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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 27
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: July-August 1960
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Contributors: Editor: Robert Kanigher

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Showcase 27
Owner: entalmighty

669
Views
7.5
CGC

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Owner: changerchanger

540
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5.5
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Showcase 27
Owner: Sam I am

559
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9.0
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Story Title: The Golden Monster! - cover
Features:Sea Devils
Pages:1
Pencils:Russ Heath (signed)
Inks:Russ Heath (signed)
Colors:Jack Adler (washtone)
Letters:?; Ira Schnapp (Sea Devils logo design)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Sea Devils [Dane Dorrance; Judy Walton; Nicky Walton; Biff Bailey]; a Godzilla-like golden monster
Synopsis:The Sea Devils recoil from a giant golden claw bursting from a sunken treasure galleon.


Story Title: Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!" - public service announcement
Features:Buzzy
Pages:1
Pencils:Win Mortimer
Inks:Win Mortimer
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:advocacy; teen
Characters:Buzzy; Tom Stone; Mr. Brown; Mr. Stone
Synopsis:Tom learns a lesson about free speech.


Story Title: The Golden Monster! - comic story
Features:Sea Devils
Pages:26
Pencils:Russ Heath (signed)
Inks:Russ Heath (signed)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dane Dorrance; "Dad" Dorrance (in flashback); Judy Walton; Nicky Walton (Judy's kid brother); Biff Bailey; Biff's girlfriend; WWII UDT frogmen and Nazi frogmen; movie producer; weightlifting coach
Synopsis:SCUBA diver Dane Dorrance hopes to earn his Dad's UDT flippers. Judy Walton hopes to land the lead in the movie "Sea Devils". Biff Bailey hopes to prove he's not a "clumsy ox". Nicky Walton hopes to prove he's a man. Working together, they find a sunken galleon and treasure, fight off a shark, octopus, and Godzilla-monster; and discover they really want to be a team of "underwater trouble shooters" called Sea Devils.


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


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


Story Title: The A-B-Seas of Skin Diving! - comic story
Pages:2
Pencils:Ross Andru
Inks:Mike Esposito
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Synopsis:Information on scuba diving, equipment, mysteries and joys. And "Never dive alone!"


Story Title: Monsters of the Seven Seas! - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction; animal
Synopsis:"Many scientists believe that survivors of these strange prehistoric creatures still exist in the depths of the sea... reported as a 'sea serpent'."


Story Title: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Dobie Gillis
Pages:1
Pencils:Bob Oksner
Inks:Bob Oksner
Genre:humor
Characters:Dobie Gillis; Thalia


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


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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