List of best-selling comic series

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.[1] 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).[1] For comic series originally serialized as chapters in comic magazines or manga magazines, their estimated circulation figures in those magazines are given in footnotes.

Comic series	Creator(s)	Publisher	No. of collected volumes	Serialized	Approximate sales
One Piece	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	102	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1997 – present	500 million[2][lower-alpha 2]
Asterix	René Goscinny Albert Uderzo	Dargaud Les Éditions Albert René	39	1959 – present[lower-alpha 3]	370 million[3][lower-alpha 5]
Dragon Ball	Akira Toriyama	Shueisha	42	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1984 – 1995	350 million[4][5][6][7][8]
Peanuts	Charles M. Schulz	N/A	N/A	1950 – 2000	300 million[9]
Golgo 13	Takao Saito	Shogakukan	182	Big Comic 1968 – present	300 million[10]
Lucky Luke	Morris	Dupuis Dargaud Lucky Comics	81	1946 – present	300 million[11]
Naruto	Masashi Kishimoto	Shueisha	72	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1999 – 2014	250 million[12][lower-alpha 6]
Detective Conan	Gosho Aoyama	Shogakukan	100	Weekly Shōnen Sunday 1994 – present	250 million[13][lower-alpha 8]
Spike and Suzy	Willy Vandersteen	Standaard Uitgeverij	365	1945 – present	230 million[14]
The Adventures of Tintin	Hergé	Casterman Le Lombard Egmont Group	24	1929 – 1976	200 million[15]
Slam Dunk	Takehiko Inoue	Shueisha	31	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 – 1996	170 million[16][lower-alpha 9]
Doraemon	Fujiko Fujio	Shogakukan	45	1969 – 1996	170 million[17]
KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops	Osamu Akimoto	Shueisha	200	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1976 – 2016	156.5 million[18][lower-alpha 10]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Koyoharu Gotōge	Shueisha	23	Weekly Shōnen Jump 2016–2020	150 million[19]
Diabolik	Angela Giussani Luciana Giussani	Astorina	862	1962 – present	150 million[20]
Crayon Shin-chan	Yoshito Usui	Futabasha	67	1990–present	148 million[lower-alpha 11][21]
Garfield	Jim Davis	N/A	N/A	1978 – present	135 million[22]
Oishinbo	Tetsu Kariya Akira Hanasaki	Shogakukan	111	Big Comic Spirits 1983 – present	135 million[23]
Bleach	Tite Kubo	Shueisha	74	Weekly Shōnen Jump 2001–2016	120 million[24][lower-alpha 12]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	Hirohiko Araki	Shueisha	131	1987–present	120 million[25][lower-alpha 13]
Amar Chitra Katha		Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.	449	1967 – present	100 million[26]
Astro Boy	Osamu Tezuka	Kobunsha	23	Shōnen 1952 – 1968	100 million[27]
Attack on Titan	Hajime Isayama	Kodansha	34	Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine 2009 – 2021	100 million[28]
Casper the Friendly Ghost	Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo	Harvey Comics	N/A	1949 – present	100 million[29]
Fist of the North Star	Buronson and Tetsuo Hara	Shueisha	27	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1983 – 1988	100 million[30][lower-alpha 14]
The Kindaichi Case Files	Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō	Kodansha	86	1992–present	100 million[31]
Touch	Mitsuru Adachi	Shogakukan	26	Weekly Shōnen Sunday 1981 – 1986	100 million[32]

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).[1]

Single-issue floppy comics are the most common publication format for American comics, and account for the vast majority of American superhero comic sales.[33] 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. Marvel X-Force #1, which also came out in 1991, ranks in second place with around five million copies sold.

Cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump issue #1 (1968). Weekly Shōnen Jump is the best-selling comic magazine.

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.[1]

• List of best-selling manga
• List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation
• Weekly Shōnen Jump circulation figures
• List of best-selling books
• List of best-selling fiction authors
• List of highest-grossing media franchises

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