Ambush Bug #3 [Newsstand]
(August 1985)

DC, 1985 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-05-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893178008
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #15.
This issue is a variant of Ambush Bug (DC, 1985 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe (Table of Contents)

Ambush Bug / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks
Bob Oksner (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Ambush Bug; Bat-Mite; Jonni DC
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe (Table of Contents: 1)

Ambush Bug / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming
Pencils
Keith Giffen
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
S-4533
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Ambush Bug; Egg Fu (cameo); Wonder Tot (cameo); Binky (cameo); Super-Turtle (cameo); Quisp (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Streaky (cameo); Beppo (cameo); Comet (cameo); Green Team (cameo); Cheeks (cameo); Itty (cameo); Bat-Mite (cameo); Batman (cameo); Starfire [as Star-Mite] (cameo); Superman (cameo); Cryll (cameo); Doodles Duck (cameo); Cain (from House of Mystery; cameo); Merryman (cameo); Awkwardman (cameo); The Blimp (cameo); Dumb Bunny (cameo); Ace the Bat-Hound (cameo); Julius Schwartz (cameo); Mopee (cameo); Bizzaro (cameo); Glop (cameo); Jonni DC (cameo); Darkseid (cameo)
Synopsis
Ambush Bug makes fun of defunct DC characters.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters to... Me! / letters page / 1.7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ambush Bug]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4660

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Gregory Sharpe, Kevin Halstead, David Gerald Cobb "The Hambone" Hamilton, Mark Waid, and Buddy the Blind Dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe
    Ambush Bug
  2. 1. The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe
    Ambush Bug
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters to... Me!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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