Showcase #4 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Presenting The Flash!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino, Robert Kanigher; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira Schnapp	The Flash [Barry Allen]
2	Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!	comic story	12	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)
3	Here Are the Prizes	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	letters: typeset
4	The Big Dance	public service announcement	1	letters: typeset
5	Fastest Creatures on Earth!	cartoon	0.67
7	Wonders of Speed!	comic story	1
8	The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!	comic story	10	script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain); Henry Brown
9	100-Yard Dash	text article	1	letters: typeset

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-079-8	1993	On eBay ›
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-81-1	1991	On eBay ›
Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 ISBN 1-56389-440-8	1998	On eBay ›

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