January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1997
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 1997 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 1997 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 1997 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1997; all key comics from 1997 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 359 | Superman Adventures #5 | 3/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 2. | 314 | JLA #1 | 1/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 3. | 140 | Transmetropolitan #1 | 9/97 | D.C./Helix |
| 4. | 89 | Superman 123 Glow-in-the-Dark Cover | 5/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 5. | 54 | Spectre #54 | 6/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 44 | JLA #2 | 2/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 39 | Batman: Special Replica Edition #121 | 1997 | D.C. Comics |
| 8. | 37 | Preacher #21 | 1/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 9. | 35 | Detective Comics Special Replica Edition #38 | 1997 | D.C. Comics |
| 10. | 32 | Detective Comics Special Replica Edition #359 | 1997 | D.C. Comics |
| 11. | 30 | Preacher #25 | 5/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 12. | 29 | Batman: The Long Halloween #3 | 2/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 28 | Batman: The Long Halloween #7 | 6/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 14. | 27 | Batman: The Long Halloween #10 | 9/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 15. | 27 | Batman: The Long Halloween #2 | 1/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 26 | Superman #123 | 5/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 17. | 26 | Superman Adventures #4 | 2/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 18. | 25 | Batman: The Long Halloween #13 | 12/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 19. | 24 | JLA #3 | 3/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 20. | 21 | Batman: The Long Halloween #9 | 8/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 21. | 21 | Batman: The Long Halloween #6 | 5/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 22. | 21 | Preacher #24 | 4/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 23. | 20 | Batman: The Long Halloween #11 | 10/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 24. | 20 | Batman: The Long Halloween #5 | 4/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 25. | 20 | JLA #4 | 4/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 26. | 20 | Batman: The Long Halloween #12 | 11/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 27. | 19 | Preacher #23 | 3/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 28. | 19 | Batman: The Long Halloween #8 | 7/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 29. | 18 | Nightwing #1/2 | 1997 | D.C.-Wizard |
| 30. | 18 | Preacher: The Good Old Boys #1 | 8/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 31. | 17 | Stardust #1 | 1997 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 32. | 17 | Preacher #27 | 7/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 33. | 17 | Preacher #22 | 2/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 34. | 17 | Preacher #32 | 12/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 35. | 17 | Batman & Superman Adventures: World’s Finest #nn | 1997 | D.C. Comics |
| 36. | 16 | Batman/Aliens #1 | 3/97 | D.C. Comics-Dark Horse |
| 37. | 16 | Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies #nn | 2/97 | D.C. Comics-Harris |
| 38. | 16 | Batman: The Long Halloween #4 | 3/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 15 | Preacher #26 | 6/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 40. | 14 | Batman and Robin Adventures #21 | 8/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 14 | Batman/Aliens #2 | 4/97 | D.C. Comics-Dark Horse |
| 42. | 13 | Scooby Doo #1 | 8/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 13 | Preacher #30 | 10/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 44. | 13 | Preacher #29 | 9/97 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 45. | 12 | JLA #9 | 9/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 46. | 12 | Batman and Robin Adventures #18 | 5/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 12 | Batman: Bane #nn | 1997 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 12 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100 | 11/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 12 | Batman #538 | 1/97 | D.C. Comics |
| 50. | 12 | Resurrection Man #1 | 5/97 | D.C. Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1997
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1997, more key comic books of 1997 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1997, 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! 🙂
