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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).