CGC Census Data Report: 15 Years Grading 1980s comics

[valiantman]

Here are the most popular universal submissions to CGC over the past 15 years for 1980-1989 comics

 

 

PDF Printable: http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/TopCGCSubmissions1980to1989.pdf

 

There are very few DC Comics in the Top CGC Submissions document above, so I've isolated the Top 25 for DC 1980-1989.

 

DC Comics 1980s (Overall 1980s Rank is in parentheses)

1 Batman: The Killing Joke nn (14)

2 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1 (25)

3 New Teen Titans 2 (26)

4 Watchmen 1 (28)

5 Tales of the Teen Titans 44 (32)

6 Omega Men 3 (33)

7 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 4 (38)

8 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 3 (42)

9 Batman 404 (47)

10 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2 (49)

11 DC Comics Presents 26 (55)

12 Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (66)

13 Crisis on Infinite Earths 7 (68)

14 Saga of the Swamp Thing 37 (70)

15 Legends 3 (73)

16 Batman 428 (81)

17 New Teen Titans 1 (84)

18 Crisis on Infinite Earths 8 (86)

19 Watchmen 2 (101)

20 Batman 406 (111)

21 Batman 405 (114)

22 Batman 429 (116)

23 Batman 357 (119)

24 Detective Comics 27 (121)

25 Hellblazer 1 (123)

 

1960s data in the Silver section: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9083746

1970s data in the Bronze section: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9085460

1990s data in the Copper section: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9085791

 

Note: G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero listed in the 2009 Top 10 is G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #1

[Bsusens]

Surprised to see Wolverine 10 so high I've had a NM copy for years but I don't think I ever thought about getting it graded

[Gatsby77]

And I'm surprised that Hellblazer 1 outranks Sandman 1, and that neither Punisher Ltd. 1 nor X-Factor 24 are on the list.

[comiconxion]

Interesting to see how the movies impacted the submissions. Transformers and G.I. Joe pop onto the scene around the time of the movies being released. And of course Hulk #271 comes out of nowhere.

 

Also, funny to see Secret Wars #8 consistently at #3 for the last 6 years in a row. I'm actually surprised it didn't get more of a bump with Zeck finally making convention appearances in 2014-5. But, I guess those would be signature series submissions and not Universal ones.