Angel: Smile Time 3

"You're gonna make it, Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?!"

- Lorne

"Smile Time" is the third issue of the Angel: Smile Time three-issue limited series published by IDW Publishing. The story was written by Scott Tipton with artwork by David Messina and art assistance from Elena Casagrande. It was colored by Giovanna Niro with lettering by Neil Uyetake. It was edited by Chris Ryall. This issue shipped with an April, 2009 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.99 per copy (US).

Featured characters

 * Angel
 * Spike
 * Charles Gunn
 * Winifred Burkle
 * Lorne
 * Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Supporting characters

 * Harmony Kendall
 * Nina Ash

Antagonists

 * Polo

Minor characters

 * Doctor Sparrow
 * Hannah

Organizations

 * Team Angel
 * Wolfram & Hart

Races

 * Humans
 * Demons
 * Vampires

Locations

 * California
 * Los Angeles County
 * Los Angeles

Items

 * Puppets
 * Sword

Miscellaneous

 * Decapitation
 * Dismemberment
 * Gunshot victims
 * Ritualism

Notes & Trivia

 * Angel was created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt.


 * UPC barcode: 827714913910 00311.


 * This issue is reprinted in the Angel: Smile Time hardcover collection, which was released by IDW Publishing in August, 2009. It is also reprinted in Angel Omnibus, Volume 2, which was released in July, 2011.


 * This issue adapts material from the "Smile Time" episode of Angel, which was the fourteenth episode of season five of the series. The original story was written and directed by Ben Edlund.


 * This issue shipped with a variant cover featuring a photographic still from the episode.


 * Despite the cover graphic, Spike does not become a puppet in this issue.


 * Lorne makes reference to Geppetto in this issue. Geppetto is a fictional wood carver from the children's story The Adventures of Pinocchio and is responsible for the creation of the hand-carved wooden puppet, Pinocchio.