Showcase Presents: Showcase #1
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- [September] 2012
- Page count
- 548
- Cover price
- 19.99 USD; 22.99 CAD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Modern Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/966376
Credits
- Editing
- Peter Hamboussi, editor (editor collected edition)
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Robert Kanigher, original Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Flash)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Colours
- Allen Passalaqua, colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Notes
This volume credits Inks to Joe Giella, original index credits Frank Giacoia
1Notes
Inside front and inside back cover pages.
2Credits
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Title page with company credits and indicia information.
3Credits
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Contents and story credits listing.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Fire Fighters
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Fireman Farrell
Credits
- Art
- John Prentice, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer (and logo ?)
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)
5Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
- Characters
- Larry Blake; National Comics' editor
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
The genesis of Showcase is explained, having originated with fan Larry Blake's letter.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Fireman Farrell
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Fireman Farrell; Red Miller; Clark; Noonan; Fox; Gainer
Credits
- Writing
- Arnold Drake, scripter
- Art
- John Prentice, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956) — The School for Smoke-Eaters
- Also printed
-
Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #2 ([November 1957?]) — The School for Smoke-Eaters
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — The School for Smoke Eaters
Synopsis
Fireman Farrell passes his final exam to become a fireman.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Fireman Farrell
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Fireman Farrell; Fire Lieutenant Reiner; Phil Baylor
Credits
- Writing
- Arnold Drake, scripter
- Art
- John Prentice, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956) — Fire under the Big Top
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #16 ([September 1957?]) — Fire Under the Big Top
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DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #10 (January-February 1971) — Fire under the Big Top
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Fire Under the Big Top
Synopsis
Fireman Farrell fights a fire at a circus.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Fireman Farrell
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Fireman Ferrell; Edgar R. Meadow; Captain Walsh
Credits
- Writing
- Arnold Drake, scripter
- Art
- John Prentice, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956) — Fourth Alarm
- Also printed
-
Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #3 ([January 1958?]) — Fourth Alarm
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Fourth Alarm
Synopsis
A TV crew catches the firemen in action and helps influence a vote on fireman pay.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Kings of the Wild
- Genre
- Adventure; western-frontier
Credits
- Art
- Irv Novick, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
10Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Eagle Feather (an Indian boy); Godfather (an eagle); Black Lightning (a mountain lion)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Joe Kubert, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956) — Rider of the Winds!
- Also printed
-
DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #5 (October-December 1969) — Rider of the Winds!
Synopsis
In the Old West, Young Eagle Feather is disgraced when Black Lightning, a mountain lion, kills his sheep. He's sent to battle the lion and is helped by Godfather, a mighty eagle.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Dan; Aunt Jane
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956) — Outcast Heroes!
Synopsis
An orphan comes West to stay with his Aunt Jane, but is marked as a "bad penny". He finds a friend in a stray dog, and together they rescue Dan's mother during a flood.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Billy, a circus bear; a lion; an elephant; a hunter; a park ranger
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956) — Runaway Bear
Synopsis
Billy the Bear was born in the circus, and yearns for adventure. He finds it when knocked off a circus train. Soon he's battling bears and timber wolves while protecting a hunter, and wonders if being free is worth it.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Frogmen
Credits
- Art
- Jerry Grandenetti, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3 (July-August 1956)
14Featuring
- Feature
- Frogmen
- Characters
- Sardine; Shark; Whale; kids (flashback); Mom (flashback); Drill Instructor; frogmen recruits
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3 (July-August 1956)
Synopsis
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". He recalls being bullied and coddled as a kid, but looks as if he'll wash out. Then, as the team trains at raft-righting, a shark comes gunning for his teammates, and "Sardine" dives in the way!
15Featuring
- Feature
- Frogmen
- Characters
- Sardine; Shark; Whale
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3 (July-August 1956)
Synopsis
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 Japapanese cruiser. They're picked up by a PBY. At base, they get their first mission: to destroy an enemy ship menacing a beach landing. They fly in, but bailing out, become targets for Japanese night fighters!
