Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	April 1984
Cover Price	$1.95
Pages	36
Editing	Ken Steacy
Notes	Published monthly by William P. Marks, Vortex Magazine, Canada.

Cover Details - "Vortex"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Synopsis	Table of Contents for this issue Vol. 1, #8, April 1984.
Pencils	Ron Lightburn
Inks	Ron Lightburn
Letters	typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Editorial"

Synopsis	Ken Steacy discusses lack of sales for alternative titles and the potential future of the Vortex titles.
Script	Ken Steacy
Letters	typeset

5 page story "Queenie Hart vs. the Queen of Clubs"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis

11 page Starbikers story "Dog Eat Dog"

Genre	Occult
Script	Ronn Sutton
Pencils	Ronn Sutton
Inks	Ronn Sutton

4 page story "Corrective Surgery"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Steve Leialoha
Pencils	Steve Leialoha
Inks	Steve Leialoha

5 page story "Studio III"

Genre	Satire
Script	Jeffrey Morgan
Pencils	Jeffrey Morgan
Inks	Jeffrey Morgan
Letters	Jeffrey Morgan
Editing	Jeffrey Morgan
Notes	Satire on the trials and tribulations of publishing.

1 page story "A Short History of Western Civilization"

Synopsis	Visual satire on the true casualties of war.
Genre	Satire
Pencils	Steve Gilbert
Inks	Steve Gilbert
Notes	This particular story is not indicated in the Table of Contents.

1 page letters page "Mailstrom"

Synopsis

Fan letters from Byron Preiss, Mark Rose, Bart Bush, and Mark Burbey.

6 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Advertisements"

Notes

In-house advertisements: Mister X (comic book, Vortex Comics); Stig's Inferno [two ads] (comic book, Vortex Comics); Explore New Worlds of Science Fiction and the Fantastic (subscription form, Vortex Comics); Back issues (comic book order form, Vortex Comics); Alice.Alice..Alice... (comic book, Vortex Comics)