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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 47
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: November-December 1963
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Showcase 47 Mohawk Valley
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Maj. Tommy Tomorrow; Maj. Lon Vurian


Story Title: Your United Nations at Work - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then discovers the bubonic plague in her home village.


Story Title: Doomsday for Planet Earth Part 1 - comic story
Pages:5.67
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Planeteers; Maj. Tommy Tomorrow; Maj. Lon Vurian of Venus; General Nordyke; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain)
Synopsis:Maj. Tommy Tomorrow and Maj. Lon Vurian are brought to the Academy of Planetary Sciences, where they are told of an anti-matter cloud that could destroy the entire solar system. They have 10 years to evacuate the 20 billion people from every planet, or find a way to stop the cloud. Maj. Tomorrow leads a crew to investigate the coming cloud, and Maj. Vurian's team seeks a new world on which to relocate. Though the effort is a secret, word somehow leaks to the media.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:The Brave and the Bold
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Johnny DC


Story Title: Balancing Act in Space - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:facts about gravity


Story Title: [Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 2: Nine Worlds Gone Mad - comic story
Pages:10.67
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Planeteers; Maj. Tommy Tomorrow; Maj. Lon Vurian of Venus; Gor Dyfo; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (mentioned, villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain); Lt. Lewison (villain)
Synopsis:While Maj. Tomorrow tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Maj. Vurian's team first finds an inhospitable planet, then one that seems to welcome them. Professor Xoroth comes up with a plan to create a hole in the center of the anit-matter cloud, which would grow large enough in 10 years to allow the solar system to pass safely through it.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll Pop
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


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


Story Title: 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 - advertisement
Features:Josely Co.
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Doctor Rocket


Story Title: [Doomsday for Planet Earth] Part 3: Threading the Planetary Needle - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Planeteers; Maj. Tommy Tomorrow; Maj. Lon Vurian of Venus; Professor Xoroth; Dr. Hu Tekaro; Dr. Nudula of Jupiter; Dr. Loglov (villain); Dr. Suvu of Jupiter (villain); Lt. Lewison (villain)
Synopsis:Both Maj. Tomorrow's and Maj. Vurian's teams contain a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind, Dr. Loglov, to profit from the dire situation. The scientists activate their device and blast a hole in the center of the anti-matter cloud. Maj. Tomorrow and Maj. Vurian confront Dr. Loglov and trick him into confessing.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll Fudge
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Genre:superhero


Story Title: 132 Roman Soldiers - advertisement
Features:Roman War Soldiers
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:American Body Building Club
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Make Your Own Monsters - advertisement
Features:Aurora
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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