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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 78
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: November 1968
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Contributors: Editor: Dick Giordano

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Showcase 78
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: Born to Trouble... Jonny Double - cover
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:1
Pencils:Dick Giordano; Jack Sparling (see notes)
Inks:Dick Giordano; Jack Sparling (see notes)
Letters:Gaspar Saladino ? (logo)
Genre:detective-mystery


Story Title: Prologue: - comic story
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Sparling
Inks:Jack Sparling
Letters:Milt Snapinn ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Wilson Twain
Synopsis:In San Francisco, a rich man is beaten in his own house. The goons leave a picture - of Twain dead!


Story Title: Meet Jonny Double!.. Chapter 1 - comic story
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:7.67
Pencils:Jack Sparling
Inks:Jack Sparling
Letters:Milt Snapinn ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Jonny Double [Jonathan Sebastian Double] (first appearance); landlord; sign painter; Lt. Branigan; goons; Sandy (female cop)
Synopsis:"A down-beat Don Quixote... a once-white knight in counterfeit armor, the poor man's Peter Pan!" Jonny Double, ex-cop and now PI, is awoken only to be ejected by his landlord. Relocating, he gets a call. Mr. Twain has the picture of his twin brother, a syndicate man who was murdered. Jonny demands $200/day, settles for $50, then bums cigarettes and bullets from his contacts asking about the syndicate. He's jumped by goons and pounded, and paid off with a quarter!


Story Title: Everybody's Go-Going Ape for... Angel and the Ape - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Angel and the Ape
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Angel and the Ape [Angel O'Day; Sam Simeon]
Synopsis:House ad for Angel and the Ape #1, "The Case of the Missing Go-Go Girls!"


Story Title: Chapter 2 - comic story
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:6.5
Pencils:Jack Sparling
Inks:Jack Sparling
Letters:Milt Snapinn ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Crystal "Crys" Cross (a waitress); Piker (a syndicate man); more goons
Synopsis:Beaten, Jonny gets sympathy from "Crys" Cross, a blonde waitress. Mr. Twain's brother dealt with Piker and Glass, respectable businessmen. Jonny goes to their office, is turned away, but disguises as a janitor to slip in. He eavesdrops on (Piker or Glass) ordering Mr. Twain's death. As for the "peeper", Jonny Double has only "stupid, dumb luck". Then he's spotted, beaten again, and dragged to the roof to be pitched over!


Story Title: A Magazine About Today... Make the Scene with The Geek - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Brother Power the Geek
Pages:0.5
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Geek; hippies
Synopsis:House ad for The Geek #1


Story Title: Joe Kubert Is a Grand Old Name! - text article
Features:The Wonderful World of Comics
Pages:1
Letters:Typeset
Synopsis:Bio of Joe Kubert. Blurb for the first DC Special honoring Carmine Infantino. "Love Finds the Inquiring Fanatic!" article on Angel and the Ape.


Story Title: Chapter 3 - comic story
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Sparling
Inks:Jack Sparling
Letters:Milt Snapinn ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Synopsis:Jonny kicks back, and the goon goes over the rail to a fatal fall. More goons pursue. Jonny runs into an amusement park, then the House of Horrors. Running past horror masks, Jonny is trapped in the Hall of Mirrors. The goon shoots wild. "I'll get ya, Double!" Jonny moves in and pounds the goon flat. The barker even shows him automatic pictures taken inside. "Send a set to Lt. Branigan C.O.D, with love and kisses from Jonny Double." The End


Story Title: The Magic Number is 3! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Pencils:Neal Adams
Characters:Justice League of America; Hawkman: Atom; Green Arrow
Synopsis:House ad for Justice League of America #67, reprinting initiation stories of Hawkman, Atom, and Green Arrow


Story Title: The End.. Plus One... - comic story
Features:Jonny Double
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Jack Sparling
Inks:Jack Sparling
Letters:Milt Snapinn ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Synopsis:Jonny calls Mr. Twain to collect his fee. "Have to wait until Monday." "Aahh, beans!" And the sign painter demands to get paid, or he'll "take the door with me." Jonny narrates, "I'll show [them]... I won't be a loser all my life! This isn't... The End!


Story Title: Webster Says: A Dolphin is... - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Dolphin; Showcase
Pages:0.5
Characters:Dolphin
Synopsis:Teaser ad for Showcase #79, with Dolphin shown in silhouette


Story Title: It's No Laughing Matter! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Beware the Creeper
Pages:1
Pencils:Steve Ditko
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Creeper
Synopsis:House ad for Beware the Creeper #4, "Which Face Hides My Enemy?"


Story Title: Two Heroes, Batman and Superman -- Become Two Victims in These Issues! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:World's Finest; Superman
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman; Batman
Synopsis:House ad for World's Finest #180, "Superman's Perfect Crime"; and Superman #211, "The Name of the Game is... Superman!"


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