ADVENTURE COMICS #332

Cover shows moderate wear consistent with a mid-grade Silver Age book: visible spine stress lines and a small vertical crease near the top spine area, mild corner softness at top right and bottom left, and light surface scuffing across the cover art. There is a small dark mark/smudge near the lower left figure and slight waviness to the paper, but colors remain bright with no major color breaks or tears noted. The book is in a protective sleeve, and only the front cover was assessed; interior pages and back cover condition are unknown.

Adventure Comics #332 arrived in May 1965 during the title's long run as the home of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the 30th-century team feature that had taken over the book's lead slot earlier in the decade. The era is generally associated with veteran DC hands such as Curt Swan on art chores and writers including Edmond Hamilton and Jerry Siegel, who shaped the Legion's mythology before Jim Shooter's teenage tenure began the following year. The issue reflects the dense, ensemble-driven storytelling that characterized the feature at the time, with the anthology format still carrying a backup or secondary story typical of Adventure Comics in this period.

Market data for the issue is thin but consistent with a well-regarded but non-key mid-run Silver Age DC book: certified sales cluster in the 5.0 to 8.0 grade range, with fair market values climbing from roughly the mid-double digits at low mid-grade up to around $120 at NM- (8.0). The census shows a small but real population reaching into the 9.2 to 9.6 range, though no sales have been recorded there and no 9.8 has ever been certified, indicating genuine scarcity at the top end rather than active high-grade trading. Demand is driven primarily by Legion of Super-Heroes completists and Silver Age DC anthology-title collectors rather than by any first-appearance premium.

This book trades as a solid include in a run rather than a standalone target: raw low-grade copies move as inexpensive reading/filler copies for Legion runs, mid-grade raw copies see modest but steady demand from series collectors, and a hypothetical 9.8 would be a condition-census event commanding a substantial premium purely on rarity given the total absence of recorded gem-mint sales. Pricing at the top of the grade scale should be treated as aspirational until an actual 9.6-9.8 sale establishes a firmer ceiling.