Action Comics Weekly
#605
([June 21, 1988])
DC,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-05-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Issue Notes
No cover date. Cover date backed off later issues. Contains 6 stories. Letters column begins in this issue.
On-sale date from Direct Currents #3.
On-sale date from Direct Currents #3.
Deadman Under Glass!
Deadman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Andy Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Adam Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]
Golgotha
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Don Simpson (credited); Dick Giordano (credited) (special ink assist)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3864
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; unnamed alien
- Synopsis
- An unidentified alien defeats Star Sapphire while Hal Jordan escapes from Golgotha.
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #66 (Setembro 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606 and Green Lantern Special #1. Spelling "Zamorans" is used in this story.
Chapter Five: Deadman Goes to Hell
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) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3769
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Major Grace Kasaba; Stan Kriptman; Yakin
- Synopsis
- Deadman escapes from the C.I.A. and is captured by what appears to be a demon from hell.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606.
Moral Stand, Chapter Five: Sleeping Dogs Lie...
Wild Dog / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins (credited)
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty (credited)
- Inks
- John Nyberg (credited) (uncredited)
- Colors
- Michele Wolfman (credited)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3784
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Lt. Andy Flint; B. Lyle Layman (villain); Legion of Morality (villains, 2 die); Detective Calloway; Graham Gault
- Synopsis
- Wild Dog kills some of the Legion of Morality members and infiltrates their organization.
- Reprints
- in Liga da Justiça (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #19 (Julho 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606.
Aftermath
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) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3823
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
- Synopsis
- Bob Galt arrives in police custody as Superman fills out a police report on the assassination attempt.
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606.
If That Mockingbird Don't Sing...
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) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3641
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Mockingbird [Carlo DiRienzi]; Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Mitch Hoberman; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Rafael DiRienzi; Warren Lichtfield; Elvis Brockman; Gus Markesson; Mr. Ferguson; Mr. Wheatley
- Synopsis
- The Secret Six complete their first assignment, while Rafael DiRenzi confronts Mockingbird.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- L-3250
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jay Roe, Louis Ambriz, Jody Hamby, Richard Helm Jr., Ron Doak, and Jim Ficken.
[Another Fine War, Part 5] Enter... Red Dragon!
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) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3981
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Cynthia Hastings; Robert Massie; The Red Dragon [Sheah Chun Ryan]; Mr. Chang; André Blanc-Dumont
- Synopsis
- Blackhawk and the Red Dragon become acquainted with each other.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #604; continues in Action Comics Weekly #606.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Deadman Under Glass!
Deadman -
1.
Golgotha
Green Lantern -
2.
Chapter Five: Deadman Goes to Hell
Deadman -
3.
Moral Stand, Chapter Five: Sleeping Dogs Lie...
Wild Dog -
4.
Aftermath
Superman -
5.
If That Mockingbird Don't Sing...
Secret Six -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
[Another Fine War, Part 5] Enter... Red Dragon!
Blackhawk
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- Matthew Head
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- Jim Van Dore
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