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For sale today are five huge and out-of-print (oop) DC Comics graphic novel/trade paperbacks (tpb) from the DC Showcase Presents series: Legion of Super-Heroes, black-and-white collected editions of classic issues that began publishing in 2007. They altogether make up 2608 pages.

**Vol 1 [2007]

Collects ADVENTURE COMICS #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, and 300-328; ACTION COMICS #267, 276, 287, and 289; Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) #86, 89, 98, and 117, SUPERMAN #147, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #4, and SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #72 and 76.
Written by Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Curt Swan, George Papp, and John Forte. Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.
A massive black-and-white volume collecting classic tales of the Legionnaires, from the Silver Age!

**Vol 2 [2008]

Collects ADVENTURE COMICS #316, 322-348, and 365; Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) #117 and 125; and SUPERMAN ANNUAL #4.
Written by Jerry Siegel and Jim Shooter. Art by Curt Swan, Jim Mooney, and John Forte. Cover by Curt Swan and George Klein.
Over 500 pages of classic Legion adventures.

**Vol 3 [2009]

Collects Adventure Comics (1938-1983) #349-368 and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954-1974) #116.
Written by Jim Shooter, E. Nelson Bridwell and Otto Binder. Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, Jim Mooney and Pete Costanza. Cover by Curt Swan and George Klein.
The Legion battles the Fatal Five and is forced to expel Superboy and Supergirl from the team!

**Vol 4 [2010]

Collects Adventure Comics (1938-1983) #369-380, ACTION COMICS #378-387, 389-392 and Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) #172-173, 176, 183-184, 188, and 190-191.
Written by JAMES SHOOTER, E. NELSON BRIDWELL and CARY BATES. Art by CURT SWAN and DAVE COCKRUM. Cover by CURT SWAN and MIKE ESPOSITO.
In this volume, the Legion battles Mordru the Merciless and The Fatal Five and meets The Tornado Twins.

**Vol 5 [2014]

Collects Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) [and the Legion of Super-Heroes] #193, 195, 197-220 and Karate Kid (1976-1978) #1.
Written by Cary Bates. Art by Dave Cockrum and Mike Grell. Cover by Nick Cardy.
These 1970s stories reestablished the Legion's popularity and introduced new heroes Timber Wolf, Karate Kid and Wildfire.

I am not a comics grader, but I try to be as thorough as possible when assessing books for any flaws. I don't believe in using a number grade system - to me they are mostly utilized as a method to be ambiguous about exact condition and/or individual imperfections - but I do attempt to describe anything other than minor cover shelf-scuffing/scratching in detail. If a certain flaw discussed below does not mention that it affects inside pages, then it does not.

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These novels are in good overall conditions, all with solid spines and very good or better (4 of 5 are 'great' or better) inside pages (photo#21 examples). They have some signs of wear spread throughout, although a majority of the flaws are lesser in severity and affecting mainly the books' externals. Due to eBay's photo limits, with lots involving multiple books, I am not able to show the detailed looks I try to maintain, so if you would like any extra photos of a specific description/book, feel free to let me know! The TL;DR versions of each book's condition below is in italics, with the more in-depth collectors' paragraphs below them.

Any reference to certain areas of books can be seen in the photos above. The sections are:

*Photo#4: Upper spine corner

*Photo#5: Lower spine corner

*Photos#6+7: Front cover top edge/outer corner

*Photo#8+9: Front cover bottom edge/outer corner

*Photo#10+11: Back cover top edge/outer corner

*Photo#12+13: Back cover bottom edge/outer corner

Abbreviations Glossary (I've been listing more and more of my books and thought this would save some time..)

*USC: Upper spine corner

*LSC: Lower spine corner

*FTOC: Front cover's top outer corner

*FBOC: Front cover's bottom outer corner

*BTOC: Back cover's top outer corner

*BBOC: Back cover's bottom outer corner

**Vol 1: Good overall condition - very good inside pages, other than two bottom outer corner creases/indents that show lightly on pages, some lighter and primarily external signs of wear. USC and LSC have light scuffing/indenting, each with a small ding where they meet the back cover that shows as light ~1/2" indents/creases adjacent the corner on the back covers. Front and back covers top edges have light shelf-scuffing/wear, with an additional ~1/2" indent/scuff on the back cover near its middle. Front cover's bottom edge has some scuffing/indenting along it. Back cover's bottom edge has a ~1" indent/ding near its middle, and a light ~2" cover crease starting adjacent the edge near the LSC. BTOC has a small/light indent/scuff/bend, goes thru pages and onto the FTOC as a light bend only. FBOC has a ~1" crease around it, goes thru ~2/3 pages as an indent (photo#22 example of pages). Small indent/scuff/bend at extreme corner, goes thru ~3/4" pages as a light bend. BBOC has a ~3" crease around it (photo#14 w/illumination), goes thru pages as a light indent. ~1/2" indent/scuff/bend at corner itself, goes thru ~1/4 pages as a light bend. Front cover possesses a patch of four ~1/2" indents/depressions near the title (photo#15 w/illumination), and a few more small/light scratches spread around the cover. Light ~2.5" vertical indent/depression adjacent bottom edge. Light/small circular sticker residue towards FTOC. Page edge has some light scuffing/indenting. Back cover has a very light ~5" horizontal scratch near the top edge, and a ~2" one near the bottom edge. Small indent near the page edge's middle. Pages #283-286 have a small bottom outer corner fold.

