Showcase #41 Tommy Tomorrow (DC, 1962) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages....
Auction amount: $1,560.00
Sold: Aug 5, 2021
Showcase #41 Values
Publisher: DC, 1962
About Showcase #41
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Cadet Tommy Tomorrow; Cadet Lon Vurian; Unit Sergeant
Pencils: Lee Elias
Inks: Lee Elias
Letters: Ira Schnapp (and Tommy Tomorrow logo design)
Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Planeteers; Cadet Tommy Tomorrow; unnamed Unit Sergeant (intro); Cadet Lon Vurian of Venus (intro); Cadet Hughes; Cadet Ku-Rami; Cadet Hjaro; Cadet Morgan; unnamed Academy Commandant; General Vurian of Venus (mentioned); Captain Lenk (mentioned); Cadet Lo-Duey of Mars (mentioned); Chardu of Mercury (villain, posing as Cadet Lo-Duey of Mars)
Synopsis: Tommy Tomorrow arrives with other rookies at the Planeteer Academy, known as the "West Point of the Solar System". He meets other cadets, such as Lon Vurian of Venus and Lo-Duey of Mars. Someone repeatedly sabotages Tommy, until none of the other cadets trust him. At the end of their training, Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian, the top two students, are chosen to lead two teams in competition to locate the Stone of Gazda which has been hidden on a distant asteroid. The cadets learn too late that Lo-Duey was actually Chardu of Mercury, who has stolen and escaped with the all-powerful Stone.
Pages: 12.670
Script: Arnold Drake
Pencils: Lee Elias (signed)
Inks: Lee Elias (signed)
Letters: Pat Gordon ?
Notes: This story takes place in the 21st century. The stories in Showcase are prequels to the Tommy Tomorrow tales told in Real Fact Comics, Action Comics, and World's Finest Comics. Chronologically, this story follows the flashback tale in Action Comics #224.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
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