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Showcase '93 #1
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SHOWCASE '93 #1
January 1993 [$1.95]

Cover Credits: Arthur Adams (pencils; signed); Terry Austin (inks; signed)

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

Credits: Doug Moench (plot, script); Ed Hannigan (pencils); Andy Smith (inks); Ken Bruzenak (letters); Joe Orlando (colors); Dennis O'Neil (edit consults); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Catwoman (last in ???; also in flashback preceding main story)

Supporting Character: Arizona

Villains: Ramon Bracuda, his men (first appearance of all); Axel (first appearance; a former hood of Storrow Street); Tor (first appearance; a janitor at a drug factory)

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

Note: Story continues next issue

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.

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

Credits: Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin (plot, script); Pete Moriarty (pencils); Dan Davis (inks); Willie Schubert (letters); Rick Taylor (colors); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Blue Devil (last in ???)

Supporting Characters: Morty, Norm

Villains: Maldorian enforcers

Other Characters: Lebowski (first appearance; a movie grip), Jerry, a Maldorian

Note: Story continues next issue

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.

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

Credits: Len Wein (plot, script); Phil Jiminez (pencils); Al Vey (inks); John Costanza (letters); Adrienne Roy (colors); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Cyborg (last in New Titans #93)

Supporting Characters: Red Star (last in New Titans #93), Sarah Charles (last in New Titans #89)

Other Characters: Valeda, Cho (first appearance of both; two S.T.A.R. Labs scientists)

Note: Story concludes next issue

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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1:Sorrow Street, Chapter One
2:Speak of the Devil
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