January 13, 2017
Top 50 Marvel Comics Of 1984
[ Note: Marvel 75 cent variants continue to exist as newsstand exclusives in this year ]
To repeat the caveat I gave on the main 1980’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 1984 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 1984 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 1984 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1984; all key comics from 1984 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8,834 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
12/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 2. | 7,346 | Amazing Spider-Man #252 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 3. | 1,812 | Transformers #1 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
9/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 4. | 1,499 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 5. | 867 | Marvel Team-Up #141 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 6. | 743 | G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #21 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
3/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 7. | 474 | Uncanny X-Men #186 | 10/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 8. | 459 | Amazing Spider-Man #259 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
12/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 9. | 452 | Uncanny X-Men #184 | 8/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 10. | 440 | Transformers #2 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
11/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 11. | 406 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3 | 7/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 12. | 383 | Amazing Spider-Man #250 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
3/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 13. | 371 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #5 | 9/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 14. | 366 | Amazing Spider-Man #253 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 15. | 365 | Amazing Spider-Man #258 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
11/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 16. | 358 | Thor #344 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 17. | 354 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #7 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
11/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 18. | 350 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #6 | 10/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 19. | 350 | Amazing Spider-Man #256 | 9/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 20. | 343 | Uncanny X-Men #179 | 3/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 21. | 341 | Uncanny X-Men #188 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
12/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 22. | 338 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #4 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
8/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 23. | 329 | Amazing Spider-Man #254 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
7/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 24. | 325 | Amazing Spider-Man #251 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
4/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 25. | 316 | Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #2 | 6/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 26. | 306 | New Mutants #16 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 27. | 303 | Amazing Spider-Man #255 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
8/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 28. | 288 | Thor #339 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
1/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 29. | 274 | Uncanny X-Men #183 | 7/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 30. | 238 | Uncanny X-Men #180 | 4/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 31. | 233 | Uncanny X-Men #181 | 5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 32. | 230 | Uncanny X-Men #185 | 9/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 33. | 230 | Amazing Spider-Man #257 | 10/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 34. | 228 | Uncanny X-Men #178 | 2/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 35. | 225 | Incredible Hulk #300 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
10/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 36. | 211 | Amazing Spider-Man #249 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
2/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 37. | 211 | New Mutants #18 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
8/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 38. | 206 | Uncanny X-Men #177 | 1/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 39. | 202 | Amazing Spider-Man #248 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
1/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 40. | 187 | Spectacular Spider-Man #90 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 41. | 180 | Uncanny X-Men #182 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
6/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 42. | 178 | Uncanny X-Men #187 | 11/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 43. | 172 | Phoenix #1 | 4/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 44. | 152 | Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1 | 11/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 45. | 131 | Amazing Spider-Man 252 Canadian Edition | 5/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 46. | 124 | X-Men Annual #8 | 1984 | Marvel Comics |
| 47. | 115 | Star Wars #81 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
3/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 48. | 111 | Alpha Flight #17 | 12/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 49. | 111 | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #4 Rare CGC-recognized newsstand cover price variant is confirmed to exist |
1/84 | Marvel Comics |
| 50. | 108 | X-Men and the Micronauts #1 | 1/84 | Marvel Comics |
| « 1983 | 1985 » | |||
More Top Comic Books of 1984
Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1984, more key comic books of 1984 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1984, or jump to this list of important comics from the 1980s. Or explore Lists of Key Comic Books by Year. Or jump to my blog’s home page.
Happy Collecting! 🙂
