Showcase #65 The Inferior Five - Savannah pedigree (DC, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $418.25

Sold: Feb 25, 2011

Showcase #65 Values

Publisher: DC, 1966

About Showcase #65

Mike Sekowsky cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Academy for Super-Heroes!

Characters: Inferior Five [Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather; Dumb Bunny; Merryman]; Egg's Men [The Ape; Icarus; Winter Wonderland]

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky

Inks: Mike Esposito

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: "Agony at the Academy or "A Scrap'll Floor the Teacher!"

Characters: Inferior Five [Merryman; Dumb Bunny; The Blimp; Awkwardman; White Feather]; Dean Egghead; Egg's Men [The Ape (Harry McElhinney); Basilisk (Irish Autumns); Icarus (Melvin Murgatroyd XIV); Winter Wonderland (Billy Gander); Levitation Lass (Penelope Pink)]; Fraternity of Atavistic No-Goodnicks/FAN [Dr. Dinosaur; Frog Man; Angel Fish; Mr. Amoeba; Pterano Don Juan]

Synopsis: At Dean Egghead's Academy for Super-Heroes, the staff quits. The JLA, Metal Men, Doom Patrol, Metamorpho, and even Super-Hip turn him down, so the dean is reduced to hiring the Inferior Five as teachers. They bumble through lessons, getting zapped to stone, doused, iced, and otherwise damaged. But Dean Egghead has hope. A fan club is coming to visit. Except it's really the Fraternity of Atavistic No-Goodnicks (FAN) bent on destruction!

Pages: 10.670

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky (credited)

Inks: Mike Esposito (credited)

Letters: Joe Letterese ?

Notes: The Egg's Men are parodies of the X-Men: Dean Egghead = Professor X; The Ape (Harry McElhinney) = The Beast (Hank McCoy); Basilisk (Irish Autumns) = Cyclops (Scott Summers); Icarus (Melvin Murgatroyd XIV) = Angel (Warren Worthington III); Winter Wonderland (Billy Gander) = Iceman (Bobby Drake); Levitation Lass (Penelope Pink) = Marvel Girl (Jean Grey). The Fraternity of Atavistic No-Goodnicks/FAN somewhat matches The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Frog Man = Toad; Mr. Amoeba might be the Blob.

Synopsis: Editorial Letters on the debut of the Inferior Five. Despite that "millions" wanted this issue to feature Batman teamed with Fox & Crow, here's the I5 again. Includes letters like, "The Inferior Five will definitely go down in history - and the sooner the better!" from Charmaine Missleto from Wake Island. Includes praise from Joe Orlando, Mike Esposito, and Nelson Bridwell (the creators). And an actual letter from Bill Smith of Bangor, ME.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Miller ?

Pencils: ? (illustration)

Inks: ? (illustration)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: Letters of comment from readers.

Title: Part II: "Two Brains Are Better Than One!"

Synopsis: Dr. Dinosaur boasts two brains (one in his tail), so plans to destroy the Egg's Men. And the I5? "Them, too." The I5 aren't having much luck with the "high-spirited students", so go on a field trip to demonstrate super power use, destroying property willy-nilly, if accidentally. Arriving back at school, they're ambushed by the FAN! "Attack, Nogoodniks!""

Pages: 6.670

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky

Inks: Mike Esposito

Letters: Joe Letterese ?

Title: Lost -- A Free Education!

Characters: Tim; Binky; unnamed former student

Synopsis: Binky chides Tim for skipping school, and a grocery boy warns him he needs an education. "Go back to school!"

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Bob Oksner

Inks: Bob Oksner

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Anti-dropout message.

Title: Part III: "Some Throwbacks Should Be Thrown Back!" or "But Some Shouldn't!"

Characters: Freedom Brigade [The Patriot; Lady Liberty; Capt. Swift; The Bowman; Princess Power; Mr. Might; The Mermaid]

Synopsis: Awkwardman crashes into the pool - and meets Angel Fish, a mermaid! The I5 pound on FAN with vacuum cleaners, barrage arrows, and a swift kick in the pants for Dr. Dinosaur. The Egg's Men help, and the FAN is rounded up. The I5 are "not quite up to teaching school", so call in their parents, the retired Freedom Brigade! They'll train the "super-heroes of tomorrow", who lament "the picnic is over". And Awkwardman pines for Angel Fish.

Pages: 5.670

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky

Inks: Mike Esposito

Letters: Joe Letterese ?

Notes: The Freedom Brigade = more or less other DC heroes. The Patriot = Uncle Sam. Capt. Swift = The Flash. The Bowman = Green Arrow. Princess Power = Wonder Woman. Mr. Might = Superman. The Mermaid and Lady Liberty have no direct equivalents. Feature continued in The Inferior Five (DC, 1967 series).

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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	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	3	5	7	9	14	4	2	0	0	55
Qualified	0	0	0	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
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	3	5	7	9	15	4	2	0	0	56

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