- "I have your tape. All I have to do is play it to the police, and you and Cain will be arrested as madmen -- or murderers. I personally don't care which. Either way, I win."
- ―Doctor Carl Hill
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| Re-Animator | |
| Title: | "Re-Animator" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Cover price: | $2.95 |
| Cover date: | April, 1992 |
| Publisher: | Adventure Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Chris Ulm |
| Writers: | Steven Philip Jones |
| Pencilers: | Christopher Jones |
| Inkers: | Terry Pallot |
| Cover artists: | Lurene Haines |
| Cover inker: | Lurene Haines |
| Cover colorist: | Lurene Haines |
| Colorists: | Joseph Allen; Holly Sanfelippo |
| Letterers: | Joseph Allen |
| Assistants: | Dan Danko |
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| Previous: | Re-Animator #2 |
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"Re-Animator" is the third issue of a three-issue Re-Animator comic book limited series published by Adventure Comics - an imprint of Malibu Graphics. The story was written by Steven Philip Jones with artwork by Christopher Jones and inks by Terry Pallot. It was colored by Joseph Allen with Holly Sanfelippo, and lettered by Joseph Allen. It features a painted cover illustrated by Lurene Haines. This issue shipped with an April, 1992 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.95 per copy (US).
"Re-Animator"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- A. Mace
- Candi (Photo in a magazine)
- Mister Melville
- Rufus the Cat (Referenced only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Boston (Referenced only)
- Essex County
- Arkham
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- College
- Decapitation
- Female frontal nudity
- Female topless nudity
- Head injury
- Hospital
- Laboratory
- Lobotomy
- Morgue
- Profanity
- Severed head
- Strangulation
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this series is "Death is just the beginning...".
- This issue adapts the second act of the 1985 sci-fi/horror film Re-Animator by director Stuart Gordon and screenwriters Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris. It is loosely based on the short story, "Herbert West - Reanimator" by Gothic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
- This series is rated M and is suggested for mature readers.
- In Canada, the cover price for this series is $3.50 per copy.
- Tom Mason is the creative director on this series.
- Kim Scholter is the publishing coordinator on this series.
- Mickie Villa is the art director on this series.
- This issue includes a house ad for the sequel series, Re-Animator: Dawn of the Re-Animator.
- This is the first and only appearance of Melville, who is one of the surgeons under Carl Hill's care.
- Carl Hill's office number 217. This is the same number as Room 217 from Stephen King's 1977 horror novel The Shining. Whether this was an intentional homage or simply coincidence is unknown.
Recommended Reading[]
- Re-Animator Vol 2 (Dynamite Entertainment)
- Re-Animator: Dawn of the Re-Animator Vol 1 (Malibu Graphics)
- Re-Animator: Tales of Herbert West Vol 1 (Malibu Graphics)
- Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator Vol 1 (Dynamite Entertainment)