Showcase Presents: Showcase #1

([September] 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front and inside back cover pages.

Showcase Presents Showcase (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page with company credits and indicia information.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 4 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Contents and story credits listing.

[Showcase #1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fire Fighters / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Prentice

Inks

John Prentice

Letters

Ira Schnapp (and logo ?)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Fireman Farrell

Reprints

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

Keywords

firefighters

The Story Behind Showcase (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Larry Blake; National Comics' editor

Synopsis

The genesis of Showcase is explained, having originated with fan Larry Blake's letter.

Reprints

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

The School for Smoke-Eaters (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

John Prentice

Inks

John Prentice

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Fireman Farrell; Red Miller; Clark; Noonan; Fox; Gainer

Synopsis

Fireman Farrell passes his final exam to become a fireman.

Reprints

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

Keywords

firefighter

Fire under the Big Top (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

John Prentice

Inks

John Prentice

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Fireman Farrell; Fire Lieutenant Reiner; Phil Baylor

Synopsis

Fireman Farrell fights a fire at a circus.

Reprints

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

Keywords

circus; elephant; fireman; lion

Fourth Alarm (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

John Prentice

Inks

John Prentice

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Fireman Ferrell; Edgar R. Meadow; Captain Walsh

Synopsis

A TV crew catches the firemen in action and helps influence a vote on fireman pay.

Reprints

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

Keywords

fireman

[Showcase #2] (Table of Contents: 9)

Kings of the Wild / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

adventure; western-frontier; animal

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)

Rider of the Winds! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Eagle Feather (an Indian boy); Godfather (an eagle); Black Lightning (a mountain lion)

Synopsis

In the Old West, Young Eagle Feather is disgraced when Black Lightning, a mountain lion, kills his sheep. He's sent to battle the lion and is helped by Godfather, a mighty eagle.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)

Keywords

American Indian; teepee

Outcast Heroes! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dan; Aunt Jane

Synopsis

An orphan comes West to stay with his Aunt Jane, but is marked as a "bad penny". He finds a friend in a stray dog, and together they rescue Dan's mother during a flood.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)

Keywords

dog; flood; orphan

Runaway Bear (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Billy, a circus bear; a lion; an elephant; a hunter; a park ranger

Synopsis

Billy the Bear was born in the circus, and yearns for adventure. He finds it when knocked off a circus train. Soon he's battling bears and timber wolves while protecting a hunter, and wonders if being free is worth it.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)

Keywords

circus

[Showcase #3] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks

Jerry Grandenetti

Letters

?

Reprints

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

Keywords

frogman; scuba diver

"The Frogmen" Part I The Making of a Frogman! (Table of Contents: 14)

Frogmen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Sardine; Shark; Whale; kids (flashback); Mom (flashback); Drill Instructor; frogmen recruits

Synopsis

A puny guy has volunteered to train as a frogman (USN UDT, precursors to USN SEALs), but is immediately nicknamed "Sardine" by guys called "Shark" and "Whale". He recalls being bullied and coddled as a kid, but looks as if he'll wash out. Then, as the team trains at raft-righting, a shark comes gunning for his teammates, and "Sardine" dives in the way!

Reprints

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

Keywords

depth charge; frogman; Pacific Ocean; Underwater Demolition Team; World War II

Part II of "The Frogmen!" Flying Frogmen (Table of Contents: 15)

Frogmen / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Sardine; Shark; Whale

Synopsis

The team kills the shark, and Sardine and the guys graduate as frogmen. Flying to the Pacific, their DC-4 is shot down, then rammed by a Japapanese cruiser. They're picked up by a PBY. At base, they get their first mission: to destroy an enemy ship menacing a beach landing. They fly in, but bailing out, become targets for Japanese night fighters!

Reprints

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

Keywords

DC-4; frogmen; Japanese Navy; Pacific Ocean; Underwater Demolition Team; World War II

Part III of "The Frogmen!" Silent War! (Table of Contents: 16)

Frogmen / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Sardine; Shark; Whale

Synopsis

The parachuting frogmen hurl TNT and blow up the night fighter. Swimming for the island, they dodge depth-charges. A sub net guards a sub berth. Shark sets a charge on a sub as Sardine and Whale continue with the mission. Then Whale is lost as he fights off Japanese frogmen. Sardine moves on and sinks the targeted cruiser with an explosive charge. And is thrilled to learn Shark and Whale made it. "We can't call that kid Sardine any more!" "Mission completed!"

