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Issue: Showcase #78
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #78 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: 09/12/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Only Jonny Double tryout issue. Created by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman. Marv Wolfman in Alter-Ego #113 (October 2012) says that originally Johnny Double was to disguise himself as a potential victim of assignation or murder. That concept later became the Human Target.

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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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Born to Trouble... Jonny Double

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The central drawing of Johnny Double was drawn by Jack Sparling. It first appeared as a promo piece (signed by Sparling) in On The Drawing Board Vol 3, No 4 (aka The Comic Reader #68 [July 1968]). Info per Nick Caputo.
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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Prologue:

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Wilson Twain
Synopsis: In San Francisco, a rich man is beaten in his own house. The goons leave a picture - of Twain dead!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1969 published October 1969
as Møt en detektiv! Møt Johnny Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Meet Jonny Double!.. Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Jonny Double [Jonathan Sebastian Double] (first appearance); landlord; sign painter; Lt. Branigan; goons; Sandy (female cop)
Synopsis: "A down-beat Don Quixote... a once-white knight in counterfeit armor, the poor man's Peter Pan!" Jonny Double, ex-cop and now PI, is awoken only to be ejected by his landlord. Relocating, he gets a call. Mr. Twain has the picture of his twin brother, a syndicate man who was murdered. Jonny demands $200/day, settles for $50, then bums cigarettes and bullets from his contacts asking about the syndicate. He's jumped by goons and pounded, and paid off with a quarter!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1969 published October 1969
as Møt en detektiv! Møt Johnny Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Angel and the Ape [Angel O'Day; Sam Simeon]
First Line: Everybody's go-going ape for... Angel and the Ape
Synopsis: House ad for Angel and the Ape #1, "The Case of the Missing Go-Go Girls!"
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The Adventures of Tigerboy and His Real Tiger Paws

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Feature(s): Tiger Paw Tires
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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Crystal "Crys" Cross (a waitress); Piker (a syndicate man); more goons
Synopsis: Beaten, Jonny gets sympathy from "Crys" Cross, a blonde waitress. Mr. Twain's brother dealt with Piker and Glass, respectable businessmen. Jonny goes to their office, is turned away, but disguises as a janitor to slip in. He eavesdrops on (Piker or Glass) ordering Mr. Twain's death. As for the "peeper", Jonny Double has only "stupid, dumb luck". Then he's spotted, beaten again, and dragged to the roof to be pitched over!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1969 published October 1969
as Møt en detektiv! Møt Johnny Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.5
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Brother Power the Geek
Character(s): The Geek; hippies
First Line: A magazine about today. Make the scene with The Geek...
Synopsis: House ad for The Geek #1
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Joe Kubert Is a Grand Old Name!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Bio of Joe Kubert. Blurb for the first DC Special honoring Carmine Infantino. "Love Finds the Inquiring Fanatic!" article on Angel and the Ape.
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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Chapter 3

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Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Jonny kicks back, and the goon goes over the rail to a fatal fall. More goons pursue. Jonny runs into an amusement park, then the House of Horrors. Running past horror masks, Jonny is trapped in the Hall of Mirrors. The goon shoots wild. "I'll get ya, Double!" Jonny moves in and pounds the goon flat. The barker even shows him automatic pictures taken inside. "Send a set to Lt. Branigan C.O.D, with love and kisses from Jonny Double." The End
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1969 published October 1969
as Møt en detektiv! Møt Johnny Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America; Hawkman: Atom; Green Arrow
First Line: The magic number is 3!
Synopsis: House ad for Justice League of America #67, reprinting initiation stories of Hawkman, Atom, and Green Arrow
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[Meet Jonny Double!..] The End.. Plus One...

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Jonny calls Mr. Twain to collect his fee. "Have to wait until Monday." "Aahh, beans!" And the sign painter demands to get paid, or he'll "take the door with me." Jonny narrates, "I'll show [them]... I won't be a loser all my life! This isn't... The End!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1969 published October 1969
as Møt en detektiv! Møt Johnny Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dolphin
First Line: Webster says: A dolphin is...
Synopsis: Teaser ad for Showcase #79, with Dolphin shown in silhouette
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Creeper
First Line: It's no laughing matter!
Synopsis: House ad for Beware the Creeper #4, "Which Face Hides My Enemy?"
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman
First Line: Two heroes, Batman and Superman -- become two victims in these issues!
Synopsis: House ad for World's Finest #180, "Superman's Perfect Crime"; and Superman #211, "The Name of the Game is... Superman!"
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, black and white

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