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Issue: Showcase #17
Publication Date: November 1958
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Issues: #17 of 104 Issues (108 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/18/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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The Planet and the Pendulum!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Adventures on Other Worlds [Adam Strange]
Character(s): Adam Strange
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as [Cover - Showcase #17]; The Planet and the Pendulum! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Showcase #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Secret of the Eternal City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Alanna [aka Allana] (introduction); Sardath (Alanna's father scientist, introduction); inhabitants of Samakand; The Eternals (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Across 25 trillion miles of space the planet Rann circles the star-sun Alpha Centauri--surely a strange place to...
Synopsis: An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites, The 100-Page Comic #12 published April 1959
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins #1 published January 1961
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #217 published March 1969
as Secret of the Eternal City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] published April 1980
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins Replica Edition #1 published February 1998
as Secret of the Eternal City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as Secret of the Eternal City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.33
Disclose Notes: Adam wears his civilian work clothes throughout. The story length reflects that two pages of the story are only 2/3 of a page long, with an ad below on each of them.

Though most sources have credited Sachs with the inks to this story, Giacoia and Giella often co-inked stories and this appears to be their work, not Sachs'. The first Adam Strange and Space Rangers stories were worked out in conference, so Ed Hamilton should be given co-plotting credit here.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Guarantee of the Best in Comics Reading

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): House of Secrets; Strange Adventures
Synopsis: House advertisement for Strange Adventures #98 and House of Secrets #14, with covers reproduced.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Look to the Stars!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bob; Ted
First Line: Gosh, Bob, we're lost!
Synopsis: Bob and Ted are "never lost" in the woods, because Bob can navigate by the stars, same as sailors, cowboys, and plane navigators.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following the previous page. Published in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Our Strange Universe!
First Line: Our sun (plus its retinue of planets) is whirling...
Synopsis: Educational facts about space, the sun, and stars.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 15 of the previous story sequence.
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Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, Pons-Winnecke Comet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Curious Comets
First Line: The French astronomer J.C. Jannsen was the first to photograph a comet--Tebutt's Comet of 1881...
Synopsis: Educational info on Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, and the Pons-Winnecke Comet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Three-in-One Star

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
First Line: Alpha Centauri has the distinction of being the nearest star to Earth (excluding, of course, our solar system sun).
Synopsis: Educational information on Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An editor's note on page 5 of "Secret of the Eternal City" refers the reader to this text article.
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The Planet and the Pendulum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): New Ranagar citizens; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana (villains); invaders from Morleen (villains)
First Line: Those alien invaders... shooting space-torpedoes at me--to stop me from...
Synopsis: Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported to Rann, where he is captured by primitive tribesmen, who believe their “Rainbow Doom” device will execute him. However, the device is actually a teleporter which sends him to Rann’s sister planet Anthorann. He meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, inducing the aliens to flee, then fades away to Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #32 published May 1959
as The Planet and the Pendulum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #218 published May 1969
as The Planet and the Pendulum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as The Planet and the Pendulum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as The Planet and the Pendulum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as The Planet and the Pendulum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Planet and the Pendulum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: The ending promises more in the next issue of "Showcase's Adventures on Other Worlds!"

Though most sources have credited Sachs with the inks to this story, Giacoia and Giella often co-inked stories and this appears to be their work, not Sachs'. The first Adam Strange and Space Rangers stories were worked out in conference, so Ed Hamilton should be given co-plotting credit here.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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