Reprints

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

Keywords

depth charge; frogmen; Japanese Navy; Japanese submarine; Pacific Ocean; Underwater Demolition Team; World War II

[Showcase #4] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino; Robert Kanigher (cover design)

Inks

Joe Kubert

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

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

Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! (Table of Contents: 18)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Kubert

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's. And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive".

Reprints

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

Keywords

comic book; lightning

The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! (Table of Contents: 19)

Flash / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Kubert

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)

Synopsis

The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash.

Reprints

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

Keywords

time travel

[Showcase #5] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956)

Indexer Notes

The price that originally appeared at the top this cover is absent from the reproduction.

The Greatest Villain of All Time (Table of Contents: 21)

Manhunters / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

Mort Meskin

Letters

?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Lt. Harry Fowler; Sergeant Collins; Ben Gatewood (Producer); Leif Conrad (Director); Danny Tell (Public Relations); Otto Sands (Actor)

Synopsis

A thief is stealing artifacts that recreate roles from famous movies such as "The Mad Maestro" and "Phantom of the City". Only Lt. Harry Fowler, once a Hollywood screenwriter, makes the connection to catch Leif Conrad, driven mad to recreate his roles and become "The Greatest Villain of All Time."

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956)

The Two Faces of Mr. X (Table of Contents: 22)

Manhunters / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Sy Barry

Letters

?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Don Reed; FBI agents; Alex Tate (crime boss); gangsters

Synopsis

Don Reed is a top fashion model. Until the FBI wants him to impersonate Alex Tate, the leader of a crime syndicate. Reed, a former counter-intelligence agent, secretly studies Tate to prepare for the role. The FBI snatches Tate, who laughs the "stooge" will get "the surprise of your life". At the gang HQ, the posing Reed learns Tate was due to undergo plastic surgery to change his face! Forced into the operating room, Reed wraps in bandages and breaks loose with knockout gas to capture the gang.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956)

The Human Eel (Table of Contents: 23)

Manhunters / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Letters

?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Agent Drew; The Human Eel; Zorac; police of many nations

Synopsis

Agent Drew is obsessed with stopping The Human Eel's empire of crime. The Eel wears a special "shock suit" that jolts his enemies into submission. Even Drew suffered a shock, and now has a weak heart, so can't function at heights. He pursues the Eel atop the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Egypt, but gasps for air so the Eel escapes. Finally, in Johannesburg, he disguises as Zorac, the Eel's criminal competitor. Donning an oxygen mask, he mounts a high bridge to confront the Eel and smashes the controls of his "shock suit".

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #5 (November-December 1956)

Keywords

Argentina; Egypt; Eiffel Tower; France; pyramid; South Africa

[Showcase #6] (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Reprints

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

The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter One] (Table of Contents: 25)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ? (plot, script, see notes); Dave Wood ? (script, see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis] (introduction for all, origin); un-named sailors; un-named citizens; Mr. Morelian (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Four heroes are being flown to appear on the radio show "Heroes" when their jet crashes in a storm. Miraculously, all four survive unharmed, even down to a working watch. Since they are "living on borrowed time", they vow to make the best use of it, taking risks to benefit others, challenging the unknown. In their first official case, they are summoned by Morelian, a descendant of Merlin, to open four chambers of a dangerous alchemist's box and "witness things not seen on this Earth since the dawn of Man!"

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

This volume credits Inks to Roz Kirby & Marvin Stein.

First appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown. According to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby historians, Jack Kirby brought the proposal for the Challengers to DC. DC bought the concept and folded it into Showcase. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. This story also looks like Kirby may have inked a few pages on his own.

An epilogue occurs in Secret Origins 12 (1987), when the Challengers are reunited with the box to solve its final mystery.

Chapter Two Dragon Seed! (Table of Contents: 26)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ? (plot, script, see notes); Dave Wood ? (script, see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The Challs relocate the box to a tropical island and draw straws. The first chamber releases a "Dragon's Egg" that hatches a stone giant of legend. It wreaks havoc on ships, even resisting an atom bomb. What to do? While back on the island, Rocky's ready to crack the next chamber.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

Chapter Three The Freezing Sun! (Table of Contents: 27)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon (plot, script, see notes); Dave Wood (script, see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby (blacks); Marvin Stein (see notes)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

Picked up by sailors, Red returns to the island to find the second chamber open and Rocky frozen stiff. The menace is a sentient freezing sun from parts unknown that sucks up all heat, freezing people. Alone, Red cobbles a vacuum chamber and lures the sun inside, trapping it. Meanwhile, out on the water, Prof realizes that, since the Dragon Seed Giant can't be harmed by anything, it must be a thought, so he "thinks" it out of existence. All the while, Morelian flies overhead, watching.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

Chapter Four The Whirling Weaver! (Table of Contents: 28)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon (plot, script, see notes); Dave Wood (script, see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby (blacks); Marvin Stein (see notes)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The third menace is a tube that releases a whirling weaver. Out of control, it spins ribbons that snarl entire cities. The Challs pursue, then discover a dial on the weaver's tube and slow it to a halt. Returning to the island, they find Morelian has opened the fourth chamber for his own selfish reasons. He got a diamond ring of immortality: he'll live forever. Except the inscription on the box is vague, "contained in me, find immortality". Morelian flies off, but his plane stalls and crashes, killing himself and destroying the box. The box granted immortality: the ring was certain death.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

[Showcase #7] (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Reprints

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

ULTIVAC Is Loose [Chapter One] (Table of Contents: 30)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins (first appearance); Felix Hesse (first appearance); ULTIVAC (first appearance)

Synopsis

Felix Hesse, a German scientist, comes pleading to the Challengers to save him from ULTIVAC, "a creature of my own making... but now out of control!" He explains. Interned as a war criminal, he met Floyd Barker, a bank robber. Released, they team to build a giant machine - Suddenly a giant robot hand crashes through the window and seizes Hesse. Spouting propellers, it flies off with Hesse. The Challengers have their next job, "Track down ULTIVAC!"

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

The name ULTIVAC is derived from UNIVAC, considered the first computer.

Chapter Two A Challenger Must Die! (Table of Contents: 31)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The Challengers consult Director June Robbins, computer expert. She deduces radioactive materials have given ULTIVAC super-intelligence. She runs a computation to find their odds, and the card reads, "ULTIVAC WILL FALL WHEN A CHALLENGER DIES!" Meanwhile, Hesse watches ULTIVAC build robot-duplicates of Hesse to fetch supplies. Red and June respond to a lead, sneak onto Hesse's copter, and enter ULTIVAC's lab. But the robot can "DETECT YOUR THOUGHTS!" ULTIVAC senses June is not afraid, and they talk. Until Red smashes a power unit and they flee in the confusion.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Chapter Three The Fearful Millions (Table of Contents: 32)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

Hesse shoots ULTIVAC with a ray gun. The robot falls. Now Hesse and Barker can "make millions". ULTIVAC is clamped and displayed in Yankee Stadium in New York before thousands. But ULTIVAC sends a mental signal to June. The robot breaks free and carries June off. Ace, flying a jet, takes command to "talk terms", but ULTIVAC's vibration beam shatters the plane. The robot dives under the sea with June inside his dome. Prof, master diver, dives, but is slammed by a vibro-beam and captured.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

ULTIVAC's chains, display, and escape with a girl echo King Kong.

Chapter Four The Fatal Prediction! (Table of Contents: 33)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Rosalind Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ? (see notes)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

June argues "ULTIVAC is a scientific marvel". The robot swims out. Ashore, Red shoots while Rocky attaches a magnetic bomb that destroys ULTIVAC. Not. ULTIVAC sent out a decoy. June convinces him "Wars never solve anything!" and ULTIVAC agrees to a televised public hearing, and pledges to help humanity. Hesse blasts ULTIVAC and Rocky - who dies on the operating table, as foretold. June offers to take Rocky's place, and the Challs agree, until Rocky miraculously revives. ULTIVAC ends up a stationary calculating machine, his spark gone, yet "still contributing to man's knowledge".

