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Issue: Showcase #79
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #79 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: 10/22/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano
Disclose Notes: Only Dolphin tryout issue. In Amazing World of DC Comics #10 (January 1976), in the article, "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris notes, "J. Scott Pike, longtime romance illustrator, wrote and drew the mysterious Dolphin story for a one-shot try-out in #79 (Dec. 1968)."

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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jay Scott Pike [as Pike] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano ?; Jay Scott Pike ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda ? (logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dolphin
Character(s): Dolphin; frogmen
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You.. Try 2

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky; Neal Adams
Inker(s): Joe Giella; Neal Adams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern; The Brave and the Bold
Character(s): Green Lantern; Batman; Bork; Flash
Synopsis: Inside front cover black-white house ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
Penciller(s): Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
Inker(s): Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dolphin
Character(s): Dolphin (intro); Chief Petty Officer Chris Landau; Seaman 1st Class Ben Harkey; Naval officers and sailors
Synopsis: 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. Her origin is a mystery. As a storm kicks up and the wreck teeters, Chris asks Dolphin to retrieve the documents, but the wreck slips into the abyss. Still, she surfaces smiling. With the mission complete, they'll return to land. Dolphin can't go, and dives overboard - into her world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #105 published January 1973
as The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16.67
Disclose Notes: Full credits on page 1, "Created, written, and illustrated by J. Scott Pike. Edited by Dick Giordano." Story across 18 pages, but page 6 is a 2/3-page and pages 13 and 18 are 1/2-pages.

Dolphin is given an origin much later in Aquaman.
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Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Action; Ideal Toys
Synopsis: Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... Superbaby!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Supergirl
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl
Synopsis: House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman 212, "Adventures as Superbabies!"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Kid from Atlantis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Ramona Fradon
Inker(s): Ramona Fradon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo
Synopsis: Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #269 published February 1960
was The Kid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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What's in a Fanzine

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Wonderful World of Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Get in on the Action

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Action
Character(s): Captain Action
Synopsis: Inside back cover black-white house ad for Captain Action #2.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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