Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	August 1984
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Gold

Cover Details

Characters	Morgana, fawn, colonists
Pencils	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Inks	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Colors	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Letters	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel

20 page MARS story "World War Two (Old Timer's Disease)"

Characters	Joyce Dimitri (first appearance); Rod Buckminster (first appearance; from the 5th Mars mission; videotape)
Synopsis	The colonists are ill from the same sickness that killed the fifth Mars colony. They find tapes that suggest a laser cure, which they try.
Script	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Pencils	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Inks	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Colors	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel; Kathryn Mayer
Letters	Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel; Kathryn Mayer

8 page Black Flame story "Riders to Heart's End!"

Characters	Black Flame; Judit Hunyadi
Synopsis	The Black Flame rescues Judit Hunyadi from the denizens of the nightmare land.
Script	Peter B. Gillis
Pencils	Don Lomax
Inks	Bruce Patterson
Colors	Bruce Patterson
Letters	Bruce Patterson
Notes	Last Black Flame in MARS. The feature moved to Starslayer the next month (issue 20).