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Showcase '94 1

SHOWCASE '94 #1

Cover Date: January 1994
Cover Price: $1.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kevin Nowlan (signed)


Story: "The Great Pretender" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJames Robinson
ArtChristian Alamy
LetteringKen Bruzenak
ColorsJudy Johnson
Consulting editingDennis O'Neil
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Joker (last in Detective Comics #664)

Villain(s):

Joker's goons

Other Character(s):

King Joker (a product of the Joker's imagination)
Batman (a product of the Joker's imagination)

Synopsis:

The Joker and his goons have given Gotham City a lovely gift - they have dosed some newborns with enough Joker toxins to give them his trademark grin, but not enough to kill them. They make their escape through the corridors of the hospital, and all of a sudden, the Joker wakes up... He is actually Joe White, a perfectly normal man in a Gotham City ruled by King Joker. But surely HE is the Joker? He gets himself up in Joker-like make-up, kills his wife, and makes his way to Castle Arkham to confront the King of Gotham, discovering him to be a huge, monstrous beast about to do battle with a predatory-looking Batman.


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Second Story: "State of Seige Part One" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
PencilsTom Tenney
InksMike Christian
LetteringBob Lappan
ColorsBuzz Setzer
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Gunfire (last in Bloodbath #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Ben Nakashima (last in Deathstroke, the Terminator Annual #2)
Yvette DuBois (last in Deathstroke, the Terminator Annual #2)

Villain(s):

Dominion (Dominique DuChamp)
Oblivion Front (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

André (first appearance; a security guard at Van Horn Industries; dies)
Marcel (first appearance; a security guard at Van Horn Industries; dies)

Synopsis:

Andrew Van Horn demonstrates his new-found powers to his colleagues at Van Horn Industries. Soon after this, they come under attack from a terrorist group called the Oblivion Front, led by Dominion, a former Van Horn employee. It seems this group is after the weapons that Andrew's father had amassed - a large collection of very powerful killing devices.


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Third Story: "The Wall of Souls" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWalter Simonson
ArtJose Garcia Lopez
LetteringBert C. Workman
ColorsGloria Vasquez
EditingNeal Pozner

Feature Character(s):

Metron (last in Adventures of Superman #489; next in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4)
Orion (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #20; next in Eclipso #16)

Villain(s):

Ligea (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Metron observes some interesting events at the Wall of Souls which surrounds the Source. Orion is tricked by one of those bound to the wall, who tries to use him to escape. However, the Mother Box helps Orion, and he is safe.


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