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Series: Showcase Public Domain
Years in Print: 1956 - 1978
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Publisher: FlagDC Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #104 (104 Issues, 108 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: Publishing gap between #93 (September 1970) and #94 (August-September 1977).

Before being cancelled, many future issues were in various states of completion:

#105 was to star Deadman -- the story prepared for that issue appeared in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2 before being published in a slightly-edited form in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #464 (July-August 1979).

#106 was to spotlight The Creeper -- the story prepared for that issue also appeared in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2 before being published many years later in The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series).

#104-106 was originally to present The World of Krypton -- this feature was bumped to #110-112, due to the delay in the release of Superman the Movie, and was eventually released as DC's first limited series in 1979

#107-109 was originally to headline The Huntress by Paul Levitz and Joe Staton -- but according to Paul Levitz work never began on those stories.

#107-109 was then to introduce a new western feature called The Deserter by Gerry Conway and Dick Ayers -- that feature was awarded its own series and then cancelled all together, though one issue was prepared and published in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1.

#113-116 was to debut a new version of The Suicide Squad by Len Wein.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Books
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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Issue # View Issue Images Icon Volume Publication Date Pages Content Items
#1 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none March 1956 36 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1956 36 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#3 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1956 36 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#4 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1956 36 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#5 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1956 36 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#6 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1957 36 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#7 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1957 36 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#8 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1957 36 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#9 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1957 36 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#10 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1957 36 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#11 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1957 36 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#12 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1958 36 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#13 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1958 36 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#14 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1958 36 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#15 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1958 36 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#16 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1958 36 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#17 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1958 36 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#18 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1959 36 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#19 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1959 36 19 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#20 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1959 36 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#21 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1959 36 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#22 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1959 36 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#23 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1959 36 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#24 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1960 36 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#25 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1960 36 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#26 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1960 36 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#27 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1960 36 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#28 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1960 36 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#29 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1960 36 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#30 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1961 36 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#31 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1961 36 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#32 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1961 36 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#33 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1961 36 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#34 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none September 1961 36 17 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#35 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none November 1961 36 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
#36 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1962 36 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#37 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1962 36 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#38 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none May 1962 36 12 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#39 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1962 36 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#40 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1962 36 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#41 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1962 36 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#42 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1963 36 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#43 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none March 1963 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#44 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none May 1963 36 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#45 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1963 36 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
#46 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1963 36 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#47 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1963 36 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#48 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1964 36 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#49 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1964 36 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#50 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1964 36 12 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#51 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1964 36 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#52 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1964 36 19 (1 story, 1 cover)
#53 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1964 36 20 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#54 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1965 36 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#55 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none March 1965 36 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
#56 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1965 36 17 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#57 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1965 36 19 (1 story, 1 cover)
#58 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1965 36 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#59 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1965 36 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#60 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1966 36 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#61 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1966 36 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#62 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1966 36 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#63 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none July 1966 36 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#64 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1966 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#65 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1966 36 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#66 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1967 36 22 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#67 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1967 36 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
#68 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1967 36 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#69 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1967 36 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#70 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1967 36 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#71 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1967 36 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#72 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1968 36 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#73 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none March 1968 36 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#74 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1968 36 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
#75 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none June 1968 36 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#76 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none August 1968 36 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
#77 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1968 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#78 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1968 36 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#79 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none December 1968 36 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#80 View Issue Images Icon 4/1 none February 1969 36 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#81 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1969 36 21 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#82 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1969 36 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
#83 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none June 1969 36 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
#84 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none August 1969 36 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
#85 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1969 36 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#86 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1969 36 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#87 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none December 1969 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#88 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none February 1970 36 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#89 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1970 36 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#90 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1970 36 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#91 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none June 1970 36 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#92 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none August 1970 36 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
#93 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none September 1970 36 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#94 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 16 August 1977 36 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
#95 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 16 October 1977 36 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
#96 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 16 December 1977 36 25 (1 story, 1 cover)
#97 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 17 February 1978 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#98 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 17 March 1978 36 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
#99 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 17 April 1978 36 24 (1 story, 1 cover)
#100 View Issue Images Icon 4/1 17 May 1978 52 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

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