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Showcase '95 9

SHOWCASE '95 #9

Cover Date: October 1995
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Phil Gosier (Signed)
Inks: Chip Wallace (signed)
Colors: Gloria Vasquez
Color Separations: Olyoptics


Story: "The Flock" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCindy Goff
PencilsSal Velluto
InksDick Giordano
LetteringKen Bruzenak
ColorsDavid Grafe
EditingFrank Pittarese

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last/next in ???)
Jimmy Olsen (last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Clark Kent (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Eternalife Ministries:
Mother Grace
Renner

Other Character(s):

Jen (a member of Daily Planet staff)
Mary Dotseth (an heiress)
Molly McGrath (Jimmy's elderly neighbor)
Irene (a citizen of Metropolis)

Synopsis:

Lois and Jimmy investigate the disappearance of several Metropolitans, tracing them to the cult of Eternalife Ministries, led by the charismatic Mother Grace. Although Jimmy is kidnapped by them for a time, they gather enough evidence to put the ringleaders behind bars and rescue everyone they kidnapped.


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Second Story: "Four Funerals and a Wedding (or May the Best Man Win!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlan Grant
PencilsWalter McDaniel
InksRob Leigh
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsFloria Vasquez
EditingPeter J. Tomasi

Feature Character(s):

Lobo (last in Lobo Vol. 2 #22; next in Lobo: I Quit #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonas Glim (last in Lobo Vol. 2 #20; next in Lobo: I Quit #1)

Villain(s):

The Widow-Maker (Maggie O'Knuckles, a.k.a. Zsa-Zsa Boffle; dies)
The O'Knuckles Gang (Maggie's relatives; some die)

Synopsis:

Lobo acts as best man for his friend's wedding, and discovers that the bride-to-be is actually a serial-killing polygamist and head of the O'Knuckles gang, who go down blazing when Lobo reveals to everyone that there is a bounty on their heads.


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Third Story: "Deep Down" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter J. Tomasi
ArtEduardo Barreto
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsJudy Johnson
EditingJason Hernandez-Rosenblatt

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League Task Force #29; next in Underworld Unleashed #1)

Other Character(s):

Harold Jean Thomas (first appearance; also in flashback; dies)
Georgia Thomas (first appearance; Harold's wife; dies in flashback)

Synopsis:

The Martian Manhunter encounters a survivor of the Titanic and grants him his dying wish - for his final resting place to be alongside his wife on the ocean floor.


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