16Featuring
- Feature
- Frogmen
- Characters
- Sardine; Shark; Whale
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3 (July-August 1956)
Synopsis
The parachuting frogmen hurl TNT and blow up the night fighter. Swimming for the island, they dodge depth-charges. A sub net guards a sub berth. Shark sets a charge on a sub as Sardine and Whale continue with the mission. Then Whale is lost as he fights off Japanese frogmen. Sardine moves on and sinks the targeted cruiser with an explosive charge. And is thrilled to learn Shark and Whale made it. "We can't call that kid Sardine any more!" "Mission completed!"
17Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Robert Kanigher, penciller (cover design)
- Joe Kubert, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
18Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Kubert, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
- Also printed
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([December 1956?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown, 1976 series) (1976) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
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The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #131 ([June 1976?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#8 (May 1981) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (DC, 1991 series) (1991) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
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Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) (January 2000) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Synopsis
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".
19Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Kubert, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956) — The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!
Synopsis
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.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Manhunters
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Notes
The price that originally appeared at the top this cover is absent from the reproduction.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Manhunters
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Lt. Harry Fowler; Sergeant Collins; Ben Gatewood (Producer); Leif Conrad (Director); Danny Tell (Public Relations); Otto Sands (Actor)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956) — The Greatest Villain of All Time
- Also printed
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DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #10 (January-February 1971) — The Greatest Villain of All Time
Synopsis
A thief is stealing artifacts that recreate roles from famous movies such as "The Mad Maestro" and "Phantom of the City". Only Lt. Harry Fowler, once a Hollywood screenwriter, makes the connection to catch Leif Conrad, driven mad to recreate his roles and become "The Greatest Villain of All Time."
22Featuring
- Feature
- Manhunters
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Don Reed; FBI agents; Alex Tate (crime boss); gangsters
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Sy Barry, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956) — The Two Faces of Mr. X
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #15 ([December 1957?]) — The Two Faces of Mr. X
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DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #10 (January-February 1971) — The Two Faces of Mr. X
Synopsis
Don Reed is a top fashion model. Until the FBI wants him to impersonate Alex Tate, the leader of a crime syndicate. Reed, a former counter-intelligence agent, secretly studies Tate to prepare for the role. The FBI snatches Tate, who laughs the "stooge" will get "the surprise of your life". At the gang HQ, the posing Reed learns Tate was due to undergo plastic surgery to change his face! Forced into the operating room, Reed wraps in bandages and breaks loose with knockout gas to capture the gang.
23Featuring
- Feature
- Manhunters
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Agent Drew; The Human Eel; Zorac; police of many nations
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956) — The Human Eel
- Also printed
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Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #39 ([July 1961]) — The Human Eel
Synopsis
Agent Drew is obsessed with stopping The Human Eel's empire of crime. The Eel wears a special "shock suit" that jolts his enemies into submission. Even Drew suffered a shock, and now has a weak heart, so can't function at heights. He pursues the Eel atop the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Egypt, but gasps for air so the Eel escapes. Finally, in Johannesburg, he disguises as Zorac, the Eel's criminal competitor. Donning an oxygen mask, he mounts a high bridge to confront the Eel and smashes the controls of his "shock suit".
24Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
25Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis] (introduction for all, origin); un-named sailors; un-named citizens; Mr. Morelian (villain, introduction, death)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Kirby , scripter
- Joe Simon , scripter (plot, script, see notes)
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood] (script, see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957) — The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1]
- Also printed
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([November 1957]) — The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box! Part 2: Dragon Seed Part 3: The Freezing Sun Part 4: The Whirling Weaver
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #94 ([January 1973]) — The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! Chapter One
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([October] 1990) — The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box!
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([March] 1992) — The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box!
Synopsis
Four heroes are being flown to appear on the radio show "Heroes" when their jet crashes in a storm. Miraculously, all four survive unharmed, even down to a working watch. Since they are "living on borrowed time", they vow to make the best use of it, taking risks to benefit others, challenging the unknown. In their first official case, they are summoned by Morelian, a descendant of Merlin, to open four chambers of a dangerous alchemist's box and "witness things not seen on this Earth since the dawn of Man!"
