January 12, 2017
More Key Comic Books of 1983
To repeat the caveat I gave on 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 comics published in 1983 — by publishers other than Marvel or D.C. for this particular page — according to how many copies have passed through CGC’s doors to date, to tease out a list of more key comic books of 1983 — that’s it!
We should reveal key and otherwise interesting 1983 comics from this exercise, but we will not necessarily get an all-encompassing list. So without further ado, here below is a list of the top 50 most-submitted comics from publishers other than Marvel or D.C. from 1983 (the census numbers are as of year-end 2016). [Also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1983; top 50 D.C. comics of 1983; all key comics from 1983 ].
| Rank | CGC Count | Issue | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 267 | Judge Dredd #1 | 11/83 | Eagle Comics |
| 2. | 225 | Grendel #1 | 3/83 | Comico |
| 3. | 115 | Pacific Presents #2 | 4/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 4. | 113 | Alien Worlds #2 | 5/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 5. | 104 | Grendel #2 | 1983 | Comico |
| 6. | 100 | Alien Worlds #4 | 9/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 7. | 91 | Primer #5 | 1983 | Comico |
| 8. | 50 | American Flagg #1 | 10/83 | First Comics |
| 9. | 43 | Jon Sable, Freelance #1 | 6/83 | First Comics |
| 10. | 42 | Twisted Tales #2 | 4/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 11. | 40 | Justice Machine Annual #1 | 1983 | Texas Comics |
| 12. | 39 | Vampirella #112 | 3/83 | Warren Publishing |
| 13. | 37 | Groo the Wanderer #2 | 2/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 14. | 34 | Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #500 | 4/83 | Whitman |
| 15. | 33 | Groo the Wanderer #3 | 4/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 16. | 33 | E-Man #1 | 4/83 | First Comics |
| 17. | 32 | Alien Worlds #5 | 12/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 18. | 30 | Judge Dredd #2 | 12/83 | Eagle Comics |
| 19. | 28 | Twisted Tales #3 | 6/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 20. | 27 | Elric #1 | 4/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 21. | 26 | Badger #1 | 12/83 | Capital Comics |
| 22. | 26 | Cerebus the Aardvark #54 | 9/83 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 23. | 24 | Cerebus the Aardvark #56 | 11/83 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 24. | 24 | Alien Worlds #3 | 7/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 25. | 24 | Silver Star #1 | 2/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 26. | 23 | Nexus v2 ##1 | 1983 | Capital Comics |
| 27. | 22 | Groo the Wanderer #6 | 12/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 28. | 21 | Groo the Wanderer #4 | 9/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 29. | 20 | Cerebus the Aardvark #55 | 10/83 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 30. | 19 | Uncle Scrooge #199 | 5/83 | Whitman |
| 31. | 19 | Uncle Scrooge #198 | 4/83 | Whitman |
| 32. | 19 | Elfquest #15 | 2/83 | Warp Graphics |
| 33. | 18 | Whisper #1 | 12/83 | Capital Comics |
| 34. | 18 | Archie’s Girls, Betty and Veronica #322 | 2/83 | Archie Publications |
| 35. | 18 | Soap Opera Love #1 | 2/83 | Charlton Comics |
| 36. | 18 | Megaton #1 | 11/83 | Megaton |
| 37. | 17 | Groo the Wanderer #5 | 10/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 38. | 17 | Twisted Tales #4 | 8/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 39. | 17 | Uncle Scrooge #201 | 8/83 | Whitman |
| 40. | 17 | Uncle Scrooge #203 | 7/83 | Whitman |
| 41. | 17 | Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #501 | 5/83 | Whitman |
| 42. | 17 | Albedo: The Prototype Issue #0 | 1983 | Thoughts & Images |
| 43. | 16 | Cerebus the Aardvark #50 | 5/83 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 44. | 16 | Spirit #1 | 10/83 | Kitchen Sink Press |
| 45. | 16 | Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #503 | 7/83 | Whitman |
| 46. | 16 | Berni Wrightson: Master of the Macabre #1 | 6/83 | Pacific Comics |
| 47. | 16 | Creepy #144 | 1/83 | Warren Publishing |
| 48. | 16 | Winnie the Pooh #31 | 8/83 | Whitman |
| 49. | 16 | Cerebus the Aardvark #53 | 8/83 | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| 50. | 15 | Albedo: The Prototype Issue 0 Second Printing | 1983 | Thoughts & Images |
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Even More Key Comic Books of 1983
For even more key comic books of 1983, also see: top 50 Marvel comics of 1983; top 50 D.C. comics of 1983; all key comics from 1983, 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! 
