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SUPERMAN #171

Cover Date: August 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1964-06-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Superman's Sacrifice" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #314; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #78/3; next in the third story in this issue)
Lana Lang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #50/3; next in issue #172)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #78/2; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #78/2; next in the second story in this issue)
Phineas Potter (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #50; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80)

Villain(s):

Rokk (first appearance; next in World's Finest Comics #150)
Sorban (first appearance; next in World's Finest Comics #150)

Other Character(s):

Staff at an Army radar base and White Springs Atomic Testing Grounds (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Ventura (first mentioned)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Andes Mountains
Metropolis
Daily Planet
White Springs Atomic Testing Grounds
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Aquor (first appearance; destroyed)
an uninhabited planet (first appearance in the same "sky sector" off Aquor; destroyed)


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Second Story: "The Curse of Magic" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #79)
Douglas Parker (last in Action Comics #309; next in issue #284)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (in between issues #169 and #174/2)

Other Character(s):

Cecil (first appearance; a British citizen)
Reginald (first appearance; a British citizen)
Darlene Curtis (first appearance; a child actress)
Henry Rutledge (first appearance; a movie director)
other movie crew members (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

India
London, England
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Smallville


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Third Story: "The Nightmare Ordeal of Superman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #143)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #323)
Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #79)

Villain(s):

a caveman on an alien planet (first appearance; steals Superman's costume)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Luring (first appearance; an astronomer)
a tribe of cavemen on an alien planet (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
an unidentified planet (first appearance; orbiting a yellow sun that turns red)


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