Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #176

Cover Date: April 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-02-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein ?

Story: "The Revenge of the Super-Pets!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman (also appears in 1866 as "Superb-o;" last in World's Finest Comics #148; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Pets

Super-Monkey (last in Action Comics #318/2; next in Action Comics #323/2)

Comet (last in Action Comics #321/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/2)

Krypto (last in Adventure Comics #322; next in issue #177/3)

Streaky (in between Adventure Comics #322 and #323/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Action Comics #322; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Cyrus Atwill (first appearance; a junkyard owner in 1866; repetitively cruel to animals; uncle of Mark Dane)

Other Character(s):

Henry Bergh (founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Mark Dane's greedy relatives (first appearance of all)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Mark Dane (first appearance; in a painting only; deceased prior to story; a millionaire who left his fortune tho the Super-Pets)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis (also in the 1860s)

Daily Planet

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Second Story: "Tales of Green Kryptonite No. 2" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; also in flashback following the flashback in Action Comics #261 and appearance in Action Comics #409/2 and flashbacks as Superboy and Superbaby; next in the third story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

a piece of green kryptonite (narrates the story; becomes red kryptonite; in between issues #173/2 and #177; also in flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in World's Finest Comics #148; next in the third story in this issue)

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #322; next in the third story in this issue)

Perry White (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Professor Clyde (first appearance; creates a ray which temporarily neutralizes green kryptonite but unexpectedly makes it deadly to humans)

journalists aboard a crashed plane

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Smallville (in brief flashbacks)

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Third Story: "Superman's Day of Truth!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in Action Comics #322; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/2)

Lana Lang (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #177/2)

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56)

Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #84)

Villain(s):

Vrangs (first appearance; an aggressive alien race, invades and occupies Krypton; in flashbacks; see Comments)

Spade (first appearance; a criminal defendant)

his lawyer (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Phineas Potter (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #82/3 and #84)

Val-Lor (first appearance, in flashback; a young man who dies after he spoke the truth against the Vrangs, leading to a worldwide revolt; becomes Krypton's greatest hero)

Kryptonians (in the past during flashbacks on Krypton and in the present as Kandorians)

Supergirl Fan Club

mothers and babies at a baby contest

Jimmy Olsen's new girlfriend