January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1989
To repeat the caveat I gave on the 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 D.C. comics published in 1989 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 1989 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 1989 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1989; all key comics from 1989 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,655 | Sandman #1 | 1/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 2. | 693 | Batman #429 | 1/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 3. | 683 | Sandman #8 | 8/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 4. | 459 | Batman #442 | 12/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 5. | 334 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1 | 11/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 287 | Batman #436 | 8/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 254 | Sandman #4 | 4/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 8. | 170 | Suicide Squad #23 | 1/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 9. | 167 | Sandman #2 | 2/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 10. | 125 | Sandman #3 | 3/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 11. | 106 | Batman #439 | 9/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 12. | 99 | Detective Comics #600 | 5/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 99 | Sandman #5 | 5/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 14. | 95 | Batman #438 | 9/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 15. | 88 | Catwoman #1 | 2/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 81 | Batman #440 | 10/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 17. | 77 | Batman #441 | 11/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 18. | 77 | Sandman #6 | 6/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 19. | 72 | V for Vendetta #8 | 2/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 20. | 72 | Batman #437 | 8/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 21. | 70 | Sandman #7 | 7/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 22. | 64 | Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #1 | 12/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 23. | 64 | V for Vendetta #7 | 1/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 24. | 63 | Detective Comics #598 | 3/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 25. | 60 | Batman #433 | 5/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 26. | 57 | V for Vendetta #6 | 2/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 27. | 56 | Star Trek: The Next Generation #1 | 10/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 28. | 56 | Sandman 8 Editorial Variant | 8/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 29. | 55 | V for Vendetta #10 | 5/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 30. | 55 | V for Vendetta #9 | 3/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 31. | 53 | Justice League Europe #1 | 4/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 32. | 53 | Catwoman #2 | 3/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 33. | 50 | Batman #434 | 6/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 34. | 46 | Sandman #9 | 9/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 35. | 46 | Star Trek #1 | 10/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 36. | 43 | Batman: Gotham by Gaslight #nn | 1989 | D.C. Comics |
| 37. | 39 | New Titans #61 | 12/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 38. | 39 | Huntress #1 | 4/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 35 | Batman: Official Motion Picture Adaptation nn Pres | 1989 | D.C. Comics |
| 40. | 34 | Batman #430 | 2/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 33 | New Titans #60 | 11/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 42. | 32 | Action Comics #643 | 7/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 31 | Sandman #11 | 12/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 44. | 31 | Detective Comics #608 | 1989 | D.C. Comics |
| 45. | 31 | Secret Origins Special #1 | 1989 | D.C. Comics |
| 46. | 30 | Detective Comics #599 | 4/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 29 | Catwoman #4 | 5/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 28 | Detective Comics #606 | 11/89 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 28 | Detective Comics #604 | 1989 | D.C. Comics |
| 50. | 25 | Sandman #10 | 11/89 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1989
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1989, more key comic books of 1989 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1989, 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.
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