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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]

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Showcase #14 published May 1958
was Giants of the Time-World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Notes: This volume credits Inks to Joe Giella, original index credits Frank Giacoia

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Showcase Presents Showcase

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Notes: Title page with company credits and indicia information.

Table of Contents

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Showcase #1

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Fire Fighters

Character(s): Fireman Farrell

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Showcase #1 published March 1956
was Fire Fighters [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Story Behind Showcase

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Genres: non-fiction

Character(s): Larry Blake; National Comics' editor

Synopsis: The genesis of Showcase is explained, having originated with fan Larry Blake's letter.

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Showcase #1 published March 1956
was The Story Behind Showcase [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The School for Smoke-Eaters

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Fireman Farrell; Red Miller; Clark; Noonan; Fox; Gainer

Synopsis: Fireman Farrell passes his final exam to become a fireman.

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Showcase #1 published March 1956
was The School for Smoke-Eaters [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Fire under the Big Top

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Fireman Farrell; Fire Lieutenant Reiner; Phil Baylor

Synopsis: Fireman Farrell fights a fire at a circus.

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Showcase #1 published March 1956
was Fire under the Big Top [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Fourth Alarm

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Fireman Ferrell; Edgar R. Meadow; Captain Walsh

Synopsis: A TV crew catches the firemen in action and helps influence a vote on fireman pay.

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Showcase #1 published March 1956
was Fourth Alarm [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Showcase #2

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Genres: adventure, western

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Showcase #2 published May 1956
was Rider of the Winds! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Rider of the Winds!

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Genres: adventure, western

Character(s): Eagle Feather (an Indian boy); Godfather (an eagle); Black Lightning (a mountain lion)

Synopsis: In the Old West, Young Eagle Feather is disgraced when Black Lightning, a mountain lion, kills his sheep. He's sent to battle the lion and is helped by Godfather, a mighty eagle.

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Showcase #2 published May 1956
was Rider of the Winds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Outcast Heroes!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Dan; Aunt Jane

Synopsis: An orphan comes West to stay with his Aunt Jane, but is marked as a "bad penny". He finds a friend in a stray dog, and together they rescue Dan's mother during a flood.

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Showcase #2 published May 1956
was Outcast Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Runaway Bear

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Billy, a circus bear; a lion; an elephant; a hunter; a park ranger

Synopsis: Billy the Bear was born in the circus, and yearns for adventure. He finds it when knocked off a circus train. Soon he's battling bears and timber wolves while protecting a hunter, and wonders if being free is worth it.

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Showcase #2 published May 1956
was Runaway Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Showcase #3

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Feature(s): Frogmen

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Showcase #3 published July 1956
was The Frogmen! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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"The Frogmen" Part I The Making of a Frogman!

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Feature(s): Frogmen

Character(s): Sardine; Shark; Whale; kids (flashback); Mom (flashback); Drill Instructor; frogmen recruits

Synopsis: A puny guy has volunteered to train as a frogman (USN UDT, precursors to USN SEALs), but is immediately nicknamed "Sardine" by guys called "Shark" and "Whale". He recalls being bullied and coddled as a kid, but looks as if he'll wash out. Then, as the team trains at raft-righting, a shark comes gunning for his teammates, and "Sardine" dives in the way!

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Showcase #3 published July 1956
was "The Frogmen!" Part I: The Making of a Frogman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Part II of "The Frogmen!" Flying Frogmen

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Feature(s): Frogmen

Character(s): Sardine; Shark; Whale

Synopsis: The team kills the shark, and Sardine and the guys graduate as frogmen. Flying to the Pacific, their DC-4 is shot down, then rammed by a Japapanese cruiser. They're picked up by a PBY. At base, they get their first mission: to destroy an enemy ship menacing a beach landing. They fly in, but bailing out, become targets for Japanese night fighters!

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Showcase #3 published July 1956
was Part II of "The Frogmen!" Flying Frogmen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Part III of "The Frogmen!" Silent War!

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Feature(s): Frogmen

Character(s): Sardine; Shark; Whale

Synopsis: The parachuting frogmen hurl TNT and blow up the night fighter. Swimming for the island, they dodge depth-charges. A sub net guards a sub berth. Shark sets a charge on a sub as Sardine and Whale continue with the mission. Then Whale is lost as he fights off Japanese frogmen. Sardine moves on and sinks the targeted cruiser with an explosive charge. And is thrilled to learn Shark and Whale made it. "We can't call that kid Sardine any more!" "Mission completed!"

