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SHOWCASE #19

Cover Date: March-April 1959
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Bernard Sachs


Story: "Challenge of the Star-Hunter!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange (last in flashback in Justice League of America #144)

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna (last in flashback in Justice League of America #144)

Villain(s):

Leothric (a shape-changer; first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Rannians
a soldier from Moorm
a desert dweller from Ilarthic
a scientist from Kamorak
Fakirs

Cameo Appearance(s):

Eternals (mentioned)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Calcutta, India
Rann
Ranagar
Unidentified Space Sector
Ardvak (first appearance)
Sea of Ybss
Desert of Coralee

Story Reprinted in:

Adam Strange Archives #1 ([February] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1 ([July] 2012)

Solicitation:

In Calcutta, India, Adam Strange, along with a number of explorers, are on hand to witness an ancient rope trick. When one of the locals explains that it's a trick, and nobody can disappear at the end of the rope, Adam Strange offers to prove him wrong!


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Second Story: "Mystery of the Mental Menace!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksSy Barry
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange (next in Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #53)

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna (next in Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #53)

Villain(s):

Zakkad (first appearance; an energy being)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Sol System
Earth
Kenya (African veldt)
Alpha Centauri System
Rann
Kallanoor (first appearance)
Ranagar
Red Desert of Palamar
Sea of Abyx
Ys (first appearance)
Ekelon (first appearance)

Comment(s):

43 days, 16 minutes and 5 seconds have passed since the end of the first story and the start of the second story.

Story Reprinted in:

Adam Strange Archives #1 ([February] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Showcase #1 ([July] 2012)


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