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Title: | Showcase |
Issue: | 21 |
Page Count: | 36 |
Publish Date: | July-August 1959 |
Volume: |
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Showcase 21
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8.0
CGC
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Detailed information about the issue is listed below.
Story Title: | [ no title ] - cover |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | science fiction |
Characters: | Circe |
Story Title: | Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!" - public service announcement |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | advocacy; teen |
Characters: | Jim |
Synopsis: | Five dollars goes missing in the clubhouse, and Buzzy warns the kids to search around before making wild accusations. |
Story Title: | The Secret of the Lost Continent - comic story |
Pages: | 9.67 |
Genre: | science fiction |
Characters: | Alexander the Great |
Synopsis: | (Chapter 1.) Rip has an ancient tablet locating Atlantis, but the last line is obliterated. They journey to Alexandria in 331 BC, because Alexander the Great owned the tablet. Rip and Bonnie will be executed as spies, but the "great metal bird" (Time Sphere) awes Alexander. The oncoming Persian army is huge, and Alexander would retreat. Rip jumps in a chariot and panics the elephants with a gasoline-soaked scarf. The war is won. Rip's crew find the tablet refers to a missing map! |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | Your Passport to Strange Journeys... - promo (ad from the publisher) |
Features: | Strange Adventures; House of Secrets |
Pages: | 1 |
Synopsis: | house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #106 and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #22 |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - comic story |
Pages: | 0.5 |
Genre: | humor; science fiction |
Synopsis: | Doctor Rocket's new "clairvoyance machine" predicts his wife will burn the dinner roast. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Palisades Amusement Park |
Pages: | 0.5 |
Story Title: | Chapter 2: The Forbidden Island - comic story |
Pages: | 7.67 |
Genre: | science fiction |
Characters: | Circe; (fake) centaurs; Cretan sailors |
Synopsis: | Alexander points the crew to the island of Aeaea, where the tablet came from. They journey. They journey there in 700 BC. Rip and Jeff fall into a pit trap. Circe and her "centaurs" warn them off. But Bonnie and Corky find the "centaurs" wear horse frames covered with skins. Circe is a pretend sorceress to protect her people. Cretan warships arrive. Rip's crew build a dragon lifted by the Time Sphere that breathes acetylene fire, and frighten away the Cretans. Circe points out a carved map and the year Atlantis sank. Bonnie is jealous of Circe's gratitude toward Rip. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll Pop |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Letters: | typeset |
Characters: | Ben |
Story Title: | Operation Blackhawks! - promo (ad from the publisher) |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | adventure |
Characters: | Blackhawk; Blackhawks |
Synopsis: | house ad for Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #138 |
Story Title: | Mystery of the Lost Lands - text article |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Synopsis: | Educational piece on Atlantis and other fabled lost cities. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - cartoon |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | non-fiction; math & science |
Synopsis: | Planets and stars shine with the same light... Fish is a brain food... A person's height remains constant through 24 hours... There are place on Earth where it never rains... |
Story Title: | Chapter 3: The Doomed Continent - comic story |
Pages: | 6.67 |
Genre: | science fiction |
Characters: | Aliens from Jexjara; R'Del (Chief Scientist); D'Zar (dictator) |
Synopsis: | The Time Sphere arrives in Atlantis in 14,000 BC, but it's a futuristic space city! Orange aliens shoot ray guns, but the crew is saved by R'Dell's force field. Before the planet Jexjara exploded, the alien race split up to find a "New Jexjara". A colony came here, and would move on, but the dictator D'Zar won't allow it - and an earthquake is imminent. Rip shoots a giant earth globe to block the door. The aliens board ships to fly to New Jexjara. Rip's crew saved an alien race and witnessed the destruction of Atlantis - with more great spectacles to come! |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll Fudge |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Letters: | typeset |
Characters: | Dunn |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - comic story |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | humor |
Characters: | Peter Puptent |
Synopsis: | Peter Puptent's worry about monsters gets a jolt from his partner's shadow puppets. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Stephens Credit Sales |
Pages: | 1 |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Wilson Chemical Co. |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
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