WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #167

Cover shows a small spine tick/stress mark near the mid-lower portion, mild surface wear at the top left corner, and slight edge wear along the bottom edge. Colors remain bright with no visible fading, and there are no major creases or tears apparent. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment; the sleeve shows some glare but does not appear to hide additional damage. Interior and back cover were not assessed from this photo.

World's Finest Comics #167 arrived in June 1966 as part of DC's long-running Superman/Batman team-up title, a fixture of the company's Silver Age output that paired its two flagship heroes in adventures scripted largely by Edmond Hamilton and drawn with the clean house style Curt Swan established for the era. The issue reflects the title's typical mid-1960s format rather than any origin story or first appearance, and it carries a Green Arrow backup feature common to the book's back half during this period. No major character debuts, deaths, or landmark creative firsts are attached to this issue, placing it squarely among the dependable but non-key entries in DC's Silver Age library.

Market data for #167 is thin, consistent with a well-collected but non-speculative back-issue: certified sales cluster in the mid grades, with 9.6 copies trading around $220 and 9.4 near $130, while 6.0 copies have settled at roughly $80 over the past year. Demand is driven almost entirely by Superman/Batman team-up completists and World's Finest run-builders rather than by any single defining moment in the issue, which caps upside appreciation relative to true key issues from the same era.

This is a book for collectors assembling a complete World's Finest run or a Superman/Batman crossover archive rather than investors chasing key-issue growth. Lower-grade raw copies remain inexpensive and readily available given the sizable census, mid-grade raw examples trade in the modest double digits, and a 9.8 would command a real premium simply due to the extreme scarcity of surviving high-grade copies, with the single census-listed 9.8 having no trade history to anchor a firm ceiling.