Showcase #44

(May-June 1963)

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Characters:

Jerry; Jerry's father

Synopsis:

Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in black and white.

Tommy Tomorrow -- Wanted for Treason (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks:

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow; Lon Vurian; Commander Hega; General Vurian; General Nordyke; Nkolo

Synopsis:

Tommy agrees to go undercover for the Planeteers, which means he must be convicted as a traitor and escape from prison.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 1

["So these are Earthlings?"] (Table of Contents)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Now! In Their Own Spectacular Book! (Table of Contents)

Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino (ad copy); Ira Schnapp (cover reproduction)

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #1

The Fantastic Dr. Klik (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Lee Elias

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Klik; Lon Vurian; General Nordyke

Synopsis:

Tommy gains the trust of the evil scientist Dr. Klik by going on a dangerous mission to a sub-atomic world. When he returns to Planeteer headquarters to turn over the doctor's plans, he is arrested, and finds that the only person who knows he is working undercover is now in a coma.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 2

Eye in the Sky (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

The Man Who Would Destroy Mars (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Lee Elias

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Klik; Lon Vurian

Synopsis:

Tommy escapes from the Planeteers again and returns to foil Dr. Klik's plans so that he can be exonerated.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 3

["When a star which is barely visible to the naked eye..."] (Table of Contents)

Mysteries in Space! / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints:

• from ?

Statement Required By the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. S. Liebowitz (business manager)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1962
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months; 220,000
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.