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Showcase, #104

Published: September 1978

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Showcase #104

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Issue Contents:
Graves with No Names (1)
1 page war
Credits
Graves with No Names
Story 1 13 pages war
Storyline

Control enlists circus performers to try to free a Polish resistance leader from a Nazi concentration camp.

Characters
  • The O.S.S. [Control
  • Casimir (death)
  • Jadwiga
  • Stanislaw (death)
  • Ignace (death)]
  • Artur
  • Nazis
Onward and Upward
Story 2 1 page
Storyline

Publisher Jenette Kahn discusses current price and page increases of DC comics.

Credits
Story Notes

Between pages 10-11 of first story.

The World's Greatest Spy
Story 3 1 page war
Characters
  • Bill Donovan
Story Notes

An article on Bill Donovan, a real OSS agent. No letters this issue. After end of first story.

Another Pin-- Another Death!
Story 4 6 pages war
Storyline

In flashback, Control watches as fellow operative and wife Dina is executed by Nazis rather than reveal secrets of the O.S.S.

Characters
  • The O.S.S. [Control (origin, also flashback)
  • Vito De Cicco (death)
  • Dina (intro, death, flashback)]
  • Nazis
Credits
Did You Miss Any Of These Fantastic Tabloids?
Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

House ad for various DC one-shots. Between pages 4-5 of second story.

The Friendly Killers!
Story 6 6 pages war
Storyline

Control enlists the aid of Davy and his trained dolphins to set bombs onto the side of a heretofore unsinkable Nazi battleship.

Characters
  • The O.S.S. [Control
  • Davy
  • Mickey
  • Molly]
  • Kapitan Ernst Von Tessler (villain)
Important Notice!
Story 7 1 page
Story Notes

Notice to apply for membership in the DC Super-Stars Society. Between pages 2-3 of third story.

The DC Explosion!
Story 8 1 page
Story Notes

DC subscription ad. Between pages 4-5 of third story.

Story 9 1 page

"Q. Has Wonder Woman ever teamed up with Batgirl?"

Credits
#38 Steve Mitchell
Story 10 0 pages biography
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit confirmed by Michael Catron.