Showcase (1956-1978) 82

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Cover by Joe Kubert. 1st appearance of Nightmaster in "Some Forbidden Fate," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Dick Giordano; Jim Rook, lead guitarist of the Electrics, is performing at the Electric Band Aid, a club in the East Village; When the set is done, Jim is accosted by three thugs who did not like his music or his politics; They fight, and Jim manages to knock them out before the police arrive; He and his fiancée Janny Jones leave, when they come across an empty store called "Oblivion, Inc"; Jim is puzzled, as he thought that the store was a deserted lot the other day; Jim and Janny enter, and are transported to another world; Jim appears on the alien world called Myrra. He meets a small blue humanoid named King Zolto, the king of Myrra; Jim gazes into Zoltos mystic gem, and finds out that, ages ago, there were two warriors: Nacht and Brom; A magician, Farber, created the Sword of Night for Nacht and the Mace of Might for Brom; Brom became greedy, and with Farber, they plotted to slay the king and Nacht; Nacht defeated Brom, but Farber banished Nacht, leaving the Sword of Truth wedged in stone; Farbers rule corrupted Myrra for generations, transforming the humans into the blue dwarfs that now inhabit the world; Zolto has been seeking Nachts descendants to begin to wield the Sword of Night and free Myrra, and Jim Rook is that descendant. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.