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Issue: Vortex #8

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Publication Date: April 1984

Issue #8
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- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- #6
- #7
- ✔ #8
- #9
- #10
- #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
- #15
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Issues: #8 of 15 Issues

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Publisher: Flag

Vortex

Brand: Vortex Comics

Indicia Publisher: Vortex Magazine

On Sale Date: 03/20/1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: $1.95 CAD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Ken Steacy

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #44.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color Covers; Black and White Interiors

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Paul Rivoche

Inker(s): Paul Rivoche

Colorist(s): Paul Rivoche

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Pages: 1

Contents

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Ron Lightburn

Inker(s): Ron Lightburn

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Table of Contents with illustration and indica information at bottom of page.

Editorial

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ken Steacy

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Ken Steacy discusses lack of sales for alternative titles and the potential future of the Vortex titles.

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Pages: 1

Queenie Hart vs. the Queen of Clubs

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Trina Robbins

Penciller(s): Trina Robbins

Inker(s): Trina Robbins

Letterer(s): L. Lois Buhalis

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Queenie Hart

Character(s): Queenie Hart

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Pages: 5

Dog Eat Dog

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ronn Sutton

Penciller(s): Ronn Sutton

Inker(s): Ronn Sutton

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Feature(s): Starbikers

Character(s): Starbikers

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Pages: 11

Corrective Surgery

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Leialoha

Penciller(s): Steve Leialoha

Inker(s): Steve Leialoha

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

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Pages: 4

Studio III

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jeffrey Morgan

Penciller(s): Jeffrey Morgan

Inker(s): Jeffrey Morgan

Letterer(s): Jeffrey Morgan

Editor(s): Jeffrey Morgan

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

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Pages: 5

Notes: Satire on the trials and tribulations of publishing.

A Short History of Western Civilization

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Gilbert

Penciller(s): Steve Gilbert

Inker(s): Steve Gilbert

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Visual satire on the true casualties of war.

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Pages: 1

Notes: This particular story is not indicated in the Table of Contents.

Mailstrom

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Fan letters from Byron Preiss, Mark Rose, Bart Bush, and Mark Burbey.

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Promotional Advertisements

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Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 6

Notes: In-house advertisements: Mister X (comic book, Vortex Comics); Stig's Inferno [two ads] (comic book, Vortex Comics); Explore New Worlds of Science Fiction and the Fantastic (subscription form, Vortex Comics); Back issues (comic book order form, Vortex Comics); Alice.Alice..Alice... (comic book, Vortex Comics)