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Publisher: DC

Title: Showcase
Issue: 5
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: November-December 1956
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Showcase 5
Owner: Sam I am

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Story Title: The Human Eel - cover
Pages:1
Genre:crime


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Garcelon Stamp Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Greatest Villain of All Time - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:crime
Characters:Lt. Harry Fowler; Sergeant Collins; Ben Gatewood (Producer); Leif Conrad (Director); Danny Tell (Public Relations); Otto Sands (Actor)
Synopsis:A thief is stealing artifacts that recreate roles from famous movies such as "The Mad Maestro" and "Phantom of the City". Only Lt. Harry Fowler, once a Hollywood screenwriter, makes the connection to catch Leif Conrad, driven mad to recreate his roles and become "The Greatest Villain of All Time."


Story Title: Boys and Girls!! - advertisement
Features:Anra, Inc.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:"Get in line for the greatest Hallowe'en and masquerade costumes ever!" Ad for costumes such as skeleton, pirate, bride, and Superboy and Supergirl.


Story Title: Binky's Special Election Exhibit - public service announcement
Features:Binky
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy; teen
Characters:Binky Biggs; kids; citizens
Synopsis:Binky notes kids aren't old enough to vote, but can help adults vote by providing babysitting services, help with English for new citizens, registration drives, and more. "In 1952, 37 percent of the eligible U.S. voters failed to vote... Let's do our bit!"


Story Title: The Two Faces of Mr. X - comic story
Pages:7.66
Genre:crime
Characters:Don Reed; FBI agents; Alex Tate (crime boss); gangsters
Synopsis:Don Reed is a top fashion model. Until the FBI wants him to impersonate Alex Tate, the leader of a crime syndicate. Reed, a former counter-intelligence agent, secretly studies Tate to prepare for the role. The FBI snatches Tate, who laughs the "stooge" will get "the surprise of your life". At the gang HQ, the posing Reed learns Tate was due to undergo plastic surgery to change his face! Forced into the operating room, Reed wraps in bandages and breaks loose with knockout gas to capture the gang.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wildroot Cream-Oil
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Characters:Warden Willis; convict; guard
Synopsis:Warden Willis finds out why the convict asked his friends to mail him neckties.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Daisy Manufacturing Company
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.66
Genre:humor
Characters:Casey the Cop; Old Lady
Synopsis:An old woman calls Casey to a "riot" of yelling - at a baseball game!


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Palisades Amusement Park
Pages:0.33


Story Title: Secrets of the Secret Service - text article
Pages:2
Pencils:? (illustration)
Inks:? (illustration)
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction; spy
Synopsis:"Originally established to do counter-espionage work, the agency has assumed many other crime-busting tasks," such a catching counterfeiters.


Story Title: The Human Eel - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:crime
Characters:Agent Drew; The Human Eel; Zorac; police of many nations
Synopsis:Agent Drew is obsessed with stopping The Human Eel's empire of crime. The Eel wears a special "shock suit" that jolts his enemies into submission. Even Drew suffered a shock, and now has a weak heart, so can't function at heights. He pursues the Eel atop the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Egypt, but gasps for air so the Eel escapes. Finally, in Johannesburg, he disguises as Zorac, the Eel's criminal competitor. Donning an oxygen mask, he mounts a high bridge to confront the Eel and smashes the controls of his "shock suit".


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:American Specialty Company
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Disneyland Color Television Set
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Stephens Credit Sales
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Baby Ruth
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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