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Most Popular CGC Submissions - By Year

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Ever wonder what books are the "representative book" for a particular year?

 

Well, if you use total CGC submissions as the guide...

Here are the books you'd pick for each year:

 

Most Popular CGC Submissions - By Year

("virtual ties" between two books in 1955, 1960, 1979, and 1987)

1933 - Famous Funnies: Carnival of Comics nn - 18 submissions

1934 - Famous Funnies 1 - 5 submissions

1935 - New Comics 1 - 9 submissions

1936 - More Fun Comics 14 - 9 submissions

1937 - Detective Comics 8 - 11 submissions

1938 - Action Comics 1 - 25 submissions

1939 - Superman 1 - 37 submissions

1940 - Batman 1 - 64 submissions

1941 - Captain America Comics 1 - 49 submissions

1942 - Batman 11 - 45 submissions

1943 - Batman 16 - 34 submissions

1944 - Batman 23 - 52 submissions

1945 - Batman 27 - 33 submissions

1946 - Batman 36 - 35 submissions

1947 - Batman 40 - 36 submissions

1948 - Superman 53 - 44 submissions

1949 - Superboy 1 - 55 submissions

1950 - Strange Adventures 1 - 41 submissions

1951 - Mystery in Space 1 - 28 submissions

1952 - Mad 1 - 76 submissions

1953 - Mad 2 - 45 submissions

1954 - Thing 16 - 43 submissions

1955 - Superman 100 - 39 submissions

1955 - Detective Comics 225 - 38 submissions

1956 - Showcase 4 - 75 submissions

1957 - Showcase 8 - 42 submissions

1958 - Adventure Comics 247 - 54 submissions

1959 - Showcase 22 - 90 submissions

1960 - Justice League of America 1 - 132 submissions

1960 - Green Lantern 1 - 130 submissions

1961 - Fantastic Four 1 - 304 submissions

1962 - Amazing Fantasy 15 - 461 submissions

1963 - Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 650 submissions

1964 - Amazing Spider-Man 14 - 617 submissions

1965 - Amazing Spider-Man 23 - 252 submissions

1966 - Fantastic Four 48 - 755 submissions

1967 - Amazing Spider-Man 50 - 441 submissions

1968 - Iron Man 1 - 696 submissions

1969 - Silver Surfer 4 - 419 submissions

1970 - Conan the Barbarian 1 - 515 submissions

1971 - Amazing Spider-Man 100 - 539 submissions

1972 - Swamp Thing 1 - 257 submissions

1973 - Amazing Spider-Man 122 - 585 submissions

1974 - Incredible Hulk 181 - 1603 submissions

1975 - Giant-Size X-Men 1 - 1350 submissions

1976 - Spectacular Spider-Man 1 - 1103 submissions

1977 - Star Wars 1 - 806 submissions

1978 - Spider-Woman 1 - 266 submissions

1979 - X-Men 121 - 367 submissions

1979 - Daredevil 158 - 365 submissions

1980 - X-Men 137 - 564 submissions

1981 - Daredevil 168 - 584 submissions

1982 - Wolverine Limited Series 1 - 1706 submissions

1983 - Amazing Spider-Man 238 - 583 submissions

1984 - Amazing Spider-Man 252 - 867 submissions

1985 - Web of Spider-Man 1 - 775 submissions

1986 - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1 - 272 submissions

1987 - Uncanny X-Men 213 - 198 submissions

1987 - Batman 404 - 193 submissions

1988 - Wolverine 1 - 1423 submissions

1989 - Wolverine 10 - 588 submissions

1990 - Spider-Man 1 Silver Edition - 837 submissions

1991 - X-Men 1 Special Collectors Edition - 339 submissions

1992 - Spawn 1 - 1317 submissions

1993 - Venom: Lethal Protector 1 - 205 submissions

1994 - Lady Death Limited Series 1 - 83 submissions

1995 - Witchblade 1 - 304 submissions

1996 - Superman: The Wedding Album 1 Collector's Edition - 89 submissions

1997 - JLA 1 - 147 submissions

1998 - Daredevil v2 #1 - 271 submissions

1999 - Tomb Raider 1 - 221 submissions

2000 - Ultimate Spider-Man 1 - 992 submissions

2001 - Wolverine: The Origin 1 - 2090 submissions

2002 - Ultimate Spider-Man 1/2 - 1114 submissions

2003 - Donald Duck Adventures-Free Comic Book Day nn Gemstone/ANA Variant - 700 submissions

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1965 - Amazing Spider-Man 30 - 224 submissions

Whats the deal with that? ASM is nothing special, are you sure this one is correct VM?

