COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Showcase 13 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4068910015
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This time there was a gap of four issue until Flash makes another appearance in Showcase #13. It seemed the Flash was going to make annual appearances, as Showcase #4 was published in 1956, Showcase #8 in 1957, and Showcase #13 in 1958. Obviously DC was not yet fully committed to SA superheroes.
As in Showcase #4 and #8, this issue contains two stories: “Around the World in 80 Minutes” and “Master of the Elements”. In the first story, after taking Iris on a date to see the film "Around the World in 80 Days", Iris muses how long it would take Flash to run around the world before reminding Barry that they have a date and he shouldn't be late.The next day Flash races to Paris to stop the Black Cat from blowing up the Eiffel Tower, travels to Egypt to saves Princess Tara from El Claw, stops an avalanche near Mt. Everest, and stops a pirate submarine. After recovering the crew targeted by the pirate sub, they tell him it's Tuesday. Fearing he's late for his date (Which was for Monday evening) Flash races back to the States and changes into Barry Allen, and finds to his relief that it's still Monday on his side of the world and he's just in time for his date with Iris.
The second story introduces us to Mr Element, a scientist with a bipolar personality. Interestingly, he discovered the Philosopher’s Stone many years before JK Rowland. Needless to say, Flash still always wins.
Our 9.4 is currently the single highest graded example in the census and has been for well over a decade. We have known about it for at least 10 years when we lost it in a Heritage Auction to a collector in Europe. We finally got a second shot at it in the 9/9/2021 Heritage Auction, which was where we acquired it. We paid more than we wanted for sure, but it raised the floor of this set from 8.5 to 9.2.*
2023 Update: Now this one really hurt. After finally acquiring a book we had coveted for more than a decade, our 9.4, which was two grades above the next copy, has been unseated by a 9.6. That one certainly came out of nowhere. If there was ever something that could make me quit collecting comics, this one is probably it.
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