| Issue | #48 |
| Published | January-February 1964 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff; George Kashdan |
| Notes | 7th Cave Carson appearance; 1st Showcase tryout |
| Characters | Cave Carson; Christie; Bulldozer Smith; Molemen |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Lee Elias |
| Inks | Lee Elias |
| Notes | 7th Cave Carson appearance; 1st Showcase tryout |
| Characters | Cave Carson; Christie; Bulldozer Smith; Lena The Lemur; unamed french police inspectors; Johnny Blake (in flashback ONLY); Molemen; Emile Basto |
| Synopsis | Emile Basto has used hormones from amber-trapped giant prehistoric insects to grow other species to giants to threaten a town in France, but Cave Carson and his crew blow up part of Emile's cavern hideout and thwart his plans. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bob Haney |
| Pencils | Lee Elias (signed) |
| Inks | Lee Elias (signed) |
| Notes | Feature continued from the previous tryouts in The Brave and The Bold. |
| Characters | Homer; a co-worker of Homer's; a spelunking guide |
| Synopsis | Homer tries spelunking as an outdoor relaxation activity and comes back to work worn out. |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Appears between Part 1 and Part 2 of sequence 1. |
| Characters | none |
| Synopsis | Relates various real life spelunking stories of undersea caves. |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | One drawing is included. Appears between Part 2 and Part 3 of sequence 1. |