Action Comics #588 [Direct]
(May 1987)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-02-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor); Mike Carlin (editor)

Issue Notes

Shadow War: The Epic Climax! (Table of Contents)

Hawkwoman; Hawkman; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]
Reprints

All Wars Must End Part Two (Table of Contents: 1)

Hawkwoman; Hawkman; Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Michele Wolfman
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Daron Ved (villain); Byth (villain); Thangarians (villains)
Synopsis
Hawkman and Hawkwoman request Superman's aid to help repel the Thangarian invasion fleet.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ties into the Shadow War plotline in the Hawkman series. Story continues from Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #10 and continues in Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #11.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2697

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Thomas McNulty, Willie Holmes, T. E. Pouncey, Kevin Hall, Aaron Gibbons, Joe Frank, and Jonathan Gilbert.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shadow War: The Epic Climax!
    Hawkwoman; Hawkman; Superman
  2. 1. All Wars Must End Part Two
    Hawkwoman; Hawkman; Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore