Showcase #20

(May-June 1959)

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

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Inside front cover.

Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Dave Wood

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Ruben Moreira

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Ruben Moreira

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Too many of these winged reptiles for our rifles, Jeff!

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

• in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #15 ([September 1959])
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)
• in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)

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 David Wood rather than Jack Miller.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Schiff

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Bernard Baily

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Bernard Baily

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Ira Schnapp

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It's almost time to go on your baby-sitting job, Betsy.

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Betsy; Bobby

Synopsis

Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated March 1966.

[Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park] (Table of Contents: 5)

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Emmett Kelly

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Prehistoric Fun / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Whee! This is fun!

Genre

humor

Chapter 2: The Modern Day Cavemen (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Dave Wood

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Ruben Moreira

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Ruben Moreira

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A Tyrannosaurus rex... it's attacking Bonnie and Corky!

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

• in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #15 ([September 1959])
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)
• in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)

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.

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Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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I'm a pole-vaulting champ named O'Dwyer and each day I try leaping higher!

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O'Dwyer

Dinosaur Album (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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Millions of years before man was born, the Earth was ruled by beasts so fantastic that they would seem...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #228 (February 1974)

Keywords

allosaurus; brachiosaurus; plesiosaur; pterodactyl; stegosaurus

Beasts That Ruled the Earth (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Flying reptiles with a wingspread of almost 30 feet...

Keywords

allosaurus; archaeopteryx; brontosaurus; diplodicus; mosasaur; plesiosaur; Tyrannosaurus rex

Chapter 3: The Great Beast Stampede (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Dave Wood

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Ruben Moreira

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Ruben Moreira

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The gems! My precious prehistoric gems...

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

• in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #15 ([September 1959])
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #225 (September-October 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)
• in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)

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.

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Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Inside back cover.

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Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover.