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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published October 2001
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort (editor); Marc Sumerak (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange; Silver Surfer; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor the Sub-Mariner]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Erik Larsen (signed)
Inks Al Vey (signed)
Colors Gregory Wright

22 page Defenders story "Day of the Great Ones"

Characters Defenders [Namor The Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer; Hellcat; Valkyrie; Nighthawk]; Kree; Supreme Intelligence; Commander Tar-Vash; Toad Men; Ronan, the Accuser
Synopsis Dr. Strange, the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner go searching for Silver Surfer and find that he has been captured and is being used to power a Kree weapon. They are also trapped until the Hulk manages to break them all out. Dr. Strange then checks in with the other Defenders and finds out that while they were gone the Headmen took over the world.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek; Erik Larsen; Eric Stephenson
Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Al Vey
Colors Tom Smith and Color Arts
Letters Chris Eliopoulos

1 page Defenders letters page "Defenders Dialogue"

Genre Superhero
Script Mark Sumerak
Letters Typeset
Notes 5 letters of comment by Scott Faubion, Andrzej Kuras, Jonathan Nolan, ClarenceTheBest and Paul Watson. Also includes expanded references to various characters and their past appearances for issues six through eight.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisement"

Characters Ultimate Wolverine
Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Adam Kubert
Inks Richard Isanove
Letters Typeset
Notes House Advertisement (One-Pager) for current Marvel Comics series (subscription page with Wolverine illustration). Appears between pages 18 and 19 of the story.

11 page advertisement "Ads"

Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils Various
Inks Various
Letters Typeset
Notes Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-pages advertisements for: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (movie, WB), milk (milk, whymilk.com), Powerpuff Gils Poptarts (snack, Kellogg's), Cap'n Crunch Smashed Berries (candy, QOC), The Jetsons Meet the Flintsones (video, WB, 1/2 page), Dave's Comics (mail order, Dave's Comics, 1/2 page), Carpenters (clothes, Levi's, 2-pages), Juicy Fruit (chewing gum, Wrigley's), ReCharge (collectible card game, Marvel), Reebok (shoes, Reebok), Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV, Kids WB).