Good point.. looks like ASM #30 is the most popular Universal submission...

I've revised the original list to reflect all submissions...

(this mainly adds restored counts... they're popular enough to be included).

 

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I've revised the original list to reflect all submissions...

 

Yep, that looks better. ASM #23 makes much more sense for that year. It sure is worth adding the resto books also, as all the prime sub candidates are the ones most likely being restored.

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I've revised the original list to reflect all submissions...

 

Yep, that looks better. ASM #23 makes much more sense for that year. It sure is worth adding the resto books also, as all the prime sub candidates are the ones most likely being restored.

I agree... I'm surprised I didn't include them to begin with...

Restored books are the definition of "popular"... otherwise, why bother restoring? tongue.gif

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Ok, I hope this doesn't make you all go cross-eyed...

 

But I'm sure a few of you are wondering about the "top books"

for a different publisher in each year...

So I've tried to include the biggest publishers' top submissions for each year.

 

Most Popular CGC Submissions By Year - By Publisher

 

1930s

1933 - Famous Funnies: Carnival of Comics nn - 18 submissions no publisher listed

1933 - Century of Comics nn - 5 submissions Eastern Color

1934 - Famous Funnies 1 - 5 submissions Eastern Color

1935 - New Comics 1 - 9 submissions D.C. Comics

1936 - More Fun Comics 14 - 9 submissions D.C. Comics

1936 - Detective Picture Stories 1 - 7 submissions Comics Magazine

1936 - Tip Top Comics 1 - 6 submissions United Features Syndicate

1936 - Funnies 1 - 4 submissions Dell Publishing

1937 - Detective Comics 8 - 11 submissions D.C. Comics

1937 - Detective Comics 1 - 10 submissions D.C. Comics

1937 - Ace Comics 1 - 5 submissions David McKay Publishing

1937 - Feature Funnies 1 - 4 submissions "Harry ""A"" Chesler"

1937 - Comics 1 - 4 submissions Dell Publishing

1938 - Action Comics 1 - 25 submissions D.C. Comics

1939 - Superman 1 - 37 submissions D.C. Comics

1939 - Marvel Comics 1 - 23 submissions Timely Comics

 

1940s

1940 - Batman 1 - 64 submissions D.C. Comics

1940 - Human Torch 2 (#1) - 29 submissions Timely Comics

1940 - Special Edition Comics 1 - 23 submissions Fawcett Publications

1941 - Captain America Comics 1 - 49 submissions Timely Comics

1941 - Batman 5 - 45 submissions D.C. Comics

1942 - Batman 11 - 45 submissions D.C. Comics

1942 - Mighty Midget Comics 11 - 37 submissions Fawcett Publications

1942 - Four Color 9 - 21 submissions Dell Publishing

1942 - Human Torch 8 - 20 submissions Timely Comics

1943 - Batman 16 - 34 submissions D.C. Comics

1943 - Mighty Midget Comics 12 - 22 submissions Fawcett Publications

1944 - Batman 23 - 52 submissions D.C. Comics

1944 - Blackhawk 9 - 22 submissions Quality Comics

1945 - Batman 27 - 33 submissions D.C. Comics

1945 - Mary Marvel Comics 1 - 21 submissions Fawcett Publications

1946 - Batman 36 - 35 submissions D.C. Comics

1946 - Four Color 108 - 30 submissions Dell Publishing

1946 - Green Lama 7 - 30 submissions Prize Publications

1946 - Atomic Comics 1 - 28 submissions Green Publications

1946 - Captain Marvel Adventures 51 - 27 submissions Fawcett Publications

1946 - Captain America Comics 52 - 22 submissions Timely Comics

1947 - Batman 40 - 36 submissions D.C. Comics

1947 - Four Color 147 - 22 submissions Dell Publishing

1947 - Planet Comics 50 - 20 submissions Fiction House

1947 - Planet Comics 48 - 20 submissions Fiction House

1948 - Superman 53 - 44 submissions D.C. Comics

1948 - Startling Comics 49 - 27 submissions Better Publications

1949 - Superboy 1 - 55 submissions D.C. Comics

 

