Showcase
#61
(March-April 1966)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1966-01-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #28 and copyright registration.
Beyond the Sinister Barrier
The Spectre / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Shathan
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #92 (15 de agosto de 1966) -
in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #17 ([September 1966]) -
in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012) - in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)
-
Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
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!
The Spectre / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Billions of years ago
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Shathan (villain); Azmodus (flashback); a Mongolian Bandit; Andre Voisin; Olive Morell; a window-washer
- Synopsis
- The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal, who uses the power of stolen shadows to cross the dimensional barrier to Earth.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #92 (15 de agosto de 1966)
-
in Spectre (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #1 (avril 1967) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #17 ([September 1966])
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
- in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Gobi desert; Krakatoa; nuclear explosion; Tanguska
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story across 24 pages in three parts of 5.67, 9.67, and 7.67 pages.
Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models!
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Job Number
- 6365
- Genre
- non-fiction
- 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...]
What's the Difference Between-- / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A description of the distinctions between the three titular weather phenomena.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #87 (December 1957)
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #92 (15 de agosto de 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Appears beneath Sequence 4.
Cloud 9
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mort Drucker
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Four one-panel gag-cartoons, all involving ghost-like angels on clouds.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #92 (15 de agosto de 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Follows the page with Sequences 4 & 5, between pages 6 & 7 of the main story.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Irwin Donenfeld (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- The annual legal requirement.
Indexer Notes
This appears on the bottom third of the main story's page 16.
[no title indexed]
Readers' Rendezvous / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With this second showcasing of The Spectre...
- Synopsis
- One reader's letter each from David Anderson, Andrew Fraknoi, Paul Seydor, Leonard Tirado, 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beyond the Sinister Barrier
The Spectre -
1.
Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?
-
2.
Beyond the Sinister Barrier!
The Spectre -
3.
["By popular demand -- the feature you've asked for..."]
Direct Currents -
4.
Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models!
Cap's Hobby Hints -
5.
[Tornado... Cyclone... Hurricane...]
What's the Difference Between-- -
6.
Cloud 9
-
7.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
8.
["With this second showcasing of The Spectre..."]
Readers' Rendezvous
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jason Sacks
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Ted Watson
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