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Showcase comic books issue 97

  • Issue #97
    Showcase (1956-1978) 97
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3758557002
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #3985999014
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4366598002
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Witnessed Sig: Joe Stanton on 3/22/2019 Newsstand Edition
    • Label #19-1247D7A-031
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    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Joe Orlando. "Power Girl," script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton inks by Joe Orlando; Power Girl breaks through the roof of Gotham Citys Central Electronics factory, interrupting a robbery in progress; The thieves boss is looking for the micro-transformers produced by Central, and claims that even Power Girl cant stop them; Power Girl goes about proving them wrong, by taking out three of the four high-tech thieves; A ricocheting bullet delays Power Girl from apprehending the fourth thief, who flees the scene; The thief uses a high-tech escape vehicle, and takes a detour through the Gotham City Rail Line; This barely slows Power Girl down, who catches up to the thief, and disarms his explosive suicide jacket; Power Girl relaxes outside the city, thinking back on her life; She remembers her life on Argo City, when Zor-L and Allura, her parents, put her in an escape pod to escape Argo Citys death; Her rocket sent her to Earth, to become Power Girl; After calming down from her trip down memory lane, she returns to Gotham. Batman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Sable Lady." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $29 Showcase #97 1978 6.5 FN+ Origin/1st Appearance Power Girl! JSA appear! DCU
    $34 SHOWCASE #97 6.0 // 1ST SOLO POWER GIRL DC COMICS 1978
    $100 Showcase 97 CBCS Graded 9.4 NM DC Comics 1978
    $170 Showcase #97 CGC 9.6 White Pages 1st Solo Power Girl Comic DC 1978
    2 days left Auction SHOWCASE NO. 97 PRESENTS...POWER GIRL (her first solo book) CGC 9.4 (NM) DC 1978
    5 days left Auction Showcase #97 (DC Comics, 1978) F/VF Key*Issue Origin & 1st Solo Title Power Girl

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  • Issue #97MJ
    Showcase (1956-1978) Mark Jewelers 97MJ

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    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Power Girl" origin. Script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Joe Orlando. Batman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Sable Lady." Staton/Orlando cover. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #97UK

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    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Joe Orlando. "Power Girl," script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton inks by Joe Orlando; Power Girl breaks through the roof of Gotham Citys Central Electronics factory, interrupting a robbery in progress; The thieves boss is looking for the micro-transformers produced by Central, and claims that even Power Girl cant stop them; Power Girl goes about proving them wrong, by taking out three of the four high-tech thieves; A ricocheting bullet delays Power Girl from apprehending the fourth thief, who flees the scene; The thief uses a high-tech escape vehicle, and takes a detour through the Gotham City Rail Line; This barely slows Power Girl down, who catches up to the thief, and disarms his explosive suicide jacket; Power Girl relaxes outside the city, thinking back on her life; She remembers her life on Argo City, when Zor-L and Allura, her parents, put her in an escape pod to escape Argo Citys death; Her rocket sent her to Earth, to become Power Girl; After calming down from her trip down memory lane, she returns to Gotham. Batman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Sable Lady." 36 Pages, Full Color.