Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $1,180.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 4.0 | $8.85 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $80.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $96.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $125.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 9.4 | $114.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $998.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $907.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
| RAW | $5.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-09-01 |
Reading this edition’s market
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 0 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 101 graded copies for Superboy #197 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Timber Wolf: Dead Hero, Live Executioner!
Though he was thought dead from an earlier venture, Timber Wolf is back to rejoin the Legion, but a secret enemy plans to use him to assassinate President Boltax.
| StoryTitle2 = The Slay-Away Plan | Synopsis2 = A crook fakes a shooting at a public rally, and quickly disappears. His real target wasn't a person in the crowd, but the rare art treasures displayed at the ceremony. He and his gang intend to track down and steal the art objects later, as the lodged bullet contains a homing device, but Superboy and Lana Lang discover the plot and capture them.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Legion of Super-Heroes) ** Superboy) ** Timber Wolf) ** Mon-El) ** Saturn Girl) ** Lightning Lad) ** Brainiac 5) **Supporting Characters:** * President Kandro Boltax) **Antagonists:** * Tyr) **Other Characters:** * Lana Lang) **Locations:** * Timestream * Smallville (20th Century) * Metropolis (30th Century) ** Legion Headquarters *** Mentho-Rehabilitation Room * Asteroid X52 **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Superboy) **Supporting Characters:** * Lana Lang) **Antagonists:** * Mr. Asherman **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Smallville **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * Ambulance * Motorcycle
| Notes = * *Timber Wolf: Dead Hero, Live Executioner!* is reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 10 (Collected) and DC Finest: Legion of Super-Heroes: Zap Goes the Legion (Collected).
* Beginning with this issue, Superboy Vol 1 begins billing itself as *Superboy starring the Legion of Super-Heroes*, although it is officially published as *Superboy* until Superboy Vol 1 221, after which it switches to Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1. | Trivia = | Recommended =
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Creative credits
Writers: Cary Bates, Cary Bates
Interior art: Dave Cockrum, Bob Brown
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
GCD: 26615
PANEL PROFITS: 2405429