Showcase #99
(April 1978)

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Volume
17
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-01-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067604
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Joe Orlando (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #152.

[The Crater That Was Keystone City] (Table of Contents)

Power Girl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Staton (signed as Staton)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as GiORDANO [dotted i])
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-674
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America (JSA)[Power Girl; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; Brain Wave (villain)
Reprints

[Fastest H O Cars at any Price] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Tyco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Crater That Was Keystone City (Table of Contents: 2)

Power Girl / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited)

Job Number
J-5078
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America (JSA)[ Power Girl; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (guest star); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (guest star)]; Brain Wave (villain); Dr. Ginsberg; Andrew Vinson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #98. Power Girl continues in the Justice Society of America feature in All-Star Comics (DC, 1976 series) #72.

[Powerfun! BB & Pellet Guns by Crossman] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Crossman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Satisfy Your Meat Tooth] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Big Fall (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Dollar Comics Action! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stop the Presses! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[Get Rich and Famous] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[Fun Factory] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Fun Factory / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Did You Miss Any of These Fantastic DC Tabloids? (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Fastest Growing Sea-Monkeys of All Time! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Unicorn House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

North America School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (signed as Joe Staton); Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando); Joe Staton (logo)
Inks
Joe Staton (logo)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-878

Indexer Notes

An explanation of the creation of the character Andrew Vinson based on fan Jeff Kapalka at New York's Creation Comic Convention, including sketches of Andrew Vinson by Joe Staton and Joe Orlando.

A Word About the Fight of the Century (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Free Booklet (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Universal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

[Street is Neat.] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Crater That Was Keystone City]
    Power Girl
  2. 1. [Fastest H O Cars at any Price]
    Tyco
  3. 2. The Crater That Was Keystone City
    Power Girl
  4. 3. [Powerfun! BB & Pellet Guns by Crossman]
    Crossman
  5. 4. [Satisfy Your Meat Tooth]
    Slim Jim
  6. 5. ["Remember how many times you felt left out"]
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. The Big Fall
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Superman
  8. 7. Dollar Comics Action!
  9. 8. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
  10. 9. Stop the Presses!
    Direct Currents
  11. 10. [Get Rich and Famous]
    D. L. Clark Company
  12. 11. [Fun Factory]
    Fun Factory
  13. 12. Did You Miss Any of These Fantastic DC Tabloids?
  14. 13. Fastest Growing Sea-Monkeys of All Time!
    Unicorn House
  15. 14. Write Right Now!
  16. 15. These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
    North America School of Drafting
  17. 16. Write Right Now!
  18. 17. ["All new! and in paperback!"]
    NCG Merchandise
  19. 18. ["Strong arms"]
    Mike Marvel
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Critic's Corner
  21. 20. A Word About the Fight of the Century
    DC Publishorial
  22. 21. Free Booklet
    Universal
  23. 22. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  24. 23. [Street is Neat.]
    Monogram Models
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