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Showcase '95 7

SHOWCASE '95 #7

Cover Date: August 1995
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Christian Alamy (Signed)
Colors: Gloria Vasquez
Color Separations: Olyoptics


Story: "Exit to Eden Part 1" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter J. Tomasi
PencilsScot Eaton
InksPam Eklund
LetteringKen Bruzenak
ColorsDavid Grafe
EditingFrank Pittarese

Feature Character(s):

Mongul (last in Flash Vol. 2 #102; also in flashback to childhood)

Villain(s):

various unidentified inmates (first appearance; all die)

Other Character(s):

Elizabeth Means (first appearance; a criminal psychologist; dies)
Steven Stavrides (first appearance; a criminal psychologist; dies)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Mongul's father (first appearance; in flashback)
Mongul's mother (first appearance; in flashback)
Mongul's brother (first appearance; dies; in flashback)

Location(s):

Lunar Orbital Penal Colony (first appearance; destroyed)

Synopsis:

Mongul is being held on a lunar orbital prison, being kept in check by psychological manipulation. However, he breaks free of his restraints, both mental and physical, killing the doctors and escaping in a shuttle, eventually crash-landing on another planet.


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Second Story: "Hiding Place on Rye, Hold the Mayo" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Kupperberg
PencilsMike Huddleston
InksMark Propst
LetteringGaspar Saladino
ColorsNoelle Giddings
EditingKeri Kowalski

Feature Character(s):

Arion (last in Guy Gardner: Warrior #29; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #108)

Supporting Character(s):

Chaon (last in Justice League International Vol. 2 #68; next in Hawkman Vol. 3 #32)

Synopsis:

Arion is rudely forced out of his melancholy by Chaon, who is fed up with the immortal cluttering up his deli.


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Third Story: "A Shadow Over Eden" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryScott Ciencin
PencilsRamon Bernado
InksJoe Rubinstein
LetteringSteve Haynie
ColorsPatricia Mulvihill
EditingChris Eades

Feature Character(s):

Orion (last in Guy Gardner: Warrior #29; next in Outsiders Vol. 2 #22)

Supporting Character(s):

Lightray (last in Guy Gardner: Warrior #29; next in Outsiders Vol. 2 #22)
Highfather (last in Superman Vol. 2 #95; next in New Gods Vol. 3 #1)

Villain(s):

a shadow being

Synopsis:

Something is killing the gods of New Genesis, and Orion is determined that whatever it is be caught. He is asked for help by Forager, but soon realises it is an impostor, a being which can change shapes, and even become its victim's worst nightmare. Orion defeats it, because he has already had to face his own nightmare - himself - many times before.


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