Showcase (November 1968), #78

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Born to Trouble... Jonny Double

Story featuring Jonny Double

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Meet Jonny Double!.. Chapter 1

Story featuring Jonny Double

Storyline: "A down-beat Don Quixote... a once-white knight in counterfeit armor, the poor man's Peter Pan!" Jonny Double, ex-cop and now PI, is awoken only to be ejected by his landlord. Relocating, he gets a call. Mr. Twain has the picture of his twin brother, a syndicate man who was murdered. Jonny demands $200/day, settles for $50, then bums cigarettes and bullets from his contacts asking about the syndicate. He's jumped by goons and pounded, and paid off with a quarter!

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Story featuring Batman, Story featuring Superman

Storyline: House ad for World's Finest #180, "Superman's Perfect Crime"; and Superman #211, "The Name of the Game is... Superman!"

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Story featuring The Creeper

Storyline: House ad for Beware the Creeper #4, "Which Face Hides My Enemy?"

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Story featuring Dolphin

Storyline: Teaser ad for Showcase #79, with Dolphin shown in silhouette

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Story featuring Justice League

Storyline: House ad for Justice League of America #67, reprinting initiation stories of Hawkman, Atom, and Green Arrow

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Joe Kubert Is a Grand Old Name!

In-House Column featuring The Wonderful World of Comics

Storyline: Bio of Joe Kubert. Blurb for the first DC Special honoring Carmine Infantino. "Love Finds the Inquiring Fanatic!" article on Angel and the Ape.

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Storyline: House ad for The Geek #1

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Story featuring Angel and the Ape

Storyline: House ad for Angel and the Ape #1, "The Case of the Missing Go-Go Girls!"

[Meet Jonny Double!..] The End.. Plus One...

Story featuring Jonny Double

Storyline: Jonny calls Mr. Twain to collect his fee. "Have to wait until Monday." "Aahh, beans!" And the sign painter demands to get paid, or he'll "take the door with me." Jonny narrates, "I'll show [them]... I won't be a loser all my life! This isn't... The End!

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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Chapter 3

Story featuring Jonny Double

Storyline: Jonny kicks back, and the goon goes over the rail to a fatal fall. More goons pursue. Jonny runs into an amusement park, then the House of Horrors. Running past horror masks, Jonny is trapped in the Hall of Mirrors. The goon shoots wild. "I'll get ya, Double!" Jonny moves in and pounds the goon flat. The barker even shows him automatic pictures taken inside. "Send a set to Lt. Branigan C.O.D, with love and kisses from Jonny Double." The End

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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Chapter 2

Story featuring Jonny Double

Storyline: Beaten, Jonny gets sympathy from "Crys" Cross, a blonde waitress. Mr. Twain's brother dealt with Piker and Glass, respectable businessmen. Jonny goes to their office, is turned away, but disguises as a janitor to slip in. He eavesdrops on (Piker or Glass) ordering Mr. Twain's death. As for the "peeper", Jonny Double has only "stupid, dumb luck". Then he's spotted, beaten again, and dragged to the roof to be pitched over!

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[Meet Jonny Double!..] Prologue:

Story featuring Jonny Double

Storyline: In San Francisco, a rich man is beaten in his own house. The goons leave a picture - of Twain dead!

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The Adventures of Tigerboy and His Real Tiger Paws
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