1950s

1950 - Strange Adventures 1 - 41 submissions D.C. Comics

1950 - Vault of Horror 15 - 22 submissions E.C. Comics

1951 - Mystery in Space 1 - 28 submissions D.C. Comics

1951 - An Earth Man on Venus nn - 22 submissions Avon

1952 - Mad 1 - 76 submissions E.C. Comics

1952 - Four Color 386 - 42 submissions Dell Publishing

1952 - Superman 76 - 37 submissions D.C. Comics

1952 - Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders 14 - 20 submissions Magazine Enterprises

1953 - Mad 2 - 45 submissions E.C. Comics

1953 - Famous Funnies 209 - 36 submissions Eastern Color

1954 - Thing 16 - 43 submissions Charlton Comics

1954 - Mad 16 - 31 submissions E.C. Comics

1954 - Famous Funnies 210 - 29 submissions Eastern Color

1954 - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 1 - 23 submissions D.C. Comics

1954 - Four Color 535 - 22 submissions Dell Publishing

1955 - Superman 100 - 39 submissions D.C. Comics

1955 - Detective Comics 225 - 38 submissions D.C. Comics

1955 - Lone Ranger in Milk for Big Mike nn - 31 submissions Dell Publishing

1955 - Mad 19 - 28 submissions E.C. Comics

1955 - Weird Science-Fantasy 29 - 28 submissions E.C. Comics

1955 - Captain Gallant 1 - 28 submissions U.S. Pictorial

1956 - Showcase 4 - 75 submissions D.C. Comics

1957 - Showcase 8 - 42 submissions D.C. Comics

1958 - Adventure Comics 247 - 54 submissions D.C. Comics

1958 - Humbug 7 - 22 submissions Humbug

1959 - Showcase 22 - 90 submissions D.C. Comics

 

1960s

1960 - Justice League of America 1 - 132 submissions D.C. Comics

1960 - Green Lantern 1 - 130 submissions D.C. Comics

1961 - Fantastic Four 1 - 304 submissions Marvel Comics

1961 - Brave and the Bold 34 - 122 submissions D.C. Comics

1962 - Amazing Fantasy 15 - 461 submissions Marvel Comics

1962 - Aquaman 1 - 80 submissions D.C. Comics

1963 - Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 650 submissions Marvel Comics

1963 - Flash 137 - 67 submissions D.C. Comics

1964 - Amazing Spider-Man 14 - 617 submissions Marvel Comics

1964 - Hawkman 1 - 140 submissions D.C. Comics

1965 - Amazing Spider-Man 23 - 252 submissions Marvel Comics

1965 - Green Lantern 40 - 140 submissions D.C. Comics

1966 - Fantastic Four 48 - 755 submissions Marvel Comics

1966 - Showcase 60 - 110 submissions D.C. Comics

1967 - Amazing Spider-Man 50 - 441 submissions Marvel Comics

1967 - Flash 175 - 59 submissions D.C. Comics

1967 - Spectre 1 - 58 submissions D.C. Comics

1968 - Iron Man 1 - 696 submissions Marvel Comics

1968 - Batman 200 - 138 submissions D.C. Comics

1969 - Silver Surfer 4 - 419 submissions Marvel Comics

1969 - Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon nn - 84 submissions Wally Wood

 

