Showcase #47

(November-December 1963)

Your United Nations at Work (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then discovers the bubonic plague in her home village.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Doomsday for Planet Earth Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Planeteers: Major Tommy Tomorrow; Major Lon Vurian (of Venus)
The Planeteers [General Nordyke]; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Maj. Tommy Tomorrow and Maj. Lon Vurian are brought to the Academy of Planetary Sciences, where they are told of an anti-matter cloud that could destroy the entire solar system. They have 10 years to evacuate the 20 billion people from every planet, or find a way to stop the cloud. Maj. Tomorrow leads a crew to investigate the coming cloud, and Maj. Vurian's team seeks a new world on which to relocate. Though the effort is a secret, word somehow leaks to the media.

Reprints

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

Keywords

Academy of Planetary Sciences; Jovians; Operation Noah's Ark; Venusians

Indexer Notes

This story takes place in the 21st century. The stories in Showcase are prequels to the Tommy Tomorrow tales told in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics.

Sometime between the previous issue and this one, both Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian were promoted from Captain to Major.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Balancing Act in Space (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Miller ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

facts about gravity

[Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 2: Nine Worlds Gone Mad (Table of Contents: 6)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Planeteers: Major Tommy Tomorrow; Major Lon Vurian (of Venus)
The Planeteers [Lieutenant Lewison (villain)]; Gor Dyfo; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (mentioned, villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain); Secretary of the Treasury of Mars; Secretary of the Treasury of Venus

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

While Maj. Tomorrow tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Maj. Vurian's team first finds an inhospitable planet, then one that seems to welcome them. Professor Xoroth comes up with a plan to create a hole in the center of the anit-matter cloud, which would grow large enough in 10 years to allow the solar system to pass safely through it.

Reprints

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

Keywords

Jovians; Mars; Martians; parabolic-space-drive; Planet S-1 of Solar System 119; Solar Science Academy; Venus; Venusians

Indexer Notes

Chapter 2 (story pages 7-17).

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Doctor Rocket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're going to launch this missile tomorrow.

Genre

humor

Characters

Doctor Rocket

[Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 3: Threading the Planetary Needle (Table of Contents: 12)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Planeteers: Major Tommy Tomorrow; Major Lon Vurian (of Venus)
The Planeteers [Lieutenant Lewison (villain)]; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Both Maj. Tomorrow's and Maj. Vurian's teams contain a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind, Dr. Loglov, to profit from the dire situation. The scientists activate their device and blast a hole in the center of the anti-matter cloud. Maj. Tomorrow and Maj. Vurian confront Dr. Loglov and trick him into confessing.

Reprints

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #95 ([Circa 1964-1965])

Keywords

Jovians; Venusians

Indexer Notes

Chapter 3 (story pages 18-25).

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Your Own Monsters (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)