Story: "The Secret Origin of Scarface Part One: The Gallows Doll" (18 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant and John Wagner (plot, script)
Teddy Kristiansen (pencils, inks, colors)
Ken Bruzenak (letters)
Dennis O'Neil (edit consults)
Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character:

Arnold Wesker (a life prisoner; earliest chronological appearance)
Woody (a ventriloquist's dummy; earliest chronological appearance)

Villains:

Donnegan (a life prisoner at Blackgate)
Randall (another prisoner; first appearance of both)

Note: Story continues in next issue

Synopsis:

Imprisoned in Blackgate for life, Donnegan fashions a ventriloquist's dummy from the charred wood of the old gallows - a dummy that seems to have a life of its own, threatening to spill Donnegan's escape plans. When Donnegan gets a cell-mate, Arnold Wesker, he brutalises him. Then, when Wesker plans suicide, he is talked out of it. By the dummy. And Donnegan is fast asleep...

Second Story: "Brujas y Gatos" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Eddie Berganza (plot, script)
Nick Gnazzo (pencils)
Ray Kryssing (inks)
Suzanne Bourdages (colors)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character:

Wildcat II (last in ...; next in Zero Hour: Crisis In Time! #4; also appears in flashback following Yolanda Montez' decision to become Wildcat, and in flashback following her death)

Supporting Characters:

Wildcat III (deceased; also appears in flashback)
Juan Montez (Wildcat III's father; appears in flashback only)
Maria Montez (her mother)
José Montez (her brother; both also appear in flashback)

Villain: A bruja (dies)

Synopsis:

Wildcat comes to an understanding with the family of his deceased protégé after he exposes a woman who claimed to be able to bring Yolanda back from the dead.

Third Story: "Sum-Zero" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Dan Jurgens (plot, script)
Frank Fosco (pencils)
Ken Branch(inks)
Stuart Chaifetz (colors)
Starkings/Comicraft (letters)
Mike Carlin and K.C. Carlson (edit consults)
Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character:

Waverider (last in ...)

Supporting Character:

Hunter (last in ...)

Villain:

Monarch (last in ...)

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Synopsis:

Monarch lures Waverider into a trap.