Action Comics Weekly
#624
(November 1, 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
- 1988-09-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Contains 6 stories.
Black Canary Strikes Back!
Black Canary / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alan Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Alan Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; common crooks
Faith!
Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley); M. D. Bright (credited) (co-plotter)
- Pencils
- M. D. Bright
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr. (credited as José Marzan)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited as Tony Tollin)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
- Job Number
- G-4264
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Priest
- Synopsis
- Priest trains Hal Jordan in the use of his ring in this new sector, and tries to convince him that both the ring and the power battery are unnecessary to wield the green power.
- Reprints
-
in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #5 (Agosto 1990) -
in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #71 (Fevereiro 1992) [páginas 2-8 da história original]
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #623; continues in Action Comics Weekly #625.
Chapter 2: Aryan Acres
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Stasi (credited)
- Inks
- Rick Magyar (credited)
- Colors
- Nansi Hoolahan (credited as N. Hoolahan)
- Letters
- Jean Simek (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Gold (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4177
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Ham Davis; Ron; Jake; Sam; Dr. Patterson; Captain Nazi [Lester Abernathy] (origin); Henry Kissinger (photo); Jesse Jackson (photo)
- Synopsis
- Billy Batson discovers the secrets of Aryan Acres and Captain Nazi is created.
- Reprints
-
in Shazam!: The New Beginning 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
-
- Keywords
- brain washing; racism; white supremacist
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #623; continues in Action Comics Weekly #625.
First appearance and origin of the post-crisis Captain Nazi [Lester Abernathy].
The Sound of a Silent Heart
Secret Six / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Springer (credited)
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-3802
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Tony Mantegna; Shelley; Harry Shandler (flashback); Thomas John Pearson (gravesite only)
- Synopsis
- Tony Mantegna talks about his past.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #623; continues in Action Comics Weekly #625.
Pin the Tail...
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (credited) (editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Bob Galt
- Synopsis
- Superman and Bob Galt return to Bob's cult and are followed by the Consortium.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Power Within (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #623; continues in Action Comics Weekly #625.
[Grave Doings, Part 6] Wildwood
Deadman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Vince Giarrano (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-4397
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Madame Waxahachie (first name given as both Molly and Mabel); Letrita Brogden; Lisa Brogden; spirit of Stella Pecksha; spirit of Delia Peckshaw; Tyson Peckshaw (ghost); Gunther (ghost); Eric (ghost); Luke Estes
- Synopsis
- Deadman and Madame Waxahachie are at a stalemate with the spirits of the Peckshaw twins.
- Reprints
- in Deadman by Kelley Jones: The Complete Collection (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #623; continued in Action Comics Weekly #625.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Gold (credited)
- Pencils
- Eduardo Barreto (cover preview)
- Inks
- Eduardo Barreto (cover preview)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-3386
Indexer Notes
Letters from Robb Tanner, David Klingbeil, David Deaton, Dan Hagen, David Metz, Chris Brown, and Robert Kowalski.
Knock 'Em Dead, Part 1
Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Sharon Wright (credited)
- Pencils
- Randy DuBurke (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
- Editing
- Robert Greenberger (credited) (editor)
- Job Number
- G-4197
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Rita Librado; Walt Sarno; Bob; Bart; Deborah Tilden; Cat Maddox; Marilyn Meyers
- Synopsis
- A killer arrives in Seattle and Black Canary is injured while training.
Indexer Notes
Continued in Action Comics Weekly #625.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Black Canary Strikes Back!
Black Canary -
1.
Faith!
Green Lantern -
2.
Chapter 2: Aryan Acres
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
3.
The Sound of a Silent Heart
Secret Six -
4.
Pin the Tail...
Superman -
5.
[Grave Doings, Part 6] Wildwood
Deadman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Action Comics Weekly -
7.
Knock 'Em Dead, Part 1
Black Canary
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