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173June 1962
$0.12

Blackhawk #173

DC · June 1962 · on sale 1962-04-10

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Series
Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#173
Publication date
June 1962
Key date
1962-06-00
On-sale date
1962-04-10
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Super Jungle Man!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBlackhawk
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Blackhawk Gazettecomic story7.67pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Cuidera
3DC Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Paris, Sheldon MoldoffBatman, Dick Grayson, Joker, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
6Your Pass to New Worlds!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
7-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy AndersonAtom; Jason Woodrue
8Hollywood HA-Lightscomic story0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
9The Vengeance of Vakomacomic story7.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Cuidera
10DC Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon MoldoffElsa Magusson, Mark Merlin
11Rescue by Radiotext article1letters: typeset
13Radio Beamscomic story0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15The Super Jungle Mancomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
16DC Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownChallengers; Space Ranger
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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