Showcase (1956-1978) comic books graded by CGC
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Item #64072695
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 50 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436006
Starts Feb 2 Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. I – Spy, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson (new material). Spy Train starring King Faraday, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; King Faraday, on the trail of a killer, rides the Orient Express, where he meets a movie starlet and a camera-happy tourist; two attempts are made on Faraday's life. Hangman's House starring King Faraday, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072696
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 CGC 8.5
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Paper: White
Label #4646436007
Starts Jan 19 Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072697
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 CGC 8.5
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Paper: White
Label #4646436008
Starts Jan 3 Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64069795
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 CGC 3.0
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4636894005
Starts Dec 15 Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072698
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 56 CGC 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436009
Starts Apr 4 Cover by Murphy Anderson. Doctor Fate and Hourman star in "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate," script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; On a remote dig in the Middle East, archaeologists Kent Nelson (aka Dr. Fate) and his wife Inza discover the fabled Masks of Medusa; These masks supposedly forced the viewers to be overcome with emotions; Their dig a success, the Nelsons return home to an unveiling party hosted by longtime friend Rex Tyler; The Medusa Masks are put on display at the party, with Rex Tylers fiancé Wendi Harris admiring them; However, when a mysterious man lights a cigarette lighter underneath one of the masks, Wendi is filled with the desire to steal the masks; When the rest of the guests notice the theft, the stranger passes the lighter under another mask, and all of the attendees burst into uncontrollable laughter. One-page text feature tells the origin of the original Psycho-Pirate. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072699
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 56 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436010
Starts Jan 26 Cover by Murphy Anderson. Doctor Fate and Hourman star in "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate," script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; On a remote dig in the Middle East, archaeologists Kent Nelson (aka Dr. Fate) and his wife Inza discover the fabled Masks of Medusa; These masks supposedly forced the viewers to be overcome with emotions; Their dig a success, the Nelsons return home to an unveiling party hosted by longtime friend Rex Tyler; The Medusa Masks are put on display at the party, with Rex Tylers fiancé Wendi Harris admiring them; However, when a mysterious man lights a cigarette lighter underneath one of the masks, Wendi is filled with the desire to steal the masks; When the rest of the guests notice the theft, the stranger passes the lighter under another mask, and all of the attendees burst into uncontrollable laughter. One-page text feature tells the origin of the original Psycho-Pirate. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64051680
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 9.0
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4151335004
Starts Jan 3 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072701
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 8.5
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436012
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072700
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 8.0
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436011
Starts Feb 2 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072702
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 61 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436013
Starts Jan 26 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. Beyond the Sinister Barrier!, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Cloud 9 page of cartoons by Mort Drucker. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072703
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 64 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436014
Starts Dec 22 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. 5th appearance of the Spectre inThe Ghost of Ace Chance!, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The ghost of gambler Ace Chance takes over the body of Jim Corrigan, stranding the Spectre without a host. Continues in the Spectre #1. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #63768173
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 73 CGC 8.5
1st app. Creeper
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4610512014
Starts Jan 3 Cover art by Steve Ditko. 1st appearance of the Creeper in The Coming of the Creeper!, script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Segall (Dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; 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 Devlin's society ball; He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz; Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. Ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Meet the Men Behind the Creeper; bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall. Ad for the Enemy Ace, art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Ditko's Hawk and the Dove. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #63635083
Showcase (1956-1978) 96 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4621939012
Starts Jan 3 Cover by Jim Aparo. "Defection!", script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bruce Patterson; The Doom Patrol returns home after their defeat of General Immortus to find a U.S. agent waiting for them in their headquarters; Lt. Matt Cable has been assigned by U.S. Intelligence to apprehend and arrest Russian ex-cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valentina Vostok, aka the new Negative Woman; The Doom Patrol defends their new teammate, and trap Lt. Cable in a locker; Robotman grills Negative Woman on her past, and she leaves; Her exit, though, is interrupted by the Cossack, a Russian agent assigned to bring her in. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.
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