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Issue: Showcase #61
Publication Date: March 1966
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Issues: #61 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: 01/25/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #28 and 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Beyond the Sinister Barrier

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre; Shathan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #17 published September 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Showcase #61 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Editor(s): Jack Schiff
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This item appears on the inside front cover, in black and white. In the title, the word "You" is underlined.
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Beyond the Sinister Barrier!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Shathan (villain); Azmodus (flashback); a Mongolian Bandit; Andre Voisin; Olive Morell; a window-washer
Synopsis: The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal, who uses the power of stolen shadows to cross the dimensional barrier to Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #17 published September 1966
as Beyond the Sinister Barrier [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #492 [Direct Sales] published October 1982
as Beyond the Sinister Barrier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Beyond the Sinister Barrier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Single picture of The Spectre from page 3, panel 1 is reprinted in The Spectre #10 with a background of a business envelope. May have been used as or intended for use as a letter column head. Credits for script, pencils and inks (all of which are given in the splash panel) confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Story is divided into three parts, with page 6, 16 and 24 being 0.66 each, 6 & 24 each having a house ad beneath, while 16 has Sequence 7.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
First Line: By popular demand -- the feature you've asked for...
Synopsis: Promotional capsule descriptions for Blackhawk #219, Hawkman #13, Lois Lane #64, Our Fighting Forces #99, 80 Page Giant--The Flash #160, Sugar and Spike #64, Tales of the Unexpected #94, Star Spangled War Stories #126 and Superboy #128.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This feature appears on the bottom half of the page following Sequence 2, p. 6, shared with a paid ad.
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Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
Character(s): Cap
Synopsis: Formerly the humor cartoon Cap's Hobby Shop, the feature turns serious, here giving some general helpful tips to model enthusiasts. It also asks readers to send in their own, with those whose submissions are depicted receiving $5.00 and the original artwork. The vast majority of subsequent entries would be based on readers' submissions.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6365
Disclose Notes: This item appears on the top half of the page following Sequence 3, with Sequence 5 below it.
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Tornado... Cyclone... Hurricane...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): What's the Difference Between--
Synopsis: A description of the distinctions between the three titular weather phenomena.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Appears beneath Sequence 4.
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Cloud 9

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Drucker
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mort Drucker
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Four one-panel gag-cartoons, all involving ghost-like angels on clouds.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Follows the page with Sequences 4 & 5, between pages 6 & 7 of the main story.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Donenfeld (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The annual legal requirement.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: This appears on the bottom third of the main story's page 16.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Readers' Rendezvous
First Line: With this second showcasing of The Spectre...
Synopsis: One reader's letter each from David Anderson, Andrew Fraknoi, Paul Seydor, Leonard Tirado, after an editorial introduction, on the two Dr. Fate/Hourman team-ups in Showcase #s 55 & 56, and the Starman/Black Canary ones in Brave & Bold #s 61 & 62.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears between pages 16 & 17 of the main story.

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