Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Rip Hunter, Time Master Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2012
On Sale Date: July 18, 2012 Direct Market Date July 18, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Direct Market Date July 18, 2012
Source: Previews, #283

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 512

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Menace of the Mongol Magician"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Rip Hunter (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jack Miller
Artist: John William Ely

Reprinted From:
Rip Hunter... Time Master #13 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Rip Hunter (last appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #12; next appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jeff Smith (last appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #12; next appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #14)
• Bonnie Baxter (last appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #12; next appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #14)
• Corky Baxter (last appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #12; next appearance in Rip Hunter... Time Master #14)

Villain(s)

• Professor Deering (no further appearances)
• Halagu (Kublai Khan’s brother; no further appearances)
• Halagu's army (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, and the Mongols (no further appearances)

Comments:
Chap. 2: "The Hijacked Time Sphere"
Chap. 3: "The Mongol Ambush"

Synopsis:
Rip Hunter is convinced by Professor Deering to take the Time Sphere into the past to learn the origins of a magic tapestry which comes to life. Upon their arrival in the past, the professor and the team witness Halagu, a rival of Kublai Khan, perform magic. The professor is convinced it is genuine and offers the mongol guns in exchange for his knowledge of magic.

Rip learns that both Halagu’s magic and the magic tapestry were faked. The professor has double-crossed the team and turned them over to the mongols. Rip escapes and seeks the aid of Kublai Khan, claiming to be a friend of Marco Polo, the king’s advisor.

Kublai does not believe that Halagu is planning to invade, and when Marco Polo returns, he exposes Rip’s lie. Rip is able to get proof of Halagu’s treachery and finally get the aid of the Khan. Using his future knowledge of science, Rip is able to stop the invasion, before returning to his own time with the rogue professor.