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Comic Book Sales Figures for 1967

Average Total Paid Circulation as Reported in Publishers' Statements of Ownership and Filed with the United States Postal Service

This list includes only those titles which offered subscriptions via the USPS Second or Periodical Class, and which published their sales reports in their titles.

#1 Most Ordered Issue
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#2 Most Ordered Issue
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#3 Most Ordered Issue
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#4 Most Ordered Issue
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#5 Most Ordered Issue
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Batman remained at the top of the charts in 1967, which again found nine of the Top 10 titles coming from DC. But Spider-Man's climb continued, and by now Marvel's 11 titles with Statements were selling almost on a par with Archie's 11 titles.

Another 1960s TV sensation, The Flintstones, had given Gold Key a bright spot a couple of years before; now, beginning to gray, it still outsold most of the publisher's titles. It was a hard time for humor comics in general, with Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics & Stories now at close to a quarter of their sales just seven years earlier and Dennis the Menace off nearly 40% in just four years. Even DC found the going tough, with Fox & Crow nearly at the bottom of the list.

Among other genres, it's hard to say which standby was having a worse time: romance titles, westerns, or war titles. Sadly for Charlton, it had all three and not much else!

DC's figures were rounded to the nearest hundred, while others show all the digits. This is how it was in the Statements themselves, and it was common for publishers to go back and forth on how they recorded them.

More Statements of Ownership were found earlier from 1967 than from any other year. That's in part due to one of fandom's most comprehensive early works, "Analyses of Comic Book Circulation Figures" by Gail Sutton in her fanzine, Mount to the Stars #1 (Spring 1970). It's worth noting that, while I and the contributors to my past works have added information for 1967 from the actual Statements, I have only found two Statements not reported in her original work.

Magazines with comics content (like Mad) are sorted separately at the bottom.

—John Jackson Miller


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TitlePublisherAverage Copies Sold
Per Issue
1BatmanDC805,700
2SupermanDC649,300
3SuperboyDC547,100
4World's Finest ComicsDC537,200
5ArchieArchie484,648
6Superman's Pal Jimmy OlsenDC450,700
7Superman's Girlfriend Lois LaneDC448,400
8Detective ComicsDC425,700
9Action ComicsDC420,900
10Adventure ComicsDC412,800
11Man from U.N.C.L.E.Gold Key411,235
12Justice League of AmericaDC385,800
13TarzanGold Key384,450
14Amazing Spider-ManMarvel361,663
15Betty and VeronicaArchie349,632
16Brave & BoldDC342,400
17Fantastic FourMarvel329,536
18Walt Disney's Comics & StoriesGold Key310,665
19Dennis the MenaceFawcett308,736
20Treasure ChestCatholic Guild306,803
21ThorMarvel298,219
22Archie's Pal JugheadArchie287,422
23Laugh ComicsArchie285,544
24Archie's Joke BookArchie282,199
25FlintstonesGold Key279,885
26Uncle ScroogeGold Key278,901
27DaredevilGold Key275,361
28Life with ArchieArchie275,099
29KorakGold Key270,050
30AvengersMarvel269,139
31Tales to AstonishMarvel269,132
32FlashDC267,000
33Bugs BunnyGold Key266,815
34Uncanny X-MenMarvel266,034
35Lost in SpaceGold Key264,667
36Sgt. Fury and his Howling CommandosMarvel260,930
37Tales of SuspenseMarvel257,342
38Tom and JerryGold Key256,448
39Walt Disney's Donald DuckGold Key255,470
40The Three StoogesGold Key253,384
41Archie Giant SeriesArchie248,241
42Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaGold Key243,688
43Pep ComicsArchie242,821
44Porky PigGold Key241,735
45Strange TalesMarvel241,561
46Archie's Pals 'n' GalsArchie240,407
47Metal MenDC239,700
48Mighty SamsonGold Key238,075
49Twilight ZoneGold Key236,720
50AquamanDC234,200
51Turok, Son of StoneGold Key232,565
52Yogi BearGold Key229,100
53BonanzaGold Key225,625
54Little LuluGold Key224,800
55Woody WoodpeckerGold Key220,783
56MagnusGold Key215,100
57Daffy DuckGold Key212,225
58Doctor SolarGold Key208,135
59Rawhide KidMarvel205,221
60Mickey MouseGold Key205,083
61G.I. CombatDC202,100
62Green LanternDC201,700
63Our Army at WarDC196,500
64MadhouseArchie196,057
65Sad SackHarvey192,213
66Little ArchieArchie191,623
67ShowcaseDC189,500
68Young RomanceDC187,400
69Young LoveDC187,400
70AtomDC184,100
71Challengers of the UnknownDC182,200
72Adventures of Jerry LewisDC180,800
73Little DotHarvey179,592
74Girls' Love StoriesDC178,300
75SpookyHarvey177,303
76Wonder WomanDC175,000
77Heart ThrobsDC174,500
78Millie the ModelMarvel173,519
79Little LottaHarvey171,055
80Falling in LoveDC170,400
81Girls' RomancesDC170,400
82TomahawkDC165,700
83Tales of the UnexpectedDC162,600
84Star-Spangled War StoriesDC160,000
85House of MysteryDC158,500
86Doom PatrolDC157,900
87BlackhawkDC157,700
88Teen-Age LoveCharlton152,317
89Our Fighting ForcesDC152,200
90Sugar & SpikeDC150,200
91Secret HeartsDC149,700
92Strange AdventuresDC146,600
93Army War HeroesCharlton140,005
94Billy the KidCharlton136,615
95Unusual TalesCharlton135,266
96Romantic StoryCharlton134,018
97Career Girl RomancesCharlton125,710
98Fightin' MarinesCharlton123,517
99Teenage HotroddersCharlton120,890
100SweetheartsCharlton120,713
101Hot Rods and Racing CarsCharlton120,563
102Cheyenne KidCharlton120,328
103I Love YouCharlton120,310
104Outlaws of the WestCharlton118,313
105Grand PrixCharlton118,002
106Fightin' ArmyCharlton117,513
107Love DiaryCharlton115,412
108Fox & The CrowDC114,700
109Just MarriedCharlton112,413
110Teen ConfessionsCharlton111,410
111Texas Rangers in ActionCharlton110,615
999MadEC1,789,555


About a hundred more Statements exist for this year and have been collected by Comichron. They'll appear here soon!