Notes
This volume credits Inks to Roz Kirby & Marvin Stein.
First appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown. According to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby historians, Jack Kirby brought the proposal for the Challengers to DC. DC bought the concept and folded it into Showcase. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. This story also looks like Kirby may have inked a few pages on his own.
An epilogue occurs in Secret Origins 12 (1987), when the Challengers are reunited with the box to solve its final mystery.
26Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Kirby , scripter
- Joe Simon , scripter (plot, script, see notes)
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood] (script, see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957) — Chapter Two: Dragon Seed!
- Also printed
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #94 ([January 1973]) — [The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box!] Dragon Seed! Chapter Two
Synopsis
The Challs relocate the box to a tropical island and draw straws. The first chamber releases a "Dragon's Egg" that hatches a stone giant of legend. It wreaks havoc on ships, even resisting an atom bomb. What to do? While back on the island, Rocky's ready to crack the next chamber.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.
27Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Kirby , scripter
- Joe Simon, scripter (plot, script, see notes)
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood] (script, see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby, inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein, inker (see notes)
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957) — Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun!
- Also printed
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #95 ([March 1973]) — [The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box!] The Freezing Sun! Chapter Three
Synopsis
Picked up by sailors, Red returns to the island to find the second chamber open and Rocky frozen stiff. The menace is a sentient freezing sun from parts unknown that sucks up all heat, freezing people. Alone, Red cobbles a vacuum chamber and lures the sun inside, trapping it. Meanwhile, out on the water, Prof realizes that, since the Dragon Seed Giant can't be harmed by anything, it must be a thought, so he "thinks" it out of existence. All the while, Morelian flies overhead, watching.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Kirby , scripter
- Joe Simon, scripter (plot, script, see notes)
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood] (script, see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby, inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein, inker (see notes)
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957) — Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver!
- Also printed
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #95 ([March 1973]) — [The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box!] The Whirling Weaver! Chapter Four
Synopsis
The third menace is a tube that releases a whirling weaver. Out of control, it spins ribbons that snarl entire cities. The Challs pursue, then discover a dial on the weaver's tube and slow it to a halt. Returning to the island, they find Morelian has opened the fourth chamber for his own selfish reasons. He got a diamond ring of immortality: he'll live forever. Except the inscription on the box is vague, "contained in me, find immortality". Morelian flies off, but his plane stalls and crashes, killing himself and destroying the box. The box granted immortality: the ring was certain death.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.
29Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957) — Untitled [Ultivac Is Loose!]
- Also printed
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Untitled
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — [Cover - Showcase #7]; ULTIVAC is Loose!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Backcover (cover)
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — Showcase #7
30Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins (first appearance); Felix Hesse (first appearance); ULTIVAC (first appearance)
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957) — Ultivac is Loose! [Chapter 1]
- Also printed
-
All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #4 ([January 1958?]) — Ultivac Is Loose! [Chapter 1]
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #75 (August-September 1970) — Ultivac Is Loose!
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #82 ([January 1971?]) — ULTIVAC Is Loose! [Chapter One]
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — ULTIVAC Is Loose! [Chapter 1]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — Ultivac is Loose!
Synopsis
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!" He explains. Interned as a war criminal, he met Floyd Barker, a bank robber. Released, they team to build a giant machine - Suddenly a giant robot hand crashes through the window and seizes Hesse. Spouting propellers, it flies off with Hesse. The Challengers have their next job, "Track down ULTIVAC!"
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
The name ULTIVAC is derived from UNIVAC, considered the first computer.
31Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957) — Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!
- Also printed
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #4 ([January 1958?]) — Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #75 (August-September 1970) — Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #82 ([January 1971?]) — Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Chapter 2: A Challenger Must Die!
