Jem and The Holograms, Issue 2 (IDW)

Showtime, Part 2

General Information

Issue #

1

Published

April 27th, 2015

Editor

John Barber
Justin Eisinger (Collection)
Alonzo Simon (Collection)

Chronology
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Showtime, Part 1	Showtime, Part 3

Jem and the Holograms #2, subtitled Showtime, Part 2, is the second issue of the Jem and the Holograms comic series, and the second part of the six part story-arc Showtime.

It was originally published physically and digitally by IDW Publishing on April 27th, 2015, and was later included in the Jem and The Holograms Vol 1: Showtime trade paperback published on October 27th, 2015, followed by being digitally available on November 11th, 2015.

Official Synopsis

"Truly outrageous! JERRICA BENTON is JEM—but does she have what it takes to lead her underdog band against the mega-popular MISFITS?"

—IDW Publishing

Plot

The Misfits performs Attack Of The Night on an episode of Lin-Z's show. After the performance, Lin-Z interviews Pizzazz about the Misfits VS! competition which has thousands of entries.

Backstage, The Misfits discuss the entries for the competition. Stormer notices Jem and The Holograms' video entry getting a huge amount of views. In the video Jerrica - now under the guise of Jem - performs MoreMoreMore with The Holograms.

The Misfits are all really impressed, but Pizzazz is furious. Rio looks up Jerrica on his phone. At home, Kimber and Shana are excited about the high number of comments and views on their video. Jerrica, feeling overwhelmed by the scale of it all, has second thoughts about if they did the right thing by entering the competition, but Shana reassures her that the band is a team.

The Holograms go to the Starlight Community Center. Ba Nee and the other girls freak out about the Holograms' success. Ms. Bailey tells Jerrica that the main entertainment for the fundraiser for the Starlight Community Center had to cancel, putting the funding for the center in jeopardy. Jerrica offers the Holograms to perform instead. Rio interrupts Jerrica teaching Ashley how to play MoreMoreMore on an acoustic guitar. He introduces himself as a journalist for The Score. He flirts with Jerrica, and offers to take Jerrica out for dinner, which she accepts.

Kimber goes to a Misfits autograph signing. She passes her album copy of The Misfits' Attack Of The Night to Stormer to sign, and Stormer recognizes Kimber from the video - they're mutual fans of one another. They go out for coffee together after the signing. Pizzazz, Jetta and Roxy spot Stormer and Kimber together through the coffee shop window, and they are furious, considering Stormer a traitor.

Characters

The Holograms	Jerrica Benton, Kimber Benton, Aja Leith, Shana Elmsford
The Misfits	Pizzazz, Stormer, Roxy, Jetta
Minor Characters	Rio Pacheco, Lin-Z, Ms. Bailey, Ba Nee, Ashely, Krissie, Deirdre, Becky, Lela

Featured Songs

Performers	Song
Jem and The Holograms	MoreMoreMore
The Misfits	Attack Of The Night

Notable Locations

The Benton House
Starlight Community Center

Official Preview

Cover Variants

Covers A - E were available in a box set with B - E being exclusive.

Easter Eggs

File:Misfits Fashion 2.png	File:Misfits Fashion 1.png	The outfits worn by The Misfits are redesigns of their first cartoon appearance outfits - Pizzazz, Stormer and Roxy in "The Beginning" and Jetta in "The Talent Search, Part One"
File:Ba Nee 1.png	File:Ba nee 2.png	The pink outfit Ba Nee wears is a redesign of her main cartoon outfit.
File:Spock.png	File:Spock 2.png	An episode of Star Trek: The Original Series is playing on the television in The Misfits's dressing room - Spock is visible on the screen.
File:Shadoweyes Symbol 1.png	File:Shadoweyes Symbol 2.png	Also in The Misfits' dressing room, a poster for Shadoweyes' symbol appears on the wall from Sophie Campbell's webcomic of the same name.
File:Natsumi.png	File:Natsumi 2.png	In line to meet Stormer is Natsumi Tanaka, from the webcomic Lost Pieces.
File:Scout 1.png	File:Scout 2.png	Also in line to meet Stormer is Scout Montana, the protagonist of Shadoweyes.
File:The stingers.png	File:The stingers 2.png	On Aja's bedroom wall is a poster for the band The Stingers, who at the time of publishing this issue had yet to appear in the comic series.
File:Nightpower 1.png	File:Nightpower 2.png	Also on her wall wall is a poster for Nightpower, a fictional band from the Shadoweyes webcomic.

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