Showcase #1 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Fire Fighters	cover	1	pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice; letters: Ira Schnapp	Fireman Fred Farrell Jr.
2	The Story Behind Showcase	comic story	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Larry Blake; National Comics' editor
3	The School for Smoke-Eaters	comic story	8	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice; letters: Pat Gordon	Fireman Farrell; Red Miller; Clark; Noonan; Fox; Gainer
4	Smoky Stan	cartoon	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Smoky Stan; the Chief; woman
5	Fire under the Big Top	comic story	8	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice; letters: Pat Gordon	Fireman Farrell; Fire Lieutenant Reiner; Phil Baylor
6	-	cartoon	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	Bobo Blaze	cartoon	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Bobo Blaze; the Chief
8	-	public service announcement	0.33	letters: Ira Schnapp
9	Secrets of the Firehouse	text article	2	script: Jerry McKay
10	Fourth Alarm	comic story	8	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice; letters: Pat Gordon	Fireman Ferrell; Edgar R. Meadow; Captain Walsh

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
DC Special #10	1971	On eBay ›
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-079-8	1993	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3523-9	2012	On eBay ›

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