1970s

1970 - Conan the Barbarian 1 - 515 submissions Marvel Comics

1970 - Green Lantern 76 - 109 submissions D.C. Comics

1971 - Amazing Spider-Man 100 - 539 submissions Marvel Comics

1971 - House of Secrets 92 - 265 submissions D.C. Comics

1972 - Swamp Thing 1 - 257 submissions D.C. Comics

1972 - Tomb of Dracula 1 - 225 submissions Marvel Comics

1973 - Amazing Spider-Man 122 - 585 submissions Marvel Comics

1973 - Shadow 1 - 130 submissions D.C. Comics

1974 - Incredible Hulk 181 - 1603 submissions Marvel Comics

1974 - Aurora Comic Scenes 186-140 - 101 submissions Aurora

1974 - Sandman 1 - 88 submissions D.C. Comics

1975 - Giant-Size X-Men 1 - 1350 submissions Marvel Comics

1975 - The Joker 1 - 121 submissions D.C. Comics

1976 - Spectacular Spider-Man 1 - 1103 submissions Marvel Comics

1977 - Star Wars 1 - 806 submissions Marvel Comics

1977 - Jonah Hex 1 - 111 submissions D.C. Comics

1978 - Spider-Woman 1 - 266 submissions Marvel Comics

1979 - X-Men 121 - 367 submissions Marvel Comics

1979 - Daredevil 158 - 365 submissions Marvel Comics

 

1980s

1980 - X-Men 137 - 564 submissions Marvel Comics

1980 - New Teen Titans 1 - 55 submissions D.C. Comics

1981 - Daredevil 168 - 584 submissions Marvel Comics

1982 - Wolverine Limited Series 1 - 1706 submissions Marvel Comics

1982 - Primer 2 - 131 submissions Comico

1982 - Marvel & DC Present Featuring X-Men & Teen Titans 1 - 78 submissions D.C.-Marvel

1983 - Amazing Spider-Man 238 - 583 submissions Marvel Comics

1983 - Omega Men 3 - 103 submissions D.C. Comics

1984 - Amazing Spider-Man 252 - 867 submissions Marvel Comics

1984 - Tales of the Teen Titans 44 - 94 submissions D.C. Comics

1985 - Web of Spider-Man 1 - 775 submissions Marvel Comics

1985 - Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 - 248 submissions D.C. Comics

1985 - Miracleman 1 - 63 submissions Eclipse

1985 - Groo the Wanderer 1 - 57 submissions Marvel/Epic Comics

1986 - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1 - 272 submissions D.C. Comics

1986 - Uncanny X-Men 211 - 168 submissions Marvel Comics

1986 - Elektra: Assassin 1 - 63 submissions Marvel/Epic Comics

1987 - Uncanny X-Men 213 - 198 submissions Marvel Comics

1987 - Batman 404 - 193 submissions D.C. Comics

1988 - Wolverine 1 - 1423 submissions Marvel Comics

1988 - Batman: The Killing Joke nn - 246 submissions D.C. Comics

1988 - Miracleman 15 - 129 submissions Eclipse

1989 - Wolverine 10 - 588 submissions Marvel Comics

1989 - Sandman 1 - 160 submissions D.C./Vertigo Comics

 

1990s

1990 - Spider-Man 1 Silver Edition - 837 submissions Marvel Comics

1991 - X-Men 1 Special Collectors Edition - 339 submissions Marvel Comics

1991 - Action Comics 662 - 61 submissions D.C. Comics

1991 - Star Wars: Dark Empire 1 - 56 submissions Dark Horse Comics

1992 - Spawn 1 - 1317 submissions Image Comics

1992 - Amazing Spider-Man 361 - 250 submissions Marvel Comics

1993 - Venom: Lethal Protector 1 - 205 submissions Marvel Comics

1993 - Batman 497 - 187 submissions D.C. Comics

1993 - Spawn 9 - 71 submissions Image Comics

1994 - Lady Death Limited Series 1 - 83 submissions Chaos! Comics

1994 - Gen 13 Limited Series 1 - 74 submissions Image Comics

1994 - Marvels 1 - 71 submissions Marvel Comics

1994 - Green Lantern v3 #48 - 66 submissions D.C. Comics

1995 - Witchblade 1 - 304 submissions Image/Top Cow

1995 - Preacher 1 - 83 submissions D.C./Vertigo Comics

1995 - X-Men: Alpha 1 - 74 submissions Marvel Comics

1995 - Dawn 1 - 54 submissions Sirius Entertainment

1995 - X-Files 1 - 53 submissions Topps Comics

1995 - Cyblade/Shi: The Battle for Independents 1 - 50 submissions Crusade-Image Comics

1996 - Superman: The Wedding Album 1 Collector's Edition - 89 submissions D.C. Comics

