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Issue: Showcase #30
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 11/25/1960
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: 1st Aquaman solo book.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Creatures from Atlantis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
No, no, Aquaman!
Reprinting
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as Showcase #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as Backcover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as cover to Showcase #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cover credits confirmed John Wells in Alter Ego magazine #69
Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Creatures from Atlantis, Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Tom Curry (Flashback, father of Arthur Curry); Atlanna (Flashback, mother of Arthur Curry)
Fantastic sea creatures have seized me!
Aquaman gets a S.O.S. from Atlantis.
Reprinting
FlagSuper DC Giant #S-26 published July 1971
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8.67
Origin recap. Continued from the strip in Adventure, which runs concurrently.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Detective Comics; Batman
This famous symbol is your guarantee...
House ad for the current issues of Batman and Detectice Comics.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Metallo; Invulnerable Enemy
House ad for Superman Annual #2.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
All set for the helmet, Shorty?
Reprinting
FlagMy Greatest Adventure #10 published July 1956
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Chapter 2: Prisoner of Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Trino (Amphibious Alien)
Curiosity, and longing to see the homeland of his mother, had sped Aquaman's journey to the sunken continent!
Aquaman is captured but he learns the plans of the Amphibious Aliens.
Reprinting
FlagSuper DC Giant #S-26 published July 1971
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8.67
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Strange Adventures; Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure
House ad for the current issues of Strange Adventures, Tales of the Unexpected and My Greatest Adventure.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
opinion
Fred; Joe
Why don't you watch where you're going?
Fred keeps losing his temper because he lost a track race the previous day.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Strange Denizens of the Deep

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
From behind a dense patch of undersea vegetation slithers a monstrous fifteen-foot rooster fish.
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Miscellaneous
1
An article that describes rare and unusual residents of the deep seas.
Homer Goes Skin Diving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Homer
I'm going spear fishing!
Homer and his friend go fishing and Homer's friend catches a whopper.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Chapter 3: The Battle of the Sea Creatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Porpy (Porpoise); Topo; Trino (Amphibious Alien)
This is the showdown!
Aquaman and Aqualad stop the amphibious aliens and force them back to their own dimension.
Reprinting
FlagSuper DC Giant #S-26 published July 1971
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Creatures from Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?; ? (photo)
?; ? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Charles Atlas (photo)
Are the best things in life passing you by?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Ad for the "Dynamic Tension" method of bodybuilding.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sold by Honor House Products.
Back cover.

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