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Story & Art by Derek Charm Story by Ivan Cohen Art by Nneka Myers lettering by edits by Neil Uyetake Sarah Gaydos After the events of IDW's SUPER SECRET CRISIS WAR series, where villains were vanquished and heroes were, well, heroic, the Powerpuff Girls have returned to their dear CITY OF TOWNSVILLE… only to take a fateful field trip to Dexter’s Laboratory, where a bit of Chemical X fell on Dee Dee, who then warped away to a very strange place AND THEN they met Courage the Cowardly Dog who needed rescuing, but Dee Dee escaped… AND THEN both Cow AND Chicken wanted to be stars, but Dee Dee got in the way, before she… yep, you got it… escaped... REGULAR COVER SUBSCRIPTION COVER art by Derek Charm art by Nneka Myers THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS created by Craig McCracken. DEXTER'S LABORATORY created by Genndy Tartovsky. Special thanks to Marisa Marionakis and Rick Blanco of Cartoon Network. Ted Adams, CEO & Publisher Facebook: facebook.com/idwpublishing Greg Goldstein, President & COO Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Twitter: @idwpublishing Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief YouTube: youtube.com/idwpublishing Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Alan Payne, VP of Sales Instagram: instagram.com/idwpublishing Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing deviantART: idwpublishing.deviantart.com www.IDWPUBLISHING.com Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services IDW founded by Ted Adams, Alex Garner, Kris Oprisko, and Robbie Robbins Jeff Webber, VP of Digital Publishing & Business Development Pinterest: pinterest.com/idwpublishing/idw-staff-faves POWERPUFF GIRLS: SUPER SMASH UP! #4. APRIL 2015. FIRST PRINTING.™ and © Cartoon Network (s15). IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. .

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