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Issue: Showcase #60
Publication Date: January 1966
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Issues: #60 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: 11/25/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from house ad in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #158. On-sale date in copyright registration of November 15 a likely typo.
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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 War That Shook the Universe!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre; Azmodus
First Line: The most exciting comic book event of the past 20 years!
Synopsis: The Spectre straddles two worlds, attacked by jets on Earth, and by Azmodus on the Astral Plane.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Showcase #60 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First appearance of The Spectre in the Silver Age. Silver Age revival of a Golden Age character.
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The Magic Card!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Editor(s): Jack Schiff
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Pete; Pete's various teen-age friends
First Line: Hi, everybody! What is this – a three-ring circus?
Synopsis: The many different advantages to your local public library are discussed and discovered.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover, in black and white.
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War That Shook the Universe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Azmodus; Stefan Miklos; Millicent Olcott; Paul Nevers; Rocks Parker; members of Parker's gang; Tuffy Cooper; members of Cooper's gang
First Line: For more than a score of years, the world has lost sight of The Spectre --
Synopsis: The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #491 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
as War That Shook the Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as War That Shook the Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67, 9.67, and 5.67 pages.

Revival of the character. This issue explains why he has not been seen in 20 years. The character Stefan Miklos is a thinly disguised rendition of real-life alleged psychic Peter Hurkos.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I just can't get Pete to keep his room neat.
Synopsis: Pete's father gets him to pick up all this stuff on his bedroom floor by giving him a model car racing set.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6349
Disclose Notes: Follows page 18 of Sequence 2.
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Origin of the Spectre

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
First Line: The Spectre made his debut in MORE FUN COMICS No. 52 (February, 1940)
Synopsis: The history of the character up to this point.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Opposite Sequence 3; reprints cover of More Fun #52.

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