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Showcase #3 published July 1956
was Part III of "The Frogmen!" Silent War! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 10

Showcase #4

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]

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Showcase #4 published September 1956
was Presenting The Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's. And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive".

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Showcase #4 published September 1956
was Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 12

The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)

Synopsis: The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash.

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Showcase #4 published September 1956
was The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 10

Showcase #5

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Genres: crime

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Showcase #5 published November 1956
was The Human Eel [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Notes: The price that originally appeared at the top this cover is absent from the reproduction.

The Greatest Villain of All Time

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Lt. Harry Fowler; Sergeant Collins; Ben Gatewood (Producer); Leif Conrad (Director); Danny Tell (Public Relations); Otto Sands (Actor)

Synopsis: A thief is stealing artifacts that recreate roles from famous movies such as "The Mad Maestro" and "Phantom of the City". Only Lt. Harry Fowler, once a Hollywood screenwriter, makes the connection to catch Leif Conrad, driven mad to recreate his roles and become "The Greatest Villain of All Time."

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Showcase #5 published November 1956
was The Greatest Villain of All Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Two Faces of Mr. X

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Don Reed; FBI agents; Alex Tate (crime boss); gangsters

Synopsis: Don Reed is a top fashion model. Until the FBI wants him to impersonate Alex Tate, the leader of a crime syndicate. Reed, a former counter-intelligence agent, secretly studies Tate to prepare for the role. The FBI snatches Tate, who laughs the "stooge" will get "the surprise of your life". At the gang HQ, the posing Reed learns Tate was due to undergo plastic surgery to change his face! Forced into the operating room, Reed wraps in bandages and breaks loose with knockout gas to capture the gang.

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Showcase #5 published November 1956
was The Two Faces of Mr. X [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7.66

The Human Eel

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Agent Drew; The Human Eel; Zorac; police of many nations

Synopsis: Agent Drew is obsessed with stopping The Human Eel's empire of crime. The Eel wears a special "shock suit" that jolts his enemies into submission. Even Drew suffered a shock, and now has a weak heart, so can't function at heights. He pursues the Eel atop the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Egypt, but gasps for air so the Eel escapes. Finally, in Johannesburg, he disguises as Zorac, the Eel's criminal competitor. Donning an oxygen mask, he mounts a high bridge to confront the Eel and smashes the controls of his "shock suit".

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Showcase #5 published November 1956
was The Human Eel [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Showcase #6

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

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Showcase #6 published January 1957
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter One]

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis] (introduction for all, origin); un-named sailors; un-named citizens; Mr. Morelian (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Four heroes are being flown to appear on the radio show "Heroes" when their jet crashes in a storm. Miraculously, all four survive unharmed, even down to a working watch. Since they are "living on borrowed time", they vow to make the best use of it, taking risks to benefit others, challenging the unknown. In their first official case, they are summoned by Morelian, a descendant of Merlin, to open four chambers of a dangerous alchemist's box and "witness things not seen on this Earth since the dawn of Man!"

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Showcase #6 published January 1957
was The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: This volume credits Inks to Roz Kirby & Marvin Stein.

First appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown. According to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby historians, Jack Kirby brought the proposal for the Challengers to DC. DC bought the concept and folded it into Showcase. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. This story also looks like Kirby may have inked a few pages on his own.

An epilogue occurs in Secret Origins 12 (1987), when the Challengers are reunited with the box to solve its final mystery.

Chapter Two Dragon Seed!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The Challs relocate the box to a tropical island and draw straws. The first chamber releases a "Dragon's Egg" that hatches a stone giant of legend. It wreaks havoc on ships, even resisting an atom bomb. What to do? While back on the island, Rocky's ready to crack the next chamber.

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Showcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Two: Dragon Seed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Mark Evanier suspects that Dave Wood may have begun scripting with the second issue and believes this story was scripted by Simon and (mostly) Kirby.

Chapter Three The Freezing Sun!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: Picked up by sailors, Red returns to the island to find the second chamber open and Rocky frozen stiff. The menace is a sentient freezing sun from parts unknown that sucks up all heat, freezing people. Alone, Red cobbles a vacuum chamber and lures the sun inside, trapping it. Meanwhile, out on the water, Prof realizes that, since the Dragon Seed Giant can't be harmed by anything, it must be a thought, so he "thinks" it out of existence. All the while, Morelian flies overhead, watching.

