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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published June 1997
Cover Price $1.95
Pages 44
Editing Mike Heisler

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters The Thing; Inhumans; Gorgon; Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Black Bolt; Human Torch; Medusa; Crystal
Genre Superhero
Pencils Brett Booth (signed)
Inks Tom McWeeney (signed)
Colors Jessica Ruffner (signed)

22 page Fantastic Four story "The Ties That Bind"

Characters Invisible Woman; Mister Fantastic; The Thing; Human Torch; Dr. Harry Johnson; Frankie Raye; Tony Stark; Alicia Masters; Inhumans; Gorgon; Crystal; Karnak; Lockjaw; Blackbolt; Medusa; Triton
Genre Superhero
Script Brandon Choi; Jim Lee (plot)
Pencils Brett Booth
Inks Tom McWeeney
Colors Jessica Ruffner; Wildstorm FX (computer colors)
Letters Richard Starkings; David Lanphear [as Richard Starkings & Comicraft's Dave Lanphear]

3 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

Notes House Advertisements for: GENERATION X #29, HEROES FOR HIRE #1 and "Flashback" month.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Notes "Stan's Soapbox" by Stan Lee, "Creator Profile: Joe Kelly", "Checklist for April 23" (9 titles), plus promo texts for Marvel titles. Design by Comicraft.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Subscription Form"

Notes House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

3 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian"

Notes Preview artwork collage in black & white of CONAN THE BARBARIAN miniseries.

12 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 10 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Comic Book Champions (pewter figures, Racing Champions), Soulblade (game, Namco, 2 pages), Cap'n Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats Company), Wild Sound Effects (snack, Nabisco), Kids' Pak (restaurant, Subway), Westfield (back issues, Westfield, 1/2 page), Dave's Comics (back issues, Dave's Comics, 1/2 page), Mile High Comics (back issues, MHC), Free Free (comics collecting club, UCI), Oreck XL (vacuum cleaner, Oreck), Flintstones Pebbles (cereal, Post), Chee-Tos (snack, Frito-Lay).