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Showcase (1956-1978) comic books 1950-1959

  • Issue #1
    Showcase (1956-1978) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1973679016
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Spine split seal.
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    Cover by John Prentice. "The Story Behind Showcase," script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer; The genesis of Showcase is explained, having originated with fan Larry Blake's letter. "The School for Smoke-Eaters," script by Arnold Drake, art by John Prentice; Fireman Farrell passes his final exam to become a fireman. Smoky Stan cartoon by Henry Boltinoff. "Fire under the Big Top," script by Arnold Drake, art by John Prentice; Fireman Farrell fights a fire at a circus. Varsity Vic cartoon by Henry Boltinoff. Secrets of the Firehouse article by Jerry McKay. "Fourth Alarm," script by Arnold Drake, art by John Prentice; A TV crew catches the firemen in action and helps influence a vote on fireman pay. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Showcase (1956-1978) 2
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4242463002
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from last page and back cover, interrupts art or story.
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    Cover art by Irv Novick. Rider of the Winds starring Eagle Feather, art by Joe Kubert. House ad for Sugar & Spike #1. Outcast Heroes, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books! library public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Article about the horse in warfare through the ages by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. Facts about squirrels, alligators, honeybees, the dragonfly and sunfish, script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. Runaway Bear, art by Russ Heath. Palisades Amusement Park ad, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Showcase (1956-1978) 3
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0354336023
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom.
    • 4.75" Cumulative spine split (tape). Cover detached at one staple (tape).
    • Interior complete. Full length spine split.
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    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Brittle.
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    Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. "The Frogmen!" Part I: The Making of a Frogman!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath; A puny guy has volunteered to train as a frogman (USN UDT, precursors to USN SEALs), but is immediately nicknamed "Sardine" by guys called "Shark" and "Whale." The First Frogmen!; Historical article on Assyrian "frogmen" and Revolutionary War "submarines" trying to sink ships, then WWII frogmen. Part II of "The Frogmen!" Flying Frogmen!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath; The team kills the shark, and "Sardine" and the guys graduate as frogmen; Flying to the Pacific, their DC-4 is shot down, then rammed by a Jap cruiser. Freddie the Frogman humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Fighting Frogmen article; Article about the origins of modern frogmen and their jobs in wartime. Part III of "The Frogmen!" Silent War!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $299 Showcase #3 CGC 3.5 DC Comics 1956 Frogmen

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  • Issue #4
    Showcase (1956-1978) 4
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front Cover Missing Back Cover Detached. INCOMPLETE
    • Label #1337842009
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    Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino and Bob Kanigher (cover design), inks by Joe Kubert. Origin and first appearance of Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash in "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Kubert; By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's; And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive." This is the first DC Silver Age super-hero, and this issue begins the Silver Age of comics. "Fastest Creatures on Earth!" article about animals. "The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Kubert; The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash. "100-Yard Dash" article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    5 days left Auction SHOWCASE #4 (1956) - Cgc 1 0 GRAil 1 1ST APPEARANCE OF THE FLASH BARRY ALLEN
    5 days left Auction SHOWCASE Issue #4 Origin of THE FLASH [DC 1956] CGC 4.0 UNRESTORED
    11 hours left Auction Flash Showcase #4 2019 Pure Silver Foil 35g .999 Silver NZ CGC 9.8 DC Comics

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  • Issue #7
    Showcase (1956-1978) 7
    • Centerfold detached at one staple, long tear in back cover.

