Action Comics Weekly #602

([May 31, 1988])

Requiem (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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) (editor)

Job Number

G-3858

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Katma... my wife -- she's dead. Hacked to pieces... ...and it's your fault!

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Green Lantern [silver age]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Arisia; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Kilowog; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; John Stewart; Katma Tui-Stewart (dead)

Synopsis

Hal Jordan attempts and fails to stop Star Saphire's rampage.

Reprints

• in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #65 (Agosto 1991)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.

Chapter Two: Showdown (Table of Contents: 2)

Deadman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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) (editor)

Job Number

G-3704

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who the hell are you?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba; Professor Fulgencio Flores; Talaoc (villain); Mr. Jones

Synopsis

Deadman discovers that C.I.A. section chief Grace Kasaba has been possessed by Talaoc, who tries to fight Deadman.

Keywords

Belize

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.

Moral Stand, Chapter Two: Dog Gone (Table of Contents: 3)

Wild Dog / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Max Allan Collins (credited)

Pencils

Terry Beatty (credited)

Inks

John Nyberg (credited)

Colors

Michele Wolfman (credited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Editing

Mike Gold (credited) (editor)

Job Number

G-3677

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It has been three months since the enigmatic, self-appointed arbiter of justice known as Wild Dog made his violent foray into the public eye...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Len [Susan King's camerman]; B. Lyle Layman (introduction, villain); Lou Godder; Mr. H. Hovey (introduction); Helen Scournt (introduction); Reverend Smuggworthy (introduction); Legion of Morality

Synopsis

The Legion of Morality begins an attack on pornography while Wild Dog lays low.

Reprints

• in Liga da Justiça (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #17 (Maio 1990)

Keywords

Quad Cities

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.

They Can Run, but They Can't Hide! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

John Beatty (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

Bill Oakley (credited)

Editing

Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)

Job Number

G-3700

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Seeing a life threatened at a Metropolis railyard, the Man of Steel has flown to the rescue...

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Superman [rounded u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Bob Galt; Charles Culpepper

Synopsis

Bob Galt's would-be assassins try to escape from Superman.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)

Keywords

Metropolis

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.

Look What Fell Out of the Sky Today (Table of Contents: 5)

Secret Six / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Pasko (credited)

Pencils

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Inks

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited)

Letters

Carrie Spiegle (credited)

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (editor)

Job Number

G-3631

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You may be strangers to one another... but Mockingbird knows who--and what--you are.

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The Secret Six!

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Mockingbird [August Durant] (dies); Secret Six [King Savage (dies); Lili Deneuve (dies); Kit Langman (dies); Carlo DiRienzi; Tiger Force (dies)]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]

Synopsis

Five of the original Secret Six (all except Carlo DiRienzi) die by saboteurs, while the new Secret Six receive their gear.

Power of the Atom (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Focus / in-house column / 2 pages (report information)

Another Fine War, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 7)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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) (editor)

Job Number

G-3827

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ow! Damn it, Jan! You almost took my little finger!

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Blackhawk

Genre

adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero

Characters

Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings; Mr. Zalecki

Synopsis

Blackhawk excapes from Mr. Zalecki and his friends with the help of Cynthia Hastings, and she outlines a job for him.

Keywords

1947; Singapore

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #601; continues in Action Comics Weekly #603.