Action Comics #173
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #173
Publisher: DC
(National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1952
On Sale Date:
September 3, 1952 Newsstand Date September 3, 1952
Source: Comic Magazine Publishing Report, #129
Copyright Date September 1, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Newsstand Date August 29, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #6
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Mort Weisinger
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Unsigned (a) |
| IFC | Public Service Ad | Binky asks "What Do You Know About Other People?" |
| 1 | Superman | "Superman's Invulnerable Foe" |
| 2 | Superman | |
| 3 | Superman | |
| 4 | Superman | |
| 5 | Superman | |
| 6 | Superman | |
| 7 | Superman | |
| 8 | Superman | |
| 9 | Superman | |
| 10 | Superman | |
| 11 | Superman | |
| 12 | Superman | |
| 13 | Ad; Text Feature | Dubble Bubble; Editorial Advisory Board |
| 14 | Activity Feature; Ad | "Quick Quiz"; Necco Wafers |
| 15 | Congo Bill | "Crown of Ahagg" by EJS |
| 16 | Congo Bill | |
| 17 | Congo Bill | |
| 18 | Congo Bill | |
| 19 | Congo Bill | |
| 20 | Congo Bill | |
| 21 | House Ad | Adventures of Martin & Lewis; Here's Howie |
| 22 | Filler; Text Feature | "Sue"; Supermen of America |
| 23 | Tommy Tomorrow | "The Death Ships from the Past" |
| 24 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 25 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 26 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 27 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 28 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 29 | Text Story | "The Longest Horse Race in History" by Jack E. Miller |
| 30 | Text Story | |
| 31 | Filler; Ad | "Jerry the Jitterbug" by Henry Boltinoff; Necco Wafers |
| 32 | Vigilante | "The Vigilante Museum" |
| 33 | Vigilante | |
| 34 | Vigilante | |
| 35 | Vigilante | |
| 36 | Vigilante | |
| 37 | Vigilante | |
| 38 | Vigilante | |
| 39 | Vigilante | |
| 40 | Filler | "Varsity Vic" by Henry Boltinoff |
| IBC | Ad | Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
| BC | Ad | Tootsie Roll |
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