Dreadstar #8

(January 1984)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dreaditorial / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Archie Goodwin (signed as G)

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie Goodwin here, Editor of Marvel's Epic Comics line.

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Goodwin

Indexer Notes

Editorial, credits, indicia, on the inside front cover.

Betrayal (Table of Contents: 2)

Dreadstar / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin

Pencils

Jim Starlin

Inks

Kim DeMulder

Colors

Daina Graziunas; Christie Scheele

Letters

Jim Novak

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The site: A barren planet known only as JRW-3.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lord Papal; Z; Dreadstar; Oedi; Willow; Skeevo; Syzygy Darklock

Synopsis

Z betrays the Monarchy and schemes to get Dreadstar alone for a battle. Vanth recounts much of his past and expresses his fears that Z is really Aknaton.

Reprints

• in Dreadstar (Slave Labor, 2000 series) #4 - The Secret of Z (July 2001)
• in Dreadstar (Dynamic Forces, 2004 series) #2 (2004)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dread Letter Office / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gregory Sharpe, Mike Rosser, Lanny Buettner, Michael Dean Jackson, Gary Kimber and Matt Asher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

How to Write and Draw Good Comics / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin; Daina Graziunas

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That was Shooter on the phone.

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Starlin; Daina Graziunas

Indexer Notes

A short humorous photographic feature (with cartoon captions) that features Jim Starlin and Daina Graziunas and appears on the inside back cover.