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — A Challenger Must Die! [Chapter Two]
Synopsis
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!" Meanwhile, Hesse watches ULTIVAC build robot-duplicates of Hesse to fetch supplies. Red and June respond to a lead, sneak onto Hesse's copter, and enter ULTIVAC's lab. But the robot can "DETECT YOUR THOUGHTS!" ULTIVAC senses June is not afraid, and they talk. Until Red smashes a power unit and they flee in the confusion.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
32Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957) — Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions
- Also printed
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #4 ([January 1958?]) — Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #75 (August-September 1970) — Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #82 ([January 1971?]) — Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Chapter 3: The Fearful Millions
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Fearful Millions [Chapter Three]
Synopsis
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. But ULTIVAC sends a mental signal to June. The robot breaks free and carries June off. Ace, flying a jet, takes command to "talk terms", but ULTIVAC's vibration beam shatters the plane. The robot dives under the sea with June inside his dome. Prof, master diver, dives, but is slammed by a vibro-beam and captured.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
ULTIVAC's chains, display, and escape with a girl echo King Kong.
33Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- , inker
- Rosalind Kirby , inker (blacks)
- Marvin Stein , inker (see notes)
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957) — Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!
- Also printed
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #4 ([January 1958?]) — Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #75 (August-September 1970) — Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #82 ([January 1971?]) — Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Chapter 4: The Fatal Prediction
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Fatal Prediction! [Chapter Four]
Synopsis
June argues "ULTIVAC is a scientific marvel". The robot swims out. Ashore, Red shoots while Rocky attaches a magnetic bomb that destroys ULTIVAC. Not. ULTIVAC sent out a decoy. June convinces him "Wars never solve anything!" and ULTIVAC agrees to a televised public hearing, and pledges to help humanity. Hesse blasts ULTIVAC and Rocky - who dies on the operating table, as foretold. June offers to take Rocky's place, and the Challs agree, until Rocky miraculously revives. ULTIVAC ends up a stationary calculating machine, his spark gone, yet "still contributing to man's knowledge".
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
34Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)
35Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957) — The Secret of the Empty Box!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #13 ([October 1957?]) — The Secret of the Empty Box!
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — The Secret of the Empty Box!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — The Secret of the Empty Box!
Synopsis
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.
36Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart](first appearance; origin; villain)
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #11 ([August 1957?]) — The Coldest Man on Earth
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Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
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The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#10 (July 1981) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([October] 1990) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([March] 1992) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — The Coldest Man on Earth!
Synopsis
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.
37Featuring
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- John Butterfield; Harrison
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Harry Lazarus, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957) — The Race of Wheel and Keel
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The Brave and the Bold (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #19 ([August 1957?]) — The Race of Wheel and Keel
Synopsis
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.
Notes
The book's Table of Contents does not mention the original publication of this story in All Star Comics.
38Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman
Credits
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957) — Mrs. Superman!
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — Mrs. Superman
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Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #9 ([January 1966?]) — Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Superman) Kent
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Millennium Edition: Showcase 9 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001) — Mrs. Superman
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Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #Volume One (2006) — Mrs. Superman
39Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
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.
40Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; "Con" Conners
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, penciller
- Al Plastino, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957) — The New Lois Lane
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #2 ([November 1957?]) — The New Lois Lane
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #100 (April 1970) — The Un-Curious Lois Lane! (retitled)
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — The New Lois Lane
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Millennium Edition: Showcase 9 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001) — The New Lois Lane
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Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #Volume One (2006) — The New Lois Lane
Synopsis
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.
41Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lulu Lyons (introduction)
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957) — Mrs. Superman
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — Mrs. Superman
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Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #9 ([January 1966?]) — Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Superman) Kent
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Millennium Edition: Showcase 9 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001) — Mrs. Superman
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Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #Volume One (2006) — Mrs. Superman
Synopsis
Lois dreams she's married to Superman.
42Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957) — The Forbidden Box from Krypton!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #17 ([February 1958?]) — The Forbidden Box from Krypton
Notes
The price that originally appeared at the top of this cover is absent from the reproduction.
43Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman; Tony Lester
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957) — The Jilting of Superman
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #16 ([January 1958?]) — The Jilting of Superman
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Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008) — The Jilting of Superman
Synopsis
Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else.
44Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Deadline (dog)
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957) — The Sightless Lois Lane
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #15 ([December 1957?]) — The Sightless Lois Lane
Synopsis
Lois is blinded by an experiment.
45Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957) — The Forbidden Box from Krypton
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #17 ([February 1958?]) — The Forbidden Box From Krypton
Synopsis
Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers.
46Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; General Tolek
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Notes
The caption box with the title, appearing at the lower left corner of this cover, has been left completely blank on the reproduction.
47Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Commander Lockwood; Colonel Price; General Tolek (villain); Garnat (villain); other Tyrans (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Marvin Stein , inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957) — The Day the Earth Blew Up
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #3 ([January 1958?]) — The Day the Earth Blew Up
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #80 (June-July 1973) — The Day The Earth Blew Up
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #109 ([May 1974?]) — The Day Earth Blew Up [Chapter 1]
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — The Day the Earth Blew Up
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — The Day the Earth Blew Up [Chapter 1]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Day the Earth Blew Up
Synopsis
At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped. Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica. They call in "men capable of handling the unknown." Ace, Rocky, and Red fly off, picking 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.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
48Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Marvin Stein , inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957) — The Tyrans
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #3 ([January 1958?]) — The Tyrans: Chapter Two
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #80 (June-July 1973) — Chapter Two: The Tyrans
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #109 ([May 1974?]) — The Tyrans Chapter Two
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — The Tyrans [Chapter 2]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Tyrans [Chapter Two]
Synopsis
Two captured Challengers are dropped down a miles-deep airlift. Ace and Rocky find an airshaft and search for miles. They reach a underground city of aliens with an army preparing for invasion. Ace tries to capture a sentry, but the alien anticipates his every move with its computer-like mind. All four Challs are imprisoned with the missing scientists. The aliens are planting charges all over the world to blow away chunks and reduce Earth's mass intending to enslave the human race. Prof realizes the undersea volcano was a test. The Challengers plan to attack when the aliens are at rest.
49Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Marvin Stein , inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #3 ([January 1958?]) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea: Chapter Three
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #80 (June-July 1973) — Chapter Three: The Thing That Came Out of the Sea
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #80 (June-July 1973) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #109 ([May 1974?]) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea Chapter Three
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea [Chapter 3]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Thing That Came Out of the Sea [Chapter Three]
Synopsis
The Challengers hypnotize an alien who leads them to a gravity control room. The team crank the gravity high, pinning the aliens to the ground. Ace and Rocky try to destroy the main detonator. Prof and Red teleport to Washington and alert the military who bring their forces to the battle. Prof is given a wearable minisub and attempts to dismantle the bomb. Underground Ace, Rocky and the two scientists flee a gas attack and gun-cars. Cranking a valve brings raging heat that crisps aliens and slags the bomb detonator. In the Pacific, a claw-machine erupts from the ocean to attack the Navy.
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
50Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood , scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Jack Kirby , scripter (see notes)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Marvin Stein , inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957) — One Minute to Doom
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #3 ([January 1958?]) — One Minute To Doom: Chapter Four
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #80 (June-July 1973) — Chapter Four: One Minute To Doom
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #109 ([May 1974?]) — One Minute to Doom Chapter Four
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — One Minute to Doom [Chapter 4]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — One Minute to Doom [Chapter Four]
Synopsis
On the Pacific island, Red sprays a new secret chemical weapon, a corrosive gas that eats the machine. Soon Ace leads a fleet of bombers to pound what's left of the alien base, and the menace is over. Their only casualty is Prof, who caught a cold diving off the South Pole!
Notes
Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.
51Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- Rosalind Kirby, inker (blacks)
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Notes
Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.
52Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Amos Hunter; VILLAINS: Brommer; Gortz; Karnak, Kraken
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Leonard Starr , inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #12 (January-February 1958) — Menace of the Ancient Vials
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials! Chapter 1
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971) — Menace of the Ancient Vials!
