Superman #173 (1964) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Triumph of Luthor and Brainiac!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Brainiac, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
2	The "Untouchable" Clark Kent!	comic story	7.67	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
5	Honesty Is the Best Policy!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	Tales of Green Kryptonite No. 1	comic story	7.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Beppo, Jor-El, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Lewis Lang, Lara, Lex Luthor, Superboy, Superman
8	Luthor's Inventions	text article	0.33	letters: typeset
10	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
12	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
14	The Triumph of Luthor and Brainiac!	comic story	7.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy (photo); Sun Boy (photo); Cosmic Boy (photo); Saturn Girl (photo); Chameleon Boy (photo)]; Justice League of America [JLA; Wonder Woman (photo); Green Arrow (photo); Aquaman (photo); Flash [Barry Allen] (photo)]; Superman [as Lex Luthor]; Jimmy Olsen; Rombo; Clay
17	80-Page Giant; The Flash	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 0517551004	1983	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›

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