Showcase #79

(December 1968)

If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You.. Try 2 (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern; Brave & Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky; Neal Adams

Inks:

Joe Giella; Neal Adams

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern; Batman; Bork; Flash

Synopsis:

Inside front cover black-white house ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81.

The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms! (Table of Contents)

Dolphin / comic story / 16.667 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]

Pencils:

Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]

Inks:

Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Dolphin (intro); Chief Petty Officer Chris Landau; Seaman 1st Class Ben Harkey; Naval officers and sailors

Synopsis:

US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault. And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom. When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation - because she has gills. With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Her origin is a mystery. As a storm kicks up and the wreck teeters, Chris asks Dolphin to retrieve the documents, but the wreck slips into the abyss. Still, she surfaces smiling. With the mission complete, they'll return to land. Dolphin can't go, and dives overboard - into her world.

Reprints:

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #105 (Circa 1973-1974)

Indexer Notes

1) Full credits on page 1, "Created, written, and illustrated by J. Scott Pike. Edited by Dick Giordano." 2) Story sequence has 2 half pages and 1 two-thirds page, so sequence is 16.667 rather than 18 pages. 3) Dolphin's origin was explored later in AQUAMAN.

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Table of Contents)

Captain Action; Ideal Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys.

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... Superbaby! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Various

Inks:

Various

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Supergirl

Synopsis:

House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman 212, "Adventures as Superbabies!"

The Kid from Atlantis! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Ramona Fradon

Inks:

Ramona Fradon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo

Synopsis:

Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #269 (February 1960)

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the origin of Aqualad. Writer credit of Robert Bernstein by Martin O'Hearn. Jack Miller writer credit removed by Mike Nielsen [6/2007]

The Wonderful World of Comics (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Article on "What's In a Fanzine".

Get in on the Action (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Captain Action

Synopsis:

Inside back cover black-white house ad for Captain Action #2.