Comic Title: New Guardians #3
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: November 1988
On Sale Date: August 2, 1988 Shipping Date August 2, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #7

Shipping Date August 4, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "After-Burn"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
New Guardians

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: Mark Farmer
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• New Guardians (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Extrano (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Floro (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Gloss (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Harbinger (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Jet (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Ram (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tom Kalmaku (last appearance in New Guardians #1; next appearance in Secret Origins #36)
• Terga Kalmaku (name mispelled Tegra in this story; last appearance in New Guardians #1; next appearance in Secret Origins #36)
• Keith and Kari Kalmaku (last appearance in New Guardians #1; next appearance in Secret Origins #36)
• Betty Clawman (last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #4)

Villain(s)

• Janwillem Kroef (last appearance in New Guardians #1; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• The Cajuns (a gang of street youths; Mako named; no further appearances)
• Piet Broem (last appearance in New Guardians #1; next appearance in New Guardians #4)
• Mr. Colombia (a drug dealer; no further appearances)
• Henry (Kroef's assistant; mostly behind-the-scenes ; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Leon Twerlinger (first name revealed; last appearance in New Guardians #2; next appearance in New Guardians #5)
• Dr. Bernard and Dr. Garth (names revealed; last appearance in New Guardians #2; no further appearances)
• Tina and Lou (staff at an AIDs treatment hospital; no further appearances)
• Cathy Hart (an entertainment reporter; no further appearances)
• Members of an AIDs support group (Wanda and Ned named; no further appearances)
• A bus tour guide (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Herupa Hando Hu (depicted in Betty's dreamworld)
• Nadia Safir (depicted in Betty's dreamworld)

Synopsis:
While three of their members attend a meeting of an AIDs support group, the New Guardians, Ram, Gloss, and Floro are attacked by a gang of street kids who have been hired by Colombian drug lords. In the resulting battle, the home of the team is destroyed. Jet learns that she has contracted AIDs from her encounter with the Hemo-Goblin. Meanwhile, Kroef's spy reports that Tom Kalmaku's wife is pregnant.