Showcase #63
(July-August 1966)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-05-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Jack Miller

Issue Notes

Second appearance of the Inferior Five.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Inferior Five / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
satire-parody; superhero; humor
Characters
Inferior Five [Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather; Dumb Bunny; Merryman]; Man-Mountain
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Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There! (Table of Contents: 1)

Inferior Five / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)
Pencils
Joe Orlando (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (uncredited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
satire-parody; superhero; humor
Characters
Inferior Five [Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather]; The Sparrow; The Speed Demon; The Masked Swastika; The Silver Sorceress; Man-Mountain [Brute Brainard]; Police Chief Geronimo; Doctor Gruesome
Synopsis
The Masked Swastika assembles his old gang, formerly enemies of the Freedom Brigade, and with the help of the Silver Sorceress they are all rejuvenated. Unfortunately, the Brigade is retired and only their children, the Inferior 5, are available to stop the villains.
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Indexer Notes

Jerry Grandenetti credit from Mark Evanier.

Villains are parodies of Marvel's Hulk and Avengers at the time of the this story: Man-Mountain (Hulk); Masked Swastika (Captain America), Sparrow (Hawkeye), Speed Demon (Quicksilver), Silver Sorceress (Scarlet Witch).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Donenfeld (credited)
Letters
typeset

Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy

[Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!] Part II: Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster! (Table of Contents: 4)

Inferior Five / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Joe Orlando; Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
satire-parody; superhero; humor
Reprints

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Job Number
6429
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I always mess up the paint job on my models.
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Idea from Jim Conovan, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!] Part III: Merryman's Last Stand (Table of Contents: 7)

Inferior Five / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Joe Orlando; Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
satire-parody; superhero; humor
Reprints

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

The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Fake letters written by the editor.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Inferior Five
  2. 1. Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!
    Inferior Five
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight
  5. 4. [Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!] Part II: Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster!
    Inferior Five
  6. 5. ["I always mess up the paint job on my models."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  8. 7. [Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!] Part III: Merryman's Last Stand
    Inferior Five
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore