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Issue: Showcase #73
Publication Date: March 1968
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Issues: #73 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: 01/23/1968
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): Murray Boltinoff
Disclose Notes: Only Creeper tryout issue. 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
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Beware the Creeper

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (and logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
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In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Wanted By The Underworld [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Coming of the Creeper!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); Don Segall (dialogue)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper [Jack Ryder] (introduction, origin); Professor Yatz; gangsters; Communist agents; Dr. Clayton Wetley; TV Station Manager; Bill Brane (Chief of Network Security); Major Smel; costume shop owner; Mr. Devlin; policemen
Synopsis: Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds". Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator. He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for Devlin's society ball. He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz. Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. But Yatz is shot. The new "Creeper" goes wild on the villains - and accidentally, cops - laughing like a maniac to scare them. He exposes Devlin, then learns the moleculizer has healed inside. The Creeper will be back.
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #443 published October 1974
as The Coming of the Creeper!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as The Coming Of The Creeper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are 1/2-pages. Story continues in Beware the Creeper #1.
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A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: In Old England, a man sees his ancestor's portrait sometimes varies from holding a wine glass to a dagger, foretelling death in the household.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #25 published April 1954
was Death Dagger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and modified
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: This version has been heavily edited. Panels 3 and 5 of the original version have been omitted. This story appears between pages 4 and 5 of the main story.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Paid circulation: 188,000 (average); 195,000 (nearest).
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You Too Can Play the "Game"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl; Superman
Synopsis: Op Art ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl.
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Pages: 1
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Meet the Men Behind the Creeper

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff ?
Letterer(s): Typeset; Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall, although Ditko refrained from providing personal information, explaining: "I never talk about myself. My work is me. I do my best, and if I like it, I hope somebody else likes it too." The editor also requests letters for future publication.
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Pages: 1
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Returning to the Savage Battle Skies of 1918 -- The Hammer of Hell -- Enemy Ace

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Enemy Ace
Synopsis: House ad for the Enemy Ace.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick; Mike Sekowsky (illustrations)
Inker(s): Irv Novick ?; Jack Abel (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Direct Currents
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Checklist for DC comics includes cover reproductions of Detective Comics #373 and Justice League #61.
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Steve Ditko... Like Lightning -- Strikes Again! The Hawk and the Dove

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawk and Dove
Synopsis: Ad for Ditko's upcoming Hawk and the Dove.
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Pages: 0.5

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