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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 21
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: July-August 1959
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Showcase 21
Owner: Sam I am

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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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