Showcase #76

(August 1968)

Bat Lash! [Pheasant in Aspic] (Table of Contents)

Bat Lash / comic story / 22.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nick Cardy; Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Bat Lash (intro); a curvaceous cook; townsfolk; cowboys; gunmen

Synopsis:

Bat Lash wears a flower in his hat, loves pretty women and fine food, declares, "I hate violence!" but stumbles into trouble time and again. He flees an angry boyfriend, shoots a pheasant on the way to the town of Welcome. He requests the delicious cook prepare pheasant in aspic, and tours the town procuring supplies, punching, shooting, and clobbering villains at every turn. He's cleaned up the town, and sits to eat his pheasant - which the cook poisoned! She's the mastermind, and Bat graciously escorts her to jail. He rides out, having lost his taste for pheasant.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Bumper Western Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #55 ([May 1973] ?)
• in Showcase Presents: Bat Lash (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([July] 2009)

Indexer Notes

While story pages number through 24, several pages are less than a full page, therefore lowering actual page count. Title taken from page 4 of story.

Continued in Bat Lash #1.

Writers credits are contested for this book - other writers recalled to have worked on this issue include Howie Post, Sheldon Mayer, Carmine Infantino, Joe Orlando, and Denny O'Neil.

This New Aurora Hobby Kit is 33 Years Ahead of Its Time! (Table of Contents)

2001: A Space Odyssey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction; Space

Synopsis:

Ad for the Pan Am Space Clipper from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Superman is Jimmy Olsen's Hangup! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superheroes

Synopsis:

Ad for Jimmy Olsen 80-Page Giant #113, "Shock-filled Anti-Superman Issue!"

Big Mamie Never Lost a Man (Table of Contents)

War / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

War; Modeling

Synopsis:

Ad for Revel model of "Big Mamie", the USS Massachusetts battleship.

Intelsat III Satellite (Table of Contents)

Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Cereal ad

Synopsis:

The Cheerios Kid goes super-space as he flies past the IntelSat III Satellite.

Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park (Table of Contents)

Palisades Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Ad; Superman

Synopsis:

Ad and coupons for Palisades Park, NJ, held aloft by Superman.

The Wonderful World of Comics: Whatever Happened to the Guy Who Us'ta Draw The Flash, or, Carmine WHO??? (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

DC Comics

Synopsis:

"Carmine Infantino is the Editorial Director of National [DC] Comics."