Showcase #97
(February 1978)

DC, 1956 Series
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Volume
17
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-11-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067602
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Vince Colletta (credited) (art director); Paul Levitz (credited) (editorial coordinator)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #150 and a house ad in Justice League of America #151.
This issue has variants:

Exploding into Her Own Action-Packed Series! (Table of Contents)

Power Girl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Staton (signed as Staton)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed as Orlando)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-600
Genre
superhero
Characters
Power Girl
Reprints
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Sable Lady (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Power Girl] (Table of Contents: 2)

Power Girl / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Joe Orlando (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-4985
Genre
superhero
Characters
Power Girl (origin); Mr. Irgang; Andrew Vinson (villain); Zor-L (flashback)
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Indexer Notes

Begins Power Girl's origin. Story continues in Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #98. Cameo of many members of the Justice Society of America throughout the run, especially Green Lantern [Alan Scott] and the Flash [Jay Garrick]. Spin-off from the Justice Society of America feature in All-Star Comics (DC, 1976 series).

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

Critic's Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Joe Staton
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-833

Indexer Notes

Letters from Allan Palmer and Bill Dickenson.

Volume 77 Issue 46 - Week of November 14, 1977 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Exploding into Her Own Action-Packed Series!
    Power Girl
  2. 1. Sable Lady
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. [Power Girl]
    Power Girl
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Critic's Corner
  5. 4. Volume 77 Issue 46 - Week of November 14, 1977
    Daily Planet
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