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Title: | Showcase |
Issue: | 17 |
Page Count: | 36 |
Publish Date: | November-December 1958 |
Volume: | |
Contributors: | Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual) |
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Showcase 17
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5.5
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Detailed information about the issue is listed below.
Story Title: | The Planet and the Pendulum! - cover |
Features: | Adventures on Other Worlds [Adam Strange] |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | adventure; science fiction |
Characters: | Adam Strange |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Garcelon Stamp Co. |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | Secret of the Eternal City! - comic story |
Pages: | 14.33 |
Genre: | adventure; science fiction |
Characters: | Adam Strange (introduction, origin); Alanna [aka Allana] (introduction); Sardath (Alanna's father scientist, introduction); inhabitants of Samakand; The Eternals (villains, introduction for all) |
Synopsis: | An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | Guarantee of the Best in Comics Reading - promo (ad from the publisher) |
Features: | House of Secrets; Strange Adventures |
Pages: | 1 |
Synopsis: | House advertisement for Strange Adventures #98 and House of Secrets #14, with covers reproduced. |
Story Title: | Look to the Stars! - public service announcement |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | advocacy |
Characters: | Bob; Ted |
Synopsis: | Bob and Ted are "never lost" in the woods, because Bob can navigate by the stars, same as sailors, cowboys, and plane navigators. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - comic story |
Features: | Our Strange Universe! |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | non-fiction; math & science |
Synopsis: | Educational facts about space, the sun, and stars. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll Pop |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, Pons-Winnecke Comet - comic story |
Features: | Curious Comets |
Pages: | 0.5 |
Genre: | math & science |
Synopsis: | Educational info on Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, and the Pons-Winnecke Comet. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Palisades Amusement Park |
Pages: | 0.5 |
Story Title: | The Three-in-One Star - text article |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Genre: | math & science |
Synopsis: | Educational information on Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system. |
Story Title: | The Planet and the Pendulum! - comic story |
Pages: | 9.67 |
Genre: | adventure; science fiction |
Characters: | New Ranagar citizens; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana (villains); invaders from Morleen (villains) |
Synopsis: | Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported to Rann, where he is captured by primitive tribesmen, who believe their “Rainbow Doom” device will execute him. However, the device is actually a teleporter which sends him to Rann’s sister planet Anthorann. He meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, inducing the aliens to flee, then fades away to Earth. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Tootsie Roll |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | American Specialty Co. |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | Stephens Credit Sales |
Pages: | 1 |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | National Radio Institute |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - advertisement |
Features: | American Geographical Society's Around the World Program |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
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