Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	May 2003
Cover Price	2.99 USD; 4.99 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Scott Allie (Editor); Matt Dryer; Shawna Ervin-Gore (Assistant Editors)

Cover Details - "A Cal McDonald Mystery"

Genre	Crime; Occult
Pencils	Ben Templesmith (signed)
Inks	Ben Templesmith
Colors	Ben Templesmith (signed)

1 page credits "Title page"

Pencils	Ben Templesmith
Inks	Ben Templesmith
Letters	typeset
Notes	Creator credits and indicia information.

26 page Criminal Macabre story "Chapter One: Strange Gatherings"

Genre	Crime; Occult
Script	Steve Niles
Pencils	Ben Templesmith
Inks	Ben Templesmith
Colors	Ben Templesmith
Letters	Pat Brosseau

1 page The Speculator text article "When Man Meets Monster"

Synopsis	Up close and personal with Private Dick Cal McDonald and Biographer Steve Niles.
Script	The Speculator (interviewer); Cal McDonald (interviewee); Steve Niles (interviewee)
Letters	typeset

1 page Horsepower text article "Rocket Comics"

Synopsis	Dave Land features GO BOY 7, HELL!, and GALACTIC!
Script	Dave Land
Pencils	Todd Demong
Inks	Todd Demong
Letters	typeset
Notes	Sidebar features Dark Horse Comics editorial and marketing staff.

1 page Criminal Macabre illustration

Pencils

? [signed as Medors]

1 page IDW Publishing promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional House Advertisement"

Notes

DARK DAYS (six issue miniseries)

4 page advertisement "Advertisements"

Notes

Run Like Hell (game, Vivendi Universal); Dark Cloud 2 (game, Sony Computer Entertainment); Animatrix (DVD, Warner Brothers)