*DC: Also from the Bute Collection this week, two early issues of the try-out series Showcase from 1957/58. Issues #11 & #12 feature the Challengers Of The Unknown in their 3rd and 4th appearances, the last before they got their own series. Both issues have great covers and interior art by Jack Kirby in long multi-chapter stories. #11 is a story of alien invasion. #12 centres on the sinister magical effects of the opening of ancient vials. 
PICTURED: SHOWCASE
#11 VG+ £220 Clean copy with small stamped digits below logo (arrival date?). Centrefold loose, but otherwise staples are okay. Some edge wear, mainly at spine, within spidery creases breaking colour there. Cover image virtually unharmed. Nice white to off-white pages.
#12 VG+ £220 Bright copy with vivid colour. A couple of faint creases break colour diagonally across logo and upper image, but do not soil the cover scene. There is a further crease that breaks colour across bottom right cover corner. Little other wear. Staples firm at spine and centrefold. Nice white to off-white pages.