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Issue: Showcase #46
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #46 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 Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff; George Kashdan
Disclose Notes: 4th Tommy Tomorrow feature in Showcase.

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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow of the Planeteers
Character(s): Capt. Tommy Tomorrow; Capt. Lon Vurian
First Line: We've uncovered a practice attack on this model of New York...
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter 1: Mission to Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Planeteers; Capt. Tommy Tomorrow; Capt. Lon Vurian of Venus; General Nordyke; Ambassador Gur Doyka; unnamed Unit Sergeant (last in #41); King Lorgi the Third of Roukar; Prime Minister Bsorbo of Roukar (villain)
Synopsis: Capt. Tommy Tomorrow and Capt. Lon Vurian meet with Gur Doyka, Chief Minister of the Federation of Planets. The Federation has recently made first contact with a distant solar system, and offered them a non-aggression treaty. The aliens proved suspicious and hesitated signing the pact. Their mission is a final attempt at an agreement to avoid war. Their first stop is Roukar, smallest planet in that solar system. Unfortunately, the planet's boy king, Lorgi, stows away when they depart Roukar for the capital planet, and the ambitious prime minister accuses them of kidnapping.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: (1) This story takes place in the 21st century.
(2) The stories in Showcase are prequels to the Tommy Tomorrow tales told in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics.
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Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): On the Planet Og
First Line: Ah - this spot looks fine.
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In Content Item: FlagFlash Album #1 published January 1965
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 2: The Plot to Kill a Solar System

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Planeteers; Capt. Tommy Tomorrow; Capt. Lon Vurian of Venus; Ambassador Gur Doyka; King Lorgi the Third of Roukar; Prime Minister Bsorbo of Roukar (villain)
Synopsis: Capt. Tomorrow, Capt. Vurian, and Gur Doyka are captured and imprisoned for kidnapping the boy king. Prime Minister Bsorbo disregards the king's protests. The three men escape and uncover a plot to invade Earth. King Lorgi locates them and tells them he has a plan to foil Bsorbo. Vurian will wear a mask and pose as the king, while Lorgi leads the other two to a spaceship.
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Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Chapter 3 (story pages 7-13).
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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Strange Secrets of the Stars

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 1
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Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): 102 Ships of All Nations
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Chapter 3: The Palace of Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Planeteers; Capt. Tommy Tomorrow; Capt. Lon Vurian of Venus; Ambassador Gur Doyka; King Lorgi the Third of Roukar; Prime Minister Bsorbo of Roukar (villain)
Synopsis: While Capt. Vurian poses as King Lorgi, the others steal a spaceship. Unfortunately, the ship they chose is almost out of fuel. Back at the palace, Bsorbo realizes that the king is an imposter. Capt. Tomorrow and the real king devise a way for Lorgi to speak directly to his armada and order them to halt. The soldiers at the palace place Bsorbo under arrest. Later, at the capital planet of that solar system, a treaty is signed between the two governments.
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Chapter 3 (story pages 14-25).
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Johnny DC
First Line: Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad; ten cents per issue for a two-year subscription
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Feature(s): 104 Kings' Knights
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Feature(s): 150 Civil War Soldiers
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Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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