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Showcase '96 9

SHOWCASE '96 #9

Cover Date: October 1996
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks: Brett Breeding (signed)


Story: "Honor Bound" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoan Weis
PencilsKevin J. West
InksKeith Champagne, Ken Branch
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsDavid Grafe
EditingFrank Pittarese

Feature Character(s):

Shadowdragon (last in Superman Vol. 2 #102)
Lady Shiva (last in Batman #534; next in Birds of Prey: Manhunt #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Tumo

Villain(s):

Woon Chan (dies)

Synopsis:

Shadowdragon and Lady Shiva spar over a diskette in Shiva's possession. The encounter ends inconclusively.


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Second Story: "Illumination" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Illidge
PencilsChrisCross
InksCaesar
LetteringJohnny Mann
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingAlisande Morales

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Light IV (last in Justice League America #96; next in Final Night #1)

Villain(s):

Amuro Suriyaki (first appearance; dies)

Other Character(s):

Imako Hoshi (last in Justice League Quarterly #7/4; next in Justice League of America Vol. 2 #27)
Yasu Hoshi (last in Justice League Quarterly #7/4; next in Justice League of America Vol. 2 #27)

Synopsis:

One of Kimiyo Hoshi's experiments is attacked by armored people, and when she investigates she finds a dying scientist. The encounter persuades her that she is both Kimiyo Hoshi, scientist, and Doctor Light, hero.


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Third Story: "Eye to Eye" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter J. Tomasi
ArtEduardo Barreto
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsCarla Feeny
EditingJason Hernandez-Rosenblatt

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (last in Martian Manhunter Special #1; next in Final Night #1)

Villain(s):

Duffy (a disgraced former police officer)

Other Character(s):

Thomas Lappas (deceased)
Sergeant Phillips
Jason (members of the Denver police force)

Synopsis:

The Martian Manhunter investigates the death of Thomas Lappas, a man who had befriended him in his human identity of John Jones. He discovers that this is part of a string of grisly deaths and although the next victim loses his eyes to the killer, a former police officer, J'onn is able to bring the man to justice.


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