The Inhumans #8
The Inhumans #8 is the standout artistic showcase of Doug Moench's entire 12-issue 1975–77 Bronze Age run, marking one of the few issues in that series where George Pérez — on the cusp of the style he would perfect on The New Teen Titans — handled interior pencils, giving the Royal Family's deep-space adventure an energy and compositional density that distinguished it from the rest of the run. The issue delivers the first appearances of three new alien characters — Warkon, Shribe, and the Demon-Rebels — as the story pushes the Inhuman Royal Family fully into hard science-fiction territory aboard the Stenth vessel, a creative pivot that writer Moench later described as central to his fascination with the characters' mythological and cosmic dimensions. It is also the second chapter of a two-part arc begun in #7 that gives sustained development to the alien Stenth and their oppressor culture, one of the more ambitious world-building efforts in the Bronze Age Inhumans canon. The issue was later preserved in the 2010 Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans Vol. 2 hardcover, ensuring its place in the permanent collected reading order of the franchise.
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The 1975 Inhumans series was launched by writer Doug Moench and penciller George Pérez, with Archie Goodwin serving as editor throughout the run. Pérez's schedule on the series was not consistent — he handled interiors for issues #1–4 and returned for #8, with Gil Kane providing both covers and interior art across other chapters. For issue #8, the interior pencils are by Pérez with inking by Don Perlin, while the cover was painted by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins. Moench has been noted as writing all but one issue (#9) of the 12-issue series, pursuing a serialized Kree-threat storyline that gave the title a science-fiction spine, even as the book struggled to find its commercial footing in a crowded Bronze Age market.
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- Story title: 'Star-Search: Dust and Demons!' — a 17-page tale set in the Duggil System on the alien world Stent.
- First appearances of Warkon, Shribe, and the Demon-Rebels, all members of or connected to the alien Stenth species introduced across issues #7–8.
- Skornn (a Stenth character) appears in this issue as a continuing character, having been introduced in Inhumans #7.
- Interior pencils by George Pérez (inked by Don Perlin) — one of only two issues in the later half of the run featuring Pérez on interiors, alongside his work on issues #1–4.
- Cover art by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins; lettered by Denise Wohl; colored by Janice Cohen; edited by Archie Goodwin.
- The entire Inhuman Royal Family — Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Karnak, Triton, and Lockjaw — appears alongside the recurring supporting character Falzon.
- Published December 1976 (on-sale September 1976) by Marvel Comics; a simultaneous British edition with a 10p cover price was published by Marvel UK.
- Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans Vol. 2 (2010 hardcover), which collects the full 12-issue 1975–77 series.
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↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #10 (1976)
Reprinted in Comic Reader #135 (1976), Fantastic Four #85/86 (1978), Fantastic Four #87/88 (1978), Frankenstein #14 (1979), Blockbuster #8 (1982), Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans #2 (2010)
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