Item Specifics

Series Name

Showcase (1956)

Issue Number

36

Publisher

DC Comics

Genre

Superhero

Item Description

Condition: See CGC Label for condition. Grader notes may be available on CGC website.

Grade: 7.0 Fine/Very Fine
Showcase #36 (DC, 1962) CGC 7.0 Showcase #36 (DC, 1962) CGC 7.0 “Prisoner in a Test Tube!” – When Professor Anton Kraft is scheduled to travel to America to work with Jean Loring’s father, foreign agents replace him with one of their spies to learn American secrets. Suspecting this as a possibility, the CIA sends the Atom across the ocean to Hungary — home of Professor Kraft, to see if this is what truly happened. Traveling to Kraft’s home, the Atom finds the spies about ready to take the real professor back to their home country. After a brief battle, the Atom trips himself up and gets caught on flypaper, making him a prisoner of the spies. However, they make the mistake of trapping Atom in a test tube not knowing that Atom could make himself small enough to escape the trap. When the board the plane, the Atom springs into action knocking out the crooks and piloting the plane back to America, where the spy’s plans are exposed and are turned over to the authorities. “The ‘Disappearing Act’ Robberies!” – When Jean’s friend Jim Barnes is accused of stealing a diamond ring from a jewelry store, it is just one of many strange robberies when it appears that the items stolen simply disappear. Deciding to get involved as the Atom, Ray Palmer decides to hide out inside a chrome chess set, correctly predicting that they would be the next items stolen. When the chess pieces suddenly lift out of the area at super-speed and hidden high above, The Atom waits to see who retrieves the chess pieces, and it turns out to be reporter Greg Phillips. Phillips had mastered the art of telekinesis, which he learned from a scientist just before the scientist died suddenly. Philips would keep the discovery to himself so that he could reap the profits. The Atom tracks Phillips to his next planned robbery of items from the local museum. The Atom springs into action and stops Phillips, turning him over to the police. When Barnes is cleared of the crime, he then goes on to marry his sweetheart. At the wedding ceremony, Ray wonders when Jean will accept his proposals. 3rd Atom Appearance Shipping Shipping:Orders are shipped within 1 business day of purchase via the cheapest method of shipping available. All Pop Culture Hobbies products are shipped using calculated shipping to avoid unnecessary overcharges. PCH does not charge handling fees of any kind; in fact, we lose money on every graded book shipped. Payment We accept the following payment methods: PayPal Visa/MasterCard Please contact us if you have any questions. Service Additional Images: We own every book listed and the product images are of the actual comic you are buying. We usually only host the front of comics to ensure there is minimal impact on the performance of our website where the images are hosted. We can fulfill additional images upon request; we usually respond to requests for additional images or within hours but certainly will get it done within a day. Offers: Most of our products are priced as marked but we welcome realistic offers. Simply send us a message and we will respond to your offer within the same business day. Please don't include your pricing research; we have access to every available tool to determine valuation and list having conducted our own research. Condition: Raw Comics - Due to variance in grading practices, comics will only be guaranteed to be in the grade specified within + or - one-half grade. For example, a comic listed as VF (8.0) is guaranteed to be in a condition of 7.5 - 8.5. Graded Comics - Graded comics will arrive in the condition specified in the listing. Product Returns: If you are unsatisfied with your purchase feel free to return for up to 30 days. We will pay for return shipping on products that were not accurately described, incorrect, or missing items. In all other cases, the buyer is responsible for the cost of return shipping. In every situation, the buyer is responsible for ensuring the product arrives back at Pop Culture Hobbies in the same condition received by the buyer. Shipping companies do not reimburse the recipient to ensure the return is packed appropriately and adequately covered against loss. Shipping: Orders are shipped within 1 business day of purchase via the cheapest method of shipping available. Packaging: All comics are shipped in either plastic with a backing board, a top-loader, or the 3rd party-graded slab. We ship comics in either a padded envelope with cardboard reinforcement or in a box with sufficient padding to protect the contents. We proudly use recycled boxes whenever possible.

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