SUPERBOY #152

Pre-1977 book so no direct/newsstand distinction applies. Cover shows a visible vertical crease running through the upper left logo area, soft/rounded corners, and general handling wear along the edges. There is some minor surface wear and a small crease near the bottom edge, with the spine showing light stress. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

Superboy #152 arrived in December 1968, near the tail end of DC's Silver Age Superboy run, a title that chronicled the Boy of Steel's adventures in Smallville alongside a recurring cast of supporting characters. Issues from this stretch of the series are typical of the era's output: self-contained adventure and fantasy plots built around Superboy's powers, without any first appearances, origin material, or landmark creative work attached to this specific number. It holds its place in the run as a collectible but unremarkable entry.

The market data reflects that status. Certified copies show a broad, well-populated census of over forty graded examples, with fair market values rising only modestly through the mid grades before spiking sharply at the top of the curve, from around eighty dollars in the low 9-point range to several hundred dollars at 9.8. That pattern is common for undistinguished Silver Age comics: the vast majority of demand is driven by condition scarcity at the very top rather than by any content-based collector pursuit, since raw and lower-grade copies attract comparatively little competitive bidding.

This is a book for Superboy series completists and Silver Age DC runs collectors rather than key-issue speculators. Lower and mid-grade raw copies move slowly and cheaply as reading or filler copies for long-box collections, while pressure concentrates almost entirely on gem-mint certified slabs, where thin population at 9.8 supports meaningfully higher pricing. Buyers should expect this title to trade as a volume-run book, with value tracking condition rarity far more than content interest.