SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #112

This pre-1977 book has only a single edition, so no direct/newsstand distinction applies. Visible defects include a prominent vertical crease running through the upper logo area and down into the main cover art, along with a diagonal soft crease near Jimmy Olsen's arm. There is mild surface wear, slight corner softness, and some minor edge wear along the top and right border; colors remain bright with no major fading or staining noted. The book is in a protective sleeve, so texture and spine detail are partially obscured, and the interior/back cover were not assessed.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #112, cover-dated July 1968, arrived during DC's long-running Silver Age stewardship of the title, several years before Jack Kirby's celebrated takeover beginning with #133. Like most issues from this stretch, it delivered the transformation gimmicks, Superman rescues, and light science-fiction premises that defined the series' formula under editor Mort Weisinger, with Curt Swan's clean, classic house style anchoring the cover art that readers associated with the Superman family of titles throughout the decade.

The market data reflects a book with modest but genuine collector interest rather than speculative demand: a thin but active census of 33-36 graded copies, clustered sales in the mid-to-high grades, and pricing that climbs steadily but not dramatically from $42 at 8.0 to $110 at 9.2. The absence of any 9.8 on the census, paired with only a handful of copies at 9.4 and 9.6, signals that top-end examples are scarce enough to command outsized premiums relative to the rest of the grade curve, even though the underlying story content does not carry first-appearance or landmark-creator weight.

This is a book that trades within completist Jimmy Olsen and Superman-family runs rather than as a standalone target: raw low- and mid-grade copies serve run-builders and bargain shoppers, while a hypothetical 9.8 would appeal narrowly to census-chasers and Silver Age DC specialists motivated by condition rarity rather than character or creator significance. Expect steady, unspectacular movement across grades, with value concentrated at the high end purely as a function of how few copies have survived in top condition.