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Publishers / DC / Showcase (1956) / #61

61March-April 1966
$0.12

Showcase #61

DC · March-April 1966 · on sale January 25, 1966

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Identification plate

Series: Showcase (DC, 1956 series)
Issue: #61
Publication date: March-April 1966
Key date: March 1966
On-sale date: January 25, 1966
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Beyond the Sinister Barrier	cover	1	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
1	Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Jack Schiff
2	Beyond the Sinister Barrier!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
3	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
4	Here Are Some Tips on How to Get Started Building Better Models!	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Cap
5	Tornado... Cyclone... Hurricane...	comic story	0.5
6	Cloud 9	cartoon	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
7	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Irwin Donenfeld
8	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #492	1982	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Spectre #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3417-1	2012	On eBay ›
The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-293-3	2020	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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