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Issue: Showcase #73
Publication Date: March 1968
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Issues: #73 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: 01/23/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Only Creeper tryout issue. 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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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Beware the Creeper

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Showcase Presents the First Smash Hit of '68!
Synopsis: The Creeper runs the rooftops, dodging bullets and tearing wanted posters to sherds.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Wanted by the Underworld [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Coming of the Creeper!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Yatz (death); gangsters; Communist agents; Dr. Clayton Wetley; TV Station Manager; Bill Brane (Chief of Network Security); Major Smej; costume shop owner; Angel Devilin; policemen; Mr. Pell (sponsor)
First Line: The world has more than its share of troublemakers, tormentors, and terrorists! And perhaps not quite enough forces of courage, strength, and justice to combat them.
Synopsis: Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds". Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator. He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for mob boss Angel Devilin’s society ball. He's stabbed and enters Yatz’s cell, locking the door behind him. Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. But Yatz is shot dead. The new "Creeper" goes wild on the villains - and accidentally, cops - laughing like a maniac to scare them. He exposes Devilin, then learns the moleculizer has healed inside. The Creeper will be back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #443 published October 1974
as The Coming of the Creeper!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as The Coming of The Creeper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are 1/2-pages. Story continues in Beware the Creeper #1.
Writing and art credits taken from text article.

Subtle Touch: Much of this story takes place at a costume party at the home of underworld gang boss "Angel Devlin". His costume at the party is a mask and suit that "split him down the middle" as an "angel" and a "devil" (evoking Batman's Two Face) nicely playing on the name "Angel Devlin".
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A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): John Greenley
First Line: It was late October when John Greenley returned from abroad to his old home in Sussex, England, several decades ago.
Synopsis: In Old England, a man sees his ancestor's portrait sometimes varies from holding a wine glass to a dagger, foretelling death in the household.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #25 published April 1954
was Death Dagger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and modified
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: This version has been heavily edited. Panels 3 and 5 of the original version have been omitted. This story appears between pages 4 and 5 of the main story.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1967. Paid circulation: 188,000 (average); 195,000 (nearest). Lower third of page.
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You Too Can Play the "Game"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Starting Jan 9th at your newsdealer
Synopsis: Op Art ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March-April 1968), an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl.
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Pages: 1
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Order by Mail Specials

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items from Dollar Bargains. Between pages 12 and 13 of previous story. Lower half of page.
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Meet the Men Behind the Creeper

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Two men of vast and varied experience combine their best efforts to bring you The Creeper.
Synopsis: Bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall, although Ditko refrained from providing personal information, explaining: "I never talk about myself. My work is me. I do my best, and if I like it, I hope somebody else likes it too." The editor also requests letters for future publication. The piece is uncredited but from the editor’s note is most certainly written by Boltinoff.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 12 and 13 of previous story.
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Returning to the Savage Battle Skies of 1918 -- The Hammer of Hell -- Enemy Ace

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: House ad for the Enemy Ace.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 12 and 13 of previous story.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: Meet the new Barry (Flash) Allen, as he trumpets to the world news of his sheer genius and unequaled brilliance!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In-house promotional feature highlighting the DC comic books on sale January 16 thru January 30, 1968.
January 16: The Spectre #3.
January 18: The Flash #177.
January 25: Justice League of America #61, World's Finest #174.
January 30: Detective Comics #373, Strange Adventures #210, Adventure Comics #366.

The covers of Justice League of America #61 and Detective Comics #373 are reproduced.
Between pages 15 and 16 of previous story.
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Steve Ditko... Like Lightning -- Strikes Again! The Hawk and the Dove

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Ad for Ditko's upcoming The Hawk and the Dove (DC, 1968 series).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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100 pc. Toy Soldiers Set $1.25

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lucky Products ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers, packed in a footlocker-styled storage box. On final interior page of the comic.

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