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Showcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Chapter Four The Whirling Weaver!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The third menace is a tube that releases a whirling weaver. Out of control, it spins ribbons that snarl entire cities. The Challs pursue, then discover a dial on the weaver's tube and slow it to a halt. Returning to the island, they find Morelian has opened the fourth chamber for his own selfish reasons. He got a diamond ring of immortality: he'll live forever. Except the inscription on the box is vague, "contained in me, find immortality". Morelian flies off, but his plane stalls and crashes, killing himself and destroying the box. The box granted immortality: the ring was certain death.

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Showcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Showcase #7

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

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Showcase #7 published March 1957
was Ultivac is Loose! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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ULTIVAC Is Loose [Chapter One]

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins (first appearance); Felix Hesse (first appearance); ULTIVAC (first appearance)

Synopsis: Felix Hesse, a German scientist, comes pleading to the Challengers to save him from ULTIVAC, "a creature of my own making... but now out of control!" He explains. Interned as a war criminal, he met Floyd Barker, a bank robber. Released, they team to build a giant machine - Suddenly a giant robot hand crashes through the window and seizes Hesse. Spouting propellers, it flies off with Hesse. The Challengers have their next job, "Track down ULTIVAC!"

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Showcase #7 published March 1957
was Ultivac is Loose! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

The name ULTIVAC is derived from UNIVAC, considered the first computer.

Chapter Two A Challenger Must Die!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The Challengers consult Director June Robbins, computer expert. She deduces radioactive materials have given ULTIVAC super-intelligence. She runs a computation to find their odds, and the card reads, "ULTIVAC WILL FALL WHEN A CHALLENGER DIES!" Meanwhile, Hesse watches ULTIVAC build robot-duplicates of Hesse to fetch supplies. Red and June respond to a lead, sneak onto Hesse's copter, and enter ULTIVAC's lab. But the robot can "DETECT YOUR THOUGHTS!" ULTIVAC senses June is not afraid, and they talk. Until Red smashes a power unit and they flee in the confusion.

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Showcase #7 published March 1957
was Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Chapter Three The Fearful Millions

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: Hesse shoots ULTIVAC with a ray gun. The robot falls. Now Hesse and Barker can "make millions". ULTIVAC is clamped and displayed in Yankee Stadium in New York before thousands. But ULTIVAC sends a mental signal to June. The robot breaks free and carries June off. Ace, flying a jet, takes command to "talk terms", but ULTIVAC's vibration beam shatters the plane. The robot dives under the sea with June inside his dome. Prof, master diver, dives, but is slammed by a vibro-beam and captured.

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Showcase #7 published March 1957
was Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

ULTIVAC's chains, display, and escape with a girl echo King Kong.

Chapter Four The Fatal Prediction!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: June argues "ULTIVAC is a scientific marvel". The robot swims out. Ashore, Red shoots while Rocky attaches a magnetic bomb that destroys ULTIVAC. Not. ULTIVAC sent out a decoy. June convinces him "Wars never solve anything!" and ULTIVAC agrees to a televised public hearing, and pledges to help humanity. Hesse blasts ULTIVAC and Rocky - who dies on the operating table, as foretold. June offers to take Rocky's place, and the Challs agree, until Rocky miraculously revives. ULTIVAC ends up a stationary calculating machine, his spark gone, yet "still contributing to man's knowledge".

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Showcase #7 published March 1957
was Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Although Stein had conversations with Greg Theakston denying he inked any Challengers stories it's possible Stein forgot he worked on them. It also looks like Kirby inked a few pages on his own. Possible Wood script and Kirby revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Showcase #8

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]

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Showcase #8 published May 1957
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The Secret of the Empty Box!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis: Under cover of fog, a giant mystery box appears in Central City. While the police have their attention on opening the box, a trio of burglars commits robberies around town.

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Showcase #8 published May 1957
was The Secret of the Empty Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Coldest Man on Earth!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart](first appearance; origin; villain)

Synopsis: Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages. But once Flash figures out what Captain Cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in.

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Showcase #8 published May 1957
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Pages: 12

The Race of Wheel and Keel

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Genres: historical, western

Character(s): John Butterfield; Harrison

Synopsis: A race between a stagecoach and a clipper ship. The stagecoach leaves from Saint Louis for California and the clipper leaves from New York for California.

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Showcase #8 published May 1957
was The Race of Wheel and Keel [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 3

Notes: The book's Table of Contents does not mention the original publication of this story in All Star Comics.

