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Marvel’s Star Wars #1 is the bestselling comic book of 2015

January 7, 2016 by Gary Collinson

2015 was certainly a great year for Star Wars, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering records at the box office, and the franchise’s various video games pulling in over $1 billion in revenue. Now it can add another success, with PREVIEWSworld revealing that Marvel’s Star Wars #1 was the bestselling comic book the year.

Here’s the top ten bestselling comic books of the year:

1. Star Wars #1
2. Secret Wars #1
3. Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1
4. Orphan Black #1
5. Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1
6. Star Wars: Vader Down #1
7. Star Wars: Darth Vader #1
8. Spider-Gwen #1
9. Invincible Iron Man #1
10. Star Wars: Princess Leia #1

If you’re interested, you can find the top 500 comic books here, and the top 500 graphic novels here.

SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Star Wars coverage here

Originally published January 7, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Marvel, Star Wars

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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