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3August 1992
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Youngblood #3

Image · August 1992

First appearance: Showdown
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Identification plate

Series
Youngblood (Image, 1992 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
August 1992
Key date
1992-08-00
Indicia publisher
An Image Comics title published in cooperation with Malibu Comics.
Price
$2.50; 3.00 CAD
Pages
44

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Showdown - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob LiefeldChapel, Die Hard, Calvin Raines, Shaft, Bruce Stinson, Jeff Terrell
1-credits, title page1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Danny Miki
2-comic story26script: Rob Liefeld; pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Brian Murray, Digital Chameleon; letters: Kurt HathawayBadrock, Chapel, Cougar, Leanna Creel, Deadlock, Die Hard, Gage, Clark Kent, Kirby, Jackson Kirby, Lois Lane, Marcus Langston, Thomas John McCall, Prophet
3Malibu does it again!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: S. Clarke Hawbaker; inks: S. Clarke Hawbaker; colors: Paul Mounts
5On sale now from Eternity Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ?; ? (text color); letters: typeset
6Coming Soon. Bloodstrike!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Danny Miki
7-letters page4colors: ? (page color); letters: typeset
8-comic story5script: Brian Murray; pencils: Brian Murray; inks: John DickensonEthan Crane, Supreme (Mean Supreme)
9Enter - - Heavymettleillustration1pencils: Brian Murray; inks: John Dickenson
11Enter--Supremecover1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob LiefeldBadrock, Ethan Crane, Thomas John McCall, Shaft, Supreme (Mean Supreme), Jeff Terrell, Nikola Voganova, Vogue

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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