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DC Comics Showcase Price Guide for 2025
Most Valuable DC Comics Showcase Issues in 2025
A long-running series that launched the entire Silver Age of Comics, Showcase Presents was a classic of the era.
The series which relaunched The Flash and Green Lantern, Showcase Presents was one of the most important series DC ever publishedThe idea behind Showcase was to tryout new characters and concepts.
This certainly happened, though the series became truly groundbreaking with issue #4.
Superheroes had been in the doldrums since the late 1940s. This led to cancellation of many famous characters from the Golden Age of comics.
Everything changed with Showcase #4 in 1956, the relaunch of The Flash. A couple of years later, Green Lantern followed suit.
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DC Comics Showcase Presents Key Issue Price Guide
Showcase #4
1st Barry Allen as Flash; the book which launched the Silver Age of Comics
Lowest price $3,500
Average price $30,000
Record price $900,000
The huge importance of this issue cannot be overstated. Superheroes were in the doldrums since the late 1940s.
Showcase #4 relaunched not only Flash comic books, but also all superhero books, leading to the explosion led by Fantastic Four and the Marvel Age of Comics.
Showcase #6
1st Challengers of the Unknown
Lowest price $150
Average price $1,200
Record price $26,400
Criminally under-valued. This is a book from 1957.
Challengers of the Unknown are the Fantastic Four of the DC Universe. Top of the CGC census are five 9.0 copies. An 8.5 sold in April 2024 for just $10K.
If (or when?) DC Studios makes a Challengers movie, this will finally get the attention it deserves.
Showcase #8
2nd Barry Allen as Flash; 1st Captain Cold
Lowest price $500
Average price $3,500
Record price $36,000
Captain Cold appears for the first time in this issue. The run of Showcase Flash comic books is TOUGH.
Showcase #9
1st Silver Age Lois Lane
Lowest price $200
Average price $1,500
Record price $12,000
A surprisingly tough and valuable (just not valuable enough in our opinion) comic book that doesn't change hands very often in grades above FN.
Showcase #13
3rd Barry Allen as Flash
Lowest price $200
Average price $3,500
Record price $38,000
The third Silver Age Flash comic.
Showcase #14
4th Barry Allen as Flash
Lowest price $100
Average price $1,500
Record price $10,800
The fourth and final Showcase Flash appearance, before Flash #105 launched his solo series.
Showcase #17
1st Adam Strange
Lowest price $100
Average price $3,000
Record price $84,000
Adam Strange was a long-running character introduced in Showcase #17. This issue almost never appears in high grade due to its mostly black cover image.
Showcase #20
1st Rip Hunter, Time Master
Lowest price $65
Average price $400
Record price $13,200
Another first appearance in an era of new science fiction creations, Rip Hunter was the next new creation in the run of DC Comics Showcase.
Showcase #22
1st Silver Age Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Lowest price $1,200
Average price $5,000
Record price $105,000
The Silver Age reboot of Green Lantern comics began with Showcase #22 in 1959. Hal Jordan took up the ring of power, and went on to become a mainstay of the Silver Age.
Showcase #27
1st Sea Devils
Lowest price $40
Average price $200
Record price $7,800
Sea Devils were a team of non-heroic humans who undertook adventures beneath the sea.
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Showcase #30
Origin of Silver Age Aquaman
Lowest price $100
Average price $500
Record price $20,400
Showcase #34
1st Silver Age Atom
Lowest price $30
Average price $450
Record price $230,000
The Atom returned from the Golden Age in this key Showcase appearance.
It's very unlikely to sell again for such a high amount, due to the pandemic bubble bursting.
Showcase #37
1st Metal Men
Lowest price $60
Average price $500
Record price $22,500
Metal Men are another long-running DC series that hasn't appeared in the DCU yet.
Only 16 copies in the CGC census are graded 9.0 or better. A rare book in high grade.
Showcase #43
Dr. No (James Bond)
Lowest price $75
Average price $450
Record price $5,520
The first movie adaption of James Bond, this issue was censored, with racial references and skin tones removed from the printing.
Showcase #55
1st GA Green Lantern in the Silver Age
Lowest price $80
Average price $350
Record price $26,400
The Golden Age Green Lantern shows his face in the Silver Age for the first time in this tough issue.
This issue also features the first Solomon Grundy in the Silver Age.
Showcase #60
1st Silver Age Spectre
Lowest price $30
Average price $300
Record price $15,600
The Spectre is relaunched in this classic 1966 DC Comics Showcase issue.
Showcase #73
1st Creeper by Ditko
Lowest price $10
Average price $120
Record price $1,680
Another first appearance debut in Showcase, and probably the final big one of the series.
Showcase #75
1st Hawk and Dove
Lowest price $10
Average price $120
Record price $10,800
Hawk and Dove are at best C-list, but this first appearance has good value.
Showcase #80
1st Silver Age Phantom Stranger
Lowest price $10
Average price $150
Record price $4,440
The Phantom Stranger was a Golden Age horror/thriller character. This is his first Silver Age appearance.
Showcase #97
Origin of Power Girl
Lowest price $5
Average price $50
Record price $300
Power Girl is the female equivalent of Superman; her first appearance was in All-Star Comics #58.
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