Showcase #48
(January-February 1964)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-11-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor); George Kashdan (editor)

Issue Notes

Seventh Cave Carson appearance; first tryout in this series.

On-sale date from ad in Challengers of the Unknown #36 and copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cave Carson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Calvin "Cave" Carson; Christie Madison; Bulldozer Smith; Molemen

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

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Killers of the Dead-End Maze (Table of Contents: 2)

Cave Carson / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Characters
Johnny Blake (flashback); Cave Carson; Christie Madison; Bulldozer Smith; Lena the Lemur; unnamed French police inspectors; Molemen; Emile Basto
Synopsis
Emile Basto has used hormones from amber-trapped giant prehistoric insects to grow other species to giants to threaten a town in France, but Cave Carson and his crew blow up part of Emile's cavern hideout and thwart his plans.

Indexer Notes

Feature continued from the previous tryouts in The Brave and The Bold.

Story in three parts of 8.67, 6.67, and 8.67 pages.

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Homer / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have a nice week-end, Homer.
Genre
humor
Characters
Homer; a co-worker of Homer's; a spelunking guide
Synopsis
Homer tries spelunking as an outdoor relaxation activity and comes back to work worn out.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 9 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Fred Bronner Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Aurora Model Motoring / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Spelunkers-Under-the-Sea (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Relates various real life spelunking stories of undersea caves.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Gilbert Auto-Rama / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cave Carson
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. Killers of the Dead-End Maze
    Cave Carson
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman
  5. 4. ["Have a nice week-end, Homer."]
    Homer
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Fred Bronner Corporation
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Aurora Model Motoring
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Superman
  10. 9. ["For holiday giving..."]
  11. 10. Spelunkers-Under-the-Sea
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Challengers of the Unknown
  13. 12. 126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
    126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Gilbert Auto-Rama
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