| Issue | #8 |
| Published | Winter 1988 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.70 GBP |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Robert Greenberger |
| Characters | Ming the Merciless |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Dan Jurgens (signed) |
| Inks | Bruce Patterson (signed) |
| Script | ? [as Johnny DC] |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Includes a checklist of other DC comics on sale the same week as this issue. |
| Characters | Flash Gordon; Ming the Merciless; Aura; Dr. Zarkhov; Prince Barin; Dale Arden; Prince Thun; Governor Xeo; King Vultan |
| Synopsis | Ming captures Flash and publicly executes him. Dale Arden and the other members of the revolution rescue Flash's body and use Ming's technology to return him to life. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Dan Jurgens |
| Pencils | Dan Jurgens |
| Inks | Bruce Patterson |
| Colors | Anthony Tollin |
| Letters | John Workman |
| Script | Bob Greenberger |
| Letters | Typeset |