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SHOWCASE '95 #7 August 1995 [$2.95] Cover Credits: Christian Alamy (pencils, inks); Gloria Vasquez (colors); Olyoptics (color separations)

First Story: "Exit to Eden Part 1" (18 Pages)

Credits: Peter J. Tomasi (plot, script); Scot Eaton (pencils); Pam Eklund (inks); Ken Bruzenak (letters); David Grafe (colors); Frank Pittarese (edits)

Feature Character: Mongul I (also in childhood flashback; last in Flash Vol. 2 #102)

Other Characters: Elizabeth Means, Steven Stavrides (criminal psychologists; both die)

Comment: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Mongul is being held on an orbital prison, being kept in check by psychological manipulation. However, he breaks free of his restraints, both mental and physical, killing the doctors and escaping in a shuttle, eventually crash-landing on another planet.

Second Story: "Hiding Place on Rye, Hold the Mayo" (10 Pages)

Credits: Paul Kupperburg (plot, script); Mike Huddleston (pencils); Mark Propst (inks); Gaspar Saladino (letters); Noelle Giddings (colors); Keri Kowlaski (edits)

Feature Character: Arion (last in Guy Gardner: Warrior #29; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #108)

Supporting Character: Chaon (last in Justice League Quarterly #13/2; next in Hawkman Vol. 3 #32)

Synopsis:

Arion is rudely forced out of his melancholy by Chaon, who is fed up with the immortal cluttering up his deli.

Third Story: "A Shadow Over Eden" (10 Pages)

Credits: Scott Ciencin (plot, script); Ramon Bernado (pencils); Joe Rubsinstein (inks); Steve Haynie (letters); Patricia Mulvihill (colors); Chris Eades (edits)

Feature Character: Orion (last in ???; next in ???)

Supporting Characters: Lightray, (last in ???; next in ???) Highfather (last in ???; next in ???)

Villain: A shadow being

Synopsis:

Something is killing the gods of New Genesis, and Orion is determined that whatever it is be caught. He is asked for help by Forager, but soon realises it is an impostor, a being which can change shapes, and even become its victim's worst nightmare. Orion is able to defeat it, because he has already had to face his own nightmare - himself - many times before.