(September 6, 1988)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Inks:
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- Robert Greenberger (cover)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure; War
- Characters:
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; unnamed army personnel
Indexer Notes
Cover artist listed in Action Comics Weekly 615.
Safe At Home
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Peter David
- Pencils:
- Richard Howell
- Inks:
- Arne Starr
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- Helen Vesik
- Editing:
- Dennis O'Neil (story); Dan Raspler (assistant)
- Job Number:
- G-3809
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; Lillian Hawkes; Lt. Burt Rensaleer; Mrs. Rensaleer
- Synopsis:
- Hal Jordan escapes from a trap and begins to hunt the criminals.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.
Mission: Implausible
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-4062
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure; War
- Characters:
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Marcia Rossiter [aka. Alice Richardson]; Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson]; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Johannes Van Der Houten; Mr. Kustarto
- Synopsis:
- Blackhawk and his men take a search job from Steve Claiborne [aka. Leslie Richardson].
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.
Battle Gear; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 2)
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-4203
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Wild Pup [Daniel Crown]; Lt. Andy Flint; Susan King; Mrs. Crown; Harry; unnamed wife of Harry
- Synopsis:
- Wild Pup puts together his own set of battle gear, while Wild Dog arrives in a bar to break up a domestic quarrel.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly #615, continued in Action Comics Weekly #617.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- Petra Scotese
- Letters:
- Bill Oakley
- Editing:
- Mike Carlin (story)
- Job Number:
- G-4085
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]
- Synopsis:
- Superman enlists the aid of 2 doctors to get closer to finding the source of the assassins.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.
Counterpoint; (The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4)
Nightwing & Speedy / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils:
- Chuck Patton
- Inks:
- Tom Poston
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- Albert DeGuzman
- Editing:
- Barbara Kesel [Barbara Randall] (story)
- Job Number:
- G-3843
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cheshire [aka. Jade]; Wen Chen Cheng; Raymond Weist (dies)
- Synopsis:
- Speedy and Nightwing search separately for Cheshire. Speedy is defeated by Wen Cheng and Nightwing fights Cheshire.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Action Comics Weekly 615, continued in Action Comics Weekly 617.
Conclusion; (Bitter Fruit [Part 8])
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-4041
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Adventure
- Characters:
- Dinah Lance [aka. Bonnie Cardinal]; Doug Vallines; Barry Neiman; William B. MacDonald; Vincent Scales; Hector Librado (dies); Gary DeMott
- Synopsis:
- Black Canary finds Vincent Scales and convinces him to stop his efforts against Doug Vallines and the Librado family.
- Reprints:
-
in Green Arrow (Zinco, 1989 series) #8 (December 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Concluded from Action Comics Weekly 615. Should be labeled Chapter 8 to match other chapters.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk -
1.
Safe At Home
Green Lantern -
2.
Mission: Implausible
Blackhawk -
3.
Battle Gear; (Fatal Distraction Chapter 2)
Wild Dog -
4.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Superman -
5.
Counterpoint; (The Cheshire Contract Chapter 4)
Nightwing & Speedy -
6.
Conclusion; (Bitter Fruit [Part 8])
Black Canary
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