(August 30, 1988)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Mike Gold (series); Brian Augustyn (associate)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going
Issue Notes
Contains 6 stories. Substantial indexing information on this issue provided by Donald Dale Milne.
Freaks!
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Peter David; Richard Howell (co-plotter)
- Pencils:
- Richard Howell
- Inks:
- Arne Starr
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- Todd Klein
- Editing:
- Dennis O'Neil (story)
- Job Number:
- G-3767
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Veronica Hawkes; Ollie; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue
- Synopsis:
- Some superpowered crooks trap Hal Jordan at a location Arisia is modeling at.
Indexer Notes
Continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. Story is discontinuous with Action Comics Weekly 614.
That Was No Lady...
Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils:
- Rick Burchett
- Inks:
- Rick Burchett
- Colors:
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters:
- Steve Haynie
- Editing:
- Mike Gold (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4061
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure; War
- Characters:
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]
- Synopsis:
- Blackhawk escapes from some smugglers and hires Natalie Reed.
Indexer Notes
Continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. Story references and begins some months after Action Comics Weekly 608.
Night Patrol; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 1)
Wild Dog / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Max Collins
- Pencils:
- Terry Beatty
- Inks:
- John Nyberg
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Tim Harkins
- Editing:
- Brian Augustyn (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4140
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Lou Godder; Detective Calloway; unnamed female serial killer
- Synopsis:
- A female serial killer stalks the Quad Cities and Wild Dog begins a search for her, while attracting the attention of a protegee.
Indexer Notes
Continued in Action Comics Weekly #616.
Fatal Flaw?
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters:
- Bill Oakley
- Editing:
- Mike Carlin (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4084
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Charles Culpepper
- Synopsis:
- Superman saves Charles Culpepper but may have killed his assailant.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616.
Tracks Of A Killer!; ([The Cheshire Contract] Chapter 3)
Nightwing & Speedy / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils:
- Chuck Patton
- Inks:
- Tom Poston
- Colors:
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters:
- Albert DeGuzman
- Editing:
- Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
- Job Number:
- G-3964
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [aka. Jade]; Garrison Peebles (dies); Lord Lawrence Hill; Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Danny Chase
- Synopsis:
- Nightwing is suspicious of Speedy's motives; Cheshire kills another ambasador.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616. References New Teen Titans 48-49.
Bitter Fruit (Part 7)
Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Sharon Wright
- Pencils:
- Randy DuBurke
- Inks:
- Pablo Marcos
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Steve Haynie
- Editing:
- Mike Gold (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4040
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Adventure
- Characters:
- Black Canary [Dinah Lance aka. Bonnie Cardinal]; Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Ellen Waverly (dies); Mr. Fyres
- Synopsis:
- Black Canary meets Doug Vallines and his private detective and tracks Vincent Scales, while his hired assassin deals with an INS employee.
- Reprints:
- in Green Arrow (Zinco, 1989 series) #7 (November 1989)
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 614, continued in Action Comics Weekly 616.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Freaks!
Green Lantern -
2.
That Was No Lady...
Blackhawk -
3.
Night Patrol; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 1)
Wild Dog -
4.
Fatal Flaw?
Superman -
5.
Tracks Of A Killer!; ([The Cheshire Contract] Chapter 3)
Nightwing & Speedy -
6.
Bitter Fruit (Part 7)
Black Canary
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- Donald Dale Milne
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- Donald Dale Milne
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