WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #118

Rotated 90 degrees in this photo; the book shows heavy wear typical of a well-read Silver Age comic. Notable spine stress with a tear/chip at the top spine edge, significant creasing and wrinkling across the cover surface, rounded and worn corners, and edge wear along the right border. There is also a small crease line running diagonally through the upper cover art. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

World's Finest Comics #118, cover-dated June 1961, is a standard entry in DC's long-running series that paired Superman and Batman in shared adventures across the Silver Age. The title was the primary showcase for the World's Finest team, and issues of this vintage feature the two heroes and Robin working a single lead story, a format that made the book a reliable draw for readers who followed both franchises. This issue is not a first appearance or origin, but it sits squarely within a collected and consistently sought Silver Age DC run produced during the Mort Weisinger editorial period.

The market profile here is that of a solid mid-run Silver Age book rather than a key. Certified sales cluster in the mid grades, with a healthy population through the 4.0-8.0 range and only a thin scattering of high-grade copies at the top of the census. No copies grade above 9.4, which means genuinely high-grade examples are scarce and priced at a substantial premium relative to the plentiful mid-grade supply. Demand is steady and collector-driven rather than speculative, tracking the broader interest in World's Finest and in Superman/Batman crossover material.

Buyers for this issue are primarily Silver Age DC completists assembling the World's Finest run and collectors drawn to early Superman-Batman team-ups. In low and mid grades the book trades affordably and moves readily, making it accessible run-filler. The scarcity of high-grade certified copies means that top-of-census examples command outsized prices and appear infrequently, so patient buyers targeting the upper grades should expect to pay a strong premium and wait for the right copy to surface.