Showcase #61

(March-April 1966)

Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

This item appears on the inside front cover, in black and white. In the title, the word "You" is underlined.

Beyond the Sinister Barrier! (Table of Contents)

The Spectre / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre; Shathan (villain); Azmodus (flashback)

Synopsis:

The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #17 ([circa 1966-1968])
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
• in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Single picture of The Spectre from page 3, panel 1 is reprinted in The Spectre #10 with a background of a business envelope. May have been used as or intended for use as a letter column head. Source and speculation from Ted Watson via the error-list (October 2007) Credits for script, pencils and inks (all of which are given in the splash panel) confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Story is divided into three parts, with page 6, 16 and 24 being 0.66 each, 6 & 24 each having a house ad beneath, while 16 has Sequence 7.

[By popular demand--the feature you've asked for....] (Table of Contents)

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Promotional capsule descriptions for Blackhawk #219, Hawkman #13, Lois Lane #64, Our Fighting Forces #99, 80 Page Giant--The Flash #160, Sugar and Spike #64, Tales of the Unexpected #94, Star Spangled War Stories #126 and Superboy #128.

Indexer Notes

This feature appears on the bottom half of the page following Sequence 2, p. 6, shared with a paid ad.

[Here are some tips....] (Table of Contents)

Cap's Hobby Hints / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

6365

Content Information

Characters:

Cap

Synopsis:

Formerly the humor cartoon Cap's Hobby Shop, the feature turns serious, here giving some general helpful tips to model enthusiasts. It also asks readers to send in their own, with those whose submissions are depicted receiving $5.00 and the original artwork. The vast majority of subsequent entries would be based on readers' submissions.

Indexer Notes

This item appears on the top half of the page following Sequence 3, with Sequence 5 below it.

Tornado...Cyclone...Hurricane (Table of Contents)

What's the Difference Between-- / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

A description of the distinctions between the three titular weather phenomena.

Indexer Notes

Appears beneath Sequence 4.

Cloud 9 (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Drucker

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mort Drucker

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Synopsis:

Four one-panel gag-cartoons, all involving ghost-like angels on clouds.

Indexer Notes

Follows the page with Sequences 4 & 5, between pages 6 & 7 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation / statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Irwin Donenfeld (signed)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

The annual legal requirement.

Indexer Notes

This appears on the bottom third of the main story's page 16.

[With this second showcasing of The Spectre....] (Table of Contents)

Readers' Rendezvous / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz (?)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

One reader's letter each, after an editorial introduction, on the two Dr. Fate/Hourman team-ups in Showcase #s 55 & 56, and the Starman/Black Canary ones in Brave & Bold #s 61 & 62.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages 16 & 17 of the main story.