streak Comics (1939-1946): $36,342
3. Batman (1940): $31,582
4. Amazing-Man Comics (1939-1942): $31,470
5. Detective Comics (1937): $29,908
Most traded issues:
1. Superman (1939-1986) #45 (1947)
2. Planet Comics (1940-1954) #55 (1948)
3. Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953) #3 (1941)
4. Superman (1939-1986) #22 (1943)
5. Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953) #4 (1941)
1950's
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Batman (1940): $14,527
2. Showcase (1956-1978): $13,374
3. Tales from the Crypt (1950-1955): $12,471
4. Vault of Horror (1950-1955): $12,123
5. Action Comics (1938): $11,854
Most traded issues:
1. Action Comics (1938) #252 (1959)
2. Haunt of Fear (1950-1954) #15 (1952)
3. Sports Illustrated (1954) #1 (1954)
4. Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953) #97 (1950)
5. Mystic (1951-1957) #25 (1953)
1960’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $337,675
2. Fantastic Four (1961): $305,087
3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $120,276
4. Avengers, The (1963): $79,036
5. Amazing Fantasy (1962-1996): $55,962
Most traded issues:
1. Avengers, The (1963) #25 (1966)
2. Marvel Super-Heroes (1967-1982) #20 (1969)
3. Fantastic Four (1961) #48 (1966)
4. Fantastic Four (1961) #5 (1962)
5. Fantastic Four (Annuals) #2 (1964)
1970’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999): $145,554
2. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $130,249
3. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $53,843
4. Star Wars (1977-1986): $46,321
5. Giant-Size X-Men (1975): $37,931
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. Nova (1976-1979) #1 (1976)
5. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #180 (1974)
1980’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $97,607
2. Wolverine Limited Series (1982): $55,511
3. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985): $53,905
4. X-Men, The (1963-1981): $36,546
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993): $35,017
Most traded issues:
1. Wolverine Limited Series (1982) #1 (1982)
2. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985) #8 (1984)
3. Wolverine (1988) #1 (1988)
4. Incredible Hulk, The (1962-1999) #340 (1988)
5. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-1985) #1 (1984)
1990’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. New Mutants, The (1983-1991): $105,483
2. Uncanny X-Men, The (1981): $28,327
3. Wolverine (1988): $28,093
4. Spider-Man (1990-1998): $26,014
5. Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963): $24,630
Most traded issues:
1. New Mutants, The (1983-1991) #98 (1991)
2. Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1 (1990)
3. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #1 (1991)
4. Spawn (1992) #1 (1992)
5. Wolverine (1988) #88 (1994)
2000’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Walking Dead (2003): $19,602
2. NYX (2003): $17,471
3. Hulk (2008): $15,556
4. Invincible (2003): $14,274
5. Batman (1940): $11,258
Most traded issues:
1. Hulk (2008) #1 (2008)
2. X-Men/New X-Men (1991) #114 (2001)
3. NYX (2003) #3 (2004)
4. Young Avengers (2005) #1 (2005)
5. Hulk (2008) #2 (2008)
2010’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Infamous Iron Man (2016): $37,480
2. Ultimate Fallout (2011): $26,714
3. Edge of Spider-Verse (2014): $12,786
4. Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (2009): $10,984
5. Spawn (1992): $9,033
Most traded issues:
1. Infamous Iron Man (2016) #1 (2016)
2. Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 (2011)
3. Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (2009) #7 (2010)
4. Secret Wars (2015) #1 (2015)
5. Detective Comics (1937) #1000 (2019)
2020’s
Top 5 titles by sales:
1. Amazing Spider-Man (2022): $22,351
2. TMNT: The Last Ronin (2020): $16,784
3. Wolverine (2020): $13,131
4. Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII (2024): $12,093
5. BRZRKR (2021): $11,977
Most traded issues:
1. Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII (2024) #1 (2024)
2. Power Hour (2022) #2 (2024)
3. Doom (2024) #1 (2024)
4. Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #1 (2024)
5. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1 (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!
