Big Comic Superior

Big Comic Superior
Cover of February 22, 2008, issue
CategoriesSeinen manga[1][2]
FrequencySemimonthly on 2nd and 4th Fridays
Circulation108,667[2]
(July–September, 2016)
First issueJuly 1, 1987[3]
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/bigsuperior/

Big Comic Superior (ビッグコミックスペリオール, Biggu Komikku Superiōru) is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987, by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for Big Comic Original and Big Comic Spirits.[4] The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Ryoichi Ikegami, Mochiru Hoshisato, Yū Koyama, Yūji Aoki, Fumi Saimon, Norifusa Mita, George Akiyama, and Buronson.

Superior was originally a special issue of Big Comic Original, published twice monthly on the 1st and 15th. However, since it was selling just as well as the main three magazines (Big Comic, Big Comic Original, and Big Comic Spirits), it began to be released every other week. It is currently released twice monthly on the second and fourth Fridays. As of 2015, Superior has a reported circulation of 115,334 for each issue.[5]

  1. ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. pp. 327–239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ ビッグコミックスペリオール. AD Pocket (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (1999). Dreamland Japan. Stone Bridge Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5. Retrieved April 13, 2022. There is a tiny gap in the ages targeted by Big, Original, and Spirits—those between twenty-five and thirty—and Superior fills it.
  5. ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.