The Night Force #8 [Direct]
(March 1983)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-11-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (credited) (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Night Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan (signed as Colan)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed as SMITH)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-256
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Paul Brooks
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Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Parker Brothers Games; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Summoning, Epilogue: (Table of Contents: 2)

Night Force / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
J-8547
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Detective Eliot Short; Jack Gold; Donovan Caine; Vanessa van Helsing; Baron Winter; Merlin (leopard); Larry Caine; Mr. Whistle (Winter's attorney); Dr. Rubin
Synopsis
Jack, Vanessa and Donovan return to Washington DC. Detective Short discovers that the papers the Baron gave him are forgeries and returns to arrest him.
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Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Comic Book Conventions (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Creation Comic Book Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Adventure Is Yours (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Beast! Chapter One: Runner! (Table of Contents: 7)

Night Force / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Michele Wolfman
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Paul Brooks; Baron Winters; Miss Conrad; Fran Wyatt; Steve Burke; Mrs. Murphy; Terry Kane; Detective Eliot Short; Merlin (leopard)
Synopsis
Baron Winters arranges for Paul Brooks to become trapped in a brownstone with the monster that has been terrifying Miss Conrad.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Night Forces / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (headshots)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Readers: Our first storyline is over and...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Patricia Fogleman, Stephen Gawronski, and Jorge L. Gonzalez.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

M Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Night Force
  2. 1. Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge
    Parker Brothers Games; Spider-Man
  3. 2. The Summoning, Epilogue:
    Night Force
  4. 3. Behind the Candy Counter
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. Comic Book Conventions
    Creation Comic Book Conventions
  7. 6. The Adventure Is Yours
    TSR Hobbies
  8. 7. Beast! Chapter One: Runner!
    Night Force
  9. 8. ["Life Savers lots of fun and flavors!"]
    Life Savers
  10. 9. ["Sgt. Rock is on the move in 83!"]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  11. 10. Write Right Now!
  12. 11. ["Well, there goes my career as a columnist!"]
    Meanwhile...
  13. 12. ["Dear Readers: Our first storyline is over and..."]
    Night Forces
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
  15. 14. ["Don't be surprised if you find a full size Atari video game inside this box."]
    Revell Models
  16. 15. ["Amazing new life forms are taking over Atari!"]
    M Network
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  • Douglas Sederberg
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