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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 4
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: September-October 1956
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Contributors: Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

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Showcase 4
Owner: Sam I am

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Inside This Issue:

Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: Presenting The Flash! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Flash [Barry Allen]


Story Title: Junior Space Pilots on the Beam! - advertisement
Features:Wilson Chemical Co.
Pages:1


Story Title: Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's. And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive".


Story Title: Here Are the Prizes - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:3
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Big Dance - public service announcement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Fastest Creatures on Earth! - cartoon
Pages:0.67
Genre:non-fiction; animal


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wildroot Cream-Oil
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Wonders of Speed!
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)
Synopsis:The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash.


Story Title: 100-Yard Dash - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Zenith Co.
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:DeLuxe Photo Service
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Stephens Credit Sales
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Cheerful Card Company
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Jowett Institute
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Nutty Putty
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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