Superman #171 [Direct Sales]
(August 2001)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2001-06-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200491 17111
Editing
Eddie Berganza (editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (associate)

Issue Notes

2001 Diamond Number 30. Our Worlds at War: Prelude to War.
This issue has variants:

Our Worlds At War: The Fatal Five (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Cam Smith
Colors
Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Fatal Five [Validus; Emerald Empress; Mano; The Persuader; Tharok]
Reprints
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[Our Worlds at War] Of Course, You Know, This Means...Warworld! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Cam Smith
Colors
Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Letters
Richard Starkings
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Emil Hamilton (not seen, only "heard"); Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; The Fatal Five [Persuader; Mano; Emerald Empress; Validus; Tharok] (actually hard light constructions); Brainiac 13
Synopsis
Superman investigates the reappearance of Pluto, but discovers it is actually Warworld. Meanwhile, Lena Luthor visits her father and delivers a message from Brainiac 13.
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Indexer Notes

Beginning of Our Worlds at War story. Main thread of story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #593.

The DCU Wants You! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hey Kids! Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jesse Stratton, Terry Hagan, Gerald D. Biggerstaff

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Our Worlds At War: The Fatal Five
    Superman
  2. 1. [Our Worlds at War] Of Course, You Know, This Means...Warworld!
    Superman
  3. 2. The DCU Wants You!
    Hey Kids! Comics
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
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  • Peter Croome
  • Bob Hughes
  • Thomas Kina
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