Most Valuable DC COMICS 1935 – 1999
Most Valuable DC COMICS published each year
Key investment comics and historically important issues
Compiled and edited by comic book historian Terry Hoknes
These are the 3 most valuable DC comic books published in every year (Overstreet 2013 guide NM prices)
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These books have proven to be consistently the most in demand key issues ever and are the best investments long term.
This list only include regular cover mass printed editions. No variants or limited edition versions included.
This is the first time a yearly comparison has ever been made and the purpose is to show a few things.
First of all it does truly highlight the major key books of every year. It also shows quickly which titles seems to pop up the most often and are truly the most expensive series to collect. Whether its Detective Comics, Action Comics or Batman some titles are just more collected than others and bring higher $ amounts even to non-key issues in a run.
Note its easy to see when a new hero age begins and a bunch of key books stand out with very high price runs during the gold and silver ages.
Note that some years have lesser keys standing at the front of the line and are for their age a better investment. This can always be seen with most books from the 1950’s which are much more affordable and scarcer than any more recent books.
Any books from 1977 to the present are much more common as comic book shops became more present and offered back issues. For many more current years its scarcer issues of long running titles that rank highest even though they are not key issues.
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1935
NEW FUN COMICS #1 $54,000.00 / NEW FUN COMICS #6 $25,500.00 / NEW FUN COMICS #2 $23,500.00
1936
MORE FUN COMICS #14 $15,500.00 / BIG BOOK OF FUN #1 $15,000.00 / MORE FUN COMICS #9 $8,800.00
1937
DETECTIVE COMICS #1 $90,000.00 / NEW BOOK OF COMICS #1 $30,000.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #2 $30,000.00
1938
ACTION COMICS #1 $1,900,000.00 / ACTION COMICS #7 $200,000.00 / ACTION COMICS #2 $135,000.00
1939
DETECTIVE COMICS #27 $1,500,000.00 / SUPERMAN #1 $720,000.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #31 $150,000.00
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1940
ALL AMERICAN COMICS #16 $550,000.00 / BATMAN #1 $420,000.00 / FLASH COMICS #1 $170,000.00
1941
ALL STAR COMICS #8 $90,000.00 / GREEN LANTERN #1 $66,000.00 / MORE FUN COMICS #73 $33,000.00
1942
SENSATION COMICS #1 $62,000.00 / WONDER WOMAN #1 $58,000.00 / ADVENTURE COMICS #73 $25,000.00
1943
BATMAN #16 $11,500.00 / BATMAN #18 $6,600.00 / SUPERMAN #24 $6,500.00
1944
ALL AMERICAN COMICS #61 $18,000.00 / BIG ALL AMERICAN BOOK #1 $12,000.00 / BATMAN #23 $5,000.00
1945
MORE FUN COMICS #101 $14,000.00 / BATMAN #27 $3,500.00 / BATMAN #30 $2,600.00
1946
ALL STAR COMICS #33 $6,200.00 / ADVENTURE COMICS #103 $4,800.00 / ALL STAR COMICS #36 $4,400.00
1947
FLASH COMICS #92 $6,500.00 / FLASH COMICS #86 $5,000.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #122 $3,600.00
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1948
DETECTIVE COMICS #140 $14,000.00 / BATMAN #47 $8,000.00 / SUPERMAN #53 $5,600.00
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1949
SUPERBOY #1 $17,000.00 / FLASH COMICS #104 $13,000.00 / FLASH COMICS #103 $4,800.00
1950
STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 $4,500.00 / ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE #1 $3,300.00 / BATMAN #62 $2,800.00
1951
DETECTIVE COMICS #168 $9,500.00 / MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 $6,600.00 / HOUSE OF MYSTERY #1 $3,900.00
1952
OUR ARMY AT WAR #1 $5,500.00 / SUPERMAN #76 $3,900.00 / PHANTOM STRANGER #1 $3,400.00
1953
3-D BATMAN #1 $1,800.00 / 3 DIMENSION ADVENTURES #1 $1,600.00 / PHANTOM STRANGER #6 $1,600.00
1954
SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #1 $15,000.00 / SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN #2 $4,300.00 / OUR FIGHTING FORCES #1 $3,450.00
1955
DETECTIVE COMICS #225 $12,000.00 / ADVENTURE COMICS #210 $8,500.00 / BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1 $8,500.00
1956
SHOWCASE #4 $65,000.00 / SHOWCASE #1 $8,000.00 / SUGAR AND SPIKE #1 $6,200.00
1957
SHOWCASE #8 $18,500.00 / SHOWCASE #9 $14,000.00 / SHOWCASE #6 $8,600.00
1958
ADVENTURE COMICS #247 $16,500.00 / SUPERMANS GIRLFRIEND LOIS LANE #1 $10,000.00 / SHOWCASE #14 $9,600.00
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1959
SHOWCASE #22 $30,000.00 / FLASH #105 $20,000.00 / OUR ARMY AT WAR #83 $12,000.00
1960
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 $26,000.00 / JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 $17,000.00 / GREEN LANTERN #1 $15,000.00
