Issue Details

Issue	#172
Published	October 1964
Cover Price	0.12
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Tyrant Superman!"

Characters	Superman (as Clark Kent); Ar-Val
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein

8 page Superman story "The New Superman! [part 1]"

Characters	Superman (origin retold in brief); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lana Lang (guest star); New Superman [Ar-Val] (intro); Bran-Een; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Krypton (flashback); Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Green Lantern's ring (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	definitely an Ed Hamilton story, confirmed in lettercol of Action Comics 315

8 page Superman story "Clark Kent--Former Superman! [part 2]"

Characters	Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes, guest stars); Superman (also as the Former Superman); Lex Luthor (villain); Brainiac (villain); Perry White; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; New Superman [Ar-Val]
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Notes	Inker credit by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-19. Previously credited to George Klein. (Per Sandell ed.)

8 page Superman story "The Struggle of the Two Supermen! [part 3]"

Characters	Superman; New Superman [Ar-Val] (death); Nor Kann (guest appearance); Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Kandor; Fortress of Solitude
Genre	superhero
Script	Ed Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein