Showcase (1956-1978) comic books 1968-1970

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Cover by Russ Heath. Top Gun western reprints: "Sheriff on a Spot!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Walt, as sheriff, waits for Doc Doom to arrive; And sure enough, Doc Doom comes gunning for the sheriff, but also brings his gang hiding; Wayne, also dressed as sheriff, spies on Doc Doom and finds the ambush; While Wayne takes on the Docs men, Walt takes on Doc. "Panhandle Terror!", script and art by by Joe Kubert; Joe Freitas was considered one of the most terrifying outlaws in all of Texas; In 1879, Freitas killed panhandler after panhandler, extorting those that had money; The Texas Rangers planned a trap for Freitas. "Unseen Allies!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth; Raze Ruin and his gang are coming to Mesa City; They aim to kill Sheriff Tane and Johnny Thunder and take over the town. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. 1st appearance of the Creeper in The Coming of the Creeper!, script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Segall (Dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds"; Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator; He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for Devlin's society ball; He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz; Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. Ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Meet the Men Behind the Creeper; bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall. Ad for the Enemy Ace, art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Ditko's Hawk and the Dove. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Howie Post. 1st appearance of Anthro in "It Could Be You!", script and art by Howie Post; Prehistoric teenager Anthro watches a beautiful woman swimming from behind a tree, when he is hit in the head by his father Ne-Ahn; Ne-Ahn, the neanderthal, reminds Anthro that their job is to hunt, not watch the "rounded beasts;" especially because she may be from a tribe that eats human flesh; Anthro, chastised, follows his father on the hunt; The two spearfish, as Ne-Ahn tells his son he has seen signs of the greatest prey: the serpent nose. Legion of Super-Heroes ad. A (satirical) biography of Howie Post and how he started Anthro. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. Ad for Secret Six #2 and Brave & Bold 78. 1st appearance of the Hawk and the Dove in Prologue (Table of Contents), script by Steve Skeates and Steve Ditko, art by Steve Ditko; At Elmond University, in a small college town, pro-war and peace demonstrators face off; Caught squarely in the middle are Don and Hank Hall, brothers, a "dove" and a "hawk"; They argue about compromise, force, and rights as a riot breaks out and police rush in. Chapter 1, In the Beginning..., script by Steve Skeates (script) and Steve Ditko (plot suggestions), art by Steve Ditko; In a small college town in Elmond County...; In court, Judge Hall senteces Mr. Dargo, a racketeer, to jail; He vows "my boys" will get revenge; In chambers, Don and Hank argue about compromise vs. violence. Angel and the Ape ad. Chapter II, A Voice...a Voice..., script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Steve Skeates (script), art by Steve Ditko; Hank spots "The man who threw the bomb!"; The boys follow into an abandoned building, but are trapped. House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #207, 30th Anniversary Issue, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Neal Adams. Chapter III, The Birds Fly!, script by Steve Skeates (script) and Steve Ditko (plot suggestions), art by Steve Ditko; Costumed, Hawk and Dove burst in on mobsters come to kill Judge Hall in the hospital. Article in which Dick Giordano introduces himself, and The Hawk and the Dove, and the political terms, citing Viet Nam. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Bob Oksner, cover idea by Sergio Aragones. 1st appearance of Angel and the Ape in Angel and the Ape, pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Trumbull, with his leg in a cast, stumbles into O'DAY AND SIMEON, PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS; Angel is a crack PI and judo master; Sam is a gorilla who draws comic books; Sam delivers his latest art to Stan Bragg, publisher at BRAINPIX PUBLICATION, INC. Angel protects Trumbull from kidnapping, but they're nabbed; continues in Angel and the Ape #1. Ad for Lois Lane #86, an 80-Page Giant. Ad for Enemy Ace in Star Spangled War Stories. One-page "Wonderful World of Comics" text feature reviews Star-Studded Comics fanzine (the great publication by Larry Herndon and mycomocshop.com owner Buddy Saunders) and miscellaneous news. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Dick Giordano. 