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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 68
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: May-June 1967
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Contributors: Editor: Jack Miller (editor); Barbara Friedlander (associate editor)

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Showcase 68 9.6 Oakland
Owner: Sam I am

970
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9.6
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Showcase 68 9.4 Don Maggie Thompson
Owner: Sam I am

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Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:The Maniaks [Jangle [Gilbert Jeffries]; Silver Shannon; Pack Rat [Byron Williams]; Flip [Philip Folger]]; "Eggs" Benedict; "Peaches" Melba; "Veal" Scallopine; "Beef" Strogonoff


Story Title: "A Crooks' Tour of Palisades Amusement Park!" or "How to Cook a Goose!" - comic story
Pages:7.5
Genre:humor
Characters:The Maniaks [Jangle [Gilbert Jeffries]; Silver Shannon; Pack Rat [Byron Williams]; Flip [Philip Folger]]; "Eggs" Benedict; "Peaches" Melba; "Veal" Scallopine; "Beef" Strogonoff; other "food" gangsters; screaming teen girls
Synopsis:The Maniaks are "not to be confused with the Beatles, the Monkees, or anyone in his right mind!" Jangle can do sound effects and impressions. Pack Rat is a gadgeteer. Flip is a contortionist. And Silver Shannon is "The Mod Miser", a gold digger. They perform at Palisades Park, mobbed by teenage girls! They run to hide. Meanwhile, "Eggs" Benedict's gang has planned an ambush on the rival gang of "Dutch" Edam at the park. And in stumble the Maniaks, now witnesses. "Rub 'em out!"


Story Title: Who Is This Teen-Terror? - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.5
Genre:adventure


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Maniak Memos
Pages:1.5
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:A goofy editorial session in the DC conference room yields, "THE MANIAKS..."


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Pages:0.5
Synopsis:Model hint: Use your sister's colorless nail polish to not fog up a jet windshield.


Story Title: CRUNCH! YIP! BLAM! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: Part II: You Have to Use Your Noodle When You're in the Soup! - comic story
Pages:7.5
Synopsis:The Flips run from two gangs. Pack Rat cobbles a popgun and fishhooks to make a grapple to snag the cable car. Flip bounces so much gangsters can't nail him. Pack Rat cobbles an electromagnet to catch bullets. But the band is trapped atop a Ferris wheel. Flip leaps into a pool - and is snagged in a net. Money-mad Silver is worried because his insurance isn't paid up!


Story Title: For the Most in Laughs - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:The Adventures of Bob Hope; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis
Pages:0.5
Pencils:? (illustrations)
Inks:? (illustrations)
Genre:humor


Story Title: Part III: Next on the Menu -- Just Desserts - comic story
Pages:7.5
Synopsis:The Maniaks will be dumped in the ocean. Shannon sings a heartbreaking song, "He's just my Bill, a stupid-looking slob" that reduces the mobsters to tears. "I am even more sorry we have to bump you off!" On the pier, Jangle imitates a police squad. Flip flips them onto crooks' heads. Pack Rat improvises lock picks. Shannon kicks tail with concrete go-go boots. And the cops arrive. Jangle hopes "the comic-reading public is groovy over us and we get our own fab mag!" And Shannon starts counting. "Let's see... One million copies at 12 cents each..."


Story Title: Hoo-Boy! He's Getting Hammered by Hafnium!.. - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.5
Genre:superhero


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Direct Currents
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: BEM Shows Up! - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy; teen
Synopsis:Brains, Emotions, and Muscles alone don't impress girls - so all three combine into BEM!


Story Title: The Rat Patrol - advertisement
Features:Aurora
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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