Showcase #12 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Menace of the Ancient Vials!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Roz Kirby; letters: Ira Schnapp	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
2	Chapter 1: The Menace of the Ancient Vials!	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Artie Simek	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
3	The Kings of Comedy!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	Rocket Take-Off...	comic story	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
5	Chapter Two: The Fire Being!	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Artie Simek	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
6	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Professor Eureka
7	Chapter 3: The Demon from the Depths	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Artie Simek	Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Rocky Davis
8	Wanted: A Teen-Age Code	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp	Dave; Sally Perkins
9	The Day I Climbed Magic Mountain	text story	1	letters: typeset	John Craven; Hadango
10	Chapter 4: The Deadly Duplicates!	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Artie Simek	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Challengers of the Unknown #77	1970	On eBay ›
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-079-8	1993	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-997-3	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 ISBN 1-4012-1087-2	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3523-9	2012	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3474-4	2012	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7719-2	2018	On eBay ›

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