The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn]

(1992)

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Frogmen / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

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?

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3 (July-August 1956)

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Challengers of the Unknown / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957)

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Challengers of the Unknown / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #12 (January-February 1958)

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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957)

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Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Frank Giacoia .

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)

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Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)

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Space Ranger / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #15 (July-August 1958)

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Space Ranger / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Bob Brown

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Bob Brown

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #16 (September-October 1958)

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Adam Strange / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #18 (January-February 1959)

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Adam Strange / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Gil Kane

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Gil Kane

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #19 (March-April 1959)

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Rip Hunter...Time Master / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #20 (May-June 1959)

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Rip Hunter...Time Master / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Joe Giella

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #21 (July-August 1959)

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Introduction / text article / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Paul Kupperberg

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typeset

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Fireman Farrell / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)

The Story Behind Showcase (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

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Win Mortimer

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)

The School for Smoke Eaters (Table of Contents)

Fireman Farrell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

John Prentice

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John Prentice

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)

Fire Under the Big Top (Table of Contents)

Fireman Farrell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

John Prentice

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John Prentice

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)

Fourth Alarm (Table of Contents)

Fireman Farrell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

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?

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #1 (March-April 1956)

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Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bob Kanigher

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert

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?

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?

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen] (first appearance, origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (first appearance); The Turtle Man [later The Turtle] (villain)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

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First appearance of Barry Allen as the Flash.

The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert

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?

Letters:

?

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

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Challengers of the Unknown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957)

The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box (Table of Contents)

Challengers of Unknown / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby (plot, script); Dave Wood (script rewrite)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

?; Roz Kirby (black fill-ins)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis] (first appearance, origin); sailors; citizens; VILLAIN: Mr. Morelian (first appearance; dies)

Synopsis:

When four men walk away from a plane crash unharmed, they decide they are now living on borrowed time and vow to use that time challenging the unknown. In their first official case, they are asked by the sorcerer Morelian to open the four chambers of an ancient box. The Challs open the first three chambers, releasing a stone giant created and destroyed by pure thought, a sentient sun that freezes by consuming all nearby heat which Red traps in a vaccuum chamber, and a device that covers things in ribbons of plastic, but which can be controlled by the dial on its container. Before the Challs can open the fourth chamber, Morelian opens it and removes a diamond ring. He points out an inscription on the box which claims the box contains immortality, and takes off with his prize. But Morelian's plane immediately stalls and crashes. The Challs decide that immortality was contained in the box itself, not its contents.

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #6 (January-February 1957), #6 (January-February 1957), #6 (January-February 1957), #6 (January-February 1957)

Indexer Notes

1) Credits updated 10/06 by Bob Hughes. Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories. 2) An epilogue occurs in Secret Origins 12 (1987), when the Challengers are reunited with the box to solve its final mystery. 3) Letters credit from Rodrigo Baeza via the editor e-mail list on March 5, 2007. 4) Learn more about the Challengers at www.challengersoftheunknown.com.

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Sperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957)

The Girl in Superman's Past (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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?

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better. But Superman refuses to fall into their traps.

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The New Lois Lane (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Al Plastino

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?

Letters:

?

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Conners [Con]

Synopsis:

Superman hopes that Lois' constant snooping to find his identity will provide evidence to convince "Con" Conners that he is wrong in believing that Clark Kent is Superman.

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957)

Indexer Notes

artist changed from Ruben Moreira by Bob Hughes 3/06

Mrs. Superman (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

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Al Plastino

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lulu Lyons (introduction)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9 (July-August 1957)

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Challengers of the Unknown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957)

The Day the Earth Blew Up (Table of Contents)

Challengers of Unknown / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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Script:

David Wood

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Bruno Premiani

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?

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Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Commander Lockwood; Colonel Price. Villains: General Tolek; Garnat; other Tyrans

Synopsis:

At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped. Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica. They call in "men capable of handling the unknown". Ace takes the call. He, Rocky, and Red fly. They'll pick up Prof along the way. Off New Guinea, Prof is astounded to find a volcano rising from the sea bed. In the Antarctic, the Challengers snow-tractor toward the mystery spot. The tractor bogs in a snowstorm and needs repairs. Ace and Rocky explore and fall through thin ice! They land on a futuristic bridge. Above, Prof and Red are captured by skinny orange aliens in bubble-suits.

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #11 (November-December 1957)

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Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

Around the World in 80 Minutes (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

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?

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?

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Le Chat Noir (villain); El Claw (villain); Princess Tara

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

Master of the Elements (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond; later Dr. Alchemy](first appearance, origin, villain); Argon (villain); Radon (villain); Krypton (villain); Xenon (villain)

Synopsis:

Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him.

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

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vs. Mr. Element 1st

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Adam Strange / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

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?

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #17 (November-December 1958)

Secret of the Eternal City (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

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Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Rann [planet] (introduction)

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #17 (November-December 1958)

Indexer Notes

origin & 1st appearance Adam Strange

The Planet and the Pendulum (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

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Genre:

science fiction

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #17 (November-December 1958)

Indexer Notes

logo is Adventures on Other Worlds