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Issue: Showcase #5
Publication Date: November 1956
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Issues: #5 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 Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/04/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Human Eel

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Without oxygen, you can't stand this high altitude, lawman!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In The Amazing World of DC Comics #10, in the article, "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris discusses how the editors tried different features in SHOWCASE. Firefighters (#1), animal adventures (#2), and frogmen (#3) had not sold well. "Showcase #4 [The Flash] was the one that clicked, but sales reports, slow as they were, did not reach the home office until months later. So, off in another direction went [Editor] Jack Schiff and artists Mort Meskin, Curt Swan, and Bill Ely who presented the detective work of three Manhunters #5 (Nov/Dec., 1956)."
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Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Greatest Villain of All Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #10 published January 1971
as The Greatest Villain of All Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Greatest Villain of All Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Boys and Girls!!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Anra, Inc.
Synopsis: "Get in line for the greatest Hallowe'en and masquerade costumes ever!" Ad for costumes such as skeleton, pirate, bride, and Superboy and Supergirl.
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Binky's Special Election Exhibit

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Binky
Character(s): Binky Biggs; kids; citizens
Synopsis: Binky notes kids aren't old enough to vote, but can help adults vote by providing babysitting services, help with English for new citizens, registration drives, and more. "In 1952, 37 percent of the eligible U.S. voters failed to vote... Let's do our bit!"
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Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The Two Faces of Mr. X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #15 published December 1957
as The Two Faces of Mr. X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special #10 published January 1971
as The Two Faces of Mr. X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Two Faces of Mr. X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.66
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis; convict; guard
First Line: Neckties!
Synopsis: Warden Willis finds out why the convict asked his friends to mail him neckties.
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Old Lady
First Line: Officer! There's a riot going on back there!
Synopsis: An old woman calls Casey to a "riot" of yelling - at a baseball game!
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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Secrets of the Secret Service

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Synopsis: "Originally established to do counter-espionage work, the agency has assumed many other crime-busting tasks," such a catching counterfeiters.
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Pages: 2
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The Human Eel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Human Eel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Specialty Company
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Feature(s): Disneyland Color Television Set
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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