April 2026 Comic Book Sales Chart – What’s Selling Right Now
Which comic books are actually selling right now? This monthly sales chart breaks down the best-selling single-issue comics of April 2026, based on real sales data from Walt’s Comic Shop, Europe’s premier retailers for US comics. With all the reprints from DC charting we've decided to expand this one to a TOP100!
Commentary by Walt:
Daredevil #1 takes the crown again in what looks to be the last promising thing I will say about Marvel in this commentary, and for the foreseeable future, I guess. Marvel has only 8 books in the TOP 50 this month, one of them being the crossover with DC. It’s like a Greek tragedy. Everybody sees that Marvel is heading for disaster, but it seems unavoidable.
Though this is not solely Marvel’s fault, but also a direct result of DC’s decision to just give people what they want. More Absolute Batman reprints. And all at the same time. Just when I thought, “This time I finally overordered,” our Absolute Batman Mega Bundle is selling like cupcakes (do cupcakes actually sell that well?!) And there is no fatigue in sight.
Absolute books make up more than one third of overall sales in the Top 50. And that’s with only six ongoing series. The next wave is coming, and judging by pre order numbers, Absolute Green Arrow and Catwoman will rather play in the Absolute wave one league, meaning Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, than in the still solid selling wave two with Green Lantern, Flash, and Martian Manhunter.
Even better for DC, their Next Level initiative is a tremendous hit, unless you compare it with Absolute, which is the perfect way to void any sales success story nowadays. Zatanna debuts at 6, and both second issues for Lobo and Batwoman rank in the Top 20.
Another book I was sure would last forever was the Invincible Battle Beast #1 blind bag, of which we ordered just under 2,000 copies. Well, we are about to enter double digits in inventory due to the success of Invincible Season 4.
Super happy to see Swamp Thing 1989 #1 rank so high. It’s peak DC, quasi Vertigo, late 80s comics. When I read it, I really see why I still think nothing will ever come close to that era in terms of complexity and ambition in mainstream comics storytelling. Just effing brilliant, says old man Walt.
Just as brilliant was Bad Idea’s The Hab, ranking at 92, by Joshua Dysart, David Lapham, and Bill Sienkiewicz (what a line-up!). This is highly timely comics, dealing with a tech magnate, his family, and his company's c-level guys trying to survive the end of the world — in a hab. Anyone’s guess who is at least partly responsible for the whole schlamassel...
I know I should not review comics in this column, but I need to use my “soft power” to promote some fantastic under the radar stuff. Also, this is my website, so I will just do whatever I want... HAHAHA!!! (just cosplaying a megalomaniac comic industry magnate while being super humble in reality).
Image also had some solid launches, with Fireborn #1 ranking at 47, Corpse Knight #1 ranking at 74, and the very promising Red Roots #1 ranking at 90.
And all millennials showed up for Dynamite’s Ben 10 #1 launch, debuting at 49 and by far the best selling Dynamite book in our history.
That’s it for this month. Be sure to check out some of those exciting releases. We’re in a creative golden age again, people.
Chart Explanation
This chart tracks single-issue comic sales at Walt’s Comic Shop for each month (from 9th of the previous month to 8th of the current one), allowing most pullbox pre-orders to be included.
Variants: All cover variants and printings of the same issue are combined into one entry.
CGC: Only CGC pre-orders are counted. Regular slab sales are excluded.
Baseline: The monthly Batman series (the regular one) always serves as the 100% benchmark. Percentages show revenue relative to that issue.
Ranking: Titles are ranked by units sold. If two titles sell the same number of copies, revenue determines the higher position.