Showcase (1956-1978) comic books 1957

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Origin and first appearance of Challengers of the Unknown in The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box (Chapter 1), script by Jack Kirby (plot, script) and Dave Wood (script), pencils by Jack Kirby; 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; First Silver Age hero team and first original concept Silver Age series. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Whistle Magic! fact page by Mort Drucker. Dragon Seed! (Chapter 2), script by Jack Kirby (plot, script) and Dave Wood (script), pencils by Jack Kirby; 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. Moolah the Mystic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Freezing Sun! (Chapter 3), script by Jack Kirby (plot, script) and Dave Wood (script), pencils by Jack Kirby. I Fought the Phantom Planes text story. The Whirling Weaver! (Chapter 4). First Silver Age hero team and first original concept Silver Age series. Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown 64-65. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Kirby. 2nd appearance of Challengers of the Unknown in "Ultivac is Loose!" ULTIVAC Is Loose!, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; 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!" Chapter 2: A Challenger Must Die!, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; 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!" Dead or Alive? filler page with Robert Louis Stevenson. Chapter 3: The Fearful Millions, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby; 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. Moolah the Mystic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Supernatural Sleuths; "Ju-Ju" detectives & the Man with the "Radar Brain" are among those who exploit superstition to make men confess. Chapter 4: The Fatal Prediction, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby. Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown 75. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 2nd appearance of the Flash in "The Secret of the Empty Box!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; 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. Origin and 1st appearance of Capt. Cold in "The Coldest Man on Earth!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; 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. "The Race of Wheel and Keel," script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Harry Lazarus; 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. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Girl in Superman's Past, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino; 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. The New Lois Lane, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Ruben Moreira, inks by Al Plastino; 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. Sleuths In Skirts article. Mrs Superman, script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Lois dreams she's married to Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane). The Jilting of Superman, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else. Danger: Prejudice at Work public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. The Sightless Lois Lane, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Forbidden Box from Krypton, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title!). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Kirby. 3rd apearance of Challengers of the Unknown in The Day the Earth Blew Up, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bruno Premiani; At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped; Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica; They call in "men capable of handling the unknown," and Ace takes the call; He, Rocky, and Red fly; They'll pick 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. Just Imagine story, art by Virgil Finlay. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.