January 12, 2017
More Key Comic Books of 1992
The year 1992 saw the emergence of Image Comics onto the scene. Some concluded Image was exclusively direct edition, but as it turns out, under the mountain of direct edition copies they sold, there was also a small sliver of copies that were distributed on newsstands — 1% by one insider’s estimate. You’ll see a lot of CGC-recognized newsstand variants from among Image’s comics, as they quite often were manufactured differently, causing CGC to break them out as distinct from their direct edition counter-parts.
To repeat the caveat I gave on main 1990’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 1992 — 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 1992 — that’s it!
We should reveal key and otherwise interesting 1992 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 100 most-submitted comics from publishers other than Marvel or D.C. from 1992 (the census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1992; top 50 D.C. comics of 1992; all key comics from 1992 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5,599 | Spawn #1 [See my post about the rare newsstand edition of this comic] |
5/92 | Image Comics |
| 2. | 1,458 | Rai #0 | 11/92 | Valiant |
| 3. | 1,254 | Harbinger #1 | 1/92 | Valiant |
| 4. | 1,037 | Eternal Warrior #4 | 11/92 | Valiant |
| 5. | 964 | X-O Manowar #1 | 2/92 | Valiant |
| 6. | 622 | Spawn #2 | 6/92 | Image Comics |
| 7. | 621 | Solar, Man of the Atom #10 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 8. | 601 | Harbinger 0 Pink Variant | 1992 | Valiant |
| 9. | 546 | Shadowman #1 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 10. | 465 | Rai #1 | 3/92 | Valiant |
| 11. | 417 | Magnus Robot Fighter #12 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 12. | 415 | Spawn #4 | 9/92 | Image Comics |
| 13. | 397 | Rai #3 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 14. | 380 | Archer & Armstrong #0 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 15. | 356 | WildC.A.T.S. #1 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand variant is confirmed to exist |
8/92 | Image Comics |
| 16. | 344 | Rai #4 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 17. | 333 | Spawn #3 | 8/92 | Image Comics |
| 18. | 329 | Shadowman #8 | 12/92 | Valiant |
| 19. | 316 | X-O Manowar #4 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 20. | 254 | Unity 1 Gold Edition | 10/92 | Valiant |
| 21. | 252 | Unity 0 Red Logo Variant | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 22. | 242 | Magnus Robot Fighter 0 Mail-order Edition | 1992 | Valiant |
| 23. | 241 | Harbinger #2 | 2/92 | Valiant |
| 24. | 239 | Magnus Robot Fighter #0 | 1992 | Valiant |
| 25. | 232 | Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Edition | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 26. | 217 | Youngblood #1 | 4/92 | Image Comics |
| 27. | 208 | Eternal Warrior #1 | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 28. | 205 | Rai #2 | 4/92 | Valiant |
| 29. | 205 | X-O Manowar #2 | 3/92 | Valiant |
| 30. | 203 | Savage Dragon Limited Series #1 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand variant is confirmed to exist |
7/92 | Image Comics |
| 31. | 199 | Unity 1 Platinum Edition | 10/92 | Valiant |
| 32. | 188 | Rai #5 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 33. | 184 | Harbinger #4 | 4/92 | Valiant |
| 34. | 181 | WildC.A.T.S. 2 Prism Cover | 9/92 | Image Comics |
| 35. | 175 | Harbinger #3 | 3/92 | Valiant |
| 36. | 171 | Spawn #5 | 10/92 | Image Comics |
| 37. | 155 | X-O Manowar #3 | 4/92 | Valiant |
| 38. | 144 | Unity #0 | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 39. | 143 | Evil Ernie #2 | 1/92 | Malibu/Eternity |
| 40. | 141 | Army of Darkness #1 | 11/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 41. | 138 | Eternal Warrior #5 | 12/92 | Valiant |
| 42. | 133 | Archer & Armstrong 0 Gold Edition | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 43. | 128 | Archer & Armstrong #1 | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 44. | 126 | X-O Manowar #5 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 45. | 125 | Harbinger #10 | 10/92 | Valiant |
