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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published August 2001
Cover Price $0.25
Pages 4
Editing Phil Amara; Sarah Grace McCandless; Lia Ribacchi (designer)
Notes This is a self-covering comic, so each strip will have a separate entry and no data for the cover.

Cover Details - "Dark Horse Extra"

Notes This is a self-covering comic, so each strip will have a separate entry and no data for the cover.

Half page Ancient Joe story "Verse part 1 of 3"

Characters Ancient Joe
Synopsis Ancient Joe is pulled out of the sea in a diving suit in 1943 and is put on display as a freak. He runs away, but the next ship he is on sinks off Cuba.
Genre fantasy
Script C. Scott Morse
Pencils C. Scott Morse
Inks C. Scott Morse
Colors Jason Hvam
Notes Told in verse.

Half page Planet of the Apes story "Planet of the Apes part 3 of 3"

Characters Tolan
Synopsis A gorilla and a human hold each other's relatives as hostages. They exchange hostages, and then the gorilla kills the human.
Genre science fiction; movie
Script Scott Allie
Pencils Eric Powell
Inks Eric Powell
Colors Dan Jackson

1 page Gunsmith Cats illustration "Mister V"

Characters Gunsmith Cats
Genre detective
Pencils Kenichi Sonoda
Inks Kenichi Sonoda
Reprinted from Gunsmith Cats: Mister V (Dark Horse, 2000 series) #1 [as used as cover of Gunsmith Cats Vol. VIII: Mister V (Dark Horse, 2001 series) #[nn]]

1 page News from the stable promo (ad from the publisher) "August titles"

Characters Ivana Fanboy
Synopsis Information on DH comics.
Script Shawna Ervin-Gore (as Ivana Fanboy)
Letters none - typeset
Notes Ivana Fanboy is a manga-style drawing.

Half page Angel story "Angel part 3 of 3"

Characters Angel; Wesley; Cordelia; Gunn
Synopsis Wesley Cordelia and Gunn burst into a room, but Angel has already won.
Genre supernatural; tv
Script Brett Matthews; Joss Whedon
Pencils Mel Rubi
Inks Chris Dreier
Colors Dan Jackson

Half page DHC Web Words promo (ad from the publisher) "San Diego ComicCon / Wizard World"

Characters Jay Pegg
Synopsis Information on Dark Horse's website.
Script Michael Ring (as Jay Pegg)