1st appearance of Jonny Double in Meet Jonny Double!.. Chapter 1, script by Marv Wolfman (story) and Joe Gill (dialogue), art by Jack Sparling; A down-beat Don Quixote... a once-white knight in counterfeit armor, the poor man's Peter Pan!; Jonny Double, ex-cop and now PI, is awoken only to be ejected by his landlord; Relocating, he gets a call. Mr. Twain has the picture of his twin brother, a syndicate man who was murdered. Ad for Angel and the Ape #1. Chapter 2, script by Marv Wolfman (story) and Joe Gill (dialogue), art by Jack Sparling; Beaten, Jonny gets sympathy from "Crys" Cross, a blonde waitress; Mr. Twain's brother dealt with Piker and Glass, respectable businessmen; Jonny goes to their office, is turned away, but disguises as a janitor to slip in. Ad for The Geek #1. Half-page text feature on Joe Kubert. Blurb for the first DC Special honoring Carmine Infantino. Love Finds the Inquiring Fanatic! article on Angel and the Ape. Chapter 3, script by Marv Wolfman (story) and Joe Gill (dialogue), art by Jack Sparling; Jonny kicks back, and the goon goes over the rail to a fatal fall; More goons pursue. Jonny runs into an amusement park, then the House of Horrors. Ad for Justice League of America #67, pencils by Neal Adams. Ad for Showcase #79. Ad for Beware the Creeper #4. Ad for World's Finest #180 and Superman #211. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81. 1st appearance of Dolphin in The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!, script and art by Jay Scott Pike; US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault; And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom; When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation--because she has gills; With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #212. The Kid from Atlantis!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish; Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick. Article on "What's In a Fanzine." Ad for Captain Action #2, art by Gil Kane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. 1st Silver Age appearance of the Phantom Stranger in "Men Call Me the Phantom Stranger," script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Bill Draut; Children huddle around a candle in a cave, talking about a "curse" that is about to hit the city; The Phantom Stranger appears, and hopes to puts the children at ease with a story. "The Three Signs of Evil...", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino; In Columbus Circle in New York City, a group of sorcerers gather to make use of the full moonlight, using symbols on a board; Artist Mark Davis comes passing by, and unknowingly sketches out the symbols as his newest work of art; When the Stranger takes a look at Davis painting, he realizes that the symbols represent Columbus Circle, Times Square, and Washington Square. "I Talked with the Dead!", pencils by Leonard Starr, inks by Leonard Starr and Wayne Howard (traced & re-inked original); Before his fathers death, Dr. Thirteen made a deal that they would meet up five years after his death; If ghosts were real, then this would prove it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. 1st appearance of Nightmaster in "Some Forbidden Fate," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Dick Giordano; Jim Rook, lead guitarist of the Electrics, is performing at the Electric Band Aid, a club in the East Village; When the set is done, Jim is accosted by three thugs who did not like his music or his politics; They fight, and Jim manages to knock them out before the police arrive; He and his fiancée Janny Jones leave, when they come across an empty store called "Oblivion, Inc"; Jim is puzzled, as he thought that the store was a deserted lot the other day; Jim and Janny enter, and are transported to another world; Jim appears on the alien world called Myrra. He meets a small blue humanoid named King Zolto, the king of Myrra; Jim gazes into Zoltos mystic gem, and finds out that, ages ago, there were two warriors: Nacht and Brom; A magician, Farber, created the Sword of Night for Nacht and the Mace of Might for Brom; Brom became greedy, and with Farber, they plotted to slay the king and Nacht; Nacht defeated Brom, but Farber banished Nacht, leaving the Sword of Truth wedged in stone; Farbers rule corrupted Myrra for generations, transforming the humans into the blue dwarfs that now inhabit the world; Zolto has been seeking Nachts descendants to begin to wield the Sword of Night and free Myrra, and Jim Rook is that descendant. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Last 12-cent cover price. Cover by Joe Kubert. "Sing a Song of Sorcery," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Bernie Wrightson, inks by Bernie Wrightson, Jeff Jones (assistant), and Michael W. Kaluta (assistant); The saga of Nightmaster continues!; He will need all his wits about him, as he battles mighty barbarians and evil sorcerers to rescue his fiancée! Map of Nightmaster's world. One-page text feature contains autobiographies of O'Neil and Wrightson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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First 15-cent cover price. Cover by Joe Kubert. "Come Darkness, Come Death," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Bernie Wrightson, inks by Bernie Wrightson, Jeff Jones (assistant), and Michael W. Kaluta (assistant); Nightmaster's saga concludes!; But will the Sword of Night be enough to defeat the Warlock Spearo? A Letter - Personal But Not Private article by Denny O'Neil. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "I Don't Belong Here - I Don't Belong There," script and art by Joe Kubert; In the early 1800s, there is a great meeting of the Blackfoot Tribe; Their great chief, buffalo-garbed shaman named Grey Cloud, tells the tribe of the coming palefaces and their bringing of sickness and death; But he also sees a hero rising from death; one that will not look like any Indian, and will be despised by his own people; Hours later, the tribe rides forth to fight the palefaces; They assault a wagon train, and over the course of the fight, one brave grabs a small red-haired baby; The brave is about to kill the baby when Chief Grey Cloud stops him; Grey Cloud makes a promise to raise the red-haired child as his own; Grey Cloud keeps his promise, and over the years the baby grows up to become a teenager; Named Firehair, the young boy learns of the ways of the Blackfoot Tribe. Background on Firehair by Joe Kubert. An illustration of Native American sign language, art by Kubert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "River of Gold," script and art by Joe Kubert; In the Great Plains in the early 1800s, a grizzled old gold miner walks his way across Absaroke territory looking for riches; The cantankerous old man is beset by a tribe of Absaroke Indians; The old man seems done for, but for the intervention of Firehair; Firehair, son of the chief of the Blackfoot Tribe, intervenes, and is attacked; The chief of the Absaroke war party, Black Eagle, challenges Firehair to one-on-one combat; Firehair agrees, and the two fight. "Saturday – 1787," script and art by Ric Estrada. Information on the American Indian by Joe Kubert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "The Shaman," script and art by Joe Kubert; While discovering the Grand Canyon, Firehair is attacked by a mountain lion; Firehair defeats the mountain lion, but is wounded; Firehair staggers to a campfire, and find the braves around the campfire are expecting him!; We find the tribe at the campfire is run by an evil shaman; The shaman sent the mountain cat after Firehair to kill him. Chief Joseph illustration by Ken Barr. Indian Album two-page activities. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Beginning," script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Jason learns the truth of his past, and why he and the man he thought was his father was on the run from the mobster, Tuborg; Jason also learns of his sister, Geraldine, and has to find her (and the evidence she has); Along the way, trying to escape Tuborg's thugs, he meets GG (who happens to be his sister, under a wig, but Jason doesn't find out about that). "Ghost Rider," script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. Wonder Woman ad. Jason's Quest ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Deadly Chase," script by Mike Sekowsky, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Jason continues on his quest to find his sister, Geraldine; Along the way, while avoiding Tuborg's thugs, he encounters Billie Jo, who falls for Jason. "The Search" text story. Jason's Quest ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Circle of Death," script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Jason finds GG, and the two go on an adventure together, avoiding Toborg's thugs, and a mad painter protestor named Andy; during this, GG finds out about her past, but the two get separated, forcing Jason to continue his quest for his sister. Letter from comics writer Tony Isabella. Manhunter 2070 ad. First appearance of Manhunter 2070 in "Incident on Krobar 3," script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. It's the origin of Manhunter 2070 in "D.O.A.", script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; On his way back to his satellite home above Jupiter, Starker (aka Manhunter 2070) and his lady friends spot a wanted poster featuring Starker from the local criminal guild; When one of the ladies asks Starker why he hates criminals as much as he does, Starker tells them of his origin; 17 years ago, a young boy named Starker worked with his dad as a Didanium miner; However, space pirated jumped his fathers claim, killing his father in cold blood; The pirates kidnapped young Starker, having him serve as a cabin boy on the pirates space ship; Over the years, Starker was beaten by the pirates, both physically and mentally; However, as he watched the pirates destroy ships and kill innocents, his hatred grew; In secret, Starker watched the pirates, learning how to fight and how to use their equipment; Starker set himself up as a freelance bounty hunter. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Last 15-cent cover price (the title takes a seven-year break). Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "Never Trust a Red-Haired Greenie," script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; On his way back to base, Starker (aka Manhunter 2070) get a communiqué from his robotic assistant Arky on a new case; Milton Wallen, former employee of Trans-Planet Mining Co. left the company, taking 2 million credits with him; A price is out for his return and for the return of the money; Arky discovers that Wallen was last seen on the planet Zodan, a planet full of green-skinned thieves; Arky warns that the red-haired greenies are the worst; Starker goes to Zodan, and immediately is beset by thieves trying to steal his luggage and his wallet, and is forced to secure his belongings at gunpoint. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.