1961
FLASH #123 $4,500.00 / BRAVE AND THE BOLD #34 $4,200.00 / G.I. COMBAT #87 $3,200.00 $3,000.00
1962
THE ATOM #1 $2,550.00 / AQUAMAN #1 $2,550.00 / SHOWCASE #37 $1,550.00
1963
METAL MEN #1 $1,400.00 / MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #80 $1,300.00 / SHOWCASE #43 $1,175.00
1964
HAWKMAN #1 $1,450.00 / BRAVE AND THE BOLD #54 $850.00 / EIGHTY PAGE GIANT #1 $840.00
1965
BATMAN #171 $1,250.00 / GREEN LANTERN #40 $1,185.00 / OUR ARMY AT WAR #151 $1,125.00
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1966
TEEN TITANS #1 $800.00 / BATMAN #181 $750.00 / SHOWCASE #60 $575.00
1967
DETECTIVE COMICS #359 $1,000.00 / SUPERMAN #199 $675.00 / BATMAN #189 $450.00
1968
GREEN LANTERN #59 $375.00 / TEEN BEAM #2 $360.00 / STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES #138 $350.00
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1969
ADVENTURE COMICS #381 $285.00 / WITCHING HOUR #1 $275.00 / G.I. COMBAT #138 $265.00
1970
GREEN LANTERN #76 $2,700.00 / SUPER DC GIANT #17 $550.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #400 $500.00
1971
HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 $1,200.00 / DC 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #5 $1,175.00 / SUPER DC GIANT #21 $675.00
1972
ALL STAR WESTERN #10 $850.00 / RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER $410.00 / SWAMP THING #1 $350.00
1973
BATMAN #251 $225.00 / DC 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #14 $125.00 / LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION #24 $100.00
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1974
BATMAN #255 $140.00 / YOUNG LOVE #107 $135.00 / WONDER WOMAN #214 $120.00
1975
BATMAN #260 $140.00 / YOUNG ROMANCE #204 $120.00 / YOUNG LOVE #114 $120.00
1976
SUPERMAN VS SPIDER-MAN #1 $125.00 / ALL STAR COMICS #58 $100.00 / SUPER FRIENDS #1 $70.00
1977
JONAH HEX #1 $225.00 / JONAH HEX #2 $100.00 / JONAH HEX #7 $90.00
1978
ALL NEW COLLECTORS EDITION #56 $125.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #476 $125.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #475 $125.00
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1979
GREEN LANTERN #116 $60.00 / ADVENTURE COMICS #462 $55.00 / ADVENTURE COMICS #461 $55.00
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1980
DC COMICS PRESENTS #26 $80.00 / DC SPECIAL SERIES #21 $55.00 / NEW TEEN TITANS #2 $45.00
1981
MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #28 $70.00 / DC SPECIAL SERIES #27 $50.00 / HOUSE OF MYSTERY #290 $32.00
1982
DC SPECIAL BLUE RIBBON DIGEST #20 $65.00 / UNKNOWN SOLDIER #268 $40.00 / DC SPECIAL BLUE RIBBON DIGEST #21 $28.00
1983
BATMAN #359 $25.00 / BATMAN #353 $25.00 / HOUSE OF MYSTERY #321 $25.00
1984
DC GRAPHIC NOVEL #4 $75.00 / SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #20 $26.00 / SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21 $22.00
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1985
SAGA OF SWAMP THING #37 $50.00 / JONAH HEX #92 $40.00 / CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 $22.00
1986
BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #1 $65.00 / BATMAN #400 $32.00 / BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #2 $30.00
1987
BATMAN #404 $30.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #578 $28.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #577 $28.00
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1988
BATMAN #428 $22.00 / BATMAN #426 $22.00 / BATMAN: KILLING JOKE $20.00
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1989
SANDMAN #1 $50.00 / SANDMAN #8 $30.00 / SANDMAN #2 $24.00
1990
HELLBLAZER #27 $15.00 / SANDMAN #14 $12.00 / SANDMAN #13 $12.00
1991
SANDMAN #22 $12.00 / DETECTIVE COMICS #627 $6.00 / SANDMAN #23 $6.00
1992
BATMAN: SWORD OF AZRAEL #1 $12.00 / SGT ROCK SPECIAL #1 $6.00 / THE SPECTRE #1 $5.00
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1993
BATMAN ADVENTURES #12 $30.00 / BATMAN: VENGEANCE OF BANE #1 $30.00 / SUPERMAN #75 $20.00
1994
BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE #1 $24.00 / BOOKS OF MAGIC #1 $12.00 / BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE #1 PRESTIGE $10.00
1995
GREEN ARROW #101 $30.00 / PREACHER PREVIEW #1 $20.00 / PREACHER #1 $14.00
1996
FLEX MENTALLO #1 $16.00 / FLEX MENTALLO #2 $16.00 / FLEX MENTALLO #3 $16.00
1997
JLA #1 $15.00 / TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1 $12.00 / AZTEK THE ULTIMATE MAN #10 $10.00
1998
GREEN ARROW #137 $15.00 / JLA #14 $5.00 / JLA #15 $5.00
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1999
ELSEWORLDS 80 PAGE GIANT #1 $200.00 / BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN $24.00 / BIRDS OF PREY #8 $15.00