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Issue Details

Issue #173
Published October 2001
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer Jr. (Associate)
Notes Sequence number 38 for 2001. Our Worlds at War: Casualties of War!

Cover Details - "The Sacrifice"

Characters Superman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Cam Smith
Colors Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Notes Sequence number 38 for 2001. Our Worlds at War: Casualties of War!
Reprinted in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #2; in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

22 page Superman story "The Red Badge of Courage"

Characters Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner); Strange Visitor; Lex Luthor; Will Magnus; Frank Rock; Emil Hamilton; Lois Lane; Amanda Waller; Imperiex Prime; Darkseid; Brainiac-13; Atom II; Blackhawks; Kismet
Synopsis Strange Visitor, who reveals herself to be the guardian of reality Kismet, makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to power up Superman and destroy Imperiex. But the energy from the destruction of Imperiex, which was planned to be channeled to Apokalips, is instead absorbed by Warworld, whose nearby presence and control under Brainiac 13 is revealed.
Genre superhero
Script Jeph Loeb
Pencils Ed McGuinness; Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 12-13)
Inks Cam Smith; Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 12-13)
Colors Tanya Horie; Rich Horie
Letters Richard Starkings
Notes Strange Visitor dies. Story continues from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #781, and continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #595.
Reprinted in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #2; in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]