Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Lashina - Where to Buy

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Series: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: October 1985
Key date: 1985-10-00
On-sale date: 1985-06-25
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00; 1.35 CAD; 0.45 GBP
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lashina - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stompa - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mad Harriet - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bernadeth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Gambler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Steven Sharpe III - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Fisherman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Faceless Creature from Saturn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chun Yull - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lady Liberty - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Silent Majority - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Funky Flashman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Major Victory - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of William Vickers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mayflower - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sparkler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Firebug - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Felicity - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joey Rigger - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Atom-Master - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kraklow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fire Jade - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bedlam - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Slugger Dunn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of B. Eric Blairman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joan Rogers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Who's Who	cover	2	pencils: Paris Cullins; inks: Dick Giordano	Barry Allen, The Atom-Master First, Bernadeth First, Isaac Bowin, Brains, Bulldozer, The Faceless Creature from Saturn First, Felix Faust, Felicity First, Ferro Lad, The Fiddler, Fire Jade First, Fire Lad, Firebrand
1	The Fatal Five	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Steve Lightle; inks: Bill Wray; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	The Emerald Empress, Mano, The Persuader, Garridan Ranzz, Sarya, Tharok, Nyuen Chun Ti, Validus
2	The Fearsome Five	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Doctor Light, Baran Flinders, Selinda Flinders, Gizmo, Jinx, Simon Jones, Dr. Arthur Light, Mammoth, Neutron, Mikron O'Jeneus, Psimon, Shimmer, Nat Tryon
3	Felicity	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan Spiegle; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Bedlam First, Felicity First, Taghurrhu, Tigorr
4	Felix Faust	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Abnegazar, Barry Allen, Aquaman, Batman, Snapper Carr, Arthur Curry, Felix Faust, The Flash, Ghast, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent
5	Female Furies	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Greg Theakston; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Bernadeth First, Big Barda, Granny Goodness, Lashina First, Mad Harriet First, Stompa First
6	Ferro Lad	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Dan Day; inks: Larry Mahlstedt; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Ferro Lad, Clark Kent, Andrew Nolan, Douglas Nolan, Superboy
7	The Fiddler	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Sandy Plunkett; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Isaac Bowin, The Fiddler, The Flash, Jay Garrick
8	Firebrand I [Rod Reilly]	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Slugger Dunn First, Firebrand, Rod Reilly, Joan Rogers First
9	Firebrand II [Danette Reilly]	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Mike DeCarlo; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Firebrand, Danette Reilly
10	The Firebug	character profile	0.5	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Denys Cowan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Batman, The Firebug First, Joey Rigger First, Bruce Wayne
11	Firefly	character profile	0.5	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Bret Blevins; inks: Bret Blevins; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Batman, The Firefly, Dick Grayson, Garfield Lynns, Robin, Bruce Wayne
12	Firehair	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Firehair
13	Firehawk	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Rafael Kayanan; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Firehawk, Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, Lorraine Reilly, Martin Stein
14	Fire Jade	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Amethyst, Fire Jade First, Amy Winston
15	Fire Lad	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Fire Lad, Staq Mavlen
16	Firestorm the Nuclear Man	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein
17	Fisherman	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bill Wray; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Aquaman, Arthur Curry, The Fisherman First
18	The Flash I [Jay Garrick]	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Eduardo Barreto; inks: Eduardo Barreto; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Isaac Bowin, Blinky Boylan, The Fiddler, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Winky Moylan, Noddy Toylan
19	The Flash II [Barry Allen]	character profile	2	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Abra Kadabra, Citizen Abra, Barry Allen, Roy G. Bivolo, Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Roscoe Dillon, The Flash, Gorilla Grodd, Digger Harkness, Heat Wave, James Jesse, Mirror Master, Pied Piper
20	The Floronic Man	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Stephen R. Bissette; inks: Stephen R. Bissette; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	The Atom, The Floronic Man, Alec Holland, Ray Palmer, Swamp Thing, Jason Woodrue
21	Forager	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Greg Theakston; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Forager, Mantis, Orion
22	The Force of July	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jerome Moore; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	B. Eric Blairman First, Lady Liberty First, Major Victory First, Mayflower First, Silent Majority First, Sparkler First, William Vickers First
23	The Forever People	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Greg Theakston; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Beautiful Dreamer, Big Bear, Drax, The Infinity Man, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Vykin the Black
24	The Forgotten Heroes	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Paris Cullins; inks: Gary Martin; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Animal Man, Buddy Baker, Cave Carson, Congo Bill, The Congorilla, Dolphin, Dane Dorrance, Rick Flag Jr., Rip Hunter, Immortal Man
25	The Forgotten Villains	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Paris Cullins; inks: Gary Martin; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	The Atom-Master First, The Enchantress, The Faceless Creature from Saturn First, Kraklow First, June Moone, Mr. Poseidon, Ultivac, Chun Yull First
26	Freedom Fighters	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	The Black Condor, Darrel Dane, Doll Man, Firebrand, Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright, Adolf Hitler, The Human Bomb, Sandra Knight, Roy Lincoln, Phantom Lady, The Ray, Rod Reilly, Happy Terrill, Uncle Sam
27	Funky Flashman	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Bill Wray; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Funky Flashman First, Scott Free, Mister Miracle
28	Fury	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Fury, Hector Hall, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Lyta Trevor, Wonder Woman
29	The Galactic Golem	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Rick Burchett; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	The Galactic Golem, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman
30	The Gambler	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko; letters: Todd Klein	Doiby Dickles, The Gambler First, Green Lantern, Alan Scott, Steven Sharpe III First
31	The Gang	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bob Oksner; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Brains, Bulldozer, Kong, Ms. Mesmer
32	Garguax	character profile	1	script: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Peter Sanderson, Paul Levitz, Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr; pencils: Terry Austin; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko	Steve Dayton, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Garguax, Mento, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
33	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.00 USD; barcode 0709893125110
Canadian	price 1.35 CAD; barcode 0709893125110

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-1583-5	2008	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-3746-2	2013	On eBay ›
Mister Miracle by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7717-8	2017	On eBay ›
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7475-7	2018	On eBay ›
New Gods by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8169-4	2018	On eBay ›
The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9883-8	2020	On eBay ›
The Forever People by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-230-8	2021	On eBay ›
Who's Who Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-77950-599-6	2021	On eBay ›
Who's Who Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-77951-519-3	2023	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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