Cover: Lee Elias

Showcase #48

Jan 1964 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“Killers of the Dead-End Maze”

In "Killers of the Dead-End Maze," Cave Carson and his team race against time to stop Emile Basto, a mad scientist using prehistoric insect hormones to unleash giant creatures upon a French town. With Lee Elias handling both the interior art and cover, this 1964 Showcase #48 delivers a pulpy, suspenseful tale of science gone wrong—penciled and inked with gritty detail by Elias, and lettered by Stan Starkman.

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writer Bob Haney · artist, inker Lee Elias · letterer Stan Starkman · cover Lee Elias

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Cast · 6 characters

Bulldozer Smith Calvin "Cave" Carson Cave Carson Christie Madison Homer Johnny Blake

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writer Bob Haney

artist, inker Lee Elias

letterer Stan Starkman

cover pencils, inks Lee Elias

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Emile Basto has used hormones from amber-trapped giant prehistoric insects to grow other species to giants to threaten a town in France, but Cave Carson and his crew blow up part of Emile's cavern hideout and thwart his plans.

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