"Married to the Mob, Part 2: Lipstick Bullets"
1st full appearance of Painkiller Jane.
Painkiller Jane only appears in the one page flash forward prologue by JoeQ & JimmyP.
32 pages: 22 of story & art, 2 of a pin-up, 4 of ads, 4 of creator columns
This issue includes:
- Larsen's Bowl O'Drunkards
- a pin-up of Go-Go by Jimmy Palmiotti
- a pin-up of Carrie by Jimmy Palmiotti
- advertisements for 22 Brides #3, San Diego Comicon '96, Comic Cavalcade, 22 Brides second album Beaker and Ash: The Fire Within #1
Event Comics Shopping Channel offers in this issue:
- Kid Death and Fluffy T-Shirt MSRP: $18.95
- Ash T-Shirt MSRP: $18.95
- Ash Chromium Cards MSRP: $5.00
- 22 Brides T-Shirt MSRP: $18.95
- Full-Color 22 Brides Poster MSRP: $6.95
- Ash #4 Limited Edition Lithograph (1/1200) MSRP: $29.95
- Ash #6 Limited Fahrenheit Editions (see individual entries for print runs and MSRPs)
- Ash #1 Connoisseur's Kit: a signed copy of #1 with a Kid Death litho (1/1995) MSRP: $24.95
The cover art from this issue was later used in the 1997 Ash trading card set as card #58.