**Vol 2: Good condition - great inside page, other than 1 crease wrapping around the spine, few and lesser signs of wear, all primarily affecting its externals. USC and LSC have light scuffing. Spine edge possesses a crease near its middle spanning its width, which is adjacent to a ~1" crease/depression on the front cover, and a ~1.5" crease starting on the back cover (photo#16 w/illumination). Front and back covers' top edges, and back's bottom edge all have light shelf-scuffing/wear if any, other than 3 tiny indents on the back's top, and 1 tiny scuff on the back's bottom. Front cover's bottom edge has some light shelf-scuffing/indenting along it. FBOC has a small indent/scuff/bend, goes thru pages and onto the back cover as a light bend. FTOC has a small indent/scuff/bend. BTOC has a light ~3/4" vertical indent around it. Small scuff/bend/peel at corner itself. Front cover has a light ~1/2" scratch/indent near its title, a small one and a very light ~1" one towards the FTOC. Page edge has some light shelf-scuffing/indenting around its middle. Back cover possesses a light vertical ~2.5" indent/depression near its center, and a very light ~7" vertical depression towards the page edge. Page edge has a small scuff and a few tiny ones around its middle. Book has a light bottom outer quadrant flex/bend.

**Vol 3: Good condition - great inside pages, other than 1 outer corner cover crease, few and lesser signs of wear, all primarily affecting its externals. USC and LSC have light scuffing. USC has a tiny peel near its middle. LSC has a tiny ding/indent where it meets the front cover. Front cover's top and bottom edges have light scuffing/indenting along them. Back cover's top edge has light if any shelf-wear other than 2 small scuffs/indents towards the spine corner. The bottom edge has light shelf-scuffing along it. FTOC, FBOC, BTOC, and BBOC all possess small indents/scuffs/bends, the back's go thru ~50 pages each as light bends. FTOC has an additional nearby ~1" horizontal indent. FBOC has an additional ~2.5" crease around it (photo#17 w/illumination). Front cover has a light ~3.5" vertical scratch/indent around the USC. Another ~1" horizontal one near the page edge's middle. Light ~2"x~1" patch of sticker residue near the FTOC (photo#18 w/illumination - might come off; I prefer not to mess with them). ~1.5" patch of light cover material raises on the page edge near the FTOC. Back cover has a light ~1.5" indent/depression near its center.

**Vol 4: Good condition - great overall inside pages, other than 1 outer corner crease, some lighter and primarily external signs of wear. USC has some scuffing/peeling, LSC has light scuffing/a few small peels. Front and back covers' top and bottom edges have some light shelf-scuffing/wear, with a few tiny indents spread throughout. FTOC and BTOC have tiny indents/scuffs/bends, they go thru ~1/4 and ~3/4 pages, respectively, as light bends. BTOC has additional small/light indent around it. FBOC has a light ~1/2" indent/scuff/bend, goes thru most pages as a light bend. BBOC has a ~1/2" crease/depression/scuff/bend, goes thru ~1/6 pages as an indent/bend. Front cover has 2 tiny page edge cover material raises near its middle. Back cover possesses a ~2" vertical crease/depression towards its upper half (photo#19 w/illumination). Light ~1" scratch/indent near cover's center, another towards page edge.

**Vol 5: Good condition - excellent overall inside pages; it does have some spine corner dings, but otherwise a few lighter signs of wear, all primarily affecting its externals. USC has light scuffing, and a ding where it meets the front cover that causes a ~3/4" indent around the corner on the spine edge, and a ~1/2" indent around it on the front cover. LSC has some light scuffing/indenting, and small dings where it meets each cover - front has a small indent around it, back has a light ~3/4" indent/depression around it. Front and back covers' top and bottom edges have light if any shelf-wear/scuffing around them. FTOC and BTOC have minimal wear. FBOC has a tiny scuff/bend, goes thru most pages as a light bend. BBOC possesses a small/light indent/scuff/bend. Front cover has 2 small/light indents/depressions near the page edge, and some light shelf-scratching around the cover. Back cover has a ~1" indent/depression near the top edge, with a ~1/2" one and a lighter ~1.5" one near the cover's center (all in photo#20 w/illumination). Pages #87-92 have a ~1/2" top outer corner fold. Page#387/388 has a ~1" bottom outer corner fold.

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I both buy to read as well as sell TPBs on here, so I understand how aggravating it is to receive a comic damaged in transit. I always pack books firmly between pieces of cardboard (among other materials/layers) via Gemini Comic mailers or bubble mailers depending on size; usually utilizing boxes for larger lots. If you have any questions or would like any additional photos, feel free to let me know. I'm always happy to combine shipping costs - either message me before completing purchase for a pre-payment price adjustment, or alternatively I can provide a refund afterwards. Thanks, and have a tremendous day!