Showcase #57
(July-August 1965)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1965-05-27
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

First tryout issue.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Killer of the Skies! (Table of Contents)

Enemy Ace / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
war
Characters
Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]
Reprints

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

Fighting Ships / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Killer of the Skies! (Table of Contents: 2)

Enemy Ace / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

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

Genre
war
Characters
Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]; The Hunter (Canadian Ace)
Synopsis
The Enemy Ace faces off against The Hunter, a Canadian Ace, over No-Man's Land.
Reprints
Keywords
biplane; Fokker; Hanriot; Martinsyde; Nieuport; Roland D-II; triplane; World War I

Indexer Notes

Continuing the series previous in Our Army at War.
Story in four parts of 4.67, 4.67, 4.67, and 9 pages.

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

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

Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!" (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis
Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 5 of the main story sequence.

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

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

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

The Brave and the Bold; Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Hawk Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Big State Coins / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Enemy Ace...Killer? --or Hero? (Table of Contents: 9)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the main story sequence.

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

G. I. Combat; Star Spangled War Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Beat Your Dad at Racing! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

AMT Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

10 Issues of Showcase for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Now Rainy Days Can Be Fun Days! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Killer of the Skies!
    Enemy Ace
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Ships
  3. 2. Killer of the Skies!
    Enemy Ace
  4. 3. ["For the very best..."]
    Our Army at War; All American Men of War
  5. 4. Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
    Binky
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold; Teen Titans
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Hawk Models
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Big State Coins
  10. 9. Enemy Ace...Killer? --or Hero?
  11. 10. ["For the very best..."]
    G. I. Combat; Star Spangled War Stories
  12. 11. 40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
    40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
  13. 12. How to Beat Your Dad at Racing!
    AMT Models
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  17. 16. 10 Issues of Showcase for Only $1.00
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  19. 18. Now Rainy Days Can Be Fun Days!
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore