(November-December 1977)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-08-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893242812
Editing
Jack C. Harris; Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #146.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Freedom Fighters / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Jack Abel (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Job Number
C-517
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They're deadly and demonic -- the Renegades
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [Doll Man; The Human Bomb; Phantom Lady; The Ray; Uncle Sam]; Renegades [Tall Tree; Thunder Cloud; Rain-in-the-Face; Chief Crazy Horse]

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Divided We... Die?? (Table of Contents: 2)

Freedom Fighters / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-4806
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [The Ray [Happy Terril] (origin); Uncle Sam; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Doll Man [Darrel Dane]]; Rod Reilly [Firebrand] (cameo); Professor Styne; Martha Roberts; Ms. Gorman; Michael Tulane; David Pearson (flashback); Fred Snyder; The Renegades [Chief Crazy Horse; Tall Tree; Thunder Cloud; Rain-in-the-Face]
Synopsis
Origin of the Ray retold. Doll Man convicted of Murder.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cameo of Firebrand, another Earth-X hero, not in costume.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Clark Candy Bars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Cooky La Moo on Broadway (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Crazy David / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Freedom Fanmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Mark Armstrong (logo)
Inks
John Workman (logo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-759
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Freedom Fighters #8 was truly an exceptional issue.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bruce Stapleton, Belinda Delgado, David Baca, and John Wolfe III.

The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Youth Opportunity Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

AAU Shuperstar Flattens His Arch Enemy... the Menacing Missile-Toe (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

AAU Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They're deadly and demonic -- the Renegades"]
    Freedom Fighters
  2. 1. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash the easy Olympic way!"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Divided We... Die??
    Freedom Fighters
  4. 3. ["Powerfun! BB & pellet guns by Crosman."]
  5. 4. ["Get rich and famous."]
    Clark Candy Bars
  6. 5. ["Write Right Now!"]
  7. 6. Cooky La Moo on Broadway
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  8. 7. ["Buy any t-shirt shown for only $4"]
    Crazy David
  9. 8. ["Superhero backpacks and school supplies"]
    NCG Merchandise
  10. 9. ["Freedom Fighters #8 was truly an exceptional issue."]
    Freedom Fanmail
  11. 10. The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told
    DC Publishorial
  12. 11. ["Super prizes"]
    Youth Opportunity Sales Club
  13. 12. ["Join J.S.C.A Jolly Giant for prizes or cash"]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  14. 13. AAU Shuperstar Flattens His Arch Enemy... the Menacing Missile-Toe
    AAU Shoes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore