Showcase #7 for Sale - First Appearance of June Robbins - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Showcase (DC, 1956 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: March-April 1957
Key date: 1957-03-00
On-sale date: 1957-01-06
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of June Robbins - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ultivac - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Ultivac is Loose!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Ira Schnapp	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, June Robbins First, Red Ryan, Ultivac First
2	Ultivac is Loose! [Chapter 1]	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Marvin Stein; letters: Stan Starkman	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Ultivac First
4	Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Marvin Stein; letters: Stan Starkman	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, June Robbins First, Red Ryan
5	Dead or Alive?	comic story	1		Robert Louis Stevenson
6	Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Marvin Stein; letters: Stan Starkman	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, June Robbins First, Red Ryan, Ultivac First
8	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah the Mystic
9	Supernatural Sleuths	text article	1.75	script: George Kashdan
10	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
11	Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Marvin Stein; letters: Stan Starkman	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, June Robbins First, Red Ryan, Ultivac First

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Challengers of the Unknown #75	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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Before you buy

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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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