| 46. | 124 | Vampirella #1 | 11/92 | Harris |
| 47. | 122 | Spawn #6 | 11/92 | Image Comics |
| 48. | 115 | WildC.A.T.S. 1 Gold Edition | 8/92 | Image Comics |
| 49. | 112 | Cyberforce Limited Series #1 | 10/92 | Image/Top Cow |
| 50. | 108 | Solar, Man of the Atom #6 | 2/92 | Valiant |
| 51. | 107 | X-O Manowar #6 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 52. | 105 | Unity #1 | 10/92 | Valiant |
| 53. | 105 | Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Variant Cover | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 54. | 103 | Harbinger #6 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 55. | 99 | Shadowhawk #1 | 8/92 | Image Comics |
| 56. | 97 | Shadowman #2 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 57. | 96 | Magnus Robot Fighter #10 | 3/92 | Valiant |
| 58. | 95 | Malibu Sun #13 | 5/92 | Malibu Comics |
| 59. | 94 | Solar, Man of the Atom #7 | 3/92 | Valiant |
| 60. | 94 | Harbinger #5 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 61. | 90 | Magnus Robot Fighter #8 | 1/92 | Valiant |
| 62. | 87 | Solar, Man of the Atom #11 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 63. | 86 | H.A.R.D. Corps #1 | 12/92 | Valiant |
| 64. | 82 | Solar, Man of the Atom #9 | 5/92 | Valiant |
| 65. | 81 | Solar, Man of the Atom 10 Second Printing | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 66. | 81 | Dark Horse Presents: Aliens 1 Platinum Edition | 1992 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 67. | 80 | Predator vs. Magnus Robot Fighter 1 Platinum Editi | 11/92 | Dark Horse-Valiant |
| 68. | 80 | H.A.R.D. Corps 1 Gold Edition | 12/92 | Valiant |
| 69. | 80 | Harbinger #0 | 1992 | Valiant |
| 70. | 78 | Cry For Dawn #9 | Spring 1992 | CFD Publications |
| 71. | 77 | Magnus Robot Fighter #9 | 2/92 | Valiant |
| 72. | 76 | Harbinger #7 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 73. | 75 | Miracleman #23 | 6/92 | Eclipse |
| 74. | 75 | Shadowman #3 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 75. | 72 | Solar, Man of the Atom #8 | 4/92 | Valiant |
| 76. | 72 | Evil Ernie #4 | 3/92 | Malibu/Eternity |
| 77. | 69 | Star Wars: Dark Empire #5 | 8/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 78. | 66 | Star Wars: Dark Empire #6 | 10/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 79. | 65 | Evil Ernie #5 | 4/92 | Malibu/Eternity |
| 80. | 64 | Evil Ernie #3 | 2/92 | Malibu/Eternity |
| 81. | 63 | Cry For Dawn #7 | Winter 1992 | CFD Publications |
| 82. | 61 | Rai #6 | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 83. | 60 | Solar, Man of the Atom #5 | 1/92 | Valiant |
| 84. | 59 | Eternal Warrior #2 | 9/92 | Valiant |
| 85. | 58 | Bone #4 | 3/92 | Cartoon Books |
| 86. | 58 | Magnus Robot Fighter #14 | 7/92 | Valiant |
| 87. | 56 | X-O Manowar #7 | 8/92 | Valiant |
| 88. | 54 | Rai #7 | 9/92 | Valiant |
| 89. | 50 | Harbinger #9 | 9/92 | Valiant |
| 90. | 49 | Star Wars: Dark Empire #3 | 4/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 91. | 47 | Magnus Robot Fighter #11 | 4/92 | Valiant |
| 92. | 46 | X-O Manowar #8 | 9/92 | Valiant |
| 93. | 46 | Magnus Robot Fighter #13 | 6/92 | Valiant |
| 94. | 46 | Star Wars: Dark Empire #4 | 4/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 95. | 45 | Dark Horse Presents #62 | 1992 | Dark Horse Comics |
| 96. | 45 | Cry For Dawn #8 | Winter 1992 | CFD Publications |
| 97. | 44 | Archer & Armstrong #2 | 9/92 | Valiant |
| 98. | 41 | Rai #8 | 10/92 | Valiant |
| 99. | 40 | Evil Ernie Special Limited Edition #1 | 6/92 | Malibu/Adventure Comics |
| 100. | 40 | John Byrne’s Next Men #1 | 1/92 | Dark Horse Comics |
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Even More Key Comic Books of 1992
For even more key comic books of 1992, also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1992; top 50 D.C. comics of 1992; all key comics from 1992, or jump to this list of important comics from the 1990s. Or explore Lists of Key Comic Books by Year. Or jump to my blog’s home page.
Happy Collecting! 🙂
