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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 61
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: March-April 1966
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Contributors: Editor: Julius Schwartz

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Showcase 61
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: Beyond the Sinister Barrier - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Spectre; Shathan


Story Title: Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy


Story Title: Beyond the Sinister Barrier! - comic story
Pages:23
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Shathan (villain); Azmodus (flashback); a Mongolian Bandit; Andre Voisin; Olive Morell; a window-washer
Synopsis:The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal, who uses the power of stolen shadows to cross the dimensional barrier to Earth.


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Direct Currents
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Promotional capsule descriptions for Blackhawk #219, Hawkman #13, Lois Lane #64, Our Fighting Forces #99, 80 Page Giant--The Flash #160, Sugar and Spike #64, Tales of the Unexpected #94, Star Spangled War Stories #126 and Superboy #128.


Story Title: Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models! - activity
Pages:0.5
Characters:Cap
Synopsis:Formerly the humor cartoon Cap's Hobby Shop, the feature turns serious, here giving some general helpful tips to model enthusiasts. It also asks readers to send in their own, with those whose submissions are depicted receiving $5.00 and the original artwork. The vast majority of subsequent entries would be based on readers' submissions.


Story Title: Tornado... Cyclone... Hurricane... - comic story
Features:What's the Difference Between--
Pages:0.5
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:A description of the distinctions between the three titular weather phenomena.


Story Title: Cloud 9 - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Four one-panel gag-cartoons, all involving ghost-like angels on clouds.


Story Title: Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - statement of ownership
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:The annual legal requirement.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Readers' Rendezvous
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:One reader's letter each from David Anderson, Andrew Fraknoi, Paul Seydor, Leonard Tirado, after an editorial introduction, on the two Dr. Fate/Hourman team-ups in Showcase #s 55 & 56, and the Starman/Black Canary ones in Brave & Bold #s 61 & 62.


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