Comic Title: New Guardians #8
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1989
On Sale Date: March 28, 1989 Copyright Date March 28, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Shipping Date January 10, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #12

Shipping Date January 12, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #155

Direct Market Date January 12, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #82

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "A Whiter Shade of Peril"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
New Guardians

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: Mark Farmer
Inker: Pablo Marcos
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• New Guardians (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Extrano (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Floro (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Gloss (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Harbinger (last appearance in Blasters Special #1; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Ram (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tom Kalmaku (last appearance in New Guardians #7; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Kilowog (last appearance in Invasion #3; next appearance in New Guardians #10)
• Arisia (last appearance in New Guardians #7; next appearance in New Guardians #11)
• Terga Kalmaku (last appearance in New Guardians #4; next appearance in New Guardians #9)

Villain(s)

• Leon Twerlinger (first name given as John in this story; last appearance in New Guardians #7; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Janwillem Kroef (name misspelled Kroet; last appearance in New Guardians #4; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Piet Broem (last appearance in New Guardians #4; next appearance in New Guardians #9)
• Several South African soldiers (Norbet named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Terga's unborn child (next appearance in New Guardians #9)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jet (in thoughts)
• Herupa Hando Hu (in thoughts)
• Nadia Safir (in thoughts)

Comments:
This story continues in New Guardians #9.

Synopsis:
Tom Kalmaku and ex-CIA operative Twerlinger infiltrate South Africa using phony papers. They then head for the facility where Kroef is holding Tom's wife.

Back in the United States, doctors finish their tests on the New Guardians. Each has recovered from the effects of the gene bomb. Harbinger is even cured of the HIV which she contracted from Celia. Extrano however remains infected.

Extrano convinces the team that they should help Tom Kalmaku. They head for South Africa disguised as blacks. They are captured and taken across the border before the illusion maintaining their disguises fail.

At Kroef's facility, Tom discovers that he has been led into a trap. Twerlinger was secretly working for Kroef and arranged for Tom's capture.