Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #173

Cover Date: November 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1964-09-17

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The "Untouchable" Clark Kent!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #317; next in the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #317; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #53/2)

Villain(s):

Ed Babson (first appearance; a deluded movie actor believing himself to be "Little Napoleon," a fictional gangster; later cured of his insanity)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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Second Story: "Tales of Green Kryptonite No. 1" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in flashbacks as baby Kal-El; page 1, panel 3; last in flashback in Action Comics #246; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #79/3; then in flashback as baby Clark Kent, in between Superboy Vol. 1 #112/3 and #119; then as Superboy; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #139; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #292)

Guest Star(s):

a piece of green kryptonite (narrates the story; originally part of an award made of rare illium metal, given to Jor-El; turns to kryptonite with Krypton's destruction; in multiple flashbacks; next in issue #176/2)

Super-Monkey (earliest chronological appearance, page 1, panel 3; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #76 then page 2, panel 5 through page 3, panel 2 of this issue; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #142)

Krypto (earliest chronological appearance, in flashback page 1, panel 3 of this issue; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #79/3; also in second flashback in page 6, panel 1 through page 7, panel 6 of this issue; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #67/2; next in Adventure Comics #271