Action Comics Weekly
#601
([May 24, 1988])
DC,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-04-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited) (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Shipping date of April 5, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
No cover date. Contains a coupon which expires 4/10/88, and advertises comics on sale in March. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. Also contains a text article on the creation of Action Comics Weekly. No letter column.
No cover date. Contains a coupon which expires 4/10/88, and advertises comics on sale in March. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. Also contains a text article on the creation of Action Comics Weekly. No letter column.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk; Deadman; Green Lantern; Secret Six; Superman; Wild Dog / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons (signed as Gibbons)
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons (signed as Gibbons)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (logo design); ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover)
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; aviation; military; science fiction
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited)
- Job Number
- G-3857
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think he stole my heart the moment I first laid eyes on him.
- Feature Logo
Green Lantern [silver age]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Arisia; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; John Stewart; Katma Tui
- Synopsis
- Star Sapphire has gone mad after the loss of her Zamarons and kills Katma Tui when she comes looking for Hal Jordan.
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #65 (Agosto 1991) - in Green Lantern: John Stewart - A Celebration of 50 Years (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- 53 Adams Street; Coast City; Earth; South Africa
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order
Wild Dog / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins (credited)
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty (credited)
- Inks
- John Nyberg (credited)
- Colors
- Michele Wolfman
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited)
- Job Number
- G-3667
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- City council meetings in the middle western Quad Cities are generally rather ho-hum affairs.
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lt. Andy Flint; Detective Calloway; Captain Lange; Susan King; Len; Committee for Social Change (some die)
- Synopsis
- The Committee for Social Change takes over a Davenport City Council meeting and Wild Dog charges in, killing several members of the group and freeing the hostages.
- Reprints
- in Liga da Justiça (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #16 (Abril 1990)
-
- Keywords
- Quad Cities
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
Listening to the Mockingbird
Secret Six / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle (credited)
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- Carrie Spiegle (credited)
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Job Number
- G-3641
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gonna rain again. Geeze, I hope it's not as bad as last week. All that acid and junk --dad said the paint job on his--
- Feature Logo
The Secret Six!- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Mockingbird [August Durant]; Secret Six [King Savage; Lili Deneuve; Kit Langman; Carlo DiRienzi; Tiger Force]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna (introduction); Vic Sommers (introduction); Mitch Hoberman (introduction); Luke McKendrick (introduction); Ladonna Jameal (introduction); Dr. Maria Verdugo (introduction)] (introduction); Rafael DiRienzi (introduction); Gus (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Mockingbird calls his 5-year reunion of the Secret Six, at the same time calling together a new group of recruits.
- Keywords
- acid rain; Orsonville
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602. Origin & 1st appearance of the second Secret Six.
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet!
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- John Beatty (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (credited)
- Job Number
- G-3699
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Metropolis. Eleven million people call it home...
- Feature Logo
Superman [rounded u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Bob Galt (introduction); Charles Culpepper (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman saves Bob Galt from an assassination.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
- Keywords
- Metropolis
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
[Chapter One] The Section Chief
Deadman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- Elizabeth Safian (credited as Liz Berube)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara Randall)
- Job Number
- G-3668
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rama wiped out... the entity wiped out... sensei free to run his criminal empire...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba (introduction); Professor Fulgencio Flores (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Deadman thwarts a C.I.A. drugs-for-guns run but discovers that the C.I.A. section chief can see him.
- Keywords
- cocaine; jungle; temple
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Pencils
- George Pérez (cover preview)
- Inks
- George Pérez (cover preview)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3185
Indexer Notes
Article discusses the creation of Action Comics Weekly and future contents. No letters.
Another Fine War
Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike Grell (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Burchett (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited)
- Job Number
- G-3812
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On August 9, 1945, a mechanical bird called the Enola Gay laid an atomic egg on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and everyone went home...
- Feature Logo
Blackhawk- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings (introduction); Mr. Zalecki (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Blackhawk is attacked by a Mr. Zalecki he may owe money to, while Cynthia Hastings is looking for him.
- Keywords
- atomic bomb; Enola Gay; First Indochina War; V-J Day; Vietnam; World War II
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #602.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk; Deadman; Green Lantern; Secret Six; Superman; Wild Dog -
1.
...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart
Green Lantern -
2.
Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order
Wild Dog -
3.
Listening to the Mockingbird
Secret Six -
4.
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet!
Superman -
5.
[Chapter One] The Section Chief
Deadman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
Another Fine War
Blackhawk
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