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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joey Cavalieri; Stephanie Buscema (assistant)

Cover Details - "Gotham in the Grip of Shadows!"

Characters Simon Dark; Rachel Dodds
Genre Horror
Pencils Scott Hampton
Inks Scott Hampton
Colors Scott Hampton

22 page Simon Dark story "Pocketful of Posies"

Characters Simon Dark; Rachel Dodds; Detective Tom Kirk; Senator Moss; Neal Jones; Detective Debron Hughes; Detective Mike Wren; Troy Ellis; Ben Earl; Mr. Shannon; Vincent; Mayor; Geo Populus Cult (name of cult revealed in this issue)
Synopsis "Simon takes Rachel into his confidence as the only person who can help him stop the cult's war on Gotham City!" [per solicitation]
Genre Horror
Script Steve Niles
Pencils Scott Hampton
Inks Scott Hampton
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Todd Klein

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 113"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Script Matt Idelson
Pencils Gary Frank; Alex Ross (painted); ?
Inks Jon Sibal; Alex Ross (painted); ?
Colors ?; Alex Ross (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes Matt Idelson discusses the upcoming SUPERMAN and ACTION COMICS stories coming from James Robinson and Geoff Johns. Preview of covers to ACTION COMICS #866 and SUPERMAN #677. Hot list - FINAL CRISIS SKETCHBOOK #1, HUNTRESS: YEAR ONE #1 and TITANS #2. House ad for SIMON DARK #9.