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SHOWCASE '94 #9 August 1994 [$1.95] Cover Credits: Shawn McManus (pencils, inks; signed); Gloria Vasquez (colors); Olyoptics (color separations)

First Story: "The Secret Origin of Scarface Part Two: Call Me Scarface" (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 & Woody (become Scarface and the Ventriloquist; next in Detective Comics #583)

Villains: Donnegan (dies)

Synopsis:

Woody, the dummy carved from the gallows wood, incites Arnold Wesker to kill his cellmate Donnegan, and the two of them escape from Blackgate together. They get together costumes more befitting their status as soon-to-be crimelords, and Woody tries to teach Wesker to be a better ventriloquist, with little success. But no matter, he's ready to take on Gotham - from now on, call him Scarface!

Second Story: "A Story" (10 Pages)

Credits: Terrance Griep Jr. (plot, script); Kyle Hotz (pencils); Pav Kovacic (inks); Mike Danza (colors); Albert De Guzman (letters); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Pax (last in L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #67)

Villains: Alien parasites

Synopsis:

Pax travels the galaxy, telling the story of how he lost his world, and destroying the parasitic aliens which caused it.

Third Story: "Sum-Zero Part Two" (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 (next in Zero Hour: Crisis In Time! #4)

Supporting Character: Hunter (next in Zero Hour: Crisis In Time! #4)

Villain: Monarch (becomes Extant; next in Zero Hour: Crisis In Time! #4)

Synopsis:

Monarch reveals that when Dove died, her powers flowed into him, making him more powerful than either of them ever were. He overpowers Waverider and takes his temporal wristband - now, as Extant, he'll be able to do horrendous damage to time and space...