Showcase #18 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Adam Strange; Alanna
2	Invaders from the Atom Universe	comic story	14.33	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn
4	Formula for Success!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp	Jimmy; Mr. Lane
5	-	cartoon	0.5
8	Bernard Lyot	comic story	1		Bernard Lyot
10	Prize Stars!	text article	1	letters: typeset
11	The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange!	comic story	9.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Joe Giella	Adam Strange; Alanna; Tak Vall (first appearance, villain); Moora (first appearance, villain)

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Green Lantern #31	1964	On eBay ›
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-079-8	1993	On eBay ›
The Adam Strange Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0148-2	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1313-8; 1-4012-1313-8	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3523-9	2012	On eBay ›
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7295-1	2017	On eBay ›

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