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SUPERMAN #164

Cover Date: October 1963
Cover Price: $0.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman! Part I" (17 Pages) "Part II: The Super-Duel!"

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #304; next in the second story in this issue; also appears in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #304; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44)

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #71/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in flashback in issue #179/2; next in World's Finest Comics #137)

Other Character(s):

Lexorians (first appearance; next in issue #167)

prison guards

a temporary warden (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (flashback and image)

Lara Jor-El (image)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813:

Krypton:

Scarlet Jungle (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814:

Earth:

Fortress of Solitude (mentioned)

Metropolis:

Daily Planet

Unidentified Space Sector(s):

Lexor (first appearance)

an unnamed ice world in a yellow sun system (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #239/4 (June-July 1971)

Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers) (1983)

Superman in the Sixties ([September] 1999)

Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #1 ([August] 2004)

Superman vs. Lex Luthor (2006)

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)

Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years ([December] 2015)

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Second Story: "The Fugitive from the Phantom Zone!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44)

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners:

Jax-Ur (in between Action Comics #304/2 and #307/2)

Professor Vakox (in between Action Comics #304/2 and #307/2)

Ras-Krom (first appearance; also temporarily disguised as "the Old Man of the Cosmos")

military leaders of a Communist country (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Bor-Ak (first appearance; in flashback; a Kryptonian explorer who discovered the Jewel Mountains)

Bor-Ak's bride (first appearance; in flashback; dies)

Lon-Ra (first appearance; in flashback; a sky-sledder who accidentally killed a Winged One; dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Jewel Mountains (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Siberia

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #232/3 (December 1970-January 1971)

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008) [black and white]

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