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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July 1987
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Michael Higgins

Cover Details - "Nuclear Nightmare"

Characters Star Brand [Ken Connell]
Genre superhero
Pencils Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks Geof Isherwood (signed)

22 page Star Brand story "The Brand of a Hero"

Characters Ken Connell; Debbie "the Duck" Fix; Tad Selby (introduction); Ethan Selby (introduction); Sarah Selby (introduction)
Synopsis Ken meets a sickly kid, Tad Selby, and reveals the star brand's powers to the youth. He then destroys a massive pile-up of toxic waste dumped by a local company.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Arvell Jones
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes The cover blurb about Nuclear Nightmare is at odds with the actual story content.

1 page Universe News promo (ad from the publisher) "Universe News"

Letters typeset
Notes Includes short bios of New Universe production staff.

1 page Codename: Spitfire promo (ad from the publisher) "There's a new name for danger."

Synopsis House ad for the new Codename: Spitfire relaunch.
Letters typeset