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Issue: Showcase #16
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #16 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: 07/22/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: second appearance of Space Ranger

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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
Format Notes:  
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The Riddle of the Lost Race

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Ragnar-Ell
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)
First Line: My name is Charles Atlas.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the "Dynamic Tension" method of bodybuilding.
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The Secret of the Space Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; President Thaddeus Starr; Myra Mason; Cryll; Captain Jones; Koran Dar; Kavor Gan
First Line: I see it, but I can't believe there is such a thing as a space monster!
Synopsis: An octopoid space monster terrifies a ship's crew. Rick Starr (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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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Secret of the Space Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Space Ranger uses a tool belt of gadgets, not his later multi-pistol.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
First Line: Boys and girls - please give me a name..
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Know Your Pet!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Jimmy; Jimmy's Mom; Rags (Jimmy's dog); Jimmy's silent pal
First Line: But Mom, we're going swimming now!
Synopsis: Jimmy learns a lesson when he gives his dog a poodle cut.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: artistic
Character(s): Doctor Rocket
First Line: No one has ever been on this planet before!
Synopsis: Doctor Rocket chases off aliens with his Super-X Ray Gun.
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Pages: 1
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Photo Ace of Outer Space

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Fran Ward; Dictator D'Vere
First Line: Once every 100 years, the rainbow-colored comet sped past the planet Oriol.
Synopsis: A news photographer lands on the planet Oriol and is tricked into assuming the identity of a fleeing dictator.
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: artistic
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: The sky is full of rockets and space men!
Synopsis: Flying on his flying carpet, Moolah feels outdated seeing "the sky is full of rockets and space men."
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #28 published January 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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The Riddle of the Lost Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Cryll; Myra Mason; Ragnar-Ell; Evan Blanchard (a space archaeologist)
First Line: They've got another key to the ancient space treasure!
Synopsis: Criminals stole a map to reach the Valley of Ice on Saturn. Space Ranger, Myra, and Cryll 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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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Riddle of the Lost Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The adventures of Space Ranger continue in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #40.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: science fiction
First Line: I'm taking off for the planet Earth!
Synopsis: An alien on Og plans to fly to the planet Earth, and his wife insists on going along to shop.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DeLuxe Photo Service
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zorro Color Television Set
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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