Superman
#173
[Newsstand]
(October 2001)
DC,
1987 Series
- Price
- 2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 070989306752 10
- Editing
- Eddie Berganza (editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (associate)
Issue Notes
2001 Diamond 38. Our Worlds at War: Casualties of War!
This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #173 [Direct Sales].
This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #173 [Direct Sales].
Our Worlds At War: The Sacrifice
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Editora Abril, 2002 series) #3 (Junho 2002) -
in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([October] 2002) - in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
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Our Worlds At War: Casualties of War: The Red Badge of Courage
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jeph Loeb
- Pencils
- Ed McGuinness; Bill Sienkiewicz (pages 12-13)
- Inks
- Cam Smith; Bill Sienkiewicz (pages 12-13)
- Colors
- Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
- Letters
- Richard Starkings
- Genre
- superhero
- 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 [Ray Palmer]; 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 Apokolips, is instead absorbed by Warworld, whose nearby presence and control under Brainiac 13 is revealed.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Editora Abril, 2002 series) #3 (Junho 2002)
- in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([October] 2002)
- in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Strange Visitor dies. Story continues from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #781, and continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #595.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Joe Torcivia, Josef Silvia, Robert Ganza, The Collegio Staff
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Our Worlds At War: The Sacrifice
Superman -
1.
Our Worlds At War: Casualties of War: The Red Badge of Courage
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag
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- Jim Van Dore
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