Showcase #47

(November-December 1963)

Your United Nations at Work! (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

Synopsis:

Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then discovers the bubonic plague in her home village.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Doomsday for Planet Earth (Part 1) (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 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; General Nordyke; Professor Xoroth; Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula; Dr. Suvu

Synopsis:

When an anti-matter cloud threatens to destroy the entire solar system, the Planeteers team up with a group of scientists. Tommy leads a crew to investigate the coming cloud, and Lon's team seeks an evacuation plan. Though the effort is a secret, word leaks to the media.

Reprints:

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

Here It Is, Fans (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow; Manhunter from Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny DC

Indexer Notes

subscription ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series), now featuring hero team-ups; includes cover art from issue #50

Balancing Act in Space (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

facts about gravity

Nine Worlds Gone Mad (Part 2) (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 10.67 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; Lon Vurian; Professor Xoroth; Hu Tekaro; Dr. Suvu; Dr. Nudula; Lewison

Synopsis:

While Tommy tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Lon's team first finds an inhospitable planet, then one that seems to welcome them.

Reprints:

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

["We're going to launch this missile tomorrow."] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Rocket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Doctor Rocket

Threading the Planetary Needle (Part 3) (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 7.67 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; Lon Vurian; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Loglov; Lewison; Dr. Suvu; Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula

Synopsis:

Both Tommy's and Lon's teams have a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind to profit from the dire situation, but the scientists figure out a way to keep the anti-matter cloud from destroying everything.

Reprints:

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

The Flashiest News of the Year (Table of Contents)

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert (on main figure)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1