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SHOWCASE '96 #4
Cover Date: April 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Lee Weeks (signed)
Colors: Gloria Vasquez
Color Separations: Android Images
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Credits:
| Story | Brian Augustyn |
| Pencils | Scot Eaton |
| Inks | Prentis Rollins |
| Lettering | Ken Bruzenak |
| Colors | David Grafe |
| Editing | Frank Pittarese |
Feature Character(s):
- Firebrand III (in between Firebrand #4 and #5)
- Guardian III (last in Superboy Annual Vol. 3 #2; next in Adventures of Superman #539)
Villain(s):
- The Devil's Own (first appearance; a teenage gang)
Synopsis: - Firebrand comes to Metropolis on the tail of a criminal gang of teenagers known as the Devil's Own. Here he encounters Guardian, who assumes he is one of the bad guys. Once this misunderstanding has been cleared up, the two men track the obviously mind-controlled gang together and are able to prevent their leader from summoning some terrible demonic entity.
Credits:
| Story | James Robinson |
| Art | Matt Smith |
| Lettering | Chris Eliopoulos |
| Colors | Melissa Edwards |
| Editing | Chuck Kim |
Feature Character(s):
- Shade (last in Flash Vol. 1 #151)
- Doctor Fate I (last in flashback in Infinity, Inc. #48)
Villain(s):
- The Wise Fools (a cult)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Flash I (next in JLA: Incarnations #1)
- Flash II (last in Flash Vol. 1 #151; next in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #53/Teen Titans: Year One #2)
Comment(s):
- A tale of Times Past
Synopsis: - Doctor Fate contacts the Shade for help in bringing an end to the schemes of a cult known as the Wise Fools, who plan to recreate the events that made the Shade who he is. The dark sometimes-villain is persuaded to help him when he learns that the man named Culp is behind this group, and the two move in on the Wise Fools' base.
Credits:
| Story | Jim Higgins |
| Art | Christian Alamy |
| Lettering | Willie Schubert |
| Colors | Stu Chaifetz |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
- Jason Blood (last/next in ???)
- Etrigan (last/next in ???)
Other Character(s):
- Bolivar (first appearance; a demon)
Synopsis: - Jason Blood has several episodes where he blacks out and comes to having done something uncharacteristic, and assumes that Etrigan is behind it. He soon discovers that a demon called Bolivar is acting as his puppet-master, and puts an end to Etrigan's latest game.