Early Debuts
Showcase 13

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Showcase #13 Universal
Grade: 8.5
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Certification #: 1157246001
Owner: Mississippi Mudcats

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Early Debuts
Date Added: 6/14/2013
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

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 1957. Obviously DC was not yet fully committed to SA superheroes just yet.

As in #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.

This is currently the only book in this set where our copy is graded below a 9.0 by CGC. It is nonetheless one of the top 6 copies overall trailing a single 9.2 and a single 9.0.

Purchased from ComicConnect on 6/21/2013.
  
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