Conventions
- February 24: Comic Mart (Lyndhurst Hall, London, England) — 2nd such event organized by "Godfather of British fandom" Frank Dobson
- April 20–22: Berkeleycon 73, (Pauley Ballroom, ASUC Building, University of California, Berkeley) — first convention devoted to underground comix. Bud Plant's retail business Comics & Comix acquires over 4,000 Golden Age comic books owned by Tom Reilly.
- May 25–28 (Memorial Day weekend): Detroit Triple Fan Fair (Detroit, Michigan)
- Summer: D-Con (Sheraton Hotel, Dallas, Texas)
- June: HoustonCon (Houston, Texas) — guests include Don Newton; convention notorious for a major van crash involving Robert Beerbohm, Bud Plant, and others as they were leaving the convention
- July 4–8: Comic Art Convention (Hotel Commodore, New York City)
- July 22: Comicon '73 (Waverley Hotel, London, England) — Comic Mart organizers Nick Landau and Rob Barrow salvage convention canceled at the last minute by Bram Stokes and John Mansfield and originally scheduled to take place over two days at the Regent Centre Hotel
- August 3–5: Nostalgia '73, 2nd Annual Chicago Comic and Nostalgia Convention (Pick-Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois) — produced by Nancy Warner
- August 16–19 — San Diego Comic-Con (Sheraton Hotel, Harbor Island, California) — 1,000+ attendees. Official guests: Neal Adams, D.C. Fontana, June Foray, Mike Friedrich, Carmine Infantino
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