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Absolute Batman Annual 2nd Print- Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

Absolute Batman Annual 2nd Printing tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, the first second printing ever to do so

Published Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:57:09 -0600

by Rich Johnston

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Absolute Batman Annual 2025 Second Printing tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, the first time ever for a second printing
Marvel dominates the top ten with Psylocke Ninja, Rogue, and X-Men all landing strong spots this week
Captain America #6 launches the Armageddon event, with Fantastic Four and Inglorious X-Force also ranking
The bestseller list is compiled from real sales data of 120 to 150 ComicHub-connected comic book retailers

This is a first. A week without new Absolute or Batman titles, DC's K.O. core event or Transformers and Turtles saw Marvel Comics come roaring back to the top ten, taking most of it. With Psylocke Ninja suggesting that maybe, just maybe, people want that version of the character, Rogue and X-Men making three X-books in the top ten, more than they have had in an age (and what a revelation that is), and Captain America kicking off the Armageddon event. Exquisite Corpses gets a mention, as does a K.O. Green Lantern spinoff. But the big surprise is the best-selling second printing of the Absolute Batman Annual by Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, Meredith McClaren, taking the number one top spot and something I think that has never happened before in the history of any comics chart ever.

Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

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No	Title	Publisher	Writer	Artist	Price	Ratio
1	Absolute Batman Annual 2025 Second Printing	DC	Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, Meredith McClaren	Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, Meredith McClaren	5.99	100
2	Psylocke Ninja #1	Marvel	Tim Seeley	Nico Leon	4.99	92.1
3	Captain America #6	Marvel	Chip Zdarsky	Valerio Schiti	4.99	90.1
4	Amazing Spider-Man #20	Marvel	Joe Kelly	John Romita Jr.	4.99	87.6
5	Rogue #1	Marvel	Erica Schultz	Luigi Zagaria	4.99	83.8
6	X-Men #24	Marvel	Jed Mackay	Tony Daniel	4.99	73.3
7	Fantastic Four #7	Marvel	Ryan North	Humberto Ramos	3.99	68.2
8	DC K.O. Green Lantern Galactic Slam #1	DC	Jeremy Adams	Cian Tormey	5.99	64.2
9	Exquisite Corpses #9	Image	James Tynion IV, Tyler Boss	Michael Walsh, Valentine De Landro	4.99	59.6
10	Inglorious X-Force #1	Marvel	Tim Seeley	Michael Sta. Maria	4.99	52.5

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by over a hundred named direct market comic stores from their sales from Wednesday to Saturday, the "Wednesday Warriors". The chart is compiled from actual sales data from 120 to 150 comic book stores provided by ComicHub, which provides POS services for comic book retailers worldwide, mostly in North America and the UK. These are typically from what might be called mid-range stores, and we run a bunch of them below. Bleeding Cool Bestseller List gives the best-selling reported comic of the week, the 100.0 number, and you can see how each title performed as a percentage of that sale. These numbers are based on sales in-store, rather than orders from publishers. Participating Bestseller List comic book stores include: