TOP50 Best-Selling Single Issues in July 2025

Single Issue Bestsellers & Chart Notes

(by Walt)

Welcome to the August numbers for single issues! These sales are counted from August 11 to September 10. The 10th of every month is when most (!) pull-listers have payed their monthly invoice, which means reservations officially turn into sales etc.

If you’re seeing this chart for the first time: all covers are consolidated into one publication. Below you’ll also find a new section, Best-Selling Single Issues for the Last 30 Days. This list updates constantly (too fast to comment on) and counts each variant separately.

OK, and here we go again with DC wins bigly! This time it's Batman proper, which is topping the chart. Citing (myself...) from the Single Issue newsletter:

In the least surprising top-spot takeover ever, Batman #1 was the big winner in August. Blind bag shenanigans aside, it was the main a-cover that drove sales. People are curious what Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez have cooked. It's already the most subscribed series after Absolute Batsy and with DC KO upcoming...

What would YOU do if you were the boss publisher at DC Comics?

Thanks for asking! We all know that we want to get that question asked ;)

In my (normally not so) humble opinion, there is NOTHING I could think of in matter of improving their program. They are slowly shifting focus from Absolute to DC main universe for the time being, and, as a famous Mandalorian once stated: This is the way. 

Only a healthy "main line" will guarantee an ongoing success for the overall DC publishing. They experiment with formats, from treasury to the artist-edition-lile W.I.P. format (frankly, our fulfilment team is not enthusiastic about those 😅). They release trade and hardcover collections at the same time for new series, so that people can pick up whatever they prefer. And we even see customers starting subs with #6 and #7 now... 

And Marvel? Hanging in there. They will have their moment soon with the first Marvel/DC crossover in ages coming through Marvel (Deadpool Batman). But other than that... we're waiting. Something will happen. Because it needs to.