Action Comics Weekly
#618
(September 20, 1988)
DC,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly with the exception of the last week of the year
- On-sale Date
- 1988-08-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Nightwing & Speedy on the Prowl!
Nightwing; Speedy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jon Bogdanove (signed)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Reprints
-
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #50 (Maio 1990) -
in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies (DC, 2013 series) ([October] 2013), ([October] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover is based on and credited to a double-page pin-up in Batman #181 (1966) by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.
First Encounter
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Peter David (credited)
- Pencils
- Richard Howell (credited)
- Inks
- Arne Starr (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Helen Vesik (credited)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
- Job Number
- G-4090
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Arisia; Castle [Dr. Castle] (first name given as both Roger and Max); Siphon; Runaround Sue; Lillian Hawkes; Stasis; Incinderella; Veronica Hawkes; Cynthia Gresham
- Synopsis
- The Freak Show escapes from Hal Jordan and he tracks them to Hawkes Industries.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
Unhappy Landing
Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Burchett (credited)
- Inks
- Rick Burchett (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4064
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Natalie Reed; Andre Blanc-Dumont; Chuck Sirianni; Weng Chan; Olaf Friedriksen; Johannes Van Der Houten; Johannes Van Der Houten's army; Mr. Kustarto; Steve Claiborne [also as Leslie Richardson]
- Synopsis
- The Blackhawks are captured by Van Der Houten.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
Fatal Distraction, Chapter Four: Lucky Night
Wild Dog / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins (credited)
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty (credited)
- Inks
- John Nyberg (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- Tim Harkins (credited)
- Editing
- Brian Augustyn (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4219
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Wild Dog [Jack Wheeler]; Susan King; Len (Susan King's camerman); Coleen McQueen; unnamed female serial killer
- Synopsis
- Wild Dog gives an interview to a news reporter and stumbles upon the serial killer, but she escapes.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
Out on the Town
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4202
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
- Synopsis
- Superman searches for Bob Galt.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #617; continues in Action Comics Weekly #619.
Chapter One: Grave Doings
Deadman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited as Tony De Zuniga)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
- Editing
- Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4256
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Wellman Legros; Sgt. Cosgrove (body); zombies
- Synopsis
- Deadman discovers Wellman Legros attempting to create an army of zombies and inhabits one to try to thwart him.
- Reprints
- in Deadman by Kelley Jones: The Complete Collection (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #619. Further stories in the series numbered as parts, not chapters.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Gold (credited)
- Pencils
- Esteban Maroto (cover preview)
- Inks
- Esteban Maroto (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3348
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mike Schaeffer, Malcolm Bourne, Jon Iverson, Nick Damon, and Charles J. Sperling.
The Cheshire Contract - Conclusion [Chapter 6]
Nightwing / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Chuck Patton (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Poston (credited)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
- Editing
- Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4224
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Roy Harper; Cheshire [Jade]; Koriand'r; Lian Harper; Lord Lawrence Hill
- Synopsis
- Nightwing defeats Cheshire and Speedy is reunited with his daughter.
- Reprints
- in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #50 (Maio 1990)
- in Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies (DC, 2013 series) ([October] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Story concludes from Action Comics Weekly #617.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Nightwing & Speedy on the Prowl!
Nightwing; Speedy -
1.
First Encounter
Green Lantern -
2.
Unhappy Landing
Blackhawk -
3.
Fatal Distraction, Chapter Four: Lucky Night
Wild Dog -
4.
Out on the Town
Superman -
5.
Chapter One: Grave Doings
Deadman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
The Cheshire Contract - Conclusion [Chapter 6]
Nightwing
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