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Showcase #73

Showcase

#73

Beware Creeper : The Coming of the Creeper

First appearance of the Creeper; Origin of the Creeper; First appearance of Professor Yatz
8.5
CGC 8.5
8.5
CGC 8.5
Release:   Apr 1968
Cover:   Apr 1968
8.5$ 350.00

Creators View all

Writer Steve Ditko, Don Segall
Artist Steve Ditko
Cover Artist Steve Ditko
Scripter Don Segall

Characters View all

Creeper Jack Ryder
Bill Brane
Angel Devlin
Major Smej
Professor Yatz
Dr. Clayton Wetley

Details

Age Silver Age
Format Comic
Series Group Showcase
Genre Adventure
Country USA
Language English

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Storage Box CGC/CBCS Box #13
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Index 5142
Added Date Sep 11, 2014 22:29:03
Modified Date May 05, 2025 21:58:45

Value

Grade and value 8.5 Very Fine + ($ 350.00)
Grade status Slabbed and graded by CGC 8.5
Slab Certification Number CGC 8.5 - 2325381009
Grader Notes CGC 8.5 - 2325381009
Key Minor: First appearance of the Creeper; Origin of the Creeper; First appearance of Professor Yatz
Key Categories 1st appearance

Notes

Cover art by Steve Ditko. 1st appearance of the Creeper in The Coming of the Creeper!, script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Segall (Dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds"; Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator; He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for Devlin's society ball; He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz; Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. Ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Meet the Men Behind the Creeper; bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall. Ad for the Enemy Ace, art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Ditko's Hawk and the Dove. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Grade: CGC 8.5 - 2325381009
Publisher: DC
Bid History: Sold For
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Comments: 1st Creeper by Steve Ditko