Showcase (1956-1978) comic books graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $695.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: Off white to white Amateur Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Label #21-1D352A2-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 4th appearance of the Flash in "Giants of the Time-World!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Flash, Fastest Man Alive, battles the strongest menace of all time, people who grow bigger every second. Origin of Dr. Alchemy in "The Man Who Changed the Earth!", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; In the previous issue of Showcase, the Flash - after a hectic series of adventures - capture and sent to jail his most formidable foe, Mr. Element!; Now another criminal appears - more bold, more daring, and possessing even greater uncanny than Mr. Element - The Amazing Doctor Alchemy - who to Flash's astonishment turns out to be a two-in-one criminal! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $1,095.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream Label #17-215D9AA-027 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.85) will be charged at checkout.

3rd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. The Secret of the Black Museum!; When a group of spies steal secret plans for a new space plane from Hal Jordan, Green Lantern goes into action to recover them. The Creature That Couldn't Die!; A blob is turned into a giant monster when exposed to cosmic rays; It is up to Green Lantern to stop the destruction. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $98.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-1EAEE22-302 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.94) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Jack Adler. Captives of the Medieval Sorcerer starring Rip Hunter...Time Master, script by Jack Miller, art by Joe Kubert; As a favor to his friend Professor Blakeslee, Rip agrees to take Doctor Senn into the past; The destination is the island kingdom of Rittannia in the year 960; Upon arrival, Senn takes off on his own; While waiting for his return, Rip and his crew are discovered by King Gamina and his guards; Captured, they are taken to the city and thrown into a dungeon; Out of nowhere, Cholorus the Sorcerer appears to ask why the strangers have not been thrown into the Valley of Monsters. Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. Ad for House of Mystery #97, House of Secrets #30, and Tales of the Unexpected #47. From Rocks to Rockets text article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $390.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-077 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Russ Heath. 2nd appearance of Sea Devils in The Prize Flippers!, art by Russ Heath; The Sea Devils compete with each other to win the flippers that belong to Dane's father; Everyone knows how badly Nicky wants them, so they each disparage their own efforts in the competition. The First Frogman, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Scyllis, a Greek diver in the fifth century B.C., performs great underwater feats. Undersea Prison!, art by Russ Heath; The Sea Devils agree to help Mona Moray locate her missing father. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $360.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #17-4085E2E-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Creature King of the Sea starring Aquaman, Aqualad, and Wilo the Wizard, script by Jack Miller, art by Nick Cardy; Aquaman and Aqualad help a diver recover a lost treasure chest hidden by Wilo the Wizard. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $225.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #20-44C7BFA-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.75) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $110.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0AF5128-030 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $180.00 Paper: White Label #21-2F68DFB-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Steve Ditko. Ad for Secret Six #2 and Brave & Bold 78. 1st appearance of the Hawk and the Dove in Prologue (Table of Contents), script by Steve Skeates and Steve Ditko, art by Steve Ditko; At Elmond University, in a small college town, pro-war and peace demonstrators face off; Caught squarely in the middle are Don and Hank Hall, brothers, a "dove" and a "hawk"; They argue about compromise, force, and rights as a riot breaks out and police rush in. Chapter 1, In the Beginning..., script by Steve Skeates (script) and Steve Ditko (plot suggestions), art by Steve Ditko; In a small college town in Elmond County...; In court, Judge Hall senteces Mr. Dargo, a racketeer, to jail; He vows "my boys" will get revenge; In chambers, Don and Hank argue about compromise vs. violence. Angel and the Ape ad. Chapter II, A Voice...a Voice..., script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Steve Skeates (script), art by Steve Ditko; Hank spots "The man who threw the bomb!"; The boys follow into an abandoned building, but are trapped. House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #207, 30th Anniversary Issue, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Neal Adams. Chapter III, The Birds Fly!, script by Steve Skeates (script) and Steve Ditko (plot suggestions), art by Steve Ditko; Costumed, Hawk and Dove burst in on mobsters come to kill Judge Hall in the hospital. Article in which Dick Giordano introduces himself, and The Hawk and the Dove, and the political terms, citing Viet Nam. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $579.00 Paper: White Label #7300883-AB-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Bob Oksner, cover idea by Sergio Aragones. 1st appearance of Angel and the Ape in Angel and the Ape, pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Trumbull, with his leg in a cast, stumbles into O'DAY AND SIMEON, PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS; Angel is a crack PI and judo master; Sam is a gorilla who draws comic books; Sam delivers his latest art to Stan Bragg, publisher at BRAINPIX PUBLICATION, INC. Angel protects Trumbull from kidnapping, but they're nabbed; continues in Angel and the Ape #1. Ad for Lois Lane #86, an 80-Page Giant. Ad for Enemy Ace in Star Spangled War Stories. One-page "Wonderful World of Comics" text feature reviews Star-Studded Comics fanzine (the great publication by Larry Herndon and mycomocshop.com owner Buddy Saunders) and miscellaneous news. