September 10, 1956

Showcase #4

Key Issue: First silver age Flash (Barry Allen); Issue marks the silver age of comics; First appearance of Iris West; Origin of silver age Flash
Script Writer: Robert Kanigher

John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino
Publisher: DC Comics
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Publication Date: Sep 10, 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Showcase #4	D.C. Comics	9-10/56	Verify

All Grades 573 Population Share	Universal 412 71.9% of pop	Signature 4 0.7% of pop	Restored 148 25.8% of pop	Qualified 6 1% of pop	Conserved 3 0.5% of pop
9.6	1 top 0.2%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.4	2 top 0.7%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.2	2 top 1.2%	0 --	4 top 2.7%	0 --	0 --
9.0	3 top 1.9%	0 --	1 top 3.4%	0 --	0 --
8.5	4 top 2.9%	0 --	4 top 6.1%	0 --	0 --
8.0	8 top 4.9%	0 --	8 top 11.5%	0 --	0 --
7.5	9 top 7%	0 --	10 top 18.2%	0 --	0 --
7.0	8 top 9%	0 --	15 top 28.4%	0 --	0 --
6.5	12 top 11.9%	0 --	9 top 34.5%	0 --	0 --
6.0	16 top 15.8%	0 --	11 top 41.9%	0 --	0 --
5.5	18 top 20.1%	0 --	7 top 46.6%	1 top 16.7%	0 --
5.0	38 top 29.4%	1 top 25%	12 top 54.7%	0 --	1 top 33.3%
4.5	47 top 40.8%	0 --	14 top 64.2%	1 top 33.3%	0 --
4.0	37 top 49.8%	0 --	11 top 71.6%	1 top 50%	0 --
3.5	33 top 57.8%	1 top 50%	6 top 75.7%	1 top 66.7%	1 top 66.7%
3.0	41 top 67.7%	0 --	9 top 81.8%	0 --	0 --
2.5	23 top 73.3%	1 top 75%	8 top 87.2%	0 --	0 --
2.0	25 top 79.4%	0 --	5 top 90.5%	0 --	0 --
1.8	21 top 84.5%	0 --	6 top 94.6%	0 --	0 --
1.5	28 top 91.3%	0 --	4 top 97.3%	1 top 83.3%	1 top 100%
1.0	15 top 94.9%	0 --	1 top 98%	0 --	0 --
0.5	21 top 100%	1 top 100%	3 top 100%	1 top 100%	0 --

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