And we don’t forget creator Jay Scott Pike, either…
One of fans’ fave Silver Age DC obscurities is 1968’s Showcase #79, the issue that featured the first appearance of Dolphin, the mysterious, water-breathing woman created by Jay Scott Pike.
Her Showcase appearance was a one-and-done but the platinum-haired deep-sea denizen has popped up here and there in the five-plus decades since her debut — and has proved to be a muse for many an artist, perhaps most memorably in Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. VII, where she was drawn by the late, great Dave Stevens’ one of comics’ all-time great purveyors of “good girl” art.
Since it’s National Dolphin Day — here’s that page:
And here’s the cover from Showcase #79, which is just as striking (if not more so):
Beautiful.
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April 14, 2024
A serious question: how did Stevens get away with such a provocatively wonderful (and wonderfully provocative) illustration? I doubt it would have passed muster *inside* a regular book. Did the “WHO’S WHO” have a different editorial process?
April 14, 2024
Dave Stevens was one of the greats. I love that picture of Dolphin.
Always thought Who’s Who was better than the Marvel Handbook even tho Marvel’s was first.
April 14, 2024
Aqualad, you need to be asking her out…
April 15, 2024
Garth married her, didn’t he?
April 15, 2024
He did.