Showcase Presents: Eclipso #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeShowcase Presents: Eclipso collects the early adventures of the dark DC antihero, originally presented in black-and-white. This volume reprints the character's debut and subsequent appearances, exploring the duality of a man who becomes a vengeful entity when the sun goes down. It's a comprehensive look at the Golden Age and Silver Age stories that established Eclipso as a conflicted figure of both heroism and villainy.
In "The Genius Who Fought Himself," a 2009 Showcase Presents: Eclipso issue written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Alex Toth, Bruce Gordon’s secret is laid bare when his girlfriend Mona uncovers the truth about his dual identity. With the help of an old friend, Judson Randall, Bruce attempts to reclaim control—only to find that the entity he’s been fighting may now be fighting back in a way he never expected. The cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff captures the eerie tension of a mind at war with itself.
When a solar eclipse triggers a fateful transformation, Bruce Gordon awakens as Eclipso—powerful, tormented, and utterly alone. The story unfolds through a haunting flashback that reveals how a man of science became a force of destruction, culminating in the devastation of Solar City.
In "Duel of the Divided Man," Bruce Gordon and Professor Bennett launch into orbit aboard an experimental capsule, where the fragile balance between Gordon’s humanity and the malevolent Eclipso begins to unravel. As the line between man and monster blurs, Gordon faces a desperate choice that could cost him everything.
In "The Man Who Destroyed Eclipso," Jo discovers her boyfriend, Bruce Gordon, is secretly the entity Eclipso—though she doesn’t know how deep the truth runs. When Bruce seeks out his old friend Judson Randall, he finds him trapped inside a glowing, mysterious orb, and agrees to let him attempt a cure. The experiment unleashes Eclipso, but now under Judson’s strange control—leaving the fate of both men uncertain.
In "The Two Faces of Doom!", Bruce Gordon wields an ultra-violet ray gun in a bold attempt to reform the volatile Eclipso. When a meteor crash unleashes a mysterious space-creature, Eclipso gains unsettling new powers that test the limits of redemption and control.
In "Challenge of the Split-Man!" from Showcase Presents: Eclipso, Gordon finds himself stranded on a deserted island with the Bennets, where Eclipso hijacks Gordon’s robot, ROGER, turning it against them. With time running out and the island’s secrets still unfolding, the trio must survive the isolation and confront the villain’s growing control before it’s too late.
When a British secret agent named Mike Cooper needs help stopping Eclipso from abducting a foreign premier, he turns to the volatile Bruce Gordon—whose own dark past makes him both a key asset and a dangerous wildcard. The hunt for the ancient, malevolent entity becomes a high-stakes race across international borders, where every clue brings more questions than answers.
In "The Negative Eclipso," a freak accident births a twisted, opposite version of the Eclipso entity, forcing Bruce to confront his own darker nature by transforming into a "good" Eclipso. The two forces clash in a high-stakes battle aboard an experimental balloon, where morality and power collide in a tense, airborne showdown.
In "Eclipso Must Die!", the Syndicate deploys a masked assassin clad in a high-tech suit to eliminate the fearsome Eclipso—unaware the suit’s true design is a deadly trap. As the man advances, the line between hunter and victim blurs, with a hidden bomb set to detonate at the moment of confrontation.
In "Helio, the Sun Demon! [Part One]," Eclipso summons the blazing entity Helio to seize a military space platform, setting the stage for a cosmic threat. With Bruce Gordon having reclaimed Eclipso, the sun-powered being remains free to pursue his own destructive agenda.
In "Helio, the Sun Demon! [Part Two]," the sun-worshipping demon Helio takes control of Eclipso's power, forcing Bruce Gordon into a shadowy exile as Helio pushes their world-conquering scheme forward. With the help of the ancient Prince Ra-Man, the resourceful Mona, and the brilliant Professor Bennet, a desperate fight erupts to stop Helio's radiant tyranny before it consumes all light—both literal and moral.
In "The Moon Creatures," Eclipso summons two eerie Moonlings to hunt down Bruce Gordon and his allies, turning the night sky into a battlefield. With his escape from captivity, Bruce must outwit the dark entity by turning his own creations against him—before the Moonlings claim their next victims.
In "The Master of Yesterday and Tomorrow! [Part One]," Eclipso steals the Circlet of Circe, unlocking terrifying visions of the future—visions that threaten to unravel time itself. As Prince Ra-Man races to stop him, Bruce Gordon, Mona, and Professor Bennet join the hunt, each drawn into a mystery that stretches across past and future.
In "The Giant Eclipso!", Bruce Gordon’s desperate attempt to combat the real Eclipso by constructing a massive mechanical replica backfires when the entity seizes control of the giant construct, turning it into a weapon of chaos aimed at a small South American village. Written by a team known for their bold takes on supernatural threats, the story unfolds with escalating tension as the line between creator and monster blurs.
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