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49March-April 1964
$0.12

Showcase #49

DC · March-April 1964 · on sale 1964-01-30

First appearance: Johnny Blake
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Identification plate

Series
Showcase (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
March-April 1964
Key date
1964-03-00
On-sale date
1964-01-30
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 Johnny Blake - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Fury of the Fiery Avenger!cover1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Ira SchnappJohnny Blake First, Cave Carson, Bulldozer Smith
2The Fury of the Fiery Avengercomic story24script: Bob Haney; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Stan Starkman
3-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
4Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Talespromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Give and Takepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Doom Patrolpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffOllie
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
9Calling Cave Carsonletters page1letters: typeset
10Challengers of the Unknownpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

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

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Series context

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Sources

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