    Cover art by Jack Kirby. 2nd appearance of Challengers of the Unknown in "Ultivac is Loose!" ULTIVAC Is Loose!, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; Felix Hesse, a German scientist, comes pleading to the Challengers to save him from Ultivac, "a creature of my own making... but now out of control!" Chapter 2: A Challenger Must Die!, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; The Challengers consult Director June Robbins, computer expert; She deduces radioactive materials have given ULTIVAC super-intelligence; She runs a computation to find their odds, and the card reads, "ULTIVAC WILL FALL WHEN A CHALLENGER DIES!" Dead or Alive? filler page with Robert Louis Stevenson. Chapter 3: The Fearful Millions, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; Hesse shoots ULTIVAC with a ray gun; The robot falls; Now Hesse and Barker can "make millions"; ULTIVAC is clamped and displayed in Yankee Stadium in New York before thousands. Moolah the Mystic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Supernatural Sleuths; "Ju-Ju" detectives & the Man with the "Radar Brain" are among those who exploit superstition to make men confess. Chapter 4: The Fatal Prediction, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby. Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown 75. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Showcase (1956-1978) 8
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, small amount of glue on spine of cover. TOP & BOTTOM EDGE TRIMMED.
    • Label #4002176002
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4097178003
    • INCOMPLETE. Four pages missing, all stories affected except for The Coldest Man on Earth. Remaindered, cover detached, remaining spine mostly split.
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    Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 2nd appearance of the Flash in "The Secret of the Empty Box!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; Under cover of fog, a giant mystery box appears in Central City; While the police have their attention on opening the box, a trio of burglars commits robberies around town. Origin and 1st appearance of Capt. Cold in "The Coldest Man on Earth!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages; But once Flash figures out what Captain cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in. "The Race of Wheel and Keel," script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Harry Lazarus; A race between a stagecoach and a clipper ship; The stagecoach leaves from Saint Louis for California and the clipper leaves from New York for California. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Showcase (1956-1978) 9
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Missing top label.
    • Label #0019298013
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4379943002
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    Cover art by Al Plastino. The Girl in Superman's Past, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino; Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better, but Superman refuses to fall into their traps. The New Lois Lane, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Ruben Moreira, inks by Al Plastino; Superman hopes that Lois' constant snooping to find his identity will provide evidence to convince "Con" Conners that he is wrong in believing that Clark Kent is Superman. Sleuths In Skirts article. Mrs Superman, script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Lois dreams she's married to Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Showcase (1956-1978) 10

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane). The Jilting of Superman, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else. Danger: Prejudice at Work public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. The Sightless Lois Lane, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Forbidden Box from Krypton, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title!). Cover price $0.10.

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    $760 Showcase 10 Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane 6.5 CBCS DC 1957 Silver Age not cgc

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  • Issue #11
    Showcase (1956-1978) 11
    • Cover TRIMMED at bottom edge. 1" Spine split from top (taped). Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Tape.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4251712018
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    Cover art by Jack Kirby. 3rd apearance of Challengers of the Unknown in The Day the Earth Blew Up, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bruno Premiani; At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped; Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica; They call in "men capable of handling the unknown," and Ace takes the call; He, Rocky, and Red fly; They'll pick up Prof along the way; Off New Guinea, Prof is astounded to find a volcano rising from the sea bed; In the Antarctic, the Challengers snow-tractor toward the mystery spot; The tractor bogs in a snowstorm and needs repairs; Ace and Rocky explore and fall through thin ice!; They land on a futuristic bridge; Above, Prof and Red are captured by skinny orange aliens in bubble-suits. Just Imagine story, art by Virgil Finlay. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Showcase (1956-1978) 12
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    Cover by Jack Kirby. "Menace of the Ancient Vials!", script by Dave Wood, art by Jack Kirby; While chasing the criminal known as Karnak, the Challengers and their prey end up flying into a strong lightning storm, forcing both parties to land; Karnak finds a manor owned by an archeologist who had just discovered the ancient vials of a long dead society, each vial able to unleash a different magical effect; Karnak and his companion steal the vails and use them to battle the Challengers. Professor Eureka strip by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Showcase (1956-1978) 13
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3697130007
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0707481002
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1554909001
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    Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 3rd appearance of the Flash in "Around the World in 80 Minutes!", script by Robert Kanighers, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Paris!; The Sahara Desert!; Tibet - and the Pacific Ocean!; The Flash, Fastest Man Alive, rockets to those distant places and in the most astonishing adventure of all times - answers startling appeals for help. Four illustrations showing how various cultures from history regarded lightning. Flash Facts. "The Master of the Elements!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $800 DC Showcase #13 CGC 3.0 Cream to Off-White Pages 1958 - 3rd App Silver Age Flash
    $875 DC Showcase #13 CGC 4.0 Off-White Pages 1958 - 3rd App Silver Age Flash
    5 days left Auction SHOWCASE #13 CGC FN VF 7 0; CM-OW; 3rd Flash; 1st app of Mr Element

