Comichron

Travel through time with Comichron, John Jackson Miller's archive of comics history!


Monthly Comics
Sales

See hundreds of monthly comics sales charts!


Yearly Comics
Sales

See dozens of yearly sales charts from as early as the 1960s!


Title
Spotlights

See the postal sales records for dozens of comics series!



Frequently Asked Questions

What's the bestselling comic of all time? Answers to that, and more!


Vital Statistics

Check our our section with historic sales records, cover-price trends, and more!


The Archives

Check out our special collections, with interesting selections on comics history!


2020s Sales


Last week's top advance reordered comics

Shi No Kage #9 was the top advance-reordered publication from Diamond last week.


Last week's top reordered comics

Mark Spears Monsters #6 was the top reordered comic book at Diamond last week.





Historical Sales


2018: Action #1000 leads year

The thousandth issue of Action Comics scored big in April 2018, with more than a half of a million copies.

July 2012

August 2017

Dark Nights: Metai #1 led August 2017's comics sales chart, but sales were way off versus Rebirth.


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Top Selling Comics of the Decade of the 2010s

Star Wars #1, featuring the 2015 return of the franchise to Marvel, was the top-selling comic book from 2010-2019.

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Historical Sales

July 2002: Transformers Armada launches

The toy comics from Dreamwave continued strong in July 2002.  

July 2002

September 2007

World War Hulk #4 from Marvel was the top-selling comic book.


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Top Selling Comics of the Decade of the 2000s

Amazing Spider-Man #583, featuring the inauguration of Barack Obama, was the top-selling comic book from 2000-2009.

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1990s Sales

July 1997: UPS strike hits comics market

The Top Five was unchanged from April as Marvel's titles returned from "Negative One" month in July 1997.