*DC: From the Bute Collection. Well, technically they returned, along with other Justice Society members, in Justice League of America #21, but this was the first time since the Golden Age that readers had had a chance to see these heroes as more than faces in a super-crowd, and with the talents of editor Julius Schwartz, scripter Gardner Fox and illustrator Murphy Anderson, you know you’re in for a treat. In #55, with the villainous Solomon Grundy and guest-hero Green Lantern (Alan Scott), this was a truly epic battle, as the supernatural Doctor Fate and the super-scientist Hourman joined forces against an eldritch menace which threatened to overwhelm them both! In #56, the super-team supreme came up against the Psycho-Pirate, whom readers will remember, if not from the Golden Age, then for his major role in Crisis On Infinite Earths. Comics as they should be!
PICTURED: SHOWCASE
#55 VG+ p £110 Pence stamped. Nice mid-grade copy with splendid deep purple background and unmarked. Great colours with some gloss. Tiny bits of edge and spine wear just break colour. Tight, flat staples and white pages. 
#56 VG p £40 SOLD Pence stamped. Decent copy with good colour and some gloss. Unmarked copy Tight, flat staples and lovely near-white pages. Moderate handling wear at spine and right edge; minor corner blunting.