January 13, 2017
Top 50 Marvel Comics Of 1997
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 1997 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 1997 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 1997 (census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1997; all key comics from 1997 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,171 | Deadpool #1 | 1/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 2. | 355 | Incredible Hulk #449 | 1/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 3. | 247 | Uncanny X-Men 350 Prism Foil Cover | 12/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 4. | 154 | Uncanny X-Men 342 Variant Cover | 3/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 5. | 95 | Wolverine #1/2 | 1997 | Marvel-Wizard Pub. |
| 6. | 90 | Deadpool #2 | 2/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 7. | 80 | Thunderbolts #1 | 4/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 8. | 73 | Wolverine/Witchblade #1 | 3/97 | Image/Top Cow-Marvel |
| 9. | 72 | Deadpool #11 | 12/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 10. | 66 | Deadpool #-1 | 7/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 11. | 63 | Uncanny X-Men #345 | 6/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 12. | 56 | Deadpool #4 | 4/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 13. | 55 | Amazing Spider-Man #424 | 6/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 14. | 54 | Deadpool #3 | 3/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 15. | 53 | Uncanny X-Men #346 | 8/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 16. | 50 | Amazing Spider-Man #425 | 8/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 17. | 47 | Uncanny X-Men #344 | 5/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 18. | 46 | Amazing Spider-Man #427 | 10/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 19. | 45 | Amazing Spider-Man #422 | 4/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 20. | 44 | Uncanny X-Men #350 | 12/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 21. | 44 | Wolverine 1/2 Wizard Special Edition | 1997 | Marvel-Wizard Pub. |
| 22. | 42 | Amazing Spider-Man #426 | 9/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 23. | 42 | Amazing Spider-Man #421 | 3/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 24. | 41 | Amazing Spider-Man #423 | 5/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 25. | 40 | Amazing Spider-Man #419 | 1/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 26. | 38 | Uncanny X-Men #343 | 4/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 27. | 38 | Deadpool #6 | 6/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 28. | 38 | Deadpool #5 | 5/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 29. | 37 | Devil’s Reign #1/2 | 3/97 | Marvel-Wizard Pub. |
| 30. | 37 | Uncanny X-Men #347 | 9/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 31. | 35 | X-Men 62 Variant Cover | 3/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 32. | 35 | Deadpool #9 | 10/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 33. | 34 | Amazing Spider-Man #420 | 2/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 34. | 33 | Deadpool #7 | 8/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 35. | 33 | Wolverine #-1 | 7/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 36. | 32 | Amazing Spider-Man #428 | 11/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 37. | 31 | Wolverine #119 | 12/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 38. | 31 | Wolverine #114 | 6/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 39. | 31 | Amazing Spider-Man #429 | 12/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 40. | 29 | Wolverine #118 | 11/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 41. | 29 | Incredible Hulk #454 | 6/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 42. | 29 | Uncanny X-Men #340 | 1/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 43. | 28 | Silver Surfer/Superman #1 | 1/97 | D.C.-Marvel |
| 44. | 28 | Wolverine #116 | 9/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 45. | 27 | Uncanny X-Men #348 | 10/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 46. | 27 | Uncanny X-Men #349 | 11/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 47. | 27 | Iron Man v2 ##9 | 7/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 48. | 26 | Wolverine #113 | 5/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 49. | 26 | Wolverine #115 | 8/97 | Marvel Comics |
| 50. | 26 | Uncanny X-Men #341 | 2/97 | Marvel Comics |
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More Top Comic Books of 1997
Also see: top 50 D.C. comics of 1997, more key comic books of 1997 outside of Marvel and DC, all key comics from 1997, 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! 🙂
