January 12, 2017
Top 50 Marvel Comics Of 1972
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 1972 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 1972 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 1972 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1972; all key comics from 1972 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,856 | Marvel Spotlight #5 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 2. | 1,500 | Hero For Hire #1 | 6/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 3. | 1,258 | Tomb of Dracula #1 | 4/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 4. | 1,024 | Defenders #1 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 5. | 761 | Marvel Premiere #1 | 4/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 6. | 738 | Marvel Team-Up #1 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 7. | 729 | Avengers #100 | 6/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 8. | 603 | Werewolf By Night #1 | 9/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 9. | 589 | Amazing Adventures #11 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 10. | 578 | Marvel Spotlight #2 | 2/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 11. | 549 | Amazing Spider-Man #105 | 2/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 12. | 523 | Amazing Spider-Man #107 | 4/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 13. | 498 | Amazing Spider-Man #113 | 10/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 14. | 462 | Amazing Spider-Man #112 | 9/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 15. | 447 | Avengers #96 | 2/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 16. | 411 | Amazing Spider-Man #109 | 6/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 17. | 405 | Amazing Spider-Man #110 | 7/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 18. | 361 | Amazing Spider-Man #115 | 12/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 19. | 350 | Avengers #98 | 4/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 20. | 349 | Amazing Spider-Man #108 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 21. | 344 | Amazing Spider-Man #111 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 22. | 333 | Warlock #1 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 23. | 291 | Marvel Team-Up #3 | 7/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 24. | 290 | Conan the Barbarian #15 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 25. | 285 | Amazing Spider-Man #106 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 26. | 265 | Marvel Spotlight #6 | 10/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 27. | 263 | Fantastic Four #121 | 4/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 28. | 261 | Amazing Spider-Man #114 | 11/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 29. | 257 | Cat #1 | 11/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 30. | 252 | Amazing Spider-Man #104 | 1/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 31. | 236 | Marvel Team-Up #2 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 32. | 227 | Avengers #95 | 1/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 33. | 224 | Marvel Premiere #3 | 7/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 34. | 221 | Conan the Barbarian #13 | 1/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 35. | 221 | Hero For Hire #2 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 36. | 216 | Marvel Premiere #2 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 37. | 209 | Fear #10 | 10/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 38. | 207 | Conan the Barbarian #16 | 7/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 39. | 205 | Marvel Team-Up #4 | 9/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 40. | 198 | Shanna the She-Devil #1 | 12/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 41. | 196 | Marvel Feature #3 | 6/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 42. | 195 | Avengers #97 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 43. | 192 | Avengers #102 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 44. | 187 | Conan the Barbarian #19 | 10/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 45. | 182 | Conan the Barbarian #17 | 8/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 46. | 181 | Conan the Barbarian #14 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 47. | 180 | Amazing Adventures #12 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 48. | 180 | Fantastic Four #123 | 6/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 49. | 178 | Avengers #99 | 5/72 | Marvel Comics |
| 50. | 171 | Marvel Feature #2 | 3/72 | Marvel Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1972
Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1972, more key comic books of 1972 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1972, 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.
Happy Collecting! 🙂
