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15July-August 1958
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Showcase #15

DC · July-August 1958 · on sale 1958-05-20

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Identification plate

Series
Showcase (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
July-August 1958
Key date
1958-07-00
On-sale date
1958-05-20
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappSpace Ranger; Myra
1Are You a Litter-Bug?public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
2The Great Plutonium Plotcomic story12script: Gardner Fox, Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger [Rick Starr] (Introduction); Jarko; Gurph; Myra Mason; Thaddeus Starr; Cryll; Zandor
3You've Got a Comet by the Tailpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5Escape from Planet Xtext story1letters: typesetDan Stover
6The Robot Planetcomic story12script: Gardner Fox, Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Danaan
7A Judy Jupiter Space Stickleractivity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
9Space Ships of the Past!comic story2pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Ben Oda

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
DC Super Stars #81976On eBay ›
Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn]
ISBN 0-671-24775-1
1980On eBay ›
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-079-8
1993On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289838
1992On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-3523-9
2012On eBay ›

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