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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published December 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Robin Snyder (Editor); Richard H. Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Steel Sterling
Genre superhero
Pencils Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)

1 page text article "Under The Gun!"

Characters Captain Flag
Script Robin Snyder
Letters typeset
Notes Robin Snyder's index of the golden age Blue Ribbon Comics series continues.

6 page Steel Sterling story

Characters Steel Sterling; Honcho (Steel's Dog); Aunt Annie
Synopsis Steel stops a bag lady from being kidnapped. But everything isn't as it seems.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Eduardo Barreto
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Ken Feduniewicz
Letters Victor Gorelick

8 page Steel Sterling story "Chapter Two: Trial By Fire!"

Characters Steel Sterling; Honcho; Pop Casey; Ms. Samson; Gayla Gaynor; The Young Steelers; Mr. Sterling (Steel's father --flashback); Mrs. Sterling (Steel's mother --flashback); Meg Sterling (Steel's sister --flashback)
Synopsis Steel works out at the gym. Then a press agent comes to interview him after he wins a movie competition. His thoughts then drift back to his family, including his father's murder and his sister's paralysis.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ed Barreto
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Ken Feduniewicz
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes Steel Sterling (origin recap); GS: the Young Steelers (young sidekicks) and Steel's female counterpoint, Ms. Samson.

16 page Steel Sterling story "Chapter Three: Light from A Strange Star!"

Characters Steel Sterling; Ms. Sterling; Meg Sterling; Gayla Gaynor; Honcho; Ms. Samson; The Young Steelers; Maria Ramirez
Synopsis Steel remembers how he got his powers, his family and friends and the vow he made to his dad to help those who cannot help themselves.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ed Barreto
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Ken Feduniewicz
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes F: Steel Sterling (origin recap); GS: the Young Steelers (young sidekicks) and Steel's female counterpoint Ms. Samson. Continued in Shield-Steel Sterling book.

1 page letters page "Under The Gun!"

Script Robin Snyder
Letters typeset

1 page Steel Sterling illustration

Characters Steel Sterling
Genre superhero
Pencils Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks Ruby Nebres (signed)
Notes backcover