9 of the Most Popular Comicbr Books Series of All-Time The first comic book was created inbr 1837 by Swiss author Rudolph Töpffer. It wasn’t until 1933 that the first American comic bookbr was created and from there, the world of comics only grew. In honor of National Comic Book Day, here arebr eight of the most popular comic book series ever printed. 1. ‘Micky Maus’ was created by Egmont Ehapabr in 1951, and stars all of the classic Disneybr characters. It has sold over 1 billion copies. 2. The release of the ‘Superman’ series in 1938 bybr Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave birth to a classicbr superhero and has sold over 600 million copies. 3. Released in 1939, the ‘Batman' seriesbr was created by Bob Kane and Bill Fingerbr and has sold a total of 460 million copies. 4. The ‘Spider-Man’ series was released by Marvelbr in 1963 and has sold over 350 million copies. 5. ‘Peanuts’ was created bybr Charles M. Schulz in 1950,br and ceased printing in 2000.br It sold 300 million copies. 6. The ‘X-Men’ series, released in 1963 by Marvel, has soldbr 270 million copies and led to multiple film adaptations. 7. The ‘Dragon Ball’ series, created by Akirabr Toriyama, was first released in 1984 and ceasedbr printing in 1995. It sold 240 million copies. 8. Jim Davis's ‘Garfield’ series began in 1978 br and has sold 135 million copies. 9. 'One Piece' by Eiichiro Oda began in 1997 and has sold over 454 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history.