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Ms. Marvel #8

Name: Ms. Marvel #8
Brand: Marvel
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Aug 1977 · Marvel · 0.30 USD

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“The Last Sunset...?”

★ 1st appearance — Tracy Burke

About this Issue

Ms. Marvel #8 closes out Chris Claremont's first extended villain arc on the title — the two-part Grotesk storyline — and marks the full creative handoff from the Conway era to the Claremont era that would define Carol Danvers for a generation. By reaching back into Silver Age X-Men continuity to revive Grotesk, the Gortokian prince who had (briefly) 'killed' Professor X in 1968, Claremont signaled early his habit of treating the Marvel Universe as a living, interconnected history — the same impulse that would make his X-Men run transformative. The issue also introduces Tracy Burke, a photojournalist who becomes a recurring supporting player in Carol's civilian world at Woman Magazine, adding another fully realized professional woman to the series' unusually grounded cast.

In "The Last Sunset...?", Ms. Marvel races against time to expose AIM’s latest operation, only to find SHIELD turning a blind eye—despite her evidence. With Grotesk on the loose and the Cavourite crystal in her hands, she’s forced to question who she can trust as shadows deepen around her. Written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Jim Mooney and Joe Sinnott, with inks by Sinnott and colors by D. Warfield, this 1977 issue features a cover by Mooney and Sinnott that captures the tension perfectly.

writer Chris Claremont · artist Jim Mooney · artist, inker Joe Sinnott · colorist D. Warfield · letterer Gaspar Saladino · letterer J. Costanza · cover Jim Mooney, Joe Sinnott

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History

The issue was scripted by Chris Claremont — who had taken over full scripting duties from Gerry Conway beginning with issue #3 — with Jim Mooney providing breakdowns and the veteran Joe Sinnott supplying finished pencils and inks, a combination that had been the visual backbone of the title since Claremont and Mooney's pairing began. Archie Goodwin served as editor, and the cover was produced by John Buscema and Marie Severin with inks by Frank Giacoia and Severin. The Grotesk two-parter spanning issues #6 and #8 represents one of Claremont's earliest deliberate acts of Bronze Age Marvel continuity mining, threading a forgotten Silver Age X-Men antagonist into what was simultaneously a progressive, feminist-inflected superhero title.

Trivia · 8 facts

Cover-dated August 1977; script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by Jim Mooney, finished art and inks by Joe Sinnott; editor Archie Goodwin.
Cover penciled by John Buscema with Marie Severin alterations; inked by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.
Story title: '...And Grotesk Shall Slay Thee!' — concludes the two-part Grotesk storyline begun in Ms. Marvel #6.
First appearance of Tracy Burke, photojournalist, who joins the supporting cast of the Woman Magazine staff alongside Frank Gianelli and Michael Barnett.
First appearance of Lynn Andersen (per Grand Comics Database indexing of the Essential Ms. Marvel reprint volume).
Grotesk (Prince Gor-Tok), who originally debuted in X-Men #41–42 (February–March 1968) — created by Roy Thomas and Don Heck — suffers his apparent death at the end of this issue after Ms. Marvel thwarts his attempt to use a Cavourite crystal and military laser cannon to trigger a planet-destroying implosion.
A.I.M. also appears as a secondary antagonist, continuing the organization's recurring presence throughout Claremont's run.
The full series — including this issue — was collected in the black-and-white Essential Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 (Marvel, 2007), which reprints Ms. Marvel #1–23 alongside Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #10–11 and Avengers Annual #10.