List of best-selling comic series

This page provides lists of best-selling comic book series to date. It includes Japanese manga, American comic books, and European comics. This list includes comic books that have sold at least 100million copies.

There are three separate lists, for three different comic book publication formats: collected comic book volumes, periodical single-issue floppy comics, and comic magazines. They are separated because the sales figures of these publication formats are not directly comparable.

Collected comic book volumes This list is for comics printed in a traditional book format (paperback or hardcover), typically with a similar number of pages as novels. The list includes graphic novels printed exclusively in this format, and trade paperback/hardcover books which compile periodical comic chapters/issues into larger collected volumes. Japanese manga tankōbon volumes and European comic albums account for the vast majority of collected comic book volume sales. American trade paperbacks and graphic novels are also included in the list.

These comic series were originally serialized either as chapters (typically 15-30 pages each) in comic publications (such as comic magazines) or as single-page comic strips in non-comic publications (such as newspapers), before being collected into a larger comic book volume (which compiles either multiple comic chapters or numerous comic strips). For comic series originally serialized as chapters in comic magazines or manga magazines, their estimated circulation figures in those magazines are given in footnotes.

Denotes comic series currently running

Comic series Creator(s) Publisher No. of collectedvolumes Serialized Approximate salesOne Piece Eiichiro Oda Shueisha 114 Weekly Shōnen Jump1997 – present Asterix René GoscinnyAlbert Uderzo Dargaud Les Éditions Albert René 41 1959 – present 393millionSpike and Suzy Willy Vandersteen Standaard Uitgeverij 384 1945 – present 350millionGolgo 13Takao Saito Shogakukan 219 Big Comic1968 – present 300 millionLucky Luke Morris Dupuis Dargaud Lucky Comics 82 1946 – present 300millionPeanuts Charles M. Schulz 1950 – 2000 300millionCase Closed Gosho Aoyama Shogakukan 107 Weekly Shōnen Sunday1994 – present 270millionDragon Ball Akira Toriyama Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump1984–1995 260 millionNaruto Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha 72 Weekly Shōnen Jump1999 – 2014 250millionThe Adventures of Tintin Hergé CastermanLe LombardEgmont Group 24 1929 – 1976 250millionDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Koyoharu Gotouge Shueisha 23 2016–2020 220 millionSlam Dunk Takehiko Inoue Shueisha 31 Weekly Shōnen Jump1990 – 1996 185 millionKochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops Osamu Akimoto Shueisha 201 Weekly Shōnen Jump1976 – 2016 157.2millionDiabolik Angela GiussaniLuciana Giussani Astorina 862 1962 – present 150millionJujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami Shueisha 30 Weekly Shōnen Jump2018 – 2024 150 millionCrayon Shin-chan Yoshito Usui Futabasha 65 Manga Action1990 – present 148 millionAttack on Titan Hajime Isayama Kodansha 34 Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine 2009 – 2021 140 millionGarfield Jim Davis 1978 – present 135 millionOishinbo Tetsu Kariya Akira Hanasaki Shogakukan 111 Big Comic Spirits1983 – 2014 135 millionBleach Tite Kubo Shueisha 74 Weekly Shōnen Jump2001 – 2016 130 millionJoJo's Bizarre Adventure Hirohiko Araki Shueisha 138 1987 – present 120 millionKingdom Yasuhisa Hara Shueisha 78 Weekly Young Jump2006 – present 120 millionAmar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd. 449 1967 – present 100 millionAstro Boy Osamu Tezuka Kobunsha 23 Shōnen1952 – 1968 100 millionCasper the Friendly Ghost Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo Harvey Comics 1949 – present 100 millionBaki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Akita Shoten 155 Weekly Shōnen Champion1991 – present 100 millionFist of the North Star Buronson and Tetsuo Hara Shueisha 27 Weekly Shōnen Jump1983 – 1988 100 millionHajime no Ippo George Morikawa Kodansha 145 Weekly Shōnen Magazine1989 – present 100 millionHunter × Hunter Yoshihiro Togashi Shueisha 38 1998–present 100 millionThe Kindaichi Case Files Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō Kodansha 101 1992 – present 100 millionMy Hero Academia Kōhei Horikoshi Shueisha 42 Weekly Shōnen Jump2014 – 2024 100 millionTouch Mitsuru Adachi Shogakukan 26 Weekly Shōnen Sunday1981 – 1986 100 million

Periodical single-issue floppy comics This list is for single-issue floppy comics, also known as the American comic book format. Unlike the paperback book format, floppy comics are thinner periodicals and stapled together. Each floppy comic issue is typically 20–40 pages, and usually consists of a single chapter (as opposed to a larger comic book volume that typically includes multiple chapters). A floppy comic is comparable to a comic magazine, but is thinner in size and is dedicated to a single character or group of characters (whereas a comic magazine is thicker and serializes multiple different unrelated series).

Single-issue floppy comics are the most common publication format for American comics, and account for the vast majority of American superhero comic sales. This list also contains periodical publications from other countries that are similarly dedicated to a single character or group of characters. Some of the numbers reported here may also include sales of trade paperback volumes, which account for a small portion of American comic sales.

According to the most recently available data, the best-selling American single-issue comic of all time was X-Men #1, which was published in 1991 and has since sold almost 8.2 million copies.

Comic series Creator(s) Publisher No. of issues Serialized Approximate salesSuperman Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster DC Comics 18,732 1938 – present Batman Bob KaneBill Finger DC Comics 23,193 1939 – present 484millionSpider-Man Stan LeeSteve Ditko Marvel 13,500 1963 – present X-Men Stan LeeJack Kirby Marvel 12,000 1963 – present Captain America Joe SimonJack Kirby Marvel 9,000 1941 – present 210millionFantastic Four Stan LeeJack Kirby Marvel 5,899 1961 – present Diabolik Angela GiussaniLuciana Giussani Astorina 862 1962 – present 150millionSpawn Todd McFarlane Image Comics 600 1992 – present 150millionThe Phantom Lee Falk Frew Publications 3,000 1936 – present 150million

Comic magazines

This list is for comic magazines, which are anthology magazines that serialize multiple different unrelated comic series. This list includes Japanese manga magazines, European comic magazines, and English-language comic magazines.

In Japan, manga magazines account for the vast majority of manga sales. Most manga series first appear in manga magazines, before later being sold separately as collected tankobon volumes.

Comic magazine Publisher Country No. of issues Serialized Approximate salesWeekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Japan 2,406 1968 – present 7.6billionWeekly Shōnen Magazine Kodansha Japan 2,942 1959 – present 5.2billionWeekly Young Jump Shueisha Japan 1,765 1979 – present 2.2billionThe Beano DC Thomson United Kingdom 4,200+ 1938 – present 2 billionWeekly Shōnen Sunday Shogakukan Japan 2,805 1959 – present 1.9billionWeekly Young Magazine Kodansha Japan 1980 – present 1.8billionMicky Maus Egmont Ehapa Germany 3,169 1951 – present 1billionClassics Illustrated Elliot Publishing Co.Gilberton Company, Inc.Frawley Corporation United States 169 1941 – 1971 1 billionRibon Shueisha Japan 694 1955 – present 594millionMAD Magazine EC Comics, DC Comics United States 557 1952 – present 430 million CoroCoro Comic Shogakukan Japan 480 1977 – present 407millionNakayoshi Kodansha Japan 1954 – present 400million Monthly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Japan 317 1970 – 2007 215millionAction Comics DC Comics United States 1,000 1938 – present 188millionPilote Dargaud France 420 1959 – 1989 117million

List of best-selling comic series

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