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $325.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-0692A42-490 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81. 1st appearance of Dolphin in The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!, script and art by Jay Scott Pike; US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault; And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom; When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation--because she has gills; With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #212. The Kid from Atlantis!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish; Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick. Article on "What's In a Fanzine." Ad for Captain Action #2, art by Gil Kane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $110.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #22-0D9A2D6-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.30) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Neal Adams. 1st Silver Age appearance of the Phantom Stranger in "Men Call Me the Phantom Stranger," script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Bill Draut; Children huddle around a candle in a cave, talking about a "curse" that is about to hit the city; The Phantom Stranger appears, and hopes to puts the children at ease with a story. "The Three Signs of Evil...", script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino; In Columbus Circle in New York City, a group of sorcerers gather to make use of the full moonlight, using symbols on a board; Artist Mark Davis comes passing by, and unknowingly sketches out the symbols as his newest work of art; When the Stranger takes a look at Davis painting, he realizes that the symbols represent Columbus Circle, Times Square, and Washington Square. "I Talked with the Dead!", pencils by Leonard Starr, inks by Leonard Starr and Wayne Howard (traced & re-inked original); Before his fathers death, Dr. Thirteen made a deal that they would meet up five years after his death; If ghosts were real, then this would prove it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $94.99 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Sig: Joe Stanton on 3/22/2019 Newsstand Edition Label #19-1247D7A-031 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Joe Orlando. "Power Girl," script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton inks by Joe Orlando; Power Girl breaks through the roof of Gotham Citys Central Electronics factory, interrupting a robbery in progress; The thieves boss is looking for the micro-transformers produced by Central, and claims that even Power Girl cant stop them; Power Girl goes about proving them wrong, by taking out three of the four high-tech thieves; A ricocheting bullet delays Power Girl from apprehending the fourth thief, who flees the scene; The thief uses a high-tech escape vehicle, and takes a detour through the Gotham City Rail Line; This barely slows Power Girl down, who catches up to the thief, and disarms his explosive suicide jacket; Power Girl relaxes outside the city, thinking back on her life; She remembers her life on Argo City, when Zor-L and Allura, her parents, put her in an escape pod to escape Argo Citys death; Her rocket sent her to Earth, to become Power Girl; After calming down from her trip down memory lane, she returns to Gotham. Batman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Sable Lady." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $75.00 Paper: White Label #7500707-AA-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "When the Symbioship Strikes!", script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano; Power Girl is under attack from Andrew Vinson, trapped in an armored suit; Power Girl recognizes the suit, and gives it a solid punch; However, instead of damaging the suit, Power Girl hurts Vinson; As the G.C.P.D. distracts the suit, Power Girl uses a trick learned by Wildcat, and pins the suit long enough to remove Vinson from it; Once Vinson is removed, the armor transforms into a spaceship; Power Girl reveals that it is the spaceship that brought her from Krypton to Earth; We find out that while Power Girl was being carried from Krypton to Earth, the ship created a virtual environment for her to live in; The ship, called a "Symbioship," taught Power Girl everything she needed to know to grow from toddler to twenty years of age. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $75.00 Paper: White Label #7500707-AA-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Crater That Was Keystone City," script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano; As Power Girl adopts the secret identity of Karen Starr to better fit in on Earth, Brainwave uses a computer to transport Keystone City into a limbo dimension; Power Girl appears at Brainwaves new headquarters, the former laboratory of Jay Garrick that is stuck in limbo along with the rest of Keystone City; Brainwave has captured the Flash Jay Garrick and the Green Lantern Alan Scott, encasing both of them in spheres designed to hold them; Power Girl also appears in a sphere which is designed to withstand her strength. Article explaining the creation of the character Andrew Vinson based on fan Jeff Kapalka at New York's Creation Comic Convention, including sketches of Andrew Vinson by Joe Staton and Joe Orlando. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $68.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Sigs: Joe Staton & Paul Levitz on 9/3/2016. Label #17-010C0E0-033 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.04) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Crater That Was Keystone City," script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano; As Power Girl adopts the secret identity of Karen Starr to better fit in on Earth, Brainwave uses a computer to transport Keystone City into a limbo dimension; Power Girl appears at Brainwaves new headquarters, the former laboratory of Jay Garrick that is stuck in limbo along with the rest of Keystone City; Brainwave has captured the Flash Jay Garrick and the Green Lantern Alan Scott, encasing both of them in spheres designed to hold them; Power Girl also appears in a sphere which is designed to withstand her strength. Article explaining the creation of the character Andrew Vinson based on fan Jeff Kapalka at New York's Creation Comic Convention, including sketches of Andrew Vinson by Joe Staton and Joe Orlando. