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The Copper 100: The Most Important DC Comics (1984-1991)

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Reno McCoy

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Okay, let's try this again, but this time, with DC.

 

I don't know DC nearly as well in this time period. I didn't start reading DC until late 80s. That means this list is heavy on key issues and probably a little light on great storylines that aren't highly sought after.

 

Plus, DC also had some long-running minis, so those fill up the list really quick, meaning the rest of the list is lacking the well rounded feel that I'm looking for. I mean, look at all of those Batman books. Weren't there any good Superman, Flash, or Wonder Woman stories?

 

Keep in mind that the Death of Superman arc comes after the Copper Age cutoff (at least, my Copper Age cutoff).

 

The Copper 100: The Most Important DC Comics (1984-1991)

  1. Action Comics 583 Alan Moore; last Earth 1 Supes
  2. Animal Man 1 Grant Morrison
  3. Animal Man 5 Grant Morrison
  4. Batman 368 Jason Todd is the new Robin
  5. Batman 400
  6. Batman 404 Miller; Year One
  7. Batman 405 Miller; Year One
  8. Batman 406 Miller; Year One
  9. Batman 407 Miller; Year One
  10. Batman 408 Miller; Year One
  11. Batman 417 Ten Nights of the Beast
  12. Batman 418 Ten Nights of the Beast
  13. Batman 419 Ten Nights of the Beast
  14. Batman 420 Ten Nights of the Beast
  15. Batman 426 Death in the Family
  16. Batman 427 Death in the Family
  17. Batman 428 Death in the Family
  18. Batman 429 Death in the Family
  19. Batman 436 Year Three
  20. Batman 442 Tim Drake
  21. Batman 457 Tim Drake is the new Robin
  22. Batman 488
  23. Batman: The Dark Knight 1
  24. Batman: The Dark Knight 2
  25. Batman: The Dark Knight 3
  26. Batman: The Dark Knight 4
  27. Batman: The Killing Joke
  28. Batman: Sword of Azrael 1
  29. Batman: Sword of Azrael 2
  30. Batman: Sword of Azrael 3
  31. Batman: Sword of Azrael 4
  32. Booster Gold 1
  33. Crisis On Infinite Earths 1 First Blue Beetle
  34. Crisis On Infinite Earths 2
  35. Crisis On Infinite Earths 3
  36. Crisis On Infinite Earths 4
  37. Crisis On Infinite Earths 5
  38. Crisis On Infinite Earths 6
  39. Crisis On Infinite Earths 7 Death of Supergirl
  40. Crisis On Infinite Earths 9
  41. Crisis On Infinite Earths 10
  42. Crisis On Infinite Earths 11
  43. Crisis On Infinite Earths 12
  44. Detective Comics 535 New Robin
  45. Detective Comics 569 Joker
  46. Detective Comics 570 Joker
  47. Detective Comics 572 50th Anniversary
  48. Detective Comics 574 Jason Todd/Batman origin retold
  49. Detective Comics 575 Year Two
  50. Detective Comics 576 McFarlane; Year Two
  51. Detective Comics 577 McFarlane; Year Two
  52. Detective Comics 578 McFarlane; Year Two
  53. Detective Comics 598 Blind Justice
  54. Detective Comics 599 Blind Justice
  55. Detective Comics 600 Blind Justice
  56. Doom Patrol 19 Grant Morrison
  57. Flash 350
  58. Flash 1
  59. Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters 1
  60. Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters 2
  61. Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters 3
  62. Green Lantern 195 Guy Gardner becomes Green Lantern
  63. Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn 1
  64. Hellblazer 1
  65. Hellblazer 2
  66. Hellblazer 27 Gaiman
  67. Justice League 1
  68. Justice League 5 Batman vs. Guy Gardner
  69. Legends 6 First new Justice League
  70. Legion of Superheroes 37 Death of Superboy
  71. Legion of Superheroes 38 Death of Superboy
  72. Omega Men 3 First Lobo
  73. Sandman 1
  74. Sandman 2
  75. Sandman 3
  76. Sandman 4
  77. Sandman 5
  78. Sandman 6
  79. Sandman 7
  80. Sandman 8
  81. Superman 423 Alan Moore; "Whatever Happened to Man of Tomorrow?"
  82. Superman 50 Clark proposes
  83. Swamp Thing 21 Alan Moore
  84. Swamp Thing 22
  85. Swamp Thing 23
  86. Swamp Thing 24
  87. Swamp Thing 25
  88. Swamp Thing 37 John Constantine
  89. Tales of the Teen Titans 44 Grayson becomes Nightwing
  90. V for Vendetta 1
  91. V for Vendetta 2
  92. V for Vendetta 3
  93. V for Vendetta 4
  94. V for Vendetta 5
  95. V for Vendetta 6
  96. V for Vendetta 7
  97. V for Vendetta 8
  98. V for Vendetta 9
  99. V for Vendetta 10
  100. V for Vendetta 11
  101. V for Vendetta 12
  102. Watchmen 1
  103. Watchmen 2
  104. Watchmen 3
  105. Watchmen 4
  106. Watchmen 5
  107. Watchmen 6
  108. Watchmen 7
  109. Watchmen 8
  110. Watchmen 9
  111. Watchmen 10
  112. Watchmen 11
  113. Watchmen 12
  114. Wonder Woman 1 Perez

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Bosco685

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When Copper Age is placed at 1980-1992

 

Action Comics 583 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 2

 

DC Comics Presents 26 - 1st New Teen Titans

 

DC Comics Presents 27 - 1st Mongul

 

New Teen Titans 2 - 1st Deathstroke

 

Superman 423 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 1

 

Tales of the Teen Titans 44 - 1st Nightwing

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Now that I've gone through and made these lists, I'm wishing I had just gone 80s, and then created one for the 90s. I know there are reasons for the era start and end dates, but for a list like this, it seems arbitrary.

