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SUPERMAN #273

Cover Date: March 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1973-12-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Wizard with the Golden Eye!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsCurt Swan
InksVince Colletta
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #432; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback to issue #268)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #163/2; next in Superman Family #164)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #161; next in Superman Family #164)
Steve Lombard (in between issues #271 and #274)

Villain(s):

"The Wizard Jacoby" (Gunther Jacoby; first appearance; a retired scientist dedicated to discovering the laws of magic; obtains the Golden Eye and for a short tie becomes superhero but is corrupted)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Batman (in flashback to issue #268)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude (also in flashback to issue #268 and then in flashback to shortly before this issue)
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, NY
The "Castle-in-the-Sky" (The Wizard Jacoby's Headquarters; formerly the United States Pavillion of the 1964 World's Fair)
Metropolis
WGBS Building
{{|Daily Planet}}
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet

Comment(s):

Abandoned after the 1964 World's Fair, the United States Pavillion of the 1964 World's Fair was demolished in 1977.


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Second Story: "Blind Date!" (6 Pages)
The Private Life of Clark Kent

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsCurt Swan
InksDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Justice League of America #110)

Supporting Character(s):

May Marigold (last in Action Comics #431; next in issue #296)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Cardoza (first appearance; principal of the Cardoza School for Blind Children)
Students from the Cardoza School for Blind Children (first appearance for all)
citizens of Metropolis (first appearance for all; Jesse named)

Cameo Appearance(s):

"Morty" (a bust of Mort Weisinger in Clark's apartment)

Location(s):

Metropolis
344 Clinton St.
WGBS Building
JLA Satellite


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