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $98.00 Paper: White Label #7500706-AA-019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.94) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "There Shall Come a Gathering," script by Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton; Some unknown force is disrupting the fabric of time and pulling the Earth out of orbit; Volcanoes explode, dinosaurs rampage, and heroes from all times pop up everywhere; Green Lantern, Atom, Flash, and Adam Strange fly to an orbiting spaceship and battle gold robots. Lois Lane, Creeper, and the Challengers fly to the Rocky Mountains to crack a big green alien box; Metal Men and Teen Titans quash Vikings and Nazis; Phantom Stranger gathers heroes and holds a seance to summon the Spectre; together they return the Earth to its orbit; Lois Lane and Angel O'Day repel the alien responsible. Features almost every character who ever appeared in Showcase. Wonder Woman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Dilemma." Article by Paul Levitz that tells how the creators - all fans of Showcase - pulled the book together. It then gives brief biographies and cites issues for the 60 superstars, as well as where they appear in the main story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $140.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sigs: Joe Staton 10/19/2019 & Paul Kupperberg & Paul Levits on 12/14/2019. Newsstand Edition. Label #19-476BAFE-040 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "There Shall Come a Gathering," script by Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton; Some unknown force is disrupting the fabric of time and pulling the Earth out of orbit; Volcanoes explode, dinosaurs rampage, and heroes from all times pop up everywhere; Green Lantern, Atom, Flash, and Adam Strange fly to an orbiting spaceship and battle gold robots. Lois Lane, Creeper, and the Challengers fly to the Rocky Mountains to crack a big green alien box; Metal Men and Teen Titans quash Vikings and Nazis; Phantom Stranger gathers heroes and holds a seance to summon the Spectre; together they return the Earth to its orbit; Lois Lane and Angel O'Day repel the alien responsible. Features almost every character who ever appeared in Showcase. Wonder Woman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Dilemma." Article by Paul Levitz that tells how the creators - all fans of Showcase - pulled the book together. It then gives brief biographies and cites issues for the 60 superstars, as well as where they appear in the main story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $92.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sigs: Joe Staton & Paul Levitz on 9/3/2016. Label #17-010C0E0-032 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.76) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "There Shall Come a Gathering," script by Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton; Some unknown force is disrupting the fabric of time and pulling the Earth out of orbit; Volcanoes explode, dinosaurs rampage, and heroes from all times pop up everywhere; Green Lantern, Atom, Flash, and Adam Strange fly to an orbiting spaceship and battle gold robots. Lois Lane, Creeper, and the Challengers fly to the Rocky Mountains to crack a big green alien box; Metal Men and Teen Titans quash Vikings and Nazis; Phantom Stranger gathers heroes and holds a seance to summon the Spectre; together they return the Earth to its orbit; Lois Lane and Angel O'Day repel the alien responsible. Features almost every character who ever appeared in Showcase. Wonder Woman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Dilemma." Article by Paul Levitz that tells how the creators - all fans of Showcase - pulled the book together. It then gives brief biographies and cites issues for the 60 superstars, as well as where they appear in the main story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $82.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Paul Kupperberg on 729/2022 & Joe Staton on 10/28/2022. Newsstand Edition. Label #23-0B0CC15-065 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.46) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. "There Shall Come a Gathering," script by Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton; Some unknown force is disrupting the fabric of time and pulling the Earth out of orbit; Volcanoes explode, dinosaurs rampage, and heroes from all times pop up everywhere; Green Lantern, Atom, Flash, and Adam Strange fly to an orbiting spaceship and battle gold robots. Lois Lane, Creeper, and the Challengers fly to the Rocky Mountains to crack a big green alien box; Metal Men and Teen Titans quash Vikings and Nazis; Phantom Stranger gathers heroes and holds a seance to summon the Spectre; together they return the Earth to its orbit; Lois Lane and Angel O'Day repel the alien responsible. Features almost every character who ever appeared in Showcase. Wonder Woman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Dilemma." Article by Paul Levitz that tells how the creators - all fans of Showcase - pulled the book together. It then gives brief biographies and cites issues for the 60 superstars, as well as where they appear in the main story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $52.00 Paper: White Label #16-28611C6-029 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.56) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Joe Kubert. "Mystery in Space," script by Jack C. Harris, pencils by Al Milgrom, inks by Murphy Anderson; While in orbit around Earth in his starship, Hawkman gets a distress signal from Adam Strange; Strange is being hunted, and needs Hawkman to rescue him before he is captured by an alien race called the Vantors; Strange blasts a hole in Hawkmans ship, enters, and the two seal off the hole before the Vantors can board; Then, the two and Hawkwoman launch the ship into Hyperdrive, allowing them to escape; Strange tells the Hawks that all of the various foes of Adam Strange over the years, the Vantors, the Kirri, the Arvese, and the Dust-Devils, all rose up to conquer Rann, the planet under Stranges watch; Strange came to Earth to recruit the help of the Justice League. Aquaman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Imperiled Sub." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.