For sale today is the rare and out-of-print (oop) DC Comics trade paperback (tpb)/graphic novel Superboy: Smallville Attacks by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo, published in 2011.

  • Collects Superboy (2010-2011 4th Series) #1-11.
    Written by JEFF LEMIRE. Art by PIER GALLO and MARCO RUDY. Cover by PHIL NOTO.

    What mysteries lurk beneath the surface of this all-American town - and what are their ties to Superboy? While Superboy tries to fit in at Smallville High, he races Kid Flash, faces the sultry threat of Poison Ivy and battles Superman's old foe, Doomsday!
 

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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This copy is in good overall reading condition, with a solid spine and great overall inside pages (photo#15 example). It does have some signs of wear including a few larger cover indents/creases, although a majority of its flaws are lighter in severity and affecting the book's externals.



**Photo#4: 
-Upper spine corner: Some indenting/light scuffing around it. Ding that causes indent also caused ~1.5" and ~1/2" indents, and a ~1" crease around the corner on the front cover (photo#10 w/illumination), and a light ~2" indent around it on the back (photo#11 w/illumination).

**Photo#5:
-Lower spine corner: Light scuffing/indenting around it.

**Photo#6: 
-Front cover top edge: Some light shelf-scuffing/a few tiny indents spread along it. Light ~1" adjacent cover indent starting near edge's middle.
-Outer corner: Small scuff/bend, goes thru ~10 pages as a light indent, and thru ~1/3 pages as a light bend.

**Photo#7:
-Front cover bottom edge: Some light shelf-scuffing/a few tiny indents spread along it.
-Outer corner: Tiny scuff/bend/cover peel, goes thru ~1/3 pages as a light bend.

**Photo#8: 
-Back cover top edge: Light shelf-scuffing along it, with a light ~1.5" cover indent/depression near its middle.
-Outer corner: Very light ~1" and ~1/2" indents around the corner. Tiny scuff/bend at corner itself, goes thru ~1/4 pages as a light bend. 

**Photo#9:
-Back cover bottom edge: Some light scuffing along it. Some indenting at certain points caused by adjacent cover creases/indents with sizes of ~3.5", ~1.5", and ~2.5" from right to left. They show on ~20 pages as light depressions, with the largest continuing thru ~1/4 pages.
-Outer corner: Skinny ~1.5" stain section at corner from coffee (goes onto the inside back cover, but does not continue onto pages or cause any wave effect). Tiny indent/scuff/bend/cover peel at corner, goes thru ~1/5 pages as a light bend.

**Additionally: Front cover has a light ~1" indent / ~1/2" crease nearby the title. Light ~1" horizontal scratch adjacent page edge near the lower corner, with a few more lighter/smaller scratches spread around the cover. Page edge has a small scuff near its middle. Back cover possesses a light ~1" crease/depression starting near the spine edge (photo#13 w/illumination). Light ~2" and ~1" scratches near cover's center. ~1x~1" patch of sticker residue near bottom edge (photo#14 w/illumination - might come off, I prefer not to mess with them).

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