Showcase #27

(July-August 1960)

Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, look at what Tom Stone is doing--tearing down the posters we've been putting up!

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy; Tom Stone; Mr. Brown; Mr. Stone

Synopsis

Tom learns a lesson about free speech.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Golden Monster! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sea Devils / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed)

Inks

Russ Heath (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Towards a sunken ship four divers make their way!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dane Dorrance; "Dad" Dorrance (in flashback); Judy Walton; Nicky Walton (Judy's kid brother); Biff Bailey; Biff's girlfriend; WWII UDT frogmen and Nazi frogmen; movie producer; weightlifting coach

Synopsis

SCUBA diver Dane Dorrance hopes to earn his Dad's UDT flippers. Judy Walton hopes to land the lead in the movie "Sea Devils". Biff Bailey hopes to prove he's not a "clumsy ox". Nicky Walton hopes to prove he's a man. Working together, they find a sunken galleon and treasure, fight off a shark, octopus, and Godzilla-monster; and discover they really want to be a team of "underwater trouble shooters" called Sea Devils.

Reprints

• in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #66 (1 de marzo de 1961)
• in Aquaman Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #5 ([June 1980])
• in Showcase Presents: Sea Devils (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)

Keywords

frogmen; manta ray; octopus; PT boat; scuba diver; shark; submarine

Indexer Notes

A 1953 movie, "Sea Devils", starred Rock Hudson and Yvonne DeCarlo. The subject was 1800's smuggling and Napoleonic plots, but the title might have inspired the DC comic.

The last panel announces, "More titanic adventures of 'Sea Devils' in the next issue of Showcase!"

Story in three parts of 6, 6, and 14 pages.

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

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The A-B-Seas of Skin Diving! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Almost anyone can become a skin diver...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Synopsis

Information on scuba diving, equipment, mysteries and joys. And "Never dive alone!"

Reprints

• in Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #54 (November-December 1970)
• in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #8 (janvier 1975) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]

Indexer Notes

On the two pages immediately preceding page 7 of the main story sequence.

Monsters of the Seven Seas! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the earliest ages, seafaring men have returned from sea voyages with tales of...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Synopsis

"Many scientists believe that survivors of these strange prehistoric creatures still exist in the depths of the sea... reported as a 'sea serpent'."

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 12 of the main story sequence.

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Dobie Gillis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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