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Showcase '93 1

SHOWCASE '93 #1

Cover Date: January 1993
Cover Price: $1.95

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks: Terry Austin (signed)


Story: "Sorrow Street, Chapter One" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDoug Moench
PencilsEd Hannigan
InksAndy Smith
LetteringRob Leigh
ColorsKen Bruzenak
Consulting editingDennis O'Neil
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Catwoman (also in flashback following Batman Vol. 1 #461 and preceding main story)

Supporting Character(s):

Arizona (last in Batman Vol. 1 #461)

Villain(s):

Ramon Bracuda (first appearance)
Bracuda's men (first appearance of all)
Axel (first appearance; a former hood of Storrow Street)
Tor (first appearance; a janitor at a drug factory)

Other Character(s):

Starkey (an associate of Catwoman's)
Julio Navarette (deceased)
Hester (a former prostitute)
Simon Peters (a vet)

Synopsis:

Catwoman breaks into a museum to steal a work of modern art, only to find it has already been stolen, but the police and her fence Starkey think she was the thief. She slowly discovers that the Storrow Streat area is under new management, a group which seems to have chased away all competition in all areas of crime, and seems to be particularly big on drugs. Things become personal when Arizona is beaten up by one of this group.


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Second Story: "Speak of the Devil" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGary Cohn, Dan Mishkin
PencilsPete Moriarty
InksDan Davis
ColorsRick Taylor
LetteringWillie Schubert
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Blue Devil (last in Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Morty (first appearance)
Norm Paxton (last in Blue Devil #31)

Villain(s):

Maldorian Enforcers (last in Blue Devil #6)

Other Character(s):

Lebowski (first appearance; a movie grip)
Jerry
a Maldorian

Synopsis:

Blue Devil battles with props gone mad on the set of his latest movie. Later, when he enters special effects guy Morty's trailer, he is abducted by a robotic being to somewhere which Morty (also a prisoner) describes as Maldor.


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Third Story: "A Mind is a Terrible Thing...!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
PencilsPhil Jimenez
InksAl Vey
ColorsAdrienne Roy
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Cyborg (last in New Titans #93)

Supporting Character(s):

Red Star (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #20)
Sarah Charles (last in New Titans #89)

Other Character(s):

Valeda (first appearance; a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist)
Cho (first appearance; a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist)

Synopsis:

Red Star and Sarah Charles are trying to restore their friend Cyborg's mind, with little luck. They are surprised therefore, when he suddenly begins to move of his own volition, breaking out of S.T.A.R. Labs and heading for a cabin in the mountains. Here, a failsafe program of his father's is activated, restoring his mind and memories.


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