WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Junipur (Marvel) — first appearance
- Katos (Marvel) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- 1988
- On sale
- July 7, 1988
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602935985
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 5 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
- X-Men Annual (1970) #12
- Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
- The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
- The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
- The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
- Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn
Creators
Stories
- Return to Sender · 35 pages
The return of Gwen Stacy's clone embroils Spider-Man and the Young Gods in the machinations of the High Evolutionary. The Gwen Stacy clone (from Amazing Spider-Man 142, et. al., is revealed not to be a clone, but rather the victim of a genetic virus).
- Opposing Forces · 10 pages
The Young Gods, investigating a psychic presence near Jerusalem, find a mechanical creature.
- The Young Gods Fact Pages! · 5 pages
- The High Evolutionary Chapter Ten: The Son of Earth · 6 pages
After devolving himself from godhood, the High Evolutionary creates Counter-Earth and is befriended by Adam Warlock.
Characters
Reprinted in
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), Eternals Annual (2009), Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga (2011), Spider-Man: Tombstone (2016)