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  • Issue #14
    Showcase (1956-1978) 14
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4097178004
    • Slight amateur restoration
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Amateur Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover.
    • Label #21-1D352A2-008
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    Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 4th appearance of the Flash in "Giants of the Time-World!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Flash, Fastest Man Alive, battles the strongest menace of all time, people who grow bigger every second. Origin of Dr. Alchemy in "The Man Who Changed the Earth!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; In the previous issue of Showcase, the Flash - after a hectic series of adventures - capture and sent to jail his most formidable foe, Mr. Element!; Now another criminal appears - more bold, more daring, and possessing even greater uncanny than Mr. Element - The Amazing Doctor Alchemy - who to Flash's astonishment turns out to be a two-in-one criminal! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $876 SHOWCASE #13 CGC 3.0 O/W KEY ( FLASH 4th Silver Age Appearance) DC Comics 1958

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  • Issue #15
    Showcase (1956-1978) 15
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water spotting.
    • Water spotting.
    • 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Includes ARS certificate of authenticity.
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    Cover by Bob Brown. 1st appearance of the Space Ranger in "The Great Plutonium Plot," script by Gardner Fox (plot) and Edmond Hamilton (script), art by Bob Brown; A renegade scientist is stealing all the Plutonium in the galaxy; He hopes to rule the Solar System with his "Teleportator," but needs the radioactive chemical to power it; The Space Ranger follows a few space pirates (via an Audium trail - soundwaves) and is able to locate their hideout. "The Robot Planet," script by Gardner Fox (plot) and Edmond Hamilton (script), art by Bob Brown; Rick Starr finds an odd machine floating in space and takes it aboard his ship to study back at headquarters; Later, he and Cryll receive a surprise visit from Myra, who tells them that there are odd machines orbiting the sun, pulling the planets, including Earth, out of their orbit; When she sees the machine they were examining, Myra exclaims that it's just like the others; Rick is determined more than ever to examine the machine and get to the bottom of this threat; He finds that the device is made from a metal found on a world in the Sirius system, and he takes off with Myra and Cryll to find out more. Space Ships of the Past, art by Jack Kirby. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $375 Showcase #15 (Jul 1958, DC) 1st APPEARANCE SPACE RANGER - CGC GRADED 4.5
    $400 CGC 3.0 SHOWCASE #15 SPACE RANGER 1ST APPEARANCE 1958 OFF-WHITE PAGES
    4 days left Auction Showcase #15 First Space Ranger 1958

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  • Issue #16
    Showcase (1956-1978) 16
    • 1.5" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

    Cover art by Bob Brown. 2nd appearance of the Space Ranger in "The Secret of the Space Monster"; An octopoid space monster terrifies a ship's crew; Rick Starr (The Space Ranger), flying in The Solar King with Myra and Cryll, learn it's a space mirage broadcast by blue-ostrich Korthan rebels out to conquer their planet and Earth. Doctor Rocket humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Photo Ace of Outer Space text story. Moolah the Mystic half-page by Henry Boltinoff. The Riddle of the Lost Race, script by Gardner Fox (plot) and Edmond Hamilton (script), art by Bob Brown; Criminals stole a map to reach the Valley of Ice on Saturn; The Space Ranger, Myra, and Cyrll track a gang from Mars to Saturn to Venus. On the Planet Og humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $450 Showcase #16 (1958) - CGC 5.0 - 2nd Space Ranger Appearance
    1 day left Auction Showcase 16, 2nd Space Ranger

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  • Issue #17
    Showcase (1956-1978) 17
    • REMAINDERED COPY. 3.5" Spine split from top. Cover detached at one staple.

    Cover art by Gil Kane. Origin and 1st appearance of Adam Strange in Secret of the Eternal City!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath; Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet. Ad for Strange Adventures #98 and House of Secrets #14. Our Strange Universe!; Educational facts about space, the sun, and stars. Curious Comets; Educational info on Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, and the Pons-Winnecke Comet. The Three-In-One Star; Educational information on Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system. The Planet and the Pendulum!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported, not to Rann, but to Anthorann, a neighboring planet; Escaping barbarians and their "Rainbow Doom" (a teleporter), he meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,199 Showcase #17 - D.C. Comics 1958 CGC 4.0 Adventures on Other Worlds. Origin + 1st
    $3,500 Showcase #17 (Nov 1958, DC) 1st APPEARANCE ADAM STRANGE - CGC GRADED 5.5
    1 day left Auction Showcase 17, 1st Adam Strange

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  • Issue #18
    Showcase (1956-1978) 18
    • Severe water damage. 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staple rust/migration. Mold.

