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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 25
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: March-April 1960
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Showcase 25 Rip Hunter
Owner: bomber-bob

1140
Views
8.5
CGC

Showcase 25 8.5
Owner: Sam I am

610
Views
8.5
CGC

Showcase 25
Owner: Sam I am

513
Views
8.0
CGC



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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photos)
Inks:? (photos)
Letters:typeset
Characters:George F. Jowett (photos)


Story Title: Captives of the Medieval Sorcerer, Chapter 1 - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Professor Blakeslee; Doctor Senn; King Gamina; Cholorus the Sorcerer
Synopsis:As a favor to Professor Blakeslee, Rip agrees to take Doctor Senn to the island kingdom of Rittannia in the year 960. Upon arrival, Senn takes off on his own. While waiting, Rip and his crew are captured and thrown into a dungeon by King Gamina and his guards. Cholorus the Sorcerer asks why the strangers have not been thrown into the Valley of Monsters. The King reminds Cholorus that he rules by the Code of Ritannia. When nightfall comes, Rip uses nearby horses to break out, but is discovered by Cholorus and his men, so now Rip, Bonnie, and Corky will be thrown into the Valley of Monsters.


Story Title: The Hand of Clay! - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:John Dean
Synopsis:Receiving a premonition of a train crash, John Dean saves his friends but loses his life in the process.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy
Characters:Jo March; Pippi Longstocking
Synopsis:Guess the famous book and author from a brief description of the plot.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.67
Genre:humor


Story Title: Your Passport to Amazing Adventures! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.33
Pencils:various (cover thumbnails)
Inks:various (cover thumbnails)
Colors:various (cover thumbnails)


Story Title: Chapter 2: The Valley of the Monsters - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:science fiction
Characters:King Gamina
Synopsis:The Time Masters travel across the Valley, doing their best to avoid a giant water lizard, a horned monster, and a monster porcupine. When they come to the end of the valley, they make their way back to the time sphere, where they're surprised to find King Gamina bound as a prisoner in the sphere.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.67
Genre:humor


Story Title: [ no title ] - statement of ownership
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: From Rocks to Rockets - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Brief history of weaponry from prehistoric times to the modern era.


Story Title: Chapter 3: The Sorcerer's Siege - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:science fiction
Characters:King Gamina; Cholorus the Sorcerer; Doctor Senn
Synopsis:Turns out that it's the real King Gamina in the sphere and an impostor back in the city. The impostor is bargaining with Cholorus, offering the sorcerer his kingdom for the secrets of his sorcery, but Rip and company arrive. The impostor King is revealed as really Dr. Senn, who had persuaded Blakeslee to help him at gunpoint. Cholorus leads his followers against the city and it's now magic and sorcery against the city's defenses. In the end, Rip and the Time Sphere fly over Cholorus, and Rip ropes the sorcerer, removing and destroying the source of his power, a ring with a power stone.


Story Title: Treasure Chest of Fun - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1


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


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


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