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #84 ([May 1971?]) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials Part 2: The Fire Being Part 3: The Demon From the Depths Part 4: The Deadly Duplicates
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Menace of the Ancient Vials [Chapter 1]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials! [Chapter 1]
Synopsis
Karnak and his men land on an island while trying to escape from the Challengers. There they find Amos Hunter and 5 mysterious vials. The first vial makes two members of the gang into giants.
Notes
Chapter 1. Lettering credit from Rodrigo Baeza via the GCD-chat mailing list, March 2007. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.
53Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Leonard Starr , inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #12 (January-February 1958) — The Fire Being
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials: Chapter 2: The Fire Being!
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971) — Chapter Two: The Fire Being!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — The Fire Being [Chapter 2]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Fire Being! [Chapter Two]
Synopsis
The next vial releases a fiery salamander that begins to burn down the island.
Notes
Chapter 2. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.
54Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Leonard Starr , inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #12 (January-February 1958) — Demon from the Depths
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials: Chapter 3: The Demon From the Depths
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971) — Chapter Three: The Demon From the Depths!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — Demon from the Depths [Chapter 3]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Demon from the Depths [Chapter 3]
Synopsis
The fiery salamander is defeated but the third vial releases a giant octopus creature.
Notes
Chapter 3. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.
55Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Leonard Starr , inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #12 (January-February 1958) — The Deadly Duplicates
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958?]) — The Menace of the Ancient Vials: Chapter 4: The Deadly Duplicates!
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #40 ([December 1963?]) — The Deadly Duplicates
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Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971) — Chapter Four: The Deadly Duplicates!
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Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([July] 2003) — The Deadly Duplicates [Chapter 4]
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Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #Volume 1 ([October] 2006) — The Deadly Duplicates! [Chapter 4]
Synopsis
The fourth vial turns Karnak into 50 copies of himself.
Notes
Chapter 4. Feature continued in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #1.
Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.
56Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
57Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Le Chat Noir (villain); El Claw (villain); Princess Tara
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #21 ([June 1958?]) — Around the World in 80 Minutes
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80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 (October 1964) — Around the World in 80 Minutes
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Giant Flash Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #2 ([January 1965?]) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
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The Super Heroes Monthly (London Editions, 1981 series) v2#1 (October 1981) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Around the World in 80 Minutes
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
Synopsis
Flash must stop crimes around the globe and still return to Central City in time to make his lunch date with Iris.
58Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond](first appearance; origin; villain; later called Dr. Alchemy); Argon (villain); Radon (villain); Krypton (villain); Xenon (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958) — Master of the Elements!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #22 ([July 1958?]) — Master of the Elements
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Flash Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([1965?]) — Master of the Elements!
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Master of the Elements
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Master of the Elements!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Master of the Elements!
Synopsis
Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him.
59Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia , inker
- Joe Giella , inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Notes
This cover reprint is found on page 335; the Table of Contents states page 334, in error.
60Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958) — Giants of the Time-World!
- Also printed
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The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #24 ([September 1958?]) — Giants of the Time-World
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80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 (October 1964) — Giants of the Time World
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Giant Flash Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #2 ([January 1965?]) — Giants of the Time-World!
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Giants of the Time-World!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Giants of the Time-World!
Synopsis
Iris is kidnapped by a UFO and Flash follows her into the fourth dimension where he stops an attack on the Earth.
Notes
This story begins on page 336; the Table of Contents states page 335, in error.
61Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond](villain; origin; formerly Mr. Element); Ben Sniper
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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Synopsis
Mr. Element breaks out of prison and locates the Philosophers Stone, which allows him to transform any element into another.
Notes
This story begins on page 349; the Table of Contents states page 336, in error.
62Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ranger
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #15 (July-August 1958)
63Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ranger [Rick Starr] (Introduction); Jarko; Gurph; Myra Mason; Thaddeus Starr; Cryll; Zandor
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, plotter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton] (script)
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #15 (July-August 1958) — The Great Plutonium Plot
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #8 ([November 1958?]) — The Great Plutonium Plot
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Mighty the 100-Page Comic! (KG Murray (NZ), 1959? series) #8 ([December 1958?]) — The Great Plutonium Plot
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DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #8 (October 1976) — The Great Plutonium Plot
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Super Heroes Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #6 ([June 1977?]) — The Great Plutonium Plot
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Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) (October 1980) — The Great Plutonium Plot
Synopsis
The Space Ranger must stop whoever is robbing space liners for plutonium.
64Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Danaan
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, plotter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton] (script)
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Space Ranger travels to the Sirius system and helps Danaan overthrow the robots that have taken over his world.
65Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Ragnar-Ell
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
66Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; President Thaddeus Starr; Myra Mason (Rick's secretary); Cryll (a shape-shifting alien sidekick); Captain Jones; rebels from Korth near Procyon; Korthan councillors
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, plotter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton] (script)
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #16 (September-October 1958) — The Secret of the Space Monster
- Also printed
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All Favourites the 100-Page Comic! (KG Murray (NZ), 1958? series) #10 ([November 1958?]) — The Secret of the Space Monster
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #10 ([November 1958]) — The Secret of the Space Monster
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Superadventure Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1959 series) 1960-1 (1960-1) — Secret of the Space Monster
Synopsis
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. Cryll's disguises and Space Ranger's use of an old iron cannon to disperse the mirages saves the planet.
67Featuring
- Feature
- Space Ranger
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Cryll; Myra Mason; a Mercurian Oceton hunter; a gang led by the Plutonian Ragnar-Ell; Evan Blanchard (a space archaeologist)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, plotter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton] (script)
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #16 (September-October 1958) — The Riddle of the Lost Race
- Also printed
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Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #9 ([January 1959?]) — Riddle of the Lost Race
Synopsis
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. Finally at the Space Sphinx, they uncover the secret of the The Sacred Jewel of the Sea.
68Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures on Other Worlds
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange
Credits
- Art
- Gil Kane, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
69Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Alanna [aka Allana] (introduction); Sardath (Alanna's father scientist, introduction); inhabitants of Samakand; The Eternals (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [attributed as Edmond Hamilton] (co-plot)
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker
- Joe Giella, inker [attributed]
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
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 while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam.
Notes
See notes at original printing for the creative credits listed.
70Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; citizens of New Ranagar; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana (villains); invaders from Morleen (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [attributed as Edmond Hamilton] (co-plot)
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Frank Giacoia, inker [attributed]
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
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, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, then fades away to Earth.
Notes
See notes at original printing for the creative credits listed.
71Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures on Other Worlds
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna
Credits
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #18 (January-February 1959)
72Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #18 (January-February 1959)
Synopsis
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. The Rannians will perish. He finds the original transfer machine hanging over a bottomless pit. Color streaks tell him the fuel was phosphorous. Scraping matches, he transports himself and Alanna back home, except they're tiny spies. Back on the desolate world, he rallies the Rannians and teleports to Rann. Belt units make the Rannians giants who send the Vrenn packing. And Adam is zapped away to Earth.
73Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; Tak Vall (first appearance; villain); Moora (first appearance; villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #18 (January-February 1959)
Synopsis
Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam. The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. Alanna wants to send 11 - plus Adam! - to isolationist Dys, who may be planning an invasion. Alanna fakes an emergency landing. Tak Vall, Chief Scientist, will plant "KLY" bombs in the dolls and destroy Ranagar. Adam sneaks to find Alanna. He jet-packs after a flier - as (wind-up doll) Alanna is pitched over the Flaming Sea. Alanna sees Adam blown up, but he rushes in. The doll didn't perspire. Adam sent the bomb-dolls into the ocean. At the honors dinner - he's zeta-beamed away!
74Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna
Credits
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #19 (March-April 1959)
75Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Leothric (first appearance; villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #19 (March-April 1959)
Synopsis
Adam Strange is selected to be Rann's champion to face Leothric.
