January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1971
To repeat the caveat I gave on the 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 D.C. comics published in 1971 by how many copies have passed through CGC’s doors to date — that’s it!
This exercise should tease out a very interesting list of “key” or otherwise interesting D.C. comics from 1971 but not necessarily an all-encompassing list (if very few copies were created for a given key, that restricted supply could keep the count of CGC submissions low). So without further ado, here below is a list of the top 50 most-submitted D.C. comics from 1971 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1971; all key comics from 1971 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,557 | Batman #232 | 6/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 2. | 1,388 | House of Secrets #92 | 6-7/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 3. | 884 | New Gods #1 | 2-3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 4. | 845 | Forever People #1 | 2-3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 5. | 717 | Green Lantern #85 | 8-9/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 679 | Batman #234 | 8/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 559 | Green Lantern #86 | 10-11/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 8. | 421 | Superman #233 | 1/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 9. | 402 | Batman #237 | 12/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 10. | 385 | Mister Miracle #1 | 3-4/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 11. | 290 | Detective Comics #411 | 5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 12. | 260 | Weird War Tales #1 | 9-10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 224 | Green Lantern #82 | 2-3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 14. | 205 | Green Lantern #84 | 6-7/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 15. | 183 | Green Lantern #83 | 4-5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 164 | Batman #235 | 9/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 17. | 164 | Detective Comics #408 | 2/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 18. | 149 | DC 100 Page Super Spectacular #6 | 1971 | D.C. Comics |
| 19. | 147 | Detective Comics #410 | 4/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 20. | 142 | Detective Comics #412 | 6/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 21. | 140 | Detective Comics #407 | 1/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 22. | 134 | Ghosts #1 | 9-10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 23. | 133 | New Gods #2 | 4-5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 24. | 126 | Brave and the Bold #93 | 12/70-1/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 25. | 126 | Batman #236 | 11/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 26. | 125 | DC 100 Page Super Spectacular #4 | 1971 | D.C. Comics |
| 27. | 120 | House of Mystery #195 | 10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 28. | 119 | Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #1 | 9-10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 29. | 117 | Justice League of America #94 | 11/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 30. | 111 | Sinister House of Secret Love #1 | 10-11/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 31. | 110 | New Gods #3 | 6-7/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 32. | 107 | Detective Comics #414 | 8/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 33. | 106 | Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #135 | 1/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 34. | 101 | Mister Miracle #2 | 5-6/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 35. | 101 | Batman #228 | 1-2/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 36. | 100 | Witching Hour #13 | 2-3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 37. | 97 | Brave and the Bold #96 | 6-7/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 38. | 94 | Detective Comics #416 | 10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 91 | Superman #238 | 6/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 40. | 88 | Batman #230 | 3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 88 | Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #138 | 6/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 42. | 87 | Superman #234 | 2/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 84 | Justice League of America #89 | 5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 44. | 84 | Mister Miracle #4 | 9-10/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 45. | 76 | Detective Comics #415 | 9/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 46. | 74 | Superman #239 | 6-7/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 72 | Superman #237 | 5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 72 | Forever People #2 | 4-5/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 71 | Detective Comics #409 | 3/71 | D.C. Comics |
| 50. | 70 | Superman #235 | 3/71 | D.C. Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1971
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1971, more key comic books of 1971 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1971, 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.
Happy Collecting! 🙂
