January 12, 2017
Top 50 Marvel Comics Of 1970
To repeat the caveat I gave on the main 1970’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 Marvel comics published in 1970 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 Marvel comics from 1970 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 Marvel comics from 1970 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1970; all key comics from 1970 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2,734 | Conan the Barbarian #1 | 10/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 2. | 668 | Amazing Spider-Man #91 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 3. | 638 | Fantastic Four #100 | 7/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 4. | 638 | Silver Surfer #14 | 3/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 5. | 576 | Amazing Spider-Man #90 | 11/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 6. | 544 | Conan the Barbarian #2 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 7. | 498 | Amazing Spider-Man #86 | 7/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 8. | 485 | Amazing Adventures #1 | 8/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 9. | 483 | Amazing Spider-Man #81 | 2/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 10. | 452 | Amazing Spider-Man #82 | 3/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 11. | 441 | Amazing Spider-Man #88 | 9/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 12. | 439 | Amazing Spider-Man #84 | 5/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 13. | 438 | Amazing Spider-Man #83 | 4/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 14. | 403 | Amazing Spider-Man #87 | 8/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 15. | 380 | Amazing Spider-Man #85 | 6/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 16. | 379 | X-Men #65 | 2/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 17. | 377 | Amazing Spider-Man #80 | 1/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 18. | 375 | Amazing Spider-Man #89 | 10/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 19. | 366 | X-Men Annual #1 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 20. | 356 | X-Men #66 | 3/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 21. | 346 | Silver Surfer #18 | 9/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 22. | 344 | X-Men #64 | 1/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 23. | 329 | Silver Surfer #12 | 1/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 24. | 329 | Silver Surfer #15 | 4/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 25. | 309 | Silver Surfer #17 | 6/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 26. | 293 | Silver Surfer #16 | 5/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 27. | 286 | Avengers #83 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 28. | 260 | Silver Surfer #13 | 2/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 29. | 249 | Astonishing Tales #1 | 8/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 30. | 249 | Fantastic Four #97 | 4/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 31. | 224 | Fantastic Four #95 | 2/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 32. | 207 | Fantastic Four #94 | 1/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 33. | 205 | Fantastic Four #98 | 5/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 34. | 187 | Avengers #81 | 10/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 35. | 186 | Fantastic Four #99 | 6/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 36. | 177 | Thor #180 | 9/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 37. | 175 | Avengers #78 | 7/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 38. | 175 | X-Men #67 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 39. | 173 | Avengers #80 | 9/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 40. | 169 | Fantastic Four #102 | 9/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 41. | 168 | Avengers #74 | 3/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 42. | 163 | Chamber of Darkness #4 | 4/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 43. | 160 | Thor #182 | 11/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 44. | 159 | Amazing Spider-Man Annual #7 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 45. | 158 | Avengers #72 | 1/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 46. | 155 | Thor #175 | 4/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 47. | 154 | Avengers #79 | 8/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 48. | 151 | Fantastic Four #96 | 3/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 49. | 151 | Avengers #76 | 5/70 | Marvel Comics |
| 50. | 150 | Incredible Hulk #134 | 12/70 | Marvel Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1970
Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1970, more key comic books of 1970 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1970, or jump to this list of important comics from the 1970s. Or explore Lists of Key Comic Books by Year. Or jump to my blog’s home page.
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