SHOWCASE #61 (Mar1966) 7.5 VF- 2nd Appearance of Silver Age SPECTRE! Anderson!

Item Specifics

Series Name

SHOWCASE

Issue Number

#61

Publisher

DC Comics

Main Character

Spectre

Genre

Horror & Sci-Fi

Grade

7.5 VF-

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

THE SPECTRE was created by the legendary co-creator of SUPERMAN, JERRY SIEGEL, and first appeared in MORE FUN COMICS #52 (Feb. 1940). When hard-boiled cop Jim Corrigan, on his way with his fiancée Clarice to their engagement party, was murdered by thugs, he was stuffed into a barrel filled with cement and then throw it into a body of water. His spirit was refused entry into the afterlife however, and he was sent back to Earth by an entity referred to only as "The Voice" to eliminate evil. He was portrayed as an all-powerful Spirit of Vengeance, exacting horrible payment for those who practiced evil.

In 1966 he was been revived by DC and appeared in 3 issues of SHOWCASE before being awarded his own title. Here is his 2nd Silver Age appearance, from 1966, in the pages of DC's 'auditioning' title SHOWCASE, with story by Gardner Fox and energetic art by Murphy Anderson!

In "Beyond the Sinister Barrier", Fox and Anderson give us THE SPECTRE battling the demonic entity SHATHAN THE ETERNAL, who uses the power of stolen shadows to cross the dimensional barrier to Earth and threaten its annihilation!  Thank goodness the guy in green and white prevails!

You even get a page of gag cartoon panels by MAD Magazine's Caricaturist Supreme, Mort Drucker!

This is a nearly pristine copy of this 55-year old comic, with a strong binding, minimal toning, and good color.  Some mild warping from years of being stored less than ideally is present, but not very noticeable.  We are conservatively grading this a 7.5 VF- . . . which Overstreet pegs at $65 . . . but we are so relieved that THE SPECTRE got the better of SHATHAN that we're shaving this down to $48 . . . with our always-L•O•W shipping of just $2!

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