Showcase #104
(September 1978)

DC, 1956 Series
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Volume
17
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-06-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067609
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The O.S.S. feature ran concurrently in G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series).

On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.

[Graves with No Names] (Table of Contents)

OSS / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-4013
Genre
war
Keywords
circuses; clowns

Graves with No Names (Table of Contents: 1)

OSS / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited)
Pencils
Ric Estrada (credited)
Inks
Ric Estrada (credited)
Colors
Bob LeRose (credited)
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited)

Job Number
B-3986?
Genre
war
Characters
The O.S.S. [Control; Casimir (death); Jadwiga; Stanislaw (death); Ignace (death)]; Artur; Nazis
Synopsis
Control enlists circus performers to try to free a Polish resistance leader from a Nazi concentration camp.

Onward and Upward (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The World's Greatest Spy (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B3976
Genre
war
Characters
Bill Donovan

Indexer Notes

An article on Bill Donovan, a real OSS agent. No letters this issue.
After end of first story.

Another Pin-- Another Death! (Table of Contents: 4)

OSS / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (uncredited)
Pencils
Bill Draut (credited)
Inks
Bill Draut (credited)
Colors
Bob LeRose (credited)
Letters
Jean Simek (credited)

Job Number
B-3977
Genre
war
Characters
The O.S.S. [Control (origin, also flashback); Vito De Cicco (death); Dina (intro, death, flashback)]; Nazis
Synopsis
In flashback, Control watches as fellow operative and wife Dina is executed by Nazis rather than reveal secrets of the O.S.S.

Did You Miss Any Of These Fantastic Tabloids? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Friendly Killers! (Table of Contents: 6)

OSS / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as Bob Kanigher)
Pencils
Ric Estrada (credited)
Inks
Ric Estrada (credited)
Colors
Bob LeRose (credited)
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited)

Job Number
B-3978
Genre
war
Characters
The O.S.S. [Control; Davy; Mickey; Molly]; Kapitan Ernst Von Tessler (villain)
Synopsis
Control enlists the aid of Davy and his trained dolphins to set bombs onto the side of a heretofore unsinkable Nazi battleship.

Important Notice! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

The DC Explosion! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

#38 Steve Mitchell (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Graves with No Names]
    OSS
  2. 1. Graves with No Names
    OSS
  3. 2. Onward and Upward
    DC Publishorial
  4. 3. The World's Greatest Spy
    Critic's Corner
  5. 4. Another Pin-- Another Death!
    OSS
  6. 5. Did You Miss Any Of These Fantastic Tabloids?
  7. 6. The Friendly Killers!
    OSS
  8. 7. Important Notice!
  9. 8. The DC Explosion!
  10. 9. ["Q. Has Wonder Woman ever teamed up with Batgirl?"]
    The Answer Man
  11. 10. #38 Steve Mitchell
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore