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Showcase has been the title of several anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing titles. The original series ran from March 1956 to September 1970, and then was revived for eleven issues from August 1977 to September 1978.
Publication history
Other successful characters to debut in Showcase were
Lois Lane (#9) and the Spectre (#60) also had their own series debut in Showcase. In 1962, DC purchased an adaptation of the James Bond novel and film Dr. No which had been published in British Classics Illustrated and published it as an issue of Showcase; it was the first American comic book appearance of the character. The series was cancelled in 1970 with #93, featuring Manhunter 2070. Brief revivalIn August 1977 Showcase was revived for eleven issues using the original numbering, after the failure of First Issue Special, which ran from 1975-76. The revived series began with issue #95, and published the first appearance of the new Doom Patrol, and the solo adventures of Power Girl. Issue #100 had a cameo by every character that had premiered in the original run of Showcase. The series was cancelled again after issue #104 September 1978, as part of what is commonly called the DC Implosion. Issues #105 and #106 saw print in Cancelled Comics Cavalcade and #105 was later published in Adventure Comics. Showcase 90's
Showcase reprint collectionsDC published a trade paperback reprint collection of selected issues/stories/characters from the original Showcase series in 1992:
In 2005, DC began publishing thick, black-and-white reprints of older material under the umbrella title Showcase Presents. The new line of books has been widely compared to Marvel Comics' similarly formatted Essential... line of collections, which that company has been publishing since 1996. The series have received recognition over the years, including the 1965 Alley Award for Best Novel (an untitled story by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson in issue #55). Reprint collection volumes
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