1996 - Witchblade 2 - 72 submissions Image/Top Cow

1996 - Fantastic Four v2 #1 - 60 submissions Marvel Comics

1997 - JLA 1 - 147 submissions D.C. Comics

1997 - Spawn 1 Black & White Edition - 71 submissions Image Comics

1998 - Daredevil v2 #1 - 271 submissions Marvel Comics

1999 - Tomb Raider 1 - 221 submissions Image/Top Cow

 

2000s

2000 - Ultimate Spider-Man 1 - 992 submissions Marvel Comics

2001 - Wolverine: The Origin 1 - 2090 submissions Marvel Comics

2001 - Tomb Raider/Darkness Special 1 Topcowstore.com Edition - 502 submissions Image/Top Cow

2001 - Green Arrow 1 - 435 submissions D.C. Comics

2001 - G.I. Joe 1 - 285 submissions Image Comics

2002 - Ultimate Spider-Man 1/2 - 1114 submissions Marvel-Wizard Pub.

2002 - Wolverine: The Origin 3 - 1045 submissions Marvel Comics

2002 - Batman 608 - 927 submissions D.C. Comics

2002 - Transformers: Generation 1 1 - 789 submissions Dreamwave Productions

2003 - Donald Duck Adventures-Free Comic Book Day nn Gemstone/ANA Variant - 700 submissions Gemstone

2003 - Ultimate Spider-Man 33 - 578 submissions Marvel Comics

2003 - Batman 612 - 463 submissions D.C. Comics

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A lot of interesting data there...

 

Strikes me as odd that there isn't a 100-sub book for 1994... I guess nothing important came out that year... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

Dunno if you have posted this before, but since you have all the data, what are the top 20 most submitted books? Obviously Origin 1, Wolvie 1 and Hulk 181 make that list (gee, is there a trend here?)...

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How about ASM V2 #36, I know that there were about 1,375 submissions but was not reflected in your tally? Thanks.

ASM V2 #36 is big, but Wolverine: Origin 1 has 2,000 submissions.

My criteria only allows the "Top Comic From Each Publisher" so

Origin 1 has locked up the "Marvel slot" for 2001.

 

I'll work on posting the "Top 5 Submissions For Each Year" soon...

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Thanks Valiantman!!! CGC should start paying you now for your system is better than what they have!

 

From the CGC statistics Wolvie and Spidey rule the CGC world!!!!! There is no question that they are the most popular superheroes. So I wonder why a lot of people are still skeptic on the popularity of Hulk 181, although there are more than 150 copies of 9.4s and above on the 181, it is not high enough due to many fans would like to acquire one. Compared with other other popular superheroes, although there are only a few HG copies (3 or 4 copies) of their key issues but with less demand, most likely owners of the books would not submit them to CGC.

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Greg, How about the top 5 "Most Popular CGC Submissions - By Year" or

2-5 since you've given us #1.

This one was tricky... but I like a challenge.

 

Top CGC Submissions (text file)

 

This starts with the Top 25 Submissions overall,

followed by the Top 10 Submissions by decade...

and then the Top 5 Submissions by year.

 

Enjoy! 893applaud-thumb.gif

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Awesome Valiant-man. Unbelievable and very interesting information. 2003 - Donald Duck Adventures-Free Comic Book Day nn Gemstone/ANA Variant - 700 submissions Gemstone, how can this book be #1 for 2003???? What's so special about this book. I don't think I even run across this book on Ebay.

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Greg, How about the top 5 "Most Popular CGC Submissions - By Year" or

2-5 since you've given us #1.

This one was tricky... but I like a challenge.

 

Top CGC Submissions (text file)

 

This starts with the Top 25 Submissions overall,

followed by the Top 10 Submissions by decade...

and then the Top 5 Submissions by year.

 

Enjoy! 893applaud-thumb.gif

 

You simply AMAZE me Greg! Keep those stats coming.

You shoud have 10-stars by now.

 

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Awesome Valiant-man. Unbelievable and very interesting information. 2003 - Donald Duck Adventures-Free Comic Book Day nn Gemstone/ANA Variant - 700 submissions Gemstone, how can this book be #1 for 2003???? What's so special about this book. I don't think I even run across this book on Ebay.

I was just about to post that I thought the 2003 Donald Duck CGC books

might be used as some kind of gifts or prizes. grin.gif

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