Showcase #54
(January-February 1965)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1964-11-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
Stories are not based on the Hasbro G.I. Joe toys.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war

Salute to Courage (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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Battlefield Jury (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed, p. 1); Irv Novick (pp. 2-3)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed, p. 1); Irv Novick (pp. 2-3)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

framing sequence

Blind Night Fighter (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

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

Trik-Trak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Marx Toys / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Cliff-Hanger! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

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

Our Army at War; All American Men of War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Nameless Heroes (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; war

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

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Clean Sweep! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed as RH)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed as RH)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buddy Learns the Secret! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Salute to Courage
  3. 2. The Battlefield Jury
  4. 3. Blind Night Fighter
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Trik-Trak
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Marx Toys
  8. 7. Cliff-Hanger!
  9. 8. ["For the very best..."]
    Our Army at War; All American Men of War
  10. 9. Nameless Heroes
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Matchbox Models
  12. 11. The Clean Sweep!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  14. 13. ["Use coupon below and Showcase will be delivered to you regularly..."]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Superman
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  18. 17. Buddy Learns the Secret!
    Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • J.D. Sebastian
  • Jim Van Dore