Showcase #58
(September-October 1965)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1965-07-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

Second tryout issue.

On-sale date from ad in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #155 and copyright registration.

The Hunters -- and the Hunted! (Table of Contents)

Enemy Ace / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Characters
Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]
Reprints

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Hunters -- and the Hunted! (Table of Contents: 2)

Enemy Ace / comic story / 23.33 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (sourced)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (sourced)
Inks
Joe Kubert (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Characters
Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]; Lt. Haas; Lt. Krenke
Synopsis
Enemy Ace faces off against the French pilot named "The One-Eyed Cat".
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Enemy Ace continues in Star Spangled War #138.
Story in three parts of 7.67, 7.67, and 8 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Pioneers in the Sky (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The history of the use of guns in airplanes in World War I is recounted. On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Air Force Mottoes / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To symbolize its Parati Ad Agendum (Ready for Action) motto...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Insignias of 364th Fighter Group (Parati ad Agendum) and the 88th Bombardment Group (Power to Shatter) are displayed.

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Nature's Bill of Rights (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Kat Gets Cooled! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

AMT Models; The Kat from AMT / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've looked everywhere for it.
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Pete
Synopsis
Little Pete leaves his model submarine in the tub.

Indexer Notes

On the page between page 16 and page 17 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

80 Page Giant Magazine; Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Aviation Almanac! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
August 29, 1910 --
Genre
non-fiction; war
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Go Full-Throttle with Wen-Mac (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hunters -- and the Hunted!
    Enemy Ace
  2. 1. 40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
    40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
  3. 2. The Hunters -- and the Hunted!
    Enemy Ace
  4. 3. ["Join the fun with G.I. Joe!"]
    G.I. Joe
  5. 4. ["Put your nose to the dot"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  6. 5. Pioneers in the Sky
  7. 6. ["To symbolize its Parati Ad Agendum (Ready for Action) motto..."]
    Air Force Mottoes
  8. 7. ["Be my guest at world's famous amusement park"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. 8. Nature's Bill of Rights
  10. 9. ["What do you have when you cut a Tootsie Pop in half?"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  11. 10. The Kat Gets Cooled!
    AMT Models; The Kat from AMT
  12. 11. ["I've looked everywhere for it."]
    Little Pete
  13. 12. ["See Lois Lane challenge her rivals for Superman in..."]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Lois Lane
  14. 13. ["Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!"]
    Tootsie Roll
  15. 14. ["August 29, 1910 --"]
    Aviation Almanac!
  16. 15. ["10 Issues of Showcase for only $1.00"]
  17. 16. ["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  18. 17. Go Full-Throttle with Wen-Mac
    Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models
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