Showcase was DC’s proving ground — the title where the Silver Age was quietly assembled, one tryout at a time. The Flash got his audition here; so did Aquaman, in this 1961 issue that reintroduced the character for a new era and, for the first time, gave him an origin. Ramona Fradon’s art is the draw inside: fluid, strange, unmistakably hers, rendering Atlantis and its creatures with a designer’s eye.
Highlights:
• First Silver Age Aquaman tryout issue and the Origin of Aquaman
• Also features Aqualad
• Ramona Fradon interior art; Jack Miller story; Howard Purcell/Sheldon Moldoff cover
• White pages — noted on the CGC label, genuinely scarce for a 1961 book
• Graded CGC 5.5 (Fine+)
What sets this copy apart is the paper. White pages on a sixty-four-year-old newsprint book are genuinely scarce, and CGC has noted them on the label — a structural quality most 5.5 copies can’t claim. A real Silver Age cornerstone in honest, well-preserved shape.
Shipped fully insured in a graded-comic mailer with tracking.
Showcase was DC’s proving ground — the title where the Silver Age was quietly assembled, one tryout at a time. The Flash got his audition here; so did Aquaman, in this 1961 issue that reintroduced the character for a new era and, for the first time, gave him an origin. Ramona Fradon’s art is the draw inside: fluid, strange, unmistakably hers, rendering Atlantis and its creatures with a designer’s eye.
Highlights:
• First Silver Age Aquaman tryout issue and the Origin of Aquaman
• Also features Aqualad
• Ramona Fradon interior art; Jack Miller story; Howard Purcell/Sheldon Moldoff cover
• White pages — noted on the CGC label, genuinely scarce for a 1961 book
• Graded CGC 5.5 (Fine+)
What sets this copy apart is the paper. White pages on a sixty-four-year-old newsprint book are genuinely scarce, and CGC has noted them on the label — a structural quality most 5.5 copies can’t claim. A real Silver Age cornerstone in honest, well-preserved shape.
Shipped fully insured in a graded-comic mailer with tracking.
