January 12, 2017
More Key Comic Books of 1976
To repeat the caveat I gave on main 1970’s page [which has links to see other years within the decade], the list you are about to see involves no judgment or pricing data, but rather simply ranks the universe of comics published in 1976 — by publishers other than Marvel or D.C. for this particular page — according to how many copies have passed through CGC’s doors to date, to tease out a list of more key comic books of 1976 — that’s it!
We should reveal key and otherwise interesting 1976 comics from this exercise, but we will not necessarily get an all-encompassing list. So without further ado, here below is a list of the top 50 most-submitted comics from publishers other than Marvel or D.C. from 1976 (the census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1976; top 50 D.C. comics of 1976; all key comics from 1976 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 157 | Six Million Dollar Man #1 | 6/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 2. | 120 | Hansi, The Girl Who Loved the Swastika #nn | 1976 | Spire Christian Comics |
| 3. | 69 | Emergency! #1 | 6/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 4. | 66 | Richie Rich, Casper and Wendy National League #1 | 6/76 | Harvey Publications |
| 5. | 52 | American Splendor #1 | 1976 | Harvey Pekar |
| 6. | 38 | Six Million Dollar Man #2 | 8/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 7. | 35 | Star Trek #40 | 9/76 | Gold Key |
| 8. | 34 | Space: 1999 #4 | 5/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 9. | 28 | Star Trek #39 | 8/76 | Gold Key |
| 10. | 28 | Six Million Dollar Man #3 | 10/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 11. | 27 | Star Trek #36 | 3/76 | Gold Key |
| 12. | 26 | Star Trek #38 | 7/76 | Gold Key |
| 13. | 26 | Richie Rich Zillionz #1 | 10/76 | Harvey Publications |
| 14. | 26 | Star Trek #41 | 11/76 | Gold Key |
| 15. | 23 | Star Trek #37 | 5/76 | Gold Key |
| 16. | 22 | Oktoberfest Comics #1 | Fall 1976 | Now & Then |
| 17. | 21 | Eerie #77 | 9/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 18. | 20 | Six Million Dollar Man #4 | 12/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 19. | 20 | Space: 1999 #3 | 3/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 20. | 20 | Doomsday + 1 #4 | 1/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 21. | 19 | Vampirella #55 | 10/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 22. | 19 | Emergency! #2 | 8/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 23. | 18 | Vampirella #54 | 9/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 24. | 18 | Vampirella #56 | 12/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 25. | 18 | Space: 1999 #2 | 1/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 26. | 17 | Fast Willie Jackson #1 | 10/76 | Fitzgerald Periodicals |
| 27. | 17 | Vampirella #50 | 4/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 28. | 16 | Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #22 | 10/76 | Gold Key |
| 29. | 16 | Vampirella #53 | 8/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 30. | 15 | Vampirella #49 | 3/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 31. | 15 | Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #23 | 12/76 | Gold Key |
| 32. | 15 | Starlog #1 | 8/76 | O’Quinn Studios |
| 33. | 14 | Doomsday + 1 #6 | 6/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 34. | 14 | Charlton Bullseye #5 | 1976 | CPL/Gang Publications |
| 35. | 14 | Uncle Scrooge #128 | 5/76 | Gold Key |
| 36. | 13 | Eerie #79 | 11/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 37. | 13 | Mad #184 | 7/76 | E.C. Comics |
| 38. | 13 | Famous Monsters of Filmland #130 | 12/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 39. | 13 | Creepy #77 | 2/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 40. | 12 | Arcade The Comics Revue #6 | Summer 1976 | Print Mint |
| 41. | 12 | Arcade The Comics Revue #5 | Spring 1976 | Print Mint |
| 42. | 12 | Space: 1999 #5 | 7/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 43. | 12 | Uncle Scrooge #130 | 7/76 | Gold Key |
| 44. | 12 | Dark Shadows #35 | 2/76 | Gold Key |
| 45. | 12 | Creepy #84 | 11/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 46. | 12 | Creepy #81 | 7/76 | Warren Publishing |
| 47. | 11 | Uncle Scrooge #127 | 4/76 | Gold Key |
| 48. | 11 | Great Grape Ape #1 | 9/76 | Charlton Comics |
| 49. | 11 | Mad #187 | 12/76 | E.C. Comics |
| 50. | 11 | Creepy #82 | 8/76 | Warren Publishing |
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Even More Key Comic Books of 1976
For even more key comic books of 1976, also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1976; top 50 D.C. comics of 1976; all key comics from 1976, or jump to this list of important comics from the 1970s. Or explore Lists of Key Comic Books by Year. Or jump to my blog’s home page.
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