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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published April 2000
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Shelly Roeberg [Shelly Bond]; Will Dennis (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Vector Pope; Jordan Synth
Genre science fiction; crime
Pencils Howard Chaykin
Inks Rick Burchett
Colors Lee Loughridge ?
Letters ? [as 52mm] (logo design)

4 page advertisement

Notes Japanese Anime videos (Columbia House); Wizard 7th Annual Fan Awards Ballot (1999); Polaris Snocross Nintendo Game Boy game (Vatical); back cover: npo.com

1 page credits "Title page and credits"

Characters Vector Pope
Genre science fiction; crime
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Letters ? [as 52mm] (logo design); typeset (text)
Notes Illustrated with black and white panels of artwork from page 17 of the story in this issue and blue panels of artwork from page 7 of the story in issue 2.

1 page recap "Recap and masthead"

Characters Vector Pope (hand only); Jordan Synth
Genre science fiction; crime
Pencils Howard Chaykin
Inks Rick Burchett
Letters typeset
Notes Recap of issue 2 story, indicia and masthead. Illustrated with 2-color versions of artwork from cover of this issue.

22 page story "Chapter 3 And the Holy Shit"

Characters Kiko Pendyl; Wulf Weigand (Corpse); The Kestrel; Vector Pope; Olympia Rivet; Jewd; Dane (Destroyed); Tovah; Poc Lovejoy; Ayesha; Jordan Synth (Death); Darrell John Hiss; Compass Wall; Dane II; Bolo Radd [also as Dorothy]
Synopsis Despite the machinations of various powerful individuals, Pope manages to return The Kestrel (which turns out to be alive) to its proper place.
Genre science fiction; crime
Script Howard Chaykin; David Tischman
Pencils Rick Burchett
Inks Rick Burchett
Colors Lee Loughridge
Letters Ken Bruzenak

5 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes colour house ads: Weird War Tales Special; Preacher; Preacher action figures; Vertigo subscription ad; Steampunk (Wildstorm); April 2000 cover date Vertigo shipping list

1 page Sub Culture promo (ad from the publisher) "Sub Culture"

Characters Petrefax
Pencils Steve Leialoha; Edvin Biuković
Inks Steve Leialoha; Edvin Biuković
Colors Bjarne Hansen
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Sandman Presents: Petrefax miniseries; obituary for Edvin Biuković.

Half page On the Ledge promo (ad from the publisher) "On the Ledge"

Script Chuck Dixon
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Weird War Tales Special.