TOP50 Best-Selling Single Issues in July 2025

Single Issue Bestsellers & Chart Notes

(by Walt)

Welcome to the July numbers for single issues! These sales are counted from July 11 to August 10. The 10th of every month is when most (!) pull-listers have payed their monthly invoice, which means reservations officially turn into sales — and can be tallied for our bestsellers. It’s a clunky system, but it works.

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.

So, what’s new in the TOP 50? At first glance, not much. Absolute DC dominates — driving yet another double-digit increase in single issue sales compared to last month. Out of 50 spots, an incredible 19 are Absolute books, and the total sales account for more than half of books sold in the TOP50. Yay!!! Right?

Well… here’s the catch: only 5 non-Absolute DC titles managed to place in the TOP 50. That’s not exactly a sign of a healthy line. Absolute carries all the hype, but DC struggles to turn those readers into “regular” DC buyers. Then again, compared to the pre-Absolute era, it’s not a dramatic shift. Sure, they had more core-universe books charting back then, but that was also much easier to achieve with sales numbers overall being much lower. And with a fresh Batman #1 just around the corner (subscriptions already doubled compared to the last volume), it seems DC knows exactly how to play this game.

Marvel! Yes, they not only still exist, but they actually lead publisher share (41% vs. DC’s 39%). Recent launches have real strength: Fantastic Four #1 and Captain America #1 are both selling impressively. And another smash hit is already looming at rank 13 just from pre-sold bundles alone: Deadpool/Batman (officially a Marvel book) looks set to be the next mega-seller of 2025 after Battle Beast. Speaking of which, Battle Beast #1 is still in the TOP 10, with issue #3 sitting at #11, proof people can’t get enough of that blind-bag unpack moment.

Outside of Marvel and DC, only two series cracked the TOP 50: Battle Beast and James Tynion’s Exquisite Corpses.