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Issue Details

Issue #173
Published November 1964
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Triumph of Luthor and Brainiac!"

Characters Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac; Lex Luthor
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn

8 page Superman story The "Untouchable" Clark Kent!

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Mike Babson (aka "Little Napoleon, intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #10/1966

8 page Superman story "Tales of Green Kryptonite No. 1"

Characters Superman; Beppo; Krypto; Jor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Lewis Lang (1st app. in SUPERMAN); Superboy; Lex Luthor (not a villain in this story); green kryptonite (narrator of all flashbacks in the story); Super-Baby
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #11/1966

10 page Superman story "The Triumph of Luthor and Brainiac!"

Characters Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes, all photos); Wonder Woman [Earth-1]; Green Arrow [Earth-1]; Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA, all photos); Superman (as Lex Luthor); Jimmy Olsen; Rombo; Clayface (statue); The Joker (statue); Mr. Mxyzptlk (statue); Batman [Earth-1] (guest star as Brainiac); green kryptonite
Synopsis Superman and Batman impersonate Luthor and Brainiac
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Penciller and inker credits by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-19. Pencils and inks previously credited to John Forte. (Per Sandell ed.)