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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 79
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: December 1968
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Contributors: Editor: Dick Giordano

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Showcase 79
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Dolphin
Pages:1
Pencils:Jay Scott Pike [as Pike] (signed)
Inks:Dick Giordano ?; Jay Scott Pike ?
Letters:Ben Oda ? (logo)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Dolphin; frogmen


Story Title: If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You.. Try 2 - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Green Lantern; The Brave and the Bold
Pages:1
Pencils:Mike Sekowsky; Neal Adams
Inks:Joe Giella; Neal Adams
Genre:superhero
Characters:Green Lantern; Batman; Bork; Flash
Synopsis:Inside front cover black-white house ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81.


Story Title: The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms! - comic story
Features:Dolphin
Pages:16.67
Pencils:Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
Inks:Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
Letters:Ben Oda
Characters:Dolphin (intro); Chief Petty Officer Chris Landau; Seaman 1st Class Ben Harkey; Naval officers and sailors
Synopsis:US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault. And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom. When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation - because she has gills. With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Her origin is a mystery. As a storm kicks up and the wreck teeters, Chris asks Dolphin to retrieve the documents, but the wreck slips into the abyss. Still, she surfaces smiling. With the mission complete, they'll return to land. Dolphin can't go, and dives overboard - into her world.


Story Title: Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil - advertisement
Features:Captain Action; Ideal Toys
Pages:1
Pencils:Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:Kurt Schaffenberger
Genre:superhero
Synopsis:Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys.


Story Title: We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... Superbaby! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Superman; Supergirl
Pages:1
Pencils:Various
Inks:Various
Characters:Superman; Supergirl
Synopsis:House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman 212, "Adventures as Superbabies!"


Story Title: The Kid from Atlantis! - comic story
Features:Aquaman
Pages:7
Pencils:Ramona Fradon
Inks:Ramona Fradon
Genre:superhero
Characters:Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo
Synopsis:Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.


Story Title: What's in a Fanzine - text article
Features:The Wonderful World of Comics
Pages:1
Letters:Typeset


Story Title: Get in on the Action - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Captain Action
Pages:1
Pencils:Gil Kane
Inks:Gil Kane
Genre:Superhero
Characters:Captain Action
Synopsis:Inside back cover black-white house ad for Captain Action #2.


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