Showcase 1956 #66 - back issue - $5.00
First B'wana Beast. In Amazing World of DC Comics #10 (January 1976), in the article "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris notes, "George Kashdan made his SHOWCASE editorial debut and farewell with a two-issue origin of Mike Sekowsky's jungle hero B'wana Beast in #66 (Jan./Feb. 1967) and #67 (Mar./Apr. 1967). Only a third-rate Tarzan, Mike Maxwell's alter-ego was lost on the newsstands." On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #33 and copyright registration.
- - "B'wana Beast! The Jungle Master" is how the name is rendered on the cover and first page. Ira Schnapp identified as creator of the logo by Todd Klein via his Logo of the Day #2013 posting on Facebook on 7 February 2018.
- - Inside front cover.
- The Birth of B'wana Beast [Part One] - Haney script credit suggested by Kurt Mitchell. The Amazing World of DC Comics article calls it "Mike Sekowsky's B'wana Beast," so Sekowsky may have authored it. The story continues next issue.
- Captain Action: The Amazing 9-in-1 Super Hero - Ad for the Captain Action action figure. On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
- - House ad for Detective Comics #359, the debut of Batgirl. Located on bottom one-third of the final page of the first chapter of the B'wana Beast story.
- - House ad for the 80-Page Giant Superman #193. Title is a pun on the wildly popular TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- - Idea from Joel Lafrano, North Arlington, N.J.
- - Checklist of titles for late November and Early December 1966.
- - House ad for Plastic Man #2, vs. The Spider.
- - House ad for Batman 189, "Fright of the Scarecrow!"
- - House ad for Strange Adventures #196 and Tales of the Unexpected #99, both with Go-Go Checks
- Champs Against Odds! - On the page between the second and third page of the previous story sequence.
- - House ad for Challengers of the Unknown #54 and Doom Patrol #109
- 20 Fathoms Under The Sea - Inside back cover. Ad for GI Joe figures and accessories.
- - Back cover. Ad for Aurora's Model Motoring Racing Sets.
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