SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #115

Cover shows moderate wear including a noticeable tear/chip at the lower right corner of the caption box ('Featuring Olsen and Aquaman'), soft rounded corners, and general handling creases across the surface. Color is bright with no major fading, and the spine appears to have mild stress but no severe rolling visible in this view. The book is in a protective sleeve which obscures some fine surface detail; back cover and interior were not assessed.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #115, cover-dated October 1968, arrived during the transitional final years of DC's long-running Jimmy Olsen title, produced before Jack Kirby assumed creative control with issue #133 in 1970. The title by this point had settled into a formula of science-fiction transformation plots and supporting-cast antics built around Superman's photographer pal, with veteran DC Silver Age writers handling scripts. Issue #115 falls within the stretch of covers illustrated by Neal Adams, whose dynamic, painterly style stood in sharp contrast to the more traditional house art still appearing on many DC titles of the period, giving the book a point of artistic interest beyond its story content.

The certified population is modest but not scarce, with 56 Universal copies recorded across roughly 66 total graded, and sales activity concentrated in the 8.0 to 9.6 range typical of a well-collected but non-key Silver Age issue. Pricing across low and mid grades is flat, with 2.5 through 6.0 copies all trading near the same modest figure, indicating that condition differentiation only begins to matter meaningfully once a copy clears the 8.0 threshold. The near-total absence of sales or recorded fair-market-value data at 9.4 and above, coupled with only a single 9.8 on census and no recorded 9.8 sale, points to a market where top-grade copies are rare enough that pricing has not yet been firmly established by trade activity.

This issue suits Silver Age Superman-family completists and Neal Adams cover collectors more than speculative buyers chasing first appearances, since the book carries no origin, first appearance, or death to anchor broader demand. Raw copies in low and mid grades trade as inexpensive filler for long-box runs, while high-grade certified examples draw a smaller pool of condition-census and cover-art enthusiasts willing to pay a steep premium for a copy at or near the top of the population report.