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Issue Details

Issue	#73
Published	November-December 1951
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

12 page Superman story "Hank Garvin, Man of Steel"

Characters	Hank Garvin (Intro); Honest Jack Dugan (Intro, Villain); Friendly Al Piper (Intro, Villain); Harry Dane (Intro; Villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Al Plastino?
Inks	Al Plastino?

12 page Superman story "The Mighty Mite"

Characters	Superman (Origin,details); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback); Jeremy Kendall (Intro); Henrietta Kendall (Intro); Horace Preson (Intro); Cynthia Preston (Intro); Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith (Flashback); Superbaby (Flashback)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

2 page Jerry Jitterbug filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Boxing's Forgotten Man"

Script	Frank Minton
Letters	typeset

12 page Superman story "Perry White Vs. Clark Kent"

Characters	Maxwell Leeds (Intro, DAILY PLANET publisher); Curtis (Intro, DAILY DISPATCH editor); Ruth Dugan (Intro)
Synopsis	Clark Kent briefly becomes PLANET editor; PLANET combines with rival DISPATCH
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti