Showcase #95
(October-November 1977)

DC, 1956 Series
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Volume
16
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-07-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067611
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (editor); Vince Colletta (credited) (art director)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #145.

The New Doom Patrol (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-545
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Robotman unchained-- Against the immortal villainy of General Immortus!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol: Celsius [Arani Caulder]; Negative Woman [Valentina Vostock]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Tempest [Joshua Clay]
Reprints

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

Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Origin of Celsius] (Table of Contents: 2)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited as Francisco Chiaramonte)
Colors
Elizabeth Safian (credited as Liz Berube)
Letters
Bill Morse (credited)

Job Number
J-4858
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol: Celsius [Arani Caulder]; The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder] (flashback); Negative Woman [Valentina Vostock]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Tempest [Joshua Clay]
Matthew Cable (cameo); General Immortus (villain); Igor Brunovich (guest appearance)
Synopsis
General Immortus tortures Celsius to find out the secret of immortality serum that flows in her -- a wedding day gift from her husband, Niles Caulder.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #94; story continues in Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #96.

[Get Rich and Famous] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

D. L. Clark Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Discount Magic and Jokes (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

J.A.R. Discounts, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Fun Factory / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

What to Sink Your Teeth into When You're Hungry and You're Not a Werewolf. (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Cooky La Moo Over Broadway (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

You Can Help Superman When You Help the Special Olympics! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]

Indexer Notes

Information about volunteering to help with Special Olympics.
Appears on the second page between page 8 and 9 of the previous story.

Amazing Air Breathing Crazy Crabs (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Transcience Corporation / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Crazy David Says] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Crazy David's Mail Order T-Shirt Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Fantastic 15th Issue (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Make Extra Cash (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Engravaplates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Presenting the Best of DC] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

I'll Pay You $9,785.01 for This Penny! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The Coin Buyer Coins and Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The DC Book Brigade Sale!] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Critic's Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Joe Staton
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-750

Indexer Notes

Brief bios of Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton.

Whatever Happened To..? (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

#19 Julius Schwartz (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

Super Prizes (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Youth Opportunity Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sport a Boy Grows Up with...Shooting a Daisy. (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The New Doom Patrol
    Doom Patrol
  2. 1. ["Happy days at S.L.C."]
    Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
  3. 2. [The Origin of Celsius]
    Doom Patrol
  4. 3. [Get Rich and Famous]
    D. L. Clark Company
  5. 4. Discount Magic and Jokes
    J.A.R. Discounts, Inc.
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Fun Factory
  7. 6. What to Sink Your Teeth into When You're Hungry and You're Not a Werewolf.
    Slim Jim
  8. 7. Cooky La Moo Over Broadway
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  9. 8. You Can Help Superman When You Help the Special Olympics!
    Superman
  10. 9. Amazing Air Breathing Crazy Crabs
    Transcience Corporation
  11. 10. Write Right Now!
  12. 11. [Crazy David Says]
    Crazy David's Mail Order T-Shirt Co.
  13. 12. ["Yes, you can subscribe to your favorite DC comics!"]
  14. 13. Fantastic 15th Issue
    Wonder Woman
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    American Circle Products
  16. 15. Make Extra Cash
    Engravaplates
  17. 16. [Presenting the Best of DC]
  18. 17. I'll Pay You $9,785.01 for This Penny!
    The Coin Buyer Coins and Catalog
  19. 18. Write Right Now!
  20. 19. [The DC Book Brigade Sale!]
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Critic's Corner
  22. 21. Whatever Happened To..?
    DC Publishorial
  23. 22. #19 Julius Schwartz
    DC Profiles
  24. 23. Super Prizes
    Youth Opportunity Sales Club
  25. 24. Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  26. 25. The Sport a Boy Grows Up with...Shooting a Daisy.
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John Censullo
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Ron Sadowski
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore