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Issue: Showcase #28
Publication Date: September 1960
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Issues: #28 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: 07/28/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Second Sea Devils.

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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Undersea Prison!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Sea Devils #1 published July 2012
as Showcase #28 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: wash cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)
First Line: Don't be held back by a half-a-man body
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Prize Flippers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mr. Dorrance
First Line: A strange contest takes place at the bottom of the sea--as the Sea Devils perform feats which would win them...
Synopsis: The Sea Devils compete with each other to win the flippers that belong to Dane's father. Everyone knows how badly Nicky wants them, so they each disparage their own efforts in the competition, but it turns out that Nicky really does win the contest when he saves everyone's life when a whale smashes their boat.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Sea Devils #1 published July 2012
as The Prize Flippers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The First Frogman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Scyllis; Xerxes
First Line: As a present-day frogman dives beneath the surface of the sea...
Synopsis: Scyllis, a Greek diver in the fifth century B.C., performs great underwater feats.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #437 published July 1974
as The First Frogman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #10/1976 published August 1976
as Den første froskmann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAquaman Album #3 published June 1979
as The First Frogman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Bike Safety = Bike Fun!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
First Line: Can you pass this bike safety test?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Quiz based on the rules of the Bicycle Institute of America. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Undersea Prison!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mona Moray; Professor Moray
First Line: How long can a man plunge to the bottom of the sea, and not be found, before he is presumed lost forever!
Synopsis: The Sea Devils agree to help Mona Moray locate her missing father. They find that the professor has been taken captive by a race of undersea aliens who are planning a larger invasion of Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Sea Devils #1 published July 2012
as Undersea Prison! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.67
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Sea Devils' dockside office and sign: "The Sea Devils / Underwater Troubleshooters / Have Flippers - Will Travel!"
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
First Line: Presenting the greatest Superman stories ever told!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960).
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Big enough for 2-3 kids!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hi, fans of the Sea Devils!
Synopsis: First letters column, with questions about diving from readers and answers from the Sea Devils (as opposed to comments about the comic stories). Includes questions on choosing diving equipment and lessons. The editors asks readers to write to Sea Devils, National Comics Pub, 575 Lexington Ave, New York 22, NY. The logo is a diver giving a lecture to a "school" of mer-people.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Walt Framer (from No. Hollywood, California), Stan Wood (from Atlantic City, New Jersey), George Kastner (from New York City, New York), and Dan Stinson (from Detroit, MIchigan).
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Be My Guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At bottom of p. 16 of second story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: What's wrong here?
Synopsis: Artistic Card Co., Inc.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artistic Card Co., Inc. seeks sellers of their Christmas and all-occasion greeting cards.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Wilson Chemical Co. ad seeking sellers of Cloverine salve.
Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Each gun box contains:
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Josely Co. advertisement.
Back cover.

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