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

[Showcase #8] (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

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

The Secret of the Empty Box! (Table of Contents: 35)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis

Under cover of fog, a giant mystery box appears in Central City. While the police have their attention on opening the box, a trio of burglars commits robberies around town.

Reprints

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

The Coldest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents: 36)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart](first appearance; origin; villain)

Synopsis

Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages. But once Flash figures out what Captain Cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in.

Reprints

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

The Race of Wheel and Keel (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Harry Lazarus

Letters

?

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Characters

John Butterfield; Harrison

Synopsis

A race between a stagecoach and a clipper ship. The stagecoach leaves from Saint Louis for California and the clipper leaves from New York for California.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)
which is reprinted
• from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #53 (June-July 1950)

Keywords

California; clipper ship; stagecoach

Indexer Notes

The book's Table of Contents does not mention the original publication of this story in All Star Comics.

[Showcase #9] (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

Ira Schnapp (logo design); ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman

Reprints

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

The Girl in Superman's Past (Table of Contents: 39)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Coleman

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

?

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.

Reprints

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

The New Lois Lane (Table of Contents: 40)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

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.

Reprints

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

Mrs. Superman (Table of Contents: 41)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lulu Lyons (introduction)

Synopsis

Lois dreams she's married to Superman.

Reprints

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

[Showcase #10] (Table of Contents: 42)

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

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The price that originally appeared at the top of this cover is absent from the reproduction.

The Jilting of Superman (Table of Contents: 43)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman; Tony Lester

Synopsis

Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else.

Reprints

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

The Sightless Lois Lane (Table of Contents: 44)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Coleman

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Deadline (dog)

Synopsis

Lois is blinded by an experiment.

Reprints

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

Keywords

blindness; seeing eye dog

The Forbidden Box from Krypton (Table of Contents: 45)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)

Synopsis

Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Krypton; kryptonite

[Showcase #11] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; General Tolek

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The caption box with the title, appearing at the lower left corner of this cover, has been left completely blank on the reproduction.

The Day the Earth Blew Up [Chapter One] (Table of Contents: 47)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Marvin Stein ?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

adventure

Characters

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

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, Rocky, and Red fly off, picking 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.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Chapter Two The Tyrans (Table of Contents: 48)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Marvin Stein ?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

Two captured Challengers are dropped down a miles-deep airlift. Ace and Rocky find an airshaft and search for miles. They reach a underground city of aliens with an army preparing for invasion. Ace tries to capture a sentry, but the alien anticipates his every move with its computer-like mind. All four Challs are imprisoned with the missing scientists. The aliens are planting charges all over the world to blow away chunks and reduce Earth's mass intending to enslave the human race. Prof realizes the undersea volcano was a test. The Challengers plan to attack when the aliens are at rest.

Reprints

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

Chapter Three The Thing That Came Out of the Sea (Table of Contents: 49)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Marvin Stein ?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The Challengers hypnotize an alien who leads them to a gravity control room. The team crank the gravity high, pinning the aliens to the ground. Ace and Rocky try to destroy the main detonator. Prof and Red teleport to Washington and alert the military who bring their forces to the battle. Prof is given a wearable minisub and attempts to dismantle the bomb. Underground Ace, Rocky and the two scientists flee a gas attack and gun-cars. Cranking a valve brings raging heat that crisps aliens and slags the bomb detonator. In the Pacific, a claw-machine erupts from the ocean to attack the Navy.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Chapter Four One Minute to Doom (Table of Contents: 50)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Marvin Stein ?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

On the Pacific island, Red sprays a new secret chemical weapon, a corrosive gas that eats the machine. Soon Ace leads a fleet of bombers to pound what's left of the alien base, and the menace is over. Their only casualty is Prof, who caught a cold diving off the South Pole!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. Previous indexer credited Bruno Premiani. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

[Showcase #12] (Table of Contents: 51)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby (blacks)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Reprints

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

Keywords

giant octopi; speed boats

Indexer Notes

Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.

