Written by Dan Houser and Remedy's Sam Lake, and featuring cover art from Greg Horn and pencils and inks by Fernando Blanco, Max Payne 3 Issue #1: "After the Fall", is the first chapter in the three part Max Payne 3 comic series. Beginning with a confrontation at a dive bar in Hoboken from Max Payne 3, "After the Fall" then flashes back to tell the story of Max's troubled upbringing - shedding new light on Max's life through key events from Max Payne and Max Payne 2.