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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published September 2003
Cover Price 3.95 USD; 6.50 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Tom Palmer, Jr.
Notes Cover art includes photo elements.

Cover Details - "Special Lex Luthor Issue!"

Characters Lex Luthor
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Van Fleet (signed)
Inks John Van Fleet (signed)
Colors John Van Fleet (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover art includes photo elements.
Reprinted in Smallville (DC, 2004 series) #[Vol. 1]

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Characters Lex Luthor; Lionel Luthor
Pencils Kharen Hill (photo)
Inks Kharen Hill (photo)
Colors Kharen Hill (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Table of contents.

4 page text article "Good to Be Bad"

Characters Lex Luthor; Lionel Luthor
Script Mike McAvennie
Pencils Kharen Hill (photo); Timothy White (photo)
Inks Kharen Hill (photo); Timothy White (photo)
Colors Kharen Hill (photo); Timothy White (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Interview with actor who plays Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum.

18 page Smallville story "Chimera"

Characters Lana Lang; Clark Kent; Lex Luthor; Dominic Sanatori (cameo); Sheriff Ethan (cameo); Malcolm Barnes; Gibson; Lionel Luthor
Synopsis It seems Lex is being framed for murder, and it may be his father behind it.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Verheiden; Clint Carpenter
Pencils Renato Guedes
Inks Oclair Albert
Colors Guy Major
Letters ? [as Comicraft]
Notes Story makes reference to the "Suspect" episode from Smallville, season two. Story continues in lead story in following issue.
Reprinted in Smallville (DC, 2004 series) #[Vol. 1]

2 page Smallville text story "Whodunnit"

Characters Lex Luthor
Genre Superhero
Script Dean Wesley Smith
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes An excerpt from the Smallville novel Whodunnit.

9 page Smallville story "Vows"

Characters Lana Lang; Lex Luthor; Mrs. Luthor; Lionel Luthor
Synopsis Lex shares a memory of his mother's love for his father with Lana.
Genre Superhero
Script Clint Carpenter
Pencils Tom Derenick
Inks Tom Derenick
Colors Trish Mulvihill
Letters ? [as Comicraft]
Reprinted in Smallville (DC, 2004 series) #[Vol. 1]

4 page text article "Smallville Episode Guide, Season One"

Characters Tony Todd; Gabe Sullivan; Lex Luthor; Clark Kent; Victoria Hardwick; Amy; Bob Rickman
Script Jami Bernard
Pencils Brian Cyr (photos); David Gray (photo)
Inks Brian Cyr (photos); David Gray (photo)
Colors Brian Cyr (photos); David Gray (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Summaries and credits from episodes 8-11 of Smallville, season 1.