The Menace of the Ancient Vials! Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 52)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Amos Hunter; VILLAINS: Brommer; Gortz; Karnak, Kraken

Synopsis

Karnak and his men land on an island while trying to escape from the Challengers. There they find Amos Hunter and 5 mysterious vials. The first vial makes two members of the gang into giants.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Chapter 1. Lettering credit from Rodrigo Baeza via the GCD-chat mailing list, March 2007. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter Two The Fire Being! (Table of Contents: 53)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The next vial releases a fiery salamander that begins to burn down the island.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Chapter 2. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter 3 The Demon From the Depths (Table of Contents: 54)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The fiery salamander is defeated but the third vial releases a giant octopus creature.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Chapter 3. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter 4 The Deadly Duplicates! (Table of Contents: 55)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Leonard Starr ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis

The fourth vial turns Karnak into 50 copies of himself.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Chapter 4. Feature continued in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #1.

Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

[Showcase #13] (Table of Contents: 56)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

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

Around the World in 80 Minutes! (Table of Contents: 57)

Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

Flash must stop crimes around the globe and still return to Central City in time to make his lunch date with Iris.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Egypt; Eiffel Tower; Mount Everest; Paris France; pyramid; submarine; torpedo

Master of the Elements! (Table of Contents: 58)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond](first appearance; origin; villain; later called Dr. Alchemy); 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.

Reprints

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

[Showcase #14] (Table of Contents: 59)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia ?; Joe Giella ?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

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

Keywords

hourglass

Indexer Notes

This cover reprint is found on page 335; the Table of Contents states page 334, in error.

Giants of the Time-World! (Table of Contents: 60)

Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis

Iris is kidnapped by a UFO and Flash follows her into the fourth dimension where he stops an attack on the Earth.

Reprints

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

Keywords

fourth dimension; hourglass; sound barrier; time barrier; UFO

Indexer Notes

This story begins on page 336; the Table of Contents states page 335, in error.

The Man Who Changed the Earth! (Table of Contents: 61)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond](villain; origin; formerly Mr. Element); Ben Sniper

Synopsis

Mr. Element breaks out of prison and locates the Philosophers Stone, which allows him to transform any element into another.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Philosophers Stone

Indexer Notes

This story begins on page 349; the Table of Contents states page 336, in error.

[Showcase #15] (Table of Contents: 62)

Space Ranger / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Space Ranger

Reprints

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

The Great Plutonium Plot (Table of Contents: 63)

Space Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (plot); Edmond Hamilton (script)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Space Ranger [Rick Starr] (Introduction); Jarko; Gurph; Myra Mason; Thaddeus Starr; Cryll; Zandor

Synopsis

The Space Ranger must stop whoever is robbing space liners for plutonium.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Mars; plutonium; Venus

The Robot Planet (Table of Contents: 64)

Space Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (plot); Edmond Hamilton (script)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Danaan

Synopsis

Space Ranger travels to the Sirius system and helps Danaan overthrow the robots that have taken over his world.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Alpha Centauri; Mount Palomar Observatory; Sirius

[Showcase #16] (Table of Contents: 65)

Space Ranger / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Ragnar-Ell

Reprints

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

The Secret of the Space Monster (Table of Contents: 66)

Space Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (plot); Edmond Hamilton (script)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; President Thaddeus Starr; Myra Mason (Rick's secretary); Cryll (a shape-shifting alien sidekick); Captain Jones; rebels from Korth near Procyon; Korthan councillors

Synopsis

An octopoid space monster terrifies a ship's crew. Rick Starr (The Space Ranger), flying in The Solar King with Myra and Cryll, learn it's a space mirage broadcast by blue-ostrich Korthan rebels out to conquer their planet and Earth. Cryll's disguises and Space Ranger's use of an old iron cannon to disperse the mirages saves the planet.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Ganymede

The Riddle of the Lost Race (Table of Contents: 67)