    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. 2nd appearance of Adam Strange in Invaders from the Atom Universe, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city!; Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. Strange Satellites! fact half-page; facts about Jupiter's and Uranus's satellites. Giants of the Telescope fact page; Bernard Lyot built the first coronagraph to study the solar corona, and made observations of Mercury and Mars. Prize Stars! article; Facts about Proxima Centauri, Sirius, Beta Orionis, and other stars. The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam; The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $175 Showcase #18 (1956) Good (2.0) Gardner Fox, 2nd appearance of Adam Strange
    19 hours left Auction Showcase Comic Book #18 2nd App Adam Strange

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  • Issue #19
    Showcase (1956-1978) 19
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4185475008
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3987936002
    • Water damage. Cover oxidation.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4320996019
    • INCOMPLETE. Page missing and coupon cut, interrupts art and story. 1/2" Spine split from top. Staple rust.
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    3rd appearance of Adam Strange (and first Adam Strange logo). "Challenge of the Star-Hunter!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; In Calcutta, India, Adam Strange is in the attendance of a number of explorers who wish to witness an ancient rope trick; When one of the locals explain that it's a trick, and nobody can disappear at the end of the rope, Adam Strange offers to prove him wrong; He manages to climb up in the air and - to everyones astonishment - disappear; However, none witnessing could guess that Adam really intercepted the next Zeta-Beam and is transported to Rann; Arriving on his adopted world, Adam finds himself greeted by Alanna and a delegation of people from Rann who inform Adam that a super-being known as Leothric has appeared and demanded to face Rann's chosen champion. The "End" of the Universe article. "Mystery of the Mental Menace!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Sy Barry; Arriving in the African Veldt, Adam Strange prepares to intercept the next Zeta-Beam when he hears the cries of an explorer that is about to be trampled by a herd of elephants; He frees the man and manages to catch the next Zeta-Beam. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Showcase (1956-1978) 20
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached.

    Cover art by Bob Brown. Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. featuring the origin and first appearance of Rip Hunter...Time Master, script by Jack Miller, art by Ruben Moreira; Having finished work on Time Sphere II, Rip Hunter and Jeff Smith do a test run back to the mesozoic era; Meanwhile, in the present day, crooks force Bonnie Baxter and her brother Corky to take them to Rip and Jeff in Time Sphere I; Meeting in the past, the crooks have the drop on Rip and crew, until battling dinosaurs separate the good guys from the bad; But when the heroes get back to their Time Sphere, they find it's gone missing. Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $750 Showcase #20 CGC 6.5 White. Origin & 1st App Rip Hunter Time Master 1959.

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  • Issue #21
    Showcase (1956-1978) 21
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4363590024
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella. 2nd appearance of Rip Hunter, Time Master in The Secret of the Lost Continent, script by Jack Miller, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; (Chapter 1.) Rip has an ancient tablet locating Atlantis, but the last line is obliterated; They journey to Alexandria in 331 BC, because Alexander the Great owned the tablet. Ad for Strange Adventures #106 and House of Secrets #22. Doctor Rocket humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. The Forbidden Island, script by Jack Miller, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; Chapter 2; Alexander points the crew to the island of Aeaea, where the tablet came from; They journey there in 700 BC. Rip and Jeff fall into a pit trap. Ad for Blackhawk #138, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. Mystery of the Lost Lands article; educational piece on Atlantis and other fabled lost cities. Science Says You're Wrong... humor page by Mort Drucker. The Doomed Continent, script by Jack Miller, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; Chapter 3; The Time Sphere arrives in Atlantis in 14,000 BC, but it's a futuristic space city!; Orange aliens shoot ray guns, but the crew is saved by R'Dell's force field. Peter Puptent, Explorer humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Showcase (1956-1978) 22
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Coverless.
    • Label #3900475015
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    Origin and 1st appearance of Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern). Cover and interior art by Gil Kane. SOS Green Lantern; Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern. Secret of the Flaming Spear!; Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft. Menace of the Runaway Missile!; Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $3,000 Showcase #22 (1959) PGX 1.8 (NOT CGC, CBCS) 1st Silver Age Green Lantern

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  • Issue #23
    Showcase (1956-1978) 23
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #2099011009
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4341776005
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    2nd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. Summons from Space!; Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures. The Invisible Destroyer!; When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction Showcase 23 CGC 2.5 2nd Appearance Hal Jordan Green Lantern

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