Cheap Graphic Novels Scraper — Discount Comic, Manga & Graphic Novel Prices

Scrape CheapGraphicNovels.com (CGN), one of the largest discount graphic novel retailers in the US, for structured product and pricing data. Search by keyword or crawl category pages to get titles, series, publishers, sale prices, list prices, discount percentages and availability — perfect for comic price tracking, deal hunting, arbitrage research and catalog enrichment.

What data does it extract?

Field	Description
title	Full product title (e.g. BATMAN IMMORTAL LEGEND BATMAN HC)
series	Series / character category (e.g. BATMAN, X-MEN)
publisher	Publisher (e.g. DC COMICS, MARVEL COMICS, IMAGE COMICS)
categoryPath	Full store category breadcrumb (e.g. SUPERHEROES/DC COMICS/BATMAN)
format	Hardcover / Trade Paperback / Omnibus / Graphic Novel
price	Current discounted sale price (USD)
listPrice	Publisher retail / cover price
discountPercent	Discount off list price (CGN discounts most items 35–60%)
youSave	Dollar savings vs. list price
availability	In Stock, Out of Stock, Low Stock or Pre-Order
sku, productId	Store identifiers (SKU often maps to Diamond order codes)
description	Short product description
imageUrl, url	Cover image and product page URL

With Scrape Product Details enabled, each record also includes exact publisher, writer, artist, isbn and releaseDate from the product page.

Input example

{
    "searchQueries": ["batman", "one piece"],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "scrapeDetails": false
}

You can also pass category startUrls such as https://cheapgraphicnovels.com/batman/ or https://cheapgraphicnovels.com/omnibus/.

Output example

{
    "productId": "95786",
    "sku": "0126DC0263",
    "title": "BATMAN IMMORTAL LEGEND BATMAN HC",
    "series": "BATMAN",
    "publisher": "DC COMICS",
    "categoryPath": "SUPERHEROES/DC COMICS/BATMAN",
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "price": 17.99,
    "listPrice": 29.99,
    "discountPercent": 40,
    "youSave": 12,
    "currency": "USD",
    "availability": "In Stock",
    "url": "https://cheapgraphicnovels.com/batman-immortal-legend-batman-hc",
    "source": "cheapgraphicnovels.com"
}

Use cases

• Deal alerts — monitor discounts on wishlisted omnibuses, Epic Collections and Absolute editions
• Price comparison — compare CGN prices vs. Amazon, InStockTrades, DCBS and eBay
• Arbitrage & reselling — find deep-discount stock with strong resale value
• Catalog data — collect ISBNs, creators, release dates and cover art for comic databases
• Market research — track publisher pricing and discount trends across thousands of collected editions

Why this scraper?

• Fast server-side scraping — no browser, no proxy needed
• Clean, deduplicated JSON output with computed list price and discount %
• Pagination handled automatically (50 products per page)
• Pre-order and out-of-stock detection built in

FAQ

Is scraping public product listings legal? This actor only collects publicly visible product and pricing data, which is generally permissible. Always review the target site's terms of service and consult a lawyer for your specific use case.

How many products can I get? CGN stocks thousands of graphic novels, trade paperbacks, omnibuses and manga. Broad queries return up to 2,500+ results; use maxItems to cap output.