Star Brand #8 [Newsstand]
(July 1987)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1987-02-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel; New Universe
Barcode
071486021407 07
Editing
Michael Higgins (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #110.
This issue is a variant of Star Brand (Marvel, 1986 series) #8 [Direct].

Nuclear Nightmare (Table of Contents)

Star Brand / Starbrand / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Star Brand [Ken Connell]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Star Brand (Marvel, 1986 series) #8 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Star Brand (1986 series) #8 [Direct]
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The Brand of a Hero (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Brand / Starbrand / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Arvell Jones
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ken Connell; Debbie "the Duck" Fix; Tad Selby (introduction); Ethan Selby (introduction); Sarah Selby (introduction)
Synopsis
Ken meets a sickly kid, Tad Selby, and reveals the star brand's powers to the youth. He then destroys a massive pile-up of toxic waste dumped by a local company.
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Indexer Notes

The cover blurb about Nuclear Nightmare is at odds with the actual story content.

Universe News (Table of Contents: 2)

Universe News / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes short bios of New Universe production staff.

There's a new name for danger. (Table of Contents: 3)

Spitfire / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
House ad for the new Codename: Spitfire relaunch.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Nuclear Nightmare
    Star Brand / Starbrand
  2. 1. The Brand of a Hero
    Star Brand / Starbrand
  3. 2. Universe News
    Universe News
  4. 3. There's a new name for danger.
    Spitfire
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