Showcase #9

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman

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Showcase #9 published July 1957
was Mrs. Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Girl in Superman's Past

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis: Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better. But Superman refuses to fall into their traps.

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Showcase #9 published July 1957
was The Girl in Superman's Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The New Lois Lane

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; "Con" Conners

Synopsis: Superman hopes that Lois' constant snooping to find his identity will provide evidence to convince "Con" Conners that he is wrong in believing that Clark Kent is Superman.

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Showcase #9 published July 1957
was The New Lois Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Mrs. Superman

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lulu Lyons (introduction)

Synopsis: Lois dreams she's married to Superman.

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Showcase #9 published July 1957
was Mrs. Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Showcase #10

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman

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Showcase #10 published September 1957
was The Forbidden Box from Krypton! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Notes: The price that originally appeared at the top of this cover is absent from the reproduction.

The Jilting of Superman

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Tony Lester

Synopsis: Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else.

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Showcase #10 published September 1957
was The Jilting of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Sightless Lois Lane

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Deadline (dog)

Synopsis: Lois is blinded by an experiment.

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Showcase #10 published September 1957
was The Sightless Lois Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Forbidden Box from Krypton

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)

Synopsis: Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers.

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Showcase #11

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; General Tolek

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Showcase #11 published November 1957
was The Day the Earth Blew Up! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Day the Earth Blew Up [Chapter One]

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Commander Lockwood; Colonel Price; General Tolek (villain); Garnat (villain); other Tyrans (villains)

Synopsis: At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped. Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica. They call in "men capable of handling the unknown." Ace, Rocky, and Red fly off, picking up Prof along the way. Off New Guinea, Prof is astounded to find a volcano rising from the sea bed. In the Antarctic, the Challengers snow-tractor toward the mystery spot. The tractor bogs in a snowstorm and needs repairs. Ace and Rocky explore and fall through thin ice! They land on a futuristic bridge. Above, Prof and Red are captured by skinny orange aliens in bubble-suits.

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Chapter Two The Tyrans

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: Two captured Challengers are dropped down a miles-deep airlift. Ace and Rocky find an airshaft and search for miles. They reach a underground city of aliens with an army preparing for invasion. Ace tries to capture a sentry, but the alien anticipates his every move with its computer-like mind. All four Challs are imprisoned with the missing scientists. The aliens are planting charges all over the world to blow away chunks and reduce Earth's mass intending to enslave the human race. Prof realizes the undersea volcano was a test. The Challengers plan to attack when the aliens are at rest.

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Chapter Three The Thing That Came Out of the Sea

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The Challengers hypnotize an alien who leads them to a gravity control room. The team crank the gravity high, pinning the aliens to the ground. Ace and Rocky try to destroy the main detonator. Prof and Red teleport to Washington and alert the military who bring their forces to the battle. Prof is given a wearable minisub and attempts to dismantle the bomb. Underground Ace, Rocky and the two scientists flee a gas attack and gun-cars. Cranking a valve brings raging heat that crisps aliens and slags the bomb detonator. In the Pacific, a claw-machine erupts from the ocean to attack the Navy.

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Showcase #11 published November 1957
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Chapter Four One Minute to Doom

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: On the Pacific island, Red sprays a new secret chemical weapon, a corrosive gas that eats the machine. Soon Ace leads a fleet of bombers to pound what's left of the alien base, and the menace is over. Their only casualty is Prof, who caught a cold diving off the South Pole!

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Showcase #11 published November 1957
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Showcase #12

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

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Showcase #12 published January 1958
was Menace of the Ancient Vials! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Menace of the Ancient Vials! Chapter 1

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Amos Hunter; VILLAINS: Brommer; Gortz; Karnak, Kraken

Synopsis: Karnak and his men land on an island while trying to escape from the Challengers. There they find Amos Hunter and 5 mysterious vials. The first vial makes two members of the gang into giants.

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Notes: Chapter 1. Lettering credit from Rodrigo Baeza via the GCD-chat mailing list, March 2007. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter Two The Fire Being!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The next vial releases a fiery salamander that begins to burn down the island.

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Showcase #12 published January 1958
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Notes: Chapter 2. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter 3 The Demon From the Depths

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The fiery salamander is defeated but the third vial releases a giant octopus creature.

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Notes: Chapter 3. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Chapter 4 The Deadly Duplicates!

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]

Synopsis: The fourth vial turns Karnak into 50 copies of himself.