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Crisis can be 1,7,8,12

V and Watchmen probably can be #1 only

Sandman keys are really only 1 and 8

 

Need Hellblazer 1, maybe 2

Booster Gold 1

Perez' Wonder Woman #1

Legends 6 was first new JLA

Omega Men 3

Green Lantern 141

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Hmmm, I thought I had Hellblazer on there. Must've deleted them for some reason.

 

I can certainly add the others, too, but I hesitate to delete most of the V, Watchmen, or Crisis runs, simply because the storylines were so crucial. But that's a lot of issues taking space from other potentially important books. It's the whole key issue vs. great storyline debate, I guess. My list isn't just the key issues, it's also trying to cover the great arcs.

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When Copper Age is placed at 1980-1992

 

Action Comics 583 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 2

 

DC Comics Presents 26 - 1st New Teen Titans

 

DC Comics Presents 27 - 1st Mongul

 

New Teen Titans 2 - 1st Deathstroke

 

Superman 423 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 1

 

Tales of the Teen Titans 44 - 1st Nightwing

 

DC Comics Presents 47 - First He-Man in comics

New Teen Titans 39 - last issue of Grayson as Robin

 

There's a whole bunch more, but I am being stingy :devil:

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When Copper Age is placed at 1980-1992

 

Action Comics 583 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 2

 

DC Comics Presents 26 - 1st New Teen Titans

 

DC Comics Presents 27 - 1st Mongul

 

New Teen Titans 2 - 1st Deathstroke

 

Superman 423 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" Part 1

 

Tales of the Teen Titans 44 - 1st Nightwing

 

DC Comics Presents 47 - First He-Man in comics

New Teen Titans 39 - last issue of Grayson as Robin

 

There's a whole bunch more, but I am being stingy :devil:

 

I feel like I've picked the wrong time to seek help honing my list. Everyone's interested in Copper to make a quick buck, and I'm just looking to own some of the best books the era had to offer. (shrug)

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I feel like I've picked the wrong time to seek help honing my list. Everyone's interested in Copper to make a quick buck, and I'm just looking to own some of the best books the era had to offer. (shrug)

 

Everyone is feeding you great information. Why would you think otherwise?

 

The only differences of opinion other than when Copper Age occurred (that is never going to be a complete conversation) is what to include on the list.

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I feel like I've picked the wrong time to seek help honing my list. Everyone's interested in Copper to make a quick buck, and I'm just looking to own some of the best books the era had to offer. (shrug)

 

Everyone is feeding you great information. Why would you think otherwise?

 

The only differences of opinion other than when Copper Age occurred (that is never going to be a complete conversation) is what to include on the list.

 

No, it's that stingy part of the previous post. I got the impression he was holding out on good information.

 

But yeah, the dates of the era are certainly always in dispute. I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but I should've just stuck with 80s and 90s. Then again, where's the fun in that?

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Certainly some great key issues being mentioned here. Are there any great storylines that aren't necessarily key issues? Seems like the Marvel list had a few arcs that were great stories but not necessarily sought after or valued from a price perspective.

 

Also, I'm getting well over 100 now, and that will rise once I input the last 5-6 suggestions. Any ideas on what to cut?

 

I can cut back the limited series to just one issue, as suggested, but that feels like cheating. :boo:

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I feel like I've picked the wrong time to seek help honing my list. Everyone's interested in Copper to make a quick buck, and I'm just looking to own some of the best books the era had to offer. (shrug)

 

Everyone is feeding you great information. Why would you think otherwise?

 

The only differences of opinion other than when Copper Age occurred (that is never going to be a complete conversation) is what to include on the list.

 

No, it's that stingy part of the previous post. I got the impression he was holding out on good information.

 

But yeah, the dates of the era are certainly always in dispute. I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but I should've just stuck with 80s and 90s. Then again, where's the fun in that?

 

I think he was just messing with us all. The bulk of what is hot has been pouring out in suggestions and your already established list.

 

:foryou:

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Yeah I think the time period in question is already pretty well known. It's the list for '92 to 2000 that should be interesting to see what everyone suggests. That era is more wide open with an unknown future of what's to be hot.

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After some deliberation, I've decided to restructure the Copper 100 lists and focus on DC from the 80s and then another list for DC in the 90s. Seems like I'm missing some great books that just miss my 1984 start date, and I want to include some of those.

 

Of course, I'm sure that I'll have to leave off some from late '79, but I can live with that.

 

Thanks for the help everyone. I'll post my 80s list once I have a draft.

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