Showcase, #28
Published: September-October 1960
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The Undersea Prison!
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
- Colors: Jack Adler
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
wash cover
"Don't be held back by a half-a-man body"
Characters
- Charles Atlas (photo)
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Prize Flippers!
"A strange contest takes place at the bottom of the sea--as the Sea Devils perform feats which would win them..."
Storyline
The Sea Devils compete with each other to win the flippers that belong to Dane's father. Everyone knows how badly Nicky wants them, so they each sabotage their own efforts in the competition, but it turns out that Nicky really does win the contest when he saves everyone's life when a whale smashes their boat.
Characters
- Biff Bailey
- Dane Dorrance
- Judy Walton
- Nicky Walton
- Mr. Dorrance
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher (uncertain)
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
The First Frogman!
"As a present-day frogman dives beneath the surface of the sea..."
Storyline
Scyllis, a Greek diver in the fifth century B.C., performs great underwater feats.
Characters
- Scyllis
- Xerxes
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Bike Safety = Bike Fun!
"Can you pass this bike safety test?"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Quiz based on the rules of the Bicycle Institute of America. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Undersea Prison!
"How long can a man plunge to the bottom of the sea, and not be found, before he is presumed lost forever!"
Storyline
The Sea Devils agree to help Mona Moray locate her missing father. They find that the professor has been taken captive by a race of undersea aliens who are planning a larger invasion of Earth.
Characters
- Biff Bailey
- Dane Dorrance
- Judy Walton
- Nicky Walton
- Mona Moray
- Professor Moray
Credits
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
First appearance of the Sea Devils' dockside office and sign: "The Sea Devils / Underwater Troubleshooters / Have Flippers - Will Travel!"
"Presenting the greatest Superman stories ever told!"
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960). On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
"Big enough for 2-3 kids!"
Story Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
"Hi, fans of the Sea Devils!"
Storyline
First letters column, with questions about diving from readers and answers from the Sea Devils (as opposed to comments about the comic stories). Includes questions on choosing diving equipment and lessons. The editors asks readers to write to Sea Devils, National Comics Pub, 575 Lexington Ave, New York 22, NY. The logo is a diver giving a lecture to a "school" of mer-people.
Story Notes
Letters from: Walt Framer (from No. Hollywood, California), Stan Wood (from Atlantic City, New Jersey), George Kastner (from New York City, New York), and Dan Stinson (from Detroit, MIchigan). On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
"Be My Guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."
Story Notes
At bottom of p. 16 of second story.
"Do you want spending money?"
Characters
- Superman
"What's wrong here?"
Storyline
Artistic Card Co., Inc.
Story Notes
Artistic Card Co., Inc. seeks sellers of their Christmas and all-occasion greeting cards.
"Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"
Story Notes
Wilson Chemical Co. ad seeking sellers of Cloverine salve. Inside back cover.
"Each gun box contains:"
Story Notes
Josely Co. advertisement. Back cover.