We remind the 10 best -selling American comics in history

The comicat industry in the West has undergone numerous changes throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, but remains afloat thanks to the basic pillars of its foundation.

Superheros.Many people like or not, they are the cornerstone of an art form that constantly evolves over time.Characters of great value and importance that are part of world culture for more than 50 years.

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Heroes like Superman, Batman, Spiderman Or Captain America cannot be seen as other manifestations that figures such as Hercules, Perseus or Sigfrid, such as the heroes of contemporary mythology.

In the history of the comics of the two large companies in the industry, there are the best -selling unique titles in history, iconic comics numbers that arrived in stores and sold such quantities to become legends.

One of the comics that celebrates the existence of the medium as none is the historic number 1000 of the Action Comics publication, which celebrates the 80 years of the creation of Superman.

It is said easy, but we are talking about almost a century of the appearance of one of the most important characters in world culture.Superman is the archetype of the superhero that practically all the stories that followed him.This number commemorates this story and has sold more than half a million copies.

A year later, DC conceived to give the second piece of the Trinity and the second icon of his company, Batman, by launching the first four -digit comic of the night of the night.

Being barely to Action Comics #1000 in sales, it is one of the most famous works of Batman's adventures, his teammates and his extensive gallery of villains, who sought to await the party to their heroic opponent.

Few comics in history are capable of selling only with the cover, but in this case exactly that is about that.

In this issue, which would sell 530 thousand copies, Spidey is accompanied by the then president in Barack Obama, drawn by artist Todd Nauck.

In this issue, Spider-Man must stop its villain Chameleon, who takes Obama's form and tries to assume the role of president of the United States.

Marvel decided to resume one of his most iconic events, Secret Wars of 1984, and relaunch it for the new generations in 2015, with the main characters of that moment.

The powerful Beyander, one of the supreme beings of the Marvel universe, made the decision to face heroes and villains to see if good or evil were the most powerful forces of the universe.The impact of this saga led to sales of more than 550 thousand copies.

Readzar Spider-Man is a situation with which Marvel has had to deal with several opportunities.The House of Ideas has a tendency to get into creative problems with Spider-Man and usually make drastic decisions.

Dan Slott took the reins of the series and made the awkwardness of the previous line, Superior Spider-Man, with a return to the basics.Slott kept the reins of the arachnid superhero for 10 years and this best seller is a good part of that success.

Unlike the previous entry, Ultimate Spider-Man #1 is not exactly a relaunch of the series but one of its most ambitious productions.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Marvel showed his first attempt to reinvent his most important characters with an alternate comic line called Ultimate, where more “extreme” versions of the most familiar characters of the brand were presented.

Most of them had no impact, but in the case of Spider-Man if there were transcendental changes that were added to the main universe, specifically the presence of characters such as Miles Morales and the new version of Gwen Stacy.

A comic at an obscenely low price and with a completely unmissable premise.Bruce Wayne is falsely accused of homicide and the only way to prove it is to unveil his secret identity as Batman.

This is the starting point of one of the most interesting stories of the Knight of the Night, at the beginning of the Bruce Wayne saga: Murderer?and Bruce Wayne: Fugitive.

The deception is so articulated and detailed that even their relatives begin to believe that if he is responsible for homicide and Bruce must make important decisions about his secret identity.A great offer that yielded a lot.

Marvel did not want to be less than his "distinguished competition", so he launched a special number of Fantastic Four just 9 cents, selling more than 750 thousand copies.

Unlike Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure, the number 60 of Fantastic Four was more the beginning of a new era, where the writer Mark Waid took the reins of the most powerful family in Marvel.However, this comic does not have the same impact of others on this list ... but it is so cheap that ...

One of the most important changes in the comic industry was the product of one of the most important changes in the entertainment industry.When Disney acquired the rights of the entire Star Wars franchise, he waited at the right time to give a blow that would change everything.

When Lucasfilm's contract with Dark Horse Comics expired, Disney gave green light to relaunch official Star Wars comics with Marvel's license, resulting in an explosive combination.

Star Wars #1 has sold one million copies, receiving monumental advertising and production in style.With an argument located during the events of the original films and in advance of the new series of films about to be released, there is talk of unprecedented success, with the exception of one.

They were other times, the comic industry was another and the world itself was something different, and in those times, being a "number 1" had another meaning.

In the 90s they began to discover in news cases of comics exorbitant sales for collectors.Action Comics #1 or Captain America #1 numbers were sold for thousands of dollars to the avid comics collectors looking for these jewels.

This created an unexpected situation.Marvel and DC considered that launching and relaunching series would be an interesting business for many of its franchises and many fans appreciated it and saw some value in it.But other characters also went to match.

Certain individuals saw these comics with the “#1” brand and considered them as short -term investments, accumulating them in large quantities and inflating the sales of many series.This broke the industry and forced companies to mutate or be destroyed.

Many responsible for X-Men #1 to be part of this trend, which is unfair to be one of the most important comics of all time.

This number was the relaunch of the X-Men to the world, it is the image with which they made themselves known in multiple media, including the animated series and its films of years later.It is possible that no comic is equated with these sales numbers (more than 8 million specimens) but their impact within the industry should not be ignored.