WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #289

Cover shows strong gloss and vivid color with sharp corners and no visible creases or tears. There is a faint wave/ripple pattern in the Batman figure area, likely from the protective sleeve rather than the actual paper, along with minor surface glare obscuring fine detail. No spine stress lines, color breaks, or edge chipping are apparent, though the book is in a plastic sleeve which limits full assessment of the spine and edges. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

World's Finest Comics #289, cover-dated March 1983, arrived late in the title's original run, which would conclude at issue #323 in 1986. By this point the series had long settled into its format of a lead Superman/Batman team-up story backed by rotating features, a structure that carried the book through the declining years of the anthology-style team-up concept at DC. The issue reflects the era's transitional creative teams and house-style Bronze Age superhero storytelling rather than any landmark event, first appearance, or origin story.

Market data for the issue is sparse, reflecting its status as a mid-pack Bronze Age filler book rather than a title collectors chase for content. Certified population sits at just over a dozen copies, and recorded sales are limited across all grades, with pricing showing the expected steep climb from the low-$20s to upper-$30s range at near-mint grades before a substantial jump at the gem-mint tier. That jump at 9.8 is driven more by the difficulty of finding pack-fresh Bronze Age DC team-up books in top holder-grade condition than by any character or story significance.

Demand for World's Finest Comics #289 comes primarily from Superman and Batman completists working through the full run of the series, and from CGC registry collectors pursuing high-grade Bronze Age DC in bulk categories. Raw copies in low and mid grades trade as inexpensive filler, priced for volume rather than scarcity, while a 9.8 commands a real premium purely as a condition-census rarity. This is a book bought to complete a run or a slot in a registry set, not for standalone key-issue speculation.