| Unofficial Showcase '96 Index |
SHOWCASE '96 #12
Cover Date: winter 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Steve Lightle (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Tom Peyer |
| Pencils | Derec Aucoin |
| Inks | Jason Martin, Ken Branch |
| Lettering | Ken Bruzenak |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Frank Pittarese |
Feature Character(s):
- Brainiac 5 (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
- Saturn Girl (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
- Cosmic Boy (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
- Spark (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
- Gates (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
- Inferno II (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
Guest Star(s):
- Vril Dox II (next in Adam Strange Vol. 2 #5)
Supporting Character(s):
- Stealth (last in R.E.B.E.L.S. '96 #17; next in flashback in R.E.B.E.L.S. #10)
- Lyrl Dox (last in R.E.B.E.L.S. '96 #17; next in R.E.B.E.L.S. #8)
- Taptree (first appearance; a L.E.G.I.O.N. operative; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #96)
- Shvaughn Erin (next in Superman Vol. 2 #119)
Villain(s):
- Brainiac (next in Superman: The Doomsday Wars #1)
Synopsis: - Shvaughn Erin engineers the Legionnaires' escape from confinement and they meet up with L.E.G.I.O.N. operatives Vril Dox and Taptree, working together to rescue Brainiac 5 from his ancestor. However, the events prompt the scientists of Colu to enter a phase of pure research rather than development, a phase which Brainiac 5 realises will last until his own time.
Credits:
| Story | Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn |
| Pencils | Oscar Jimenez |
| Inks | José Marzan, Jr. |
| Lettering | Spike |
| Colors | Tom McCraw |
| Editing | Alisande Morales |
Feature Character(s):
- Jesse Quick (last in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81; next in Impulse #22)
Supporting Character(s):
- Tally (Jesse's personal assistant)
- Max Mercury (last/next in ???)
Other Character(s):
- Jack Curtis (Jesse's intended blind date)
- Bartleby (a business executive)
Synopsis: - Jesse Quick suddenly finds she cannot access her connection to the Speed Force and can't get anything done. By the end of the week, she and her personal assistant conjecture that it is her appointment book which is causing the mental block, and it transpires that this is the case. The further away she is from this record of what she has to get done, the faster Jesse is able to run.
Credits:
| Story | Stuart Immonen |
| Pencils | Stuart Immonen |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Lettering | Willie Schubert |
| Colors | Chris Chuckery |
| Editing | Mike McAvennie |
Feature Character(s):
- Sarge Steel (in between Power of Shazam! #18 and #23)
- King Faraday (last in Danger Trail Vol. 2 #4; next in World War III #1)
Synopsis: - King Faraday and Sarge Steel work together to protect a group of diplomats from various nations. They get the job done, but most definitely do not like each others' methods.