Bizarro First Appearance: Superboy #68 (1958) Value

Bizarro first appeared in Superboy #68, cover-dated October 1958, written by Otto Binder and drawn by George Papp (Wikipedia). PriceCharting lists the issue as the origin and first appearance of Bizarro.

The question collectors argue about is the newspaper strip. An adult Bizarro ran in the Superman newspaper comic strip written by Alvin Schwartz from August 25 to December 13, 1958, around the same time as Superboy #68. The comic book is the one price guides treat as the key, because it is a single issue with a clear date; the strip is a run of newspaper pages.

PriceCharting values for Superboy #68 (1958), based on recorded sales and retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Ungraded: $304.31
• CGC 2.0: $309.00
• CGC 3.0: $386.73
• CGC 4.0: $677.89
• CGC 5.0: $893.18
• CGC 6.0: $1,159.00
• CGC 7.0: $1,486.00

Mid grades trade roughly weekly to monthly. Above 7.0, PriceCharting shows about one sale a year or fewer, and its numbers stop following the grade (its 8.0 figure of $7,416.98 is higher than its 9.0 figure of $3,107.00), so treat high-grade figures as single sales, not market values. Look at recent sold copies in your grade before pricing a high-grade book.

• Bizarro World: in Action Comics #263 to #264 (April to May 1960), Bizarro uses a duplicator ray to fill a cube-shaped planet, Htrae (Earth spelled backwards), with Bizarros.
• The Bizarro Code: the planet's law that everyone must do the opposite of what humans do.
• Powers: mirror versions of Superman's. Wikipedia lists freeze vision, flame breath, and X-ray vision that sees only through lead.
• Kryptonite: green kryptonite makes him stronger; blue kryptonite is what weakens him.
• Post-Crisis origin: in Superman: The Man of Steel #5 (December 1986), Lex Luthor deliberately copies Superman and gets a flawed, mute duplicate.

• First appearance: Superboy #68 (October 1958).
• First Bizarro World: Action Comics #263 (April 1960).
• Luthor-made Bizarro (post-Crisis): Superman: The Man of Steel #5 (December 1986).

Confirm the issue number and cover date in the indicia; later reprint collections reuse these stories.

Photograph the front cover straight on, then the indicia (the small print on the first page or inside cover with the title, issue number and date). ComicLens reads the title, issue number and cover from the photo, matches the likely issue with a confidence indicator you can correct by hand, and shows a reference price range that moves with the grade you pick. For Superboy #68, the cover date and the indicia are the quickest checks against a reprint. There are free scans every day; the range is a reference estimate, not an appraisal or an offer.

Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market, and a grade that trades about once a year can move a lot on a single sale.