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Issue: Showcase #41
Publication Date: November 1962
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Issues: #41 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: 09/27/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff; George Kashdan
Disclose Notes: First issue completely dedicated to Tommy Tomorrow (he earlier ran in anthology tales in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics).

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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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Origin at the West Point of Space!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp (and Tommy Tomorrow logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow of the Planeteers
Character(s): Cadet Tommy Tomorrow; Cadet Lon Vurian; Unit Sergeant
First Line: Cadet Tomorrow's flunked this test--but good!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
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Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter 1: Frame-Up at Planeteer Academy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Planeteers; Cadet Tommy Tomorrow; unnamed Unit Sergeant (intro); Cadet Lon Vurian of Venus (intro); Cadet Hughes; Cadet Ku-Rami; Cadet Hjaro; Cadet Morgan; unnamed Academy Commandant; General Vurian of Venus (mentioned); Captain Lenk (mentioned); Cadet Lo-Duey of Mars (mentioned); Chardu of Mercury (villain, posing as Cadet Lo-Duey of Mars)
First Line: Planeteers!... The heart of every youth in the solar system soars at...
Synopsis: Tommy Tomorrow arrives with other rookies at the Planeteer Academy, known as the "West Point of the Solar System". He meets other cadets, such as Lon Vurian of Venus and Lo-Duey of Mars. Someone repeatedly sabotages Tommy, until none of the other cadets trust him. At the end of their training, Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian, the top two students, are chosen to lead two teams in competition to locate the Stone of Gazda which has been hidden on a distant asteroid. The cadets learn too late that Lo-Duey was actually Chardu of Mercury, who has stolen and escaped with the all-powerful Stone.
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Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: This story takes place in the 21st century. The stories in Showcase are prequels to the Tommy Tomorrow tales told in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics. Chronologically, this story follows the flashback tale in Action Comics #224.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tiki Gods
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 104 Kings' Knights
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Amazing Ratios!
First Line: The Earth's atmosphere is so immense that there is approximately two million tons of air for every human being on Earth!
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Pages: 0.67
Job Number: #529
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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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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Man Tries for the Moon -- Yesterday and Today

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
First Line: Travel to the moon was contemplated in Babylonia, about...
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Pages: 2
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Pioneers of the Sky

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Character(s): J. Degen; Sir George Cayley; Gustav Lilienthal; Otto Lilienthal; Percy Sinclair Pilcher; Samuel Pierpont Langley; Clement Ader
First Line: With manned rocket ships already orbiting the Earth, and space trips just...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some facts about early flight pioneers: J. Degen, Sir George Cayley, Gustov and Otto Lilienthal, Percy Sinclair Pilcher, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Clement Ader, and the Wright brothers.
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Chapter 2: The Criminal Who Couldn't Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Planeteers; Cadet/Lt. Tommy Tomorrow; unnamed Unit Sergeant (next in #46); Cadet/Lt. Lon Vurian of Venus; Cadet Hughes; Cadet Ku-Rami; Cadet Hjaro; Cadet Morgan; General Vurian of Venus (intro); unnamed Academy Commandant; Professor Trikon of Venus University (mentioned); Chardu of Mercury (villain); Kyl-Roj of Mercury (villain); unnamed second Mercurian henchman (villain)
First Line: Tricked into a personal feud that permitted the criminal Chardu to steal the...
Synopsis: Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian join together and follow after Chardu. Tommy explains to Lon that when solar rays pass through the Stone of Gazda, they form a wall of energy that can't be penetrated by any weapon. The two cadets succeed in stopping Chardu and regaining possession of the Stone. They are both awarded the Academy Medal of Valor, and graduate with the rank of Lieutenant.
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Chapter 2 (story pages 14-25).
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
First Line: Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman; World's Finest Comics
Character(s): Batman; Robin
First Line: Batman's new secret identity!
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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