Comic Title: Showcase #48
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1964
On Sale Date: November 27, 1963 Newsstand Date November 27, 1963
Source: House Ad, House of Mystery #140, Page 21

Copyright Date November 27, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: George Kashdan

Title: "Killers of the Dead-End Maze"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Cave Carson (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Lee Elias

Feature Character(s)

• Cave Carson (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #41; next appearance in Showcase #49)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bulldozer Smith (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #41; next appearance in Showcase #49)
• Christie Madison (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #41; next appearance in Showcase #49)
• Lena (Bulldozer’s pet lemur; next appearance in Showcase #49)
• Johnny Blake (a rival spelunker; appears in flashback; next appearance in Showcase #49)

Villain(s)

• Emile Basto (an old foe of Cave Carson; no further appearances)
• Several mole-like cave beings and various underground creatures (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A French inspector (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Cave Carson (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #31)
• Bulldozer Smith (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #31)
• Christie Madison (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #31)

Comments:
Cave and his team wear new red and white uniforms in this story.

This issue introduces Johnny Blake, a former colleague of Cave Carson and boyfriend of Christie. It is revealed in flashback that Johnny is missing and presumed dead after exploring a French cavern alone.

Bulldozer is revealed to be an ex-con in this story and now has a pet lemur.

Synopsis:
Cave Carson and his team are asked by the French authorities to investigate a glowing bison that has emerged from an unexplored cavern. Cave enters the cavern and discovers fresh cave paintings describing his team in danger. Each painting’s foretelling comes true as they are attacked by several strange creatures.

Christie discovers a hand axe in the cave which may have belonged to her lost love Johnny Blake. She runs into a trap set by Cave’s old foe Emile Basto. Basto ties her to the bison and forces Cave and Bulldozer to chase her through a maze. They free Christie and destroy the cave, but Basto’s fate remains unknown.