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Issue: Showcase #31
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 01/26/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 2nd Aquaman solo book.

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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Sea Beasts from One Billion, B.C.!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman! We're being attacked by a whole army of prehistoric fish!
Reprinting
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as Showcase #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as Backcover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as cover to Showcase #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photographs)
? (photographs)
typeset
Subject Matter
George Jowett (photo); Jim Norman (photo); John Sill (photo); Tony Pascarella (photo)
Are you skinny like I was?
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Professor Richards; John Cook
Great whirlpools!
John Cook has stolen Professor Richards' ray that will turn a normal fish into a large sea monster.
Reprinting
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various (cover thumbnails)
various (cover thumbnails)
various (cover thumbnails)
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Subject Matter
House of Mystery; My Greatest Adventure; House of Secrets
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Miscellaneous
0.33
House ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #109 (April 1961), My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #54 (April 1961), and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #42 (March 1961).
At bottom of p. 9 of story.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Soapy the Skin Diver
Soapy
I'm anxious to try out my new underwater camera!
Soapy nearly drowns hamming it up for photographs underwater.
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Miscellaneous
1
Between pp. 9-10 of story.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Bern Craig
In every issue you will travel along with Rip and his companions in the amazing sphere that smashes the time barrier...
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Miscellaneous
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House ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #1 (March-April 1961).
Between pp. 9-10 of story.
Don't Sell Nature Short!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
opinion
Bill
Jim asked me to help him at the mayor's meeting Wednesday, the state wants to make that...
A son helps to convince his father that marshland should be preserved as a refuge and not converted into a shopping center.
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Miscellaneous
1
Between pp. 9-10 of story.
Chapter 2: The Creature Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
John Cook
Eeyow! That giant blowfish is blasting this cave to bits!
Aquaman captures John Cook but some of the sea monsters are turned into "future" sea creatures that must be stopped.
Reprinting
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Slim the Skin Diver
Slim
Now to get to work...
Unable to work with other skin divers watching him, Slim puts up a "Danger" sign.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Between pp. 17-18 of story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photos)
? (photos)
? (photos)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Grit Publishing Co. ad seeking sellers for its Grit newspaper.
Between pp. 17-18 of story.
Daredevils of the Deep

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Repton; William Lethbridge; Augustus Siebe; Rouquayrol; Denayrouse
The thrilling story of diving spans a period of thousands of years, and in our...
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Miscellaneous
1
A history of skin diving prior to the invention of the aqualung.
Chapter 3: The Menace of the Future Fish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
John Cook; Professor Richards
Suffering sea snails!
Aquaman and Aqualad put and end to the rampage of the "future" fish and return all the fish to their proper size.
Reprinting
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
Aquaman is able to telepathically command birds.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Jack Schiff listed as the editor.
Floating Tanks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction, war
England, in the last war, developed a "swimming device" which enabled tanks to propel themselves through deep water in...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On last interior page of book.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?; ? (photos)
?; ? (photos)
typeset
Subject Matter
Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Make money
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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