Contains a "Certificate of Stock" that when combined with the Certificates from issues #1,3-6 can be mailed away to redeem John Byrne's Next Men 12 card trading card set.
Next Men [Nathan; Bethany; Jack; Jasmine; Danny]; Tony Murcheson; Control; Senator Hilltop; Sheriff Wyatt Coffey; Willis Ducummen; Sathanas; Dr. Margaret Russell; Deputy Tommy
John Byrne, identifying himself as the editor of JBNM, clarifies that he will be answering readers' letters. He also provides a one-page essay, entitled "A Flame About This High…", within the letter column itself, that deals with comic book artists' homages, swipes and plagiarism.