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    Showcase (1956-1978) #79 CGC 6.5
    Published Dec 1968 by DC.

    Showcase (1956-1978) 79 CGC 6.5

    1st app. Dolphin

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #1257871006

    Ended Jan 22 2024
    Winning Bid $215

    Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81. 1st appearance of Dolphin in The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!, script and art by Jay Scott Pike; US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault; And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom; When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation--because she has gills; With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #212. The Kid from Atlantis!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish; Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick. Article on "What's In a Fanzine." Ad for Captain Action #2, art by Gil Kane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12. Grade: CGC 6.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)