Care Bears #3 [Direct]
(March 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1985-12-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #83.
This issue has variants:

Their Story Continues... (Table of Contents)

Care Bears / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Warren Kremer (signed as W. Kremer)
Inks
Warren Kremer (signed as W. Kremer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Funshine Bear; Love-A-Lot Bear; Swift Heart Rabbit; Brave Heart Lion; Playful Heart Monkey
Reprints
Keywords
balloons

Indexer Notes

Forest of Feelings

Blue Who? (Table of Contents: 1)

Care Bears / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Kay (credited)
Pencils
Howie Post (credited as Howard Post)
Inks
Roberta Edelman (credited)
Colors
Isabell Bidwell (credited as Isabelle Bidwell)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Care Bears [Bedtime Bear; Grumpy Bear; Wish Bear; Cheer Bear; Funshine Bear; Tenderheart Bear; Birthday Bear; Good Luck Bear; Love-a-Lot Bear]; Swift Heart Rabbit; the Gloomies
Synopsis
Swift Heart Rabbit comes to tell the Care Bears that something is wrong in the Forest of Feelings, which has turned blue. Three bears travel back with him to see how they can help, but when they arrive, Funshine Bear is beamed up into the Gloomies' spaceship.
Reprints
Keywords
Care-a-Lot; flying saucers; Forest of Feelings

Blue Who? Part Two: On the Beam (Table of Contents: 2)

Care Bears / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Kay (credited)
Pencils
Howie Post (credited as Howard Post)
Inks
Roberta Edelman (credited)
Colors
Isabell Bidwell (credited as Isabelle Bidwell)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Care Bears [Funshine Bear; Grumpy Bear; Cheer Bear]; Swift Heart Rabbit; Brave Heart Lion; Playful Heart Monkey; Lotsa Heart Elephant; the Gloomies
Synopsis
Funshine Bear saves the day as he leads his forest animal friends against the Gloomies, who just don't know how to have fun.
Reprints
Keywords
flying saucers; Forest of Feelings

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

Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swinging on with Star!
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes checklist of Marvel comics on sale this month.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Their Story Continues...
    Care Bears
  2. 1. Blue Who?
    Care Bears
  3. 2. Blue Who? Part Two: On the Beam
    Care Bears
  4. 3. ["Swinging on with Star!"]
    Star Signals
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson