January 13, 2017
Top 50 D.C. Comics Of 1998
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 1998 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 1998 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 1998 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1998; all key comics from 1998 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 128 | Batgirl Adventures #1 | 2/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 2. | 87 | Superman Forever 1 Lenticular Cover | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 3. | 78 | Preacher #42 | 10/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 4. | 75 | Action Comics #1 | 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 5. | 63 | Green Arrow #137 | 10/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 6. | 39 | Superman Adventures #21 | 7/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 7. | 26 | Superman Forever #1 | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 8. | 26 | Batman: Gotham Adventures #1 | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 9. | 23 | Superman For All Seasons #1 | Spring 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 10. | 20 | Preacher #38 | 6/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 11. | 19 | Preacher #41 | 9/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 12. | 17 | Young Justice #1 | 9/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 13. | 16 | Birds of Prey: Batgirl #1 | 2/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 14. | 16 | Preacher #39 | 7/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 15. | 16 | Green Lantern v3 #100 Variant Cover | 7/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 16. | 15 | Preacher #36 | 4/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 17. | 14 | Preacher #34 | 2/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 18. | 14 | Flash #138 | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 19. | 14 | Preacher Special: Cassidy: Blood & Whiskey #nn | 2/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 20. | 14 | Preacher #35 | 3/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 21. | 13 | Preacher #37 | 5/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 22. | 13 | Preacher #33 | 1/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 23. | 13 | Preacher #44 | 12/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 24. | 12 | Thrillkiller ’62 #nn | 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 25. | 12 | Preacher #40 | 8/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 26. | 11 | Preacher Special: One Man’s War #1 | 3/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 27. | 10 | Superman: Save the Planet 1 Collector’s Edition | 10/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 28. | 10 | Green Lantern v3 #100 | 7/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 29. | 10 | Superman For All Seasons #3 | Fall 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 30. | 10 | Superman For All Seasons #4 | Winter 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 31. | 10 | Preacher #43 | 11/98 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 32. | 9 | Superman For All Seasons #2 | Summer 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 33. | 9 | Elseworld’s Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl #nn | 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 34. | 9 | JLA: Year One 1 Platinum Edition | 1/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 35. | 9 | Stardust #2 | 1998 | D.C./Vertigo Comics |
| 36. | 8 | JLA: The Nail #1 | 8/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 37. | 8 | Babylon 5: In Valen’s Name #1 | 3/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 38. | 7 | Batman: Bane of the Demon #1 | 3/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 39. | 7 | Wonder Woman #129 | 1/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 40. | 7 | Wonder Woman #139 | 12/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 41. | 6 | Superman Red/Superman Blue #1 | 2/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 42. | 6 | Superman: The Doomsday Wars #1 | 1998 | D.C. Comics |
| 43. | 6 | JLA: The Nail #3 | 11/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 44. | 6 | Batman: Bane of the Demon #4 | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 45. | 6 | Batman #552 | 3/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 46. | 6 | Batman #553 | 4/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 47. | 6 | Young Justice: The Secret #1 | 6/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 48. | 5 | Batman: Bane of the Demon #3 | 5/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 49. | 5 | Green Lantern v3 #106 | 10/98 | D.C. Comics |
| 50. | 5 | Legion of Super-Heroes #100 | 1/98 | D.C. Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1998
Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1998, more key comic books of 1998 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1998, 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! 🙂
