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41November-December 1962
$0.12

Showcase #41

DC · November-December 1962 · on sale 1962-09-27

First appearance: Major Lon Vurian
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Identification plate

Series
Showcase (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#41
Publication date
November-December 1962
Key date
1962-11-00
On-sale date
1962-09-27
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Major Lon Vurian - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Origin at the West Point of Space!cover1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Ira SchnappColonel Tommy Tomorrow, Major Lon Vurian First
1Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2Frame-Up at Planeteer Academy Chapter 1comic story12.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Pat GordonColonel Tommy Tomorrow, Major Lon Vurian First
5-cartoon0.67
8Man Tries for the Moon -- Yesterday and Todaycomic story2pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9Pioneers of the Skytext article1letters: typesetJ. Degen; Sir George Cayley; Gustav Lilienthal; Otto Lilienthal; Percy Sinclair Pilcher; Samuel Pierpont Langley; Clement Ader
10[Frame-Up at Planeteer Academy] Chapter 2: The Criminal Who Couldn't Diecomic story11.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasColonel Tommy Tomorrow, Major Lon Vurian First
12Batman; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1Batman; Robin

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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