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Issue: Showcase #26
Publication Date: May 1960
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Issues: #26 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: 03/29/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Fourth Rip Hunter appearance.

On-sale date from ad in House of Mystery #98 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In11
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Aliens from 2,000 B.C.!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Great Scott! Creatures from space here on Earth in ancient Egypt!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #26 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What's Wrong with These Pictures?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Aliens from 2,000 B.C. [Chapter 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gdow
First Line: Bite the dust, Jeff!
Synopsis: Rip and his team time-travel to Egypt of 2,000 B.C. and find aliens are producing robots to help them take over the planet. Rip and Jeff destroy the robot factory but Bonnie and Corky are about to be executed by the local Egyptians.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #20 published August 1960
as The Aliens from 2,000 B.C. [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as The Aliens from 2,000 B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #99 (June 1960), Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #116 (May 1960), and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #33 (June 1960).
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A Second Deluge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: One of the greatest catastrophes of nature is the deluge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSerie-nytt [Serienytt] #15/1961 published April 1961
as Föreställ er en andra syndaflod [Story on Interior Page(s)]Just Imagine a Second Deluge
From Content Item: FlagReal Fact Comics #3 published July 1946
was A Second Deluge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Speculative piece about what would happen to mankind should a massive flood engulf the planet.
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Chapter 2: Escape from the Doomed Village

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: This may slow them down...
Synopsis: Rip and Jeff rescue Bonnie and Corky from the Egyptians but crash land the Time Sphere in the sand. They are surprised by aliens sent to Earth to capture the rogue aliens who are just now about to use their remaining robots to attack the village.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #20 published August 1960
as Escape from the Doomed Village (Chapter 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as The Aliens from 2,000 B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #132 (June 1960) and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #279 (May 1960).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Now, Moolah the Mystic, will walk barefooted...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Amazing Archers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Ancient Egypt may not have invented the bow and arrow, but its warriors do deserve the...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Overview of the contributions made by Chaldean warriors and Egyptian warriors to warfare using bows.
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Chapter 3: The War of the Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gdow
First Line: Great scott! Rip's trapped inside one of the alien plasti-bubbles!
Synopsis: A pitched battle between the rogue aliens and their robots versus Rip and his alien allies begins to go badly for Rip’s side. Rip uses the Time Sphere to blow sand into the robots’ joints, disabling them, which gives the alien allies an opportunity to capture the rogues. The aliens leave Earth and Rip and crew head home.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #20 published August 1960
as The War of the Gods [Chapter 3] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master #1 published September 2012
as The Aliens from 2,000 B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Continued in Rip Hunter ... Time Master #1.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Twiddle
First Line: We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #325 published October 1964
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes #1 published February 1973
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #169 published September 1973
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider (photo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Wilson Chemical Co. ad seeking sellers of White Cloverine Brand Salve.
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