Jem and The Holograms, Issue 3 (IDW)

Showtime, Part Three

General Information

Issue #

3

Published

May 20th, 2015

Chronology
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Jem and The Holograms #3, subtitled Showtime, Part Three, is the third issue of the Jem and The Holograms main comic series, and is the third part of the six part story-arc Showtime.

It was originally published physically and digitally by IDW Publishing on May 20th, 2015, and was later included in the Jem and The Holograms Vol 1: Showtime trade paperback published on October 27th, 2015, followed by being digitally available on November 11th, 2015.

Official Synopsis[]

"Hot off their video win, Jem and The Holograms perform at the Starlight Foundation’s annual fundraiser—but The Misfits, anxious The Holograms’ overnight success, plan to bring them down."

—IDW Publishing

Plot Summary[]

Pizzazz, Roxy and Jetta barge into the coffee shop where Stormer and Kimber are sat together. Pizzazz is furious, knocking people out of the way and being aggressive. People are filming them on their phones.

In Pizzazz's house, Pizzazz rants at Stormer, while they watch footage of the coffee shop incident on an gossip TV show. She accuses Stormer of being on a date with Kimber, and bans her from dating "the enemy", because it would damage the reputation of the band.

At their home, Aja tells Kimber that Jerrica is out on a date with Rio, and Kimber is surprised and very interested, because Jerrica normally doesn't go out on dates. Aja pries into where Kimber went when she left the Starlight Foundation early, and Kimber tells her - without naming names - that she went on a date with someone, but that she thinks the person is out of her league. Kimber, Aja and Shana eat ice cream together, talking about what happened on Kimber's date. They encourage Kimber to text her (Stormer).

Jerrica meets up with Rio, who is playing with a little girl called Clara. Clara goes home, and so Jerrica and Rio go on their date to "Pacific Park" amusement park. They ride a big wheel together, and Jerrica gushes about the other Holograms. Rio asks why Jerrica isn't the lead singer of The Holograms, and Jerrica tells him it's because she has no confidence. Rio wins her a stuffed animal in a ring toss game, and he gives her a ride home on the back of his motorcycle and after they kiss

The Misfits are trying to record the music video for Crush, but they keep stopping to argue about which of them is messing up. Pizzazz gives up, and throws herself onto the sofa, where she catches Clash reading Google Alert news about Jem and The Holograms. She tells them The Holograms are playing a benefit tomorrow, for The Starlight Foundation. Pizzazz is angry that they're using The Misfits's contest to get themselves gigs, smashes her guitar and flips a table of food.

Clash calls her friend Blaze, asking for a favor. She asks Blaze to get her on the wait staff for The Starlight Foundation fundraiser so she can sabotage it.

Characters[]

The Holograms	Jerrica Benton, Kimber Benton, Aja Leith, Shana Elmsford
The Misfits	Pizzazz, Roxy, Stormer, Jetta
Side Characters	Rio Pacheco, Clash, Blaze

Song List[]

Performers	Song
The Misfits	Crush

Notable Locations[]

Official Preview[]

Cover Variants[]

Bonus Material[]

Easter Eggs[]

		Sophie Campbell's twitter username (albeit misspelled as mooncalfe01 instead of mooncalfe1) appears on The Misfits' television screen.
		Pacific Park is based on a real life park of the same name.
		In the background during the boardwalk scene is a cameo by Tessa Battle, from Kelly Thompson's Storykiller.
		Natalie Ringtree, a character from one of Sophie Campbell's other works, Moon Wet Moon, also cameos in the background during the boardwalk scene.
		On their date, Rio wins Jerrica a stuffed plush of Rainbow Dash, from Hasbro's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

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Other Characters	Clash, Elise Harcourt, Eric Raymond, Madmartigan, Rio, Silica, Techrat, Minor Characters