Barbie, #8 Direct

Published: August 1991

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Issue Contents:
1 page teen
Characters
Credits
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Featuring Star Comics Subscription Department

Story 1 1 page
Characters
  • Alf
  • Barbie
  • Mighty Mouse
Story Notes

Interior front cover.

Play Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice
Story 2 1 page

"It's show time...courtesy of Me...the "Ghost with the most!""

Story Notes

Advertising the Beetlejuice game for Nintendo.

Jump for Joy!
Story 3 22 pages adventure; teen

"Come on, phone...ring!"

Storyline

Barbie is asked to be the model for a new advertising campaign for Jump Jeans, but she has to learn skydiving and jump from an airplane because Jump Jeans are for active women. After all that, the company changes the direction of the campaign and wants to show her lounging around the house in her comfortable Jump Jeans.

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Skipper
Story 4 1 page fashion; teen

"We have received so many terrific fashion designs!"

Storyline

fashion page

Characters
  • Barbie
Story Notes

Designs submitted by Rooksie Noorai; Erica Quinones; Jaemy Chaney; Lindsay Itle; Jamie Ross

Here's a Product Every Marvel Fan Can Get Into...

Featuring Marvel Slumber Bags

Story 5 1 page
Pizza Delivery!
Story 6 1 page

"It's radical tasting cereal dudes!"

Story Notes

Advertisement for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cereal

Story 7 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for back issues.

Marvel Masterpieces
Story 8 1 page
Story Notes

Advertising super hero t-shirts.

Bust Out of the Ordinary!
Story 9 1 page

"Tear into action with the new Marvel Super Heroes."

Story Notes

Jeff Butler was a frequent illustrator for TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game line in the late 1980s and early 1990s, contributing cover and promotional art in this same painted style featuring characters like the Hulk, Spider-Man, and Captain America.

Swap Cards with Everyone in the Human Race.

Featuring Marvel Universe Trading Cards

Story 10 1 page

"And some who aren't."

Lucky and His Delicious Marshmallow Shapes are Hidden!
Story 11 1 page

"To keep people from getting his Lucky Charms cereal..."

Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Sarah Marie Means; Ampara Rodriguez; Caitlin Kujawski; Becky Lopez; Michelle Morales; Amy L. Zubik; Chelcie Porter; Jacynda Star Castro; Taryn Simms; Awny Jessup; James Jessup; Ruth Moran

Story 13 1 page

"We have received so many terrific fashion designs!"

Story Notes

Fashion design ideas from readers of the comic series.

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Story 14 1 page
Characters
  • Alf
  • Barbie
  • Mighty Mouse
Play Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Story 15 1 page

"It's show time...courtesy of Me...the "Ghost with the most!""

Story Notes

Advertisement for the Beetlejuice game for Nintendo.

Compared to Battletoads, Turtles Seem Like Pond Scum
Story 16 1 page

"Dude, if you're ready for a game that toadally kicks butt..."