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Issue: World's Finest Comics #173

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Publication Date: February 1968

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Issues: #173 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/12/1967

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#161, 170, 179, 188, 223-228, 230)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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1 Content Item
- The Super-Key to Fort Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

The Jekyll-Hyde Heroes!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [as Kralik]; Batman [as Two-Face]

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Pages: 1

Notes: George Klein's final inking assignment on the title.

The Jekyll-Hyde Heroes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Shooter

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Charlotte Jetter

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

Character(s): Superman [also as Kralik]; Batman [also as Two-Face]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; the Intercrime Gang; Dr. Arron

Synopsis: Dr. Arron's Psyche-Distortor chemicals cause complete character reversal in Superman and Batman, turning them into their own worst enemies.

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Pages: 18

Notes: Despite the flashback to a previous battle, this is Kralik's first appearance.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan ? (illustration)

Inker(s): George Klein (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Cape and Cowl Comments

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters of comment from Martin Padilla, Jane Jenkins, Sharon Karibian, Daniel May, Ricky Comer, Steve Dover, George Walters, Carl Stover and Fred Haynes.

The Super-Key to Fort Superman

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Coleman

Penciller(s): Wayne Boring

Inker(s): Stan Kaye

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Editors' Round Table; Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batman; Joker (trophy)

Synopsis: Someone has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude, so Superman searches the place for clues.

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Action Comics #241 published June 1958
was The Super-Key to Fort Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 12