Showcase #37
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March-April 1962
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/16821
Credits
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher
Issue contents
Cover
The Flaming Doom!
(Metal Men)
Cover,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
1.
No title recorded
(Magic Art Reproducer)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
2.
[Part I] The Flaming Doom!
(Metal Men)
Comic story,
8 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
3.
No title recorded
(Justice League of America; Aquaman)
Promo (ad from the publisher),
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
4.
From Many Lands...
Public service announcement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
5.
Part II: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom!
(Metal Men)
Comic story,
8 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
6.
The Magic Metal
Text article,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
7.
No title recorded
(Metal Facts and Fancies)
Comic story,
2 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
8.
Part III: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom!
(Metal Men)
Comic story,
8.66 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
9.
No title recorded
Statement of ownership,
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
10.
No title recorded
(Chet Atkins Method)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
11.
No title recorded
(Grit Publishing Co.)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
12.
No title recorded
(Best Values Co.)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
13.
No title recorded
(100 Toy Soldiers)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
14.
No title recorded
(Junior Sales Club of America)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
15.
No title recorded
(American Seed Co.)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
Notes
On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #4 and copyright registration.
In Amazing World of DC Comics #10, in the article "There's No Cases Like Showcases" by Jack C. Harris, he notes, "Probably one of the strangest teams in comics, Bob Kanigher and Ross Andru's Metal Men ran for four issues of SHOWCASE... The wonder robots were created (and #37 scripted) in a weekend work session trigger [sic] when editor/writer Kanigher was asked to come up with a SHOWCASE concept quickly. Too unique to be lost, the robot band was launched on a 41-issue span..."
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.