Showcase #5 Values

Publisher: DC, 1956

About Showcase #5

Manhunters. Ruben Moreira cover. Mort Meskin and Curt Swan art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Human Eel

Pencils: Ruben Moreira

Inks: Ruben Moreira

Letters: Ira Schnapp (and logo)

Notes: In The Amazing World of DC Comics #10, in the article, "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris discusses how the editors tried different features in SHOWCASE. Firefighters (#1), animal adventures (#2), and frogmen (#3) had not sold well. "Showcase #4 [The Flash] was the one that clicked, but sales reports, slow as they were, did not reach the home office until months later. So, off in another direction went [Editor] Jack Schiff and artists Mort Meskin, Curt Swan, and Bill Ely who presented the detective work of three Manhunters #5 (Nov/Dec., 1956)."

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Greatest Villain of All Time

Characters: Lt. Harry Fowler; Sergeant Collins; Ben Gatewood (Producer); Leif Conrad (Director); Danny Tell (Public Relations); Otto Sands (Actor)

Synopsis: A thief is stealing artifacts that recreate roles from famous movies such as "The Mad Maestro" and "Phantom of the City". Only Lt. Harry Fowler, once a Hollywood screenwriter, makes the connection to catch Leif Conrad, driven mad to recreate his roles and become "The Greatest Villain of All Time."

Pages: 8.000

Script: Jack Miller

Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Letters: Pat Gordon

Reprints: DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #10 (January-February 1971)

Title: Binky's Special Election Exhibit

Characters: Binky Biggs; kids; citizens

Synopsis: Binky notes kids aren't old enough to vote, but can help adults vote by providing babysitting services, help with English for new citizens, registration drives, and more. "In 1952, 37 percent of the eligible U.S. voters failed to vote... Let's do our bit!"

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Bob Oksner

Inks: Bob Oksner

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Title: The Two Faces of Mr. X

Characters: Don Reed; FBI agents; Alex Tate (crime boss); gangsters

Synopsis: Don Reed is a top fashion model. Until the FBI wants him to impersonate Alex Tate, the leader of a crime syndicate. Reed, a former counter-intelligence agent, secretly studies Tate to prepare for the role. The FBI snatches Tate, who laughs the "stooge" will get "the surprise of your life". At the gang HQ, the posing Reed learns Tate was due to undergo plastic surgery to change his face! Forced into the operating room, Reed wraps in bandages and breaks loose with knockout gas to capture the gang.

Pages: 7.660

Script: Jack Miller

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Sy Barry

Letters: Pat Gordon

Reprints: DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #10 (January-February 1971)

Title: Secrets of the Secret Service

Synopsis: "Originally established to do counter-espionage work, the agency has assumed many other crime-busting tasks," such a catching counterfeiters.

Pages: 2.000

Script: ? [as John Maxwell]

Pencils: ? (illustration)

Inks: ? (illustration)

Letters: Typeset

Title: The Human Eel

Characters: Agent Drew; The Human Eel; Zorac; police of many nations

Synopsis: Agent Drew is obsessed with stopping The Human Eel's empire of crime. The Eel wears a special "shock suit" that jolts his enemies into submission. Even Drew suffered a shock, and now has a weak heart, so can't function at heights. He pursues the Eel atop the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid of Egypt, but gasps for air so the Eel escapes. Finally, in Johannesburg, he disguises as Zorac, the Eel's criminal competitor. Donning an oxygen mask, he mounts a high bridge to confront the Eel and smashes the controls of his "shock suit".

Pages: 8.000

Script: Jack Miller

Pencils: Bill Ely

Inks: Bill Ely

Letters: Pat Gordon

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	5	6	3	3	11	4	5	4	3	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	59
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	5	7	3	4	11	4	6	4	3	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	63

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