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Issue: Showcase #47
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #47 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 5th and final Tommy Tomorrow feature in Showcase.

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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Those anti-matter insects explode anything they contact...
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Pages: 1
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Your United Nations at Work

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Synopsis: Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then discovers the bubonic plague in her home village.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Doomsday for Planet Earth Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Planeteers [General Nordyke]; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain)
Synopsis: Maj. Tommy Tomorrow and Maj. Lon Vurian are brought to the Academy of Planetary Sciences, where they are told of an anti-matter cloud that could destroy the entire solar system. They have 10 years to evacuate the 20 billion people from every planet, or find a way to stop the cloud. Maj. Tomorrow leads a crew to investigate the coming cloud, and Maj. Vurian's team seeks a new world on which to relocate. Though the effort is a secret, word somehow leaks to the media.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #95 published January 1964
as Doomsday for Planet Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: This story takes place in the 21st century. The stories in Showcase are prequels to the Tommy Tomorrow tales told in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics.

Sometime between the previous issue and this one, both Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian were promoted from Captain to Major.
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First Line: Try a tongue teaser!
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold
Character(s): Johnny DC
First Line: Here it is, fans--
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: subscription ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series), now featuring hero team-ups; includes cover art from issue #50
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Balancing Act in Space

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: facts about gravity
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Pages: 1
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[Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 2: Nine Worlds Gone Mad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Planeteers [Lieutenant Lewison (villain)]; Gor Dyfo; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (mentioned, villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain); Secretary of the Treasury of Mars; Secretary of the Treasury of Venus
Synopsis: While Maj. Tomorrow tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Maj. Vurian's team first finds an inhospitable planet, then one that seems to welcome them. Professor Xoroth comes up with a plan to create a hole in the center of the anit-matter cloud, which would grow large enough in 10 years to allow the solar system to pass safely through it.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #95 published January 1964
as Nine Worlds Gone Mad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
Disclose Notes: Chapter 2 (story pages 7-17).
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First Line: Shoot-a-basket!
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: We're going to launch this missile tomorrow.
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Pages: 1
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[Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 3: Threading the Planetary Needle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Planeteers [Lieutenant Lewison (villain)]; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain)
Synopsis: Both Maj. Tomorrow's and Maj. Vurian's teams contain a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind, Dr. Loglov, to profit from the dire situation. The scientists activate their device and blast a hole in the center of the anti-matter cloud. Maj. Tomorrow and Maj. Vurian confront Dr. Loglov and trick him into confessing.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #95 published January 1964
as Threading the Planetary Needle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Chapter 3 (story pages 18-25).
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First Line: For party fun!
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: superhero
First Line: The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1
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132 Roman Soldiers

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First Line: Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Make Your Own Monsters

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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