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was Chapter 4: The Deadly Duplicates! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Notes: Chapter 4. Feature continued in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #1.

Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.

Showcase #13

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]

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Showcase #13 published March 1958
was Around the World in 80 Minutes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Around the World in 80 Minutes!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Le Chat Noir (villain); El Claw (villain); Princess Tara

Synopsis: Flash must stop crimes around the globe and still return to Central City in time to make his lunch date with Iris.

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Master of the Elements!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond](first appearance; origin; villain; later called Dr. Alchemy); Argon (villain); Radon (villain); Krypton (villain); Xenon (villain)

Synopsis: Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him.

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Showcase #14

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]

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Showcase #14 published May 1958
was Giants of the Time-World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Giants of the Time-World!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis: Iris is kidnapped by a UFO and Flash follows her into the fourth dimension where he stops an attack on the Earth.

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The Man Who Changed the Earth!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond](villain; origin; formerly Mr. Element); Ben Sniper

Synopsis: Mr. Element breaks out of prison and locates the Philosophers Stone, which allows him to transform any element into another.

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was The Man Who Changed the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Showcase #15

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): Space Ranger

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Showcase #15 published July 1958
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The Great Plutonium Plot

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr] (Introduction); Jarko; Gurph; Myra Mason; Thaddeus Starr; Cryll; Zandor

Synopsis: The Space Ranger must stop whoever is robbing space liners for plutonium.

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The Robot Planet

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Danaan

Synopsis: Space Ranger travels to the Sirius system and helps Danaan overthrow the robots that have taken over his world.

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Showcase #16

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Ragnar-Ell

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Showcase #16 published September 1958
was The Riddle of the Lost Race [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Secret of the Space Monster

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; President Thaddeus Starr; Myra Mason (Rick's secretary); Cryll (a shape-shifting alien sidekick); Captain Jones; rebels from Korth near Procyon; Korthan councillors

Synopsis: An octopoid space monster terrifies a ship's crew. Rick Starr (The Space Ranger), flying in The Solar King with Myra and Cryll, learn it's a space mirage broadcast by blue-ostrich Korthan rebels out to conquer their planet and Earth. Cryll's disguises and Space Ranger's use of an old iron cannon to disperse the mirages saves the planet.

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The Riddle of the Lost Race

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Space Ranger

Character(s): The Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Cryll; Myra Mason; a Mercurian Oceton hunter; a gang led by the Plutonian Ragnar-Ell; Evan Blanchard (a space archaeologist)

Synopsis: Criminals stole a map to reach the Valley of Ice on Saturn. The Space Ranger, Myra, and Cyrll track a gang from Mars to Saturn to Venus. Finally at the Space Sphinx, they uncover the secret of the The Sacred Jewel of the Sea.

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Showcase #17

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Adventures on Other Worlds

Character(s): Adam Strange

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Showcase #17 published November 1958
was The Planet and the Pendulum! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Secret of the Eternal City!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Alanna [aka Allana] (introduction); Sardath (Alanna's father scientist, introduction); inhabitants of Samakand; The Eternals (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam.

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The Planet and the Pendulum!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; citizens of New Ranagar; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana (villains); invaders from Morleen (villains)

Synopsis: Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported, not to Rann, but to Anthorann, a neighboring planet. Escaping barbarians and their "Rainbow Doom" (a teleporter), he meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, then fades away to Earth.

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Adventures on Other Worlds

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna

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Showcase #18 published January 1959
was The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Invaders from the Atom Universe!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn

Synopsis: Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city! Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. The Rannians will perish. He finds the original transfer machine hanging over a bottomless pit. Color streaks tell him the fuel was phosphorous. Scraping matches, he transports himself and Alanna back home, except they're tiny spies. Back on the desolate world, he rallies the Rannians and teleports to Rann. Belt units make the Rannians giants who send the Vrenn packing. And Adam is zapped away to Earth.

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The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Tak Vall (first appearance; villain); Moora (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis: Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam. The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. Alanna wants to send 11 - plus Adam! - to isolationist Dys, who may be planning an invasion. Alanna fakes an emergency landing. Tak Vall, Chief Scientist, will plant "KLY" bombs in the dolls and destroy Ranagar. Adam sneaks to find Alanna. He jet-packs after a flier - as (wind-up doll) Alanna is pitched over the Flaming Sea. Alanna sees Adam blown up, but he rushes in. The doll didn't perspire. Adam sent the bomb-dolls into the ocean. At the honors dinner - he's zeta-beamed away!

