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Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	April 1989
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Andy Helfer; Kevin Dooley (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "Prisoners of the State"

Characters	Guardians [Gloss [Xiang Po]; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]; Floro; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Joe Staton (signed)
Inks	Bruce Patterson (signed)

1 page With Johnny DC promo (ad from the publisher)

Script	? [as Johnny DC]
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Includes a checklist of other DC titles on sale the same week as this issue. Inside front cover.

24 page New Guardians story "Heartlands"

Characters	Guardians [Gloss [Xiang Po]; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]; Floro; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]; Jet [Celia Windward] (Cameo)]; Tom Kalmaku; John Twerlinger; Minister Janwillem Kroef; Piet Broem; Kilowog; Arisia; Herupa Hando Hu (Guardian of the Universe; Cameo; Flashback); Nadia Safir (Zamoran; Cameo; Flashback); Terga Kalmaku
Synopsis	The Guardians sneak into Pretoria, while Tom is captured by Minister Kroef, and Twelinger's true colors are revealed.
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Mark Farmer; Pablo Marcos
Colors	Nansi Hoolahan
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Pretoria is the DC Universe version of South Africa in the late 1980's complete with apartheid.

1 page The New Guardians letters page

Script	Kevin Dooley
Letters	Typeset