SUPERBOY (1ST SERIES)
AS WITH ALL ISSUES/TITLES IN THIS GUIDE, VALUES SUGGESTED ARE FOR 'RAW' COPIES. THIRD-PARTY GRADED COPIES CAN FETCH SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ESPECIALLY IN HIGH GRADES.
See Adventure Comics, DC Superstars, Legion of Super Heroes. The title becomes Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes with #231. See Legion of Super-Heroes (1st series) for issues #259 onwards.
The first officially distributed issue of Superboy in the UK was #77 cover-dated Dec 1959. Which leads me to wonder if any #76's came over as market-testers. I haven't seen a pence-stamped copy of #76 so if you have one, send me a picture and I will credit you in the Guide.
The British-priced variants are considerably rarer than their US cents counterparts as it is thought that only 2-3% of the print run was put aside for export to the UK and whatever was left over was sent to South Africa and Australasia.
Superboy is a title that most collectors of Superman would pick up as there is often much material about Superboy/Superman's origin and facts surrounding his up-bringing in Smallville. Early Silver Age issues tended to have two or three stories per issue and occasionally had a full-length three-parter. The title is also notable for early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Some favourite covers illustrated below....
See also:
SUPERBOY ANNUAL / SUPERBOY & THE RAVERS / SUPERBOY (2ND SERIES) / SUPERBOY (3RD SERIES) / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES) / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES) ANNUAL / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): INCUBATION / SUPERBOY (4TH SERIES) / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): EXTRACTION / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): LOST / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): BLOOD AND STEEL / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): FUTURES END / SUPERBOY (5TH SERIES): PARADOX / CONVERGENCE: SUPERBOY / CONVERGENCE: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES / SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: THE EARLY YEARS / SUPERBOY #147 REPLICA EDITION #1 / SUPERBOY (3RD SERIES) TRADE PAPERBACK / SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROESTotal value for all issues of this title listed:
| Condition |
PR 1.0 |
FR 1.5 |
GD 2.0 |
VG 4.0 |
FN 6.0 |
VF 8.0 |
VF/NM 9.0 |
NM- 9.2 |
NM 9.4 |
MINT 10.0 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 258 | 258 | 258 | 258 | 258 | 258 | 257 | 257 | 257 | ||
| Total £ | 1,930 | 3,890 | 5,840 | 11,820 | 21,750 | 45,120 | 86,300 | 108,290 | 130,260 | Total title value in pounds in UK markets | |
| Total $ | 2,640 | 5,310 | 7,960 | 16,150 | 29,790 | 61,080 | 116,400 | 146,010 | 175,610 | Total title value in dollars in US markets |
Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.
