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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 11
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: November-December 1957
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Showcase 11
Owner: entalmighty

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Showcase 11
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: The Day the Earth Blew Up! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:adventure
Characters:General Tolek


Story Title: Teddy Roosevelt: Guardian of Nature - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction; advocacy
Characters:Theodore Roosevelt


Story Title: The Day the Earth Blew Up - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:adventure
Characters:Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Commander Lockwood; Colonel Price; General Tolek (villain); Garnat (villain); other Tyrans (villains)
Synopsis:At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped. Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica. They call in "men capable of handling the unknown." Ace, Rocky, and Red fly off, picking up Prof along the way. Off New Guinea, Prof is astounded to find a volcano rising from the sea bed. In the Antarctic, the Challengers snow-tractor toward the mystery spot. The tractor bogs in a snowstorm and needs repairs. Ace and Rocky explore and fall through thin ice! They land on a futuristic bridge. Above, Prof and Red are captured by skinny orange aliens in bubble-suits.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:humor
Characters:Moolah
Synopsis:Moolah's companion spends the night in an Egyptian tomb.


Story Title: Chapter Two: The Tyrans - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Garnat; General Tolek
Synopsis:Two captured Challengers are dropped down a miles-deep airlift. Ace and Rocky find an airshaft and search for miles. They reach a underground city of aliens with an army preparing for invasion. Ace tries to capture a sentry, but the alien anticipates his every move with its computer-like mind. All four Challs are imprisoned with the missing scientists. The aliens are planting charges all over the world to blow away chunks and reduce Earth's mass intending to enslave the human race. Prof realizes the undersea volcano was a test. The Challengers plan to attack when the aliens are at rest.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Synopsis:A dog and a monkey assault Shorty during "Be Kind to Animals" week.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Palisades Amusement Park
Pages:0.5
Characters:Superman


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Tomahawk; Superman
Pages:1


Story Title: Chapter Three: The Thing That Came Out of the Sea - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Garnat; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss
Synopsis:The Challengers hypnotize an alien who leads them to a gravity control room. The team crank the gravity high, pinning the aliens to the ground. Ace and Rocky try to destroy the main detonator. Prof and Red teleport to Washington and alert the military who bring their forces to the battle. Prof is given a wearable minisub and attempts to dismantle the bomb. Underground Ace, Rocky and the two scientists flee a gas attack and gun-cars. Cranking a valve brings raging heat that crisps aliens and slags the bomb detonator. In the Pacific, a claw-machine erupts from the ocean to attack the Navy.


Story Title: The Man from Nowhere - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction
Synopsis:A driver picks up a hitchhiker and becomes afraid of him; only later does the driver realize that the hitchhiker saved his life three times.


Story Title: Time-Traveling into the Past and the Future! - comic story
Pages:2
Characters:Julius Caesar; John Anderson


Story Title: Chapter Four: One Minute to Doom - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:adventure
Characters:General Tolek; Carl Jackson; Warren Moss; Garnat
Synopsis:On the Pacific island, Red sprays a new secret chemical weapon, a corrosive gas that eats the machine. Soon Ace leads a fleet of bombers to pound what's left of the alien base, and the menace is over. Their only casualty is Prof, who caught a cold diving off the South Pole!


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:American Specialty Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Characters:Wyatt Earp


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


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Garcelon Stamp Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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