January 13, 2017
Top 50 Marvel Comics Of 1996
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 Marvel comics published in 1996 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 1996 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 1996 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1996; all key comics from 1996 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 320 | Wolverine 100 Hologram Cover | 4/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 2. | 156 | Fantastic Four v2 ##1 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 3. | 156 | Amazing Spider-Man #410 | 4/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 4. | 139 | X-Men 50 Speckle Foil Edition | 3/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 5. | 129 | X-Men 54 Special Collector’s Edition | 1996 | Marvel Comics |
| 6. | 126 | Iron Man v2 ##1 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 7. | 103 | Captain America v2 ##1 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 8. | 99 | Sensational Spider-Man #0 | 1/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 9. | 97 | X-Men 50 Variant Gold Cover | 3/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 10. | 92 | X-Men #53 | 6/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 11. | 90 | Rise of Apocalypse #1 | 10/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 12. | 89 | Amazing Spider-Man #408 | 2/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 13. | 89 | Iron Man v2 #1 Variant Cover | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 14. | 85 | Avengers v2 ##1 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 15. | 82 | Wolverine Special #102.5 | 1996 | Marvel Comics |
| 16. | 77 | Amazing Spider-Man 408 Variant Cover | 2/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 17. | 74 | Onslaught: Marvel Universe 1 Gold Edition | 10/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 18. | 74 | Fantastic Four v2 #1 Variant Cover | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 19. | 73 | Onslaught: X-Men 1 Gold Edition | 8/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 20. | 62 | Amazing Spider-Man #415 | 9/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 21. | 59 | Amazing Spider-Man #414 | 8/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 22. | 59 | Uncanny X-Men #334 | 7/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 23. | 56 | Marvel Versus DC #2 | 3/96 | D.C.-Marvel |
| 24. | 54 | Marvel Versus DC #3 | 4/96 | D.C.-Marvel |
| 25. | 53 | Spider-Man #75 | 12/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 26. | 52 | Amazing Spider-Man #409 | 3/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 27. | 50 | Heroes Reborn #1/2 | 1996 | Marvel-Wizard Pub. |
| 28. | 49 | Sensational Spider-Man 1 Variant Cover | 2/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 29. | 48 | Amazing Spider-Man #418 | 12/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 30. | 47 | Avengers v2 #1 Variant Cover | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 31. | 47 | Fantastic Four v2 #1 Gold Signature Edition | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 32. | 46 | Amazing Spider-Man #407 | 1/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 33. | 46 | Iron Man v2 #1 Gold Signature Edition | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 34. | 46 | X-Men 50 Variant Cover | 3/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 35. | 45 | Amazing Spider-Man #412 | 6/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 36. | 44 | Captain America v2 #1 Variant Cover | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 37. | 43 | Carnage: Mind Bomb #1 | 2/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 38. | 43 | Amazing Spider-Man #411 | 5/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 39. | 42 | Uncanny X-Men #338 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 40. | 41 | Amazing Spider-Man #416 | 10/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 41. | 41 | Wolverine #100 | 4/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 42. | 41 | Iron Man #332 | 9/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 43. | 41 | Wolverine #97 | 1/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 44. | 41 | Wolverine #108 | 12/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 45. | 40 | Amazing Spider-Man #413 | 7/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 46. | 40 | Wolverine #104 | 8/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 47. | 39 | Uncanny X-Men #332 | 5/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 48. | 38 | Amazing Spider-Man #417 | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 49. | 38 | Uncanny X-Men #329 | 2/96 | Marvel Comics |
| 50. | 37 | Avengers v2 #1 Gold Signature Edition | 11/96 | Marvel Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1996
Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1996, more key comic books of 1996 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1996, 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! 🙂
