​Hot Top 25: Modern & Vintage Fuel New Golden Age of Comics

Modern as well as vintage books fuel what has become the new Golden Age of Comics.

For the Justin's Comics Hot Top 25, Venom retains No. 1; compared to the Hot Five earlier this year, Spider-Man jumped the highest (from not ranked to No. 2), while Walking Dead dropped the farthest (from No. 4 to No. 11). Skottie Young is the only artist/writer ranked. The Hot Top 25 is based on the hottest titles overall in comics right now (new and vintage) as determined by Justin. Listed in the column next to the Hot Top 25 is the top 25 new comic books based on total unit sales of products invoiced in March 2018 from Diamond Comic Distributors.

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Hot Top 25 Comic Titles Overall 
(new and vintage) as determined by Justin:

1. Venom (1)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Amazing Spider-Man 300, What If? Venom/Deadpool 1, Venom Inc Alpha 1 and Omega 1 Gabrielle Dell’Otto Variants, Venomized Series, Secret Wars 8 (black costume Spider-man), True Believers Venom vs. Spider-Man 1, Marvel Select Venom Toy, Venompool Funko Pop, Venom posters. 

2. Spider-Man (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Amazing Spider-Man 795 through 800, Amazing Spider-Man 795, Amazing Spider-Man 798 Alex Ross Virgin Cover, Amazing Spider-Man 300 (1st Full Appearance Venom), Amazing Spider-Man 361 (1st Full Appearance Carnage), True Believers Venom vs. Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man 14 (1st Appearance Green Goblin), any Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man.

3. Deadpool (2)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: New Mutants 98, Deadpool 1 (1997), Deadpool series (1997), What If? Venom/Deadpool 1, Venompool Funko Pop, Marvel Select Deadpool Toy, Deadpool 2 movie. 

4. Batman (3)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Dark Nights: Metal series, Dark Nights: Batman Who Laughs 1, Teen Titans 12 (1st Appearance Batman Who Laughs), Batman Adventures 12 (1st Appearance Harley Quinn), Batman 1 (2011), Batman New 52 series, Batman 24 (2017), Batman 38 (2017), Batman 44 (2018), Batman series (2016-present), Batman White Knight series.

5. Rick and Morty (5)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Rick and Morty 1, Rick and Morty 35 Brain Trust Pickle Rick Variant, Rick and Morty 37 Mike Vasquez Variant, Rick and Morty series (2015-present), Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It series, Rick and Morty Vol. 1 TP, Pickle Rick Funko Pop, Rick and Morty Total Rickall Game, Rick and Morty Apparel.

6. Thanos (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Iron Man 55, Thanos 13 (2018), Thanos 14 (2018), Thanos 15 (2018, 1st Appearance Cosmic Ghost Rider), Thanos series (2017-present), Infinity Gauntlet (1991), Infinity War (1992), Thanos figurines and merchandise, Avengers Infinity War movie.

7. Skottie Young (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: What If? Venom/Deadpool 1, I Hate Fairyland Series, Skottie Young variant covers.

8. Superman (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Action Comics 1000, Doomsday Clock Series, Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane 206, Superman figurines.

9. Harley Quinn (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Batman Adventures 12 (1st Appearance Harley Quinn), Gotham City Sirens 1, Gotham City Sirens series, Harley Quinn 1 (2000), Harley Quinn series (2000), Batman White Knight 3 Sean Murphy Variant, Batman White Knight series, Harley Quinn figurines.

10. Black Panther (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Fantastic Four 52 (1st Appearance), Black Panther 1 (1977), Black Panther 1 (2017), Avengers 87 (origin), Black Panther Civil War Legends figure.

11. The Walking Dead (4)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: The Walking Dead 1, The Walking Dead 100, Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1, Walking Dead TP Volume 29 Lines We Cross.

12. Wolverine (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Incredible Hulk 181 (1st Full Appearance Wolverine), Wolverine 1 J Scott Campbell Variant Deadpool (2010), Incredible Hulk 340, Wolverine 1 (1982), Hunt for Wolverine series.

13. Spawn (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: Spawn 1, Spawn 1 Newstand Edition, Spawn 1 Black and White Edition, Spawn 185 Whilce Portacio Black & White Cover, Spawn 283 (both covers), Image Firsts Spawn 1.

14. X-23 (NR)
Hot Keys/Issues/Items: NYX 3 (1st Appearance X-23), X-23 1 Gabriele Dell'Otto Variant, Logan movie.
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Next up: 15. Avengers, 16. Incredible Hulk, 17. X-Men, 18. Justice League, 19. Flash, 20. Weapon H, 21. Star Wars, 22. New Mutants, 23. Daredevil, 24. Thor, 25. Watchmen

Heating Up: Fantastic Four

()-number ranked/not ranked in top five on January 22, 2018.

Top 25 New Comic Books
Based on total unit sales of products invoiced in March 2018 from Diamond Comic Distributor

1. Dark Nights Metal 6

2. Doomsday Clock 4

3. Amazing Spider-Man 797

4. Weapon H 1

5. Batman 42

6. Mighty Thor 705

7. Infinity Countdown 1

8. Batman 43

9. Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici 1

10. Batman White Knight 6

11. Walking Dead 177

12. Daredevil 600

13. True Believers Venom vs Spider-Man 1

14. Star Wars 44

15. New Mutants Dead Souls 1

16. Avengers 684

17. Star Wars 45

18. Star Wars Darth Vader 13

19. Action Comics 999
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20. Detective Comics 976

21. Detective Comics 977

22. X-Men Red 2

23. Flash 42

24. Avengers 685

​25. Flash 43

Rest of the Top 100 Here

Hot Top 25 Breakdown

Publishers in Top 25
Marvel 15
DC Comics 6
Independents (2 Image, 1 Oni Press) 3
Artist/Writer 1

Publishers in Top 10
Marvel 5
DC Comics 3
Independent (Oni Press) 1
Artist/Writer 1

Publishers in Top 5
Marvel 3
DC Comics 1
Independent (Oni Press) 1

New Comic Books Top 25 Breakdown (March 2018)

Publishers in Top 25
Marvel 13
​DC Comics 10
Independents (Image) 2

Publishers in Top 10
DC Comics 5
Marvel 4
Independents (Image) 1

Publishers in Top 5
DC Comics 3
Marvel 2

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Hot comics sold at Justin’s Comics since November 18, 2017:
Number sold, Title, Issue Number
7 Amazing Spider-Man 300
4 The New Mutants 98
3 Gotham City Sirens 1
3 Secret Wars 8
3 Spawn 1
2 Batman 1 (2011)
2 Batman Adventures 12
2 Black Panther 1 (1977)
2 Daredevil 7 (1965)
2 Harley Quinn 1 (2000)
2 New Mutants 87
1 Fantastic Four 52
1 Fantastic Four 45
1 Star Wars 1 (1977)
And I’m probably forgetting some...

Of the hot comics sold, we have more of the following in stock as of today:
New Mutants 98
Black Panther 1 (1977)
Fantastic Four 52

We also have:
Fantastic Four 48 (1st Appearance Silver Surfer, Galactus)
Flash 139 (1st Appearance Reverse Flash)
And probably even more hot comics that I’m forgetting.