January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1990
To repeat the caveat I gave on the 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 D.C. comics published in 1990 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 1990 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 1990 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1990; all key comics from 1990 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 367 | Green Lantern v3 #1 | 6/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 2. | 299 | Batman #457 | 12/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 3. | 291 | Lobo #1 | 11/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 4. | 261 | Sandman 19 Error Version | 9/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 5. | 93 | Detective Comics #608 | 1/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 77 | Batman #450 | 7/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 68 | Suicide Squad #48 | 12/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 8. | 66 | Batman #451 | 7/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 9. | 62 | Hellblazer #27 | 3/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 10. | 35 | World’s Finest #1 | 1990 | D.C. Comics |
| 11. | 35 | Sandman #15 | 4/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 12. | 30 | Lobo #2 | 12/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 30 | Sandman #19 | 9/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 14. | 29 | Sandman #13 | 2/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 15. | 28 | Batman #443 | 1/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 27 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #5 | 3/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 17. | 26 | Batman #455 | 10/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 18. | 25 | Batman Annual #14 | 1990 | D.C. Comics |
| 19. | 25 | Batman #445 | 3/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 20. | 24 | Sandman #17 | 7/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 21. | 23 | Superman #50 | 12/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 22. | 23 | Batman #453 | 8/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 23. | 22 | Detective Comics #610 | 1/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 24. | 22 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #7 | 5/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 25. | 22 | Batman #446 | 4/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 26. | 22 | Sandman #16 | 6/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 27. | 21 | Detective Comics #617 | 7/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 28. | 21 | Batman #454 | 9/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 29. | 21 | Flash Special #1 | 1990 | D.C. Comics |
| 30. | 21 | Sandman #12 | 1/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 31. | 21 | Batman #444 | 2/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 32. | 20 | Batman #452 | 8/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 33. | 20 | Batman #448 | 6/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 34. | 20 | Sandman #14 | 3/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 35. | 19 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #6 | 4/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 36. | 19 | Batman #449 | 6/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 37. | 18 | Batman #447 | 5/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 38. | 18 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #3 | 1/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 18 | Shade, The Changing Man #1 | 7/90 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 40. | 18 | Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #2 | 1/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 17 | Detective Comics #615 | 6/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 42. | 17 | Adventures of Superman #463 | 2/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 17 | Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #3 | 2/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 44. | 17 | World’s Finest #2 | 1990 | D.C. Comics |
| 45. | 16 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #4 | 2/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 46. | 16 | Doom Patrol #36 | 9/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 16 | Green Lantern v3 #4 | 9/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 15 | Green Lantern v3 #2 | 7/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 14 | Hawkworld #1 | 6/90 | D.C. Comics |
| 50. | 14 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11 | 9/90 | D.C. Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1990
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1990, more key comic books of 1990 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1990, 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! 🙂