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Showcase #19

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna

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Showcase #19 published March 1959
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Challenge of the Star-Hunter!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Leothric (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis: Adam Strange is selected to be Rann's champion to face Leothric.

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Mystery of the Mental Menace!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Zakkad (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis: Zakkad sends a magnetic meteor to Rann to draw Adam Strange to his world where he plans to get the secret of teleportation from Adam Strange and use it to conquer the universe.

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Showcase #20

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter

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Showcase #20 published May 1959
was Prisoners of 100 Million B.C.! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Prisoners of 100 Million B.C. [Chapter 1]

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter (introduction; origin); Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis: Having finished work on Time Sphere II, Rip Hunter and Jeff Smith do a test run back to the mesozoic era. Meanwhile, in the present day, crooks force Bonnie Baxter and her brother Corky to take them to Rip and Jeff in Time Sphere I. Meeting in the past, the crooks have the drop on Rip and crew, until battling dinosaurs separate the good guys from the bad. But when the heroes get back to their Time Sphere, they find it's gone missing.

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Chapter 2 The Modern-Day Cavemen

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis: The crooks have hidden the Time Sphere and try to negotiate with Rip to help them find precious minerals to take back and make them rich in the present. In the midst of the discussion, the ledge they are standing on falls away and the bad guys plummet to their apparent doom. With no idea of where the Time Sphere is, Rip and crew have to set up camp for a possibly lengthy stay. But a volcanic eruption exposes the whereabouts of the Time Sphere and also puts it in danger of being destroyed.

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Chapter 3 The Great Beast Stampede

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter

Synopsis: As the time travelers return to the sphere, they hear the crooks, who survived the fall and found a sack full of jewels. Since each sphere can only hold 4 people, Bonnie and Corky return to the present in one, while Rip, Jeff, and the crooks head for the disabled sphere, with the pieces necessary for its repair. Once the repairs are made, and the time travelers escape a dinosaur stampede, the sphere heads for its proper time. But home, the crooks find their sack empty, since one of the immutable laws of time travel is that you can't bring anything back with you from the past.

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Circe

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The Secret of the Lost Continent [Chapter 1]

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter [Bonnie's kid brother]; Alexander the Great; warriors

Synopsis: (Chapter 1.) Rip has an ancient tablet locating Atlantis, but the last line is obliterated. They journey to Alexandria in 331 BC, because Alexander the Great owned the tablet. Rip and Bonnie will be executed as spies, but the "great metal bird" (Time Sphere) awes Alexander. The oncoming Persian army is huge, and Alexander would retreat. Rip jumps in a chariot and panics the elephants with a gasoline-soaked scarf. The war is won. Rip's crew find the tablet refers to a missing map!

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Chapter 2 The Forbidden Island

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Circe; (fake) centaurs; Cretan sailors

Synopsis: Chapter 2. Alexander points the crew to the island of Aeaea, where the tablet came from. They journey. They journey there in 700 BC. Rip and Jeff fall into a pit trap. Circe and her "centaurs" warn them off. But Bonnie and Corky find the "centaurs" wear horse frames covered with skins. Circe is a pretend sorceress to protect her people. Cretan warships arrive. Rip's crew build a dragon lifted by the Time Sphere that breathes acetylene fire, and frighten away the Cretans. Circe points out a carved map and the year Atlantis sank. Bonnie is jealous of Circe's gratitude toward Rip.

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Chapter 3 The Doomed Continent

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; Aliens from Jexjara; R'Del (Chief Scientist); D'Zar (dictator)

Synopsis: Chapter 3. The Time Sphere arrives in Atlantis in 14,000 BC, but it's a futuristic space city! Orange aliens shoot ray guns, but the crew is saved by R'Dell's force field. Before the planet Jexjara exploded, the alien race split up to find a "New Jexjara". A colony came here, and would move on, but the dictator D'Zar won't allow it - and an earthquake is imminent. Rip shoots a giant earth globe to block the door. The aliens board ships to fly to New Jexjara. Rip's crew saved an alien race and witnessed the destruction of Atlantis - with more great spectacles to come!

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Notes: Advertisements for various books from DC COMICS.

Showcase Volume 1

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Notes: Back cover promotional text with small covers of other Showcase Presents volumes. The text states that 1956 was the year Showcase (DC, 1956 series) was conceived; however, the earliest issues must have been in production no later than 1955.