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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published May 1985
Cover Price 0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD;30p UK
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; Jim Shooter (Editor-In-Chief)
Notes No letters page this issue.

Cover Details - "...For The Life Of Huntarr !"

Characters Solitaire; Huntarr; Hatchling (Villain)
Genre Super-Hero; Science Fiction; Fantasy
Pencils Keith Pollard (Signed)
Inks Keith Pollard (Signed)
Notes No letters page this issue.

1 page Claok And Dagger advertisement "Cloak And Dagger"

Characters Cloak; Dagger
Synopsis A Marvel house ad for Cloak And Dagger's 1985 bi-monthly series by Bill Mantlo, Rick Leonardi & Terry Austin.
Genre Super-Hero
Pencils Rick Leonardi
Inks Terry Austin
Notes Inside front cover.

22 page Micronauts story "Death And Transfiguration !"

Characters Bug; Prince Acroyear; Marionette; Huntarr; Commander Arcturus Rann [Space Glider] [All as the Micronauts]; Solitaire; Prime Being Hatchling (Later revealed as Scion) (Introduction) (Villain); (Various) Shape-changers [The Children Of The Dreaming Star]; Death Watch Death-Guards; Lady Cilicia (In dream); Jasmine (In dream); Janna (In dream)
Synopsis While the Micronauts are dying from a severe radiation poisoning, Huntarr & Solitaire face a mysterious Prime Being hatchling alien.
Genre Super-Hero; Science Fiction; Fantasy
Script Peter B. Gillis
Pencils Kelley Jones
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Janice Chiang
Notes The Prime Being Hatchling introduced in this issue becomes Scion in issue #11.

1 page Star Wars advertisement "Star Wars"

Characters Knife; Den Siva; Nagai warrior; Dark Lady Lumiya [Shira Brie] (Villain)
Synopsis The Shadow Of The Empire Returns To The Galaxy, And The Nagai Are It's Heralds.
Genre Science-Fiction
Pencils Cynthia Martin
Inks Cynthia Martin
Notes House ad for Mary Jo Duffy & Cynthia Martin's Post-Return Of The Jedi run on Star Wars.

1 page Spider-Man filler

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Synopsis Spider-Man asks for fans for advice on what type of ad they'd like to see in the comics they read.
Genre superhero
Notes Inside back cover. Questionnaire appears on the bottom of the page.

1 page Star Comics advertisement "Our Present To You"

Characters Montgomery Moose (Get along Gang); Heathcliff; Strawberry Shortcake; Wally The Wizard; Planet Terry; Wicket W. Warrick (Ewoks)
Synopsis House ad for Marvel Comics children's imprint, Star Comics featuring some of the characters from their first batch of titles they produced.
Genre Children
Notes Back cover.