Space Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (plot); Edmond Hamilton (script)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Cryll; Myra Mason; a Mercurian Oceton hunter; a gang led by the Plutonian Ragnar-Ell; Evan Blanchard (a space archaeologist)

Synopsis

Criminals stole a map to reach the Valley of Ice on Saturn. The Space Ranger, Myra, and Cyrll track a gang from Mars to Saturn to Venus. Finally at the Space Sphinx, they uncover the secret of the The Sacred Jewel of the Sea.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Mars; Mercury; Saturn; Venus

[Showcase #17] (Table of Contents: 68)

Adam Strange; Adventures on Other Worlds / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Gil Kane

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange

Reprints

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

Secret of the Eternal City! (Table of Contents: 69)

Adam Strange / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox; Edmond Hamilton (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella (uncredited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Alanna [aka Allana] (introduction); Sardath (Alanna's father scientist, introduction); inhabitants of Samakand; The Eternals (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Alpha Centauri; Caramanga (an Incan city); Menticizer; Ranagar; Rann (a planet introduction); Vitatron; Zeta-Beam

Indexer Notes

See notes at original printing for the creative credits listed.

The Planet and the Pendulum! (Table of Contents: 70)

Adam Strange / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox; Edmond Hamilton (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Frank Giacoia (uncredited); Joe Giella

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; citizens of New Ranagar; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana (villains); invaders from Morleen (villains)

Synopsis

Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported, not to Rann, but to Anthorann, a neighboring planet. Escaping barbarians and their "Rainbow Doom" (a teleporter), he meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, then fades away to Earth.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Anthorann; Rainbow Doom; Zeta-beam

Indexer Notes

See notes at original printing for the creative credits listed.

[Showcase #18] (Table of Contents: 71)

Adam Strange; Adventures on Other Worlds / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna

Reprints

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

Invaders from the Atom Universe! (Table of Contents: 72)

Adam Strange / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn

Synopsis

Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city! Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. The Rannians will perish. He finds the original transfer machine hanging over a bottomless pit. Color streaks tell him the fuel was phosphorous. Scraping matches, he transports himself and Alanna back home, except they're tiny spies. Back on the desolate world, he rallies the Rannians and teleports to Rann. Belt units make the Rannians giants who send the Vrenn packing. And Adam is zapped away to Earth.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Rann; Zeta-Beam

The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange! (Table of Contents: 73)

Adam Strange / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Tak Vall (first appearance; villain); Moora (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam. The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. Alanna wants to send 11 - plus Adam! - to isolationist Dys, who may be planning an invasion. Alanna fakes an emergency landing. Tak Vall, Chief Scientist, will plant "KLY" bombs in the dolls and destroy Ranagar. Adam sneaks to find Alanna. He jet-packs after a flier - as (wind-up doll) Alanna is pitched over the Flaming Sea. Alanna sees Adam blown up, but he rushes in. The doll didn't perspire. Adam sent the bomb-dolls into the ocean. At the honors dinner - he's zeta-beamed away!

Reprints

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

Keywords

Ranagar; Rann; Zeta-Beam

[Showcase #19] (Table of Contents: 74)

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

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Letters

Ira Schnapp (Adam Strange logo design); ?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna

Reprints

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

Challenge of the Star-Hunter! (Table of Contents: 75)

Adam Strange / comic story / 12.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Leothric (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

Adam Strange is selected to be Rann's champion to face Leothric.

Reprints

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

Keywords

fakir; Indian Rope Trick; Ranagar; Rann; Zeta-Beam

Mystery of the Mental Menace! (Table of Contents: 76)

Adam Strange / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Sy Barry

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Zakkad (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

Zakkad sends a magnetic meteor to Rann to draw Adam Strange to his world where he plans to get the secret of teleportation from Adam Strange and use it to conquer the universe.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Ranagar; Rann; Zeta-Beam

[Showcase #20] (Table of Contents: 77)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter

Reprints

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

Keywords

dinosaur

Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 78)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter (introduction; origin); Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis

Having finished work on Time Sphere II, Rip Hunter and Jeff Smith do a test run back to the mesozoic era. Meanwhile, in the present day, crooks force Bonnie Baxter and her brother Corky to take them to Rip and Jeff in Time Sphere I. Meeting in the past, the crooks have the drop on Rip and crew, until battling dinosaurs separate the good guys from the bad. But when the heroes get back to their Time Sphere, they find it's gone missing.

