SUPERBOY #147

Cover shows moderate wear consistent with a well-read Silver Age book: soft corners, some minor surface wear along the top edge, and a faint spine roll visible near the top. There appears to be slight discoloration/staining at the upper left near the DC logo area. No major tears or missing pieces are visible, and colors remain bright, but the book is protected in a plastic sleeve which obscures fine surface detail. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

Superboy #147, cover-dated June 1968, is a routine but representative entry in DC's long-running Superboy title during the twilight of the Silver Age. The series at this point regularly paired Superboy adventures with supporting Smallville cast members and occasional ties to the wider Superman family mythology, and #147 fits that mold without carrying a first appearance, origin story, or other event typically flagged in price guides. It is a solid example of period DC production values rather than a landmark issue.

Market data shows a thin but active census of roughly fifty certified copies, with meaningful sales activity clustered in the 8.0 to 9.4 grade range and a sharp value escalation above 9.0 that is typical of Silver Age comics where high-grade survivors are scarce. Demand is driven primarily by Superboy and Legion-adjacent completists filling out run sets rather than by speculative key-issue buyers, which keeps raw and mid-grade values modest and stable. The absence of any 9.8 on census underscores how few copies of ordinary late-1960s DC titles survive in top preservation, even though the title itself was not a low-print-run book.

This issue trades as a run-filler: inexpensive in low and mid grade, appealing mainly to Superboy or Silver Age DC collectors building complete sets, with value concentrated almost entirely in high-grade certified copies. A raw low-grade copy is a minor addition to a collection; a genuine 9.6 or better example, given the total absence of a 9.8 on record, would likely draw strong interest from grade-chasing census collectors specifically pursuing the top of the pop report for this issue.