([November] 1986)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.30 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dark Horse Comics Publishing Co.
- Brand:
- Dark Horse Comics
- Editing:
- Randy Stradley
- Format:
- Black & White; Standard Modern US; saddle-stitched; usually 36 pages but some issues are larger
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Black Cross Special (Dark Horse, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988) [pp. 19-28]
["Greetings! Welcome to the third issue of 'Dark Horse Presents'."]
The Starting Gate / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Richardson
- Pencils:
- Ron Randall
- Inks:
- Ron Randall
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover - contains editorial, contents listing, indicia information and preview of cover to issue #4.
Mindwar! Part I
Mindwalk / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Randy Stradley
- Pencils:
- Randy Emberlin
- Inks:
- Randy Emberlin
- Letters:
- David Jackson
Content Information
- Characters:
- Mindwalk
The Four-Wheeled Sleeping Pill
Concrete / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Chadwick
- Pencils:
- Paul Chadwick
- Inks:
- Paul Chadwick
- Letters:
- Bill Spicer
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Concrete
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Concrete (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #4 - Killer Smile (March 2006)
Black Cross [Part 2]
Black Cross / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Chris Warner
- Pencils:
- Chris Warner
- Inks:
- Chris Warner
- Letters:
- David Jackson [as Rico] ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Black Cross
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Black Cross Special (Dark Horse, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
Indexer Notes
Credits page lists David Jackson as letterer. Credits at bottom of first story page say 'Lettered by Rico'.
The Boris Chronicles [Part 1]
Boris the Bear / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Randy Stradley; James Dean Smith
- Pencils:
- James Dean Smith
- Inks:
- James Dean Smith
- Letters:
- David Jackson
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire
- Characters:
- Boris the Bear
[no title indexed]
letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Randy Stradley
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Jon Strongbow, C. David Winocock and Doug Mayo-Wells.
Black Cross
Black Cross / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Chris Warner
- Inks:
- Chris Warner
- Colors:
- Don Wallace
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Black Cross
Indexer Notes
Image on back cover of issue.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Greetings! Welcome to the third issue of 'Dark Horse Presents'."]
The Starting Gate -
2.
Mindwar! Part I
Mindwalk -
3.
The Four-Wheeled Sleeping Pill
Concrete -
4.
Black Cross [Part 2]
Black Cross -
5.
The Boris Chronicles [Part 1]
Boris the Bear -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
Black Cross
Black Cross
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Jerry Hillegas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- R S
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Max Capp
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gregory Fischer
- Ramon Schenk
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