Description: • From April 1966 … almost 60 years ago … and still in very fine to excellent condition, this is Showcase # 61 featuring The Spectre in Beyond the Sinister Barrier. • The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal. • See photos. Rare to find a comic book of this vintage in such excellent condition. Not professionally graded but stored upright for decades in acid-free sleeve with cardboard backing in a smoke-free house. Please review the photos carefully to evaluate yourself. • Writer: Gardner Fox • Penciler: Murphy Anderson • Inker: Murphy Anderson • Letterer: Gaspar Saladino • Editor: Julius Schwartz • Featured Characters: The Spectre The Voice Shathan the Eternal (First appearance) Denizens of Dis Tsathhala of the hundred seas (Single appearance) Ahriman of the windy worlds (Single appearance) Azmodus (Flashback only) • Other Characters: Moses (Flashback only) Budda (Flashback only) Peter (Flashback only) Mohammed (Flashback only) • In the mid-1950s and 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz revived the Spectre and returned him to the role of an avenging undead spirit, beginning in Showcase #60 (February 1966). Under writer Gardner Fox and penciller Murphy Anderson, his power was vastly increased and at times he approached omnipotence. • Offers accepted and questions gladly answered. • Shipped securely, bagged and boarded, with tracking. • A great vintage collectible from the Siver Age of Comic Books for any DC fan!
Price: 125 USD
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
End Time: 2025-01-16T03:02:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.5 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Convention/Event: N/A
Tradition: US Comics
Vintage: Yes
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Superhero Team: Justice Society of America
Style: Color
Personalized: No
Features: Key Issue, Boarded, First Character Appearance
Unit Quantity: 1
Artist/Writer: Gardner Fox
Character: Spectre
Cover Artist: Murphy Anderson
Signed: No
Series Title: Showcase
Ex Libris: No
Universe: DC Universe
Publisher: DC
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: General Audience
Story Title: Beyond the Sinister Barrier
Publication Year: 1966
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 61
Era: Silver Age (1956-69)
Genre: Superheroes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States