January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1996
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 1996 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 1996 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 1996 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1996; all key comics from 1996 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 302 | Nightwing #1 | 10/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 2. | 293 | Preacher #13 | 4/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 3. | 268 | Superman: The Wedding Album 1 Collector’s Edition | 12/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 4. | 218 | Kingdom Come #1 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 5. | 164 | Kingdom Come #2 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 139 | Kingdom Come #3 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 136 | Kingdom Come #4 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 8. | 122 | Batman: The Long Halloween #1 | 10/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 9. | 110 | DC Versus Marvel #1 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 10. | 86 | Batman: Black and White #1 | 6/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 11. | 80 | Green Lantern v3 #81 Deluxe Edition | 12/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 12. | 68 | Supergirl #1 | 9/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 66 | Preacher #12 | 3/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 14. | 63 | Preacher #10 | 1/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 15. | 63 | Hitman #1 | 4/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 51 | Flex Mentallo #1 | 6/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 17. | 45 | DC Versus Marvel #4 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 18. | 42 | Preacher #11 | 2/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 19. | 40 | Preacher Special: The Story of You-Know-Who #1 | 12/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 20. | 37 | Detective Comics 700 Collector’s Edition | 8/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 21. | 36 | Preacher #20 | 12/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 22. | 32 | Preacher #17 | 9/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 23. | 32 | Preacher #18 | 10/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 24. | 30 | Preacher Special: Saint of Killers #1 | 8/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 25. | 30 | Preacher #19 | 11/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 26. | 29 | Superman: The Wedding Album #1 | 12/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 27. | 28 | Batman Chronicles #4 | Spring 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 28. | 28 | Sandman #75 | 3/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 29. | 27 | Preacher #15 | 6/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 30. | 27 | Batman and Robin Adventures #8 | 7/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 31. | 27 | Superman Adventures #1 | 11/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 32. | 25 | Final Night #4 | 11/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 33. | 23 | Batman 532 Glow-in-the-dark Variant | 7/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 34. | 22 | Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1 | 1996 | D.C. Comics |
| 35. | 22 | Preacher #14 | 5/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 36. | 21 | Flex Mentallo #3 | 8/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 37. | 19 | Wonder Woman #105 | 1/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 38. | 19 | Batman 531 Glow-in-the-dark Variant | 6/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 19 | Flex Mentallo #2 | 7/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 40. | 18 | Nightwing #2 | 11/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 18 | Flex Mentallo #4 | 9/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 42. | 17 | Batman #535 | 10/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 17 | Batman: Black and White #3 | 8/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 44. | 16 | Preacher #16 | 8/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 45. | 16 | Preacher Special: Saint of Killers #2 | 9/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 46. | 16 | Parallax: Emerald Night #1 | 11/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 16 | Batman: Black and White #2 | 7/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 15 | Batman 530 Glow-in-the-dark Variant | 5/96 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 14 | Preacher Special: Saint of Killers #4 | 11/96 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 50. | 13 | Batman: Black and White #4 | 9/96 | D.C. Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1996
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1996, more key comic books of 1996 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1996, 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! 🙂
