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Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	April-May 1972
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Jack Kirby

Cover Details - "The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!"

Characters	Orion; Kalibak; Dan Turpin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Mike Royer
Reprinted	in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3

23 page New Gods story "The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin!"

Characters	Orion; Lightray; Kalibak; Dan Turpin; Claudia Shane; Dave Lincoln; Matt Kiernan; Victor Lanza; Dolly Jarvis
Synopsis	Kalibak and Orion battle, doing massive destruction, while Turpin and the Metropolis police force try to stop them.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Mike Royer
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	in New Gods (DC, 1984 series) #4; in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #3

3 page The Young Gods of Supertown story "Beat the Black Racer!!"

Characters	Fastbak; Black Racer; Esak; Para-Demons
Synopsis	Fastbak races Black Racer for the life of Esak.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Mike Royer
Reprinted	in Jack Kirby's New Gods (DC, 1997 series) #nn

9 page Manhunter story "The Stone of Vengeance!"

Characters	Manhunter
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #77 (August 1942)

2 page To and From the Source letters page

Script	Mark Evanier; Steve Sherman
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Includes a letter from Bob Rozakis.