Reprints

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

Keywords

brontosaurus; dinosaur; pteranodon; Time Sphere; time travel; triceratops

Indexer Notes

Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.

Chapter 2 The Modern-Day Cavemen (Table of Contents: 79)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis

The crooks have hidden the Time Sphere and try to negotiate with Rip to help them find precious minerals to take back and make them rich in the present. In the midst of the discussion, the ledge they are standing on falls away and the bad guys plummet to their apparent doom. With no idea of where the Time Sphere is, Rip and crew have to set up camp for a possibly lengthy stay. But a volcanic eruption exposes the whereabouts of the Time Sphere and also puts it in danger of being destroyed.

Reprints

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

Keywords

dinosaurs; time travel; tyrannosaurus rex; volcano

Indexer Notes

Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.

Chapter 3 The Great Beast Stampede (Table of Contents: 80)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis

As the time travelers return to the sphere, they hear the crooks, who survived the fall and found a sack full of jewels. Since each sphere can only hold 4 people, Bonnie and Corky return to the present in one, while Rip, Jeff, and the crooks head for the disabled sphere, with the pieces necessary for its repair. Once the repairs are made, and the time travelers escape a dinosaur stampede, the sphere heads for its proper time. But home, the crooks find their sack empty, since one of the immutable laws of time travel is that you can't bring anything back with you from the past.

Reprints

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

Keywords

dinosaur; time travel; volcano

Indexer Notes

Textual analysis by Martin O'Hearn and Bob Hughes indicate this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.

[Showcase #21] (Table of Contents: 81)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Circe

Reprints

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

Keywords

centaur

The Secret of the Lost Continent [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 82)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter [Bonnie's kid brother]; Alexander the Great; warriors

Synopsis

(Chapter 1.) Rip has an ancient tablet locating Atlantis, but the last line is obliterated. They journey to Alexandria in 331 BC, because Alexander the Great owned the tablet. Rip and Bonnie will be executed as spies, but the "great metal bird" (Time Sphere) awes Alexander. The oncoming Persian army is huge, and Alexander would retreat. Rip jumps in a chariot and panics the elephants with a gasoline-soaked scarf. The war is won. Rip's crew find the tablet refers to a missing map!

Reprints

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

Keywords

Alexandria; Atlantis; chariot; Time Sphere; time travel

Chapter 2 The Forbidden Island (Table of Contents: 83)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Circe; (fake) centaurs; Cretan sailors

Synopsis

Chapter 2. Alexander points the crew to the island of Aeaea, where the tablet came from. They journey. They journey there in 700 BC. Rip and Jeff fall into a pit trap. Circe and her "centaurs" warn them off. But Bonnie and Corky find the "centaurs" wear horse frames covered with skins. Circe is a pretend sorceress to protect her people. Cretan warships arrive. Rip's crew build a dragon lifted by the Time Sphere that breathes acetylene fire, and frighten away the Cretans. Circe points out a carved map and the year Atlantis sank. Bonnie is jealous of Circe's gratitude toward Rip.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Ancient Greece; Atlantis; centaur; Time Sphere; time travel

Chapter 3 The Doomed Continent (Table of Contents: 84)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Aliens from Jexjara; R'Del (Chief Scientist); D'Zar (dictator)

Synopsis

Chapter 3. The Time Sphere arrives in Atlantis in 14,000 BC, but it's a futuristic space city! Orange aliens shoot ray guns, but the crew is saved by R'Dell's force field. Before the planet Jexjara exploded, the alien race split up to find a "New Jexjara". A colony came here, and would move on, but the dictator D'Zar won't allow it - and an earthquake is imminent. Rip shoots a giant earth globe to block the door. The aliens board ships to fly to New Jexjara. Rip's crew saved an alien race and witnessed the destruction of Atlantis - with more great spectacles to come!

Reprints

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

Keywords

Atlantis; earthquake; Time Sphere; time travel

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