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Issue: Showcase #20
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #20 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: 03/17/1959
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: 1) First Rip Hunter. 2) The last names of Jeff (Smith) and Bonnie and Corky (Baxter) are not given in the four Showcase appearances. 3) The heroes wear street clothes or safari clothes in all four Showcase appearances. The green-red uniforms were finally introduced in Rip Hunter... Time Master #16.

On-sale date from ad in House of Secrets #20 and 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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Cover, Front
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Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rip Hunter; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
First Line: There's only one way to save Bonnie and Corky from this dinosaur!
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: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rip Hunter (introduction, origin); Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
First Line: Too many of these winged reptiles for our rifles, Jeff!
Synopsis: Having finished work on Time Sphere II, Rip Hunter and Jeff Smith do a test run back to the mesozoic era. Meanwhile, in the present day, crooks force Bonnie Baxter and her brother Corky to take them to Rip and Jeff in Time Sphere I. Meeting in the past, the crooks have the drop on Rip and crew, until battling dinosaurs separate the good guys from the bad. But when the heroes get back to their Time Sphere, they find it's gone missing.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #225 published September 1974
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Textual analysis indicates this story was written by David Wood rather than Jack Miller.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Betsy; Bobby
First Line: It's almost time to go on your baby-sitting job, Betsy.
Synopsis: Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated March 1966.
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Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park

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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Character(s): Emmett Kelly
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prehistoric Fun
First Line: Whee! This is fun!
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 2: The Modern Day Cavemen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
First Line: A Tyrannosaurus rex... it's attacking Bonnie and Corky!
Synopsis: The crooks have hidden the Time Sphere and try to negotiate with Rip to help them find precious minerals to take back and make them rich in the present. In the midst of the discussion, the ledge they are standing on falls away and the bad guys plummet to their apparent doom. With no idea of where the Time Sphere is, Rip and crew have to set up camp for a possibly lengthy stay. But a volcanic eruption exposes the whereabouts of the Time Sphere and also puts it in danger of being destroyed.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #225 published September 1974
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Chapter 2 The Modern-Day Cavemen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Textual analysis indicates this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
Character(s): O'Dwyer
First Line: I'm a pole-vaulting champ named O'Dwyer and each day I try leaping higher!
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Pages: 0.33
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Dinosaur Album

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: nature, non-fiction
First Line: Millions of years before man was born, the Earth was ruled by beasts so fantastic that they would seem...
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Pages: 2
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Beasts That Ruled the Earth

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Flying reptiles with a wingspread of almost 30 feet...
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 3: The Great Beast Stampede

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter
First Line: The gems! My precious prehistoric gems...
Synopsis: As the time travelers return to the sphere, they hear the crooks, who survived the fall and found a sack full of jewels. Since each sphere can only hold 4 people, Bonnie and Corky return to the present in one, while Rip, Jeff, and the crooks head for the disabled sphere, with the pieces necessary for its repair. Once the repairs are made, and the time travelers escape a dinosaur stampede, the sphere heads for its proper time. But home, the crooks find their sack empty, since one of the immutable laws of time travel is that you can't bring anything back with you from the past.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #225 published September 1974
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Chapter 3 The Great Beast Stampede [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Textual analysis indicates this story was written by Dave Wood instead of Jack Miller.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Weider
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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