Story: "A Dalliance with the Damned, Part 1" (22 Pages)

Credits: Mike Carey (plot, script); Peter Gross (pencils); Ryan Kelly (inks); Comicraft (letters); Daniel Vozzo (colors); Jamison (color separations); Will Dennis (assistant edits); Shelly Bond (edits)

Supporting Characters: Lady Lys (last in issue #15), Lord Arux (first appearance; High Lord of Effrul and father of Lys and Brosag), Prackspoor (first appearance; Lord Arux's feline advisor), Christopher Rudd (first appearance; a former teacher of swordsplay and etiquette; dies in flashback and becomes one of the Damned)

Villains: Seviram (first appearance; Duke of Gly), Brosag (first appearance; Lord Arux's son), Quell (first appearance; an associate of Seviram; next in issue #19),

Other Characters: Glieve (last in issue #15), Sirrah (first appearance; a servant of Lord Arux's messenger), Minokh (first appearance; Lord Arux's messenger; dies), Morgastes (first appearance; ruler of Veradne), Bazu (first appearance), Kusornes (first appearance; a demon; dies); Emma Rudd (first appearance; Christopher's wife; in flashback), Harry (first appearance; a young boy; dies in flashback), Harry's father (first appearance; in flashback)

Comments: Lucifer des not appear in this issue.