76Featuring
- Feature
- Adam Strange
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; Zakkad (first appearance; villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Sy Barry, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #19 (March-April 1959)
Synopsis
Zakkad sends a magnetic meteor to Rann to draw Adam Strange to his world where he plans to get the secret of teleportation from Adam Strange and use it to conquer the universe.
77Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
78Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter (introduction; origin); Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #20 (May-June 1959) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.
- Also printed
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All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #15 ([September 1959?]) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. Part 2: The Modern Day Cavemen Part 3: The Great Beast Stampede
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.
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Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #118 ([May 1977?]) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. Part 2: The Moder-Day Cavemen Part 3: The Great Beast Stampede
Synopsis
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.
Notes
Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.
79Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #20 (May-June 1959) — Chapter 2: The Modern Day Cavemen
- Also printed
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.
Synopsis
The crooks have hidden the Time Sphere and try to negotiate with Rip to help them find precious minerals to take back and make them rich in the present. In the midst of the discussion, the ledge they are standing on falls away and the bad guys plummet to their apparent doom. With no idea of where the Time Sphere is, Rip and crew have to set up camp for a possibly lengthy stay. But a volcanic eruption exposes the whereabouts of the Time Sphere and also puts it in danger of being destroyed.
Notes
Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.
80Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #20 (May-June 1959) — Chapter 3: The Great Beast Stampede
- Also printed
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974) — Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.
Synopsis
As the time travelers return to the sphere, they hear the crooks, who survived the fall and found a sack full of jewels. Since each sphere can only hold 4 people, Bonnie and Corky return to the present in one, while Rip, Jeff, and the crooks head for the disabled sphere, with the pieces necessary for its repair. Once the repairs are made, and the time travelers escape a dinosaur stampede, the sphere heads for its proper time. But home, the crooks find their sack empty, since one of the immutable laws of time travel is that you can't bring anything back with you from the past.
Notes
Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.
81Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Circe
Credits
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #21 (July-August 1959)
82Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter [Bonnie's kid brother]; Alexander the Great; warriors
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #21 (July-August 1959)
Synopsis
(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. Rip and Bonnie will be executed as spies, but the "great metal bird" (Time Sphere) awes Alexander. The oncoming Persian army is huge, and Alexander would retreat. Rip jumps in a chariot and panics the elephants with a gasoline-soaked scarf. The war is won. Rip's crew find the tablet refers to a missing map!
83Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Circe; (fake) centaurs; Cretan sailors
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #21 (July-August 1959)
Synopsis
Chapter 2. Alexander points the crew to the island of Aeaea, where the tablet came from. They journey. They journey there in 700 BC. Rip and Jeff fall into a pit trap. Circe and her "centaurs" warn them off. But Bonnie and Corky find the "centaurs" wear horse frames covered with skins. Circe is a pretend sorceress to protect her people. Cretan warships arrive. Rip's crew build a dragon lifted by the Time Sphere that breathes acetylene fire, and frighten away the Cretans. Circe points out a carved map and the year Atlantis sank. Bonnie is jealous of Circe's gratitude toward Rip.
84Featuring
- Feature
- Rip Hunter... Time Master
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Aliens from Jexjara; R'Del (Chief Scientist); D'Zar (dictator)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
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- Original
- Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #21 (July-August 1959)
Synopsis
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. Before the planet Jexjara exploded, the alien race split up to find a "New Jexjara". A colony came here, and would move on, but the dictator D'Zar won't allow it - and an earthquake is imminent. Rip shoots a giant earth globe to block the door. The aliens board ships to fly to New Jexjara. Rip's crew saved an alien race and witnessed the destruction of Atlantis - with more great spectacles to come!
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86Credits
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- , line art
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- , typeset
Notes
Advertisements for various books from DC COMICS.
87Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover promotional text with small covers of other Showcase Presents volumes. The text states that 1956 was the year Showcase (DC, 1956 series) was conceived; however, the earliest issues must have been in production no later than 1955.
Notes
Reprints from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1-21.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.