January 12, 2017
More Key Comic Books of 1984
To repeat the caveat I gave on main 1980’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 1984 — 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 1984 — that’s it!
We should reveal key and otherwise interesting 1984 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 1984 (the census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1984; top 50 D.C. comics of 1984; all key comics from 1984 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 853 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 | 1984 | Mirage Studios |
| 2. | 704 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 | 1984 | Mirage Studios |
| 3. | 248 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Second Printing | 6/84 | Mirage Studios |
| 4. | 243 | Macross #1 | 12/84 | Comico |
| 5. | 135 | Albedo #2 | 11/84 | Thoughts & Images |
| 6. | 134 | Flaming Carrot #1 | 5/84 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 7. | 122 | Grendel #3 | 2/84 | Comico |
| 8. | 100 | Rocketeer Special Edition #1 | 11/84 | Eclipse |
| 9. | 97 | Vanguard Illustrated #2 | 1/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 10. | 72 | Groo Special #1 | 10/84 | Eclipse |
| 11. | 51 | Mage #1 | 1984 | Comico |
| 12. | 33 | Judge Dredd #3 | 1/84 | Eagle Comics |
| 13. | 32 | Elementals #1 | 1984 | Comico |
| 14. | 31 | Alien Worlds #6 | 2/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 15. | 27 | Groo the Wanderer #7 | 2/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 16. | 22 | Albedo 1 Second Printing | 9/84 | Thoughts & Images |
| 17. | 22 | Judge Dredd: The Judge Child Quest #1 | 8/84 | Eagle Comics |
| 18. | 21 | Groo the Wanderer #8 | 4/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 19. | 19 | Three Dimensional Alien Worlds #1 | 7/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 20. | 19 | Omaha the Cat Dancer #1 | 1984 | SteelDragon Press |
| 21. | 19 | Twisted Tales #6 | 1/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 22. | 17 | Uncle Scrooge #209 | 7/84 | Whitman |
| 23. | 17 | Vanguard Illustrated #3 | 3/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 24. | 17 | Uncle Scrooge #208 | 6/84 | Whitman |
| 25. | 16 | Uncle Scrooge #207 Rare CGC-recognized cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
5/84 | Whitman |
| 26. | 16 | Twisted Tales #7 | 3/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 27. | 16 | Alien Worlds #7 | 4/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 28. | 15 | Alien Worlds #8 | 11/84 | Eclipse |
| 29. | 15 | Albedo #1 | 6/84 | Thoughts & Images |
| 30. | 14 | Cerebus the Aardvark #65 | 8/84 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 31. | 14 | Flaming Carrot #2 | 7/84 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 32. | 14 | Looney Tunes #47 Rare CGC-recognized cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Whitman |
| 33. | 14 | Chip ‘n’ Dale #82 | 1984 | Whitman |
| 34. | 14 | Ms. Mystic #2 | 2/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 35. | 13 | Pathways to Fantasy #1 | 7/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 36. | 13 | Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks #81 | 7/84 | Whitman |
| 37. | 13 | Demon Dreams #1 | 2/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 38. | 13 | Daisy and Donald #59 | 7/84 | Whitman |
| 39. | 13 | Grenada #1 | 1984 | A.C. Langdon |
| 40. | 13 | Judge Dredd #8 | 6/84 | Eagle Comics |
| 41. | 12 | Judge Dredd #4 | 2/84 | Eagle Comics |
| 42. | 12 | Berni Wrightson: Master of the Macabre #5 | 11/84 | Eclipse |
| 43. | 12 | Porky Pig #109 | 6/84 | Whitman |
| 44. | 12 | Echo of Futurepast #1 | 1984 | Continuity Comics |
| 45. | 12 | Chip ‘n’ Dale #83 | 7/84 | Whitman |
| 46. | 12 | Tom and Jerry #344 Rare CGC-recognized cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Whitman |
| 47. | 12 | Twisted Tales #8 | 5/84 | Pacific Comics |
| 48. | 12 | Mage #4 | 1984 | Comico |
| 49. | 12 | Looney Tunes #46 | 3/84 | Whitman |
| 50. | 12 | Cerebus the Aardvark #67 | 10/84 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
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Even More Key Comic Books of 1984
For even more key comic books of 1984, also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1984; top 50 D.C. comics of 1984; all key comics from 1984, or jump to this list of important comics from the 1980s. Or explore Lists of Key Comic Books by Year. Or jump to my blog’s home page.
Happy Collecting! 🙂
